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☆ If your eyes hurt after watching the solar eclipse, here's what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Kevin Loria | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewIt's not safe to look at a solar eclipse without wearing certified protective glasses. Some people might start to notice vision changes within a few hours, though it's most likely they would become apparent by the next day, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Unlike sunglasses, eclipse glasses are so dark that you shouldn't be able to see through them, he said in a statement. If you are experiencing vision changes or eye pain, even if you wore proper eye protection, call an eye doctor to schedule an appointment. A 4-year-old uses special glasses to look into the sky during a partial solar eclipse in Berlin.

Persons: —, it's, It's, Andres Kudacki, David Hinkle, They're, Sean Gallup, Santa Croce Organizations: Service, Business, American Academy of Ophthalmology, National Eye Institute, AP, Tulane University's, European, Ophthalmology, Eye Institute Locations: Berlin, Philadelphia

☆ ‘Lost’ Botticelli masterpiece worth $109 million found in home in southern Italy
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Jack Guy | Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Rome CNN —A painting by the 15th-century master Sandro Botticelli, recorded as missing since the 1980s, has been found at a home in southern Italy. The depiction of the Virgin Mary and infant Christ was discovered in a home in the town of Gragnano, near Naples, according to the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of Naples. The painting by the artist most famous for “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera” is estimated by Italian authorities to be worth at least €100 million ($109 million). “The family continues to hold the title of the work, which, however, will be preserved in a museum,” Croce added. The Somma family declined to comment when contacted by CNN.

Persons: Rome, Rome CNN —, Sandro Botticelli, Virgin Mary, Christ, Venus ”, Santa Maria la Carità, Massimiliano Croce, Croce, ” Croce, “, Botticelli Organizations: Rome CNN, Protection Unit of Naples, Primavera, Roman Catholic Church, CNN, Cultural Locations: Italy, Gragnano, Naples, Neapolitan, Santa, State

☆ A missing Botticelli masterpiece worth $109 million was hanging in an Italian family's home for decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Botticelli masterpiece presumed missing for over 50 years had been hanging in an Italian family's home. Despite the painting being entrusted to the family for safekeeping, authorities had somehow marked it missing. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA Botticelli masterpiece reported missing for over half a century was found hiding in plain sight: hanging in an Italian family's home. The Italian authorities estimate the lesser-known painting, one of Botticelli's last, to be worth $109 million, according to the outlet.

Persons: Botticelli, Virgin Mary, —, Sandro Botticelli, Botticelli's, Primavera, Santa Maria la Carità, Massimiliano Croce, Croce Organizations: Service, Carabinieri Command, Cultural Heritage, CNN, Roman Catholic Church, Guardian Locations: Italian, Gragnano, Naples, Santa Maria

☆ The top Christmas markets for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Tamara Hardingham-Gill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

Basel Christmas Market, SwitzerlandBasel Christmas Market is made up of decorated stalls selling Christmas spices, decorations and candles. Strasbourg Christmas Market, FranceOne of Europe’s oldest Christmas markets, Strasbourg began back in 1570, but it’s evolved considerably since then. Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square Christmas markets, Prague, Czech RepublicTo say the city of Prague goes all out at Christmas is something of an understatement. Skansen’s Christmas Market, StockholmStockholm isn’t exactly lacking when it comes to Christmas markets, but none are more traditional than Skansen. St. Stephen’s Basilica and Vörösmarty Square markets, Budapest, HungaryBudapest has two main festive markets: St. Stephen’s Basilica Christmas market, or Advent Bazilika, and Vörösmarty Square Christmas market.

