Fwd: are you making something silly too important?

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From: Susie Moore <susie@susie-moore.com>

When someone tells me that they're feeling low, I love to get to the bottom of it with them (and of course to the bottom of my own sluggish or low energy when it pops up). 🐌
Because of this fact, my friends often come to me when they need to talk something stressful out. It can be boyfriend trouble, comparison issues, business struggles, or even thinking they should just have more money or success at this stage of their lives.
I always have one goal when we talk it out - to bring relief.

Relief is one of the best human emotions there is. And luckily it's in reach almost all of the time. 💜

But we forget about it. 😲

Abraham Hicks says, "There can be 9 things going wrong in your life and 1 going right. If you focus on that 1 thing, you'll watch the others gradually turn around."
The not so great news? This works in the reverse, too. 9 parts of your life can be swimming along smoothly and 1 part isn't... and, yep! Watch as its ruins the rest of the good stuff.
(This can even show up as pure neglect of the good things as you focus all thoughts on the bad thing - us humans are nuts sometimes, right)?! 🥜

So here's a quick rule that helps bring relief in almost any situation:

Give yourself a damn break.
Yep. A break! Some slack! Some credit!
Stop making the silly thing so front and center, can you? At least for a bit? 
And stop being so hard on yourself.
Too often we give all of our attention to what we feel is lacking in our lives, or what we're doing wrong. When we do this, we fail to acknowledge what is right. And how well we're actually doing.
As you check in with yourself, you might realize some pretty awesome things in your life that you might not acknowledge, too.
No love in your life? Well, how about all of the love from your friends? 💕
Not thrilled with your body? 
Does it still allow you to hug your kids, show up at work, run around and accomplish a hundred things a day? 🏃‍♀️
Not sure about your career?
Think about the cool people you've met because of it!! 🤔
Apartment too small?
OK, but is it in a city you love? Is it still a marker of your financial independence? 🏠

What we choose to focus on expands. Starting with what's working is a critical foundation for you to attract more of what you want into your life. So be kind to yourself, acknowledge what's going your way, and recognize how far you have come. 🙌
Trust me, if you pay attention, it's much further than you think.
What can you enjoy about what's happening right now?

With all my love, 💕
Susie
Xo

Fwd: PERRY High School water polo and Saturdays

I have the pool at PERRY HS on Thursdays to 8 pm. Really, should be out of building at 8 pm. Last day is June 6. 

Renegades water polo from 6 to 7:55 pm. 

I do get the PERRY pool from 5 pm. Could do swimming, SKWIM and polo with triathletes, lifeguard recruits and local kids starting at 5 pm. They would be done by 6:30. Renegades could be warming up by 6 pm or after. 

First week, I will bring in the water polo goals. 

It is a 6-lane x 25 yard, half shallow/ half deep pool with bleachers and a diving board. Just 7 miles or so from the doors of NASH to PERRY. 

Can we get NA players to join us? What about Central, Oakland, North Hills? I will try for Ellis too. 

Should we do a special invite to Triathletes for fun? 

No more at Chartiers Valley. 

Summer outdoors are Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings at Ammon as soon as that opens, mid June? 

Citiparks and The Pittsburgh Project need lifeguards. City still needs 60. I need about 8 for Northside. 

I will be able to train guards in early June. 

College and older who want to guard with me (a faith based institution) can reside for free in the guest house with room and board. Not suited for those under 18 of age. 

August 5 to 16, 2019, I expect to do a SKWIM & Water Polo clinic, aprox $5 per day but fee is $25 for a week and slightly more if not a resident of Allegheney County, at North Park Pool. Should fit well with end of summer swim teams and not conflict much with fall HS or MS sports teams, if a family is not on vacation, of course. Time not sure. Might be from 11:30 to 1 pm. Kids get to swim rest of day at pool too. Seeking teams to play. 

Further, SATURDAY SWIM SCHOOL at Alleghney Middle School too. Generally 11:30 am to 1 pm. Not in summer. 

