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☆ With ‘Endurance,’ an Oscar-winning duo meet their toughest subject to date
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Jimmy Chin has done many memorable things in his time, but the adventure athlete and Oscar-winning filmmaker is still more used to documenting big stories than becoming the story itself. (credit: Jimmy Chin) Jimmy Chin/National Geographic/PA Media“It was like finding a needle in a thousand haystacks,” Chin added. They, along with Natalie Hewit, directed “Endurance,” a thrilling retelling of the discovery of the lost ship Endurance. CNN: Why do you think Shackleton remains such an enduring figure of fascination and inspiration? Chin: I think there’s some consensus that this is one of the greatest stories of survival ever told.

Persons: Jimmy Chin, “, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Chin, George Mallory, Andrew “ Sandy ” Irvine, Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, –, ‘ A.C, ’ ”, ” Chin, Vasarhelyi, Natalie Hewit, Ernest Shackleton, Frank Hurley, Shackleton, it’s, that’s, Hurley, they’ve, we’ve, Jimmy –, they’re, Jimmy, Doug, Kris Tompkins, Alex Honnold, I’ve, Alex, He’s Organizations: CNN, British, Endurance, British Film Institute, Geographic, Disney Locations: Mallory’s, Irvine, Everest, Weddell, Lansing, Dominican Republic, Shackleton, Chile, Patagonia

☆ Shackleton’s Endurance: Incredible new details of sunken ship revealed in 3D scan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A new 3D scan has revealed previously unseen details of the wreck of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance, which was found in 2022 – more than a century after the ship sank. A boot believed to have possibly been worn by Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command, can be seen. Falklands Maritime Heritage TrustThe 3D images have been released as part of a new documentary film “Endurance,” which will premiere at the London Film Festival on Saturday before being released in UK cinemas from Monday and on Disney+ later in the year. It tells the story of Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage, as well as that of the expedition that discovered the wreck of the Endurance in 2022. The crew of the Endurance eating a meal on board, four months before they were forced to abandon ship.

Persons: Ernest Shackleton’s HMS, Frank Wild, Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Natalie Hewit, Frank Hurley, Shackleton, ”, Donald Lamont, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, CNN’s Barry Neild, Lilit Marcus Organizations: CNN, Maritime Heritage, London, Disney, National Geographic, RGS, Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Locations: Weddell, Antarctica, South Georgia

☆ What two assassination attempts in two violent elections in the 1870s warn about today
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Dana Bash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The Civil War was over, and Black men were legally allowed to vote and helped Republicans win in 1870. Two years later, Louisiana Democrats were determined to take back the state by preventing Black men from voting through intimidation and voter suppression. On Easter Sunday morning, White supremacists stormed the building and went on a killing spree, brutally murdering some 150 Black men. Another disputed election, more political violenceAs for the gubernatorial election dispute in 1872, it happened again in 1876. And while violence should never be the answer, it has occurred more than any of us would want to admit.

Persons: William Pitt Kellogg, Charles R, Railey, “, scoundrel, ” Railey, Kellogg, David Fisher, Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, James A, Garfield, William McKinley, John F, Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S, Truman, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, John D, McEnery, McEnery’s, ”, wasn’t, White supremacists, Stephen Packard, Francis T, Nicholls, Packard, Ulysses S, Grant, William Weldon, Frank Hudson, Weldon, ” Packard, Jim Crow Organizations: CNN, Louisiana Gov, American, Republican, Black, Republicans, Louisiana Democrats, Blacks, The White League, Philadelphia Press Locations: Louisiana, New Orleans, Colfax, Grant Parish , Louisiana, Washington

☆ Willie Mays: One of baseball’s most electrifying and complete players has died at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Wayne Sterling | Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

AP From left: Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Thompson hold bats on their shoulders in Yankee Stadium in 1951. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays, then a physical training instructor at Fort Eustis, Virginia, leads soldiers through a calisthenics session on February 19, 1953. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays plays stick ball with kids in New York's Harlem neighborhood in 1954. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays makes a leaping, one-handed catch off the Los Angeles Dodgers' Duke Snider on August 15, 1954. JR/AP Mays, then of the San Francisco Giants, plays catch with 14-month-old Herbert Henderson, at the home of Henderson's parents, in San Francisco, California on November 14, 1957.

