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Inside West Virginia Politics
22 minutes | 3 days ago
IWVP: Court transparancy, vaccines and advocating for energy, feeding families
In Segment 1, Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Evan Jenkins discusses the plans for what they're calling the New Court. He says they hope to continue moving forward from the "problems of the past," and continue the work of the past two years to bring back the public's trust and confidence through accountability and transparency from the Court.He says even amid the pandemic, the court was never able to fully close, providing access to those in emergency situations. Jenkins says learning to use technology to provide new means of accessing the court can also be used in the future.In Segment 2, we switch gears from politics to pandemic. Reverend Matthew Watts of Grace Baptist Church talks about the importance of getting the vaccine out to minority groups in the state.Watts has been an advocate for providing COVID-19 testing to minority communities throughout the pandemic, as studies have shown minorities are two to three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the rest of the population. He commended the Kanawha County Commission and Kanawha-Charleston Health Department for making those testing events happen.He says those statistics also make getting the vaccine available to minority communities important to protect the community.In Segment 3, Charlie Burd, the executive director of the new Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia stops by to talk about the organization. The association is a merger of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association and the Independent Oil and Gas Association.Burd says the two organization's dividing lines started merging and it was time to start tracking the same issues. He says the merger makes the organization stronger and gives them more of an opportunity to advocate for issues such as public policy, environmental safety, drilling and production, and taxes.In Segment 4, Seth DiStefano with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy talks about the COVID-19 aid package. The recent package included funding for aid to child nutrition and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.DiStefano says in West Virginia, that funding will amount to about $100 extra dollars in federal food assistance per month per family. He says he believes its important for state lawmakers heading into the legislative session to keep these needs in mind and remember many families in the Mountain State were struggling with high rates of poverty and joblessness before the pandemic began.
IWVP: Recounting the top stories of 2020
On this week's episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, reporters from around the state join our host and Chief Political Reporter Mark Curtis for an annual "free for all" to discuss the top stories of 2020.Reporters weighing in include Brad McElhinny of WV Metro News, Joe Stevens of WMOV Radio, WOWK 13 News Morning Anchor Lily Bradley and Steven Allen Adams of Ogden Newspapers.In Segment 1, we discuss the biggest story of the year – the COVID-19 pandemic. Our guests discuss how West Virginia has handled the crisis in comparison to other states, highlighting how West Virginia took precautions early before the virus reached the state and how health officials made it easier for West Virginians to get tested for COVID-19.We also take a moment to remember two tragedies in the Mountain State. First, the murders of seven veterans at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. An unlicensed "nursing aid," Reta Mays pleaded guilty to those murders and will be sentenced in February. We also remember 28-year-old Charleston Police Department Patrolman Cassie Johnson, who was shot in the line of duty Dec. 1. She died two days later on Dec. 3 and as a final heroic act, donated her organs to continue saving the lives of others.In Segment 2, we switch from pandemic to politics. One of the biggest election headlines in the Mountain State came in the June Primary Election when incumbent and Senate President Mitch Carmichael was defeated by Amy Grady, who went on to win the Nov. 3 race.We also talk about policy in the state, especially surrounding elections and early voting, which became a hot topic as states worked to make voting as safe and accessible as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.The pandemic also highlighted the Mountain State's crucial need for better broadband. With schools moving to virtual learning as well as telehealth and telework, the pandemic showed how many of the state's rural areas do not have reliable access to broadband to connect.In Segment 3, we discuss politics and what the upcoming legislative session will look like between the pandemic and the Republican supermajority.One question on the session is what will it look like? With the pandemic still ongoing and cases on the rise, the public has only been able to enter the building for specific businesses, questions arise as to how the public's right to observe the sessions and have a voice in the building will work out, especially if legislators are moved to the gallery for social distancing. Plans for keeping the sessions safe have not yet been finalized.In Segment 4, the topic turns to the state's continued economic struggles, made more difficult by closures and unemployment caused by the pandemic. Some major economic stories from the Mountain State include the closure of the Mylan plant in the Morgantown area. The loss of the Minor League Team West Virginia Power in downtown Charleston.In good economic news of 2020, West Virginia was chosen as the new site for the Virgin Hyperloop Certification Center. Construction on the site is expected to begin this year.Lily also reflects on Medal of Honor Recipient Woody Williams, who turned 97 in 2020, and getting to travel with him to Norfolk, Virginia before shutdowns began as the USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams was converted to the USS Hershel "Woody" Williams.Mark also remembers another pre-pandemic moment – the fifth day of the 2020 legislative session and the standing ovation Delegate Sean Hornbuckle received when he announced he had missed the first four days because he had been in the hospital donating a life-saving kidney to his sister.
IWVP: Christmas hope, ski season and changes in state legislature
In Segment 1, Bishop Michie Klusmeyer of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia talks about having hope in the Christmas season and how important holding on to hope has been throughout the pandemic.Klusmeyer says while churches are going virtual, it's a time when people are more connected with people from across the world joining local churches on live-streamed services and yet more isolated. He says this Christmas and Advent season is a time to be quiet and listen to the voice of God for comfort.In Segment 2, Joe Stevens with the West Virginia Ski Area Association says wintery weather on the slopes is a-go for ski season. While the ski resorts will be open, safety precautions will be in place to protect guests and employees from COVID-19. Stevens says he has one piece of advice for skiers – "Mask up."Face coverings will be required in lift lines, on the lifts and other areas. People can go to goskiwv.com for a full list of guidelines at the ski resorts. Stevens says in a normal year, the industry brings in $250 million and 5,000 jobs.In Segment 3, we switch gears to politics with West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael (R-Jackson) to discuss the supermajority in both the House of Delegates and the State Senate.While Carmichael himself was voted out in the primary election in June, he attributes the Republican party's overall success in the Mountain State's general election to the legislature's focus on issues West Virginians care about. He says he believes it's important for the legislature to work toward making the best decisions for the state.In Segment 4, West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael (R-Jackson) returns to talk about working in public office and what it's like to make changes to better the state's future.He also talks about the discussions around phasing out the state income tax, saying the State Senate has led many of those conversations. Charmichael says it needs to be addressed because economists across the country have said it's the "number one job-killing tax in our state."
IWVP: Coronavirus, vaccination, and an exclusive interview with Dr. Birx
In Segment 1, Chief Political Reporter and host Mark Curtis talks COVID-19 response in an exclusive interview with White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx during her visit to the Mountain State earlier in the week just as vaccines started arriving in West Virginia.She said the rising COVID-19 numbers in the state prompted her visit."Well, that's why we wanted to come because obviously, you can see West Virginia right now, rising test positivity, rising cases, rising hospitalizations, rising fatalities. Now is the moment every West Virginian really needs to take care," Dr. Birx said.She also said she is excited to see the long-awaited vaccine finally begin to roll out as the first doses are given to those who need it most. In Segment 2, we continue our exclusive interview with White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx during her visit to West Virginia.In the past weeks, the Mountain State has seen a spike in its coronavirus numbers. Dr. Birx says a lot of this came from before Thanksgiving, and the holiday is accelerating this increase.She also urges people to keep their masks on even around friends and family, as many people move gatherings indoors as the weather grows colder. She says if people do choose to gather with close family and friends this holiday season, follow the CDC guidelines to keep each other safe and prevent further spread of the virus. In Segment 3, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and her husband Charlie Capito talk about a first for the Congressional Club in Washington this coming year. For the first time in the club's history, it will have a male president, Charlie Capito.The Congressional Club first began in 1908 as a club for the spouses of members of Congress. In the early days of the club, it served primarily as a women's social group, as all Congress members at the time were men. Charlie Capito says his first invitation for the Republican Spouses' Club, 20 years ago when his wife made history as West Virginia's first female elected to the House of Representatives, came in a pink correspondence.The couple says having a supportive family is important for those making the tough decisions on Capitol Hill. In Segment 4, we continue our conversation with U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and her husband Charlie Capito, this time talking about policy and politics.Senator Capito tells us she believes important components of a COVID-19 aid package include help for small businesses, schools and hospitals; providing for continued testing and rolling out vaccine distribution; and aiding those receiving unemployment due to the pandemic. She says a major part of making sure the vaccine can be sent out to states quickly, is making sure the funding is there for production.Charlie Capito, a member of the West Virginia University Board of Governors and the Charleston Area Medical Center Board of Directors, talks about the university's and hospital's responses to the fluidity of the COVID-19 pandemic and the curveballs they've been thrown.
24 minutes | a month ago
IWVP: Vaccines and contact tracing, broadband and a supermajority
In Segment 1, Adjutant General of the West Virginia National Guard, Maj. Gen. James Hoyer talks about vaccine distribution in the Mountain State. He says there will be five hubs where the vaccine will be brought into the state and roughly 525 providers who have already signed up to assist with distributing the vaccine.The first phase of distribution is to stabilize the healthcare system to allow workers to continue providing healthcare and to protect the most vulnerable in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.Hoyer also shares his thoughts on the passing of West Virginia legend Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager (Ret.), saying he hopes people will remember him not only as the man to break the sound bearer, but also an American Hero who bravely fought for our country, flying combat missions in both World War II and Vietnam and trained 26 of the nation's first astronauts. In Segment 2, West Virginia's Public Health Officer Dr. Ayne Amjad says the state is starting to see an increase in COVID-19 cases, partially from Thanksgiving holiday travel, but not all of that data is in yet, and numbers could continue to increase. She also says a significant number of people with COVID-19 aren't answering their phones for contact tracing, urging people to pick up the phone because identifying those contacts is important to prevent further spread of the virus. She says the number will usually be from your local health department. In Segment 3, Delegate Daniel Linville (R – Cabell County), vice-chair of the House Committee on Technology and Infrastructure, talks about an issue with a bipartisan agreement – the lack of broadband in rural West Virginia needs to be fixed. He says the state has put together a more accurate map to tailor resources to fund ways to expand and enhance broadband in the state. Previous maps have shown broadband in areas where there is none.He says broadband has become an important part of 21st-century technology, and the digital divide has been highlighted amid the need for telehealth, telework and online learning during the pandemic. In Segment 4, the new Minority Leader for the West Virginia House of Delegates, Delegate Doug Skaff (D-Kanawha County) talks about working to make the minority party's voice heard in a super majority in state legislature.Skaff says he remembers what it was like working with the minority party and building relationships across the aisle when Democrats were a majority when he first joined the legislature in 2009, and hopes the House of Delegates can work together across party lines to meet common goals for the state.He says he feels the legislature is on a united front in what it will take to help the state and small businesses through the pandemic.
IWVP: Grieving fallen hero Ptlm Johnson, COVID-19 in nursing homes and a stimulus update
On this week's episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, Charleston and the Mountain State grieve their fallen hero, Charleston Police Department Patrolman Cassie Johnson, who was shot in the line of duty Dec. 1. Also in this episode, a congressman gives an update on the battle for a new stimulus package in Washington D.C. and AARP explains what they would like to see happen in Congress, especially in regards to transparency about COVID-19 in nursing homes. In Segment 1, Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV) shares his heartfelt thoughts regarding the tragedy of Charleston Police Department Patrolman Cassie Johnson's death after she was shot in the line of duty Dec. 1. He says in this time of grief for the city, it is important to look for ways to honor her legacy. Mooney also gives an update on the stalemate battle of getting a stimulus package passed to provide aid to those impacted by shutdowns and layoffs caused by the pandemic. In Segment 2, Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin shares her grief and fond memories as the city mourns their Sister in Blue, CPD Patrolman Cassie Johnson. The mayor says Johnson was one of nine women on the Charleston Police Department and her legacy will impact generations of women. "The legacy and the gifts that she gave are going to impact and influence women for generations to come," Goodwin said. In January 2019, Johnson became the first police officer Goodwin swore into office. Johnson's final heroic act was selfless giving and continuing to save lives as an organ donor. In Segment 3, we take a look at U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito's (R-WV) speech on the Floor of the U.S. Senate honoring CPD Patrolman Cassie Johnson, Thursday, Dec. 3. "She loved her community, and her community loved her back," Capito said. Capito said becoming a police officer was a dream come true for Johnson, and thanked her for protecting a community they both love. In Segment 4, Jane Marks, president of AARP West Virginia, begins by sharing her condolences for CPD Patrolman Cassie Johnson's loved ones. She says they feel the impact of the tragedy because, the AARP works closely with police to prevent frauds and scams, but they are also grieving as members of the community Johnson bravely served. Marks also talks about what the organization wants to see in Congress this year, such as transparency about COVID-19 in nursing homes. Marks says while the Mountain State has done well in reporting this information and making it available to the public, not all states have provided this information. She also says they want to make sure families have access to virtual visitation with residents to prevent social isolation and because residents want to see their loved ones.
Inside WV Politics: Vaccines, stimulus packages and upcoming legislative session
On this week's episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, our guests join host Mark Curtis to talk about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the anticipated vaccines awaiting approval from the FDA and the need in West Virginia for a second stimulus package.In Segment 1, West Virginia National Guard Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, an integral part of the governor's COVID-19 response team, talks about retiring from his position as Adjutant General, West Virginia Joint Forces Headquarters-West Virginia to becoming a senior associate vice president at WVU. He says he wants to continue helping the Mountain State through the pandemic in COVID-19 response and vaccine distribution as well as other projects across the state.In Segment 2, West Virginia COVID-19 Czar Dr. Clay Marsh talks about why COVID-19 numbers are on an uptick in the Mountain State and across the country. Marsh says one factor is health officials believe people are beginning to let their guards down around family and friends as a large number of recent cases are through community spread. Marsh says this holiday season is best to keep just with those in your household or through Zoom, Skype or other virtual platforms, saying "Wish others well, but don't wish them well in person." The COVD-19 Czar also talks about COVID-19 aid packages and why support from the federal government is important in offering free testing, providing contact tracing and soon-to-be vaccine distribution.In Segment 3, Seth DiStefano with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy talks about the necessity of another CARES Act package. He says many of the provisions in the first package, such as the $600 per week boost to unemployment benefits were essential to keeping West Virginians afloat and keeping the state's economy from crashing. However, DiStefano says much of those provisions have already run out or will soon run out.In Segment 4, we switch gears from pandemic to politics with former West Virginia Delegate Dr. Chris Stansbury to talk about Republican Party's numerous wins in the state legislature during the 2020 General Election. Dr. Stansbury analyzes why he thinks the party had such a large success in the election, saying the party's views are more in line with West Virginians' values.Stansbury also gives a preview of the upcoming legislative session. He says some issues include more dollars for the state's roads – a point of contention for many West Virginians, possible raises for state employees, and making healthcare more accessible and affordable.