Obama at Gateway boys Volleyball events on the NFHS Network today

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Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3)

The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard

Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon

Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) 

http://CLOH.org

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Fwd: Scholar Athlete Award 2018-19

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Date: Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 3:45 PM
Subject: Scholar Athlete Award 2018-19
To: <mark@rauterkus.com>

Hi Mark Rauterkus,   We are accepting nominations for the 2018-19 American Water Polo Scholar Athlete.  We are honoring any AWP athlete who qualifies under these set of criteria: Student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). If no GPA scale is used, then an 87/100 is required. If your school uses a different grading system, please include an explanation in your submission. Athletes must be a member of American Water Polo. Athletes of all ages are eligible.  Athlete must present his or her report card or transcripts in one of following ways: Email information to member@americanwaterpolo.org (PDF, Screen Shot,) Fax (610) 277 7382 Mail in to 129 West 4th St Bridgeport, PA 19405 The deadline for this award is June 30th, 2019 If you have any questions, contact Damon Newman at member@americanwaterpolo.org   Click here to unsubscribe.     American Water Polo   129 West 4th St Bridgeport, PA 19405 610 277 6787

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http://CLOH.wikia.com
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This weeks podcast about water safety

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From: Rick Kauffman

Just want to say sorry for getting behind and not getting any updated podcasts out to you. Here is a link to our most resent episode with Lindsay Pursglove with Swimtatsic Swim School of SW Florida. Episode 52 We are heading down to New Orleans to the NDPA conference if you are going to be there let us know, and we can connect while there. I'm working on a National Swim Campaign that many of you may want to know more about. I will be sharing with a few select people that we have appointments set with already, Plus a few are driving in that are not attending the conference to talk about this campaign in the New Orleans area. We are on a mission to save 185,000 live from drowning worldwide each year by June 15, 2029. We have developed the plan to go along with a message to hit this home. It's right up there with Click It Or Ticket and Don't Drink and Drive for examples. Not only the fatal drownings but almost 2 million people and families that are affected by nonfatal drownings each year worldwide, If your traveling to the NDPA catch up and binge listen to our podcast starting with. Episode 52 Next weeks episode we'll be talking with Audrey Dalton a survivor of a nonfatal drowning when she was a young child. Look for that episode #54 on Thursday April 18th

Rick Kauffman Founder rick@thekelsgroup.com (937) 508-9388 - Mobile | (937) 471-5351 - Work

Fwd: Coming to the Pittsburgh region. . .

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From: John H

Everyone looking forward to the opening of the new cracker plant in Beaver County should watch the video linked below:

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/huge-explosion-fire-rocks-texas-chemical-plant-person/story?id=62117295

 

  John

 

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Mark Rauterkus       Mark@Rauterkus.com 

Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3)

The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard

Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon

Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) 

http://CLOH.org

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Fwd: Best post-Muller investigation summery I have heard

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From: John H

Below, if you haven't already seen it is the best post-Muller investigation report I have yet heard.  It is from The Real News Network always a good source of information.

 

https://therealnews.com/stories/deep-faith-in-the-deep-state-gives-dems-a-set-back

 

John

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Mark Rauterkus       Mark@Rauterkus.com 

Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3)

The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard

Coach at The Ellis School for Swimming, T&F and Triathlon

Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team & Renegades (Masters) 

http://CLOH.org

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Fwd: Olympic champ Misty Hyman and the benefits of adversity

Great article and history lesson. Missy H was coach by the late, great Bob G. He was a master and so creative. 

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From: Olivier Leroy <olivier@yourswimbook.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 8:04 AM
Subject: Olympic champ Misty Hyman and the benefits of adversity
To: Mark <mark@rauterkus.com>

