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I just love this song…

The Thirty-Six Stratagems (traditional Chinese: 三十六計; simplified Chinese: 三十六计; pinyin: Sānshíliù Jì) was a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, as well as in civil interaction, often through unorthodox or deceptive means. They were first published in the Western world^{[citation needed]} by the Swiss scholar Harro von Senger after he heard the Chinese proverb “If all else fails, retreat” at Taipei University.

From wikipedia.

Not too sure where/when I came across this – I think it was on one of those tweets #iranelection recently.

Fascinating stuff.

A new report highlights the biggest problems now facing the world. It warns that the environmental crisis is deepening every year. Human consumption is now 30% larger than nature’s capacity to regenerate. By 2015 the number of people suffering climate-related disasters could mushroom to more than 375 million a year. By 2030 as many as 660 million people could be affected, with economic losses rising to $340 billion a year. There are currently 15 wars taking place and the report predicts that 3 billion people will have no access to water by 2025.

Read the full post here. From a tweet by @RenseFeed.

http://www.cosmicboogie.co.uk/

Thanks to max for this one.

Read the article in the Creative Review about the MTV’s brand new look here.

Really like this one called ‘Mad Drummer’:

MTV International / Mad Drummer from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

From Andrew Sullivan‘s the Daily Dish:

Even as the flow of footage, tweets, and reporting from Iran has started to ebb, the Dish wants to keep the spotlight on the Iranian people as much as possible in the coming weeks. So while continuing to post fresh political content, we want to start featuring as much cultural content as we can find – particularly as seen through the eyes of young Iranian bloggers. The more Americans get to know Iran’s rapidly-ascending millennials, the greater chance there is for melting stereotypes and finding commonalities, however incremental.

Read the full post here.

Well, not quite 100% there yet but I’m trying to control this playlist using Python on my Mac – will publish results in near future.

Our friend Johnny has been busy making a trailer (working for Passion Pictures) for The Beatles Rock Band game. It’s absolutely awesome:

An informative article by newsweek magazine.

Link to article

Pretty interesting stuff:

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