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NIPISSING – In an effort to turn around higher than provincial averages in teen pregnancy and chlamydia in young people, the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit is proposing bringing testing and treatments directly to high school students.
During the November 27 board meeting, Near North District School Board trustees were asked to allow enhanced sexual health programming at most of their secondary schools.
"We not only want to do the counseling for birth control, but also supply the birth control to our clients in the pills," said health unit executive director of clinical services Cathy Menzies-Boulé. Counselors from the health unit would also provide testing and treatment for chlamydia in the schools as well.
"We're not asking for something that is not provided elsewhere in the province," said Menzies-Boulé, noting 61 per cent of school boards in Ontario offer the services at school.
"Our district is seeing an increase above the average in the number of unwanted pregnancies and in sexually transmitted diseases – especially Chlamydia," said Menzies-Boulé.
The provincial average for teen pregnancies is 26 for every 1,000 females aged 15 to 19. In the local health unit's catchment area the rate is 32 per thousand. In rates of chlamydia, though up across the province, the numbers are more startling with estimates that as many as one in six young people locally are carrying the infection.
Menzies-Boulé said chlamydia can often go for more than a year in a person's body without any sign of symptoms, meaning the disease can easily be spread by people unknowingly carrying it. If untreated, the disease can have serious health consequences, including sterility.
What is proposed is to use the health unit's existing presence in school for counseling on birth control and sexual health and actually provide birth control pills and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections through medical professionals.
"I support you on this whole-heartedly. I think this is a wonderful program," said trustee Michelina Beam.
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"This is a question for me that always worries me. There are a number of religious groups in the Almaguin area that are going to be deadset against this," said Bottomley.
Menzies-Boulé and medical officer of health Jim Chirico responded that this is not an issue for parents, and there is no age limit for children to receive consent from a parent for medical treatment.
Chirico brought up the analogy of a pre-schooler refusing to undergo minor but necessary surgery, saying, "By the law I can't proceed. Now obviously we have ways to work with the child, but that's the law," said Chirico.
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Extra counseling and parent information nights might also be offered if deemed necessary. Currently high school students in the Almaguin corridor are traveling to Parry Sound or North Bay for birth control and other sexual health services.
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"Would you like to be queen for a day?!"Game Show where four (sometimes five) women shared their stories of woe in front of an audience and emcee, such stories ranging from a dearly-departed husband to a son crippled with polio. After all the ladies finished, the audience would applaud for the woman they wanted to see become "Queen for a Day". The winner (determined by the famous Applause Meter) received not only what she had originally asked for, but a slew of other prizes furnished by the show's sponsors. The show was created and produced by John Masterson, who would later enjoy greater success as the creator of The Peoples Court.Debuting on April 30, 1945 as Queen for Today on the Mutual radio network with Ken Murray as host, the show was originally broadcast from New York. A few months into the run, the show moved to Los Angeles and was given its more familiar title; Murray was replaced by Jack Bailey, and beginning in 1948 the show was simulcast on television in the local Los Angeles market.The show proved to be so popular that it got national television exposure on NBC from January 1956 to September 1960, then over the weekend moved to ABC and continued until October 1964. Two revival attempts, a 1969-70 syndicated run helmed by Dick "Motormouse" Curtis and a 2004 Lifetime one-off hosted by Mo'nique, both ended in failure.But opinions varied. While some praised Queen for helping the unfortunate and showcasing the generosity of America, both contemporary and modern critics bashed it for being a sickening spectacle for ratings that only gave anything helpful to the winner � basically a crass, trashy, exploitative Reality Show (long before the term existed) that explicitly played on people's misery.Modern viewers have also noted that Bailey was often downright patronizing toward the contestants, if not openly insulting � while they talked about a myriad of unfortunate events such as losing their homes or suffering through terrible medical problems, he threw out sarcastic barbs and jokes at their expense. Thus, what was seen as wholesome back then comes off as downright creepy and sleazy today.
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Remote user research helped us find a good mix of users whose intent was to conduct the same tasks that we were examining on the AAA TripTik Travel Planner. It was thrilling for our team of developers, researchers, and managers to watch and hear travelers interact with the application in their own environments."—Renuka Sastri Manager of Publishing Marketing, AAA
Remote studies allow you to recruit subjects quickly, cheaply, and immediately, and give you the opportunity to observe users as they behave naturally in their own environment. In Remote Research, Nate Bolt and Tony Tulathimutte teach you how to design and conduct remote research studies, top to bottom, with little more than a phone and a laptop.
