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Subversion enables globally distributed software development teams to efficiently version and share source code with low administrative overhead.
First steps with the Bitnami Subversion Stack
Welcome to your new Bitnami application running on Amazon Web Services! Here are a few questions (and answers!) you might need when first starting with your application.
What credentials do I need?
You need two sets of credentials:
- The application credentials that allow you to log in to your new Bitnami application. These credentials consist of a username and password.
- The server credentials that allow you to log in to your AWS Cloud server using an SSH client and execute commands on the server using the command line. These credentials consist of an SSH username and key.
Watch the following video to learn quickly how to obtain the application credentials of those applications deployed using the AWS Console:
What is the administrator username set for me to log in to the application for the first time?
Username: user
How do I get my SSH key or password?
SSH username: bitnami
What are the default ports?
A port is an endpoint of communication in an operating system that identifies a specific process or a type of service. Bitnami stacks include several services or servers that require a port.
IMPORTANT: Making this application's network ports public is a significant security risk. You are strongly advised to only allow access to those ports from trusted networks. If, for development purposes, you need to access from outside of a trusted network, please do not allow access to those ports via a public IP address. Instead, use a secure channel such as a VPN or an SSH tunnel. Follow these instructions to remotely connect safely and reliably.
Port 22 is the default port for SSH connections.
Bitnami opens some ports for the main servers. These are the ports opened by default: 80, 443.
How to start or stop the services?
Each Bitnami stack includes a control script that lets you easily stop, start and restart services. The script is located at /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh. Call it without any service name arguments to start all services:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start
Or use it to restart a single service, such as Apache only, by passing the service name as argument:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
Use this script to stop all services:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop
Restart the services by running the script without any arguments:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart
Obtain a list of available services and operations by running the script without any arguments:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh
How to create a full backup of Subversion?
The Bitnami Subversion Stack is self-contained and the simplest option for performing a backup is to copy or compress the Bitnami stack installation directory. To do so in a safe manner, you will need to stop all servers, so this method may not be appropriate if you have people accessing the application continuously.
Follow these steps:
Change to the directory in which you wish to save your backup:
$ cd /your/directory
Stop all servers:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop
Create a compressed file with the stack contents:
$ sudo tar -pczvf application-backup.tar.gz /opt/bitnami
Restart all servers:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start
You should now download or transfer the application-backup.tar.gz file to a safe location.
Follow these steps:
Change to the directory containing your backup:
$ cd /your/directory
Stop all servers:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh stop
Move the current stack to a different location:
$ sudo mv /opt/bitnami /tmp/bitnami-backup
Uncompress the backup file to the original directoryv
$ sudo tar -pxzvf application-backup.tar.gz -C /
Start all servers:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh start
If you want to create only a database backup, refer to these instructions for MySQL and PostgreSQL.
How to create an SSL certificate?
OpenSSL is required to create an SSL certificate. A certificate request can then be sent to a certificate authority (CA) to get it signed into a certificate, or if you have your own certificate authority, you may sign it yourself, or you can use a self-signed certificate (because you just want a test certificate or because you are setting up your own CA).
Follow the steps below:
Generate a new private key:
$ sudo openssl genrsa -out /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.key 2048
Create a certificate:
$ sudo openssl req -new -key /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.key -out /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/cert.csr
IMPORTANT: Enter the server domain name when the above command asks for the "Common Name".
Send cert.csr to the certificate authority. When the certificate authority completes their checks (and probably received payment from you), they will hand over your new certificate to you.
Until the certificate is received, create a temporary self-signed certificate:
$ sudo openssl x509 -in /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/cert.csr -out /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.crt -req -signkey /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.key -days 365
Back up your private key in a safe location after generating a password-protected version as follows:
$ sudo openssl rsa -des3 -in /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.key -out privkey.pem
Note that if you use this encrypted key in the Apache configuration file, it will be necessary to enter the password manually every time Apache starts. Regenerate the key without password protection from this file as follows:
$ sudo openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.key
Find more information about certificates at http://www.openssl.org.
