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What grades does LCS include?
Preschool -12th grade all on one campus.
What curriculum does LCS use?
LCS uses curriculum from a variety of sources. While many of our textbooks do come from secular publishers, all classes are taught from a Biblical worldview perspective.
Do LCS graduates attend college?
Yes. In fact, almost all LCS graduates pursue higher education. LCS graduates have been accepted to colleges such as: Harvard University, Wheaton College, Fuller Theological Seminary, Princeton University, Michigan State University, University of Michigan and University of Chicago.
Is LCS affiliated with a specific church or denomination?
No. LCS is an independent school that accepts applications from students from a wide range of churches and denominations. Currently, our student body represents over 70 area churches.
Yes, Lansing Christian was first accredited by the Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools (MANS) in 1996. In 2007 the School was accredited by the North Central Association (NCA). The NCA stamp has international recognition and provides a process of peer review and a framework for continuous progress toward excellence in every activity and program of the school.
In 2012, and most recently in 2016, Advanced Ed (formerly known as the North Central Association), in partnership with Christian Schools International, awarded the school another five year accreditation.
Does LCS offer a variety of sports?
LCS participates in MHSAA Division D athletics. The growing list of competitive sports programs available to students includes basketball, volleyball, football, soccer, tennis, hockey, softball, track and field, baseball, swimming, water polo, bowling, ski club, and golf.
Students have the opportunity to be involved in drama productions, art classes, choir and band classes and competitions, worship leading, and a variety of concerts.
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The "Junior Pilgrims" after school care program is available for students Monday – Friday, from 3-6 p.m.


