Essays on Adoption

English

Imagine cruising downtown in a brand new Bugatti car in full speed. It was my dream, which I hoped to achieve. The possibility of driving a Bugatti was not an issue. I had an enormous challenge to conquer ahead of me. I adopted all forms of phobias since my childhood. The phobia of driving in a car was more pronounced and demanding. Every time we stepped out for a ride I will vehemently propose other means of transport. My family members were aware of my fears, but did nothing to help. Instead, my older brother found it amusing whenever Continue reading...

Economics

The European countries are facing lower growth rates, just as they faced in history. The austerity measures have brought pain to the euro zone, and these measures provided no relief. The euro zone countries are reducing their spending by the double digits. Such reduction is increasing unemployment in Europe. The eurozone countries are trying to find the possible ways that are suitable for countries that are stagnant economically for the prosperity of the countries. In order to achieve the better growth for the economies, the countries are adopting austerity. Austerity is the intentional deflation of the domestic prices and Continue reading...

Being different from the tradition costing techniques, ABC costing requires a rigorous fact finding mission regarding the operations of the company. The below are the main steps in ensuring a fully operational and effective ABC.
1. Identification and classification of activities that are related to the company’s products.
The area under scrutiny will be every bit of the value chain, for example production, product design. Marketing, and distribution.
A summary of all activities that sum up the production as well as selling of the produce is prepared. To ensure accuracy in the information gathered, processes like interviewing employees Continue reading...

Multimedia Activity: Business Organization

In this paperwork, I am going to list the general requirements of an LLC, corporation, and partnership. I will also discuss a business organization that is an LLC giving the reason why it adopted this form instead of the other available forms; partnership and corporation. I will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages that come with LLC.
Through research, it is depicted that the general requirements for a partnership, an LLC, and corporation are, approximately, the same lawfully. It is expected of them that all their general requirements are formed with the intention of making or maximizing profit. Hence, Continue reading...

In the late1960’s, just before being adopted from a Korean Orphanage by an American family, Deann’s Identity was switched with that of another girl named Cha Jung Hee. Originally, her Korean name was Kang Ok Jin. After this issue happened to, the then, 8 year old Deann, she was told to handle the whole issue with uttermost secrecy. No one should ever know what transpired concerning the switch of her identity during the adoption process. Up to date, her passport and drivers license still reads Cha Jung Hee; even her birthday was manipulated, and her true identity Continue reading...

Introduction

Illegal immigration in US is one of the root causes of economic crisis. Immigration mainly takes place across the southern border and areas bordering Mexico; this is due to inefficient measures set out to manage this menace. In the year 2007, illegal immigration was an all-time high at 12.2 million illegal immigrants who traversed and gained entry into the US. 6.9 million Of these illegal aliens were from Mexico. 5.65 million Came from other parts of the world. While the remaining number were victims whose visas had expired. Texas, Florida and New Jersey are among the states that have Continue reading...

English

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” Steve Jobs

Who can ever forget that mercurial genius and co-founder of ‘apple,’ and who branded Macintosh as ‘the computer for the rest of us’? None today, toddlers included, can escape the impression left behind the man, who left us grieving the loss of, not an individual, but a person who could have given us more. Apple has Continue reading...

There is a close correlation between increase in crime and stagnant economic growth. For a long time proliferation of crime, both at national level and at local levels have hurt the interests of the United States of America. The police have been instrumental in controlling crime to maintaining law and order. State governments have adopted crime control policies to protect the citizens from the injustice perpetrated by criminals.
The smart policing program in Los Angeles, California is an example of a police policy that has borne tremendous success over the years. The Los Angeles police department created the Criminal Continue reading...

Quality performance in a global supply chain

A supply chain is required to be one of the most effective departments in any organisation if the organisation is to meet its objectives. However, from time to time, there are issues that emerge which hinder the smooth and the effective performance of the supply chain. These problems are quite detrimental in that they reduce the quality of the supply chain (Adobor and McMullen, 2007). The rationale of this paper is to fully examine some of these weak leaks in the supply chain and identify their causes. In addition, focus will be put on the ways in which the Continue reading...

Q. Define the terms conflict management and negotiation. How are these terms related?
Conflict is defined as a situation that arise from incompatibilities among two or more parties. When there is some incompatibility between some individual and group, then the situation is called conflict situation. Conflict can be good to an acceptable level but too high level of conflict can be harmful as it reduced the efficiency and productivity. So, conflict management is an important management function. Conflict management means the process of reducing the incompatibilities. Conflict management is a process of identifying the conflicts, the cause of conflicts Continue reading...

