Congress will soon be considering the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) re-authorization act; the most recent actual legislative authorization was adopted as part of the 2008 farm bill, prior to the Dodd-Frank Act that assigned additional oversight of derivatives markets to the CFTC. That authorization, which defines the Commission’s regulatory authority, expired in 2013. Since then, the CFTC operates on the basis of annual Congressional appropriations, but funding for the CFTC has been squeezed, all while OTC activity and technology have changed the trading environment considerably. This will be the third try at a reauthorization bill. Congress started but did not finish CFTC reauthorization in the 114th...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.