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Women and the Labour Movement in Quebec
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Mackenzie King Estate , Ottawa, Ontario
Working in groups, students will use a PowerPoint template to create a fake Facebook wall that tells the story of the 1924 strike by female employees of the E. B. Eddy match company in Hull (now Gatineau), which was the first women's strike in Quebec.
•	Internet access for students
•	Online Collection: Donalda Charron and the E. B. Eddy Match Company
•	Student assignment sheet
•	Sample Fauxbook wall: Queen Victoria (included in zip file)
•	Fauxbook wall PowerPoint template (included in zip file)
•	Helpful Tips for Using the Template (included in zip file)
Download the zip file.
Your Fauxbook wall should touch on the following points:
•	What were working and living conditions like for match workers at the start of the 20th century in Hull, Quebec?
•	What were the events of the 1919 lockout at the E.B. Eddy match company?
•	What were the events and key issues of the 1924 strike at the E.B. Eddy match company?
•	What were the challenges faced and overcome by Donalda Charron?
•	Who were the other key players in the 1924 strike, and what were their roles?
•	Did Donalda Charron and les allumettières leave any kind of legacy?
Donalda Charron and the E.B. Eddy Match Company
This collection of stories and photos chronicles the 1924 strike, the events leading up to it and the people involved in this historic job action.
Learning Object Collection: Donalda Charron and the E.B. Eddy Match Company
Institution: Mackenzie King Estate
Before conducting the activity in the classroom, you will need about an hour to prepare for the activity, by doing three things.
1. Review the student assignment sheet.
2. Familiarize yourself with the "Online Collection: Donalda Charron and the E. B. Eddy Match Company." Students will use this content as the basis for their Fauxbook walls.
3. Familiarize yourself with the Fauxbook template. You can refer to the handout entitled "Helpful Tips for Using the Template" if you need extra instructions. You may want to try creating your own Fauxbook, or starting one that you can complete with the class in order to show them how the template works.
Lesson Overview: Step 1
Step 1: Get Students Thinking About Facebook (10 minutes)
•	Ask students to consider how they use Facebook. Are they all on Facebook? How do they use it, and how often? What kinds of things do they share on Facebook? What sorts of things do they learn about their friends on Facebook? Get them thinking about how Facebook tells their stories, and how it is used to share information and opinions.
•	Ask students to think about their own Facebook walls. What can you learn from "creeping" someone's wall? What kind of things do they post on their walls? (Answers might include: important life milestones, decisions they make, discussions with friends, personal opinions about current events, passing observations, etc.)
Step 2: Exploring History Through Facebook (10 minutes)
•	Ask students to consider some of the historical people and events they have studied recently. How would these events have played out on Facebook? (For example, how could a Facebook wall tell the story of the events leading up to the outbreak of the First World War?)
•	Show students the Queen Victoria Fauxbook wall, which uses Facebook to tell the story of how Ottawa was chosen as the capital of Canada.
•	Explain that the students will be creating their own Fauxbook walls to tell the story of the origins of the Hull match workers' strike at the E. B. Eddy match company.
Step 3: Labour Movement in Early 20th Century (30 minutes)
Provide some context for the labour dispute between the female match workers and the E. B. Eddy match company by sharing the following information about the Canadian labour movement. (Note: This information is not included in the online collection.)
Labour Movement in Canada
•	At the turn of the 20th century, Canada was enjoying a period of incredible expansion: there were railroads that stretched across the country, immigrants were coming to Canada in record numbers and there was a huge industrial boom.
•	Economically, the country was doing very well. But its working class was suffering. The incredible economic growth led to very poor working conditions. Workers toiled in unsafe factories for incredibly long hours and very little pay. Nothing was regulated. Children — some not even in their teens — were forced to work to help support their families.
•	It was at this time that unions began to appear, but they were not very common. Those that existed were weak, and rarely recognized by employers.
•	Canadian lawmakers were not interested in passing laws to protect the working class, because they were afraid that it might hinder the country's economic growth.
•	As the First World War loomed closer, Canada's economic situation began to change. The industrial boom ended, immigration was higher than ever — and so were unemployment rates. The cost of living rose 50 percent between 1915 and 1919. Employers felt no need to recognize unions. They felt employees should just be content having a job at all.
•	In May 1919, the largest general strike in Canadian history happened in Winnipeg. More than 35,000 workers — from all lines of work — walked off the job. They were protesting employers who refused to recognize unions.
•	This was the situation in Canada in 1919, when the first labour dispute occurred between the E. B. Eddy match company in Hull, Quebec, and its female match workers.
Labour Movement in Quebec
•	In the early 20th century, the labour movement in Canada was very regional. It was particularly unique in Quebec, because of the involvement of the Catholic Church.
•	In Quebec, the Catholic Church was very involved in many aspects of private and public life. The labour movement was no exception.
•	The movement first came to Quebec in the late 19th century, with the "Knights of Labor," a group from the United States. In 1912, Achille Morin created the Association ouvrière de Hull, a union for Hull factory workers, which was modelled on the Knights of Labor philosophy.
•	The officials of the Catholic Church feared labour unions promoted socialist or, worse, communist ideals. The Church inserted itself into the local unions very early on, fearing its teachings would be dismissed as the "opiate of the masses," as communist ideology suggested.
•	By 1915, the Association ouvrière de Hull had become a Catholic syndicate. It was open only to Catholics, and its philosophy was entirely in line with Catholic Church doctrine.
•	Hull's first women's syndicates were created in 1918. They were run by Catholic Church officials, and represented women who worked in textile and match factories. Women were drawn to the protection they offered. However, the unions were not interested in improving working conditions. Their interest was purely moral: they were concerned with protecting the virtue (chastity) of female workers and preparing the women for eventual married life. They organized social gatherings, and offered lessons in sewing, language and mathematics.
Step 4: The Assignment (5 minutes)
•	Distribute the student assignment sheet.
•	Explain that students will explore the "Online Collection: Donalda Charron and the E. B. Eddy Match Company" and collect factual information and historical photographs to help them build their Fauxbook wall.
•	Students draft their wall content before inputting it into the template. The wall content should touch on each of the questions on the assignment sheet. It should be between 500 and 750 words. We recommend editing and proofreading the content as much as possible before putting it into the template.
•	Students input their wall content into the template.
•	Provide students with a deadline for their assignment.
Step 5: Introduce the Template (20 minutes)
•	Show students the PowerPoint template. If you have created or started to create your own Fauxbook, use this to demonstrate how to add a wall post and a comment, and how to further customize the template with profile images and personal information.
•	Distribute and review the handout entitled "Helpful Tips for Using the Template."
Step 6: Points to Consider and Discuss (15 minutes)
Planning the Fauxbook Wall :
•	Whose Fauxbook wall will the students create? (Donalda Charron seems like an obvious choice, but could the story be told from a different point of view?)
•	What will the "current date" of the Fauxbook wall be? How does that affect the story?
•	What will be the dates for each of the posts and comments on the wall?
"Artistic Liberties"
Will they use only real historical figures, or could the story benefit from the addition of a fictional character? They could create a "character" to show the opinion of a particular group of people. For example, if they were telling the story of the beginning of the First World War, students might write an exchange between Austria-Hungary and Germany, rather than between Franz Joseph I and Kaiser Wilhelm II. (You can also refer to the use of the characters of the city of Montréal and the city of Kingston on the Queen Victoria Fauxbook wall, as examples.)
