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#Tip: Advice for journalists using LinkedIn
December 3rd, 2013Posted by Rachel Bartlett in Social media and blogging, Top tips for journalists
At our news:rewired conference in September we ran an entire session dedicated to LinkedIn, and focused on how journalists can use the platform to engage with the online community. A write-up of some of the tips shared during the workshop can be found on the event website.
Last week, the blog for the International Journalists' Network published further advice on "how journalists can conduct more effective searches" using the platform. The collection of pointers came out of a Q&A with Yumi Wilson, corporate communications manager at LinkedIn.
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Former WSFA newsman Norman Lumpkin became the first African-American journalist at WSFA. Lumpkin died last week at the age of 75.
Today, hundreds said goodbye at Metropolitan United Methodist Church on Rosa Parks Avenue and remembered a legend.
"He was real big on accountability," said nephew Todd Towns.
He was regarded as a friend.
"Norman was the first to open his arms to me and embrace me when he helped me get established in the broadcasting community," said Tracy Larkin.
He was also regarded as a mentor.
"Norman had this innate gift to want to teach young reporters how to report. He took people like under his wings and taught us how to report," said Dean Argo.
Charles Caton is the news director who hired Lumpkin in 1969 for WSFA. At the time Lumpkin was working in Indianapolis. Caton found out very quickly his new reporter had a keen sense of humor.
"I called him at home to tell him we wanted him to come down and work for us. After awhile there was silence on the phone. I thought he had hung up on me. Finally, he said 'okay, if you're serious about this how about sending me a first class air ticket,' Caton told the congregation.
During the funeral we learned Norman Lumpkin knew about stories before they happened. He went on to earn several awards for his reporting for WSFA, especially in the area of investigative reporting.
Despite his knack of finding and telling good stories, Lumpkin had a spiritual side, according to those who knew him.
"The most important thing he did was he gave his life to Christ," said Reverend John E. Brooks.
Mr. Lumpkin left WSFA in 1992 and became News Director for the ABC affiliate in Montgomery. Lumpkin later got out of the news business and served as the spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Transportation in 1999 and eventually retired from DOT.
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KEESEVILLE — Three sets of owners will be on hand when the North Country Club restaurant in Keeseville celebrates its 60th anniversary at its current location.
Present owners Tonia and Mike Finnegan said the event is scheduled for Sept. 28. It will start with hors d'ouevres and a free wine tasting followed by a full dinner with a choice of three entrees — prime rib, veal scallopini or lobster tail.
A disc jockey will be playing music from all of the different eras. There will also be presentations from former owners Peter and Carol Stone and Fred Chiappalone about their experiences.
"We hope to attract a number of our long-time customers," Tonia said, adding that she hopes they will bring their own memorabilia to add to what the owners have collected.
Opened in 1947
The restaurant was opened in 1947 by Anthony and Stella Chiappalone along with their son, Fred. It was originally located at the corner of Pleasant Street and North AuSable Street.
"When we started, to the best of my knowledge, we had the only pizza restaurant in the North Country," Fred said.
He said Stella went to the New York City area to sample pizza recipes, which she incorporated into her recipe for thin-crust pizza.
Needing more space, they moved it to the present location in 1953. That required extensive renovation of the building, which was the railroad depot for the line that ran from Port Kent to Keeseville.
"It was called the peanut line because it was so small," Michael said.
The attic still has coal ash deposits from that by-gone era.
Fred said it was a real family affair, as his sisters, Rose Chiappalone and Nancy Chiappalone-Tierney, also worked at the restaurant.
"I was the manager," Fred said. "My mom took care of the kitchen."
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Twitter reaction to Richards' UKIP move
There's been a strong reaction online to the news that former Welsh Office minister Rod Richards has joined UKIP and is said to be seeking selection as one of the party's candidates in next year's European Parliament elections. Plaid Cymru's Dafydd Elis Thomas tweeted his response:
@adrianmasters84 good to see my old political friend wanting to appear in his true colours!
Matthew Evans, who leads the Conservative group on Newport council, said he was sorry to see Mr Richards finally sever links with his party.
Sorry to hear Rod Richards has joined #UKIP , he might have faults, but is extremely talented, a conviction politician, #sadtoseehimleave
But one UKIP tweeter was doubtful about the former minister's chances of winning the support of members of his new party.