The political economy of East Asian regions is very important because of its characteristics through time. The East Asian region is one that is characterized by having one of the biggest economies in the world as well as one with the largest populations. The sophistications in terms of politics and economics have shaped the nature of the global political as well as economic characteristics. Having a large geographical area coupled the large population makes the region well-endowed with capital and human resources that raise the regions potential as a global economic giant. However, these factors have also been shaped Continue reading...

Current Status of convergence

The convergence between FASB and IFRS is been worked out with various key points. The Government is working towards it since 2002 and has been constantly reviewing the progress. An MOU was prepared which stated the convergence of a high quality standard with one goal of setting a common standard of accounting for all. The Board regularly updates the MOU. As for the current status of convergence, a transition group was formed by the Board which was set to resolve any issues which may occur in the process of converging the standards. The group aims to help companies account Continue reading...

Question I

The focus on children and their general wellbeing has grown dramatically. This has developed as a result of studies carried out on different cultures. As displayed in the Montgomery, it is evident that children face a lot of ordeal situation in their development either as a form of punishment or cultural passage.

Question II

According to Montgomery, anthropologists could not support adoption of children as provided by the UN General Assembly.
This reason behind this is the fact that in case of adoption a child loses the linkage to his biological parents on such areas as support or even inheritance or Continue reading...

Part I

C.  Discuss Cherlin’s argument for why Americans have both high rates of marriage and high rates of divorce compared to other industrialized nations.
      Andrew Cherlin reviewed the historical changes while noting that marriage still remained the most common and effective living arrangement for bringing up of children. However, children are more likely to grow up in single-parent families, and to experience instability of families especially minority and poor children. His view why the US has high marriage and divorce rates, which is called family metabolism, is attributed to cultural and economic forces that have continually transformed family life ( Continue reading...

The ever developing information communication technology has revolutionized the education sector mainly in the form of online education. Taking into account, the tremendous potential of online learning, Wake Technical Community College, commonly known as Wake Tech, has proposed an online education system making seventy-five percent of the classes online by 2018. The proposal is open for voting in the year 2015. Even though the online education has its positives that outweigh the disadvantages, it is highly recommended that all students voted ‘NO’ for the online education proposal of Wake Tech, as delivering 75 percent of the academic curriculum online Continue reading...

Issues Facing Intergovernmental Relations

The state and the federal government should complement each other. The federal government exercises powers in a semi-autonomous manner, keeping the state government in check; this prevents the country from having an all-powerful central government. However, there are instances when the state and federal governments clash on some issues. There have also been major debates on which matters should be handled by which government. Sometimes the national government has been seen to arm-twist the federal governments into doing things in a certain manner, for example, adopting some legislation.
The first major issue is the policies and legislations put in Continue reading...

Article 4 of UNDHR

Article in Review
Article 4 of the UNDHR is the article that is being reviewed as part of this paper. The Article 4 bans Slavery. The very first statement of the UNDR “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood” is the embodiment of the spirit of the Ùnited Nations’ declaration of Human Rights. This was a declaration adopted on the 10th of December 1948 Paris. This declaration is directly a result of the World War II Continue reading...

In 1777, in the midst of the War of Independence, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, a document of a constitutional nature, which defined the United States as a confederation and fixed the powers of the central bodies. However, the document made a central government very weak, as well as giving a veto to each state. George Washington figuratively called the Articles of Confederation as 'ropes of sand'. Therefore, quickly began to emerge proposals to amend the Articles.
The process of the ratification of the Constitution of the United States began September 17, 1787 In his Continue reading...

Certainly, obesity has and remains to be one of the most daunting health concerns in the United States. Statistics indicates that the last twenty years have experienced a significant rise in the prevalence of obesity. At the moment, it is hypothesized that more than a third of the United States populations are obese (Stern & Alexandra 33). Despite this, there is a need to comprehend the fact that there are a wider array of solutions that can be utilized to curb obesity. More importantly, adoption of health lifestyles offer a comprehensive platform that facilitate a reduction in obesity cases. Speaking Continue reading...

Addressing the key issues of financial reporting such as (IFRS foundation, 2011, p.A17) including the objectives of the financial reporting and qualitative characteristics which make the financial statements useful, the Conceptual Framework was initially adopted by IASB in 1989 and subsequently updated in 2010 through a joint project with FASB. As stated in the IASB’s Conceptual Framework, its primary purposes include (IFRS Foundation, 2011, p. A16) providing theoretical underpinnings to IASB in setting future standards as well as in review of existing ones and promoting harmonization of accounting standards through eliminating alternative treatments currently allowed.
The importance of Continue reading...

