![]() ![]() ![]() His eye-opening reporting on the company’s inaccurate, voided, or corrected test results, as well as the loss of major retail partnerships with Walgreens and Safeway, knocked Theranos off the tech radar and left it irreversibly devastated. While raising $9 billion through a series of aggressive (and falsified) claims and dozens of private investors, the company’s spiking net worth caught Carreyrou’s attention a few years ago. Founded in 2003, when Holmes was just 19, the company’s claim to “fame” was its revolutionary blood-testing system, which touted the detection of everything from high cholesterol to hepatitis C to cancer using only one drop of blood. ![]() A deep investigative report on the sensationalistic downfall of multibillion-dollar Silicon Valley biotech startup Theranos.īasing his findings on hundreds of interviews with people inside and outside the company, two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning Wall Street Journal reporter Carreyrou rigorously examines the seamy details behind the demise of Theranos and its creator, Elizabeth Holmes. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Both Elizabeth and the company’s COO are currently facing serious jail time for wire fraud. In also covers the war Theranos waged as the walls slowly started closing in on their fraud. While a number of articles have profiled the big issues - they were lying, duh - Bad Blood does a deep dive into the company’s culture and the thousand small decisions that preceded Theranos’ downfall. It’s a saga that ensnared a range of tech, legal, political and other industry leaders such as Henry Kissinger, Rupert Murdoch, and our current Secretary of Defense John Mattis. Over the course of a decade, it ballooned to a valuation of almost $10 billion, but within a few short years was defunct once it became clear their technology was not what they claimed. ![]() It claimed to offer faster, cheaper blood tests from just a pinprick of blood ( see their demonstration on YouTube), as opposed to traditional methods which require needles, lab equipment and technicians. For the Detailed Chapter-By-Chapter Summary, click here or scroll all the way down.īad Blood covers the fall of Theranos, a startup that was founded by Stanford drop-out Elizabeth Holmes when she was nineteen. ![]() ![]() ![]() For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. “Being in a K-pop group with a K-pop song charting in the UK charts is very hard, that’s what we’ve heard,” says Fifty Fifty member Aran. Cupid eschews the genre-clashing chaos of many K-pop hits to focus on a nostalgic sound – sweet but sardonic pop reminiscent of hits by Ariana Grande and Doja Cat, buoyed by the band’s harmonies, a rap by member Keena and, naturally, a massive key change. ![]() With their song Cupid set to climb from No 18 to break the Top 10 this week, the quartet are only the second K-pop girl group after Blackpink to break into the Top 40, despite debuting just six months ago. But the reality is hit K-pop songs are rare here, seldom breaking the singles chart – which makes the current Top 20 success of Fifty Fifty all the more unusual. ![]() K -pop often appears to be thriving in the UK: prior to their hiatus, BTS had back-to-back No 1 albums and acts such as boyband Ateez fill arenas, while girl group Blackpink are gearing up to headline a vast outdoor show in Hyde Park this summer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mouse” and “Henry and Ribsy,” which was among the many she wrote based on the children she knew growing up in her Portland, Ore. Her more than 40 books included “The Mouse and the Motorcycle,” “Ralph S. BXywlKTSacĪ 10-part TV series, “Ramona,” based on her most enduring character, the rambunctious Ramona Quimby, starred Sarah Polley in 1988, while “ Ramona and Beezus” was made into a 2010 movie starring Joey King and Selena Gomez.Ĭleary sold more than 90 million books, putting her in the wildly popular ranks of authors like J.K. We are saddened to share that cherished children's book author Beverly Cleary passed away yesterday, March 25, at 104 years old. Her publisher HarperCollins tweeted that she died on Thursday. ![]() Beverly Cleary, who contemporized children’s literature with books like “Ramona the Pest” and “Henry and Beezus” and become one of the best-selling children’s authors of all time, died Thursday. ![]() ![]() In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession. In "A Temporary Matter," published in The New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. Sen's is on the adaptation of an immigrant to the U.S., and in the title story an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors ![]() The story, A Temporary Matter, is on mixed marriage, Mrs. Stories about Indians in India and America. Sen's - This blessed house - The treatment of Bibi Haldar - The third and final continent Pirzada came to dine - Interpreter of maladies - A real durwan - Sexy - Mrs. ![]() ![]() ![]() I cranked the door's latch to bolt it tight. ![]() The water definitely wanted me to let it in. I found the floor and shoved the deckhouse hatch shut. We tilted over so far I fell against the wall while our port side slapped the churning sea.