Thursday, March 09, 2017

Join Northside Partnership Project and Josh Gibson Foundation at the Pittsburgh Opera

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByN94c3Pp4BpUkFjSndrVDFuOWJjS2R1SzgwZUNCNWRrR3F3

Link above has a PDF with more details, such as cast, etc.


Fwd: Popularity and sclerosis


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From: John H

Ian Welsh addresses Trump's popularity and the sclerosis of globalization.


John

Link:

Gov Wolf and edu funding


And, the governor who ran falsely accusing his predecessor of cutting funding to public education is now proposing his own cut to school districts. The Wolf Administration wants to reduce state subsidies for transportation on the premise that gasoline prices have dropped.  The end result would be school districts having to make up the difference through budget cuts, or more likely property tax hikes. 

At the end of the day, the governor's budget is rife with faulty revenue assumptions, tax shifts, and spending increases again ignoring the reality that state government already spends more than we can afford.  To make matters worse it does nothing to address major cost drivers like the massive unfunded liability in our state employee pension funds.

Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Monday, March 06, 2017

Fwd: 2017 Wrestling Youth Clinic in eight days


From: St. Louis Sports Commission's Sportsmanship Foundation

2017 Wrestling Youth Clinic
St. Louis serves as the proud host of the 2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The Sports Commission and Mizzou are proud to offer this outstanding FREE clinic for 2nd-8th graders on Tuesday, March 14 at Scottrade Center. Space is limited. Please click on the flyer below and register your kids now!



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Fwd: Nail it . . .


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From: John H


WOW, Chris Hedges and Matt Taibbi nail it in this TruthDig article.  This is must reading.


John


Links

Charter Schools, a report from Tulane. In NOLA, 93% of the kids in public schools are in charter schools.

http://news.tulane.edu/news-pr/cowen-institute-releases-state-public-education-report

Fwd: War it is . . .

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From: John H


Well, it appears that the verdict is in and . . . WAR is the in thing in the Trump administration.  This doesn't appear to be promising – here or there.


John

Link:




Sunday, March 05, 2017

Update for swimming

Noah Jamison, 10th grade, Obama, was officially notified that he has qualified for the PIAA Swim Class AA Championships at Bucknell starting March 15, 2017. He qualified with his fast performances in both the 200 IM and 500 free at the recent WPIAL meet. Noah set a new school record in the 500 free, 4:54.01, bettering a previous record from more than four years ago that was held by Erik Rauterkus, the oldest son of Head Coach Mark Rauterkus. This year marks the ninth consecutive year Coach Rauterkus has led PPS athletes to the state championships, and in 2017, three athlete get to compete: Jamison, Sead Niksic, 11, and Amilia Niksic, 9. The later two were automatic qualifiers. Sead is seeded second in both the 100 fly and 100 back.

Fwd: Two for the road: Keynesianism and Scab Economy / Anti-Union Movement

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From: "John H


A couple more articles dealing with what got us into the current fix.  Understanding history is 80% of making meaningful change.


John

Links to articles

Saturday, March 04, 2017

Fwd: You paid for it. Do you know what it is?

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Did you know you're a major funder of scientific research?
 
Hello Mark,
 
Public research and open data changes lives. I know because I saw it first hand. One of my close friends got sick with a rare, degenerative disease and I was shocked to see how many barriers he faced trying to access publicly-funded research to learn more about his condition. Information about what treatment options and information that might help him – that he had helped pay for as a taxpayer – could only be accessed through expensive, paid sites maintained by publishers.
 
Add your name to support Open Data
 
Each year, taxpayers like you and me fund billions of dollars in scientific research. That research has transformed the way we communicate, learn and save lives — just think about how mapping the humane genome has revolutionized medicine and our vocabulary alike.
 
That's why I'm writing to you today, on Open Data Day, to ask that as the taxpayer funders of public research, we start talking about what we expect from the research we pay for. It's time for a bigger conversation about the role of science and information in our lives, and that conversation begins with a few key principles:
 
I SUPPORT OPEN DATA!
 
  • We should be able to see work we pay for. This should apply to individuals and professional scientists alike.
  • Publicly-funded research should be preserved and archived. We don't know when research will come in handy again so preservation is key! For example, the technology developed for the Hubble space telescope was later used to create a new method of breast cancer screening. That's why it's crucial for this work to be preserved and archived rigorously.
  • Data should be truly open. You shouldn't need expensive software to be able to access or even look at different studies through different studies — the lower the artificial barriers, the easier we make it to access knowledge, the more rapidly progress can happen.
 
Will you add your name to these principles and share them with your friends, family and colleagues to help kick-start a conversation about how important science is to our lives?
 
What makes science awesome is that it allows for anyone to ask questions, collect and examine evidence, and communicate the results of what was found. By coming together and sparking a conversation about the need for public research to be open, we can help accelerate that process.
 
Yours,

Kaitlin Thaney
Mozilla Senior Fellow + Open Data Advocate
 
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Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Fwd: Mind map webinars for Mark in March!


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From: Biggerplate


Biggerplate

Mind Map Webinars: March

Mark - March has arrived, and brings a selection of fantastic mind map webinars for your enjoyment and learning!
Mikko Arevuo (Regent's University, London) shares his research into how visual mapping can enable and assist teams with improved decision making.
Business consultant Tarek Fahmy explores how mind mapping can be used to plan and execute effective win-win negotiation processes.
Biggerplate Founder Liam Hughes reviews the key findings from our Annual Mind Map Report (to be published soon) and answers your questions!
Dr Marco Ossani will present and demonstrate how mind mapping can assist in the critical thinking required for Design Thinking.
Our regular welcome webinar explains the basics of mind mapping, and how to get the most out of the resources available at Biggerplate.com!
Hans Terhurne (Creamatics) demonstrates how mind mapping can support scenario planning, strategy development, Business Model Canvas, process mapping, and other visual modelling.


Fwd: Big Data and Big Surveillance

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From: John H


On Monday I sent out an article on Robert Mercer and Cambridge Analytica.  Today there is a follow-up of sort discussing Big Data and the Democratic Party establishment (the New Democrats and the DNC).  It takes some issue with the first article but is really worth reading.  The second attachment discusses enhanced surveillance techniques being employed by corporations on their employees.  This is an extremely frightening turn down the road toward complete totalitarian control of all workers and, perhaps, all of us whether working or not.  Do read this!


John

Links:

Kayak Safety Weekend in June

Great MeetUp for Kayakers:



Baby Swim Insights

Interesting reading. 


Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Fwd: Gunning for Russia


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From: John 
The New Democrats are gunning for Russia . . . be prepared to duck and cover, just like we did in the 1960s.


John

Link

Monday, February 27, 2017

Fwd: Perez chosen as DNC Chair

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From: John 

Doing it to themselves, and to us, once again.  The Democratic Party is incapable of learning from failure because it is dominated by neoliberal elites who care not at all for the rest of us.


John

Links:



Sunday, February 26, 2017

Blast Email from Friday




[412-public-news] Outdoor hockey tomorrow - inside your brain hockey today - in the pool next week

Mark Rauterkus mark.rauterkus at gmail.com 
Fri Feb 24 14:43:43 EST 2017


Hi All,

Pittsburgh hosts an outdoor hockey game this weekend, and I'm excited to
turn you onto an enriching educational experience from the NHL and Penguins
for youngsters that blends science and math with sports and technology.

You have to check out this Hockey Scholars online course from a firm,
Everfi.

The educational games are authentic to the sport, and it hits close to home
since the NHL's stadium series built a rink, with associated markings,
angles, etc. at Heinz Field. Give it a whirl. I'm pleased enough to
recommend it to you. If you have any youngsters, especially those in the
middle grades, this makes a nice out-of-school-time learning challenge with
a computer.

More insights:
http://play.cloh.org/2017/01/31/nhl-nhlpa-gets-into-stem-with-goals-program/

Our passcode: 36ce56eb
Create an EverFi account the first time by going to
http://www.everfi.com/login and click Register. Then enter 36ce56eb and
click Next.

If you already have an account at Everfi, login to the account and enter
d79ea057 in the top right corner.

More details and those instructions are on the attached, 2-page PDF.


= = Other quick news bites:= =

+ Good luck to the varsity swimmers headed to WPIALs and State
Championships, starting next week for those in PA.

++ Our star city swimmer, defending WPIAL Champion in the fly, Sead, 11th
grade, enters this year's meet as the #1 seed in the backstroke.

+++ The Saturday Swim School resumes in March. We're seeking more
participation at 11:30 am for middle school kids and their mentors /
guardians.

++++ We're hiring and training coaches, captains, lifeguards and swim
instructors for our staff for this summer. Apply.

+++++ My spring after-school swim and water polo schedule includes Mondays
at Westinghouse, Tuesdays & Thursdays at Obama, Wednesdays at Allegheny,
Fridays at Arsenal and Saturdays at Oliver High School.

++++++ Families in Pittsburgh interested in putting their students into PPS
Summer Dreamers should approach their school PRINCIPALS now. The sign-up
process is changing. We'll be offering Swim & Water Polo for 3rd and 4th
graders at U-Prep (Hill District) and King (Northside).

++++++ We're starting a Hybrid SUMMER team with The Pittsburgh Project too.
Swim, Water Polo, SKWIM, Triathlon too. More on that soon.




--
Ta.


Mark Rauterkus       Mark at Rauterkus.com
PPS Summer Dreamers' Swim & Water Polo Camp Executive Coach
Varsity Boys Swim Coach, Pittsburgh Obama Academy
Recent Head Water Polo Coach, Carnegie Mellon University Women's Club Team
Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team

http://CLOH.org

412 298 3432 <(412)%20298-3432> = cell

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