March 2010 – the quick Sliver

3.26.10 March Madness

March 26, 2010 Mike Keeler

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There’s a reason it’s called “March Madness.” As the NCAA basketball tournaments tipped off, researchers at The Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sports did a little research. They looked at the graduation rates of the 65 men’s and 64 women’s teams, utilizing a metric called the APR (Academic Progress…

3.19.10 The Miracle of Capistrano

March 19, 2010 Mike Keeler

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This is about the rise, and perhaps the fall, of a cultural miracle. Father St. John O’Sullivan was a Catholic priest who arrived at the San Juan Capistrano mission in 1910. Sent there for relief of chronic tuberculosis, Father O’Sullivan immediately realized the place was in worse shape than he…

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3.12.10 Genius in 236 Words

March 12, 2010 Mike Keeler

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OK aspiring writers, this one’s easy. Maybe too easy. Your assignment today is to write a story of only about 1500 words. But there’s a catch: all the words in your story have to be two syllables or less, OK? Oh, there’s one other thing: you can only use…

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3.12.10 Genius in 236 Words

March 12, 2010 Mike Keeler

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3.5.10 The Madness of Johnny Depp

March 5, 2010 Mike Keeler

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NO, it’s a lie! We at quickSilver are not responsible for Johnny Depp’s crazy behavior. OK, we admit it, quicksilver is another name for mercury. And as far back as the Greeks, folks have known that mercury is unique and creepy stuff. They called it “hydragyrum” or “liquid silver.” Yes,…

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