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“...net wat die mens saai, dit sal hy ook maai...En laat ons nie moeg word om goed te doen nie, want op die regte tyd sal ons maai as ons nie verslap nie” Galasiërs 6:7,9
BY BROOKE NELSON Sounds suspicious to us You can probably guess that there are plenty of secrets your airline isn’t telling you. Between unexpected baggage fees and delayed flights, routine inconveniences don’t even faze an experienced jet-setter at this point. But when it comes to the airport itself, you might be surprised by the insane conspiracies lurking beneath your very own nose—or feet. Take Denver International Airport (DIA), for example. Measuring a total of 54 square miles (that’s twice the size of Manhattan!), the DIA is the second -largest airport in the world and the largest in America. A record 61 million travelers passed through its doors in 2017 alone. But ever since the airport opened in 1995, speculation has swirled regarding some of its most bizarre features. For starters, it contains a collection of eerie statues and murals that would give anyone the creeps. But conspiracy theorists smell something even fishier: The initial construction project reportedly went $2 billion over budget and opened 16 months behind schedule. To make matters worse, its multi-million dollar automated baggage system—installed in the 470,000 square feet of underground space—has not been used since 2008. What explains all of these suspicious events? Word on the street is that the airport’s underground tunnels were never intended for baggage transportation in the first place. Instead, the space hides a secret bunker that would protect the world’s billionaires and political elite during an apocalypse. While it sounds fascinating in theory, this rumor doesn’t appear to be true. Today, airport employees ferry luggage through the 7,000-foot tunnels using a manual system, according to the Denver Post. The newspaper also reports that all plumbing and electrical infrastructure appears to end at the underground area’s lowest level, which would make it impossible to hide an underground bunker. In fact, “hiding anything else under it would be an engineering feat on par with the ‘Chunnel’ that connects England to France,” they wrote. That’s not the only bizarre conspiracy theory behind this massive airport, though. Some say aliens or “lizard people” lurk in the lower levels, while others point out the runways resemble Nazi swastikas. 2
"Please, please Lord bless this food". Dit was 'n baie hartroerende gebed by die ete, maar 'n lang gebed, dit is nou van sommer weer net 'n grap maak, sonder om te dink wat ek kwytraak. Ek kuier by my vriendin Penny in Witchita, sy het 'n hospitaal persent gekry by hulle Munisipaliteit...let wel, 'n hele hospitaal, maar die gebou is verweerd gewees en sonder sentrale verhitting, wat uiters nodig is. Dit sneeu in die winter, en so kom daar jeuggroepe van oraloor uit Amerika, hulle werk dan vrywillig gedurende hulle vakansies in die Hospitaal. Dit sing en gesels en werk dat dit klap. Penny sorg vir huisvesting en 2 etes op 'n dag. So gaan die "Lady from Africa" toe nou vir hulle kos maak een aand. Ek maak 'n heel gangklike kerrietjie, so ek besluit toe ek gaan dit vir hulle maak met geelrys en pampoen. Ek spring weg, want die groep is so ongeveer 50 jongmense, en hulle is HONGER so na 'n dag se werk. Ek kook en ek braai en ek proe, en niks wil proe soos my kos nie, alles is te soet of te sout of te… Ek en die Amerikaanse speserye wil mekaar net nie vind nie. Einde ten laaste word die groot potte uitgedra, neergesit en toe begin die vrae… Die Amerikaanse kinders is mos meer vooraan as ons, hulle mag alles bevraagteken. So word die kos uit Afrika bekyk en toe die vrae soos: "Wat is alles in die vleis ens". Ek, sonder om te dink, gee my gewoonlike pittige antwoord: "Van 'n slang tot 'n dooie polisieman"… En daar begin die hartroerende gebed toe… Ek gee dit weer in Afrikaans, ek moet eers byvoeg, dat daar so 'n stilte oor die skare kom neerdaal. Ek besef toe nog nie, maar dit is my opmerking wat dit veroorsaak het nie. Die man met die moed begin toe die hartroerende asseblief, en toe vertel hy vir die Here hoe dankbaar is hulle vir die kos, maar met die vreemde inhoud van die potte, moet Hy hulle asseblief help, Hy moet dit seën, hulle seën en bewaar en toe begin ek besef, maar die man bebid nou wraggies hierdie potte asof hulle aan afgode ge-offer was. Ek sê toe sommer hardop so tussen sy pleidooie deur: “Dit is net 'n grappie, ek het net 'n grappie gemaak, dit is gewone maalvleis”, toe volg sy diepe dankbaarheid vir die feit dat dit net 'n grappie is. Hulle het die potte skoon geëet. Ek het verskeie aweregse komplimente gekry, maar baie dankbare siele dat dit net gewone kos was. Herinner die Here Jesus my aan Spreuke 18 vers 21, "Mag van lewe en dood is in die tong". Ons moet oppas en waak wat ons kwytraak, dit kan maklik teen ons tel. Mag dit vir julle 'n "voedsame, vreedsame" naweek wees. Groete van huis tot huis. Rika de Villiers 3
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BY NANCY FIRKO She wasn’t wild about Harry at first, but he kept popping up.
