According to legend, Sam Panopoulos, a Greek immigrant who moved to Canada in 1954, created the first Hawaiian pizza just over the Michigan border in Chatham, Ontario.  His restaurant, Satellite, focused mostly on traditional American fare like burgers and fries, but he eventually started experimenting with trendier foods like Chinese American dishes and pizza (remember:  This was 1962).  The cuisine's sweet-and-sour flavors inspired the pizza we know—and maybe love—today.  As for the "Hawaiian" moniker:  That was simply appropriated from the pineapple can.  https://www.tastingtable.com/dine/national/hawaiian-pineapple-pizza-history  See also How the pineapple became a worldwide symbol of hospitality by Josh Lew at https://www.mnn.com/your-home/at-home/stories/how-pineapple-became-worldwide-symbol-hospitality  

Botanists and historians say the pineapple (or Ananas comosus, if you want to get scientific) originated in South America, most likely near present-day Brazil.  It was a mainstay in South America long before the Europeans arrived.  Then Christopher Columbus and his crew swept into the New World, stumbled across the tangy fruit, and true to form, claimed it as their own.  The Spaniards named their botanical “discovery” the piña, because it bore a striking resemblance to an oversized pinecone.  They loaded it onto their ships and took it home to Spain.  The exact date of the pineapple’s debut in Hawai‘i is not known, but some historians say it probably arrived around 1770.  By the early 1900s, pineapple barons like James Drummond Dole, who became known as “The Pineapple King,” had an ambitious goal:  to see canned pineapple on shelves in every grocery store across the country.  Dole’s earlier move to Hawai‘i was set into motion when his cousin, sugar tycoon Sanford B. Dole, led the coup d‘état against Queen Lili‘uokalani in 1893 and was named president of the new provincial government.  https://fluxhawaii.com/the-sweet-and-sour-history-of-pineapple-in-hawaii/

The pizza effect is a term used especially in religious studies and sociology for the phenomenon of elements of a nation or people's culture being transformed or at least more fully embraced elsewhere, then re-imported back to their culture of origin, or the way in which a community's self-understanding is influenced by (or imposed by, or imported from) foreign sources.  It is named after the idea that modern pizza toppings were developed among Italian immigrants in the United States (rather than in native Italy, where in its simpler form it was originally looked down upon), and was later exported back to Italy to be interpreted as a delicacy in Italian cuisine.  Related phrases include "hermeneutical feedback loop", "re-enculturation", and "self-orientalization".  The term "pizza effect" was coined by the Austrian-born Hindu monk and professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University, Agehananda Bharati in 1970.  The original examples given by Agehananda Bharati mostly had to do with popularity and status:  The Apu trilogy films of Satyajit Ray, which were flops in India before they were given prizes in Western countries and re-evaluated as classics of the Indian cinema  The popularity in India of movements like those of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and ISKCON based on their popularity in the west.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_effect

One of Britain's most beloved wildlife artists, Lesley Anne Ivory and her imaginative feline artwork are phenomenally popular the world over.  Her artwork graces calendars, greeting cards, and ceramics.  Lesley has illustrated more than 40 children's books, and her wildlife wood engravings were exhibited at the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy for a consecutive decade.  She has also created limited edition wildlife art for World Wildlife Fund and has three one-woman shows in London.  Lesley's predominately watercolor and gouache artwork is heavily influenced by her love of pattern--from Indian and Persian tapestry and design to the mosaics and friezes of antiquity.  See many examples of Lesley Anne Ivory's artwork at http://www.cathappy.net/ivory.htm

"Everything about him was polished, from his teeth to his shoes."  "The look in her eyes would have stripped the gloss off a shinier surface than his."  "Carol knew the brick wall of loyalty when she ran into it."  The Retribution, Book 7 in the Tony Hill & Carol Jordan series by Val McDermid

Ranked in the top 100 most-visited art museums worldwide by Art Newspaper, the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has grown to become an international destination.  The sculpture program features more than 200 works in the permanent collection sited both indoors and outdoors on the 158-acre main campus.  http://www.meijergardens.org/discover/

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is the presidential museum and resting place of Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States (1974–1977), and his wife Betty Ford, located near the Pew Campus of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan  Permanent exhibits:  Gerald Ford's America:  pop culture of the 1970s, Young Jerry Ford:  His formative years to inauguration as vice president, Constitution in Crisis:  The Watergate years, At Work in the Oval Office:  a recreation of the Oval Office during Ford's years as President of the United States, Leadership in Diplomacy:  Ford's foreign trips with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Ford Cabinet Room:  a recreation of the Cabinet Room of the Ford Presidency.  Videos highlight the pardon of Richard Nixon, the seizure of the SS Mayagüez, and the New York City financial crisis.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford_Presidential_Museum

