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It looks like I might make it to 100 books this year, despite the lack of novels on my class reading lists.
I'm not complaining, but every semester spent reading 7,000+ picturebooks (Spring) or 7,000+ page 19th century novels (Fall) takes away time from the Read A Giant Mountain of Books objective. Last fall, I was reading at least 600 pages a week, but those pages were divvied up over three or four titles instead of crammed into one Long, Long Book.
This is my first exposure to the glory that is 19th Century Children's Literature. And this includes some obvious titles: somehow, I lived almost 26 years without reading Little Women or Tom Sawyer. How did that happen? I have no idea. I was probably too busy reading The Babysitter's Club.
Anyway, I'm growing more accustomed to the 19th century cadence of language, the Boy Book and Girl Book paradigm, and the sheer force of will power required to make it through a phonebook sized novel with the tiniest words still visible to the naked eye, and I'm finding myself strangely fond of some of the stories.
Our professor told us that, at some point during our semi-chronological reading list, a book would click in our head, telling us "Oh, this is a book for children!" You see, in the 19th Century, children reading novels was A) not widely possible because a lot of kids were illiterate or too busy being poor or working on a farm, B) not enough of a money-maker to warrant a whole genre to themselves, and C) kind of anti-Christian and immoral. So those 700 page monsters were not really written for children, but for women who didn't mind reading about a child protagonist.
This week, I'm reading What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge, and even after one chapter, I knew exactly what my professor was talking about. THIS was a book for children, and I was enjoying breezing through it this week, even while nursing intense homework assignments and other mental-breakdown type situations.
However, I am not quite accustomed to the 19th Century Children's Literature Horror: the moment when you are reading when you realize exactly what craziness is going on between author and reader, child and adult, and society as a whole.
I'm breezing along with Katy and her appealing younger siblings. Katy is a freewheeling, Jo March type tomboy, who will obviously need some discipline over the course of the novel. I get that. So she gets on this tree swing, after her curmudgeonly Aunt Izzie tells her not to. Alright, so something bad is going to happen, since the narrator told me that the swing is broken. She'll fall off, get punished, and then move on to the next chapter-long trial of her character.
I should have seen it coming, but I was completely BLINDSIDED when Katy flies off the swing and blacks out, waking up to find out she is at risk for some kind of SPINAL CORD INJURY, and must now submit to the 19th Century Medical Treatment of Laying Down in Bed, Immobile.
Of course, the doctor says 2 weeks, but the 19th Century Horror keeps her in bed for TWO YEARS.
Moral of the Story:
To discipline an unruly (albeit well-meaning) young woman, you must simply hobble her until she learns the patience, humility, and grace of a complete invalid.
Oh, Contemporary Realistic Young Adult Fiction, you are calling my name.... See you in January of 2011!


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Freedom vs. Free Markets, Part 3
Note: This is the third article in a three-part series that appeared this week. Part 1 analyzed the ongoing protests in Turkey, Brazil and Egypt. Part 2 looked at neoliberalism's impact on people of color, particularly in the United States.
By NAVID FARNIA
In the past few decades, terms like "free market" and "free trade" have become normalized and portrayed as value-neutral. Embedded in the language is the belief that capital has human agency and should be free. But despite this commonly held notion, "free market" and "free trade" are not just terms with textbook definitions. They are in actuality, ideologically loaded concepts.
At its core, capital is wealth. Thus, we can explain how capital is given moral value by examining how self-interested powers breed ideology. Anthony Bogues' lecture series entitled Empire of Liberty: Power, Desire, and Freedom, which was later turned into a book, outlines how laissez-faire capitalism only recently became associated with freedom. He explains:
In the late 1970s and '80s the political axis of the West shifted with the electoral victories of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Helmut Kohl. The emergence of these three figures at the same moment signaled a decisive shift in electoral political terms and in ideological framing ones. These political figures set out to change the terms of contemporary political discourse and for a time successfully defined those terms. At the heart of this change was the elevation of the market into an ethic. As an ethic the market became, in Antonio Gramsci's phrase, "common sense."…However, for this common sense to consolidate itself, a language had to be found that could stabilize the primacy of the market ethic for at least some time. The organizing language for this new ethic was a conception of "freedom." Thus, as neoliberalism became the dominant ideology of imperial power, it worked through an ideological space in which "freedom" became the "common sense." It was a remarkable deployment of a term invested with a particular conception of freedom, which could conjure up the deepest feelings that organize our lives.
