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Home » Sport » Part of the Christian Yelich trade, Marlins rookie Jordan Yamamoto inspires hope in Miami
Part of the Christian Yelich trade, Marlins rookie Jordan Yamamoto inspires hope in Miami
WASHINGTON — In the hours after reaching the apex of his professional career – a commanding seven shutout innings for the Miami Marlins in his major league debut – Jordan Yamamoto soon realized the company he now kept.
Out of the blue, a text message from Shane Victorino hit his mobile device, odd given that they'd never met, nor spoken.
No matter. Yamamoto was part of a special fraternity of ballplayers who emerged from Hawaii, which has always been a fertile ground for talent, but a hit-or-miss scouting proposition thanks to its vast distance from the mainland.
Yamamoto's Oahu upbringing is just one facet that makes the right-hander a special case.
Since 2000, just 10 Hawaiians have debuted as major league pitchers – compared to 74 for, say, Georgia.
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Marlins starting pitcher Jordan Yamamoto has a 2.35 ERA through four starts in the major leagues. (Photo: Sam Navarro, USA TODAY Sports)
Yamamoto was drafted in the 12th round, a range in which just 12% of draftees make the major leagues, according to a Society of American Baseball Research study.
And in an era when a 95 mph fastball is usually a prerequisite to enter a major league game, Yamamoto has posted zero after zero in four starts despite a fastball that hovers at 91 mph, relying instead on an extreme change of speeds to beguile hitters.
Friday night, Yamamoto, 23, will carry a 2.35 ERA into his fifth major league start, against the Braves in Atlanta. He'll also take a sense of how the stars aligned for him into this and every outing.
"I'm getting my one shot right here," he says. "I'm going to make the most of it."
The Marlins hope it is an extended look. Rookie All-Star Sandy Alcantara and fellow rotation mate Zac Gallen were acquired from St. Louis for slugging outfielder Marcell Ozuna in December 2017.
Yamamoto arrived a few weeks later in a deal for Christian Yelich, who's now bidding for a second consecutive National League MVP award on behalf of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Marlins? They're 32-53, headed for a second consecutive last-place finish, but at least are seeing tangible returns from the trades of Yelich, Ozuna and reigning MVP Giancarlo Stanton that dismantled a contender.
"It's really cool to see," says shortstop Miguel Rojas, who along with Martin Prado is the longest-tenured Marlin. "You have to feel good about what the organization is doing. Fans and people following the Marlins should be excited about the future of the franchise and trusting the process of what they're doing.
"I'm really proud of what (the pitchers) have been doing to get to this point. Now that they're here, they have to be able to battle and give us the opportunity to win. I feel guys like that give you the extra energy to get through the year."
For Yamamoto, emerging as a potential cornerstone for a big league club seems a longshot in hindsight.
A native of Pearl City – just a few miles north of Pearl Harbor on Oahu – Yamamoto did not frequently get seen by major league scouts in high school and says he didn't pitch particularly well when they did come around.
So, he and a group of like-minded teammates took their athletic wares to the mainland.
A travel team composed of Hawaiian prospects made several journeys to California and Arizona before Yamamoto's senior year of high school. They were, in essence, commuting: Fly to the mainland, play in a tournament, fly back, repeat.
The sacrifice of his parents – father Larry is a diesel mechanic and his mother, Candice, is vice president of a credit union – is not lost on him.
"I just can't thank them enough for that, because I definitely wouldn't be in pro ball otherwise," he says. "When I went away to the mainland I was like, 'You know, I have a second shot here.' And I made the most of it."
It's definitely a departure from the previous generation, where the window of exposure was even tighter.
"These guys are going to the mainland constantly," says Washington Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki, who was drafted out of college in 2002 and has passed Victorino for most plate appearances (5,485) by a Hawaiian-born player. "Where, in where my senior year in high school, there was one tournament in the mainland, the first time ever a Hawaii team went, and I was on that team. But that was it.
"Now, there's tournaments and teams and showcases up the ying-yang in Hawaii now, which is awesome, because there's a lot of talent out there."
It is starting to show. Texas Rangers catcher Isiah Kiner-Falefa, St. Louis second baseman Kolten Wong (whose younger brother Kean, is in the Rays' system) and San Diego Padres All-Star closer Kirby Yates are among the recent products to firmly establish themselves as big leaguers.
"The more exposure they get, the more you'll see Hawaii kids," says Suzuki, 35. "They can play. It's just a matter of getting acclimated living off the island. Getting away from home is the hardest transition for a Hawaii kid."
Yamamoto had a fellow native along for the ride. The Brewers made Kodi Medeiros, a Hilo native, the 12th overall pick in 2014; Yamamoto, who bested Medeiros in a state quarterfinal game that spring, was their 12th-round pick.
Initially, Medeiros was on the faster track, as the higher-picked player. In 2015, Medeiros was in the rotation at Milwaukee's low Class A affiliate while Yamamoto repeated rookie ball.
Soon, though, Yamamoto climbed swiftly, striking out 10 batters per nine innings in low- and high-A stops in 2016-17. That got him on the prospect radar and he was soon in the package to Miami for Yelich.
Medeiros was dealt by the Brewers, too, to the White Sox last summer in a deal for reliever Joakim Soria. He has yet to reach Class AAA but remains a key sounding board for Yamamoto.
And their divergent paths offer proof that draft pedigree often matters less as years go by.
"At the end of the day, I'm not really worried about the round I was picked, how much money anyone was paid," says Yamamoto. "You still have to throw the same jersey on and throw the same ball. People who do get drafted (higher) get maybe a little more leniency. At the same time, they're out there busting their butt too, same as I am. We would never look down on each other. It was more of a competitive side between us where we always helped each other out, pushed each other.
"Even when he was in low-A and I was in rookie ball, we'd still call each other after outings and say, 'How'd you do? What went wrong?' One of the best quotes I've ever heard was, 'You don't ever want to bet against your teammate.' You always want to build them up.
"Because if you're a big league player, you're going to be in the big leagues, somewhere. It may not be on the same team you want to be on. So I'm never thinking, 'I don't want this guy to do well.' You know what? We're going to push each other to be the best, and we will find each other on the field, somewhere. If it's not together, we'll face off against each other.
"And that's the cool part about it."
The red-hot Braves will provide Yamamoto his sternest test yet, after two starts each against the Cardinals and Phillies. He pitched 14 ⅓ innings before giving up an earned run, dropping his 91-mph fastball into a five-pitch mix that includes a curveball that averages 74 mph.
That deception will be his calling card, and the Marlins are hopeful it gives him staying power.
"He is a guy scouts probably don't love," says Marlins manager Don Mattingly. "But what he's able to do – change of speeds and go in and out – it's fun to watch, actually, and something different most guys don't see anymore.
"The add and subtract (velocity) is something that doesn't come easy."