It's five months out from the Sydney Olympics, and American Misty Hyman has decided she's had enough. The past couple years haven't been very smooth for the butterfly specialist, who catapulted to the top ranks of the swimming world with her signature underwater dolphin kicking style—fish kicking. Hyman would dive into the water, turn on her side, and just like a fishie, would kick powerfully in both directions, surging out to massive leads in her races. At the 1998 World Championships in Perth, she would explode to early leads in the 100m butterfly (kicking 35-metres underwater) and the 200m butterfly (touching at the 50 over 1.3 seconds faster than world record pace). In the short course pool, she was hilariously dominant. With the added walls she could really flex her dolphin kick, breaking the world record in the 100m butterfly in 1997 while taking just 16 strokes. But Perth would be the last chance for her to use her fish kick for extended use. Although FINA had restricted backstrokers from kicking further than 15m ten years earlier, every other stroke was still fair game. Until now. With just months to go until Sydney, Hyman was in the throes of self-doubt. "I questioned everything," she said. "Maybe I'm too old. Maybe I need a new kick. Maybe I've lost my passion." Hyman, frustrated and overwhelmed with doubt, called her coach.  "I'm ready to throw in the towel," was her message. * The underwater dolphin kick has always been a bit of a troublemaker in our sport. There was the duel between David Berkoff and Daichi Suzuki in the 100m backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where both swimmers disappeared under the surface of the water for 30-35m on the first lap alone. The final was one of the big storylines in the pool that week in Seoul, with spectators and viewers watching with bated breath as half the lanes churned with backstrokers while the other lanes looked eerily empty, their occupants meters below the surface kicking furiously. Months later, citing athlete safety, FINA changed the rules for backstrokers forcing them to surface before 10m after every start and turn. (This was extended to 15m in 1991.) Denis Pankratov of Russia, another butterfly specialist who performed "extended breakouts" did so in an un-streamlined position, with his hands several inches apart, basically sculling. Pankratov powered to gold medals in the 100 and 200m butterfly at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Other early pioneers included Sean Murphy of Canada and Mel Stewart and Jesse Vassallo of the United States. And of course, more recently there was the debate over the "Lochte rule"—whether a swimmer could push off on their back during freestyle events to perform fly kicks on their back before turning over onto their front. Hyman's case is particular interesting as her and her coach, Bob Gillett, had quite literally turned the novel concept of longer underwaters on its ear by having Hyman turn onto her side after diving in or pushing off. "It's not like you can have instant success with it," said coach Gillett back in 1997, as the controversy over her kicking was hitting fever pitch. "It takes discipline to practice and develop over the years." Since the rule change, Hyman had struggled to keep the pace, while also fighting the doubts of whether she could swim well enough to compete with the best swimmers on the planet. She'd always struggled a little bit to bring home her races, and now she would have to depend more on her swimming ability than her kick to get onto the podium. "It was a huge challenge," said Hyman. "I had developed a technique for swimming that brought me to an elite level. I wasn't sure if I was an elite swimmer anymore." * One of the big story-lines for the hometown Australians at the 2000 Olympics was Susie O'Neill. Earlier that year O'Neill had erased Mary T. Meagher's storied world record in the 200m butterfly, a mark that had stood for nearly two decades. O'Neill was also the defending Olympic champion in the event. So when the finalists got up on the blocks for the 200m butterfly on the night of September 20, 2000, all eyes were on O'Neill and countrywoman Petra Thomas. In lane six, Hyman. Although she is last off the blocks, Hyman's underwater fly kick give her a quick advantage when the swimmers surface. The body-length-off-the-start leads are a thing in the past, but Hyman's dominance on the underwaters remains dangerous. Compared to O'Neill, who surfaces right away off the walls, her head breaking under the backstroke flags, Hyman kicks out to 10-12m, maintaining an early lead. When Hyman touches the wall at the 150m, O'Neill right on her, observers would have recognized this as the moment where O'Neill would take control. The Australian had a history of fast finishes, including in the final of the 200m butterfly in Perth, where O'Neill sailed past a fading Hyman to win comfortably. But the rule change has created an unexpected advantage for Hyman—she doesn't create the same kind of oxygen debt and fatigue that comes from holding her breath for twenty seconds off the start. Where the final lap would have been her weakness, in Sydney her lungs are fresh enough to power her home. This time, she doesn't crumble coming down the stretch. Hyman touches first in a time of 2:05.88, just several hundredths of a second off O'Neill's world mark. When she sees the scoreboard, Hyman erupts in joy. She is asked afterwards why she appears so stunned, so surprised by her win. "It's happened so many times in my mind," she said, smiling from ear to ear. "I was surprised it was real."  Adversity is a weapon I hear a lot from swimmers who refer to adversity as something that is unfair or as something that proves they are not worthy. They don't have the best facilities. They lose to swimmers that they outwork in practice. They feel the deep frustration of not improving as fast as they want. But adversity doesn't mean you are unworthy. The opposite, actually… Adversity is the opportunity to show how worthy you truly are. Adversity, when you treat it as such, is the engine for improvement. It's the moment where you realize you need to work harder. Or smarter. Or be more honest about how focused you are in practice. Adversity is a launch pad for better things. Even if you can't immediately what they are. Misty Hyman could have very well decided that throwing in the towel was the smart thing to do that spring before the Olympics. She'd spent years perfecting a kicking style only to see the advantage be wiped away. But in reality, that kick, the leg fitness, the breakouts, and the limitations imposed that allowed her to better oxygenate her muscles, turned out to be completely to her advantage. Hyman had never closed well when kicking out to crazy distances. But the shorter breakouts meant that she was indirectly forced to take in more oxygen. Which helped her keep the wheels on during that final 50m. Although it seemed hilariously unfair at the time—the rule change was largely driven by her specific case—the "adversity" of the rule change actually worked to her favor. Something to think about the next time you find yourself face to face with some adversity that feels unfair and sucky. See ya in the water, Olivier P.S. Want help with changing your mindset so that adversity doesn't keep you from doing big things with your swimming? Last year I wrote and published Conquer the Pool: The Swimmer's Ultimate Guide to a High Performance Mindset.  From learning how to be mentally tougher, learning how to focus properly in practice, to how to be mentally and physically ready to rock and roll on race, Conquer the Pool will help you develop the mindset of a mega champion. The book was written with the feedback of 200+ head coaches, Olympians, former world record holders and NCAA champions. It's written as a workbook (so you get to take your new mental toughness skillz for a ride for yourself), and it's written in an easy to understand style that may or may not make you chortle out loud every once in a while. Click here to learn more about how Conquer the Pool will help you dominate the water this year.