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|Programme for International Student Assessment
|Comparison of education attainment across the world
|OECD Headquarters
|2 rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16
|Region served
|59 government education departments
|Head of the Early Childhood and Schools Division
|Michael Davidson
|Main organ
|PISA Governing Body (Chair – Lorna Bertrand, England)
|Parent organization
|Programme for International Student Assessment
|Comparison of education attainment across the world
|OECD Headquarters
|2 rue André Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16
|Region served
|59 government education departments
|Head of the Early Childhood and Schools Division
|Michael Davidson
|Main organ
|PISA Governing Body (Chair – Lorna Bertrand, England)
|Parent organization
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in member and non-member nations of 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance on mathematics, science, and reading. It was first performed in 2000 and then repeated every three years. It is done with view to improving education policies and outcomes. Several economists have used PISA's data to study the impact of educational attainment on economic growth and explore possible causes for differences in achievement across nations.[1]
470,000 15-year-old students representing 65 nations and territories participated in PISA 2009. An additional 50,000 students representing nine nations were tested in 2010.[2]
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement are similar studies.
PISA stands in a tradition of international school studies, undertaken since the late 1950s by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). Much of PISA's methodology follows the example of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS, started in 1995), which in turn was much influenced by the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The reading component of PISA is inspired by the IEA's Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).
PISA aims at testing literacy in three competence fields: reading, mathematics, science on a 1000 point scale.[3]
The PISA mathematics literacy test asks students to apply their mathematical knowledge to solve problems set in real-world contexts. To solve the problems students must activate a number of mathematical competencies as well as a broad range of mathematical content knowledge. TIMSS, on the other hand, measures more traditional classroom content such as an understanding of fractions and decimals and the relationship between them (curriculum attainment). PISA claims to measure education's application to real-life problems and lifelong learning (workforce knowledge).
In the reading test, "OECD/PISA does not measure the extent to which 15-year-old students are fluent readers or how competent they are at word recognition tasks or spelling." Instead, they should be able to "construct, extend and reflect on the meaning of what they have read across a wide range of continuous and non-continuous texts."[4]
Developed from 1997, the first PISA assessment was carried out in 2000. The results of each period of assessment take about one year and a half to be analysed. First results were published in November 2001. The release of raw data and the publication of technical report and data handbook only took place in spring 2002. The triennial repeats follow a similar schedule; the process of seeing through a single PISA cycle, start-to-finish, always takes over four years.
Every period of assessment focuses on one of the three competence fields of reading, math, science; but the two others are tested as well. After nine years, a full cycle is completed: after 2000, reading was again the main domain in 2009.
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|Partner countries
|Participating students
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|The Netherlands disqualified from data analysis. 11 additional non-OECD countries took the test in 2002.
|UK disqualified from data analysis. Also included test in problem solving.
|Reading scores for US disqualified from analysis due to misprint in testing materials.[5]
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|10 additional non-OECD countries took the test in 2010.[7]
PISA is sponsored, governed, and coordinated by the OECD. The test design, implementation, and data analysis is delegated to an international consortium of research and educational institutions led by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). ACER leads in developing and implementing sampling procedures and assisting with monitoring sampling outcomes across these countries. The assessment instruments fundamental to PISA's reading, mathematics, science, problem-solving, computer-based testing, background and contextual questionnaires are similarly constructed and refined by ACER. ACER also develops purpose-built software to assist in sampling and data capture, and analyses all data. The source code of the data analysis software is not made public.
The students tested by PISA are ages between 15 years and 3 months and 16 years and 2 months at the beginning of the assessment period. The school year pupils are in is not taken into consideration. Only students at school are tested, not home-schoolers. In PISA 2006, however, several countries also used a grade-based sample of students. This made it possible to study how age and school year interact.
To fulfill OECD requirements, each country must draw a sample of at least 5,000 students. In small countries like Iceland and Luxembourg, where there are fewer than 5,000 students per year, an entire age cohort is tested. Some countries used much larger samples than required to allow comparisons between regions.
Each student takes a two-hour handwritten test. Part of the test is multiple-choice and part involves fuller answers. There are six and a half hours of assessment material, but each student is not tested on all the parts. Following the cognitive test, participating students spend nearly one more hour answering a questionnaire on their background including learning habits, motivation and family. School directors fill in a questionnaire describing school demographics, funding, etc.
In selected countries, PISA started experimentation with computer adaptive testing.
Countries are allowed to combine PISA with complementary national tests.
