On D-Day, June 6, 1944, paratroopers of the U.S. Military’s 82nd and a hundred and first Airborne Divisions landed between 1:30 a.m. and a couple of:30 a.m. close to and within the city of Sainte-Mere-Eglise in Normandy, France.  

Amongst them was Military Pvt. John Steele, of the 82nd, who landed on the top of a church tower, the place he hung from his parachute for about two hours earlier than being taken prisoner by the Germans.  

Steele later escaped and went on to struggle for the remainder of the warfare. 

The paratroopers determine prominently within the 1962 movie “The Longest Day,” with Steele portrayed by actor Pink Buttons, who additionally served within the Military throughout World Battle II. The movie was tailored from Cornelius Ryan’s 1959 nonfiction e-book of the identical title. Ryan interviewed Steele and others for the e-book. 

The paratroopers had flown throughout the English Channel in C-47 plane and jumped from an altitude of simply 600 ft, leaving little time to maneuver on the way in which down. Plus, darkness and heavy cloud cowl resulted in a scattered drop. 

Taking the city was of strategic significance due to its proximity to Utah Seaside, and the Allies wanted to seize it and transfer inland shortly to keep away from getting pushed again to the ocean, the place troopers in touchdown craft had come ashore. 

Steele, a Metropolis, Illinois, native, enlisted within the Military in 1941, simply days after Japan’s assault on Pearl Harbor. He was 29 on the time, significantly older than most of his fellow troopers. 

In 1943, he made battle jumps into Sicily after which Naples, Italy. 

After his bounce into Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Steele fought in Operation Market Backyard within the Netherlands, attaining the rank of employees sergeant. 

Steele survived the warfare and returned to Metropolis, however his brother was killed whereas preventing in Germany in April 1945, shortly earlier than the top of the warfare in Europe. 

In 1962, Steele attended the premier of the movie, commenting that Buttons did a superb job of portraying him. 

Steele returned to Sainte-Mere-Eglise in 1964 for a regimental reunion and was made an honorary citizen of the city. He died in 1969. 

Different paratroopers had fascinating tales, as effectively, throughout their drop into Sainte-Mere-Eglise. 

Fellow paratrooper Military Pvt. Ken Russell landed on the identical church roof as Steele, however by no means achieved the identical stage of fame. He, too, survived the warfare. 

Military Pfc. Clifford A. Maughan parachuted into the backyard of a home within the city. He was taken prisoner by a German soldier billeted in the home, who then surrendered to Maughan a short while later when U.S. troops overwhelmed the German occupiers. He, too, survived the warfare, taking part later within the invasion of the Netherlands. 

A plaque honoring Maughan and others is in entrance of the backyard and home, which is now a restaurant.

A search is beneath manner for the TV physician and newspaper columnist Michael Mosley, who went lacking after occurring a coastal stroll on the Greek island of Symi.

The 67-year-old, identified for his appearances on The One Present and This Morning, was final seen when he set off mountain climbing alongside St Nicholas seaside at 1.30pm native time (1130 BST) on Wednesday. His spouse, Dr Clare Bailey, alerted authorities after he did not return by 7.30pm, however they have been unable to find him in a single day.

A submit has been shared in an area Fb group interesting to anybody on the island of about 2,500 individuals who could have seen Mosley.

It mentioned: “A search and rescue workforce is coming from Athens with drones and different extra refined tools to increase the search.

“Have you ever seen this man? He set off to stroll again from St Nick’s at about 13.30 and did not make it residence. His pals are involved as it’s 6 hours since they final noticed him. His identify is Dr Mike Mosley and he’s a well-recognized face for a lot of British folks.”

Greek police advised the Guardian a helicopter and specifically skilled canines have been as a result of be part of what has turn into an enormous seek for Mosley on the distant Aegean isle.

“We’ve acquired each service doable on the market in search of him,” mentioned a police chief overseeing the operation who spoke on situation of anonymity. “He was formally reported lacking this morning and now there are police, firemen and volunteers concerned within the search.”

A drone was additionally getting used and the Hellenic coastguard has been instructed to patrol the island’s rugged coast. “We’re engaged on the belief that he might need been affected by the warmth, that he might need slipped and fallen maybe from a top. Proper now nothing is being dominated out.”

A senior safety official concerned within the mission mentioned the seek for the Briton had begun to resemble “a thriller”. Mosley, he mentioned, was being hosted by pals on the island “the place distances are quick”. And, but, there had been no sightings of him.

