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Myra's Dionysus: Local Folk Art and Food Lore

By Molly Gullett

The Southwest Ohio Folklore Collection features a wide range of folklore related topics and this week?s blog explores food lore and folk art with a local twist. Carol Watkins? paper from the collection features photographs and information on Myra?s Dionysus, a charming restaurant situated in a unique building at 121 Calhoun Street. Myra?s Dionysus is well known locally for their ethnic foods, vegetarian options and, perhaps most notably, for their seasonal soups. If you have ever visited the restaurant, you might remember that the soups which are being offered that day are listed on colorful hand-painted signs hanging in the doorway to the small, but cozy, dining room.

Another common sight at Myra?s is the collection of handmade hats hanging from the walls, which are knitted by the owner, Myra Griffin. Watkins? paper discusses a group that Myra belonged to called ?The Knitwits? and the origin of her famous ?soup hats.?

These handmade pieces are named after various well-known soups available at Myra?s and can be distinguished by their array of colors and accessories.

Some of the soups and hats include black bean, borscht, potato cheese, and split pea, which is featured here.

To anyone not familiar with Myra?s Dionysus, the soup hats might just seem like normal craft, but to local residents who frequent the restaurant the hats are a shared understanding of what a gem Myra?s Dionysus is to the Clifton Heights community.

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Photographs: ?Split Pea Hat? By Carol Watkins, 2006.

All other photographs by Molly Gullett.

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Corporal Punishment: When a Religious Exemption Becomes a ...

FlaglerLive | November 14, 2012

In the shadow of scriptures. (Liz Kasameyer)

By Cary McMullen

A harrowing recent series in the Tampa Bay Times detailed how for 30 years a handful of homes for troubled youth have used a misguided exemption in Florida law to get away with all manner of abuses by using religion as a shield.

These homes have gone unregulated because of a 1984 provision that removes religious homes from state oversight and places them under what is essentially a self-regulatory body whose oversight is, to say the least, lax.

Cary McMullen

Among the abuses committed by these homes were beatings, extended isolation, shackling and sexual crimes as well. The homes have almost completely gotten away with it until now, and fortunately the Times series has forced the state to start an investigation.

The series did not give the history behind the 1984 exemption, only that it was passed due to the efforts of a handful of pastors ? presumably of a fundamentalist Christian persuasion ? and a powerful state legislator. Reading between the lines, my guess is that this exemption and the mess it created has to do with corporal punishment, which was beginning to be forbidden in schools and state-supervised homes about that time.

The behavioral sciences have since the 1960s discouraged corporal punishment on the grounds that it does more harm than good, and this defines a clash of values. The issue is not just about spanking. Fundamentalists, and sometimes their more moderate cousins, evangelicals, distrust the philosophy that would forbid corporal punishment.

It?s true that psychology and sociology sometimes have far-out ideas, but for conservative Protestants the distrust lies in their assumptions about the nature of human beings. The behavioral sciences tend to assume that human nature is naturally disposed toward improvement. The right techniques that lead to greater self-awareness will result in better mental health, more happiness, etc.

Protestantism traditionally has taken a more skeptical view. Protestant theology has asserted that human nature is naturally sinful and incapable of improvement on its own and that the only remedy for this is reliance upon the grace of God. Only by obedience to the will and ways of God is a human being able to find joy and ultimately salvation.

Regrettably, this theology sometimes has been twisted and exaggerated to produce a harsh, unyielding form of disciplining children that has little to do with the Bible from which it is supposedly drawn. It is overlaid with secular conservative values ? independence, traditional views of gender roles, admiration for physical courage and so on.

So when psychologists say that spanking is bad for a child, it goes against the grain. It?s one more bit of evidence to fundamentalists that the behavioral sciences embrace views that are contrary to the word of God.

In this case, they wielded political muscle to isolate themselves from obeying the laws of the state, laws that were put in place to protect children from the excesses that some of these misguided people thought were necessary to uphold their values.

To be fair, not all evangelicals hold these views, as the Times? Alexandra Zayas points out in one of her stories. And even officials at Southern Baptist Children?s agencies were against the exemption at the time it was proposed because of the potential for abuse.

It goes without saying that this exemption was a bad idea from the beginning. When the welfare of children is at stake, even well-intentioned people cannot be given a blank check.

Of course, if the people running these homes had paid closer attention to the teachings of Jesus, including the Golden Rule ? ?In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you? ? there might not have been any abuses in the first place.

Cary McMullen is a journalist and editor who lives in Lakeland. He can be reached by email?here.

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Finding The Best Used Cars For Sale - Work On the Internet

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3 things you might not know about full-screen mobile advertising ...

Kurt Hawks is general manager at Greystripe

By Kurt Hawks

Full-screen ads have been with us for a while, yet some marketers are scratching their heads and wondering if full-screen ads should be a part of their mobile advertising mix.

The answer: yes, absolutely.

