{"id":5221,"date":"2005-01-02T18:31:32","date_gmt":"2005-01-02T22:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/01\/02\/blank-vellum-with-footnotes\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:05","slug":"blank-vellum-with-footnotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/01\/02\/blank-vellum-with-footnotes\/","title":{"rendered":"blank vellum &#8212; with footnotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"a3046\" name=\"a3046\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">New Year&#8217;s dawn<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">light first gathers<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">   in the icicles<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">       first page<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> of the new journal<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> untrammeled snow<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">      after snowfall<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">a Buddha on the lawn<\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">      with coal eyes<\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/12\/16#a389\"><font color=\"red\" size=\"2\">Jim Kacian<\/font><\/a> from <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0963855182\/qid=1086715301\/sr=1-3\/ref=sr_1_3\/102-4810311-4254502?v=glance&amp;s=books\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><em><strong>Presents of Mind<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">  (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haikuworld.org\/books\/redmoon\/redmoonbooks.html\"><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><strong>Red Moon<\/strong><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><font size=\"1\"> Press, 1996<\/font>).<\/font>  &#8220;snowManGrayF&#8221;  <\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><\/p>\n<li>\n<p align=\"left\"><font><span><font><em><font face=\"Times New Roman\">by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$379\"><strong><font color=\"#000000\">dagosan<\/font><\/strong><\/a> <\/font><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><font><span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the hobo at Trailways &#8211;<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">nowhere to stay<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">or go<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><em>January 1 <\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">laughing <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8217;til it hurts &#8211;<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><em>the Marx Brothers visit<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">January 2<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">haven&#8217;t seen the sun<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">all year <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font><font><font face=\"Arial\"><em><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">[Jan. 2, 2005]<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">\u00a0<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><em><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><em><\/em><\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><strong><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font color=\"#000000\"><em>one-breath pundit<\/em> <\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<span><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/butcherj.gif\" alt=\"butcherj\" \/>  <em>Got Goat?<\/em>  <\/strong>We recently <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/12\/31#a3041\"><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">mentioned<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> a local <em>pet-or-meat?<\/em> rabbit problem, but there&#8217;s <\/font><font size=\"2\">a much bigger <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><strong><em>Repast or Religion?<\/em><\/strong> conundrum stewing here in Schenectady, NY &#8212; our civic fathers and mothers, <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">along with the community, are debating whether to ban the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schenectadyny.info\/cgi-bin\/Blah\/Blah.pl?b=cc,v=display,m=1095844155,s=all\">backyard slaughter of goats<\/a> (and, <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">due to equal protection worries, deer and all livestock) without a butcher license.  This tale started <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">when an immigrant family <\/font><font size=\"2\">apparently slaughtered a goat in its backyard (and cooked and ate it) this <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">summer, and a neighbor <\/font><font size=\"2\">complained to our mayor, Bryan Stratton.  Hizzoner was grossed out and <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">proposed the ban.  Check <\/font><font size=\"2\">out the ongoing conversation, with articles interspersed, at this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schenectadyny.info\/cgi-bin\/Blah\/Blah.pl?b=cc,v=display,m=1095844155,s=all\"><font color=\"black\">Schenectady talkboard<\/font><\/a>.  <\/font><font size=\"2\">You&#8217;ll find:<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li><font size=\"2\">folks worried about traumatizing our children by subjecting them to the sights <\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\">and sounds of killing animals; <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\">others showing their barely veiled dislike for the many Indian-ethnic Guyanese, <\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\">who have moved to Schenectady in recent years;<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\">a curmudgeonly columnist mocking a WASPy-preppy mayor in this culture clash <\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\">(see Reply 15, Carl Strock column, <em>Daily Gazette<\/em>, Sept. 26, 2004, &#8220;Shrink-rap culture <\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\">on the march&#8221;); and Reply 42 &#8211; Carl Strock column &#8220;Big Danger in Sch&#8217;dy: Goats?