Monday, October 24, 2016

Fwd: 4 new Raspberry Pi books released! Minecraft, GPIO Zero, Scratch & C!


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New selection of MagPi Essentials Books!

The MagPi have released a further 4 books! More details below

Hacking and Making in Minecraft

Learn to build your own virtual worlds with Minecraft: Pi Edition, the only version that actively encourages you to hack and make with Minecraft…

Minecraft is the biggest game on the planet with more than 30 million copies sold across numerous hardware platforms. Not bad for a sandbox that doesn't really have a point. The version of Minecraft available for Raspberry Pi is different. Firstly it's entirely free and secondly it comes with a powerful API, which allows you to hack and make entire virtual worlds with a few simple lines of code.

In this book you'll learn how to do some amazing things, including controlling things in the real world using the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins, make your own mini games and just about anything else you can imagine.

Learn to hack and make with Minecraft through 13 chapters:

  • Play the game and write your first program
  • Learn how to control blocks using the API
  • Create your first mini games
  • Use the GPIO with the Python API
  • Control Minecraft with Node-RED and Sonic Pi
  • and much, much more!
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Simple Electronics with GPIO Zero

Create stunning electronics projects with your Raspberry Pi using our 100 page GPIO Zero Essentials guide.

Using the GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi opens up a whole new world of possibilities. While it might seem daunting at first glance, with our help you'll be creating electronic circuits and controlling them with the Python programming language within minutes. Grab your breadboard and start taking control of the real world with your Raspberry Pi today!

Learn from simple electronics projects across 12 chapters:

  • Program LED lights
  • Add a push button to your project
  • Build a motion sensing alarm
  • Create your own distance rangefinder
  • Make a laser-powered tripwire
  • Build a Raspberry Pi robot
  • and much more
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Learn to Code with Scratch

Learn to code on your Raspberry Pi with the world's leading visual programming language and the team behind the official Raspberry Pi magazine…

Created by the boffins at MIT, Scratch enables children and adults without any prior knowledge to start programming within minutes. In this book, we'll help you get started and guide you step-by-step through the process of creating all sorts of projects: games, animations, quizzes, electronics circuits, and more. With our help we think you'll find that Scratch isn't just a great way to learn to code, but lots of fun too!

Learn to programme on your Raspberry Pi through 13 jam-packed chapters:

  • Mast the different block types
  • Create animations & add interactive elements
  • Build your first games and applications
  • Make and control electronic circuits
  • Understand every block
  • and much, much more!
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Learn to Code with C

Learn to program with the world's most popular language using your Raspberry Pi

The C programming language been used to program everything from the tiny microcontrollers used in watches and toasters up to huge software systems – most of Linux (and Raspbian itself) is written in it. Learn to code with C on your Raspberry Pi across 13 packed chapters:

  • Create variables & do arithmetic
  • Control the flow of your C programs
  • For loops and case statements
  • Understand and create functions
  • Work with arrays and strings
  • Interpreting user input
  • and much more
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Pittsburgh and North Allegheny Water Polo Squads meet up on Sunday afternoon

City middle school water polo confab with North Allegheny Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

Fwd: Understand this chart?

Forward message from John H.




Sometimes the obvious is too confounding for most of us to grasp easily. In the video linked below Professor Stephanie Kelton graphically and elegantly explains how money actually works in the American economy and why most of what people believe is simply wrong. So set aside some time for this presentation, it is something every American taxpayer and voter should see and understand.




Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Water Polo is happening at MACS




Love the energy and improvements with the water polo. Next, I am excited to take the squads to the next level and really COMPETE. Those lessons open up new chapters to learning, discovery and understanding in how to play well with others. Games are scheduled in the days and weeks to come.

