Anti-Bullying Day

The last Wednesday of February is known as Anti-Bullying Day in Canada. It's also known as "Pink Shirt Day". Originally started as a protest against a bullying incident at a Nova Scotia high school (Central Kings Rural High School). On this day participants are asked to wear pink to symbolize a stand against bullying.

The original event was organized by David Shepherd and Travis Price. They bought and distributed 50 pink shirts after a student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt on the first day of school.

In 2008, Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell proclaimed February 27 to be the provincial anti-bullying day.[2] It was then celebrated on February 25 in 2009. In 2009, the boys and girls club work on pink T-shirts that says "Bullying Stops Here." and "Pink Shirt Day" for Anti-Bullying Day.

Did you wear pink today?

J. E. Murphy, “Leap Year is Coming,” Oregon Journal, December 16, 1911

The year 1912 was a “leap year,” giving February a 29th day. Popular tradition held that in leap years women could ask men to dance or to marry, unlike other years when they were not to take the lead.

J.E. Murphy used this concept of a leap year as a foundation for his editorial cartoon. Here “Miss 1912” dressed in the latest fashion, considers the potential presidential candidates in frames on her desk as she might consider potential husbands. They include Woodrow Wilson, William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, and Robert LaFollette, with other possible candidates, Uncle Sam looks on with amusement.

The cartoon presents both positive and negative views of women and their political power. “Miss 1912” is thoughtful, and the choice before her, selecting a president, involves the right to vote. It was a power that women in states surrounding Oregon had achieved; cartoonist Murphy suggests that Oregon women will gain that power in the upcoming election of 1912. Yet because the candidates are arrayed as potential husbands it might appear as if “Miss 1912” is simply looking for the most handsome choice (a charge that some opponents made about women voters). Actions in leap year could be considered unusual exceptions rather than rights and obligations.

Without direct comments from readers, it is hard to know just how they received “Leap Year is Coming”.

Like today, editorial cartoons in the suffrage era seized readers’ interest, called on ideas and emotions and were memorable. Both sides of the suffrage campaign used images to advance their cause.

—Kimberly Jensen

It's Official

Black Rose has been accepted to the University of her choice with a 95% entrance average. If she didn't look and act so much like us, I would wonder to whom she belongs.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! We are so proud of you! You have earned the positive things that people have written within their recommendation letters.

AWESOME!! Wahooo - jump, jump. Wahoo - clap, clap!

**For the privacy of Black Rose - the name of the University as well as her real name are being withheld**

Anthropology is devoted to the study of human beings in all of their social and cultural complexity. Anthropologists seek to describe the inner workings of human social groups and to understand how and why societies change over time. Anthropologists seek to foster an approach that is at once critical and engaged.

Archaeology approaches past human cultures through what they have left behind: material culture or artifacts; ecofacts, including animal bones and plant remains; architectural features and even cultural landscapes, like settlement systems or coastal zones. Bioarchaeologists specialize in the study of human remains.

But first.......she has to GRADUATE!

People and Pets we have met while 'caching'

Time to clean house I think

This fellow is going on 11 years old and he gets cold sometimes. So, he wandered into the bathroom hoping someone was in the tub so he could have their clothes and such........hmmm Black Rose, you forgot to shut the door completely.

Here Kitty Kitty

Spring - are you coming soon?

Black Rose appreciates the history of life & Architecture

Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton, from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder, carpenter, mason") is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.

New information on shampoos

I have just discovered this important information below. Please share with all your friends.
Personally I don't know WHY I didn't figure this out sooner!!!!!
It's the shampoo I use in the shower!

When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body.
Printed very clearly on the shampoo label is this warning, "FOR EXTRA VOLUME AND BODY."

No WONDER I have been gaining weight!!!

Well, I have got rid of that shampoo and I am going to start using Dish Washing Liquid instead.
It's label reads, "DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE."
Problem solved!

If I don't answer the phone I'll be in the shower!


Thanks for sharing, Gwen! Loved it.