Persons: Willie Mays, Mays, “, Michael Mays, ” Michael Mays, ”, –, Babe Ruth, Hall, Hall of Famer Willie Mays, Robert D, Manfred, ” Manfred, ” Mays, couldn’t, wouldn’t, Negro League ballplayers, Monte Irvin, Hank Thompson, William F, Donegan, Duke Snider, Charles Hoff, Jackie Robinson, Bettmann, Frank Hurley, Joe DiMiaggio, Sid Mercer, Margherite Wendell, AP Mays, Herbert Henderson, Ernest Bennett, Pepe, San Francisco, Willie McCovey, Jon Brenneis, Ed Sullivan, Mel Ott, Hank Aaron, Joan Whitney Payson, Dan Farrell, douse Mays, Paul Sakuma, Monica M, Davey, John G, Mabanglo, San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds, of Famer Willie McCovey, Bonds, Willie, Laura Bush, George W, Bush, Chip Somodevilla, Jeff Gross, Barack Obama, Louis, Pete Souza, Jon Miller, Ezra Shaw, Nicholas Kamm, Gabrielle Lurie, ’ Mays, Vic Wertz, ” San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Breed, ’, Peter Ueberroth, Leo Durocher, ” Obama, “ Willie, Gavin Newsom, ” Newsom, Emma Tucker, Elizabeth Joseph, Taylor Romine Organizations: CNN, of Famer, San Francisco Giants, Giants, Major League Baseball, New York Giants, National League, Hall of Famer, MLB, Negro League statistics, Negro American, Birmingham Black Barons, San Francisco Chronicle, Juneteenth, Negro Leagues, Black Barons, Louis Cardinals, Negro League, Gloves, Bettmann, American, Minneapolis Millers, Minnesota Historical Society, AP, Yankee, The New York Giants, Army, Major League, Los Angeles Dodgers, NY, Mays ' New York Giants, Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Baseball Writers, JR, San, Candlestick Park, CBS, Getty, Astrodome, Mays, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Mets, Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, National League East, AP Mays, Candlestick, San Fransisco Giants, Park, Willie Mays Plaza, Bell Park, White, Little League's Challenger Division, T, Air Force, London Breed, Hall, Polo, New York, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, Franciscan, ” San Francisco Mayor London, of Fame, Baseball Hall of Fame, Baseball Locations: Birmingham , Alabama, Birmingham, American, New York, Omaha , Nebraska, Camp Kilmer , New Jersey, Fort Eustis , Virginia, Phoenix , Arizona, New, Harlem, Mays ', NY, East Elmhurst , New York, San Francisco , California, San Francisco, Candlestick, Houston , Texas, New York City, Chicago , Illinois, AFP, Washington , DC, St, Washington ,, California

☆ India wants to be a global chip powerhouse in 5 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | In Charmainemariajacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

India wants to be among the world's top five semiconductor producers in the next five years, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of electronics and information technology, railways and communications. The chip industry "is a very complex market, and global value chains and global supply chains are extremely complex in the current context," Vaishnaw said on CNBC's Street Signs Asia on Friday. As of December, Taiwan holds about 46% of global semiconductor foundry capacity, followed by China (26%), South Korea (12%), the U.S. (6%) and Japan (2%), according to market intelligence firm TrendForce. I call it 'trust shoring' because there is a global trust in India," Vaishnaw said. "A lot of our chips are designed in India, and that presence in India is also creating opportunities for a number of Indian companies."

Persons: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Vaishnaw, Narendra Modi, Frank Huang, Rajeev Chandrasekhar Organizations: Qualcomm, CNBC, Tata Electronics, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, PSMC, Economic Times Locations: India, Taiwan, China, South Korea, U.S, Japan, Chennai

☆ Does Eating Yogurt Reduce Your Diabetes Risk?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Alice Callahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nonfat or full-fat, flavored or plain, probiotic or natural — yogurt is already peppered with labels. But you may soon see a new claim on your container: This month, the Food and Drug Administration announced it will allow yogurt makers to say their products may prevent Type 2 diabetes. said it has found “limited scientific evidence” that consuming yogurt may reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. The agency’s decision came in response to a petition submitted on behalf of Danone North America, which makes yogurts sold under brands including Activia, Dannon and Oikos. Yogurt can be a nutrient-rich food and part of a healthy diet, and there is some evidence to suggest that people who eat it regularly have a lower risk of Type 2 diabetes, said Dr. Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T.H.

