General Comments Markets of every sort were stronger today with financials posting big gains on somewhat better-than-expected news from China and strong U.S. earnings reports. China's GDP grew at a 7.6 percent rate, which was higher than most analysts expected. J.P. Morgan also reported great earnings and that stock was gaining more than 5 percent. The dollar was weaker and crude oil was up more than a dollar with the September Globex contract touching $88.Grain and oilseed futures traded back and forth overnight but were mostly higher with wheat and soybeans leading today's charge. Weather remains mostly warm and dry with extended forecasts looking for a return to hot temperatures to end the month of July. As always, there are some disc...
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...
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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.