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Me Before You, film review (Australian Catholic Bishops Conference)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jun 2016
One is Lou, Louisa, a cheerful young woman in her mid-20s who eventually takes a job of day-carer for Will, and up-and-coming young executive who is injured in a street accident and is now quadriplegic. In terms of the title, it is Lou who puts Will before everyone else ... Lou is a charmingly effervescent personality ... While Will is played (eventually) quite sympathetically by Sam Claflin, it is Lou who makes the strong impression....

EU vote causing worldwide alarm

Edit Otago Daily Times 27 Jun 2016
But, Boris Johnson, the leading "Leave" campaigner and favourite to become the next prime minister, sought to calm fears about Britain's economic future, saying it would continue to have access to the EU single market ... But French President Francois Hollande declared there was no going back on "Brexit", saying ... In China, Finance Minister Lou Jiwei expressed his concerns about the threat to the global economy....

BASE jumper dies in B.C. after parachute apparently fails to deploy: RCMP

Edit Toronto Sun 27 Jun 2016
-- RCMP in British Columbia say a BASE jumper has died after the parachute apparently failed to open until it was too late ... Percival says no further information about the person will be released while family members are being notified....

When work slows in summer, work out

Edit The Miami Herald 27 Jun 2016
While the heat can be intense in summer months, Perez, who works 50 to 60 hours a week in financial services, says the routine is the easiest way to squeeze fitness into his work life balance ... But fitness experts say that while those activities are admirable, high-performance exercise is more than you need to get benefits ... Anything that gets your heart rate somewhere between 110 and 140 beats per minute is enough, he says....

Hillary Clinton leads, but Donald Trump supporters are more certain they'll vote

Edit The Times Picayune 27 Jun 2016
Among non-whites, the rates were much lower, with 55 percent saying the same ... Voters ages 30 to 39 have become much less likely to say they're certain to vote, while only half of those younger than 30 said in the most recent poll that they were certain to do so ... These two groups overlap to some extent (which is to say that income and education levels are correlated)....

Arts for every child

Edit The Hindu 27 Jun 2016
Out of this two activities are compulsory and they will be graded at the end of the year” says Hajah Sheriff, principal, CMS Matriculation Higher Secondary School. “Classes are conducted thrice a week and students can choose their area of interest,” he says ... Children are creative, but they should be mentored only by efficient teachers, says Nirmala, a private school teacher....

How you can save your skin, and some lives

Edit The Times of India 27 Jun 2016
Doctors thawed skin -kept at 4 degrees Celsius in glycerol solution -taken from a cadaver and performed a skin grafting procedure."Within ten days, the grafted skin started falling off and new skin started forming," says Deepali, the toddler's mother ... Doctors say use of cadaveric skin improves the chance of survival by 50% as it shields burn victims against infections and helps in faster recovery, with less pain and fewer scars....

The Latest: Utah authorities plan community meeting for fire

Edit Atlanta Journal 27 Jun 2016
Fire officials say 200 homes and other buildings have now been destroyed in a deadly wildfire burning in central California ... Fire officials say most of the flames are now within that perimeter. An elderly couple was found dead after becoming overcome by smoke and authorities say the death toll may rise ... Townsend says fire officials hope to have full containment by June 30th....

The Tibetan who shed a monk's robes for skirts

Edit The Times of India 27 Jun 2016
That's precisely what she does in life as well, confesses Mariko the next day as she lights up a Gold Flake and straightens her purple kaftan."Always look at yourself in the mirror, not in other people's eyes," says the former monk, who created a sensation in the conservative Tibetan commu nity when she decided to replace her robes with skirts over two years ago ... Her community has accepted her, she says....

50 years on: How credit cards changed our relationship with money

Edit BBC News 27 Jun 2016
Today the company says it has 10.5 million consumer customers as well as many more business customers ... Now the average is around £4,000, the company says ... The growth will be driven by "the next generation of account holders", says the UK Cards Association as "younger people are more likely to embrace new technologies such as contactless cards and mobile payments." ... Mike O'Connor, chief executive of the debt charity Step Change, says....

Artist Federico Uribe Turns Agents of Death Into Living Beauty

Edit Voa News 27 Jun 2016
The life-size animal sculptures and brightly colored landscapes represent the Colombian-born artist's conviction of our ability to turn destruction and death into peace and beauty.  “I’m trying to make beauty out of these testimonies of death,” he says ... Gallery director, Adam Adelson, says visitors are fascinated by Uribe’s works....

Years & Years' Olly Alexander Told His Glastonbury Audience To 'Shove A Rainbow In Fear’s Face'

Edit NME 27 Jun 2016
A victory lap of the featherweight chorus coincides with a burst of confetti showering the front rows and during the applause, Alexander says of his outfit, “I feel like a bird of paradise – a rainbow bird of paradise.” He’s certainly a rare breed ... “It’s been an amazing show,” he says, “and I can’t believe we’re here today ... say, ‘’By, fear, by!”....

Transcript: Mayor de Blasio Delivers Remarks at Program Hosted by New York City Pride Co-Chairs (City of New York, NY)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jun 2016
(Source ... That is what we say - when we talk about New York values - our values are inclusion, tolerance, understanding, diversity ... This parade is New York City saying defiantly - we will stand up to hatred ... And I have to say the response has been amazing ... I want to say to everyone out there - everyone who's already at the parade, everyone who's thinking of coming over - you will be safe ... I can say that the heavens smile on us today....
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