<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for reading and passing along these good news links -- far and wide. Three different chapters of the same engagement story. Video highlights too.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://thealmanac.net/sports/achilles-changing-water-polo-landscape/article_9f931a72-836e-11e8-bd88-8f5778a0c127.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://thealmanac.net/sports/achilles-changing-water-polo-landscape/article_9f931a72-836e-11e8-bd88-8f5778a0c127.html</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://thealmanac.net/sports/water-polo-drawing-interest-in-the-region/article_0f34c59e-836d-11e8-89ca-cf31dad77ec9.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://thealmanac.net/sports/water-polo-drawing-interest-in-the-region/article_0f34c59e-836d-11e8-89ca-cf31dad77ec9.html</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://thealmanac.net/sports/peters-mom-playing-water-polo-again/article_9f172894-836a-11e8-89f9-b338007a087b.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://thealmanac.net/sports/peters-mom-playing-water-polo-again/article_9f172894-836a-11e8-89f9-b338007a087b.html</a></div>

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<div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Our Northside pool is still not open, sadly. Under construction still. </div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">But we'll be outdoors at 6 pm at Citiparks Ammon tonight, (and every Tuesday and Thursday), weather permitting. Plus, we go to another site to play SKWIM with 3 summer teams as well. </div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">+ + <br></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">And around the world, wonderful that the team and coach are out and in the light of day, but please don't say, again, that "it is the best possible outcome." Part of the outcome was the death in service of a gentleman / diver, and that should not be discounted.</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div><br></div><div>Tremendous efforts from a team of super talented individuals from around the world. The entire ordeal is so hard to fathom.</div><div><br></div><div>Time to celebrate -- and morn. May peace come to all who return home. May future explorers always posses the wisdom, courage and lessons learned from these past weeks.</div></div><div style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">--<br>Ta.<br> <br> <br>Mark Rauterkus       <a href="mailto:Mark@Rauterkus.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Mark@Rauterkus.com</a> </div><div style="font-size:small">Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3)</div><div style="font-size:small">The Pittsburgh Project - swim coach and head lifeguard</div><div style="font-size:small">Middle School Swim Coach at The Ellis School<br></div><div style="font-size:small">Former Varsity Boys Swim Coach, Pittsburgh Obama Academy</div><div style="font-size:small">Sabbatical for 2018: PPS Summer Dreamers' Swim & Water Polo </div><div style="font-size:small">Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team<br><br><a href="http://cloh.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://CLOH.org</a><br><br>412 298 3432 = cell<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>