Month: July 2009

7.31.09 Rock With the Animals

July 3, 2009 Mike Keeler
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The quickSilver staff is headed out this weekend to the All Points West music festival.  Our plan is to dance around like monkeys. Here’s why:  researchers at the University of Kyushu Japan have reported that chimpanzees, like humans, have an innate appreciation of music.  Using an orphaned chimp named Sakura…
2009

7.3.09 Sacred Signers

July 3, 2009 Mike Keeler
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The Declaration of Independence bears the signatures of 56 men.  Many of their names have become world-famous, including 2 American presidents, multiple governors, ambassadors and state leaders.  But for an unlucky few, things turned out quite differently… Only six weeks after the signing, two members of the New York delegation…
2009