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Tonight I'm suffering from the culinary equivalent of stage fright. I'm clenching my molars as sweat prickles my underarms. The recipe stares back at me like a dead goldfish about to get the flush; I know that I'll have to attend to it sooner or later, and it's not going to go away on its own. However, I'm still a little emo from last night's catastrophe involving an undercooked log of pork loin, and I'm not anxious to escort another meal outside to the garbage can as my husband calls out, "Dead man walking!"
But what's really got me all splotchy around the collar is the recipe itself: Christmas Shepherd's Pie. Two albatrosses hang around my neck, and one of them is a piecrust. Even the pre-made kind dries up, splits and transforms into a broken Frisbee.
Ten minutes later, I'm still staring at the recipe.
"What's the matter?" my husband asks, pouring a bowl of cereal for dinner.
"This," I say, pointing to the offending recipe. "Who would want a meat pie?"
"I would," he says. Of course.
He looks over my shoulder at the recipe. "Honey, it's not really a pie."
It's bad enough being chastised by a 40-year-old man who still watches Saturday morning cartoons in his underwear, but what's worse is that he's right. Instead of a piecrust, the recipe calls for mashed potatoes – my other, more arthritic Achilles heel.
I could just give up now, but fifty dollars worth of ingredients would rot in my pantry (okay, so the four bottles of wine account for most of that). But if my Depression-Era father taught me anything, it's that nothing goes to waste. You can always scrape the top layer of mold from the raspberry jam, and a clump of garlic can remedy any salmon fillet that smells a bit rank. Consequently, whenever I bring out the jar of minced garlic, my husband suddenly feigns a full belly. After fifteen years, he's well versed in my family's secrets.
The beef filling comes together easily, though I almost blind myself when I drain the mixed vegetable bath and accidentally drop the dish into the sink, catapulting a single bead of boiling liquid into the corner of my left eye. I can't even make this stuff up.
My salt isn't Kosher, my pepper isn't freshly ground, and I do add a dollop of minced garlic to the mix for good measure, but all systems appear to be "go."
Now for the mashed potatoes.
I accept that they will be an utter failure, so I invite my 3-year-old daughter to join in. She certainly can't make things worse, and I've been looking for an excuse to pry her away from the "Sponge Bob Square Pants" marathon.
After exactly 20 minutes, I remove the potatoes from the boiling water and begin the whipping process. "Moderately smooth" never happens; "mashed" is just a dream. One stubborn potato stands firm, unyielding to my beating.
What should be a whip looks more like steel-cut oatmeal with golf balls in it. Tater shrapnel peppers the countertop. My daughter covers her face and screams when she's hit, further shaking my already fragile confidence as a cook and mother.
Exhausted, I give up and decide to fill each ramekin (which sounds like a baby sheep with horns) with my mostly mashed potatoes. I assign my daughter the task of removing the larger, petrified potato remnants. She enjoys using her fingers to massage the potatoes, pausing only to wipe her nose.
I make a mental note to add more garlic.
The cornbread batter goes off without a hitch, probably because I can make anything as long as the directions appear on the back of the box like hieroglyphics. I spoon it on top of my filling and pop my ramekins into the oven.
Strangely enough, my little non-pies turn out pretty good, even a little picturesque with their crusty, golden tops. I'm too exhausted to even try them; this "easy" recipe took me three hours.
The next day, my husband takes two ramekins for lunch of his own free will. The bigger compliment? The containers return empty, save two silver dollar-sized disks: the petrified remains of the most resilient Russet.
Food Editor's note: Andrea, now that you have "nearly mastered" the Christmas Shepherd's pie and your family (by family I mean husband) obviously loves it, why not try the same concept and just mix up the protein. Why not a Chicken based Shepherd's pie… "Fourth of July Shepherd's Pie" if you will. Or use ground lamb as in a traditional shepherd's pie and bust it out for an "Easter Shepherd's Pie" the possibilities and holidays are endless. Congratulations!
Andrea Goto lives and writes in Savannah, Georgia. Her kitchen experiments (known as "cooking" in more conventional homes) most often end with a mushroom cloud of smoke or a call to Poison Control. In spite of this, she's deeply loved by her husband who prefers neon-colored cereals to all foods homemade, and her 3-year-old daughter who will eat almost anything, as long as you call it "chicken." Need more Andrea? Follow her at www.andreagoto.com
I'm so glad that i'm not the only one!!
By Gretchen Chitwood on December 22, 2009
I loved this story! I was right there in the kitchen with such great descriptions. I can totally relate and appreciate reading someone else can be intimidated as I can be with getting recipes to edible ends!
By Jayne Wilkerson on December 22, 2009
that was very FUNNY. just goes to show you'll never know unless you try and try and try…
By Ana Valdez on December 21, 2009
My mom would make her version of this, no veggies, no cornbread, just the potatoes with shredded cheese & meatsauce and she called it "Crow Pie", I don't know why, but it sure is good!
By Ava Kinsey on December 14, 2009
I just love this story! I think almost any home cook can relate to a dish that they didn't think all the way through and ended up taking all day. But I do secretly love these moments, as they not only make great stories, but teach you valuable lessons for the future.
By Tara O'Keeffe on December 14, 2009
I love Andreas sense of humor and wit- what a great column!
By Jessica Fricke on December 06, 2009
Andreas cooking feats are hysterical I can so relate!
By Kelly Lynch on November 30, 2009
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lady lamb the beekeeper is coming on the 15 feb! we're going back to our indie rock roots
*everybody pick up three pieces of trash before you leave the shows*
please don't go on the stage during shows! yeah it's fun but let's not get all up in the performers' faces, because that's not cool to them. personal space bubbles yo. respect people.