@adrianmasters84 @gawaintowler @itvnews IMHO I don't think he'll have the support of the members.


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Once on board, they directed us to the buffet for some lunch. Once again, long, long lines. This was consistent throughout the cruise. The only time I ever felt like there were a lot of people on the ship, was in the Mediterranean Dining Room (buffet). We had a category 8A Balcony room. It was pretty tight with the sofa bed and the crib, but that was expected. The bathroom and the shower were the largest we've ever had on a ship. They had plenty of soap, shampoo, lotions, toothpaste, etc in the bathroom. The balcony was necessary, as we were traveling with our kids, ages 3 and 1. When they went to bed at night, we could go out on the balcony and relax without worrying about waking them up.
We opted for the anytime dining, which was in the Atlantic Dining Room on the Fourth Floor. It was pretty nice and the food was good. I only had one meal that I didn't care for and that was the Seafood Newburg (which normally I love). The service was very good on most days, but really depended on where you were sat. That's the only thing that I disliked about the anytime dining. You didn't have the same server each time, so you never knew how the service would be. They always greeted our kids by name (actually it felt like everyone who worked on the ship, knew our kids' names by the second day). We ate breakfast in the Pacific dining room on most mornings, unless we were in a hurry to get off the ship. The service in there was really slow. We waited 15 minutes one morning before anyone came over with coffee and water. This is not good when you have small children! If you went to the back of ship, behind the Mediterranean Buffet, there was an area that had hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken fingers and another that had pizza. There was never a line here, so we ended up there most days for lunch. In the morning, they serve breakfast there, including an omelet station.
The kids club was a disappointment for us. We have two kids and only the older one was old enough to attend the activities during the day. We didn't bother dropping him off, because we would still have the other, so what's the point. We were planning on using the babysitting in the kid's club at night, which was an extra charge, but we could leave both kids. The hours were from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Great! We'll be able to leave them there after they fall asleep and enjoy the shows, comedy, etc. The first night we brought them up there, already sleeping, there was a party going on in the room for the kids. These are little kids, not the older ones. The party was from 10:00 pm - 12:00 am. Loud music, dancing, lights flashing. They offered to put our kids in the corner and if they woke up, they would call us to pick them up. I don't think so! The next time we tried to leave them, I noticed a party scheduled from 10:00 pm - 1:00 am. Therefore we weren't able to enjoy any of the onboard nighttime entertainment, so I can't give my opinion on that.
I read negative reviews about the people on the cruise before leaving. I did feel this crowd was not your average cruise crowd. There were a lot of loud, pushy, inconsiderate people that we ran into all over the ship. The pool in the middle of the ship was consistently packed with people, jumping and splashing. We found another pool in the back of the ship, which was much calmer and my husband and older son swam in that one. My daughter wasn't allowed in the pools, because she's not potty trained yet. I did see quite a few other babies swimming in the pools with diapers, whose parents didn't listen to the rule.
All in all, it was a good time. Will I be cruising with Carnival again? Probably not and definitely not in the Caribbean. It's not the employees or the ships, but the other passengers that have turned me off. This was our second Carnival Cruise and 9th cruise all together. It was the ports of call that made me choose this cruise, but I don't think I will be as easily swayed to try Carnival again after this one.


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I knew that I would have problems with our new electronic medical record (EMR) system on the first day of training. The initial training was conducted by a programmatic, not medically trained "yuppette" from the IT Department, who extolled to a 60-year-old Mac user the wonders of the EMR system: you should right click here, single click there (oops, don't double click!), and then enter some esoteric bit of medical history.
The next session was a breakout session for ObGyns. Among the first wonders they pointed out was the streamlined ObGyn order set. What were the first items I noted? An order for Bence-Jones proteins and "AFB blood." When I pointed out that I hadn't ordered Bence-Jones proteins since my medical internship 36 years ago, they were astounded. (Not that these technocrats had any idea of what I was talking about.) I then pointed out that even infectious disease internists never order "AFB blood." (I am the ObGyn representative to the hospital Antibiotic Drug Utilization subcommittee.) This was also amazing and astounding to them.
