All sorry for the lack of posts, I have been going through writer's block and just haven't had anything to write about. As I mentioned before my parents will be visiting Shanghai starting on Wednesday. I will keep you all updated on a day to day basis as my parents aren't big world travellers and will be encountering a lot of stuff for the first time. There will definitely be a shock and awe factor with them being over here, so I'm sure that will be interesting.
As a family, we celebrated Easter with "La Fiesta de Jesus." Yes, we had tacos for our Easter dinner (something a little different then your typical ham dinner). We had some friends over and just had a good ole taco bash after church on Sunday, so that was fun.
Again, writer's block has hit me, I will post again once my parents arrive.
Monday, April 9, 2007
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
I think I'm alive
I picked up this story from Shanghaiist and its just not right. This Chinese woman fell 6 stories onto a pile of Mr. Doo Doo Brown and survived. This story is wrong in many ways, but if I were a journalist the first two questions I would ask are "Do you consider yourself lucky to be alive after landing in poo?" and "Will you be forever grateful to your neighbors for doing their #2's?" Do you think they will make a statue for all to remember the rescuing poo? Not sure, but when they decide honor the poo for its heroics, it sure will be awkward.
Stadium Nicknames Part 1
As I have mentioned, I do not have too much interest in baseball, I am more of a casual fan. I know who is winning their division and the basics of how each team is doing, but I don't follow it like I would the NFL. That being said I still have a passion for nicknames, and in this case nicknaming ballparks. Yes, this is the first of two instalments that gives a nickname to every MLB team's ballpark, some are their real nicknames, others are the nicknames that they should be given, so beginning with the AL, here are the nicknames in alphabetical order by team:
ANAHEIM ANGELS OF LA: (I know it is the LA Angels of Anaheim, but this is a crime, they play in Anaheim and that is who they are)
Real Name: Angel Stadium
Nickname: Graceland
Is this copyrighted, cause if not they gots to use it, imagine the headline "Brawl in Graceland lands DeJesus on DL." **note** I know that David DeJesus plays for the Royals, in my imaginative scenario he starts the brawl at Graceland.
Other Names Considered: The Holy O (this could be very very dirty), Disney Land 2 and Cloud Nine
BALTIMORE ORIOLES:
Real Name: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Nickname: The Junk Yard
Note that the real nickname for this ballpark is The Yard, but that is too plain for me, especially for a team that has had losing records in its last 9 seasons. Just think with this nickname you could make shirts that say, "I got crabs at The Junk Yard", awesome.
Other Names Considered: The Vault's Red Headed Step Child, Purgatory, and The Crab Pit
BOSTON RED SOX:
Real Name: Fenway Park
Nickname: Fenway
Yes fans, this is just one of those parks that is sacred and the name should not be ruined by a lowly blogger like myself. Prior to the 'Sox winning the World Series there would have been a bunch of good names, but now alas, it is one of the few cool historical ballparks that one can sit and enjoy stepping on the peanut shells of a prior generation.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX:
Real Name: U.S Cellular Field
Nickname: The Cell
Easy one. The Cell is intimidating and also flows from the real name. I was thinking of calling it Dropped Balls (a play on the famed amount of dropped calls experienced by US Cellular customers), but I thought that could be taken wrongly in many different ways.
Other Names Considered: That Other Ballpark, The Not-so Wrigley Field and (what should have been the name) The New Comiskey
CLEVELAND INDIANS:
Real Name: Jacobs Field
Nickname: Poor Man's Camden Yard
I know that the real nickname is "The Jake," but that is lame-o. We all know that Cleveland called up the architects that designed Camden Yards and said we want something like that. Knowing that they were in Cleveland, the architects whited out the name Camden Yards and brought the blueprints of Camden Yards to show off to the city of Cleveland, low and behold they have Jacobs Field.
Other Names Considered: The Reservation and Burning River Park
DETROIT TIGERS:
Real Name: Comerica Park
Nickname: The CoPa Cabana
With the Tigers actually doing well, its hard to make fun of how bad they have been in recent history, so they deserve to have a decent name.
