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When Consumption Generates Social Capital: Creating Room for Manoeuvre for Pro-Poor Policies
AbstractEconomic interactions are often accused of being neutral, or even of generating adverse effects, not only on the social fabric but also on a factor (social capital) which is regarded as the foundation of both socio-economic activity and prosperity. In this paper we document how a particular form of economic interaction (affiliation of marginalised producers to a first level association and to the fair trade import channel) has indeed positive effects on a specific type of social capital. Our findings on a sample of Kenyan farmers show that years of affiliation to Fair Trade significantly affect the participation in elections and the trust placed in trade unions, political parties and the government, net of the impact of other controls and after accounting for the selection bias effect. This implies that consumers buying fair trade products contribute to reinforce both social cohesion and the institutions in countries in which these variables are fundamental in creating room for manoeuvre for pro-poor (equity plus growth) policies.
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Related researchKeywords: Fair trade; social capital; impact study;
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- O19 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
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- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy
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- Montalvo, Jose G. & Reynal-Querol, Marta, 2005. "Ethnic diversity and economic development," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 76(2), pages 293-323, April.
- Alberto Alesina & Eliana La Ferrara, 2000. "The Determinants of Trust," NBER Working Papers 7621, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Dora L. Costa & Matthew E. Kahn, 2001. "Understanding the Decline in Social Capital, 1952-1998," NBER Working Papers 8295, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- LeClair, Mark S., 2002. "Fighting the Tide: Alternative Trade Organizations in the Era of Global Free Trade," World Development, Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 30(6), pages 949-958, June.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2000. "Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, American Economic Association, vol. 14(3), pages 137-158, Summer.
- Knack, Stephen & Keefer, Philip, 1997. "Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, MIT Press, vol. 112(4), pages 1251-88, November.
- Redfern, Andy & Snedker, Paul, 2002. "Creating market opportunities for small enterprises : experiences of the fair trade movement," ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization 357069, International Labour Organization.
- Schiff, Maurice, 1999. "Labor market integration in the presence of social capital," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2222, The World Bank.
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Food celebrity Anthony Bourdain and publishing imprint Ecco (of HarperCollins Pubishers), have announced the first three titles to be published under Bourdain's new line of books.
First up, Roy Choi, Los Angeles based restaurateur and co-founder of the Kogi Bbq Korean taco food truck, pens Spaghetti Junction. The book is Choi's memoir/cookbook that explores Los Angeles street food. "This book shows you how I see things." states Choi. "This is a book that searches the appetite of a city that grew right before my eyes and shows you how I cook. And how a city constantly pushed me against the current to find my flavor."
The second book will be Daniel Vaughn's Prophets of Smoked Meat, which promises to be the "definitive guide to the best of classic Texas barbecue" and will feature recipes for all the Texas smokehouse classics including sides. Bourdain hails Vaughn as "the Yoda of Barbecue" with "impeccable smoked meat credentials."
Bourdain's line of books will cross genres in its third release with Fight Shark, a memoir by kickboxing champion Mark Miller. The book details Miller's family tragedies, struggles with addiction and his unprecedented return to competitive Muay Thai fighting after recovering from open heart surgery.
All three titles are scheduled for publication next year.
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As I mentioned in my previous post I have a goal to get updated portraits of my family to hang in my house. I went to my parents' house last week to shoot some images of them. I started with my Dad out in their shop. One of the items out there that I wanted to make sure to include was my granddad's 1953 Chevrolet truck. Several years ago my brother partially restored it and I actually used to ride with him to school in that truck.
Mom wasn't thrilled about having her photo made but I promised her I would do a good job….I am really happy with what I got! Hopefully…she'll at least pretend she is happy with them too! :)
I wanted to put them in parts of the house that were relevant for each of them. The room below used to be my sister's room when we were growing up. It has since become a guest room and it reflects my Mom's style and artistic ability. If I'm not mistaken the two paintings over her shoulder are ones that she painted.
The room below was my room when I was little. I stood there thinking about how I wanted to set up this photo and it hit me how much bigger I remember that room being. This room is quite the multi purpose room now. Guest room….grandkids room….work room…etc… But the reason I wanted a photo of her there is because of the mural she painted for my nieces and nephews.
This is Albert. The most obese Jack Russell Terrier to ever waddle this planet. He's getting pretty old now but he's a sweet dog.
Now the hard part will be deciding which images to print and hang in the house. Now on to my brother…sister…sister-in-law…and brother-in-law….not necessarily in that order.


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In this workshop we will talk about two apparently different ideas, then bring them together. First, we will talk about a vision of adolescence as a journey away from and then back towards the arc of a life, and explore ways that perspective affects parenting and therapy. Then we will introduce a narratival approach to psychotherapy, in which stories are passed between two people, with the goal of stimulating a creative process in our patients and clients. Finally, we will look at how these two ways of seeing adolescence and therapy come together. This workshop will maintain a clinical focus, and there will be time to discuss these ideas as a group, and explore clinical vignettes.
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I've always been impressed by the work of Steven Wittens, and MathBox.js is certainly no exception. MathBox.js is a JavaScript library for creating high quality 3d math visualizations using WebGL. It is built on top of Three.js and tQuery, which is a jQuery-like API for Three.js….
Making a sticky navigation that stick into the top (or any position) of your web page is actually quite simple. The following snippet illustrate the basic idea:
.sticky { position: fixed top:0; } <div class="sticky"> </div>
Setting position property to fixed make it position relatively to the browser window, Setting top property to 0 make it position beneath window top border by 0 PX.
If you are not quite understanding the previous statement, here are several concepts to make this a bit clearer to you:
Window area: it is the browser display area available to end user, it contract/expand as user re-size the browser.
