Baconaise is all the rage these days. It is a uniquely American food that combines two of the fattiest foods around - bacon and mayonnaise. Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow started up their bacon-themed food company as a joke. They now sell bacon salt, Baconaise, bacon-flavored lip balm, and have plans for bacon body spray, soap and suntan lotion. They have relied heavily on social media to get their message out.
Their business began as a joke over drinks. During a lively discussion with friends about their common passion for bacon, the idea for Bacon Salt, a product mixing their two favorite flavors, was born, according to ABC news.
Surprisingly, bacon is not an ingredient in Baconaise. In part, this is because the company is certified Kosher.
The company says that the salt is low sodium, zero-calorie, zero-fat and vegetarian, bringing bacon's flavor to the masses.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Timothy Wright
Rev. Timothy Wright was a two time Grammy nominated Gospel singer. He died in a car crash yesterday. Timothy Wright was 61.
Rev. Wright worked with the New York Fellowship Mass Choir to record Come Thou Almighty King (1994) and with the BJ Mass Choir to produce There Done That (1999).
His best known songs are "Who's on the Lord's Side," "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus," and "You Must Come In at the Door."
Timothy Wright was in a car accident in the summer of 2008. His wife and his grandson were killed instantly. Rev. Wright had been in the Bronx Veteran's Hospital on a ventilator all this time. He was 61.
Rev. Wright worked with the New York Fellowship Mass Choir to record Come Thou Almighty King (1994) and with the BJ Mass Choir to produce There Done That (1999).
His best known songs are "Who's on the Lord's Side," "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus," and "You Must Come In at the Door."
Timothy Wright was in a car accident in the summer of 2008. His wife and his grandson were killed instantly. Rev. Wright had been in the Bronx Veteran's Hospital on a ventilator all this time. He was 61.
Tay Sachs
Tay Sachs is a disease which only affects Jews with two Ashkenazi parents - that is Jews of European heritage. It is currently in the news because the Los Angeles Times has reported that there may be a link between carrying the gene and having higher intelligence.
There has been much written about Jews as a whole testing higher on IQ tests than other ethnic, religious, and socio-economic groups. There are also a range of diseases that are specific to Jews including Tay Sachs.
One researcher has come to believe that the two are related. That is, if a person of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage has one copy of the gene, he or she is likely to have a higher base IQ. However, if he or she has two copies of the gene, they will develop Tay Sachs.
Wikipedia describes Tay Sachs as follows:
Research in the late 20th century demonstrated that Tay-Sachs disease is caused by a genetic mutation on the HEXA gene on chromosome 15. A large number of HEXA mutations have been discovered, and new ones are still being reported. These mutations reach significant frequencies in several populations. French Canadians of southeastern Quebec have a carrier frequency similar to Ashkenazi Jews, but they carry a different mutation. Many Cajuns of southern Louisiana carry the same mutation that is most common in Ashkenazi Jews. Most HEXA mutations are rare, and do not occur in genetically isolated populations. The disease can potentially occur from the inheritance of two unrelated mutations in the HEXA gene, one from each parent.[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_sachs
There has been much written about Jews as a whole testing higher on IQ tests than other ethnic, religious, and socio-economic groups. There are also a range of diseases that are specific to Jews including Tay Sachs.
One researcher has come to believe that the two are related. That is, if a person of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage has one copy of the gene, he or she is likely to have a higher base IQ. However, if he or she has two copies of the gene, they will develop Tay Sachs.
Wikipedia describes Tay Sachs as follows:
Research in the late 20th century demonstrated that Tay-Sachs disease is caused by a genetic mutation on the HEXA gene on chromosome 15. A large number of HEXA mutations have been discovered, and new ones are still being reported. These mutations reach significant frequencies in several populations. French Canadians of southeastern Quebec have a carrier frequency similar to Ashkenazi Jews, but they carry a different mutation. Many Cajuns of southern Louisiana carry the same mutation that is most common in Ashkenazi Jews. Most HEXA mutations are rare, and do not occur in genetically isolated populations. The disease can potentially occur from the inheritance of two unrelated mutations in the HEXA gene, one from each parent.[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_sachs
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