Ideally, Yamamoto would give them a dependable third starter and a different look from Alcantara and lefty Caleb Smith, who was on track for an All-Star season before a June hip injury.
He has a long way to go before establishing that kind of foothold, so for now, he tries to stay grounded while appreciating his new support system. Victorino checks in after every start. Former Met Benny Agbayani, who was born in Honolulu, stays in touch.
And Friday will bring a new stadium, a new opponent, and another chance to reflect on the lengthy journey – distance and otherwise – that brought Yamamoto here.
"I don't think anybody can ever get used to being in the big leagues," he said during the Marlins' three-game series at Washington. "Like today, I walk outside, it's just a crazy feeling – a new stadium, a big W up on the board.
"I don't think I'm ever going to get used to it. It's a crazy feeling."
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New research findings from Princeton University
Genetic instructions from mom set the pattern for embryonic development
Posted on December 15, 2017 December 15, 2017 by Catherine Zandonella
By the Department of Molecular Biology
A new study indicates an essential role for a maternally inherited gene in embryonic development. The study found that zebrafish that failed to inherit specific genetic instructions from mom developed fatal defects earlier in development, even if the fish could make their own version of the gene. The study by researchers at Princeton University was published Nov. 15 in the journal eLife.
When female animals form egg cells inside their ovaries, they deposit messenger RNAs (mRNAs) – a sort of genetic instruction set – in the egg cell cytoplasm. After fertilization, these maternally supplied mRNAs can be translated into proteins required for the early stages of embryonic development, before the embryo is able to produce mRNAs and proteins of its own.
More than thirty years ago, researchers discovered that mRNAs encoding a protein called Vg1 are deposited in the cytoplasm of frog eggs. "vg1 is famous for being one of the first recognized maternal mRNAs," said Rebecca Burdine, associate professor of molecular biology at Princeton. "Many papers have been written on how this RNA is localized and regulated, but it was never clear what the Vg1 protein actually does in the developing embryo."
Compared to a normal zebrafish embryo (right), an embryo lacking gdf3 (left) inherited from mom shows major defects resulting from its inability to form mesoderm and endoderm cells early in development. Credit: Pelliccia et al., 2017.
In the study, Burdine and two graduate students Jose Pelliccia and Granton Jindal used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to remove Vg1, known as Gdf3 in zebrafish. Embryos that couldn't produce any Gdf3 of their own–but received a healthy portion of the gdf3 mRNA from their mothers–developed perfectly normally. But embryos that didn't receive maternal gdf3 mRNA showed major defects early on in their development, dying just three days after fertilization.
"If gdf3 is not supplied to the egg by the mother, the fertilized egg cannot produce two of the three major types of cells required for development," Burdine said. "The embryos lack all [cell types known as] mesoderm and endoderm and are left with skin and some neural tissue, [which derive from the third major cell type, the ectoderm]."
Vg1/Gdf3 is a member of the TGF-beta family of cell-signaling molecules. Two other members of this family, Ndr1 and Ndr2, are required to form the mesoderm and endoderm early in zebrafish development. Embryos lacking maternally supplied gdf3 look very similar to embryos lacking both of these proteins, which are analogous to the Nodal 1 and 2 proteins in mammals.
The researchers found that maternal gdf3 is required for Ndr1 and Ndr2 to signal at the levels necessary to properly induce the formation of mesoderm and endoderm cells in early zebrafish embryos. In the absence of gdf3, Ndr1 and Ndr2 signaling is dramatically reduced and embryonic development goes awry.
Nodal signaling is also required later in zebrafish development when it helps to establish differences between the left and right sides of the developing embryo. It does this, in part, by directing the formation of an organ known as Kupffer's vesicle, whose asymmetric shape helps determine the embryo's left and right sides. Subsequently, Nodal signaling induces the expression of a third Nodal protein, called southpaw, in a group of mesoderm cells on the left-hand side of the embryo.
To investigate whether maternally supplied gdf3 mRNA also plays a role in left-right patterning, the researchers used a series of experimental tricks to supply embryos with enough Gdf3 protein to form the mesoderm and endoderm and survive until the later stages of embryonic development.
As predicted, these embryos showed defects in left-right patterning. Their Kupffer's vesicles were abnormally symmetric in shape, and southpaw expression was greatly reduced, suggesting that gdf3 is also required for optimal Nodal signaling during later stages of embryonic development. At this stage, however, embryonic gdf3 seems to be capable of doing the job if maternally supplied gdf3 is absent.
Nodal and Vg1 proteins are known to bind to each other in other species. "Thus, we hypothesize that Gdf3 combines with Ndr1 and Ndr2 to facilitate Nodal signaling during zebrafish development, acting as an essential factor in embryonic patterning," said Pelliccia, a graduate student in molecular biology. Co-author Jindal earned his Ph.D. in chemical and biological engineering in 2017.
At the same time as Burdine and colleagues, two other research groups, led by Joe Yost at the University of Utah and Alex Schier at Harvard University, made similar findings on the role of gdf3 during zebrafish development. "All three groups worked together to co-submit and co-publish in eLife, allowing the students involved to all get credit for their hard work," Burdine said. "It's a great example of how science should be done."
The research was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grant R01HD048584) and the National Science Foundation (graduate research fellowship DGE 1148900).
Citation: Pelliccia, J.L., G.A. Jindal, and R.D. Burdine. Gdf3 is required for robust Nodal signaling during germ layer formation and left-right patterning. eLife. 6: e28635 (2017). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.28635
Tagged development, developmental biology, genes, genetics, molecular biology
'Acidic patch' regulates access to genetic information
Posted on August 14, 2017 August 14, 2017 by Catherine Zandonella
By Pooja Makhijani for the Department of Chemistry
Chromatin remodelers — protein machines that pack and unpack chromatin, the tightly wound DNA-protein complex in cell nuclei — are essential and powerful regulators for critical cellular processes, such as replication, recombination and gene transcription and repression. In a new study published Aug. 2 in the journal Nature, a team led by researchers from Princeton University unravels more details on how a class of ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers, called ISWI, regulate access to genetic information.
The researchers reported that ISWI remodelers use a structural feature of the nucleosome, known as the "acidic patch," to remodel chromatin. The nucleosome is the fundamental structural subunit of chromatin, and is often compared to thread wrapped around a spool.
Geoffrey Dann. Photo by C. Todd Reichart
"The acidic patch is a negatively charged surface, presented on each face of the nucleosome disc, that is formed by amino acids contributed by two different histone proteins, H2A and H2B," said Geoffrey Dann, a graduate student in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton and the study's lead author. "Histone proteins are overall very positively charged, which makes the negatively charged acidic patch region of the nucleosome very unique. Recognition of the acidic patch has never before been implicated in chromatin remodeling."