I then "learned" how to abstract charts. I have patients whom I have followed since 1979. How do I abstract all the relevant information accrued from taking care of my patients for 32 years? If I have had someone on a bisphosphonate for 7 years, and I am now considering a drug holiday, wouldn't I need a lot of information to make that decision? Do I enter the result of every bone density and every chart note into the EMR? For my patients who have had different reactions to different oral contraceptives, do I need to enter every problem they had with each different pill? Do I need to enter the details about their preeclampsia from their pregnancy 20 years ago, to help me follow their incipient hypertension? To really do justice to my patients' records, it would take me probably at least half an hour to an hour to abstract each chart correctly to create an EMR. Who is reimbursing me for my time? Certainly not any regular insurance plan, and certainly not Medicare, which reimburses us a quarter of what previous insurers did for a clinic visit. Do I spend the hour to do things properly, of my own time?
Not having this time, do I then ask my medical assistants to abstract my charts, as most practices are doing? They are lovely folks, but they certainly do not have the experience to know what records are really relevant and which aren't. I have tried this, but I have already seen two instances where my assistants recorded in the EMR that a patient had osteoporosis when she had a totally normal bone density. (What happened was that they read some code as "screening for osteoporosis" but entered "osteoporosis," instead of the negative result. So then if I am to be thorough, I need to review every entry from their abstraction, before I click "mark as reviewed." Guess what? No one is doing this.
Then, when a patient with an incorrect EMR decides to sue us for something years later, and I have clicked "marked as reviewed" on some statement that isn't totally accurate, will I be held accountable? I think so, do you?
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Eight families were turned out into the cold following a early morning apartment fire on Thanksgiving Day in Smyrna. In all, 32 people were affected, including one family who was visiting the area for the holiday.Smyrna Deputy Fire Marshal Kerry McCoy says the fire broke out on the upper level of the three-story building at the Mission Galleria Apartments off Herodian Way in Smyrna around 3 a.m. They say a resident found the fire near his dryer. He was able to wake up his wife and get out safely with her.Firefighters are crediting the fire alarm and alert residents who went door-to-door for getting all 27 residents out of the eight units.Firefighters say the fire spread and eventually caused the top floor to collapse onto the second floor and then the first floor. They say the building will be uninhabitable.The Atlanta Chapter of the Red Cross was called in to assist the displaced residents.Christian Rosado, a freshman at Wheeler High School, and his mother fled just before the inferno erupted inside. The 14-year-old told FOX 5 that of all the things he lost, he wished he could have salvaged his clarinet. Now, he says he hopes those who hear his story will look at Thanksgiving from a different perspective.Fire investigators are still trying to determine the exact cause of the fire.
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Remembering the Gleision miners
Tributes are being paid today to the four men who died in the Gleision mining disaster. It's exactly year since the tragedy in the Swansea Valley which shocked Wales and the world.
Some of the victims' families have been attending private remembrance events while the Welsh public and politicians have been paying their respects.
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Older age women should be prescribed more moderate to high intensity activity rather than medicine as a treatment which would eventually reduce the risk of death in them says QUT study.
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There's a glaring "F" on Mississippi's latest report card. It's from Education Week's Quality Counts report. Now, educators say they're trying to ramp up the reforms.
"Want to make sure that all of our students can compete in this society, not only in Mississippi but across the country," said Hattiesburg Schools Superintendent James Bacchus.
The educators admit there's a good foundation is being set for pulling Mississippi up the achievement ladder.
"The early learning legislation is very key. It starts as early as we possibly can to get our students focused on education," Bacchus explained.
Last spring, the legislature passed a bill providing grant money to pre-k programs. Jackson Public School Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray said that addresses a need he's seen since moving to Mississippi.
"If you're operating in a system that serves students in low poverty then there's a background deficit. Some students don't arrive to school until they're six years old and so often times they're behind already as they begin," described Gray.
Governor Phil Bryant released the following statement in response to the report. "Mississippi's performance on this ranking is a prime example of why I pushed such bold public education reforms last year and why I'll continue working to improve outcomes in our classrooms. Our Third Grade Gate policy alone will have tremendous positive impact,"
Gov. Phil Bryant said. "We know that what we were doing in the past was not generating the results students need to succeed. If we are vigilant about implementing the reforms we have adopted, we will see serious improvements."
