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ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about the different ways doctors use to treat children with this type of cancer. To see other pages, use the menu.
In general, cancer in children is uncommon. This means it can be hard for doctors to plan treatments unless they know what has been most effective in other children. That's why more than 60% of children with cancer are treated as part of a clinical trial.
Clinical trials are research studies that compare the standard of care with newer approaches to treatments that may be more effective. The "standard of care" is the best treatments known. Clinical trials may test such approaches as a new drug, a new combination of standard treatments, or new doses of current therapies. The health and safety of all children participating in clinical trials are closely monitored.
To take advantage of these newer treatments, children with cancer should be treated at a specialized cancer center. Doctors at these centers have extensive experience in treating children with cancer and have access to the latest research. A doctor who specializes in treating children with cancer is called a pediatric oncologist. If a pediatric cancer center is not nearby, general cancer centers sometimes have pediatric specialists who are able to be part of your child's care.
Treatment overview
In many cases, a team of doctors treats a child with cancer; this is called a multidisciplinary team. Pediatric cancer centers often have extra support services for children and their families, such as child life specialists, dietitians, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, and counselors. Special activities and programs to help your child and family cope may also be available.
Making treatment decisions
Treatment options and recommendations depend on several factors, including:
The size and location of the tumor
Whether the cancer has spread
Possible side effects
Family preferences
The child's overall health
The treatment is tailored according to the assigned risk group. Descriptions of the most common treatment options for neuroblastoma are listed below.
Your child's care plan may also include treatment for symptoms and side effects, an important part of cancer care. Take time to learn about all of your child's treatment options and be sure to ask questions about things that are unclear. Also, talk about the goals of each treatment with your child's doctor and what your child can expect while receiving the treatment.
Learn more about making treatment decisions.
Surgery is the removal of the tumor and some surrounding healthy tissue during an operation. A surgical oncologist is a doctor who specializes in treating cancer using surgery. If the cancer has not spread, surgery can sometimes be used to remove the entire tumor. However, most neuroblastoma is not found until after the cancer has spread. In that situation, the doctor removes as much of the tumor as possible during surgery.
Even if a tumor cannot be removed because of its location, a surgical biopsy (see Diagnosis) may still be done to determine the type of tumor.
If the tumor cannot be completely removed, the child may receive radiation therapy and chemotherapy (see below) to destroy the remaining cancer cells. In addition, the doctor may take a biopsy of the liver to find out if the disease has spread to the liver.
Talk with your child's surgeon about the possible side effects of the surgery and how they will be relieved or managed. Learn more about the basics of cancer surgery.
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells, usually by stopping the cancer cells' ability to grow and divide. Chemotherapy is given by a pediatric oncologist or a medical oncologist, a doctor who specializes in treating cancer with medication.
Systemic chemotherapy gets into the bloodstream to reach cancer cells throughout the body. Common ways to give chemotherapy include an intravenous (IV) tube placed into a vein or muscle using a needle or in a pill or capsule that is swallowed. A chemotherapy regimen (schedule) usually consists of a specific number of cycles given over a set period of time.
Most children with neuroblastoma will need to have chemotherapy. Chemotherapy may be used as the primary treatment for neuroblastoma. Or, it may be given before surgery to shrink the tumor or after surgery to destroy any remaining cancer cells.
Children with intermediate-risk neuroblastoma often receive the following drugs:
Carboplatin (Paraplatin)
Cyclophosphamide (Neosar)
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)
Children with high-risk neuroblastoma often receive the following drugs:
Busulfan (Busulfex, Myleran)
Carboplatin (Paraplatin)
Cisplatin (Platinol)
Cyclophosphamide (Neosar)
Cytokines (GM-CSF and IL2)
Dinutuximab (Unituxin)
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin, Doxil)
Etoposide (VePesid, Toposar)
Ifosfamide (Ifex)
Melphalan (Alkeran)
Topotecan (Hycamtin)
Vincristine (Vincasar)
The side effects of chemotherapy depend on the individual and the dose used, but they can include fatigue, risk of infection, nausea and vomiting, hair loss, loss of appetite, and diarrhea. These side effects usually go away once treatment is finished. The severity of the side effects depends on the type and amount of the drug being given and the length of time the child receives the drug.
Learn more about the basics of chemotherapy and preparing for treatment. The medications used to treat cancer are continually being evaluated. Talking with your child's doctor is often the best way to learn about the medications prescribed for you, their purpose, and their potential side effects or interactions with other medications. Learn more about your prescriptions by using searchable drug databases.
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is the use of high-energy x-rays or other particles to destroy cancer cells. A doctor who specializes in giving radiation therapy to treat cancer is called a radiation oncologist. The most common type of radiation treatment is called external-beam radiation therapy, which is radiation given from a machine outside the body.
A radiation therapy regimen (schedule) usually consists of a specific number of treatments given over a set period of time. Side effects from radiation therapy may include fatigue, mild skin reactions, upset stomach, and loose bowel movements. Most side effects go away soon after treatment is finished. Talk with the radiation oncologist about side effect you can expect, and how they will be managed.
Because radiation therapy can sometimes cause problems with the normal growth and development of a child's brain and the ovaries in girls or testicles in boys, the doctor may choose to treat the cancer in another way.
Learn more about the basics of radiation therapy.
Stem cell transplantation/bone marrow transplantation
A stem cell transplant is a medical procedure in which diseased bone marrow is replaced by highly specialized cells, called hematopoietic stem cells. Hematopoietic stem cells are blood-forming cells found both in the blood stream and in the bone marrow.
Today, this procedure is more commonly called a stem cell transplant, rather than a bone marrow transplant. That's because it is the blood stem cells that are typically being transplanted, not the actual bone marrow tissue.
Before recommending transplantation, doctors will talk with the patient about the risks of this treatment and consider several other factors, such as the type of cancer, results of any previous treatment, and the patient's age and general health.
There are 2 types of stem cell transplantation depending on the source of the replacement blood stem cells: allogeneic (ALLO) and autologous (AUTO). AUTO transplants are most often used for children with high-risk neuroblastoma.
In an AUTO transplant, the patient's own stem cells are used. The stem cells are obtained from the patient when he or she is in remission from previous treatment. The stem cells are then frozen until they are needed, usually after the high-dose treatment (explained below) is completed.