The research was conducted in the laboratory of Tom Muir, the Van Zandt Williams Jr. Class of 1965 Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Department of Chemistry. Research in the Muir group centers on elucidating the physiochemical basis of protein functions in biomedically relevant systems.
Because ISWI remodelers are known to interact extensively with nucleosomes, the researchers hypothesized that signals, in the form of chemical modifications on histone proteins embedded within nucleosomes, communicate to the remodelers on which nucleosome to act. Using high throughput screening technology, an assay process often used in drug discovery, allowed the researchers to quickly conduct tens of thousands of biochemical measurements to test their assumptions. "The number of chromatin modifications known to exist in vivo is astronomical," Dann said.
Not only did the experiments reveal that ISWI remodelers use the "acidic patch" to remodel chromatin, but also determined that remodeling enzymes outside the family of ISWI remodelers also use this structural feature, "suggesting that this feature may be a general requirement for chromatin remodeling to occur," Dann said.
Certain chemical modifications that act on histone proteins that are adjacent to the acidic patch also have the ability to enhance or inhibit ISWI remodeling activity, he explained. "A handful of other proteins are known to engage the acidic patch in their interaction with chromatin as well, and we also found that the biochemistry of several of these proteins was affected by such modifications. Interestingly, each protein tested had its own signature response to this collection of modifications."
The high throughput screening technology method also generated a vast library of data to drive the design of future studies geared toward further understanding ISWI regulation. "This study generated an immense amount of data pointing to many other novel regulatory inputs, in the form of chromatin modifications, into ISWI remodeling activity," Dann said. "A long-term goal in our lab is to use this data resource as a launch pad for additional studies investigating how chromatin modifications affect ISWI remodeling, and how this plays into the various roles ISWI remodelers assume in the cell."
Diagram depicting all histone modifications, mutants, and variants present in the 115-member nucleosome library used in this study. Residues modified or mutated were mapped on to the nucleosome in black. H2A (light yellow), H2B (light red), H3 (light blue), and H4 (light green) modification and mutation locations are indicated by boxes and lines. For clarity, connections are only shown to a single copy of each histone protein.
Their findings may also identify a new instrument in cells' molecular repertoire of chromatin-remodeling tools and spur investigations into potential cancer therapeutic targets. "Mutations in the acidic patch are known to occur in certain types of human cancers, which underscores the emerging importance of the acidic patch in chromatin biology," Dann said.
The study, "ISWI chromatin remodellers sense nucleosome modifications to determine substrate preference," was published Aug. 2 by Nature. doi:10.1038/nature23671
The authors at Princeton University were Geoffrey P. Dann, Glen Liszczak, John D. Bagert, Manuel M. Müller, Uyen T. T. Nguyen, Felix Wojcik, Zachary Z. Brown, Jeffrey Bos, Rasmus Pihl, Samuel B. Pollock, Katharine L. Diehl and Tom W. Muir. Also contributing to the study were Tatyana Panchenko & C. David Allis at The Rockefeller University.
The research was funded in part by the German Research Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (GM112365, R01 GM107047).
Read the full article here: https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaap/ncurrent/full/nature23671.html
Tagged chemistry, chromatin, chromatin remodeling, Department of Chemistry, epigenetics, genetics, histones, molecular biology, National Institutes of Health, Tom Muir
"Kurly" protein keeps cilia moving, oriented in the right direction (Cell Reports)
Posted on February 23, 2016 by Catherine Zandonella
Cilia with a mutant form of the Kurly protein are wild and disorganized.
By Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
A new study of a protein found in cilia – the hair-like projections on the cell surface – may help explain how genetic defects in cilia play a role in developmental abnormalities, kidney disease and a number of other disorders.
The researchers at Princeton University and Northwestern University found that the protein, which goes by the name C21orf59 or "Kurly," is needed for cilia to undulate to keep fluid moving over the surface of cells. They also found that the protein is needed during development to properly orient the cilia so that they are facing the right direction to move the fluid.
"It's extremely exciting that we've found a single protein that is responsible for these two functions – orientation and motility – in cilia," said Rebecca Burdine, an associate professor of molecular biology at Princeton University. "Despite their importance in human disease, very little is known about how cilia motility and orientation are coordinated, so this protein will provide an important gateway into looking at this process." The finding is published online and in the March 1 issue of the journal Cell Reports.
Caption: Staining of cilia (hair-like projections in green and nuclei in blue) in zebrafish kidney tubules show cilia are disorganized and oriented incorrectly in fish with mutated Kurly protein (bottom panel) versus normal Kurly (top panel). Image courtesy of the Burdine lab.
The studies were conducted in zebrafish at Princeton and in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) at Northwestern. In the zebrafish kidney, the researchers found that the Kurly protein enabled cilia to orient themselves in a uniform direction, and most importantly, in the proper direction to facilitate the flow of fluid along the narrow channels in the kidney. In frogs, the cilia on skin cells help move fluid along the surface of the animal during its larval stage. In both cases, knocking out the gene for Kurly caused the cilia to orient incorrectly thereby losing their ability to move in the waving fashion that helps push fluid along.
The discovery of Kurly's role in cilia movement and orientation stemmed from work in the Burdine lab on fetal organ development, specifically an investigation of mutations that alter the left-right asymmetric orientation of the heart. Such mutations can result in an organ that is working properly but is an exact mirror image of a normal heart. During a search for genes involved in this left-right patterning, the Burdine team discovered that mutations in a gene they called kur, which codes for the Kurly protein, were linked to errors in left-right orientation in zebrafish heart.
Image credit: Burdine lab
As the team investigated kur, they noted that the mutation also affected the function of cilia. It has been known for some time that cilia are important for a number of jobs, from sensing the environment to facilitating fluid flow, to ensuring that the lungs excrete inhaled contaminants. Cilia genetic defects are linked to a number of human diseases, including polycystic kidney disease, respiratory distress, hearing loss, infertility, and left-right patterning disorders such as the one Burdine studies.
Researchers in Burdine's laboratory found that Kurly's role in cilia movement stems from its ability to ensure proteins called dynein arms are correctly located in the cilia. When the researchers knocked out the kur gene, the dynein proteins failed to form in the proper location.
The finding that a single protein is involved in both movement and orientation is surprising, said co-first author Daniel Grimes, a postdoctoral research associate in the Burdine lab. "These are two aspects that are both required to generate fluid flow, and we'd like to know how they are linked molecularly. This work adds a new gene that aids this discovery."