If students choose to invent characters to help tell the story from different viewpoints, they should follow these three guidelines:
•	the character should serve a specific purpose in the telling of the story,
•	it should be obvious to the reader what the character represents, and
•	the information shared by the character should be based on fact.
Although many young people write on their own Facebook walls using text shorthand (for example, "c u 2nite" instead of "see you tonight"), for the purposes of this assignment, the walls produced should be grammatically correct, with correct spelling. Students can include some Internet slang for humour, but it should be kept to a minimum (and the language should be "clean").
Sharing Work
Sharing Work (30–60 minutes)
Once they have completed the assignment, give students the opportunity to share their work with each other. Some options:
•	Group students together for round-table discussions, where they can present their work to each other. They can share why they chose to tell the story the way they did.
•	Hold a "gallery walk," where all walls are displayed and people walk around viewing them. You could invite another class to come and look at them, and students could be on hand to talk about their walls. Or, share the assignments on the school's or school board's intranet.
•	Invite students to "act out" the conversations from their walls in front of the class.
If you would like students to expand their research and further develop their research skills, you can adapt the activity in the following ways.
•	Expand the research requirement, and have students consult sources online and at their school or public library, the local university library, etc.
•	Ask students to include a bibliography with their assignment, with a minimum number of sources.
•	Ask students to include the credit information for each photograph they use.
British Columbia and Yukon: Social Studies (Grade 11)
Concept: Society and Identity
Outcome: Describe the role of women in terms of social, political and economic change in Canada.
Manitoba: History of Canada (Grade 11)
Outcome 3.2: How did territorial expansion, immigration and industrialization change life for men and women in Canada?
Skill 7: Construct and communicate historical narratives, explanations, arguments or other interpretations of the past, using a variety of media.
Ontario: Canadian History Since the First World War (Grade 10)
Concept: Social and Political Movements
Outcomes: Analyze the impact of the women's movement in Canada since 1914; explain how the labour movement has affected social, economic and political life in Canada.
Quebec: History and Citizenship Education (Secondary III)
Unit: The formation of the Canadian federation ‐ Industrial development
Outcomes 2.6.e, 2.6.f: Describes some living and working conditions of workers; Establishes a connection between industrialization and unionization.
Unit: The modernization of Québec society – Movements that have contributed to changing attitudes in Québec (Feminist movement, Union movement)
Outcomes 2.2.d: Indicates the position of players opposed to the movements.
New Brunswick: Canadian History 122 (Grade 12)
Concept: Immigration and Imperialism (1896–1920)
Outcome No. 2: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the manner in which industrialization and urbanization transformed Canada.
Prince Edward Island: Social Studies (Grade 8)
Concept: Decades of Change
Outcome 8.3.1:Analyze the impact of changing technology and socio‐economic conditions on differing prosperities and lifestyles in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s.
Prince Edward Island: Canadian Studies 401A
Concept: Canada's Work and Worth
Outcome 10.4.2 and 10.4.3: Compare the ways that Canadians made a living in the past with how they make a living now; describe changes over time that have influenced the Canadian economy, including technological advancements and shifts in societal attitudes.
Lighting the Spark: Women and in the Labour Movement in Quebec
By the end of the activity, students will:
•	Gain an understanding of how and why the Canadian labour movement evolved during the first quarter of the 20th century.
•	Describe working and living conditions for Hull's working class, in particular the female employees at the E. B. Eddy match company.
•	Describe the events of the 1919 lockout at the E. B. Eddy match company.
•	Relate the events and key issues of the 1924 lockout, describing the roles played by the company, the clergy, the union and the female workers during the dispute.
•	Interpret and communicate a historical narrative using the Fauxbook template as a medium.


Cisco has announced the completion of the Sourcefire takeover, worth $2.7 billion.
Cisco has completed the acquisition of cybersecurity firm Sourcefire for $2.7 billion.
On Monday, the tech giant announced the closing of the deal, which will give Cisco a more substantial advanced threat protection portfolio -- bolstering its weakening position in network security as cyberthreats evolve and become more sophisticated, which forces firms to quickly catch up to protect their clients.
Originally announced on July 23 , the acquisition was quickly approved by both Cisco and Sourcefire's board of directors, and was expected to close this year.
Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco is paying $76 per share in cash in exchange for each share of Sourcefire and assuming outstanding equity awards, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.7 billion. All shares of Sourcefire will be delisted on the NASDAQ stock market.
Sourcefire employees will join the Cisco Security Group. In addition, Martin Roesch, founder and chief technology officer of Sourcefire, will become vice president and chief architect for the security department, reporting to Christopher Young, senior vice president of the Cisco Security Group.
"To truly protect against all possible attack vectors, our focus is to examine the nature of modern networked environments and devices and to defend them by deeply understanding and analyzing the mindset of the attackers.
Cisco's portfolio of integrated solutions support this focus by delivering unmatched visibility and continuous advanced threat protection, allowing customers to act smarter and more quickly -- before, during, and after an attack."
Columbia, MD-based Sourcefire was founded in 2001 and has over 650 employees worldwide. The firm specializes in security applications suitable for modern-day threats, mobile security and advanced persistent threats (APT). APT attacks which continually harass a target in order to bring down a service or steal valuable corporate or personal information, and remain a popular method among more sophisticated hacking groups.
The purchase of Sourcefire is likely to be an important step for Cisco, as the company has lost valuable marketshare in recent years after failing to provide the same business protection as rivals Palo Alto Networks and Check Point. The rival companies are better equipped with next-generation security solutions including the provision of sophisticated firewalls and cloud computing defense.
In Cisco's Q4 earnings, the tech giant reported fourth quarter earnings of $2.3 billion on revenue of $12.4 billion. Sourcefire reported revenue of $223.1 million in 2012.


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Scott Peters' case for election to Congress comes across as weak kneed
April 6, 2012 by Andy Cohen
ScottPeters.com
Former City Council member and current Port Commissioner Scott Peters tries to sell his candidacy, but his argument leaves behind more doubts than assurances.
When our intrepid Editordude asked if I would cover the Ocean Beach Planning Board meeting last Wednesday night and I found out that Scott Peters was coming to speak, I have to admit that I was pretty excited. (Yeah, I know…..I'm pathetic, but whatever.) I really didn't know much of anything about Peters, and this was my first chance to form some sort of impression of him heading into the June primary.
He was there for two purposes: As Port Commissioner to talk to the planning board and those in attendance about the good things happening along the San Diego waterfront. And there are some good things (chronicled here). Perhaps more importantly, though, he was there to talk about his bid for the redrawn 52nd District Congressional seat, which includes Ocean Beach.
Scott Peters isn't your stereotypical Democrat. In fact, at first glance it's rather tough not to be convinced that he's a Republican, despite his background as an environmental lawyer. He does live in La Jolla, after all…….with his neighbor Mitt Romney.
Peters comes across as a very reasonable guy. His policy positions are very much middle of the road but leaning Democratic: He laments the lack of focus on transportation issues in Congress, pointing to the emphasis last summer on the debt ceiling and not on issues that will "move the country forward." Congress' actions, he says, led to the US credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history.
"There is no discussion on the future of America in Congress right now," he said. "We need to be making investments in America that are going to keep us competitive and give people a chance." Innovators, he said, are starting their businesses in China and India instead of the United States due to the lack of investment in our own economy.