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Several years ago–I'm not sure exactly when–I came up with a joke to describe university faculty. I had just had a particularly frustrating conversation about some collection development decisions, and said to a co-worker "it's almost like faculty are suspended in amber the day they defend their dissertation, and refuse to engage with new ways of locating information." By that I meant that whatever approach they used to complete this very difficult and very rewarding research project is the approach that they'd repeat from that point on. If they used Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature in the seventies, they'll talk about how unrivaled its indexing is. If they used microfilm in the eighties, they'll talk about the context provided by reviewing day after day of news before you find the story that you need. If they used Google Scholar in the oughts, they'll talk about the efficiency of a single search box platform.
And by and large, I get it. All of us have our own information seeking behaviors, and my approach to this has always been "if it's working for you, then it works." I don't subscribe to the view that there are "right" and "wrong" ways of doing research, and spend a lot of time talking with researchers about their own processes because, frankly, I get a kick out of that sort of thing. It's made me a better teacher, a better researcher, and a better librarian.
Where I do have some concerns is when that individualized information seeking behavior is projected onto students, departments, and whole institutions, like it did last week in the Chronicle of Higher Education, which published an article about Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, and their plan to move a large portion of their print collection into remote storage. As has become the trope with articles like this one, the story centered on interviews with humanities faculty who are lamenting the loss of "serendipity" when browsing the stacks. The concern that books are being tossed in favor of group study rooms and coffee shops. The assertion that the library is "their laboratory," and to alter its contents jeopardizes their ability to conduct research.
The concerns in the article might be compelling if I hadn't essentially read the same arguments a month ago, in that case describing changes at the University of Houston. And who are we kidding? A classics professor said "the library is our laboratory" during a faculty senate meeting at Florida State a decade ago, right around the time I was participating in the removal of a few hundred thousand books, journals, and government documents to make room for a classroom and a cafe.
My point is that despite the doomsday tone that's floating around, libraries have been moving collections and discarding stuff for a long time now, and the world has continued to spin. And I feel like I've got enough on the ball now to refute most of what I've been hearing and reading, so here goes. These aren't exact quotes from any one individual, but rather distillations of arguments I've been privy to during my dozen years in academic libraries.
"A reduction in books is a reduction in research potential."
This idea features prominently in these articles and other arguments from faculty. It's quantification, right? It's the idea that more is better and less is worse. So let's pull on that thread a bit and ask this: If more information yields better research, why are so many of the faculty who "love books" the same people who ban the use of websites when assigning research projects to students? Likewise, the librarians who make this argument tend to be the ones who deride web-scale discovery systems because they yield too many results ("drinking from a firehose"). But you can't have it both ways–you can't say more books is good, but the ubiquity of online information is a bad thing. Unless of course you're into gatekeeping and upholding past models of information seeking that you yourself benefitted from, which isn't a good look.
"The library is our laboratory."
Sure. In lieu of a spectroscope or a chromatograph, humanists use a library card. Great! But have you been in a chemistry lab lately? Because (spoilers) they discarded all of their old equipment last year. Just like they did five years ago. And ten years ago. The means of discovery are evolving in every discipline, and while the foundations remain the same, researchers continue to develop new methodologies. And I'm not knocking the humanities in toto, just the folks who lament that copy 2 of Shakespeare's Concordance is being moved to the sub-basement. It's online folks. We can show you how to access it. It's going to be okay.
"Moving the books off-site delays my ability to access them."
Yes, it does. But I honestly didn't think that speed of access was as much of a concern for humanists who spend years preparing a monograph. I mean, I understand the annoyance, but most academic libraries I've worked with can retrieve something from remote storage within a day or so, and advances like RAPID ILL and statewide shared catalogs can get just about anything else within two or three days. And if speed really is a concern, why aren't these researchers supporting the acquisition of eBooks over print? Those items would be available in a matter of seconds, rather than having to walk across campus to pull the book off of the shelf, but the "I need a big print collection" crowd has largely remained hesitant to embrace online materials.
"I love the serendipity of browsing the stacks and discovering books."
It's not "serendipity" that put those books there and you're not "discovering" them. There's a lot of nerve on display when faculty question librarians and lament the decisions we make, but maybe the most galling is the repeated insistence that the forces of fate have connected them with these books. It's not the heavens smiling on you when you browse the stacks and find a relevant item, it's the labor of a bibliographer, a cataloger, and a shelver. This stuff ends up where it does because people are doing the work of putting it there. And oh yeah, another part of making it "discoverable" is removing all of the stuff that's no longer relevant. Librarians call it "weeding" for a reason.
"You're getting rid of the books to make room for X thing, and I don't think X thing is useful."
Almost without fail, the thing for which libraries need to make room is a place where students can collaborate. Cafes, group study rooms, classrooms, you name it. Just about every academic library renovation in the U.S. for the last decade has involved building these spaces, and if you've been in a library lately, you'll know how popular they are. So why target them? I think part of this stems from the humanities' continued emphasis on individual accomplishment over collaborative assignments. I know I'm painting with a broad brush, but I tend to see just about every discipline on my campus requiring group work with the exception of the humanities, where assignments still involve a lone student connecting with a text and exploring it in sacred communion with the author. I mean I get it, but as I was reminded in a pedagogy meeting last year, "Life is Group Work."
"I want students to appreciate the way research used to be done."
This one comes up a lot when faculty require students to use arcane formats. As an instruction librarian I encounter this at least once a semester, typically when a professor insists on students using print journals or a reference book, and they want a library session showing students how to find these things. I'll concede that there is a benefit to understanding the history of scholarly communication, though there are a few thousand other aspects of information literacy that I think are of more benefit to students. And honestly, this feels less like instruction and more like hazing. "I had to do it, and now so do you!" is not constructive. It's amber.
"There's just something about a room full of books."
No, there isn't. Look, I'm sure this is going to annoy some librarians and other book-loving academic types, but here it is: It's not about the room and it's about not the books. It's that being in a room full of books today reminds you of the first time you stood in a room full of books back then. It reminds you of who you used to be. It reminds you of being a novice researcher in your tender years of undergrad, long before you ever met an associate dean or got unhelpful comments from reviewer #2. It's not about the information, it's about you. And that's fine, I guess, just don't mandate your nostalgia onto my profession. We're overrun with nostalgics as is.
I wanted to write this out because, frankly, I've had it with faculty outside the library taking our work for granted, then telling us how to do our jobs. It's not lost on me that most of the humanists quoted in these articles are men, and most of my profession is women. It's not lost on me that they were fine with library workers selecting the materials, paying for them, cataloging them, shelving them, circulating them, and teaching classes on how to use them, but when we thoughtfully decide to relocate or remove some of them, they're suddenly up in arms demanding that we collaborate more. It's not lost on me that most of their arguments center on nostalgizing a method of information seeking that has systematically excluded more people than it included.
The other reason I wanted to write this out is to remind myself that, for a time, I was one of these people. I was at the front of the line talking about the travesty of discarding or relocating print collections. I spent a year on a now-abandoned research project looking at Merleau-Ponty's "tactile phenomenology" and its implications for collection development. But after being in this line of work for a while I've learned a few things, and maybe the most important is this: It's not about having access to information, and it's not about knowing how to locate information. The point is to use that information to do something. I'm pretty tired of arguments that privilege "discovery" without ever talking about what comes next. I'm pretty tired of information literacy models that end with "find the source and cite it."
The whole point of libraries, of information, is to connect with other people. I'll take a crowded group study room to a range of books any day, and I have zero time for fetishizing print at the expense of student engagement. Some of our users might be stuck in amber, but that doesn't mean our organizations need to be, and it's okay for library-types to push back when we encounter these narratives. Sometimes we really do know what we're doing.
Update 6/15/2018: I've written another post as a follow-up to some of the issues raised here, as well as raising some other concerns I have.
Shortly after the Presidential election in November 2016, the Washington Office of the American Library Association issued a press release indicating that the association was "ready to work with President-elect Trump." Almost immediately after it was released, ALA members took to social media to voice their frustrations with the statement, organizing around the hashtag #NotMyALA. You can review the tweets for yourself, but the general sentiment was that a number of Trump's statements and positions were grossly misaligned with ALA's core values, and if our organization was going to support the White House, we'd just as soon quit ALA than be complicit with this administration.
To their credit, ALA heard those frustrations and took action. Within a couple of weeks they rescinded the press release and then-ALA President Julie Todaro issued a message to members along with a supplementary Q & A document. I know that at least a few people opted to leave the association after those events, but I appreciated that the ALA administration responded to member concerns and did something about it.
This past fall, after waffling for a few weeks, I opted to renew my ALA membership. I've stayed active in the association, and continue to value what I've learned from other members, so I wasn't quite ready to let it go. Still, for me, #NotMyALA brought to light how the ALA Washington Office operates independently from the larger ALA organization. (Rory Litwin wrote a blog explaining aspects of its governance that I found helpful during that very confusing time in 2016.) And in the statements from Todaro and other members of the ALA administration, I got the sense that things would change–that there would be more interaction between ALA members and the lobbyists representing libraries in D.C.
Evidently that didn't happen.
Last week the Washington Office announced that the 2018 recipients of the James Madison Award were two members of Congress: Mike Quigley and Darrell Issa. The subsequent reaction on Twitter was again swift, with several library workers expressing their frustration with the selection of Issa, who, among other things, opposes Net Neutrality. This led to ALA President Jim Neal tweeting that the selection was not made by a member committee, and that he was recommending that the Washington Office consult with ALA members in the future. The Washington Office then updated their press release to state that they had consulted ALA members in the home states of these Congressmen.
