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.
When you inhale through the straw, you take the atmosphere out of the straw (it goes into your lungs). Now the atmosphere is pushing down on the liquid in the glass, with noting the balance it inside the straw, so the liquid risesâ¦into your mouth! Since we canât see the atmosphere, itâs hard to figure out how it works. Scientists deal with this problem all the time.