Application of Operations Management

Based on research findings incorporated in an article entitled “What the iPhone 6 Plus Supply Shortage Says about Apple's Future”, it is apparent that Apple Inc. Underestimated the demand of their renown product, iPhone 6 Plus. A survey that was done by the RBC Capital Markets involved a total of 6000 participants, this research established that a considerable number of people had the aptitude of buying the aforementioned product. But the supply was deficient. 49% of those surveyed aspired to buy this product or any other apple product deemed to have similar features to the aforementioned. But since the Continue reading...

Abstract

Public policy is considered as a goal-oriented guide of action in which the state or government execute in solving public problems or issue in the country. Public policies are made by instituting regulations and laws while public policies are formulated by legislators. Individuals, social groups and private organizations that do not operate in line with existing public policies are obviously punished.

Explain how public policy is formed in the American system of government

In the American government, public policies are drafted, implemented and evaluated by the head of state. However, the other pillars which transform these policies include congress, the cabinet and advisors. The role of bureaucratic agencies is also evidenced Continue reading...

Technology implementation in the contemporary world has resulted to improvement of products and services in every field that it is applied. These are the same case in the U.S where improved technology has fostered positive changes and improvements in every industry that it is implemented. However, technology in the health industry in the U.S has lagged behind due various reasons as discussed below.
The leading reasons as to why technology in U.S has not been adopted as compared to other industrialized nations are; high costs associated with the implementation of technology and slower adoption of technology. To address the Continue reading...

Introduction

Children are basically in need of love and affection. The attention they get from people surrounding them invokes a distinct impact on how they develop as individuals. When it comes to issues of being abandoned and later on adopted by foster parents, children often find it a blessing to have good alternative choices of having a family; but the completion of one’s being does not pull through especially if the child begins to understand the reality of things and how all the said matters do impose on the overall identity of the child as he grows further into Continue reading...

Adoption is an alternative way to having a family. A child is given a new family when their birth families cannot support them or are absent from their lives. For most people, adoption is the only way to have a family life. Adoption has been popular in the US in the recent decades. In the United States, there have been 677,000 private domestic adoptions, 661,000 foster care, and 440,000 international adoptions (Vandivere, Malm & Radel, 12). There are different types of adoptions for every type of family and each has its own processes and rules.
The process Continue reading...

Introduction

Since the revolution in many Arab countries, the number of orphan children has consequently increased, for instance in Syria (United Nations Children Education Fund 2). These children are very vulnerable because their basic needs are not being met and their future is not secured (Sherlock 1). Adoption would be a viable solution alongside other social measures. Adoption is viable since many people in the Arab countries would want to adopt children for one reason or another. The impediment is that adoption of children under Islamic law is faced with many bottlenecks. Even if it is possible to navigate the Continue reading...

Gay marriage remains one of the controversial issues in American politics. One of the critical topics associated with gay couples entails adoption of children for foster care. The issue of gay couples to adopt children is one of the political issues in the United States. These are based on the fact that the voters’ decision focus on the issue as one of the agendas towards elections. The political history and election decisions are based on whether the candidates support the gay adoption or not. Adoption of children by gay couples for foster care has been legalized in various states. Continue reading...

Infertility and Adoption

Infertility and Adoption
Infertility and adoption are significant family issues. Infertility refers to the inability of a man or a woman to produce viable life living cells. It can also be referred to as the sterile nature of human beings. The problem is cause of natural and artificial factors. Adoption refers to the willingness of a person or a family to provide a home for a child other than their own. Adoption requires a person with the compassion and will to take care of a child that is not their own. There is a significant connection between infertility and Continue reading...

Increasing world population and continuous changes in the climate are resulting in tremendous pressure on natural resources and overall environment. Companies operating across the world are emphasizing on making their operations more sustainable in order to minimize their environmental impact while achieving business growth. Companies are adopting advance technologies, developing new processes and introducing new services or products to fight with environmental challenges and make business greener. Eco driven innovation also reduced the operational cost of the companies and help them in strengthening their brand image. This paper discusses innovative ways adopted by the companies are helping environment.
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The system of adoption is practiced by western nations and was introduced by them. Western laws, such as those of the USA are rigorous when it comes to adoption matters. The child has to come before all the other interests. Gulf nations have adopted the same school of thinking when it comes to the adoption of orphans. They have put in place measures that seek to grant orphans citizenship in under the article on private law that has been passed under foreign law policies. The Arabic states, however, do not have such reforms but have an increased number of Continue reading...

