{"id":3551,"date":"2005-01-18T11:31:32","date_gmt":"2005-01-18T15:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/01\/18\/exercise-in-a-bottle\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:03","slug":"exercise-in-a-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/01\/18\/exercise-in-a-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"exercise in a bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3110'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">summer wind&#8211;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a dragonfly grips<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the clothespin<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">prostate exam<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the doctor and I<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">trade jabs<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">her estate<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">dividing <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the children<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><STRONG><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/loosethreadsmall.gif\" alt=\"loose thread small\" \/>&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/11#a2469\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#ff0000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG><EM>W.F. Owen<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;from&nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/1893959260\/ref=pd_sim_books_2\/104-1569557-1267912?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>The Loose Thread<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><EM>: The Red Moon Anthology <\/EM>2001&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">(edited by by Jim Kacian, <EM>et al<\/EM>.) credits: <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/fencepainter.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>her estate&#8221; &#8211; <EM>Modern Haiku<\/EM> XXXII:1; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">&#8220;prostate exam&#8221; &#8211; HSA Brady Contest&nbsp;2001; &#8220;summer wind&#8221; &#8211; <EM>Agniewska&#8217;s Dowry<\/EM> 12<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT><SPAN><FONT><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$3053\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\"><STRONG>dagosan<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">:<\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT><SPAN><FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\">zero degrees<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\">looks just like thirty &#8212;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\">no strollers on the street<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; [Jan. 18, 2005]<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\">&nbsp;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"black\"><STRONG><EM>one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/FONT><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><IMG height=\"15\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinyRedCheck.gif\" width=\"18\" border=\"0\">&nbsp;If you&#8217;re one of the poor souls (and bodies) who purchased &#8220;<A href=\"http:\/\/shop.store.yahoo.com\/physlabs\/097609.html\">Exercise in a Bottle<\/A>&#8221; or &#8220;Fat&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Buddha&#8221;<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>Trapper Plus,&#8221; you may have noticed they don&#8217;t work as advertised.&nbsp; Well, the <\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>Federal Trade Com&#8217;n has come down heavy on the sellers at<FONT color=\"black\"> <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/goliath.ecnext.com\/free-scripts\/pdlanding.pl?table=gale_companies&amp;key=accession_number&amp;value=0001126680&amp;template=pdsearch_lp&amp;referid=1851\"><FONT color=\"black\">Enforma Natural Products<\/FONT><\/A><FONT color=\"black\">,<\/FONT> Inc. . (see <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/opa\/2005\/01\/enforma.htm\"><FONT color=\"black\">press release<\/FONT><\/A><FONT color=\"black\">, Jan. 18, 2005) <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT color=\"black\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>If, like your Editor, you&#8217;ve got some holiday <EM>leftovers<\/EM> that need to be shed, you might first <\/SPAN><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>want to read the <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/waistline\/\">FTC&#8217;s Project Waistline<\/A>: <EM>Amazing Claims<\/EM> page.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; While reading about Exercise in a Bottle, I came across one of my long-standing<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>pet peeves, which is exemplified by this statement accompanying the FTC consent settlement:<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><SPAN><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><STRONG>NOTE: <\/STRONG>Stipulated final orders are for settlement purposes only and do not constitute <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><SPAN>an admission by the defendants or respondents of a law violation.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">I&#8217;m sorry, but I&#8217;d like to see admissions of law violation in consent decrees.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>summer wind&#8211; a dragonfly grips the clothespin &nbsp; prostate exam the doctor and I trade jabs &nbsp; her estate dividing the children &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; W.F. 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