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Google has already solved this problem by adding real-time translation in Google Toolbar and by offering a translation bar that can be embedded into any web page.
If you don't want to use Google Toolbar, add the translation bar by bookmarking some Javascript code:
1. Make sure the bookmarks toolbar is visible in your browser. You can enable it if you go to the "View" menu in your browser, click on "Toolbars" and check: "Links" in Internet Explorer, "Bookmarks Toolbar" in Firefox and "Personal Bar" in Opera. In Google Chrome, you can enable the bookmarks toolbar by typing Ctrl+B.
2. In Google Chrome and Firefox, drag the bookmarklet below to the bookmarks toolbar. In IE, right-click on the bookmarklet, click on "Add to Favorites" and select "Favorites Bar" or "Links" from the list of folders. In Opera, right-click on the bookmarklet, click on "Bookmark Link", then click on "Details" and check "Show on Personal Bar".
{ Thanks, Rick Shide. }


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Here at Ars, we often discuss the problems with science education, many of which involve higher education. However, the earliest science education begins long before students reach college, or even high school. A review in the most recent issue of Science tackles some of the issues involved in teaching our littlest scientists about how the world works.
What influences how children learn about science?
Right off the bat, it's clear that there just isn't enough time spent on science during early education. In a study of Midwestern preschools, less than five percent of classroom time was devoted to any type of scientific activities. Preschool age may sound too early to start learning about science, but research has shown that preschoolers are intellectually and developmentally ready to understand basic scientific concepts. They are very good at interpreting patterns, and can even distinguish conclusive from inconclusive evidence.
In fact, very young children are advanced enough to already have some ideas about the way the world works. Some of these ideas are inevitably wrong, and part of teachers' jobs must be to correct these misunderstandings. For instance, most children in elementary school have incorrect beliefs about gravity and the movement of the solar system. Early education must ditch the classic concept of children as "blank slates," and work to identify and correct areas of confusion.
Beyond what children already know (or think they know), researchers have identified a few other factors that affect the development of scientific thinking. First of all, the subject matter often dictates students' success in the classroom. For example, fifth-graders are much better at understanding physical concepts than they are at grasping social reasoning. Additionally, the goal matters; students are more successful at completing tasks where they have to identify a cause, rather than produce a particular outcome.
There's more than one way to teach science
Because the scientific process is so complicated, there are myriad approaches to teaching science. For instance, once the teacher raises a question (which item will hit the ground first if I drop them at the same time?), there are lots of ways to answer it. Do the students handle the materials and make their own predictions? Who develops the experiment, the teacher or the students? Does the teacher explain the outcome, or do the students try to figure out what happened? Is there any experiment at all, or is the concept simply explained to the students?
Three major types of instruction are most common: the "direct" method, the "Socratic" method, and the "discovery" method. The direct method is the most traditional—the teacher explains an experiment and its outcome, but the experiment is not actually conducted in the classroom. In Socratic instruction, the students devise and carry out an experiment with help and guidance from the teacher, and attempt to explain the outcome. Finally, discovery learning is the most independent; students devise, execute, and interpret their own experiments, often with no input from the teacher at all.
The curiosity conundrum
So, which method works the best for these young children? Some studies show that direct instruction—the most teacher-centric form—is the quickest and most effective way to help students learn. Moreover, students who received direct instruction were better at remembering and transferring what they'd learned than students taught by Socratic or discovery learning, even after several years.
While this may sound decisive, the best approach isn't simple and clean-cut. When dealing with young, malleable minds, you're not necessarily looking for perfect memorization of concepts or fastidious completion of experiments. Instead, the main goal is to instill a sense of curiosity into students. But, unlike more concrete goals, there is no good way to measure curiosity. In order to get a good handle on the overall effectiveness of various teaching methods, "curiosity" must be well-defined and quantifiable. As of now, there is little agreement on the matter.
It's likely that the direct method of instruction is successful in teaching facts and concepts, thus it appears to be the most "effective" way to teach children science. However, once a consensus is reached on the best way to measure curiosity, researchers may recognize that the student-centered methods are better at nurturing young scientists' curiosity about the world.
Working toward a better system
Clearly, there isn't one right method to teaching science, and neither researchers nor educators have a handle right now on what works best. What is clear is that children's cognitive development and their current understanding of the world around them must be taken into account. Additionally, we need better ways to measure how successful various methods are in cultivating their natural curiosity. If we want a forward-thinking, scientifically minded population in the future, preschool is the place to start.
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Source: Ars Technica – http://goo.gl/aqh2Q


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Bracelet - Aventurine (Purple) 8mm
Use the crystals in meditation, journaling, contemplation and guidance, by placing it on your body, carrying in your pocket, bag, or by placing it near you on your night table or work space. Read into the message and meaning behind the crystal, look at it, and absorb the positive energy from it.
How to Clean Crystals
- Soak in water (but not Malachite, Lapis, Pyrite, Selenite, Tourmaline or Turquoise as they will get chalky)
- Place in moonlight or sunlight to clean and charge (but not Amethyst as it will dull)
- Place in presence of candle light
- Cover with sea salt for 24 hours
- Clear using Sage/Palo Santo
- Place around Tibetan Singing Bowl or Bells while using them
- Bury in sand, soil or brown rice over night
- Lightwork – connect to Divine light and "visualize" a clearing light getting rid of negative energy and charging your crystals
- Place on top of Selenite logs to charge and clear other crystals
- Pyramid shapes clear and charge crystals
Different colours have different properties.
Magenta: Helps improve energy levels, self-respect, and composure. Aids in concentration and mental focus.
Violet: Ease of self peace, love, and concern for others. Improves self-respect and is relaxing.
Blue: Improves communicative ability and allows for physical and mental expansion and relaxation.
Turquoise: Supportive. Refreshes and alleviates stress. Holds leadership quality without being oppressive.
Green: Balancing the physical and emotional, while also improving vitality and health. Stability and equilibrium.
Yellow Bright, light, happy and joyous. Contributes to raising letting go and getting in tune with the ethereal realm.
Orange: Natural antidepressant, happiness, and aids in the digestive tract. Contributes to letting go and ease.
Red: Improves vitality and energy. Invigorating and activates vitals in a supportive manner. Counteracts exhaustion.
Different Crystals can be used to help improve different Chakras.
Crown: This chakra connects one to the divine. Higher wisdom and connection to higher planes. Inner peace and integration with cosmic energy.
Thrid Eye: Connects one to information beyond science and the physical plane. Spiritual wisdom can be obtained and understood through this channel.
Throat: Allows for inner feelings and manifestations of human experience to be transformed into expression. Reflection, communication, and sharing.
Heart: This is the centre of the chakra system, holding an equal balance to the physical and metaphysical. Free love, and the neutralization of negative feelings.
Solar Plexus: Impulse based centre, promoting wishes and desires to be acted upon. Expression of the personality manifests through action.
Sacral: Connects one to their inner creative energy. Feelings and emotions flow freely, and manages relations of lovers and friends alike.
Root: Connects one to the earth, the physical world. The "I am" and "Being" center. The foundation for spiritual evolution to grow upwards from.


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No Church in the Wild, the opening track on Jay-Z and Kanye Wests Watch the Throne, is not so much a claim to their godliness as it is a manifesto to a new religion over which hip-hops tallest giants reign.
Its a revving introduction to an album painted unapologetically with the raving egos and convictions of both men.
Hungover and recollecting a leopard-clad woman from the night before, West rhymes, Two tattoos, one read No Apologies / The other said Love is cursed by monogamy / Thats somethin that the pastor dont preach / Thats somethin that a teacher cant teach.