Persons: Wiener, Wiener Christkindlmarkt, it’s, Kleber, Laia Ros, Wenceslas, Santa Llucia, Mercati Natale, Piazza Santa, there’s, you’ll, Walt Disney, Lucia’s, Tuomaan, Emperor Alexander II, Santa Claus, Bazilika, Germany Gendarmenmarkt, Massimo Borchi, Dom, Deutscher Dom, Bavaria’s, Gendarmenmarkt, Jeff J Mitchell, Scott, Dominika, Glowny, Adam Mickiewicz, Steve Russell, Colin Miller, Manhattan’s, Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain Organizations: CNN, City Hall, Basel, Switzerland Basel Christmas, Getty, Belgium’s, Bourse, Monnaie, Sainte, Marche aux Poissons, Fira, Barcelona Cathedral, Santa, Cisco Pelay, Piazza Santa Croce, Santa Croce, Tivoli Gardens, Estonia Estonia's, Markkinat, Vörösmarty, Nuremberg, Hyde, London Hyde, Food, Edinburgh, Scotland Scottish, Street Gardens, Scottish, Street, Edinburgh Castle, Andrew, George, East, Poland Krakow Christmas, Bratislava, Slovakian, Distillery, Toronto Star, Toronto, Distillery District, , New York Skaters, Bank of America, The Bank of America, Christkindlmarket Chicago, Daley, RiverEdge, Christkindlmarket Locations: Vienna, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, New York, Austria, Barfüsserplatz, St, Basel, Strasbourg, France, Belgium, Brussels, Sainte Catherine, Marche, Belgian, Place, Prague, Czech Republic, Czech, Old, Santa Llucia, Barcelona, Santa, Florence, Italy, Heidelberg, Piazza del, Zagreb, Croatia, Advent, Tivoli , Copenhagen, Denmark, Danish, Tivoli, Tallinn, Estonia, Estonia Estonia's Tallinn, Estonian, Stockholm Stockholm, Djurgarden, Skansen’s, Tuomaan Markkinat, Helsinki, Ryhor, Helsinki’s, Stephen’s, Budapest, Hungary Budapest, Gendarmenmarkt, Capital, Berlin, Nuremberg, London, United Kingdom, Christmas, Edinburgh, Krakow, Poland Krakow, Polish, Europe, Mary’s, Slovakia, Bratislava, Bay, Toronto, Distillery, Bryant, , New, Manhattan’s Bryant, Chicago, Windy City, Aurora

☆ The best and worst parts of being an NBC page: In the 70s, I worked with stars like Regis Philbin and Johnny Carson and was paid $1.90 an hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Shelley Herman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

I was an NBC page two weeks laterIt was 1976 and I was 20, still in college and clueless. Now in its 90th year, the NBC Page program is one of the most prestigious entry-level positions in the entertainment industry. I wish I could tell you there was one straight, surefire way to becoming an NBC page, but there isn't. My other friend Al got his NBC page job when the women who worked behind the scenes on "Wheel of Fortune" spotted him as a contestant on the show. She is the author of "My Peacock Tale: Secrets of an NBC Page."

Persons: Shelley Herman, Elvis Presley, pagedom, Janus, Jim Croce, Alice, Regis Philbin, Gene Rayburn, Chuck Barris, Peter Marshall, Neil, Al, Sandy, Johnny Carson, Pete, Julian Goodman, Chance, Hawkins, Roxanne, Don Rickles, Peter Isackson, C.P.O, Sharkey, Dinah, Johnny, Sid Caesar, Imogene, Sid, John Travolta, Diana Hyland, Jeff, Alfred Hitchcock, Hitchcock, Redd Foxx, Sanford, Son, Dick Clark, Freddie Prinze, Johnny Carson's, Harry Chapin, I've Organizations: NBC Studios, Service, Sears, Toyota, NBC Burbank, NBC, USC, Pasadena Civic Locations: Wall, Silicon, Burbank , California, Las Vegas, California, Pasadena

☆ Robert Gottlieb Didn’t Just Shape Manuscripts. He Shaped Dance, Too.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Alastair Macaulay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The world of letters has been mourning Robert Gottlieb, who died last week at 92, as a reader and editor of qualities that became legendary. The world of dance has been mourning him as well. He neither performed nor choreographed, but he played a major role, often behind the scenes, in fostering American dance. He ran influential works of dance criticism as editor of The New Yorker, and he later became a dance critic himself for The New York Observer. Perhaps less widely known was the key role he played behind the scenes at New York City Ballet, where he served on the board of directors.

