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Georgia Adult Education Association

2019 Annual Conference March 7-9, 2018 Jekyll Island Club Registration Now Open!

If you're hungry in Columbia, Tennessee

Stop at this diner. If you're undecided, visit its Facebook page. From Cheapism.

The Best Hole-in-the-Wall Diner in Every State

TENNESSEE: MARCY JO'S MEALHOUSE AND BAKERY
Columbia  

What people say: Crammed into a ramshackle-looking little house with a tin roof and modest porch, Marcy Jo's proves you can't judge a book by its cover. Inside, the country cooking is anything but shabby, and the décor is surprisingly quaint, with twinkling lights and tin signs lining the walls. 

What to order: Take your pick: Diners love the biscuits and gravy, fried bologna sandwiches, and catfish. And the cinnamon rolls are legendary.

Tennessee's oldest

Is a chili parlor, of all things. I haven't eaten there but have eaten just a few weeks ago at Rhode Island's oldest restaurant. And tavern. From TheDailyMeal.com.

The Oldest Restaurant in Every State Gallery

Tennessee: Varallo’s Chili Parlor and Restaurant (Nashville) 

This classic, old-school chili parlor is one of the last of its kind in America. Established in 1907 when an Italian immigrant named Varallo brought a South American bean soup recipe to Nashville, Varallo’s offers you your pick of classic, spaghetti, or tamale chili. To this day, Varallo’s Chili Parlor, run by the fourth generation of the family, continues to serve some of the best chili in America.

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Meeting Details  

WHAT: ACE2019, the American Council on Education's 101st Annual Meeting
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All higher education leaders from deans to presidents
WHEN: 5:00 p.m. (ET) on March 9 through 11:30 a.m. on March 12   

Infographic Friday

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Get that new job

In the new year. It might seem obvious, but CNN Business has listed some signs that you've outgrown your job. Polish up your vita and get going!

7 signs you've outgrown your job

Here are some signs that you might have outgrown your job: 

• There's no room for growth or learning new skills
• You count down the minutes until it's time to leave
• You don't align with the company's values and mission

Wyomingite?

Adult Student Information Session

ETSU to host Adult Student Information Session

JOHNSON CITY – Adults who would like to know more about starting or returning to college are invited to attend an Adult Student Information Session at East Tennessee State University on Thursday, January 24, from 5-7 p.m. in the Alumni House at 908 W. Maple Street on the ETSU campus.

This drop-in session, sponsored by the ETSU Center for Adult, Commuter and Transfer Services (ACTS), will give participants an opportunity to learn about the college admissions process, financial aid, scholarships, degree programs and student involvement and engagement.  Refreshments will be provided.

“Getting my degree allowed me to complete something that I started 35 years ago,” said ETSU alumna and campus IRB (Institutional Review Board) coordinator Linda Zerby.  “I take pride in being able to call myself a college graduate, and I now have the confidence to go for my master’s degree.  It’s never too late.”

 “Adults return to school to pursue better job options while taking pride in earning their degree. Completing a degree and making use of credits earned in the past is an accomplishment that many adults seek to achieve.” added Dr. Carla Warner, who works with Adult, Commuter & Transfer Services at ETSU. “The ACTS Office assists prospective students on the journey to return to school to make a better life for themselves.”

For more information, contact the ACTS office at 423-439-5641 or acts@etsu.edu.  For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at 423-439-8346.

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In case you were wondering

Where to find the best cupcake in the state. Your answer is Memphis. Of course, we're closer to the ones sold in Charlotte and Lexington. Memphis is a long ways away. From Cheapism.

Best Cupcakes in Every State

TENNESSEE: MUDDY'S BAKE SHOP

Memphis 
What to order: Prozac  

If your business' entire mission is to make people happy, there are worse ways to do it than with a chocolate cupcake with a big mound of chocolate buttercream icing and rainbow sprinkles. In a cradle of the blues, this is one cheery baked good Muddy's makes.

A new completion initiative from Nashville

Getting Results by Advancing Degrees or GRAD. Its aim is to pick up some of the non-tuition expenses that can derail a student on his or her path to a degree. Part of a larger effort in Tennessee to fine tune the Drive to 55 and dig deeper with assistance to low-income students. You have to be a Nashville resident and attend Nashville State Community College. From The Tennessean.

How you could take advantage of the proposed Nashville GRAD program

Mayor David Briley's Nashville GRAD proposal would mark an unprecedented move by the city to help public school students in Nashville graduate from a community or technical college. 

The Nashville GRAD program — which stands for Getting Results by Advancing Degrees — would provide financial scholarships to Nashville State Community College and TCAT Nashville students. 

The program would offer Nashville students who have lived in the city in the past year scholarships for expenses such as books, transportation and housing. 

One of the biggest challenges some low-income students face is paying for expenses not covered by the Tennessee Promise and Reconnect programs, which provide tuition-free community or technical college. In some cases, students have dropped out of community college because they are unable to afford basic needs while attending school. 

The best places in each state to retire

According to Forbes. Although any source that lists Alton, Illinois, as the best place in that state to retire in is suspect in my mind. I've been through Alton. 

Best Places To Retire In Each State 2018

18. Tennessee 

Rank: Best
City: Smyrna
Population: 49,000
Median Home Price: $219,000 

17. Tennessee

Rank: Runner Up
City: Maryville
Population: 29,000
Median Home Price: $177,000

After this

I'll leave Millennials alone for a while. At least until Valentine's Day. If we want to better understand Millennials, Ian Forey says to follow the money: track Millennial spending. This includes holidays, travel, cosmetics, public libraries, and the number one item listed below. From Cracked.

