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☆ 7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In the middle of the afternoon, day will shift to night, as a total solar eclipse touches 15 states. We know now what causes a total solar eclipse. Here are seven times a total solar eclipse has helped advance human science. Culture Club/Bridgeman via Getty ImagesOn March 14, 189 BCE, a total solar eclipse swept over what is now northern Turkey. Corbis via Getty ImagesGemini 12 astronauts Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to see a total eclipse from space.

Persons: —, China's emporer, Edmond Halley, De, Anaxagoras, Hipparchus, Nicaea, Edmond, Halley, Isaac Newton's, Norman Lockyer, Pierre Jules César Janssen, Janssen, Lockyer, James Craig Watson, Vulcan, Albert Einstein, Einstein, Corbis, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, Alexandria . Culture Club, Bridgeman, Science, Society Picture Library, Sun, Mercury, Wallops, Smithsonian Magazine, NASA Locations: Ireland, China, Alexandria, Turkey, Egypt, England, India, French, Guntur, Brazil, Principe, Africa, Virginia, Peru

☆ Michelin Guide history: How did a tire company become a restaurant rating guide?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Enter a pocket-sized red book known as the Michelin Guide. As a result, more French people had a desire to tour the country, making the Michelin Guide increasingly essential. The Michelin Guide now covers over 30,000 restaurants across three continents and more than 30 million guides have been sold. Addison is one of 13 three-star Michelin restaurants in the US and the only one in all of Southern California. A Michelin logo on a chef's uniform at the gala presentation of the Michelin Guide Spain on December 14, 2021.

Persons: André, Édouard Michelin, André Michelin, Édouard, Olivier Darmon, Guenter, ” Darmon, Darmon, ” William Bradley, Addison, William Bradley, Lauren di Matteo Addison, Bradley, ” Bradley, “, Roberto Alcocer, Christophe Bellanca, Christophe, Jordan Younis, Liz Clayman, Christophe Bellanca’s, they’re, Gwendal Poullennec, Richard Saker, Christophe Bellanca's, Alan Batt, ” Poullennec, Taylor Swift’s, Jorge Gil, Carbone, Jay, Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama, It’s, didn’t, Kevin Thornton’s, ” Thornton, Thornton, Michelin “, Bobby Yip, don’t, ’ ”, Alcocer, He’s, ” Bellanca Organizations: New, New York CNN, Michelin, Ferrand, Michelin Tire Company, Compagnie, des, Culture, AAA, CNN, Washington Post, Bellanca, Michelin Guides, Spain, Europa Press, Major Food Group, Irish Times, Conted, Reuters Locations: New York, Clermont, Paris, France, Europe, United States, San Diego, Southern California, Addison, Valle, Mexican, Oceanside, Oceanside , California, New York City, Cartmel, Cumbria, England, Kevin Thornton’s Dublin

NEW YORK (AP) — Boy George — the Culture Club icon of the 1980s — is returning to Broadway in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”The singer-songwriter whose hits include “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” will play Moulin Rouge club owner Harold Zidler in the jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie. He starts Feb. 6 and ends May 12 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, taking over the role from Tituss Burgess. Boy George was last represented on Broadway in 2003 with “Taboo,” for which he wrote music and lyrics. He also performed in that show, but did not play himself.

Persons: —, George —, ”, Moulin, Harold Zidler, Baz Luhrmann’s, Tituss Burgess, Marmalade, Tony, Boy George, Critics Organizations: Culture Club, Broadway, Moulin Rouge, Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre Locations: “ Moulin Rouge

☆ 4 ways restaurateurs can build a healthy kitchen culture where every employee thrives
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Bella Sayegh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The restaurant industry can be a stressful environment and faces a high turnover rate. Create standards and set expectationsEstablishing values at your restaurant is key, said Ravi Kapur and Kevin Keovanpheng, co-chefs at the San Francisco restaurant Good Good Culture Club. "This is what we're doing right now, but we're also aware that it might change," said Kapur, who is also the owner of Good Good Culture Club. Ravi Kapur, left, the chef and owner of the Good Good Culture Club, and Kevin Keovanpheng, right, the head chef at Good Good Culture Club. It's also important for managers to show appreciation in specific and unexpected ways to make sure employees know that they're being seen.

Persons: —, It's, Ravi Kapur, Kevin Keovanpheng, Keovanpheng, it's, we're, Kapur, Zia Sheikh, Sheikh, Lissa Bowen, Tim Bowen, Bowen Organizations: Talent, Service, of Labor Statistics, San, Good Good Culture Club, Good Culture, Good Culture Club, Good Good Culture, overcommunication Locations: San Francisco

☆ Boy George Loves His Deeply Flawed Heroes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Jeremy Gordon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Boy George was chatting with Leonardo DiCaprio, an acquaintance from years ago, at a Cannes party in May when he realized the actor wasn’t particularly interested in their reunion. “What I said was kind of like what your mum would say: ‘Oh, you’ve done well,’” he recalled in an interview. “You know, he’s Leonardo DiCaprio, but so what? But if you decide to not be like that, it’s such a relief,” he said. “And you go, Oh my God, Bowie was right about everything.”

Persons: Boy George, Leonardo DiCaprio, wasn’t, you’ve, ”, “, ‘, ’, he’s Leonardo DiCaprio, George, Jon Moss, David Bowie, Bowie Organizations: Cannes, Culture Club

☆ Boy George says he still wants to startle people 'a little bit'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Boy George poses for a photograph during the UK premiere of the Elton John biopic 'Rocketman' in London, Britain, May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File PhotoLONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - More than 40 years after bursting onto the music scene and making headlines, Culture Club frontman Boy George says he still wants to startle people "a little bit". "I wanted people to get upset, I wanted them to be a little bit startled. I love America, I love being there. "And if I do, I deal with them in the minute," said George.

Persons: George, Elton John, Simon Dawson, Boy George, George O'Dowd, Rod Stewart, America, ”, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Culture Club, Reuters, Club, Culture, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, British, United States, America

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