...Christians. Topic: Adoption: Why should you adopt a child? Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about adoption, and to persuade them that anyone who is seeking to create, or add to, their family should do explore this beautiful option and to make sure that potential adoptive parents know their options and how beautiful this option is. Redemptive Purpose: The choice of adoption is important, and when people do not take advantage of this Godly way of bringing a family together, it leaves children without a loving family. It also could prevent abortions, as it gives birth mothers other options. I. Attention-getter Have you ever thought of adoption as an option for your family? II. Motive for Listening Adoption is a great way to add to your family. III. Credibility Statement A couple from my Bible group just adopted from Ethiopia and their experience was on I followed closely. IV. Thesis Statement Consider adoption, because there are children who need good, warm, loving and secure homes. V. Preview Statement When a couple decides that it is their time to begin their family, it is very exciting, but sometimes, couples are not able to conceive a child of their own. There are options available to them, one being adoption. I will show you what adoption is, and what it can do for your family. Adoption can bring a child joy and security that they might not otherwise have. Body: I. Main Point 1. Adoption is a beautiful option, for both adoptive...
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...The Truth and Alternatives Abortion has been a very sensitive and controversial topic for numerous years, and still is today. Over the years, the number of women who have had abortion performed has risen. Can there be steps taken to lower this number, though? Sure, you can tell someone to use contraceptives to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, but that does no good if they have already conceived an unwanted child. There are alternative options for women who have an unwanted pregnancy. They just need to take the time to look into these alternatives. These alternatives can bring healing and in many cases, can even draw a connection between two or more individuals, so why not choose a positive alternative to abortion? In case some may not know what an abortion is, it’s the intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies, but involves killing the undeveloped embryo or fetus. The procedure involves dilating the cervix and inserting a long tube into the uterus for extraction of the fetus’s body parts, and lastly crushing the head of the fetus and extracting it as well. Knowing how this procedure is performed, many do not see it as positive. In America, abortion is legal due to the political issue that a woman has the right to her own body, but does this mean a woman should resort to an abortion because of an unwanted pregnancy? This may seem morally wrong, but despite the contrary, in rare cases women resort to an abortion when...
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...of a human pregnancy. With all the rhetoric surrounding the word abortion, it is easy to forget the truth of the matter. There is an innocent child who, given the chance, could live a beautiful, happy life. What has successfully been deemed as a mother’s choice, has abruptly ended lives. As horrible as that sounds, it is the truth. There is no going back… no second chance for the child who has no say in his future. Everyday approximately 115,000 lives end because of abortion alone. While an astonishing number, it is nevertheless a growing one . Under the circumstances of their lives, it may seem to many women (and men) that a “choice” is not available to them. They may feel they have no other option but to “terminate” their pregnancy. However, in the scheme of an entire lifetime, nine months is not so very long. While it will no doubt be a difficult road in the short term, the long term provides a different perspective. Unfortunately, this perspective is not easy to see for the woman facing an unplanned pregnancy. To raise a child at a young age or at a time of ones life when they feel they cannot provide is daunting. However, there are many people who are willing to accept that daunting responsibility. If a couple can’t conceive, they may feel that they are indeed ready. And thus, adoption is an ideal option. In fact, Mother Teresa sent out an appeal, saying, “If anyone does not feel they can raise their child, I will take them in... send them to me.” ...
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...more important than choice. The air in your lungs and the heart beat in your chest is purpose. Believe it or not, your heart has been beating since the days in your mother’s womb. After about 5 weeks of pregnancy, things substantial to life such as the heart, brain and spinal cord are already developing. Our mother’s went through about 40 weeks of pregnancy and most likely went through hell during labor to get us here. What if she chose the route of abortion? We wouldn't be here to know; however, we wouldn't be here to live either. What if the life we have been able to live thus far never existed? it’s hard to imagine. Think about all of the opportunities we are given in life just because we are here. We can be successful, find love, make friends and one day make families of our own. Everything is an option, so why is it necessary to take those options away from an unborn child? it’s not. Our mother’s thankfully decided to bring us into the world. Children are the light of the world, and not something to throw away. Children are the essence of purity. They exude innocence and bring a sense of new beginning to the world. I know this first hand because of my sweet brother Jaxon. Right before his birth my family and I lost my sister and hope seemed lost. Truthfully, the excitement was not there for his birth because we were in the mist of grieving a death. Once Jaxon entered the world, joy became possible again. He replaced a devastating loss with a beautiful new life to focus...