&#8221; <\/font><\/li>\n<li><font size=\"2\">an enterprising butcher, converting a truck into a curbside service (Reply 27, <em>Daily <\/em><\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\"><em>Gazette<\/em>, Oct. 26, 2004, &#8220;Butcher to offer mobile service&#8221;<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Scroll down to Reply 38, for a copy of an Albany <em>Times <font color=\"black\">Union<\/font><\/em><font color=\"black\">, <\/font><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesunion.com\/archives\/summarylist.asp?DBQUERY=%28%22butchered+a+goat%22++AND+%22in+their+back+yard%22%29&amp;DBLIST=tx2004%5Falbanytu&amp;SORT=d%3Ah&amp;NITEMS=25&amp;qtype=q_string&amp;action=Search&amp;outputtype=XSLT&amp;papid=albanytu&amp;view=rtemplate&amp;templatetype=legacy\"><font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">article<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font color=\"black\">,  &#8220;Stratton<\/font> turns <\/font><br \/>\n<font face=\"Arial\"><br \/>\n<font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">focus to quality-of-life <font color=\"black\">issue&#8221;<strong> <\/strong>Nov. 30, 2004); and Reply 41 to see reactions from our City<\/font><\/font><br \/>\n<font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Council (<em>Daily Gazette, <\/em>Dec. 07, 2004, &#8220;Schenectady proposal targets butchering&#8221;).go to  <\/font><br \/>\n<font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">&#8220;<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcnetwork.com\/mii\/2004\/041131.htm\"><font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Goat Goes Mainstream<\/font><\/a><font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">,&#8221; for a <em>Washington Post<\/em> article on the national increase in demand <\/font><br \/>\n<font color=\"black\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">for goats.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">Thus &#8212; <font color=\"black\">although this sad little rust-belt city has the lowest bond rates in the state; has recently<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font color=\"black\">become the recipient of help from Curtis Sliwa and his <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schenectadyny.info\/cgi-bin\/Blah\/Blah.pl?b=cc,m=1102766997\"><font color=\"black\">Guardian Angels<\/font><\/a><font color=\"black\">, to bring peace to our<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font color=\"black\">neighborhoods; and <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osc.state.ny.us\/localgov\/muni\/pop_trends.pdf\"><font color=\"black\">has lost<\/font><\/a><font color=\"black\"> 33% of its population since 1950, with property values down<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font color=\"black\">11.48% in just the past 5 years (see Newsday <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theithacajournal.com\/news\/stories\/20050101\/localnews\/1815353.html\"><font color=\"black\">article<\/font><\/a><font color=\"black\">) &#8212; you can come to our lovely City Hall for<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font color=\"black\">the public hearing on Goat Slaughtering on January 10, 2005.  See ya there!<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/> There&#8217;s a very nice tribute to Susan Sontag and <\/font><a href=\"www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001583\/\"><font size=\"2\">Jerry Orbach<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> in <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/01\/02\/opinion\/02hamill.html?ex=1262408400&amp;en=12ea9e351b57c5e3&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland\"><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">Pete Hamill&#8217;s <em>NYT<\/em> op\/ed<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\">   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/evidencebag.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"113\" width=\"90\" \/> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">piece today.  Hamill explains why &#8220;It was possible to cherish each of them in the same lifetime.&#8221;  If you&#8217;d like an<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">Orbach memento, take a look at Brandon Bird&#8217;s the <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandonbird.com\/lno_color.html\"><font size=\"2\"><em>Law &amp; Order<\/em> Coloring Book<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\">, which we featured <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/04\/30#a1408\"><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">here<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\">. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">&#8220;tinyredcheck&#8221;  <em><strong>Our Sonorous Scold<\/strong><\/em>:  <a href=\"http:\/\/commonscold.typepad.com\/commonscold\/\">Monica Bay<\/a> has written a most uncommon <a href=\"http:\/\/commonscold.typepad.com\/commonscold\/2004\/12\/happy_new_year_.html\">New Year&#8217;s musing<\/a> post &#8212; hitting all the right notes, and making me wish I coulda\/hadda done it.  I especially liked: &#8220;<em>May we see the ordinary with new eyes. May we listen better<\/em>,&#8221; and the next couple of clauses, which capture the quest for<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">the haiku moment.  <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><em><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$2683\">Inadvertent<\/a> Whiner?<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>Unclear Winter?<\/strong><\/em>  <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> turned up this morning as the #2 result in a [WeatherChannel] <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">Google search <\/font><font size=\"2\">for Winer+Storm+Alert+Levels&gt;.  Who would have thought that Google would <\/font><font size=\"2\">find almost <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">a thousand <\/font><font size=\"2\">pages that contain all four of these words?    Until I noticed the Weather Channel logo, I thought <a href=\"www.scripting.com\/dwiner\/\">Dave<\/a> <\/font><font size=\"2\"><a href=\"www.scripting.com\/dwiner\/\">Winer<\/a> might be writing some code to improve Homeland \/Userland Security.  But, I figure someone<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">had lost a &#8220;t&#8221;  (made an &#8220;ypo&#8221;)   I sure hope the querist noticed the error sooner rather <\/font><font size=\"2\">than later. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li>\n<font size=\"2\">How did we make the list you ask?  In 2003, we had a post wondering whether anyone <\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\">other than Dave Winer <\/font><font size=\"2\">and one or two others <a href=\"http:\/\/66.102.7.104\/search?q=cache%3A06IA29JSB_gJ%3Ablogs.law.harvard.edu%2Fethicalesq%2F2003%2F10%2F04\"><font color=\"black\">populated the blogosphere<\/font><\/a>.  Meanwhile, <\/font><br \/>\n<font size=\"2\">the <\/font><font size=\"2\">SideBar contained this dagosan haiku:<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nstorm alert<br \/>\nevery kind of cloud<br \/>\nin one sky<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/lawyercellphone001.jpg\" alt=\"lawyer cellphone small\" \/>  Continuing to have more ego than common sense, I let myself be tempted into pinch-hitting over<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">at Mike Cernovich&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/federalism.typepad.com\/crime_federalism\/\">Cr<font color=\"black\">ime &amp; Federalism<\/font><\/a>.  (The poor wretch has been conned into believing he must<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">study for the bar exam.)  Tonight, I&#8217;ve introduced my forthcoming series <a href=\"http:\/\/federalism.typepad.com\/crime_federalism\/2005\/01\/fedlab_101_intr.html\"><em>FedLabs 101<\/em><\/a>.  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