Document area : the area where all your web page reside, when the document area larger than the window area, a scroll bar will appear to scroll down the window to reveal whole page.
Setting position to fixed make your element position relative to window( Not the Document), so when you scroll the scroll bar, the element stick in the place where it was put at.
I am not going to stop at here, instead I want to make a plugin for this for saving effort on making it from scratch.
The theory:
Basically, we need to determine when to make element stuck in place. it is when the topScroll is great than the top of the element, we need to position the element fixed in relative to window. We still solved half of the problem, the other part is when user scroll up back, in one point we need to restore the element to where it was put initially. the point is when the topScroll is less than the top of the element.
So here is the formula: sticky = true when topScroll > top, sticky = false when topScroll < top.
So the key point is to monitor value of topScroll, this can be done by listen scroll event:
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window.attachEvent("scroll", scrollerHandler);
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window.attachEventListener("scroll", scrollerHandler);
Then we need to scrollerHandler function at where we retrieve the current topScroll value and use the aforementioned formula to check if we need to make the element sticky or not. Here is the pseudo implementation:
var elementTop = $("element to stick").top(); scrollerHandler = function() { var currentScroll = $(window).topScroll(); if (currentScroll < elementTop) { //restore stickyelement to its initial state $("element to stick").css('top', ''); $("element to stick").css('position', ''); } else { //TODO:#1 make element sticky } }
In the TODO comment #1, where we need to add code to get the new top value of the stickyElement. It can be done by stickyElement.top = 0. However we may want some space between top of window and top of stickyElement, we make a parameter named topspacing to configure that. So stickyElement.top = 0 + topspacing = topspacing. We still missed one edge case when user scroll down, the left document area is less than area that the stickyElement occupied, then we need to re-calculate the top value instead of simply setting top to topspacing. Because it will cause the document area expand infinitely. Why? when the outer height of stickyElement is longer than the height of left document area, if we move the stickyElement to the align to the top of the window, it force scroll to expand to accommodate the stickyElement, then if user try to scroll down to reveal the bottom part of the page, this will trigger stickyElement to re-position to the top of window area, this in turn force scroll expand further… this can go into a infinite cycle causing document area expand infinitely. To resolve this issue, we need to determine if the left document area is enough to accommodate the stickyElement before set top to spacingtop:
var newtop = document.height() - window.scroll() - stickyElement.outerHeight - topspacing - bottomspacing; if(newtop < 0) { newtop = newtop + topspacing; } else { newtop = topspacing; }
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Scrum is an implementation of Agile engineering methodology seen in software development management. It differentiates from traditional water flow software development life cycle with iterative incremental way to control life cycle of software management. If the water flow way was seem as relay race, where team member wait in track for baton, Scrum is just like scrum in football, where all team member collaboratively fight together for one goal. Instead of passively stand aside to wait baton, it positively, aggressively pull the demand.
Scrum differed from traditional water flow, instead of work out the whole requirement , it cut whole work it into chunk of workable and manageable sprints. A sprints varies from one to four weeks. After each sprint there will be a component accomplished and can be delivered to customer. Scrum allows requirement change within each sprint. It attempt provide the major functionality and omit the non achievable and low prioritized requirement. The unfinished work will be return to backlog from where it may be return to the work list of next sprint.
There are basically three characteristics involved in Scrum:
Product owner: product owner is the represent of customer. He is in charge of the management of requirement. He has the right to change and terminate any requirement.
Team: a team of cross functional skilled people who takes responsibility to fulfill the requirement, who turn the blueprint into real software
Scrum master: he who acts like project manager, but instead of managing the project directly, he try to remove any impediment that preventing team member from accomplishing goal.
Meetings involved in Scrum:
Before each sprint a planning meeting was arranged to plan out next development sprint. The task of this meeting is to pick requirement from backlog evaluate each requirements, prioritize each, do effort estimation, foresee the possible difficult that may screw up the plan.
Meeting at each work day morning which is called daily stand up, a team of member stand up and spend ten minutes to get through three question:
1, what have you finished since yesterday?
2, what's your plan on today?
3, What the problem, if any, you have that may prevent you from finish your work?
make the meeting short and to the point.
Meeting after each sprint, it is the meeting to demonstrate what work we have achieved in the last sprint. Put left out into backlog to continue work out it in next sprint. It serves as a good opportunity to encourage team light up their morale and make them being proud of what they have achieved
The last meeting is called retrospect meeting. It's time to do self retrospection: basically ask team member these question what could be done better in the last sprint? what went very well? The purpose of this meeting is basically encourage continuous improvement.
Scrum has been proved as a better approach to address software management, after decades of real project exercise and revolution. Scrum, with its flexible and agile methodologies, has saved ton of money for doomed projects.


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At heart, I have always been a coper, I've mostly been able to walk around with my wounds safely hidden, and I've always stored up my deep depressive episodes for the weeks off when there was time to have an abbreviated version of a complete breakdown. But in the end, I'd be able to get up and on with it, could always do what little must be done to scratch by.
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'another hard day at the office, dear'
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Today I have a companion to keep me company while waiting around at the hospital.
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Yes it's cold out, but don't forget, sometimes snow is awesome!
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Everything Steotch does is magic. <3
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Basically the same recipe as cooking light's 2012 version- but I prefer this one. Definitely like the sauce and hollowing out the bottom of the bread - very much a comfort food but a crowd pleaser too.
Philly Cheesesteak
Photo: Oxmoor House
It's meaty, gooey, and delightfully messy—but eating it shouldn't make you tip the scale in the wrong direction. Keep the Philly in check by using equal parts portobello mushrooms and steak.