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Fwd: The Eagle

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Michael Rosfeld's Acquittal is Just Another in a Long Line of Abuses of Power Posted: 22 Mar 2019 11:31 PM PDT The man who killed Antwon Rose II last June has been cleared of homicide charges. Michael Rosfeld, a white former East Pittsburgh police officer, pulled over a car that Rose, an African-American 17-year-old, was a passenger in because it matched descriptions of a vehicle present at an earlier drive-by shooting. Shortly thereafter, Rose was dead. Rosfeld claimed that he thought Rose was carrying a weapon. He was not. In fact, Rose was running away from the scene, his back turned, when Rosfeld shot him three times. Rose never even faced his killer, let alone pointed a gun at him. To many, a conviction seemed like a matter of common sense. Rose posed no real threat to Rosfield, so self-defense was not applicable; how, then, could this be anything other than manslaughter? But the members of the jury thought differently. After four days of trial, it took just four hours to reach a verdict: not guilty. As pathetic as that is, it's not really that surprising. According to the Washington Post's fatal force database, 221 people have been shot and killed by police in America so far this year. Last year's total was 998. A shocking number of the ensuing trials tell a similar tale to that of Antwon Rose — if there even is a trial. In 2017, police bullets ended 987 lives. Only six of the officers responsible were brought to trial that year. As of late 2018, only 93 officers who used their firearms lethally since 2005 had been tried, and only about a third of them had been convicted of any crime whatsoever. From that frame of reference, it was actually a small miracle that Rosfeld ever appeared in front of a jury — the vast majority of his contemporaries are spared the inconvenience. Said Allegheny Attorney General Stephen A. Zappala, Jr. in a statement following the announcement of Rosfeld's acquittal, "In the interest of justice, we must continue to do our job of bringing charges in situations where charges are appropriate." Here's the thing: charges are always appropriate. In no other setting than in that of the police officer versus the civilian is there a question of whether a potential homicide should be subject to legal examination. Some say that police officers cannot effectively perform their jobs unless they are comfortable in the knowledge that acting on spur-of-the-moment inclinations will not result in punishment. But if a police officer's job is to maintain peace, the power to arbitrarily, whimsically strip someone of their life fundamentally undermines that duty. And here's the other thing: charges are meaningless if they never result in convictions. For every Michael Rosfeld we let walk free, we reinforce the tacit understanding that a police officer can commit murder and get away with it, especially if the victim is a person of color. Until the legal system proves capable of disrupting the pattern that it began, the protests won't stop.

