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Anyhow, I posted on our Facebook page yesterday to say that I'd made shepherd's pie for dinner - wow, I got a lot of likes! Now, I know most people already have their own recipe for shepherd's pie, but I thought I'd give you mine, to give you some ideas to adapt into your own recipe.
I won't pretend that shepherd's pie is the quickest dinner in the world; although not in any way difficult, it does take a bit of time and is a bit of a faff, cooking meat and potatoes first and then cooking it all again in the oven. However, it is a "two dinner" dish, in that I definitely get two days out of it.
The original recipe I used was a made up version - and you know, it was never that great; either too tomato-ey (bolognaise with mash on top would be one description... yuck! If I want bolognaise, that's what I'll have! Not some weirdy hybrid thing) or else way too much gloopy gravy swimming around the plate - ugh.
So off I went to check out my favourite source for "basic" type recipes - Delia Smith of course. I followed her recipe slavishly for a few years. However, as the mini-DinnerLadies weaned onto solids and became fussy (yes, I know it was of my own making and now I'm having to undo all my own mistakes - let the parent who has not made a single error in raising their own offspring judge me) I realised that cheese encrusted leeks was never really gonna be a runner for us! I was also never convinced with the addition of a ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon in the dish - it's extremely little, so I went with it to enrich the flavour, but I could always taste it and really, mains-meets-dessert is never a good taste. I loved the turnip though, so that made the final cut in last night's version.
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A last quick word regarding grated cheese on top - I do love this, but my children actually don't, it gets too hard I think, so I leave it off. Also, I really think that if you are making it to last two days, you should leave the cheese off - re-heated melted cheese is hard and nasty, in my opinion. As we eat later than the girls, I tend to just grate some cheese on the adults' portions before popping them in the oven to heat through for about 10 minutes before serving.
Anyhow, enough of the waffle - here's the recipe...
Shepherd's / Cottage Pie
(With thanks to Delia Smith, Paul Flynn and Lidl Ireland)
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- 700g minced lamb or beef
- 1 medium onion
- 1 large carrot
- 1 celery stalk
- 4-6oz turnip (a large slice)
- About 4 small mushrooms
- About half a 125g pack lardons
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 teaspoon mixed herbs
- 1 level tablespoon plain flour
- 400ml beef stock (made with one stock cube)s
- 1 tablespoon tomato purée
- 900g (2lbs) potato
- 2 or 3 parsnips, peeled and chopped roughly
- Grated cheddar (optional)
- salt and pepper, and oil for frying, and some butter for the potatoes
- Preheat the oven to 200C, and you will also need a large baking dish - I used a rectangular 32cm x 24cm enamel dish but slightly smaller would've been fine
- Firstly, pop a large saucepan or "le creuset" type casserole pot on a medium heat and warm some oil, while you blitz the vegetables in a food processor - do them in stages, as they won't all fit at once. I do the onion and celery together first (as they take the longest), scrap into the pot to start frying gently along with the bacon bits, while getting on with the rest of the vegetables except the parsnips, adding to the pot as you go along, cooking them for a good 5 minutes or so, until softened, then remove to a bowl
- Turn up the heat on the pan and brown the meat (in batches, if your saucepan isn't big enough), using a spoon to break the meat up
- While the meat is browning, stick on the spuds - if you are using Ireland's favourite floury potatoes (golden wonder, rooster, queens) you are really better off leaving them whole and in their skins, then peeling afterwards, otherwise they get too water-logged. If you are using a waxier variety (desirée or king edwards, for example), you can peel them and chop into chunks. Either way, they will take about 20-30 minutes boiling (I find Roosters, the reddish ones that are most common in the supermarket, need a good 30 minutes or even more, boiling gently to avoid them breaking out - do NOT stick a knife in to check them, then they will break out. Trust me and leave them 30 mins at least on a gentle boil)
- With about 10 minutes to go on the potatoes, add the parnsips to the potatoes
- Once browned, season the meat well with salt and pepper and return the vegetables to the pot, adding in the herbs as well
- Stir in the flour, to soak up the juices, and then gradually add the stock bit by bit until all incorporated
- Stir in the tomato purée, stick a lid on the pot and let it bubble gently on the lowest heat for 20 minutes
- When the potatoes are done, strain (and if using floury potatoes, pop a sheet a kitchen paper on top for a couple of minutes, to absorb some of the water), then peel the potatoes, season with salt, pepper and a knob of butter, and mash with the parsnips. Don't add any milk to the mash, as you want it firm enough to sit on top of the meat sauce
- When the meat is ready, spoon it into the dish and then distribute the potato on top (do this lightly, don't throw it on with a big spoon and a heavy hand, or it will sink)
- Sprinkle grated cheese on top (if using) and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes
Now, what to do with all that leftover turnip?! You can use any mix of vegetables you like, of course, but I think the turnip gives a delicious depth to the sauce, and a sweetness. I never add peas - I still hold it against peas that, as a slightly fussy child, I was constantly told that everyone likes peas.... well, I didn't, so there! Plus, there's no hiding them, they are green and obvious - and if the fussy Small People start looking at the peas and trying to remove them, then they'll find the bacon bits, and then spot the carrot flecks - at which stage, I probably loose the will to live.
The last word goes to the elder of my two mini-DinnerLadies, who is 5½. She scraped her plate and finished first for the first time in her life (she is a phenomenally slow eater), pronounced it all delicious, asked why we didn't have it more often and then said, "you're the best cooker, Mummy". What more could a mother ask for?!


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Gonna keep the details minimal on this one, but let's just say: Wizards + Steam Engines + Racing
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Mr. Grimly and His Race Crew
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Looks amazing! Also, you can see the girl's knee joints right through the skin.
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The Benefits of Slip Stitch Crochet
It might not be the fastest crochet hat I've ever made, but I am a fan. The Best Guy Hat Ever is worked entirely in slip stitch crochet. Because the slip stitches are so short it takes 32 rows to make 4 inches of fabric and a hat in slip stitch needs more rows than a similarly sized hat worked in single crochet.
But I can see why this stitch was historically popular in cold climates for hats and mittens. The resulting fabric is incredibly thick with incredible stretch between rows. The thickness of the fabric means that projects worked entirely in slip stitch would use more yarn but be much warmer than many other crochet or knit stitches.
The rows in this hat are worked vertically, as you can see in my color changes. This is important as the slip stitch technique has phenomenal stretch between rows, but not much stretch between stitches.
I haven't yet decided what I will do with this hat when it is finished. The colors are perfect for a guy, but this hat may just find its way into my own closet.
You can find the pattern for The Best Guy Hat Ever as a single pattern download or purchase Interweave Crochet Fall 2011 in the Crochet Me Shop.
Best wishes,
P.S. Do you crochet slip stitch accessories? I would love to hear what you think of them.