Agree or disagree, brazen convictions like this keep us intrigued throughout Watch the Throne. Theyre convictions to which we cant relate; convictions that come, in Jiggas case, by replacing the housing projects of his youth with music projects earning him hundreds of millions of dollars today.
He triumphs over each track like hes triumphed over the rap game: by spewing a combination of confidence, wit and a cockiness we find endearing more often than annoying. Photo-shoot fresh, lookin like wealth / Im about to call the paparazzi on myself, he threatens on Otis. Its a syncopated punch of a track, laced with samples from the great soul singer.
Wests personality comes out shooting, too. Its not easy being outspoken, witty, rich and hated for it. Remember, during Hurricane Katrina, when he told a national television audience that George Bush doesnt care about black people? That led to allegations of racism that he still carries on his shoulder a chip he tempers with hard-earned cash: I heard Yeezy was racist / Well, I guess thats true on one basis I only like green faces, he raps on Who Gon Stop Me, a dark and pounding testament to the duos headstrong mentality.
Watch the Throne isnt all gold-plated rhetoric. Jay-Z and Kanye West are contemplative, reflective rappers. Thats exhibited in New Day, a lyrically dense but musically sweet track in which they talk lament to the unborn princes of the self-proclaimed kings: Sorry junior, I already ruined ya / Cause you aint even alive, paparazzi pursuin ya / Sins of a father make your life ten times harder / I just wanna take ya to a barber, Jay-Z flows.
And West, as narcissistic as he seems, isnt afraid to poke fun at himself: And Ill never let my son have an ego / Hell be nice to everyone, wherever we go / I mean I might even make him be Republican / So everybody know he love white people.
To fit the egos of hip-hops two biggest names into one 16-track disc was a triumph in itself. To flaunt a final product that parades their convictions, talents, weaknesses and desires so engagingly if sometimes harshly is the biggest victory for hip-hops kings.


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Etsy discovery #5,044: stainless steel straws. Can you imagine? There is a person who makes stainless steel straws by hand from home. This is the joy of Etsy.
There is just one Etsy store that makes stainless steel straws, and it is The Mulled Mind. The Mulled Mind is owned by Heather Melling of Massachusetts, a mechanical engineer who is using her skills to help you kick your disposable plastic straw habit.
Heather Melling, hard at work making your steel drinking straws. Image from The Mulled Mind. |
We've been making smoothies almost daily at my house lately. I use a regular cup with disposable plastic straw (which I reuse a few times before tossing, and, by the way, I have no idea what kind of plastic disposable plastic straws are made from). My 4 and 2-year-olds use plastic lidded cups with straws to drink the smoothies, but the reusable plastic straws were not working for us. Of course, I'm not thrilled with my kids sucking and slurping on plastic to begin with. But what I really hate is that my kids bite their plastic straws into tiny slits, and then the raspberry seeds or something else jam up the straw and they can't drink their smoothies. And then it's, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, until I bite their straw back into shape. And then they bite their straws into tiny slits again, and their straws get jammed, repeat ad nauseum.
The first time we used The Mulled Mind's steel straws a few weeks ago, I immediately noticed both kids biting on them. The look on my 2-year-old's face when she bit that hunk of steel was priceless. And the unsolicited endorsement from my 4-year-old: I like this straw, Mommy! We've been using them for all our smoothies ever since.
10 Things to Love About The Mulled Mind's
Stainless Steel Straws
- My children cannot bite them out of shape.
- Highly affordable. For example, $11.50 ($8 plus $3.50 for U.S. shipping) for a set of 4 regular drinking straws. Plus, all straws come with a lifetime guarantee.
- They are not plastic. No worries about leaching chemicals.
- They are reusable! No plastic or paper waste. Use your straw to become an activist!
- They are dishwasher safe.
- They won't break. I've discussed the glass straw vs. stainless steel straw dilemma with others. It's true with glass that it's easier to see if your straw is clean, and it's also probably true that it would require significant effort for you or your children to break a glass straw. But I've broken plenty of glass in my life (at the end of my illustrious stint in the organic chemistry lab, I owed the lab room upwards of $100 from broken lab equipment), and I feel more comfortable with stainless steel straws for both me and my kids. Also, if you plan to keep one or more reusable straws in your purse for eating out, you won't need a special case for steel straws.
- They come in various diameters and lengths. The short straws are perfect for my kids lidded plastic cups. I also got an extra long one that works with my tall stainless steel malt cup, which I make my smoothie in using an immersion blender. By the way, I found that the regular diameter straw worked just fine with our smoothies. The Mulled Mind also does special orders, so if you don't see the exact straw you want for sale in the shop, just ask!
- Comes with a cloth drawstring bag and pipe cleaner for cleaning them. And, thus, for the first time in my life, I realize why that crafty item sold in Michael's is called a "pipe cleaner." I put my straws through the dishwasher without rinsing first (this will not cut it with a smoothie), and they came out with some gunk inside, so I got to try out the pipe cleaner and it totally worked. For reasons unclear to me (maybe because the interior surface remains smoother?), the steel straws rinse out clean much more easily than plastic straws. To check if your straw is clean, just look through it towards a window or light. The very cute cloth drawstring bag is very handy for carrying the straws in your purse, or provides the wrapping for your eco-friendly gift.
- Made in the USA by an Etsy shop. I love to support handmade goods and the skilled artisans who make them.
- You can win your very own set of 2 short and 2 tall stainless steel straws courtesy of The Mulled Mind (see details below).
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Win The Mulled Mind's Stainless Steel Straw Multi Pack (2 Regular, 2 Short) by leaving a comment below about how often you use disposable plastic straws, or why you would like to win these steel straws. Include your email in your comment, unless I can figure it out from your commenting persona (Blogger profile/ blog/ etc.).
Extra entries (leave an additional comment for each extra entry):
- Spread the word by email, Facebook, Twitter, carrier pigeon, etc. (you can use the buttons at base of the post).
- Make The Mulled Mind an Etsy favorite (you need an Etsy account to do this).
- Extra entry for Eco-novice subscribers (or Followers, Facebook fans or folks with Eco-novice as their homepage or regular readers by some other method). Tell me how you subscribe/ follow/ read Eco-novice in your comment.


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Motorola DROID 3 Images Surface Before Launch
The DROID continues its run on the rumor wagon, even as the release of its newest member, DROID 3, is round the bend. First on the cards is a bunch of leaked images of the DROID 3, which was fished out from Verizon's site by the guys at Droid-Life.
You can see from the screenshots the front and back of the DROID 3 and if that's not enough for you, a 360 view of the device can be found here.And that's not all. Droid-Life has also nabbed a 70 page long user guide of the phone. You can download the manual here.
The lack of 4G LTE connectivity is a blow that, we guess, we can outlive. The presence of a physical keyboard on an Android device is what pleases us most.
Specifications wise, we expect to see a dual-core 1GHz TI OMAP 4430 processor powered phone running the Android 2.3 beneath the "Motorola Application Platform".
The D3 packs a 4-inch 540×960 qHD display, 8-megapixel camera with LED flash and 1080p video capture and a front camera for video chatting. The device doesn't come with a preinstalled microSD card, but you can find preloaded apps like VZ Navigator, Blockbuster, and V CAST Music and Video.
On the whole, the package does seem to be a welcome upgrade from the DROID family. We have heard no statements regarding the price, but since the launch is impending, we expect to update you soon.


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Greetings! If you're here on this article, it's likely that you're planning to launching an internet-based store or expanding an existing business venture online. Maybe, you have heard of Shopify as an excellent platform to accomplish this for you, yet are unsure whether it is truly what it promises or the best choice for your endeavor – in which case, this article serves as the perfect starting point! Join me as we embark upon this informative venture together.