The gene for Kurly has also been detected in relation to human cilia disorders, so the work may have an impact on understanding the mechanisms of human disease, Grimes added. The researchers also found that the mutation they discovered rendered the Kurly protein sensitive to temperature, and used this trait to find that the Kurly protein may be involved in initiating movement rather than keeping the cilia moving once they've started.
The team also explored proteins that interact with Kurly. The Northwestern team showed that when the kur gene was inactivated using a gene-editing technique called CRISPR-Cas9, the lack of a functioning Kurly protein led to the mis-positioning of a second protein on the cell surface called Prickle2, which helps cells know which direction they face. Without proper Prickle2 positioning, the cilia pushed fluid in the wrong direction.
The study of the Kurly protein involved Grimes as well as two additional co-authors, Kimberly Jaffe and Jodi Schottenfeld-Roames, a former postdoctoral researcher and graduate student respectively, in the Burdine lab. The initial studies on the Kurly protein were conducted as part of an undergraduate research project by Tse-shuen (Jade) Ku, Class of 2007. Additional work was contributed by Nicholas Morante and José Pelliccia, graduate students in the Burdine lab.
The work at Northwestern University was performed in the laboratory of Brian Mitchell with the assistance of Michael Werner and Sun Kim.
The research was supported by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award grant to K. Jaffe (#1F32HD060396-01A1), an NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant to B. Mitchell (#2R01GM089970), and an NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant to R. Burdine (#2R01HD048584).
Read the article.
Kimberly M. Jaffe, Daniel T. Grimes, Jodi Schottenfeld-Roames, Michael E. Werner, Tse-Shuen J. Ku, Sun K. Kim, Jose L. Pelliccia, Nicholas F.C. Morante, Brian J. Mitchell, Rebecca D. Burdine.c21orf59/kurly controls both cilia motility and polarization. Cell Reports (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.01.069. In Press Corrected Proof.
Tagged African clawed frogs, cilia, disease, genes, genetic disease, genetics, molecular biology, primary ciliary dyskinesia, proteins, Rebecca Burdine, Xenopus, zebrafish
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Today I got inspired by Kim Cofino's post about Moving Teachers into the 21st Century. In my school we are in the process of slowly moving into this direction. The big thing at the beginning of this year is supplying each classroom with a fixed dataprojector and an attached laptop. Wow! One classroom already has a Smart Board, although it's reserved mostly to the exclusive use of maths teachers. I can't wait for the installation, since I'm dying to use some net material to enliven my English lessons. However, good as this is, it's only the very beginning. I'm afraid most of my colleagues will simply see the new gadgets in the classroom as a replacement for the old OHP and slides. There is no talk yet about any changes in curriculum, or actual pedagogy to fully embed the use of the new technology. No talk about students' active net presences in our school context. And for the time being only 2 classrooms equipped with student computers, but as they are in constant teaching use (shortage of classrooms!), so an English teacher will really be lucky to get a chance to teach there once in a blue moon. Up to now, there has been absolutely no integration of ICT courses and any other school subjects - both are done totally independently.
I overheard our headteacher talk to our ICT teacher wondering how to 'force' teachers to actually use the new equipment. Her idea was to remove all the OHPs from the classrooms. Hmm... Maybe not such a brilliant idea. I can only imagine the outcry such an announcement would stir up among my colleagues! You can't force seasoned teachers to anything - they may agree in public, but in the safety of their closed classrooms, business will go on as usual. Old habits die hard, or how about teaching old dogs new tricks? It must be something to do with our personality, mustn't it? Some people's safe and structured lives are shattered by the slightest distraction, whereas others constantly seek the thrill of being active change agents.
I couldn't agree with Kim more that teachers are a species of their own. There are almost as many styles to do the job as there are teachers, and what's more, many of us have developed this exaggerated need to always be right, and to protect our own little territories at school. Don't you dare to invade mine and suggest to me a different approach! Although I quite like Kim's three-year plan to get the whole school involved, I am slightly dubious whether showcasing the work of the first-year willing teachers would work for us. Sadly, it is just not the Finnish way to proudly present your work - it's better to keep quiet and modest, unless you want to instil envy in your peers. Yet, maybe it would be about time to start changing this, too, for the 21st century. Only yesterday I read in the paper how a globally renowned gene researcher critised Finnish schools for not teaching kids enough presentation skills, or how to market wonderful new Finnish inventions. It's us teachers who should learn it first before we can guide our students. But this is another story.
Back to embedding technology into our everday classroom work. You've got to start with the willing, no doubt about that in my mind. Unfortunately, at the moment I am about the only willing teacher in my school - but I am not the headteacher or the ICT responsible. A real drawback in our Finnish school system is that schools have no funds to hire a full-time ICT support person. It's usually the maths/ICT teacher with an already full teaching load who gets lumbered with these tasks for a small compensation. They spend the time they see reasonable on guiding colleagues, which in our case is minimal. You've got to catch them at exactly the right moment with your queries. Moreover, this system doesn't require them to keep up with the latest, since this would require investing their own time after school. No wonder things in this field don't shift in our school. It seems ironic that many teachers around the world are up in arms because their school administration is blocking the use of certain Web 2.0 tools. We have access, but there is no willingness to grab it. In the end, why am I even complaining? Why don't I just go ahead with it, irrespective of my colleagues? No doubt I will, but it's a rather lonely existence, I can assure you. I'd love to share, consult and collaborate!
Interestingly, even many of our students seem to be as resistant to change as my colleagues. Sometimes I despair at how conservative the majority of our students are. Just last week I introduced an interesting article from the Students 2.0 blog about the use of technology at schools. I asked my students to write replies to the Scottish boy who had written it - fully expecting them to agree with him that, of course, students should be exposed to more technology at school. Quite the contrary, my students were wondering what on earth the writer was going on about. According to them, school is school and technology use is something outside school that everybody should be responsible for learning themselves. No need for teachers' guidance here, they burst out! I've got to get back to this with them in their next lesson, since I'm afraid they don't fully understand what incorporating technology would actually mean for their learning experience. They described our school as advanced and high-tech, because they can watch YouTube videos in some classes. Mere passive reception, or using the Internet as a resource library to find information are examples of advanced technology incorporation for them.