He criticized his incumbent opponent Brian Bilbray for his stance on immigration, among other issues. According to Bilbray, he says, "Unless you deport all 11 million undocumented people, then that's amnesty." He skewered Bilbray for his vote to defund Planned Parenthood as part of a budget bill in Congress, and for "reinterpreting the Constitution" with regards to "anchor babies." Bilbray wants to deport all US born children of undocumented immigrants despite the fact that they're citizens under the Constitution.
The new district, he says, is 1/3 Democrat, 1/3 Republican, and 1/3 Independent. "The way to beat Brian is not just to have Democrats, but it's to have independents."
His positions are very reasonable, very logical, and for the most part supported by Democrats. But it's when he begins to speak about his moderate appeal, about how well he has been able to work in the past with "the other side" that his argument begins to fall flat: "I would try to be as bipartisan as possible, try to establish relationships across the aisle" he says. "My approach is a problem solving approach."
Sure he's been able to work cooperatively with San Diego Republicans such as Dick Murphy, Jerry Sanders, and City Councilman Kevin Faulconer. But San Diego Republicans are not Congressional Republicans, and to hear him speak about how he'll be able to work with Speaker John Boehner and Eric Cantor's crew reveals a complete lack of awareness of what's actually happening with Republicans in Washington. As if he, Scott Peters, is the Democratic White Knight that's going to ride into the Capitol and miraculously bridge the ever growing divide between the two parties. He assumes that Congressional Republicans are reasonable people, when the truth is that there's very little that's reasonable about them.
House of Representatives party dispersion; Voteview.com
In a collaborative study conducted by political science professors from UCLA, the University of Georgia, and NYU, over the last 30 years Republicans in Congress and the Senate have moved more and more to the right, while Democrats have remained for the most part on a level plane. Democrats still hold to the same ideals they did 30 years ago, while Republicans have become more and more radically conservative. With the arrival of TEA Party freshmen in 2010, the divide has only gotten worse.
Moderate Republicans in the House and Senate are virtually an extinct breed. Because of it the environment in Congress has become so toxic that it's approaching impossible for the two sides to work together.
Senate Party Dispersion; Voteview.com
When challenged directly on this point and asked (by yours truly) how he, Scott Peters, expected to go into Congress and suddenly right what ills Congress, his response was effectively Well, I have a history of working together with Republicans to get things done. When asked again (by yours truly) why he of all people would succeed where everyone else in the last three years has failed to be able to work with Congressional Republicans, including President Obama who went out of his way to negotiate numerous deals with Boehner and Co., only to ultimately be completely rejected each and every time, and is now taking heat from the left for being too conciliatory toward Republicans, his answer was basically the same: That he has a record of solving problems. He even went so far as to criticize Nancy Pelosi for suggesting that the only way to solve the partisan gridlock is to "elect more Democrats."
"We need people in Congress that can make things happen and get things done." And Scott Peters wants us to know that he's that guy.
What his responses show are either an incredible arrogance or a stunning naiveté. Arrogance in that he seems to expect that due to his charm and willingness to "reach across the aisle" that suddenly all Republicans in Congress will be thrilled to work with him where they've refused to work with anyone else with a 'D' attached to their name. Naiveté in that he does not seem to comprehend what is really going on in Congress these days and how deliberately partisan the dealings have been on the part of Boehner and Co.
Now, Scott Peters seems like a really good guy. He seems like he really means well and that in his own way he will work hard to best represent the interests of the people who would elect him. But his approach is a weak one. These Republicans are not going to suddenly have a change of heart and become more moderate. Look at the graphs. What do they tell you? (Click on the graphs to enlarge them)
Policies that Republicans touted less than 10 years ago are now considered a "socialist conspiracy." Policies like a health care mandate which was first proposed by the ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation in 1993 and put into practice by Mitt Romney. Cap and trade was a Republican idea that is now considered a "job crushing burden" on American employers. The START treaty with Russia, first negotiated in the 80's by that notorious liberal Ronald Reagan and aimed at reducing the number of nuclear warheads, used to be a non-controversial goal that was near unanimously supported by both parties, but is now seen as a weakening of our defenses and kow-towing to the Russians.
There is no negotiating with these people. They would rather hold America hostage until they achieve absolute power. You simply cannot negotiate with terrorists. To these people compromise is tantamount to high treason punishable by career execution.
The only thing that Peters would accomplish with his conciliatory ways is to become more radically conservative himself.
Nancy Pelosi is right. The only way to change things in Washington is to soundly rout Republicans at the polls in November (and probably in the next two or three elections too). Beat them so badly that they are either forced to become more moderate in order to achieve a broader appeal, or that the more reasonable among their ranks split to form a viable third party, leaving the GOP to wither.
Democrats must stand for their principles and fight back for a change. We've tried it Scott Peters' way since 2006. It hasn't worked. And it won't work. The definition of insanity is to repeat the same behavior over and over again and expecting different results. What Scott Peters is proposing is for insanity to continue to reign. And if that's the case, we might as well just re-elect Brian Bilbray.
Now I just have to hear what the other major Democratic challenger, Lori Saldaña, has to say. She'll talk to the planning board next month.
Andy spent 15 years working in the highest levels of the San Diego professional sports world, including both the Padres and the Chargers. He began his foray into writing while a volunteer for Francine Busby's 2010 Congressional campaign, eventually becoming a contributor to the now defunct SDNN. He has reported on local and national politics for both the OB Rag and the San Diego Free Press. When not reporting news and events, he offers political and policy commentary from a liberal perspective, occasionally turning back to his sports roots.
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Doug Porter says
Good job, Andy. I'm looking forward to the Saldana article. I've met her a couple of times and was real impressed with her. She's a credible candidate, except that she doesn't have Peter's "resources", i.e., connections to the local elite.
Andy Cohen says
I got a chance to talk to her for a good while during last year's OB Street Fair when she was still only pondering a run for Congress. I liked her. I think she's got the goods, but I'll hold final judgment on that for now. Under ordinary circumstances I'd say that Peters would probably be a good choice too, but these are not ordinary circumstances.
judi Curry says
Thanks for clarifying where Peter's stands. I have been watching signs going up for him in the neighborhood – in fact I spotted one at a former City Council members' house, only to find that it is no longer there. In the articles I have read about him I have thought that he is an "opportunist" – and I am disappointed that he will now split the vote with Saldana, thus giving Bilbray the edge in the election.
I look forward to your next article about Saldana. And yes, for those of you driving past my house – I do have a "Saldana" in front of it.
Not necessarily. In the June primary, if no one gets over 50% of the vote, the top two finishers move on to November. Theoretically we could see a November matchup between Saldana and Peters. Unlikely, but it could happen.
Here's the link to the story Doug referenced above:
It's all Gingrich's fault

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I had the pleasure of writing for the #GenderAnd series in The Indian Express. In this piece, "From dependents to deportees: How US immigration policy is impacting Indian families," I write about the impacts that changes to the H-1B/H-4 visa program are likely to have on Indian families in the U.S. and call for greater immigrant alliances.
#GenderAnd: Educated brides, immigrant housewives – How the temporary work program shaped the lives of women.
Within the first year of Donald Trump's presidency, the world has seen him make good on several election promises intended to stymie the flow of immigrants to the United States. Besides instituting the "Muslim travel ban," heightening the scrutiny of refugees and asylum seekers, ending protected status programs for Haitians, Nicaraguans and El Salvadorans, and removing work authorization for undocumented youth, Trump's administration has taken direct aim at the Indian-dominated H-1B and H-4 visa programs. This latest round has ramifications for hundreds of thousands of temporary immigrants and particularly hurts women who migrate through family reunification programs.
