In the fall of 1903, O. Henry was living in a room at the small Hotel Marty in New YorkCity. He had published a few stories in local magazines, but was still relatively unknown when editors at the New York World newspaper sent a young reporter
O. Henry was the pen name used by William Sydney Porter, who was born in North P. Carolina. At the age of twenty, he moved to Texas,
In 1902, O. Henry moved to New York City and started trying to sell his stories. In a few years his luck changed for the better, and his position with the New York World helped make him a
For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is more than just a building. In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines. Every growth stage
Of all the objects and all the memories, it’s this one thing in a home that’s
They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer
Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me-
Smart TV channels a sense of frustration
The phenomenon of watching less or not watching TV has mirrored a plunge in traditional TV sales in recent years.
“I haven’t watched TV at home for almost five years.” The same sentiment is a true portrayal of many Gen-Zers today. In the past when entertainment options
“Watching
The phenomenon mirrors a plunge in traditional TV sales in recent years. A report by All View Cloud, a data analysis company, says that domestic TV sales in 2020 were 44.5 million units, down 9.1 percent year-on-year; and sales revenue was 120.9 billion yuan ($19.1 billion), down 11.7 percent.
However, not watching traditional TV does not mean
However, compared with the rapid development and profit growth of internet smart TV, complaints about a decline in service experience have come to light.
A woman’s complaint over her newly bought TV set has echoed across Chinese social media recently. In her video, posted on Douyin, she says most people watching TV now are elders, and a TV cannot be turned on
Post-00s is a documentary about growing up, which covers almost every aspect of millennia’s experiences on their path toward adolescence—their struggles with school work, their relationship with peers and their growing desire
But this five -episode series was different
The realness can also be seen in Boyhood, a 2014 film
One of Boyhood’s appeals comes from its “ordinariness”. Mason Jr isn’t some child genius. He is quietly spoken, fairly typical American boy, growing up in the Texas suburbs. Besides, he fancies
By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time, he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova—not as a musician but as her page-turner. “
Mr Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but
Being a page-turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music
But like all performances, there are moments
“Sometimes my husband is not an attentive page-turner. He’s interested in the music,