1520 2007 IRMA International Conference RFID Adoption: Issues and Challenges Eric W. T. Ngai‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ PR China; E-mail: mswtngai@inet.polyu.edu.hk Angappa Gunasekaran‚ University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth‚ USA; E-mail: agunasekaran@umassd.edu IntRoDuCtIon Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an emerging technology that has been increasingly used in logistics and supply chain management in recent years‚ particularly in the US and Europe. World’s largest
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raised by other family members. However‚ more and more families are same sex parents‚ adding another side to the idea of the family unit. Adoption by homosexual couples is controversial‚ and it’s important to consider the advantages and disadvantages as well. I feel that homosexuals who adopt can be just as loving and nurturing as a traditional family adoption. Studies show that same sex parents are more stable than heterosexual parents; and according to Fredrick Hertz‚ are more likely to stay
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Limits on Adoption Many children in America are waiting to be adopted right now‚ while there are also many couples that cannot have children. Adoption is one major way for those couples to have children. Adoption has helped millions of people build families from nothing. It also helps the group homes and orphanages make space for more kids. Although there are many good things that come from adoption‚ there are many people out there who adopt kids they can’t care for. There are some couples who think
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deserve good loving homes. Half a million children live in foster homes today and 100‚000 are in critical need of adoption‚ according to information from the Child Welfare League of America (Rosario‚ 2006‚ p.16). Multitudes of needy children are still without parents because of misguided public opinion and unconstitutional unrealistic "faith based" ignorant bans against gay adoptions like the ones in Florida‚ Mississippi‚ and Utah (Mallon‚ 2007‚ p.12). It is believed that homosexuality is gained
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Kathy Laguerre Speech outline Gay Adoption Introduction: It has been a controversial issue for many years‚ whether a person who chooses to engage in homosexual relations should be granted the right to adopt a child. It is morally unethical for society to dictate whether one is physically‚ emotionally and mentally capable of raising a healthy child purely off of their sexual orientation. A parent is not defined by one’s ability to bear a child but one’s ability to raise a child in a nurturing
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According to Arnold R. Silverman‚ outcomes of translation of adoption‚ transracial adoption means the joining of racially different parents and children together in adoptive families. I chose this topic for two reasons. The first reason would be due to my recent viewing of a movie called losing Isaiah. The second reason is that I am a former foster youth of the state of Oklahoma and I experienced multiple transracial a placements and I often wondered if the methods that Oklahoma Department of Human
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counting down the days before you get to leave. Only a month left! The adoption process is almost complete. Very soon‚ you will be living in the state of Vermont with your new brother and parents.
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The adoption of a child shouldn’t be based on whether you’re gay or you’re not‚ adoption of children shouldn’t be restricted on someone’s sexual orientation. The Catholic Church and certain religions overall see this as an abomination to humanity. Certain people believe children might grow up wanting to be gay if they are raised by gay parents‚ also there are many people out there in the world right now who are heterosexual and are not qualified to raise a child‚ they might mistreat children‚ maybe
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willing and able to adopt this child and have also proven your competency to do just that. Homosexuals have always faced discrimination‚ mostly for religious purposes‚ and have been denied basic rights that are not denied to heterosexuals. The gay adoption process is very rigorous‚ including extensive home visits and interview of prospective parents. It is designed to screen out those individuals who are not qualified to adopt or e foster parents‚ for whatever reason. All of the evidence shows that
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“Adoption is not about finding children for families‚ it’s about finding families for children” says Joyce Maguire Pavao. Then why is this statement being questioned when it comes to same-sex adoption? Many same-sex couples‚ after a lot of struggle‚ have been able to adopt and have changed a child’s life. Allowing same-sex couples to adopt is a powerful step towards success and it helps in many ways‚ which is why same-sex couples should be able to adopt. Their love for the children is the same as
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