Persons: Robert Gottlieb, Alfred A ., Mikhail Baryshnikov, Arlene Croce, Margot Fonteyn, Lincoln Kirstein, Natalia Makarova, Paul Taylor, “, Alfred Knopf, ”, ” Gottlieb —, Bob, —, George Balanchine, Balanchine Organizations: Alfred A . Knopf, Yorker, The New York Observer, New York City Ballet, The, City Center, Ballet Society, City Ballet, Sadler’s, Ballet, Metropolitan Opera House Locations: New

☆ The head of American Eagle's logistics subsidiary is out. Read the internal memo to staff.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

American Eagle Outfitters built a logistics arm by acquiring two firms in 2021. The head of American Eagle's logistics arm Quiet Platforms is out as the outfit struggles to achieve profitability, according to an internal memo to staff obtained by Insider. Shekar Natarajan was president of Quiet Platforms until he left the company last week, according to the memo. Quiet Platforms is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Eagle Outfitters. It was built by combining fulfillment and logistics firm Quiet Logistics, which the retailer acquired in 2021 for $350 million, and a much smaller parcel logistics startup called AirTerra, acquired the same year.

☆ Trei angajaţi din Italia, arestaţi pentru falsificarea datelor privind COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-30 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Doi funcţionari din Sicilia, în sudul Italiei, şi un lucrător extern au fost arestaţi, iar consilierul pentru probleme de sănătate al guvernului regional este anchetat pentru falsificarea datelor privind pandemia de coronavirus pe care trebuiau să le comunice pentru ca autorităţile sanitare naţionale să poată lua măsurile restrictive necesare, au informat marţi Carabinierii, transmite EFE.Ordinele de arest la domiciliu au fost emise de un judecător de instrucţie al tribunalului din Trapani (Sicilia) pentru delicte de fals material şi fals intelectual pe numele directoarei generale a Departamentului de Activităţi Sanitare şi a Observatorului Epidemiologic, Maria Letizia di Liberti, funcţionarului Salvatore Cusimano şi unui angajat al companiei IT care gestionează fluxul de date, Emilio Madonia, scrie agerpres.ro În plus, sunt anchetaţi consilierul pe probleme de sănătate din regiune, Ruggero Razza, adjunctul şefului de cabinet Ferdinando Croce şi un angajat al departamentului epidemiologic, Mario Palermo.Persoanele reţinute sunt acuzate de modificarea datelor privind numărul de cazuri pozitive şi de teste care trebuie comunicate zilnic Institutului Superior al Sănătăţii, afectând astfel informaţiile pe baza cărora autorităţile naţionale decid măsurile necesare pentru stoparea propagării COVID-19.Scopul falsificării datelor era de a ascunde faptul că numărul de infectări a crescut de mai multe ori în mod îngrijorător, pentru a menţine indicele sub nivelul de alertă şi a evita astfel ca Sicilia să fie inclusă în categoria zonelor cu cele mai ample restricţii decretate de Ministerul Sănătăţii, au explicat Carabinierii.Potrivit judecătorului de instrucţie, persoanele arestate au pus în aplicare ''un plan politic pervers cu care nu pare a fi la curent preşedintele Regiunii, (Nello) Musumeci, care pur şi simplu era minţit, oferindu-i-se informaţii false''.Ancheta a fost declanşată după descoperirea faptului că un laborator din localitatea Alcamo ar fi furnizat date falsificate în legătură cu zeci de probe care în realitate erau pozitive, dar care fuseseră comunicate mai departe ca fiind negative.Potrivit procurorilor care anchetează cazurile de acest fel, începând din luna noiembrie a anului trecut s-au înregistrat aproape 40 de episoade de comunicări false.

Persons: Maria Letizia di, Salvatore Cusimano, Emilio Madonia, Ferdinando Croce, Mario Palermo.Persoanele Organizations: IT Locations: Sicilia, Italiei, Trapani, Maria Letizia di Liberti, Alcamo

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