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Making Progress

Posted by on Mar 8, 2009 in Contemporary Culture

The comment thread from the “Making Marks in the Marketplace” post was one of the best dialogues about art we’ve had on this site. Strangely enough, even with all of this conversation, it dead-ended and little action was taken. What do we need to take dialogue like this and turn it into real progress?

Honoring Chance

Posted by on Mar 7, 2009 in Contemporary Culture

Regardless of your political view of “Operation Iraqi Freedom” the movie “Taking Chance” should be seen by ALL Americans. “Taking Chance’” illustrates beautifully the detailed process and the amount of people involved in the transport of our troops KIA from the battlefield to their final resting place.

THC kills brain tumor cells

Posted by on Mar 5, 2009 in Contemporary Culture

Using the same tests used to judge new chemotherapies, the SETH team discovered that this herbal compound kills human brain tumor cells at a concentration that is nontoxic to normal brain cells. A computerized microscope captured images of the cells every 5 minutes to compile the time-lapse videos. After 20 hours of treatment, 9-THC kills ...