IWVP: Preparing for the holidays and boosting healthcare in the Mountain State
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we discuss why everyone should be careful over Thanksgiving, we learn more about WVU Medicine Children's Hospital, and find out how some are working to help those impacted economically by the pandemic. In segment one, Dr. Sherri Young, chief health officer with the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, explains why everyone should take caution with their Thanksgiving plans this year, the concern medical officials have over people crossing into West Virginia's borders from surrounding states, and how residents can get more information on testing. In segment two, West Virginia President Gordon Gee gives an update on the West Virginia University Medicine Children's Hospital, what the facility can provide for the area, and what it can provide for the area economically. In segment three, we learn more about this year's Miracle Network Champion Child, how the medical team at WVU Medicine Children's Hospital has helped him, and we meet the woman recently named the hospital's nurse of the year. In segment four, Charlotte Lane, chairwoman of the West Virginia Public Service Commission, explains why the commission decided to help those who could not pay their utility bills due to the pandemic, why she would like to see the state and federal government provide more help to those who cannot pay their bills, and why solar energy is so important for the Mountain State.
IWVP: The future of medicine and the West Virginia state government
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we get to meet this year's Miracle Network Champion Child, delve into West Virginia Wesleyan College and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's Go D.O. program, and get an update on the state's Jobs and Hope program. In segment one, Amy Bush Marone, COO of WVU Medicine Children's Hospital gives an update on the new facility's construction, explains the benefits of partnering with Children's Miracle Network, and introduces us to this year's Miracle Network Champion Child. In segment two, Dr. Joel Thierstein, president of West Virginia Wesleyan College explains how their new Go D.O. program will work, how high schools students can begin the process of getting into the program, and how the program can help to attract people to move to the Mountain State. In segment three, Dr. James Nemitz, president of West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, continues the discussion of Go D.O. and their partnership with West Virginia Wesleyan College, how helping young students make their way to medical school is a "win-win" for everyone, and how the program will help the Mountain State's medically underserved. In segment four, Del. Mike Pushkin (d) Kanawha explains why he believes everyone in the West Virginia government should work together to better the lives of West Virginians, gives an update on the Jobs and Hope Program, and why he cautions state Republicans, who now hold a supermajority.
IWVP: Examining the 2020 election and the future of West Virginia
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we discuss the recent Presidential Election, how to make broadband more accessible in the Mountain State and priorities during upcoming legislative sessions. In segment one, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) explains what she thinks should be the first thing on the agenda when she gets back to Washington D.C., how she views the ongoing process concerning the 2020 Presidential Election, and what needs to happen to make broadband more accessible throughout the Mountain State. In segment two, Danny Jones, the former mayor of Charleston, explains how he believes President Donald Trump should handle the ongoing process concerning the 2020 Presidential Election, how "the Trump effect" helped Republicans throughout the Mountain State, and what he expects from Riley Moore, the newly elected West Virginia State Treasurer. In segment three, Jones explains why he believes West Virginia voted in a Republican super majority, why the Republicans now have a burden placed on them by holding the majority, and what he thinks to be in the future for the state. In segment four, Del. Doug Skaff (D-Kanawha) explains how he plans to help provide broadband to more West Virginians, what he sees to be the future of medical and recreational marijuana in the state, and what he considers to be the main issues as he goes into the next legislative session.
What the Mountain State could expect from the 2020 General Election
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we talk about we could expect from Tuesday's election, how the coronavirus impacted the election, and whether the state should promote school choice.In segment one, Professor Robert Rupp, professor of political science at West Virginia Wesleyan College, explains what he believes we can expect from Tuesday's General Election, why he thinks Republicans will do very well in the Mountain State, and the impact the coronavirus had on this election cycle.In segment two, Rupp, author of the new book "The Primary that Made a President" explains why the 1960 Presidential Primary was such a critical Primary Election, what impact Former President John F. Kennedy's religion had on his campaign, and the importance of "retail politics" in Kennedy's day, as well as now in West Virginia.In segment three, Garrett Ballengee, executive director of The Cardinal Institute of West Virginia, explains why he would like to see candidates who can present a positive vision for the state do well in Tuesday's election, why his organization supports school choice, and what they would like to see to promote economic development in the Mountain State.In segment four, Josh Sword, president of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations of West Virginia, explains what his organization supports candidates that support working families, why he believes national politics often takes the spotlight off of state and local politics, which directly impacts our lives more, and why his organization supports more funding for public schools.
Digging into the race for West Virginia Governor
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we dig deep into the race for West Virginia Governor, learn how the candidates differ on key issues, and discover what each candidate plans to do if elected.In segment one, Kanawha County Commissioner Ben Salango, Democratic candidate for West Virginia Governor, explains why he decided to run for the office, what she would do differently for the state in terms of economic development, and what he has already done to help West Virginia small businesses.In segment two, Gov. Jim Justice, Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor explains why he chose to run for another term, what he believes to be his greatest accomplishments while in office, and how "Roads for Prosperity" has helped the Mountain State.In segment three, Salango grades Justice's response to the coronavirus, explains what Salango has done to help the Mountain State during the pandemic, and why he believes voters should vote for him.In segment four, Justice explains how he believes Salango stripped the funding from local health departments, what Justice has done for the state during the coronavirus pandemic, and how a federal investigation proved his privately-owned business' dealings were on the up and up.
Getting inside the race for U.S Senate in the Mountain State
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we get inside the race for U.S. Senate, explain how the candidates differ on key issues, and show what each candidate wants to accomplish for the Mountain State.In segment one, Paula Jean Swearengin, democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, explains why she decided to run for Senate, why she doesn't believe Congress should even consider the current Supreme Court nominee during the pandemic, and why she thinks her opponent is out of touch with her constituents.In segment two, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), republican candidate for U.S. Senate explains why she thinks West Virginia should re-elect her, why she plans to vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, why she still believes she understands the needs of the Mountain State.In segment three, Swearengin explains why Congress should be focusing on COVID-19 stimulus packages, why she believes the Affordable Health Care Act should be upheld, and why the Mountain State needs economic diversity.In segment four, Capito explains how she continues to work to pass a COVID-19 stimulus package to help those in the state, how she plans to help provide broadband coverage throughout the Mountain State, and how she plans to help provide health care for West Virginia.
Digging deep into the race for West Virginia Attorney General race
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we get into the race for West Virginia Attorney General, learn how the candidates differ on the major issues, and discover what the candidates hope to accomplish if elected.In segment one, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey explains how he plans to help those searching for work in the Mountain State find a job, how he plans to continue the fight against the opioid crisis, and how he differs from his opponent.In segment two, Sam Brown Petsonk, Democratic candidate for West Virginia Attorney General, explains how he differs from his opponent, why he believes Morrisey should have fought more for West Virginians in the opioid settlements, and why he believes hundreds of thousands of Mountain State residents will lose their health insurance if Morrisey is elected.In segment three, Morrisey explains why he feels the Affordable Care Act should be repealed, how he plans to help West Virginians keep their healthcare, and his top priorities if re-elected.In segment four, Petsonk explains why he disputes Morrisey's claims that West Virginians will keep their health insurance if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, how he wants to help save the Mountain State's power sector, and how he plans to fight for the state's coal miners.
IWVP: The race for West Virginia Secretary of State
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we delve into the race for West Virginia Secretary of State, discuss if the state is ready for automatic voter registration, and discuss how best to help Mountain State small businesses.In segment one, Natalie Tennant, Democratic candidate of West Virginia Secretary of State, explains why much work still needs to be completed for automatic voter registration, why she believes this race comes down to "dignity and decency," and why she takes issue with absentee ballot applications not being sent to all Mountain State voters for the General Election.In segment two, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner explains why he decided to run for re-election, what he chose to terminate some Secretary of State employees when he took office in 2016, and why he does not believe West Virginia systems are not ready for automatic voters registration.In segment three, Tennant explains how she wants to make it easier for West Virginians to start small businesses, why she says the voting app is vulnerable and hackable, and what she plans to do for the state if elected.In segment four, Warner explains why his office chose to not mail out absentee ballot applications to all voters in West Virginia, why he believes the mobile voting system is safe, and how his "one-stop-shop" for small businesses is helping business owners throughout the Mountain State.
Diving deep into the West Virginia Treasurer race
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we talk about the West Virginia Treasurer's race, how the candidates stand on issues impacting the Mountain State, and how they hope to help West Virginia in the future.In segment one, Riley Moore, Republican candidate for West Virginia Treasurer, explains what he hopes to accomplish if elected to the office, what experience he would bring, and how he differs from his opponent.In segment two, West Virginia Treasurer John Perdue explains what he believes to be his biggest accomplishments as State Treasurer, how he's helped to return money into the pockets of West Virginia residents through the unclaimed property process, and how he's helped to balance the state's budget during his time in office.In segment three, Moore explains what he plans to do differently than this opponent if elected, and how he wants to help those in the state wanting to go to college, and how he responds to critics who say he's not qualified.In segment four, Perdue explains how the current Smart 529 Plan already benefits those wanting to further their education, how he's confident about about the state handled providing medical marijuana to those who need it, and why he thinks voters should re-elect him.
Getting into the big races throughout the Mountain State
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we discuss two big Mountain State races, how candidates differ on big issues facing the state, and what the candidates are hoping to change.In segment one, Rep. Carol Miller (R-Dist. 3), Republican candidate for U.S. Congress Dist. 3, explains what she thinks her greatest accomplishments have been while in office, why she thinks Congress needs to find a balance between helping the unemployed and encouraging everyone to return to work, and what her mission has been from her first day in office.In segment two, Hillary Turner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress Dist. 3, explains what spurred her decision to run for Congress, how she thinks the government can pay for universal healthcare, and what she would do differently to help families during the coronavirus pandemic.In segment three, Kent Leonhardt, the Republican candidate for State Agriculture Commissioner, explains what he believes to be his greatest accomplishments during his first term, how the state is growing the agriculture economy, and the impact the veteran's farming program has on the Mountain State.In segment four, West Virginia Sen. Bob Beach (D-Monongalia), the Democratic candidate for State Agriculture Commissioner, explains what he believes he will bring to the office if elected, how he thinks agriculture equals economic development, and how he plans to address the issues different farmers struggle within the state.
Digging into West Virginia's big Congress races
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we discuss the two big races in the state for Congress, how healthcare should be made available to all residents, and what should happen with the newest CARES Act legislation.In segment one, Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV), the Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives, District 2, explains why he thinks he represents West Virginia values, how he thinks healthcare can be made more affordable for all, and how he thinks government should encourage residents to go back to work.In segment two, Cathy Kunkel, the Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives, District 2, explains why she thinks West Virginians should vote for her, why she supports Medicare for all, and what she thinks should be provided in the next stimulus package.In segment three, David McKinley, (R-WV), the Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives, District 1, explains why he chose to run for another term, what he believes to be his greatest accomplishments over the past 10 years, and where Congress stands on current CARES Act legislation.In segment four, Natalie Cline, the Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives, District 1, explains why the opioid epidemic helped spur her decision to run for office, how she hopes to help provide broadband coverage for all West Virginians, and why she wants the state to invest in science, technology, engineering and math courses.
Reopening schools in the Mountain State
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we discuss how the state prepared to reopen West Virginia schools, procedures schools will follow, and how schools will feed school children attending school remotely.In segment one, State Superintendent of Schools Clayton Burch explains how the state prepared to reopen schools, his advice for Mountain State parents and students, and how the schools will handle lunch service during the pandemic.In segment two, West Virginia Public Health Officer Dr. Ayne Amjad explains what procedure schools will follow if a student tests positive for the coronavirus, her thoughts on the vaccine possibly being made available in October, and the emotional toll the pandemic has taken on parents.In segment three, Dale Lee, president of the West Virginia Education Association, explains how comfortable some teachers are with reopening schools, how he thinks the color-coded map will help, and how the state should determine if any changes need to be made to the system.In segment 4, Seth DiStefano, policy outreach director for West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, explains his concerns with families being unable to get to a lunch drop-off site, with feeding those students who attend school online, and what the state needs from Congress to feed its families.
Big Senate races and improving economic recovery in the Mountain State
On this week's Inside West Virginia Politics, we discuss two of the big races for West Virginia State Senate, how to improve education in the state, and economic recovery throughout the Mountain State.In segment one, Del. Andrew Robinson (D-Kanawha), the Democratic candidate for West Virginia State Senate, District 12, explains why he chose to run for State Senate, what he considers his greatest accomplishments while in the House of Representatives, and how he would attract economic development to the Mountain State.In segment two, Del. Eric Nelson (R-Kanawha County), the Republican candidate for West Virginia Senate, District 12, explains why he chose to run for the West Virginia Senate, what work he's most proud of while in the House of Representatives, and what he would do to change education in the state.In segment three, Any Nichole Grady, the Republican nominee for West Virginia Senate, District 4, explains how's she's preparing to go back into the classroom, what her priorities are if she wins the seat, and what she would do to rebuild business in West Virginia.In segment four, Bruce Ashworth, the Democratic nominee for West Virginia Senate, District 4 explains why he chose to run for Senate, why the state government should do more to support small businesses in the state, and how he would improve education in the state.


