Archive for March, 2010
Can collector died with $1.65m fortune
A SWEDISH man, who collected tin cans and ate scraps from rubbish bins, left a secret £1 million ($1.65 million) fortune when he died. Curt Degerman, nicknamed “Tin-Can-Curt”, made shrewd stock market investments with the little money he made. The financial genius could be seen cycling around the northern Swedish town of Skelleftea dressed in [...]
What Happened On Holy Thursday?
On Holy Thursday, Jesus and His disciples ate the feast of the passover. This was the last meal Jesus ate before He was Crucified and is known as ‘The Last Supper.’ It was eaten in the upstairs room of a house in Jerusalem. At the Last Supper, Lord Jesus washed the disciples feet as a [...]
Celebrating Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week, and holy week is the week before Easter, commemorating events in the last days of Jesus’ life on Earth. It begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Monday. So What is Palm Sunday? It is the celebration of [...]
$125 a day to care for kid as childcare costs soar
PARENTS are paying an average $100 a day for toddler childcare in Sydney’s CBD, with the soaring charges far outstripping the Federal Government’s rebate. Demand is so great that there are even waiting lists for centres charging $125 a day – or more than $600 for a working week. Childcare fees are now so high [...]
Fiji to play Australia in Canberra
Canberra will host a Test match when the Australian Wallabies play the World Cup quarter-finalist Fiji. The Fiji national rugby team return to Australia with a proud reputation for wide running rugby and power up front. The Fiji team will play Australia on Saturday, 5th of June at the Canberra Stadium, Canberra. “Those who followed [...]
OK Listen mum, I’m in charge
NEW research at the University of Western Sydney has confirmed what many parents already know: babies have the power to change how adults behave. The finding was from the work of PhD student Christa Lam at the university’s MARCS Auditory Laboratories in Bankstown. Ms Lam was looking into how mothers communicate with babies with hearing [...]
Never take life for granted
MR Allison, a sixth generation director with TJ Andrews Funeral Services, was driving home one evening when he was obliged to stop to help revive a man. “I stopped to assist other motorists trying to revive a man after an apparent heart attack. I don’t know if he survived,” Mr Allison said. “He was evidently [...]
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