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Monday, April 23, 2012
Under the heading People With Too Much Time On Their Hands
The following blog post regarding book banning recently came in through the SCBWI list-serve. I couldn't resist reposting, read the entire story here. In a nutshell some parents in PA had a problem with their little boy reading The Dirty Cowboy, a book about a cowboy who takes a bath once a year in a creek. Specifically they had a problem with the illustrator implying that one must be naked in order to take a bath. Though note if you read the entire story of the hubbub.... the cowboy is never seen actually naked. The illustrator in question is Adam Rex, who is a hilarious genius.
Frankly I'm wondering if maybe these parents just have a problem with their kid reading, period.
Frankly I'm wondering if maybe these parents just have a problem with their kid reading, period.
I'm amazed that in 2012 people haven't yet figured out that if they don't want their offspring to read/see/play with any media all they have to do is use the magically simple word "No." Or a variation there of: Not now, I don't think so, after I see it first, maybe when you are older, Let's talk about... etc. Instead of controlling ONLY their family situation they feel the need to control everyone else's. Claiming to be concerned that certain media will cause their children to have a bad life, parents don't realize that by attempting to control every little thing in the larger environment they fail to teach their children how to make good choices on anything - let alone the media they consume.
There are books I don't want my kids to read. Books that consist of regurgitated licensed crappy characters where the story is supplanted by glittery stickers. We do read these occasionally but a lot more get accidentally left in the car. Maybe I'm a book snob, but I also don't let my kids eat Twinkies every day. I have explained (read: defended) my choices in both snacks and books to my children on numerous occasions. What I hope I'm doing as a parent is teaching them to choose wisely from the vast array of life spreading out ahead of them.
However what I don't do is march down to the library and demand that this book be withdrawn because it offends my literary taste and values. Some people like - even value - getting to eat Twinkies every day. I'm sure the Twinkie manufacturers are grateful.
While I must roll my eyes to the back of my head over these parents being concerned at their child seeing a boot covering a butt, maybe instead of taking up everyone's time and tax dollars they could have actually had a conversation about the book with their child. Then (in the unlikely event) when the little boy said "yes this picture makes me want to look up all kinds of nakedness on the internet!" they could have unplugged household computers appropriately. Or (more likely) when the boy seemed not to notice the almost nudity AT ALL, they could have sighed with relief and gone back to their regularly scheduled lives of shopping at Walmart, watching American Idol, and sending donations to the Family Research Council.
Being an illustrator, I'd love it if one of my books were banned. Sales of banned books always go up. Maybe I should start looking for manuscripts where I could draw a little bootie.....
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Illustration Friday - Heights
Looks like there's quite a trend on Illustration Friday to post giraffes for this week's topic, Heights. I'll be no exception with this gleeful pair:
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Beach bums
Last week we got some well deserved relaxation at Perdido Key beach over spring break. Some sketches from the trip... I felt the return of a tiny bit of that 5 o'clock feeling just scanning these in:
Fry and Sprout building sand castles
Then came the dreaded.... the horrifying..... the Thing Which No Parent Will Speak Of Favorably.
It was.....
It was the nine hour drive home.
Fortunately we survived thanks to cheap electronic bribery... er.. I mean, modern technology:
Fry and Sprout building sand castles
|Sprout mesmerized by the waves
|Fry scooping up a sandcastle
|Sprout loved chasing seagulls. They did not love it back.
Then came the dreaded.... the horrifying..... the Thing Which No Parent Will Speak Of Favorably.
It was.....
It was the nine hour drive home.
Fortunately we survived thanks to cheap electronic bribery... er.. I mean, modern technology:
|Sprout zoned out with earbuds watching a DVD
|Fry pummeling my iPhone while playing Temple Run
Somewhere around Huntsville, AL, Sprout began moaning that she didn't want to go home, she wanted to go back to vacation. Believe me, Sprout, mommy wants that also..... we told her we were going home to make more money so that we could go back to the beach. That mollified her for a few more exits. Fry announced that Pensacola "was his favorite place ever!" knocking Gatlinburg off a perch it had held for nearly a year. Yes my children, vacation is a wonderful thing, may we all live to be beach bums some day.
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Why install cameras if no one is watching them?
A letter from Stealth Monitoring CEO, Norm Charney
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In many cases, Stealth becomes aware of suspicious activity earlier in the process than other security vendors. Operators can look up site-specific protocols and take immediate action. The operators can call security guards or management, sound speakers, and/or contact police if criminal activity is observed. Depending on numerous factors such as the time of night, what the criminals are wearing to cover their faces, what they have in their hands, and how they are moving, a human operator can make a judgment call to determine the severity of the problem. The best video analytics cannot make this determination as effectively as the trained operator. With Stealth's impressive data base experience, the real-time data can now be analyzed and translated into valuable information. This information comes to you through proprietary systems with dashboard-type reporting and customer portals that are being developed to set Stealth further apart from future competitors.
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WASHINGTON — There's something ironically contradictory about the Reagan Administration's almost fanatic espousal of mounting expenditures for national defense at a time when housing benefits for members of the military and veterans of previous wars are threatened by the same Administration's cost utters at the Office of Management and Budget.
For the moment, the onslaught against cutbacks in the Veterans Administration's housing-finance program and increased fees for obtaining a VA home loan seem to be held in abeyance because so many members of Congress and just plain folks raised their voices and said almost in chorus:
"Hey, this is absolutely crazy! You don't ask for more money for sophisticated weapons and then take away traditional benefits allocated for the people who use those weapons."
Rep. G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery (D-Mississippi), who heads the House Veterans Affairs Committee, has pledged to keep the VA home-loan guaranty program operating as usual, and he also pledged that there will be no legislation to raise the VA (now 1%) loan origination fee.


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Today I'm celebrating the blessing of 38 years on this beautiful earth. What an amazing ride it's been so far, FULL of so many blessings I cannot even count them. But, instead of making today about me, I'd really like to pass some blessings along so I've put together a fabulous Bible Journaling giveaway which I am sharing on the Creative Worship blog today. There are tons of ways you can enter so be sure to check out all the details HERE.
In addition to the giveaway, I am also celebrating my birthday with 38% off STOREWIDE today only! Enter code Korin38 during checkout to receive 38% off EVERYTHING in our store! Sale ends tonight at midnight.


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Basic Sponge Pudding
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"This is a good stand-by, where you can ring the changes with the variations, really you can use whatever you have on hand. The measurements are in ounces for dry ingredients. It can also be steamed in a well buttered dish covered with grease proof paper and aluminium foil, stand in a pan of boiling water to reach 3/4 up the side of the basin, and steam for 1 1/2 hrs. This is from my well used, dog-eared book, Good Meals On A Small Budget."
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 ounces butter or 4 ounces margarine
- 4 ounces caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 6 ounces self-raising flour (or plain flour with 1 tsp of baking powder)
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tablespoon milk
- Heat oven Gas 4/355F degrees.
- Well butter 2 1/2 to 3 inch deep pie dish.
- Cream together the butter or margarine and sugar.
- Add eggs one at a time with a little flour until smooth.
- Add remaining flour, baking powder (if used) and salt, beating well.
- Add the milk, and beat again.
- Pour mixture into dish and smooth the top.
- Bake for 40 to 50 minutes until well risen and brown.
- Variations to the Basic Sponge: Sultana Sponge; Put 2 oz sultanas in the bottom and around the sides of a well buttered dish, pour on the mixture.
- Apricot Sponge: Add 3 soaked apricots chopped small, to the mixture, put 3 or 4 apricot halves in the bottom of the dish, pour on the sponge mixture.
- Jam Sponge: Put 3 or 4 tblsp of any kind of jam in the bottom of the dish, pout on the sponge mixture.
- Syrup Sponge: Put 1 tblsp of golden syrup in the bottom of the dish, pour on mixture.
- Chocolate Sponge; Substitute 1 tblsp cocoa for 1 oz.
- flour, sieving it with the flour.
- Ginger Sponge; Add 1 tspn ground ginger to the flour and use 4 oz golden syrup instead of sugar, melted in warmed milk.
- Black Cap Pudding:Put a tblspn cleaned currants in the bottom of the dish, pour on the mixture.