"Free market" and "free trade" consequently emerged as terms and would eventually dominate our way of knowing capitalism. Employing language of freedom functions to protect capitalism's perpetual expansion. People generally defend freedom because we see it as a right, particularly a human right. Thus, if unfettered capitalism is part of freedom's promise, the dominant ideology will be to safeguard its practice as a fundamental right.
In truth, any positive association between freedom and capitalism is a myth. So-called free markets and free trade agreements lead to heightened labor exploitation. The worldwide implementation of neoliberal policies and recent demonstrations against them illustrate an ideological battle between freedom and free trade that has very practical repercussions. Third World governments are adopting Western neoliberal ideals. But perhaps the most overlooked issue is how neoliberalism is deracialized, making white supremacy invisible in the economic globalization process.
Enter the protests in Turkey, Brazil and Egypt. While race is mostly unmentioned in the demonstrations (especially in Turkey and Egypt), Third World sensibilities against Western economic infiltrations are certainly growing.
Meanwhile in the U.S., the wealth gap between whites and people of color is alarmingly widening, undoubtedly a consequence of free trade and privatization working together with incessant racial discrimination. Capitalism's expansion is facilitated by deregulation policies that further allow big business to exploit the most susceptible workers, people of color.
But how do processes that specifically target people of color in the U.S. directly relate to Third World demonstrations? The U.S.'s dominance in the global landscape is about more than military might and economic power. American hegemony also manifests in the mapping of its state ideological apparatus – white supremacy – on the rest of the world and feeding this process through neoliberal policies; this is neocolonialism. In other words, the same processes (racial violence, criminalization, economic superexploitation, settler colonialism and so forth) that result from structural racism in the U.S. are increasingly reflected worldwide as a result of capitalism's globalization.
Neoliberal policies stand in for what really are neocolonial projects, both in the Third World and the West (where we have internal colonialism). In the U.S. specifically, a wealthy capitalist class comprised of only a few people of color has developed without regard for the remaining racialized masses. Similarly, that Third World countries are now nationally independent, having their own leaders and small affluent capitalist classes, does not diminish poverty's relationship with capitalism's expansion.
Poverty is a global epidemic. The growth of poverty – a harsh reality in Turkey, Brazil and Egypt – is an underreported impact of neoliberalism and perhaps the main impetus for the protests. Unfortunately, since neoliberalism is deracialized, critical analysis that broadly contextualizes the dissent as opposing neocolonialism is absent.
On the other hand, governments are doing everything in their power to protect neoliberal policies. This has produced authoritarian neoliberalism, where states are implementing strong security apparatuses while concurrently downsizing their economic roles by deregulating and privatizing industries.
This is best evidenced in Brazil and Turkey. Defending her government's economic policies, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff dismissed criticism of Brazil's economy as "terrorism." In Turkey, anti-terror laws and the overall criminalization of dissent are at an all time high. In her important two part article, "Brand Turkey and the Gezi Protests: Authoritarianism, Law, and Neoliberalism," Asli Iğsiz eloquently contextualizes the protests:
Overall, these protests offer a valuable opportunity to consider how high-security, neoliberal nation states operate in general, with Turkey as a particular instance. In this context, surveillance and anti-terror laws give the impression of a state of exception, which suspend the rights of citizens, whereby state officials appear to transcend law for the "public good." As such, law appears to be deployed to concentrate power and to promote neoliberal institutionalization, whereas those who are unhappy with these policies are criminalized. This was exemplified in the Gezi protests.
Iğsiz later continues, "Criminalization of the right to expression and assembly on the one hand, and passing laws to concentrate powers to further capitalist construction interests on the other, operate together in neoliberal institutionalization." Given this analysis, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's allusions to Gezi protesters as "terrorists" – like Rousseff's proclamation against Brazilians – are somewhat predictable. Despite what governments might have us believe, growing the security state does not equate to freedom.
