Developing a Culture of Peace in Calgary and Alberta-an article presented at the Third Annual Alberta Peace Education Conference October 2005. It can be used for consideration in initiating other Provincial and Community Culture of Peace Programs.
Wanted: A Straw to Stir the Drink. âThe straw that stirs the drinkâ is an old newspaper colloquialism, derived from politics, applied to very successful columnists. It means a commentator with a large following, one whom even the opposition reads. (Itâs heard in baseball circles, too.
1 Fill the lid with bubble solution. 2  Dip a straw into the bubble solution container so that it is wet half way up the straw. 3  Touch the straw to the lid and blow a bubble on the lid. 4  Slowly pull the straw all the way out of the bubble. 5  Now dip the pointed end of a pair of scissors into the container of bubble solution.