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Re: A Note From Your Hearing-Impaired Colleagues: Just Use a Microphone Already

rauterkus — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:04:47 -0000

Brava! Great advice for every speaker in front of any audience.

Re: Brandon Knight is My Hero

rauterkus — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:18:15 -0000

From Wikipedia, about another cool thing he did.

On April 14, 2010, Knight signed an aid agreement with the University of Kentucky, not a letter of intent. Amid rumors that Kentucky coach John Calipari would jump to coach in the NBA, Knight's parents advised him to sign an aid agreement. An aid agreement is different from a letter of intent in that the aid agreement is only a one way commitment: Kentucky committed to give him one scholarship year, while he could have transferred without any repercussions from the NCAA. By signing an aid agreement, the Wildcats were committed to Knight, but he was not committed to them.

Re: Back In Action

rauterkus — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:02:43 -0000

Good to see you back behind the wheel of the blog. Blog away. But, we do reserve the right to request that you return the "H" some day in the future.

Re: Marlins make rookies wear speedos, dress as water polo team for hazing (Pictures)

rauterkus — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:47:18 -0000

Good to see the baseball players dress up as real athletes.

Re: Asbestos and the End of Schenley High

rauterkus — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:22:23 -0000

But, PPS did not build a new building for $30-million. Rather, it spend more than $5-million to fix up Reizenstein that is going to be rubble with bulldozers in a matter of hours. Furthermore, additional millions were spend to move the robotics program at Schenley to Peabody and then again out of Peabody again. Now the robotics magnet is really dead. Killed by neglect. Opportunities evaporated.

The community site evaluation plan for the IB program was not allowed to consider Schenley. And, it did select Peabody if there were a lot of conditions that could occur -- and none of those conditions are coming to pass.

Finally for me, now, in the wake of this hook-line-and-sinker story above, the swim pool and gym spaces at Schenley are perfectly fine. They should be used as they have been greatly needed. Its use would add value to the building and the city. Students from U-Prep and Sci-Tech could walk to Schenley for after-school sports. Both schools have poor facilities as per standards for a high school. Both schools could use their existing facilities for the middle school grades as both are now with grades 6 to 12. These schools with grades 6-12 need sports facilities for the middle school teams (boys and girls) as well as the freshmen, JV and Varsity teams (both boys and girls). Otherwise, the students, and in turn society, fails in learning how to play well with others.

Re: A Tom Woods Show? I Need Your Advice

rauterkus — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:23:26 -0000

Another platform, but built out prior to blog talk radio is TalkShoe. See http://www.TalkShoe.com.

Re: Tony Bennett Calls for Drug Legalization in Wake of Whitney Houston's Death

rauterkus — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:11:04 -0000

Amsterdam is a kick-ass place for bike commuters. I don't do drugs. I don't want my kids to do them either. But, I want them to be legalized. A kid with some weed in his pocket getting a car ride with a buddy should not change the lives of all involved. Stay drug free and end the war on drugs.

Re: Pittsburgh Public School’s 2 hour delay on Monday, post SuperBowl

rauterkus — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:29:34 -0000

Penn Hills has called for a 2-hour delay as well.

Re: Pittsburgh Chic

rauterkus — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:36:45 -0000

Get a bike at FreeWheeling as part of / next to Construction Junction.

Do visit the rooms at Pitt's Cathedral of Learning too. Tiny bit of tourism trap there -- but it is a hidden gem.

Walk the pond at Panther Hollow too.

By the way -- this posting is going to be vaporized and won't appear with the blog posting, only in recent comments. There is a bug here -- or else I'm being NUKED by the system admin settings. Help w that welcomed.