“It’s loopy, it is not sensible,” he mentioned. “How can anyone simply disappear in broad daylight, in the midst of the day? If one thing had occurred to him we might have discovered him on, or close to, the trail he was strolling alongside on his manner again to the port the place he was staying with pals. And, but, all these hours later there’s nothing.”

Rumours of a sighting close to a bus cease within the resort of Pedi have been dismissed after a CCTV digital camera was checked, one other police officer mentioned.

The search is anticipated to be additional expanded on Friday when additional squads of police arrive from Rhodes together with canines skilled by the fireplace brigade.

Mosley is a columnist for the Day by day Mail and has made various documentaries about weight loss program and train, together with the Channel 4 present Michael Mosley: Who Made Britain Fats? He was additionally a part of the BBC sequence Belief Me, I’m a Physician.

He lived with tapeworms in his guts for six weeks for the documentary Infested! Residing With Parasites on BBC 4.

Mosley can also be credited for the rising recognition of the 5:2 weight loss program, which includes fasting for 2 days per week to reduce weight. He has beforehand been named “medical journalist of the yr” by the British Medical Affiliation.

TV presenter Michael Mosley, identified for popularising the 5:2 weight loss program, has gone lacking whereas on vacation on the Greek island of Symi.

A search and rescue operation is underneath approach, together with a police canine and a drone looking out exhausting to succeed in areas.

A helicopter has been deployed from Athens to help efforts.

Greek Police mentioned Mr Mosley left his spouse on the seashore and set off on a stroll to the centre of the island on Wednesday.

His cellphone was discovered within the place he was staying along with his spouse, who reported him lacking, a police spokesperson instructed BBC Information.

The 67-year-old broadcaster is well-known for programmes together with the BBC collection Belief Me, I am A Physician and appearances on BBC’s The One Present and ITV’s This Morning.

After officers on the island have been unable to search out Mr Mosley, they requested assist from the Greek fireplace division in Athens. Firefighters arrived in Symi from close by Rhodes at 14:00 native time (12:00 BST) on Thursday.

Firefighters, volunteers and cops are in search of him alongside a police canine, whereas a drone has additionally been deployed to assist the search.

Officers are additionally looking out CCTV footage for any signal of Mr Mosley.

The rescue operation is specializing in the Pedi space of Symi after a lady noticed him there on Wednesday, the island’s deputy mayor Ilias Chaskas instructed BBC Information.

He mentioned the world is taken into account harmful, however famous the lady had seen Mr Mosley on the highway in a safer a part of Pedi.

The island’s mayor, Eleftherios Papakalodoukas, mentioned firefighters finishing up the search instructed him they believed it was “unattainable” Mr Mosley was nonetheless there.

“It’s a very small, managed space, full of individuals. So if one thing occurred to him there, we’d have discovered him by now,” he instructed BBC Information.

Mr Papakalodoukas mentioned he believed it was doubtless Mr Mosley both “adopted one other path” or had fallen into the ocean.

Senior nursing main Michaela Eberhardt needs to work with kids, so this simulation is ideal for her. Two pediatric sufferers: one six-year-old and one six-month-old. The six-year-old has recurring seizures, whereas the six-month-old is in respiratory misery as a consequence of RSV.  

Eberhardt should evaluate their medical data, decide which affected person to prioritize, deal with each and clarify to her classmates what she’d inform the youngsters’s dad and mom about ongoing care. 

It’s the perfect coaching for the actual factor. 

“Our sims actually are how it’s in the actual world,” Eberhardt says. “You need to use your essential pondering and work as a crew to determine what you’ll do subsequent.” 

Undergraduates within the Transitioning into Skilled Nursing Observe course should face a bunch of those simulations over their last semester. As a part of their sim work, these future nurses are additionally required to chart affected person information on Epic’s Lyceum instructional platform. Marquette turned Epic’s first undergraduate nursing consumer in fall 2023, permitting college students to entry well being data software program that’s thought-about business customary throughout most main well being care programs. 

Because the collaboration started, the Faculty of Nursing and Epic have labored arduous to find out one of the best ways to make use of Lyceum to reinforce simulation. 
 
“College students have entry to Epic know-how at their scientific websites, however they must cope with loads there; right here at simulation, they’ve time to mess around with the software program and get acquainted with it,” says Casey Behm, a nursing simulation teacher. 

“We’re studying proper together with Marquette; it is a true collaboration as an alternative of simply offering a product,” says Maire Jacobs, an educational designer and coach at Epic. 

College students went via the simulations with the attention that others have been observing them the entire time. Jacobs and fellow coach Claire Eckerle have been seeing how college students interacted with the well being data software program. Their classmates and sim teacher sat in a debriefing room down the corridor, watching on displays as they tended to the mannequins. 