The H-1B visa program brings high-skilled workers to the US to work in fields such as technology, finance and education. It is granted for three to six years and is a "dual-intent" visa, which means its holders can apply for permanent residency and eventually, US citizenship. The program, which has been in effect in its current form since 1990, also allows spouses and children under the age of 21 years to migrate with workers on the H-4 family reunification visa.
In recent months, Trump has taken steps to severely curtail this program, creating havoc for families who have been living and working the US for years. After announcing the "Buy American, Hire American" plan, the White House quickly proposed rescinding work authorization for some H-4 visa holders and to eliminate visa extensions for H-1B workers who are in the process of applying for permanent residency.
These changes are intended to reduce foreign competition to the US workforce. By restricting high-tech workers' spouses and workers already in the process of changing from "temporary" to "permanent" status, the current administration hopes to push immigrants to "self-deport". While this is not the first time the Indian community has faced restrictive immigration policies, there is a renewed fervor to limit families from immigrating and settling in the US.
While the H-1B visa has historically been a selling point for young men on the marriage market, the escalated attacks on the program have led to a drop in the desirability of "H-1B grooms." And yet, an all-time high of 136, 393 H-4 visas were issued in 2017, bringing the count of H-4 visas to 677,843 between 2012-2017.
For her book, High Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor and Transmigration, this author conducted over a hundred interviews with H-1B and H-4 visa holders to understand how their lives were shaped by the temporary work program. Overwhelmingly, the women who migrate to the US are often highly-educated and trained professionals. However, if they come through the H-1B program as spouses, they are considered "dependents" and unable to work.
This forced hiatus from the labor market made them economically vulnerable and forced them into the position of "housewife," even though they may have had robust careers while living in their home countries. While many readily make that trade-off in order to support their spouses' careers or to pursue new economic opportunities for their families, the cost they bear is high.
In 2015, President Obama issued an executive order granting work authorization for some H-4 visa holders. However, with the Trump administration's latest policy change, this lifeline for dependent spouses is now in jeopardy.
Radha (name changed) is a classic case of an H-4 visa holder who will be hurt by changes to the program. Though she had been working in Chennai, after she joined her husband in Seattle in 2010, she was forced to take a break from working when his visa changed. "Back home, you are something, but when you come the US, you are just your husband's baggage,"she recalls.
Likewise, Bhanu (name changed), was eager to start working after being in the US for more than a decade. With a Master's degree in computer science and five years of software experience in India, she left her job after her husband accepted a temporary position abroad. When she finally got her employment authorisation, she faced a new obstacle: how to overcome the long gaps in her resume?
The case of high-skilled migration is only one front of the anti-immigration onslaught. Even though the rationale of H-1B/H-4 restrictions are presumably to benefit American workers, there is a more insidious goal: reducing the numbers of immigrant families overall. Now framed as "chain migration," new attempts to cut back on family based immigration for all are afoot in Congress and the White House.
Even though family reunification has been recognized as a human right by the United Nations and a key part of American history, these policy changes represent a fundamental shift in how the nation sees itself and the rest of the world. These attacks are also intended to sow discord by pitting "skilled" against "unskilled" immigrants.
From "Dreamers" to software developers, a comprehensive strategy is needed that pushes back against these various attempts to keep immigrants and their families out. "America First" should never mean "American only".
In White men may be biggest winners when a city snags Amazon's HQ2, Dillon Mahmoudi and I use our research to examine the potential gender and race effects of Amazon's HQ2 on host cities.
"Cities have long been known for "smokestack chasing," or offering lucrative tax incentives and other subsidies to lure companies or factories from elsewhere. These policies often don't work.
You might call today's race to get Amazon's second headquarters a modern form of that phenomenon as municipalities compete in a zero-sum game for tech company outposts.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week that the Trump administration intends to stop issuing employment authorization documents (EAD) to H-4 visa holders, who are the spouses and dependents of H-1B temporary workers.
Since the majority of H-1B visa holders are men, we can presume that women will be the ones hurt most by changes to the H-4 visa. For women who have spent years training and working before migrating, the H-4 EAD rule change was a chance to reignite their stalled careers. In 2016, more than 41,000 work authorizations for qualified women already in the U.S. were approved. As of June 2017, 36,000 more were approved according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
As Amazon, a major participant in the H-1B visa program, continues to vet cities across the United States to expand its second headquarters, the demand for highly skilled workers will only grow. Promising to create more than 50,000 well-paying jobs, companies like Amazon are on the hunt for the best sources of talent. Ignoring the tens of thousands of women already in the U.S. with the right qualifications makes little sense—especially when the pool of highly skilled workers is already shrinking.
Limiting H-4 visa holders in order to encourage employers to "hire American" ignores how the multi-billion dollar global high tech market actually functions. Instead of tapping into the specialized skills of highly educated H-4 visa holders, the Department of Homeland Security is shutting doors to potential employees who are already here and more than willing to join this workforce.
In February 2018, a public comment period will open at the Department of Homeland Security about these rule changes and other immigration policies. Don't let the Trump administration take the power to work away from more women. Stand up, speak up and fight back.
Dr. Amy Bhatt is Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Her research focuses on the effects of migration on gender and families. She is the author of High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration and the co-author of Roots and Reflections: South Asians in the Pacific Northwest.
Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque is a interviewer, writer and speaker. She focuses on people who have chosen to breathe life into challenging situations and live a life filled with love, joy and passion despite overwhelming stereotypes. Catalina is a Communication Manager for the Humanities & Social Sciences at UMBC. She has contributed to Huffington Post, UpWorthy and Gay Family Trips, among others.
On Dec. 14, the Trump administration announced a regulatory change that would strip spouses of high-skilled foreign workers of the right to work in the United States.
The apparent aim is to promote Trump's "Buy American, Hire American" executive order issued in April. It's also part of efforts to scale back the H-1B visa program, which allows workers to bring spouses and children under H-4 visas.
Besides likely having a negative impact on industries that use H-1B visas, such as information technology, software development and finance, my own research shows that it will also, intentionally or not, disproportionately harm women.
There is no shortage of opinions about the merits and drawbacks of the H-1B program.
Critics argue that the program has been abused by companies that seek to replace American workers or pay them lower wages. Advocates, meanwhile, point out that foreign workers increase innovation and bring in much-needed high-skilled labor.
But there is another consideration left out of this debate: how the program directly affects the lives of the workers and their families.
Historically, family reunification has played a contentious role in U.S. immigration policy. Starting with the Page Law of 1875 and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, women (predominately from Asia) were barred from migrating either as spouses or on their own. These laws were responsible for creating "bachelor societies" of immigrant men and limited the establishment of permanent Asian communities in the United States.
Changes to immigration law in the mid-20th century began to recognize the need for family migration. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 further reversed earlier policy by giving naturalized citizens and legal permanent residents the power to sponsor family members and made reunification a weighted factor for immigration consideration.
A 1990 law opened new avenues for family-based migration, creating the H-1B as a "temporary nonimmigrant visa" that prioritized highly skilled workers whose labor was needed for "specialized and complex" jobs.
The visa is typically issued for three to six years to employers to hire a foreign worker. If employers choose to sponsor them, visa holders can then apply for permanent residency.
It also created the H-4 family reunification visa. Even though the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services doesn't release gender data, some estimate that 85 percent of H-1Bs go to men. It is safe to presume that women make up the majority of H-4 spousal visas.
They are among the 22 "nonimmigrant" visa categories that have family reunification provisions, but, like most of them, come with work restrictions.
