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click for mini essay: The Edison of the
Computer Age: Bill Gates
Overseas adoption is often a welcome alternative to U.S. adoption. Many people who do not have luck in finding a child in the U.S. turn to adoption programs in other countries. Often times these programs are linked with Christian organizations. A foreign adoption is an answered prayer for many Christian and non-Christian families.
Delving further into the topic of overseas adoption, a number of questions arise concerning its appeal as an alternative to U.S. adoption. For instance, how long does it take to adopt a child in the U.S. verses overseas? Another question to research is what are the qualifications of adoption and are they different overseas? The answers to such questions yield insight into the process and appeal of this form of adoption.
The intended audience for such research is educated men and women between the ages of 30 to 45. The audience interested in this form of adoption might have had trouble adopting a child in the U.S., or might be looking to help orphaned children in other areas of the world. Christian missionary groups and other types of outreach organizations would be interested in this information. A person seeking this information would be a reader of a specialized magazine and/or a national newspaper. This would focus on their specific interests and hobbies along with keeping abreast on global events.
Section I-b:
UNC Library catalog:
Overseas adoption
Overseas children AND adoption
Adoption AND alternatives
Academic Universe Lexis-Nexis:
Overseas and adoption
Christian overseas adoption organizations
Alternative adoptions
Search engine on Web http://www.altavista.com/
Overseas adoption ~
Adoption ! US
Adoption ! overseas
Section II:
Paul, Ellen. The Adoption directory : the most comprehensive
guide to family-building options, including state statutes on adoption,
public and private adoption agencies, adoption exchanges, foreign requirements
and adoption agencies, independent adoption services, foster parenting,
biological alternatives, and support groups. Detroit: Gale Research,
1989. HV875.55 .A364 1989
Freundlich, Madelyn. The role of race, culture, and national origin in adoption. Washington, DC: The Child Welfare League of America: Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, 2000. HV875.64 .F74 2000
Losing Isaiah. Hollywood, Calif.: Paramount, 1995.
filmstrip. 65-V5055 1995
Section III:
Nelson-Erichsen, Jean; Erichsen, Heino R. (2000). How to adopt internationally, 2000-2002 edition: a guide for agency-directed and independent adoptions. Mesa House Publishers, [2002 Sept, 12]
McGuinness, T M; McGuinness, J P; Dyer, J G Risk and protective factors in children adopted from the former Soviet Union. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, United States; 14(3), 109-16 pp.; [2002 Sept, 11] ISSN: 0891-5245
Groza, V.; Illeana, D. International Adoption and Adoptive Services.(1999) In: Tepper, T., Hanson, L., Sandstrom, D. (Editors). International Adoption: Challenges and Opportunities. Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child, Meadowlands, PA., [2002 Sept, 11]; pp. 42-60. ISSN: 0521-3973
Petersen, K.(2001). Preparing to meet foreign bugs. Travel, immigration, and international adoptions require special precautions. Postgraduate Medicine, United States; 110(1), 67-70, 73-4, 77 pp.; [2002 Sept, 12] ISSN: 0032-5481
Carstens, Carol; Julia, Maria.(2000 January).Ethnoracial awareness in intercountry adoption: US experiences. International Social Work, 43(1), [2002, Sept. 12], pp.61-73. ISSN: 0020-8728
Haradon-G.L Facilitating Successful International Adoptions:
An Occupational therapy Community Practice Innovation. 13(3/4): 85-99,
2001. ISSN: 0765-8321
Section IV:
Title of Web page:
International Adoption and Relief Agency
Web address: www.orphansoverseas.org/
Brief Description: A site that serves as
a home base for communication to overseas agencies, which will facilitate
an adoption.
This page establishes a user-friendly home base for those interested in
being kept posted on orphans.
Source of Web site: Orphans Overseas Inc.
Title of Web page:
Christian World Adoption
Web address: www.cwa.org/main.html
Brief Description: A faith based web page that links
the viewer information about their other Christian orphanages in six other
countries.
Has current photos and links to counseling.
Source of Web site: Christian World Adoption
Title of Web page: National
Adoption Center
Web address: www.adoptUSKids.org
Brief Description: This site has a featured child
and a lot of personal stories of adoption. It also keeps you current with
adoption throughout the U.S.
It has big name sponsors and is kept current with news on the adoption
front with a special media and new sections.
Source of Web site: AdoptUSKids
Title of Web page:
Family Adoption Consultants/Ohio
Web address: www.adoption-global.org
Brief Description: A site full of ways to get involved
with many picture of each child. The site has ties to Guatemala, China,
Korea, and the Philippines.
A special section is classified as special children.
Source of Web site: Family Adoption Consultants
Title of Web page: Adoption
Abroad
Web address: www.adoptionabroad.com
Brief Description: A site that provides up-to-date
information on the changing adoption laws of foreign countries.
It seeks to provide as much information on overseas adoption as possible
to fully educate their audience.
This site also has tons of pictures and tries to keep up with the orphans
awaiting adoption.
Source of Web site: Adoption Abroad
TITLE: The Edison of the Computer Age: Bill Gates
(TOPIC AREA: Net People and Places)
When people think of important figures in the Internet the name Bill Gates comes to mind. Gates was not however, one of the early influential founders of the Internet. While this latecomer did not found Microsoft until 1975, it was not long before he dominated his field. As a multitasking genius and fast moving businessman this entrepreneur has "embodied the digital era." (1) The name Bill Gates has become a brand. "He has become the Edison and Ford of our age." (1)
Gates is referred to as the most famous Harvard drop out. Now twenty some years after dropping out he is one of the richest men in the world. In 1996 he was making around $30 million a day. (1) As Microsoft Chairman and Chief software engineer he has brought us the Internet spreading the net to half a billion worldwide. (2)
As a child William Henry Gates III, know to his parents as "Trey," had the same aggressive strong-willed attitude that made him what he is today. Always clashing with his mother Mary's same strong-will, Bill was sent to counseling at age 12. The psychologist reported back to his parents to stop trying to fight their son's stubbornness. He was going to win. (1) His mother died in 1994, but not before seeing her son's passion pay off. In 1986, Gates built a four vacation home complex for his family, along with building his own mansion outside Seattle.
In the future for Microsoft, Gates envisions expanding into a "media and context company." Gates is still fighting the controversy surrounding Microsoft's monopolistic tactics. "Control is in Microsoft's hand whether we like it or not." (2) The world has not
heard the last of Bill Gates.
NOTES:
(1) Walter Isaacson, "In Search of the real Bill Gates," Time,
13 January 1997, v149 n2 p.44 (12) Also Available [Online]: InfoTrac ASAP
[Accessed: 13 September, 2002].
(2) Gail Robinson, "Gods of the Net," Internet Magazine, January
2002, p68 (4) Also Available [Online]: InfoTrac ASAP [Accessed: 13 September,
2002].
THREE WEB SITES:
Title of Web page: Bill Gates:
Microsoft Chairman
Web address: http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/default.asp
Brief Description: Microsoft constructed website
that provides information about Bill Gates.
It has his biography, some of his writings, and speeches to help the reader
get to know him and the company better.
Source of Web site: Microsoft
Title of Web page: Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation
Web address: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/aboutus/default.htm
Brief Description: This is a website showing one
way Bill Gates gives back.
This is a foundation encouraging immunization and education to different
parts of the globe.
Source of Web site: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Title of Web page: TIME
100 Polls: Software Strongman Bill Gates
Web address: http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/gates.html
Brief Description: This site gives a brief run down
of his career and personal life.
There is a time line constructed on his life. It has a detailed business
view of his life and involvement.
Source of Web site: Time