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...realize how important a life is! Abortion is one of the most controversial and important subjects of this generation. You are given a life to live and we have people everyday having abortions because they either do not want the child or have simply made a mistake and do not know how to understand the fact of learning from it. Abortion is wrong and is murder to a beautiful baby that was meant to be in this world for a purpose. There are many that we love including ourselves, but we take the lives of others and our own for granted and do not realize how precious our own life is. Everyday, there is thousands of children who would like to live their life but their own life gets taken away and not by their choice. A life is precious and should be kept, loved and cared for. Every child has a purpose of being here on earth, but many do not get to see what the purpose is because their own mother decided to not keep them and love them. Almost half of all pregnancies to American women are not intended; about one in five pregnancies worldwide end in abortion. Many lives have been taken by abortion because of the mother’s choice. The current rates right now are more than 35% will have had an abortion by the age of 45. Roughly 56% women are having an abortion at around the age of 20 because of an unintended pregnancy. Many abortions happen everyday, nine in ten abortions occur in the first twelve weeks of the pregnancy. Abortion has affected many people. In the many was they have been affected...
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...Title: “Effects of abortion in the Philippines “ Objectives: 1. Identify the different causes of abortion. 2. To distinguish the reaction of others. 3. To know the effect of abortion in everyday life. Submitted by: Submitted to: Group 4 Mrs. N.C. Azuela Ma. Pauleen Omalin Juan Czarino Pimping Mark Dennis Pague Elainalyn Padilla Maricar Pehipol Maylyn Quiñosa Ely Paciente INTRODUCTION It is estimated that 2.4 million legally married Filipino women no longer want anadditional child (PFPP, DOH Overview, 1990}. This was based on a health survey which revealed that 63% of urban poor married women of reproductive age did not want an additional child, and nearly two-fifths did not plan their pregnancies. Of those pregnant during the survey, 41% admitted that their pregnancy was unwanted. (Phil. Star, 17 Feb1989) This number falls within the estimated 155,000 to 750,000 induced abortions estimated per year by De la Rosa (1987). Those women who did not want another pregnancy and those at high risk of complications including death are potential seekers of induced abortion. Found that 70% of women who were admitted for induced abortion in 8 hospitals studied in 5 health regions no longer wanted an additional child. This was also true of more than half of those who had spontaneous abortion (55.2%), and even those who had normal deliveries...
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... Abortion has always been a controversial topic, infect no matter how many times this topic has been risen, but it has always remain as unsolved. There are many people out in the world who thinks that abortion should be legal and some think it should not be. I asked this question to my self is abortion right should be legal or not? I thought on this for a long time and then I made decision that abortion is not right. We have no right to take some one’s life. Abortion is not morally right. The reasons why abortion should not be legal: it is against in all religion, no moral value, adoption is alternative option for abortion, and it may effect on women’s life and future pregnancy. Every child is a precious and unique gift from god. We have no right to decline that gift. No religion says that we have right to take some one’s life. In every religion birth and death is the choice of god. We have no right to kill even fetus because fetus is also living thing. . Everyowane have right to live. How anyone kills their own baby people who do this have no moral values. There are so many people out in the world who have no babies and they do understand the value of child, and the one is getting opportunity to have baby is not ready to accept them. “A good society is said to be one that makes it easy for its citizens to be good. Western civilization has, until now, based its laws on the principles of Judeo-Christianity. Principles mean moral absolutes” (Anderson). In every...
