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The Weight of Economic Anxiety: A Story of Resilience
Once upon a time in Nigeria, a country vibrant with diversity and aspirations, the specter of economic anxiety loomed over its people. The government had made the difficult decision to remove fuel subsidies, triggering a chain of events that would send ripples of worry through the population. Among them was a young couple, Aisha and Emeka, whose lives were about to be tested in unforeseen ways.
Victor AgbaPublished 10 months ago in InterviewSarah Snook is to return to the stage in The Picture of Dorian Gray as Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed production receives UK premiere.
The highly successful play, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," will make its debut in the UK at The Theatre Royal Haymarket in January. Starring the critically acclaimed Sarah Snook, the production offers a groundbreaking adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous novel.
when my mother was
Today, when my mother was eating walnuts, she suddenly asked me mysteriously, "Nancy, do you know how many nuts are in the peach pit?" "There is one," I said casually. Mother took the peach stone over, saw the shell of the peach stone has been cracked, there are two kernel inside. These two peach kernel one is white white, one is brown, there are some patterns above. They sleep close together like two brothers. I thought they must be very soft, but I felt a little hard, and as smooth as marble. I gently peeled the skin off the outside of them, and the inside was shiny white, whiter than ivory. I look at them so white and tender, I think they must taste good! So I took a bite. Wow! The bitter juice spread everywhere and made me show my teeth. Mother was on the side of the schadenfreude "giggle" straight smile. I had to give those two little monsters a dirty look. Aych! They are so cunning, this bitter juice may be their talisman! I asked my mother if all peach pits have two nuts? Mom shook her head and said she didn't know. I took out some new peach stones, with a stone to open a look, I saw that there is a peach kernel inside. It turns out that most peach pits have one kernel, and only a few have two. The shell of the peach stone is very hard, and its surface has many small holes. This hard shell is like a mother protecting the baby inside. Then I went online to find out what the stone was for. I know that in addition to growing new peach trees, peach pits can also be carved into flowers, birds, fish, insects, people, boats, necklaces and other crafts. Today, I understand this truth: life is full of learning, as long as you are willing to observe, you will find. oneI hate bugs, but I hate flies, mosquitoes, caterpillars (although she will be beautiful when she grows up) and aphids... But I also like some bugs, and spring silkworms are one of them. Spring is coming. It is a good time to raise silkworms. One day, I bought a box of spring silkworm, which is also the beginning of my contact with spring silkworm. Time passed quickly. After a month, the silkworms began to wrap themselves in white silk... After a few weeks, the silkworms emerged from their cocoons and turned into moths. Many more eggs are laid. Not long after that, they lost their precious lives...... Seeing all this, I was deeply moved. Spring silkworm suddenly became so holy in my heart, so tall, especially its valuable spirit - unknown. It touched me a lot. Therefore, I can't help thinking of people like spring silkworms. Spring silkworm to die silk square, wax torch into ash tears dry. This all-too-familiar phrase is the embodiment of a teacher's holiness. Spring silkworms are like teachers, and teachers are like spring silkworms. Teachers are like spring silkworms! The teacher with youth and blood, with knowledge and sweat, watering out a blossoming beautiful flowers, not just like the spring silkworm moth, out of one offspring? When the flood, it is those heroes who sacrifice their lives for the interests of the people regardless of the danger of life to come forward, they are not like spring silkworm dedication? Spring silkworm is a small animal that eats mulberry and spins silk in nature. It eats cheap mulberry leaves and spits out precious silk. It contributes a lot to people, but asks for little from people, and spits out the last thread to humanity, while it dies silently. I like spring silkworm, more like spring silkworm people. I will be a person like a spring silkworm and bloom the most beautiful flowers with my life.