How to enable HTTPS support with SSL certificates?
|TIP: If you wish to use a Let's Encrypt certificate, you will find specific instructions for enabling HTTPS support with Let's Encrypt SSL certificates in our Let's Encrypt guide.
|NOTE: The steps below assume that you are using a custom domain name and that you have already configured the custom domain name to point to your cloud server.
Bitnami images come with SSL support already pre-configured and with a dummy certificate in place. Although this dummy certificate is fine for testing and development purposes, you will usually want to use a valid SSL certificate for production use. You can either generate this on your own (explained here) or you can purchase one from a commercial certificate authority.
Once you obtain the certificate and certificate key files, you will need to update your server to use them. Follow these steps to activate SSL support:
Use the table below to identify the correct locations for your certificate and configuration files.
Variable Value Current application URL https://[custom-domain]/ Example: https://my-domain.com/ or https://my-domain.com/appname Apache configuration file /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf Certificate file /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.crt Certificate key file /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server.key CA certificate bundle file (if present) /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server-ca.crt
Copy your SSL certificate and certificate key file to the specified locations.
NOTE: If you use different names for your certificate and key files, you should reconfigure the SSLCertificateFile and SSLCertificateKeyFile directives in the corresponding Apache configuration file to reflect the correct file names.
If your certificate authority has also provided you with a PEM-encoded Certificate Authority (CA) bundle, you must copy it to the correct location in the previous table. Then, modify the Apache configuration file to include the following line below the SSLCertificateKeyFile directive. Choose the correct directive based on your scenario and Apache version:
Variable Value Apache configuration file /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf Directive to include (Apache v2.4.8+) SSLCACertificateFile "/opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server-ca.crt" Directive to include (Apache < v2.4.8) SSLCertificateChainFile "/opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server-ca.crt" NOTE: If you use a different name for your CA certificate bundle, you should reconfigure the SSLCertificateChainFile or SSLCACertificateFile directives in the corresponding Apache configuration file to reflect the correct file name.
Once you have copied all the server certificate files, you may make them readable by the root user only with the following commands:
$ sudo chown root:root /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server* $ sudo chmod 600 /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/server*
Open port 443 in the server firewall. Refer to the FAQ for more information.
Restart the Apache server.
You should now be able to access your application using an HTTPS URL.
How to force HTTPS redirection with Apache?
Add the following lines in the default Apache virtual host configuration file at /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/bitnami/bitnami.conf, inside the default VirtualHost directive, so that it looks like this:
<VirtualHost _default_:80>
DocumentRoot "/opt/bitnami/apache2/htdocs"
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
After modifying the Apache configuration files:
Open port 443 in the server firewall. Refer to the FAQ for more information.
Restart Apache to apply the changes.
How to debug Apache errors?
Once Apache starts, it will create two log files at /opt/bitnami/apache2/logs/access_log and /opt/bitnami/apache2/logs/error_log respectively.
The access_log file is used to track client requests. When a client requests a document from the server, Apache records several parameters associated with the request in this file, such as: the IP address of the client, the document requested, the HTTP status code, and the current time.
The error_log file is used to record important events. This file includes error messages, startup messages, and any other significant events in the life cycle of the server. This is the first place to look when you run into a problem when using Apache.
If no error is found, you will see a message similar to:
Syntax OK
How to upload files to the server with SFTP?
Although you can use any SFTP/SCP client to transfer files to your server, the link below explains how to configure FileZilla (Windows, Linux and Mac OS X), WinSCP (Windows) and Cyberduck (Mac OS X). It is required to use your server's private SSH key to configure the SFTP client properly. Choose your preferred application and follow the steps in the link below to connect to the server through SFTP.
How to upload files to the server
How to start with Subversion?
By default, Bitnami provides a Subversion repository and Apache server to access it using a Web browser. The default configuration uses svnserver but other methods (like SSH) can also be used to access the repository.
|NOTE: The default Subversion port is 3690 and it is necessary to open this port in the server firewall for remote access. Refer to the FAQ for more information.
To get started, read our guide about creating a Subversion repository in the cloud using the Bitnami Subversion Stack.
How to create a Subversion repository?