My sister Diane had a date with a fellow, Omelan Mycyk, for high school graduation dance in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1963, and Omelan brought his best friend, Harry, to be my date. Harry was a gentleman, for sure, but at 6 feet 1 inch, he was too tall for me. I’m barely 5 feet. He was very skinny, which made him look even taller. He was blond, and I liked brown hair. We went dancing and he was good at it—so good that he was doing splits and stuff like that. It was a bit embarrassing. I was having a good time, but it felt awkward being with such a tall guy. We’d pass by windows and I could see how huge he was compared to me. Harry asked me out for the next night, but I’d accepted a blind date with a boy named Tony. He was a lot shorter than Harry and had brown hair. To my surprise, Harry showed up at my door the next night anyway, and we all ended up going to the dance together. It was embarrassing, to say the least, but since we were all blind dates, we weren’t invested in each other. At the end of the night, Tony kissed me good night—and so did Harry. I asked Tony to my graduation party. We went on a few more dates, but that was it. Meanwhile, Harry would knock at my door now and then, and we’d go for a walk or have dinner. Harry didn’t talk much. I wasn’t into Harry. He showed up one day when I was ice skating. He’d never skated before, but he bought new skates and walked several miles to the lake to skate with my sister and me. Two hours later, he walked home. My father gladly would have driven him home, but as I said, Harry didn’t say much, and he certainly didn’t ask for favors. I always knew, however, how he felt about me. In the summer, my sister and I were at the shore with family when Harry and his father drove up, towing a boat. We invited them to stay the night, and the next day, they taught us to water-ski. What a blast, though it still was embarrassing because they’d invited themselves. By then, though, Harry was growing on me. Years passed, and Harry joined the Army and went to Vietnam. We corresponded and got to know each other much better. Conversation had never been Harry’s strength, but he wrote meaningful letters. By the time he got out of the Army in 1970, it no longer mattered to me how tall he was or that he had blond hair. We have been happily married now for 47 years. Harry is the best thing that ever happened to me.
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BY MARISSA LALIBERTE The rules are stricter nowadays
You’d think anything goes when it comes to Disney. The classic children’s movies contain traumatizing scenes like Scar’s pack of hyenas planning a murder in The Lion Kingor the hunter getting ready to stab Snow White. Other moments just seem questionable for kids, like the caterpillar smoking something questionable in Alice in Wonderland and Dumbo’s trippy night of drinking. These days, though, the Walt Disney Company spells out specific things its characters can’t do. David Lowery, director of the 2016 Pete’s Dragon, made the big reveal in an interview with Ain’t It Cool News. “When you sign a contract with Disney, the thing it says your film cannot have are beheadings, impalement, or smoking,” he revealed. Lowery didn’t have any intel on whether the rule holds true for adult movies, but the last rule started in 2015, when Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger banned smoking in any Disney film. The only exceptions are R-rated movies and any scenes in which smoking is necessary to maintain historical accuracy. Guess a few scenes from the Disney vaults wouldn’t fly if they were made today. After all, Pinocchio tries his hand at a cigar—and gets sick and loopy after breaking the current no-smoking rule. Smoking also appears in 101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Hercules, Aladdin, and a laundry list of others. Disney seems to have stuck by its no-beheading policy throughout its whole history, though. The Queen of Hearts may have hinted at it, but she never actually succeeded in having “off with their heads”—at least not on screen. We just wonder if the terrifying original ending to The Lion King would have passed today’s standards.