Gregory MackeyPublished 11 months ago in Interviewin the afternoon
Today, my friend and I have made an appointment to go to Changze Family in the afternoon, and then go to the haunted house in Wusong Park. In the afternoon, I went to Chang Ze Shi's home, the small partners have been there, we set out. To Wusong Park, we entered the gate, which was very lively, filled with the children's happy laughter and stimulating screams. We got to the haunted house, we paid, and we went in. It was a little dark inside, but I could see something vaguely. Walking in it is like walking in a maze, with black "cloth" blocking here and there, blocking your way. My friends and I closely together, follow the crowd to a corner, in the dark, I vaguely saw a white "ghost" standing there, there are several people close to it, it suddenly shook up, issued a sound of ghost crying and howling, I was terrified, quickly around the "ghost". I also heard someone whisper that the "ghost" was electric. My friends are also missing, perhaps they have been scared out of the haunted house by the "ghost". Around the corner, the wall was plastered with white pictures of skeletons, and on them hung the clothes of ghosts. Maybe it's the shock. My head's a little dizzy. I came out of the haunted house, sure enough to see my little friends standing there, how also refused to go in, the father of the party Zhengkun had to take us into the haunted house, the Party Zhengkun hid in his father's back, Chang Ze saw the scary things screamed, LAN Yuze just went in and came out again, I was sometimes afraid to hold the Party Zhengkun father's arm. In the end, we left this horrible haunted house. This afternoon is really a happy and exciting afternoon.In the magical nature, there is a wonderful grass called "mimosa". Mimosa is a fascicled plant, about 40 cm tall. The flowers are lilac in color and spherical in shape. Stem slightly lilac, many branches, with barb hair and sharp thorns. The leaves are long, oval in shape and spread in reverse pairs on the stem. The tender red stems against the fresh green leaves are so simple and elegant. If you gently touch it with your hand, its leaves will close and the whole piece will droop in a shaggy manner, and in a few minutes it will recover. Why is this? I continued to observe mimosa with this question in mind. I found that when the mimosa is touched, it closes its leaves, all because of its "turgor effect". Because at the base of the petiole of the mimosa plant, there is a thin-walled membrane tissue full of water, that is the leaf pillow. When the leaves of the mimosa plant are shaken, water from the cells in the lower part of the pillow immediately flows up and down the sides. As a result, the lower part of the pillow is depressed, the upper part is raised, and the petiole drops and closes. I also found that not only do some lobules of mimosa close when stimulated, but they also transmit information to neighboring lobules, so that the whole plant closes and the petiole droops. After consulting the information, I understood that mimosa is a perennial herb or subshrub of the leguminous family. It is also known as the grass of shame, the grass of Shouting, and the grass of fear of ugliness. Poor cold resistance, native to tropical America. The flowers, leaves and pods of mimosa have good ornamental effect, and become potted flowers on balconies and indoors, and can be planted in many places such as courtyards. I also learned that when the mimosa is shaken, it will not only sag and close, but sometimes curl upward. Its "shyness" is a kind of self-protection skills, it is not only when touched by the hand will be shy, whenever encountered strong wind or heavy rain, it will shyly close the leaves. Observing mimosa made me understand that as long as we observe and think about some things around us, we must be able to discover the mystery.