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...was sitting down on my bed crying. I sat there just staring at a stick with the news that would change my life. Through the tears, I saw the words clearly. I was pregnant. After I had been done crying, I decided to call my boyfriend to come over. While waiting for him, I think about what I want to do. My choices consist of getting an abortion, giving him/her up for adoption after giving birth, and lastly keeping it. I contemplate getting an abortion, but murder is all that remains after thinking clearly. Do I want to kill a person that never had a chance to have its first breath? NO. I can’t. I won’t. Before I can think about the other two options, my boyfriend arrives. He’s out of breath and has sweat running down his forehead. He ran from his car to my house, scared that something might have happened to me. As I was about to tell him the news, my body knew how nervous I was because I suddenly got the urge to barf. I made it just in time but in my haste to make it to the toilet forgot to close the bathroom door. The natural occurrence of being pregnant gave me away before I could tell him. He looked shocked and had fear written across his face. With no sound, he dropped himself to the ground. What? How? Were the first...
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...in the choice to live. How selfish and inconsiderate would that be? How worthless would you feel? Empty? They don't get to make choices of their own about their life, just snatched harshly from them without any sympathy or consideration depending on what their helpless mother feels. I think this is wrong because only God has power to give and take life. I think that abortion is brutal murder. The fact that the baby is in the womb doesn’t mean its not alive. Some believe that abortion is necessary in some situations and the right thing to do to in order to move on and be successful in life. For...
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...procedure which endangers the lives of women and it disallows for safer options such as adoption. Points It contributes to mass murder It endangers the lives of women It disallows for options such as adoption Introduction The dictionary defines Abortion as: The termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival. This simply means, inducing birth to kill the fetus, or baby before it is carried to full term. However, I would define abortion as morally and spiritually wrong. How would you feel if you were denied the right to live? Imagine being held against your will, gagged, and your hands bounded as you are placed in front of a firing squad about to be killed for absolutely no reason. Your right to live depends solely on someone else’s decision, hoping and praying that their decision is one that will be one of moral and ethical consciousness and would allow you your right. This is exactly what abortion entails, denying you your right to live. There are many women who might have gotten pregnant and thought that they were not ready to have a child. For most of them, they turn to abortion and see it as their only way out. I am certain many of these women have not fully understood the consequences behind abortion or does not realise that there are many other alternatives rather than choosing murder. Before considering abortion it is important to note what abortion entails, the consequences and most importantly understanding that abortion...
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...CHAPTER 1 136) What should sellers consider if they wish to avoid marketing myopia? Answer: Sellers should consider the particular benefits and experiences desired by their customers, and not just pay attention to the specific products they offer. Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Application Objective: 1-2 137) You are a manufacturer of tents, sleeping bags, and outdoor cooking equipment. How might you go about creating brand experiences for your customers? Answer: Such manufacturers should focus on the benefits enjoyed through the use of their products-access to the great outdoors, shared family experiences, and relived memories of the consumer’s youth. Diff: 1 Page Ref: 7 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Application Objective: 1-2 138) Think about suppliers and other marketing partners. A modern marketing system relies on profitable relationships all along the way. How might Wal-Mart rely on their marketing partners in order to offer low prices? Answer: Wal-Mart must rely on suppliers that will provide merchandise at low costs, a low-cost and efficient distribution system, an accurate and efficient customer relationship database system, and a strong partnership with each of the members of its supply chain. Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Application Objective: 1-2 139) When demand for the latest talking Elmo was at its highest, it was suggested that manufacturers purposefully maintain strong demand by limiting...