Yield: Serves 4 (serving size: 1 sandwich)
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Recipe Time
30 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 397
- Fat: 13.8g
- Saturated fat: 4.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.7g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.6g
- Protein: 32.8g
- Carbohydrate: 54g
- Fiber: 4.8g
- Cholesterol: 61mg
- Iron: 4.2mg
- Sodium: 773mg
- Calcium: 258mg
- 1 (12-ounce) flank steak, trimmed
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1 cup thinly sliced onion
- 2 (5-inch) portobello mushroom caps, sliced
- 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced green bell pepper
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon lower-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup 1% low-fat milk
- 1 ounce provolone cheese (about 1/4 cup), torn into small pieces
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 4 (3-ounce) hoagie rolls, toasted
- 1. Cut beef into thin slices; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- 2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 teaspoon oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add beef to pan; sauté 2 minutes or until beef loses its pink color, stirring constantly. Remove beef from pan. Add 1 teaspoon oil to pan. Add onion; sauté 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, bell pepper, and garlic; sauté 6 minutes. Return beef to pan; sauté 1 minute or until thoroughly heated and vegetables are tender. Remove from heat. Stir in Worcestershire and soy sauce; keep warm.
- 3. Place flour in a small saucepan; gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk until blended. Bring to a simmer over medium heat; cook 1 minute or until slightly thick. Remove from heat. Add cheeses and mustard, stirring until smooth. Keep warm (mixture will thicken as it cools).
- 4. Hollow out top and bottom halves of hoagie rolls, leaving a 1/2-inch-thick shell; reserve torn bread for another use. Divide beef mixture evenly among bottom halves of hoagie rolls. Drizzle sauce evenly over beef mixture; replace top halves.
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I am for the most part a good person, but I do have one major, major flaw – I cuss a blue streak!
It's not all time, but when I get frustrated, mad or am retelling a story where I was angry then the F-bombs drop. I also tend to drop the S-word when something bad happens — like when I drop my cell phone on concrete!
I have a new curse I didn't even realize I was saying frequently until my 3-year-old repeated it and in the proper context. I was putting her in the car and I either dropped something or forgot something and she says with exactly the right intonation: "Dumba@@."
I was shocked but at the exact same time my mind flashed to me sitting in the front seat saying "Dumba@@" when someone cut in front of me or didn't go in traffic.
I felt awful that I had taught my daughter that word.
I picked up the cursing habit from my big brother who picked it up from my father. Oddly, my father doesn't cuss much anymore and not so much my brother either. But I am hooked!
It is embarrassing, and I do not want the children to pick up the habit, but I'm not sure how to break it.
Do you cuss? Have your kids picked it up? How would you break this terrible habit?
November 2nd, 2010
2:12 pm
This is not the end of the world; it's rather funny actually. Try your best and realize swearing is not the worst thing for a child to hear; after all… TWG turned out Ok!
November 2nd, 2010
2:31 pm
I tend to drop the "F-bomb" rather frequently.
November 2nd, 2010
2:36 pm
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November 2nd, 2010
2:40 pm
I used to be SO bad…the words were just constantly part of my vocabulary. Once I really started listening to people talking, it was really just awful to hear! Then, to hear kids talking like adults in that regard…awful!
I had to make a consious effort to think before speaking, ESPECIALLY when I was mad/frustrated, etc.! It's still hard though because daddy and big brother still have the potty mouths!
November 2nd, 2010
2:40 pm
"Out of the mouths of babes." Its a self control issue. Do u want your children to practice self control? It starts with you.
November 2nd, 2010
2:41 pm
When my daughter was little but when she was learning to ride her bike she got fed up with the training wheels. As we were going back to the house she asked me to take off the training wheels so they wouldn't make so much d–m noise. I could not help myself from laughing out loud. Even though we seldom curse, I notice so many adults and children do. They are hearding it everywhere TV, Radio, other kids and adults just walking in the stores.
My mom always told us that if we really wanted to get a point across not to cus but use our vocabulary.
November 2nd, 2010
2:52 pm
I also cuss like a sailor, and while I've tempered it a bit, we still run into problems. I've actually gone back to cussing in the car because I was replacing "dumba@@" and "a@@hole" as well as others with "idiot" and "fool." It's actually MUCH easier for my children to understand that there are words they're not allowed to say until they're grown up than to get a detailed explanation of when it's okay to use "idiot." That's what I tell them -cursing is for grown ups. You can't do it because you're a kid, so look forward to growing up one day and you, too, can cuss like a sailor (or mom)!
My funny stories are: Sitting in traffic two years ago behind a very slow car, my then 2 year old son piped up and shouted, "GO A@@HOLE!" We couldn't help but die laughing, and my husband looked at me and said, "That's ALL you!" It was too…
The other night we were putting up a new bed and my now 4 year old stubbed his toe. He seriously looked at us after howling for a minute and said, "I didn't say f**k because it's a bad word."
When I was 3, my parents had a rounder of a fight before my grandparents arrived for a visit (as usual -my mother did NOT enjoy my father's parents!). I toddled into the living room after they arrived and everyone was sitting around, looked at my Dad and said, "You son of a b***h!" Evidently everyone thought it was pretty funny, but I think my Mother almost crawled under the carpet.
November 2nd, 2010
2:58 pm
Trust me, no matter how much self-control you use in this department, kids manage to pick up these words one way or another. When my son was in kindergarten a kid went running through the hall at his school screaming the f-word. Last year his bus driver turned around to the kids one day and used just about every cuss word imaginable during a tirade about how bad the kids were (yes, he did get fired the next day). My husband and I are no angels with our language either, but at least we try to control ourselves. Unfortunately, I think bad language has just become part of our vernacular. The only thing you can do as parents is try to set a good example and make sure they know better than to talk that way at school!
