Living Divani Furniture

Extrasoft Living Divani: no limits to your fantasy €5,735

Extrasoft Living Divani is a sofa that lives up to the promise in its name: to be a really comfortable sofa. Enjoy creating your dream sofa, matching the different bases, armrests, and backrests and choose your favorite fabrics and leathers: fantasy is your limit. Furnish your living room with made-in-Italy furniture, now available for you at a special price.

Frog Interweave Armchair €66,048

Frog by Living Divani is an armchair with an essential and modern design. It has a steel frame and woven with the following materials. cut in natural and colored natural leather, hemp cord, profile in PVC. Available in different colors.

Living DivaniNeowall: modular sofa perfection €3, 672

Neowall by Living Divani is an incredible sofa. and not because of its price. Itsuniqueness lies in the exclusive design, the high-quality materials and the maximum comfort it guarantees.

Sober, modern and characterized by clean lines, the masterpiece of designer Piero

Lissoni is able to adapt to the most varied needs, thanks to adaptable elements, fabrics, and colors. Neowall is the canapé(长沙发) that fully reflects the taste in furnishing those who choose it, telling its story.

Flow Rocking Chair €2, 715

Flow by Living Divani is a light and versatile rocking chair, perfect for unique relaxmoments. The minimal design, with essential shapes, makes it perfect in every living area. A fashionable alternative to a classic armchair.

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To anyone else, it was just a simple white cotton bag, but to me, it was a canvas (油画布）for my latest masterpiece. I laid it flat on the six-foot-long wooden table in my kitchen. With one hand I held down a corner of the bag and with the other I dipped my brush in the paint and touched it to the canvas; slowly an image took shape, waves crashing on a sandy beach, seagulls flying above, fishing for a meal. I put down my brush and rubbed my neck. It was hard work, but I enjoyed it.

And my friends and family loved the bags. "I get tons of praise for mine," my mother-in-law told me. "People are always asking where they can buy one. " Those weren't quite the honor I'd dreamed of when I first picked up a paintbrush as a kid. I used to aim higher. I wanted my work to appear in the Louvre Museum in Paris, right next to the Mona Lisa. But even then, I knew what a wild dream it was.

My parents encouraged my interest, and paid for art lessons. In high school, I joined an art club and showed my work along with other local artists in an exhibition. I started college, majored in fine art and took classes in drawing and design. But the farthest I ever traveled was New York City. The Louvre might as well have been on another planet.

Then things changed. I met and fell in love with Charlie. After we got married, I took a break from art. Making a home together was more important. Art supplies didn't fit into our budget.

When I finally picked up a brush again, I was rusty. I tried a landscape but it was flat. Things in the foreground were the same size as in the background. I'd lost the ability. I threw down my brush in frustration. Maybe I'd never really had any talent at all. Forget the Louvre, my work wasn't good enough to hang in our living room. Charlie turned me around. “You have a talent,” he told me. “Keep painting. ” He helped me find room in our budget for paints and brushes. One day, walking through town, I spotted some giant white shells in a store window. What an interesting canvas they could be! I bought a few and began painting them. In Savannah, there was no shortage of inspiration. Charlie took some of my pieces into the electric company where he worked. He came home with the proudest smile. “They want to order them for their wives. " he told me.

Lately I’d been painting these bags. Itwasn'ta money-making project-I barely covered the cost of materials. But seeing others appreciate my art made me feel good. This one, the beach scene, was going to a friend of my mother-in-law's. When it dried, I brought it over to my mother-in-law. “I just know my friend will love it,” she said.

Several months later my mother-in-law's friend called me. I'd moved on to other projects and I'd nearly forgotten what I'd made for her, "I went to Paris, " she said. “And I brought your bag with me. I have to tell you about the Louvre," she continued. "For two hours, we wandered the museum. Delacroix, Michelangelo, the Venus de Milo, there was so much to see, and of course, the Mona Lisa. But every few minutes, somebody stopped me. ' Where did you get that bag? ' they asked. Some folks thought I'd bought it in the gift shop there! I had to tell them it was a Cindy Barnwell original.

Today I'm painting an 11- by-14-inch canvas of bunnies picking flowers, to go in a friend's baby nursery. It may not be a da Vinci, but that doesn't matter. This world was made for artists. I'm convinced of that. And my gift is to share that beauty, any way I can.

Chicken is America's most popular meat. Many people assume chicken follows a simple rule-of-thumb: Pink chicken turned white means "done. " It's similar to how we cook other meats. But is this true? To study how cooks at home follow safety recommendations, researchers filmed 75 households in five European countries. From a random but nonrepresentative sample, they also conducted an online survey of nearly 4,000 households in the same countries that say they cook chicken.

