Fwd: COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at ASCEND Pittsburgh

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Free Pfizer Vaccines

View this email in your browser REGISTER FOR VACCINATION Greetings and well wishes! ASCEND Pittsburgh is hosting a free COVID-19 vaccine clinic this week courtesy of Hieber's Pharmacy. No eligibility requirements necessary and all are welcome to attend. An ASCEND membership is not necessary.  We do ask that you please bring an ID and insurance card if you have it. Please follow this link to register for an appointment in one of the 20 minute time slots. Each time slot is limited to 4 people. The vaccination will take approximately 5 minutes, then you will wait for 15 minutes before you leave. Second vaccine doses will be scheduled at the time of your first vaccine. No eligibility requirements necessary. Please bring an ID and insurance card if you have it. When:  Thursday, April 29th | 4p-9p Friday April 30th | 7a-12p If you are unable to make these appointment times, please contact sara@ascendclimbing.com. If there is enough interest, additional times will be added. Where: ASCEND Pittsburgh 2141 Mary Street, Pittsburgh PA 15203 Directions Who: Hieber's Pharmacy will be administering the Pfizer vaccine. Hieber's is a local, woman owned and operated pharmacy. If you have questions about the vaccine please contact Jamin Gross, PharmD  at 412-608-0515. Texts and calls are welcome. If you have questions about registration or ASCEND Pittsburgh please contact sara@ascendclimbing.com or call 412-745-2141. What Else is Going On? Saturday, May 1st: LGBTQ+ Outdoor Climbing Trip 9A-3P Saturday, May 1st: BIPOC Affinity Session 6P-8P Thursday, May 6th - Saturday, May 8th: Steel Town Throw Down Qualifier #4 Saturday, May 8th: Big Free Fitness + Yoga Mash Up 7:45A-8:45A Saturday, May 8th: Garden Hose Mother's Day Flower Sale 9A-1P Saturday, May 15th: Queer | Femme | Trans | Women Affinity Session 6P-8P Copyright © 2021 ASCEND Climbing, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive the ASCEND Climbing Newsletter. Our mailing address is: ASCEND Climbing 2141 Mary Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Running Mate -- John H -- has passed suddenly

Sad News from Bryce:

Some of you may already have heard and some of you may not have yet. Yesterday morning my Dad/ John suffered a heart attack and unfortunately, he passed away later that morning. I do not really know how to express to you the void that his absence will leave for me and my family. I like you over the years have become accustomed to his informative emails and articles. This seemingly never-ending flow of information that he was carefully curating to keep those of us who he knew and cared for informed was at times overwhelming. I know I did not get to nearly as many of the articles as I should have.  To you all whom he sent these emails, I want to express my deep-felt gratitude for your part in his life.  I saw those emails as an expression of the love he felt for all of you and his desire for a more just and equitable world.  He was an idealist who often struggled with the inequity that is present in the system and the complacency that exists as part of our collective society. I hope that you too felt the love that he gave as he shared his gloom and doom-laden missives. It was his idealism and principled discussion that gives me hope that while the world we inhabit is far from perfect there are always those like my Dad who will devote their energy to make the world a better place. I am reminded sitting here that he would often find the articles then take the time to reformat them so that they were more accessible to those of us who were not as devoted to the research as he was. Whether you agreed or disagreed with the content he presented, it was always with love and concern for the world he inhabited.

Information about funeral services will be available shortly at Beinhauer Funeral home www.beinhauer.com

Candidate Thompson quote

THOMPSON: Oh, let me just say briefly on the environment, our rivers are uninhabitable, and basically we're putting tons and tons of raw sewage in the river. Other cities, Cleveland and Columbus, they've decided that they want to live in a world with clean water, and we've decided to countersue the government because we want to live in a world of filth and feces. So we need to stop putting feces into our rivers.

#BANG!

PPS School Board PAC

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/new-pac-focused-on-racial-equality-in-education-endorses-pps-school-board-candidates/Content

Not sure what this means?

Wondering if there are people who run for school board as a stepping stone? 

Fwd: Fw: ParkMobile Data Breach Affects Some Mobile Parking App Users

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Subject: FW: ParkMobile Data Breach Affects Some Mobile Parking App Users

 

Pitt Information Technology has received reports of a data breach that occurred at ParkMobile in March 2021. ParkMobile makes the popular mobile parking app of the same name and provides metering and parking app services to the City of Pittsburgh. Some University of Pittsburgh garages may accept payments through ParkMobile, if you pay through the application.

