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.
Well, think about what happens when you put a straw into liquid. The liquid rises in the straw, to exactly the same height as the liquid in the glass. Thatâs because the atmosphere is pushing down on the liquid in the glass. The atmosphere pushes the liquid in the glass up into the straw.