Somehow, we're here again, with our lobbying office expressing support for a politician whose views often run counter to the mission of libraries as expressed in our Code of Ethics. I can only assume that we'll see the timeline play out in a similar fashion, with the award either being rescinded, or a new awards committee formed, followed by a statement that "No, ALA doesn't think we should abolish sanctuary states."
But the thing I've really been wondering is this: Who is in charge of our professional association? I've been a dues-paying member of ALA for a decade now, but it's not clear to me who at ALA can I call to protest this award? Who can I call to tell them to stop using the phrase "fake news" on our promotional materials? Or making light of college student food insecurity? Who can I call to tell them that Melvil Dewey's racist face shouldn't be attached to a podcast? Seriously, who is in charge? Because the last two ALA Presidents have had to walk back actions from the Washington Office, so I'm guessing this goes beyond who we elect to represent us.
Which brings me to the other issue roiling ALA: the search for a new Executive Director, and the debate over whether this person should have a library degree. Lots of people have weighed in on this, and I (clearly) don't understand the inner workings of the association enough to offer a strong public opinion as our members vote on the matter. That caveat stated, here's what I'm thinking…
The Washington Office didn't do anything wrong. The charge on their website makes it quite clear that their job is to "represent libraries on Capitol Hill." They lobby for money and policies that benefit libraries (especially funding IMLS), which I acknowledge has to involve working with members of both major parties in Congress, as well as the White House. Recognizing a prominent Republican like Issa with an award is probably a good move, in that it shows pragmatism in the face of the current political reality.
I know a lot of librarians will likely disagree with that assessment, and are furious with Issa receiving this award. A number of people expressing their frustration on Twitter made reference to "librarianship's values." Thing is, the Washington Office doesn't work for librarians, it works for libraries. I understand I'm wading into a synecdochic swamp here, but I think there's a distinction to be made. The Washington Office, and the Executive Director who will oversee it, are charged with representing libraries, not librarians. Sometimes our values as librarians and the needs of our libraries are in alignment, but as this year's Madison Award demonstrates, sometimes they're not.
And right now we're debating whether or not the Executive Director should be a librarian. I fully recognize that an MLIS degree does not automatically imbue someone with a deep commitment to patron privacy and intellectual freedom and desire to be open and inclusive. Likewise, there are leaders in our profession doing excellent work who don't have a library degree. (There are several examples, but right now I'll point to MIT Library Director and generally excellent person Chris Bourg.)
But in the discussions around what credentials or experience the next ALA Executive Director should have, I've read or heard comments along the lines of "We just need someone with strong leadership experience, who cares if they have a degree?" And while I mostly agree with that sentiment, I wince when I think about what's happened to administration in higher education, where retired politicians with no teaching or research experience have been named university presidents.
Would we be okay with that within ALA? Should we seek out a three term Senator or a Governor who just hit their term limit to run our organization? They'd probably do a better job of getting IMLS funded in the next Federal Budget, but I'm not sure they would be prepared to tell law enforcement "no" when they come asking for circ records. But as ALA is structured right now, their job is only that first part. In other words, "Yeah, treating people with dignity and calling out appalling behavior is a nice idea, but we're going to need some money from the administration, so let's not antagonize the Justice Department right now."
I don't care that much about the degree requirement for the Executive Director. But I do care about having a professional association that represents the professionals first and the institutions that employ us second. I want to know that the people who are in charge believe at least some of the same things that I do. The last week has reminded me that we still don't have that.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on March 13, 2018 by kevinseeber.
As I'm writing this the last few librarians visiting Denver for ALA Midwinter are finishing up their remaining obligations and getting ready to head home. In my case I'm back at work, just a few short blocks from the Convention Center that hosted us for the last several days, sorting through my handwritten notes and Twitter timeline to see if I can get a better sense of what I learned.
This was my first Midwinter, and will likely be my last for a while. I had been told in the past that this conference was much more focused on committee work and the "business" of running ALA, and that held true. I moderated a meeting of the ACRL First Year Experience Discussion Group, as well as attended a few other Interest and Discussion Group sessions, then effectively ended my "official" conference on Sunday afternoon with the President's Program debating whether or not libraries are "neutral." (They're not, by the way.)
What set this conference apart from my previous ones was the number of "unofficial" events I attended–coffee, lunch, dinner, drinks–all taking place outside of the conference but still filled with discussions of libraries. After mulling it over, I think these extracurricular meetings were the result of a couple of factors. The first reason was that the conference took place in my home of Denver, and I was trying to show friends and colleagues some of what the city has to offer. The second reason, and this is the one I've been slow to realize, is that I now know a whole lot more people who work in libraries than I did a few years ago. Conferences like this one are our chance to catch-up and compare notes, and that sort of interaction is more often best conducted in the cafe across the street from the conference, rather than at the conference itself.
It's that last point that's drawn my attention. Something that struck me about Midwinter was that the crowd in the Convention Center skewed older and more experienced than what I typically see at Annual or ACRL. I saw a lot more people with titles like "Director" or "Dean," and I consequently heard more people make statements that started with "What I have people in my library do is…" This isn't inherently problematic, considering the committee-focused nature of the conference, and I honestly found it really valuable. It gave me a better awareness of administrative practices throughout the profession.
At the same time, I noticed that the crowd outside of the conference–the people meeting at the cafes and restaurants–skewed much younger. I attended a #critlib meet-up on Monday morning where I met several current MLIS students, as well as a few people in their first year or two of professional library work, and listened as they talked about their grad programs and upcoming job searches. This experience was equally valuable in that it reminded me of the common concerns of new librarians, as well as let me see that the discussions around this idea of "critical librarianship" are continuing with the next wave of library workers.
Still, I would have liked to have seen more interaction between these groups. I attended a few sessions where there were both grad students and library directors in the room, but those sessions tended to only include the voices of the latter. Which brings me to my main point: It's incumbent upon those who are more established in the profession (like me) to get into more rooms with those with less experience. Then, once we're there, we need to stay quiet and listen. We need to tell other established people to stay quiet and listen. If you have to talk, use that chance to ask thoughtful questions, then stay quiet and listen.
If there's been a theme in librarianship for the last few months, it's been discussions of "the pipeline," by which I think people mean "the people who will work in libraries after us." And for all of the conversations around diversifying the profession and changing the face of librarianship, I didn't hear a lot from the next group of librarians in the Convention Center. They were there, to be sure, it's just that other people did the talking and didn't take much time to listen.
We need to work on that.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2018 by kevinseeber.
Last week my nephew had his first birthday. He lives across the country, which means I hardly ever see him (save for pictures my sister sends me from time-to-time), but that sting is tempered by seeing my other nephew, who turns two next month, on a fairly regular basis here in Denver. I haven't been around kids very much, and it's amazing to see how quickly they turn into people with thoughts and feelings and hopes and fears.
I mention these children, and their milestones, to remind myself that as this year comes to an end, life has kept happening. And will continue to happen, somehow? Someday these babies will be adults, and they'll ask me about 2017, and I can't imagine what my response will be other than to stare off into the distance and say "that was a rough one."
But really, what happened this year? As I mentioned in Monday's #critlib chat, I haven't written in my journal nearly as much this year as I have in the past, so I don't have much to read as I replay the year in my brain.
Here's what I know: I managed to stay productive (likely as a means of distracting myself). I wrote a couple of articles, taught a class for-credit, read a lot about algorithms, thought a lot about phenomenology, and continued plugging away on trying to figure out first-year instruction on my campus. I traveled to conferences in Baltimore, Chicago, and Orange County, California. More importantly, and I took an honest to goodness vacation to France and focused on my family life.
Much like I wrote last year, though, there's been a pall over most everything. I'm never more than a moment away from remembering what's been happening, what's happening now, what's going to continue to happen. And it's everywhere. Like, everyone is feeling some variation of panic, frustration, depression, or anger. Even people in positions of power seem furious?
The maelstrom has manifested itself in a variety of ways, not all of which I could have anticipated. I've cried in front of colleagues, supervisors, and human resources. I've sat in Ombuds Offices and spent my lunch breaks reading Robert's Rules, you know, just in case. I've seen students walk out of class to preserve DACA and left dozens of voicemails for a U.S. Senator who can't be bothered to answer the phone.
And yet. And yet. And yet.
Finals week came right on time. The library was packed with students in pajamas cramming for their Chem exams, same as it ever was. We're still writing our assessment reports, still updating lesson plans, still helping first-years find those three articles, two books, and a primary source. The same routines are in place, and I've been keenly aware that there is still good work to be done.
The only difference is that now everything is completely different. I can't believe I've had to qualify library use policies with "except for Nazis," but here were are. This year, man, it's been a scene.
And the tension is sickly comical. The world is all on fire or underwater, but I still need to find coverage for my chat reference shift. The President of the United States is sharing racist propaganda, but faculty still want me to talk about the databases. Yeah, the Tax Bill is devastating, but all of the dry erase markers are out of ink and there's a stapler jam.
I would read the news between classes to see if my childhood home has been destroyed by a hurricane. I would pause a conversation about the likelihood of nuclear war to check my phone and see a picture of my nephew taking his first steps. I would look at trending topics on social media, see a famous man's name, and ask that most 2017 of questions: "Did he die or is he a rapist?"
I mean, high-fives all around to anyone who managed to get out of bed today, and no judgement to those who didn't.
My biggest hope moving forward is that my nephews will come to know "2017" as shorthand for a hard year, not "The 2010s" as shorthand for a hard decade. I'm almost oddly optimistic, in that once you bottom out, there's no place to go but up… right?
Anyway, I'm excited to pack this year away and start looking forward. Part of that will involve writing more on this blog, so be ready, dear reader. And hey, all of us, let's have a happy new year?
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2017 by kevinseeber.