Michael Rosfeld Acquitted on All Charges for the Killing of Antwon Rose II Posted: 22 Mar 2019 09:30 PM PDT When an unarmed black teenager was killed in East Pittsburgh last summer by a white police officer, to most of the nation, it was just another death in a long string of police shootings of unarmed black men. For Pittsburghers it brought an issue that had until then seemed remote into startling clarity, and it reminded the inhabitants of the city and its suburbs that they were not removed from the issues that plagued the rest of the country. As of this evening, that saga has -at least temporarily- come to a legal close. Michael Rosfeld, the East Pittsburgh policeman responsible for the death of Antwon Rose II, was found not guilty on the charges of first degree murder, third degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter. For supporters of Mr. Rosfeld, it was a vindication of Mr. Rosfeld's motivations and decisions- and of those of other cops in similar situations. For supporters of Mr. Rose, it was a stinging defeat that drove home for them a sense that the justice system does not actually deliver justice for victims. With no clear indication of what comes next, Mr. Rose's supporters have taken to the streets. From Downtown to East Liberty, hundreds of marchers have gathered in the biting chill of a March midnight to protest the decision of the jury. Together with the many more people who have cried out agains the decision on social media, they have rallied around a shout of, "No Justice, No Peace," to declare their refusal to accept the verdict on moral grounds. But it remains unclear where these protests will lead, beyond more protests. Mayor Bill Peduto tweeted out his grief and desire for progress, but there is little he can do to repair relationships between communities and police that have frayed across the region, not in the city itself. Popular anger with District Attorney Stephen Zappala may help bolster the campaign of challenger Turahn Jenkins, but Mr. Jenkins made early stumbles in his campaign that he does not seem to have fully recovered from. It seems likely that no matter how important Mr. Rose's case remains to the public consciousness, nothing will be done in the present to truly reform police-community relations in the region's most vulnerable -and stratified- boroughs and neighborhoods. As the region moves forward, much of the impetus from the case and protests will end up in the hands of its youth, many of whom felt viscerally connected to Mr. Rose. Plans for a protest on Friday, March 29th at Capri's in East Liberty are already circulating across social networks. The outpouring of anger, sorrow, and support that occurred during the direct aftermath of Mr. Rose's shooting, and which has manifested again today, may be a sign that there will be a more enduring effort towards reform by students across the region for justice to be delivered in courts of law. Or a brief spike in calls to action and plans for protests may be all that results. With Mr. Rosfeld's acquittal a fact, observers will just have to wait and see.

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http://CLOH.wikia.com
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Fwd: Team USA Recruitment Opportunities

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Good afternoon,  I am reaching out on behalf of USA Weightlifting to update you on an upcoming opportunities for your graduating athletes to transition into the Olympic sport of weightlifting. Through our Transitional Athlete Program athletes are able to try-out and qualify for benefits to get them started on the road to competition. Additionally, high school athletes can opt to have their results sent to collegiate programs for review. 53% of our international elite athletes have transitioned from backgrounds in swim, diving, hockey, and gymnastics to name a few and we find that providing these opportunities to athletes helps open doors to new experiences within sport should they not continue moving forward at the collegiate or post collegiate level within their current sport. Additionally, as weightlifting has the ability to improve overall sports performance it is possible for athletes to become dual sport athletes.  If you have any athletes you think may be interested please have them review and fill out the program application through the link below https://www.teamusa.org/usa-weightlifting/recruitment-programs  Thank you for your time Suzy Sanchez | Director of Grassroots Development and Scouting USA Weightlifting 1 Olympic PlazaColorado Springs, Colorado 80909 1 318-207-3598[c] 1 719-866-4741[f] SUPPORT USA WEIGHTLIFTING! Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter

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