īut The Lost righted itself instead, the ship tossing and bucking like a very angry beached whale. Suddenly, a giant sledgehammer of salt water slammed into our starboard side and sent the ship tipping wildly to the left. Tommy had already headed down to the engine room to help with the bilge pumps. When I reached the deckhouse, I grabbed onto a handhold and swung myself around and through the door. He gave me a gentle shove to propel me up the tilting deck. "You can help me more by staying alive and not letting The Lost go under. "Time to head downstairs, Bick!" my dad shouted in the raging storm as rain slashed across his face. I might've gone overboard if my dad hadn't reached down and grabbed me a half second before I became shark bait. I slid across the slick deck like a hockey puck on ice. Just then, a monster wave lurched over the starboard side of the ship and swept me off my feet. Tommy grabbed hold of whatever he could to steady himself and made his way down into the deckhouse cabin. He looped a bungee cord through the wheel's wooden spokes to keep us headed in that direction. Tommy yanked the wheel hard and pointed our bow downwind. ![]() ![]() His commitment to Christ is unshakable, his clear teaching is inspiring, and his leadership is desperately needed. Graham separates fact from fiction and demonstrates that the main role of angels isn't to draw attention to themselves, but to point us toward Christ.***"I consider Jack Graham to be a key voice for the church in these turbulent days. It's important for Christians to understand what angels really are.Pastor Jack Graham walks you through Scripture, revealing the truth about angels and what they offer us: encouragement, counsel, confirmation of God's will, strength, protection, wisdom, companionship, and more. Do we become angels when we die? Are angels always hovering nearby, on guard to protect us from danger? Can we talk to them? Many of our ideas about angels come from the media, which is more interested in ratings and ticket sales than truth. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Truth About AngelsMyths about angels are everywhere. ![]() ![]() As fate has it, she faces problems like every other teenage girl yet ends up finding imprudent ways to get out of it. She loves Willow every inch, broken or intact. That is why she finds herself stuck in a complete chaos when she finds that providing the best care for Willow might mean suing her Obstetrician, who happens to be Charlotte’s only best friend.Īmelia O’Keefe, a caring big sister, fights her own battles. She is beautiful, smart, loveable and has OI (Osteogenesis Imperfectia). Willow is the most adorable 5 year old I’ve come across, even if she happens to be fictional.Ĭharlotte O’Keefe, who manages every crisis that hits her daughter with all her courage, wants only the best for her daughter. Willow is perfect, except for her brittle bones which breaks on nothing more than a sneeze. ![]() Willow O’Keefe, a tiny little girl whose precious life brightened all the people around her becomes the centre of a debate to determine if one’s life is really worth living. ![]() ![]() ‘Handle with Care’ -when you pick this book you are in for an ultimate experience in life. Sometimes when you pick a good book which connects with you, you wish for it to never end. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Parini Shroff’s The Bandit Queens is a razor-sharp debut of humor and heart that readers won’t soon forget. The Bandit Queens: A Novel Audible Audiobook Unabridged Parini Shroff (Author), Soneela Nankani (Narrator), & 1 more 1,074 ratings Editors' pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. ![]() In darkly irreverent and fresh prose, this unforgettable feminist revenge thriller acknowledges the unfortunate status quo for women everywhere, and shows that female connections and friendships are what will carry us through the darkness and absurdity of life. The Bandit Queens is tender, unpredictable, and brimming with laugh-out-loud moments.Téa Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife. Not wanting to reveal the truth, Geeta reluctantly agrees, but this one small murderous favour sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything-and not just for Geeta, but for Saloni, and Farah, and all the women in their village. Farah's husband, Samir, is an abusive drunk and she's ready to be rid of him, so she asks Geeta for help, appealing to her expertise. But that all changes when another member of the group approaches Geeta with a problem of her own. She's an outcast in her town, estranged from her childhood best friend, Saloni, and from the rest of the women in her microloan group. In rural India, Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband-but she hasn't wasted too much time trying to correct the record, because as a single woman her new reputation has been the one thing keeping her safe all these years. In rural India, an isolated woman falsely accused of killing her vanished husband becomes an unwilling consultant to other aspiring widows. ![]() ![]() days after Paramount confirmed the series will end ![]() Yellowstone actor Luke Grimes enjoys a beach day with his wife Bianca in Hawaii. after joking about 'picking out a husband' at F1 I just kept my head down and got on with it.'Įmily Ratajkowski enjoys a beach day in Miami with her son Sly. The fame side was tough to cope with at that age. 'My last episode I think got something like 25million viewers. It was before social media, the last kind of golden era of TV. Speaking about his meteoric rise to fame, he told Lorraine: 'Yeah, no one can prepare you for it. ![]() Speaking on Lorraine last summer, Jack said 'no one can prepare you for it' and that he 'just kept his head down and got on with it'. The update comes after the EastEnders heartthrob admitted that fame at a young age was 'tough to cope with' as he reflected on his career. He welcomed a daughter with his long-term partner, Ella, in 2021 and he splits his time between London and France. ![]() 'I’m off to collect my baby girl and spend the weekend watching Button Moon and being jumped on! Have a great one guys!'Īfter his departure from the soap Jack married Kym Marsh ini August 2002, they divorced in 2008. Throwing up a peace sign for the camera, he captioned: 'Now, enough of all this acting talk and mentoring business. Changes: Jack, now 41, has transformed his image since his last Walford scenes, which saw his character tragically killed in a car accident in December 2002 ![]() |