But let us take a look at three important facts about full-screen ads that you may not already know:

#1: Full-screen ads outperform small banner ads
We recently completed an internal study comparing small banner and full-screen ad campaigns running over the past six months. We found that full-screen ads generated a conversion rate five times higher than small banner ads.

Additionally, full-screen ads do not generate unintended clicks.

Harris Interactive estimates 47 percent of small banner clicks are accidental, diminishing the effectiveness of the ad. Full-screen ads eliminate the ?fat finger? issue and ensure all clicks are genuine through 100 percent on-screen share of voice.

#2: Full-screen ads generate higher engagement rates
Data from comScore found that 91 percent of users enjoy interacting with rich media ads, and our campaign results further bear this out.

For example, Buick LaCrosse launched a full-screen immersion ad campaign featuring a ?Simon Says? game concept.

The game illuminated the Buick LaCrosse tires in a specific pattern, and the user was tasked with successfully mimicking that pattern.

By incorporating functionality unique to mobile, Buick facilitated a seamless and interactive in-application experience that generated a 3.9 percent click-through rate, a 33 percent lift in purchase intent, and an average interaction time of two minutes and 42 seconds ? far beyond normal interaction times.

#3: Full-screen ads deliver a better experience for mobile users
Full-screen ads, when deployed strategically, are less intrusive than banner ads.

The small banner format limits available screen space and leaves little room for an application?s functionality.

Conversely, full-screen ads can be incorporated at logical and naturally occurring breaks in an application, preserving valuable screen space. For instance, in the gaming environment, full-screen interstitial ads may appear between levels.

When it comes to user experience, it is also important to note that not all full-screen ads are created equal.

Ads that feature a click protection menu protect the application experience by first asking if users would like to engage with the ad, virtually eliminating inadvertent clicks that take users out of the application.

Video ads are also an example.

Rather than disrupting a user?s experience with noisy audio, videos can be designed to auto-play start on mute with the option to activate sound.

So, now that we have covered the facts, what is a marketer to do when figuring out where full-screen fits into their overall ad mix?

Future is now
The new iPhone 5 boasts a screen that is 25 percent larger than previous models. Smartphones such as the Android models have already adapted this larger screen size and with Apple introducing the 4-inch screen, a new industry standard has officially been established. Bigger is better in the mobile world.

Full-screen ads will increase in relevance as an additional 50 million iPhones are purchased between now and the end of 2012, according to Strategy Analytics.

Not only are Apple diehards flocking to buy them, but the reduced price points for the iPhone 4 and 4s will drive iPhone adoption even higher.

Full-screen ads are poised to not only reach their widest possible audience to-date, but also to create a boom in ad engagement, campaign performance and positive user experience.

Statistics and case studies have proven that full-screen ads deliver better results than any other type of mobile ads, and they will continue to exceed expectations as smartphones adapt larger screens as the new standard.

Now is the time for marketers to examine their mobile strategies and ensure that full-screen advertising is front and center this quarter and into 2013.

Kurt Hawks is general manager at ValueClick?s Greystripe, San Francisco. Reach him at khawks@greystripe.com.

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Chocolate Bars Are Shrinking, And Not For Health ... - Business Insider

It has long been suspected but now it is official: our chocolate bars are shrinking.

For the first time, the Office of National Statistics has revealed that the size of our chocolate bars and bags of sweets have reduced by as much as 10 per cent in the past year.

The government agency took the unusual step of mentioning the development in its latest consumer price index report so that the public were aware they were getting less for their money.

Rising food prices were said to be a major factor in the jump in October inflation to 2.7 per cent, up from 2.2 per cent the month before.

But the ONS also said consumers were facing inflation ?by the back door? as confectionery products were being reduced in size but still costing the same money.

The report said: ?The main upward pressures came from potatoes (where there have been reports of low yields as a result of the poor weather in recent months), fruit, and confectionery.

?In the case of the last of these, a number of confectionery products have reduced in size.

"This is treated as a price increase as consumers get less for their money.?

Richard Campbell, a statistician at the ONS, said: ?We are always careful to compare like for like so if people are getting less for their money then it is effectively a price increase.

?Our price collectors noticed that chocolate bars and bags of sweets were decreasing in size by around 10 per cent so we felt it was important to inform the public.

Cadbury recently decreased the weight of its Dairy Milk chocolate bar from 49g to 45g while continuing to charge 59p.

It reduced the size in the wake of rising fuel and cocoa prices.

A 205g bag of Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles Sharing Bag reduced to 170g, a 175g Smarties bag is now 147g and Nestle's Munchies Pouch dropped from 150g to 126g.

The shrinkage has been attributed to the rising cost of production and seems to have centered on family pack sizes, which are easier to alter than the single bars.

A spokesman for consumer magazine Which? said shrinking products could be an underhand way of inflating prices and called for pricing to be clearer and the food companies to make any changes obvious to their customers.

Global food costs had increased because of poor harvests in Britain and in the US which had a knock on effect on animal products such as milk.

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