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Q: one-sided t-test after a two-sided t-test? I have two groups and I conducted a two-sided $t$-test.

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*mean group 1: 3.79

*mean group 2: 4.07

*$p$-value: 0.0081

The $p$-value is less than $\alpha$ = 0.05, hence, I can reject the null hypothesis of equal means and conclude that there is a difference between the mean of the two groups.
Is the mean of group 2 for sure bigger than the mean of group 1? Or do I have to conduct a one-sided $t$-test?

A: It is actually simple:
Your two-sided t-test rejects the null hyothesis of equal population means at level $\alpha$. In addition to this, you see that sample mean 2 is larger than sample mean 1. Then the one sided conclusion "true mean 2 is larger than true mean 1" follows at level $\alpha$.
So your reasoning is basically correct and you even don't have to perform a one-sided test for this. Consulting the sample is sufficient for this step.

A: It appears you're modifying your statistical test after looking at the data; this is not good practice.

Is the mean of group 2 for sure bigger than the mean of group 1? Or do I have to conduct a one-sided t-test?

The sample mean for group 1 is clearly smaller than the sample mean for group 2 (i.e., $\bar{x}_{1} < \bar{x}_{2}$). But you should not let your observation of the sample statistics drive your decision to use a one- or two-sided alternative. Based upon your question, it appears you are somewhat agnostic about directionality. I assume this, in part, by your decision to use a two-sided $t$-test. Even if the test was performed as a result of the default behavior of most software packages, a two-sided approach is preferred as you cannot articulate a strong theoretical basis for only being interested in one-side.
Again, you should not allow your observation of the test statistic to determine the direction of the test. Under a two-sided alternative, you split $\alpha$ evenly into the two tails. It is a more conservative test by design. The answer to your question is emphatically—no. You should not conduct a one-sided test after the discovery of a significant finding under a two-sided alternative. Your indifference to any one particular side, a priori, should be the deciding factor.

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Biografia
Laureata all'Università del Wisconsin–Madison in filosofia e letteratura, la Sprecher si trasferì a New York per studiare cinematografia.
Ha studiato regia con Robert Wise e al fine di debuttare col suo stesso film Clockwatchers (1997) studiò tecniche di improvvisazione a Manhattan.
Per cinque anni è stata giudice per gli CableACE Awards.

Clockwatchers debuttò al Sundance Film Festival e andò sugli schermi di oltre una dozzina di festival internazionali. Vinse il premio Miglior Film al Torino International Festival of Young Cinema nel 1997.

Successivamente diresse Tredici variazioni sul tema, un film che ricevette molta attenzione, ma che portò la Sprecher a indebitarsi per finanziarlo.

Filmografia

Regista
Clockwatchers - Impiegate a tempo determinato (Clockwatchers) (1997)
Tredici variazioni sul tema (Thirteen Conversations About One Thing) (2001)
Thin Ice - Tre uomini e una truffa (Thin Ice) (2011)