The goal of transplantation is to destroy cancer cells in the marrow, blood, and other parts of the body and allow replacement blood stem cells create healthy bone marrow. In most stem cell transplants, the patient is treated with high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy to destroy as many cancer cells as possible. This also destroys the patient's bone marrow tissue and suppresses the patient's immune system. After the high-dose treatment is given, blood stem cells are infused into the patient's vein to replace the bone marrow and restore normal blood counts.
Different combinations of high-dose chemotherapy have been used before the stem cells are infused. European studies suggest that busulfan and melphalan may cause fewer side effects and may also be more effective than carboplatin, etoposide, and melphalan. The Children's Oncology Group has tested the safety and efficiency of busulfan and melphalan followed by stem cell rescue in a clinical trial. The Children's Oncology Group has another study comparing a single cycle of high-dose chemotherapy with carboplatin, etoposide, and melphalan versus tandem cycles of high-dose chemotherapy, consisting of cyclophosphamide and thiotepa with stem cell rescue followed by carboplatin, etoposide, and melphalan with stem cell rescue. Stem cell rescue means the child's stem cells are replaces with healthy cells. There was improved event-free survival in patients in a study who received tandem cycles of high-dose therapy and stem cell transplant.
In stem cell transplantation, the replacement cells engraft, or begin to make new blood cells, and turn into healthy, blood-producing tissue in 10 days to 3 weeks. Destroying the patient's own marrow reduces the body's natural defenses, temporarily leaving the patient at an increased risk of infection. Until the patient's immune system is back to normal, patients may need antibiotics and blood transfusions. They also need to follow certain safety restrictions provided by the health care team to help avoid infections.
In an AUTO transplant, there is little risk of tissue rejection because the replacement stem cells are the patient's own cells. However, there is a risk in an autologous transplant that some of the cells that are put back into the patient could still be cancerous.
Learn more about the basics of stem cell and bone marrow transplantation.
Retinoid therapy
Retinoids are substances that are similar to vitamin A. They are thought to help some cells mature into normal cells. When chemotherapy no longer works for some tumor cells, 13-cis-retinoic acid (RA) or isotretinoin has been given to children with high-risk neuroblastoma after completion of consolidation therapy, which is treatment given after the initial treatment. A Children's Oncology Group study showed that when children who were in remission following a stem cell transplant were given RA, their risk of recurrence was reduced.
Immunotherapy is designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the cancer. It uses compounds made either by the body or in a laboratory to bolster, target, or restore immune system function.
GD2 is a compound on the surface of cells, called a disialoganglioside, that is found in large amounts in most neuroblastomas. A variety of monoclonal antibodies directed against GD2 have been used to treat patients with neuroblastoma. A monoclonal antibody is a substance made in a laboratory that acts like the antibodies the body's immune system naturally makes to fight diseases such as a tumor.
The Children's Oncology Group has used antibody therapy combined with cytokines, which are proteins that stimulate the immune system, and retinoid therapy (see above) for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma that:
Responded to induction (first) chemotherapy, and
Who have had a stem cell transplantation without the neuroblastoma growing or spreading.
In a Children's Oncology Group clinical trial, children without evidence of active disease following stem cell transplantation and radiation received either RA alone, or RA and anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody dinutuximab (Unituxin) and cytokines. The patients who received the immunotherapy and RA lived longer and had fewer recurrences than those who were treated with RA alone. Immunotherapy and RA is now a part of the standard treatment for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma. Based on the results of this study, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved dinutuximab (Unituxin) in March 2015 as part of first-line therapy for children with high-risk neuroblastoma.
Learn more about the basics of immunotherapy.
Targeted delivery of radionuclides
A radionuclide called 131I MIBG is being researched to treat neuroblastoma. 131I MIBG has led to responses in about 30% of children with recurrent neuroblastoma. Based on how efficient this drug is when there is a recurrence, a new clinical trial has been opened by the Children's Oncology Group testing 131I MIBG plus stem cell rescue combined with busulfan-melphalan and stem cell transplantation in patients newly diagnosed with high-risk disease. The results of this study are currently being studied.
Remission and the chance of recurrence
A remission is when a tumor cannot be detected in the body and there are no symptoms. This may also be called having "no evidence of disease" or NED.
A remission may be temporary or permanent. This uncertainty causes many people to worry that their cancer will come back. While many remissions are permanent, it's important to talk with your doctor about the possibility of the tumor returning. Understanding your child's risk of recurrence and the treatment options may help you and your family feel more prepared if the cancer does return. Learn more about coping with the fear of recurrence.
If the cancer does return after the original treatment, it is called a recurrent or relapsed cancer. It may come back in the same place (called a local recurrence), nearby (regional recurrence), or in another place (distant recurrence). If there is a recurrence, the cancer may need to be staged again using the system described in stages and groups.
When this occurs, a cycle of testing will begin again to learn as much as possible about the recurrence. After testing is done, you and your child's doctor will talk about the treatment options. Often the treatment plan will include the treatments described above, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, but they may be used in a different combination or given at a different pace. Your child's doctor may also suggest clinical trials that are studying new ways to treat this type of recurrent tumor.
Treatment of recurrent neuroblastoma
The treatment of recurrent neuroblastoma depends on where the tumor recurred, the previous treatment, tumor biology and the possible gene mutations. While there are treatments that work well for patients with low-risk and intermediate-risk disease who have a recurrence where the original tumor started, recurrent high-risk neuroblastoma remains difficult to cure completely. Neuroblastoma comes back in approximately 50% of children with high-risk disease.
Over the past several years, more new treatments and combinations have been developed for these patients:
Chemotherapy alone and in combination with dinutuximab. The drugs irinotecan (Camptosar) and topotecan are often used early when there is a recurrence. The combination of irinotecan and temozolomide (Methazolastone, Temodar) has few side effects. This chemotherapy treatment regimen has been evaluated in a Children's Oncology Group study. Some recurrent tumors respond to this treatment. Other chemotherapy regimens have been used when there is a recurrence, including topotecan and low-dose cyclophosphamide. Recent results of a Children's Oncology Group clinical trial evaluating the activity of the combination of chemotherapy (irinotecan and temozolomide) plus dinutuximab have shown promising results.
Targeted delivery of radionuclides. As explained above, radionuclides have been attached to MIBG, as well as somatostatin analogs, which are substances similar to a specific hormone produced by cells, and anti-GD2 antibodies. Early studies looking at combinations of radio-labeled MIBG and radiation sensitizers like irinotecan or histone deacetylase inhibitors like vorinostat (Zolinza) are ongoing. Radiosensitizers are drugs that make tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy, making radiation therapy more effective.