lakeisha sandersPublished 11 months ago in Interviewthe sofa and sat down
Yesterday, I stopped by a friend's house for afternoon tea. I walked over to the sofa and sat down casually. Just then, the friend put a pot of cake and a pot of flowers on the table and said, "Try it!" I ate a bite of cake, said: "really delicious, hey, what is this flower!" It's beautiful." "It is grown from the seeds of mimosa, and if you like, take a few and grow them." thank you When I received it, I left in a hurry. When I got home, I immediately found a small transparent pot that I didn't use. And from Grandpa's room found a few bags of dirt ready to give Grandma Wang. I put them all in a flower pot. The seeds were put into the soil, and then watered a little water, and went to read. After about four or five days, (these days I watered regularly) I went out on the balcony again to water the seeds. Only to find that the seeds have sprouted. I was pleasantly surprised. I thought, "Oh, my God! It's sprouting earlier than I thought it would. I need to get a good look at it. I crouched down and looked at it curiously. It turns out that its leaves are as tender and fragile as the face of a newborn baby, but they are also very cute. I can't help laughing when I think about it." For the next few days, I took good care of the budding seeds. Sure enough, hard work pays off. On Wednesday morning, I walked over to the flowerpot in my nightdress, looked at it in disbelief and said, "No way? I can't believe it's growing so fast. I can't believe the new leaves are already coming out. Its head gradually became tall, the color also changed from light green to dark green, just like a real small tree. Just then, a gust of wind blew, and the mimosa shook gently in the wind. It's like someone's dancing. After watching mimosa, I went to school. After a few days, a small yellow velvet flower had grown on the branch. In the sunlight, it looks very attractive. Just like the fireworks of the New Year. I think the mimosa at this time is also its most beautiful moment.She woke up at twelve o 'clock, drew the curtains, and the sky was full of dust and dust, and she felt a terrible mood, her hair should be washed, the house should be put away, the things she had brought were scattered on the floor, and the memory of the events of the previous day made her very confused, and her nightgown was old and needed washing, and she felt that her whole body needed to be washed from head to foot. She lit a cigarette and stood in front of the window, half leaning on the bed, her skin darkened, her hands began to grow dark spots, her lips were dry from lack of water, the only thing that had not changed were her eyes, which looked as if they should not belong to the face of the "water," but now they betrayed anxiety and emptiness, and she held the cigarette in one hand, Holding the other arm in one hand, thin cigarettes and thin figure are very similar to a chapter, her appearance looks very much like a woman of the wind and dust, in her, but it seems to be depraved but unwilling to degenerate feeling. Thinking about what happened yesterday, her eyes became harsh and deep, there is a bitter taste, there is a trace of sadness, what else, you go guess, love him to eat the pain, love her suffering, love her through those inexplicable days, although the past time is not reluctant to part, but if you really want to leave, but some reluctant, has not gone for a long time Out of this room, what has become of the outside world, she does not care about, seems to have been isolated from the outside world, what else is she, the most unwilling to those years, unwilling to pay for themselves and others for everything, the dust settled, she was eliminated, although it can be said that she came in a daze, Go is awake abnormal, she thought maybe there is a harvest is she woke up, now she understands what is right and wrong to turn into empty, to her just spare hate, sometimes think of ancient things and now quite similar, those ancient poetry is the most to write the human feelings of the world thoroughly and beautiful, but she understood what?
tevin williamsPublished 11 months ago in InterviewThere is a kind of
There is a kind of flower in nature, the color is grass green, the same color as grass. You and Ben don't know where grass is and where flowers are. I have no choice but to call this unknown flower grass flower. This is a humble flower, but I think it has a special beauty. In the world of flowers and grass, flowers and grass always stay together. The flower proudly plays with its elegant beauty. The grass, on the other hand, can only spend its days in the shadow of the flowers. Grass really do not understand their own meaning in the world, had to muddy life. Grass is always laughed at by people and flowers, grass thinks he has no dignity at all. Just then, a voice appeared, "Grass! You don't need to feel inferior, in fact, you play an important role in the world! Human beings without you there is no more fresh air; The earth without you, there is no a large part of the green; Even the flower that stands next to you and looks down upon you will have no one to think of its beauty as unique without you." When the grass heard this, it no longer bowed its head, but stood up, shoulder-level with the flowers, and shared