5 Surprising Things Millennials Are Saving

1. They Like To Read Off Of Actual Paper 

Of course, a big reason libraries were supposed to be obsolete is that paper books and magazines were also supposed to be dead by now. Yet Millennials know there is just something special about paper. Postcards and printed books are both enjoying a renaissance at the hands of the people stereotypically uninterested in such things. If you're under 35, you're 55 percent more likely to send a postcard than someone over 35. Millennials are also twice as likely to have read a print book than one of those e-books that were supposedly destined to replace them. 

There's some psychology at work here. People don't feel like they legitimately own e-books. There's no emotional attachment to them, no sense that you control the book and can do with it as you please. In an unexpected twist, however, it was older readers who saw more advantage in reading e-books instead of print books, owing to things younger readers wouldn't usually consider, like being more lightweight and the ability to zoom in on text. 

As for mail, it's kind of the same thing. The physical aspect has a degree of specialness to it. You get something that had to be printed and sent out and has your name on it. That takes a hell of a lot more effort than a Nigerian Prince half-assing an email from his toilet. It's not about the actual words or information being conveyed, it's the emotional experience of receiving it, the little bit of sentimental value you can't measure in dollars. 

All of this comes down to a generation that seems determined to find happiness in the little things. If it all seems wasteful or childish to you, you at least have to admit that none of it is as silly and counterproductive as Baby Boomers' favorite hobby, which is getting mad at Millennials.

Pick on Millennials Week

Source: NonProfitCollegesOnline.com

Pick on Millennials Week

Maybe we shouldn't blame Millennials for everything, after all. (Even though it's fun.) As the article mentions, income and affordability explain a lot. From The Atlantic.

Millennials Didn’t Kill the Economy. The Economy Killed Millennials.

When a staid American institution is declared dead, the news media like to haul the same usual suspect before the court of public opinion: the Millennial generation. 

The 80 million–plus people born in the United States between the early 1980s and the late 1990s stand accused of assassinating various hallmarks of modern life. The list of the deceased includes golf, department stores, the McDonald’s McWrap, and canned tuna. Millennials tore up napkins, threw out mayonnaise, and mercifully disposed of divorce and Applebee’s before graduating to somewhat postmodern crimes: “Have Millennials Killed Serendipity?” With the national murder rate in long-term decline, it may even be said that Millennials are killing killing. 

But according to a new report by economists at the Federal Reserve, this genre of news analysis is pure fiction. 

When researchers compared the spending habits of Millennials with those of young people from past years, such as the Baby Boomers and Gen Xers, they concluded that “Millennials do not appear to have preferences for consumption that differ significantly from those of earlier generations.” They also found that “Millennials are less well off than members of earlier generations when they were young, with lower earnings, fewer assets, and less wealth.” 

Millennials aren’t doing in the economy. It’s the economy that’s doing in Millennials.

Pick on Millennials Week

Tuna. Canned tuna, that is. Canned anything, evidently. Nothing wrong with tuna casserole. But hot buffalo tuna just ain't right. From Time.

Now Millennials Are Being Accused of Killing Canned Tuna

The three biggest canned tuna companies— Starkist, Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea— still control 80% of the market, but sales have fallen 42% since the 1980s, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.

“A lot of millennials don’t even own can openers,” Andy Mecs, vice president of marketing and innovation for StarKist, told the Journal.

Millennials have been charged with killing off major American institutions, including homeownership, Costco, and divorce. 

However, the biggest changes may be in American pantries. Millennials seem to be turning away from tuna for the same reasons they’ve given up on cereal and American cheese— they prefer to eat fresher and less processed food. 

Consumers are also bothered by tuna’s strong smell, according to the Journal. Tuna’s reputation has taken a hit since the 1980s, when it became associated with killing dolphins and unsustainable fishing practices, the Journal reported. 

Upmarket brands like Wild Planet Foods Inc. and Safe Catch Inc. — which advertise more sustainable fishing practices and better quality fish — have also become more popular over the last few years. 

Over the last few years, the big tuna brands have begun introducing new products designed to entice picky Millennials. 

Starkist and Bumble Bee have started offering meal kits, placing tuna packaged with crackers at supermarket counters. Chicken of the Sea started packaging tuna in cups with a plastic fork. 

And for Millennials that dislike can openers, Bumble Bee and Starkist have also begun offering packets of tuna in flavors like Sriracha and Hot Buffalo Style.

Pick on Millennials Week

Here are even more things that Millennials are killing: boxes, divorce, middle children, American cheese, stoves...even Hooters. From Buzzfeed.

18 Things Millennials Are Responsible For Killing This Year

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Stephen Blackmoore Retweeted Complex

MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING BOOBS... Oh, wait. No, they're killing a mainstream chain restaurant for its sexist displays of women as servile objects.

Stephen Blackmoore added,

ComplexVerified account @Complex

Hooters is closing locations, restrategizing because millennials aren't that into boobs. http://trib.al/wBxB9cJ 

2:51 PM - 20 Aug 2018

Pick on Millennials Week

Millennials are killing everything? Everything? Some people think so evidently, based on comments on Twitter. It's hard out here for a Millennial. The data and graphic come from brandwatch.

Infographic Friday

Courtesy of: Norman Rosenthal

Beginning with

"Bless your heart" of course. This list Southern culture benchmarks comes from Buzzfeed.

19 Things That Are 100% Southern Culture

"Southern culture is me typing 'tall' on my phone and having it autocorrect to 'y’all' automatically."

On holiday break

From Visually.

On holiday break

by ernestoolivares.

From Visually.