Fwd: Danny Chew

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From: Carol Perezluha 

Hello!

My brother Danny Chew was in a tragic cycling accident on Sept. 4 last year. He has been staying with friends in Ohio, and now, we want to modify our Pittsburgh home where Danny has lived his whole life, and wants to go home to live with our 84 year old mother so they can take care of each other. Our family thanks you for supporting Danny throughout this very sad time. Desmone Architects have designed a pro bono addition to our house which is wheelchair accessible. We have set up a 100% tax deductible page for donations for Danny on HelpHopeLive. A very generous cycling friend, Gene Nacey of Cycling Fusion, has offered to donate $60,000 for Danny if the cycling world can first come up with $60,000. I am reaching out to all of Danny's cycling friends for help.

The link www.helphopelive.org will get you to the site where you can type in Danny Chew to get to Danny's page.

From the bottom of our hearts, the Chew family(Danny, our brother Tom, and me, sister Carol Chew Perezluha) thank you for helping Danny!

 

Carol and the Chew Family

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Mark Rauterkus       Mark@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 = cell

Older news of Underwater Hockey

Old news: Play at Pittsburgh's Obama Academy on Tuesdays

Let's try to arrive and play from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Check the Google Calendar at CLOH.org or the email list.

 

If you are LATER, you might find the front door of the building locked as security generally depart at 7 pm. Then you will want to call (not text) my cell phone: 412-298-3432. We'll send a person out to the front to open the doors.

 

Enter the building, at the front doors on Highland Ave, easy parking lot at corner of Highland Ave and East Liberty Blvd, When you get in the building, turn to the right and go straight, past gym to the pool.

 

Meet from 8:15 pm to 9:50 pm on Tuesdays, including March 7 and March 14, 2017. Other weeks are not so certain as the WA pool is getting a major rehab. Check the calendar or the email list.

 

Show up at 6:30 pm on Tuesdays at Obama Academy's swim pool on these dates:
• 4/18
• 4/25
• 5/2
• 5/9 = hybrid practice time at the pool. Underwater Hockey in shallow. Water polo in deep end.
• 5/23
• 5/30
• 6/3 = new event, Rules Clinic at Mike's home
• 6/6

Curling Trivia in Pittsburgh

Creating Literate Olympians Here!

Back in the day, I helped to start the Pittsburgh Curling Club. I wasn't around for long, but I was there at the outset. We should be curling on the South Side. 

In curling, the team that wins the game / match buys the first round of adult beverages. 

Re: South Side Social Update

Hi Kitty & Others,

Great party last week.

Let's all go to the South Side's Oliver Bath House on Wednesday from 6:30 to 9 pm and make a showing at that Community asset and park space, a Citiparks facility.

Sadly, that pool is threatened with CLOSURE and as another point of sadness, the pool is CLOSED all summer when it could be a plce where we teach all the kids in the city how to swim well and play well with others. I would love to see the summer hours at the OBH be devoted to a series of ALL CITY SPORTS CAMPS where older Varsity Club student helpntonlead and instruct younger students anout swimmimg, aquatics, water polo and SKWIM.

Feel free to forward, especially as the National Drowning Prevention Alliance is in townnfor its annual educational meetings along with the inventor of SKWIM.

Thanks.

Coach Mark Rauterkus

412-298-3432

108 S. 12th Street since 1990

Coach at PPS and recently coach of women's water polo at CMU.

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Introduction Clinics and Walk-up Games of SKWIM with game's INVENTOR on the evening of Wed., April 12, at Citiparks' Oliver Bath House

All citizens, lifeguards, coaches and physical education teachers in the city are invited to participate in introductory clinics and drop-in games of SKWIM with Kevin McCarthy, SKWIM's inventor, starting at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, April 12 at Pittsburgh's Oliver Bath House, Citiparks' historic indoor swim pool on the South Side at 10th Street.

SKWIM is a disk-based team game that can be played with fins in both shallow and deep water with swimmers of various ability levels and ages. Coach Mark Rauterkus has included SKWIM as a vital part of the aquatic efforts of teaching more than 1,000 city-youngsters to swim in recent years including those with Swim & Water Polo of Pittsburgh Public Schools Summer Dreamers. 