Connect to your server via SSH and execute the following commands to create the repositories directory at /opt/bitnami/repositories and then a new Subversion repository named myapp:
$ sudo mkdir /opt/bitnami/repositories
$ sudo svnadmin create /opt/bitnami/repositories/myapp
$ sudo chown -R bitnami:bitnami /opt/bitnami/repositories
How to configure your Subversion repository though SSH?
To create a repository that allows access remotely over SSH, follow these steps:
Connect to your server via SSH and execute the following commands to create the repositories directory at /opt/bitnami/repositories and then a new Subversion repository named myapp:
$ sudo mkdir /opt/bitnami/repositories $ sudo svnadmin create /opt/bitnami/repositories/myapp $ sudo chown -R bitnami:bitnami /opt/bitnami/repositories
Assign your repository to a Redmine project. In Redmine, navigate to the project "Settings -> Repository" menu and add the following value in the "URL" field (username and password are not necessary):
Check if you have Subversion binaries in the system path even in the non-interactive SSH session. Execute the following command:
$ ssh -l bitnami -i KEYFILE SERVER-IP svn
Remember to replace KEYFILE in the previous commands with the path to your private key file, and SERVER-IP with the public IP address or hostname of your server.
If you receive a "Command not found" error, update the /home/bitnami/.bashrc file and move all Bitnami path configuration from the bottom of this file to the top, above this line
[ -z "$PS1" ] && return
Check out the repository now and start adding and committing new files. The repository should be available remotely via the following URL. The Subversion client should be configured to use the username bitnami and corresponding SSH key:
Remember to replace xyz.bitnamiapp.com with the public IP address or hostname of your server.
To add a file to your repository, execute the following commands on your local host. Remember to replace bitnami-hosting.pem in the previous commands with the path to your private key file, and xyz.bitnamiapp.com with the public IP address or hostname of your server.
$ export SVN_SSH="ssh -l bitnami -i bitnami-hosting.pem" $ svn checkout svn+ssh://xyz.bitnamiapp.com/opt/bitnami/repositories/myapp $ cd myapp $ echo "This is a simple test" > Readme.txt $ svn add Readme.txt $ svn commit -m "Adding simple readme file, closes #1"
How to see the Subversion repository from the web browser?
To browse the Subversion repository using a Web browser, follow the steps below:
Update the Apache configuration file at /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/httpd.conf to load the following modules:
LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so LoadModule authz_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so
In the same file, verify the endpoint URL and path for your Subversion repository. For example, the directives below will let you view the default repository at /opt/bitnami/repository by browsing to http://SERVER-IP/repository.
<Location /subversion> DAV svn SVNPath "/opt/bitnami/repository" </Location>
Restart Apache:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
You should now be able to checkout the repository using a tool like TortoiseSVN. Simply enter the URL as http://SERVER-IP/repository as the repository checkout URL in the TortoiseSVN interface, as shown below.
Enabling access over HTTPS
You can also access the repository over HTTPS if you have configured the Apache SSL certificate for your server. The following error can occur if the hostname reported by the server does not match the hostname in the SSL certificate. Make sure your server configuration uses the correct ServerName value.
svn: OPTIONS of 'https://example.com/repository': SSL negotiation failed: SSL error code -1/1/336032856 (https://example.com)
Enabling commits over HTTP(S)
For security reasons, the default configuration does not allow users to commit changes to the repositories over HTTP or HTTPS. To permit this, change the permissions of your repository directory so that the Apache user is able to write to it.
Run the following command, assuming your repository is located at the default location of /opt/bitnami/repository:
$ sudo chown -R daemon:subversion /opt/bitnami/repository
|IMPORTANT: Making this change will allow any user to commit changes to your repository. To avoid unauthorized commits and possible data loss, configure basic authentication for your repository as discussed in the next section
You should now be able to commit changes to the repository using a tool like TortoiseSVN, as shown below.
How to configure the repository URL?
If no prefix is set in the Subversion scripts, specify the full path to the repository - for instance, svn://SERVER-IP/home/user/repository. In case this is not possible, add the repository path to the Subversion control script.
Edit the file /opt/bitnami/subversion/scripts/ctl.sh and add the path as follows:
-d --listen-port=3690 --root=/path/to/repository
Restart the Subversion server.