Work authorization for the spouses of H-1B visa holders came into the spotlight in 2015.
The Obama administration issued an executive order that year that allowed H-4 visa holders who were already in the process of applying for lawful permanent residency to also apply for employment authorization. Prior to the order, H-4 holders were unable to work or obtain a social security number.
The work authorization document is conditional, however. If the possessor's spouse loses his H-1B visa, then the H-4 visa holder would also lose her authorization to work in the U.S.
I conducted a multi-year study of H-1B and H-4 visa holders that ended just after President Barack Obama's 2015 order. My findings clearly showed the long-lasting negative effects of these work restrictions and how important work authorization is for immigrant families.
Even though spouses of H-1B workers tend to be highly educated, often in STEM fields, after coming to the U.S. they effectively became housewives. Women are unable to contribute to the household financially and become dependent on their husbands. They cannot apply for changes in their immigration status without going through the primary visa holder.
This means that if an H-4 visa holder were to experience domestic violence, for example, she would be unable to leave without putting her visa status in jeopardy.
While Citizenship and Immigration Services did issue a memorandum in 2016 granting work authorization to abused spouses of nonimmigrants under the Violence Against Women Act, victims must have proof of abuse, such as police reports, court records or reports from social service agencies. As advocates have shown, this can be difficult for immigrant women to obtain, and many would rather drop domestic violence cases than risk deportation.
In cases where an H-1B worker loses his job or experiences something worse, the rest of the family could be deported.
This point was driven home dramatically in the case of Sunayana Dumala, the widow of H-1B worker Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was murdered in Kansas by a white supremacist in February. After she returned to India for Kuchibhotla's funeral, she was barred from reentering the U.S. since her deceased husband's visa was no longer valid. Dumala's state congressman intervened personally to help obtain her temporary work authorization and to apply for her own H-1B visa or a "U" visa, usually reserved for immigrant victims of crime.
Her case, which had the rare aid of a member of Congress, brings home the precariousness that dependents of temporary immigrant workers face.
Even in less horrific cases, the forced hiatus from the workplace that women face on the H-4 hurts their long-term career prospects. Research has shown women who leave or are pushed out of the workforce wherever they are in the world have a much harder time reentering the job market.
This issue is compounded by the fact that H-4 holders must find an employer to sponsor them on an H-1B, which are already in short supply, or wait potentially seven to 10 years until they become permanent residents to restart their careers.
H-4 women face a triple burden if they are able to start working again, particularly in technology: race, gender and long gaps in their resumes.
Considering the negative impacts of H-4 work restrictions, the Obama-era rule change granting work authorization was welcome relief for tens of thousands of dependent spouses.
For women who have been stymied at home, the chance to join the workforce is important both financially and psychologically, particularly in areas where H-1B workers are concentrated such as Silicon Valley, Seattle and New York.
For example, having two incomes offsets the high cost of living in regions where H-1B workers are concentrated. In addition, women's participation in the workforce can translate into greater gender equity at home.
Unfortunately, there has already been backlash to this expansion of the temporary workforce, including via a lawsuit to halt H-4 work authorization. Although that suit was initially rejected, now the Trump administration's planned rule change revives the issue.
As my research has shown, when women are given opportunities to grow their careers and become economically productive, they are more likely to stay in the U.S.
Losing talented workers who have already invested significant time and money (workers pay social security and other taxes regardless of immigration status) in the U.S. will deal a blow to our standing as the locus of technological innovation. There has already been a drop in the numbers of H-1B applications received in 2017 as foreign workers grow wary of the current political climate in the U.S. This latest restriction will only create more hesitation.
The H-1B program is undoubtedly in need of reform. Obama's 2015 executive actions on immigration were far from perfect and left many problems unresolved, such as what will happen to children of H-1B workers who "age out" of their dependent visas after they turn 21 years old. Many have spent the majority of their childhoods in the U.S. but still are not permanent residents. They are left in limbo and, like the "Dreamers," potentially face the prospect of returning to countries that they have never known.
Withdrawing work authorization for spouses who have been living in the U.S. for more than half a decade is a step in the wrong direction. Immigration reform needs more compassion, not less.
I discuss the uptick in South Asian women's political leadership in this piece by Laila Kazmi: "In Washington State, South Asian American Women Are Ushering in a New Era of Political Engagement" (November 2, 2017).
"Compared to previous elections, the tally of female South-Asian candidates is significant, according to Dr. Amy Bhatt, co-author of "Roots and Reflections: South Asians in the Pacific Northwest" and associate professor of Gender and Women's Studies at University of Maryland.
"[South Asian Americans] have had such a low historic presence in elected offices at all levels across the United States," Bhatt says.
But Jayapal's election last November to U.S. Congress may represent a turning point. Her victory and the fact that Washington State is home to one of the oldest South Asian immigrant communities in the country — dating back to the beginning of the twentieth century, when Sikhs first arrived here to work in timber and farming — might explain why we're seeing such an interest in running for office.
Early South-Asian immigrants came mostly as laborers and those who arrived in the mid-20th century generally came either for higher education opportunities or to join family members already here. They tended to not be very political, according to Bhatt.
In this short documentary about the landmark 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, I talk about the role that early South Asians played in transforming American immigration.
Check out the documentary, "Immigration Reform, A Work in Progress" on KCTS's website!


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I admit it — I'm human. I need people to pat me on the back once in awhile!
But here's the thing — self-promotion is probably the single hardest thing for me to do. When I was growing up, I was (as one of my best friends put it) the one running the household. I'm the eldest of four, and at age four, I was told I needed to be a grown-up to help things keep running. And I did — I tried to stay on top of chores, I did my best to mediate disputes between everyone, and I even got a job when so pressured to (which covered my expenses, and I also ended up covering other peoples' expenses as well). I did it with as little complaining as possible, because you know what? It was made abundantly clear that I was not permitted to have feelings. I was a victim of my own competence, and have continued to be my entire life.
Because of that, and because of childhood lessons wherein it was made very clear to me that there was absolutely no point in asking for affirmation in the areas I needed it, I've got a pretty painful relationship with affirmation, and the receipt thereof. And that's the old saw in this extroverted world of ours — if you don't ask, you don't receive. But I actually can't ask for affirmation anymore — if I asked and received, my brain has decreed that it doesn't count, which then sends me into a rather dangerous spiral. Even admitting this much usually causes me to dive dive dive dangerously, but I think, I think, I've rolled this around in my head enough that I can put it into words for others to see finally. It's rough progress of a sort, so I should make sure do to my part and affirm myself!
So whatever happens, I put one foot in front of the other, and I've taken a step. I'm still having lots of problems right now with fluttering spiking anxiety so I can't tell how I feel feel, but I think once the dust settles, I'll be happy with myself. Whatever the end result, I made myself combat a demon. And that is awesome.


Born Luther Ronzoni Vandross, April 20, 1951, in New York, NY; died July 1, 2005, in Edison, NJ. Singer and songwriter. In the 1980s as R&B music turned from vocals to the slick styling of studio production that was rampant in the 1990s and the beginning of the 21st century, Luther Vandross used his natural talent to stand above the pack. He sold more than 25 million records, and many will remember the crooner for his vocals and lyrics. Music producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds told Entertainment Weekly 's Tom Sinclair that Vandross "had one of the most unique, most magical voices of all time. That was Luther's gift: He made you fall in love with his voice."