Although neoliberalism's expansion is a global development, the project is not yet complete even in the West. Free trade, economic deregulation and privatization escalate racial exploitation in the U.S. Neoliberal policies correspond with perpetual inflation. But while costs are rising, wages have minimally increased during the same period, decimating the working class and furthering racial superexploitation. As a result, the gap between the wealthy and the working class continues to swell.
The Global Risks Report 2013 corroborates the severity of this issue; the report highlights vast wealth disparities as the most prevalent global risk. Addressing neoliberalism's global expansion, Mandeep Tiwana writes:
During a global and economic downturn, political leaders and captains of industry have together managed to subject ordinary people to double jeopardy: having to pay taxes to the state and then having to fork out profit-adjusted higher costs for privatized health, education, public transport, telecommunications, road works, electricity, water supply and so on. These services are indeed governments' responsibility to provide as part of the social contract between citizens and the state.
In reality, governments are washing their hands of these responsibilities and disregarding public interests. At the same time, because people of color are particularly reliant on subsidized public services, privatization is denying their access to quality health care, education and other institutions. This process has similarly expanded to the Third World, where the working poor also depend on publicly funded services.
By privatizing their economies and opening markets to foreign investment, governments like Turkey, Brazil and Egypt's endeavor to draw an influx of capital. However, when countries become concentrated locations of capital, workers are marginalized due to increased competition and are also more vulnerable to exploitation.
Brazil is now experiencing a burgeoning immigrant population as laborers from economically devastated Third World nations come looking for jobs. This creates a problem where working class Brazilians and newly arrived immigrants must compete for positions. Hence, in addition to already prevalent inflation and poor services, competition for jobs inevitably leads to increased unemployment and poverty.
Governments in Brazil, Turkey, Egypt and other countries institute neoliberal policies to escape the Third World moniker, but what happens in reality is the retrenchment of foreign domination in domestic markets, further entrapping exploited workers – both domestic and migrant – in impoverished conditions. Neoliberal practices represent a desire to emulate Western models of capitalism. But given the U.S. and Western Europe's convoluted historical relationship with the Third World, free market capitalism in these countries is more akin to neocolonialism.
This is not simply our classic conception of colonialism, but a more covert and insidious project enabled by neoliberalism. Thus, Turkish, Brazilian and Egyptian protesters are contesting the free market's growth to essentially protect their economic freedoms. While the demonstrations center on widespread inflation, unemployment and poverty, protesters clearly identify private interests as a direct threat to their livelihoods.
These freedoms are also under attack for people of color in the West. Unemployment is at an all time high in France. Other European countries also have widely documented economic issues and are implementing austerity programs. Meanwhile in the U.S., austerity policies targeting food stamp assistance and unemployment benefits (which are either being slashed or eliminated altogether) are just two examples. Free trade agreements like NAFTA (and likely TTIP and the Trans-Pacific Partnership) result in job exportations, which exacerbates the unemployment issue. Simultaneously, federal, state and local governments constantly expand the security state, which among other outcomes profits the surveillance and prison industries and perpetuates mass incarceration. This is only a small sample of political and economic policies that undermine poor communities and in particular, communities of color.
Throughout Europe, protesters are already agitating against austerity measures. And with the U.S.'s current policy direction, mass demonstrations will inevitably spread here as well, joining the Third World.
Nawal El Sadaawi, the legendary Egyptian feminist writer perhaps describes the free market best. "The free market is not free, it is only free for the powerful to exploit the weak," she says. For people of color, the free market's shackles are even tighter due to white supremacy's national and global presence. Neoliberal policies strengthen already persistent racial disparities. In a world where economic exploitation is constantly increasing, people of color experience superexploitation, which is undeniably a central factor in capitalism's expansion. Thus, while demonstrators expose and debunk false notions of the market as an ethic, they simultaneously realize white supremacy's role in "free" markets.
Navid Farnia received his Master of Arts degree from the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University in New York. He is an Iranian American who was born and raised in Oklahoma.
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The union alleges racketeering, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duties and legal malpractice in what it calls "a wide-ranging plot to loot the union treasury in order to bolster the 1996 re-election campaign of disgraced former Teamster General President Ron Carey."
If successful, the union stands to recover more than $9 million.
"Honest hard-working men and women were cheated out of millions of dollars," declared Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer C. Thomas Keegel. "I'm determined to see them repaid."