What Is The Shopify Platform?
Fundamentally, the Shopify platform is a all-inclusive e-commerce solution designed to enable organizations of all sizes, both small and large, to establish online stores effortlessly and sell products with pride. Not limited solely to online stores – Shopify allows you to sell across various platforms – such as mobile-based apps, social media pages, marketplaces or physical locations – making selling seamless for all sellers! If this sounds puzzling – let's break it down for you: Simply put, it presents one solution for all your sales needs with convenient reach to buyers wherever they may be found – making Shopify an invaluable one-stop solution to all your selling needs offering an smooth customer reach no matter where they may be located!
Who Gets the Most Benefit From Using Shopify?
Shopify Provides an Ideal Solution For Small-scale Enterprises.
SMBs with grand dreams will find Shopify an invaluable ally. Not only is it budget-friendly, but also extremely user-friendly – no need for advanced technical knowledge to operate your way around this platform! There are premade templates to help build the store of your dreams that exactly mirror your unique brand without ever needing to write any bits of code!
Solo Business Owners
Shopify is the ideal option for individual entrepreneurs to fulfill their entrepreneurial dreams and convert them into tangible realities. No need for lengthy web design courses or costly developer teams – with Shopify you have all of the resources and help necessary to build an e-commerce platform solo without requiring technical expertise.
Large Corporations
Shopify's strong functions go well beyond small businesses and entrepreneurs; large corporations can leverage the platform too. Shopify Plus capabilities provide specialized support for larger and scaling businesses – from customization and automation tools, dedicated support services, and increased capacity; Shopify Plus ensures your growing business won't outgrow its platform.
How Shopify Works
The beauty of Shopify lies in its ease. Once signed up, all it takes to start an online store is choosing a design that aligns with your brand, tailoring it to meet customer preferences, including products and making purchases – it couldn't be simpler! Plus you've got payment gateways, tracking orders, shipping management capabilities, and customer communication all from one easy platform – sounds too good to be true? But that's exactly what Shopify delivers; an effortless yet effective means of running an ecommerce business!
Create Your Shopify Store Right Away
Establishing your Shopify store is like building your dream house. First, choose a theme that captures the style you desire – with the platform offering both complimentary and premium themes designed by top designers – before stocking up your store manually adding products or bulk importing a large quantity of products – with descriptions, pricing, product images, as well as inventory management all easily managed in-house by Shopify itself! After filling your store, it's time to set up payment gateways – Shopify offers various payment methods so your customers can purchase products with ease while you manage inventory all without touching a line of code! Finally, payment gateways must be set up: Shopify supports multiple payment gateway options so customers can purchase products effortlessly without touching a single line of code; just think!
Pros of Shopify
The platform isn't just another tool; it's a comprehensive e-commerce solution. Offering various features to make selling products online easier for businesses of all sizes, the platform's ease of use, flexibility, and scalability make it the perfect platform. Plus it comes packed with powerful marketing tools as well as advanced analytics so you can keep an eye on store performance for making data-driven decisions!
Primary Functions of Shopify
Shopify offers a range of features designed to help your e-commerce venture thrive, from search engine optimization and marketing tools that enhance online visibility, to robust security measures like SSL to protect both store owners and their customers, not forgetting outstanding customer support! Whether it be creating your store or troubleshooting an issue – whatever it may be Shopify has got your back covered with exceptional support services on hand and waiting to help! With Shopify, you can depend on a all-inclusive set of features created to empower your e-commerce business and fuel your success.
As an entrepreneur, one of your primary considerations will likely be cost. Shopify's pricing plans provide plans tailored to different business needs and budgets; Entry-level plans provide access to core features while Premium offers more capabilities.
And the amazing thing is – each plan provides access to fundamental features like uploading unlimited number of products, access to various sales channels, and 24/7 customer support. For more substantial operations looking to maximize their potential, the platform's more advanced plans offer professional reports, lower transaction fees, and third-party calculated shipping rates for even further expansion.
Shopify's flexible and scalable pricing ensures that as your business expands, so can its e-commerce platform without incurring any expenses.
Subscription Levels
One of the key advantages of Shopify is its free trial period, enabling you to discover its features, establish your online store, and gain insights into how the platform operates without incurring any financial risk or commitment. No credit card details are necessary during this trial period, allowing for genuinely risk-free experimentation and limitless exploration of Shopify's capabilities.Shopify Basic is the entry-level plan, but don't be misled by its name: this plan comes packed with essential features for new businesses or those just getting into online sales.
Shopify Basic gives you access to the complete set of the core features of their platform, including selling and promoting an endless array of products, 2 staff accounts for managing your business, sales channels for both online and social media selling channels, continuous customer support as well as an SSL certificate and fraud analysis tools for added protection of your business.
Shopify Basic may not provide access to all of the advanced features found in higher-tier plans, but it offers an excellent starting point for beginning an e-commerce venture.
The Shopify Plan is the mid-tier plan designed for growing businesses that need additional features beyond what the Basic Plan can provide. It includes everything included in Basic, as well as professional reports to evaluate business performance; domains for international markets and languages to expand your audience worldwide; and reduced transaction fees which help increase profitability and enhance your profits.
Shopify Advanced is designed for high-volume sellers and businesses seeking to scale. It contains all of the features of the mid-tier plan as well as added tools like an advanced report builder for more in-depth business analysis, third-party calculated shipping rates for more accurate cost estimation, and third-party calculated rates which give both you and your customers more precise shipping costs. With the Shopify Advanced plan, you have access to a comprehensive suite of features to manage your high-volume business efficiently and effectively.
Optimizing Your Shopify Store: A Step-by-Step Guide
In today's constantly changing e-commerce landscape, simply having a store isn't enough – to ensure maximum visibility, reach, and conversion rates, optimizing Shopify stores requires some strategic tactics. Here are a few approaches of doing this to gain optimal outcomes.
Improvement of SEO is of vital importance when it comes to increasing store visibility on search engines and helping potential customers discover your store more easily. This entails researching keywords and integration, meta descriptions, and making sure the site architecture is designed with search engines in mind.
As part of any successful online store, loading speed is of tremendous significance. Research have demonstrated that just a single-second delay can cost conversion rates by as much as seven percent – therefore making sure your Shopify store loads quickly can boost user experience and boost sales. Guaranteeing fast loading times for your online store is essential to optimize user experience and spur increased sales performance.
Your online store on the Shopify platform must feature a design that adapts to different screen sizes. With mobile devices becoming more prevalent with each passing year, more shoppers than ever are doing their shopping online via mobile devices. A responsive design will guarantee that it looks and functions seamlessly on any device for an optimal user experience for shoppers. Implementing a responsive design is essential to cater to the increasing number of mobile shoppers and provide an excellent user experience.
Captivating, meaningful creation of content is among the most effective ways to entice and retain customers. This could take the form of descriptions of products, blogs, tutorials, or reviews from customers; high-quality material not only adds value to SEO efforts but can establish itself your brand as a trusted authority within its specific field. By creating engaging and relevant content, you can attract and keep customers efficiently while building your brand's image as a credible leader in your niche.
Advice for Achieving Success with Shopify
Attaining success on Shopify does not happen instantly; it takes strategic planning and constant hard work. Here are a few tactics that may accelerate your journey to success on Shopify.
Select a theme that best embodies your brand's look and philosophy for optimal success. A online store that is visually appealing will likely keep visitors coming in, while more efficiently engaging visitors could turn them to customers.