Germany does this in a very extensive way: On the day following the international test, students take a national test called PISA-E (E=Ergänzung=complement). Test items of PISA-E are closer to TIMSS than to PISA. While only about 5,000 German students participate in the international and the national test, another 45,000 take only the latter. This large sample is needed to allow an analysis by federal states. Following a clash about the interpretation of 2006 results, the OECD warned Germany that it might withdraw the right to use the "PISA" label for national tests.[9]
From the beginning, PISA has been designed with one particular method of data analysis in mind. Since students work on different test booklets, raw scores must be 'scaled' to allow meaningful comparisons. Scores are thus scaled so that the OECD average in each domain (mathematics, reading and science) is 500 and the standard deviation is 100.[10]
This scaling is done using the Rasch model of item response theory (IRT). According to IRT, it is not possible to assess the competence of students who solved none or all of the test items. This problem is circumvented by imposing a Gaussian prior probability distribution of competences. The scaling procedure is described in nearly identical terms in the Technical Reports of PISA 2000, 2003, 2006. NAEP and TIMSS use similar scaling methods.
All PISA results are tabulated by country; recent PISA cycles have separate provincial or regional results for some countries. Most public attention concentrates on just one outcome: the mean scores of countries and their rankings of countries against one another. In the official reports, however, country-by-country rankings are given not as simple league tables but as cross tables indicating for each pair of countries whether or not mean score differences are statistically significant (unlikely to be due to random fluctuations in student sampling or in item functioning). In favorable cases, a difference of 9 points is sufficient to be considered significant.[citation needed]
PISA never combines mathematics, science and reading domain scores into an overall score. However, commentators have sometimes combined test results from all three domains into an overall country ranking. Such meta-analysis is not endorsed by the OECD, although official summaries sometimes use scores from a testing cycle's principal domain as a proxy for overall student ability.
PISA 2012 was presented on 3 December 2013, with results for around 510,000 participating students in all 34 OECD member countries and 31 partner countries.[8] This testing cycle had a particular focus on mathematics, where the mean score was 494.
The PISA 2009 cycle included results in mathematics, science and reading for all 34 OECD member countries and 37 partner countries.[6][11][12]
Of the partner countries, only selected areas of three countries—India, Venezuela and China—were assessed. PISA 2009+, released in December 2011, included data from 10 additional partner countries which had testing delayed from 2009 to 2010 because of scheduling constraints.[7][13]
The results for PISA 2003 were released on 14 December 2004. This PISA cycle tested 275,000 15 year-olds on mathematics, science, reading and problem solving and involved schools from 30 OECD member countries and 11 partner countries.[14]
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The results for the first cycle of the PISA survey were released on 14 November 2001. 265,000 15 year-olds were tested in 28 OECD countries and 4 partner countries on mathematics, science and reading. An additional 11 countries were tested later in 2002.[15]
The correlation between PISA 2003 and TIMSS 2003 grade 8 country means is 0.84 in mathematics, 0.95 in science. The values go down to 0.66 and 0.79 if the two worst performing developing countries are excluded. Correlations between different scales and studies are around 0.80. The high correlations between different scales and studies indicate common causes of country differences (e.g. educational quality, culture, wealth or genes) or a homogenous underlying factor of cognitive competence. European Economic Area countries perform slightly better in PISA; the Commonwealth of Independent States and Asian countries in TIMSS. Content balance and years of schooling explain most of the variation.[16]
For many countries, the results from PISA 2000 were surprising. In Germany and the United States, for example, the comparatively low scores brought on heated debate about how the school system should be changed.[citation needed] Some headlines in national newspapers, for example, were:
The results from PISA 2003 and PISA 2006 were featured in the 2010 documentary Waiting for "Superman".[21]
Education professor Yong Zhao has noted the PISA 2009 did not receive much attention in the Chinese media, and that the high scores in China are due to excessive workload and testing, adding that it's "no news that the Chinese education system is excellent in preparing outstanding test takers, just like other education systems within the Confucian cultural circle: Singapore, Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong."[22]
Of the 74 countries tested in the PISA 2009 cycle including the "+" nations, the two Indian states came up 72nd and 73rd out of 74 in both reading and maths, and 73rd and 74th in science. India's poor performance may not be linguistic as some suggested. 12.87% of US students, for example, indicated that the language of the test differed from the language spoken at home. while 30.77% of Himachal Pradesh students indicated that the language of the test differed from the language spoken at home, a significantly higher percent[23] However, unlike American students, those Indian students with a different language at home did better on the PISA test than those with the same language.[23] India's poor performance on the PISA test is consistent with India's poor performance in the only other instance when India's government allowed an international organization to test its students[24] and consistent with India's own testing of its elite students in a study titled Student Learning in the Metro 2006. These studies were conducted using TIMSS questions. The poor result in PISA was greeted with dismay in the Indian media.[25] The BBC reported that as of 2008, only 15% of India's students reach high school.[26]
India pulled out of the 2012 round of PISA testing, in August 2012, with the Indian government attributing its action to the unfairness of PISA testing to Indian students.[27] The Indian Express reported on 9/3/2012 that "The ministry (of education) has concluded that there was a socio-cultural disconnect between the questions and Indian students. The ministry will write to the OECD and drive home the need to factor in India's "socio-cultural milieu". India's participation in the next PISA cycle will hinge on this".[28] The Indian Express also noted that "Considering that over 70 nations participate in PISA, it is uncertain whether an exception would be made for India".