Yet, some districts believe the changes aren't effective without the resources. The funding formula for education is roughly $300 million under funded. Educators say that overshadows successes of new reforms.
East Jasper Superintendent Dr. Gwendolyn Page said, "We need to ensure that we have the funds to implement what we're being asked to do."
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Hi everyone I was just curious if there were any zombie apocalypse survival tabletop games out there? Also if someone would be interested in GMing one, please reply to this thread. Most people enjoy a good zombie movie so makes sense they'd enjoy a game. Thanks for any replies
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There is. It is called "All Flesh Must Be Eaten," and it has a variety of power level options so you can play anything from average joe/survival horror to super-human heroes plowing through hordes of the undead.
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At ESPN NY, Katie Strang asked Rangers assistant GM Jeff Gorton about 2012 first rounder Brady Skjei and Gorton said that it is "fair" to compare Skjei and Ryan McDonagh. Gorton said of Skjei, "he's a tremendous skater, he has size and a lot of potential."
Skjei said that McDonagh's style of play is what Skjei models his own game after "We're both good-skating defensemen who can move the puck and if I can be half as good as him I'll be happy. He's a guy I'd like to play like and hopefully someday I can play like him."
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In a chat with the Rangers website, Skjei said that he would love to play like McDonagh and appreciates how McDonagh not only blocks shots on defense but also has the skill to get the puck to the net in the offensive zone.
I'm always fascinated by which NHLers current prospects want to model their games after. Ryan McDonagh's name has come up a lot lately #NYR—
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Skjei , during Rangers prospect camp, said that he has a chip on his shoulder from being one of the last cuts for Team USA at the World Juniors last year, was focused on being a shutdown guy last season at Minnesota but thinks he can play a solid-two way game at both ends of the ice.
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For those who generally avoid the more "hardcore" horror films, Martyrs begins as a brutally shocking "home invasion" thriller that gradually turns into something a lot more ... disturbing. It's not a film I plan to revisit very often, but truth be told, I think it's one of the best horror films of the past ten years. (Seriously, though, it's a rough one. You've been warned.) The idea of remaking a recent French flick is certainly nothing new, but the horror genre has always had a little more leeway where foreign languages are concerned. And by that I mean this: serious horror fans will deal with subtitles and not complain about it, provided the flick delivers the goods.
I assume the goal is to water the ferocious flick down and (I guess) use the original film's notoriety to squeeze an American version into the marketplace. And while Quarantine was actually a half-decent remake of [REC] (a damn fun horror flick), there's something fairly haunting about Martyrs that simply works best as is. Best case scenario: they do a carbon-copy remake, which is pointless. Worst case scenario: I don't even want to think about it.
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Assistant Professor of Architecture David Hill has won the Vernon F. Shogren award, which honors the memory of Professor Vernon Shogren, who taught architecture at NC state from 1953 to 1955 and 1961 to 1992. Awards are available for students, faculty and alumni to encourage exploration of alternative directions in design and architecture and to promote unique study and scholarship. Hill received his master's in architecture from Harvard University and his bachelor of architecture and bachelor of environmental design in architecture degrees from NC State. Hill also is the director of graduate programs for the School of Architecture.
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This would be a good time to remind everyone that Jon Embree suspended four defensive backs this week. It would also be a great time to remember a running back and wide receiver saw significant time in the defensive backfield against Washington State last week. Finally, Washington State quarterback Marshall Lobbestael, who is nowhere near Luck in terms of ability, threw for threw for 376 yards against the Buffaloes.
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I saw a distressing quote attributed to you recently, that Republicans don't want to take up firearms bills in an election year. Given that pro-gun votes have never hurt Republicans, but standing in the way of gun owners certainly hurt Democrats, I would certainly appreciate knowing why the Republican leadership has decided to treat us no different than the way Naifeh treated gun owners in Tennessee.
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---- — MONTGOMERY — One could call the latest chapter of the Barr-Reeve/Loogootee volleyball rivalry as a battle of the irresistible force against the immovable object.
Barr-Reeve plays a fast pace of volleyball, with only one girl measuring above 5'8. Loogootee features middle-hitting tandem of Christina Ziegler and Michaela Beasley who each stand 6'2. Loogootee also returned four year varsity players Abby Ackerman and Demi Richardson from last season's state runner-up team.
