Everyone has a name and many people have several. We always try to identify people by their names, since searching by names is usually very productive, but it is not always easy or even pssoble to determine someone’s name. Potentially, we provide names in several forms. Names appear in records as reported by someone, and […]
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The Pandemic: Coronavirus / Covid-19 / SARS Cov-2
The coronavirus known as Covid19 by the World Health Organization or SARS Cov-2 by CDCm has many names, and many are proscribed. Some of the names include: American Virus, Chinese Virus, Coronavirus, Covid-19 (WHO), Covid-19 Virus (WHO), European Virus, Hubei Flu, Hubei Virus, Kung Flu, King Fu Flu, SARS Cov-2 (CDC), Trump Virus, Wu Flu, […]
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The Question of Bioregions: One common question about the regionalization of our area studies databases is about the absence of the systematic use of biogeographic regions or Bioregions. (Biomes have the same problems we describe here for Bioregions.) This is something we have considered in detail and we do not attempt to classify every record, […]
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Wakanda is a country, albeit a fictional country created in the Marvel Comic Universe, and appears in our databases as a geographic descriptor. The idea and image of Wakanda has become a cultural force with the Black Panther movie in 2018, and as a metaphor embodies both Afrocentric and Pan-Africanist ideals. The “Wakanda Forever” salute […]
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