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Police have arrested and charged a Hawkinsville teen in the murder of a 19-year-old man missing for two weeks, according to Middle Georgia State College.Authorities arrested 17-year-old Robert Kane Rolison on Thursday evening. He is charged with murder in the death of Hiram High School graduate Jmaal Keyes. Details of the arrest are not known.Keyes, a freshman at Middle Georgia State College, had been reported missing on April 29.Police said that Rolison was a dual-enrolled high school/Middle Georgia State student. He is being held at the Bleckley County LEC, according to the college.Keyes was a parishioner at Destiny World Church. Since he disappeared, members of the church have looked for him."We've lost two sons, two boys. Of course, Jmaal was a member of our church. But these are two teenagers who I assume had bright futures, so we are disappointed on both fronts," said Senior Pastor of Destiny World Church, Wilbur Purvis.Brittany Venable, a former classmate of Keyes at Hiram High School, said news of his death hit the student body hard."Everybody has been sad. It's been all around the school. A lot of people were crying this morning," said Venable.Venable had fond memories of Keyes."He was sweet. He was like a class clown type of dude. He always wanted to make people smile. He was nice, he was sweet. He was very smart," said Venable.There was no other information released on Keyes' death or word if his body had been located.
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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- One of the longest-serving members of the U.S. Congress says we should not be worried about what's happening on Wall Street. Republican Senator Richard Lugar says Americans need to remember the economy is moving forward.
He had some encouraging words for everyone the day after a very discouraging trading day: "The American economy is still strong, that we're making progress although it's very slow in terms of job creation, and that we still have a dollar that is the world currency and we are still selling bonds to everybody all over the world despite the S&P downgrade."
Senator Lugar says Standard and Poor's decision to take away the country's AAA rating likely had something to do with the turmoil in Washington over the debt ceiling. But Lugar says he disagrees with the downgrade: "I don't think that was a justifiable change, but the S&P people said, well, our lack of confidence in government is a large part of this situation and the fact that you were close to not raising the debt ceiling, this might occur again and you might default and all the rest of this."
Even though a compromise was reached, the Senator says the future is still uncertain, and it's going to be rough until decisions are made on even more spending cuts.
The Senator said, "There will be arguments over whether this committee of 12 bipartisan bicameral that's going to try to find another trillion and a half of cuts can succeed. Now if it becomes a very, very partisan situation, even then, the cut is going to happen."
Meanwhile, Senator Lugar says fixing the country's long-term economic situation comes down to one focus: "Jobs is the issue. Spending is important, Medicare is important, but jobs leaps out. That's where we've got to offer our concentration."
Another topic heavy on American's minds: the war in Afghanistan. Following a deadly weekend for American forces, Senator Lugar, a former member of the Navy, says the battlefield is changing, with a future of fewer soldiers on the front lines. "What I predict," he says, "is we're going to be coming toward a type of warfare which is less frontal assault of troops and lots of them and much more specific attacks upon terrorists."
Senator Lugar says he has no plans to retire. He will run for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee responded to Senator Lugar's remarks, saying in a news release, "After 35 years in Washington, Senator Lugar is clearly out of touch with the struggles that so many Hoosier are facing right now. His remarks are nothing short of insulting to the Hoosier families who are very worried about what's happening on Wall Street and don't feel that the economy is strong."
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Here is a guest column by Mohammad Bhuiyan, the 2011-12 ACE Fellow at the University System of Georgia and Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship at Fayetteville State University
By Mohammad Bhuiyan
The American higher-education system is running on an unsustainable business model of raising tuition and fees to cover declining government and private funding. In addition, most of the academic community is in denial about the potential of technology and other emerging factors.
Ten years ago, online classes and degrees were considered low-quality, and most workplaces didn't even recognize the diplomas. Today, online courses and programs are both important and ubiquitous. According to the Pew Research Center, about half of all college courses are now available online. The new generation of students is in many ways more interested in online classes than traditional classrooms.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that venture capitalists have poured about $500 million over the last few years into education-technology start-ups, trying to cash in on a market they see as ripe for a digital makeover.
There is a very real possibility that one-third of all the traditional colleges and universities will go out of business by 2025 due to merger, consolidation, acquisition and bankruptcy.
During the last 10 months as I traveled around Georgia and the country and met with state university system heads, campus presidents and other education leaders, it was fascinating to see that so many of them agreed that the future of higher education is shifting rapidly, but few are in a position to take serious steps to do anything significantly different and promptly to stay ahead of the curve.
I heard repeatedly that students don't learn anything online, online graduates will never get a job, and that face-to-face is the best way to learn.
While Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Michigan, and many other big players are getting on board the online education train, only a handful of universities in Georgia have programs in place to keep up with the changing environment. It is comforting that the new state system leadership is getting serious about this matter and has started taking appropriate steps to improve the situation.
The technology is already available to create a virtual classroom with students and professors from anywhere in the world.
The need for physical classrooms will be so lessened that many campuses will have to dismantle old buildings to save on energy and lease their empty buildings to private businesses to cover other costs.
Until now, the United States has had the best higher-education system in the world. However, the U.S. has been ranked as one of the lowest in k-12 education of top 20 developed countries. Georgia is known for its poor performances when it comes to its high school graduation rate and SAT scores.
As we continue to produce poorly prepared k-12 students, eventually these shortcomings will impact our higher-education ranking as well.
In addition, as the political pressure mounts on U.S. higher education institutions to increase their completion rates from 39 percent to 60 percent by 2020, federal, state, and local funding are being drastically cut. That means most institutions will have to water down their quality to meet targets.
Even then, a 60 percent completion rate via traditional means of higher education is impossible.
While Brazil, Russia, India, China and the rest of the world are making huge investments in their education sectors, a significant percentage of the population and politicians here are questioning the value of higher education and its high cost.
The opportunity to retain the slogan "American Higher Education is the Best" is slipping away.
Georgia and American educators, leaders, policy makers, and politicians must wake up and take drastic, outside-the-box, new measures immediately, to save not just our education system, but our states' and country's future as well.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
July 29th, 2012
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Sacred cows make the best burgers, and Georgia, like most every state, is completely unwilling to do that which will be forced on them. As recently happened in England with college tuition tripling in one day, no one will see it coming. I had an accounting professor at UGA who makes $350,000 a year and who was terrible. I know professionals that would have taught the class for free and done an incredible job. Until we get rid of the fat and inefficiencies, we will always fall behind. So sad.
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3:49 am
Nothing is going to change. There is too much money in it for politicians and their supporters. Those who are positioned atop the economical machine, behind the facade of capitalism, will fight to ensure their positioning. There would need to be war. Then again, we probably would recreate this system of educating to no end.
