Rahi High: ROME

"New Oslo Opera House Is Really a Stealth Skate Park"

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SOCIAL DYNAMIX PRESENTS....

Sorry I've Been Gone! Life is busy, but at least life is good. This is what I've been spending my free time on. I hope it's not to rough around the edges.

http://www.myspace.com/socialdynamix

Milestones...

I need to announce that I finally finished Seasons 1 & 2 of 30 Rock...yawh!

Justice: A Cross The Universe

JUSTICE "A CROSS THE UNIVERSE" teaser


To add, next Wednesday, October 29 Justice will be at Circa with other Ed Banger crew...DO NOT MISS OUT!

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Here's a little ad I saw while walking in downtown Chicago.

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Marcy Kaptur Slams Wallstreet Bailout.

Let's hope this type of thinking catches on.

We Got A Fucking Problem Here: Army Opens Up Base In....US.

I've always believed that when the US Government REALLY pushed it's citizens to the brink they would revolt and start anew. Seems the US government agrees, and they don't want to let something like the Constitution get in the way of their mission.

Human Cloning Approved In Austrailia

"The Australian government has issued the world’s first licence for the cloning of humans, reports the Reuters news agency. Sydney IVF has been given permission to clone human embryos in order to harvest stem cells. Because these cells have the ability to transform into cells of all types, they are potentially invaluable in the treatment of some diseases.

Sydney IVF will get access to 7,200 ovules. But its work will be monitored by the National council of Australia for health and medical research.

The Council’s chairman, John Findlay, has stressed that scientists only have the right to work with embryos. They are banned from passing to the next stage – inserting a cloned embryo into a womb.

Australia removed the ban on cloning in 2006. Nevertheless, laws remain in place prohibiting human cloning for the purposes of reproduction." Link.

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X-Treme LA (Landscape Architecture)

I just finished the Kalamazoo / New Buffalo work related trip as mentioned and will try to quickly brief you on my journeys. A group of landscape architects including my self have just finished the three day design challenge hosted by Landscape Forms and The Landscape Architecture Foundation to develop a future master plan for the small city of New Buffalo, Michigan. This link directs you to Metropolis Magazine's article with photos by Jim Luning.

I'm now off to Chicago!

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Gone Fishing...Off to K'zoo & Chi-town

I'm off to Kalamazoo and New Buffalo for work then head to Chicago for a little fun. I'll hopefully try to update you all while there for a week but if not then I'll certainly give you guys the low-down upon my return. I'm certain the rest of the crew will keep on feeding you some of their mind grapes.

Noel Gallagher of Oasis attacked on stage at V-Fest in Toronto

Wow, it's never a dull moment for any Oasis show whether the incident with Jay-Z at Glastonbury or across the Atlantic in Toronto for the Virgin Festival. I am unsure if karma had something to do with it or whether the attacker just wanted his 15 minutes of fame but nevertheless what kind of security even allowed the guy to worm himself on to the stage.

I just remembered, a friend of ours was just given two V-fest tickets an hour before Oasis performed. Hopefully she made it on time to witness this.

eCities by eBoy

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Zaha Hadid's new building.

Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre.

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Yonge & Dundas Scramble Street

Scramble from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo.

"Launch day of Toronto's first scramble intersection at Yonge and Dundas."Link.

There will be three more intersections in Downtown to follow suit. It's no Tokyo but it's about time.

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Chinese people discovering fortune cookies

Here's a funny short video of Chinese people being exposed to fortune cookies (an American invention) for the first time. Link.

Toronto Artist Nicholas Di Genova

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Tattoo Removal Cream - No Pain, No Scarring

The Rejuvi cream is injected through tiny needles and causes the ink to come to the surface of the skin, form a scab and then drop off. Link.

Led Zeppelin back in the studio

Led Zeppelin could be on the brink of a 10th studio album after musicians Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham said they had been working on new songs. Link.

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Bush or Batman

Daft Punk Unveils The Lighted Jacket At 2007 Coachella

How Rediculos is this story from CBC

Court quashes dad's grounding of 12-year-old daughter

Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2008 | 9:59 AM ET

CBC News

A father plans to appeal after a Quebec court ruled that he didn't have the right to punish his 12-year-old daughter by barring her from a school trip.

Quebec Superior Court Judge Suzanne Tessier ruled Friday that the girl should be allowed to attend the three-day trip within Quebec this week.

The father's lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, speaks to CBC Newsworld about the case. (CBC)Initially, the father forbade his daughter from going online after the Grade 6 student posted photos on a dating site, the Globe and Mail reported in its Thursday edition.

The girl's parents are divorced, and after she had an alleged row with her stepmother, her father barred her from going on a school trip to mark the class's graduation from elementary school, the newspaper reported.

"When he said, 'OK, it's final. You're not going,' she smacked the door, left and went to live with her mother," the father's lawyer, Kim Beaudoin, told CBC News.

Last Wednesday, the father received a motion petitioning the court to overturn the punishment.

'This will only lead to more poor behaviour and will encourage other children who do not like their parents to do the same thing.'

— Paquan

Two days later, the judge ruled the punishment was too severe because the girl had already been sufficiently disciplined, Beaudoin said.

Beaudoin said the judge also said there was no reason for the punishment to stand, since the girl was now living with her mother, even though the father has custody.

Beaudoin said the father, who has four children, was "devastated," especially since the ruling came days before Father's Day.

Court has role: lawyer

But the judge's decision was not just a case of a child going the court to get out of trouble, said Miriam Grassby, a Quebec family lawyer who has spoken with the various attorneys involved.