November 2nd, 2010
3:00 pm
I broke the habit back in the Seinfeld days, when everyone in my office started saying "Newman!" instead of something worse. Made for a more civil workplace as well as home. I've regressed a little bit, but the f-bomb is pretty much gone…
November 2nd, 2010
3:10 pm
Can parents stop cussing: Hell Nah…..
November 2nd, 2010
3:15 pm
One quote I heard that I liked was, "The absence of profanity is offensive to no one." But my favorite is, "Do you kiss your momma with that mouth?"
November 2nd, 2010
3:25 pm
If you're little one is dropping the "F-Bomb" that's a problem; mom and dad can't control themselves. At a certain age children do realize there are certain bad words parents can say but they are not allowed to say them. Luckily for us, since we speak a few languages mom and I swear rather loudly but not in English (plus, certain swear words quite frankly are better with more emphasis in different languages). As the boy got older I would allow him to swear on rare occasions as long as it wasn't in english – at the right age.
November 2nd, 2010
3:26 pm
Mommy drinks because you cry.
November 2nd, 2010
3:28 pm
My grandmother always told me cursing indicated a lack of a vocabulary.
November 2nd, 2010
3:34 pm
Theresa, you have no self-control. For me it was almost like a switch. I swear as much as anyone in the proper context and with the appropriate crowd (adults!), but as soon as my son was born, those words went out the window when he was in earshot…yes even when he was a newborn. Of course after he goes to bed at night, his dad and I will revert back to normal grown-up conversation, which does include choice words here and there, but neither of us seems to have a problem censoring ourselves in front of him or other children.
November 2nd, 2010
3:35 pm
@ Stephanie -yeah, I always love that old jewel, but as someone who got a perfect score on the verbal portion of the SAT, I can tell you that it doesn't matter. Sometimes cussing just FEELS better!
November 2nd, 2010
3:40 pm
Some people are social smokers; I'm a social cusser, usually when I've had a few drinks and the topic of discussion gets interesting. I try not to cuss too much at home but 'damn it' is relatively common and $h|t tends to come out during high levels of frustration. My parents both cussed a lot more than I do and I remember being embarrassed when my mom let them fly out of her mouth a little more loudly than appropriate at times.
When my son was 3 he was obviously annoyed because no one was paying attention to him so he slammed his fist on the table and says, "Damn it, someone listen to me!" Even my in-laws cracked up.
November 2nd, 2010
3:43 pm
I started just saying the first letters, thinking I was doing the right thing. You know, like, "You dumb S.O.B., watch where the F you're going. I almost plowed your stupid A right here in the road! God, what a load of B.S."
and then one day my son, looked up from the back seat and asked, "Dad, is that a bunch of B.S.?"
so, i figured i needed to drop that too. But its difficult. I love those words and they are great words. The F word alone has SO many many uses and connotations. There is no word as versatile as it.
I wish that people would stop being offended by these words.
November 2nd, 2010
3:46 pm
I think the only way to remove swearing from your everyday vocabulary is to make a conscience effort to not say the words. I too used to swear, a lot! Every other word coming out of my mouth would have made, well pretty much anyone, blush. It was just a habit I'd gotten into. I can remember starting around 6th grade because all my friends were doing it. But then as an adult, I just let loose all the time. After having children I didn't cuss around them but when they weren't in earshot…
For me the change didn't happen overnight and I had to remind myself when I wanted to swear that I was setting a bad example. If I couldn't control what was coming out of my mouth then what control did I really have over myself at all?? That's what I thought. Now if I really want to let one zing, I'll use what I refer to as Beetle Bailey language (*&$!*##(@() which comes out something like: bitzcommaflagsha. Or whatever nonsense comes to mind. Works for me anyway and surprisingly is stress-relieving. Sometimes I make myself laugh from the silliness of saying nonsense and that makes me feel better.
November 2nd, 2010
4:01 pm
I used to swear a lot, but at one point in time I opened my own business and realized with a concious decision that cussing is not something my customers wanted to hear. Although that didn't cut it out completely but when my wife was pregnant with our first child we started a swear jar, and our unborn child got a dollar everytime one of us cussed. Every month the value of a cuss went up a dollar.
Now when I hear someone who cusses regularly I can't help but think how small their vocabulary is since they have to use the same words over and over again.
November 2nd, 2010
4:06 pm
I find it to be highly offensive when a person constantly uses swear words. To me they show a complete lack of class and decorum, not to mention disrespect for those around you.
November 2nd, 2010
4:36 pm
When I was 4 in pre-school, the teacher went around the room asking all the kids to say a word that began with the next letter in the alphabet. My letter was F and I said F*ck. Of course my teacher was quite flustered as I was told and my parents were quite embarrassed (not enough to not tell this story over and over though). As a child I had a 2 pack a day 2nd hand smoke habit and listened to more swearing that any kid should have to put up with.
75 years later mom still smokes and swears. I at least had the good f*cking sense not to smoke.
November 2nd, 2010
4:42 pm
There's a HUGE difference in people who swear constantly and pepper every conversation with curse words and people who swear when in traffic, stubbing a toe, dropping a glass, etc. I don't think anyone enjoys hearing people who use the "f" word in every sentence, but there's definitely a difference when something happens.
November 2nd, 2010
4:49 pm
I have a 4 month old and I see I really need to be careful!
November 2nd, 2010
5:02 pm
You cuss in front of your kids? You're not supposed to cuss in front of your kids! You are such an amazing looser. A classless looser, at that. Parents need to represent the best of society so the kids will emulate them. Going around cussing all the time means a. that you're out of control and b. that your kids won't respect you because they know you are out of control. You have to be the ADULT. Am I getting through to you? I will never get over the fact that someone pays you to do this.