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Thomson's sales tax business is built on its Onesource software and service offerings. The software packages include Determination for calculating and recording sales, use, and excise tax, VAT, and GST; Indirect Compliance, which manages compliances for those tax in a central environment; and Certificate Manager, which integrates with the two previously managed applications to track, validate and govern exemption certificates. It also provides subscriptions to Indirect Tax Rates, which connects with a variety of databases.
Mirabile was with Wolters Kluwers' CCH operations from January 1990 through April 2013. He was VP of sales from January 2011 through April 2013.
Thomson has undergone dramatic changes as its spinoff of its Financial and Business as Refintiv has left the organization half the original size in terms of revenue. In December, the company said it would cut 3,200 jobs, 12 percent to fits workforce, and close 55 offices by 2020. Mirabile's LinkedIn profile said during the first two years, the Onesource Tax Information Reporting Business Unit grew to more than $50 million in revenue.


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Q: Pandas pick values in group between two quantiles I'd like to filter my dataset by picking rows that are between two values (dinamically defined as quantiles) per each group. Concretely, I have a dataset like
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'day': ['one', 'one', 'one', 'one', 'one', 'one', 'two', 'two', 'two', 'two', 'two'],
                   'weather': ['rain', 'rain', 'rain', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'sun', 'rain', 'rain', 'sun', 'rain'],
                   'value': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]})