Other Names Considered: Unemployment Central, Bullet Proof Park and The Oasis
KANSAS CITY ROYALS:
Real Name: Kauffman Stadium
Nickname: The Sick
Kauffman is one of those names that lends itself to dealing with people that are unhealthy, and what a better team to have a sickly type name then the Kansas City Royals. Note that the people in Kansas City will think that outsiders will be using the term "The Sick" in a slang way meaning that the Royals are Awesome (or sick), but we all know it refers to how bad they are.
Other Names Considered: The Castle and The River Runs Through It
MINNESOTA TWINS:
Real Name: The Metrodome
Nickname: The Terrarium
A little lengthy, but makes everyone feel good when they think of their 3rd grade science class where they filled a two liter bottle of soda with dirt and called it a Terrarium (was anything supposed to happen with the dirt?). Anyway, about as much happens in the Metrodome as in a Terrarium, so I think it's a winner.
Other Names Considered: The Lake, Kirby Puckett's Good Eye, The Igloo
NEW YORK YANKEES:
Real Name: Yankee Stadium
Nickname: The Death Star
Yankess are referred to as the evil empire, thus they must play in the death star. Would have been more apt if they stadium were a dome and completely shaped like a ball, but hey, its not bad.
Other Names Considered: Guiliani's Fifth Wife, Babe's Boozery and That Damn Place
OAKLAND ATHLETICS:
Real Name: McAfee Coliseum
Nickname: Billy Beane's
This guy has put them on the map as a consistently competitive baseball team in a really bad baseball market. The ballpark deserves to be nicknamed after the pure genius of Billy Beane.
Other Names Considered: The Virus, The Other Side of the Tracks and Blue Screened
SEATTLE MARINERS:
Real Name: Safeco Field
Nickname: The Safe
I did think of this name myself, but I am not the first, this Seattle Weekly writer beat me to the punch, but I still did come up with it on my own.
Other Names Considered: The Rainout, The Emerald (sorry, nothing in Seattle is that funny)
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS:
Real Name: Tropicana Field
Nickname: The Squeeze
Good for both a baseball reference and an orange reference.
Other Names Considered: The Empty Nest and Steve Irwin's Dive (is it too early? This reference is probably very wrong)
TEXAS RANGERS:
Real Name: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Nickname: The Bush
Sorry, this was one of the last ballparks that I could think of a name, and it is by far the worst. The Bush's used to (or still do, I have not idea) have a stake in ownership, and on top of that the name can be used in many ways that teenagers can have fun with.
Other Names Considered: Lynch-burg, National Cemetery (would the real Arlington National Cemetery have a problem with this?)
TORONTO BLUE JAYS:
Real Name: Rogers Centre
Nickname: North of the Border
Nothing special here, but as the lone team "north of the border" I thought it would fit. My brain has officially shut down.
Other Names Considered: Canadia and The Ball Eater (reference to Blue Jays eating other birds eggs, again this really could be taken out of context)
ANAHEIM ANGELS OF LA: (I know it is the LA Angels of Anaheim, but this is a crime, they play in Anaheim and that is who they are)
Real Name: Angel Stadium
Nickname: Graceland
Is this copyrighted, cause if not they gots to use it, imagine the headline "Brawl in Graceland lands DeJesus on DL." **note** I know that David DeJesus plays for the Royals, in my imaginative scenario he starts the brawl at Graceland.
Other Names Considered: The Holy O (this could be very very dirty), Disney Land 2 and Cloud Nine
BALTIMORE ORIOLES:
Real Name: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Nickname: The Junk Yard
Note that the real nickname for this ballpark is The Yard, but that is too plain for me, especially for a team that has had losing records in its last 9 seasons. Just think with this nickname you could make shirts that say, "I got crabs at The Junk Yard", awesome.
Other Names Considered: The Vault's Red Headed Step Child, Purgatory, and The Crab Pit
BOSTON RED SOX:
Real Name: Fenway Park
Nickname: Fenway
Yes fans, this is just one of those parks that is sacred and the name should not be ruined by a lowly blogger like myself. Prior to the 'Sox winning the World Series there would have been a bunch of good names, but now alas, it is one of the few cool historical ballparks that one can sit and enjoy stepping on the peanut shells of a prior generation.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX:
Real Name: U.S Cellular Field
Nickname: The Cell
Easy one. The Cell is intimidating and also flows from the real name. I was thinking of calling it Dropped Balls (a play on the famed amount of dropped calls experienced by US Cellular customers), but I thought that could be taken wrongly in many different ways.
