6/12/2023 0 Comments Bad blood john carreyrou![]() ![]() By early 2017, the company's value was zero and Holmes faced potential legal action from the government and her investors. ![]() Undaunted, the newspaper ran the first of dozens of Theranos articles in late 2015. ![]() When Carreyrou, working at The Wall Street Journal, got a tip from a former Theranos employee and started asking questions, both Carreyrou and the Journal were threatened with lawsuits. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.įor years, Holmes had been misleading investors, FDA officials, and her own employees. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier. The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers. ![]()
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6/12/2023 0 Comments Gandhiji's ashram![]() ![]() This is a daily reality for Indians, and it was interesting to spend hours watching locals also pass the time with newspapers, kids, and snacks.īut basically, what I’m saying is that the day, the country, and the entire “India”-ness of it all tested us. I had left that morning unprepared for such a long train ride-it took many hours longer than the direct one-and we were squished face-to-butt in the cabin. ![]() It’s more that it wasn’t our choice, we had paid for different seats on a different train. Immersion is the whole point - I want to understand the cultural nuances and facets. ![]() To be fair, the train ride was really not as bad as I am making it sound. We were stared at heaps throughout the ride, and even touched by other commuters.not inappropriately, just more in our personal space and some of the women would reach out and stroke our skin or hair. The train ride assaulted our senses and gave us a crash course on getting to know India. We were told foreigners usually spring for a different section, but we got had by a ticket agent in Mumbai. ![]() My cousin and I arrived in Ahmedabad exhausted from the constant jostling of nine hours in the commuter section of the train-big whoops on booking that seat through a middleman! I like to think that I have both a great sense of humor, and a fair amount of tolerance. India is testing those two qualities at every opportunity. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Illuminae by amie kaufman![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The fate of everyone on the Hypatia - and possibly in the known universe - is in their hands.īut relax. Soon, Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival. But alien predators are picking off the crew one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum may be ripped in two before dinner. When an elite BeiTech team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But while they are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed to Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion. Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter, Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. The saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the space station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of BeiTech’s assault. Nobody said it might actually get her killed. Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. The exhilarating sequel to the New York Times bestselling and award-winning Illuminae. ![]() 6/12/2023 0 Comments Fire & Frost by Amy Quinton![]() ![]() ![]() EPA will not use the data on this map to make regulatory decisions.If there is a wildfire in your area, please stay tuned to local authorities for the latest information on fire and smoke safety.The data on the AirNow Fire and Smoke Map are intended to help individuals make decisions to protect their health during fires.The EPA and USFS will update the map layers several times during year, as we respond to feedback and work to improve the map. While these sensors don’t meet the rigorous standards required for regulatory monitors, they can help you get a picture of air quality nearest you especially when wildfire smoke is in your area. Fire and Smoke Map: The EPA and USFS have created this map to test new data layers of use during fire and smoke events, including air quality data from low-cost sensors. ![]() ![]() ![]() It had little caption: Millicent Patrick, designer and artist. I had never seen a woman working behind the scenes in a movie-especially a monster movie. I went online and was looking all the behind-the-scenes stuff and trivia, and I saw a picture of a woman working on the creature suit. I loved it, and in my nerdy teenage ways I had to know everything about this movie because that’s what you do when you’re a nerdy teenager. ![]() And then I finally got to Creature from the Black Lagoon. I watched Frankenstein, Wolf Man, and all those movies, by myself. Mallory O’Meara: When I was a teenager-I was the only one in my family who likes monster stuff-so I had to teach myself. How did you find out about Millicent and when did you start writing this book? Rider Strong: Lady from the Black Lagoon is built around a really cool fact that I don’t think a lot of people know, which is that perhaps the most famous holiday creature of all time-the creature from the Black Lagoon-was designed by a woman. Bonus conversation about Kill the Next One by Federico Axat, O’Meara’s pick for our book club discussion. This week, the Literary Disco trio talked with Mallory O’Meara about her new book, The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Millicent Patrick, the true story of Disney’s first female animators and the only woman in history to create one of Hollywood’s classic movie monsters. ![]() ![]() Missing his family, Michael return Michael Jack Antcliffe was born May 13th 1975 in the old McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Michael moved back into the city in time to attend Sir Winston Churchill High School and continued his education at the University of Manitoba, where he stayed and worked as a Youth Care Worker at Jessie Home Inc., for five years following the completion of university. He enjoyed a childhood that inspired a love of nature and the outdoors. The