"With SKWIM, teamwork, sportsmanship and rule-following are easily stressed with initial interactions among students. But most of all, SKWIM is fun," says Coach Rauterkus. "Water safety, swim ability and fitness are reinforced with SKWIM play."

On April 12, the Oliver Bath House activities from 6:30 to 9 pm are devoted to the SKWIM clinics and scrimmages. Kevin McCarthy from the state of Washington and other local players are going to be present. Pittsburgh is also hosting an annual educational meeting of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and the hope is to get some of those national experts to join in too.

A post-game social from 9 to 11 pm is also planned for the South Side home/office of Coach Rauterkus. 

Sign up in advance at Swim.CLOH.org. Or, call 412-298-3432.

On Apr 8, 2017 8:53 AM, "Kitty Vagley" <kittyvagley@gmail.com> wrote:

Good morning!

 

It has been one week since 160 neighbors celebrated spring and the South Side community at the Spring Social. Steel Cactus donated its 2nd floor as well as very tasty food. Keys to the City provided music and Johno Prascak, Cindy Esser's Floral Shop, Philip Pelusi Salons and AMPD Group donated auction items.

 

Due to the commitment of the sponsors and guests, the evening raised $1,000 for Ormsby Park and $1,000 for South Side Park. The kind sponsors include: John J. Gmiter Funeral Home, Inc., Bruce Kraus, Copies on Carson, Jim Andrew, Dr. Bryan Boak, Charlene & Joe Colia, German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue PA, Inc,. Anna Marie Kijanka, New York Life Insurance Company, Betty & Bob Kripp, Tracy and Ken Kucera, Local,

Michele & Peter Margittai, Lois & Rick McClain, Metropolitan Cleaners, Rebecca Kichta Miller, Genealogist, Amy & Mike Mosallem, Mary & Nate Myles, Linda & Bob Nelson, Paul Pieffer, Perlora, Roberta Weissburg Leathers, Steel Cactus, South Side Community Council, The Homyak Law Firm, Twelve, Kitty Vagley & Jeff Neubauer and Frank Vitale. 

 

Thank you to all who supported this gathering. We are delighted that so many met lots of previously unknown neighbors! The next community-building event is scheduled for Saturday, September 16^th. It will be a Neighborhood Street Party on 22^nd Street alongside Ormsby Park. Mark your calendars please!

Fwd: If McCain and CNN are cheering, you have taken a wrong turn

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From: Tom Woods

April 7, 2017 View this email in your browser I think that's a reasonable rule of thumb, don't you? Who can possibly think any good can come from further foreign intervention? "Sure, the last 500 times were counterproductive and flushed trillions down the drain, but this time...." It's horrifying. The news media, which could barely stand the sight of him before, is now saluting President Trump. In their determination to be wrong on every last thing in the world, the leftists at MSNBC cheered the strike as well. I dropped my original plans for today and invited Scott Horton to join me to get to the bottom of what just happened in Syria. I urge you to listen:   http://www.tomwoods.com/886 Now, a reminder: On Monday we're celebrating the five-year anniversary of Liberty Classroom (my dashboard, on-the-go university for libertarians, where you can learn the history and economics they kept from you) with a deal on the Master, lifetime membership that I won't be repeating for at least another five years. The price will be slashed by $200 -- and on top of that, as an offer-sweetener I'll include signed, personalized copies of FOUR of my books: The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, Who Killed the Constitution?, Real Dissent, and 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask. Put it on your calendar -- Monday! -- or watch this space. And yes, that day you're going to get a lot of emails from me. Either delete them, jump off the list, or open them for lovingly crafted infotainment goodness. Tom Woods Copyright © 2017 Tom Woods, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at tomwoods.com, bernieiswrong.com, or contrakrugman.com. Our mailing address is: Tom Woods PO Box 701447 Saint Cloud, FL

Introduction Clinics and Walk-up Games of SKWIM with game's INVENTOR on the evening of Wed., April 12, at Citiparks' Oliver Bath House

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Introduction Clinics and Walk-up Games of SKWIM with game's INVENTOR on the evening of Wed., April 12, at Citiparks' Oliver Bath House

All citizens, lifeguards, coaches and physical education teachers in the city are invited to participate in introductory clinics and drop-in games of SKWIM with Kevin McCarthy, SKWIM's inventor, starting at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, April 12 at Pittsburgh's Oliver Bath House, Citiparks' historic indoor swim pool on the South Side at 10th Street.

