About Schmidt is a film about an older man Warren Schmidt who retires from his job as actuary in an insurance company. After he retired from his job‚ he was surrounded by a boring mundane life and he did not know how he got it. He ends up signing up for a foster program for African children. His wife passes away and his only daughter is marrying someone who he does not approve of. So essentially he is left alone‚ when he decides to take a road trip to his daughter to talk her out of getting married
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he saw a man present there. He realized that man was Govinda. Govinda could not recognize him and stayed with Siddhartha because he wanted to save him from that dangerous area but he did not want to wake him up. Siddhartha thanked him and asked him about his
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I would not have thought that talking about Batik will be end up to the realm of spiritual understanding that many contained in Javanese Batik motifs that have long existed in the cultural life of civilization in Indonesia. Creative Director Iwan Tirta‚ one of the big names in the Indonesia fashion industry‚ particularly in Batik‚ Ms. Era Soekamto spoke to Herdiana Surachman about Batik and the importance of maintaining the handmade creations in this modern era. Starting her career as a fashion designer
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SONA 2013: REACTION PAPER State of the Nation Address (SONA) is an annual address made by the president with regarding to the status of our nation‚ the accomplishments he made and his plan for the future of our country. Last Monday‚ July 22‚ 2013 President Benigno Aquino III made his 4th SONA at Batasang Pambansa Complex. In his SONA he discussed a lot of things regarding to the economics initiatives‚ peace and welfare and tackling of corruption. For me President Benigno Aquino III did a good
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almost immediately. This question might not have been as effective when posed to students in the other grades‚ but since the Grade 7 students were new to the school‚ and new to the Duolingo program‚ they thought of Duolingo in response to a question about their recent vocabulary study. All four students gave positive responses. Student 1: - These days I study Duolingo every day. It’s fun. Student 2: - It’s better than in the past because now I am using Duolingo. Student 3: - Our teacher makes us
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This culture of this story is extremely different than the culture of today. The characters in this story are outrageous. For one thing‚ the majority of the characters are Greek gods and goddesses. Greek mythology was very popular 3200 years a go‚ however presently it’s primarily a thing of the past and these gods don’t show up too frequently in modern day literature. The closest things we have to Greek goddesses in entertainment today are the Kardashians. Also‚ as far as I can remember‚ no magic
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According to President Benigno S. Aquino III (2012)‚ “Naninindigan pa rin po tayo sa ipinangako nating pagbabago sa edukasyon: ang gawin itong sentral na estratehiya sa pamumuhunan sa pinakamahalaga nating yaman—ang mamamayang Pilipino. Sa K to 12‚ tiwala tayong mabibigyang-lakas si Juan dela Cruz upang mapaunlad—hindi lamang ang kanyang sarili at pamilya—kundi maging ang buong bansa”. This statement shows how our President Aquino values the education of the Filipinos that this K-12 program will
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members of the diplomatic corps; members of the Cabinet; officials in local government; members of the military‚ police‚ and other uniformed services; my fellow public servants; and‚ to my Bosses‚ the Filipino people: Good afternoon. This is my fifth SONA; only one remains. We have a saying: Those who do not look back to the past‚ will never get to where they wish to go. Therefore‚ today it is only right for us to reflect on what we have gone through. This was our situation in the past: To dream was
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All Americans are entitled to their rights. The Fourth Amendment states that we the people have to deny search and seizures from law enforcement without a warrant. The fourth amendment generally prohibits police from entering a home without a warrant unless the circumstances fit an established exception to the warrant requirement. According to the book The Constitution: Our Written Legacy by Joseph A. Melusky‚ the Fourth Amendment gives the right of the people to be secure in their person‚ houses
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Courts generally have held the law to be constitutional on its face as an appropriate exercise of authority to protect national security‚ though historically it has been subject to abuse if applied broadly to otherwise protected activities‚ such as the right to free speech‚ rendering it a particularly dangerous tool by which government authorities may silence speech that they consider to be contrary to government interests. Parts of the Patriot Act explicitly allow determinations to be made based
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