I'd like to select the rows where the values are between the 0.1 and 0.9 quantile per each day and per each weater. I can calculate the quantiles via
df.groupby(['day', 'weather']).quantile([0.1, .9])

But then I feel stuck. Joining the resulting dataset with the original one it's a waste (the original dataset can be quite big), and I am wondering if there is something along the lines of
df.groupby(['day', 'weather']).select('value', between=[0.1, 0.9])

A: Transform value with quantile
g = df.groupby(['day', 'weather'])['value']
df[df['value'].between(g.transform('quantile', 0.1), g.transform('quantile', 0.9))]

   day weather  value
1  one    rain      2
4  one     sun      5
8  two    rain      9

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Товариство української мови США — громадська організація української діаспори у США, яка була створена у 1989 р. Головна мета організації — проведення допомогових акцій для споріднених громадських та громадсько-політичних організацій в Україні. У першу чергу — Товариства української мови та Народного Руху України.

Засновники організації: Тарас Гунчак, Іван Фізер, Леонід Рудницький, Лариса Онишкевич, Богдан Певий і Роман Воронка. Голова організації — професор Роман Воронка.

Основні акції Товариства української мови США — допомога ТУМ України та НРУ комп'ютерною технікою, книгами. Ряд членів ТУМ-США приїздило в Україну з лекторськими курсами до вищих навчальних закладів (зокрема, Тарас Гунчак, Роман Воронка).

Одне з найбільших дочірніх (регіональних) Товариств української мови у США — Товариство української мови Чикаго.

Див. також
 Товариство української мови імені Тараса Шевченка
 Асоціація товариств української мови
 Донецьке обласне Товариство української мови ім. Т.Г.Шевченка
 Кримське республіканське Товариство української мови
 Товариство української мови Київського національного університету ім. Т.Г.Шевченка
 Товариство української мови Чикаго

Література
 Газети «Культура і життя», «Літературна Україна» і «Слово» за 1989—1992 рр.;
 Мовні конфлікти і гармонізація суспільства. — К., 2002;
 Статут ТУМ ім. Т. Шевченка // Літ. Україна, 1989, 2 березня; Яременко В. Т
 Мости в Україну. Володимир Білецький, Віра Боднарук, Богдан Боднарук. — Донецьк: Український культурологічний центр, ТОВ «Східний видавничий дім», ТУМ-Донецьк, 2005. — 116 с.
 Роман Воронка. ДО ІСТОРІЇ ПОСТАННЯ ТОВАРИСТВА УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОВИ У США. // Донецький вісник Наукового товариства ім. Шевченка. — Т. 37. — Донецьк : Український культурологічний центр, Східний видавничий дім, 2013. — 220 с. — (Серія «Історія»). С. 95-98.
 Роман Воронка. Журнал «Всесвіт» № 3-4, 2010 р., С. 246—258.

Товариства української мови
Українські організації США
Організації, засновані 1989
Засновані у США 1989

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Stuff Matters wins Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
Mark Miodownik's Stuff Matters has been named as the winner of the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books at an event hosted by anatomist, author and broadcaster Professor Alice Roberts. The £25,000 prize is the world's leading award for popular science books. Stuff Matters, published by Viking (an imprint of Penguin Books), takes the reader on a journey through the materials that shape the man-made world.
A delighted Mark Miodownik said: "This matters such a lot to me. I am surprised, honoured and very very happy!"
The £25,000 prize was awarded to materials scientist, TV presenter and author, Mark Miodownik by Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Prize-winning President of the Royal Society at a ceremony at the Society's headquarters in London. Miodowniks 'sparkling and very personal' tale was chosen unanimously as the winner by the judges, despite coming up against some strong competitors on the shortlist, including Mary Roach's Gulp and George Johnson's The Cancer Chronicles.
Professor Nicky Clayton FRS, Chair of the judges, said: "Mark Miodownik's Stuff Matters stood out from the start of the judging process and the decision to name it winner was a unanimous one. This book is very special - it leaves you with a feeling of being intellectually curious and inspired by everything around you and by all the marvellous feats that our species has accomplished. It's a very personal and engaging story. Reading Stuff Matters, you can't help but be enthralled by things you didn't even know you were interested in to begin with."
The six shortlisted books were:
The Cancer Chronicles by George Johnson
The Perfect Theory by Pedro G. Ferreira
Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik
Serving the Reich by Philip Ball
Seven Elements That Have Changed The World by John Browne
Gulp by Mary Roach
Each of the shortlisted authors receives £2,500. The first chapter of each book is available to download for free.
The judges on this year's judging panel were: Professor Nicola Clayton FRS (Chair), Professor of Comparative Cognition at the University of Cambridge and Scientist in Residence at Rambert (formerly Rambert Dance Company); Dr Nathalie Vriend, Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge; Emma Read, Head of Factual and Features at ITN Productions; Michael Frayn, playwright and novelist, best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy; Lone Frank, former neuroscientist, journalist and author of My Beautiful Genome, shortlisted for the 2012 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books.
Commencing in 2011, the global investment management company Winton Capital Management agreed a five year sponsorship deal of the prize.
David Harding, Chairman and CEO of Winton Capital Management said: "This year, the judges had a particularly difficult decision to make in choosing a winner from a strong field of popular science books. We are delighted that this prize helps raise awareness of science and the influence it has in our daily lives. We congratulate Mark Miodownik on his storytelling ingenuity."