How to configure basic authentication for your repository?
Once your repository is accessible over HTTP(s), it is recommended that you protect it from unauthorized access by configuring authentication for different users. To do this, follow the steps below:
Update the Apache configuration file at /opt/bitnami/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and add the highlighted directives below.
<Location /subversion> DAV svn SVNPath "/opt/bitnami/repository" AuthType Basic AuthName "Subversion repository" AuthUserFile /opt/bitnami/repository/users require valid-user </Location>
With this configuration, repository access is only available to those users listed in the /opt/bitnami/repository/users file and they will need to authenticate themselves before gaining access. Note that you should update the path to the file based on the actual location of your repository.
Create the /opt/bitnami/repository/users file and add a user account named myuser to it using the following command. You will be prompted to enter a password for the user account. Note that you should update the path to the file based on the actual location of your repository.
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/apache2/bin/htpasswd -c /opt/bitnami/repository/users myuser
Repeat this step to add more users, omitting the -c argument on subsequent invocations. For example:
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/apache2/bin/htpasswd /opt/bitnami/repository/users myotheruser
Restart the Apache server.
$ sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
If you now attempt to browse to the repository or access it using TortoiseSVN, you will be prompted for a user name and password, as shown below:
Anonymous browsing
If you want your repository readable but not editable by any other user, perform the steps above but changing the line
require valid-user
<LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT>
require valid-user
HTTPS access only
If you only want to only allow access through HTTPS, not HTTP, you should add SSLRequireSSL to the directives described above:
AuthName "Subversion repository"
AuthUserFile /opt/bitnami/repository/users
require valid-user
How to enable post-commit notifications via email for Subversion?
To configure a Subversion repository to send emails via SMTP with the commit log, follow these steps:
Download the latest source code from Subversion and copy the hooks directory into the /opt/bitnami/subversion directory:
$ wget http://apache.mesi.com.ar/subversion/subversion-1.8.9.tar.gz $ tar -xzvf subversion-1.8.9.tar.gz $ sudo cp -r subversion-1.8.9/tools/hook-scripts /opt/bitnami/subversion/hooks
Copy the example mailer.conf file:
$ sudo cp /opt/bitnami/subversion/hooks/mailer/mailer.conf.example /opt/bitnami/subversion/hooks/mailer/mailer.conf
Configure the SMTP mail settings in the mailer.conf file. Here is an example for a Gmail account:
[General] smtp_hostname = smtp.gmail.com:465 smtp_username = your_gmail_account smtp_password = your_password smtp_use_ssl = true ... [defaults] from_addr = email@example.com # The default To: addresses for message. One or more addresses, # separated by whitespace (no commas). # NOTE: If you want to use a different character for separating the # addresses put it in front of the addresses included in square # brackets '[ ]'. to_addr = firstname.lastname@example.com # If this is set, then a Reply-To: will be inserted into the message. reply_to = firstname.lastname@example.com
Configure your post-commit hook script to use the mailer.py and mailer.conf files. The location of your post-commit script depends on the location of your repository. Edit the /opt/bitnami/repositories/REPOSITORY-NAME/hooks/post-commit.tmpl file and replace the last line with the following one:
/opt/bitnami/python/bin/python /opt/bitnami/subversion/hooks/mailer/mailer.py commit "$REPOS" "$REV" /opt/bitnami/subversion/hooks/mailer/mailer.conf
In case the /opt/bitnami/python directory does not exist, use the system's Python binary, usually at /usr/bin/python.
Enable the post-commit hook by renaming the post-commit script and removing the .tmpl extension:
$ sudo mv /opt/bitnami/repositories/your_repo/hooks/post-commit.tmpl /opt/bitnami/repositories/your_repo/hooks/post-commit
To test it, change a file and commit the changes. In case of an error, the error message will be displayed after the commit.


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Typically, on the first Saturday of each month, the men of Trinity get together at the church, make breakfast and have a time of fellowship together. Please contact the office to receive more information about this and other events!
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Below is Trinity's Small Group Ministry Structure that we follow for both men and women.