Immunotherapy. A humanized antibody directed against the GD2 linked with interleukin-2 (IL2), which is a substance that can be used to boost the immune system, is being evaluated for patients with recurrent neuroblastoma. Other monoclonal antibodies directed against the GD2 antigen are also being evaluated. The combination of the immune-modulating agent lenolinomide and dinutuximab is currently being tested in an ongoing Phase I clinical trial. Vaccines against tumor cell DNA, function, and structure, as well as use of immune cells created in the laboratory that can destroy tumor cells, are also being researched.
Retinoids. Fenretinide works against neuroblastoma in a laboratory, even when other retinoids do not. Research shows that the drug has few side effects. Newer versions of this drug are being created to make it easier to give this medication to young children.
Angiogenesis inhibitors. Anti-angiogenesis therapy is focused on stopping angiogenesis, which is the process of making new blood vessels from existing blood vessels. Because a tumor needs the nutrients delivered by blood vessels to grow and spread, the goal of anti-angiogenesis therapies is to "starve" the tumor.
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are drugs that block cell communication and can stop tumor growth. Drugs that inhibit ALK are being tested in clinical trials. Other tyrosine kinase inhibitors that are being tested in clinical trials include inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and the insulin growth factor 1 receptor (IGR1R). These receptors help tumor cells grow and blocking them may slow or stop neuroblastoma growth.
Aurora kinase inhibitors. Aurora A kinase helps cells divide early on and is found in all cells that are dividing. Aurora kinase inhibitors are drugs that block this protein, stopping or slowing the cells from dividing. Inhibition of Aurora A kinase also destabilizes the MYCN protein. An Aurora A kinase inhibitor is currently being evaluated in combination with irinotecan and temozolomide in an early-phase clinical trial for patients with recurrent neuroblastoma.
Other treatment options. Demethylating drugs such as decitabine (Dacogen) are currently being studied. Histone deacetylase inhibitors, which are substances that can prevent a tumor from growing and spreading, have also shown some promise as a treatment for neuroblastoma. At least 3 histone deacetylase inhibitors are now being studied in clinical trials for patients with a refractory solid tumor, which is a tumor that remains after the initial treatment.
An inhibitor of a key downstream target of MYCN, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), is also being tested in early phase neuroblastoma clinical trials.
The New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) Phase I Consortium has a number of open clinical trials testing new treatments for children with recurrent or refractory neuroblastoma. Several studies are testing combination therapy that includes biologic agents plus chemotherapy.
Whichever treatment plan you choose, palliative care will be important for relieving symptoms and side effects.
When a child has a recurrent tumor, family members often experience emotions such as disbelief or fear. Families are encouraged to talk with the health care team about these feelings and ask about support services to help them cope. Learn more about dealing with cancer recurrence.
If treatment fails
Although treatment is successful for the majority of children with cancer, sometimes it is not. If a child's cancer cannot be cured or controlled, this is called an advanced or terminal cancer. This diagnosis is stressful, and advanced cancer may be difficult to discuss. However, it is important to have open and honest conversations with your child's doctor and health care team to express your family's feelings, preferences, and concerns. The health care team is there to help, and many team members have special skills, experience, and knowledge to support patients and their families.
Parents or guardians are encouraged to think about where the child would be most comfortable: at home, in a home-like setting elsewhere, in the hospital, or in a hospice environment.
Hospice care is a type of palliative care for people who are expected to live less than 6 months. It is designed to provide the best possible quality of life for people who are near the end of life. Nursing care and special equipment can make staying at home a workable alternative for many families.
Some children may be happier if they can arrange to attend school part-time or keep up other activities and social connections. The child's health care team can help parents or guardians decide on an appropriate level of activity. Making sure a child is physically comfortable and free from pain is extremely important as part of end-of-life care. Learn more about caring for a terminally ill child and advanced cancer care planning.
The death of a child is an enormous tragedy, and families may need support to help them cope with the loss. Pediatric cancer centers often have professional staff and support groups to help with the process of grieving. Learn more on grieving the loss of a child.
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Individual Needs
Our Ethos
Welcome to the SEND section of our website. At Gamlingay Village College we believe that all students have the right to achieve their full potential. The SEND Department supports students to help them to overcome barriers to learning and to ensure that they become equipped with the skills they need to succeed in their future lives.
Our Department – Roles and Responsibilities
The department consists of the SENDCO, a team of 6 qualified, skilled and dedicated Teaching Assistant, two of which are HLTA qualified, and the school's Student Support Officer. The role of the SENDCO is to help staff identify individual student's needs, then facilitate and co-ordinate appropriate support to help the student to success in school.
We believe that the early identification of needs is essential to ensure we are able to support students to achieve their full potential. In this, we take a graduated approach where needs are identified and met wherever possible within the classroom and the use of resources – human and/or material - and strategies are targeted to the individual. Members of the department work to support students both in and out of lessons. Students both with and without a Statement of Educational Need are able to access the support of Teaching Assistants and we aim to provide the highest quality teaching and learning support for all. Some students require further intervention to assist them to make progress and as a school we are able to provide a variety of support packages tailored to meet the needs of the individual.
Departmental Facilities
The department has a dedicated room within the school known as the 'Aspire Confidence Excellence Zone' (The Ace Zone). Group and 1:1 work takes place here and the room is equipped with an assortment of resources and ICT to support learning. The College's SENDCO and Student Support Officer share an office where the records of the students accessing support are all kept securely and where students can come to for support during the school day when needed.
Intervention, Support and Access
Developing life-long skills in English and Maths is essential and all students are regularly assessed to ensure they are making progress. Assessment can take the form of: reading comprehension and spelling tests, cognitive ability tests and half-termly levelled assessments in subjects. In addition to this, all staff monitor student progress informally in lessons so that anyone experiencing difficulty can be identified and supported. To achieve their full potential, students may also need support with social, emotional, behavioural and health issues. The following provision is available at the College; some is made purely by the school whilst others are provided by outside agencies and facilitated by the school.
Access Arrangements for Examinations
As part of our aim to ensure that all students are able to access the curriculum equally and able to demonstrate their understanding and ability, the provision of Access Arrangements for both internal and external examinations will be made for students who meet the criteria, wherever possible.
Working with the Student Support Officer
The College has a dedicated Student Support Officer who is available to work mainly with students who have been identified as needing additional support to ensure they are able to make appropriate progress with their learning. However, if a student feels they need specific support on a particular issue, they are able to request a meeting with the Student Support Officer themselves. (See Student Mentor's individual page in this area.) The Student Support Officer is able to provide support and guidance to students in the following areas: friendship and relationships, social skills, transition, self-confidence and self-esteem and aspects of anger management, bereavement and loss.