Vandross was born in New York City on April 20, 1951. His father, Luther, and his mother, Mary Ida, raised him and his older siblings in a house filled with love and music. When Vandross was eight years old, his father died from diabetes. When Vandross was older, one of his sisters was a part of the group the Crests, who released the popular song "16 Candles."
In high school, Vandross' grades suffered as he pursued his love of music. His favorite singers were all women: Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, and Cissy Houston, mother of pop superstar Whitney Houston. Vandross formed his own music group Listen My Brother, with several friends, including Carlos Alomar. Vandross sold one of his compositions, "Everybody Rejoice (A Brand New Day)." It was used in the Broadway production of The Wiz, and for the movie version of the musical. His friend, Alomar, had become a guitarist for rocker David Bowie, and introduced the two. Bowie was impressed with Vandross' voice and compositions. He asked the singer to help arrange his album, Young Americans. Vandross also went on tour with Bowie, who also requested that he open for him. Though it was daunting for Vandross, it gave him the exposure that would help him throughout his career.
Working with Bowie brought Vandross to the attention of other singers and songwriters. He was soon singing backup and penning songs for the likes of Bette Midler, Carly Simon, Donna Summer, and Barbra Streisand. But Vandross longed for his own solo career. He formed a disco group named Luther, and released two albums for Cotillion Records. Neither record did well, and Vandross was soon singing backup again. He also wrote and sang jingles for Kentucky Fried Chicken, 7Up, and the U.S. Army.
What made the search for a record deal difficult was Vandross' insistence on having total creative control, something unheard of in the 1970s and the 1980s. He sunk his money into a home studio and put together his first album, Never Too Much. He was able to sign a deal with Epic Records and released his album in 1981. The album was a success and the title track soared to the top of the R&B charts.
With each new release, Vandross's popularity grew. His songs of romance and his vocal arrangements captivated audiences from around the world. His albums successfully climbed the R&B charts, each going platinum by selling a million plus records, but mainstream success was very elusive. Vandross was reluctant to identify himself as an R&B singer because he felt his music transcended genres. According to the Los Angeles Times he said in an interview, "I consider my music to be universal. My music is based solely on feelings, not analysis." When he released his first compilation album, The Best of Love, he was finally able to do well on the pop charts. The song, "Here and Now," received a Grammy Award, and became a wedding anthem.
Vandross collaborated with many singers, including Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, and his all-time favorite, Dionne Warwick. He continued writing for other people. In the 1990s he began a battle with Sony, the parent company of Epic Records, to be released from his contract. Toward the end of the decade he got his wish, and later signed with legendary music executive Clive Davis, who had just started a new label, J Records.
While Vandross had much success, his battle with his weight played out in the spotlight. As with his father, grandfathers, and his three siblings, Vandross had diabetes as well as hypertension. Throughout his career, his weight constantly fluctuated between 190 to 340 pounds. As Vandross was preparing to release an album that many deemed his most personal, Dancing With My Father, he suffered a stroke on April 16, 2003, which many thought was brought on by his diabetes. As his family and friends rallied around him, Vandross began the daily struggle to recover, all but disappearing from the public eye. His album was released and debuted at number one. The title track would also reach the top of the charts. Another single, "The Closer I get to You," a duet with Beyoncé Knowles, was number one on the charts, and helped Vandross win four Grammys. (Over the span of his career, he won a total of eight Grammy Awards.) A tribute to him was performed by several in the industry, and he accepted his award via a taped message, thanking his fans and all those who had supported him over the years.
One year after his stroke, Vandross appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, to give an update on his progress. Throughout his recovery, many of his friends and colleagues would stop by, some to reminisce, and others brought the gift of singing, including Patti Labelle, who sang his hit single, "If Only For One Night," for him. While family and close friends knew Vandross' ordeal was slow going, they all thought he would make a full recovery. Many in the music world were shocked to learn that he passed away on July 1, 2005. He was 54. Fans and friends came together for many tributes to the man some called "The Pavarotti of Pop." Vandross is survived by his mother. Sources: Chicago Tribune, July 2, 2005, sec. 1, pp. 1-2; CNN.com, http://www. cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/01/vandross. obit/index.html (July 5, 2005); Entertainment Weekly, July 15, 2005, p. 20; E! Online, http://www.eonline. com/News/Items/0,1,16867,00.html (July 5, 2005); Los Angeles Times, July 2, 2005, p. B18; New York Times, July 2, 2005, p. B14; People, July 18, 2005, pp. 80-84; August 29, 2005, pp. 115-16; Times (London), July 4, 2005, p. 50.


Jim--No special tools; be sure to count the number of turns it takes to unscrew each end as that will help on getting an approximate toe setting on the reinstall. Use 2 big hammers to shock the tapers loose from their yokes.
If your leery of the 2 big hammer method which works 99 percent of the time as per Rick. Or if you have not seen it done???
Most of the parts stores now do the free loan a tool deal. Give you nice little expensive set of screw type seperators in a box to remove the taper. Part can be ordered from them as well usually far cheaper.
Make sure the replacement is identical to original for this next tip?
Rather than trying to count turns clean the area at the threads before taking off. Then just take a small hose clamp open it up and put it right up against the back of the tie rod. Tighten down the clamp. Wind her off. Screw new one on back to where it stops. If its not vertical when it hits remove hose clamp and bring around tighter till it is. Its due to rust on the old part.
You will be dead close but alignment is always in order. suspension parts are rarely identical.


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How We Data-Mine Related Tech Skills
by Simon Hughes March 16, 2015 9 min read
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One of the earliest and most interesting data science projects we've embarked on is automatically learning which professional skills relate to one another, based on our data. For instance, if someone lists data science as a skill, it's likely they also know machine learning, R or python and Hadoop.
This project has a lot of potential uses on our site, from suggesting related skills when a user adds technology skills to their profile, to enhancing our search and job recommendation platforms by matching across related skills. This can also be used to suggest related keywords when a user is typing in a search query:
How do we determine if two different words are related? A research area in the field of Natural Language Processing, called "Distributional Semantics," addresses this problem. Distributional Semantics attempts to determine the meaning of a word by examining the different contexts in which it occurs. To quote John Firth, a pioneer in this field, "a word is characterized by the company it keeps"; by looking at the words that occur within the same context as the original word, such as the same sentence or document, you can understand the word's meaning. That means if you look at a lot of documents about cars, you'll see terms such as "tires", "wheels", and "automobiles" occurring in a lot of the same documents. You can then use these co-occurrence statistics to determine which terms relate to one another.
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So how did we turn this concept into an algorithm that can learn related technology skills? First we used a parser we developed to extract technology skills from job postings. Then we constructed a "Term-Document Matrix" from these lists of skills. Also called a "Vector Space Representation," this matrix features a row per skill, along with a column for each document (or job in this case), as illustrated below:
(from http://mlg.postech.ac.kr/research/nmf)
Incidentally, this is the data structure used by search engines for performing Web searches. In this format, each skill is represented as a vector (a list of numbers) encoding the documents in which it occurs (hence the term 'Vector Space Representation'). However, a skill is clearly more important to some documents than others; for instance, Java is a more important skill to a Java developer than to a Scala or Hadoop developer. To reflect this, we use a weighting scheme called tf-idf weighting also borrowed from the field of Information Retrieval, which studies search engine design.
The tf-idf calculation multiplies a measure of term frequency (tf)—how often a word occurs in the current document—with inverse document frequency (idf), which measures how rarely the word appears in a set of documents. The intuition behind tf-idf is that words that are important to a document occur in that document much more frequently than they do in most other documents. A lot of prior research has shown that weighting words in this way is very effective for determining which words best represent a document.
