Since 2011, a sargassum seaweed crisis has devastated the Caribbean: tainting beaches, killing marine life and limiting the livelihoods of fisher folk due to an increase in fuel and maintenance costs, impeded efficiency and reduced catch.
Despite Silverpush's attempts to assuage anger directed at the firm, the technology freaked out privacy-conscious folk, due to its ability to silently harvest information on people's TV viewing habits, whilst collecting data from the user's phone to produce a profile.
Atlanta, New Orleans and Baltimore; three of rising capitals of HBCU culture in their political, ecumenical and financial clout held black folks, principally due to the work and staying power of alums from their flagship HBCUs.
I wrote about this in more detail yesterday, but the basic upshot is that Congress quickly passed a law which flew under most folks' radar due to its technical nature, and Obama vetoed it because it may impact the growing foreclosure crisis.
franchetii (Solanaceae) has been widely used in Chinese folk medicine due to its wide distribution throughout the country, for the treatment of a wide range of diseases including heat and cold, sore throat, fever, fungal infection, inflammation, toothache, rheumatism, burn, analgesic, ulcer and urinary diseases.
Given a rush job to write Atyeo's obituary in 1993, I was astonished to find no biography to crib from - but now John Hudson and Tom Hopegood have made amends and well and warmly done the Wessex folk-hero due honours with a fully rounded, expertly told tale of a luminary of football's fond, primeval 1950s (Atyeo, Redcliffe Press, Bristol, £17.50).
Similarly, meteorites may be considered memorials to Thor in folk tradition due to their sheer weight.
Scenario assistant Yūichi Suzumoto has commented that his impression of Air is similar to that of a folk song due to the rural setting and heartwarming story progression.
D. kotschyi has been used as a medicinal herb for several years in Iran folk medicine due to its antispasmodic and analgesic properties.