Working with Outside Agencies
We have worked very hard to build up excellent relationships with the members of the outside agencies with whom we work. As a school, we have access to support in Cambridgeshire from the Specialist Teaching Service, the Educational Psychology Service, Health Services and the Comberton, Melbourn, Bassingbourn and Gamlingay Locality Team.
Specialist Teaching Service
We work very closely with our link teacher from the Specialist Teaching Service who – with the consent of parents - is able to provide subject and departmental staff with advice and guidance to support students with SEN.
Educational Psychology Service
With the consent of parents – and usually after various intervention and support strategies from the school have been implemented - the service is able to provide advice and guidance to staff to support students with SEN. They will also be involved as part of the statutory assessment process.
School Nurse & Health Services
GVC has a school nurse who works in the school for drop in sessions and sometimes with specific students who have medical concerns and needs. Students are able to self-refer by attending the lunchtime 'drop-in' session and are also referred by the Student Support Officer in conjunction with parents. The School Nurse is able to offer support relating to a variety of issues around health and well-being. In addition to this, she supports the College's PSHCE programme with sessions on health, hygiene and SRE. When necessary, the College is able to refer individual students to services which support mental health, bereavement and to Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy.
Locality Team
The Locality Team are able to provide a variety of support packages to both parents and students in and out of school, on referral to their service. GVC has a dedicated Inclusion Support Officer who visits the school once a week to work with students who need support to overcome social, emotional and behavioural issues which present as barriers to learning and to offer support, advice and guidance for our key stage 3 students specifically, but also at Key Stage 2 where needed.
Students who attend the school and live in Bedfordshire have access to the majority of support services offered by Cambridgeshire, but are referred – as appropriate – to some Health and Educational Psychology services in Mid-Beds.
Require Further Information?
We are always pleased to meet new and current parents. For further information about the department, or to make an appointment to meet us please contact:
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How to organize a prom committee
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Making a memorable prom party
Prom time is a big event in many young people's lives. Planning a memorable prom takes several months or even up to a year to organize. It's a fun, exciting time but can be a lot of work as well. A lot of the success of a prom depends on the prom committee and how diligent they are willing to be in order to ensure that the event is a success.
School officials and volunteer leaders usually suggest creative ways on how to organize a prom committee for maximum success. Once the bulk of the planning and detailed organizing - like budgeting - has begun, the committee can concentrate on prom decorations and colors that will make prom unique and memorable for all.
Some of the best ideas on how to organize a prom committee will usually come from those who have experience in organizing and in leadership roles. People who have
Prom time is a big event in many young people's lives. Planning a memorable prom takes several months or even up to a year to organize. It's a fun, exciting time but can be a lot of work as well. A lot of the success of a prom depends on the prom committee and how diligent they are willing to be in order to ensure that the event is a success.
The work involved in planning a prom requires a lot of detailed work like telephone contact with vendors and local businesses. A good communications system within the committee must be established to ensure that everyone does their job and all details of the event are delegated and met. The prom committee must create lists, job descriptions budgets for all details of planning a prom, from booking the band, planning ceremonies, ordering prom party supplies and selecting a menu.
There are several effective ways on how to organize a prom committee for maximum success. They include:
1. Commitments. Get a verbal and written commitment from each member. Usually when people commit and are asked to sign an agreement or give an oral agreement, they are more likely to stay committed to the task.
2. Meetings. The members of the committee should schedule regular meetings, holding meetings at least every two to three weeks to go over key topics. One of the first tasks of the committee should be creating a timeline for decisions and tasks from picking the prom theme to arranging for food delivery. This will strengthen the communication process and ensure that all tasks are met by the assigned committee members. It also makes certain that additional committee members are assigned to those areas that need attention, and that nothing falls behind. To make the meetings fun and light, be sure to serve refreshments if possible.
3. Enlist the skills of motivated people. They are more likely to do a good job of planning and implementing the committee's goals if they are motivated and enthusiastic. Motivated, upbeat people usually will have excellent prom ideas to contribute to the committee and help keep the energy level high. Solicit those who would like to serve instead of delegating. The response from volunteers is generally more positive than from appointed members.
4. Enlist the help of individuals with resources of time, talent and money or business connections. Resources are a very important facet of effective party planning. People who have ties to businesses and individuals in the community who can contribute to the success of the prom. Details like party food, thematic prom decorations, party music, instruments and disc jockeys can be found in multiple local and online resources. Tapping into those resources requires someone who is well connected in the community or who has access to those resources.
Prom memories last a lifetime. It's important to make sure prom is worth remembering - for the things that go right, not the things that go wrong - by efficiently and effectively planning. Although a lot of detailed work may be required from the committee, in the end, the work will be worth it. With a strong committee where every committee member contributes according to their strength of time, talent and skills, the prom will undoubtedly be a success.


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Dec. 20, 2012
Patricia S. Kim, 87, of Honolulu, a retired registered nurse, died in Honolulu. She was born in Iowa. She is survived by son Barry, daughters Wendy Kaeo and Janice P. Kim, brother Harold Smith and sister Betty Smith. Services held.
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David Cameron promised us the NHS would be safe on his watch but instead his Government has haemorrhaged thousands of nurses and A&E units in Merseyside are struggling in a way not seen since the bad old days of the 1990s.
Almost 4,500 nursing jobs have been lost since David Cameron entered Downing Street in May 2010 and those losses are putting patients' lives at risk. Recently released figures show that major A&E units across Merseyside are seriously struggling under the Tories and Lib Dems and have consistently missed their waiting times targets over the last six months.
Staffing shortages across the NHS have left A&E departments over-stretched and under severe pressure, with reports of ambulances queuing outside and patients left on trolleys for hours on end. Just last week there were reports of six ambulances queuing at A&E at Aintree Hospital while a man in Kirkby died after waiting over an hour for an ambulance.
The North West has lost 1,105 nurses since May 2010 and data published by the new NHS England body shows that the target of 95 per cent of patients being seen within four hours has been missed by the A&E unit at Southport in 25 of the last 26 weeks, with a total of 2,976 people having had to wait more than four hours before being seen at that one hospital alone. Meanwhile at Aintree Hospital the figures are 14 of the last 26 weeks and 2,795 people waiting more than four hours.