Fwd: [Blog] 3000 Malaysian School Children Learn LiveCode

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Great results for primary kids in National Coding competition
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3000 Malaysian School Children Learn Programming With LiveCode

Fadillah Iskandar is the lead trainer and content developer for the Coding@Schools program, a government funded initiative aimed at introducing primary school children in Malaysia into the world of computing and programming. She reports on the results of a national coding competition in Malaysia, where 1000 primary schoolchildren entered apps created with LiveCode. 

The month leading up the National Code Challenge in Malaysia was extremely hectic but extremely rewarding and I am overjoyed with the way the event went....
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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Arsenal Middle School and its afterschool program with the BGC and NLA that includes water polo

Link to the form for kids and guardians to fill out is here.

Mothers and Government Reporting

The research reported, ... "that most women wanted 2.2 kids in their lifetime, the researchers said this is down slightly from a 2002 survey."

We have two kids. But, I'm not sure my wife is like most women who desire 2.2 kids.

Go figure.

Read more of the scoop at this link, https://healthfinder.gov/News/Article.aspx?id=715784&source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Fwd: OMG ! Amazing Public Bank Support

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Subject: OMG ! Amazing Public Bank Support
To: John Hemington <jehemington@verizon.net>


 

 

Mike Krauss, Chairman of the PA Project just sent out this news:

 

John

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Friends,

 

Phil Murphy is the leading candidate for Governor of New Jersey. And a former Wall Street Banker. Read this !!!

 

Mike Krauss

A few weeks ago, the Star-Ledger reported that New Jersey's combined pension portfolio lost more than $6 billion last year as hedge fund returns plummeted. These hedge fund managers are paid millions

Mike --

A few weeks ago, the Star-Ledger reported that New Jersey's combined pension portfolio lost more than $6 billion last year as hedge fund returns plummeted. These hedge fund managers are paid millions of dollars in fees, compounding the losses for taxpayers and retirees.

In 2015 alone, New Jersey paid $270 million in fees to hedge fund managers -- $142 million of which was given without regard to return.

The days of padding the pockets of a few lucky and connected Wall Street insiders with taxpayer money needs to end, and as governor, I will see they do. Say you're with me.

Our investment strategy doesn't need to be complex; it simply needs to be commonsense. But the single most important thing we can do to bring the funds back to health is for the state to finally pay its true share, and allow those investments to grow over the long term.

In addition to the pension system, our state currently deposits billions of dollars in revenues in big banks -- which overwhelmingly do not invest in New Jersey's communities.

My plan takes some of that money out of Wall Street and puts it to work through a public bank owned by the people of New Jersey -- which will allow our state to make critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans. It will also save our residents money and return all profits to the taxpayers.

 

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NOW LET'S GET PHILLY, PITTSBURGH AND PENNSYLVANIA 

ON BOARD !!

 


Mike

Mike Krauss

Chair, the Pennsylvania Project

Founding Director, the Public Banking Institute

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Who's really supporting Donald Trump

John posted to me and others:

I urge everyone to read the attached ARTICLE from The Guardian newspaper as it is both timely and, I believe, very important if we are to come to grips with who we as a people really are.

The author examines just who the Trump supporters really are; and, at the same time, excoriating main stream media both for its failure to identify the breadth of Trump’s support and claiming it is comprised mainly of poor “white trash” uneducated folk who just aren’t smart enough to see what’s really at stake in the election. The article supports my belief that much of his support is coming from middle and upper-middle class mainly white folks with a rather different perspective on the state of the nation as well as a very different viewpoint on how things should be run. It also discusses the fact that many more elements of society were and still are impacted by the financial crisis than is commonly reported or believed. One of the most important elements addressed in the article is who really is racist in our society and how this is not the subject of media coverage. This is not a trivial point and should be examined in greater depth than is offered when filtered through the biases which dominate main stream media.

John H.


ARTICLE


This is the year.

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Fwd: Something new, Saturday Swim School at Oliver High School, Northside


Hi Friends in and around Pittsburgh,

Time to invite you to join in with a new venture of mine, Saturday Swim School. Let's gather at the pool, get in some fitness, enjoy some aquatic games, to teach and learn with kids how to play well with others,

Saturday Swim School activities are on the Northside at Oliver High School, 2323 Brighton Road, 15212. 