Higher education is just like public education, a complete waste of time. Did I mention that I'm a high school math teacher? Both are a waste of time because of the lack of learning, with a purpose, and the potential of what is learned that can have an immediate impact on the lives of the learners (both teachers and students). To be clear about my argument, when I use the term learning, I'm referring to the internalization of some form of content, knowledge or material, initiated by a person's own interest for personal, social or economic means. 99% of what students 'learn' in schools has no purpose in life at all.
For the institutions that are facing closure (for whatever reasons), fine. If I opened a business that was selling a male cow's manure, I'd have to close my doors too. It's just sad that you've made so much money and have been selling that manure for decades (and in some cases centuries).
Regrettably, we as Americans – including the Americanized populations around the world – feel that higher education is a commodity. If we can 'buy it', then it certainly was well worth it.
'Well worth it' even if it has no value in it at all.
Then again, 99% of those who've attained a 'higher education' have guaranteed a spot in America's new form of slavery – DEBT!
July 29th, 2012
5:57 am
What are we doing to our graduates–saddling them with debt at the very time of their life they need to be flexible and not under duress to make payments on unreal student debt? The answer is not more federal/state aid but lower educational costs. More aid will result in higher fees–this has been the experience of the past few years. For higher education to be viable economically–for our economy to be favored with the innovation and enthusiasm of the young, higher education must change to a lower cost model.
July 29th, 2012
6:30 am
I have been a Georgia teacher for the better part of a decade. I've seen GPS, AKS, Common Core, and some other reforms that I've likely forgotten about over the years. I've seen budgets slashed and class sizes increased hand in hand with increased accountability and a more rigorous curriculum. I've seen colleagues fired for taking a stand. I've been derided by the right wing for being yet another inefficient arm of the government, for getting too many holidays (I'm not sure they understand that I get 9 months pay spread over 12), for not treating education like a business. I've been derided by the left for somehow not improving our statistical standing amid all these well laid plans.
I work for a CEO and my performance is measure in percentages, i.e. what increase in percentage of knowledge (that sounds weird just writing it down) did I put in each child's head? The left had their way for years, decades of "touchy feely" policies (check out some education strategies of the 1970's for fun some time) and the right responded by dehumanizing the process down to a test score, an assembly line process where the kids come down the line like automobiles and it is simply my job to attach my part to the whole, to hopefully have a whole car at the end of the year. You can't measure humanity, but you can measure whether or not a kid got more adverbs right this time on a certain test, on a certain day. And if that certain day went badly for the child, you can expect it will go badly for you too.
My question is this – what do you think is the constant in this mixed up education universe? Mr. Bhuiyan sad "we continue to produce poorly prepared k-12 students" but just who is the "we"? Is it the reformers, who roll out one initiative after other, barely letting the first sink in before the next wave, millions of dollars of "research based" (it's all research based, by the way) practices to sweep aside what was last year's hot trend. Is it teachers like me, who are demoralized by the factory-like environment education has become, who teach tests as though our jobs depend on it because they do? Is it the students, who grow more disengaged and combative by the day? (I think there is a correlation between this and test emphasis but that is for another day.) Is it the parents, who in my experience (I teach at Title 1 schools) are, if possible, more disengaged than the students? Is it our politically correct culture, which refuses to recognize differences, be they economic, racial, gender, or other?
I could go on, but the new year is on us and my egregious vacation is over. Time to get down to the "business" of teaching and learning once again.
PS – if you find typos I'm using an ancient laptop and some of the keys stick.
July 29th, 2012
6:57 am
I have supported online learning on this blog before. I have seen responses to the effect that online learning is only possible for those that are highly motivated.
Well, why are students motivated to learn and what have we been doing to motivate them? Hard to be motivated when some parents are "helicopter" parents and do everything for their children or "give" everything to their children!
Other parents do nothing and are not involved. Some kids think they will make their way through life playing in the NFL, MLB, or NBA while other kids think their future is in gangs or participating in the drug trade/crime in general.
July 29th, 2012
6:58 am
Well, why AREN'T students motivated to learn….:)
July 29th, 2012
7:33 am
There is no instant gratification in traditional learning, unlike video games and the media. If it isn't fun right now, what's the point?
July 29th, 2012
7:42 am
Michael, that was an excellent post. The AJC should allow you to expand your comment and publish it in response to this piece.
July 29th, 2012
7:53 am
ban the ncaa and stop the joke that is big time college athletics, a blight on our nation's universities. (see penn state and uga, both fine insittutions ruined by rogue athletic associations) make educational achievement a cultural acheivement goal rather than the nfl or nba
July 29th, 2012
8:00 am
Well said, Michael. Thanks for posting.
July 29th, 2012
8:19 am
[...] American higher education must reinvent itselfAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)The American higher-education system is running on an unsustainable business model of raising tuition and fees to cover declining government and private funding. [...]
July 29th, 2012
8:25 am
I have a higher education from a bricks and mortar university and I've taken several online courses. They don't compare in quality. The online courses are vastly inferior. Shoving students to online courses is a cheap, cost-saving meausre that ensures poor quality education by getting rid of the most important person in education, the live human being at the front of the room teaching the kids, the teacher.
Onoine classes have their place. They are good for professionals woh already have their degrees and they need to learn some other details to keep their certifications, for example but those are best taught by human beings.
Think of it this way: Would you use an online parenting prgram to teach children manners and good behavior ? Just tell the kids to log on and get their lessons that parents teach? Or do you think it takes a loving, involved human being to whisper in her child's ear "Say thank you to your play date forinviting you to their home and tell Mrs. so and so what a good time you had."
Teaching, especially teaching non-degreed human beings takes a human being. I computer cannot teach a college kid how to learn. It takes a human being.
July 29th, 2012
8:36 am
It is absurd and scientifically impossible to compare the US K-12 programs with those of other countries. It isn't even possible to compare state-to-state. Other countries select and track students differently from the US. Additionally, and most importantly, not all students are selected for testing in other countries while ALL students (including special ed) are tested in the US. You and others toss out these statistics without a shred of concern for any valid data to back them up. It is a miserable lie. The students that come out of the US public schools measure up with those of any other country—as long as you compare apples to apples. Compare students who have parents who value education with those from other countries and you will find US kids measure up very well. Regarding secondary education, I think it is great that the many bogus for-profit-only colleges that have sprung
up to sell degrees go out of business. Good riddance.