Both teams also boasted several returning starters from last season's teams, but Barr-Reeve was dealt a blow early on Friday. Junior Libero Hannah Bullock was unavailable due to injury, and forced the Vikings to alter their lineup on the fly. On Friday night in Montgomery, however, the irresistible force prevailed before a packed crowd at Kavanaugh Kourt in four hotly contested games by scores of 25-19, 29-27, 15-25, 25-19.
Loogootee seemingly opened each game quickly, and led early in game one at 6-3 before a Viking run put Barr-Reeve in front at 10-8. The Lady Vikings steadily increased their margin, and two Tiara Kenney kills gave Barr-Reeve a 21-15 lead. A booming shot from Hania Sisco ended the set at 25-19.
Game two was an epic back and forth, and Loogootee looked to take control late. A string of Vikings errors gave the Lady Lions a 19-16 advantage. Another string of Hania Sisco kills moved the Vikings back in front at 21-20. Later in the game, both teams forged ties at 25, 26, and 27, before a Loogootee hitting error gave the game to the Vikings at 29-27.
The Lady Lions looked like their size advantage would become a huge factor in the third stanza. After the Vikings moved in front at 12-10, sharp serving from Abby Ackerman, a trio of Viking hitting errors, and more net dominance from Beasley gave the Lions life with a 25-15 margin.
The Lady Vikings closed out the match in game four. Loogootee once again fronted early with an 11-7 lead. However, the Lady Vikings Molly Wallace got hot behind the service line. Two aces from the junior gave the Vikings a 17-15 lead, and one they would not relinquish. Two more kills from Sisco gave Barr-Reeve a 22-18 lead, and a Loogootee error ended the match at 25-19.
The victory moves the Class A No. 3 Vikings to 18-2 on the season, while the Lions dropped to 18-2 on the season.
Jenna Knepp led the Vikings with 44 assists, and 17 digs. Tiara Kenney and Hania Sisco each had 13 kills to tie for high honors for Barr-Reeve.
The Barr-Reeve junior varsity squad avenged a loss to the Loogootee junior varsity last week with a 25-11, 25-23 win. The win moves the Viking junior varsity squad to 17-3.
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No need to throw money at Simms, and a few other moves and Allen might have well over $30 millioin in FA. I expect him to spend every cent of it trying to get the Bucs back on track next year......Gruden and Allen need a good year.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has been occupied since 4000BCE, making Iran home to the world's oldest continuous civilization.
It is located in central Eurasia on two ancient trade routes. One runs North-South and connects the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, the other one goes East-West between China, India, Europe and Africa.
There's a city called Isfahan at the intersection of these two routes, which at one time was the wealthiest city in the world. Isfahan was twice the capital of the Persian Empire, during the Median and then Safavid Dynasties.
Interesting artifacts from pre-Islamic Persia include the cylinder of Cyrus the Great, which is the world's first written declaration of human rights. The hanging gardens of Babylon (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) and the Code of Hammurabi (a set of rules which outlast the King) are also on the list.
The Persian Empire was so magnificent that returning Crusaders carried tales of its splendor and helped spark the Renaissance in Europe! Influence of the Zoroastrian teachings of equality also inspired Greek philosophers such as Aristotle and Socrates.
The Persian Empire was conquered by Muslim Arabs around 650CE during the Sassanid Dynasty. Initially the Zoroastrian, Christian and Jewish faiths were tolerated but by 1000CE most Persians had accepted Islam.
In the sixteenth century Shi'a Islam was declared in Isfahan to be the national religion of Persia and the second golden age began. From 1500 to 1720 the Safavid Dynasty built the greatest Iranian empire since before the Islamic conquest of Persia.
Because of its strategic location and oil resources, World War I found Persia in the middle of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire, Russia and the British Empire-via-India. Persia became Iran as of 1935 and was ruled by the Shah, a Persian term for "monarch."
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While hunters flock to Cabela's in Mitchell to get new ammo and supplies for the waterfowl season, Avera Queen of Peace healthcare providers met them there to make sure they are healthy for that hunt. We went to the Men's Health Fair too and men of all ages took advantage of the location to shop and get screened.