In June 2013, the Indian government, still concerned with the future prospect of fairness of PISA testing relating to Indian students, again pulled India out from the 2015 round of PISA testing.[29]
In 2013, the Times Educational Supplement (TES) published an article, "Is PISA Fundamentally Flawed?" by William Stewart, detailing serious critiques of PISA's conceptual foundations and methods advanced by statisticians at major universities.[30]
In the article, Professor Harvey Goldstein of the University of Bristol was quoted as saying that when the OECD tries to rule out questions suspected of bias, it can have the effect of "smoothing out" key differences between countries. "That is leaving out many of the important things," he warned. "They simply don't get commented on. What you are looking at is something that happens to be common. But (is it) worth looking at? PISA results are taken at face value as providing some sort of common standard across countries. But as soon as you begin to unpick it, I think that all falls apart."
University of Copenhagen Professor Svend Kreiner, who examined in detail PISA's 2006 reading results, noted that in 2006 only about ten percent of the students who took part in PISA were tested on all 28 reading questions. "This in itself is ridiculous," Kreiner told Stewart. "Most people don't know that half of the students taking part in PISA (2006) do not respond to any reading item at all. Despite that, PISA assigns reading scores to these children."[31]
Queen's University Belfast mathematician Dr. Hugh Morrison stated that he found the statistical model underlying PISA to contain a fundamental, insoluble mathematical error that renders Pisa rankings "valueless".[32] Goldstein remarked that Dr. Morrison's objection highlights "an important technical issue" if not a "profound conceptual error". However, Goldstein cautioned that PISA has been "used inappropriately", contending that some of the blame for this "lies with PISA itself. I think it tends to say too much for what it can do and it tends not to publicise the negative or the weaker aspects." Professors Morrison and Goldstein expressed dismay at the OECD's response to criticism. Morrison said that when he first published his criticisms of PISA in 2004 and also personally queried several of the OECS's "senior people" about them, his points were met with "absolute silence" and have yet to be addressed. "I was amazed at how unforthcoming they were," he told TES. "That makes me suspicious." "Pisa steadfastly ignored many of these issues," he says. "I am still concerned." [33]
Professor Kreiner agreed: "One of the problems that everybody has with PISA is that they don't want to discuss things with people criticising or asking questions concerning the results. They didn't want to talk to me at all. I am sure it is because they can't defend themselves. [34]
Data from PISA have furnished several economists, such as Eric Hanushek, Ludger Wosserman, Heiner Rindermann, and Stephen J. Ceci, with statistics for cross-country analyses of the relationship between student achievement and economic development,[35] democratization, and health.[36]
Although PISA and TIMSS officials and researchers themselves generally refrain from hypothesizing about the large and stable differences in student achievement between countries, other researchers have used PISA's results to investigate such single educational factors as central exams[37] private schools, and streaming between schools at later age.[38] Since 2000 an extensive literature on to cross-countries difference in PISA scores has emerged.[1]
The stable, high marks of Finnish students have attracted a lot of attention. According to Hannu Simola[39] the results are due to a paradoxical mix of progressive policies implemented through a rather conservative pedagogic setting, where the high levels of teachers' academic preparation, social status, professionalism and motivation for the job are concomitant with the adherence to traditional roles and methods by both teachers and pupils in Finland's changing, but still rather authoritarian culture. Others have suggested that Finland's low poverty rate is a reason for its success.[40][41]
Finnish education reformer Pasi Sahlberg suggests that the reason for Finland's high educational achievements is because of the country's focus on access to quality education for all, as opposed to a focus on competition among teachers and schools.[42] Lynn and Meisenberg (2010) found very high correlations (r>0.90) between mean student assessment results from PISA, TIMSS, PIRLS and others and IQ measurements at the country data level.[43]
Researchers have found that a shallow orthography and simple syllabic structure help in the acquisition of reading comprehension skills, and that a rich derivational morphology helps in vocabulary acquisition. One researcher has concluded that these factors must contribute to the high rank of Finns in the written tests of PISA.[44][clarification needed]
Another point made in the evaluation was that students with higher-earning parents are better-educated and tend to achieve higher results. This was true in all the countries tested, although more obvious in certain countries, such as Germany.[citation needed]
Students from the city of Shanghai, China, had the top scores of every category (Mathematics, Reading and Science) in PISA 2009 and 2012. In discussing these results, PISA spokesman Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and head of the analysis division at the OECD's directorate for education, described the city of Shanghai as a pioneer of educational reform in which "there has been a sea change in pedagogy". Schleicher stated that Shanghai abandoned its "focus on educating a small elite, and instead worked to construct a more inclusive system. They also significantly increased teacher pay and training, reducing the emphasis on rote learning and focusing classroom activities on problem solving."[45]
