DE&I Comes to Trade It is busy this week on the U.S. West Coast. Asian leaders are negotiating with their American hosts on APEC, IPEF, and U.S. – China bilateral relations. The latter is supposed to become less prickly as Joe Biden and Xi Jinping meet for the first time in a year, but it still sounds pretty testy. It doesn’t help when the U.S. president repeatedly and without foundation characterizes China as having real problems. It is not like Joe Biden's world is perfect. His phrase of the week has been that “competition doesn’t have to become conflict.” President Xi rebuts with the argument against the fixed pie economic concept, one country’s growth helps other countries. That is why everyone r...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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From WPI Consulting
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.