July 29th, 2012
8:42 am
I can tell you what part of the problem is, because I have experienced it myself. We, K-12 teachers, cannot hold students accountable. I had many students failing because they refused to turn in work, but guess what? *I* got an unsatisfactory evaluation because of it. A mar on a my permanent record. So, I QUIT FAILING STUDENTS.
Don't blame teachers if university students are unprepared; I am protecting my job. If they leave K-12 and flunk out of University, don't blame me any more. I CAN'T FAIL THEM.
And, pay my mortgage and bills if you want me to really prepare them for college; I can. Guarantee I can.
July 29th, 2012
8:54 am
There isn't a whole lot to this column. It could be summed up in one sentence: Houston, we have a problem.
Bhuiyan writes, "The new generation of students is in many ways more interested in online classes than traditional classrooms." If one of my students had written this, I would note in the margin of his paper, "How about getting a little more specific. "In many ways"?
Bhuyian also notes, "As we continue to produce poorly prepared k-12 students, eventually these shortcomings will impact our higher-education ranking as well." This seems like a K-12 problem, not a higher education problem.
And then we get this gem of wisdom, "Georgia and American educators, leaders, policy makers, and politicians must wake up and take drastic, outside-the-box, new measures immediately, to save not just our education system, but our states' and country's future as well." Terminology like "outside-the-box" gives me a pain. If one is going to write about why we need to transform higher education to meet the new demands of . . . blah, blah, blah, one could at least do it without resorting to cliche.
July 29th, 2012
9:16 am
Pride and Joy: your analogies are very poor. We are talking about college students, right? Were this discussion centered on students in 3rd grade you might have a point. However, by the time these students arrive on college campus, they should already know "manners and good behavior". To be sure, the online learning environment is not for everyone.
I am not sure where you completed studies but I have two master's degrees; one completed in the classroom and the other completed online. The quality of the instruction online was in no way inferior and in many ways more rigorous than my studies completed in the classroom setting.
Technology needs to be leveraged to teach students in the ways in which they learn best. For some students and areas of study, the online environment is works well. For others, the classroom is the best place to learn. Either way, it is tiresome to continually hear people attack online education with little or no understanding of it.
July 29th, 2012
9:25 am
Chris Sanchez. Nothing can replace an educated, experienced human being as a teacher.
Online educations for college kids will only produce more kids unprepared for the work place. It's a cheap cop out for people who want to reduce education costs without caring for the kids who will need to work for a living.
Chris, if I had to guess, you offer online courses for profit, right?
July 29th, 2012
9:30 am
And yet we will vote on an amendment that allows schools to set up classes taught completely on line.
July 29th, 2012
9:48 am
Well, I see many of my younger colleagues getting Ed.S degrees on line and the "work" they are assigned is college freshman level.
It does not surprise me that a professor of "entrepreneurship" would take this stand.
July 29th, 2012
9:51 am
Where is the (non-anecdotal) evidence supporting these wild claims? What a bunch of fluff.
The recent brouhaha around online courses (and this piece especially) reminds me of the 90's dotcom boom, when we were told that the new-and-shiny online retail model would make brick-and-mortar stores a thing of the past. So how'd that turn out?
July 29th, 2012
10:12 am
with respect to Dr Bhuiyan, its not quite that cut and dry. in most points he's correct, but more for drawing the right conclusions than understanding the facts.
1- he's dead on that the current business model is broken. again, I'll use GPC as classic example. students pay fees for things they never use: athletics, student life, technology most will never access. instead of gently getting leaner and meaner, it grew and grew chasing the fad of the moment until we imploded. what Atlanta needed was a good 2 year school. what it got was Tricoli trying to create a new University.
until the legislature (saying this shuddering, knowing its a snake but picking it up anyways) takes control and installs checks and balances on the USG -and itself- GPCs 25 million debt will become more and more common.
2-on line is no more of a savior than the latest "new math". it is a niche, and like any niche can only serve so many people effectively. many students are not suited for a major on line experience. there is a big difference between on line gaming and socializing and on line education. educational success still requires discipline. facebook and downloading itunes do not. it is a dangerous assumption that digital natives are by nature going to be good digital students.
also, it takes a very special set of skills to teach on line successfully. since its still essentially a new concept, the bugs are still being worked out. educators and students are both being beta sites for the concept, the technology, the pedagogy. if we try to rush it too hard to fast, it just becomes the latest failed idea.
lastly, there is a common mistake that on line will make everything cheaper. if anything its gonna prove to be the opposite. qualified teachers still have to be found, hired, and supported (HR). servers and support technology become more important (technology staff and physical plant). it will become more important than ever to have qualified technicians on staff and standby for when -not if- things crash (technicians). going down this road will create an addiction to the latest and greatest in technology and support (purchasers, evaluators, office staff, accounting staff).
and basing this on the GPC model, six director and VP level administrators for every one actual working person.
and none of this gets into most schools can't adequately deal with what they have, much less expand on it.
Tricoli did everything possible to make online the savior of his empire, and it just couldn't happen. he did manage to drive off one of the most recognized and genuinely innovative on line educators in the nation. when confronted with reality he chose to be the queen of hearts and demand her head.
biggest of all, the legislature needs to understand the funding of education is much more than buying a can of chalkboard paint, box of chalk, and a new eraser.
3-society must allow us to do two very important things it refuses to do so far: a-fail their children and b-restore discipline (even online)
July 29th, 2012
10:14 am
if he's from Florida State, perhaps he can comment on how his school is in nearly as much fiscal trouble as GPC and yet refuses to put the brakes on the football team.
teachers and staff facing layoffs while the holy football program flirts with the Big 10.