 

What Data Was Affected?

 

ParkMobile indicates that basic user information was taken, including license plate numbers and, if provided by the user, email addresses, phone numbers, and vehicle nicknames. Encrypted passwords were taken but not the encryption keys necessary to read the passwords, meaning that significant resources would be needed to break the password encryption.

 

ParkMobile indicates that no credit cards or parking transaction history were accessed, and they do not collect Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, or dates of birth.

 

What Do I Need to Do?

 

If you have an account with ParkMobile, out of an abundance of caution, Pitt IT recommends you change that password as soon as possible.

 

While the data exposed in the alleged breach did not come from University systems, sometimes individuals reuse the same passwords on multiple websites. If you use the same or a similar password at Pitt or other websites, you should also change those passwords. Also, because of the nature of other data taken, be vigilant for an increase in phishing scams or other scams related to this data.

 

In addition, utilize the following good password practices to minimize your susceptibility to data breaches:

 

• Use a password manager to simplify the management of your various passwords. Pitt Password Manager (LastPass) is available at no cost to all students, faculty, and staff. You can use it to create strong, unique passwords for all your online services.
• Do not reuse passwords across different websites. Scammers try variations of known passwords, so it is important to make sure your passwords are not similar to each other.  
• Use strong, complex passwords that include symbols, numbers, and uppercase and lowercase letters.

• Change your passwords frequently.

• Use multifactor authentication on websites that allow it.

 

Fwd: End of the Road

A sad post from a friend.

Many of his comments and emails have graced this blog -- as I consider him a real running mate.

Mark

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From: jehemington <jehemington@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, Apr 3, 2021 at 2:15 PM
Subject: End of the Road
To: John Hemington <jehemington@verizon.net>

Well folks, here's the deal, I will no longer be sending out these political e-mails calling out establishment policies.  This morning I got hit upside the head with the news that my family believes that I am a loopy, loony-tune heading down a wormhole because my "extremist" politics are so far outside the mainstream.  Now, I do not agree with this assessment at all, but I am also convinced that if this is the way my own family feels then there is no hope and no real point in continuing to put in the effort to try and alert others to what is really happening out there in the world.  This tells me that the plutocrats and the corporate warmongers have won.  That humanity's time on this wonderful planet is not to persist much longer – certainly not for many more generations.  The way things are now trending with the current administration's foreign policy we could well see a catastrophic nuclear war in our own lifetime.  Should we somehow avoid that disaster, we will almost certainly not escape the catastrophe of climate change much sooner than scientists now predict.

 

Sadly, mainstream politics, whether the Democratic Party variety or the more bizarre Republican variety have no answers to any of the most serious problems facing humanity.  Nor are they even willing to willing to pretend to actually address them.  Furthermore, there is no hope in this country for a viable third-party to develop and prosper.  So, we are left with the endless nonsense of political Kabuki Theater of impossible corporate subsidy solutions that never address real issues while more and more people starve in the streets.  At the same time, this most powerful nation on earth creates almost daily holocausts in nations all around the globe in the name of protecting "human rights".  We are, whether we like to acknowledge it or not, an evil people. We allow our government, in the name of patriotism and corporate profit, to destroy the lives of millions of others, both here and abroad, without any serious concern or dissent.

 

These have been issues I have struggled with ever since I left the Army in 1970.  And contrary to my family's belief that my obsession is of recent origin.  It is not.  However, I just don't have the energy to keep this up in the face of so much apathy at home and among those "progressive" legislators I have supported financially and otherwise.  Legislators who have refused to use the power of their votes to push the establishment Democrats to really adopt progressive portions that they claimed to support in Biden's campaign in much the same way as the conservative Democrats have used their votes to quash progressive ideas for years.  It is all very demoralizing and I am not willing to continue the battle from here on out.  This is not what I had hoped to be saying today, but my mental health and family health must take precedence over my political desires.

 

 

John

 

Fwd: [Art-All-Night] Call for Artists

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*CALL FOR ARTISTS *

The next Art All Night will be held April 24th - April 25th, 2021 in a location that couldn't be more convenient - your house!

The show will be open from 4 p.m. Saturday all night long until 2 p.m. Sunday by accessing https://www.artallnight.org. View art, hear music, watch demonstrations, create art, play games and make memories "All Night" long!