Mr. Schleicher also claims that PISA tests administered in rural China have produced some results approaching the OECD average: Citing further, as-yet-unpublished OECD research, Mr Schleicher said, "We have actually done Pisa in 12 of the provinces in China. Even in some of the very poor areas you get performance close to the OECD average."[46] Schleicher says that for a developing country, China's 99.4% enrollment in primary education is, as Mr. Schleicher puts it, "the envy of many countries". He maintains that junior secondary school participation rates in China are now 99%; and in Shanghai, not only has senior secondary school enrollment attained 98%, but admissions into higher education have achieved 80% of the relevant age group. Schleicher believes that this growth reflects quality, not just quantity, which he contends the top PISA ranking of Shanghai's secondary education confirms.[46] Schleicher believes that China has also expanded school access and has moved away from learning by rote.[47] "'The last point is key: Russia performs well in rote-based assessments, but not in PISA,' says Schleicher, claiming that in contrast, 'China does well in both rote-based and broader assessments.'"[46]
Mr. Schleicher's rosy view of Shanghai's educational system has been sharply contested, however, by commenters who counter that, although Shanghai, perhaps the wealthiest city in all of China, has made some laudable reforms, there as elsewhere in Chinese cities, children of workers whose parents originally came to the city from rural areas are barred from attending the city's high schools and must return to their parents' home villages if they wish to be educated, severely skewing the city's school-age population in favor of its wealthier families. This policy, called the hukou system, is considered by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International to be a violation of human rights, and it is one that China itself is trying to change.[48] Indeed, a population chart of Shanghai reproduced in the New York Times shows a steep drop off in the number of teenaged children residing there.[49]
Two studies have compared high achievers in mathematics on the PISA and the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Comparisons were made between those scoring at the "advanced" and "proficient" levels in mathematics on the NAEP with the corresponding performance on the PISA. Overall, 30 nations had higher percentages than the U.S. of students at the "advanced" level of mathematics. The only OECD countries with worse results were Portugal, Greece, Turkey, and Mexico. Six percent of U.S. students were "advanced" in mathematics compared to 28 percent in Taiwan. The highest ranked state in the U.S. (Massachusetts) was just 15th in the world if it was compared with the nations participating in the PISA. 31 nations had higher percentages of "proficient" students than the U.S. Massachusetts was again the best U.S. state, but it ranked just ninth in the world if compared with the nations participating in the PISA.[50][51]
Comparisons with results for the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) appear to give different results—suggesting that the U.S. states actually do better in world rankings.[52] The difference in apparent rankings is, however, almost entirely accounted for by the sampling of countries. PISA includes all of the OECD countries, while TIMSS is much more weighted in its sampling toward developing countries.
University of Southern California professor Stephen Krashen[53] and Mel Riddile of the NASSP say that low performance in the United States is closely related to American poverty, but the same reasoning applies to other countries.[40][41] US schools with poverty rates comparable to Finland's (below 10%) outperform Finland and schools in the 10–24% range are not far behind.[54]
Reduced school lunch participation is the only available intra-poverty indicator for US schoolchildren; areas with less than 10% of the students having free or reduced price lunch averaged 551 (higher than any other OECD country). In comparison with the rest other OECD countries (which have tabled figures on children living in relative poverty):[41]
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I wanted to take a brief moment to update the church body on what the elders have been doing over the past three months. In regards to our recent troubles, our assistant pastor was asked by a member 'How did we get here?' While that is not a bad question, (as hindsight is always 20/20) a better question might be 'what are we doing within our own abilities to make sure an event like this does not happen again?' This is what the elders have been working towards in our most recent meetings. The first step was to get educated on the pressures and pitfalls facing those in full time ministry. To do this we have been reading through Paul David Tripp's most recent book, Dangerous Calling. In addition to the book, we gathered for a Saturday workshop to watch Dr. Tripp's presentation of the material on DVD. The elders and pastors have had great dialogue about the dangers and unrealistic expectations of those placed in the ministry, particularly the desire that most pastors have to withdraw when they don't feel like they are living up to what they are teaching. All are sinners saved by grace and needing that grace each day- including pastors. Together, we have learned to continue to do our ministry in awe of God. The material has been eye opening and has taught us how to be accountable to one another, not just in sexual temptation, but in all avenues of our lives. The elders have also been armed with questions to ask the next pastoral candidate and his wife. They have learned to do this not to place a yoke upon the pastoral staff, but to be a blessing by protecting the personal integrity of those in full time ministry.