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...Adoption: A Forever Family Tracey M. Bourgoin Liberty University Abstract "Adoption is the creation of a new, permanent relationship between an adoptive parent and child. Once this happens, there is no legal difference between a child who is adopted and a child who is born into a family. Birthparents have many different reasons for putting children up for adoption" (Gaddie, 2009). Some decide that they want better lives for their children than they feel they are able to provide. Many birthparents say that having their child placed for adoption with another family is the most difficult thing in the world, but that sometimes it is truly in the child's best interest. There are many people who associate adoption with infertility, although many people who can have children, or already do, are adopting children more and more. Adopting a child is a very lengthy process and can take several years before the process is finally complete. Knowing which direction to begin in the process can also be frustrating for couples who are seeking to adopt as well. After all the paperwork, interviews, and home visits you will find that in the end your adoption journey will have been the most rewarding and fulfilling experience of your lifetime - and one that you will never take for granted once that precious gift from God is placed in your arms. Keywords: Adoption, birthparents, infertility, home visits, and interviews Adoption Introduction There are many married couples who struggle...
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...Abortion is Murder Abortions, we all know what they are and we all have our own opinions on the matter. The laws regarding abortion have been debated, fought over, petitioned, and discussed, whether calmly or very heated, for years. It is a never ending war. You are either for or against this issue. For some it is a personal rights issue. For others it is a moral issue. Some see this as the woman’s right to take charge of her own body and make the decision as to what happens inside it, while others look upon abortion as an abomination and murder. Which side do you take? There is no middle ground on this. One cannot be against it for themselves, but ok with it for everyone else. What is an abortion? Abortion is defined as the deliberate induction of delivery during pregnancy before the infant has reached full term. Normally this is done within the first 8 weeks of pregnancy, but can be done throughout the entire pregnancy. When did abortions truly begin? Well, a definite time frame has not been found, however there are abortions dating back as far as 1550 BC and records in China dating back to 500 BC when royal concubines were made to get them. The fight for and against abortion has been raging since about the 18th century. Christian churches allowed a woman to get an abortion as long as it was before she could feel movement. Once the 18th and 19th centuries hit the war began. In the 1800s abortions were done mainly in “back alley” practices which caused deaths and infections...
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...capture more of the market by appealing to people’s desire to choose products and services that are better for the environment. There are many environmental issues impacted by the production of goods and rendering of services, and therefore there are also many ways a company can market their eco-friendly offerings. Green marketing can appeal to a wide variety of these issues: an item can save water, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut toxic pollution, clean indoor air, and/or be easily recyclable. When put side by side with the competition, the more environmental marketing claims your product or service can make, the more likely it is the consumer will select it, provided the price point isn’t too much higher than the alternative. What Makes Marketing Green? But you can’t really market your business or your product as green without managing how your company functions with respect to the environment. Green marketing can take many forms. For instance, you may market eco-friendly aspects such as: Operational sustainability: Service companies and manufacturers can improve operational sustainability by reducing everyday energy and water consumption, minimizing pollution, using greener materials and processes, and properly managing waste. Green products: Companies producing products can do many things to improve the green factor of their offerings, including...
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...Part 1: Defining Marketing and the Marketing Process (Chapters 1–2) Part 2: Understanding the Marketplace and Consumers (Chapters 3–6) Part 3: Designing a Customer-Driven Strategy and Mix (Chapters 7–17) Part 4: Extending Marketing (Chapters 18–20) 5 Consumer Markets and Consumer Buyer Behavior marketChapter Preview You’ve studied how and use ers obtain, analyze, information to develop customer insights and assess marketing programs. In this chapter, we take a closer look at the most important element of the marketplace—customers. The aim of marketing is to affect how customers think and act. To affect the whats, whens, and hows of buyer behavior, marketers must first understand the whys. In this chapter, we look at final consumer buying influences and processes. In the next chapter, we’ll study the buyer behavior of business customers. You’ll see that understanding buyer behavior is an essential but very difficult task. To get a better sense of the importance of understanding consumer behavior, we begin by looking at GoPro. You may never have heard of GoPro, the small but fast-growing company that makes tiny, wearable HD video cameras. Yet few brands can match the avid enthusiasm and intense loyalty that GoPro has created in the hearts and minds of its customers. GoPro knows that, deep down, it offers customers much more than just durable little video cameras. More than that, it gives them a way to share action-charged moments and emotions with friends...
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