Carefully consider which products you want to sell. They should be items that excite you that also have good market demand. Furthermore, ensure your product descriptions are helpful yet engaging for interested individuals.
Customer service excellence is a cornerstone of success in e-commerce. Always be prepared to assist your customers, address their inquiries promptly, and provide the seamless shopping experience possible for them.
Execute an effective marketing strategy using SEO, social media platforms, and email marketing techniques to reach more people and turn them into loyal customers.
As with any platform, Shopify contains both benefits and drawbacks to keep in mind when making a decision about it. Below are a few key pros and cons:
User-Friendly Interface: Shopify is well known for its user-friendly interface and simple design, making it an great option for newcomers to e-commerce or those wanting a hassle-free experience. From adding products to managing orders, Shopify makes everything straightforward even without technical knowledge.
Comprehensive Features: Shopify provides an extensive suite of tools to manage your online business, from stock and SEO management tools, sales analytics and CRM platforms, customer relationship management tools, and CRM software – meaning it has almost all of the resources you need to run an efficient online store.
Omnichannel Selling: Shopify allows you to sell through various channels – not only your online store, but also social media, online marketplaces, and physical shops or pop-up shops – in order to target more of your potential customers and boost sales potential. This versatility means reaching them on their preferred channels!
Reliable Customer Support: The platform provides round-the-clock customer support via email, live chat, and phone if any issues arise. In addition, there's an extensive Help Center as well as active community forums that offer additional assistance.
Flexibility to Scale: Shopify has the capability to scale with your business as your needs do. As your requirements evolve, upgrading to more higher-tier plans with greater features and capabilities keeps costs manageable at each stage. This means Shopify remains cost-effective through every stage of your business growth.
Fees for Transactions: To the disfavor of smaller businesses, Shopify applies additional transaction fees per sale on all sales not made through its payment gateway – Shopify Payments. This may diminish profits significantly and erode profit margins considerably.
Limited customization: While Shopify provides plenty of customization options, certain constraints such as HTML and CSS code constrain what can be achieved when it comes to tweaking store design and functionality. Some users demand additional flexibility for tailoring their store.
Costs: Though Shopify's pricing plans are reasonably competitive, costs can add up rapidly if you factor in premium themes, paid apps, and transaction fees (if you don't utilize Shopify Payments).
Users offer invaluable insight into a platform's performance through reviews. Shopify users have offered positive reviews that emphasize its ease of use, wide array of features, and exceptional customer support – reaffirming that Shopify satisfies all their e-commerce needs in one convenient package. Users' reviews function as testimonials that bolster Shopify's standing as a trusted and all-inclusive e-commerce solution.
Are You Wondering If Shopify Is User-Friendly?
Absolutely! The platform's user-friendly design is one of its defining characteristics, making the platform accessible even to beginners. From setting up an online store and handling stock and processing orders, each feature on Shopify was developed for effortless usability – the UI being simple and intuitive with an organized dashboard for effective business administration.
Customizable Themes for Shopify
Shopify provides an impressive array of professional themes designed to give your online store an eye-catching appearance. Not only are these aesthetically pleasing; they're also mobile-friendly, meaning that they adjust automatically for different screen sizes across desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones for a optimal customer shopping experience on all devices. With the platform's diverse range of pre-designed templates, you can conveniently create an attractive and device-optimized online store that offers a smooth shopping experience to shoppers regardless of the device they are using.
Comparing Shopify to Other Platforms
Although Shopify is an remarkable e-commerce platform, it is important to consider it against other e-commerce solutions. Our analysis will include aspects like pricing, ease of use, features, and customer support – ensuring we provide a thorough overview.
No matter whether it be WooCommerce, Magento, or BigCommerce – each has their own set of advantages and drawbacks that should help shape your choice on which one is most suitable for the individual business goals and needs for you. Understanding this will enable you to take an well-informed choice that best matches up with your specific business needs and goals.
Comparing Shopify and Ecwid
Both the Shopify platform and Ecwid offer e-commerce solutions, but each is designed to address different needs. Shopify is an complete e-commerce platform designed for running entire online stores; offering inclusive tools for handling products, sales, customers, and sales channels ranging from your own website through social media to marketplaces like eBay or Amazon. The Ecwid platform, on the other hand, is a versatile e-commerce solution that specializes in integrating with existing websites or social media platforms, facilitating seamless online selling without having to create a full-fledged online store.
Comparing Shopify and WooCommerce
WooCommerce is a cost-free e-commerce plugin designed specifically for WordPress websites, unlike the Shopify platform which acts as a independent platform. While offering features such as managing products, shopping cart functionality, and payment gateways; its management depends on you in terms of hosting security and optimization. The WooCommerce plugin provides versatility and control, allowing you to customize and modify your online store based on your specific hosting requirements and preferences.
Shopify or BigCommerce: Which is Better?
Both the Shopify platform and BigCommerce provide comprehensive e-commerce platforms, offering numerous features for operating an e-commerce store. Both platforms share comparable functionalities when it comes to product management, sales, SEO, and multichannel selling tools. The Shopify platform and BigCommerce deliver powerful tools that enable seamless product management, order processing, search engine optimization, and selling on multiple channels.
Analyzing the Differences: Shopify vs Magento
The Magento platform is an open-source e-commerce platform known for its flexibility and customization options, but also for being complicated to set up. While the Shopify platform provides user-friendly support that's suitable for newcomers to e-commerce, the Magento platform requires significant technical knowledge (or the budget for professional developer assistance) in order to be effective. The Magento platform offers comprehensive personalization options, enabling retailers to tailor their e-commerce stores to their specific requirements. However, establishing and managing a Magento-based store could require technical expertise and experience in order to leverage its complete potential. The Shopify platform, on the other hand, delivers a beginner-friendly dashboard that makes the process of creating and managing an online store, reducing the necessity for technical expertise.
Closing Thoughts: Is Shopify the Right Option for You?
As always, selecting an e-commerce platform depends upon your individual needs, goals, and resources. With this resource to the Shopify platform, we aim to offer an comprehensive understanding of its capabilities and potential.
No matter if you are just getting into online sales for the first time, or an established corporation looking to expand their digital footprint, Shopify offers an incredibly dependable platform which can meet the unique requirements of each entrepreneur or corporation; only you can determine if this platform will suit your individual journey.
Common Questions
Does Shopify cater to beginners?
Absolutely! The Shopify platform has been developed with novice entrepreneurs in mind, making it an great platform for newcomers. Thanks to its easy-to-use user-interface and extensive support resources, creating your online store can be done even without pre-existing experience with e-commerce platforms. Additionally, the platform provides knowledge base to help users navigate this new terrain. Using Shopify, you can quickly begin your internet-based enterprise and learn as you go.
Can Shopify be used for selling services as well as products?
The Shopify platform makes selling both tangible goods and services easy, whether it's physical products, digital downloads, or services – with features tailored specifically for each requirement. If offering services is your goal, use Shopify's feature for service-based products to create services without shipping requirements. Using Shopify, you can smoothly administer and market various offerings based on your company's needs.
Is Shopify exclusive to online storefronts, or are there other types of stores using it?
No. The Shopify platform is not only a leading platform for e-commerce stores; they also offer solutions for offline sales – temporary storefronts, markets, and in-store sales are among their offerings. The platform's unified platform makes managing all sales and inventory easy whether it happens online or offline. Using Shopify, you can smoothly integrate your digital and in-person sales and efficiently manage inventory and sales across various sales channels through one platform.
In case I need assistance with the setup of my Shopify store, what support alternatives are there?