Other Names Considered: That Other Ballpark, The Not-so Wrigley Field and (what should have been the name) The New Comiskey
CLEVELAND INDIANS:
Real Name: Jacobs Field
Nickname: Poor Man's Camden Yard
I know that the real nickname is "The Jake," but that is lame-o. We all know that Cleveland called up the architects that designed Camden Yards and said we want something like that. Knowing that they were in Cleveland, the architects whited out the name Camden Yards and brought the blueprints of Camden Yards to show off to the city of Cleveland, low and behold they have Jacobs Field.
Other Names Considered: The Reservation and Burning River Park
DETROIT TIGERS:
Real Name: Comerica Park
Nickname: The CoPa Cabana
With the Tigers actually doing well, its hard to make fun of how bad they have been in recent history, so they deserve to have a decent name.
Other Names Considered: Unemployment Central, Bullet Proof Park and The Oasis
KANSAS CITY ROYALS:
Real Name: Kauffman Stadium
Nickname: The Sick
Kauffman is one of those names that lends itself to dealing with people that are unhealthy, and what a better team to have a sickly type name then the Kansas City Royals. Note that the people in Kansas City will think that outsiders will be using the term "The Sick" in a slang way meaning that the Royals are Awesome (or sick), but we all know it refers to how bad they are.
Other Names Considered: The Castle and The River Runs Through It
MINNESOTA TWINS:
Real Name: The Metrodome
Nickname: The Terrarium
A little lengthy, but makes everyone feel good when they think of their 3rd grade science class where they filled a two liter bottle of soda with dirt and called it a Terrarium (was anything supposed to happen with the dirt?). Anyway, about as much happens in the Metrodome as in a Terrarium, so I think it's a winner.
Other Names Considered: The Lake, Kirby Puckett's Good Eye, The Igloo
NEW YORK YANKEES:
Real Name: Yankee Stadium
Nickname: The Death Star
Yankess are referred to as the evil empire, thus they must play in the death star. Would have been more apt if they stadium were a dome and completely shaped like a ball, but hey, its not bad.
Other Names Considered: Guiliani's Fifth Wife, Babe's Boozery and That Damn Place
OAKLAND ATHLETICS:
Real Name: McAfee Coliseum
Nickname: Billy Beane's
This guy has put them on the map as a consistently competitive baseball team in a really bad baseball market. The ballpark deserves to be nicknamed after the pure genius of Billy Beane.
Other Names Considered: The Virus, The Other Side of the Tracks and Blue Screened
SEATTLE MARINERS:
Real Name: Safeco Field
Nickname: The Safe
I did think of this name myself, but I am not the first, this Seattle Weekly writer beat me to the punch, but I still did come up with it on my own.
Other Names Considered: The Rainout, The Emerald (sorry, nothing in Seattle is that funny)
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS:
Real Name: Tropicana Field
Nickname: The Squeeze
Good for both a baseball reference and an orange reference.
Other Names Considered: The Empty Nest and Steve Irwin's Dive (is it too early? This reference is probably very wrong)
TEXAS RANGERS:
Real Name: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Nickname: The Bush
Sorry, this was one of the last ballparks that I could think of a name, and it is by far the worst. The Bush's used to (or still do, I have not idea) have a stake in ownership, and on top of that the name can be used in many ways that teenagers can have fun with.
Other Names Considered: Lynch-burg, National Cemetery (would the real Arlington National Cemetery have a problem with this?)
TORONTO BLUE JAYS:
Real Name: Rogers Centre
Nickname: North of the Border
Nothing special here, but as the lone team "north of the border" I thought it would fit. My brain has officially shut down.
Other Names Considered: Canadia and The Ball Eater (reference to Blue Jays eating other birds eggs, again this really could be taken out of context)
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
MLB Flushes Poo Poo O's
As I write this, the Orioles are about to take the field for the first time in 2007, and, for the first time in almost 30 years, they will be opening away from Baltimore. Actually I didn't know that it had been almost 30 years until I read this Baltimore Sun article, but when I heard that they were opening on the road I thought, "I don't remember the last time they opened on the road," I guess that's because they haven't in my lifetime. The MLB can tell us that it's because the Nationals are in town and they are trying to make it so that one team in the area has an opening day at home while the other opens on the road, but this just doesn't make sense. In the National's inaugural year, both the Nationals and the O's began the season at home. My theory, its just the fact that the O's are stinking it up, and the MLB is trying to get the best teams to start out at home, with the exception of the Royals (which confuses me, but I guess they have to start at home everyone once and a while), all the teams with home games the first day are the winners (Detroit, NY Yanks, Philly, Houston). I know the Nat's stunk it up last year, but I think the MLB is sticking it to Peter Angelos and the O's for fighting the whole Nat's thing.