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Just join us on twitter for the official OwlCrate chat during the date and time announced below.
**You must use the #owlbabble hashtag to be eligible for the giveaway. I'll be drawing the winner from the chat threads.**
**I'm sorry, but this giveaway is only domestic. I can't afford the foreign S&H on a package this heavy. However, I will have an INTL giveaway at a later date for an exclusive edition RoseBlood + Thorn print and mask to make up for it!**


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Campina Youth House Haven't seen this one posted anywhere so I decided to chuck a quick report up on it. I would say this particular location could be described as disused rather than abandoned, as it looked like there was redevelopment work going on when we arrived. Hence why it is so nice and pristine. Anyway, onto a little bit of history I found.. History The Youth House was orginally built as a leisure centre in Campina. A city situated roughly around the South East of Romania. It was constructed by local authorites in order to create a space for young people to participate in a range of sporting activities such as: aerobics, matrial arts and boxing. It was also established in order to promote culture and education and the house provided various facilities for the arts. The Youth House hosted a large auditorium to showcase fairs, exhibitions, conventions, concerts and festivals. Visit Visited with @darbians and @Gigi on a long weekend trip to Romania. We were driving past and saw what we orginally thought was a hotel and decided to check it out. Finding this place was defintely an unsuspected susprise and I'm very glad we decided to pull over. I really enjoyed photographing this one and I espiecally liked the mosiacs which reminded me of the ones at Buzludzha I had seen the previous year. I hope you enjoy my report! When you find a window open on the top floor, gotta get a few photos from the roof Thanks for reading!


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Alexander Thomas Augusta
Alexander Thomas Augusta
Alexander Thomas Augusta
|December 21, 1890 (aged 65)
|Known for
|American Civil War surgeon
Alexander Thomas Augusta (March 8, 1825 – December 21, 1890) was a surgeon, veteran of the American Civil War, and the first black professor of medicine in the United States. After gaining his medical education in Toronto in the Province of Canada, from 1850 to 1856, he set up a practice there. He returned to the United States shortly before the start of the American Civil War.
Augusta offered his services to the United States Army and in 1863, he was commissioned as major and the Army's first African-American physician; he became the first black hospital administrator in U.S. history while serving in the army.[1] He left the army in 1866 at the rank of brevet lieutenant colonel.[2]
In 1868 Augusta was the first African American to be appointed to the faculty of Howard University and the first to any medical college in the United States.
Augusta was born in 1825 to free people of color in Norfolk, Virginia. As a young man, he began to learn to read while working as a barber, although it was illegal for free blacks to do so in Virginia at that time. The state had restricted rights of free people of color following the Nat Turner slave rebellion of 1831.
Augusta moved to Baltimore while still in his youth. He also began pursuing an education in the field of medicine. He married Baltimore native Mary O. Burgoin on January 12, 1847.
Medical training
Augusta applied to study medicine at the University of Pennsylvania but was refused admission. Although he faced institutionalized racism later in his career, the university cited inadequate preparation in its rejection of him.[3] Augusta persisted in his education and arranged for private instruction from a doctor on the faculty. As he was determined to become a physician, Augusta travelled to California and earned the funds to pursue his goal of becoming a doctor.
Concerned that he would not be allowed to enroll in medical school in the U.S., in 1850 he enrolled at Trinity College of the University of Toronto. He also conducted business as a druggist and chemist. Six years later he received a degree in medicine.
Medical career
Augusta remained in Toronto, Canada West, establishing a medical practice. The City of Toronto appointed him as director of an industrial school. He supported local antislavery activities, which supported the American movement. He also founded the Provincial Association for the Education and Elevation of the Coloured People of Canada, a literary society that donated books and other school supplies to black children. Augusta left Canada for the West Indies in about 1860, returning to Baltimore at the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861.[3]
American Civil War
Augusta went to Washington, D.C., where he wrote President Abraham Lincoln offering his services as a surgeon. He was given a Presidential commission in the Union Army in October 1862. On April 4, 1863, he received a major's commission as surgeon for African-American troops. This made him the United States Army's first African-American physician (of a total of eight) and its highest-ranking African-American officer at the time. He was also appointed to lead the Freedman's Hospital in Washington, DC in 1863, becoming the first black hospital administrator in U.S. history.[2]
Some whites resented Augusta's having such a high rank; while wearing his officer's uniform, he was mobbed in Baltimore during May 1863 (where three people were arrested for assault) and in another incident in Washington.[4] On October 2, 1863, he was commissioned Regimental Surgeon of the Seventh U.S. Colored Troops.[5] In March 1865, he was awarded a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel, and left the service the following year at that rank.[2]
Activism against discrimination
While in the military, Augusta spoke out about discrimination suffered by African Americans in society. On February 1, 1864, Augusta wrote to Judge Advocate Captain C. W. Clippington about discrimination against African-American passengers on the streetcars of Washington, D.C.:
Sir: I have the honor to report that I have been obstructed in getting to the court this morning by the conductor of car No. 32, of the Fourteenth Street line of the city railway.
I started from my lodgings to go to the hospital I formerly had charge of to get some notes of the case I was to give evidence in, and hailed the car at the corner of Fourteenth and I streets. It was stopped for me and when I attempted to enter the conductor pulled me back, and informed me that I must ride on the front with the driver as it was against the rules for colored persons to ride inside. I told him, I would not ride on the front, and he said I should not ride at all. He then ejected me from the platform, and at the same time gave orders to the driver to go on. I have therefore been compelled to walk the distance in the mud and rain, and have also been delayed in my attendance upon the court. I therefore most respectfully request that the offender may be arrested and brought to punishment.
His letter was printed in New York and Washington newspapers. On February 10, 1864, Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner introduced a resolution in Congress:
Resolved, That the Committee on the District of Columbia be directed to consider the expediency of further providing by law against the exclusion of colored persons from the equal enjoyment of all railroad privileges in the District of Columbia.
To support his resolution, Sumner read to the assemblage Dr. Augusta's letter.[6] Edward Bates, the Attorney General in President Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, belittled the incident and senators who supported Sumner.[7] but earlier in his career, in St. Louis, Missouri, he had defended slaves in freedom suits.
In 1865 Augusta wrote a letter to Major General Lewis Wallace, protesting the unequal treatment of African-American train passengers, who were forced to sit in segregated sections. That letter preceded the Plessy v. Ferguson case[8] which challenged racial segregation on public transportation in the U.S. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
On February 26, 1868, Augusta testified before the United States Congressional Committee on the District of Columbia with regard to Mrs. Kate Brown. Mrs. Brown, an employee of Congress and an African American, had been injured when an employee of the Alexandria, Washington, and Georgetown Railroad forcibly ejected her from a passenger car. The railroad was prohibited by its federal charter from discrimination against passenger because of race.[9]
Later years
Mustering out of the service in October 1866, Augusta accepted an assignment with the Freedmen's Bureau, heading the agency's Lincoln Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. While there, he encouraged African-American self-help, urged the freedmen to support independent institutions, and gained respect from the city's white physicians.
Augusta returned to private practice in Washington, D.C. He was attending surgeon to the Smallpox Hospital in Washington in 1870. He also served on the staff of the local Freedmen's Hospital, which he had directed for a period during the war.
Augusta taught anatomy in the recently organized medical department at Howard University from November 8, 1868, to July 1877, becoming the first African American appointed to the faculty of the school and also of any medical college in the U.S. He received honorary degrees of M.D. in 1869 and A.M. in 1871 from Howard in recognition of his contributions.[10][11]
Despite his accomplishments, Dr Augusta was repeatedly refused admission to the local society of physicians. On June 9, 1869, Augusta and Charles Burleigh Purvis were proposed for membership of the Medical Society of DC, a branch of the American Medical Association. They were considered eligible, but did not receive enough votes. Another black physician, A. W. Tucker, was proposed on June 23, but was also rejected. In response, these three formed the National Medical Society.[12] He feared this exclusion would impede the progress of younger African-American physicians in the city, and worked against such racial discrimination.
He died in Washington on December 21, 1890, interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. He is buried in Section 1, Lot 124A, map grid G/33.[13]
Augusta's headstone reads as follows: "Commissioned surgeon of colored volunteers, April 4, 1863, with the rank of Major. Commissioned regimental surgeon of the 7th Regiment of US. Colored Troops, October 2, 1863. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services-mustered out October 13, 1866."[2]
See also
- ^ "Freedmen's Hospital/Howard University Hospital (1862– )", BlackPast.org.
- ^ a b c d Heather M. Butts, JD, MPH, MA."Alexander Thomas Augusta Physician, Teacher and Human Rights Activist", National Library of Medicine
- ^ a b "Augusta, Alexander T.(1825–1890) - Surgeon, physician, educator", Chronology, Early Work in Toronto City Hospital", JRank
- ^ C. Peter Ripley, The Black Abolitionist Papers, UNC Press, 1992, p. 204.
- ^ Williams, George Washington. A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion 1861–1865. New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1887, p. 143.
- ^ United States Congress. Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-Eighth Congress. Edited by John C. Rives. Washington, DC: Congressional Globe Office, 1864, pp. 553-53, 816-18.
- ^ Bates, Edward. The Diary of Edward Bates 1859-1866. Edited by Howard K. Beale. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1933, p. 331.
- ^ Surgeon A. T. Augusta to Major General L. Wallace, January 20, 1865, A-63 1865, Letters Received, ser. 2343, Middle Dept. & 8th Army Corps, National Archives & Records Administration RG 393 Pt. 1 [C-4147]., accessed November 15, 2007.
- ^ Rep. Com. No. 131, United States. Senate. Reports of Committees of the Senate of the United States for the Second Session Fortieth Congress, 1867–'68. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1868.
- ^ Howard University Medical Department, Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Medicine, reprint of 1900 edition, pp. 110-111.
- ^ "A Short History of the Howard University College of Medicine" Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed November 14, 2007.
- ^ Morris, Karen Sarena, "The Founding of the National Medical Association" (2008). Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library. Paper 360.
- ^ "Alexander T. Augusta, Major, United States Army", Arlington National Cemetery website, accessed November 14, 2007.
External links
- "Alexander Thomas Augusta". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-03-01.