The Shopify platform provides round-the-clock customer support via email, live chat, and phone. They also have an comprehensive Help Center filled with knowledge base articles, tutorials, and community forums where users can find solutions to frequently asked questions as well as acquire more knowledge into using the platform. By utilizing Shopify, you can utilize continuous customer assistance to resolve any concerns or problems that may arise, ensuring a smooth experience while using the platform's resources effectively.
Can I customize my Shopify store?
Yes! Shopify provides an array of customization options, from choosing your store theme to incorporating branding elements. If you possess programming knowledge, you may also delve further into its code for further development. By utilizing Shopify, you have the option to tailor your e-commerce store's design and brand identity, ensuring it mirrors your distinctive style and suits your distinct company requirements.
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More than 150 leaders in the conservative evangelical Christian community are getting together Friday and Saturday at a private ranch west of Houston in a last-ditch effort to derail Mitt Romney's march to the Republican nomination.
The meeting, which will feature state and regional leaders as well as prominent pastors and national-profile evangelical stars, is not intended as a Romney-bashing event, says Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council and a big voice among conservative evangelicals.
"Some have portrayed this as an anti-Romney rally, a bash-Mitt weekend," says Perkins, who has become the de facto spokesman for the supposed-to-be-secret event. "It's not."
"What is driving it is discomfort with Mitt Romney among evangelicals, and the search for another candidate," he said. Some evangelicals see this as their last chance to stop Romney, with the South Carolina primary just a week after their meeting.
The list of possible alternatives to Romney, who already has wins under his belt in Iowa and New Hampshire:
"Realistically, I don't think that there's any expectation that people are going to come out of the meeting and say that we've arrived at a unanimous decision for candidate A or B," Perkins says. "An endorsement was not the purpose or the expected outcome."
What will probably happen, he says, is a vigorous discussion about where candidates stand on the issues and perhaps a consensus among the leaders, who could make their own endorsements.
That consensus appears to be moving toward Santorum, who could benefit greatly in South Carolina from big evangelical endorsements.
However, recent polls show that many evangelicals in South Carolina are not unhappy with Romney. A Time poll conducted last week found that 35 percent of the state's born-again Christians supported Romney, with Santorum picking up 22 percent.
One of the problems for the stop-Romney forces is the abundance of alternatives.
"You have a few conservative candidates slicing up the conservative voting bloc," Perkins says.
Perkins and others have repeatedly likened the situation to 2008, when Sen. John McCain, no favorite of the Christian right, got a crucial win in South Carolina on his way to the GOP nomination. He topped a divided field that included former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson.
In addition to Perkins, other influential evangelicals expected at the Texas gathering include:
Donald Wildmon
Founder in 1977 of the National Federation for Decency, renamed the American Family Association, which lists "restraining evil by exposing the works of darkness" as one of its aims. Wildmon, 73, a Methodist minister when he started the organization, is prominent in anti-abortion and anti-gay efforts. He made a name for himself protesting retailers and TV networks because of advertising and programming he viewed as immoral or anti-Christian.
He stepped down as chairman of the powerhouse AFA in 2010, ceding authority to his 48-year-old son, Tim. The organization has more than 170 radio stations and a multimillion-dollar budget. The Southern Poverty Law Center considers it a hate group.
Wildmon, a Mississippi native who remains AFA's chairman emeritus, has endorsed Gingrich.
James Dobson
Dobson, 75, founded Focus on the Family in 1977 and built it into one of the most influential platforms for social conservatism in the nation. He became the voice of a generation of evangelicals, producing a daily radio program that once reached an estimated 220 million people around the globe.
The Louisiana-born Dobson, who received a doctorate in child development in 1967, has supported parenting that includes corporal punishment, has postulated that God does not approve of homosexuality, and famously issued a statement in 2008 saying he would not vote for McCain "as a matter of conscience." He backed Huckabee four years ago.
Dobson, who left Focus on the Family in 2010, now hosts a radio program, Family Talk With Dr. James Dobson. He is also the founder of the Family Research Council, the conservative Christian lobbying group that Perkins heads.
He has not yet endorsed a candidate.
Richard Land
Since 1988, Land has been president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. He also served in the George W. Bush administration on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. He was the main author of a letter that outlined for Bush the religious right's argument that the invasion of Iraq would be a "just war."
When Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, then a prospective GOP presidential candidate, said last spring that Americans want a "truce" on social issues until the economy improves, Land pushed back on the pages of the Wall Street Journal. "Social conservatives are mad," he wrote about Daniels' comment, "and rightly so."
A Baptist pastor, Land, born in 1946, has described Mormonism as "the fourth Abrahamic religion," but he asserts that many evangelicals do not view the faith as Christian. He has said that should not be a disqualifier for evangelical Christians, but he questions Romney's past stands on abortion and gay rights.
In 2008, Land's positive comments about Romney led some to suggest he had endorsed the former Massachusetts governor. Land was forced to clarify his position, saying that comments he made defending Romney's right to run, despite evangelical discomfort, should not be construed as an endorsement.
Gary Bauer
Onetime presidential candidate Bauer, 65, is a former president of the Family Research Council. He heads American Values, a nonprofit focused on opposing abortion rights and gay marriage. He's also founder of the political action committee Campaign for Working Families.
Bauer, who's active in pro-Israel efforts within the evangelical community, has endorsed Santorum.
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Was it O.J. Simpson, women in the workplace, Reality TV, or did the soaps kill themselves with one bad decision after another? You decide. Our countdown of the 25 Biggest Blunders in Daytime Soap Opera History concludes today with the five biggest blunders.
5. Firing Michael Zaslow from GL when he became ill Soap opera actors have been fired or let go in many disrespectful ways over the years. For example, GENERAL HOSPITAL's Anna Lee, who had reportedly been promised a lifetime contract from a previous production regime, was fired in 2003, and she died a few months later. But the most disrespectful and disgusting casting move of them all was the way Procter & Gamble and GUIDING LIGHT treated Michael Zaslow. The word "blunder" hardly begins to describe it.
Zaslow had played soap roles before GUIDING LIGHT's Roger Thorpe, but it was his time as Roger that built him into a legend. He first joined GL in 1971, and fans fell in love with the character, and the actor, throughout the 1970s. The strong and devilish Roger was a villain like no one had ever created before. However, he "died" in 1980, and Zaslow went onto ONE LIFE TO LIVE to create another successful character, David Renaldi.
Zaslow returned to GL in full force in 1989. Roger's "death" was explained, and he fit back into the canvas immediately. He was a foil to the Bauers, the Spauldings, and provided endless hours of dysfunctional family drama with Holly, Blake, and Hart. In 1994 he was rewarded with the Emmy for outstanding actor in a daytime series.
It was in September 1996 that Zaslow began experiencing slightly slurred speech on the set of GL. Over the next few months, as he began to lose weight and the slurring escalated, he underwent a battery of tests (doctors suspected everything from myasthenia gravis to Lyme disease).
In April 1997, Procter & Gamble, which produced GL, took Zaslow off the air and shamelessly admitted that it was because of his condition (eventually, they replaced him with another actor, Dennis Parlato).
P&G exec Mary Alice Dobbins gained notoriety when she told TV Guide: "Roger is a powerful, active, sexual, multicolored villain. That's who we need him to be on the GL canvas. We do not need a wizened little old man. And that's what he would have to play in his condition."
Zaslow was a team player and GUIDING LIGHT champion. In turn, GL mocked him publicly and kicked him when he was down. In the September 1997 issue of People magazine, it was revealed that the unemployed soap star no longer received his full salary. He was in arbitration with P&G Productions about compensation. Zaslow stated that he had first suggested incorporating his condition "into the character, like a stroke," but GL executive producer Paul Rauch turned down the idea. "[Thorpe] has great strength and power," says Rauch. "It didn't seem characteristic for us to stop, then begin telling a story about whatever [Zaslow's] problem was."