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- View Properties
- Managing Views in the Console
To copy the properties of one target device, and paste those properties to target device members within a view, complete the steps that follow.
After making changes to a view, it may be necessary to refresh the view before those changes appear in the Console. To refresh the view, right-click on the view in the tree, then select the Refresh menu option.


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Infuriating Christmas Gift
Warning to those not leaning left-ward, this post contains anti-Bush comments
Two New Books
Jammed in with my knitting, I also like to try and put aside time to read. As some of you know, I'm reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy right now (and enjoying it a LOT by the way).
So for Christmas, I told my sister I wanted any book by either Michael Moore or Al Franken. I figured I needed a little light and humorous reading to break up the Tolstoy epic.
I'm not finished with the first chapter of Michael Moore's book and I'm totally infuriated. I thought I would find his book funny ("Dude, Where's My Country?"), but it's a very serious indictment of the president and his staff, and if even half of what I'm reading is true, I am going to work extra hard to get this man out of the White House.
If anyone knows of any response to Michael Moore's questions posed at the beginning of his book that would refute the awful things the senior White House officials have done, I would like to hear them.
Until then, I remain shocked and horrified by what I've read.
The rant is over, at least for today.
I got some knitting done on the Janis gift, and I'm enjoying both the knitting and the colors. I wish I could share more of that joy with you.
As for the color issue, I didn't mean to say that I thought the colors were too bright and not pastel enough. I love bright colors for babies. I meant that the colorway seemed a little too muted and subtle. It's a very adult colorway, and a little more masculine than I had anticipated.
I ended up making a colorway that I would wear.
Don't get me wrong, I think the baby will look great in it too, I just expected it to look different when it was only designed in my mind.
Bad Crochet
This is the last installment of what I consider to be bad crochet. This is also the one that I think might elicit the most protest from people. People that think this kind of knitting or crochet is perfectly acceptable.
The picture sucks, but what this is, is a crochet bed jacket and matching slippers. Here's a closeup of the slippers.
To me, this seems like someone had a baby bootie pattern that they adapted for an adult.
I say, if you want to make slippers for someone, stick to the FiberTrends felted slipper clogs. They're very warm, relatively easy to make, and make a very presentable gift. Often recipients are amazed that they are actually handmade.
Readers' Comments/Questions
Carol asks if I'm a David Sedaris fan.
Is that a trick question?...lol...I mean, yes, I've read everything he's written and seen him perform live and listen to him on NPR a lot.
Kathleen asks if I've decided on buttons for Ronas Hill yet.
I haven't had a chance to get to the yarn store, but I will this holiday/weekend sometime, where I hope to find the perfect buttons.
Lisa asked where I went for the holidays in Massachusetts.
My sister lives in North Easton (South of Boston) and my sister-out-of-law lives in Springfield. I also grew up for about 5 years of my life in a small town about 2o miles West of Boston called West Medway (near Framingham).
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Infuriating Christmas Gift
Monday, December 29, 2003
Knitless Knit Blog
What do knit bloggers do when they aren't knitting?
Holiday Knitting Time Off
This is more of a hypothetical question because I am knitting.
But for a couple of days before Christmas, and during my three day travels to Massachusetts, I had decided to take a little break from knitting.
I felt as if I was slacking off since I had little or nothing to write about in my blog during that time.
It also applies in a less direct way during this week of knitting a garment I can't show pictures of.
I've decided that at least I can show blog readers the yarn I'm using for Janis' baby girl's present.
The yarn is GGH Merino Soft in a baby weight. It's superwash for those of you worried about the washability factor.
I'm liking the color combination a lot, although I'm worrying that it's not very baby-like in colors. After all is said and done, I think it will be quite beautiful.
Janis Story
Before we knew of Janis' pregnancy, I was with her in the yarn store and she was discussing what she'd like to make for a recently born niece of hers. She had decided on a pair of colorful booties that looked like jester's shoes. The pattern was in some book she was showing me that I don't remember now.
She had decided that she was going to knit the booties in Jamieson Shetland wool because it offered her the color palette and the yarn weight she needed.
I was aghast. For those of you who have never worked with Shetland wool, it is a little scratchy (it softens up significantly after washing, but it's still a little too scratchy for a baby).