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I just had to share this woodcut. It's the title page to A true Relation of a barbarous and most Cruell Murther, committed by one Enoch ap Evan, who cut off his own naturall Mothers Head, and his Brothers (1633).
I just had to share this woodcut. It's the title page to A true Relation of a barbarous and most Cruell Murther, committed by one Enoch ap Evan, who cut off his own naturall Mothers Head, and his Brothers (1633).
Following on from my post on Thomas Tallis, these fragments form an overview of the life of the baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi.
Vivaldi was born in Venice on 4th March 1678, the eldest of nine children.His father, Giovanni Battista, was a tailor's son who went on to become a professional violinist; in 1685 he was engaged as a musician at S Marco under the surname Rossi, which suggests Vivaldi's famous red hair (his nickname was il prete rosso – the red priest) may have been inherited from his father. Antonio was baptised on 6th May, but a provisional baptism took place on the day of his birth, possibly as a consequence of a medical condition. This illness, which plagued Vivaldi throughout his life, was described by him as 'strettezza di petto', and equates today with a type of bronchial asthma.
Between 1693 and 1703, Vivaldi trained for the priesthood at his local churches S Geminiano and S Giovanni. He probably learned to play the violin at home, and in 1703 he became maestro di violino at the Pio Ospedale della Pieta, one of four Venetian establishments which cared for abandoned orphans and specialised in offering musical training to the girls in its care. Musical performances and services at the Pieta were a highlight of the Venetian calendar, and as such it was essential that there was a continual supply of new works for the orphans to perform. In addition to the instruction offered by musicians such as Vivaldi, a group of particularly talented young women known as the figlie privilegiate di coro was responsible for teaching the younger pupils.
In addition to his work at the Pieta, Vivaldi was also working on his own career as a composer. The earliest extant work by him is dated 1705 and is his op.1, a set of 12 chamber sonatas dedicated to Count Annibale Gambara. This 1705 edition describes Vivaldi on the title-page as 'Musico di violino, professore veneto', making no mention of the Pieta but acknowledging, with the use of the title 'Don', his status as a priest.
On 30 April 1713, the Pieta granted Vivaldi permission to leave Venice for one month, and in May, Ottone in villa was given its premiere at the Teatro delle Garzerie, Vicenza. The following November Vivaldi made his operatic debut on the Venetian stage with Orlando finto pazzo at the Teatro S Angelo. Between 1716 and 1718 he also wrote three operas for the S Moise theatre.
Vivaldi spent a great deal of time travelling. According to two letters of 1737 to Guido Bentivoglio d'Aragona, he spent three carnival seasons in Rome and was invited twice to play before the pope. In July 1723, the Pieta governors asked Vivaldi to supply the orchestra with two concertos every month, sending them by post if needs be, and to direct three or four rehearsals of them when in Venice. The Pieta's accounts include payment to Vivaldi for over 140 concertos between 1723 and 1729, evidence that during this period his skill as a composer was invaluable.
Around this time Vivaldi began an association with the contralto Anna Giro. The daughter of a Mantuan wig maker, Giro had become his singing pupil, and between 1723 and 1748 she appeared regularly on the stage, especially in Venice. Both Anna and her half-sister Paolina (who acted as her chaperone) were loyal members of Vivaldi's entourage, and despite his denials, it was widely assumed that Anna was his mistress.
In 1725, perhaps Vivaldi's most famous piece, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione op.8 (opening with the four concertos portraying the four seasons) appeared, dedicated to his Bohemian patron Count Wenzel von Morzin.
Between late 1729 and early 1733, Vivaldi travelled widely, promoting opera in small regional towns such as Verona, Ancona, Reggio nell'Emilia and Ferrara, and indeed, up until 1738 he was heavily involved with composing and staging works in various European countries as well as in Venice. But in 1738, Cardinal Tomaso Ruffo, Archbishop of Ferrara, refused to allow Vivaldi to enter Ferrara, on account of his relationship with Anna Giro, and by 1739 his reputation in Venice was also suffering. The time spent away from the Pieta and the theatres in his home town meant that works performed in his absence were open to a certain creative reinterpretation by musicians; Siroe, for example was criticised for alterations introduced by the harpsichordist, which resulted in Vivaldi's patrons refusing to support the production of another opera, Farnace.
In 1740, with his finances failing and his health in decline, Vivaldi travelled with Anna to Vienna, giving the governors of the Pieta the excuse to cancel plans to buy a 'portion of [his] concertos'. Vivaldi's intention had been to travel to Austria for the production of one or more of his operas at the Karntnertortheater, but the death of Charles VI in October meant the closure of all Viennese theatres, further adding to his financial difficulties. In spite of this, Vivaldi stayed in Vienna. However, in July 1741 ill health finally claimed him, and he died in in a house owned by the widow of a saddler. He was given a pauper's burial at the Hospital Burial Ground, and a statement in a contemporary Venetian commonplace book records that Vivaldi, who had once earned 50,000 ducats, died in poverty. Anna returned to Venice after his death, and a year later his opera his opera L'oracolo in Messenia was produced posthumously at the Kärntnertortheater.
Vivaldi's vanity was apparently notorious. He bragged about his fame and his illustrious patrons, and often exaggerated the speed and fluency with which he could compose. In addition, he was also extremely sensitive to criticism; in the dedications of his opp.1 and 4, he uses the phrase 'i miei sudori forse malignati dalla critica' ('my efforts, which are perhaps spoken ill of by the critics'). All his biographers cite his preoccupation with money as excessive. Despite the admiration and praise of his contemporaries, interest in Vivaldi's music largely vanished within only a few decades after his death, not to be revived until the beginning of the 20th century. Vivaldi wrote more than 500 concertos, many for solo violin, but others for cello, flute, oboe, and bassoon, all of which instruments were played by members of the all-female orchestra at the Pieta, as were those that appear only in solo groups in his concerti grossi, including the horn, trumpet, lute, and chalumeau (the forerunner to the clarinet).
As one of his biographers concludes, between 1710–30, Vivaldi's influence on the concerto was so strong that some established composers such as Albinoni felt obliged to modify their style in mid-career, and because the influence of the concerto affected all forms of composition, Vivaldi can quite legitimately be regarded as 'a most important precursor to the Bach sons in the evolution of the Classical symphony.'
Sources: Eric Cross, Dennis Arnold, Michael Talbot – Oxford Music Online
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I have always had a love for early modern music. One of my favourite composers is the chorister and organist Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), and what follows is a brief overview of Tallis's life, with thanks to his most recent biographer, John Milsom.
Tallis was probably born c.1505, although nothing is known about his birthplace, parents, or early life. Eight years before his death in 1585 he described himself as 'verie aged'. Like other church musicians, Tallis would have begun his career as a chorister. His earliest known work, Salve intemerata, is complex and elaborate, suggesting he had learned how to play the organ and compose organ music, probably in a recognised and influential choral institution. His first professional position was as organist of the Benedictine priory of Dover from 1530 -33, and he was later lay clerk at Canterbury Cathedral, which suggests he may have had links with Kent and the south-east of England.
Moving from Dover to London in 1535, Tallis became a member of the choir of St Mary-at-Hill, a parish church with a strong musical tradition. In 1538 he moved to Waltham Abbey in Essex. One of the abbey manuscripts, a book of musical theory, bears his signature, and when the abbey was dissolved in 1540 he may have taken the book with him. By the summer of the same year Tallis had moved to Canterbury, and his name is listed as one of the choristers in the newly-enlarged choir. He stayed at Canterbury two years, but by 1543 he had joined the choir of the Chapel Royal, where he remained until his death in 1585.
Other than Salve intemerata, there are very few works which can be firmly attributed to Tallis during the early years of his career. Several pieces included in a set of music books copied in 1540-1 may be by Tallis. One of them is a mass which derives in part from Salve intemerata, and demonstrates the early influence on Tallis by established composers such as John Taverner.
The choir of the Chapel Royal had been significantly developed during the reign of Henry VIII. Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, all received training in music as part of their education, and Tallis benefitted from this interest in musical excellence during the latter part of the sixteenth century. He performed with and composed for a group of astonishingly talented singers, rising to become the choir's most senior member. Officially designated as a 'gentleman' (lay singer), in 1575 he also referred to himself as joint organist alongside his colleague William Byrd. During the reign of Mary I, Tallis married a widow, Joan, who had previously been married to Thomas Bury, a gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Like many other members of the royal choir, the couple lived in Greenwich.
In addition to particular performances at state occasions such as coronations, weddings, and funerals, the royal choir also took part in daily church services, which shifted substantially during Tallis's career to reflect the developing and changing religious climate in England. Under Edward VI a new repertory of canticles and anthems was introduced to English texts, but after the accession of Mary I, the Roman Catholic liturgy was once again restored.