The lawsuit was filed this week in the U.S. District Court for Manhattan. It includes counts filed under the Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Named in the lawsuit along with Carey are: former IBT Government Affairs Director William Hamilton, who was recently convicted on criminal charges for his part in the election scandal, and Carey campaign consultants Martin Davis, Jere Nash and Michael Ansara, who have already pleaded guilty to criminal charges for their roles in the scheme. Also named are Barbara Arnold (Ansara's wife), fundraiser Charles Blitz, Citizen Action (a non-profit advocacy group which participated in the Carey campaign's machinations), and two of Citizen Action's officers, Ira Arlook and Rochelle Davis.
A final group of defendants includes the law firm of Cohen, Weiss and Simon and its former associate, Nathaniel Charny. Charny and his former employers stand accused of legal malpractice for taking actions directly adverse to the interests of the IBT and its members while simultaneously representing the union and the Carey campaign.
The suit contends that the defendants defrauded the IBT of at least $885,000 in a complicated scheme where union funds were swapped with advocacy groups in exchange for contributions to Carey's campaign. When the scheme was uncovered, the Teamsters' 1996 election was overturned.
A new election had to be held in 1998, at a cost to the IBT of $2.2 million. The RICO Act provides for tripling of damages against defendants convicted under its provisions.
"These individuals and groups participated in and profited from the biggest embezzlement scheme in our union's history," said Keegel. "We have a fiduciary responsibility to make them accountable for their illegal acts."


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Photos from Michael Jackson's last performance, taken just two days before his death, have surfaced and show the King of Pop rehearsing for his upcoming London tour.
Jackson, dressed in several stage outfits and showing off his dance moves with backup dancers, was photographed at a rehearsal inside L.A.'s Staples Center on June 23 where "he had great energy," according to producer Ken Ehrlich, an executive at AEG, the company that was promoting the singer's tour.
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The Debt of Medical StudentsBy UWE E. REINHARDT
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Uwe E. Reinhardt is an economics professor at Princeton. He has some financial interests in the health care field.
In debates on health work force policy, it is frequently argued that medical education is a public good, because it benefits society as a whole.
Perspectives from expert contributors.
The implication is that tuition charges at medical schools should be zero or close to zero. Many nations in the industrialized world follow that policy, although they have also kept tuition low for most college students.
Most economists disagree with characterizing higher education as a public good. Only the individual receiving a professional education – including the M.D. degree — owns the human capital that the graduation documents certify to exist.
Medical graduates can use their human capital any way they wish. They can treat patients, do medical research or use their knowledge as business consultants to health-related companies or as financial analysts in the financial markets, as some of them do.
There may be some positive spillover for society as a whole from having this privately owned human capital produced, and these effects (calledexternalities by economists) might warrant some public subsidies toward the production of that human capital. That argument could be extended to many other forms of human capital, as well — e.g., engineers, scientists, nurses.
According to a fact sheet published by the American Association of Medical Colleges, annual tuition and fees at public medical schools in 2011-12 amounted to $30,753, and the total cost of attendance was $51,300. The comparable averages for private medical schools were $48,258 and $69,738. To most Americans, these will seem staggering amounts.
According to a fact sheet published by the American Association of Medical Colleges, annual tuition and fees at public medical schools in 2011-12 amounted to $30,753, and the total cost of attendance was $51,300. The comparable averages for private medical schools were $48,258 and $69,738. To most Americans, these will seem staggering amounts.
Which brings me to the sizable debt with which, almost uniquely in the world, American medical students now graduate. The association routinely collects data on these debts. A good summary of the most recent data, for 2010, can be found on the previously identified fact sheet, and I created this table from that source.
As the table shows, some of the students' accumulated debt by time of graduation from medical school was incurred to finance a liberal arts undergraduate education. The $18,000 shown in the table is actually on the low side. According to the Project on Student Debt, college seniors who graduated in 2010 had an average debt of $25,250, with a range among campuses of $950 to $55,250 a student. Individual students at private colleges may have even larger debts. And debt collectors are doing a thriving business collecting these debts.
Amortization of the large debt accumulated by medical students will clearly take a bite of the income they will earn in medical practice. But at least there will be a sizable future income stream to absorb the hit. Many other college graduates have much smaller incomes or are in even direr straits.