Nurses are the backbone of our NHS but the Government has failed to grasp the seriousness of its cuts to nursing numbers and the impact they are having on A&E units like Southport and Aintree Hospitals. Unfortunately, the results are now becoming all too clear.
It is simply unacceptable that patients in need of emergency care should be paying the price for Tory and Lib Dem economic failure. David Cameron and his Government came into power promising to protect frontline NHS jobs but the evidence against that claim is stacking up, not just in Formby, Crosby, Maghull and Aintree, but across the country.
The Government must devise an urgent plan to bring all A&Es up to the required standard and ensure there are enough staff on the ground across the NHS to provide the safe care we need.
Labour is proud of its record in government. By the time we left office, patient satisfaction was at an all time high, waiting times were at a record low and we increased the number of nurses by over 80,000. Earlier in this Parliament, we called on the Tory-Lib Dem Government to abandon its expensive, top-down reorganisation of the NHS and instead use some of the money to save 6,000 nursing jobs.
We need to ensure that our NHS is protected and not destroyed by this Tory-Lib Dem Government, otherwise A&E waiting times will continue to rise and nursing numbers will continue to plummet. And people in Sefton Central will be the ones to suffer.


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SIS Course Registration Policy
The University, in its policies and procedures, distinguishes between students who attend classes in Knoxville using campus facilities and those who do not. For example, the fees paid by students vary according to whether or not they are registered as on campus students.
The School, working with individual instructors, sets caps or ceilings on enrollment in courses and sections to meet facilities and workload needs. Different course delivery methods require different resources.
Types of Course Delivery
The School of Information Sciences offers a "blended" curriculum designed to provide flexibility and breadth of experience to students enrolled locally and at a distance. While courses are offered in real-time, some are face-to-face and most are virtual. There are two types of courses: campus courses and virtual courses.
CAMPUS COURSES are typically taught during the day in a traditional classroom for students on the Knoxville campus. Information and instructional technology may or may not be used in the classroom.
These classes meet using online software, Zoom, to access and participate in the classroom at a distance. Students raise a virtual hand to get the instructor's attention and speak into a microphone so that all students, wherever they are located, can participate equally in class activities.
SIS faculty is seasoned and comfortable using the software for online delivery of their courses, and students quickly become comfortable with this way to learn. A persuasive benefit of taking virtual classes is the opportunity to collaborate with students in other places. Students working as paraprofessionals in a local library system, for example, will have the opportunity to chat with classmates working in a library or information center in another state with different policies and procedures and different cultures. This form of faculty-student interaction approximates communication methods used in many information environments. Virtual classes also ensure that specialized elective courses are offered to all students. Faculty uses the features of software to encourage student participation, interaction, and a sense of community resulting in high quality discussions with a rich diversity of perspectives.
SIS recognizes our students' diverse needs. Please read more about our teaching and learning environment.
The Student Services Coordinator monitors enrollment during the registration period to insure that students have registered for the appropriate sections. If a campus student has registered for a DE Only section, the student services coordinator will notify the student via email to switch to a campus or distributed course. The same applies for a distant student who registers for a campus section of a course when a DE section is also available.
Academic Advising
An advisor is assigned to each student admitted to the program. The information sharing that takes place between the student and advisor is important for the success of the student's curricular planning. The advisor approves the course of study, offers guidance about career opportunities, and assists students in preparing for placement in the profession. Students must complete the student planning form and submit it to their advisor in preparation for the advising session, which occurs before registration period, and which may be done in person, by phone, or by email.
SIS has a formal Academic Advising Policy. Please familiarize yourself with the protocol related to advising at SIS.


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Equal shares good call for top of south
Richard Bradley from Rangitane says it was an approach suggested several years ago by his Kurahaupo Cluster, but rejected by other iwi who claimed their history of conquest entitled them to a larger share.
He says the tribunal's pre-publication report rejects that argument and upholds customary ownership by the people living on the land.
Mr Bradley says it will be hard to get a settlement package that makes everyone happy.
"I think all of the iwi in the top of the south are disadvantaged because a large percentage of Te Tau Ihu is national parks now, and so some of the cultural redress that might be available isn't available under the current Crown policy because national parks are super super tapu on behalf of all New Zealanders, irrespective of how the Crown got it," Mr Bradley says.
The Kurahaupo cluster is close to reaching an agreement in principle with the Crown.
John Key is promising to get tough on schools if it becomes the next government.
The National Party leader says it's unacceptable so many Maori leave schools with no qualifications.
He says standards need to be lifted.
"A National government will be a lot more demanding about educational standards, a lot more demanding about underperformance in schools, a lot more demanding on failing schools. That is going to reflect over time in a lot of New Zealanders and Maori New Zealanders with a much better education and therefore a much better future," Mr Key says.
Marae in Wairoa are learning the best ways to handle emergencies.
Trevor Stone from Civil Defence says meeting houses are often the gathering points for communities in times of trouble.
He says while that works in some situations, such as after the recent fire in the disused Patea freezing works, there are other times when a Plan B is needed.
"Particularly for arguments sake something along the line of pandemics when gathering everyone together may not be the ultimate choice that we may have, and how they would support in a pandemic particularly vulnerable people, elders and people with disabilities that are scattered around the marae area," Mr Stone says.
While marae often have an informal system of dealing with an influx of manuhiri, a set plan allows everyone to know what to do if the usual kaimahi are cut off by natural disasters such as flooding or earthquakes.
Port Nicholson Block negotiators are hoping for a quick response from their beneficiaries to the draft Deed of Settlement signed off yesterday.
It covers the loss social, economic and cultural opportunities claims by Taranaki Whanui because of the way they were deprived of their land around Wellington.
The settlement includes more than $25 million cash, and the right to buy and lease back $120 of government properties around the city.
Chief negotiator Ngatata Love says the deal is even better than the one set out in last year's agreement in principle, and it's likely to win favour.
"There will be the opportunity if there is a need to look at some of the ideas that have come through but we're relatively confident that what we will be taking out will be acceptable to people because of the time that has gone into it over many years and the consultation that's taken place in the past," Professor Love says
There will be hui throughout the country, as well as in Sydney and Brisbane.
A Whangarei general practioner has just landed a job with one of the world's top universities.
Shane Reti, from Ngapuhi and Tainui, is currently studying at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.
He's been asked to stay on after his Harkness Fellowship ends in September.
One of his first jobs will be helping the United Arab Emirates reform its health system.
"Well what a wonderful opportunity. How many times in your lifetime do you get a chance to help design a whole new health system from scratch in a country with money. That comes very rarely and will be a huge set of skills that I look forward to bringing home," Dr Reti says.