July 29th, 2012
10:17 am
Having Read the article and putting some thought behind it, I think that reinvention is mandatory if we are to maintain education for the masses. The costs for an education is highly over inflated. The education system needs to be tailored to the students needs and not to the colleges goals of public dominance in extracurricular activities. Per example, my wife is taking courses required to maintain her employment in her currently chosen field. We are senior citizens, yet she is required to pay student activities fees and other extraneous funding that she will never make or get use of. Not mentioning the outrageous cost of books. This gouging of the students gives the education system a bad name as well. Students do not need multi-million dollar sports arenas and athletic fields they need a quality education first and foremost which is what they are going to school for in the first place.
July 29th, 2012
10:23 am
if you really, truly, want better and cheaper education, the USG has to honestly ask itself what business is it in.
is it in the sports entertainment business?
is it in the issuing degrees in areas of study where practical application is impossible?
is it to be an engine of "social justice" (another Tricoli gem)?
is it to be a machine of self promotion?
is it to be a job creation machine for friends and family of the administration?
is it to make sure UGA has the latest and greatest of everything?
or is it to teach the next generation of Georgians?
July 29th, 2012
10:29 am
I'd be very interested to see what his solutions might be.
criticism is easy. suggestions for change and improvement are hard.
a friend of mine who is an army vet always states this mantra:
don't bring me problems, bring me solutions.
July 29th, 2012
10:38 am
if up to 1/3 of US colleges and universities are likely to go under in the next 15 years – let them.
if states and legislatures refuse to deal with the realities of the problems in higher ed, let them have to deal with the fallout when the poo starts hitting the fan.
nothing motivates politicians like angry voters
July 29th, 2012
10:53 am
Universities are having very much the same problem we see in education at all levels- how to get better results for the money. Those kids who can learn better in an online environment will take the online courses. Those who need face-to-face will go that route. The best schools are those which offer the options and allow students to choose what works best for them. I worked on a master's along with a friend a few years ago. She needed the face time and drove to Atlanta. I preferred the flexibility of online classes (single parent with two elementary aged boys). My friend and I shared information often as we were working on similar degrees. We both learned and applied our learning to our classrooms. We both said we couldn't have done it the other way. Universities that will succeed are those which help students understand and use the options that suit them best.
July 29th, 2012
11:36 am
Yes, online programs are becoming more ubiquitous and many students prefer them because of their convenience (and possibly ease). But nothing in this article speaks to the quality of online education, and shouldn't that be the point? If we are graduating more students and the finances work better for universities (which may very well be the case with online classes), but those students graduate with inferior knowledge and skills, then we are doing students a disservice by propagating online learning.
Does Bhuiyan have any data or studies that suggest that students learn better or learn more in online classes? My understanding is that there have been mixed results when that question has been tested empirically.
The state university where I teach does not hire people with online doctorates, not as a policy position, but because when you have a stack of vitaes you're going to pick the ones that come from strong brick and mortar programs. The universities where I earned my degrees function the same way. My wife works in staffing and she says the same thing- those in her profession will always pick the resume from the brick and mortar schools, and online degrees add nothing; only if a candidate is qualified without the degree will they be considered. The online degree never puts them over the hump.
And Bhuiyan makes the following point: "Georgia is known for its poor performances when it comes to its high school graduation rate and SAT scores. As we continue to produce poorly prepared k-12 students, eventually these shortcomings will impact our higher-education ranking as well."
I would dispute this conclusion. Low high school graduation rates don't really impact higher-education in Georgia because the students who don't graduate from high school never enter into the equation for the assessment of college programs. Those students never even apply, because they can't without a HS diploma, and even if they had somehow squeezed by and graduated they likely would never have been in the pool for college consideration. If high school isn't high on their list of priorities then college won't suddenly be there, so they never factor into the equation. In addition, I believe the graduation rate is inching up slowly, so there's no reason to think it will be a greater issue in the future than it is now.
And as far as SAT scores, that's a red herring. Georgia may have lower scores than other states, even in the South, but more of our students take the test. We have more of our marginal students taking the test while other states have only their higher level students taking it. So we are essentially comparing the full range of our students to only the upper range of theirs. That's not the type of comparison that would cut it in any objective analysis. In actuality, the SAT scores for incoming freshmen at just about every state university in Georgia have been rising and are at their highest levels ever.
So while I don't disagree that online courses will continue to play a major role in high ed, the argument here for a complete overhaul is not a convincing one if the goal is providing the best education for students, rather than the most convenient one.
July 29th, 2012
11:51 am
@ progressive
where do you teach? I'd be curious to see if that is reflected in the majority of USG schools
July 29th, 2012
11:58 am
@ Pride and Joy- "Nothing can replace an educated, experienced human being as a teacher." Really….how are college professors experienced? Most of my colleagues have little to no experience outside of a college classroom yet they fancy themselves qualified to prepare students for the working world. The concept is ridiculous. A large number of online instructors have the academic qualification combined with outside experience. Would you rather be taught by someone who has actually worked in an industry or simply spent ten years studying industry? The real reason traditional academics shun online learning is because they know as instructors their continued (tenured) livelihood depends on the public continuing to believe that learning must occur in a brick and mortar classroom when in reality that represents an outdated learning model that benefits only faculty and administrators. If you spend any time on a college campus or with recent graduates you will see there is little correlation (in my experience) between completing a traditional undergraduate degree and being prepared for work. Like Chris Sanchez, I have a masters degree from both a traditional and online program. I found both programs to be challenging academically but my online program required far more discipline and motivation. I think the differences lie with the individual as my students in the classroom are vastly different in terms of their individual motivation. Those who desire to learn tend to do well while other students simply regurgitate information and slide by. I am humble enough to admit that it is not my superior teaching that allows them to excel rather their individual desire to learn.
July 29th, 2012
12:05 pm
Excellent commentary but such words of wisdom falls upon deaf ears. Unfortunately we are far too behind the curve to make a difference at this point. Especially when our States Top Educational executive supports a State Leader who desires and plans to roll back the already established gains over the past 50years or so with a untested and unproven state wide school voucher payment system that will further decimate an already struggling education budget.
After this foreseeable and inevitable fiasco of a decision . The only remaining option afterwards will be the online option. We had better hope and pray that the online system improves to a level to provide a life line for the next generation.