It actually makes sense this way (am I agreeing with the MLB, well no, cause this is not a definitive rule, but I am saying that they should make it into one), if a team does well the previous season they deserve to start the season at home, it should be a part of the privilege of performing we...start out at home. Basically, the O's have played themselves into opening on the road, if they continue to stink then start them out on a long road trip, make them earn their way back to a home opening day. It definitely kills an opening day tradition, but it also gives a team one other small motivation to continue to fight all season long. By the way O's fans, next year the Nat's are opening up their new stadium, so there is a 0% chance the O's will open at home next year.
It actually makes sense this way (am I agreeing with the MLB, well no, cause this is not a definitive rule, but I am saying that they should make it into one), if a team does well the previous season they deserve to start the season at home, it should be a part of the privilege of performing we...start out at home. Basically, the O's have played themselves into opening on the road, if they continue to stink then start them out on a long road trip, make them earn their way back to a home opening day. It definitely kills an opening day tradition, but it also gives a team one other small motivation to continue to fight all season long. By the way O's fans, next year the Nat's are opening up their new stadium, so there is a 0% chance the O's will open at home next year.
Coming off the heals of a pretty nice NCAA tournament, just to review, went 4 for 4 on the final four and 1 for 2 on the finals (had Georgetown advancing, just trying to give them some Big East love), I guess you would love for me to give my predictions. Well, baseball is not my thing, and I really hate predicting who is going to win it all, but I will keep it local with the O's. They absolutely can't be worse then last year, unless afflicted by major injuries, their young players should be improved over last year, Peter Gammons has them in 3rd place in the AL East, whoa nelly, I'm not that bold, ESPN.com has them at 4th place in the AL East ending at 75-87, pretty safe prediction (last 3 season results: 2006: 70-92, 2005: 74-88, 2004: 78-84). I think the 9 season streak of having a losing season ends...next year, yes I don't think they will be quite there yet, but close. I am close to ESPN, but I think they will be right on the cusp of a winning season, finishing 4th in the AL East with a record of 80-82. This opening 6 game road trip against Minnesota, and NY Yanks, then a 3 game home opening against Detroit is going to haunt them come the end of the season, so they won't be able to make it over the hump quite yet. Nonetheless, O's prove me wrong, and earn that home opener.
IN: Popcorn, Orville Redenbacher would be proud to see his true baby coming back to life. People are putting down the chips and pretzels and starting to pop up the every fun and tasty popcorn. But this time its not just butter they are putting on their popped corn, toppings include cheese, old bay, jalapenos and sugar(kettle corn of course has grown in popularity outside of sketchy carnivals over the past couple of years). People also think popcorn is more healthy, but add butter flavoring, salt, sugar, and cheese and you basically have the equivalent to a chip. But congrats to popcorn for making it back to the limelight.
OUT: High executive pay - now I can write a whole diatribe on this one, but its a fact that executives of most large publicly traded companies make anywhere from 50-200 times the average workers salary, and that is simply insane. As you know I am for a free market, but sometimes you just have to pull in the reigns of a free market gone wild. There is no true justification for giving the executives this much in compensation, should they be compensated like superstars, absolutely, but some of these executives led company's with mediocre(if any) earnings and still get a grand payday (see Home Depot). Being a CEO and CFO is a privilege and they should get paid a lot for that privilege, but this should not be at the expense of the Company or its shareholders, in fact they do need to be held more accountable for the actions of the Company if the Company is under performing yet they are still taking massive checks to the bank. Just a thought that I will get into more later.
Monday, April 2, 2007
Missing Something?