Chuck Frasier, dressed for work, drove in from Tyndall earlier than usual to take advantage of the Avera Queen of Peace Men's Health Fair at Cabela's. He came in before his shift started to get his glucose levels checked.
Frasier says, "I thought it would be a good idea with my age getting to that point. My dad has a history of diabetes so I thought it would be a good idea to get it checked."
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Blood diseases and cancers can in some cases be cured by transplantation of the stem cells that develop into the various types of blood cells. At present stem cell transplantation relies on the use of donated cells from the bone marrow or umbilical cord blood, but locating and obtaining suitable donated cells is in many cases difficult or impossible; this problem is especially prominent in some minority groups. This project aims to explore methods that may lead to the use of human embryonic stem (hES)-derived blood stem cells as a substitute for donated cells in blood stem cell transplantation. Preliminary work demonstrates that cells with the characteristics of blood cell precursors can be isolated from hES cells that have been allowed to differentiate in culture, but we need to know much more about these cells before their use in patients could be considered. We will carry out a series of investigations of these cells, as an approach to the goal of using them in clinical stem cell transplantation. Because the current methods of deriving the stem cells from hES cells are cumbersome and small-scale, we will work to develop methods that will allow large-scale preparation with simplified procedures suitable for clinical work. We will investigate the development of a variety of marker proteins on the surface of the stem cells as they develop, thereby aiding isolation of subtypes of cells, and also helping us to understand how they may interact with the immune system of the recipient individual. We will use an established model in which human blood cells can develop in the mouse in order to assess the ability of the hES-derived cells to develop into the many types of blood cell. Work to date has focused on one type of hES-derived blood cell precursor. In order to expand the possible utility of these cells, we will seek new types of blood cell precursors in populations of cells derived from hES cells. This proposal has the potential to lead to the production of cells that can be used in clinical blood stem cell transplantation, which would transform the procedure and make it available to many more individuals.
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Very large numbers of individuals in California are afflicted with diseases that can be cured or ameliorated by transplantation of blood stem cells; these include, for example, sickle cell disease and leukemia. Nevertheless the application of blood stem cell transplantation is limited because stem cells must be donated by individuals, and because it is necessary to match certain characteristics of the donor's and host's immune systems. Blood stem cells can be derived from human embryonic stem (hES) cells. Such hES-derived cells could become a substitute for donated stem cells, but before this is possible it will be necessary to know much more about their characteristics, and to develop means of producing them in quantities sufficient for clinical use. The experiments we propose are an approach to the goal of making hES-derived stem cells that can be used in clinical blood stem cell transplantation. Successful completion of these experiments will allow us to make judgments about the feasibility of using these hES-derived cells in patients, and may thus contribute to the goal of making blood stem cell transplantation available to a much broader group of patients.
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant proposes to produce and characterize hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) that are derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESC). Their long-term goal is to use these cells instead of bone marrow, peripheral blood, and cord blood-derived stem cells for the treatment of patients with blood disorders including cancer. In this way they hope to get around the problem of limited donor availability, especially for patients from minority populations. Their focus will be on techniques to scale up production of HSC and also to characterize such stem cells, especially with regard to the expression of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) that may influence the engraftment capabilities of these cells. The characteristics of hematopoietic reconstitution will be studied in a mouse xenograft model involving NOD/SCID mice. Finally, they propose to identify new cell lines with hematopoietic progenitor characteristics using a system that isolates cell lines from embryoid bodies. IMPACT AND SIGNIFICANCE: This grant is aimed at developing methods to derive hemangioblasts (common precursors for blood and endothelial cells) from hESC. These cells could be used as cell replacement vectors for multiple disorders of the blood and vascular systems. The hope is that such cells would be infinitely expandable without differentiating in vitro, and therefore they would provide a reliable and inexhaustible supply of HSC. The proposal is innovative in its use of a novel panel of hES-derived "progenitor" cell lines that will be provided by the applicant's collaborator, Advanced Cell Technologies; however, details about these progenitor cells are rather sparse in the application, so the true benefit