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Georgia Association of Conservation Districts (GACD) is proud to announce the induction of Woody Snell into the Hall of Fame. This prestigious recognition highlights District Supervisors who have dedicated many years of service to natural resource conservation. Snell was recognized at GACD's Hall of Fame Banquet held January 19 at Lake Lanier Islands Resort.
Woody Snell received his Master of Science in Management from Georgia Institute of Technology and his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Clemson University. He has been actively involved in real estate development for over 25 years and serves as the President of Lynwood Development Group, a real estate development and investment company that specializes in environmentally sustainable and pedestrian friendly communities. Snell has managed the successful completion of more than 70 communities consisting of over 3,000 acres and about 10,000 lots. Most recently Woody was the master developer of West Village which was recognized as The Development of Excellence by both the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the Livable Communities Coalition (LCC).
Woody currently serves as GACD's President and has been instrumental in advancing and growing the organization. He has been a District Supervisor with the Cobb County Conservation District for 20 years. In addition, He is the past Chairman of the Council for Quality Growth and active member Cobb County Development Standards Board.
Georgia's 40 Conservation Districts are organized under state law to carry out the State's conservation programs. The Districts provide information and education to implement practices that decrease soil erosion and protect water resources. Conservation districts are local people solving local problems. Board meetings are held monthly and are open to the public.
Georgia Association of Conservation Districts is a nonprofit whose mission is to advocate for the conservation of Georgia's natural resources by providing organization, leadership and a unified strategic direction to the Conservation Districts of the State.
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Water Conservation Advocate Inducted into GACD Hall of Fame
Georgia Association of Conservation Districts (GACD) is proud to announce the induction of Fox McCarthy into the Hall of Fame. This prestigious recognition highlights District Supervisors who have dedicated many years of service to natural resource conservation. McCarthy was recognized at GACD's Hall of Fame Banquet held January 19 at Lake Lanier Islands Resort.
Fox McCarthy earned a B.S. in Horticulture from the University of Georgia in 1989. He has been a District Supervisor for the Rockdale County Conservation District for 24 years, and currently serves as Chair. Throughout his career he has worked closely with UGA Extension, the Water Authority of Cobb County-Marietta, and was a founding member of the Georgia Water Wise Council (GWCC). The GWCC is a non-profit partnership of government, education, business and private citizen entities with the purpose of promoting water conservation and water quality programs. In 2004 to commemorate Fox's 10 years of service with the GWCC the Council established the Fox McCarthy Water Wise Award. This award recognizes an outstanding project or program implemented by a water provider or a water user in Georgia.
In addition, Fox served on the Education Committee of the Georgia Water and Pollution Control Association, the Water Conservation Division of the American Water Works Association, the National Water Conservation Committee, the Georgia Green Industry Association, Water Environment Federation and the Water Supply Task Force of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
He has served as Co-Chair of the Rockdale County Water and Sewage Authority and helped to draft the County Tree Ordinance. He has also worked as a volunteer with the Rockdale County Extension Service.
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As with most gaming headsets, you can just plug it in and play. The included USB dongle needs to be plugged into an available USB port on your computer though for this headset to work. Being a Corsair product, the CUE or Corsair Utility Engine will recognize the headset and allow you to check the charge level of the headset. The Corsair HS70 also supports Virtual Surround on the PC.
The CUE software will allow you to switch the headset from stereo sound to virtual surround. The headset, at the time of this review, does not seem to work when it is plugged in with the USB charging cable though, which is a shame, but you can charge it via the cable and still use the headset while it is connected via the USB 2.4GHz dongle.
The comfort of the Corsair HS70 Wireless Gaming Headset is great. The plush memory foam ear cups allow for extended use without discomfort. I also did not experience any "sweaty ears" with prolonged use, unlike with other headsets in the past. The headband is comfortable as well. As mentioned earlier, the ear cups are large enough to go around most people's ears, which for me, is a preferred thing. I personally find headsets that sit on top of the ears uncomfortable.
The overall construction of the headset is great. It does not feel cheap and plastic-like. The weight on the head is not too bad and the memory foam helps with comfort.
The Corsair HS70 also supports use on the Sony PlayStation 4, so I checked that out as well. I plugged in the USB dongle and it instantly recognized it and switched over to the headset. Being a parent, it is great that I can make use of a wireless headset with the PS4 so that I do no wake up the kids when I am doing any late night console gaming.
The headset did such a good job that while playing The Last Of Us (Remastered), I didn't realize that my son had gotten up and had been watching me play. The headset blocked the ambient noise as I didn't hear him walking on the hardwood floor. One down side is that the HS70 does not support the use of the Virtual Surround Sound under the PS4, which is a shame as that would be pretty cool.
I also tried the Corsair HS70 out at work on my Ubuntu 16.06 desktop. At first, I had some issues but that was quickly resolved with creating a little script that allowed the USB dongle not to interfere the the mouse click events.
echo "Corsair HS70 Not Found"
It looks like under Ubuntu (perhaps other Linux distros as well), the USB wireless dongle shows up as mouse hardware and you need to configure one of the values so that the headset's buttons wont be interpreted as a mouse and override whatever mouse you are currently using. Gaming hardware is typically lacking support under Linux distributions but I was glad I could get it to work.
This is the first wireless headset I have used extensively and I have found it to be quite a positive experience. The range is pretty good; Corsair says it has up to 40 ft range and depending on what is in your environment, I found the range to be a bit less than that before the audio started to cut out. I can easily pop into the kitchen to get a snack or a drink, check on the kids when they are sleeping, or pop outside.
The Corsair HS70 is running on a 2.4GHz band like some Wi-Fi devices and even your microwave oven, so your range and experience may vary depending how "noisy" your environment is. For my particular gaming setup, I have a Corsair K63 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard and the Corsair DarkCore RGB Wireless gaming mouse all running wirelessly and the headset runs perfectly fine. There are even other 2.4GHz wireless devices in our home that would add to the noise and none of my wireless gaming peripherals had issues.
The battery can hold roughly a 16-hour charge and after about 4 days of using the headset, I had to finally plug it in to charge. Not bad for a wireless headset that's being used almost 8 hours a day. Luckily, you can still charge the headset while using it, but it will only work if you still have the wireless dongle connected to your computer. The USB port on the headset is strictly for charging the headset.
One thing I did notice with the CUE software is that the HS70 does not have the option to display the battery charge icon on the system tray for Windows 10 like the Corsair keyboard and Corsair mouse I have.
To test the audio performance of the Corsair HS70, I listened to a variety of music from a variety of streaming and non-streaming sources. Of course, I also took the headset for a test run through a couple of different games, such as Fortnite (PC), 7 Days to Die (PC), and The Last of Us (PS4).
With most gaming headsets I have used, they tend to be a bit heavier on the bass. The Corsair HS70 is not much different as it is a bit heavier on the bass but not overpowering. The great part is that it doesn't get in the way of the vocals on games or music. The vocals come in crisp and clear which can be important if you are chatting with friends or listening to NPCs.
The range on this headset is pretty good and I enjoyed the various music I have pushed through it. I'm sure audiophiles could get more into the nitty-gritty of the Corsair HS70, but a headset that lets me enjoy my music, enjoy my gaming and doesn't put me out of pocket I think is great.
The quality is good from a straight-out-of-box standpoint and you can easily tweak the sound to more your liking with a program such as VoiceMeeter Banana.


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Q: Why don't I need to specify arguments to tkinter command= when using lambda How come when linking a method to a tkinter button using command= and a lambda function (since I'm passing variables), I don't have to put those as arguments in the lambda function .... for example, in normal code, I would write:
def basicPrint(a,b): print(a+b)

as a lambda, I would use:
basicPrint = lambda a,b: print(a+b)

However, when it's used in a tkinter button I have to put:
command=lambda: self.basicPrint(a,b))

i.e., I have to omit the a,b after the word lambda, but this would kick up an error when called in 'normal' code:
TypeError: <lambda>() takes 0 positional arguments but 2 were given

So why is it different in the tkinter case? Something to do with "self" in there?

A: command specifies a callback, which is a function you write that a framework will call. The framework will specify the signature of the function, which your function must conform to, because the the calling code in the framework is written to call your function in a fixed way. In this specific case, there is no way for you to tell tkinter what values to pass to your function. So it won't pass any. This would cause a runtime error, and to avoid that, tkinter checks the signature of your function beforehand and complains if the signature does not follow the documented specification. So you have written a function  that meets tkinter's specification but relies on the presence of global variables to work.