*Artists*

We invite you to submit one (and only one) piece of artwork during this one-of-a-kind event. Artist registration instructions are available at https://www.artallnight.org where you can use the online registration system through April 19th for videos and April 21st for photographs.

If you are submitting a 3D piece (sculpture, ceramics, papier-mâché, etc.), please consider submitting next week instead. We are currently working on a feature to make our virtual showcase more multi-dimension friendly. Stay tuned!

*Volunteers*

Volunteers are also needed to help spread the word. Please consider forwarding this email to your friends and family, liking one of our social media pages and hitting "going" on our Facebook event. However you are accustomed to spreading news please use those channels to get your friends and family to enter art and attend the event. 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 in a whole new way.

Art has the power to heal and now is a great time to share your art with Pittsburghers and brighten someone's day.

Art All Night...  412-235-1950
info@artallnight.org

UPMC and Covid-19

At UPMC, we are committed to protecting our communities from COVID-19 in every way possible. To date, we have provided more than 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers, residents of long-term care facilities, and community members who are 65 and older or at high risk of severe illness and complications from COVID-19. We are eager to continue expanding our vaccine effort as more supplies become available. Another promising breakthrough in COVID-19 care is monoclonal antibody treatment. The treatment, given soon after testing positive for COVID-19, has dramatically reduced the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 in our patients. To date, UPMC has provided the therapy to more than 1,000 patients across our communities. For more information on this promising treatment for COVID-19, visit UPMC.com/AntibodyTreatment. In a press conference last week, UPMC doctors provided an update on our COVID-19 vaccination and monoclonal antibody efforts. To watch a replay of the press conference, visit UPMC.com/COVID19.

New CDC School Guidelines: What to Know

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidelines on preventing COVID-19 spread in schools. The new recommendations apply specifically to K-12 schools. They include updated guidelines on physical distancing between students, as well as the importance of ventilation. For more on how students, teachers, and staff can stay safe in school, visit our HealthBeat blog.

Should Pregnant Women Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Pregnant women are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under Pennsylvania's Phase 1a. In the coming weeks, we will be offering vaccination clinics for pregnant women at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. These clinics are for pregnant women only. If you are pregnant and wish to sign up to receive a vaccine at UPMC Magee, call 833-653-0519. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), pregnant and lactating women who are eligible should be free to get the COVID-19 vaccine if they choose. Women who are pregnant are at greater risk for severe illness from COVID-19 than women who aren’t pregnant. Pregnant women also are at greater risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth. The authorized COVID-19 vaccines were not tested on pregnant women during clinical trials. However, all available data since vaccination distribution began suggests the vaccines are safe for both pregnant women and their unborn babies. The risk of COVID-19 is greater than the risk of vaccination. If you are pregnant and wish to learn more about receiving the vaccine, we encourage you to talk to your doctor. For more about the COVID-19 vaccine and pregnancy, visit our HealthBeat blog.

HELPFUL RESOURCES

UPMC Information on COVID-19 Centers for Disease Control Coronavirus Update World Health Organization Pennsylvania Department of Health

Fwd: Gary Kanter posted on the Celebrating the Life of Anne Feeney discussion board

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From: Action Network

Gary just posted a note on the Celebrating the Life of Anne Feeney discussion board: As a newly-oradined host, Anne was one of my very first interviews on "We Do The Work", our weekly half-hour labor radio program originating from the Skagit Valley in northwestern Washington state. I had met her a couple times during her various tours through the region...and even performed at a Tacoma-based fundraiser to assist with her medical fees. More recently, I shared a stage with her as we both performed to raise money for mutual friends who were enduring severe medical and financial days. I, of course, opened...well aware the audience was primed for Anne. I felt like Tiny Tim warming up the audience for Neil Young. Anne was a great interview. All I really had to do was start a sentence with "tell me about _______" and sit back as she regaled me with stories of her family history in labor activism and her own path as a musician, songwriter, labor lawyer, and AFM local president. We discussed the brain condition that was supposed to have killed her years earlier...but like many of her other foes, didn't have the guts to confront her. Of all the issues we discussed, the most compelling was the debate as to which of our fathers had been the oldest draftee in WWII. After all the math, her dad won the dubious title by a matter of months. It was only recently that I learned my dad had actually been born two years earlier. I never had the heart to publish the correction. Theopening and closing theme of "We Do The Work", throughout its entire run, was Anne's version of John Fromer's great song of the same name. So, as we expanded our market to about eight states, more and more listeners were introduced to us by Anne's singing. She was heard more than any of the various hosts and commentators. The show, in a way, was an Anne Sandwich. Due to Covid closing our studio and other issues, we decided to discontinue the show. We unanimously decided our final broadcast would be a rebroadcast of her interview. As it is wont to do do, fate added a major piece of irony to the event. Anne Feeney died within a day of that broadcast. Rest in Power, sister Anne! Here is the link to the final broadcast of "We Do The Work" featuring the great Anne Feeney: https://beta.prx.org/stories/356389 You can respond to this post on the discussion board by clicking here. -- Action Network Sent via Action Network, a free online toolset anyone can use to organize. Click here to sign up and get started building an email list and creating online actions today. Action Network is an open platform that empowers individuals and groups to organize for progressive causes. We encourage responsible activism, and do not support using the platform to take unlawful or other improper action. We do not control or endorse the conduct of users and make no representations of any kind about them.

