I had bought a Duran Duran shirt in 2002 and had been wearing it up until last year. Last year I realized it was too worn out so I decided to throw it in one of those salvation army boxes. On one weekend after I finished my grocery shopping I spotted a salvation army box next to the Shoprite I was at and so threw the shirt in there. It was a very unique shirt, not one that you could buy in a store but either at a concert or directly from the band's website (which is what I had done). The following week I spotted an employee in Shoprite wearing it. I know she was an employee because although not in uniform she was sitting in an employee-only section in their break section. There is no way that they had emptied the box this quick and distributed its contents. I'm guessing she just reached in and took it it out herself.
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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