Now that we have tf-idf vectors, we can compute similarities between pairs of skills by computing the similarity of their vectors. However, using the raw tf-idf vectors poses some problems. There is a lot of inherent noise in the data, as is typical with textual data, and we'd like much smaller vectors to work with. We typically take a sample of 100,000 jobs to compute skill similarities, which means each vector has 100,000 elements. We can solve these two problems by performing a dimensionality reduction on the data, reducing the number of elements per vector from 100,000 to 1,000, using an algorithm called truncated singular value decomposition. Dimensionality reduction can be considered a form of lossy data compression, wherein we compress the data by removing noisy data points that capture the least variation in the data, and combining columns that are very similar to form the new columns. This is important for matching rare skills. To create the term-document matrix and perform the dimensionality reduction, we use the python gensim package and the gensim LSA module, but we do the dimensionality reduction over the document and not the term dimension, which is how LSA normally works. LSA is computationally intensive, but gensim uses an iterative approximation, which is very fast and scales very well.
Once we have these 1,000 dimensional vectors for each skill, we can use the cosine similarity metric to calculate how similar two skills are from their vectors, and thus compute the most similar skills for a given skill. Here are some examples of skills with their five most similar related skills:
Data Science: Machine learning, Apache Flume, HDFS, Big data, Product marketing
Linux: Unix, Linux administration, Red Hat Linux, C++, Apache HTTP Server
Java: J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, Web services, Apache Struts
HTML: CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Web development, UI
Networking: Cisco, Network engineering, Network management, Hardware, Cisco Certifications
Project Management: PMP, Project planning, IT project management, Budget, Microsoft Project
I think that's pretty cool, given we're generating that automatically from job descriptions posted on our site. We also tried using the resume dataset, but the results were of a lower quality, as the skills extracted from resumes can be from different jobs.
Another interesting thing: we now have a way to compute the similarity of skills, by clustering groups of similar skills into groups of related items. We can use an off-the-shelf clustering algorithm to cluster the skill vectors by their cosine similarity; for this, I used affinity propagation, a popular graph-clustering algorithm because it's known to work well on short documents. Unlike other clustering algorithms such as k-means, where you have to specify the cluster size, affinity propagation automatically discovers the number of clusters in a dataset. Here's some example clusters, with some descriptive labels:
Microsoft BI Stack: MDX, Microsoft BI, Microsoft SSAS, Microsoft SSIS, Microsoft SSRS
Design Skills: Adobe CS, Adobe InDesign, Animation, Brand, Graphics, Interface design, Logos, Typography
Java Frameworks: Apache Struts, GWT, Hibernate, J2EE, Java, Spring, Spring MVC
Big Data NoSql: Apache Cassandra, Big data, MongoDB, NoSQL, Scalability
Web Technologies: Ajax, CSS, HTML, HTML5, JavaScript, Responsive design, UI, Web development, jQuery, jQuery UI
Data Science AI: Artificial intelligence, Data mining, Data science, Machine learning, Natural language processing
Simon Hughes is the chief data scientist of the Dice Data Science Team.
Firth, J. R. (1957). A synopsis of linguistic theory 1930-1955. Oxford Philological Society.
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Fred Dietz March 17, 2015
You have just documented the problem with recruiting today and our society in general. Organizations from the US Gov. to the local blood drive want to database and then categorize everyone and everything. Recruiters want to put everyone into a group. Be it CYA or I can only do one thing so that means everyone can only do one thing mentality, it frustrates the best and brightest. A lot of people are good at a number of complex tasks that cross groups such as those in the article. Yes, I know the article is trying to illustrate how skill grouping enhances searches but experience shows that's not how most recruiters think. Recruiters, if nothing else, are experts at CYA. If a candidate doesn't work out they want to be able to say: "well, they did that exact task at Wingnutt Industries for 3 years."
The best and brightest like to learn and enjoy the challenge of mastering new skills. If you don't fit neatly in one of these groups or worse, fit into a lot of them, chances are the typical recruiter is going to pass you by. Unfortunately, that leaves a lot of the best and brightest out in the cold while those happy doing the same tasks year after year are rewarded. Nothing wrong with getting good at something and sticking with it but all the while CEOs lament the lack of innovation within their company. DUH!
Simon Hughes March 17, 2015
All I describe in the article is a method of determining which skills are related. I show clustering as an illustration of one use of this technique, there are many others. I think you miss-understand the nature and point of the article. This technique can relate to any skill, rare or common. It does not force people into buckets, just allows us to broaden the search by finding similar skills to the set a person already has. That greatly broadens the diversity of candidates that can be found, rather than narrowing it by allowing people with unusual combinations of skills to appear in searches where they would previously be ignored as they don't fit some skills template.
Mal July 2, 2015
I got here from yesterday's post "Dice Data: How Technical Skills Connect" by Yuri Bykow's post. How you decide what a "technology skill" is? I.e. how did the document parser make that decision?
I'm assuming here that it can't simply be a matter of choosing the most common words from job adverts as I assume that would lead to the inclusion of words common in job adverts which are not skills (e.g. "job"), and to the exclusion of rare skills.
I'm asking because I'm curious how "translation", "localization" and "internationalization" connect to other skills (I'm doing research on interdisciplinary collaboration) but unfortunately couldn't find it in the graph. I would argue that "localization" is not less of a technical skill than "copywriting" and appears in a few job postings. "Internationalization", I would argue, is fairly technical.
Anyway, a very interesting posting. Any plans to make a peer-reviewed publication out of this?
Kevin Sun September 28, 2017
Wait…I thought in a TF-IDF matrix, the rows are suppose to be documents, and the columns are the unique words?
Yesh March 15, 2018
Thanks for the article. It does help in one of my works which is related to the same topic. Are the complete results available for viewing? I was wondering if there exists a published baseline for the semantic similarity for technical skills. That would greatly help in comparing and assessing new approaches or improvement. Would be helpful if you could share pointers to research works which establish a fair baseline. If this article evolved to a paper, would be excited to read about it.


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Welcome to the GymTactics Videos channel: "Tactics" is a way of thinking about skills and thinking about coaching, always striving to find the best and most efficient way of teaching skills.
An instructional video on how to tape your gymnast when she has suffered a lower back injury.
Here are some progressions for the Pak Salto as presented by Neil Resnick, head coach at Boise State. This is another piece of a presentation given at the 2002 Illinois State Gymnastics Congress.
The back full is one of the first skills that progresses into more than basic tumbling. This video looks at several techniques and discusses errors commonly encountered.
A strong powerful back handspring is one of the most important skills in tumbling. Here Mas Watanabe shows how to develop power in this important skill.
Needle kicks are an important base for future aerial walkovers.
Here are a few Yurchenko drills for your basket of session assignments.
The complete training on the salto backward stretched with a full twist on the floor.
The complete training on the double back. The double salto backward is a characteristic gymnastics skill that many gymnasts dream of doing. What if you could help them realize this dream?
Here are some stretching exercises from Mary Lee Tracy and Amanda to help you keep in shape at home when the gym is closed for the holidays.
Dance presentation sells a floor routine. Here is a quick tip on how to improve your hands from Donna Culp.
An understanding of the multiple factors affecting young gymnasts is required to assist in optimizing performance and injury prevention.
Dr. Patrick Cohn and Olympian Wendy Bruce-Martin discuss the top mental game challenges for gymnasts. Learn how perfectionism can be an asset and a problem for competitive gymnasts.