The table below conveys a rough indication of what the amortization of medical-school debt might mean for individual students.
In this table I have assumed that the student modeled here had average debt of $161,300 upon graduation from medical school. From that debt I deducted $24,400, the amount to which $18,000 of debt upon graduation from a liberal arts college would grow in four years at a compound interest rate of 7.9 percent (that's at the high end of the interest rate medical students are charged on debt). The remainder is debt related strictly to the medical education of the student.
I assume that after residency, the practicing physician has a starting net income (after practice costs) of $150,000 or $300,000, and that these incomes will grow at an annual compound growth rate of 3.5 percent over time. Physician incomes vary considerably across specialties and even within specialties.
To get a feel for the data, readers may want to look at several surveys ofdoctors' pay.
According to the association's fact sheet, students pay an interest rate of 6.8 percent on Stafford loans; for lower-income students, the rate is a subsidized 3.4 percent. For Direct Plus loans, students or their parents pay a rate of 7.9 percent, the rate I used in the table.
Finally, I assume two distinct amortization models. Under one, students pay back their debt with flat annual (or monthly) payments over 20 years. That payment is $13,840 a year. Under the alternative approach, the annual amortization payment rises in step with the assumed annual increase in physician income. The first annual payment in that approach is $10,659.
The data in the table represent these annual debt-amortization payments as a percentage of physician net income in years one, 10 and 20 of medical practice.
Clearly, these payments are a noticeable burden, even over 20 years. For amortization over 10 years, they would naturally be higher. On the other hand, the numbers would decline sharply with reductions in the interest rate charged. The table below illustrates the sensitivity of the first-year payment to interest rates and amortization horizon for the payment stream that increases in step with assumed increases in practice income.
The annual amortization payments would be particularly burdensome for primary care physicians, with their relatively lower incomes. That fact is a potential policy lever Congress might employ if it took seriously people's lament that America is suffering from an acute shortage of primary care physicians.
I shall muse about that and other options in a future post.
Correction: September 15, 2012
Because of an editing error, an earlier summary with this post misstated the author's view of subsidies for medical education. He writes that medical education is no more worthy of public subsidies than other professional preparation, not that it might warrant subsidies.


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Jun 30, 2018
A very good course. If you are a beginner, excellent knowledge gain. If you are a veteran, brilliant refreshing of important concepts and key market indicators. In short, a course worth doing.
Mar 25, 2018
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Dec 23, 2017
never learn this, a basic understanding of marketing. a lot of real examples show the marketing, thanks.
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May 14, 2018
A great course for beginners to learn and start with. Engaging videos and discussions. Loved the course.
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Jun 18, 2018
Should include more practical examples. Overall it was a great experience.
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Apr 15, 2018
This was a very comprehensive course! Professor Venkatesan's good nature , humor and expertise made many of the classes go by quickly! I do recommend this course to anyone looking to learn more about Marketing Analytics in a manner that is detailed and informative! Thank you, Professor Venkatesan! :)
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Sep 06, 2018
Good introductory lectures on the topics. However, as Raj repeatedly makes clear his arithmetic is terrible and thus misleading in many places. If the lectures can't be redone, at least an updated formulary with correct formula should be provided. In many places when he means percentage he uses fraction and viceversa. Otherwise, the course material is all good and informative.
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Oct 25, 2018
The concepts were well explained.
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Aug 27, 2018
Good Course.
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Nov 26, 2018
Easy to understand and applies to the project you are working on. Explains why you are doing certain things and what extra can you do when you are working on a marketing analytics project.
A good course to get your basic clear..
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Apr 28, 2019
More content would be more beneficial.
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May 06, 2019
The professor was great! Easy to understand. Loved how I could pause my course when I needed and resume anytime that was convenient to my schedule. I learned a lot about what it takes to make a good marketing decision. Hope to use what I learned in real life marketing experiments.
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Jun 15, 2019
Good explanation with a number of real-life cases.
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Jun 24, 2019
Class was wonderful and very insightful. It was challenging and I had to work very hard. The only negative, is no access to a professor, mentor, or any other class governance to help you out with questions. Teachers never respond to emails or questions. Otherwise, highly recommended!