November 2nd, 2010
5:05 pm
After our children were born we were much more aware of the constant stream of profanity spewed by a childless couple who were our close friends. Even though we otherwise enjoyed their company we let that friendship slide because, like second hand smoke, we didn't want our children to be bombarded with the foul language.
During a parent/teacher conference, I had to address a problem concerning a child who was occasionally swearing in the classroom. The child told me he was allowed to swear at home. The dad somewhat sheepishly said that this was true and that he had told his kids they couldn't swear anywhere else. Obviously this did not work very well. I told the dad that he could be limiting his child's friendships because other parents would not tolerate the language around their children or allow their children to come to visit.
Some issues are just not worth dealing with if they can be avoided. (Note: This child did not swear in class again. If a 6 year old can figure it out, so can you.)
November 2nd, 2010
5:06 pm
Something else about being classless comes to my mind: "If you can't say something nice… don't say anything at all." I think that covers swearing and criticizing others too. Just saying.
November 2nd, 2010
5:30 pm
If you are going to call someone a loser, at least learn how to spell it. Note that I refrained from adding ", loser" to the end of the previous sentence. That's due to my high level of self control. :)
November 2nd, 2010
5:37 pm
dcounts…very succinct!
Recently retired…great illustration!
We ALL have our moments but some bad continous habits are hard to break.
We were just talking about this the other day as a close friend works at UGA and says she cringes when she has to ride the bus. The potty talk is horrendous. I asked my daughter and she agreed. I have never heard her use a curse word, even though she hears them all the time. Obviously it takes self discipline on her part. We have never really used curse words in our house, so it is not a custom more an exception.
My father in law has a very coarse vocabulary, to the point that it is mostly cursing. I do not enjoy having any conversation with him. My husband has to take him off of the speaker phone ,it is so offensive. It is a habit he has had for a VERY long time. My husband did not repeat the offense.
Children can and do repeat exactly what they hear at home, so perhaps that will chide you into cleaning things up. Teachers get an earful from the students.
To me, it is kinda hard to tell your kids that these are words grown ups can use…why? Because they are rude, classless, inconsiderate and hurtful and that is what grown ups are allowed to be?
Great role models!
November 2nd, 2010
5:37 pm
I'm no saint, but my parents never swore (at least in front of us), and I don't either. Once my kids hit school age I would hear them on rare occasions, so we made a rule. You can say what you want in front of your buddies, but never, ever in front of anyone older or younger.
Three teenage boys here, and I must say, they do well in sticking to the rule. Swearing is a habit, and a pretty ugly one.
November 2nd, 2010
5:43 pm
Thank you so much for your input. It's a word I have been fussing with lately in my crossword puzzles. I know the difference but sometimes I slip up. I always appreciate a spelling correction. I'm serious. I would rather know than look the idiot. So thanks.
Teresa is still, however, a loser. Cussing in front of the kids simply is not done. It's tacky, it will brand a child as having a filthy mouth, especially a young child. Also, a parent who does this denies his or her child the delight of discovering dirty words on their own. Let them own it. As I said, be the adult. Show some discipline.
November 2nd, 2010
5:45 pm
November 2nd, 2010
5:48 pm
I've been lucky perhaps, but despite steady exposure to it, my now 12 y/o has always understood the distinction between what adults can get away with saying & what smaller children can get away with saying.
Given the vocabulary that I routinely hear from similar aged children, all from educated/affluent homes, I'm not at all sure that anything he might pick up from me would have caused a batted eyelash. I recently traveled with a group of middle/high school students on a school outing & was quite surprised to realize what even the strictest faculty members show no concern about, proving my son's claims that "no one at school really cares about language" to be quite true, no matter how much that surprised me. Let's just say George Carlin would have been impressed ;)
November 2nd, 2010
6:00 pm
@stephanie – I agree that is shows a lack of vocabulary when someone uses the same word for adjective, adverb, and verb in the same sentence. I think dropping an occasional word when you are upset is definitely different then being unable to come up with anything more descriptive than f****ng. I haven't really ever found a situation where I thought that word was appropriate besides the bedroom.
That said, it really is a matter of self-control. If you can keep from saying the words in front of your grandmother, then you can keep from saying them at all. I have noticed that when my overall stress level is too high, the words come out more easily because I'm just not as able to control myself when I've got so many other things on my mind.
November 2nd, 2010
6:09 pm
Ralphie: Oooh fuuudge!
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Only I didn't say "Fudge." I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!
Mr. Parker: [stunned] *What* did you say?
Ralphie: Uh, um…
Mr. Parker: That's… what I thought you said. Get in the car. Go on!
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] It was all over – I was dead. What would it be? The guillotine? Hanging? The chair? The rack? The Chinese water torture? Hmmph. Mere child's play compared to what surely awaited me.
Mother: All right. Now, are you ready to tell me where you heard that word?
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Now, I had heard that word at least ten times a day from my old man. He worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium; a master. But, I chickened out and said the first name that came to mind.
Ralphie: Schwartz!
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] I have since heard of people under extreme duress speaking in strange tongues. I became conscious that a steady torrent of obscenities and swearing of all kinds was pouring out of me as I screamed.
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.
November 2nd, 2010
6:16 pm
This blog brings back memeories of my cousin's grandfather.
Every other word out of his mouth was a cuss word.
We'd grin, shake our heads and walked away.
Now my 20 year old son has a bad potty mouth, along with his friends.
Should have realized he'd have such a mouth after his very first word, which wasn't ma-ma or da-da, it was jack@$$!
Now I do cuss, but not nearly as bad they do, even my three nephews are awful.
Now I'm constantly after them all to clean up their language.
I agre with BehindEmenyLines, George Carlin would have been very impressed!