A: That's simply how tkinter is designed to work. A function bound to an event must accept a single argument. That argument is an object that describes the event. When you provide a function to command, that function must be callable without any arguments.
Whether you use lambda, functools.partial, or simply provide a reference to a standard function, those rules must be followed.


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The rainbow in Stainless steel
Jan de Baat taught himself after World War II sculpture, where he was influenced by sculptors as Marino Marini, Henry Moore and Ossip Zadkine. The Baat was late eighties professor sculpture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam.
He was commissioned by the Municipality of Groningen a picture of the Peerd of Uncle Loek. The council was not initially impressed by the result, but it was made in 1959 placed on the square in front of the Central Station and has since been a beeldbepaler Groningen. The Baat has later distanced itself from this work, because he found it too figurative.
He gained national fame with his liberation monument Amsterdam owes its Canadians (1980): the fluttering streamer steel rising from the lawn in the Apollo Avenue. The Baat has specialized in monumental art, usually made of stainless steel or natural stone. Be characterized as abstract expressionism, his work consists of more than 40 images in the public domain in the Netherlands. The Baat died in 2010 at age 89
Here below some photos from the Rainbow in Lelystad. Project management and manufactured by Mike van Essen.


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Harry Potter's Jessie Cave warns 'don't wait' to go to A&E after newborn son tests positive for Covid-19
Jessie Cave has issued a stark warning to fans, urging them to go straight to A&E if they notice anything different about their children after her newborn baby Abraham tested positive for coronavirus.
The 33 year old, who also shares Donnie, six, and four year old Margot with comedian Alfie Brown, opened up on how her three month old is coping while speaking on ITV's Lorraine show on Tuesday 12 January.
The Harry Potter star, who is most well known for playing Ron's love-interest Lavender Brown in the film series, explained: "Nothing has gone to plan. It was a really, really scary start because he was in the neonatal unit after a really sudden, quick labour. He came out within 45 minutes."
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The actress said she and Alfie, 29, were in complete shock when they found out their son had caught the deadly coronavirus.
"He's 11 weeks now and I just couldn't believe it when I find out, I almost can believe it because it's just been such a strange time for everyone," she said.
When asked if she knows how Abraham 'Bam' Benjamin may have contracted the virus, she replied: "No, all I know is that it is absolutely the most contagious thing. I was completely symptomless. It's just bizarre.
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"Even after, I did go and get a test because I wanted to see my mum over Christmas and he was completely fine. And then over a week, almost two weeks later, he just suddenly turned.
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Jessie, who recently shared an adorable snap of her baby with red-framed sunglasses on, went on: "Within a day he was just kind of changing a little bit, he wasn't feeding as much. His cry was different, it was like a different baby. I just went for it, went into A&E and I think that's what everyone has to do. They just have to be so aware of a sudden, quick change. It could have been a completely different story if we hadn't gone in."
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How can we live "in the world" and yet not let the world own us and squeeze us into the shape of its own fallen values and assumptions?
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Rather than refusing pagan education, Daniel and his friends applied themselves, gained distinction, and were helped in their learning by God himself. Wright notes two important things about this first principle:
"their childhood grounding in the faith of Israel was strong enough to cope with Babylon's university course"
"the education they excelled in gave them access to positions in society and government from which they were able to have remarkable influence" (30)
Wright affirms Christian schools, yet he isn't convinced they're the only legitimate way to respond in our increasingly secularized culture. "They needed to know what the Babylonians believed; they didn't need to believe it themselves" (29).
He believes there's a lesson here for us: we need to listen to the word of God, as well as to the world around us. That's what Daniel did.
2) Say "Yes" to Political Career
Despite Babylon's paganism and corruption, and having exiled God's people, Daniel and his friends entered political service to serve God, modeling how Christians should engage the world.
Though some insist we should withdraw from secular society, Wright affirms that "God rules the world, and Christians, if they are to be the light of the world, must be more than altar candles shining in church buildings" (32).
As a former Senate staffer I appreciate this affirmation. I certainly experienced a few raised eyebrows from believers when they heard I worked for Uncle Sam. I also appreciate his advice for such believers:
Rather than questioning or criticizing brothers and sisters in such roles, we should be praying for them and encouraging them in the paths of integrity. (32)
3) Say "Yes" to Name Change
As part of their indoctrination, Nebuchadnezzar insisted the new civil servants should adopt Babylonian names, which incorporated their gods. For Israelites, whose names often included the name of their God, this would have been unconscionable. Yet Daniel swapped his name for Belteshazzar.
Though we're rarely ever forced to change our name, there's an underlying principle we should pay attention to.
Perhaps with the same kind of maturity that Paul called for in relation to idols, they knew that these gods were nothing and their names were nothing; so they could swallow hard and take those pagan names on their lips and on their lapel badges, knowing full well that the living God of Israel was not only still their God but the only God. (33)
In what way might our current cultural climate require us to make such a personal change that Daniel had to make?
4) Say "No" to Unclean, Covenantal Loyalty
There was one thing Daniel and his friends refused however: the king's food.
"After accepting so much, why take a stand on a matter so trivial as food?" (35). Among the possible reasons, Wright identifies two that seem to make the most sense:
The king's food would have been unclean by Levitical food laws. "By refusing the king's food, they were affirming their distinctive way of life as Jewish believers" (35)
The food would have symbolized "covenantal loyalty" to the king. "To eat from the king's table could…have been seen as declaring total dependence on the king and total loyalty to him" (37).
On the one hand, Daniel and his friends were making a seemingly small, yet principled gesture: they maintained their distinctiveness. On the other, they refused to give to king or country what they could only give Yahweh: hesed; covenantal loyalty.
"Sometimes Christian convictions or a Christian conscience need such symbolic expression" as Daniel's; "We need to watch our loyalties, commitments, and convictions and constantly submit them to critical examination in the light of our one final loyalty to Christ himself as Lord" (36, 39).
"[Daniel] was written to encourage believers to keep in mind that the future, no matter how terrifying it may eventually become, rests in the hands of the sovereign Lord God—and in that assurance to get on with the challenging task of living in God's world for the sake of God's mission" (18).
Join Wright in exploring and understanding how it looks to sustain our faith in today's world.
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Jeremy Bouma (Th.M.) has pastored on Capitol Hill and with the Evangelical Covenant Church in Michigan. He founded THEOKLESIA, which connects the 21st century Church to the vintage Christian faith; holds a Master of Theology in historical theology; and makes the vintage faith relevant at jeremybouma.com.
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Euroclear rolls out its FundSettle platform in Asia
The new system will streamline the placement, processing and settlement of mutual fund trades for distributors.
After 12 months of operation in Europe, Euroclear is about to start marketing its FundSettle platform to Asian distributors of mutual funds. Designed to streamline the placement, processing and settlement of fund sales and redemptions, the system will be first offered in markets with high offshore fund penetration such as Hong Kong and Australia.
FundSettle allows third party distributors to process mutual fund sales and redemptions through an electronic platform using web technology. The system already gives distributors in Europe access to 13,000 funds registered in offshore jurisdictions such as Dublin, Luxembourg and the Channel Islands. By the end of this year, Euroclear hopes to offer access to a complete range of domestic funds located in Germany, France and the UK.
The system has two modules. The first processes orders from distributors by forwarding them to the relevant transfer agency. Once a confirmation has been received, the system then books the shares to the distributor's account and generates a payment. The second is a corporate action module that allows for electronic dividend payment and proxy voting for clients.
"The system is backed up by an extensive database on mutual funds from around the world," says Barbara Vuylsteke, director of Euroclear in Brussels. "The database includes both static and dynamic information. The static information includes the name of the funds, cut off times, frequency of dealing etc, while the dynamic information gives net asset value calculations." The NAV data is updated either daily, weekly or monthly depending on when a fund is valued.
Vuylsteke says FundSettle gives distributors a single point of access to hundreds of transfer agents thereby providing them with significant back office savings. "The biggest cost for distributors can be the reconciliation of the order with a cash payment," she comments. "By offering reconciliation online from one central point, we can bring the cost of this process down by 50% to 60%."
FundSettlecovers funds in all asset classes including equity, bonds, sector funds and some hedge funds. The system is real time and can be accessed 22 hours per day.
Distributors pay for the service on a fee per order basis plus a servicing fee for access to the corporate action and fund information databases. FundSettle can be accessed through the public internet or, for high volume users, through an electronic file transfer system.
The set-up cost for internet users is relatively low, requiring only the installation of a smart card reader for security purposes. "For high volume users we recommend that they deal with us by file transfer which involves a little more work on building an interface," says Vuylsteke. Users must also ensure that their back office operations have been adapted to allow for electronic reconciliation before migrating across to FundSettle.
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Percussion Software, a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions and Lotus Domino developer tools, has introduced its newest software product, Lyrix, a content integration solution for the reuse of Domino content in other enterprise applications. Lyrix is targeted at the Lotus Domino user base at organizations that are deciding between co-existence and migration for each of their Domino applications. Lyrix supports a range of target enterprise applications, including Web applications, portals, enterprise applications such as sales force automation (SFA) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and Percussion's Rhythmyx 5 ECM system.
Built on a Web services architecture, Lyrix provides organizations with a range of options allowing them to choose the right future for each of their Domino applications. For each application, Lyrix enables organizations to choose: Co-existence with Domino by continuing to create content in existing applications while simultaneously reusing the content in other applications, or Migration of Domino content to other applications systematically. In addition, if selecting to migrate, Lyrix does not force a migration of all content into a new central repository.
Lyrix transforms all Domino attributes into standard XML and xHTML, and also maintains content relationships. Lyrix retains Domino formatting including rich text, embedded images and attachments and Lyrix also retains the context of Domino content, by maintaining the relationships among related pieces of information (such as automatically maintaining the link between a diagram and its caption). Pricing for the Lyrix Starter Package is $34,000.