The arbitration suit ended a month after his condition was finally diagnosed--Zaslow had ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease). Zaslow called the settlement "fair" but was not allowed to discuss specifics.
Would GL have kept Zaslow on if his condition had been known at the time he was let go? Zaslow didn't think so, saying, "If I had been diagnosed with ALS while I was on GL, I do not in truth believe it would have gone down any differently. I think they would have booted me out of there even faster, out of fear. It takes brave people with a sense of fighting spirit and humanity to behave with dignity in a crisis. Those at the top [of P&G] were not up to it. I bought into [the idea of GL] being a family and I have been hurt."
Luckily, in 1998 ONE LIFE TO LIVE hired him to reprise his role as David, Dorian's ex-husband. First of all, what a classy move. Well done, OLTL. Second, this final role demonstrates, without a doubt, that GL could have kept him on. For six months, unable to speak or walk, Zaslow offered OLTL viewers a memorable and sensitive portrayal of a strong man afflicted with a life-changing illness. No doubt he managed to change a few lives himself in the process.
Undoubtedly, GL missed a huge opportunity to educate viewers about the early warning signs of this devastating illness. Yet, firing Michael Zaslow did more than just damage the show creatively. It left the audience with a sad, disgusting insight into the politics at P&G, making it immensely challenging to support the show and its sponsors for quite some time.
4. ABC canceling ONE LIFE TO LIVE
Beloved soap operas had been canceled before, including the 35 year-old (or older) SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, ANOTHER WORLD, AS THE WORLD TURNS and GUIDING LIGHT. Even though we hated these decisions, and boy did they hurt, at least, from a business perspective, the networks could justify them to a degree because of declining ratings, evaporating creativity, and usually, a last-place standing in that network's soap ratings.
SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, for example, was a shell of it former self when it left the airwaves in 1986, and although we still claim replacing the show with WORDPLAY was a blunder in and of itself, at least there was a shred of logic.
But ONE LIFE TO LIVE was actually on the rise in the ratings at the time of its cancellation. It was ABC Daytime's top-rated daytime drama, a first for a canceled soap, and it was a top 3 program in the important Women 18-49 demo. It even finished #1 in the coveted demographic of women 18-34 for two weeks in a row (August 22-26th, August 29th-September 2nd)! Who cancels their most watched soap?
Since the news was released on April 14, along with word that the show's replacement would be lifestyle-talker THE REVOLUTION, ONE LIFE TO LIVE has actually soared in the ratings even more, gaining more than half a million viewers year-over-year for several weeks. That's huge in terms of daytime ratings in 2011. We're sad about the cancellation of ALL MY CHILDREN as well, but let that fall under our #9 blunder (hiring Brian Frons and all the mistakes associated with that). It was in last place in the ratings at the time, like the other, aforementioned soaps.
OLTL has once again become must-see-TV, and it's the network's top soap in total viewers. It is up in every single demo from a year ago. Why is it going off the air in January 2012?
ABC and Brian Frons blew this one big time. We hope Prospect Park's pick up of both ONE LIFE TO LIVE and ALL MY CHILDREN for airing on the internet will someday make our "best decisions" list. Until then, we mourn the loss of this successful, popular institution and, also, the loss of network management's sanity as well.
3. Elimination of Core Families
From the Ames' on THE SECRET STORM and the Matthews on ANOTHER WORLD, to the HUGHES/LOWELL/STEWARTS on AS THE WORLD TURNS and Bauers on GUIDING LIGHT, the elimination of core families on the family-based soaps helped lead to each of the programs' decline, as well as a decline in the genre as a whole.
Can a show survive, thrive and maintain an audience when founding families are diminished or completely wiped out? This once worked successfully on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS as the show changed focus from the Brooks and Foster families to the Abbotts and Newmans. That transition, however, was executed by the delicate and thoughtful pen of original head writer Bill Bell. GUIDING LIGHT also lost core families when transferring from radio to television, but the Bauers were the center of the CBS version of the show.
In general, losing the main core family, can turn a soap opera into what is functionally a brand new show. AS THE WORLD TURNS originated with the Hughes and Lowell families in 1956. Over time, the Lowells and Stewarts sort of merged into one bigger family. ATWT's attempted to keep the Stewarts alive in its final decade involved having Susan use her ex-husband's last name again (the long dead Dan) even after having been remarried to another man. Her daughter from that marriage, Alison McDermott, would be aged and call herself Alison Stewart. Strange! Susan's maiden name would be understandable, but an ex-husband's name who died before Ali was born? Emily Stewart was the last remaining Stewart/Lowell when ATWT ended in September 2010.
ANOTHER WORLD went on the air in 1964 as a show about the Matthews family. 20 years later, most of the Matthews were gone. Even a return by Jacqueline Courtney for the show's 20th anniversary fizzled, because the landscape had change so much by them. Better writers could have made it work, but that wasn't the case. Years later, having Josie turn out to be the daughter of Russ Matthews was a stroke of genius, but a revival of the Matthews family was not to be.
After Bert Bauer died on GUIDING LIGHT, fans expected the show to continue with Ed and Mike front and center, and even Hillary. But Mike and Hillary weren't long for Springfield, and Ed was on the canvas off and on by the late 1990s. Bringing on Mary Stuart as Meta was wonderful and Michelle and Rick had storylines, but the missing Mike and his daughter, Hope, left a gaping hole felt until the very end.
Would keeping the core of these beloved families together have saved these canceled shows? With all the other blunders made on our list, it is debatable. But we are willing to bet that more longtime, multi-generational fans would have stayed tuned-in longer. Never underestimate the loyalty of a soap fan who grew up loving their soap's family along with their own family.
2. WIPING (Decades of soap history destroyed)
Want to watch Joan Crawford's appearance on THE SECRET STORM? Want to watch the entire Steve-Rachel-Alice triangle on ANOTHER WORLD? Want to watch about any soap episode from the 1950s to the late 1970s? Well, you are out of luck due to WIPING, a term used for action taken by radio and television production and broadcasting companies, in which old audiotapes, videotapes, and telerecordings (kinescopes), were erased, reused, or destroyed after several uses.
The practice was prevalent for decades, until the late 1970s, and it's astounding how much of our soap opera history was lost because of it. Most soaps transitioned from live broadcast to videotape during the 1960s, and it was a common practice to wipe and reuse the tapes. At the time, it was an expensive proposition to save that footage, to be sure, but didn't anyone have any foresight about wanting to see these shows later? Did no one understand the history they were destroying?
Most soaps began routinely saving their episodes between 1976 and 1979. When you see classic episodes aired on SOAPnet, or if you watched the Classic Soap channel P&G had on AOL a few years ago, you probably noticed that most of the episodes were from the late 1970s and later. Some soap operas have saved recordings of all their episodes, or they have put together collections thanks to fans. DARK SHADOWS has its entire five year run on ABC from 1966-1971. RYAN'S HOPE has its 1975-1989 run intact. But think of GUIDING LIGHT, SECRET STORM, AS THE WORLD TURN, SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, EDGE OF NIGHT, and so many more classic and short-lived soap episodes that are lost forever. The number of surviving monochrome episodes recorded on kinescope outnumber color episodes for most of these programs, but the number we have is still small compared to what is gone.
Agnes Nixon and ABC were wise enough to save ONE LIFE TO LIVE and ALL MY CHILDREN episodes from the beginning--but in a cruel twist of fate, a fire destroyed most of the archives until the late 1970s. Different circumstances? Certainly. But they had an eerily similar outcome.