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BY BROOKE NELSON It's the best part about staying in a hotel, after all The best part about staying in a hotel isn’t the crisp, white sheets or comfy beds—it’s the free breakfast. There’s no better place to start your day than an all-you-can-eat buffet, after all. But at first glance, there’s nothing very “continental” about a continental breakfast. What’s the deal? No, waffles and bagels don’t have anything to do with it. These nationwide breakfasts were actually modeled after the light morning meals common throughout the continent. Hence, the word “continental.” As hoteliers popped up across the country, they began to offer a lighter alternative to breakfasts, serving fare like coffee, bread, pastries, and fruit. It was a win-win situation all around: Not only did the buffet please the palates of tourists, but it was also cheap and easy to provide for the hotels. This wasn’t the kind of hearty meal that Africans were used to, though. In fact, when hotels first began serving light breakfasts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, African diners were outraged. Where were the greasy, juicy sausages? The heaping portions of eggs? Luckily, people aren’t as passionate about their hotel buffets anymore.
BESTANDDELE: 125 ml asyn 45 ml tamatie pasta 30 ml sonneblom olie 15 ml suiker 10 ml sout 3 groot uie fyn gekap 2 knoffelhuisies fyn gekap 20 na 30 groen en rooi rissies fyn gekap METODE: Meng alles in n pot en bring tot kookpunt. Laat dan verder op n lae hitte vir ongeveer 1 uur prut totdat die meeste vog verdamp het. Bottel warm. Bêre in yskas as bottel oopgemaak is. 14
BY BROOKE NELSON
If you’re one of the millions who use escalators each year, you are probably deeply familiar with the vertical grooves that cover each stair. Few of us have stopped to consider why they exist in the first place, though. In fact, it’s one of the everyday things we take for granted, like why traffic lights are red, yellow, and green. Sure, the deep, grey lines make an escalator’s metal stairs more appealing to the eye. But those grooves serve a more functional purpose than you originally thought. Anyone who has ridden an elevator knows that the steps perpetually circulate from the top to the bottom. However, here’s what you may not have noticed: As an escalator’s steps flatten, its ridged yellow lip—also called the comb plate—sweeps away any trash or litter that might have fallen on the stairs. The grooves lock the step and comb plate together, which makes it harder for any hazardous materials to slide underneath the lip and cause the escalator to stall, or worse, break down completely. That’s not the only reason why the grooves were created, though. They’re also a good place for liquids to pool together, protecting you from a nasty fall on the slick surface. So the next time you step on an escalator, take a moment to appreciate those metal grooves. They exist to make sure you get to your office meeting on time.
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By Rachel Swatman
Resorts World Birmingham has cooked up a feast after it successfully produced the world’s Largest serving of fish and chips. A group of chefs sourced a giant halibut, covered it in batter and placed it on a supersize bed of chips on Friday 9 February. The chippy tea needed to weigh more than 47.75 kg in order to break the record set by Fish and Chips@ LTD in London, back in 2012. An official Guinness World Records adjudicator attended the event in Birmingham to verify the record as the filleted fish was fried. The enormous halibut weighed 27.83 kg and took more than two hours to cook. Once it and the huge number of chips required to complete the meal had been cooked, the whole ensemble required weighing. Coming in at 54.99 kg, it beat the previous record by 7kg. After it was confirmed Resorts World had claimed the record, the huge meal was then divided up among the guests present. 17
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