Fwd: Employment Opportunities

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Employment Opportunities First Tee - Pittsburgh eagerly awaits the completion of the new Arnold Palmer Learning Center, and the chapter anticipates increased demand for the services we offer.  We're actively seeking individuals to fill the following employment opportunities: Golf Course Maintenance - We need one Full-Time or two Part-Time employees to assist us with maintaining the Bob O'Connor and Pleasant Ridge facilities.  This position(s) would primarily be responsible for mowing grass and performing landscaping work.  The Golf Course Maintenance staff usually starts work in the early morning, and are typically done by 2:00 PM each day.  Applicants for this position MUST have reliable personal transportation.  Golf Shop Associate - When the APLC opens, we anticipate high demand levels for both playing the golf course and using the new Trackman simulators.  Based on simulator demand, we foresee potentially being open until 10:00 PM each evening.  Golf Shop Associates must have outstanding interpersonal skills and be able to effectively utilize the Point of Sale system and the simulators.  They typically work Part-Time up to three or four shifts per week, with flexible hours.  Golf & Life Skills Coach - First Tee - Pittsburgh celebrates the chapter's twentieth anniversary in 2021, and we are actively preparing for increased programming demand in response to the APLC opening.  We seek a variety of adults interested in becoming a PLAYer level Coach.  Coaches are responsible for guiding youth to becoming responsible citizens and committed, active golfers.  Both coach training and programming classes would be held at the Bob O'Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park. All employees of First Tee - Pittsburgh must successfully complete SafeSport training and a background check.   The initial compensation rate for new FTP employees is $10 per hour, and current chapter staff may play the Bob O'Connor Golf Course at a discounted fee.  Questions and applications should be forwarded via email to Eric Kulinna, PGA Director of Golf & Player Development at ekulinna@firstteepittsburgh.org.   Book a Tee Time Bob O'Connor Golf Course 5370 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (412) 622-6959    https://www.thebobgc.com/

Fire in a local, historical building on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's South Side

Wow.

Fire on the South Side

Fwd: 4 Learning Theories Every Online Educator Should Know

4 Learning Theories Every Online Educator Should Know Today's Blog Post 4 Learning Theories Every Online Educator Should Know Because understanding how we learn influences how we teach. by Laura Lynch on February 3, 2021

Fwd: [Art-All-Night] Art All Night 2021 Planning Committee

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From: Art All Night <info@artallnight.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 8:54 AM
Subject: [Art-All-Night] Art All Night 2021 Planning Committee
To: <art-all-night@artallnight.org>

Greetings Art All Nighters,

Art All Night is embarking on its 24th year of celebrating art, music, and performance in a free, non-juried, non-censored show!

Because of the pandemic, 2021 will be our 2nd virtual show, this time at the end of April.  Art All Night needs one thing in order to be successful: a planning team of dedicated people to take on the responsibilities required for show preparation.

Planning members meet most Wednesdays on Zoom from now until the end of April to discuss everything that goes into planning our virtual show. We are especially excited for new virtual ideas to incorporate in 2021 and new ways to do some of the old favorite things.

If you are interested in helping please reply to this email and we will send you the Zoom link for the meeting this Wednesday, February 3rd at 7:15 pm.

Any questions or comments? We would like to hear from you. Please email info@artallnight.org or visit www.artallnight.org.

If the planning team is not for you, know that you may still be needed in the future when we can have the show in person once again.

The Art All Night Planning Committee.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ArtAllNight

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