October 11, 2012  From the American Library Association:  We all know that public libraries have become local employment agencies, e-government one-stop shopping centers, providers of free entertainment for those forced to drop cable and book or e-book purchases, and a place to gather and explore the internet without having to pay the price of home service.  But … are libraries simply becoming the information welfare system for the have nots?  If they are, then they always have been.  Because in serving these roles and many others, libraries are doing what they have been doing for more than 100 years—ensuring that all people in the community have access to the resources they need and want to be self actualized and self governing people.  While the trends for service change with the cultural, political, and economic shifts and challenges, the role remains the same.  It is a role that is as critical now as it was when Andrew Carnegie said when he began giving the first of his library grants in 1898, “There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.”  Yes, then as now libraries provided the level playing field for knowledge and information that is critical to our democracy.  Librarians have awakened to the fact that education and advocacy are critical to ensuring the safety of their budgets.  We changed our name because we believe that if we are all “United for Libraries” we can stem the tide of library cuts and closings.  (We were formerly known as ALTAFF – the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations.)  http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/we-are-united-libraries-name-change-becomes-official  See also Literary Landmarks by state at http://www.ala.org/united/products_services/literarylandmarks/landmarksbystate/landmarksbystate  As of this writing, Ohio has the following literary landmarks:  2000 Oak Hill Cottage - Louis Bromfield, Mansfield, Ohio.  The house featured as “Shane's Castle” in Louis Bromfield’s first novel, The Green Bay Tree (1924).  2012 Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library - Harvey Pekar, Cleveland Ohio.  Best known for his American Splendor series, Harvey Pekar (1939-2010) spent countless days at Heights Libraries, working on stories that celebrated his hometown and the common man  2015 Toledo-Lucas County Public Library - Carolyn Keene, Toledo, Ohio.  Author and journalist Mildred A. Wirt Benson (known by many by her pen name, Carolyn Keene), moved to Toledo in 1938.  From 1930-1953, she wrote 23 of the first 30 Nancy Drew mysteries  2015 Hamilton Lane Library - Robert McCloskey, Hamilton, Ohio.  Two-time Caldecott Award-winner Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) walked through the doors of the Hamilton Lane Library many times as a child.  McCloskey was born in Hamilton and his first book, Lentil, featured several Hamilton scenes, including the library.  2017 Literary Landmark plaque - Earl Derr Biggers, Warren, Ohio.  A plaque honoring author and playwright Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) in his hometown.

The 21st Century Library by James Bikales   While the American foray into the digital age would lead many to classify libraries as obsolete, the continued—if not heightened—importance of the library’s core mission to provide knowledge, as well as new skills of librarians and changes to the design of libraries, make them relevant in our changed world.  “The fundamental role of the library is not to provide books, it is to provide information.  So that has not changed,” said Eileen Abels, dean of the Simmons School of Library and Information Science, in an interview with the Harvard Political Review.  “But I think the time has come for librarians to reach into new media.”  The central mission of a library has been and will remain to be to provide “unlimited access to high quality sources of information,” Suzanne Wones, director of library digital strategies and innovations at Harvard Library, told the HPR.  Rather than through print books, Wones said, this is now mostly achieved through digital resources and tools.  “More and more resources are digital only—there’s no print counterpart,” Peter Suber, director of Harvard Library’s Office for Scholarly Communication, told the HPR.   “When there are print and digital editions, more and more libraries will choose the digital edition, since more and more patrons expressed a preference for that.”  In addition to growing its digital-only collection, Harvard Library is undertaking a massive digitization project in all of its 79 libraries.  In 2016 alone, it made more than 1.8 million artifacts available online.  Mark Herring, dean of library services at Winthrop University, in an interview with the HPR, noted that the rise of fake news makes the job of a librarian more important than ever.  But today’s librarians need to be more proactive in their outreach, as students are more inclined to look up a fact online than to ask a librarian.  “With the rise of automation and other avenues of information competition, librarians need to be much more aggressive,” Herring said.  “[They] need to get out of the library and go where students are, like classes, dorms, and the student center, to help them with their research.”  This trend of greater outreach is not limited to academic libraries.  David Leonard, president of Boston Public Library, told the HPR that the role of a librarian has changed in the public library as well.  “In the past, we would wait for people to come to us.  Today, we are more outgoing [and] put a premium on marketing and outreach,” he said.  http://harvardpolitics.com/harvard/the-library/  Thank you, Muse reader!

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