This time of year is always difficult for those who have lost a loved one, but for Melissa Mead and her husband Paul it is agonisingly so.
For it was in December 2014, with Christmas just days away, that their one-year-old son William – their firstborn and longed-for baby – died from sepsis after a catalogue of errors, misdiagnoses and missed opportunities to save him. As a result of the trauma Melissa and her husband were subsequently diagnosed with PTSD.
My father and mother met in the winter of 1976. I’ve seen photos. There they are, looking as young and untroubled as any two high-school students on a Friday-night date. Not yet parents, not yet weighed down with the responsibility of caring for four children, both are smiling, my father standing behind my mother, who sits on a stool with her head nestled into his chest.
My parents were introduced by my father’s cousin Larry, whose easy smile and
I used to say how lucky I was to have such a wonderful family life — as if acknowledging my luck would keep bad things away. It didn’t work.
Two years ago my daughter Martha died needlessly in hospital a few days before her 14th birthday.
She was a teen with an easy laugh and many enthusiasms — for music, food, books.
She could do many things better than my husband or me and I was in awe of her
Space is hard, as the saying goes.
As humans have endeavored to launch themselves and their machines beyond Earth, that maxim has been proven again and again. Recent attempts to touch down on the moon — a feat first accomplished nearly 60 years ago by the former Soviet Union’s robotic Luna-9 probe — have been particularly fraught with failure.
But on August 23, an Indian spacecraft, for the first time, successfully landed on the surface of the moon.
The carmaker’s stock plunged 21 percent after it announced in March 2021 that it would not achieve the anticipated revenue, the SEC said.
The regulator also alleged that Kranz failed to disclose more than $900,000 in compensation he received from two Canoo investors in October 2020 to stay with the company.
Attorneys representing Kranz and Balciunas in a shareholder lawsuit over the revenue projections did not immediately reply to requests for comment. A spokesperson for the company did not immediately
DeSantis unveiled an economic plan Monday that calls for simplifying the tax code, reining in spending, taking on China, and reversing regulations.
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Sweden erred by accepting too many immigrants, regardless of economic demand, who were forced by NIMBYism into ethnically segregated enclaves.
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Thousands of unhappy Wizz Air customers are set for refunds after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has acted on complaints from passengers over compensation claims.
The regulator has forced the budget airline into
After a long, difficult labour, Claire Keer was exhausted but also full of anticipation, waiting to hear her newborn’s cry. But there was only the rhythmic bleep of medical machinery and the rustling of doctors and nurses as they cut the umbilical cord and swaddled Zach. Otherwise, silence.
‘I went into an absolute panic, thinking: ‘Why can’t I hear my baby?’ recalls Claire, who is now 41.
‘Then, to my horror, when Zach was passed to me I could see
Für jedes erfolgreiche Produkt, das auf den Markt kommt, gibt es mehrere andere, die floppen – und eine Ausstellung, die über 159 dieser gescheiterten Innovationen zeigt, wurde am Freitag in New York City eröffnet.
Das Museum of Failures in Brooklyn zeigt über 159 gescheiterte Produkte und Dienstleistungen wie Google Glass Glasses, eine Barbie-Puppe, der Brüste wachsen, und selbstzerstörende DVDs.
Gründer Samuel West sagte, er habe die Ausstellung geschaffen, um der Öffentlichkeit zu helfen, aus Fehlern zu lernen, was „ein wesentlicher