America and Georgia is racing to the bottom with a plan that is being widely supported by one political party that refuses to truly recognize the danger that is at our doorstep this very moment when it comes to the education of all of our children.
Educational Leaders around the world are quietly snickering and smiling with glee every year as their students continually surpass America's children in the areas of
Math and science. An area they all know that mastery in those fields will be the key to the greatest Nations of the future.
July 29th, 2012
12:08 pm
I'd prefer not to say where I teach, as I like to have the freedom to comment anonymously and unfiltered, but it's a well established state university north of Atlanta currently under consolidation. I think you can figure it out. But I have degrees from both UGA and GSU and I don't recall ever having had a professor who didn't have a degree from a brick and mortar college. The only place in academia I can remember coming into contact with people who earned degrees online was in the public schools where most of the graduate degrees were online ones (and IMO not legitimate ones). The k-12 educators who held online graduate degrees often had a very poor understanding of educational research and often advocated for debunked myths like multiple intelligences/learning styles, thus wasting students' time on ineffective instructional strategies.
At the higher ed level there are plenty of people out there with PhDs from brick and mortar universities who can't find a job, so someone with an online degree has almost zero chance unless they are research stars with 8-10 strong publications right out of their doctoral programs, which is highly unlikely.
July 29th, 2012
12:27 pm
Great post Micheal
July 29th, 2012
12:34 pm
@ progressive
understand the reluctance. GPC has wanted to know who I am for a long time.
can you confirm if you're USG or private?
July 29th, 2012
12:35 pm
Don't be too hard on our University System. Remember that it was recreated in 1931, the middle of the great depression. Yes, it could use an upgrade. Try taking a committee of eighteen unrelated people (Regents) managing thirty five schools but going through one person (Chancellor) and being totally limited in the scope of that management. They are operating with a mind set of the 1960s and doing the best they can. Online classes would just one more "Duh".
July 29th, 2012
12:35 pm
@ progressive
my bad. I just reread your post and saw the state university bit.
only the USG can come up with such stupid names
July 29th, 2012
12:39 pm
You can't slash state funding of k-12 to 38% and expect anything except bad results. Re higher education, the latest technology should certainly be incorporated, but carefully and objectively. It should not merely be a cover for slashing funds. Nor should the funds be simply be candy for the venture capital startups mentioned in the article and for politicians to have another source of campaign contributions and graft. In other words, we should incorporate what works objectively and without corruption.
July 29th, 2012
12:45 pm
@ mitch
the USG regents are primarily political stooges who have little to no concept of what it takes to make education work. most are UGA affiliated.
the chancellors are an interesting lot.
Steve Portch was the equilavent used car saleman who actually convinced the legislature moving Ga. from quaters to semesters could be done with no immediate budgetary impact.
Tom Meredith was in and out so far nobody could figure out what he was
Errol Davis (I liked him personally, nice man) was in so far over his head -on pupose?- he was little mroe than a seat warmer for the legislature til they figured out what they wanted to do. plus he had the political benefit of being black, so the legislature could feel good about themselves for appointing him. under his tenure GPC and several other schools got into deep fiscal trouble with the USG claiming ignorance how such things could happen.
chancellor Huck had the guts to pull the cord on Tricoli so I'll give him leeway. for now.
they may be well intentioned, but they are political ladies of the evening who appear to have no clue the damage they are doing. or worse, don't care.
July 29th, 2012
1:01 pm
Shark Punch wrote: The recent brouhaha around online courses (and this piece especially) reminds me of the 90's dotcom boom, when we were told that the new-and-shiny online retail model would make brick-and-mortar stores a thing of the past. So how'd that turn out?
The brick and mortar stores are now being forced to adapt to the reality of online retail shopping and in some cases going out of business. Now that I have an e-reader I no longer need to go to a bookstore since I can download just about any book I want to read from Amazon. com. Which also means that I don't eat out as often at Johnny Rockets or watch a movie in the theater at the Douglasville mall since I used to combine dining out, watching a movie and buying a book at the now defunct Borders bookstore all in one trip. Now I download the book I want from the comfort of my own home while dinning out and watching movies closer to home.
Once college students and their parents finely grasp just how much colleges and universities are ripping them, off many will end up collapsing as students and their parents begin boycotting these places of so called higher learning, that only give a substandard education in return for a lifetime of indebtedness.
July 29th, 2012
1:02 pm
The first clue of Dr. Bhuiyan's ability to sense a career-building trend is his use of the corporate-speak term "business model." He comes off as an academic bored with his own research and trying to make a career jump in academic admistration. A true educator uses the more human language of learning.
Bhuiyan is out to bamboozle the technical illiterate by blowing sunshine about technology that will save us all. Americans have always been susceptible to such tomfoolery because of their lack of a technological background and an overwhelming desire to solve diffuclt problems–here the influence of money, power, and careerism on education–with simplistic solutions.
Bhuiyan is just another Harold Hill (see the Music Man)selling silly dreams to a naive public. Yes, right here in River City.
July 29th, 2012
1:10 pm
I just want to note that FSU in this case refers to Fayetteville State University in NC, not Florida State University.
July 29th, 2012
1:13 pm
I agree. The University system needs to come up to date. On line graduates should be able to get the same education as on campus. If not more quality. When you go to school on-line your objective is to learn or get a degree, where most students objective upon entering college is to party and have a good time.
July 29th, 2012
1:36 pm
You can take a look at Georgia Tech's Strategic Plan and learn how the Institute is working to reinvent itself into the technological institute for the 21st century. http://www.gatech.edu/vision/sites/gatech.edu.vision/files/SP_Goals_Initiatives_brochure.pdf?phpMyAdmin=e8b0747258bacacf752aeba1f5ce3180
Tech has also joined up with Coursera to put their web-based courses online and create new opportunities for hands-on learning in the classroom.
July 29th, 2012
2:43 pm
@ML, dragonlady, georgia and education not compatible:
Many thanks. I posted a reply earlier but it seems not to have registered, so here goes again.
I wrote that bit early in the morning after a sleepless night (sinus problems) so upon re-reading it I'm a bit disappointed in my overall style (too many grammar errors for a teacher) but I am flattered that you enjoyed it. I would like to elaborate on a few things.