the world with mankind. .. If I choose the elegant and proud flower, and the ordinary, really can recognize their own grass. I'd rather choose grass. I like the grass flower is its "top" smart, it does not want to stand on the peak of the mountain, with flowers, become the attention of the people. It would rather be like grass, seeing itself and learning to actively enjoy the world. At this time, what flowers are more beautiful than the special "beauty" of grass flowers? The pride of the grass flower has long been more beautiful than the focus of the rose. The grass is no longer ashamed, because its family has expanded to the whole world; The flower is no longer proud, because it also began to understand that their beauty is not eternal, but the bloom of the moment; And the grass flowers! Stand in the middle of flowers and grass, laugh heartily, because it does not need to pay attention to people's eyes, look at the world, adhere to the belief: live out your own!Today, I went alone to the little ditch in front of the door to play. The water was calm, like a large silver mirror. The river is crystal clear. A large lobster lay quietly at the bottom of the ditch. I beamed with joy and thought: Lobster tonight. I could not help licking my lips, and then, in spite of all this, I took off my shoes and socks and dipped my bare feet into the water. The water was a little cold, and I could not help but shiver. I slipped and fell. Fortunately, I quickly pressed to the shore, but the pants were not "spared", and the water came to a "close contact". The guy gloated at me and didn't move. I was so angry that I did not hit a place, and swore secretly that I must catch this "harmful shrimp". I took out the pencil knife in my pocket, tried to suppress my anger, and crept closer to it. Just one step, he slipped again, the water was a little muddy, and the knife fell away. The fellow took the opportunity to dart to the side, staring at me with two small eyes, an offensive attitude, as if to say: "Well, you just can't catch me." The anger in my heart - oh, a big living person can't even fight a shrimp, it's not funny to say it out. I can't believe we can't catch you! I gathered myself, moved over carefully, bent slowly, and pounced on it. Ha, got it! I didn't get over it, lifted it high above my head, and then slammed it against the rocks on the bank. Only heard "snap" a sound, the guy pain all over the ground, as if constantly begging for mercy: let me go, let me go, I am blind. Then my anger went away. Look down at his embarrassed, I could not help laughing, alas, home without a scolding. I scratched the back of my head, picked up my "trophy" and headed home.
- Top Story - June 2023
An Invitation to Writers, Authors and Artists
Are you an author, writer, or artist? If so, I would love to hear from you and help you promote your work. I am not sure if I have mentioned this on Vocal. (Apologies if I repeat myself!) I used to be a digital journalist and art critic. For many years, I interviewed hundreds of independent artists from around the world and reviewed their work. Unfortunately, the magazine for which I wrote my stories closed overnight, and much of my content went down the drain in the process.
Cendrine MarrouatPublished 11 months ago in Interview Elementor Pro Review: The Ultimate Page Builder for WordPress in 2023
Introduction: In the ever-evolving world of website development, having a reliable and powerful page builder is essential. Elementor Pro has emerged as one of the most popular choices for WordPress users, enabling them to design and customize their websites with ease. In this review, we will explore why Elementor Pro has become the ultimate page builder for WordPress in 2023.
Maxwell SteelmanPublished 11 months ago in InterviewSniffing Out the Prize
Introduction ; The sense of smell is a remarkable ability that many creatures on Earth possess. Dogs, with their exceptionally keen sense of smell, have long been recognized as masters of olfaction. Their olfactory abilities are not only fascinating but also extremely useful in numerous contexts. The amazing world of canine olfaction is the subject of this article, which delves into the science behind it and reveals a variety of training methods for dogs to sniff out prizes.
vocal is the bestPublished 11 months ago in InterviewNetflix announces ‘Physical: 100’ Season 2
Netflix announces the second season of Physical: 100, the first unscripted show that became Netflix’s most popular non-English TV series. The series ranked top 10 in 82 countries, with 192.63 million hours of viewing in just 6 weeks.
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With regards to TV, the absolute smartest thoughts depend on the pages from adored books. Whether it's dream, frightfulness, sentiment, or YA, the class and thoughts are unfathomable, yet few out of every odd variation is assembled something very similar.
What is Zumba Dance Workouts and its Benefits
Let Yourself Loose: Zumba is about having a lot of fun. This is a dance workout so there is no need for you to be stiff or serious. You have to relax yourself and enjoy the whole procedure. This way you will burn more calories and slim down faster than you thought. Don’t think too much while doing Zumba. The more you have fun, the better it is for you.