The Paley Center and the UCLA Film & Television Archive have some of the episodes that were spared from the wiping practice. We highly recommend checking out both to see some of the soap history that survived. And although it's a long shot, we implore any readers that, somehow, may have some kind of access to what may be a recording of a lost episode to please let us know.
Who is to blame for this blunder? Many people from P&G, as well as the other producer/sponsors and the networks themselves. Is there anything we can do? We must work as a community to locate, identify, and preserve any media that is part of our soap history, from audio tapes to scripts to books and magazines. And we must be vigilant: when soaps are streamed over the Internet, once again we will be vulnerable. The "hard copies" will be on servers somewhere, where they will be open to hacking, flooding, theft and so on, as well as more fires. And of course, data storage and maintenance is expensive; as episodes age, in the years and decades to come, can we be sure that a short-sighted corporate penny-pincher--all it takes is one--won't start wiping again?
1. Erica's unabortion
This is the most repugnant story line rewrite ever. ALL MY CHILDREN made television history by having Erica Kane become the first woman on TV to have had a legal abortion, even before the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. This storyline choice made headlines, and it was perceived by feminists as a defining moment in women's history as well. Furthermore, it proved daytime television's ability to address complex social issues that were relevant to its audience, as well as demonstrating the sophistication of that audience.
Erica, then married to Dr. Jeff Martin, did not want to end her modeling career. She chose to abort her pregnancy secretly, without Jeff's consent. Her secret didn't last long, as she contracted an infection from the procedure, and word got out. What makes the abortion particularly controversial is Erica's reason for doing it: not for reasons of health, but so that she can keep her job. In the end, the controversy did not hurt ratings, either. They rose from 8.2 to 9.1.
In May 2005, Dr. Greg Madden came to Pine Valley. He was soon followed by his son, Josh, first played by Scott Kinworthy, then replaced three months later with Colin Egglesfield. Head writer Megan McTavish set off controversy when the abortion storyline, now part of television history, was retconned in order to establish that Erica's aborted fetus was transferred into another woman's uterus.
Her son, Josh Madden, would eventually learn of his true parentage. Erica hired Josh to produce her talk show, "New Beginnings." Josh lined up his father, Greg Madden, a well-known fertility expert, to be one of the first guests. Erica couldn't place where she had met Dr. Madden until a bizarre series of events revealed that Dr. Madden had not only performed her abortion a few years back but developed a creepy obsession with her and implanted her aborted embryo into his own wife using a revolutionary new technique.
Megan McTavish "unaborting" Erica's fetus in this offensive story alienated and offended loyal viewers in droves. In an attempt to correct the error, the writers killed "Josh" in 2009, but it was too little too late. The damage was done, the shark was jumped, and AMC has only hemorrhaged viewers ever since. With equal parts historical ignorance, political inanity, and creative ineptitude, McTavish gave birth to what is officially the number one greatest blunder in daytime soap opera history.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Scott Peacock, Southern Corn Bread and Corn Bread-Pecan Dressing
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Just last week we explored the life of Edna Lewis, a woman many believe to be responsible for the revival and preservation of Southern cooking. Her story is a compelling piece of Americana but lurking in the background of that tale lies another that begs to be told. In the early 1990's, Miss Lewis met Scott Peacock, a troubled young chef who suffered from fierce bouts of clinical depression. Drawn by their shared love of the South and Southern cooking, this old woman and this young, gay white man forged an unusual friendship. Together they harnessed memories, techniques and recipes and combined them in the book, The Gift of Southern Cooking. They became known as the Odd Couple of Southern Cooking. There was nothing kinky here. She wished to pass on what she knew and he was an avid listener who was willing to soak up all she had to pass along. Over time they became family to each other. In the early days of their friendship she helped him through bouts of depression and kept him focused. As she aged and became fragile, he became her caretaker. She lived with him for years and died at the age of 89 in his home. Scott first met Edna when he was in his early 20's working as a chef for the governor of Georgia. They met at a food festival where he helped her make pies, and, in the course of conversation, shared with her his love of Southern cooking. She invited him to visit her in Brooklyn and there convinced him to shelve his plans for foreign study, urging him to stay in-country and document the food he already knew and loved. As corny as it sounds, he writes from the heart, and when they worked together he added balance to her memories and opinions and was able to combine her cooking instincts with his own. He was the heart, she was the soul of their collaboration. In 2007, Scott was named Best Chef in the Southeast by the James Beard Foundation. These days he is working on a memoir that will include his time with Edna and, in a separate project, documenting the food memories of other octogenarians in the South. If you have about 20 minutes you might want to link to this touching video. I've chosen a simple recipe for corn bread and corn bread-pecan dressing to highlight his cooking style. It made this damn Yankee smile. I think you'll like it, too
Corn Bread-Pecan Dressing...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Scott Peacock via Chef Recipes Made Easy
Southern corn bread (see below)
3 cups pecan halves (11 ounces)
8 thick slices of slab bacon
1 stick plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (5 ounces), 4 tablespoons melted
3 cups coarsely chopped onions
3 cups coarsely chopped celery
3 large shallots, minced
1-1/2 tablespoons rubbed sage
1 tablespoon dried thyme
6 large eggs, beaten
1-3/4 cups chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1) Break corn bread into large pieces, scatter on a baking sheet and let dry overnight. 2) Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. On a rimmed baking sheet, toast pecans for about 10 minutes, or until nicely browned and fragrant. Transfer to a plate to cool. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
3) In a large skillet, cook bacon in 6 tablespoons of butter until very crisp, about 10 minutes; reserve the bacon for another use (I recommend BLT's). Add onions, celery, shallots, sage and thyme to skillet and cook over low heat until vegetables are tender, about 25 minutes.
4) Tear corn bread into 1 1/2-inch pieces and place in a large bowl. Top with cooked vegetable mixture and pecans and toss well. Stir in melted butter, eggs and 1 cup of the chicken stock. Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and 1 teaspoon of pepper and mix well.
5) Butter a large shallow baking dish and add corn bread dressing. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and baste dressing with 6 tablespoons of remaining stock. Bake for 10 minutes longer, then baste with remaining 6 tablespoons of stock. Bake for 20 minutes longer, or until golden brown on top and heated through. Yield: 12 servings.
Southern Corn Bread...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Scott Peacock via Chef Recipes Made Easy
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 cups white cornmeal, preferably stone ground
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups buttermilk
4 large eggs, beaten
1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Put butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet and melt the butter in oven.
2) Meanwhile, mix cornmeal with cream of tartar, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Add buttermilk and eggs and stir to blend.
3) Remove skillet from oven and swirl to coat with butter. Pour melted butter into e batter and stir just until incorporated. Scrape batter into hot skillet and bake for about 35 minutes, or until crusty around edges and springy to touch. Invert corn bread onto a rack and let cool completely. Yield: 1 10-inch cake.
35 comments :
- Ginny Hartzler said...
This is such a really heartwarming story, I LOVED it! Growing up, our whole family loved cornbread, and it became a joke that one person always got the hiccups whenever she ate cornbread. Every time!
- February 29, 2012 at 12:25 AM
- Jeannie said...
I baked cornbread once and it was so crumbly I can't cut it into pieces, I have to try this recipe soon..if it crumbles, then I'll dress it up:D
- February 29, 2012 at 1:00 AM
- Pondside said...
What a sweet story. Somehow it's the sort of thing that renews my faith in our human nature.
My mum always made corn bread, which she called Johnny Cake, when she made baked beans. The Johnny Cake was always served warm, with butter and molasses. - February 29, 2012 at 2:12 AM
- Lenia said...