Under Quebec family law, it is not uncommon for a child in a high-conflict situation between two parents to have an attorney appointed to protect his or her best interests, as was the case here, Grassby said.

"In Quebec, no matter who has custody, we have joint parental authority," Grassby told CBC News on Thursday. "There are issues of discipline where both parents have to agree, and if they don't, we will have a place" to resolve the issue in court.

The attorney representing the child had been chosen and agreed to by both parents, she noted.

"The court is there to be an objective third party, and these children who are in these high-conflict situations need the protection of the court," Grassby said.

"I think we could presume the judge had good judgment in the fact that she read the statements and found out what both parents were saying, and that the child was punished at least once for that, and this was excessive punishment."

While Beaudoin said the case is a first for her, she doubts it will trigger a flood of similar claims.

"Usually children have lots of respect for their parents and they wouldn't go there," said Beaudoin.

She said the judge stressed that the case was an exception.

"But for a field trip, I'm thinking this is a big exception," she said.

Tate Modern: Londons International Modern and Contemporary Art Museum

The last stop on my journey through Europe was in London. By pure chance I visited the Tate Modern Museum during their Bank holiday festival for the long weekend. Of interest to me was the street art exhibition. "In the first commission to use the building's iconic river façade, and the first major public museum display of street art in London, Tate Modern presented the work of six internationally acclaimed artists whose work is intricately linked to the urban environment: Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain." To close out the festival New York artists Graffiti Research Lab lead a workshop for young people, allowing people to project art onto the museum.

As you will see in some of my pictures the Nissan Qashqai Challenge (professional mountain bike jumping) was going on. This made for a very cool experience with good vibes. Another treat was the many Banksy pieces under the bridges and buildings around the museum.

The Tate Modern before the exhibition


The Tate Modern for the exhibition

Fairey - Obama prints

Shepard Fairey (OBEY) comes correct once again with his support for Democratic Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama with these two limited edition prints

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Ludachrist Remixes That Crazy Bitch From The Subway

This is taken from that video that was going around of the charming young lady who verbally abused an elderly passenger on a subway car. You'll be happy to know that there's a warrant out for her arrest.

muscles I love U

My Girl put me onto this blog done by one of her buddies.
I think it fits the formula!
Get your listed on.......
Muscles I Love U

peatch's deviantArt gallery

Wile trying to get NIN tickets online I came across the online gallery of a another fan trying to score overpriced tix through craigslist. @ $280 for a single GA ticket I probably wont make the show, but this dudes art is pretty fucking sweet anyways.
Check it out here @
peatch's deviantArt gallery

((d-_-b)) Sound Box #08

Some new, some old, all good.

Kriptonite Pussy - Yo Majesty
This song is auditory sunshine. Great summer jam.

Pop The Glock - Uffie

You'll Find A Way (Switch And Sinden Remix)- Santogold

Easy Love (Hydroz Remix) - MSTRKRFT

Banksy At Cans Festival

Click here for a link to the flickr pool with over a hundred different pics.

New Justice Video - Stress

Gone For A While

I wont be posting for a while as Im off to Europe for three weeks! Hopefully I will have some new material when I get back.

Cheers, Murrace

Trent Silently Releases The Slip As A Free Download

Gotta love this guy. Last night on NIN.com, at 12:06, after messages saying that something big was going to happen on the site on May 5th, a message with a link to the new full length Nine Inch Nails Album The Slip appears. The message simply says,

"thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one's on me"

Included on the album is the track previously released as a free download on his website, Discipline.The album is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. Which means anyone is free to share, copy, distribute, display, and remix the work, as long as it's for non-commercial purposes.

Nine Inch Nails - Disipline

Worldometers - Real Time World Statistics

This web site updates in real time various statistics such as current world population, births, deaths, things like that. But it also has some more interesting ones such as "lightning strikes to the earth this year", and "Military spending worldwide this year
(in millions of US Dollars)" For those that are skeptical, (as I was) can check out how they come up with their numbers here. Obviously the numbers aren't 100% accurate, are any statistics really? Never the less, it's an interesting way of viewing them. There's something very humanizing about watching the counter for cancer deaths click over every ten seconds, or the counter for abortions every two. Link.

A Panoramic View of Dundas Square in Toronto.

Twenty-First Century Gold Mine

From Gizmodo.( Via, Yahoo News.)

"China isn't the only nation dismantling used electronics to get at the gold, copper and silver inside. This trend, called "urban mining", is even more profitable in the current market where precious metals are trading close to their all-time high. For example, a ton of ore from a gold mine gives about 5 grams of gold, but a ton of cellphones gives 150 grams of gold. Why would Japan be into this trend? Because their country has few natural resources outside of perverted old dudes, but if they stack up all the cellphones owned by their citizens, they could probably make a pile as big as Mt. Fuji."

The One Angle You Never See In Porn. (NSFW)

Ever wonder what busting a nut would look like from the inside? Me neither. Well, either way, i know now, and you can too. Very NSFW.

Jakob Trollback Rethinks The Music Video

This one comes from an amazing site TED.com TED is a invitation only conference that happens every year to spread, to put it simply, good, interesting ideas. And every week they update there website with new talks. I've defiantly spent hours on the site already, and will probably spend many more.

"What would a music video look like if it were purely directed by the music? Not driven by a concept, nor by a desire to build an image, but purely as an expression of a great song? Designer Jakob Trollback shares the results of his experiment in the form. The song is "Moonlight in Glory," from David Byrne and Brian Eno's classic album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts"