Tag: Woman

Runner Jasmin Paris who has become first woman in history to finish 100-mile Barkely Marathons has a PhD, two children and is a qualified vet (and she ran 8km the day she gave birth!)

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Jane Austen’s Mr Darcy famously said that an accomplished woman must have a ‘thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing and modern languages’ to truly earn this title.

However Pride & Prejudice’s romantic lead may have granted an exception to ultramarathon runner Jasmin Paris.

Over the weekend, the mother-of-two, 40, from the Peak District, became the first woman in history to complete the 100-mile Barkley Marathons race in Tennessee.

Jasmin’s remarkable achievement was sealed with a finish time of 59

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Dark side of silent meditation retreat loved by Silicon Valley moguls: Woman, 22, took her own life while others suffer psychotic breaks after 11- hour sessions at wellness camp that’s like a ‘voluntary prison sentence’

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A mother has expressed her heartache after her 22-year-old daughter killed herself during an intense meditation retreat.

Nathalie, from Ontario, Canada, told the Financial Times’ podcast, The Retreat, how her daughter Jaqui checked into a 10-day Goenka retreat in Merritt – but the ‘free spirit’ left early and took her own life.

The podcast examines the world of the Goenka network, which promotes a type of intensive meditation known as Vipassana, which sees people meditate for 10 to 11 hours

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Illinois woman who vomited so violently after using Ozempic that she tore her ESOPHAGUS joins huge legal fight against maker of blockbuster weight loss drug – as Novo Nordisk braces for up to 10,000 lawsuits

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A woman who vomited so much after using Ozempic that she suffered a torn esophagus has joined a growing legal campaign with thousands of patients who claim the blockbuster drug caused horrendous side-effects.

Dina Fioretti, 60, from Illinois, has sued Novo Nordisk over claims Ozempic triggered extreme vomiting, pain and a blocked bowel. Her complaint alleges she developed a Mallory-Weiss tear, the medical term for a torn esophagus, because of the vomiting and spent a week in hospital.

Fioretti’s complaint,

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My dream of motherhood has been snatched away from me: Agony of woman in her 40s whose embryos may have been destroyed by ‘fault’ in freezing process at top NHS fertility clinic

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A woman desperate to have a baby fears she’s missed her final chance to become a mother after being told that her embryos might have been destroyed by a fault with the freezing process at a prestigious NHS fertility clinic.

The woman in her 40s, who wanted to remain anonymous, is one of the 136 caught up in the scare at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust in London.

All the affected women were heartbreakingly told their embryos and eggs

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Woman, 54, who suffered from horrific car accident that left her ‘nearly immobilized’ travels to 92 COUNTRIES after making 50th birthday vow following her miraculous recovery

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A woman who left ‘nearly immobilized’ in a car accident nearly two decades ago has reinvented herself as a travel content creator and TV host, visiting 92 countries to date – and counting.

Pamela Holt, 54, has forged an identity as a self-described solo traveler – imagining ‘solo’ as an acronym for ‘seeking out life’s opportunities.’

But opening her mind to the possibility of endless adventure only followed a cataclysmic upheaval in her life. 

In her mid-30s, the SoCal native

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Harvard kürt Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year zur Oscar-nominierten Schauspielerin

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Annette Bening, eine zweifache Golden-Globe-Gewinnerin, die kürzlich ihre fünfte Oscar-Nominierung erhielt, wurde am Dienstag im Rahmen der Feierlichkeiten zu Ehren ihrer Auszeichnung als Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2024 Woman of the Year der Harvard University mit einer lauten Parade voller farbenfroher Kostüme und Drag-Darsteller gefeiert.

Ein paar Stunden später ertrug Benning einen Promi-Braten, bevor er einer Aufführung der 175. Produktion der Hasty Pudding Theatricals, „Heist Heist Baby“, beiwohnte.

Sie schloss sich einer Gruppe von Synchronschwimmern auf der Bühne an und machte

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‘Every middle-aged woman in the country was astonished’: Journalists criticise Lancashire police for revealing Nicola Bulley’s menopause and alcohol struggles as documentary marks one year since tragedy

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Detectives and journalists slammed Lancashire Police for its controversial statement revealing that Nicola Bulley had ‘suffered with some significant issues with alcohol which were brought on by her ongoing struggles with the menopause’ in a new documentary about the tragic case, one year after she initially disappeared.

Nicola Bulley: The Disappearance That Gripped Britain – which is airing on Channel 5 on February 2, at 9pm – spoke to crime experts who admitted they were baffled by the move. 

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„Ferrari“, „The Woman in the Wall“ und mehr gibt es jetzt zu sehen

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Willkommen bei Screen Gab, dem Newsletter für alle, die bei „Ferrari“ geschlafen haben.

Wie der Autor Mark Olsen im Catch Up dieser Woche erklärt, wurde Michael Manns neuester Film über den italienischen Autohersteller Enzo Ferrari so missverstanden, dass er komplett aus dem Oscar-Rennen ausgeschlossen wurde – und jetzt, da er auf VOD läuft, haben die Zuschauer eine weitere Chance, ihn zu entdecken seine gut geölten Maschinen.

Ebenfalls in Screen Gab Nr. 115 kommt Alberto Guerra von „Griselda“ vorbei, um seine

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