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Saturday, June 23, 2018
 
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Just a decade ago, geothermal and biomass made up the largest zero-carbon energy source after hydroelectricity. Wind passed biomass in 2011 and has ascended rapidly since. Solar, emerging from nearly zero generation around the same time, is on a path to equal geothermal and biomass in just a few years.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-22/wind-and-solar-will-rule-the-world-s-power-grid-by-2050
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-22/wind-and-solar-will-rule-the-world-s-power-grid-by-2050

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China's movie market [..] remains on track to surpass the U.S. in the next few years.

For years, the Communist Party, hoping to rival Hollywood's "soft power" in global theaters, has tried to prop up China's homegrown movie-makers. Foreign competition is strictly limited by quotas, while the local industry receives generous support, including cheap real estate for studios and subsidies for theaters that show Chinese films. On occasion, the government has even mandated attendance at screenings it is particularly enthusiastic about.
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Inevitably [...] In 2015, only 372 of 686 domestically produced films ever made it into theaters. Those that did get released were helped along by rich ticket subsidies [..] By 2016, movies had gotten so bad that [..] second-quarter box-office revenue dropped by 5 percent over the previous year. Panicked regulators, hoping to aid ailing theaters, quietly raised the quota on foreign films, allowing four additional Hollywood imports to screen. [...] Hollywood's share of the till grew from 39 percent in 2015 to 42 percent in 2016. Last year, it hit 46 percent.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-21/china-s-epic-film-bubble-is-about-to-pop

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San Francisco Chronicle: Baumé in Palo Alto has two Michelin stars — and only two staff.
San Francisco Chronicle: Baumé in Palo Alto has two Michelin stars — and only two staff.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/Baume-in-Palo-Alto-has-two-Michelin-stars-13015803.php
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/article/Baume-in-Palo-Alto-has-two-Michelin-stars-13015803.php

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