The purpose of the paper is to highlight the biomechanical characteristics of the Gienger salto on uneven bars performed by female junior gymnasts aged 12 to 14.
The dislocate is one of the first swing elements that is learned on rings. Here Hideo (Mizo) Mizoguchi explains how to keep good pressure on the rings through the skill.
The complete training on the front aerial on beam. How to teach this move that combines technique, strength, and flexibility!


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Saturday June 23rd, a presentation by the Deep Green Resistance Roadshow from Wisconsin 7 p.m. @ Internationalist Books 405 W. Franklin St.
The United Church of Chapel Hill, in partnership with Fisher Memorial Church in Durham and the Racial Equity Institute in Greensboro, is holding a 2-day Anti-Racism Workshop on July 6th and 7th at the United Church of Chapel Hill (1321 MLK Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC) from 8:30 am to 5:15 pm each day.
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Samantha Mewis, Rose Lavelle futures at Manchester City still open for discussion
May 8, 2021 May 7, 2021 by Larry Henry Jr
Both Samantha Mewis and Rose Lavelle could end the weekend as Women's Super League Champions, but their futures at Manchester City hang in the balance with plenty still to be discussed.
Man City Women's manager Gareth Taylor has seen both players play key roles for the club this season ahead of this weekend's season finale in the WSL. Mewis and Lavelle signed one-year deals with the Lady Citizens, which come with options for an additional season in 2021-22, but nothing has yet been confirmed for either player going forward.
"Of course, these guys are going to be, hopefully, really busy in the summer with the Olympics, but at some point, we need to sit and obviously have conversations with many players around next season," Taylor said in a club interview Friday.
"At the moment, [Lavelle and Mewis are] similar [to Jill Scott], we need to have further discussions with them. When you're working on short contracts, you have to understand that you're going to have more of these conversations and then it's obviously picking the right moment to do so."
Mewis, 28, has delivered 12 goals and two assists in 25 combined appearances for Man City this season, seeing ample time in the heart of the club's midfield. The 25-year-old Lavelle has struggled for consistency, scoring only three times in 21 combined outings, although has shined in more recent performances down the final stretch of the season.
Both players are still owned by NWSL clubs and could be back there this summer if an agreement on their Man City futures aren't confirmed in the coming weeks. Man City will win the WSL title on Sunday if they defeat West Ham United and Chelsea slips up to tie or lose at home vs. Reading.
The club also remains in the FA Cup fifth round, which also sees them face West Ham on May 16th. Both Mewis and Lavelle have been joined by international teammate Abby Dahlkemper in Manchester this season and could remain there long-term after impressing in their first seasons in Europe.
"There's going to be quite a bit of discussion had once the games are out of the way," Taylor said. "When I say games, I don't just mean Sunday's game. I think we need to make sure that we look after the return leg, if you like, against West Ham in the FA Cup on May 16."
"There's going to be a lot of speculation about various players between now and the end of the season, like there already has been. We would rather just be able to speak to the players at the right moment and make sure that everything's covered and we make sure we know where people are next season. But, like I say, there's going to be a lot of conversations around that."
Bill Minarik
Rose may be nursing an injury, so her playing time is being limited. However, what with the Olympics coming up, I would just as soon have her limit her playing time to the USWNT. She has the ability to finesse her way through the defenses, whereas none of the rest of the team is quite that adept at those maneuvers. So I would like her to be injury-free when the O/Gs begin. With an 18-player Roster, you simply can't afford to have wounded warriors
sitting on the bench.
KARIM AL-KHAFAJI
Lavelle is a lock starter on a World Cup winning team and consistent difference maker at the international level, but Man City has only brought her on as a late game sub when results are already in hand. They clearly don't value her, so why would they bring her back. And why would she want to come back to that situation? They're just not that into you, move on. If she wants to stay in Europe, there has to be better situations where she can be a key player not someone to kill out garbage time so their stars don't get injured or overly fatigued.
quozzel
Which is absolutely baffling.
Lavelle is one of the best women soccer players in the world, and they don't rate her. Crazy. I do not get it. At all.
What IS that? Or are they just afraid of becoming dependent on her because she's such a wild card?


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When I get to the top to get the new message, I get a MQRC_GLOBAL_UOW_CONFLICT exception.
I understand that transaction commit is asynchronous and the queue manager might not be ready yet to participate in a new transaction. How do I determine that it is ready? I subscribed to the TransactionCompleted event on Transaction.Current and waited for that to fire before re-entering the loop. Same exception. I was able to avoid the exception by sleeping for 10 milliseconds, but I don't want to put hard timeouts on this. There must be a 'proper' way to know.
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Hospitals await plan for Johnson & Johnson vaccine distribution
Crystal Durocher, a registered nurse with Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital, in Townshend, administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Rebecca Lapointe, nurse manager for Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital, on Dec. 16.
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BRATTLEBORO — Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine will soon join the other two making their way into arms across the state.
"We are one step closer to putting this pandemic behind us and building back stronger than before," Gov. Phil Scott said in a statement following the federal Food and Drug Administration granting emergency use authorization for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 27.
"With a new vaccine coming online, we will be able to scale up our efforts, speed up our timeframes and broaden our eligibility faster."
Dr. Kat McGraw, chief medical officer at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, said her group hasn't received any information yet on the state's plan for distributing the J&J vaccine. Officials at BMH and Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend, which both offer vaccination clinics, anticipate details might be shared today at the governor's news conference.
While the J&J vaccine has an efficacy rate of 72 percent compared to 95 percent after two doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, McGraw said they were in clinical trials at different times "so it's not really apples to apples in terms of the environment for comparing it."
She noted how the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were tested much earlier, and J&J's vaccine was tested when there were mutations of the virus, making it unknown how Pfizer and Moderna would test in today's environment.
Another thing McGraw pointed out involves definitions used in the clinical trials.
The J&J vaccine is effective in fighting moderate and severe disease "but moderate disease is actually very similar to mild disease in the Pfizer and Moderna trials," she said.
"So given the lack of an exact crosswalk to be able to compare it," she said, "we can say that they are comparable and roughly the same."
Patients don't need to be vying for one vaccine over another, McGraw said. The J&J vaccine was tested to be 100 percent effective against hospitalizations and death, which she called "astonishing and fabulous."
"That's what we're really trying to vaccinate against," she said.
The state has prioritized people in age groups who died from COVID-19 in Vermont, starting with vaccinations for those who are 80 and older then moving through 75 and older.
"Then the risk of dying progressively declines between 65 and 70, then it's lower from there," McGraw said before explaining how the latest age band registering for vaccines next week — 55 and older — also includes those with high-risk medical conditions. "Beyond that, the state has not really made clear how they're going to be doing prioritization."
School staff, teachers and first responders are anticipated to be vaccinated within the next phases.
Chris Mays is a general assignment reporter for the Brattleboro Reformer and Vermont News & Media.
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Guilford Country Store, a cornerstone of the community, reopened its doors to the public on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The store will have its official grand opening on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., is joined by USDA Undersecretary Jennifer Moffitt for a press conference at Corse Farm Dairy, a sixth-generation organic dairy farm in Whitingham, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, to talk about strengthening the regulations and relief for organic farmers.
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Several acts took to the main stage at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro during the fifth annual Windham County's Got Talent presented by the Brattleboro Reformer on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
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The Asian Cultural Center of Vermont celebrated the Year of the Rabbit in the annual Lunar New Year Festival at the Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center in Brattleboro on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.


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