His Maori approach to presentations, including poroporoaki and waiata, intrigued the Americans... and opened a lot of doors.
A team of the country's best Maori surfers is off to ride the waves off Tahiti.
The twelve-strong team is contesting the Oceania Cup alongside indigenous surfers from eight other Pacific nations including Hawaii, Rarotonga, Fiji and Australia.
Team manager Chris Malone from Te Aitanga mahaki says they're out to retain their number one ranking.
He says it's the most culturally rich professional event, as the various islands come together and show each other their culture.
Malone will be trying to maintain the form that won him the Billabong open men's final in last weekend's Maori Tri Series at Raglan.


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Amid all the Christmas cheer and accompanying maudlin movies comes this year's "next generation" of holiday specials, filled with plenty of humbug and the season's worst tidings:
"666 Park Avenue" (Today, 10 p.m., ABC) With its impending cancellation, this series doesn't have much to celebrate, even with Whoopi Goldberg as a guest star, so we'll let the producers wind things up. Jane (Rachael Taylor) is hurled back in time to October 1927 by the mysterious Maris Elder (Goldberg), who hypnotizes her in an effort to find out where she disappeared down the spiral staircase. Her time travel adventures unlock secrets long hidden in Peter Kramer's apartment, where his wife was murdered, and show Jane that her family has a dark legacy that's tangled with the Drake's history. Meanwhile, Gavin (Terry O'Quinn) talks to Henry about the possibility of becoming a city councilman, but his chances may be destroyed by the leak of some sensitive personal information. And in a shocking revelation, Sasha's identity is exposed. Here's a question that's keeping me up at night: Which ABC show will next hire Vanessa Williams (Olivia) to play. . . Vanessa Williams?
"12 Disasters of Christmas" (Saturday, Dec. 8, 9 p.m., Syfy) Hallmark, ABC Family and Lifetime try to hog all the holiday limelight with their cavity-inducing overload of sugar-sweet holiday flicks. Which is why this Syfy movie makes the list of Mama's favorite things, with an end-of-days plot amid a slew of Christmas references: The main character's name is Jacey (Madga Apanowicz) — get it? Sounds like JC, like Jesus Christ? Guess what her parents' names are? Yeah, it's bound to be schmaltzy and awful, but at least you haven't seen this holiday special a bazillion times already.
"Christmas Twister" (Sunday, Dec. 16, 5 p.m., ION) The cable channel that you'll need your on-screen menu guide to find serves up plenty of trite holiday romances. (Mama's favorite of the ridiculous bunch is "A Star for Christmas" in which a famous actor ends up working in — and falling in love in — a cupcake shop.) And although the last stop on the holiday express for ION is probably just another love story — storm's destruction causes man to patch up things with his wife and rescue his kids — it promises the most awesomely awful idea for a movie: Christmastime tornadoes. Mama's checking the DVR right now in hopes that AMC will match that kind of disaster with a "Walking Dead" zombie holiday special or FX will serve up an "American Horror Story" Christmas tale. Oh, and if the whole twister and mayhem weren't enough to convince you, Casper Van Dien ("Starship Troopers") is the meteorologist trying to fix his troubled marriage.
"Royal Pains" (Sunday, Dec. 16, 9 p.m., USA) It may just be wishful thinking on Mama's part, but she's kind of hoping for a lot of discomfort and sorrow for the two-hour event that is the ostentatious Hamptons winter wedding of Evan (Paulo Costanzo) and Paige (Brooke D'Orsay). Hank's (Mark Feuerstein) ex, Jill (Jill Flint), will return from her work in Africa for the big day, which will be marred by an ill-timed snow-storm.
"Rizzoli & Isles" (Tuesday, Dec. 25, 9 p.m., TNT) The gifts will have been opened and the eggnog drunk by the time you reach for the remote to turn on a heart-warming special for the female detectives — except for that unfortunate building collapse trapping their loved ones inside. Unless Angie Harmon can extract the trapped victims with a rousing, baritone rendition of "Silent Night" (as Carol and the kids did to rescue architect Mike and his perm when his building collapsed in "A Very Brady Christmas" back in 1988), there won't be much joy in Boston for the holidays.
The Starz Friday Lineup. If you want to forget the holiday season altogether, nothing says good will toward men less than these programs. They're rerunning their scripted dramas each Friday in December, starting at 8 p.m. with "Magic City," followed by the recently canceled "Boss," the nudie sword-and-sandals drama "Spartacus: Vengeance," "Camelot," and at midnight, "Torchwood." What could be less festive?


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Unnamed sources have leaked information about a controversial scene from the newly-released Biblical blockbuster Son of God. The scene references the unsubstantiated, but oft-told, tale of Jesus' disciple Peter climbing onto the cross with the savior, who then points out his unique vantage point on Peter's house, some considerable distance away.
"I couldn't believe it was in there," said one awestruck moviegoer. "I mean, we used to tell that story in Catholic school, but only while we were sneaking cigarettes in the stairwell. I don't ever recall it being part of a lesson."
"There is no proof that this incident actually happened," stated Biblical scholar Ronald Updike. "It was decidedly hysterical -- I'm sorry, I mean bold -- of the filmmakers to include it in the finished film."
The producers of the film could not be reached for comment, however many Internet sources are now already saying the scene was from an earlier cut of the project and has since been taken out.
"Oh, they shot the scene," claims background actor F. Noah Toussant, who endured 12 grueling hours of filming to be part of the crowd for repeated takes. "They didn't tell the actor playing Peter what was going on, and by the time he got to the top of the cross and Jesus sprang the punchline on him, the two actors and the whole crew just busted up. I didn't know what to think, but I suspect whoever came up with the idea might perhaps burn in Hell for eternity."
It could be that only a select few early test audiences actually saw the soon-to-be notorious "house from up here" scene, but whatever the case, it sounds like the long-discussed possibility of a Laughing Jesus may have shown his face for a brief time on our movie screens.
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Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets. Here are some books about and by him!
Robert Frost edited by Gary Schmidt is collection of 29 poems, illustrated by Henri Sorenson. Two of my favorites, Mending Wall and Birches are included.
Papa is a Poet: a Story about Robert Frost by Natalie Bober is told from the point of view of Lesley, Frost's oldest daughter. We learn how his life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write about the rural life he loved so much.
One of his most famous poems is Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening . This book is illustrated by Susan Jeffers. Take your favorite Robert Frost poem and draw a picture to go with it!