No books used by the Chapel Royal survive from Tallis's lifetime and a substantial number of works by him have almost certainly been lost. However there are works which have survived in other sources, notably Gaude gloriosa Dei mater, a piece for a six-part choir in praise of the Virgin Mary. Its composition cannot be dated, but it would have almost certainly been sung during the reign of Mary I. Tallis's setting of an English version of Te Deum, preserved in part, was probably written for an important state occasion. The most popular and enduring works written by Tallis at this time are the anthems and canticles he wrote 1549-53. Some of them, including 'If ye love me' and 'Hear the voice and prayer' have become firm constituents of the Anglican repertory, and served as models for the next generation of English composers.
According to his biographer, Tallis's two popular settings of verses from the Lamentations of Jeremiah, Incipit lamentatio and De lamentatione, which survive only in manuscript, refer to the destruction of Jerusalem, a theme often interpreted as a metaphor for the suppression of the Catholic faith. Tallis's most moving motet (a piece of music choral music with Latin text), the forty-voice Spem in alium has endured down through the years. There have been attempts made to link Spem in alium with the fortieth birthday celebrations of Elizabeth I in 1573, but an anecdote in an early seventeenth-century notebook connects it to Thomas Howard, fourth duke of Norfolk, who is said to have commissioned the piece in 1571. A copy of Spem in alium is included in a 1596 inventory of Arundel's books, and according to the anecdote the work was first performed at Arundel House in the Strand in London.
Tallis's closest friendship was probably with fellow composer William Byrd (1542-1623). The two men worked closely together and Tallis was godfather to Byrd's son Thomas. Tallis died on 23 November 1585 and was buried in the chancel of the parish church of St Alfege, Greenwich. After his death, Byrd wrote a lament, 'Ye Sacred Muses', which closes with the words 'Tallis is dead, and music dies'. Tallis's burial was marked with a brass memorial, lost during the Second World War. The text however was recorded as follows:
He serv'd long Tyme in Chapp[ell] with grete prayse,
Fower sovereygnes reignes (a thing not often scene),
I mean King Henry and Prince Edward's Dayes,
Quene Mary, and Elizabeth our Quene.
He maryed was, though Children had he none,
And lyv'd in Love full thre and thirty Yeres …
As he did Lyve, so also did he dy,
In myld and quyet Sort (O! happy Man).
Tallis's position as one of the foundational composers of Protestant church music ensured that his name endured in English church worship from the sixteenth century onwards. He contributed several of the pieces in Matthew Parker's psalter, published for private circulation, which are now very famous, including the 'Eighth Tune', known as 'Tallis's Canon' to the words 'Glory to thee, my God, this night', and the 'Third Tune', upon which Ralph Vaughan Williams based his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910). In 1928 Tallis's collected works were published, and today he is held in high regard as one of the most performed and respected composers of early modern England.
Source: John Milsom, DNB
A facsimile copy of the collection of Latin motets by Tallis and Byrd, Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur (London, 1575), is available via EEBO.
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Fragments is very pleased to be hosting the 64th edition of Early Modern Carnivalesque, a gathering of some of the most interesting blog posts from the early modern blogging community.
First up we have the fate of the Wedgewood Museum over at the award-winning Georgian London. Lucy Inglis considers the plight of the Wedgewood Collection, and its formation under artisan Josiah Wedgewood, who died in 1725.
From the decorative arts, to art of a very different nature, Caroline Rance at The Quack Doctor explores the unusual medicinal practise of diagnosis via urine from 1815.
Taking a detour from urine to royalty, Nick, at Mercurius Politicus, reveals some intriguing royalist graffiti in Cheam.
*Odd fellows from Roy, at Early Modern Whale, who takes a look at the early modern Fortune Teller.
*'My appetite is sick for want of a capacity to digest your favours.' Women in Medieval and Early Modern History offer up some extraordinary early modern chat up lines.
Once you've wooed your beloved, you might like to make them a John Evelyn salad. The Gentleman Administrator reveals all you need to know.
The World Cup may be over, but the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust have devised a means to keep your interest alive. Iago is in mid-field in Shakespeare's Fantasy Football.
From Iago to a villain of a different kind, Executed Today examines the hanging of pirate John Quelch.
Speaking of villains, cartoonist Ade Teal kindly provides us with caricatures of two early modern rogues:
On the other side of the Atlantic, Warren, artistic director of early modern music ensemble Magnificat, recently visited Spain, and reports back on the 18th century composer Martini's enormous collection of music manuscripts and partbooks.
More printing, this time from the Two Nerdy History Girls, who witnessed the early modern printing process in action.
Sally, over at Travels and Travails in Eighteenth Century England, has been exploring medicinal recipes, including the Lady Puckring's salve for sore brests.
From sore breasts to slippery weather, Emily at The Artist's Progress reveals the history of early modern caricature.
Art of a different nature from the engraver Mr Read, who entertains with more spectral escapades at The Cogitations of Read.
And Ben, at Res Obscura, has been getting to grips with some 17th century apothecary poetry.
Finally, here at Fragments, I've been exploring the last will and testament of Mr William Shakespeare, gent.
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If you watched comedian Larry Wilmore's roast of President Obama at his final White House Correspondents dinner, then you recall the drop-the-mic, cringe-worthy moment when Wilmore ended his diatribe by directly addressing the president as "my n*****."
Black folks' reaction to Wilmore's controversial ending appeared to split along generational lines. Millennials and some Gen Xers (not this one, by the way) were quick to defend Wilmore, who is Black, as "keeping it real" to squash any notion that he had crossed a boundary during the televised event, in front of a predominately White audience. I heard from older Black Americans who were outraged and felt Wilmore should be reprimanded by his community, at the very least, and blackballed in his profession, at best.
That brings me to Bill Maher. The late-night talk show host and comedian, no stranger to controversy, has apologized for using the "N" word during a live interview with a Republican senator from Nebraska on his HBO show "Real Time with Bill Maher." The conversation wended from the two talking about adults acting like adolescents and taking over Halloween from children to Sen. Ben Sasse commenting that Nebraskans don't have time for such nonsense, and inviting Maher to visit and come "work in the fields with us."
That's when Maher, feigning insult, shot back, "I'm a house n*****."
Some audience members chuckled and others audibly gasped. I get it. Hearing a White man utter a word that has incubated hate and loathing toward Black people for centuries, in that moment, I don't blame them. There are rules. (Right?) And though Maher is known for making up "New Rules," in fact, at the end of every show, this time he might have taken his "honorary brotha" status too far.
Maher apologized but that hasn't muted calls for his firing. Some articles I've read question the future of the show, and include a laundry list of Maher's politically and religiously incorrect statements throughout the years. What I have yet to see is a list of the dozens of times Maher has spoken out passionately in defense of President Obama, taking on Black pundits like Cornell West, who by the way was dissing Obama again on "Real Time" a week earlier. (I thought Maher was going to strangle him with that scarf around his neck.) Maher has consistently and unabashedly railed against institutional racism and policies that have left African Americans disproportionately imprisoned, in poverty, unemployed and under-educated.
I believe Maher to be a genuine and forceful advocate for Black equality in America, so I accept his apology. From all I have seen of Bill Maher, the "N" word is not a weapon he'd wield to inflict pain and insult on someone like me. No more than Larry Wilmore would. Both comedians took a risk in using that word in those settings, but neither meant to harm. Wilmore's, I suspect, was planned. Maher's was not. Because Maher is White, the rules governing the use of that word dictate that he overstepped.
That word can be offensive no matter who utters it. But let's not act as if Bill Maher is suddenly some yahoo with a Confederate flag tattooed on his arm. By comparison, I was more upset when Wilmore said it.
When Maher used the "N" word, he was referring to himself. When Wilmore used it, he was referring to our Black president, who no doubt has been called that by some of his detractors behind his back. (Come on, we know it's true!) Throughout his presidency, Obama was disrespected more than any president in history, because he's Black. I imagine that, like Maher's audience, some of those who were watching chuckled when Wilmore turned to Obama and said "my n****", while others gasped. I know what Wilmore meant; he didn't mean to be vile or offend the president or people like me, no more than Maher did. Although, I initially thought, like those Southwest Airlines commercials, "Wanna get away?" Under a rock, in a storm cellar, on the moon, anywhere except within rewind, YouTube, or DVR of what I believe was an uncomfortable, if not embarrassing as hell moment for our president and first lady.
I didn't watch the episode of "Real Time" when Maher transgressed, but I read about it and cringed. That said, it isn't my wish to see either comedian blackballed. However, whether that word is used to offend, feed hate, get a laugh, or give a high five, I do believe we need a new rule regarding use of the "N" word. Stop giving it power.
Shawn Taylor is a writer and entrepreneur in Chicago. You can find her on Twitter @tshawntaylor.


