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Legolas Lane
A mayor in Sydney has proposed naming the streets in an inner-city housing development after characters from the Lord of the Rings. The particular council committee overlooking potential suburb and street names for a major housing redevelopment of the former Bundock St, Randwick, defense site had a number of suggestions, including the names of characters from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
marathon effort
Just prior to the Greek version earlier this year, eight Spanish athletes completed the world’s first underground marathon. They ran 40 km along Route 12 of Madrid’s underground train system, which circles the southern part of the Spanish capital. The trick was to run at night when the transit system was closed down—but the runners still had to purchase valid tickets to get through the turnstile.
$75,000 kinda painting
A bidding war between rich parents has caused a kindergarten painting to be auctioned at more than $75,000. This painting was a group effort by the preschool class of St Catherine’s School in Melbourne. It is described as “a colourful abstract,” by children.
a rare rabbit
Police in Germany resuscitated a rabbit by breathing through a ballpoint pen after he passed out in a fire. The two hero officers opened the rabbit’s mouth with the pen, while giving the pet CPR.
talking Jesus
From the makers of Osama bin Laden and Suddam Hussein dolls comes a new action figure: Jesus Christ. The US toy firm Herobuilders says it’s moved away from “villain” figures and has created “the ONLY real hero: Talking Our Lord Jesus Christ Action Figure.” The Jesus action figure stands 30 cm high, wears biblical-styled robes and recites the Ten Commandments.
amazing Orion
Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a sun (star) in the constellation Orion. It was discovered through the gravitational manipulation of the star’s movement. This planet is a gas giant at least 2.8 times as big as Jupiter and is about 140 light-years or roughly 800 trillion miles away. It is the 123rd planet found outside our own solar system.
Raising Obesity
Sri Chinmoy, aged 73, a lifelong advocate of fitness and exercise, lifts Larry McConneghey, weighing 335 kg (735 lb) plus 18 kg (40 lb) of apparatus, in Harlem, USA. The event was organised to raise an awareness and understanding of the growing problem of obesity and to encourage those who suffer from it to move toward greater health and wellbeing. —EPA/HANDOUT
Sources: www.ananova.com, www.theage.com.au, www.cnn.com
Under the title “Sunshiny Husbands” the Signs of the Times of October 1890 (it was then known as the Bible Echo and Signs of the Times), was the following advice:
“A cheerful atmosphere is important to home life. . . . Let a wife and mother love her home and her children with the most absolute, unswerving devotion and serve them with the most unselfish fidelity. . . . A sunshiny husband makes a merry, beautiful home, worth having, worth working in and for. If the man is breezy, cheery, considerate, and sympathetic, his wife sings in her heart over her puddings and her mending basket. . . . “
Times (and the Signs of the Times) may have changed, as has way we express our ideals, but Signs continues to support positive relationships, as the feature “Staying Happy after the Wedding” outlines.
Extract from Signs of the Times, October 2004.
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