to use of these cells is difficult to assess. If successful, the primary impact of this work would be an improvement in HSC reconstitution for hematopoietic-related diseases in humans by production of transplantable HSCs derived from hESCs. It certainly has the potential to ease the usual issues of searching for match donors for bone marrow transplantation. The applicants' ultimate aim is to advance work on hES-derived hematopoiesis to a point where its use in clinical hematopoietic cell transplantation is within reach. Insights into the directed differentiation of hES along the hematopoietic/angiogenic lineage could also provide insights into directing the differentiation of hES into other mesodermal and non-mesodermal lineages. QUALITY OF THE RESEARCH PLAN: The research plan is logical and relatively straightforward, but overly vague in its description of experimental strategies. The applicant proposes four aims: 1) to define minimal cell culture parameters for derivation of hemangioblasts from hES, 2) to characterize the cell surface antigens expressed by these cells, 3) to test their engraftment in NOD/SCID mice, and 4) to determine ways to maintain them in vitro indefinitely in an undifferentiated state. These are very ambitious goals, and the strategy for achieving them is not clearly described. Much of the work will be done at the Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) Company, which is located both in Massachusetts and in Alameda. The company is experienced in cell culture and already has a library established of 200 clonal and stable differentiated cell lines from embryoid bodies derived from both NIH-registered and proprietary hES cell lines. They propose to use an iterative matrix-type experimental approach of cell culture with the eventual aim of carrying out bulk processing and reducing the complexity of the cytokine cocktails to the minimum necessary. It seems reasonable to assume that this all will be done at a high level of expertise, but the details of how exactly the culture conditions will be optimized or what the readouts will be are not clearly laid out. The second specific aim appears straightforward in evaluating expression and function of histocompatibility and other cell surface antigens on hemangioblasts and HSC. Some of this work has already been done. For the histocompatibility antigens, they will focus on HLA antigens and analyze expression as well as functional studies on the cells' allostimulatory capacity in MLC assays. The applicant does not clearly discuss how cell surface molecules will be identified, or how they will be tested for enrichment of hemangioblasts (i.e., is there a functional assay that will be used?). Also missing is an approach to evaluate minor antigens such as the hematopoietic antigens. The third specific aim will characterize in vivo hematopoietic differentiation potential in a xenograft model involving NOD/SCID immunodeficient mice, which, in addition, will be given sublethal total body irradiation. The TBI doses of 0.2-0.3 Gy seem low. Preliminary data is lacking for these in vivo studies, and the details of how many cells will be injected, what effects exogenous cytokines may have, and what alternative approaches may be pursued are lacking. This is particularly concerning in that the applicant indicates that the hES-derived cells have "yolk-sac" properties, and YS HSC do not engraft adult animals. Also, the applicant seems to assume that establishment of an immortalized, undifferentiated hemangioblast cell line will be straightforward, but details of how this will be accomplished and analyzed are lacking. The fourth specific aim seeks to produce hemangioblasts or stem cells from clonal and stable cell lineages that have previously been derived from hES cells. These cell lines will be evaluated for their capacity for further induction to definitive hemangioblasts or hematopoietic cell lineages using an iterative process similar to that described in Specific Aim 1. The applicants believe that this approach eventually will result in the production of cells for clinical studies under relatively less complex and costly conditions than cells directly derived from embryoid bodies. STRENGHTS: The research plan is direct and clear, and focused around a significant health problem (blood disease). It begins with the generation of HSCs from hESCs and finishes with studies of transplantation in an immunodeficient animal model. The strength of the proposal resides largely in the collaborations with Dr. Martin, who has considerable experience in the molecular aspects of hematopoietic cell differentiation, and ACT, who appears to have reduced the complexity of cell line derivation from hES cells by utilizing the unexpected clonogenicity of hES-derived embryonic lineages. More than 200 clones have been generated from colonies with symmetric morphology. Gene expression studies have shown that a subset of these cell lines have significant expression of genes potentially associated with hemangioblasts and early erythroblast development as compared to hES cells and other clonal hES cell lines. ACT has efficiently and reproducibly generated in vitro equivalents of hemangioblasts from hES cells using an in vitro differentiation system. Blast cells from these cultures were shown to clonally differentiate into erythroid, myeloid, and multilineage hematopoietic cell lineages. The use of these novel cell lines can be considered both a strength, and a weakness, of the proposal. WEAKNESSES: The research plan is exclusively pragmatic with a vague experimental design and little