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Apartment na Kirova 94 is located at Prospekt Kirova 94 app.7 in Dnipro in 3.8 km from the centre. The apartment is in 9.7 km from the Dnipropetrovsk International Airport.
You can take advantage of a full range of services: internet services, comfortable non-smoking rooms, it's allowed to check into with pets. Draw attention that only cash is accepted for payment.
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Please inform Apartment na Kirova 94 in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply. This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties. A damage deposit of UAH 500 is required on arrival. This will be collected as a cash payment. You should be reimbursed on check-out. Your deposit will be refunded in full in cash, subject to an inspection of the property.


Data from the National Association of Realtors shows downsizing overall hasn't gone up significantly, despite the boomer population bulge. The real estate bust, stock market collapse and tighter lending have made it harder to make a move. But there are more tools than ever on the Internet, and more home buying alternatives to consider in the search.
Tip: Be ready to rent as an interim step.
Make your home look its best, from the curb and online. Home buying has moved to the Internet. "Anyone buying a home will know a lot about your property when they first walk through the door," says Zillow's DeSimone, who also works in New York and California as a real estate agent. Don't neglect making a good online impression. Real estate agents are becoming staging consultants who can help you spruce up for your sale – both online and off.
Tip: Prepare for the long term. A NAR survey says downsizers on average plan to stay 15 years in their new home.


Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is the leading independent global Restructuring firm. We deliver advisory services – for restructuring, transformation, and healthy company situations. This allows organisations to transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action.
A&M's European business has over 800 staff offering a broad range of professional services including: Restructuring, Transaction Advisory, Performance Improvement, Tax, Valuations, and Disputes and Investigation Services.
Our established Restructuring practice is winning and delivering work at a rapid pace and we have recently opened a new office in Birmingham, as part of our strategic expansion into the UK regional market. We are recruiting talented individuals to join us in this new expanding office at Manager level.
We are looking for individuals with experience working on regional restructuring advisory and/or insolvency assignments.
Driven by values and integrity, talks straight, builds confidence and leads by example.
Please apply with a full and detailed CV.
A&M are unable to sponsor work permits so applicants must have EU working rights.


Recent legal developments have once again drawn attention to an area that has experienced heated debate and spurred litigation: vacation rentals. "Vacation rentals" are defined by statute as "any unit or group of units in a condominium or cooperative or any individually or collectively owned single-family, two-family, three-family, or four-family house or dwelling unit that is also a transient public lodging establishment but that is not a timeshare project." Also, a "transient public lodging establishment" is defined as "any unit, group of units, dwelling, building, or group of buildings within a single complex of buildings which is rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or 1 calendar month, whichever is less, or which is advertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests." In other words, and as the terminology implies, vacation rentals are condominium units or homes frequently rented on a short-term basis to people looking for vacation lodging.
Although Florida's foreclosure crisis has resulted in many unfortunate circumstances for former homeowners who were unable to pay their mortgages, it has also provided opportunity for investors who purchase homes or condominium units at foreclosure sales. Such investors often have one of two goals: (1) renovate the property to sell it to an ordinary purchaser for a profit; or (2) transform the property to accommodate as many guests as possible and rent it on a short term basis to generate income. While many agree that the first option generally benefits all interested parties, the second option is the subject of much controversy.
Investors generally argue that the vacation rental market results in an economic benefit through job creation, increased tax revenue, and increased consumer traffic to local businesses. Opponents argue that vacation rentals have a negative impact on parking, noise, garbage collection, and the residential character of certain neighborhoods generally. Community associations in particular are often troubled by the lack of concern that short-term renters have for the community's common areas, such as clubhouses, recreation rooms, and swimming pools. In addition, other interested parties argue that the lack of regulation of vacation rentals creates an unfair business advantage over traditional transient lodging establishments (hotels), which are subject to higher regulatory standards. In response to the competing interests, Florida lawmakers have struggled to strike an appropriate regulatory balance. Further, Florida lawmakers have struggled to determine whether any regulation of vacation rentals should be enacted by the state or be reserved to local governing bodies.
Prior to 2011, local governments (counties and cities) were free to regulate vacation rentals and some even prohibited them altogether in residential neighborhoods. However, in 2011 the Florida Legislature passed House Bill 883 which precluded local governments from "regulating, restricting, or prohibiting" vacation rentals, thereby preempting vacation rental regulation. Although HB 883 prevented local governments from regulating vacation rentals, the law contained a "grandfather" clause which allowed any local governments' regulations adopted on or before June 1, 2011 to remain in effect. However, even with the grandfather clause, local governments were hesitant to revisit any prior regulations for fear of invalidating them.
After enacting HB 883 and preempting local regulation, the Florida Legislature did not appear to specifically address any of the competing interests discussed above through further lawmaking. To be fair, the apparent intent of HB 883 was to delegate the state's regulatory authority to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation ("DBPR"), an administrative agency with which many community associations are familiar. However, after being delegated that authority, the DBPR did not actually promulgate any regulations pertaining to vacation rentals, which left them largely unregulated. A cynical-though-plausible view is that this was the intent all along.
Fairly recently, the Florida Legislature revisited the issue of vacation rentals. House Bill 307 and its companion Senate Bill 356 made their way through various committees and the former was ultimately passed and approved by the governor on June 13, 2014, with an effective date of July 1, 2014. In an likapparent effort to strike a balance among the various interested parties, the intended effect of SB 356 was to restore some authority of local governments to regulate certain aspects of vacation rentals (often called "home rule") while not allowing them to prohibit them altogether. While local governments may not prohibit or regulate the duration or frequency of vacation rentals, the new law does not prohibit local governments from regulating other aspects and treating them differently than other residential properties. Some of the areas that are likely open for home-rule regulation include: noise, parking, signage, and registration. However, one area that is of particular controversy and has already spurred litigation is whether local governments have the authority to regulate the number of guests that are permitted to simultaneously occupy a vacation rental.
Whether the Legislature has finally reached an appropriate regulatory balance regarding vacation rentals is a matter of perspective. However, what is certain is that local governments will continue to be challenged with lawsuits as they pass ordinances that affect the vacation rental industry. Vacation rental lawsuits not only challenge the particular ordinances at issue but also raise foundational governmental policy concerns, such as how much authority lawmakers in Tallahassee should have to regulate matters that may have a different impact depending on geographic location within the state. What may be of particular interest in the community association context is whether a vacation rental company might attempt to challenge rental restrictions in a community association's governing document as an impermissible "local law, ordinance, or regulation" under the new law. Given the economic incentives, such a challenge would appear to be inevitable.


This is a follow-up to our February 22, 2018 Supply Chain Alert regarding the Commerce Department report on the results of the Section 232 investigation concerning the effects of imports of steel and aluminum on national security. The President is required to make a decision on the steel recommendations by April 11, 2018, and on the aluminum recommendations by April 19, 2018.
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February, and the overall economy grew for the 106th consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®.
The Commerce Department on February 16, 2018 released the results of the Section 232 investigation on the effects of imports of steel and aluminum on national security. The President is required to make a decision on the steel recommendations by April 11, 2018, and on the aluminum recommendations by April 19, 2018.
This is our latest update on the tightening North American intermodal and drayage market. Because of the importance of this situation, MIQ Logistics has created a dedicated page on our website which can be accessed here. This page will contain carrier updates as well as an archive of industry articles pertaining to the ongoing issues and the contributing factors.
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January, and the overall economy grew for the 105th consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business ®.
The following are a list of U.S. economic indices captured within the last 30 days.


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First of its kind: Mercedes Simplex 40 PS.
Sitting high and using strong hands, courageous drivers piloted the Simplex over the dusty tracks of the early days of motorsport. It was particularly impressive at the Nice Race Weeks between 1903 and 1905, where it sold the discerning high society on Mercedes.
Racing action: 1902–1905 I Cylinders: 4/in-line I Displacement: 6,785 cc
Output: 29 kW at 1,050 rpm I Top speed: 75 km/h
Long-distance star: 300 SL racing sports car.
With gullwing doors, bold central star in the radiator grille and chequered seat covers, the 300 SL racing sports car (W 194) surprised everyone in 1952 with spectacular double victories at Le Mans and at the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico. The SL legend was born.
Racing action: 1952 I Cylinders: 6/in-line I Displacement: 2,996 cc
Output: 125 kW at 5,200 rpm I Top speed: 240 km/h
Fangio's rocket: W 196 R Streamline.
It's as if the airstream had shaped the Silver Arrow, which also looks really dynamic when stationary. With its curvy exterior, the W 196 R preferred to race on the straight, fast tracks and drove to the Formula 1 World Championship with Juan Manuel Fangio in 1954 and 1955.
Racing action: 1954/55 I Cylinders: 8/in-line I Displacement: 2,497 cc
Output: up to 213 kW at 8,500 rpm I Top speed: 300 km/h
Return of the Silver Arrows: Sauber-Mercedes C 9.
The Sauber-Mercedes C 9 Group C racing sports car still looks like an uncompromising, crouched Silver Arrow version of a young classic. It is thoughtfully designed in terms of function and aerodynamics. In 1989, it took the double victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the drivers' title in the World Sports Car Championship with Jean-Louis Schlesser.
Racing action: 1987–1990 I Cylinders: V8 I Displacement: 4,973 cc
Output: up to 530 kW at 7,000 rpm I Top speed: up to 400 km/h