I told her that Shetland was a little bit harsh for a baby's foot, and she replied that the child needed to learn that everything in life wasn't soft and cuddly sometime, and she might as well get that lesson across in her gift.
Now that Janis has her own child, I'm hoping her ideas on life lessons have changed a little.
Another Knit-Related Gift
I went to my friend Nora's house last night for our holiday celebration (the same Nora who organized the craft show). In addition to some VERY nice gifts, she also gave me this cute little knit book.
I've never seen something so cute, and if you look closely, you'll see a little charm at the bottom of the page-marker ribbon. The charm is a little ball of yarn with knitting needles in it.
I have my last "Christmas" exchange on New Year's Eve with our good friend Charles, but I don't anticipate any knit-related items to be exchanged.
Funny Knit Item
For those who don't read Marilyn's blog (Knitting Curmudgeon), first of all, I highly recommend it as a regular read. Second, she held a funny holiday crap-along blog contest, and Carol's entry is very funny. It should overtake the Willy Warmer as the new joke knitting gift.
I only hope she publishes the pattern, because gawd knows it can't be easy to re-create this beauty.
Thanks Carol and Marilyn for my holiday laugh.
Posted by Joe Wilcox at 9:40 AM 0 comments
Sunday, December 28, 2003
Back to Knit Blogging
Normally this is a knit blog. My holiday post was done from the sister-out-of-law's house, and I had no ability to download pictures, so I thought I would regale you with a non-knit story.
Today I go back to normal QueerJoe knit blogging.
Christmas Gifties
I ended up giving away five of the scarves from the craft show to my family and friends. I had other gifts for all of them, but I just supplemented with a last-minute gift which mostly seemed appreciated.
When I gave my sister her scarf, she showed me one of the oddest little pieces of commercial knitwear I had ever seen.
First of all, she brought out what looked like a standard knit hat and scarf:
Seemingly, the only thing interesting about it was there was a hole through the scarf so it could be threaded through itself.
Then she said, the scarf was also a turtleneck sweater. Huh????
She helped me try it on.
And while it was snug, it was definitely a sleeveless sweater, where the hole in the scarf for self-threading turn into the sleeve openings.
Even more odd, she said that it was large enough when stretched to actually be a mini-dress on a smaller person than me. Amazing.
Other Holiday Knit Gifts
My niece and sister-out-of-law were also thoughtful enough to give me the following knitting books.
I was honestly surprised that I didn't have either of these books, and I really like both of them a lot.
Current Knitting
I am knitting two things, but not on anything I can show on the blog right now.
The first one is the gift for Janis' new baby girl. After two thwarted attempts, it is now moving along very well, and I am hoping to finish it next weekend.
As soon as I hear that the gift has been received, I'll post a picture of it.
The other knitting project is a small knitted item that a friend asked me to do as a prototype for something he might consider marketing. While the item could never be handknit for commercial sale, the idea is very cool.
Again, I'll let you know about it if it ever comes to market, or if the idea is given up in frustration at some later point.
Posted by Joe Wilcox at 9:23 AM 0 comments
Thursday, December 25, 2003
Merry Christmas
Filled with tradition, this holiday always brings back memories of some of my favorite family times.
One Christmas Memory
I have always been a mama's boy.
Growing up with six other siblings, and a father that enjoyed drinking a little too much, I learned to be the "codependent", and I was damn good at it.
One Christmas day, I vividly remember standing behind my mother as she chided my father for almost setting the house on fire.
We had opened all of the gifts, and my father had started a fire in the fireplace (one of three fireplaces on the first floor of this fine old house were we used to live in Massachusetts). He decided it would be a good idea to burn the wrapping paper in the fireplace instead of putting it in the garbage.
Despite my mother's warnings, he put more and more wrapping paper onto an increasingly roaring fire. Once he realized he had put in a few too many, it was almost too late.
The flames began to grow higher and higher until they started to lick at the underside of the formerly white painted mantel. The paint had just started to darken with soot, when they began to died down, and the fire came back under control.
