There are even more versions:
Colombia
Columbia
Colón
Colombo
Columbus
Colomb
Colom
Places were usually named by settlers according to the rules of their own language. Columbus is the Latin variant, Colón is Spanish, Colombo Italian.
Back in 15th-16th century translating personal names was common. The practice is still continues with monarchs today, see popes - John Paul ll was also Iohannes Paulus, Juan Pablo, Ivan Pavao …
I guess when buying 11000 rats you are somewhat constrained in your choice of color. It’s not like you can order them made in a custom color.
PhD overproduction (and subsequently devaluation) is a real thing. The intention of PhDs was to reward and recognize major original contributions to a specific field of science. It turned into another academic “level” that you have to grind towards by producing a large quantity of articles. Even before AI the academic slop was a real thing.
Sound like a standard case of misaligned incentives in a planned economy. As far as those go this is quite benign.
Central government sets targets for selling cars domestically, so of course every car is going to be sold domestically. Even those sold internationally.
Part of it makes sense. We live longer and longer, retirement age is something that needs to be adjusted with the human lifespan.
The problem is that our idea of what “work” should be is so awful that people look forward to retiring, and logically complain if they are denied the opportunity.
I’ve seen claims both ways, and it’s too much debate about semantics.
Those facilities are damaged enough to be useless in the short term (few months at least). In the long term Iran can build new facilities regardless if these ones are completely destroyed or merely damaged.
Especially now when so many NK weapons and soldiers are going into Russia, and all the way through Russia into Ukraine, another truck wouldn’t attract too much attention.
The question is would they want to?
I don’t have a problem with Mondays. Every day is dreadful and my life sucks. Monday is no different.
The headline is somewhat misleading. Iran said US personnel are legitimate targets (meaning those employed by the US government. Not all US citizens.
Although if I were American I would not risk depending on the judgment of a random Iranian soldier.
Yes but he did it the wrong way South America -> Polynesia.
Turns out it actually happened the other way around Asia -> Polynesia -> South America. Most likely, still a lot to be determined.