Whereas the sensation of being watched makes some college students nervous, they settle down after they notice that simulation is a secure place to make errors.  

“Typically now we have points with the IV pumps,” Behm says. “We had a pump that was beeping as a result of the treatment was full, and several other college students turned off that complete pump quite than simply turning off the treatment and leaving the fluid drip going. For this reason we do simulations: to appropriate issues like that in a collaborative, supportive atmosphere.” 

After the simulation is full, college students are led into the debriefing room for an analysis of the train. Contributors use whiteboards with totally different coloration ink for numerous sorts of suggestions: inexperienced for issues that went nicely, crimson for issues that may be improved and blue for instructed adjustments. 

“The individuals within the classroom watch you write down all the things on the board — what you have been doing, how the affected person responded, all the things — as a result of the individuals within the sim have a tough time remembering what they simply did. It helps to evaluate all the things on the finish,” Eberhardt says. 

College students should full another step after leaving the simulation lab: log into Lyceum and document the affected person information.  
 
These future nurses are getting expertise now doing pre- and post-documentation in Epic, and as their comfort-level with Epic will increase, they may begin practising documenting in actual time throughout simulations. 

“If they’ve seen the know-how earlier than senior yr, it turns into simply one other software, not a lot totally different than studying the monitor or administering oxygen,” Jacobs says. “There’s a future the place college students have that very same familiarity with Epic via use of Lyceum.” 

The suggestions cycle between Marquette and Epic has produced insights that Epic hopes can be utilized to broaden Lyceum’s effectiveness. 

The Clark Corridor simulation laboratory solely has a number of weeks extra of use till all its provides are moved to the faculty’s new house, David A. Straz, Jr., Corridor. The constructing, which spans greater than 100,000 sq. toes, has roughly double the simulation house. This can enable extra college students to do multi-patient simulations just like the one Eberhardt and her friends accomplished. 

Because the services develop, the faculty can be hoping to construct out its use of Epic, creating synergy between bodily house and software program to permit for deeper pupil studying. 

“I can’t say sufficient nice issues concerning the Marquette Nursing program, and I’m so excited to make use of the talents I discovered right here to dive into the actual world,” Eberhardt says. 

Hollywood icon Helen Mirren, 77, has opened up about her previous relationship with fellow movie star Liam Neeson, 70. The couple had been collectively for 4 years over thirty years in the past, however the Queen actress revealed it was “not meant to be”, regardless of describing her ex as “superb”.

Discussing her penchant for making customized shirts for her boyfriends, Helen admitted: “I did make one for Liam, oddly sufficient. We beloved one another. We weren’t meant to be collectively in that manner, however we beloved one another very, very a lot.

“I like him deeply to at the present time. He is such an incredible man,” the esteemed actress shared in a earlier interview with AARP The Journal.

The previous couple have beforehand mentioned their enduring bond throughout a reunion on The Graham Norton Present. Throughout their look on the present in 2018, they appeared delighted to reminisce about their previous romance.

When host Graham, 59, probed the Collateral Magnificence star about their relationship, she did not hesitate to label herself as “fortunate” for having been in a relationship with the Oscar-nominated actor.

She enthused: “We did not date, we lived collectively for 4 years. We had been a severe merchandise for some time. Fortunate me!”

Liam chimed in: “Earlier than I met her and we labored collectively I had learn someplace that if she fancied a man she would imitate his stroll behind his again and I rotated at some point and she or he was doing that to me.”

The Taken star has candidly revealed he was “smitten” with Helen Mirren after their first encounter on the set of the 1981 movie Excalibur.

Liam reminisced: “I keep in mind being on the set and standing with Ciaran Hinds as Helen walked in the direction of us wearing her full Morgana Le Fey costume and we each went, ‘Oh f**okay’ and I used to be smitten. I believe Ciaran was too however I used to be very smitten!”

To which Helen amusingly retorted: “I by no means knew that. You have by no means informed me that earlier than, it is superb.”

Nonetheless, future had different plans for Helen, who tied the knot with American director Taylor Hackford in 1997.

The pair’s paths crossed shortly after Helen’s star-making function in The Lengthy Good Friday, resulting in an audition with Hackford for his movie White Nights.

The actress, who scooped an Academy Award for her portrayal in The Queen, as soon as humorously speculated on how the function might need affected her marriage.

On the Gotham Awards in 2015, the place she was honoured with a profession tribute, Helen delivered an unforgettable acceptance speech.

She quipped: “I’ve to inform you a narrative about f*****g the queen.”

Recounting the Venice premiere of The Queen, Helen mentioned: “When The Queen was first screened at Venice, I would by no means seen it earlier than, and neither had my husband Taylor.

“Within the first scene, I am in full regalia, and I flip and have a look at the digital camera and there is silence within the cinema. And my husband lets out this large chortle. So I lean over to him and say, ‘Darling, do you suppose you may ever f**okay me once more?'”

ACTING legend Helen Mirren has shared the sweetness step she swears by since her teenage years.

Lengthy earlier than her cabinets had been full of Oscars and Tonys, Mirren realized her go-to skincare method.

The 79-year-old has a easy trick that she by no means skips as a part of her nighttime routine, reviews Byrdie.

Mirren informed the publication that she was once responsible of a typical fake pas when carrying make-up.

“Once I was younger, I used to go to mattress with my mascara on and all the pieces, and within the morning [it] could be all down [my face],” she defined.

Nevertheless, the English actress revealed that she has since realized her lesson.

“I by no means skip taking my make-up off at night time,” Mirren stated.

“I take all my make-up off religiously at night time after which religiously put all of it on once more within the morning.”

Skincare consultants at Dermalogica broke down the significance of eradicating make-up earlier than mattress.

They cited clogged pores and breakouts as one of many essential causes to keep away from the sweetness blunder.

“Grime or make-up left within the pores will make them extra noticeable and seem immediately bigger,” they defined.

The professionals added that your complexion will seem duller and older.

“Not taking your make-up off will age you as a result of make-up combined with dust and air pollution that builds on the pores and skin can hinder its capability to efficiently renew itself at night time,” they stated.

Based on the consultants, your pores and skin may also start to feel and appear dry should you fail to take away your make-up appropriately.

“Leftover make-up residue can stop the absorption of skincare merchandise by making a barrier between your pores and skin and any merchandise you might be placing on high of it,” they defined.

This neglect can result in irritated pores and skin and even enhance the chance of eye infections.

“When left on the pores and skin for lengthy intervals of time, these irritants could cause irritation, irritation, and redness,” the professionals stated.

They identified that most individuals have a tendency to make use of make-up to cowl up these inflammations, persevering with the cycle.

AGING PROCESS

Mirren additionally shared her tackle growing old as a lady within the showbiz trade.

“My philosophy on growing old is, it may occur,” she defined.

“In case you are extremely fortunate, you’ll get older, and it is going to be completely effective.

“And you’ll find that it is part of your life, the best way being younger is part of your life. Being outdated is part of your life.”

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — There was once a time when Simone Biles would discover “magnificence within the blindness” forward of the Olympics, reveling in not figuring out what she didn’t know.

That was eight years in the past. Again when she was nonetheless simply a young person. Nonetheless type of “ditzy.”

These days are lengthy gone. The proof isn’t simply on Biles drivers’ license or her marriage certificates however in how the now 27-year-old is ready to see past herself. The tunnel imaginative and prescient that almost all nice athletes have in pursuit of greatness has fallen away.

And perhaps that’s the most important distinction between the nationwide title the gymnastics star received on Sunday night time — her ninth, this one with an all-around complete of 119.750 — and her first over a decade in the past.

The defining second of Biles’ victory wasn’t a twist, a flip or a leap, however a stroll.

It got here early on, when Biles watched 2020 Olympic champion and good pal Sunisa Lee spin awkwardly within the air throughout her vault and landed on her again, a mix of shock and worry spreading throughout her face.

“I used to be type of pondering that this was over,” Lee mentioned.

Then Biles appeared at her aspect, unprompted. She knew precisely the place Lee was in that second higher than anybody.

Three years in the past on the Tokyo Video games, an analogous wayward vault by Biles began a series of occasions that led to her withdrawing from a number of competitions and dragging the dialogue on the significance of psychological well being entrance and middle.

Watching Lee, who has spent a lot of the final two years battling kidney points which have made her weight yo-yo and complex her coaching, attempt to collect herself, Biles left her World Champions Centre teammates and gave Lee the type of assist Biles relied on so closely again in Japan.

“I understand how traumatizing it’s, particularly on an enormous stage like this,” Biles mentioned. “And I didn’t need her to get in her head, so we simply went and talked about it.”

The 2 retreated off the ground to speak, with Biles reminding Lee she “might do onerous issues.”

Once they returned, Biles stood subsequent to the uneven bars cheering Lee on as she rebounded with an excellent (if considerably watered down) routine that scored a 14.500 and helped her end a promising fourth.

“I do know I used to be having a tough time and she or he was simply there to assist raise me up,” Lee mentioned.