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RO Corner: On Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
By Edina Wang, MD, radiation oncology resident at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and ACR RFS RO Representative
With the official observances of Black History Month in February and Women's History Month in March, this article is dedicated to some thoughts on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). In recent years, topics related to DEI have been brought to attention on the national level, generating much interest, discussion and activism. Some such movements include LGBTQ+ rights, #MeToo movement, Black Lives Matter, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), Indigenous Rights, and many others. Anti-Asian hate crimes have also increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many individuals, groups and organizations in radiation oncology (i.e., ACR, ACRO, ASTRO) are interested in advancing DEI, which has led to various discussions at recent annual meetings. The ACR, which has a Commission for Women and Diversity, recently held a webinar on DEI1,2. ASTRO offers the Committee on Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion4. In addition to committees within professional organizations, many opportunities to be involved in DEI exist at the local level.
Insightful articles on DEI topics, such as racial justice and gender equity, were recently published in our field of radiation oncology (see resources below). In addition, publications dedicated to understanding and combating racism include NEJM's Race and Medicine collection.
For those who are new to this topic, having conversations about DEI may feel challenging or uncomfortable. These discussions are not easy, and they are not always risk-free, but coming at them with an open mind and willingness to listen and learn can lead to valuable insights and promote collective progress.
Recognizing and deconstructing systemic forms of disempowerment used by certain groups over others is critical in creating a workforce in which members can feel physically and psychologically safe, which allows them to be better positioned to thrive, be successful and have their talents and skills be realized. Such action is also necessary to creating a more culturally sensitive workforce that can better understand and care for patients of diverse backgrounds and needs.
Although we have made progress in DEI, much work still remains as injustice continues to exist in our society and in medicine. I personally am constantly learning and unlearning! Despite our shortcomings, I am hopeful that we can work together towards a better future for all.
I encourage you to learn about DEI and consider implementing changes in radiation oncology with the help of many excellent books, websites and other resources, including the ones provided below:
ACR Radiation Oncology Diversity Equity and Inclusion Webinar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKk-0cd7TI&ab_channel=RadiologyACR
ACR Commission for Women and Diversity. https://www.acr.org/Member-Resources/Commissions-Committees/Women-Diversity
Chapman, et al. "Why Racial Justice Matters in Radiation Oncology," Advances in Radiation Oncology, Sept. 1, 2020, pp. 783–790. https://www.advancesradonc.org/article/S2452-1094(20)30162-7/fulltext
Deville, et al. "Updates from ASTRO's Committee on Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (CHEDI)," ASTRO Blog, July 24, 2018. https://www.astro.org/Blog/July-2018/Updates-from-ASTRO-s-Committee-on-Health-Equity,-D
Holliday, et al. "Achieving Gender Equity in the Radiation Oncology Physician Workforce," Advances in Radiation Oncology, Oct. 1, 2018, pp. 478–483. https://www.advancesradonc.org/article/S2452-1094(18)30179-9/fulltext
Howell, et al. "New Gender Equity Community opens in the ROhub," ASTRO Blog, Dec. 15, 2020. https://www.astro.org/Blog/December-2020/New-Gender-Equity-Community-opens-in-the-ROhub
Lightfoote, et al. "Improving Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in Radiology and Radiation Oncology Part 1: Why These Matter," Journal of the American College of Radiology, July 2014, pp. 673–680. https://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(14)00125-2/fulltext
Lightfoote, et al. "Improving Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in Radiology and Radiation Oncology Part 2: Challenges and Recommendations," August 2014, pp. 764–770. https://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(14)00126-4/fulltext
Mansfield, Carl M. African American Radiation Oncologists. Chapter 10, pp. 263–275. https://www.arrs.org/publications/HRS/oncology/RCI_O_c10.pdf
McClelland III, et al. "Improving the Clinical Treatment of Vulnerable Populations in Radiation Oncology," Advances in Radiation Oncology, Aug. 6, 2020, pp. 1093–1098. https://www.advancesradonc.org/article/S2452-1094(20)30209-8/abstract
Siker, et al. "Lessons from COVID-19: Addressing Health Equity in Cancer Care," International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Oct. 2020, pp. 475–478. https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(20)31329-8/fulltext
Society for Women in Radiation Oncology https://www.societywomenradiationoncology.com/
Suneja, et al. "Pathways for Recruiting and Retaining Women and Underrepresented Minority Clinicians and Physician Scientists Into the Radiation Oncology Workforce: A Summary of the 2019 ASTRO/NCI Diversity Symposium Session at the ASTRO Annual Meeting," Advances in Radiation Oncology, May 20, 2020, pp. 798–803. https://www.advancesradonc.org/article/S2452-1094(20)30133-0/fulltext
Washington, et al. "Representation Trends of Underrepresented Minority Physicians in the US Radiation Oncology (RO) Workforce," International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Sept. 2019, Oral Scientific Session. https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(19)31348-3/fulltext


Qigong, also known as Ch'i kung or Ch'i gong, is an ancient Chinese discipline that involves the mind, breath and movement to create a calm, natural balance of energy that can be used in work, recreation or self-defense.
Qigong exercises have a reputation in China for aiding in the treatment of heart disease, high blood pressure, pulmonary emphysema, arthritis, digestive disorders, arteriosclerosis, skin diseases, depression, cancer and many other illnesses.
For those seeking physical fitness, Qigong loosens the joints and increases flexibility and suppleness while strengthening the sinews and tendons. It has been known to improve the function of the internal organs, delay aging and prolong life.
Qi, or chi, is an intrinsic energy in the body that travels along pathways in the body called meridians. Qi is said to come out of the Tao (a source that is itself inexpressible) to create yin and yang (and associated energies). At certain points along the pathways (acupuncture points) acupuncturists may place needles to cure or alleviate a patient's conditions. The purpose is to restore the flow of qi. Qi is most often defined as life-breath, a vital force, or spirit. When used in connection with neo-Confucianist Li (the eternal principle), qi means matter-energy.
Qi is inherent in everyone and everything. It is a Chinese word for something that really is universal. So long as a person breathes, he or she has vital qi.
Qigong exercises are intended to achieve the same goal through use of the mind and breath movement. There are thousands of qigong exercises, some for specific purposes. One of the best kinds of qigong exercises is T'ai Chi Ch'uan, which can also be used for self-defense.
Treating people with Qigong can be traced back 2,500 years in China to the Warring States Period. People discovered by accident that when a man using Qigong released his energy on an injury, the affected part would heal quickly. From then on, Qigong was often used to treat war injuries. It was later extended to various diseases.
The book, "Wonders of Qigong," compiled by China Sports Magazine and published by Wayfarer Publications, describes the discovery of ancient documents about Ch'i kung and another related fitness exercise called "Daoyin." Daoyin exercises are a method that combines regulated breathing with body movements and it is good for all the joints in the body, particularly the shoulders, waist, knees and the respiratory organs. The Daoyin exercises were merged into Ch'i kung methods to form a body of techniques practiced today.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan is highly regarded as a moving meditation as well as a martial art. But what does moving meditation mean? And what is meditation?
There are many misunderstandings about meditation and many different kinds of meditation. Some people regard meditation as a quiet kind of contemplation or thinking. Others view it as a kind of "non-thinking." And many meditate but don't perceive what they are doing as meditation.
Meditation is basically a way to deal with the mind and emotions directly and the body indirectly. This can be done while sitting, standing, lying down or moving. For martial arts, meditation is important on all levels, but especially the higher levels.
Some people view meditation, including T'ai Chi Ch'uan, as a way of becoming internally calm and peaceful. Others feel it as a way to deal with their contradictions, what is real and what is imagined. Though it's possible through the force of one's mind to become calm and peaceful, it's not usually an effective method for long without learning how to resolve one's contradictions created by the mind and the emotions.
Competing with someone and defeating them in the qigong exercises of push hands or full contact is a way of resolving one's contradictions temporarily, until the next opponent is fought. But the perceptive person will know that the real opponent is within and has to be dealt with all day long and even in one's sleep.
Meditation as a technique can be a practice of just being there, fully absorbed in what you're doing and continually bringing your attention back to what you're doing.
This is one of the simplest and best ways to meditate and also one of the most difficult. To do this requires the ability to accept failure because while meditating the habitual mind, the primordial mind, still tries to reassert itself and you have to keep redirecting your attention to what you're doing. But failure is not defeat. When one is in the present, there is no defeat, not even failure.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan is a valuable way to meditate because you continually get feedback from your body, emotions and mind from the changes taking place as you practice the forms.
T'ai Chi also frees up stagnant energy, revitalizing you so that you are refreshed in your continuing effort. However, movement of the energy can also stir up emotions that have to be dealt with. Stationary, they might remain dormant; by moving, they come to the fore, which provides the opportunity to deal with them.
Self-deception, one of our greatest weaknesses as human beings, is more likely in a static posture because there are fewer checks and balances as to whether you're dealing with the present or imagination.
In T'ai Chi we need to distinguish between yin and yang, the insubstantial and substantial—what is unreal and what is real. In dealing with these conflicts it's good to use the T'ai Chi principle of yin and yang. In other words, don't use force against force. Using force or just strength of will is a simple answer that will work sometimes, but doesn't reflect real understanding. So don't try to suppress or overpower contradictions or try to passively think about them. Instead, find a way to neutralize them. If one method doesn't work, try another. A good way is to redirect your attention to what you're doing in the present.
In daily life, paying attention to the present happens all the time, especially when you're doing something you enjoy or when you have to focus on important work. So it's something that we know how to do but something that we also have to cultivate internally too.
One way to use T'ai Chi Ch'uan as meditation during practice is to visualize the use of the various postures against an opponent. Many masters recommend this as a method of fulfilling correct use of qi, as well as a mental exercise. One of the challenges in this method is that this kind of engagement sometimes leads to tension when there should be relaxation and an emotional excitement when there should be even-mindedness.
Meditation, like T'ai Chi, is addition by subtraction. Less is more. We cultivate ourselves and become whole by subtracting certain aspects of ourselves, even certain things that we enjoy very much. Some of our emotions and feelings about ourselves are very satisfying, even though they're non-productive and hurtful. And it can be difficult to give them up. In practicing T'ai Chi Ch'uan, it's best to think long term, even if you have urgent short-term needs. The process is more important than the goal because the goal will change over time. Learning is more of a spiral than a straight line.
It's commonly believed that if a person can find the right teacher, guru, master, religion or belief system, that they will get release from their problems. Unfortunately, too often this kind of search is like walking in a minefield. It's better to have confidence in one's own abilities and try to understand oneself better.
The key is an even-minded awareness of the present . . . the experience of the moment. From this kind of meditation, we can develop insight. And without understanding yourself, it's quite difficult to truly understand others.
By Marvin Smalheiser. Extracted from website http://www.tai-chi.com.
Very informative article. It will deepen your understanding of meditation, and help you develop a more peaceful outlook on life.


