seen to be transparent. However‚ to operate in the global financial markets there is the urgent need for a uniform global financial reporting‚ hence most countries have embraced IFRS either by adoption‚ adaptation or convergence. It is therefore‚ the intention of this paper to critically examine the adoption of IFRS‚ its challenges and to proffer solutions that would ensure seamless transition in Nigeria. Keywords: Investors‚ international standards‚ globalization and financial statements. Introduction
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Florida has one of the highest divorce rates in the country with our state ranking 7th‚ This creates some very serious issues with child rights and adoption. In the average divorce‚ the child is more likely to be sent to their mom rather than their father. The thought behind this is that a mother is more nurturing than a father. This becomes an issue when children are being placed with the wrong parent based on gender rather than income‚ housing‚ schooling‚ and medical/health issues. Another issue
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For many centuries‚ children adoption has been generally regarded as a controversial topic‚ all across the globe. After societies have finally managed to reject certain dogmas against adoption‚ its popularity has started increasing. Adoption in the modern world stands to face different types of problems – one of the major and crucial dilemmas being: Should single men or women be allowed to adopt children? Since people nowadays live in a world where marriage is not the only tendency they aspire towards
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MENTAL RETARDATION VOLUME 42‚ NUMBER 2: 151–153 APRIL 2004 Use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to Identify Malingering Mental Retardation Denis William Keyes Since 1988‚ I have been active in cases involving the death penalty and offenders with mental retardation. Because of serious concerns about these individuals‚ and from several experiences in this arena‚ I have written and coauthored articles on mental retardation and criminal justice‚ most of which deal with
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Interracial adoption is defined as the joining of racially different parents and children together in adoptive families (Silverman‚ 1993). Interracial Adoption also known as International and Transracial adoption has been a huge controversial issue for many years. Adopting a child of a different race has both benefits and misfortunes. The well being of the child is not taken into consideration as much as it should be. The main focus in some people’s minds is that the child will not know their culture
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voice grew hoarse and still I screamed. I cried out until I could no longer until darkness clouded my eyes and I knew no more. My story begins the same way it ended‚ with ice and darkness. It seems like a lifetime ago when my mother put me up for adoption. It was in the dead of one of the bleakest winters on record in Russia. She left me on in the darkened doorstep surrounded by ice and snow. I’ve been told it was a miracle that I didn’t catch my death from cold. When I was found in the morning‚ they
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has been for the children in these families‚” she says (Johnson). However‚ most experts say that outside adoption has worked for a lot of children‚ also from the poverty. If the children went elsewhere they would be lacking the essentials‚ a delightful home‚ a full course meal‚ etc. However‚ (Newcastle University’s Selman) says “the healing power of a family life‚” is often an argument for adoption. Even the pediatrician
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personal gain. This was the case for Josef Mengele and the twin experiments he was in charge of at Auschwitz from 1943-1945. The experiments that were performed were abuses of power that Doctor Mengele held over the prisoners at Auschwitz. Mengele earned a Ph.D. in physical anthropology from the University of Munich and acted as an assistant to Dr. Otmar von Verschuer. Otmar von Verschuer was known for his interest in experiments on twins‚ providing Mengele with ideas to take with him when he arrived
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Methods for Studying Innovation Development in the Minnesota Innovation Research Program Author(s): Andrew H. Van de Ven and Marshall Scott Poole Source: Organization Science‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 3‚ Special Issue: Longitudinal Field Research Methods for Studying Processes of Organizational Change (1990)‚ pp. 313-335 Published by: INFORMS Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2635008 . Accessed: 23/02/2011 06:05 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of
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to be Genie’s foster parent‚ to be near her side during breakfast‚ testing‚ and for bed time‚ until a great family was willing to adopt‚ where then the Butler family decided‚ they wanted to adopt Genie. However‚ Aug 13‚ the Butler family denied adoption. David Rigler stepped in‚ where he’d be Genies new foster father. After a short time‚ Genies mother decided to care for her child again‚ but failed‚ not being able to handle the situation‚ where then Genie was adopted for the fifth time‚ and punished
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