In a quiet but significant breakthrough, the US Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to allow the tiny supply of federally grown Marijuana be used in a University of Arizona study to test its efficacy in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in American army veterans. The research project was OK’d by the Food and Drug Administration some time ago, but when it finally cleared the last regulatory hurdle, the decision came as something of a surprise, as we hear from the supporting non-profit that helped make it happen.

Take 20 years of experience, a healthy dose of human foibles, stir in a way with words and add alcohol—mix well and you’ve got an entertaining account of life as seen from the other side of the bar.

The hardest thing a bartender has to do from time to time, says Jeff Burkhart, is cut off someone who has one or two too many.

By comparison, mixing drinks is easy. Below Jeff demonstrates his approach to a classic Margarita.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqd5baxXyJk

Stephen Andrews is a professor of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, but his concentration is mainly terrestrial. He’s on Twitter as the compost crusader, and will be  talking to the Santa Rosa Garden Club this afternoon on “The State our Soils,” which in a word, is dry. Before hand, he also spoke with KRCB’s Bruce Robinson.

UC soils professor Stephen Andrews will also be talking about drought, soil and water in the backyard, at the meeting of the Milo Baker Chapter of the California Native Plant Society in Santa Rosa tomorrow evening.

  An upgraded real-time carpooling app promoted by the Climate Protection Campaign blends social media with carbon cutting in Sonoma County and beyond.

Carma app details and downloads can be found here.