Foekje Dillema, the runner banned for life after undergoing a humiliating and undisclosed gender test in 1950, underwent another test posthumously this year. Commissioned by Dutch TV programme Andere Tijden Sport, and with permission of the athlete’s family, researchers of the Erasmus Medisch Centrum in Rotterdam found out that Dillema was a woman with a form of chromosomal mosaicism, which caused her to have two X chromosomes for every Y (possible in XX and XY configurations, though the show doesn’t tell). According to the researcher that was an extremely rare condition. The programme’s presenter claimed that nowadays Dillema would be able to compete without problems in women’s track and field events.
Reporter Max Dohle who is writing a biography on Dillema withdrew his cooperation for the Andere Tijden show after he found out about the DNA test: “The last thing you should do to Foekje is subject her again to a sex test. She would have never wante...
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Donald Duck magazine takes kids’ money for copyright lessonFrom: 24oranges.nl
Post Date: 2007-12-03 05:17:32
Illustration copyright 2007 Disney.- Scrooge: Plus a fine for PIRACY! Ten thousand euro, you sneaky thief!- Donald: M-mercy! I am so sorry! And I finally BOUGHT the original CD!
This week Donald Duck magazine has decided that their customers should be treated to what amounts to a lesson about copyright. In a two page story (issue 49-2007) Huey, Dewey and Lewey download the latest Jan Goudsmid CD, but only so that they can already listen to it until they can afford to buy the real thing. ...
more Genever, not gin, is protectedFrom: 24oranges.nl
Post Date: 2007-12-02 04:50:28
It’s called jenever in Dutch, referred to as ‘genever’ in English and the rest of the world calls it ‘gin’.
Jenever can only be made in the Netherlands, Belgium and a few German and French provinces. The ministers of agriculture granted jenever the status of protected geographic indication last Monday.
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more Here’s the beefFrom: 24oranges.nl
Post Date: 2007-11-30 02:31:42
A couple of butchers in the very small village of Triemen, Friesland found an odd way to cheat the local government out of about EUR 150,000. Although the couple received welfare money, they actually ran a very professional butcher’s shop out of a shed. Finally, someone who called themselves a “hard-working tax payer” tipped off the authorities. Not only did the couple receive welfare money, but they mooched off their “friends” as well. Maybe it’s time for ...
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