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THE CHINESE POLLUTION CICADA: If you haven't caught the buzz, this seminal presentation on the energy problems in China was recently banned in by their government, but here it is with English translations. Chai Jing delivers an immense talk on par with "An Inconvenient Truth", best digested in bits and pieces. On the roller coaster of emotions while I watched it, I was surprised and delighted when she coinsectidentally offered the metaphor on the solution (@129:50): "It's more like the process of a cicada shedding its shell - little by little, emerging from the shell it originally had." (Note: these issues are global issues, not trying to point the finger). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6X2uwlQGQM =5387

Chai Jing's review: Under the Dome – Investigating China’s Smog 柴静雾霾调查：穹顶之下 (full translation) ENGLISH SUBTITLES ARE FULLY TRANSLATED For more information: http://www.linghein.me/tr_u/ English Subtitles: FULLY UPDATED Japanese (日本語) Subtitles: https://...

THERE'S A STIMULATING RADIO SHOW IN HERE SOMEWHERE: Not sure which topic is most compelling. Corporate food. Global distribution. Media hype. Dangerous microfauna. Or . . . well . . . Your thoughts people? http://www.sfgate.com/…/Spider-whose-bite-that-can-cause-4-…

Mom finds deadly 'er****on' spider in store bananas There was something about the bunch of store-bought bananas that didn't look right to Maria Layton.