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Aug 24 - Eight of the top nine U.S. mutual funds run by Morgan Stanley's asset management arm have disproportionately high investments in Facebook, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Morgan Stanley Hughes space look on its friends list and the apple pie -- in China let's kick off and if -- morning com. It just decided was Morgan Stanley on eight top nine US mutual funds run by Morgan Stanley's asset management arm. Have disproportionately. High investment in FaceBook. The Wall Street Journal reports this morning based on Morningstar were searched. The funds bought stark before and after the IPO. Morgan Stanley made over 200 million in fees and trading profits. You could say is a split decision in South Korea a Seoul court has ruled that both apple and Samsung violated each other's patents. Apple with two infringements and Samsung with just one penalty. Samsung must stop selling ten products including the galaxy SU and for apple sales of iPhone four and iPad two will be ban. The ruling comes on Samsung's -- It'll be distinction no outcome similar on going court case in Silicon Valley the verdict expected any day now. Apple's worries don't -- here -- the iPhone maker's market share in China its second largest market. Dwindled to almost half in Q2 according to research -- Any US stock futures today went to slight gains ahead in the open after equities to him on Thursday. Out later Korea and US durable goods orders. -- Reuters all expect demand for long lasting good space to do for July with voters fractionally higher than six months ago. Once stock to keep on your radar as you begin trading Salesforce.com. The company beat -- its quarterly revenue but its its earnings outlook. -- four -- fluctuations and attacks in Europe shares continuing their fall in the premarket. Another chapter comes to it and in the AIG bailout story in New York fed sold its last remaining toxic assets of AIG -- the -- -- contentious decision to bail out injured during the financial crisis. This sale would yield to gain of six point six billion dollars for tax payers. From his maiden lane -- portfolio which has created to help rescue AIG. Before we sign off inherently you're trading screen and seeing Google at 108 dollars in premarket don't sweat. It just seems like technology is doing what it does best messing up. Google usually trades above 650. Dollars and lots of talk on stock -- spanning from 5552. Ignore the noise just an early morning glitch. Actually call for Friday for more news follow us on Twitter at Reuters Insider and check out quite easy to channel at Reuters dot com slash Reuters TV. I'm Lisa Bernhard this is Reuters.


