U.S. wildlife officials reject protections for an Alaska wolf in decline - LA Times

U.S. wildlife officials reject protections for an Alaska wolf in decline - LA Times: "For more than two decades, conservation groups have argued that a wolf and the rainforest in southeast Alaska where it lives are at risk.

While the groups have won strong restrictions on logging of the Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest, they have been denied in their efforts to win federal protection for the wolf.

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied them again: The agency determined that the wolf, known as the Alexander Archipelago wolf, should not be listed as an endangered or threatened species."



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Another Life: Galway’s hippy ideas are just what the environment needs

I had the time of my life in Galway during 2011-2012- made lasting friendships, ran by the coast many times, enjoyed the Galway Culture.





Another Life: Galway’s hippy ideas are just what the environment needs: "Even as traffic clogs its roundabouts, and the old limestone heartland darkens again with rain, Galway’s relationship with landscape and ocean is rare and right, its nautical mood an uplifting span from the worst of the modern world.
It also, of course, has a vibrant cultural pulse, a university tuned to the wild nature on its doorstep, and an appetite for youthful ideas. An impressive range of these is gathered in the 100 pages of A Vision for Galway 2030 (avisionforgalway2030.wordpress.com). Launched by the mayor before Christmas and now smartly packaged and linked online, it is the work of Transition Galway, an environmental group with a gift for engaging the public in “solutions” for a low-carbon urban future."



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US university courses tap thirst for knowledge about craft beer | Life and style | The Guardian

US university courses tap thirst for knowledge about craft beer | Life and style | The Guardian: "With an explosion in growth in the craft beer industry over the last decade, some American universities are offering programs on the business of craft beer.

In the last decade, the number of craft breweries has grown to more than 4,000 in the US today, from more than 1,400 in 2005, according to the Brewers Association.

A lot of breweries started out five or 10 years ago with a focus on beer, said Gregory Dunkling, director of the University of Vermont’s new online business of craft beer certificate program, which starts in February. Back then, a home brewer may have been able to create some great recipes but lacked the business acumen so along the way hired staff to cover marketing, sales, the business operation, he said. It was now harder to pull that off."



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A 2016 guide to minding the technology generation gap - FT.com

A 2016 guide to minding the technology generation gap - FT.com: "Running_on-Empty 1 day ago
Excellent observations about the young, Mr.  Margolis. An interesting aspect that this is a global phenomenon, and it has become global at an amazing pace. My students from around the world exhibit the same characteristics that you have described. 



  There was a wonderful David Mamet movie in the eighties titled "House of Games." It is full of "tells." The movies have taught me quite a few things...

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