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Vice Movie Review: Amidst the tonal chaos emerges an angry and distinct piece of work
Brian Thompson December 25, 2018
Annapurna Pictures
Director Adam McKay never quite fits into the box that viewers try so adamantly to shove him into. After watching goofy, irreverent buddy comedies like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy or Talladega Nights, it would be all too easy to toss him in with a whole host of faceless broad comedy filmmakers. But just beneath their kooky, manchild surface, there's always been a signature voice flowing throughout his work, a wit and charm that have distinguished his films from the pack. It's this popcorn auteurism that's allowed McKay to successfully venture into more dramatic endeavors, such as Vice, his clever and biting indictment of Dick Cheney's nefarious thirst for ambition and the grave misdeeds which were birthed as a result.
In many ways, Vice is a logical next step after The Big Short with McKay taking a look at a national tragedy in a manner that's zippy and entertaining so that its lasting weight doesn't feel immediate. Through an overflowing cocktail of humor and heart, the film is able to make profoundly complex ideas accessible to virtually any viewer. This is a horribly disheartening portrait of the depths of human greed, but it also packs some of 2018's most side-splitting gags. It would be inaccurate to say the wildly contrasting tones are at all balanced, but that never seems to be the film's intention. This is a truly angry piece of work and, as such, it makes tonal and logical leaps that often only make sense on an emotional level, which only seems fitting for a tale from which it is nearly impossible to divorce basic gut feelings.
Chaotic as Vice may be, it always feels like an original film. Just when audiences think they've figured out McKay's rhythm, he will break the pattern for the sake of a shock or a laugh. Even when the film isn't entirely successful, it never takes the easy way out, constantly striving for something greater than the norm. As a result, it's consistently imaginative in ways that biopics almost never are. The use of collage is explored even further than in The Big Short – as we are shown quotes and clips from political leaders and advertisements and the TV shows that real, everyday Americans were watching instead of paying attention to the horrors around them – and the juxtaposition only serves to craft an airtight argument. This movie is propaganda, sure, but pretty much everything here can be traced back to provable facts. And it's a welcome reminder that George W. Bush wasn't always painting and giving Michelle Obama hugs on television. His administration is responsible for some of the egregious humanitarian atrocities in recent memory, and McKay wants to make sure the current wave of rampant cruelty hasn't overshadowed them.
But this is, after all, a character study, and none of it falls into place without its awards-caliber performances. Sight unseen, Christian Bale wouldn't be the first choice of many to be cast as Dick Cheney, but when he gives himself over to the role, it's difficult to imagine the part going to anyone else. He mimics every facial tic, every mannerism, playing Cheney as the evil genius lurking in the shadows. He's manipulative and calculating, and his utter barbarism goes far beyond a simple lack of empathy; he actually takes joy in screwing people over, even making jokes about the war crimes he's committing. The film is littered with other commanding performances, none more so than Amy Adams, who, in one of the most affecting turns of her career, paints Lynne Cheney as a power-hungry, conniving Lady Macbeth.
Vice has an undeniable panache and determination as McKay swings for the fences with a brash tenacity that may very well turn audiences away from this film. But it is, first and foremost, a political satire, a form specifically designed to be divisive, specifically designed to provoke a visceral response. Vice is so much more than the easy gag it promised to be; it's a challenging conversation piece that nimbly speculates about the intentions of one of U.S. history's most sinister figures, and it refuses to ever settle for simple solutions.
Movie Review: Vice
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Brian Thompson's adoration (and borderline obsession) for all things pop culture has culminated in his movie reviews blog, southernfilmcritic.wordpress.com. His written ramblings on the world of entertainment have been featured around the web, on such sites as Chicago Scene and Taste of Cinema. Brian is also the founder and cohost of the Drinking at the Movies podcast on the Now Playing Network.
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The USDA announced on Tuesday that they will allow horse slaughter for human consumption to continue, despite passage of an amendment designed to ban this practice for one fiscal year. Last year, Representatives Sweeney and Spratt, and Senator Ensign, introduced an amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill that sought to ban horse slaughter by cutting funding for USDA inspectors at horse slaughter plants. Without USDA inspection, the meat cannot legally be exported thereby shutting down the industry.
With landslide votes in the both the House and Senate, the US Congress passed an amendment banning horse slaughter in the US for one fiscal year. Bi-partisan support of this amendment was underscored by a massive outpouring of letters, phone calls, and emails from American citizens urging the Congress to end this abhorrent industry. Yet despite the clear message that both US citizens and Federal lawmakers have sent, the USDA is considering a proposal from European owned slaughter facilities to skirt this new law.
With the recent easing of public land grazing restrictions for private cattle, and a new bill that would allow the government to sell all rounded up horses, the fate of our remaining wild herds is more uncertain than ever.
H. R. 2874To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for delegation to States of the powers and duties under that Act regarding management of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other purposes.
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Length 6.4 mile (return) - 1 Hour, 30 minutes (one way). Easy (some soft sand and rocks).
A nice bike ride up to Middle willows.
Hike up the bypass road and bike down the nice firm road on the other side.
Left at the turnout to the historic marker.
Monkey hill, a small rocky outcropping in the middle of the canyon is a nice aiming point, it's just over halfway up to Middle willows.
Right at the unmarked road (other road is marked Sheep Camp).
The road goes slightly up and has it's sandy stretches, they may force to hike a bit.
At the crossing Salvador Canyon turn right, a nice ride downhill.
More uphill and small rocks and small boulders.
Back along the road and cross country to the firm wash (like concrete), the wash has some rocky parts.
Cross country again, back to the road.
The ride is easy, in following the road, but.... it's going uphill and that makes the soft sand more difficult and you may be forced to hike at times.
In: 6.5 mile, 1 hour, 30 minutes uphill.
Back: 5.8 mile, 1 hour, 5 minute downhill.
Bring in lots and lots of water, I used 2 litres at 70 degrees, so that's a very cool day.
Hike while going cross country, bike in the firm wash.
Don't run over vegetation and watch out for seedlings.
Behave, hikers don't like these deep tire tracks in soft sand and you may cause damage.
Drive into Coyote Canyon. Most cars: Up to First crossing.
High clearance only: Up to Second crossing.
At the gate, not too far from third crossing, limited to about 3 cars.
Close to third crossing, just before the water. Plenty of parking.
And just beyond third crossing, past the small stream. Plenty of parking, but don't drive too far up.


