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    Miley Cyrus’ Vanity Fair Scandal Miley Cyrus, the renowned daughter of country star Billy Ray Cyrus acquired a passion for acting and singing at a young age. In 2004, Cyrus landed the role of Hannah Montana in a Disney series targeted to young teens. The series depicted Cyrus as a young pop star who reserved her celebrity identity in order to be a normal teenager. Cyrus gained record setting success from the wide reception of the Disney series coupled with her music. However, in 2008 Miley…

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    The first-ever Nickelodeon’s HALO Hall of Fame Awards will be given to none other than, Justin Bieber! The recognition honours celebrity who helps and leads others by making the world a better place. The 21-year-old star will be recognized for his works at Make-A-Wish foundation to grant the wishes of children with serious conditions. Also, the all out support he’s giving to Pencils of Promise, an organization that works to build schools in the developing world. According to Variety, Nick…

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    Essay On Cyrus The Great

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    Cyrus the Great was born in 580 BC and lived until the year of 529 BC. He was the first Achaemenid Emperor; he was the founder of Persia one of the largest empires of that time. He created this empire by uniting the two original Iranian tribes – the Medes and the Persians. Even though he was known as a great conquer he was mainly known for his tolerance and magnanimous attitude towards those whom he had conquered. He was one of the first to use not only Persian governors to control the places…

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    Fun To Eat Ice Cream, Face Suri Cruise So Covered Her age was already 10 years old, but Suri Cruise remains the child of celebrities are cute and adorable. Like any appearance, the daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise is always a success being the center of attention of people who are in the vicinity. Long reportedly inaudible, this time one of the paparazzi's camera captured the moment of togetherness of the Queen and her mother. Reported by the Daily Mail, this pretty girl turns out to be…

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    Drones Law

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    There should be a law where the government is allowed to take away the drone owner's drone, if any drone laws are broken beyond extent. For example, if someone were to fly a drone and peep at people in a bad way, the drone could be taken away for 6 months. In Kansas there’s a law called SB 319 which was made to expand the definition of harassment in the Protection from Stalking Act to include certain uses of UAS (NCSL). This idea of taking away the drone for misuse is beneficial because owners…

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    The Persian Wars Summary

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    know about the Persians and their writings comes from an outsider writing about them. A true historian, Herodotus, whose famous book “The Persian Wars” talks about Persians a lot. The Persian Achaemenid dynasty was founded in 539 BCE by King Cyrus the Great. Cyrus took his nomadic warriors and conquered most of Mesopotamia, including The Babylonians. His son, Darius the First, extended Persian control east to the Indus Valley, west to Egypt, and north to Anatolia. The Persian Empire was…

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    Around 550 b.c Cyrus the Great, a Persian king, took control of these lands from the Medes.Then formed a gov’t & chose both median and persian nobles to be civilian officials.Cyrus used his strong military to attack throughout Anatolia.Soon this region was under his control. He went to conquer the lands…

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    we know as Iran and Afghanistan, an empire arose, Persia. They were a powerful people, conquering everything in their path. But there arose some people in high places that had great influence in their country. These people were Daniel, Esther, and Cyrus, people used by God, people used in such a time as this. Born in another time but with a definite purpose, Daniel overcame many obstacles. Daniel showed faith in God by not dining on the meat that the kind put in front of him. When his…

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    The Persian Empire was undoubtedly the most powerful empire during its time, and also one of the most powerful empires in history. Even though Cyrus had founded this vast empire, Darius I was the most significant ruler of its history. Darius I came into rule in (approximately) 522 BC. He continued to rule the Persian Empire for nearly 40 years, and established many different ideas that no other leader had thought of. The wide range of innovations and policies created and established by…

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    “Cyrus’ genius at government was his appreciation of the linguistic, religious, and human rights of all his subjects” (Farrokh p. 44), a lot of writers seemed to have thought Cyrus was a great leader, even Greek writers like Herodotus. Cyrus came up with a human rights charter, which is called “The Cyrus Cylinder,” and this is “regarded as the first human rights charter in history” (Farrokh p. 44). Before entering this course, I had a general concept of who Cyrus the Great was, but I had no idea…

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