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PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics

Men, women… and ladies at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics

Men, women… and ladies I was checking out the various Olympic events on the official 2018 Winter Olympics website and happened to notice that, whereas males are always referred to as ‘men’, it’s not quite so simple when it comes to the females.Of the 15 sports which make up the 2018 Winter Olympics, 5 refer

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Why Just One? – Saving the world’s last dinosaur, the sea turtle

Saving the world’s last dinosaur, the sea turtle. A documentary made by Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has announced the release of its first feature-length, in-house documentary, titled Why Just One?. The documentary addresses the dramatic decline in sea turtles and the organisation’s efforts to defend them. Announced on May 5th, it corresponds with

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In the Netherlands it’s legal to pay for driving lessons with sexual acts

Ministers van der Steur of Security and Justice & Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and the Environment have argued that it is legal for driving instructors to offer driving lessons in exchange for sexual acts. The principal of ‘a ride for a ride’ is according to the 2 ministers not against the law because there

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The Diary of Anne Frank – will its copyright expire this year?

Copyrights in Europe generally end 70 years after an author’s death. The author of The Diary of Anne Frank , Anne Frank, passed away of typhus in the spring of 1945. Until about a year ago, Anne Frank was listed as the sole author of the diary and her father, Otto Frank, was listed as

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