November 2nd, 2010
6:17 pm
oops! Meant to type memeories.
November 2nd, 2010
8:45 pm
@MJG -I tell my children there are MANY things they have to wait to do until they're grown ups! Cussing is only one -others include driving (well until 16 at least), drinking alcohol, having sex , wearing certain types of clothing, going on trips without mom or dad, living on their own-oops, I guess only classless, rude people can do those things! You and Bluebell seem to have a stick shoved far up your -oh no-better not say it! Personally I think people who flip out over curse words are terribly silly and immature. I also think that peppering your language constantly is coarse and tacky, but exclaiming something in anger is quite fitting. My 4 year old seems to have mastered the fact that he can't say certain words because they belong to "grown ups." It really isn't THAT hard! I wholeheartedly believe in children being told many things are not allowed by them, but they're fine for grown ups. I'm not a big fan of the way our entire society has become so kid-centric. When I was growing up, grown ups ruled -not children. I looked forward to growing up, and now I'm enjoying the rewards! I personally enjoy a rousing curse -especially when I hurt myself. I cannot imagine how silly I would sound or feel exclaiming, "OH DRAT!" while blood ran down my leg or something. And how on earth does my saying "F**K" when I fall or calling someone an a@@hole when they pull out in traffic hurtful to you or anyone else?
November 2nd, 2010
10:51 pm
Ok, so JATL gets the trashy mom for a while award. God, why do I bother. Clearly any discussions of manners are unfamiliar to you. An explanation is a waste of breath. You weren't brought up to understand or instruct a child in civil demeanor. Your comment that " the stick up my "oh, better not say it" clearly expresses your complete lack of quality. Trash. Just trash. You shouldn't even have children if you are their working example. Also, you are incoherent. Demerits for being incoherent. Big ones.
November 2nd, 2010
11:03 pm
@Bluebell -I think you're just a troll since I never recall you posting here before. And I will compare my pedigree to yours ANY day of the week as well as my IQ. I guarantee both are of much higher quality! Not only do you appear to be incredibly uptight, but rather stupid as well. It would be sad to be you, but much sadder to be your child!
November 2nd, 2010
11:19 pm
You couldn't compare your pedigree to mine on a bet. Your willingness to let allow your children hear you spew obscenities makes it very clear which end of the table you occupy. Below the salt. Coarseness clearly defines you.
November 3rd, 2010
7:39 am
JATL…I do not flip over those who spew obscenities….it is a choice. I have uttered them myself, on occasion. To me, it is simply a habit and one that gets harder to break the longer and more frequently you indulge. Old habits die hard.
Language acquistion is something I speak about weekly and curse words are acquired. You generally have to hear them regularly before you use them.
If you can control your mouth on your job or in front of those who would be VERY disappointed….why not your kids? They see parents as role models. Choices have to be made and parents of children can and do make these choices, if they are important to them. If not, then again that is their choice. Do as I say and not as I do, has never been my favorite line.
I abhor those who use racial slurs…some folks are fine with it. Not everything offends everyone…that is simply the way it is.
"others include driving (well until 16 at least), drinking alcohol, having sex , wearing certain types of clothing, going on trips without mom or dad, living on their own-oops"
many of these ( to me) are expected adult behaviors…not everyone is expected to use foul language…unless those expectations have been set in the child's environment.
November 3rd, 2010
9:13 am
didnt get to read all the posts yet…need to get off to work…but i use the F word occassionally…and honestly…i would much rather my kids hear me call someone an a-hole than moron or idiot…most people cant help being a moron or idiot but most could help being an a-hole :)….the F word is just too dang versatile of a word to stop using. no i didnt want my kids to say it…but they hear it ayway. and you dont have to allow your kids to say it just because you do…they cant drink a beer just because you do, right? i have cut way down on my use of that word….and i hate when i hear teens use it every other word…there is a place and time…but that is a great word and i porbably will not every stop using it completely. (just think of all the different ways and times the F word can be used lol)
November 3rd, 2010
9:20 am
and contrary to popular opinion…'bad' words ARE vocabulary…all words are…its a matter of choice which vocab words you want to use. i never use 'bad' words in front of people i know it offends. but honestly…if offends me that i cant lol..have a good day all you horrible people who use 'bad words'…..and also to the ones who are so judgemental.
November 3rd, 2010
9:25 am
racial slurs are never ok….neither are ones that are mean to people…
November 3rd, 2010
9:37 am
@deidre_NC -wow a voice of common sense! Obviously so rare….
November 3rd, 2010
9:44 am
Well Said JATL … I remember growing up… WAITING TO do all the grown up things, … And I agree, when did we start letting kids make all the rules?? My mom made the rules and I was expected to follow and if I didn't like it… too bad for me… :D
November 3rd, 2010
10:37 am
Thank you deidre for your 9:20 post..
November 3rd, 2010
11:39 am
I went through a period of time when I was a kid where I was swearing quite a bit. It got to the point where my friends didn't want to be around – at all. My parents called up my friends to find out what was going on and they 'told' on me. Dirty Rats.
My parents sat me down and said that there is a time and place for everything and what I was doing was probably not the time and place. I stopped swearing. Mostly. I can vividly recall the first time I swore in front of my Mom. It was hilarious. The look on her face just before she started cracking up, because of the face I made.
I don't swear but for the occasional stubbed toe or jammed finger. I don't say the F word – it was a word my Mom hated so I just didn't say it.
I'm not a prude about it, but I have made a note to myself when I'm with a bunch of people – guys mostly – who don't think anything of swearing up a blue streak.
I have a WAV file that I think is extremely funny. It's called fword.wav. Anyone wants it, let me know.


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[ID: a sabre fencer with her mask off, looking down the strip.]