SKWIM is a disk-based team game that can be played with fins in both shallow and deep water with swimmers of various ability levels and ages. Coach Mark Rauterkus has included SKWIM as a vital part of the aquatic efforts of teaching more than 1,000 city-youngsters to swim in recent years including those with Swim & Water Polo of Pittsburgh Public Schools Summer Dreamers. 

"With SKWIM, teamwork, sportsmanship and rule-following are easily stressed with initial interactions among students. But most of all, SKWIM is fun," says Coach Rauterkus. "Water safety, swim ability and fitness are reinforced with SKWIM play."

On April 12, the Oliver Bath House activities from 6:30 to 9 pm are devoted to the SKWIM clinics and scrimmages. Kevin McCarthy from the state of Washington and other local players are going to be present. Pittsburgh is also hosting an annual educational meeting of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and the hope is to get some of those national experts to join in too.

A post-game social from 9 to 11 pm is also planned for the South Side home/office of Coach Rauterkus. 

Sign up in advance at Swim.CLOH.org. Or, call 412-298-3432.

Thanks for the consideration.

Fwd: NDPA 2017 Conf - Know Before You Go

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From: NDPA

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

 NDPA 2017 Educational Conference

We are looking forward to seeing you at the NDPA 2017 Educational Conference next week.  We wanted to give you some key information as you prepare for your trip and get the most out of this important event.

REGISTRATION

Conference Registration/Check In will be open on Monday, April 10^th from 11:00 am –5:30pm, on the 17^th floor conference area.

NDPA Networking Welcome Reception – Gateway Clipper Riverboat Cruise

This will kick off on Tuesday, April 11^th.  Meet in the lobby at 5:30 pm to walk over to the Convention Center where boarding will begin at 6:00 pm.  Sailing will be from 6:15 pm – 8:00 pm.

We are excited for you to join us to kick off the Conference!

HOTEL

Host Hotel: Omni William Penn | 530 William Penn Place | Pittsburgh, PA   15219

Phone number: (412) 281-7100

Fitness Center: The hotel has a 24 hour fitness center with state of the art exercise equipment.

Cancellation policy:  The hotel cancellation policy is (3) days prior to your arrival date in order to avoid losing your deposit.

NDPA CONFERENCE MOBILE APP

Download in advance – We recommend  downloading the mobile app BEFORE attending the conference and familiarize yourself with many of its features.

ITunes or Google Play – Go to either one of these sites depending on your phone and search NDPA.  The app is easy to find and takes seconds to download.

Speakers, Presentations & Sponsors/Exhibitors - Once you have downloaded the app, please review the information icons.  The schedule is interactive and allows you to set alerts and save sessions to your favorites. 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Agenda – Attached is the conference agenda.  Our conference event mobile app has the conference agenda listed.  We will also have onsite programs at the registration desk.

SILENT AUCTION

The Silent Auction is available again this year and will be located in the Exhibit Hall.

Silent Auction donations items – We are still accepting donations.  Please email to Michele Long at michele.long@mesaaz.gov or bring the item with you and drop off at the NDPA Registration desk.

LUNCH WITH LEGENDS

The Lunch with Legends, being held on Tuesday, April 11^th from 11:15 am – 12:35 pm, will be a gathering of legends that you have come to know and love through the years.  Enjoy hearing from Allysa Seely, who is a Rio Olympics Gold Medalist in an inaugural event – Paratriathlon.  Spots are still available.  Please email NDPA@suncoastmeetings.com or visit the Hospitality desk if you are interested.

Important: We are trying to avoid same day signups for this lunch due to hotel food commitment.  Please plan ahead if you are attending.

RECOMMENDED DRESS

Welcome Reception – Business casual for the opening reception.   Keep in mind that it will be cold, please dress warm.

Business Casual - All of our events are business casual.  Please remember to bring a jacket or sweater as hotel ballrooms can tend to get cold.

Comfortable Shoes - Wear comfortable shoes as the conference area may be a walk from your room.

WEATHER

Weather Forecast - It is forecasted to be in the high 50's to mid 60's during the day and low to mid 40's at night.  We recommend checking the weather before you leave for packing considerations.  Plan to dress warm!