I have discussed about how some things get lost in the translation from Chinese to English, but I hardly ever see a mistake when translating English to English. Well, without getting too dirty, here is a picture of the West Virginia (note that I spell it right here) t-shirt that has caused some controversy over the past couple of days. Can you see what is wrong with the shirt?
You're Welcome
I just received my receipt for my local Chinese tax filings, i.e. my contribution to the growth of communism in this world. On this receipt reads a statement that exclaims "Thank You for your contribution to China's flourishing and prosperity!" First, to take a page out of Seinfeld, the use of the exclamation point makes me feel like the Chinese Tax Authorities are yelling at me, but I guess they are just happy to have some American paying them money. Second, I am not sure if this sentence is proper English (came as a real shocker as the Chinese really have that Chinese to English translation down), but from my extensive research, I think flourishing is an adjective, so while prosperity is used correctly, I am not sure flourishing is used right (I read this sentence and thought, flourishing what? economy?). Anyway, maybe they can use some of the tax money that I paid (to clarify a cent didn't come out of my pocket, my Company flipped the bill for me) to clean up some of their English.
IN: Omega 3 Fatty Acids. Coming off the heals of my latest cholesterol tests, I was doing research on how to increase my HDL (good cholesterol) and came across a bunch of articles on Omega 3 Fatty Acids (oil that is produced mostly by fish). Now to inform all you readers, I actually was taking Omega 3 Fatty Acid pills about 3 years ago, so I was ahead of the curve on this one (just call me a trendsetter), but it appears that you no longer are limited to swallowing a fish oil pill to get your Omega 3 Fatty Acids (by the way, I took them in the morning and they made me burp fish all morning long, pretty disgusting). Company's are introducing foods like chocolate bars that contain Omega 3 Fatty Acids (although a fishy chocolate bar is not really something I am looking forward to). Anyway, just goggle Omega 3 Fatty Acids and look at the News section and you will see countless articles saying that OM3 decreases risks of cancers and brain dysfunctions and helps out in many ways, so join all the trendy people in burping up some good ole fish in the mornings by taking your OM3 supplements.
OUT: The China Bowl. No I am not the bearer of breaking news, I read this on Shanghaiist.com, who obtained their information from a Peter King article on SI.com, but the NFL is going to cancel this year's China Bowl. This was going to be a game between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots that was going to take place in Beijing's newly finished Olympic Stadium (not done yet, but was going to be one of the firsts events to be held in the new facility). I guess my biggest problem with this is the fact that there were people who most likely booked a trip to come over to China to watch the game (as it was announced last August) and now they will not be able to watch the game. I guess they can spend the time looking around Beijing, but I can see where they can be a little mad at the NFL. The NFL wants to focus their efforts on their first regular season international game that will be taking place in London on October of 2007, an event that was planned after the China Bowl was announced. I was actually looking forward to watching a pre-season game over here, getting an opportunity to see how people would re-act in person to this kind of real American football (let's face it, its still the preseason), but I was figuring it would only be foreigners at the game anyway, so it probably wouldn't be too different.
IN: Omega 3 Fatty Acids. Coming off the heals of my latest cholesterol tests, I was doing research on how to increase my HDL (good cholesterol) and came across a bunch of articles on Omega 3 Fatty Acids (oil that is produced mostly by fish). Now to inform all you readers, I actually was taking Omega 3 Fatty Acid pills about 3 years ago, so I was ahead of the curve on this one (just call me a trendsetter), but it appears that you no longer are limited to swallowing a fish oil pill to get your Omega 3 Fatty Acids (by the way, I took them in the morning and they made me burp fish all morning long, pretty disgusting). Company's are introducing foods like chocolate bars that contain Omega 3 Fatty Acids (although a fishy chocolate bar is not really something I am looking forward to). Anyway, just goggle Omega 3 Fatty Acids and look at the News section and you will see countless articles saying that OM3 decreases risks of cancers and brain dysfunctions and helps out in many ways, so join all the trendy people in burping up some good ole fish in the mornings by taking your OM3 supplements.