Second, the elders have been working toward implementing policies that will protect the pastors. This will mean a few changes to how we do ministry in the future. Our operational elders have been tasked with implementing and enforcing a time-off policy for our staff. Good ministers want to serve, the problem is they don't always know how to say 'no'. Not only does that create fatigue, but it also inhibits the time ministers need to spend cultivating the gospel within their families. The operational elders will also be having windows installed in the doors of pastoral offices for maximum accountability. Our shepherding elders will be checking up on the spiritual oversight of our pastors. They will ask the 'hard questions' to make sure we are growing in our personal walks with God. The shepherding elders have also been tasked to implement a policy on how our male pastors should appropriately counsel women. All of these changes are necessary to the spiritual health of our pastoral staff. While they might be inconvenient for some, (whether that's a staff member telling you that your request can't be accommodated because of the time off policy or a minister needing to take precautions when counseling you), they are meant to be a blessing overall to the church. Once they are implemented, we respectfully ask that you abide by them.
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We have been dating for a full year and my boyfriend has yet to bring me to his house (his parents house) to hang out or to meet them. Whenever we hang out its always at my house because he doesn't seem to want me around his family. When I ask him why he just says "That's not how I roll." Did I mention we have been dating over a YEAR? And we are a good couple. I can genuinely tell he cares for me.. I just don't get his weirdness with his family. He has no reason to be mad with them. Or he would have told me.
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I have a very similar sit. going on. We just broke up because of it, actually. I waited 1 1/2 years to meet his fam & it just didn't happen. we spoke about marriage, kids, the whole 9... and I just couldn't take being so disconnected.You really have to determine what you want. Not necessarily becoming friends/shopping buddies with his mom, but if you're looking into a future together (marriage/kids) - you should at least know the family's history to protect your own future with himAnd also, not to start more worry - you gotta take into consideration that he may just not be at the point where you are in terms of how serious the relationship is (or could get)... or maybe there's something they know about him that he doesn't want to leak out... You gotta be trusting, but smart these days... Best thing to do is talk to him about it & get it ALL out in the open... Best of luck!
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Maybe his parents wouldn't care who he is dating I have dated a guy like that and I wanted to meet his parents and he said they don't care who he dates. I was shocked. I guess all guys don't want their parents to love their dates because that means he has to find someone that they will hate. Its a guy thing.
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- shesallthat Jan 30, 2008 09:54 AM
We finally visited the much heralded Flakey Tart this morning. There was nobody there when we arrived, which was good for us because we were able to park in the tiny parking lot in front. The very nice lady at the counter said they were already sold out of the scones but there was still so much that I wanted to try so no problem. With our coffees, dh had a blueberry muffin and I had a chocolate croissant. I had promised dd that I would bring her back a brownie but did not see any displayed. We sat at the counter and it wasn't long before a steady stream of locals would come in, all walking out with more than one item. The blueberry muffin was one of the best I have ever eaten and I think it is very hard to find a good muffin of any kind period. It had a wonderful crumb topping and the blueberries were wonderful. It wasn't too sweet and it had a great flavor. The crossiant was the best I've ever had period. I don't think there are any good bakeries in Monmouth county, at least the ones that I know of. I do like Delicious Orchards Bostom Creme Pie and I do like Twin Pond Farms apple pie, other than that, I can honestly say I stay away from bakeries because I am always disappointed. Until today. This was such a unique bakery because Marie (the owner and pastry chef) was taking goodies out the whole time I was there. Everything was literally being made fresh on the spot and I've never seen anything like this. I asked about the brownies and she said they just came out of the oven and if I would wait, she would cut me a few. Then came out the macoroni and cheese which of course I also took some home. The macoroni and cheese is made with two cheeses, cheddar and gruyere, cream and loads of butter with a lovely crumb topping. Piping hot, right out of the oven she put this on display and immediately cut a portion for me and another customer. I've never seen anything like this. I also bought two chocolate cream tarts which I will save for tonight. DD came home from school, loved the mac and cheese and adored the brownie. I mentioned to Marie that this place is "all over the web" and that is how I heard about it. I told her that I came all the way from Freehold and that I read about her on Chowhound. She said "I love you guys". She said she only uses fresh and natural ingredients, no lard, etc. but she doesn't over charge for items either. If you have a hankering for something and are afraid they might be sold out before you get there, you can order it on the phone and she will put it aside for you. The number is 732-291-2555. I told Marie and the other worker that I was going to go home and put in (another) good word for the Flakey Tart to my chowhounds. Please keep this place in business. It truely is a gem.
