\u3ci\u3ePolistes Dominula\u3c/i\u3e (Christ) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) Recorded from Nebraska

Polistes dominula (Christ), a Palearctic paper wasp that has established in various areas of North America, is reported for the first time from the state of Nebraska based on specimens from the city of Lincoln. Potential implications of its presence in Nebraska are discussed

Dual Practice of Law and Accountancy: A Lawyer’s Paradox

If a man is qualified both as a lawyer and as a certified public accountant, is there any reason to prohibit him from practicing both professions at the same time? The Professional Ethics Committee of the ABA thinks so, but the author of this article, a lawyer-CPA himself, strongly disagrees. He argues that the Committee\u27s position is not in the public interest, not a proper interpretation of the Canons of Ethics, and perhaps even unconstitutional

The Rates of Second-Order Gas Reactions

It has been shown that the most accurate existing measurements of the rates of second-order gas reactions show deviations from pure exponential temperature dependence, which can be empirically represented by a linear increase of the energy of activation with temperature. It is pointed out that this requires the chance of reaction to increase with the energy of the collision in a continuous fashion. Assuming a particular form for this variation, a theory is worked out which predicts that this linear increase shall fail at temperatures only slightly higher than those yet reached in the hydrogen iodide decomposition. There is reason to believe that the numerical results of this theory are substantially correct, even though the detailed assumptions are doubtless far from right

Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) found in South Dakota, U.S.A.

Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae), a Palearctic paper wasp established in North America, is reported for the first time from the state of South Dakota, U.S.A