Enter the swim pool area of Oliver High School from the door by the gym past the loading dock. Easy parking in the lot. 

9 am = Triathletes & Varsity Swimmers (especially adults & high school ages)
10 am = Disk-based, aquatic games, cross-training, (think easy water polo and fun) for high school and adult participants. 
11:30 - NOON = Swim Lesson for All   Middle school students should arrive.
Noon to 1 pm = Middle School aquatic games with mentors welcome too.

1 pm to 1:45 pm is Underwater Hockey for Rookies, Adults, and Varsity Swimmers. (No Underwater Hockey this weekend, 10/15/2016, as the Pittsburgh team is traveling to an out of town tournament.) 

No fees. No transportation. No web site yet, but it is coming. 

This is a labor of love as a proof of concept to display how quality programs among citizens can and should occur at our schools in out-of-school time. 

Join in. 

I'm interested in establishing a sustainable programto bridge engagement for kids throughout the winter who have experienced SUMMER DREAMERS with us in the past. But, there is plenty of room for more students and families. Plus, we'll be training lifeguards and swim instructors for future summer program expansion. 


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FYI: No Saturday Swim School on Halloween weekend (as I'm going to a college parents weekend) nor on Thanksgiving weekend. 
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Feel free to pass along the invite and call, text or email me if you have any questions. 
 


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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

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Fwd: Preparing for 2017 . . . and beyond


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Well, we'd better be getting prepared for Hillary to ascend to the throne of the Empire next January.  Her neocon allies are already hitting the pavement pushing for the removal of Putin as President of Russia – if not a direct military attack on Russia (see second attachment).  Hillary has pretty much indicated that this sort of policy is right in her wheelhouse.  She'll likely begin with the establishment of a " no-fly zone" in Syria.  This will almost certainly bring the U.S. or one of our surrogates in direct conflict with Russia.  The U.S. propaganda ministry has been operating overtime to convince our citizens and the rest of the world that Russia is the criminal aggressor in Syria.  And we should all be aware that, no matter how we may feel about the Assad regime, it is still the internationally recognized government of Syria; and, as such, has invited Russia to lawfully be in the country fighting the so-called rebel forces sponsored by the U.S. and NATO countries (see first attachment).  Thus, the U.S. and all of the rest are in the position of being international war criminals operating in clear violation of international law such as it is these days.

In Syria as in other areas of the Middle East the U.S. has been operating in an effective alliance – supplying arms, ammunition and other support to al Qaeda and its various offshoot organizations such as the al Nusra front in an illegal effort to overthrow the Assad regime all the while claiming that we are fighting against ISIS.  This is a proxy war that does not bode well for either the U.S. or for the world.  There are now multiple high ranking military officers, up to and perhaps including the Secretary of Defense, strongly advocating a direct assault on Russia.  This would, of course be the height of folly and might well result in the termination of human life on earth – although perhaps quicker and less painful than waiting for climate change to play out in a century or two. 

In this the collective hubris of the neocon crowd is beyond measure and belief, but that has never stopped them before.  They were, after all, the primary force behind the illegal war on Iraq in 2003 and continuing, as well as Libya and now Syria.  The fact that it also generates vast wealth from government coffers to the defense industry and multitudes of private contractors taking advantage of the virtually bottomless pit of welfare being dispensed provides political momentum.  It is also enabled by very fact of a volunteer military which is also incentivized by endless war in which promotions are frequent and, for senior officers, lucrative positions with contractors, lobbyists and as "color commentators" for cable TV are sure to follow. 