Worried that chicken would dry out, most home cooks determined doneness by color and texture（口感）inside the meat, they found. Few bothered with thermometers(温度计），claiming they took too much time,were too complicated to use, didn't fit in the chicken or weren't necessary (although easy-to-use thermometers are inexpensive and widely available).

In additional lab experiments, the scientists injected raw chicken breast with bacteria, which cause millions of sickness, thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths each year in the United States. They cooked the breasts until they reached core temperatures ranging from 122 to 158 Fahrenheit,and they discovered something surprising. At 158 degrees, but not lower, bacteria inside the chickens' cores was reduced to safe levels, and when cut open its flesh appeared dull and fibrous,not shiny like raw chicken. But meat began changing from pink to white far below this, and most color change occurred below 131 degrees Fahrenheit. Sometimes,the chicken's core would be safely cooked, but unsafe levels of bacteria still existed on surfaces that hadn't touched the grill plate.

So what are you supposed to do?

Dr. Bruno Goussault, a scientist and chef, recommends buying and cooking breasts and legs separately. Bring the breast's core to 165 degrees Fahrenheit, he said, and the leg to between 168. 8 and 172. 4 Fahrenheit. If you really want to safely measure temperature for a whole chicken, insert a pop-up thermometer into the thickest part of the leg before roasting it, Dr. Goussault suggests. By the time it pops, the breasts will have long cooked. They will likely be dry and far from his standards of culinary（烹饪的）perfection, But you'll be sure to, as Dr. Goussault says in French,“dormir sur sesdeuxoreilles,”or, figuratively, “sleep peacefully. ”

Should universities focus on training workers for the next decade or curing diseases for the next century? A group of governors, educator, and CEOS weighed in on the best way universities can prepare for the future. They debated how the U.S. can take the responsibility for research while preparing students for real jobs.

Oklahoma. Governor of Mary Fallin said that the first thing she thinks about as governor is educating Oklahoma students and strengthening the workforce. So she's carrying out a program called "America Works: Education and Training for Tomorrow's Jobs" that aims to "recognize our education system with the current needs of our employers".

The state governor added that this new education approach doesn't just benefit students and companies, but also improves the state economy. "We've been able to attract new companies to our state because of what we're doing with our universities, because our students are a pipeline for the workforce," she said. "General Electric Company (one of the world biggest companies) is coming to Oklahoma."

Other group members were more focused on the long-term goals of a research university. Amy Gutmann pointed out that "basic research is the foundation for everything else that happens at a university. And if we don't do it, nobody else will.

"And if nobody does that research, we'll pay the price in health care bills, "argued Vagelos, who is a former CEO of Merck & Co. , Inc, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. And a special drug for a cold is reported to be produced by the company. "The jobs of universities are basic research, which is what is needed for attacks on disease," he said. "There has been a reduction in coronary heart disease（冠心病）by 60% in the last forty years because of this research, and that reduces health care costs. "

James Hunt, former North Carolina governor, argued for a happy medium. Effective communication, he said, would help the public see that the research conducted at universities actually serves a practical purpose.

Eli Broad, founder of the Broad Foundations, agreed "We have to show the public what research has achieved." he said. "We have to show how it actually goes from basic research to something they can understand. ”

Every dog owner knows that saying Good dog! A happy, high-pitched voice will bring about a flurry of joyful tail wagging in their pet.

That makes scientists curious. What exactly happens in your dog's brain when it hears praise? And is it similar to the way our own brain processes such acoustic information?

When a person gets a compliment, the more primitive subcortical(皮下的) auditory regions first react to the intonation(声调), the emotional force of spoken words. Next, the brain taps the more recently evolved auditory cortex(皮质) to figure out the meaning of the words, which is learned.

Of course, dogs use their right brain hemisphere to do so, whereas we use our left hemisphere. Still, a mystery remains. Do their brains go through the same steps to process approval?

It's an important question. Dogs are speechless species. For instance, some dogs are able to recognize thousands of names of individual objects. They can even link each name to a specific object.

When the scientists studied scans of the brains of pet dogs, they found that theirs, like ours, processed the sounds of spoken words in a multi-step manner. They analyze first the emotional components with the older region of the brain, the subcortical regions.

Previous studies have shown that many animals, from songbirds to dolphins, use the subcortex to process emotional hints. Zebras, for instance, can eavesdrop on the emotion, or fright to be precise, in other herbivore(食草动物) animals' calls. In this way they learn if predators are nearby.