First, when I said I'd seen colleagues fired for taking a stand, I meant taking a stand for students. Occasionally someone will point out that some of these initiatives don't make sense or don't put students first (which is supposed to be our mantra) and those people, in my experience, are soon seeking other employment. These reforms (often engineered by politicians with zero educational experience) generate millions of dollars for various people and no two-bit teacher will stand in their way. You either toe the line or move to the unemployment line.
Second, the issue of pay. Many people have an issue with my "paid vacations". I have eight years of experience and for that I make $41,000 for nine months work. That's on the low end of any professional salary so I don't see the problem. My nine months pay is spread over twelve to make money management easier; if I were being paid for the other three I'd be bringing in about $50,000, which is still on the low end for a professional with years of experience. I don't complain about my pay and I wish others wouldn't either.
The purpose of my post was to gather thoughts on what is behind the state of education. In light of so much "reform" why do things not improve? The constant factor for me is the decline of the family and the increase of children's autonomy at younger and younger ages. I see a child for one hour a day, and in my one hour I can work quite a few miracles. But at the end of the day, it was only an hour. If you reform education over and over again with no positive result, it stands to reason that the problem might not lie in education. It might lie outside education. I'm not bashing parents. I do believe that our society no longer values self accountability.
I would love to write a piece for the ajc but I'm not sure I could. I can't use my real name because you can rest assured that I would be very quickly unemployed. My bosses read this column and they would be more than displeased if they knew who I was. In the meantime, there's bills to pay and mouths to feed, so next week I will embrace the year's latest reforms with open arms and continue to wonder whose purposes I am truly serving.
July 29th, 2012
2:49 pm
You say "In light of so much "reform" why do things not improve? The constant factor for me is the decline of the family and the increase of children's autonomy at younger and younger ages."
Couldn't have said it better my self.
July 29th, 2012
3:30 pm
Dr. Bhuiyan states: "Ten years ago, online classes and degrees were considered low-quality, and most workplaces didn't even recognize the diplomas. Today, online courses and programs are both important and ubiquitous." They may be ubiquitous today, and online degrees may be acceptable in K-12 education and elsewhere.
But I can tell you that Progressive Humanist at 11:36 am is dead-right: at this point that the candidate for an academic position who offers such a degree won't even be considered; and it seems disingenuous to suggest otherwise. Caveat emptor. Evidently, I'm not at PH's USG school north of Atlanta, but, Bootney at 11:51 am, it is certainly true at my own USG research University.
July 29th, 2012
4:07 pm
HSMT…"A JELLY DOUNUT"!! "WHAT THE FREQ IS THAT"!! Did I read your comments correctly: "Higher ed…is a complete waste of time…99% of what students learn in school has no purpose in life…". In admiting that you are a high school math teacher, you have, quite effectively, provided glaring indications as to just where the problems, within public ed, lie. Apparently, by YOUR admittance, 99% of your "teachings" are moot; have no value to the student and, by extension, to a generation of youth.
I am not too sure if you might be ferreted out as to your ID, and your employer, much less the parents (who just might care) of your students, but I would want to do everything possible to ensure your removal from the classroom and, quite possibly, from the educational arena.
While it may be true that, for example, that the works of Steinbeck and Chauser may never be considered "useful" in the real world…short of being an instructor in these areas…the ability, perseverence, and tenacity in absorbing, digesting, and "regurgitating" a mass of materiel is indicative of one who can get things done…I believe the 21st century lexicon is "multi-tasking".
Much discussion, in previous blogs, has centered on the market values of degrees; of job-specific degrees vs the broad-based variety of BA degrees. While the jury is still out on that question, and will probably remain so forever, it cannot be disputed that many employers, in all frankness, may not give a damn about the specific flavor of degree. All things being equal, the job candidate with that sheepskin has demonstrated the ability to (as Larry the Cable Guy would say) "Giterdone"!
HSMT, you might wish to find a copy of "The Color Of Your Parachute". You just may be creating more harm than good in your current billet
July 29th, 2012
4:15 pm
I stand corrected, HSMT…that's "What Color Is Your Parachute"
July 29th, 2012
4:36 pm
@Betty: "When you go to school on-line your objective is to learn or get a degree, where most students objective upon entering college is to party and have a good time."
If you are an online student and your comment is indicative of your ability to think critically abouty this issue, you just sold me on face-to-face classes.
July 29th, 2012
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Video: How to Harvest Sweet Potatoescomments (2) September 9th, 2008
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Sweet potatoes take a long time to grow, so they're usually grown in warmer climates. But once you taste a fresh sweet potato, you'll want to grow them every year no matter where you live. Sweet potatoes need about 95 days to mature, but the longer you keep them in the ground, the bigger they'll get.
Make sure you dig them before your first frost date, because many grow just at the surface of the soil and frost can damage them. Stick your spade into the ground about 8 to 10 inches away from the main stem so you don't accidentally damage any potatoes.
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Posted: 7:51 am on September 6th
When you dig up the sweet potatos, do you just go throw the vines out?
Looking forward to NEXT growing season, how do you save / start sweet potatos? I see where some people say they have them 'year round'.
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6 Secrets of Successful CIOsAdded 25th Nov 2011
We are now six.
Six is a funny age. Six is neither here nor there. It isn't five, which is a great number for lists (and also when most businesses are likely to fail). It isn't seven, an important number thanks to the seven-year itch and Seven Years
in Tibet.
Six is neither here or there. In fact, the Brazilians have two different words for six: seis and meia, which is a short for meia duzia or half dozen, a reminder that six is nothing but stepping stone, a halfway house.
But being meia duzia also a reminder that having spent six years with you, we have twice the road—and more—to look forward together. So, in fact, six is both here and there: A reminder of the past, and of the future.
Six is both here and there. Our sixt year milestone reminds us that for six whole years, we've had you backing us. You've shared secrets with us you wouldn't tell your closest friends, like your salaries. You've told us your greatest aspirations and challenges, and only sometimes off-the-record. And more times than we can count, you've shown us the way ahead.
As a small token of our gratitude, we've put together our biggest cover story to date: A 35-page package, broken down into three sections—with six stories each.