OUT: The China Bowl. No I am not the bearer of breaking news, I read this on Shanghaiist.com, who obtained their information from a Peter King article on SI.com, but the NFL is going to cancel this year's China Bowl. This was going to be a game between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots that was going to take place in Beijing's newly finished Olympic Stadium (not done yet, but was going to be one of the firsts events to be held in the new facility). I guess my biggest problem with this is the fact that there were people who most likely booked a trip to come over to China to watch the game (as it was announced last August) and now they will not be able to watch the game. I guess they can spend the time looking around Beijing, but I can see where they can be a little mad at the NFL. The NFL wants to focus their efforts on their first regular season international game that will be taking place in London on October of 2007, an event that was planned after the China Bowl was announced. I was actually looking forward to watching a pre-season game over here, getting an opportunity to see how people would re-act in person to this kind of real American football (let's face it, its still the preseason), but I was figuring it would only be foreigners at the game anyway, so it probably wouldn't be too different.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
C'mon guys, share the love (and Un-Fair Trade)
The chalk dust has settled and what do we have left, the #1 overall seed Florida vs another team that spent some good time ranked at #1 during the regular basketball season in Ohio State University. Does this National Championship sound familiar? Probably does since this is the same match up as the BCS National Championship back in early January this year. I just can't wait for the Florida-OSU lacrosse championship in May. Really guys, you have to share the love. Don't get me wrong, am I intrigued, of course I am, hands down two of the best teams during the regular season has weathered the tourney storm and now get a chance to settle it on the court, but man if you're not a fan of OSU or Florida, you kind of feel like they are getting to cheer for all the good stuff this year.
I know you all want predictions, I picked Georgetown, so what do I know, but let me just say this, Florida has been there before, they manhandled UCLA again this year, so 90% of the analyst are going to say that Florida is going to win it again this year (just listen to sports radio on Monday, you will hear it). Well, everyone thought OSU basically had the BCS championship in the bag earlier this year and we saw how Florida shoved it down their throats during the game. Florida is the better team and more experienced in this situation, but let us not forget what happened just a couple of months ago. I leave it at that.
IN: MadLibs - the day has come where my love for Madlibs is finally vindicated. Sit down Sudoku, don't even bother getting back up Crossword puzzles, Madlibs has been crowned the new champion of "stupid things to do when you have free time," and its not looking to relinquish until Mah Jong makes a comeback. Yes, people have finally come back to realize how fun it is to fill in blanks with nouns, verbs, and adverbs (no one actually knows what this is, but the US education system has convinced us that adverbs are only words that end in "ly"). I mean where else can poop be filled in as a noun, a verb, an adjective (like poopy face), and an adverb (pooply), and all the while making you laugh because the sentence would sound something like this, On his way to the White House the poop had to poop with the poopy terrorist, then he stumbled pooply onto Uranus. Classy and funny all at the same time. Madlibs also gives people the excuse to use such words as butt, weiner, booger, potato, and toe cheese. So congrats Madlibs on making the comeback we were all waiting for.
OUT: Fair Trade Goods - sorry Coldplay but your cause is off just a bit. Let me say that the Fair Trade movement itself continues to grow in popularity (thus this would be an IN), but I am attacking the economics behind it, which is why I am saying that it should be OUT. Made most famous by the band Coldplay and most commonly bought in coffee form, fair trade was the idea that Corporations should begin to pay a fair price for the commodities that they buy, thus allowing the person producing the goods a fair living wage for their production. The downfall, it stuck its nose in the face of a free market and is causing problems with coffee commodity pricing along with agricultural efforts in developing countries. Let me start with agricultural efforts. So a farmer in Columbia sees that his neighbor makes more money producing coffee that is sold as fair trade coffee. He converts part of his land that is used to produce bananas so that he can grow coffee beans. When he goes to sell the coffee he gets the premium price as it is fair trade, but he finds out that the costs to convert the land in addition to the fact that only a small portion of his land was used to grow coffee (simple economics here dealing with incremental costs)causes costs to grow coffee to be more then the amount he recovered when the coffee is sold, thus he loses out. In addition, because farmers think they can make more money on growing coffee beans, they are growing less bananas (just as an example) so even though the world's demand for bananas remains the same, the supply goes down, thus the cost of bananas goes up for the end consumer (none of this increase in price is passed down to the farmer again, so they lose out again). So not only is the coffee more expensive, but bananas are more expensive and both are passed onto the consumer and not given back to the farmer. So here's the end result of what fair trade is doing, it is more costly for the farmer to sell the product and it is more costly for the consumer to buy that product along with other products, sounds really fair to me.
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