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For developers, Google Play still lacks two key features that the App Store has: one is promo codes. These continue to harm the review environment, and it's baffling that Google doesn't support them.
The other is the ability to go from being a paid app to a free app, and back to paid. This means that developers can't do temporary promotions of their apps, they can only make one permanent shift, or drops to $0.99.
This makes it difficult for developers to undertake certain pricing strategies, and it limits developer flexibility.
But is this a definite bad thing?
Think about it this way: the 'paymium' model of launching at 99 cents and going free afterward just can't happen on Android. It forces developers and publishers to properly valuate their content before deciding whether they want to go free.
As well, just a cursory peek at the top paid list shows that it's more than just the $0.99 price tier making its appearance on the store: Minecraft is number one at $6.99, and there's a smattering of $2.99 and $4.99 games up and down the charts. Admittedly, a lot of big, well-known names are on there, sure. But in a way, the fact that the paid charts are supporting more than just the $0.99 games, and feature plenty of evergreen titles, including from a studio like 2DBoy and Hemisphere Games, creators of Osmos, well, that's actually heartening. Vector Unit's success with Riptide GP thanks in large part to Android is a good thing. I've spoken to developers off the record who suggest that Android is doing better for paid apps than the common opinions suggest that they are doing.
Still, the fact that it's a bit of a challenge to get on that list, and that the top grossing charts look very similar to the iOS ones, does say something too: there's less of a difference between iOS and Android in terms of making money off of them. The same free-to-play tactcs seemingly work. But when it comes to paid games, it's a whole new world. And perhaps, if developers can't just drop to free, maybe that's a big part of why it's happening?


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VGC 2019 - Schedule and Prizes
The VGC 2019 schedule was posted today, and right off the bat you can see some curious shake-ups to the pretty regular calendar we've had since 2013. (Compare against 2018's schedule.)
Same as last year:I feel I should point out that the website does say, "Below you will find the location and dates for most of the Regionals in North America and Europe." But I think the additions and deletions are fairly balanced -- a net loss of one city, Fort Wayne #rip -- so we're probably not going to get more than this.
As for prizes, they've actually held off publishing those for right now. So I guess this will just have to be a placeholder thread until we get that information at a later date. I know that the entry fees for VGC events have become quite the controversy with players advancing arguments on either side, so the prizes are almost certainly going to be determined once TPCi makes a final decision on this year's entry fees.
This is the biggest shakeup I've seen in a long while. Normally I feel like the cities that get added or dropped number only two to three between seasons, not five to six. Furthermore, cities that aren't dropped tended to have soft locks on their dates. Like, Fort Wayne was always early autumn; St. Louis was always mid-winter; Madison was always last of season; and so on. But this time we're seeing a crapton of Musical Chairs taking place. Some people are going to be going 18+ months between their VGC 2018 regional and their VGC 2019 one, while others are going to be whiplashed into re-entering less than six months after their last brouhaha.
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This article originally appeared in the issue of June 12, 1935.
THANKS in part to the skill with which members of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association keep their right hands from knowing what their left hands do, the American people will get more news by radio in the future than heretofore. The news-strangulation program imposed upon broadcasters by the publishers fourteen months ago has just gone down the chute, largely because the publishers undermined their own restrictions.
The story of this somersault in the A. N. P. A. makes strange reading. To understand it, one has to go back two years to the time when radio stations were broadcasting as much news as they pleased, without benefit of the A. N. P. A. Indeed, newspaper-owned or affiliated radio stations were among the most enthusiastic broadcasters of news in those days. News broadcasts were popular and increasingly profitable. Advertisers were happy to pay thumping sums for the privilege of touting cigars or bathroom fixtures before, during, and after a program of swift-moving, vivid news stories. Sometimes they even withdrew their ads from the newspapers and allocated the major portion of their advertising budgets to radio news programs. And radio, of course, was happy to serve them. A news broadcast could be and generally was an inexpensive program. Get a raconteur with a good voice, a lively imagination, and a copy of the afternoon paper, and there was your program.
The publishers who owned radio stations (now more than one hundred) generally found news broadcasts as good business as did the other broadcasters. But the publishers who didn't own stations, or have connections with stations, got acute pains in the pocket-book nerve. They joined in violent protest. The upshot was a conference attended by publishers from the A. N. P. A., representatives of the three large news services–Associated Press, United Press, and International News Service–and representatives of the two large broadcasting systems, Columbia and NBC. The publisher representatives came to the conference armed with threats, which they brandished with great effectiveness at the broadcasters. First, they threatened to omit broadcasting programs from their columns except as paid advertising unless the broadcasters canceled their news programs. And then, just to harass the broadcasters a little more, they suggested that a Congressional investigation into the methods by which wave bands were allocated might have to be called for if news broadcasting didn't stop. Radio, already constrained to go to Washington every six months, hat in hand, for renewal of its license to operate, had no stomach for investigations. So radio, that is, the chains, surrendered.


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The Huffington Post's new "Fundrace 2008" feature allows you to see who the big donors are in the 2008 presidential race campaigns, with a Google maps mash-up that lets you search by region, donor name, party affiliation and donation amount. It's a light-hearted but also serious look at who the big donors are (it mostly tracks donations over $200) and, in some cases, you can see who's playing "both sides". They also track donations from employees at specific companies. For example, Microsoft and Google employees have primarily given to Democrats by over 2:1 ratios.
A great example of using technology to bring greater transparency to the democratic process.


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The best candidates for rhinoplasty are those who are in good general physical and emotional health, desire an improvement in the appearance of their nose and have a clear, realistic understanding of the expectations and the limitations of the surgery.
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Zeus Capital has acted as co-manager to Bone Therapeutics on its €32.2m Euronext Brussels and Euronext Paris IPO, resulting in a market capitalisation of approximately €105 million.
Belgium-based Bone Therapeutics is a leader in bone cell therapy, addressing high unmet medical needs in the field of bone fracture repair and bone fracture prevention. The proceeds from the IPO will finance the development of Bone Therapeutics' innovative bone cell therapy products and consolidate the company's leadership in bone cell therapy, particularly in fracture repair and fracture prevention.
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A mod based on the history of the American Civil war.
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? im sorry i only found out that these were the flags so i guess i should let people know that these are the flags of Union and Confederate
Suprisingly most people don't know that the one on the left is confederate flag. So it's ok.
yeah man leave him alone
ok sorry
*solution* 2 flags for the Union. The flag in this photo and the American flag that America uses today...everybody's happy now.