It's likely that human language evolved from such hints. We employ the same neurological systems to develop speech. Dogs have the very likeliness to make special use of the ancient connection to process human emotions. It helps explain why dogs are so successful at partnering with us and at times manipulating us with those soulful eyes.

A. It is widely recognized that the dog has a complex structure of brain, similar, in a way, to that of human's.

B. But they respond correctly to our words.

C. Animals are found to have adopted various mechanisms to defend against enemies.

D. They are capable of obtain mood implications even though they can't talk.

E. It has been discovered that dogs' brains, like those of humans, compute the intonation and meaning separately.

F. Domesticated animals have evolved alongside humans for the past thousands of years.

G. Subsequently, they deal with the words' meaning with the newer part, the cortex.

The sun had already begun dissolving into the reddening sea. It was an1 reminder that we had spent a little too long on our 2tour round this island. Unsure of the ferry's last3 for the mainland. We stopped at a roadside bar to ask. This triggered 4 looks all round: the final5 was about to leave.

"You can just6 it if you take the shortcut," said one man, stepping outside and pointing to a narrow road up a small mountain. With evening falling fast, we had severe misgivings,7cycled off uphill nonetheless. Looking round, we were 8to see our new found friend jogging up the hill behind us at a discreet distance to9 that we didn't get lost, only turning back when the 10 was safely in sight below us.

This was one of our first experiences with omotenashi, which combines exquisite politeness with a 11 to maintain harmony and avoid conflict. In Japanese culture, the12 outside one's own group someone is, the greater the politeness shown to that person. The wonderful thing about being exposed to so much politeness is that you soon find yourself13 more kindly, gently and civic-mindedly, smiling as you 14 other drivers, taking your litter home with you and never ever raising your voice in public.

Wouldn't it be great if each visitor took a little bit of omotenashi home with them and 15it around? The ripple effect could sweep the world.

Bella Liu is a surf instructor in Houhai Bay, on the island's southern coast. Surfing (change) her “inside and out”,she says. She is not alone in seeking out its benefits. Most of her clients are women, many of are prepared to go against the tide--by plunging (塞，投身于）into it.

Hainan's palm -lined beaches and balmy winters have long been a draw for domestic tourists. even a decade ago, it had few surfing enthusiasts. When an American expatriate(侨民）organized a surfing contest there in 2008, just two of the 30-old(participate) were Chinese. Today Riyue Bay, north of Houhai, is home the national surfing team's academy, set up after the International Olympic Committee accepted as an Olympic sport in2016. The local government is now eager to turn Hainan into a (globe) destination.

Now official approval is promoting more people to try the sport. So is the pandemic. It has forced many Chinese who would (normal) have holidayed overseas (stay) put(留在原地）. Between January and May, Hainan received 11% (many) visitors than in the same period in 2019. Surfing also gained a lift last year when "summer surf shop", a variety show(film) in Riyue Bay, began airing on iQiyi, a Netflix-like site.

1）情况简介；

2）目的和意义；

3）你的期待。

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Finally, the bell rang. “Don't forget to practice your class presentation at home!” Miss Bella cried as everyone started talking and packing their school bags. Jessy felt sick. She hated having to read aloud in class. She was sure everyone got really bored listening to her. Once, when Jessy was reading out her holiday diary, Lee was even looking at his watch, a silver and blue one which seemed just magical.

Jessy watched Lee walk ahead of her as they left school. He seemed so clever, and he had a certain sort of shining confidence. He was just one of those people who were good at everything. Jessy sighed. As she turned the corner, she saw Lee's watch lying right in the middle of the path.

Jessy knew she should just pick it up and return it to him, but she didn't want to run after him. Jessy bent down quickly, picked up the watch and ran home. On arriving home, Jessy put it on almost without thinking. She was surprised it fitted so well. She walked to the mirror and started practicing her speech. Words just flooded out of her. “I'm going to talk about swimming. I have been lucky. I've won lots of competitions. But when I'm in a race, I'm not really thinking about winning. I'm just loving the feeling of being in the water…” Jessy laughed with excitement. She walked across the room. She suddenly seemed to have a certain sort of confidence. Turning back to the mirror, Jessy saw a flash of light from the watch in the glass. The flashes of silver seemed almost magical. So maybe Lee's watch really DID have something magic about it.

The next day, as the lesson began, Miss Bella asked who was going to be brave and go first. Nobody moved. Jessy slowly raised her arm. Before Miss Bella could say anything, there was a shout from behind. “She's stolen my watch!” Lee said angrily, “It went missing at school yesterday. ”

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Everybody was fixing their eyes on Jessy, waiting for an explanation.

Miss Bella smiled and asked the class to listen to Jessy's speech first.