emphasis on hypothesis-driven research of a basic nature. In general, the applicants underestimate the difficulties that will arise when hES cell derived hemangioblasts are being used for transplantation into unrelated individuals. The NOD/SCID mouse model has shown very poor engraftment of hES-cell derived hematopoietic stem cells. It is not clear whether this is due to problems inherent in the stem cells or minimal residual NK-cell activity in the murine hosts. Even if the applicants could overcome this basic problem, the mice will not provide the answer as to the durability of grafts accomplished with hES cell derived hemangioblasts. First, the observation period will be short, and second (and most importantly), mice are small compared to humans, and the demands on hematopoietic stem cells are more than three orders of magnitude less than in a human being. For example, a mouse makes as many red cells in a lifetime as a human in one day, a dog in 2.5 days, and a cat in 8 days. Thus, observation periods beyond the life of a mouse would be required to make reasonable predictions for the fate of such cells in humans. Moreover, the explicit assumption that hESC-derived HSC will be immunologically naive and therefore will not be rejected by human recipients is not supported by existing data. It is safe to assume that multipotent hematopoietic stem cells express both HLA and non-HLA minor antigens (the latter are also called hematopoietic antigens), and therewith elicit immune reactions on the part of the transplant recipients, which will lead to rejections. The current research plan, while attempting to assess for the presence of HLA antigens on these early cells, will neither address the issue of hematopoietic antigens nor will it or can it investigate the issue of cellular immune responses to such antigens, which are likely to involve both host NK cells and T cells. In fact, no studies are planned to use immunologically intact animals to test these assertions, and the selection of hESCs with defined HLA antigens to finesse the issue of allorejection and GvHD is not supported by experimental data. Another major weakness is the Principal Investigator whose CV indicates no laboratory experience. The PI has not published on hES, and his last publication was in 2003, where he was co-author on a multicenter, predominantly European study on related umbilical cord blood transplantation in patients with thalassemia and sickle cell disease. The second to last publication was in 2001 in the journal Pediatric Pathology and Molecular Medicine on sibling donor cord blood banking. Despite the accomplishments of ACT, an overarching concern in this proposal is the use of the ACT progenitor cells, which appear to have been characterized thus far predominantly by virtue of their global gene expression profiles. The proposal lacks clear preliminary data to indicate the functional capacity of the ACT-generated hES-derived progenitor lines; thus, there is no evidence that these cells provide a significantly better option than HSC or hES-derived HSC. How homogeneous or heterogeneous are these cells in terms of their phenotype/function? Preliminary data provided in this regard was too small to comprehend. If heterogeneity is a potential problem, then the use of conditioned supernatants from these cells is concerning in that they are very poorly characterized and effects will likely reflect combinatorial action of multiple secreted factors. DISCUSSION: The aim of this work is to differentiate hESC into HSC, with the long-term goal of making HIV-resistant cells. The application has more weaknesses than strengths. The PI is mainly a clinician who has no real track record in the field (the last publication was in 2003, and in collaboration), and much of this work will be done in collaboration with ACT. Two main areas of concerns are 1) the NOD/SCID mouse experiments, which many not work as proposed because the issue of allogenicity is ignored, and 2) the poor characterization of the ACT lines, where the general consensus is that the researchers don't know what they are working with. Should future funding opportunities arise, reviewers suggest that more information about the cells to be tested would be very useful in evaluating the potential impact of these studies. Preliminary data reflective of the feasibility of in vivo models also would be helpful. In order to answer the question of whether hemangioblasts generated by the work in this proposal can be used clinically, the applicants would need to develop, in parallel, a large animal model with a known track record of translation into the clinic.


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David G. Polcari, P.E., of Groveland, has been elected president-elect of the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA), the region's largest and oldest not-for-profit organization of water works professionals.
Polcari is an associate and New England client-service manager for CDM Smith, an international consulting engineering firm based in Cambridge. He is based in the firm's Manchester, N.H. office.
He received a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a master of science degree in civil engineering from Northeastern University.
A member of the New England Water Works Association for 17 years, Polcari previously served as vice president and Massachusetts state director. He also chaired the sponsor services committee and served as a member of the executive, planning, site selection and younger member recognition award committees.
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