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Q: how to convert FunctionName(t1: datetime, t2: datetime): to Python 2 There is an example located at
How do I find the time difference between two datetime objects in python?
It uses
def check_time_difference(t1: datetime, t2: datetime):

as in
def check_time_difference(t1: datetime, t2: datetime):
    t1_date = datetime(
        t1.year,
        t1.month,
        t1.day,
        t1.hour,
        t1.minute,
        t1.second)

    t2_date = datetime(
        t2.year,
        t2.month,
        t2.day,
        t2.hour,
        t2.minute,
        t2.second)

    t_elapsed = t1_date - t2_date

    return t_elapsed

I'm wondering, is there a way to convert that first line so that it works with Python 2?  In Python 2, I get an error that says
def check_time_difference(t1: datetime, t2: datetime):
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

It works fine in Python 3.

A: Type hints, PEP 484, are new in Python 3.5.
The code you use will work under Python 2 if you just remove them:
def check_time_difference(t1, t2):

To make it truly compatible (as in: mypy will still be able to typecheck it), add a type hint comment:
def check_time_difference(t1, t2):
    # type: (datetime, datetime) -> timedelta

As far as I can see form the mypy docs this syntax requires the return type (in this case: timedelta) to be annotated, too. In your Python 3 syntax example, it is ommitted, but it would look like:
def check_time_difference(t1: datetime, t2: datetime) -> timedelta:

A: Just remove the annotations; they don't have any impact on the functionality anyway.
def check_time_difference(t1, T2):

Note, as mentioned in the comments, the function is unnecessarily complicated - it should just return t1 - t2.

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class RipgrepBin < Formula
  version '0.8.1'
  desc "Recursively search directories for a regex pattern."
  homepage "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep"

  if OS.mac?
      url "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/#{version}/ripgrep-#{version}-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
      sha256 "71f8d2907b473e5fc30159b822b0f1de247634ee292d5cc3fa1bb80222e0f613"
  elsif OS.linux?
      url "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/#{version}/ripgrep-#{version}-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
      sha256 "08b1aa1440a23a88c94cff41a860340ecf38e9108817aff30ff778c00c63eb76"
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  conflicts_with "ripgrep"

  def install
    bin.install "rg"
    man1.install "doc/rg.1"

    bash_completion.install "complete/rg.bash"
    fish_completion.install "complete/rg.fish"
    zsh_completion.install "complete/_rg"
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The Trout Hotel is idyllically set in the Georgian GEM town of Cockermouth and offers guests a fusion of exceptional service, peaceful riverside views, characterful rooms and multiple award-winning dining settings.
With buildings dating back to the 1600's, the independently owned hotel was once a favourite of Hollywood legend, Bing Crosby. Today an AA 4 Silver Stars establishment, it continues to provide the perfect base for exploring the Lake District – with an array of scenic walks and premier visitor attractions on its doorstep.
Challenge your taste buds in our timeless AA Rosette restaurant, contemporary bistro or comfortable lounges, which are classed among the best places to eat in Cockermouth and the surrounding area.
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Make some family time and enjoy superb Easter Offers in the Derwent Restaurant.
Come on down to the laid back Terrace Bistro and Bar to enjoy a wonderful night of live music.
With our compliments, enjoy a collection of afternoon tea vouchers to use at the hotel.
On the first Wednesday of every month, dine in the Terrace Bistro and save a little by bring your own bottle.
From 23rd April to 10th May 2019, a two course meal in the Terrace Bistro will be £12 and a 3 course only £15!
We're located on the banks of the River Derwent in the Western Lake District – where enchanting lakes, picturesque valleys and striking woodlands make up one of the most spectacular areas of the national park.
Quality and character are what make the Trout Hotel's rooms so special. Choose from luxurious cottage suites with their own private garden, or elegant superior executives with peaceful river views.


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Q: Is it necessary to include the login for every usecase? I am going to design a system that has a login facility. After login the logged user can do several things so is it needed to include login usecase by that several usecases?

A: In most cases, it will only clutter up your diagrams. Login is neither complex (*) nor does it give you much added value as a use case. In your textual document that includes the use cases with description, include as a prerequisite a list of features that require a successful login. Easier to track and to test.
(*) In regards to the expected outcome from the user's perspective. Login could be of an arbitrary technical complexity but that is irrelevant for the use case diagram.


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Neil St. Clair / Press / A Startup Storyteller With TV Chops Scours Silicon Alley For Entrepreneurial Tales (Upstart Business Journal)
A Startup Storyteller With TV Chops Scours Silicon Alley For Entrepreneurial Tales (Upstart Business Journal)
March 24, 2016 neilNo CommentsPress
Neil St. Clair has been telling stories since he was 13 years old. The former television news reporter for NY1 got his start hosting sports talk show called "Panther Power Plays" broadcast from his high school campus (mascot: the Panthers).
"I've had this voice since I was about 13 years old," he said. "And I got hooked."
His latest media venture: AlleyWire, a bootstrapped video news startup highlighting the work of other startups in New York City (with eventual plans to expand beyond Silicon Alley).
The site, which launched this week, is already stockpiled with profiles of companies in fashion, entertainment, dating and more. The company started shooting video in September 2013 and has since shot about 250 features on startups in and around Silicon Alley. The idea is to introduce startups to consumers with "human-centered stories for real people, not insiders."
"We like to think we're standing in the shoes of that consumer asking the CEO the important questions," he said.
AlleyWire makes its money through its in-house creative services, which includes video marketing for brand (separate from its editorial content), as well as sponsorships.
Watch the video above to hear what inspired St. Clair to jump into business for himself.


Google announced two new "cool" features for its very popular and FREE Google Voice application. First you can now use your existing phone number and do not need to get a Google number. The second is that they are now offering voicemail to go along with Google Voice.
If you already have a Google Voice account, you can add Google voicemail to any mobile phone you've linked to your account. If you're not yet using Google Voice, you can request an invite or ask a friend with a Google Voice account to send you an invitation. When you receive the invitation to sign up, you can choose to use Google Voice with your existing number — or to get a Google number for additional features.
This is very good news for those of us who have actually tried this service and I think the addition of voicemail will bring in a lot of people who were on the fence.


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There'll be two levels of DJs for your dancing and drinking pleasure for a cheap $5. Also there'll be live VJing by Slippery Jim.