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Netizens take online detecting too far
It's not an exaggeration to say that people go to bed and wake up with their smartphones and personal computers. Also, since the advent of social network services (SNS), mobile messengers and e-mail, it's become easy to share detailed news from daily routines with friends, colleagues and families without meeting them in person.
However, this convenience came with a price, as people gave up their precious personal information online without realizing they were doing so.
Through mobile messengers, people voluntarily talk about what they eat, where they go and where they shop. Some visit blogs or other portal Web sites to write reviews on certain products they used or post photos of themselves taking a picnic. They also create accounts on various online shopping malls to receive member discounts. With each new account, they voluntarily provide their phone number, home address, and even their hobbies or family connections to the Web site operator.
However, the personal information that people put online to make their lives more convenient has come back to haunt them when they became victims of online "witch hunts," in which they are misidentified by anonymous Internet users searching for the names or e-mail addresses of people with the same or similar name.
"Social network services in the beginning were positioned as a tool for better communication and human resources networks, but they have deteriorated to a place where people talk about others and distribute malicious information that sometimes induces suicide," the National Human Rights Commission of Korea said in a report released in January, noting that the disclosure of private information through SNS has become particularly problematic as people must reveal certain pieces of their own information to join SNS. "It has played the role of a factory that sources private information."
For example, photos of a woman believed to be an intern who claimed she was sexually assaulted by former presidential spokesperson Yoon Chang-joong were distributed from one smartphone to another as people shared them through mobile messengers without verifying the identity of the woman. A few days later, people started distributing photos of another woman, saying that they got the facts wrong in the first place.
In another incident, a copy of a police report about the deceased girlfriend of singer Son Ho-young was circulated online with a photo that may or may not have been the deceased woman.
As such information spreads, people add more details, including job descriptions, family connections, or any other information that might be relevant. Unidentified rumors are also added.
Each piece of information may look trivial and not enough to reveal a person's identity, but when all the pieces are assembled, it's possible for Internet users to determine the basic profile of certain people.
"There is a limit to the amount of information one can find from one or two search attempts on portal Web sites or elsewhere online, but when the puzzle gets completed from the little [pieces of] information everyone finds, there goes a release of someone's identity," said Principal Researcher Kim Bong-seob at the National Information Society Agency.
One might ask, "Will I be the next victim of a witch hunt?"
No chance to explain
"It is the memory I do not want to recall ever again," a former victim of an online witch hunt surnamed Park said to the Korea JoongAng Daily when he declined to comment further on his experience.
He was once mistaken for one of the three male students who sexually harassed a fellow female student at Korea University School of Medicine in 2011 during a camping trip as he had the same surname as one of the attackers.
His name, age, and other personal information were disclosed online by netizens who believe that others had the right to know the attacker's personal information. Park's denials that he was not the alleged attacker fell on deaf ears because netizens had already formed their own opinions about him.
Park asked the police to find out who had distributed his information and made false accusations so he could clear his name.
Later, the police charged seven people, including a 36-year-old woman surnamed Choi, for circulating unconfirmed information. At the time, it was said that Choi felt angry as a woman that a student sexually harassed a fellow student. She assumed that Park was the real assailant due to his last name and his school information.
Victims like Park who have been falsely accused can clear their name by filing a police report and punishing the people who originated the rumors. However, although Park's name was legally cleared, people who haven't followed the police investigation are left believing that what they originally saw or heard was the truth.
Recently, the girlfriend of entertainer Son Ho-young, a former member of the boy group G.o.d., committed suicide in a car. Although the woman's identity wasn't released, netizens distributed a photo of a woman who was alleged to be the deceased.
But the person in the photo was not the woman who died.
"I'm alive. Please stop distributing (my) photo," said the woman on her Twitter page. Her previous posts on the microblog are now private.
After the police report on Son's deceased girlfriend and the details of the couple's relationship were passed around, Son tried to commit suicide.
Self-appointed investigators
Experts say that people have come to think that it is righteous to dig up the personal information of figures that are targets of online controversies.
"People have come to grow some sense of justice," said Ko Sang-hyoeb, inspector at the Cyber Terror Response Center, recalling incidents from not long ago.
Many netizens distributed the basic information of people whose names are on the member list of the propaganda Web site operated by North Korea, uriminzokkiri.com, which residents of Korea have been restricted from accessing.
When the list of names became available in April, people started to dig for information without considering the possibility that there can be more than one person who share the same name. Many people have filed police reports for libel.
"(Such action) shows how they have given themselves a right to set the justice in the society as some of them labeled themselves as a 'netizen investigative team,'?" said Ko.
The term "netizen investigative team" is used to describe people who focus on obtaining details of social issues without having the proper authority to do so.
The police have charged 1,823 people with online defamation through May; over 5,000 people were charged last year.
"We can trace back the origin of troublesome posts, except some particular cases when posts were written from overseas, because we can have court-issued warrants to search the servers, which ordinary people cannot have access to," said Ko.
Too much sharing
In some cases, the possession of certain information may not be illegal as long as it remains private. However, as soon as the information is distributed, especially if it is untrue, is spread to an unspecified number of people online and is being treated as the truth, it becomes a matter of invasion of privacy.
"People tend to believe new information from online as they can instantly check the responses from other people about the news from the accompanying reply posts and convince themselves that the idea greatly supported in the responses is the truth and the general idea," said Kwak Keum-joo, a psychology professor at Seoul National University.
"Therefore, people care less about the fact if the news itself is true or not, but focus more on whether many people believe the news or not."
Also, people feel less guilty about delivering unconfirmed rumors to their friends or colleagues because they think that they carry less liability. Their friends have done the same thing and they think that sharing between friends is different from sending information to the masses.
"As it is not that the alleged victim included in the news is right in front of them and the victim would never know the identity of the distributors, people feel more confident about spreading the worlds," Kwak said.
Another reason for people to become more active about delivering news is that they want to brag that they know things before others do. It serves as proof that they have built a sturdy social network with others.
"I feel weird when I don't get regular updates from my acquaintances for one day because I continuously get those on an everyday basis," said an official surnamed Lim who works at a local security company.
Experts say that individuals want to prove to others that they are the mainstream and that they have enough power and resources to know news before anyone else does.
"Hence, such information distribution gets more active among students and teenagers as they have not been recognized as independent social figures yet," said Kwak.
Exit social network services?
Worried about losing control of their own information, Internet users have adopted new methods of keeping their information safe while staying connected.
Many social network service users opt to have multiple accounts; one to share shallow information with the masses, while using others to share more personal stories with close acquaintances by restricting the number of people who can see their information.
"I keep Facebook open to check the lives of other people that I became friends with on the Web site," said 28-year-old office worker Kim Seung-yon.
"So to share more personal information or photos, I use other outlets such as Instagram, which I have control of restricting who to become friends with as soon as I sign up for the service," adding that she opened her Facebook account too early on, when she didn't think that she would become "friends" on the Web site with people who hardly know her from work or school.
Because humans have adapted to new trends and technologies throughout history, Kim Bong-seob expects people to find ways to resolve side effects emerging from the proliferation of online and mobile activities.
"When people declare that they won't use social network services at all due to security reasons, it means people deny the history of how they have built civilizations in the past generations," said Kim.
To be able to build healthier online and mobile activities, Kim argues that people should have a code of ethics regarding what to do with online information.
"Digitalized information can be easily copied and searched and even though the original information gets to be deleted, no one can tell if the copied information is any different from the original," said Kim, adding that written posts leave records online while spoken language can only be retrieved from memory - unless it has been recorded with other devices.
She also said that it is important for all Internet users to know that they have become news providers, and not just receivers, which is different from the time when the circulation of news came from trained professionals who were bound by a code of ethics.
"People need to understand the characteristics of digitized information, what power has been bestowed on them and what aftermath the use of such information can bring forth into society," said Kim, adding that once information is saved on the Internet, it is never deleted completely.
Lee In-ho, a law professor at Chung-Ang University, also said that individuals have the right to control the information they encounter.
"(The privacy) issue is about communication with the information, embroiled with a mix of many different basic rights," Lee said.
"Individuals have controls and there would be many different ways how to control the information."
BY LEE SUN-MIN [summerlee@joongang.co.kr]
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The existing semi-detached house at 92 Robey Street Maroubra was typical of other symmetrically planned 50-year-old semis in the area. It consisted of 2 bedrooms (the front with a porch), a bathroom, a separate living and dining room, a side entry and a kitchen. The house was constructed of double face brick walls and roofed with a double hipped, terracotta roof.
The brief was to build a first floor addition incorporating 2 bedrooms (the rear with a deck), a bathroom and a centralised stair located in the smaller of the ground floor bedrooms. This room was to become a study. The kitchen, too, was to be renovated.
The addition was to be a lightweight framed box lined with blue board and roofed with a low profiled, metal 'lean-to' roof that would slip under the shared ridgeline. The size and scale of the addition was to ensure it would be set back from the double-hipped roof to the front and the exterior wall to the side. The rear deck was to be recessed under the existing roofline. The ceilings would slope and be sufficiently high for the purpose of a bedroom (min 2100 to 2450).
All external walls were double thickness for insulation purposes. The roof and internal walls were also insulated above BCA requirements.
All areas and set backs fully complied with Randwick City Council requirements.
There are plenty of questions and many problems when an architect confronts a first floor addition to a semi. Of these, the most challenging is inevitably the humble yet defiant existing roof that symmetrically straddles the pair of attached cottages and dares the designer to produce anything better than the status quo. The dreaded lopsided semi disease threatens.
In this project at Robey Street Maroubra, there were further constraints of an adjoining neighbour unlikely to extend in the foreseeable future and a limited budget. Substantial remodeling of the ground floor was therefore considered too costly. As owner/architect, the motivation to find a solution was not only the need to overcome the ongoing semi challenge, but also the greater need to relieve the mounting pressure from a growing family living in a two-bedroom house.
Beyond the challenges, the brief was simple; build a first floor addition incorporating two bedrooms, a small rear deck and a bathroom. As well, ensure plenty of natural light and sun into this largely south facing upper addition. Renovate the existing kitchen and finally, to respect the ongoing use of the building as a two dwelling house into the future.
Robey Street, Maroubra, has a mix of old and new, freestanding and semi-detached, single and double-storey cottages. The older houses are predominately interpretations of the simple 'inter war period' style and the newer houses are conservatively designed, brick and rendered, gable featured homes. All of the houses are on modest sized properties with tight setbacks and small front gardens.
Of the semis, approximately half have been developed with an odd assortment of upper stories, varying in size and geometry. However, the pair of semis immediately south of the subject site is relatively intact and has an identical hipped roof configuration and footprint. Further south, the next pair of semis is also intact but of a double-fronted configuration. These three pairs of semis formed the greater streetscape setting for the project.
The site area is only 220m2 with a frontage of 5.8m. The side of the house is oriented southeast and represents the biggest exposure to the elements.
The cooler, northeast summer breezes sweep straight down the side of the property, the house being somewhat protected by the stronger southern winds by adjoining neighbours.
The most exposure to sun and light comes from the front and rear of the house, east and west respectively, with midday sun completely cut off by the adjoining semi with the exception of the rear deck. Solar access to the southern neighbour needed to be addressed.
The best outlook is from the rear of the house, where the property's naturally elevated position gives district views over Maroubra and Heffron Park. Maintaining privacy for adjoining small rear yards would also be an important consideration from any upper storey deck.
Simplicity became the important issue in all aspects of the design. Simplicity of construction, simplicity of planning and a sense of uncomplicated 'fit' with the existing house. The design needed to stand on its own merits, neither dominating the existing roof nor the adjoining neighbour. In achieving this, issues of practicality and cost followed.
A 'lean to' metal roof was chosen for the upper storey, one that popped out of the main roof subtly but with purpose. The solution was inexpensive. It achieved headroom internally and still slipped under the common ridgeline to form a legitimate roof component against the sky.
An efficient circulation space provided access to a centralised bathroom with a bedroom at either end. The result was a mere 38m2 of additional floor space, enabling it to be partially screened behind the hipped roofs to the street and set in from the side wall beneath. Even the proposed rear deck fitted within the existing roofline at the rear.
Its scale permitted ample sun and light to the southern neighbour. The recessed rear deck provided outlook whilst maintaining privacy. And all council requirements were met.
The addition was efficient, clean lined, subtle and not without presence. It remained within budget.
At a time of unnecessarily large additions often on the smallest blocks, when some councils appear to regulate for oversized apartments, this addition was an exercise in material efficiency. Its size proved easy to ventilate with northeast breezes, easy to exclude heat behind insulated roof voids and easy to heat up it winter. The 'lean-to' roof provided efficient overhang to all large sized windows with neither excessive ceiling heights nor large room depths hampering sun control or natural lighting. Yet bedrooms were appropriately sized at 3 x 3.6m excluding built-in cupboards.
All external walls were made thicker for greater insulation benefits and internal walls were insulated to limit unwanted internal heat exchange.
Having lived in the addition over extremes of summer and winter, the addition has required no artificial heating or cooling and has always been naturally lit during daylight hours.
In short, the addition has taken the well-used idea of the pop up roof and applied it with practical and stylistic adjustments to suit a semi addition. A design of simplicity has followed which is suitably thoughtful to neighbours amenity, respectful to continuing semi living, sustainable and cost effective in terms of material use and most importantly, comfortable to live in.