My mother stood with her arms akimbo, with that "I told you so" look on her face. I stood behind her, arms crossed muttering, "what was he thinking?" to anyone within earshot.
I hope your Christmas was filled with traditions, warmth and fond memories of your childhood.
Posted by Joe Wilcox at 5:24 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Craft Show
Overall, the craft show went very well.
Holiday Madness Sale
It started out fast and furious. I set up my display on Friday night before the craft show, and the organizer had invited a few select friends to do pre-sale shopping.
Since the lighting at the show when I first set up wasn't very good, I had to do a LOT of tweaking to this picture to make it look even visible. Here's a picture of most of the craft show items.
Three scarves were sold immediately, the night I set up during pre-sale.
It became obvious that the furry scarfs in Lana Grossa Pep were going to popular, so I started and finished another of those on Friday night, and also did an incredibly soft scarf in GGH Vamos.
During the show, I worked on and finished another Lana Grossa scarf in slate blue..
After all was said and done, I ended up selling eight scarves and one hat. I brought home enough money to pay for the cost of the yarn I used in the scarves and hats. I also traded two scarves for handmade chocolates and jewelry.
The remaining scarves and hat will also make nice little knitted gifts for my family when I see them this week.
Knitting Project
My next project needs to be the baby project for my friend Janis.
Janis had her baby on December 9th, and I don't really have anything done on it.
She arrived on Tuesday, December 9 at 5:59 pm, 7 lbs 11 oz, 20.5 inches. Her name is Marina Karen, and she's totally gorgeous.
I had started a garment a few months back, but I didn't like how it was turning out, so I ripped it all out and started again. I still didn't like the result, so I ripped it again. I'm on my way again, having completed the ribbing.
Holiday Travels
Tomorrow, I head up to my sister's place in Massachusetts for Christmas Eve dinner with her and her family and my brother and sister-in-law. Then we open gifts.
Then tomorrow night, I go from my sister's to my sister-out-of-law's house, also in Massachusetts, but about 2 hours to the West. We'll spend the night there and celebrate Christmas morning with her family and open more gifts.
Sometime Friday morning, we'll head home.
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season.
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Friday, December 19, 2003
Off for the Holidays
I'm off work until Monday, the 29th.
Holiday Knitting
I still want to supplement the Holiday Madness Arts/Crafts Show inventory that I already have, so all of my knitting between now and the end of the weekend will be focused on that.
I finished the London Beanie in Kureyon
And I also finished another novelty scarf.
I've started another London Beanie exactly like the one I just finished. I should have it finished before the show starts tomorrow.
I figure that anything I don't sell, I'll bring with me to my sister's and sister-out-of-law's house for Christmas, and let my family have their pick of any items they like.
Readers' Questions/Comments
I first wanted to thank June for the interesting link on Google Bombing. What an amazing concept. Check it out if you're interested.
Rhys asks for help with correcting an eyelash scarf that stretched more than expected.
First of all, most eyelash yarn can be ripped back just as easily as most other yarns. Just be a little patient at the ends of each row. With only 12 rows done, I would suggest ripping it. If it tangles, too much, you may just have to call this yarn a loss.
Unfortunately, I have no suggestions for the fabric that you've created up to this point.
Karen asks if there is a link to a pattern for the London Beanie.
There are lots of links to various renditions of the London Beanie initially designed and named by Mark Thraikill. Here's a link to a pattern with a picture that I posted a while back.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Production Knitting
If I had to knit for a living, I'd go out of my mind.
Knitting and more Knitting
I don't mean designing or knitting my own creations. I'd enjoy doing both those things.
I mean production knitting of the same garment over and over.
Such as scarves for a Craft Show.
So far this week, I've completed another scarf (VERY long), and started another Kureyon London Beanie.
I like both of these a lot. The scarf is very long and almost boa-like. The color is bright and sassy. If I sell no other piece at the craft show, I bet this one will sell.
For the hat, I didn't realize I had two balls of Kureyon in this nice manly colorway. I'll finish two hats in this color before the show this weekend. I figure I have plenty of items for women and girls, but wanted more that the women could buy for the men in their lives (men rarely come to these craft shows).