No, this is not the Modern U.S. flag. This "union flag" is acually a representation of America's first 13 colonies. The union used 2 flags.
Don't listen to people who aren't from the U.S, because chances are they arent accurately aware of U.S. history. The union adopted 2 new states over the course of the war, therefore there is going to be different flags, yet the most commonly seen was the first link I posted.
Hope this helps.
Haha it does help and funnily enough I'm not American! I'm Australian
The Feds had 2 flags also. they changed it because it looked to much like the unions.
Are you going to make the old confederate flag for time realism?
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.
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Tasnim - Iran was defeated against England 4-1 in the U-19 Football Tournament 2016 in South Korea on Saturday.
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On Thursday morning, one week after Thanksgiving, Dan Dalgard invites the Army to euthanize the monkeys in Room H. Jerry Jaax gets his team together and knows that Nancy will want to be a member, too. That means that their kids will be on their own while Mom and Dad are both in a Level 4 hot zone. Gene Johnson drives down to Reston to take a look around and is horrified to find that very few precautions have been taken by the humans working there. While he is trying not to breathe deeply, the building manager is snacking on candy.
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Fruit bowl runneth over? Make sorbet
Summertime visitors are often carefree and breezy, much like the season itself. Would-be hosts would do well to keep a pitcher of iced tea on hand, but imagine how much nicer it is to treat your drop-in guests to an icy fruit sorbet and freshly baked cookie. If that sounds like a lot of work, it's not -- as long as you plan just a wee bit ahead.
The abundance of fresh fruit at our farmers' markets and supermarkets is often too good to pass up, and many of us know the sinking feeling of watching once lustrous fruit wither and soften after only a few days at home.
One solution, of course, is to buy only the fruit we know we'll consume, but that's not nearly as satisfying as turning our excess haul into a supremely simple, refreshing sorbet.
To get a head start, make a double batch of simple syrup and store it, covered, in the refrigerator. Simple syrup in this instance is sugar and water, simmered for 5 minutes and cooled. When plain, it may be added to iced tea or coffee to provide sweetness without distracting sugar crystals. But when combined with either fruit juice or puree and then churned in an ice cream maker, voila! You have sorbet.
To make a berry sorbet, puree the berries in a food processor or blender, and chill until thoroughly cold. After adding a touch of lemon juice to keep the flavor fresh, combine the cold puree with your stash of refrigerated simple syrup, and freeze. For a lemon-lime version, spike your simple syrup with a little citrus zest and combine it with fresh-squeezed lemon and lime juice. Nothing could be easier, and the results sing of summertime.
When served with sorbet, Lime Poppy Seed Cookies are an ideal accompaniment and add a contrasting texture to the plate. This cookie is an adaptation of a recipe that Karen Krasne of Extraordinary Desserts in San Diego kindly shared with me several years ago. The dough is formed into cylinders and stored in the freezer. So if you learn on short notice that guests are heading your way, remove a cylinder or two of the cookie dough to partially thaw in the refrigerator. Slice off the desired number of cookies, and bake.
There you have it: sorbet and cookies: a perfect combination for semi-last minute summer entertaining.
Lime-Poppy Seed Slice 'n' Bake Cookies
These store well at room temperature, stacked in a sturdy covered container, for about 1 week. The dough can be made ahead, rolled into cylinders, and refrigerated up to 1 week, or frozen up to 1 month. If frozen, partially thaw in the refrigerator about 2 hours before baking.
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest (from 2 to 3 limes)
12 ounces (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into 1/4-inch slices
1 large egg
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2 cups raw sugar crystals, like turbinado (optional, but attractive and delicious)
Place the flour, sugar, poppy seeds, salt and lime zest in a food processor bowl fitted with the metal blade. Process briefly to blend ingredients. Add the butter slices and process until butter seems to disappear into the flour. With the processor motor on, add the egg and lime juice down the feed tube and process at 10 second intervals until the mixture comes together.
Remove the dough to your work surface and divide it into 4 equal parts (each portion should be about 1 cup). Shape 1 portion at a time into cylinders 7 to 8 inches long. Roll in raw sugar crystals, if desired. Wrap each roll with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm.
To bake, adjust a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°. Cut 1/4-inch-thick slices from the dough cylinders, and place the cookies on a parchment-lined large baking sheet, spaced about 1/2 inch apart.
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until cookies are no longer shiny on top and the bottoms are pale gold. Transfer cookies from the baking sheet to a wire rack to cool.
Yields 6 1/2 dozen cookies
PER COOKIE: 65 calories, 1 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 4 g fat (2 g saturated), 12 mg cholesterol, 16 mg sodium, 0 fiber.
Strawberry Sorbet
2 cups water
2 1/4 cups sugar
2 pints fresh strawberries, rinsed, drained well on paper toweling, and hulled
1 tablespoon strained fresh lemon juice, optional
In a 1 1/2 quart saucepan, blend the water and sugar. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 5 minutes only. Set aside to cool, then refrigerate to chill.
Puree strawberries in food processor or blender. Refrigerate to chill.
Mix the cold sugar syrup with 3 cups of cold puree and the lemon juice. Pour the mixture into an ice cream machine and prepare it according to the manufacturer's instructions. For a firmer texture, place the sorbet in the freezer for several hours or overnight.
Yield 1 1/2 quarts
Note: You can substitute raspberries or blackberries for the strawberries. Strain the raspberry and blackberry purees through a mesh sieve to remove the seeds. (I don't sieve the strawberry puree because the seeds are so small, but you may, if you wish.)
PER 1/2 CUP: 190 calories, 0 protein, 49 g carbohydrate, 0 fat, 0 cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 1 fiber.
Lemon-Lime Sorbet
Straining the citrus juices guarantees that a seed or a seed fragment doesn't slip into the mixture.
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1/2 cup strained fresh lemon juice (2 to 3 medium lemons), chilled
1/2 cup strained fresh lime juice (about 3 large limes), chilled
In a 1 1/2-quart saucepan, combine the sugar and water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and gently boil for 5 minutes to reduce to 2 cups. Remove from the heat, pour into a sturdy container and refrigerate. When cold, mix the sugar syrup with the cold lemon and lime juices. Pour the mixture into an ice cream machine and prepare it according to the manufacturer's instructions. For a firmer texture, place the sorbet in the freezer for several hours or overnight.
Yields a scant 1 quart
PER 1/2 CUP: 150 calories, 0 protein, 40 g carbohydrate, 0 fat, 0 cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 0 fiber.