Louisa Zouein! She graduated before I came to Tufts, but she came back this year to be our assistant coach. A super helpful and fun person to be around, just saying. (Photo credit: Aaron Donovan.)
[ID: two photos of a foil bout.]
Anjali Shankar (left)! A fantastic foilist. (Photos by Nicole Chan.)
A Tufts fencer!
[ID: two sabre fencers, in a bout. The one on the right is lunging and hitting his opponent.]
James Kiefner (right)! A cool guy and a great sabre fencer. (Photo by Nicole Chan.)
Kiefner is on my fencing team in college!


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cause it's starting to bother me that I haven't.
I started writing about people who've impacted my life in some way or another a few months ago.
I just tried writing about someone who truly impacted my life, and it's the hardest thing ever. I can't find the words to write about them.
i never finished writing about the people who have impacted my life.
i need to finish this.
My two high school track coaches. Lena's my track mommy, and Mr. P. is like my grandpa. Fuck all the other ones my team had, because they are the only two who truly taught me anything. Without them, my life would be 100% different. Had I not met Mr. P in fall training in 2008, I probably would have not stayed on the track team or even at Kellenberg in general. He made me fall in love with track on a completely different level. He taught me how to hurdle, how to long jump, how to triple jump..he is truly an amazing coach. Lena taught me how to get faster in hurdles and sprints and she never took "no" or "i can't do this" for an answer. Mr. P. encouraged me to be the best I could be and Lena pushed me to do better every race I competed in. Even when other people, teammates, or coaches doubted my skills, they made sure I knew they believed in me. They both would give me tips on how to do better in my next race or jump. Their training techniques were honestly the best ones I've ever seen. Without them I know I wouldn't have fallen in love with track the way I did. They'll always be my favorite coaches, because no one else can teach me what they taught me. They are the best two coaches to come into my life. I could talk to them about anything and know I could trust their opinions and answers. I miss seeing Lena 3 days a week and Mr P. 6 days a week. They're the heart of my track family and always will be<3
What should I even say about this girl? She's been in my life from day one.. since I was 6. That means that she's seen me at every awkward stage of my life, and hasn't once thought about leaving my side (trust me I've had some very interesting years). She definitely brings me the side that I may not necessarily want to listen to- like when I should no longer deal with something/one. I don't talk to her even half as much as I did in high school but it doesn't even matter. She's still my best friend. She's the one person I can say has been through every single thing with me. She's been there for every different school I've had to go to, every friend I've lost, each person that's screwed me over - she even let me cheat off of her for 6 years lmaoo. She's just as crazy as I am, maybe even crazier. We have the same personality yet she can seem so different. She's influenced my life in so many ways. Since I was six, this girl has brought a smile to my face. She was there when nobody else was. She even stood by my side when I was made fun of a lot. When I felt as if I had no real friends, I knew I had her. I know I consider many more people my best friends now but, it's not the same as with her. She doesn't even realize how much of a roll she's played in my life. She's been there more than my own father has. I'm eternally grateful for God bringing her to my life. Without her, I would be a completely different person. I always wonder what it would have been like if we weren't in the same class in first grade. I could only imagine how much it would have sucked to not have her with me. She's done so much for me, and I don't even show my appreciation for her as much as I should. I really don't know how I could have managed this far without her. She's my bestito. She's just everything to me. Since 1999 <3
I don't know whether to call him my friend, my ex-bestfriend, or just a person who walks in and out my life. With him I learned I cared about someone who didn't show as much care. When he feels like his life isn't too busy, he'll hit me up. Otherwise he spends most months not saying a word to me. When he does talk to me, he seems like he cares. Otherwise I feel as if he could give a fuck less. He knows how much I care about him, yet he doesn't seem to want to put any effort into our friendship. He's more of an impact-in-progress. I'm still figuring out when a friendship is worth it and when it's time to walk away. Regardless, I'd still be a phone call away for him.
He made me realize that there really are good guys out there. Guys who care about more than just my looks or what I could do for them. He's one of two guys I can talk to about anything. I literally tell him everything and I never feel like he judges me. He brings the male perspective on every situation. He met me at one of the lowest points of my life, and stuck around no matter what I did to him. He's made me believe in myself when I couldn't even say I cared about myself. He's made me a stronger person, and always made sure I was okay, no matter how busy he was. He Influences/encourages me to get good grades, do things to my full potential, and not to give up. I have a great amount of love for him and the utmost respect for him. Without him, I really don't know what I would do. He makes me strive to find a guy like him.
I can definitely say I was okay with just barely doing good in track until she joined the team. She motivated me to be the best I could be with every event. Plus she's a beast, so I always competed with her to try and beat her. I hated her at first, but only because she was so amazing without trying. She was my triple jump partner for 4 seasons, and every single threat she gave me motivated me to jump farther and farther. It's definitely weird not jumping with her this year, but when I practice with her now, she still motivates me to do better. I miss seeing her in the halls at school, when we'd have our smile stare-offs. She's the reason for more of the dedication I have in track, and why I give my all in everything I do now, on and off the track. She's done nothing but influence me to be the best I can be. She definitely said it best: "She's the shine in my gold medal. The backbone in my victories. The smile beneath my game face." Every time I jump I always think of her first. I couldn't of made it this far without her.
She's crazy. She's hyper. She's happy. She's funny. Basically how I can describe her. She can read me like a book. Always knows what's wrong or who's to blame. I definitely have the weirdest conversions with her. We get each other because we're both crazy as fuck. She knows what to say to make me feel better, and won't give up until she sees a smile. I can never guess what's going to come next with her, but there's never a doubt that it'll be a good time. As much fun as we have, she still knows when it's time to be serious. I can tell her about anything and respect her answer. I love her, I know that high school just wouldn't have been the same without her. And as MIA as she goes now, our conversations still feel the same when we talk. It's as if she never left.