youngest of three children (siblings Christopher and Jennifer) in a working- class family, Michael spent his early years raised by his parents, Alan and Mary, in a country setting in the township of Scoble, a short distance southeast of the city of Thunder Bay. ![]() ![]() Michael Jack Antcliffe was born May 13th 1975 in the old McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. ![]() 6/11/2023 0 Comments Please look after mom book![]() ![]() If you have ever been a daughter, a son, a husband or a mother, Please Look After Mom is a revelation - one that will bring tears to your eyes. This is a mystery of one mother that reveals itself to be the mystery of all our mothers: about her triumphs and disappointments and about who she is on her own terms, separate from who she is to her family. Told by the alternating voices of Mom's daughter, son, her husband and, in the shattering conclusion, by Mom herself, the novel pieces together, Rashomon-style, a life that appears ordinary but is anything but. Soon a larger question emerges: do they really know the woman they called Mom? ![]() As they argue over the "Missing" flyers they are posting throughout the city - how large of a reward to offer, the best way to phrase the text - they realize that none of them have a recent photograph of Mom. ![]() When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, and vanishes, their children are consumed with loud recriminations, and are awash in sorrow and guilt. You will never think of your mother the same way after you read this book.Īlready an international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author's native Korea, Please Look After Mom is a stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their missing mother - and their discovery of the desires, heartaches and secrets they never realized she harbored within. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell![]() ![]() ![]() Gladwell uses the Beatles and Bill Gates as two examples of this phenomenon. Researchers concluded that 10,000 hours is the minimum amount necessary for reaching the top level in any field. The author presents a study of musicians that concluded total practice time from when someone began playing an instrument was the sole difference between elite players and the others. This advantage leads them to progress faster, which leads to moving up the ranks.Ĭhapter 2 introduces the idea of the “10,000-hour rule” as necessary to success. The key element in their success is an early birth date, ensuring that as children they will be that much more physically developed in their age class. Chapter 1 illustrates this by examining hockey stars in Canada. This goes against the commonly-held romantic notion of individual success through innate genius and hard work. His argument is that it takes many factors to create such a person, including family and cultural background as well as random circumstances. Gladwell presents his main theme in the Introduction: outliers, or people who fall outside of what is often considered typical due to their extraordinary success. ![]() 6/10/2023 0 Comments Horror Mansion by J.N. Williamson![]() ![]() ![]() He was also a well known Sherlockian and received his investiture (The Illustrious Client) in the Baker Street Irregulars in 1950. Some of his novels include The Ritual (1979), Playmates (1982), Noonspell (1991), The Haunt (1999), among others. ![]() Williamson edited the popular anthology series, Masques. Many important writers in the genre contributed to the book. Curse breakers horror mansion android, Save the world extended mix soundcloud music. He edited the critically acclaimed How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (1987) which covered the themes of such writing and cited the writings of such writers as Robert Bloch, Lee Prosser, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, H. In 2003 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Horror Writers of America. ![]() He published his first novel in 1979 and went on to publish more than 40 novels and 150 short stories. He studied journalism at Butler University. He also write under the name Julian Shock.īorn in Indianapolis, IN he graduated from Shortridge High School. Gerald Neal Williamson (ApDecember 8, 2005) wrote and edited horror stories under the name J. Williamson 3.24 50 ratings11 reviews Number 1129 Ridge Avenue - in the winter of 1871, Civil War profiteer Charles Wright Congelier, his wife Lyda and their young servant, Essie moved into the mansion after they bought it for a song. A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction.200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001. ![]() ![]() When Mulan receives word that her mother has been accused of practicing witchcraft through her healing herbs and skills, Mulan’s only thought is of defending her. But battle is a dangerous place where anything can happen-and usually does. When Wolfgang discovers his former rival and reluctant friend Mikolai is actually a girl, he is determined to protect her. ![]() or showing Wolfgang up in embarrassing ways. When they arrive, Wolfgang is exasperated by the young soldier Mikolai who seems to either always be one step away from disaster. A reimagining of the classic Mulan tale in medieval Europe, where both love and war challenge even the strongest of. Wolfgang and his brother Steffan leave Hagenheim with several other soldiers to help their father’s ally in Poland. At the last minute, she pretends to be the son her father never had, assumes his duties as a soldier, and rides off to join the fight to protect the castle of her liege lord’s ally from the besieging Teutonic Knights. Mulan is trying to resign herself to marrying the village butcher for the good of her family, but her adventurous spirit just can’t stand the thought. But what happens when the handsome son of a duke discovers her secret? ![]() ![]() Mulan isn’t afraid to pretend to be a son and assume her father’s soldier duties in war. ![]() From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson comes a fresh reimagining of the classic Mulan tale. ![]() |