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Home Page >> News Articles >> Appealing Denied VA Benefits Successfull..
Appealing Denied VA Benefits Successfully Takes Knowledge of How System Works
March 23, 2016, 8:00AM . By Gordon Gibb
Tulare County, CARetired service personnel have experience with giving their all in the line of duty, and sometimes experiencing horrific physical or emotional trauma after the fact. However, rather than easing a veteran's effort when it comes to filing a claim for VA benefits, the Department of Veteran's Affairs (the VA) appears to require, once again, the complete attention and commitment of the veteran in order to win the battle against the denial of benefits.
This, according to a columnist for the Visalia Times-Delta in California (3/19/16), himself a retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer and currently the Veterans Services Officer for Tulare County. Ken Cruickshank helps veterans with their claims for VA disability benefits and pens a regular column on the subject.
It appears that applying for veteran benefits can be likened to a full-time job, with the requirement to dot all the 'i's and cross all the 't's lest you are left spinning in a veteran affairs purgatory.
Cruickshank writes that most VA disability denials are due to a missing element in the claims application that establishes the veteran's service connection. He notes in the Visalia Times-Delta that those pillars include medical evidence of a current, chronic (continuous) disability; evidence of having suffered a disease, injury or event while engaged in active service; and evidence that links these two items together.
"When a claim is denied, it is usually because the veteran is missing one of these important pillars that form the basis for any service-connected disability claim," Cruickshank writes.
Were the claimant to disagree with the denial, based on the applicant's view that the application is complete, it appears as if the applicant can continue to disagree until the cows come home. Cruickshank writes that unless the VA is satisfied that all the so-called pillars of evidence in an application are complete, the VA will systematically deny the VA disability claim.
Cruickshank notes, however, that there is effective protocol to follow should a VA benefits application come back stamped "benefits denied." A letter of disagreement must be forwarded to the veteran's local regional VA office within one year of receiving the denial (based on the date on the letter itself - if the letter took six months to get to the applicant, for example, then the applicant has six months to respond). The letter from the claimant disagreeing with the denial must include the name of the claimant, the date of the decision by the VA that is at issue, and the claimant's signature. If any of these are missing or done improperly, they could come back and delay the process even further.
Following that, Cruickshank writes, there are two avenues the veteran can take: the traditional appeals process or one that involves a Decision Review Officer (DRO).
Cruickshank recommends the DRO process, which sees DROs based at regional VA offices conducting a review of all the available evidence of record, "as well as any new evidence that may be available, and will render a new decision in your claim for service connection.
"In the event that you disagree with the decision made by the DRO, you can use the traditional appeal process," Cruickshank writes.
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He notes that a veteran having a claim stamped VA disability denied can't undertake that process in reverse: the DRO process can only be triggered before the traditional appeals process, not the other way around. If the traditional appeals process proves unsuccessful for the veteran, the claimant no longer has the option of appealing with help from a DRO.
Little wonder deserving veterans, having been emotionally or physically injured while serving their country and quickly exhausting their options, either give up entirely or file a VA lawsuit, and let their lawyers handle it. To Cruickshank's credit, getting such important information out to the public and available in an effort to educate the veteran is welcome help for tired and deserving service personnel in need.
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Emmanuel Ramos
I was seen by a QTC person twice for about twenty minutes each session, and my my rating was reduced from 100 % to about 70% , because she reported that I was getting better ! How can she know with only seeing me twice ! When my own doctor tells me I'll have this for the rest of my life , it's not right ! I'm having a hearing on March 1st 2017
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As an advocate for my spouse, a Vietnam Veteran, I have been battling the VA system for nearly 15 years. The Disabilty Claims process needs to be simplified and processed expediently.
In addition, job qualifications standards for individuals performing C&P Evals and individuals interpreting the results submitted to VA, need to be implemented and acted on.
Just as physicians have to intern for set amount of hours to specialize in different subspecialties so should the physicians performing disabilty C&P's. A credible credentialing system needs to be set in place. The bare minimum mindset should not be acceptable.
a.	veteran drove and parked his vehicle in V.A. hospital parking
b.	veteran walked into V.A. hospital emergency room
c.	veteran signed himself into V.A. hospital emergency room
d.	veteran was speaking clearly.
e. veteran is currently in a wheelchair
Patricia Braun
I always Tell veteran and there families never give up,it took me 20 years to get my husband's DIC after he died from Agent Orange
Pablo Marquez
I am a Veteran who has had trouble getting VA benefits because they are immediately denied. At this moment I am facing a wrongful termination against a company that has benefited from my employment and has not sent me my vacation pay since 11/9, yes I was fired on Veterans Day by ruthless people. I need legal representation against a company that wants Veterans credits but treats Veterans as trash.
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Coming on the heels of an action packed X-Divsion jammed TNA Impact last week, TNA is back on the train to success. This week, Raven and Sabu team up, plus Samoa Joe takes on Alex Shelly in the Semi-Finals of the Super X-Cup Tournament. Brace yourselves for TNA Impact!
Things started off with the regular recap. This week's recap highlights the Raven/Sabu/Rhino/Jeff Jarrett feud, which I feel will result in a damn good match.
X-Division champ turned color commentator "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels joins Mike Tenay and Don West yet again to call this Semi-Final match. Samoa Joe went full steam at Shelly as Team Canada's Petey Williams watched on from the stage and "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles watched from backstage. Shelly used his unqie move set to reverse the momentum, but could not maintain it for long. Shelly, as an amazing talent as he is, will not get the push pass Joe as he fell victim to a Muscle Buster followed by The Kikeda Clutch.
A vidoe package hyping the Jerry Lynn/Sean Waltman match at Sacrafice is shown. It included some cool clips of what I believe was their GWF (Global Wrestling Federation) days. Should be another great match.
Shane Douglas then caught up with Cassidy Riley, who said he was disappointed Raven didn't pick him as his partner, but who better to be overlooked for than Sabu. He told Douglas that he didn't have much time and was leaving to get a front row seat for Sacrifice.
Team Canada used their typical cheap tactics to get the upper hand on The Naturals early on. This match just got better and better as time progressed. Petey Williams tried to get involved, but to no avail. A-1 got involved, but knocked out for his troubles. Young got sent over the turnbuckles to the apron a la Ric Flair and was then clotheslined into a backflip hitting his head on the apron. Simply amazing.
The megaphone came in use when Roode stole it, but The Naturals recovered it and clocked Young. They then tossed the Megaphone to Roode and laid down just in time to have the Canadians framed.
After the match, Team Canada beat on The Naturals before America's Most Wanted made the save. AMW grabbed the belts and handed them to the champs, but not without a little tug and stare down. AMW vs The Naturals at Sacrifice?
Both men went at it with Apolo surprisingly getting the better of Abyss at times. Abyss tried to use a chair, but he was un-armed by Siaki. With Mitchell and Siaki arguing on the outside, Abyss grabbed the steel chair, but missed and got superkicked twice in the face by Apolo who could only muster a two count. Both men sprang back into action and Apolo was planted via The Black Hole Slam.
After the match, Lance Hoyt came in and attacked Abyss, sending him to the floor. He got on the mic and told Abyss and Mitchell that they chose to make an example out of the wrong person. He then told Abyss that in case he forgot, he would let the fans tell him who he was. Abyss vs Lance Hoyt at Sacrifice?
We shoot backstage to "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown complaining to Larry Zybysko about BG James being the Special Guest Referee in his match at Sacrifice. Zybysko tried to explain that there were no other options, to which Brown said, "with BG James as the Special Guest Referee, the serengetti would be a much more dangerous place."
Diamond and Young got some offense in, but were for the most part squashed by the Extreme Dream Team. Raven hit Young with the Evenflow DDT and Sabu followed through with an Arabian Face Buster on Young as Diamond watched from ringside. Sabu made the cover and got the three count.
After the match Jeff Jarrett and Rhino hit the ring and attacked Raven and Sabu, who fought back sending "The King of the Mountain" and "The Man Beast" to the floor. Security came in to break things up, but that didn't stop Sabu from doing a leap off the chair over the top rope onto Jarrett, Rhino and a security guard.
As dumb as it is to have your major championship not being defended on PPV, this match will still be a blockbuster. TNA is on the right track as they head into their Spike TV debut. Nobody deserves this more than TNA. Best of luck once again and keep the good stuff coming!
Chris Sokol is from Long Island, NY. Like many other fans, he has really been impressed with Impact since it's internet debut. If you care to share your feelings on TNA Impact, email Chris at CJS137@aol.com.