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Jun 30, 2019
Said course is a good starter to for learning Marketing Analytics
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Jun 07, 2019
I would suggest supporting the new terminology with more examples.
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Jul 28, 2019
Great course with amazing examples. Thanks it was great learning different aspects of marketing analytics
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Aug 11, 2019
Great Balance of Theory and Practical Understanding. Considering there is a lot of data generated in this world, this course is great to learn on the uses of data obtained from Marketing process
Aug 23, 2019
the course structure is but it should be more collaborative.
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Aug 28, 2019
Good Beginners course For Marketers!
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Aug 27, 2019
It was great to get basics insights into various marketing analytics tools and terminology. The course was well-paced and structured. Thanks.
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Sep 19, 2019
Going good So Far.. Only issue is we did not discuss how we arrived at the numbers shaded in green. Like R Squared and P value.
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Sep 02, 2019
this course is really helpful for those who study marketing first time.
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Nov 20, 2019
It was very simple to understand after a while, however, if you're a newbie to marketing and if you think marketing is only selling your product then you're very mistaken. At least I was. I would recommend before enrolling into this course you study at least something before enrolling. Also, do get yourself some paper and pens because you'll need to write down some formulas.
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Nov 21, 2019
good one
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Oct 22, 2019
In my opinion this is a great course to see whether you are interested in the broader field of marketing analytics. You are introduced to many concepts used in this field and get an idea of what some of your responsibilities would be. One thing I would have benefited from is an idea of what kind of software/tools are used to do this work on a daily basis. I am curious about what taking this the next step would be and imagine it would be learning how to use one of the common tools to do this work in industry.
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Dec 03, 2019
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The journey to the Olympics requires hard work, patience and determination. The same can be said of parenthood.
So, needless to say, to be Olympian and a parent is an incredible feat.
Twenty-one members of the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team have children ― 20 fathers and one mother (skier Kikkan Randall). So, when they aren't training or competing at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, these athletes are putting together toys, potty training toddlers, cuddling sleeping babies and cheering at youth sports competitions.
Here are some sweet and hilarious parenting moments from 16 U.S. Olympians with kids.
Kikkan Randall
Cross country skier and Team USA's only mom, Kikkan Randall, is marking her fifth Olympic Games at Pyeongchang. This is her first time competing in the Olympics after having a child. Randall's son Breck was born in April 2016.
Ted Ligety
Alpine ski racer Ted Ligety has a 7-month-old son named Jax with his wife, Mia. Pyeongchang marks his fourth Olympics.
Bryan Fletcher
Nordic combined skier Bryan Fletcher has a daughter named Ellery with his wife, Nikki. He previously competed at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Lowell Bailey
Biathlete Lowell Bailey and his wife Erika have a 7-month-old daughter named Ophelia. Pyeongchang marks his fourth Olympics appearance.
Bobby Sanguinetti
Ice hockey player Bobby Sanguinetti and his wife, Sarah, have a 5-month-old son named Jackson. He will make his Olympic debut at Pyeongchang.
Steven Nyman
Alpine ski racer Steven Nyman has an 8-month-old daughter named Nell with his wife, Charlotte. Pyeongchang marks his fourth Olympic games.
Andrew Weibrecht
Three-time Olympic alpine ski racer Andrew Weibrecht has a 2-year-old daughter named Addy with his wife, Denja.
David Leggio
Ice hockey goalie David Leggio is embarking on his first Olympic Games. He has a son named Leo with his wife Kristen.
Joe Polo
Curler Joe Polo and his wife, Kristen, have a 9-month-old daughter named Ailsa, who was named for the Scottish island that produces granite for curling stones. He previously competed in the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.
David Wise
Freestyle skier David Wise and his wife, Alexandra, have a daughter named Nayeli and a son named Malachi. He previously competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
John Shuster
John Shuster is a curler who has two sons, 4-year-old Luke and 2-year-old Logan, with his wife, Sarah. He has competed in the three previous Winter Olympic Games.
Chris Bourque
Ice hockey player Chris Bourque has a son and daughter, 5-year-old Kingston and 2-year-old Harlow, with his wife, Kimberly. He's making his Olympic debut at Pyeongchang.
James Wisniewski
Ice hockey player James Wisniewski has two daughters, Jamie and Sadie, with his wife, Nicole. Pyeongchang is his Olympic debut.