Whata great story!The bread seems delicious!Blessings,dear!
- February 29, 2012 at 3:42 AM
- Alessandra said...
Wow, that cornbread looks so amazing I can smell it from here!
Nice to learn about Scott Peacock, I didn't know him.
Alessandra - February 29, 2012 at 3:49 AM
- lena said...
i love to try making cornbread one day and mary, that's a nice heartwarming story.
- February 29, 2012 at 4:00 AM
- Unknown said...
What a sweet story! I believe people are just people and love to hear stories ilke this of walls broken down - love this cornbread, even without the stuffing!
- February 29, 2012 at 4:22 AM
- Beverly@Beverly's Back Porch said...
The Gift of Southern Cooking is one of my favorite cook books. I really made terrible cornbread until I used this recipe. Now it's the only one I use. All the recipes, suggestions and ideas in the book are fabulous.
- February 29, 2012 at 4:47 AM
- SImple and Serene Living said...
I love this story. Cornbread dressing is my favorite and I love finding new recipes for it. I will have to look for this cookbook. Thanks, Mary.
- February 29, 2012 at 6:09 AM
- knancy said...
Now that is a real cornbread recipe! So glad to see it posted. No flour and stone ground cornmeal used. Brings the flavor of corn to the bread. Also, most foodie blogs never invert the cornbread - they just cut it in the pan - wrong! The sign of a pefect cornbread is being able to flip that cast iron skillet and have that bread slide right out onto a plate with a crunchy browned top! Serve if hot slathered with real butter and there is nothing better - except for a cup of buttermilk and cornbread later.
- February 29, 2012 at 6:16 AM
- Cindy@NorthofWiarton said...
The story is wonderful. Thanks for choosing to share this one, Mary. Hope your day "shines".
- February 29, 2012 at 6:48 AM
- Unknown said...
Such a lovely story of friendship! Thanks for sharing that with us, Mary. I love that I not only come here for great recipes, but for great background on most of them too. And how can you go wrong with corn bread and corn bread dressing?? YUM!
- February 29, 2012 at 7:23 AM
- Vicki Bensinger said...
This is such a heartwarming story. How nice that they were both able
To help each other while Creating a special bond. I look forward to watching the video and trying the cornbread stuffing. Thank you for sharing this story. I will be sure to check out their cookbook. - February 29, 2012 at 7:51 AM
- Sue/the view from great island said...
This cornbread is going on next Thanksgiving's table. The video is amazing, thanks for sharing it. Scott Peacock is very charming, what a sweet story.
- February 29, 2012 at 7:59 AM
- Kim said...
I'm not very familliar with Southern of USA cooking... I'm Canadian after all. But this looks really good!
- February 29, 2012 at 8:16 AM
- Judy@SavoringToday said...
The cornbread is so enticing and perfect for gluten-free friends too. I never tire of hearing food stories and all the ways it is woven into life. Thanks for sharing this.
- February 29, 2012 at 8:25 AM
- Big Dude said...
What a great story, but I have to admit when I read the title, I thought Scott Peacock was a type of bird you were serving the stuffing with.
- February 29, 2012 at 9:16 AM
- Pam said...
Great story. The dressing sounds amazing. I love the pecan & cornbread combination.
- February 29, 2012 at 11:32 AM
- Pam said...
Great recipes! I have this cookbook and it's one of my favorites. Interesting pair and great cornbread recipe!
- February 29, 2012 at 2:55 PM
- Clint said...
Cornbread is manna. And your recipes are spot-on. Corn bread pecan dressing? Oh, yeah babe.... - February 29, 2012 at 3:18 PM
- Juliana said...
Nice post Mary, and the cornbread looks fabulous! I yet have to try to bake cornbread.
Hope you are having a nice week :) - February 29, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- StephenC said...
When I first saw this I thought it would be a recipe for peacock. I wish it had been. I don't bake.
- February 29, 2012 at 5:48 PM
- StephenC said...
It was a lovely story though.
- February 29, 2012 at 5:49 PM
- Joanne said...
This is such a sweet story to go along with such a delicious dish!
- February 29, 2012 at 8:07 PM
- Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...
What a gorgeous corn bread...quite a bit different than the one I make, so I'd love to give it a try. And the corn bread stuffing looks amazing, too (my sweet cornbread just wouldn't be right for it!). Thanks for sharing 2 winners~
- February 29, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Claudia said...
When we researched Edna Lewis I was so touched by their friendship and alliance. How wonderful that you have brought that forward. And the cornbread just looks like pure southern goodness.
- February 29, 2012 at 8:24 PM
- teresa said...
oh my goodness, this is such a fun spin on dressing. i love the flavors!
- February 29, 2012 at 9:09 PM
- GLENDA CHILDERS said...
I love the stories of unlikely friendships ... and when they come with delicious recipes ... even more fun. Thanks for sharing this one, Mary.
Glenda - February 29, 2012 at 9:42 PM
- Fern said...
Thanks for visiting my page earlier! You have a beautiful collection of recipes and stories here, and I'm starting with this cornbread that already looks fantastic on its own. I've got some polenta in the pantry that hopefully will turn into cornbread soon! :)
- February 29, 2012 at 9:55 PM
- Tanna said...
Thank you once more for giving us glimpses into the lives of the people behind the recipes and the books. Love this story and the recipes are solidly southern. And, thank you for the advice... you are a wise woman, Mary. I'll take good heed. blessings ~ tanna
- February 29, 2012 at 9:59 PM
- My Little Space said...
Wow, what a cool story. That must be a very passionate cookbook. However, your corn bread looks as good.
Kristy - March 1, 2012 at 3:44 AM
- Renee @ Tortillas and Honey said...
I love that you posted a corn bread dressing recipe and it's not the holidays! :-) This recipe looks so delicious. Bacon and pecans and corn bread. Yum. I think I might just make this and celebrate corn bread dressing all year round! :-)
- March 2, 2012 at 2:39 PM
- Elaine said...
What a wonderful post. I have long liked Scott Peacock and his southern cooking and often heard him mention Edna when he was interviewed, but I never knew the story behind their relationship. His memoir is a must read.
- March 3, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I love your recipe for cornbread. I've never put flour in mine and most recipes call for it. I do prefer yellow cornmeal to the white though.
- February 17, 2015 at 8:03 PM
A Beautiful story. I come from a large family of seven. My parents are from Rhine Georgia, corn bread was every meal, including breakfast with milk. My parents are in their nineties and still bake cornbread in that black skillet. Can't wait to share with them your story and recipe.
- December 4, 2015 at 4:07 AM


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Titanic Clearing Southampton, SI Negative #34,460
Since the ocean liner Titanic sank on its maiden or first voyage, there are very few original pictures of the ship in existence. Most of the photographs that do exist were taken in the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, while the ship was under construction. There is one that shows the new ocean liner entering the port of Southampton, England with the help of tugboats, several weeks before the ship was to take on passengers. There are also a few taken of the huge new ship as it cleared that port on its maiden voyage on 10 April 1912 with a full load of passengers. The Smithsonian owns one of the last of these photographs, showing the starboard or right side of the ship against the wharf. The wave at the bow of the vessel indicates that it is already picking up speed, as it readies for the open ocean.
Carpathia, the ship that rescued the Titanic survivors
Both the British and the Americans held formal inquiries and hearings on the Titanic loss. The investigations revealed that although several vessels heard Titanic's distress call and one was closer even than Carpathia when the call went out, only Carpathia responded in time to rescue survivors. As a result, Carpathia saved more than 700 Titanic passengers. The ships that returned to the area of the wreck site later only found bodies and debris from the Titanic that had floated up from the depths.