News Updates EGYPT COMMENTS A long article in the Egyptian daily newspaper Al Ahram this week pointed out that for most Egyptians, little or nothing has changed since the revolution. Those who were in the streets chanting "bread, bread, bread" back in 2011 are still crying for bread. According to Al Ahram, the slogan for the 2011 uprising was "bread, freedom, dignity"; and with "bread" the first word on that short list, you know how important it is. The price of the local baladi (village) flat bread has remained stable since the 1980s, but the government subsidy for bread, wheat and flour has steadily increased. Today it seems it is becoming more difficult to find a supply of subsidized bread, while the lines at bakeries get longer and lo...
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...
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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...
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.