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E-cigarettes

Bombarded by health concerns and the related skullduggery of the tobacco industry, smokers have been forced to either drown out the continuous warnings and admonishments, or give up smoking all together.  To ease the transition to a non-nicotine habit, the free marketplace has filled the void with cigarette substitutes. From cloves to lettuce leaves, each tobacco alternative has created its own niche while never gaining the momentum for general market acceptance.  Such seemed to be the case until now. 

E-cigarettes have emerged as the latest and greatest among the smoking alternatives currently wafting through the marketplace.  Invented by  Hon Lik in 2003, the Beijing visionary says he was inspired by a dream.  Then a three-pack a day smoker, the 52-year old pharmacist imagined himself coughing and drowning, when the water lifted up in a fog.  His inspiration resulted in a device that simulates the physical properties of smoking, but includes none of the carcinogens risking user health.

The e-cigarette itself looks very similar to a regular cigarette, though current versions are also available in the shape of a pen. It doesn't really burn, but uses a small lithium battery that atomizes a liquid solution of nicotine, imitating the sensations of burning. What you inhale looks like smoke, but it's a vapor similar to the "stage fog" used in theatrical productions. It even has a teeny red (LED) light at the tip that lights up with each drag, just like the ember of a real cigarette.

Unlike nicotine patches, or prescription drugs, e-cigarettes make no claims to help benefits. Nor do they make any assertions in helping you to stop smoking.  The e-cigarette was actually invented as a safe alternative to smoking, not quitting.  At a price point of about $45 for the accompanying devices and a month supply of refills (with better deals for trials or disposables), the e-cigarette may be the financial answer for a nicotine-fiend feeling the pinch on a $7 pack of smokes.

Found in a Parking Lot

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When a father is found dead and without shoes in a parking lot, times have gotten out of hand.

Baby Boomer: Police Investigate Blast in Nutley

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The Story of Rosewood

The affluent Black town of Rosewood, FL, was destroyed when Blacks were attacked by mobs of whites beginning on this date in 1923. A nearly three-year build up of violence led to the massacre in which at least eight (some witnesses estimated 40 to 80) persons were killed.

Rosewood was a quiet, primarily black, self-sufficient town. Spurred by unsupported accusations that a white woman had been beaten and raped by a black drifter, white men from nearby towns lynched a Rosewood resident. When black citizens defended themselves against further attack, several hundred whites combed the countryside hunting for black people, and burned almost every structure in Rosewood. Survivors hid for several days in nearby swamps and were evacuated by train and car to larger towns. Although state and local authorities were aware of the violence, they made no arrests for the activities in Rosewood. The town was abandoned by residents during the attacks and none returned.

Sixty years after the rioting, the story of Rosewood was revived in major media when several journalists covered it in the early 1980s. Survivors and their descendants organized to sue the state for having failed to protect them. In 1993, the state legislature commissioned a report on the events. As a result of the findings, Florida became the first state to compensate survivors and their descendants for damages incurred because of racial violence.

Negro Baseball League

On January 4th 1920 Rube Foster is credited with starting the Negro National League, the first professional baseball league, however that is not the whole story.  While his was the most successful, in fact the first league to feature African American players was the Lone Star Colored Baseball League Of Texas founded in Gavelston in 1897. At the time, no black player in the country enjoyed a better reputation for his managerial and business skills than the legendary Bud Fowler. He had played on integrated teams in organized baseball prior to the imposition of the color barrier, and he had successfully operated independent clubs throughout the country throughout the early 1890s.

May 2nd Trial Date Set For Accused Newark Slayer of Five Teens in 1978

When the heinous slaying of five teens haunting families and authorities for more than 30 yrs seems solved, there is obvious cause for celebration. However, when politicians and police alike vie for credit in solving a case, it is cause for an uneasy feeling.  Either this is an example of exemplary police work or an under-investigated accusation providing convenient photo opportunities for all.  The latter consideration gains strength when we hear the State has threatened a possible gag order on the accused. If their case is strong enough to warrant group accolades, what harm could the rantings of the accused pose? Would he not be more likely to trip himself up with public statements? For the sake of the families we hope these are the men.