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Utopia appoints Bastien Vidal as acting CFO and VP, Operational Finance
Vidal will be instrumental in driving the next stage of Utopia's growth strategy
Bastien Vidal appointed to the role of Acting Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and VP, Operational Finance reporting to Utopia's CEO Markku Mäkeläinen
Vidal will be responsible for supporting Utopia's considerable growth trajectory, setting up structures and processes that drive operational finance excellence, supporting ever growing amounts of customers, acquisitions and integrations, all which need to be completed with high quality, integrity, with an increasingly shorter timeframe to outcomes
Vidal is a highly experienced operations and finance executive with experience in high-growth organizations and larger publicly traded companies, coupled with a decade of experience in the technology start up space, and a further ten years of auditing experience with KPMG
Zug, Switzerland, April 5 2022 – Utopia Music, the Swiss Music fintech company, announced the extension of its leadership team with the appointment of Bastien Vidal to the role of Acting Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and VP, Operational Finance. Vidal will be based in Zug, Switzerland and the company's French offices. He will report directly to Utopia's CEO Markku Mäkeläinen.
"To support our mission of achieving 'Fair Pay for Every Play', Utopia has acquired more than a dozen companies in the last year, and we will continue to acquire best of breed companies that fit our culture and strategy," said Markku Mäkeläinen, CEO of Utopia. "As Utopia continues to move to larger and larger revenue categories of acquisitions, we want to invest in operational capabilities, in finance and integration teams, to continue to execute efficiently."
In his role, Vidal will be responsible for supporting Utopia's considerable growth trajectory. This will include setting up the structures and processes that drive operational finance excellence and supporting ever growing amounts of customers, acquisitions, and integrations, all which need to be completed with high quality, integrity, and with an increasingly shorter timeframe to outcomes.
Vidal is a highly experienced operations and finance executive with experience working in both high-growth organizations and larger publicly traded companies. He also brings over a decade of entrepreneurship including founding a self-sustained startup studio focusing on business software, and as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Seesmic Inc, now Hootsuite.
Vidal joins from his role as CFO of Callisto Media, a technology and media company that optimizes content creation by leveraging Big Data, AI, and lean economics. In his role, Vidal supported the Founder and CEO through the company's hypergrowth including building the team, processes and implementing the systems to support such growth, developing the analysis and reporting structure, managing fundraising activities, both equity (Series B, C, D) and debt financing, and managing communication and reporting to investors and the Board.
"I am excited to be joining Utopia Music at such an important stage in its journey towards a better world for music," said Bastien Vidal. "Throughout my career I have worked to scale up technology companies, and I look forward to joining the team for this next chapter of growth."
Prior to Callisto Media, Vidal launched Founder Studio. He worked with entrepreneurs on the launch and growth of their company in the US market across fundraising and product management. From 2010-2012, Vidal was the COO of Seesmic Inc, now Hootsuite, and led the company alongside the CEO. Vidal also spent ten years at KPMG, firstly as a Manager in the Business Consulting Services department at KPMG France, and later as a manager in the audit department of the Technology and VC practices.
Bastien is a Certified Public Accountant by the California School of Accountancy and a French Chartered Accountant by both the "Ordre des ExpertsComptables" (Chartered Accountants National Board) and the "Companie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes" (Auditors National Board).


