Good evening!
I decided to turn in early tonight, and predictably that means I cannot sleep. Consequently, here I am blogging!
I realize my blog has kinda sucked for most of November, but then again I'm not too sure anyone is reading it, and so this could be like one of those "if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there, does it make a sound" sorta problems. Hopefully not!
This month has been quite exciting on the whole school front, and not because I have been going to great classes or stuffing my brain with law knowledge. It has been awesome because I have been working on my shark finning paper. I bet most of my readers are aware of this issue, but in case you are not here is the skinny:
1) 73-100 million sharks are killed annually for their fins
2) Shark meat is only occasionally consumed, but fins are quite the commodity for their use in shark fin soup
3) Shark fin soup has been consumed as a traditional Chinese banquet dish since the Ming Dynasty, c. 1360
4) It is still a status symbol today
5) International regulation has failed... and Hawaii just released innovative legislation that essentially makes fins contraband.
Cool, right? It sure is if you are a bit of an eco-nerd like me. In addition to the paper on this very set of facts that I am writing for my animal law class, I also applied for an Eco-leadership award through Fulbright to hopefully take my show on the road and deliver a talk on this issue to my LLM classmates and local Cville high school students at eh Virginia Aquarium and Marine Sciences Centre next semester. Fingers crossed!
Other than that time is really flying right along here in Cville. Classes end this Wednesday and my two exams are tentatively set for the 12th and 14th of December, and then I fly on home on the 17th! Just over three weeks away!
Also, I highly recommend Harry Potter. I might have seen it twice ;)
Have a great night, and excellent week, and I look forward to seeing you all soon!
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