A couple of months ago, I spent Mardi Gras weekend in Lake Charles, Louisiana. I had never heard of Lake Charles and now I will always hold the town dear to my heart! I was pleasantly surprised to learn it's only a little more than 2 hours away from my hometown of Houston, which makes it the perfect getaway for many of my friends.
I stayed in the luxury casino and resort, L'Auberge. If you wanted to, you can spend the entire weekend getting all your desires catered to without having to leave the property. Amentites include a casino, golf course, heated pool, a lazy river, spa, luxury shopping, and restaurants! The beds were quite comfortable. If you're a sucker for turn down service, they will woo you with exceptional turn down service. I'm still thinking about their gold-dusted chocolate cookies and cold milk waiting in my room after a long day of fun!
Tucked inside in the L'Auberge's casino resort, is an excellent fine dining option called Ember, a Southern and Cajun restaurant offering winning fine dining experience. Read more about my experience there on my food blog.
Lebleu's Landing is a family owned Cajun restaurant with a Louisiana gift shop and a meat market. Visitors can watch boudin being made. What's boudin (prounoced boo-dan)? Boudin is ground pork, liver, rice, parsley, onions, and seasoning in a sausage casing. Trust me, it's so good! If you fall in love with boudin, you can go on a boudin trail in Lake Charles!
Come to the Crying Eagle Brewing Co., tour their facility, and drink their beers while enjoying their beer garden. I loved their Belgian Single, Ready to Mingle. Oh, They often host live music!
Come to Blue Dog Cafe for a delicious Sunday brunch buffet while listening to live music. I especially loved their gouda grits! They're named for George Rodrigue's famous artwork; you can see a gallery of his Blue Dog series at this cafe.
A formidable local purveyor for crawfish is Seafood Palace. I could tell it's a town favorite from walking through the restaurant and seeing how bumping the place was. Every table had multiple platters of crawfish! They offered rubber gloves if you didn't want to get your hands dirty, but I recommend getting your hands dirty! Also on their menu: boudin balls, gumbo, seafood filled pistolettes, and fried shrimp or fish.
Rikenjak's reminded me of the house-converted restaurants and bars we have in Austin (particularly on Rainey Street). Their outdoor patio had fun yard games that adds to their casual and laid-back atmosphere. Known for their burgers and brews, you can have crawfish as your appetizer before getting your hands on their burgers!
Great place for the kids. Practice your Cajun French , smell the smells of Cajun cuisine, and "play along" with cajun and zydeco beats. The staff there are also great resources for what to do in the Lake Charles!
Take a boat tour of private marshes and enjoy access to several bird rookeries, miles of land to spy on some wildlife and enjoy the wide variety of plant life.
If you go around Mardi Gras, be sure to experience Cajun Mardi Gras by way of a hayride chasing after chicken. Do I even need to elaborate? Okay fine, it's a fun tradition where you go house to house collecting ingredients for gumbo and dance to zydeco at each stop.
The Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu has largest Mardi Gras costume display in the world. There are fun Animatronics that tell the history of Mardi Gras. Because I've never been to Mardi Gras, I had no idea how grand the royal costumes were! I learned how each costumes can not only run thousands of dollars to make and require a lot of muscle strength to walk in, but they're also not to be worn again in subsequent years!
And there you have it. A recap and guide to my first weekend in Lake Charles. I'm looking forward to visiting again! Have you been to Lake Charles? What was your favorite thing about it?


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I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! It was great to see you at school for conferences. If you haven't done so yet, take a few minutes to talk with your child about his or her conference. Sharing some of the things you talked about with your child's teacher sends the message that you are involved and care about what he or she is doing at school. We all have areas that we can work on to improve. Help your child understand what that might be for him or her. Talk about steps that can be taken to work towards improvement. Be proud of your child's accomplishments and let him or her know it!
Cold weather is approaching! Our goal is to be able to have students go outside for recess when possible. We know that kids benefit from exercise and fresh air. Please be sure to send your child to school with a coat, hat, gloves, etc. so he or she can enjoy recess time. However, there are times when we keep students inside if the weather is too wet or cold. When the "feels like" temperature is 15° or below students will have indoor recess. If the "feels like" temperature is between 16° – 20°, students may go out or we may have a modified recess where they are outside for part of the recess time. If the "feels like" temperature is over 20°, there will be outdoor recess.
Thanks as always for your continued support as we work together to help your child reach his or her potential!