The Pensacola Indian Trade

Any account of the trade with the southern Indians out of Pensacola must of necessity be a historical recording of the contacts of Spanish (and British to an extent) West Florida with the Alabama Basin region to the north. The “Pensacola Trade Route” incidents make much of the romantic story of the early settlement of the Gulf country

Citizenship in a Changing Civilization by Melvin Brannon, UND Spring Commencement: June 1947

Text of speech delivered by Melvin Brannon at the UND Spring Commencement on June 8, 1947. Brannon was Dean of the UND Medical School from 1905 until 1911 and the College of Liberal Arts from 1911 to 1914. After leaving UND, he served as President of the University of Idaho and Beloit College, in addition to acting as Chancellor of the University of Montana. He entitled his remarks: Citizenship in a Changing Civilization

Use of inedible wheat residues from the KSC-CELSS breadboard facility for production of fungal cellulase

Cellulose and xylan (a hemicellulose) comprise 50 percent of inedible wheat residue (which is 60 percent of total wheat biomass) produced in the Kennedy Space Center Closed Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Breadboard Biomass Production Chamber (BPC). These polysaccharides can be converted by enzymatic hydrolysis into useful monosaccharides, thus maximizing the use of BPC volume and energy, and minimizing waste material to be treated. The evaluation of CELSS-derived wheat residues for production for cellulase enzyme complex by Trichoderma reesei and supplemental beta-glucosidase by Aspergillus phoenicis is in progress. Results to date are given

Telehealth Regulatory and Legal Considerations: Frequently Asked Questions

As telehealth gains momentum as a service delivery model in the United States within the rehabilitation professions, regulatory and legal questions arise. This article examines the following questions:1. Is there a need to secure licenses in two states (i.e., where the practitioner resides, and where the client is located), before engaging in telehealth?2. Do state laws differ concerning if and how telehealth can occur?3. Do any states expressly disallow telehealth?4. Can services delivered through telehealth be billed the same way as services provided in-person?5. If practitioners fulfill the requirements to maintain licensure (e.g., continuing education obligations) in their state of residence, do they also need to fulfill the requirements to maintain licensure for the state in which the client resides?6. Will professional malpractice insurance cover services delivered through telehealth?7. Does a sole practitioner need to abide by HIPAA regulations?Responses to these questions are offered to raise awareness of the regulatory and legal implications associated with the use of a telehealth service delivery mode

The Five Stages of Law Review Submission

The Five Stages of Law Review Submissions, is a humorous look at the law review submissions process from the author\u27s perspective. My colleague Miriam Cherry and I suggest that the process of submitting to law reviews tracks Elisabeth Kubler-Ross\u27s five stages of grief

The Future of the Dormant Commerce Clause: Abolishing the Prohibition on Discriminatory Taxation

Professor Edward A. Zelinsky, of the Cardozo School of Law, argues that [i] t is time to abolish the dormant Commence Clause prohibition on discriminatory taxation. This is so, he writes, because the prohibition is today doctrinally incoherent and politically unnecessary. The incoherence, Zelinsky maintains, stems from the disparate treatment by the United States Supreme Court of economically identical activities: discriminatory taxation favoring local industries, which the doctrine prohibits, and direct expenditures subsidizing those same industries, which it permits. It is unnecessary, Zelinsky argues, because Congress is able, and better suited, to police any state abuses. In short, [l]ike a once-great champion who refuses to leave the ring, the dormant Commerce Clause prohibition on discriminatory taxation stumbles along well past its prime. Professor Brannon P. Denning, of the Cumberland School of Law, finds in Zelinsky\u27s proposal a slippery slope. As Denning argues, taking Zelinsky\u27s argument on its own terms, there is no reason to restrict his proposal to tax cases. And yet, writes Denning, if the antidiscrimination principle is to be jettisoned in nontax cases as well, then we might as well do away with the [dormant Commerce Clause doctrine (DCCD)] altogether, since the antidiscrimination principle is the DCCD\u27s most robust branch. Pretty quickly, writes Denning, it appears that Professor Zelinsky is really proposing nothing less than the abandonment of the DCCD in toto