That place sounds wonderful, I can't wait till I 'm in the neighborhood! Do they make sticky buns?
re: njeggy1
The Flakey Tart is in Atlantic Highlands. Here's a previous thread that includes exact address and directions: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/440817
re: shesallthat
As you are driving towards the Harbor its right across the street from the elementary school next to the Marina/Boating Store on the left hand side of the street. Memphis Pig out is actually about a good 6 to 7 hundred yards down the road.
Their brownies and macaroni and cheese are heavenly.
We happened upon The Flakey Tart when we were having unexpected guests over for dinner a few months ago. We had dinner covered but needed dessert. I sent my DH out in search of something. He found The Flakey Tart and brought home a Key Lime pie/tart (not sure what to call it..........had the consistency of a cheesecake). It was out of this world. Ther four of us blew through the whole thing because it was just that good. I haven't had the pleasure of shopping there myself but after all these reviews, I think that will be changing soon!
I also found the Flaky Tart through Chowhound just last week. I drove right up there after calling and asking them to put aside a couple chocolate croissants for me! The bakery is beautiful, and the croissants were delicious. I also got DH a raspberry crumb cake thingy and he said it was yummy, too.
I'm so happy I found you Flaky Tart!!
I finally had a chance to get down there today. Five stars all around. I was helped by a blond haired lady named Barbara. She was absolutely delightful, friendly and as helpful as could be. She asked me what I'd like and after taking a look around I replied "EVERYTHING!". They were selling a croissant bread pudding and it was insanely good. I also bought one of the key lime tarts, a sleeve of chocolate chip cookies, chocolate coconut macaroons (I bought the last four on display), miniature carrot cake muffins, a blueberry muffin which my friend adored and a cinnamon bun which was out of this world.
The macaroni and cheese comes out at 11 in the morning and they also serve soup. Sandwich specials change daily. II was there too early today for lunch but I can't wait to go back. YUMMM!
So after reading all of the wonderful reviews here, I headed down to Flakey Tart this past Saturday. I can't believe I haven't gone there sooner! I clocked it at 12 minutes from my house and just barely over 7 miles. Took home with me a small carrot cake for my mother for Mother's Day, some of that sinful mac and cheese, a piece of frittata, a maple-walnut scone, the ham and gruyere crossiant, one pan au chocolat, and one little muffin I want to say it had monkey in the name?? Everything was out of this world!!! I cannot wait to head back. I'll be writing a full report with pictures on my blog this week hopefully.
I've read about this place over the past year or so here. Saturday we were in Keansburg at the water park for a birthday party. I have a new self imposed rule where I don't eat anything unless it meets my chowhound standards. That said, I passed on the hot dogs, hamburgers and pizza that was served at the party. We left the kiddie party, my 4 and 2 year old exhausted from all the fun and sleeping in their car seats. I was starving. I said to my wife, let's go get some goodies and we set off to the Flakey tart
It was around 4:00 and they were pretty cleaned out but managed to get: The last serving of their Mac and Cheese, Later to become my dinner. The Chocolate Covered Macaroons, a small keylime pie, chocolate chip cookies, small fruit tart, mini chocolate cream pie, and the mini-carrot cake cupcakes. All for about $26.
The Chocolate Chip Cookie - I've seldom had a bad freshly baked cookie, these were no different but even more awesome. Thin, Big and Crispy.
The Macaroons - They were topped with chocolate mousse and dipped in dark chocolate. They were beautiful to look at and tasted as good as they looked. I like Macaroons, but they never wowed me before. These wowed me. These had a strange texture but in a really good way. Really good.
The Mac and Cheese - Outstanding, really enjoyed the panko bread crumb topping, nice crunchy contrast. The Mac Cheese was real tasty, good texture, not mushy at all. Great cheese flavor and even detected a very subtle heat from maybe some cayenne pepper.
The Mini Carrot Cake - Another outstanding treat. Not a huge fan of carrot cake, but this was awesome and the cream on top really complemented the cake well.
Small fruit tart - Again excellent, really great buttery crust and flavorful cream and of course sweet seasonal berries.
Mini chocolate cream pie - I cut it in half to share with my wife. At first I was disappointed, there was an inch or so of cream and a small amount of chocolate cream. Then I tasted it and it was great. The chocolate wasn't cream at all but a piece of quality dark chocolate. The cream had vanilla bean and was really good.
My wife and I ate all of this in one sitting, good thing I skipped lunch.
