, but can you please do anything about the extra extraneous characters that keep popping up??
thanks – still love the blogging!!
Enjoy your blog.
I have to be honest and say I find it a bit pretentious to have a list of blogging awards on the blog though.
It’s pretty obvious you are angling for votes….
anyways I am sucka and did vote for ya,but I am sure you would win some without the “helpful hint”!
I just had their Chicken and Turkey Sweet Italian Sausage….so good!!! You will love it!
I have also oddly enough had a hankering for hot dog, maybe I’ll get those next time!
a spinach and feta hot dog sounds awesome! what a cool package!
Scott,
How dare you even consider putting ONIONS on a hot dog!!!
grammie2maddie,
I really don’t know how to fix them. Perhaps a browser update?
I thought they had all cleared up
Kath
hi kath.. just wondering.. the sweet poato fries.. how do u store them if you don’t finish ‘em? fridge? Will it still be good?
jac
Applegate Farms is a great company… lucky you!
I tossed some leftover sweet potato fries on a salad earlier this week, and was impressed by what a fantastic addition they made. I’ll have to keep that in mind!
Jac,
Just in a tupperware in the fridge. They get a little soggier but are still good.
K
Those are my favorite hot dogs by far! I found them early this summer and they made an appearance in every BBQ and Cookout we had!
I just looked into the Applegate Farms website and I was EXCITED when I found out they actually sell these at my local grocery store!! I am so excited to buy some tonight!!
haha that is so Eric on the floor too. I should post the pic tonight or tomorrow on the blog.
I love those great uncured hot dogs!
How do you *deal* with some of these comments? haha!It's already been three years since Jacquelyn Quattro launched Jersey Shore Cosmetics. We talk to her about her start and being a woman entrepreneur.
Jacquelyn Quattro said she wanted to make a difference in an industry that has very little guidelines and rules as it pertains to safety and toxins in cosmetics and skin care products.
“The beauty industry is saturated with so many prodcuts that are not good for the environment and people so I wanted to make a product that could be friendly to the enviorment and people of all ages because I know that is hard to find today,” Quattro said.
Three years ago she launched Jersey Shore Cosmetics.
LIONESS: What makes business/product unique?
QUATTRO: I formulate all of the products indivually, it takes a lot of time and passion, they are truly one of a kind. Also, my products are non-toxic and cruelty-free, yet feels and smells great and they are safe and effective.
QUATTRO: This is something I am very passionate about, so I am very protective of my brand and all of its products, which is why I wanted to oversee every element of the business.
LIONESS: What was your last, “why did I go into business for myself” moment?
QUATTRO: My last “why did I go into business for myself” moment was several months ago when I had a challenging situation with a third party that I was dealing with. Like I said previously, I am very protective of my brand, but it is impossible for one person to run a bussiness and take it to the next level, so third parties do need to get involved and that can be difficult sometimes.
QUATTRO: faith, perserverance and patience.
LIONESS: If you could steal some business mojo from another mogul, who would it be and why?
QUATTRO: I chose Oprah Winfrey because she had humble beginnings and some tough times, yet she kept at it and became enormously successful.
LIONESS: What is your business motto?
QUATTRO: Faith and perserverance.
LIONESS: If you could give other entrepreneurs three tips, what would they be?
a) Have faith in what you are doing.
b) Love what you are doing.
QUATTRO: Yes. Accounting software, it keeps the money aspect extreamly organized, which is very important when running a business.
LIONESS: What is your goal for the next year?
QUATTRO: My goal for the next year is to have my products in more brick and mortar stores across the nation. I want to make my products easier for my clients to obtain, so they don’t need to order online, wait for shipping, etc.
LIONESS: When someone is telling their friend about your business, what do you hope they say?
QUATTRO: I hope that people would say that my products are exceptional and one of a kind and my customer service is outstanding. I also hope they recognize how safe my products are because that adds a lot of time and effort into the product.
SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus and these viruses can mutate every time they divide. If you isolated the virus copies from an individual infected cell, the group of virus copies might all be slightly different based on the mutations that have occurred. The RNA pictured in my cell drawing has 30,000 building blocks and any one can change, which affects the amino acid it makes for proteins. Some mutations increase transmission and/or severity, others do nothing, and still other mutations decrease transmission and/or severity.
Dr. Racaniello, Professor and Virologist at Columbia University, is concerned that the UK variant is being hyped by the media and the epidemiologic data from population studies can't be used to accurately predict biologic changes in the infection. He says "I do agree we should look into these things but until we have some data we should be careful about what we say." In studies done on the coronaviruses that cause the common cold it took up to 5 years before they were significantly changed by mutations.
Several days ago Dr. Fauci said they are trying to get samples of the mutant variant from the UK so they can study it at NIH. And now a young man in Colorado (with no travel history) has been found. At this time there is no data that should make us worry about the two vaccines. They postulate that the mutations affect transmission, but there is no data that suggests that the infection is more severe. Dr. Osterholm, epidemiologist at the Univ of MN, said on his weekly podcast that if there ever is a mutation that blocks the vaccine, the mRNA vaccine can be altered in as little as several months. The collective advice from these scientists is to stay calm, wait for conclusive lab studies to be done, and get vaccinated whenever you can.
When the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was identified last year scientists knew that vaccines needed to be developed and many companies and research facilities began the process (more than 150). The fastest a vaccine has ever been developed is 4 years - the mumps vaccine. Suddenly a pandemic was declared and a worldwide catastrophe was imminent. By early April Dr. Peter Marks, an oncologist who worked in academia and the drug industry and was currently the head of the FDA division that regulates vaccines, began laying the groundwork for what would become Operation Warp Speed. Working with Robert Kadlec he wrote a proposal for the HHS Sec'y Alex Azar for a process that went from screening potential vaccine candidates to distributing the final product to 330 million Americans. Dr.Marks was a longtime Star Trek Fan and dubbed the proposal Operation Warp Speed.
All drugs and vaccines go through preclinical, Phase 1, 2, and 3 Clinical Trials. Phase 3 clinical trials randomize volunteers between vaccine and placebo to determine efficacy in preventing Covid-19 and safety. In Operation Warp Speed, every company had to have 30,000-50,000 trial subjects to make sure that the results were statistically significant. Pfizer and Moderna had very successful Phase 3 Trials and both should have an Emergency Use Authorization within days. Developing vaccines can be very frustrating and both Oxford-AstraZeneca and Sanofi-GSK have hit some problems. Oxford-Astrazenca's trial inadvertently used half the amount of vaccine for the first dose in a portion of their trial participants (~3000), which actually showed higher efficacy than the 2 full dose vaccinations. They now need to test these varying doses and add additional trial volunteers in order to determine if the efficacy continues to be 90%. Sanofi's vaccine was not as effective in older volunteers and the vaccine will be revised and retested in older subjects. We should soon be hearing about clinical trials from the other 4, especially J and J and Merck.On Monday, October 9th, at approximately 12:47 am a patrol officer with the Wichita Falls Police Department stopped a tan 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche for a traffic violation in the 2900 block of Hamilton. The vehicle was occupied by two females. The driver of the vehicle was identified as 58 year old Vickie Austin. When officers asked Austin for her driver’s license she stated she did not have one.
As officers were doing an inventory of the vehicle prior to having it impounded due to the driver not having a valid driver’s license officers located an open purse in the front seat. Inside the purse officers located a metal rod that is common with drug use along with two glass pipes.  The cubes showed a positive field test