Unfortunately little attention is given in the media or otherwise to the massive death, destruction, displacement and terror which is imposed on those in the countries we choose to assault in the name of freeing them from terrible dictators and imposing democracy – whether or not anything like democracy ever follows.  Nor is any real thought given to those American volunteers sacrificed to the Empire's war machine.  The only time casualties really seem to matter is when they can be blamed – whether true or not – on the supposed enemy whoever it might be this week.  The important condition is that the wars must go on.  Too much is a stake for peace to be permitted to break out; too much wealth to be forfeited. 

This is the price of Empire.  The boundaries must always be expanded and defended; and the enemies are always at hand.  More importantly, if there are no convenient enemies some must be found or created otherwise the populace might become restive and revolt.  In this empire, just like many in the past, the real fruits gradually fail to be distributed to the masses at home as the oligarchs and plutocrats hoard the spoils to themselves.  But this Empire is even more different from most past empires in that there don't really appear to be many spoils from battlefields and conquered provinces.  The wealth that is accumulated is mainly taken from the citizens of the "homeland" and therein lies a potential fatal flaw.  Once the mass of the people figure out just how they are being scammed and abused by their leaders they are likely to refuse to cooperate – and empires, no matter how powerful do not survive forever.

We are, I believe, now seeing the beginnings of such anger arising in the current election cycle.  Most of those long frustrated at being left behind still haven't come to realize why exactly their situation is as it is, but they at least recognize that the deck is stacked against them by their putative leaders and they don't want more of the same.  Most of us still remain victims of the Empire's propaganda machine which incessantly inveighs us to blame and fight one another.  Still, there is just a glimmer of recognition beginning to develop that the real problem is not down here among the "little people", as our politicians are fond of terming the rest of us, but up there among those who serve the masters of the machine as well as the masters themselves. 

Unfortunately the neocon space cadets, none of whom have ever served their nation in the military, may manage to get us all annihilated before there is enough sentiment aroused to take down the Empire and return the nation to the people.  But, until that time, we must work to resist and overcome these forces of death and destruction.  It is not much hope, but it is all there is.


John



Monday, October 10, 2016

Fwd: Looking for Additional Work Around The Holidays-Seasonal Job Fair


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Eastside Neighborhood Employment Center
5321 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA  15224
Office number--- 412-441-9833
 

SEASONAL

 

JOB FAIR!

 
 
 

WHERE: Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation Community Center

(Across the street from ALDI and Family Dollar, in Garfield)

(113 N. Pacific Avenue)

WHEN: Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

TIME: 4:00pm—6:00pm

 

Growing Number of Employers Are Attending:

 

Honey Baked Ham
Sears
Starbucks
RMPC Services
Walgreens
Clean Water Action
Iron City Executives
Allegheny Health Network
Liberty Tax Service
Christian Home Health Care
OCA Global LLC
Best Buy
US Army & Army Reserve
Job Corps (college programming)
Market District Supermarket
University of Pittsburgh
East End Food Co-op'
Bayer
More...
 
 

ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR FEDEX, UPS ALONG WITH OTHER WORKSITE OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED. WE WILL HELP YOU APPLY.


Sunday, October 02, 2016

First Water Polo Game scheduled: Sunday October 23, 2016

Are you ready for some water polo? We'll go to North Allegheny on October 23, 2016.

Our teams of middle school water polo players are getting ready for the first real games. We've called our team, "Pittsburgh Combined" in the past. In 2016-17 we've got players from Manchester Academic Charter School, where we play two days a week for boys and another two days a week for girls. Plus, we have been playing at Pittsburgh Obama, co-ed, on Mondays and Fridays; Arsenal, co-ed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our Saturday Swim School can help with water polo practices. Kids from The Pittsburgh Project can join in too. Plus, we've got our 2016 Summer Dreamers who had 27 days of water polo in July and August as well.


If you want your kid to attend, email to Mark@Rauterkus.com, or call, 412-298-3432.

We want to car-pool from Pittsburgh with departing times at noon and arrival to North Allegheny Senior High School, on Rt. 19, at 12:45 pm on October 23, 2016.