Biles is at a stage in her unparalleled profession the place the enjoyment she will get from the game is now not centered strictly on the standard of her efficiency.

Whereas she joked that she believes she’s “getting old like nice wine,” it’s telling that she saved her largest smile afterward when speaking in regards to the 5 World Champions Centre teammates — most of them a decade youthful — who will be a part of her at Olympic trials in Minneapolis later this month.

“That’s type of what excites me as a result of I feel they’ve lengthy careers forward of them,” Biles mentioned. “So if I can do something to assist them, proper now and sooner or later, that’s what I’m going to do.”

It’s her manner of giving again. She is properly conscious of the highlight that awaits her in Paris and is making an attempt to set an instance for others on the right way to navigate the strain that lies forward. She’s turn into an everyday in remedy — now even throughout meet weeks — and is set to concentrate on what she will management.

Like say, her gymnastics.

In entrance of an viewers that included her husband, Chicago Bears security Jonathan Owens, Biles placed on a four-rotation clinic that featured all of the logos of a typical Biles efficiency. There was jaw-dropping athleticism blended with precision and greater than a splash of swagger.

Biles completed with the very best two-day rating on all 4 occasions, one thing she’d executed solely as soon as earlier than at nationals (2018).

Her solely misstep on Sunday got here on vault. She got here up quick on her Yurchenko double pike — two again flips together with her fingers clasped behind her knees — throughout warmups and overcompensated when it counted, producing a lot drive she wound up on her again. She nonetheless obtained a 15.000 for her effort, a testomony to a vault that’s by no means been accomplished in competitors by one other lady and solely tried by a choose group of males.

Not that it bothered her. Biles collected herself, took a few deep breaths then adopted it up a Cheng vault that was rewarded with a 15.1 and put a ninth nationwide title inside attain. No different gymnast within the historical past of the game within the U.S. has greater than seven.

Whereas Biles stays above the fray as standard, there may be loads of competitors for the opposite 4 spots on the five-woman U.S. staff that can head to Paris as heavy favorites to return to the highest of the rostrum after ending second to Russia in Tokyo three years in the past.

Skye Blakely, 19, put collectively one other spectacular efficiency and can head to Minneapolis with loads of momentum. Three years after her bid to make the 2020 Olympic staff ended with an damage, Blakely is peaking on the proper time.

Lee stays an image of class on bars and beam, her greatest occasions, and was inspired after her first elite all-around competitors since she triumphed in Tokyo whereas Biles cheered from the stands.

Olympians Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey are within the combine, although each endured falls on beam on Sunday. Third-place finisher Kayla DiCello slipped off the uneven bars.

Then there’s Shilese Jones, thought-about the most effective all-around gymnast within the U.S. with out the final title Biles, pulled out of the championships on Friday, citing a shoulder damage although she mentioned Sunday she was feeling higher and plans to be accessible for trials. So will 18-year-old Kaliya Lincoln, who opted to not compete on Sunday after tweaking one thing throughout Friday night time’s opening session.

Each — if wholesome — determine to be severe contenders to earn an invite to Paris (Jones specifically).

Biles’ ticket is basically punched. Similar because it ever was.

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The semi-final line-up for the ladies’s singles on the 2024 French Open tennis event is taking form, with the story of the quarter-finals coming from Twelfth-seeded Jasmine Paolini who surprised fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina on Wednesday (5 June).

After taking the primary set 6-2, Paolini was bested by her opponent within the second 6-4. However the 28-year-old remained unphased to take the third 6-4 at Roland-Garros and guide a spot in her first-ever Grand Slam semi-final.

“It was a very powerful match. I used to be a bit too emotional within the second set,” mentioned Paolini, addressing the group on court docket after her win.

“I simply tried to remain there each level, to neglect what occurred within the second set. I managed to come back again and I simply settle for that and battle once more.

“Thanks guys, thanks very a lot for cheering for me.”

Paolini is about to fulfill 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva within the final 4 after {the teenager} pulled off a composed show to come back from behind in opposition to Aryna Sabalenka.

The second seed overcame a turbulent begin to the match, which noticed her require medical consideration, by taking the primary set 6-7.

However Andreeva saved her composure, successful the second and third units 6-4, 6-4 to guide her spot within the semi-finals on the expense of the World no.2.

Coco Gauff and Iga Świątek headline the penultimate spherical of matches, with the previous beating Ons Jabeur in a three-set thriller on Tuesday (4 June), coming from behind to win (4-6, 6-2, 6-3).

Świątek, in the meantime, noticed off Markéta Vondroušová in straight units (6-0, 6-2) later that day.