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Dec 20 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
** Canada's Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Bell Media's appeal of a regulatory edict that bars the company from substituting its own television feed and advertising for the U.S. signal during the Super Bowl. (tgam.ca/2BlTeAj)
** The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp said on Tuesday it has selected Great Canadian Gaming Corp and its partner, Clairvest Group Inc, to run a casino and three slots operations west of Toronto for the next 20 years. (tgam.ca/2krfMoH)
** U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure campaign against North Korea's nuclear program has the intention of leading to diplomatic talks with the regime, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday during a trip to Ottawa. (tgam.ca/2B6V4Rl)
** Lawyers opposed to TransCanada Corp's controversial Keystone XL pipeline expect "a race to the courthouse" in Nebraska to appeal the state's recent approval of an alternative route for the pipeline. (bit.ly/2z2nx90) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)


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Rainbow Beads - The diva challenge this week is inspired by the Beads of Courage program that she supports. It is a wonderful way to support and encourage children who are receiving all sorts of medical treatments. See Laura's blog at iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com for more details.
I decided to use a variety of linear tangles that reminded me of beads. And to remember the victims of the terrible tragedy in Orlando I decided to use a rainbow background. Creating the rainbow background was a creative journey so I am sharing photos that show how I picked the colors to use.
All the tangling was done with a black pen. I used colored pencils that coordinated with the color of the stripe behind it for the shading. A little white pencil added some highlights.
Tangles used: Zenith, Lezy, Eek, Binial, Girland, and Inapod.
These are the Tombow dual brush markers. I used the method where you put each color on a plastic palette first. I then wet my tile thoroughly with water. Using a wet brush, I picked up the colors one at a time and stroked them on, allowing them to softly blend into each other.
This envelope is where I tried out the Tombow colors that I wanted - I looked at the pictures of the rainbow flag online so I had an idea of the shades I was going for. I had to try out a few different markers to get the right choice.
I also tried out my Inktense pencils. The tile is where I tried out the possible color choices. With the Inktense it's important to wet them to see the colors. When I did the tile I colored the paper directly with the pencils and then wet each stripe. I haven't tangled on this tile yet but I will!


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The Artists Screen Printing Co-op is a non-profit co-op serving the needs of artists and designers who desire to share a common screenprinting workspace and studio in which to collaborate and create original works.
ASPCO's 1600 sq. foot studio is located at 507 Calles Street Suite 106, next to Hops & Grain Brewery. We are currently accepting membership applications. If you would like to apply to become an ASPCO member, please follow the steps on our Membership Info page where you can find information about the benefits and requirements of membership. If you would more information about ASPCO, please fill out the interest form on the Contact Us page. We look forward to meeting you.
A brief history of ASPCO.
We began in the summer of 2009 with an idea and an ad on Craigslist. Founder, James Tootle, wanted to find other artists who wanted to join together to buy screen printing equipment and rent a small studio space. Two people answered James' post so they met for lunch and sketched out in general what a collaborative would look like. After about a year of research and countless organizational meetings at local Austin libraries, the original idea had grown from a 4-5 person collaborative into starting an official non-profit cooperative. With invaluable assistance from Texas C-Bar and staff attorney, Whitney Cox, ASPCO was born in July 2010!
The Pump Project Satellite was ASPCO's first home where we opened our doors with 12 members, a few pieces of equipment, and a lot of enthusiasm. With a $1200.00 loan, we purchased our first pieces of equipment – a 4 color Harco press, and a Lawson conveyor dryer. The Harco is gone, but the Lawson is still running like a top! As our membership grew, our community built additional equipment in order to fulfill the needs of different types of printing.
ASPCO quickly became a go-to resource for DIY screen printers in Austin. We were fortunate to have a wide cross section of members, from beginning screen printers with whom we could share our passion, to more experienced printers who could help mentor the beginners in order to expand their printing skills and knowledge. We started developing the necessary committees to further our mission, and expand the awareness of our co-op, and had an amazing time learning how to build a sustainable co-op! We built our own washout booth, that was converted from an old bathroom, and in the heat of August, installed an air-conditioner in a wall made of steel. Throughout 2011, we learned from each other, and formed lasting friendships through our shared love of screen printing!
By 2012, we knew we had something incredibly special. Our membership continued to grow, and we began to iron out the kinks that are natural to a blossoming venture. ASPCO was beginning to feel growing pains however. Our 900 square foot studio was becoming cramped on many occasions, and our equipment was beginning to show its age. Over the course of two short years, we went through a few budget pressure washers, and any number of garden hoses.
ASPCO got serious in 2013. After a few short years, we realized it was time for a serious upgrade in space, equipment, and goals. While we appreciated our humble studio space, our board began planning our current studio. Our board met, discussed, planned, strategerized, sighed, laughed and came together to make our dream studio happen. We searched for months for a suitable location that would meet our current needs and future goals, and were unable to find a location we could move in immediately that we felt could suit our purpose. In the summer of 2013, we decided to build ASPCO from scratch. We found a building at the end of 6th Street in East Austin, and signed a lease on a warehouse that would double our size.
We sketched out our ideal studio space, complete with a built-in darkroom, washout booth, computer lab, and multiple printing areas, and began working with contractors to build out our new space. 6 months later, in January of 2013, our brand new space was ready to move in.
2016 continued to be a year of growth and happiness for our co-op and our community. Our co-op now boasts a brand new 6 color press, an industrial pressure washer and washout booth, multiple fabric and paper printing stations, and more importantly, a community that is proud of what it built with volunteer and member support alone. Our co-op rocks. If you are interested in learning more about ASPCO, contact us to see how you can be part of something great.
ASPCO is now 8 years strong! Our still co-op rocks—and if you are interested in learning more about ASPCO, contact us. We'd love to fill you in.