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The Hares were so persecuted by the other beasts, they did not know where to go. As soon as they saw a single animal approach them, off they used to run. One day they saw a troop of wild Horses stampeding about, and in quite a panic all the Hares scuttled off to a lake hard by, determined to drown themselves rather than live in such a continual state of fear.


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Michelle Obama teams with LeBron James to help boost early voting
By Darlene Superville
Michelle Obama speaks at 2020 DNC
Michelle Obama spoke during the 2020 DNC and gave her support for Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama is partnering with a similar group founded by NBA star LeBron James and other prominent Black athletes and entertainers to sponsor events in major U.S. cities starting next week to generate excitement about voting early for the Nov. 3 election.
Mrs. Obama's When We All Vote and James' More Than A Vote are teaming to provide information, transportation, food, music, personal protective equipment and other support at early voting sites around the country Oct. 18-31.
"Millions of Americans have already cast their ballot and with only 21 days until Election Day. Making your plan to vote early is critical," Mrs. Obama said Tuesday in a statement to The Associated Press. "It's now up to us to do everything in our power to get our friends and family ready to vote early and safely together. We can't leave anyone behind."
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The former first lady is also launching a challenge to encourage more people to vote before Nov. 3. Her group also announced more than $1 million in grants and supplies to local partner organizations to host their own activities.
Last week, Mrs. Obama repeated her endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in a lengthy new video message that was sharply critical of Republican President Donald Trump.
A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama is partnering with a similar group founded by NBA star LeBron James and other prominent Black athletes and entertainers to generate excitement about voting early for the Nov. 3 election. (Photos by Getty Image
In-person events are planned for Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; Detroit; Los Angeles; Milwaukee; Orlando, Florida; and Philadelphia. They will be held within walking distance of early voting sites and include free food from the nonprofit World Central Kitchen, founded by celebrity chef Jose Andres, DoorDash and other providers.
Music, celebrity appearances, personal protective equipment and support for voters' rights from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law and the Election Protection coalition will also be provided. Lyft has agreed to provide discounted transportation.
When We All Vote also plans to host a virtual couch party on Oct. 23.
Other partners include BET, Comedy Central, Johnson & Johnson, MTV, the National Urban League, Radio One and United Way Worldwide.
All attendees and staff on the ground will be required to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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NEW YORK and DUBLIN, Ireland, May 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) and Prothena Corporation plc (Nasdaq:PRTA), a late-stage clinical biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel protein immunotherapy programs, today announced an agreement under which they will seek to accelerate the discovery of novel biomarkers and development of assays to measure Parkinson's disease progression. The joint initiative will focus on biomarkers that may facilitate therapeutic approaches targeting alpha-synuclein, a protein potentially involved in the onset and progression of Parkinson's disease.
"As more potential therapies come closer to and cross the line to clinical testing — and, in parallel, the number of people with Parkinson's grows as the population ages — the need for Parkinson's biomarkers grows more urgent," said Todd Sherer, PhD, CEO of MJFF. "Prothena is a leader in the development of potential treatments against our highest priority target, alpha-synuclein, and we are pleased to collaborate with them toward these tools to speed research."
As part of the initiative, Prothena and MJFF will support scientific research studies directed toward biomarkers of disease progression and drug efficacy. In addition, Prothena and MJFF will work to identify opportunities where novel endpoints or assays may be incorporated into ongoing or future studies.
"We are committed to identifying new insights about the underlying cause and progression of Parkinson's disease and believe that biomarkers clearly defining disease progression may both enhance this understanding and enable more effective, efficient clinical development of disease-modifying therapeutics for patients and families impacted by Parkinson's disease," said Dale Schenk, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Prothena. "In addition, we believe this collaboration with MJFF will help inform the clinical development strategy for PRX002, a monoclonal antibody for the potential treatment of Parkinson's disease. We look forward to reporting results from our ongoing Phase 1 multiple ascending dose study of PRX002 in patients with Parkinson's disease during the first half of 2016."
The Michael J. Fox Foundation has supported research in Parkinson's biomarkers from its earliest days and leads the landmark observational Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative, a $60 million study taking place at 33 clinical sites around the world that aims to validate biomarkers of Parkinson's disease. Biological markers that point to risk, onset or progression of Parkinson's disease would allow researchers to more accurately diagnose and monitor Parkinson's, stratify subjects for clinical studies, and efficiently evaluate impact of disease-modifying therapies, informing critical go/no-go decisions.
Alpha-synuclein is a protein found in neurons and is a major component of pathology that characterizes several neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and multiple system atrophy, which collectively are termed synucleinopathies. While the normal function of synuclein is not well understood, the protein generally occurs in a soluble form. In synucleinopathies, the synuclein protein can misfold and aggregate to form soluble aggregates and insoluble fibrils that contribute to the pathology of the disease. There is also increasing evidence that this disease-causing synuclein can be propagated and transmitted from neuron to neuron, resulting in an infection-like spread of neuronal death. Recent studies in pre-clinical models suggest that the spread of synuclein-associated neurodegeneration can be disrupted by targeting aberrant forms of synuclein.
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that affects one in 100 people over age 60, and after Alzheimer's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. There are an estimated seven to ten million patients living with Parkinson's disease worldwide. Current treatments for Parkinson's disease are only effective in managing symptoms of the disease, mainly through the use of levodopa and dopamine agonists. As the disease progresses and dopaminergic neurons continue to be lost, these drugs eventually become less effective at treating the symptoms. In contrast, therapies that target alpha-synuclein may slow or reduce the neurodegeneration associated with aberrant forms of alpha-synuclein.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to, among other things, the potential of the announced collaboration to accelerate the discovery and development of novel biomarkers to measure Parkinson's disease progression, speed research, enable clinical development and inform the development strategy of disease-modifying therapeutics; the timing of reporting data from Prothena's Phase 1 multiple ascending dose study for PRX002; the potential benefits of biological markers in Parkinson's disease; and the potential of PRX002 to slow or reduce neurodegeneration. These statements are based on estimates, projections and assumptions that may prove not to be accurate, and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated due to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including but not limited to the risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the "Risk Factors" sections of Prothena's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 13, 2015, and Prothena's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC. Prothena undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or changes in Prothena's expectations.