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Why did we choose 66? Not because it's 6 twice over. But because 66 resembles an open quote; the start of a conversation; a reminder to ourselves that this is a conversation we never want to close.
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YES, it is camping season. Very excited to spend some time sleeping outside.
And even more info on the red meat study. Mark's Daily Apple.
nearlymorning replied to your post: Minimalism in the Primal Kitchen | The Primal Parent
"just curious: is eating raw meat something that is considered an ideal in paleo by most? humans are able to absorb more nutrients from meat when it's cooked vs. raw"
I have never heard that raw meat is preferred. I know that Peggy went raw to deal with some health issues. I geeked out in her blog a while back and read her story. It's interesting. As far as nutrients are concerned my guess is that it depends on your gut. If cooked meat upsets your stomach and flies through your digestive track then you aren't absorbing much of anything. So if eating raw meat allows you to digest it better then you may see better results.
I have already reached a point in my primal eating where I am pairing down not only in the difficulty of meal but in the COST! I can't handle going mostly raw (raw beef I still can't wrap my head around) like Peggy did, but I am slowly figuring out what it will take for me to eat healthy without having to spend most of my time in the kitchen and most of my paycheck at the grocery.
Zoe Harcombe is one of my fav nutrition geeks and researcher extraordinaire. This is her first stab at the issue.
My apologies for what is bound to be a Food Lover's inundation on "Find your edge". Intro to paleo meal plan. I love meal plans.
Food Lovers has a new Bea Site up! I have an undying love to this food blog. Can't wait to play around with the new site.
Chores: Done and Done. I love my clean house. I also love the guilt free feeling of doing nothing because my chores are done.
Food: Was this week good? I don't really remember. I did avoid a couple of tempting situations involving desserts, but could not resist cheese fries and wings. What are you gonna do? I am pleased with my latest drink choice, the Gin Rickey. Low in sugar, super refreshing, hydrating! Swoon. And I love gin. So there. Next week I will not drink during the week, one of my nutritional goals of this challenge. I didn't really post nutritional goals for this challenge but I have them. Because I did my measurements for last month and I saw very little results after a month of fancy free eating and drinking. Shocking. Time to dial it in.
Fitness: I am nursing a really sore knee. Because of this, I did yoga home practice all week instead of more intense forms of working out. That's right. After 2 failed months of an attempted daily yoga home practice, I manage to start this challenge off with 4 consecutive days of strong yoga practice. Hmph. So much for expectations. I will be getting back to crossfit next week after a hiatus. After "skiing" yesterday, the knee is stiff but not painful so I am ready to go back.
Personal Care: I brushed like a champ, but still haven't set up my dentist appt. I filed and organized last week! I have not cleaned out yet. There is snow on the ground. And the dumpsters, and the sidewalks. That'll have to wait.
Yoga: Look, yoga has it's own spot. Why? Because after a strong first week of home practice, I am adding a 30 day challenge to this month! One of these days, my home practice will be second nature. The only way for that to happen is persistence.
And an aside, my screen time has dipped dramatically already with no monitoring on my part. My habits, they are a-changin'.


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The Chinese government's recent pledge to reform land laws and expand peasants' rights is going to be a major challenge to carry out.
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A new production of A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters" starring Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy has opened on Broadway. David Cote of Time Out New York filed the following review.
A.R. Gurney's "Love Letters" is one of those cultural artifacts many folks have heard about, but few, at least few that I know, have actually seen. Despite running briefly on and off Broadway in 1989, it's the sort of community-theater chestnut that winds up in punch lines: "George Hamilton isn't dead; he's doing Love Letters in Pasadena." That sort of thing. Nice to learn that the thing itself is such an engaging, touching read.
Director Gregory Mosher keeps it sweet and simple, as it has always meant to be: an un-memorized reading. Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy sit at a wooden desk, water glasses nearby, reciting from scripts. Both seasoned actors slide easily into their carefully shaded roles: Farrow affects a pixyish impudence as a freethinking rich girl, Melissa Gardner; Dennehy maintains a staunch pomposity as rules-bound Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Through missives that span half a century, from classroom notes to billet-doux between middle-aged, extramarital lovers, we watch this odd couple endure school, marry, divorce, drink themselves into rehab and finally admit the mutual passion that has shaped, or warped, their lives. As usual with Gurney, the language is wryly witty, irreverence balanced by reflexive sadness, his mixed admiration and horror for Eastern WASP repression and snobbery.
In weeks to come, producers will rotate in new celebrity cast members: Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Candace Bergen and more. I'm sure they'll bring different colors to it, but the piece is sturdy stuff. It's hard to screw up. "Love Letters" may not push the envelope, but it does leave a stamp.
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Linda Howe is the author of the award-winning breakthrough book, How to Read the Akashic Records. Her second book, Healing Through the Akashic Records: Using the Power of Your Sacred Wounds to Discover Your Soul's Perfection is set for release early in 2011.
Linda is the founder and director of the Center for Akashic Studies, and the leading expert in the field of Akashic Studies. Specializing in the use of the Akashic Records for personal empowerment and consciousness development, she has successfully taught thousands to work in the Records as a spiritual practice since 1996. Widely regarded as a gifted teacher, Linda Howe is known for making spiritual ideas understandable and useful in the daily lives of her students, enabling them to experience the growth and transformation they seek.
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*There are two parts to each person's Records: The blueprint of your soul is immutable and never changes, and the dynamic story of your journey through time as a human being reflects your conscious evolution.
*Every person is entitled to access their own Akashic Records. The Records of another person can be opened only with their permission.
*"Akasha is a Sanskrit word, and means Primary substance, that out of which all things are formed." Levi, The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ.
*The Akashic Record exists everywhere in its wholeness and is completely available in all places at all times.
*Accessing the Record can be extremely valuable. Your soul's very essence and expression, potential, and purposes can be seen. The Records can be a tool to assist you in manifesting your own Life Purpose.
*Being in the Akashic Records involves the transmission of energy first, followed by information.
*The purpose of accessing the Akashic Records is to dignify every person and situation.
*The Akashic Record is a profound spiritual resource accessible through a simple sacred prayer that will enable you to develop your own spiritual authority.
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