Persons: Frank Hu, ”, Bonnie Liebman Organizations: Food and Drug Administration, Danone North, Harvard, of Public Health, Center for Science Locations: Danone North America, Chan

☆ One identical twin went vegan while the other didn’t. See what happened
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

A vegan diet differs from a vegetarian diet in that it eliminates not only animal flesh but dairy, eggs or any other ingredient derived from animals. In each pair, one twin was assigned a vegan diet, while the other was assigned an omnivore diet. “I feel like a lot of people who do a vegan diet think ‘Oh great, soda is vegan. Cutting back on eating meat and animal byproducts can be done slowly, bit by bit. Harvard’s Hu agreed: “While this study showed a vegan diet may provide additional advantages compared to a healthy omnivorous diet, it does not mean that everyone should become a vegan or vegetarian.

Persons: ”, Christopher Gardner, Gardner, “, ” Alice Lichtenstein, Frank Hu, ” Hu, ” Gardner, “ I’m, quinoa, there’s, Harvard’s Hu Organizations: CNN, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Nutrition Studies Research, Stanford, Tufts University’s Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, Harvard, of Public Health, JAMA Locations: Palo Alto , California, Chan, Boston, Brussels, Yukon

☆ Taiwan's Powerchip chooses northern Japan for planned $5.4 bln fab
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Sam Nussey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp's Japanese business in pictured in Tokyo, Japan July 21 2023. "Japan has to have its own supply chain," Powerchip founder and Chairman Frank Huang told reporters. Powerchip said it aimed to manufacture micro-controllers and power chips, which are needed for power management in electric vehicles, along with chips for artificial intelligence. The second phase, planned for two years later, aims to introduce 28-nanometre technology with targeted monthly output of 40,000 wafers. They aim to cut costs by making reference to plans for a Powerchip fab being built in Taiwan, and discussions are already taking place with construction firms.

Persons: Sam Nussey, Taiwan's TSMC, Frank Huang, Powerchip, David Dolan, Jamie Freed Organizations: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing, REUTERS, Rights, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, SBI Holdings, Reuters, Powerchip, SBI, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Miyagi, Taiwan, Sendai, Hokkaido, Kyushu, chipmaking

☆ SBI Holdings to help Taiwan's Powerchip build a plant in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Financial firm SBI Holdings (8473.T) said on Wednesday it would help Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (6770.TW) establish a factory in Japan as the country looks to revive its chip industry. "This is the best possible time to enter chip manufacturing," Kitao said at a joint press conference with the Taiwanese company's chairman, Frank Huang. Powerchip is currently looking at three or four potential sites and manufacturing could begin two years after construction starts, Kitao added. Japan is also funding a homegrown venture, Rapidus, which says it plans to produce advanced logic chips from the middle of the decade with help from IBM Corp (IBM.N). Powerchip provides contract manufacturing services for logic and memory chips for power management to customers including MediaTek Inc (2454.TW), Taiwan's largest designer of mobile phone chips.

Persons: Yoshitaka Kitao, Kitao, Frank Huang, Powerchip, Miho Uranaka, Tim Kelly, Christopher Cushing, Jamie Freed, Louise Heavens Organizations: Financial, SBI Holdings, Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, SBI, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Sony Group, Denso Corp, Kioxia Corp, Western Digital Corp, chipmaker Micron Technology, IBM Corp, MediaTek Inc, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Japan, Kumamoto prefecture, Hiroshima

☆ Do You Know How to Spot Foods That Are Ultraprocessed?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sally Wadyka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Do You Know How to Spot Foods That Are Ultraprocessed? Years of research has linked diets high in ultraprocessed foods with a higher risk of illness, including obesity, cancer and heart disease. More recently, it’s become apparent that these foods can take a toll on our mental health, too. Learning to identify ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, is a step toward making your diet healthier. Think you know which foods are ultraprocessed or not?

☆ Freddie Roman, Catskills comedy scene staple and former Friars Club dean, dies at 85
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Comedian Freddie Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a staple of the Catskills comedy scene, has died. Roman died Saturday afternoon at Bethesda Hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida, his booking agent and friend Alison Chaplin said Sunday. His uncle and grandfather owned the Crystal Spring Hotel in the Catskills, where Roman started emceeing at age 15. In “Catskills on Broadway,” Roman commented about everything from his childhood in Queens to his “retirement life” in Florida. He was also made Dean of the New York City Friars Club, where he mentored many aspiring comedians and infused the private club with young talent.

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