Based on globalization trends, technological advances, and economic policy, what are some of the key avenues for growth we might see in metal distribution in the next five years?
Modernization led to increased metal production from 8 Million Tons in 2000 to 1606 Million Tons in 2013 (Research). Despite an increase in production and metal prices, the industry has been experiencing a glut for a period, majorly because of the poor performance of the American in economy. However, 2014 has been different, and the industry is logging positive results.
There is unprecedented urbanization in many developing countries creating a Continue reading...

Translation risk arises due to variance in exchange rate used in expressing the portfolio components in the books of multinational firms. The higher the portfolio components in the books of the company, the higher the translation risk. Bearing in mind, this kind of risk, several ways have been suggested, and most of them adopted to cushion the multinational against this type of risk. This article will briefly discuss the available ways of cushioning a company against this risk.
This type of risks is mostly felt by companies that operated cross border businesses and particularly where a single currency is Continue reading...

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History of Hinduism goes 4000 years back. As per an estimate, Hinduism was established in year 2000 B.C (. Majority of Hindus reside in India and Nepal. There is no direct definition of Hinduism as there are many beliefs and practices associated with it. One can say that no one person is responsible for Hinduism. This is one religion where other religions have their roots within it, like Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. In the entire history of the religion there have been a many personalities Continue reading...

Introduction

Technology is playing a crucial role in the move towards a paperless society. Systems are being interconnected, and services are being delivered through paperless means. It is the new wave of service delivery. Many organizations offer services online and through the use of systems. It is one of the requirements that are needed in order to have systems and services through a paperless means. This paper will focus on how technology has facilitated the move towards a paperless society. It will focus on how technology has enhanced the move towards a paperless society. Technology has made it simple to Continue reading...

Business Analysis Using Financial Statements- Microsoft’s Financial Reporting

1. What effect did Microsoft's software capitalization policy have on its financial statements? Ignore any potential tax effects. Assume that 60% of Microsoft's research and development expenses were incurred after technological feasibility was established, that the average product life was two years, and that the company begins amortizing software costs at the beginning of the following year. Estimate the effect of capitalizing software costs on Microsoft's fiscal 1997, 1998, and 1999 income statements and balance sheets.
2. What effect did Microsoft's revenue recognition policy have on its financial statements? Ignore any potential tax effects. Estimate the amount of revenue Continue reading...

- 2010 Budget and assumptions
Budgets are useful planning tools that act as a guide to an organization’s operations as well as an evaluation benchmark for the operations’ progress. In that view, Patton-Fuller Hospital’s budget for the year 2010 is shown as follows.

Notes:

The 2010 budget projections show that the hospital’s total revenue is expected to increase by 3%. On the other hand, the total expenses are projected to increase by 1.28%. Thus, the overall performance is projected to improve from the 2009 projected loss of $373,000 to a profit of $8,015,000 in Continue reading...

The legislature is one of the three arms of the government credited with the responsibility of making laws and amending the old ones. The standard procedure is to have elected representatives who then make their contributions on behalf of the people they represent. However, some legislatures (like the case Texas) never undertake the process of making laws by themselves, and they ensure that the people they represent are involved in the whole process.
Rulemaking in Texas is a process that endeavors to ensure public participation. Through the Texas Register, the state avails all the proposed and adopted rules as Continue reading...

The Evolution of ICS to NIMS

Introduction
A disaster can strike at anytime and when it does, it can bring untold woes to the country and the population. It can claim the lives of many and destroy houses and infrastructures. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is an example of a costly disaster and so was the 9/11 terrorist attacks on mainland USA. It is important that in such times a comprehensive disaster program is put in place to minimize their impact. For this reason the Incident Command System was created in the 1970s in the aftermath of the California wildfires and the National Incident Management System Continue reading...

Spanish, French and British had all come with one intention- make the best use of the available resources in newly and strengthen the economy of the parent nation. But they varied in the measures they took. Spanish conquered vast lands in America, made the native people slaves and got the most out of them. On the contrary, French treated the locals as trading partners. The British, on the other hand, brought in people from other countries, which were under the British colonial rule.
The Spanish, pioneers in colonization, used harsh measures to subjugate the natives. In order to reach Continue reading...

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are now the most widely used accounting standard around the world now with over 12000 companies in 113 countries adopting the IFRS standards in their financial reporting. However, despite of enhanced reach of IFRS standards now, the United States is still following their conventional GAAP standards and now there is a growing demand in the nation to adopt the IFRS standards.The paper will analyze the benefits and costs associated with the adoption of IFRS standards in the United States:

Benefits of adoption of IFRS in the United States:

a) Global Comparability and Better access to foreign capital markets and investments:
The first and Continue reading...