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Fat attack
Health professionals from surgeons and psychiatrists to paediatricians and GPs are joining forces under the umbrella of the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges (AoMRC) to start an evidence-gathering inquiry on what it claims is the single greatest public health threat in the UK — rising levels of child and adult obesity.
"Our starting point is the collective desire to ensure the healthcare profession is doing all it can to detect, treat, manage – and ultimately prevent – obesity," says Professor Terence Stephenson, Vice-Chair of the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges (AoMRC) and President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is chairing the campaign's steering group which comprises representatives from all 21 Royal Medical Colleges and Faculties.
A quarter of women (24%) and just over a fifth of men (22%) in the UK are classed as obese. The UK now has the highest rate of obesity in Europe.
The campaign's first report will be published later this year and will provide the spring board for campaigning activity which will continue into next year.
"It is unprecedented that the medical royal colleges and faculties have come together on such a high profile public health issue," says Stephenson, "But we've done so because we recognise the huge crisis waiting to happen and believe that current strategies to reduce obesity are failing to have a significant impact. By speaking with one voice we have a more of a chance of preventing generation after generation falling victim to obesity-related illnesses and death."
Professor Sir Neil Douglas, Chair of the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges, adds, "This won't be just another report that sits on the shelf and gathers dust; it will form the bedrock of our ongoing campaigning activity. We are absolutely determined to push for whatever changes need to happen to make real progress in tackling – which is why we're casting the net wide to get input from a range of organisations and individuals."