Nick Baumgartner
Snowboarder Nick Baumgartner has a 13-year-old son named Landon. He previously competed in two Olympic Games.
Jonathon Blum
Ice hockey player Jonathon Blum has one son, 1-year-old Jackson, with his wife, Emilie. He's making his Olympic debut at Pyeongchang.
Brian Gionta
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Tonight as I was making dinner thinking "Michael's not coming home tonight, what am I going to do with these people." This was after numerous break-downs from Nathan at the Lego exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum (and when I say break downs I mean more like trying to break his siblings and then my eardrums on the way home).
I look down at Addie and say "You're 26 months old, you want to try the potty?" I put the little potty in the kitchen, stripped her down and said that's where you put pee-pee and poo-poo. For months now the bathroom has been her favorite room, she sits on the potty for a long time maybe twice a week, spends lots of time washing her hands and leaving the faucet running, so really she's already a bathroom pro. But she's never once produced anything on the potty.
But I'm needing some distractions from the fact that we can't get our court date until the Ethiopian courts open, we all thought that was happening last week and it hasn't happened yet. Also, I'm really ready for Michael to be done coaching this season. Every Monday Nathan has these ridiculous meltdowns then a few minutes later will say "When's Daddy coming home?" Sadly my answer is "you'll get to see daddy tomorrow night." He's not happy with that and sometimes hits me. I digress..... I needed a distraction, and I didn't want it to entail cleaning or sorting anything, so potty training Addie seemed like a good idea.
Surprisingly enough she did a great job. 4 hours no accidents and 5 times going on the potty! I'm impressed. She'll probably forget all that she learned by the time she wakes up in the morning but for tonight she helped me through the rough patch I was headed in.
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Balancing Culture as First-Gen Canadian Parents
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Jul 12, 2017
I am the daughter of immigrants, my husband is the son of immigrants, and my children are the grandchildren of immigrants. Ours is the story of Canada, one of diversity and acceptance in a land that we can't yet claim as our own.
As first-generation Canadian parents, we have our own unique challenges. We grew up in this great country but always felt a little out of place. It can be hard to put into words what this experience feels like but if pressed to, the label would read, "not Canadian enough."
I find myself desperately wanting to provide my daughters with a sense of belonging that I never had.
I didn't grow up attending summer camp and making s'mores over a fire. I have never swum in a chilly lake or gone skating on a frozen pond. I didn't go to school dances and wasn't allowed a high school sweetheart. I don't understand many pop culture references. I have no connection to the Beatles, no special affection for Elvis, and no fond memories of Van Halen. I grew up with my friends but, in all honesty, was never truly one of them.
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I am Canadian, but not Canadian enough. And perhaps because of that, I find myself desperately wanting to provide my daughters with a sense of belonging that I never had. I want them to know the feeling of inclusion and oneness that many first generation children simply didn't experience.
I cannot teach them how to pitch a tent but I can encourage them to try new experiences.
But now, as a parent, the challenge has become to teach my daughters what I myself do not know. I want them to be proud of their heritage, but to move forward with strength, knowing they are exactly where they belong; that Canada, the Great White North, is indeed their home. How can they experience the complete package when I have so often felt like only a sum of the parts?
Diversity is a beautiful concept but sometimes, it can be a difficult and messy reality. Being a first-generation Canadian is daunting. Your experiences are often yours alone. Your family may not understand you and your peers may not relate. But if there is one thing that difficulty teaches you, it is perseverance and resilience. And as a parent, you learn just how that works.
It isn't about experiences as much as it is about lessons. I may not be able to teach my children how to get up when they fall skating but I can teach them to keep trying. And that is ultimately what bridges the gap between myself as a first-generation Canadian and my children. I cannot teach them how to pitch a tent but I can encourage them to try new experiences.
Being Canadian is about more than after-school activities and summer events. It is about the lessons that come with growing up in this great country. The lessons of strength, determination, and yes, acceptance.
I may not be able to navigate my children through all their challenges, but I can teach them to appreciate those experiences. And along the way this "not Canadian enough" parent may have realized just how Canadian I really am. My experience may not be typically Canadian, but perhaps I learned the lessons all the same.
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