We opted to save the Key Lime pie for the next day. Key Lime pie isn't something I usually go for, but the girl behind the counter said I had to try it. What a treat it was. Again great crust, awesome lime flavor and the cream was great too. The best I ever had, but that's relative as I haven't had much Key Lime Pie. But I'm pretty confident this would be up there.
Flakey Tart is a 1/2 hour from me, but I think we will visit more often. Also spoke with Marie, the owner/baker and she was real nice.
re: angelo04
Was it an actual key lime pie? Last time I was there I had the key lime tart and loved it If there making a pie now I'll be there tomorrow.
re: jrd303
No you are right, it was actually a key lime tart.
re: angelo04
I kept a slice of my key lime tart as a pet for...oh say...4 months
was nice and furry by the end of it
in other news, while I was in France, went to a pastry place that Marie suggested and was wowwwed, to say the least.
I am certainly looking foward to going back, but that two hour drive is keeping me from going =/
My family and I just went to this bakery IT is heavenly!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything was perfect!
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Have you ever tried to make these macaroons really kosher for Passover i mean by substituting flour with potato starch?
No, I haven't. These are just the macaroons that I like. I have had macaroons that were kosher for Passover (I think by not having flour as opposed to using potato starch or some such substitute)--recipes are widely available. Again, I'm just not that religious. It's just 1/4 cup!
Flour's a no-no? I wasn't aware of that. Why is flour not kosher?
I learnt about macaroons from food blogs only lol.... seems very popular in the food blogosphere
You know, I have no idea and now that I think about it more, matzo has to be made from flour. Maybe these macaroons are kosher. Anyone who is actually Jewish can chime in at any point.
Short answer: your macaroons aren't kosher for pesach.
Long answer: kosher for pesach originally had nothing to do with leavening agents, but instead was about the things that could be leavened--the original prohibition was on using the five "chometz" grains that could ferment (wheat, rye, barley, oats, or spelt) or any of their by-products (like flour), in combination with water; it was decided, though, that 18 minutes was the minimum time that it could take for even "accidental" fermentation to happen if a grain product got wet, so if you can finish baking within 18 minutes of adding the water (and can get a rabbi to assure that no fermentation happened in the field), you can have a kosher flour-based product, which is how matzoh is made.
Later, artificial leavening was also prohibited, which is why baking powder and yeast are what most people think of as the core of the issue. And the Ashkenazi also decided that to avoid the risk of people getting confused, it was safer to ban "kitnyos" (usually translated "legume", although it also seems to include other cereal grains like rice and corn) products, too, so corn and chickpea and rice flours (and even technically things like corn syrup) are verboten, too if used with water.
(Oddly, for some reason nobody rabinnical ever bothered to object to quinoa-based products that I'm aware of, so the Ambassatrix is safe.)
(And no, I'm not actually Jewish, but I was involved in the aforementioned Macaroonacolada experiment.)
Also, we're hoping that the seder concluded with "dessert", and not "desert". Unless you forced people to wander for 40 years before getting their cake...
Sweth to the rescue! And uh yeah, dessert, not desert.
Hi, I'm avital's husband, and she asked me to answer you about your big question : "is flour kosher for passover ?"
Actually, flour, when it has been kept away from water since the wheat has been harvested, is kosher for pessach.
What is forbidden during passover, is anything that has risen, and, by definition, any dough, made with any cereal.
Since flour that has been in contact with water for more than 18 minutes rises, any dough that contains flour must be baked within this period (that's how we make matsos..)
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I saw this on my package of baked goods. "Made with used flour" What does this mean?
Sounds to me like people are taking freecycling a little too far.
@pearl zucker: it has been mentioned that flour which hasn´t leavened can be used. So usually when we do need flour for some recipes you can buy matzoh meal. It is crumbled up matzoh (which guarantees that the flour hasn´t and will not leaven) and works well too.
Hey, sorry for re-awakening this post but how many cups is one kg? I never figured it out.
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The persons with hearing impairment urge to commemorate Bangla Sign Language Day on 1 February to ensure the rights of persons with hearing impairment in Bangladesh. Already Government is observing National Disability Day, International Day for Person with Disabilities, World Autism Day, World White Cane Day and some other days to ensure the rights of persons with disabilities. World White Cane Day observed by the government for the persons with visual impairment but, persons with hearing impairment, the largest section amongst persons with disabilities in Bangladesh, are always ignored from their rights and dignities. The persons with hearing impairment states, Bangla Sign Language can explicitly uphold the unique characteristics of this people. So, it is essential to commemorate Bangla Sign Language Day on 1 February by the government to ensure the rights of persons with hearing impairment. By commemorating the day communication and relation will be properly build up between the government and the people with hearing impairment.
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