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Cost of Bin Laden Deception: US$3 Trillion• dailybell.ch
As we mark Osama bin Laden's death, what's striking is how much he cost our nation--and how little we've gained from our fight against him. By conservative estimates, bin Laden cost the United States at least $3 trillion over the past 15 years, counting the disruptions he wrought on the domestic economy, the wars and heightened security triggered by the terrorist attacks he engineered, and the direct efforts to hunt him down. – The Atlantic
Dominant Social Theme: Was it worth it? Not particularly? We need a more effective way to pursue the war on terror.
Free-Market Analysis: The Atlantic Magazine has published a remarkable article totaling up the cost of fighting bin Laden and pursuing the war on terror. Total dollars: US$3 trillion. Given the perilous state of Western finance, this amount of money reveals not the West's determination to fight for its rapidly vanishing "freedoms" but the utter contempt in which the Anglosphere's great banking families hold Western solvency.
It is far more important to pursue an illusory foe in an apparently made-up war than to create a prosperous civil society. The real war, evidently and obviously, is between the West's middle classes (now suffering through the agonies of austerity) and the Anglo-American banking elites. But lest we sound too extreme (is this a real danger?) let us hasten to explain one more time the genesis of the war on terror, the creation of bin Laden and why the US$3 trillion sums up in hard dollars the contempt of Anglosphere elites for the Western masses that they purport to lead.


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The Office – The List
An Office without Michael Scott? I actually wasn't too fond of his character (he tended to make me cringe rather than laugh), but I wondered how the show would get by in his absence. The last few episodes of season 7 convinced me that The Office could survive and even thrive with him gone, so I looked forward to what the show would do with season 8.
Spoilers ahead!
I'd read that Robert California (James Spader), my least favorite candidate for the new boss, was coming back to the show, not as the new regional manager, but as the new CEO, replacing Jo (Kathy Bates, who I assume is busy enough with her own show, Harry's Law). They managed to keep the new boss a secret right up until the season premiere, and they went with – Andy!
I think Andy was the perfect choice for the new regional manager. He has a bit of that delightful cluelessness that made watching Michael Scott try to run a company so much fun, without taking it to Steve Carell's extremes. He cares about the company and the people in it. His efforts at trying to win Erin's heart won his audience's heart instead.
And while he does lack some backbone, this episode showed that he's willing to stand up for his employees (though it feels so weird to be typing that, since they've been simply his coworkers for so long) and that he plays fair, except perhaps where Gabe is concerned.
I hope California won't be in too many episodes this season, though if he spends half his time in the conference room, I'm guessing he's going to end up in at least half of the episodes (plus he's in the new credits, too). But I guess it makes sense to have someone around that makes everyone in the office a little nervous – which they can take to fun extremes like they did in this episode.
So Pam's expecting again! I knew that coming into the episode, with Jenna Fischer's pregnancy influencing the storyline (as Emily Deschanel's did on Bones). Her weepiness was a little over the top in this episode, but I loved her reaction to Jim's list.
And Angela's expecting too! I did not see that coming at all, nor that she and the (state) senator would already be married. I wonder when his secret will come out, and I can't fathom the effect that will have on Angela. But for now, she's going to make a far different mother-to-be than Pam did.
In all, good start to the season on a show that's still going strong.
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The Office is one of my favorite shows, and I felt somewhat of a letdown yesterday. I'm not liking Robert California one bit, and come on writers, we're supposed to believe he talked Jo out of her job-please!!
Agreed, Michael Scott makes us cringe, but I like to cringe. I'd never want Michael as a friend, but oh how I loved to watch him! I'm telling myself it's just one show, hang in there, but I think Steve Carell's insanity was the glue that held together this great ensemble cast.


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UA Choice plan rates will increase FY10
Health care costs are increasing nationwide. The annual increase nationally is six percent, but here in Alaska it is even higher– over 15 percent. The University of Alaska is self-insured, which means that all costs for the health care and pharmacy plans for employees and their dependents are paid through university and employee contributions. As a result, increased costs from providers and hospitals, increased usage by employees and catastrophic claims have a direct impact on UA's annual health care costs.
The good news is that UA's costs for health care are not growing at the same high level as the overall rate of health care inflation in Alaska. We have experienced an increase in plan costs of approximately $4 million annually, or less than 10% of total plan costs. Some of this lower than expected growth could be due to our robust wellness program, careful plan use by employees, participation by eligible employees in the disease management program, the change to Caremark for pharmacy plan management and employees' increased use of generic rather than brand-name drugs.
Because UA's plan costs have increased more slowly than expected in prior years, the university used prior years savings to help reduce the rate of increases employees must pay. For example, due to the application of these funds in FY09, employee rates within the economy plan were kept the same as they were in FY08, and employee rates within the standard and deluxe plan were held to a 10% increase. This pool of funds has helped moderate the amount employees must pay for the benefit, despite steep increases in total plan costs from one year to the next.
Due to the projected plan cost increases for FY10, however, the application of prior years' savings will not offset the increases needed in employee contributions to the same extent we've recently seen. For FY10, UA's Joint Health Care Committee recommended using $4 million (over 40 percent of total prior years' savings) to moderate employee charges for FY10. This recommendation is rooted in the belief that an increase spread over several years is better than keeping employee rates static for FY10, only to have them dramatically spike in FY11 and future years. UA management has accepted the committee's recommendation.
The employee rates for FY10 that were established after review and consideration of the committee and the UA administration are broken out by pay period in this chart.
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love that the plant is so long that it needs four photos :)ReplyDelete
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I have the tiniest cutting of that plant in my office window. Someday I will pot it...ReplyDelete
Hanging plants are the best. I hope your ceiling grows to accommodate it.
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After a prospective student played Maurice Ravel's "Alborada del gracioso," I asked the not-so-simple question: "What's the melody? Ravel: "Alborada del gracioso" (from Miroirs) The student did not have a ready answer; after a moment suggesting the opening melody might be the music played by the pianist's left hand: It seems to me that "Alborada" utilizes the technique (seen in Franz Liszt's piano music) of dividing a musical line between … [Read more...]
During October, I gave four performances in France (Paris, Lyon, Orléans, Paris) in clubs or alternative, non-classical venues. For each of these shows, the piano was amplified (some engineers prefer the term "reinforced"). Mics were positioned fairly close to the strings of the piano, the sound processed, and piped through a PA system. In one instance, the resulting sound heard by the audience was louder than what the acoustic piano could … [Read more...]
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Paris, 2014 Arnold Schoenberg gave Rudolf Serkin an assignment. (This story is hearsay; worthy of attention, in my opinion.) Consider the opening of Mozart's A-Minor piano sonata, Schoenberg asked Serkin. What is the right instrumentation for this music, if it were to be scored for orchestral instruments? Mozart: Sonata in A Minor, KV 310 (300d) Serkin's answer included an oboe playing the upper melody line, and strings taking the … [Read more...]
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Sound recordings from the first decades of the 20th century form a performance-practice treatise, documenting practices that may offer insight into music-making of earlier times. In the case of piano music, very many of these recordings are recordings of Chopin's music. There are a lot of recordings of short pieces. (The length of one cylinder and later one "side" of a disc was around 3 minutes.) Chopin: Waltz in A Minor, op. 34, no. 2, … [Read more...]
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Join us for our upcoming Sales Peer 2 Peer session. This is a great opportunity for business professionals from all industries and companies to interact with each other, share best practices, and network with peers!
This month, Fraser Kelton from Get Glue will talk about his sales and marketing lessons from GetGlue.
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