Although she's my ex-bestfriend, she still impacted my life. If it wasn't for her, I would have never done track. She had me go to fall training with her, which led to us doing track the following seasons. She always kept me thinking positively, which annoyed the shit out of me, but I definitely needed it. She was always in a good mood, and was my journal. I vented to her about anything and everything. Although she may not have understood what I had been going through, she still tried to understand and relate to me. I was in her court at her Sweet 16. She introduced me to many people, including two of my current best friends. Senior year our friendship started to change. She chose her boyfriend over all her friends with everything. We weren't jealous or anything, but she would never hang out with us anymore and only talked about him. It seemed as if she lived and breathed for him and nothing else. And when they broke up, she made it seem like we didn't understand a thing at all about what she was going through. And then our friendship ended over a miscommunication. We got into the craziest fight at disney, the happiest place on earth. And since then, we really haven't talked. I miss certain things about our friendship, but everything happens for a reason. It just sucks that it had to end the way it did. I still wish for the best for her, and hope she's finally enjoying life.


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Jaden Smith Imagine
And I'm back, guys! So sorry for not posting:( those exams… so anyways, I am back and I am back with Jaden Smith imagine, so enjoy. Send me everything that you want to send, I love you all.
"Hi, Jayden." You hugged him and kissed his cheek as you came in to the restaurant, where you had a meeting with him. I would've said "a date" rather than "a meeting", but there was something important that you had to talk to Jaden about.
"Hi, baby. How's your day so far?" He asked sipping his drink.
"Good…" You tried your best not to look nervous or anxious.
"Yeah? So far so good?"
"Mhm…I need to talk to you." You looked at him for the first time since you entered the restaurant.
"Sure, go on. What's up?" He looked so happy and peaceful and saying this to him broke your heart.
"I think we need to break up." You waited for a while, gave him some time to adjust and continued. "Before you say anything, it will be better that way, you're going on tour and I can't go with you, so what's the point of trying to do it? There will be hundreds of girls who would love to seduce you and I will feel lonely and bad, so can we just break up?" There was an awkward silence after your little speech. You couldn't look up, you just couldn't look at him.
"I am sorry that you don't see the point of us." He stood up from his seat, left some money on the table and left. And at that moment something broke inside of you. He walked away and that probably meant that you will never ever see him again. Were you ready for this? Certainly not. But you just ruined your whole life because you were scared of fighting for your relationship.
Jaden's POV.
I was furious. AS soon as I walked out of the restaurant I started feeling guilty. I secretly was hoping that she would run after me. But she didn't. Why was she doing this, I thought she loved me and our relationship was serious and I thought we were happy. I was so ready to having a family with her, I genuinely thought she was the one. My mind was racing and I didn't even notice that by the time that I got home there were tears in my eyes.
1 month later.
Y/N's POV.
It still hurt to think about him, but honestly it wasn't that bad. I missed him, but my life was back to normal after a couple of days that I spent crying. Thanks God for my best friends. I knew that he was back from his tour and we even started texting each other, but it felt like there was this awkward tension between us.
Jaden's POV.
During the whole tour I missed her. She was a missing piece in my life and I knew that, everyone in my crew and family knew that. So I started texting her, surprisingly she replied to my messages and we decided to meet for a drink. That day I was super nervous, the same feeling I had when we were having our first date. I was anxiously glancing at the clock every now and then, when she came in the restaurant. She looked fresh and gorgeous. Frankly, I was hoping that she will come in all sad and exhausted and will ask me to take her back, but that didn't happen. What if she didn't want me back after all? What if she had already found someone else? Someone better?
"Hi!" I greeted her smiling, hoping that I looked at least a little bit happy.
"Hello. How are you?" She sat down and smiled. And in that moment I lost every doubt about not being with her. I had to have her back, she's the one and I knew that for sure. I just had to make her understand that and everything will be fine again.
"I'm good, you?"
"I am okay."
"We need to talk."
"Alright." She looked so…naive. Like she didn't even have an idea of what I was going to talk to her about. She used to understand me so well, there was a special connection between us and right now I felt like she was not the same Y/N that I left in the restaurant that day. I'd been planning this conversation for the whole time that I was on tour and right now I was not sure anymore if I needed it. I loved her for sure, but what if she's changed so much that it will be impossible to build the same relationship that we had a month ago?
"Jaden,I am sorr…" I didn't let her finish, I bent over the table and kissed her. The feeling of her lips on mine that was all I needed to know that nothing has changed, we were made for each other. We were made to be together and I was ready to make this work. God I missed her. I missed her scent, I missed her lips. The kiss was sweet, but it said everything that had to be said. We loved each other and I knew that I was the one who was in her heart. I couldn't describe how happy I was at that moment, the break up was stupid, but we were finally together and that was all I needed to know that everything will be alright. When she pulled away for air she smiled and I was lost in her eyes, she always was the only person who looked at me with so much love, no matter what we were doing: kissing, laughing, making love, watching TV, cooking, arguing. She rested her forehead on mine and looked into my eyes.
"I'm so sorry, Jaden, I love you." She whispered and I got shivers.
"I love you too, I will never let you go again." And we kissed again.
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I like how you think.
snarkygoldfish said...
I like how you think.
As for the colors not being "striking" or "vibrant" as others are saying...wait, what? The devs here really did delve into some nice harmonious color theory to make sure it flowed together. Nothing is shrieking out at you, I love it.
I also agree about the supposed humble nature of how a super powerful druid would compose themselves.
Hoping the same sort of understated elegance for the shaman tier.