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Art and Medicine at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo (Part 2)

 

Gilles Barbier, L'Hospice (The Nursing Home), 2002. Detail

When American superheroes get too shabby, they are sent to vegetate in Gilles Barbier's Nursing Home. The work refers quite straightforwardly to our societies' obsession with eternal youth. Should medical research be geared towards the fight against the loss of youthfulness? Or isn't medicine's most noble mission to provide us with better lives? Will our society ever revert to respecting old age?
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Health Care Hell

It's the end of the month and you can't pay for your medical bill so you are placed on collections. Free market healthcare Sci Fi movie features Repo Men out to get your organs.
Repo Men Posters Price Out Your Organs

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Chemical BPA Linked to Heart Disease

You might want to consider an alternative the next time you store your food in those plastic containers. A recent study found high concentrations of BPA, a man made chemical used in everyday plastic containers linked to heart disease. Read source

David Lynch to Get Gehry Design in Lodz, Poland

Frank Gehry is to build a very large cultural center in Lodz, Poland. A very interesting addition to the rest of the renovations that Lodz is going through. This is the first time that Gehry will design a building in Poland.

The interior is going to be made up of a large projected screen and it’s roof will complement the gothic cathedral in Lodz.

There will be 4 movie theaters, 1 large concert auditorium, 1 small auditorium and a large courtyard.

Polish Architecture, Frank Gehry and Lodz, Poland
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Vampire buzz takes bite in Kirkland

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Amidst a vampire buzz in popular culture, local author Richelle Mead has taken the furor by storm.The New York Times and USA Today bestselling urban fantasy author for both adults and teens recently launched her fourth book, "Blood Promise," in her young adult series “Vampire Academy.” And fans are talking.
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Kirkland Reporter Editor
Dec 21 2009, 3:17 PM · UPDATED
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Creativity Lost in Education

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types…
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