NDPA NIGHT AT PNC PARK

The NDPA has teamed up with the Pittsburgh Pirates to offer a special rate to attend the Pirates' game on Wednesday April 12^th.

In conjunction with the NDPA Educational Conference, conference attendees and NDPA supporters will have the opportunity to join us at PNC Park as the Pirates take on the Cincinnati Reds. Game time is 7:05pm.

                                                                                            Cost of Ticket: $37.00

(includes taxes/fees + $10 food/drink voucher)

NDPA Seating is in Section 127

First Level - Third Base Line

To Order Tickets: CLICK HERE

Enter Coupon Code: NDPA

Come out to the ball park for NDPA Night at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA!

                AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is (20) miles from the hotel and approximately a (35) minute drive depending on traffic.   A taxi will cost approximately $40.00.  Uber may be a less expensive option depending on availability.

Super Shuttle offers transportation from the airport and averages $30 per fare (one way), but does stop at multiple hotels.  Advance reservations are required.  To make a reservation please call 800-258-3826 or book online by www.supershuttle.com. 

 We are here to help!   If you need to contact us onsite in Pittsburgh,  you can email us at ndpa@suncoastmeetings.com or call/text (727) 204-4747.   

On behalf of our Executive Committee and Board of Directors

Safe travels and we will see you next week in Pittsburgh! 

Introduction Clinic and Walk-up Games of SKWIM with game's INVENTOR, the evening of Wed., April 12 at Oliver Bath House

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Introduction Clinics and Walk-up Games of SKWIM with game's INVENTOR on the evening of Wed., April 12, at Citiparks' Oliver Bath House

All citizens, lifeguards, coaches and physical education teachers in the city are invited to participate in introductory clinics and drop-in games of SKWIM with Kevin McCarthy, SKWIM's inventor, starting at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, April 12 at Pittsburgh's Oliver Bath House, Citiparks' historic indoor swim pool on the South Side at 10th Street.

SKWIM is a disk-based team game that can be played with fins in both shallow and deep water with swimmers of various ability levels and ages. Coach Mark Rauterkus has included SKWIM as a vital part of the aquatic efforts of teaching more than 1,000 city-youngsters to swim in recent years including those with Swim & Water Polo of Pittsburgh Public Schools Summer Dreamers. 

"With SKWIM, teamwork, sportsmanship and rule-following are easily stressed with initial interactions among students. But most of all, SKWIM is fun," says Coach Rauterkus. "Water safety, swim ability and fitness are reinforced with SKWIM play."

On April 12, the Oliver Bath House activities from 6:30 to 9 pm are devoted to the SKWIM clinics and scrimmages. Kevin McCarthy from the state of Washington and other local players are going to be present. Pittsburgh is also hosting an annual educational meeting of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and the hope is to get some of those national experts to join in too.

A post-game social from 9 to 11 pm is also planned for the South Side home/office of Coach Rauterkus. 

Sign up in advance at Swim.CLOH.org. Or, call 412-298-3432.

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Mark Rauterkus       Mark@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 = cell

Art All Night's call to volunteers and artists

We will be there again. 

CALL FOR ARTISTS AND VOLUNTEERS 

The 20th annual Art All Night will be held April 29th - April 30th, 2017. This year we have a new location, 85 36th Street in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh PA. The show will be open to the public from 4 p.m. Saturday all night long until 2 p.m. Sunday. View art, hear music, create art, meet friends, enjoy beverages and make memories "All Night" long!

We invite you to submit one (and only one) piece of artwork during this one-of-a-kind neighborhood event attended by over 15,000 people each year. Artist registration instructions are available at www.artallnight.org where you can use the online registration system anytime. We HIGHLY recommend registering online as registration lines at the event can get long. Artists submitting art pieces must show a photo ID during both registration and pick up. 
All artwork must arrive READY TO HANG or be displayed. Wall mounted pieces must be ready to hang from a nail(s). A limited number of clips will be available for unframed artwork. Registration is Saturday April 29th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m sharp. We do not accept any artwork after 2 p.m. Pick up is Sunday April 30th, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Volunteers - We need everyone to help with this wonderful event by volunteering. Shifts are as short as 2 hours and we need YOU. Your help is the only way the show goes on and the only way it continues. Please help us put on one of Pittsburgh's great events. Check out the volunteer section of the website www.artallnight.org. 

Build out is Saturday April 8th, 15th and 22nd from 10am to 2pm at the warehouse, 85 36th Street in Lawrenceville. Please bring a ladder and screw gun and help assemble panels.
Video artists - Have you produced a short film, video or animation? Would you like to show off your work at Art All Night this year? The 2017 Video Lounge will feature a revolving playlist of short films by creative artists from around the area. If you have worked on a video or film production, we are looking for a sample of you work. Not your demo reel or product ad; but an example of an actual original production. Whether animated characters or live actors, sound or silent, comedy or drama, documentary or completely abstract, film or video; as long as you can deliver it to us in a digital format, we can add it to our revolving playlist.

Submissions will be included in a playlist running in a continuous loop at the site cinema. Sign up below and deliver your entry in a digital format to Art All Night via mail, appointment or download. The last day for video submissions will be Monday, April 24th.

Mosaic artists - We will again be creating mosaic and glass pieces on-site that will be auctioned off to help support the show. Check out the website for more details.
Art All Night... No fee. No jury. No censorship. 412-235-1950 

Fwd: Split apart and despondent

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From: John

Last evening I sent out an article entitled This Economy Is Ruined for Many Americans.  The attachment in this e-mail explains why.  This, of course, is something those limping along in the bottom half of the income spectrum in the nation understand quite well; but far too many of us have little or no appreciation of just how stark the divide has become.  Here I am particularly referring to those who condemn the entire group of Trump voters as disreputable racists, deplorables and ignoramuses.  As Bernie Sanders said a few days ago:  "Some people think that the people who voted for Trump are racists and sexists and homophobes and deplorable folks. I don't agree because I've been there. Let me tell you something else some of you might not agree with, it wasn't that Donald Trump won the election, it was that the Democratic Party lost the election."  'There' is where the great majority of folks have seen their very lives torn asunder by neoliberal policies, implemented by both major Parties, which have destroyed their livelihoods, their hopes for the future and, in far too many instances, reduced them to effective 'debt-peonage' or even drugs and suicide.

What the attached article makes very clear is that this is something which has become much more stark in the U.S. than in nations of Northern Europe which are also subject to neoliberal policies.  It is certainly true that some nations, like Greece, have become far worse off because of these same policies, but that is more the result of the fact that the nations of the EU do not have sovereign currencies with which they can manage their economies – thus the northern tier countries tend to exploit the weaknesses of those on the southern tier.  In this country, no such excuse exists, nor should the policies which have brought us to this sad state of affairs.  Sanders went on to say that a "fundamental restructuring of the Democratic party" was needed to win future elections and that problems with party's current setup is why many were quick to support Trump in the election, not because of some of the rhetoric on the campaign trail.  At this time, it's not at all clear that a "fundamental restructuring of the Democratic Party" is even possible, but that would be the very minimum of what needs to happen if any real change is to occur down the road.

John

Link

• Economic growth in the US: a tale of 2 countries

Fwd: Four for the price of three

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From: John H

It is so difficult these days to keep up with the tide of events impacting all of our lives that it's hard to know which way to turn.  In that spirit, attached are four articles of relevance in three attachments.  They are all, in one way or another, relative to the current political nausea sweeping the nation and the globe.  In some stations the fall of Trump is imminent; in others it is unlikely and undesirable.  I find myself in the middle on this – I believe it will happen but that the outcome will be undesirable in that we will be left with Pence, who, whatever one may think of Trump, is even more adept at ushering in irrational and terribly dangerous policy prescriptions floating through the Republican hierarchy.  Time will tell, but neither option appears to be particularly desirable.  The only beneficial aspect I can foresee is that the Republican Party is finally going to be seen by many of its supporters as the terminally destructive force that it has become over the past forty or so years.  It's not much to hang a hat on, but it's all I can come up with in the way of optimism.

John

Links

• This Economy is Ruined for Many
• Anxiety about Trump's Budget 
• Trump's Foreugn Policy

Fwd: Oligarchy in America

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From: John H

Attached is an excellent article by Andrew Levine discussing the plutocratic takeover of the United States and those who have aided and abetted its happening.  Well worth the read.

John

Link:

• Oligarchy in America article, PDF

Dream date.