Wednesday Morning Links
1. Healthy polar bear count (1,013) in northern Canada confounds the doomsayers, there are 66% more bears than previous estimates, maybe more, and the population is growing.
2. Award-Winning Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez's Acclaimed Blog (Generation Y, which gets 14 million hits per month) Turns 5 Years Old. Congratulations Yoani!
3. Study finds that nearly two-thirds of hybrid owners would not to purchase another hybrid vehicle when it's time to trade in.
4. Interactive Table: Average College Faculty Salaries, 2011–12 The Chronicle of Higher Education.
5. The Williamsport (PA) Chamber of Commerce president said he never has seen an economic boom such as the one creating lines at local restaurants, no vacancies at area hotels and a general optimism among many capitalizing on the area’s expanding gas and oil industry. In the past three years, about 115 new businesses began operating in the area, including hotels, office buildings and restaurants, and about 2,000 people have been hired.
6. Natural Gas Sparks a Manufacturing Renaissance: "The rapid development of shale gas technology has helped reduce energy imports and, in some cases, encouraged companies producing petrochemicals, steel, fertilizers and other products to return to the United States after relocating overseas."
3. Study finds that nearly two-thirds of hybrid owners would not to purchase another hybrid vehicle when it's time to trade in.
4. Interactive Table: Average College Faculty Salaries, 2011–12 The Chronicle of Higher Education.
5. The Williamsport (PA) Chamber of Commerce president said he never has seen an economic boom such as the one creating lines at local restaurants, no vacancies at area hotels and a general optimism among many capitalizing on the area’s expanding gas and oil industry. In the past three years, about 115 new businesses began operating in the area, including hotels, office buildings and restaurants, and about 2,000 people have been hired.
6. Natural Gas Sparks a Manufacturing Renaissance: "The rapid development of shale gas technology has helped reduce energy imports and, in some cases, encouraged companies producing petrochemicals, steel, fertilizers and other products to return to the United States after relocating overseas."