The Role of Conservation and Fishery Science under the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976

The enactment of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, which extends United States jurisdiction over fishery resources seaward to 200 nautical miles, constitutes a radical departure from the legal and philosophical foundations of past United States fishery management. The Act incorporates major changes in the distribution of authority to manage fishery resources seaward of the territorial sea and broadens the goals of management to accommodate socioeconomic objectives. Furthermore, it explicitly mandates employment of the best scientific information available in the development of fishery management plans and seeks to establish a comprehensive program of fisheries research to carry out the purposes, policies, and provisions of the Act. It is the purpose of this article to examine and discuss those provisions of the Act which may have a profound impact on the future of fisheries science

CRIMES AND OFFENSES Sexual Offenses: Change the Provisions Relating to the Offense of Rape; Change Penalty Provisions to Require Life In Prison Without Parole

The Act changes the definition of the offense of rape. Originally, the Georgia statute defined rape as forcibly having carnal knowledge of a woman against her will. While retaining this traditional definition of rape for the adult female, the Act amends the definition with regard to a female under ten years of age to include merely having carnal knowledge of such a female. The Act also amends the penalty provision to allow a sentence of life imprisonment without parole; previously the Code section allowed only for death, life in prison, or imprisonment for ten to twenty years

College Students Experiences Participating in International Alternative Break Trips

This study sought to explore undergraduate students’ experiences participating in international alternative break trips. A qualitative approach was used to understand the motivating factors as well as the impact the trip had on them. Participants included three female undergraduate students who had participated in an international alternative break trip in Mexico were interviewed one-on-one. The results demonstrated there were multiple different motivating factors and impacts the students experienced. The motivating factors consisted of student involvement, they were all personally invited on the trip, practicing a new language, opportunity to leave the country, and service was not a motivator. The impacts the students had were they thought about their future plans, gained a better cultural awareness, had an impact through volunteer work, and had no negative experience

CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Public Order and Safety: Reserve to the State the Right to Bring Certain Civil Actions Against Firearms Manufacturers, Trade Associations, and Dealers

The Act declares that the lawful design, marketing, manufacture, or sale of firearms or ammunition do not constitute unreasonably dangerous activities and do not create a nuisance per se. The Act also gives the State of Georgia the right to bring suit against any trade association or dealer who conducts the activities listed above on behalf of any governmental unit created by the General Assembly or the Constitution of Georgia. However, the Act does not prohibit local governmental units from filing lawsuits based on breach of contract or breach of warranty theories of liability for firearms or ammunition purchased from the manufacturer or dealer. The Act codifies the rule of law stated in Division 1 of Rhodes v. R.G. Industries, Inc., 1 which held that the fact that the General Assembly had enacted comprehensive licensing schemes for suppliers and purchasers of handguns indicates that the legislature does not intend to ban the manufacture, sale, or use of such weapons and that legislators do not consider the marketing of such weapons to the public as an unreasonably dangerous activity. The Act applies to any action pending or brought on or after the Act takes effect

Student perception of behavior management systems

The following qualitative study focuses on how students perceive classroom behavior management systems. The process of research consisted of observation of students in their natural classroom setting, the completion of the Student Beliefs of Discipline Inventory Survey by the students, and informal interviews. A total of twenty seven fourth and fifth grade students participated in the study. The major themes of the study consisted of the students\u27 perception of responsibility in the classroom and the common misbehaviors identified by the students. The results of the study concluded that a majority of the students want to have some responsibility for decisions in the classroom. Another finding identified talking to others during instructional time as a major misbehavior in the classroom. The results of the survey find that a majority of the students prefer to have a voice in the classroom and responsibility for making decisions in the classroom. Additionally, the students also responded to the amount of responsibility the teacher should have in the classroom. According to the study, the students believe the teachers should have more responsibility in creating and modifying classroom rules than responsibility for disciplining students who misbehave in the classroom

CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Public Order and Safety: Reserve to the State the Right to Bring Certain Civil Actions Against Firearms Manufacturers, Trade Associations, and Dealers

The Act declares that the lawful design, marketing, manufacture, or sale of firearms or ammunition do not constitute unreasonably dangerous activities and do not create a nuisance per se. The Act also gives the State of Georgia the right to bring suit against any trade association or dealer who conducts the activities listed above on behalf of any governmental unit created by the General Assembly or the Constitution of Georgia. However, the Act does not prohibit local governmental units from filing lawsuits based on breach of contract or breach of warranty theories of liability for firearms or ammunition purchased from the manufacturer or dealer. The Act codifies the rule of law stated in Division 1 of Rhodes v. R.G. Industries, Inc., 1 which held that the fact that the General Assembly had enacted comprehensive licensing schemes for suppliers and purchasers of handguns indicates that the legislature does not intend to ban the manufacture, sale, or use of such weapons and that legislators do not consider the marketing of such weapons to the public as an unreasonably dangerous activity. The Act applies to any action pending or brought on or after the Act takes effect

College Students Experiences Participating in International Alternative Break Trips

This study sought to explore undergraduate students’ experiences participating in international alternative break trips. A qualitative approach was used to understand the motivating factors as well as the impact the trip had on them. Participants included three female undergraduate students who had participated in an international alternative break trip in Mexico were interviewed one-on-one. The results demonstrated there were multiple different motivating factors and impacts the students experienced. The motivating factors consisted of student involvement, they were all personally invited on the trip, practicing a new language, opportunity to leave the country, and service was not a motivator. The impacts the students had were they thought about their future plans, gained a better cultural awareness, had an impact through volunteer work, and had no negative experience

MANAGING PHOSPHOROUS SOIL DYNAMICS OVER SPACE AND TIME

Understanding the relationship between soil fertility dynamics and crop response is conceptually appealing. Even more appealing is comprehension of the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of these connections over a production surface and across seasons. Knowledge of these interactions is complicated because nutrient carryover dynamics and crop response to inputs are determined simultaneously on the one-hand, and sequentially on the other. A second problem enters when crops are rotated, for example, in the corn-soybean system commonly practiced in the Corn Belt. This paper examines the nutrient carryover-crop response nexus using data from a corn-soybean, variable-rate nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) experiment conducted over five years. Site-specific corn response to N and P and soybean response to P are simultaneously estimated with a P carryover equation. These estimates are used in a dynamic programming model to map site-specific optimal N and P fertilizer policies, soil P evolution, and profitability. The net present value of managing N and P site-specifically is compared to a strategy where these inputs are managed uniformly following extension guidelines. The results suggest that when P-carryover is managed, site-specific returns to the variable-rate strategies are higher than returns to a conventional, uniform strategy.Crop Production/Industries,