Fair Isle Question
Someone on one of my Knitting Lists asked what to do in Fair Isle knitting when there's a row with only one color? Do you need to worry about the thickness of the fabric being different since you don't have to strand two colors for that particular row?
I asked the Fair Isle Goddess, Wendy what she does, and she confirmed in my comments that she just uses one color and doesn't worry about the thickness. That was what I did on the buttonband for Ronas Hill on a couple of single color rows.
Another list member offered that he knit two strands of the same color over the single color row, alternating which strand he used and weaving or carrying the unused strand behind. I liked that option, so in the future I will use that method.
Funny Link
I'm not sure if this link has made the rounds on the various knitting lists, but I thought it was funny, especially if you're a fan of the king.
Marilyn's sister also forwarded around a very funny Google item that I enjoyed a lot. If you go to google.com and type in "miserable failure" (include the double quotes), and then click on the "I feel lucky" button, check to see what comes up.
I hope Marilyn wasn't planning on using that on her blog.
Readers' Comments and Questions
Pubah asked if I had done a facing on Ronas Hill (I'm assuming she meant on the button band).
I did do a facing. It was called for in the pattern, and I liked it, so I did. I also thought it would give some structure to the garment. The only thing I did somewhat differently from the pattern on the buttonband was I did half of the facing rows in Indigo (color called for) and half in the Olive green color. I didn't want to start the last unused hank of Indigo on the facing, and I had plenty of Olive green left. It gives it kind of a nice look.
Alice mentions what her mother would call "stick-to-it-iveness" with regard to my knitting.
I'm not always quite so resolute, but I have always said that knitting doesn't take much talent or patience (as many non-knitters think). It takes "stick-to-it-iveness". At least for me it does.
Jo mentioned the steek on the buttonband, so I thought I'd explain a little more.
The pattern says to pick up and knit stitches up the inside of the right side of the vest, continue around the neck and then down the inner left side front. Then it says to purl back on the next row.
Since there are 400 stitches on the buttonband, and it requires two-color, stranded knitting, I didn't care to purl. So, at the end of picking up 400 stitches, I cast on 10 steek stiches, and then started knitting where I had started picking up stitches.
I knit in the round that way until the two color section was completed, and then switched to flat knitting. for the remainder. That way, the steek was small, and I could tuck it between the facing and the buttonband when I cut it and sewed it up. It made for a very neat buttonband.
Richard asks if I ever eat.
I do eat. Quite a bit, in fact. I also exercise 3 times a week to stay in shape because of all that eating. And contrary to what Richard has surmised, I wouldn't give up sleep if you paid me. I love sleep WAY too much.
I do however knit whenever I can, and devote quite a bit of my "free" time to projects.
Jewel asks if I've considered making my own buttons.
I hadn't until she mentioned it. I will now have to look into how to make small dorset buttons. Or perhaps I could get Kathy to show me when I see her this weekend.
Aubergine asks what's a steek.
A steek is simply extra knitted fabric that connects each side of an opening (such as a sleeve opening or the front opening of a cardigan or a neck opening). The extra knitted fabric is cut after knitting to make the opening.
Steeks allow for easier knitting in the round, so you don't have to account for arm holes and such until after the garment is done.
I'm sure there are many google references to steeking with pictures. Otherwise, you'll just have to come to my house, so I can show you.
Finally, Carol asks if I got the Ronas Hill kit at Stitches.
Yes, this past year, I got to meet Ron Schweitzer (the designer of Ronas Hill) and bought the kit. It was the most extravagant purchase I've ever made there. This yarn is made from the downy undercoat of a Shetland sheep, and then sent to New Mexico for natural dyes (Indigo, Madder, Alium, etc.). As such, they are very expensive.
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Sunday, December 14, 2003
What a sweet experience finishing such a challenging sweater can be.
Ronas Hill is Done
Well, almost. All of the knitting is done. I've tried a couple different types of buttons, but I haven't found any that I like in my own stash. I'm gonna have to go look for some very plain, navy blue buttons.
As you can see, I was able to finish the second arm hole edging, knit the button band/collar and sew the entire button band into place.
I tried these buttons from my stash (which are the ones I had in mind all along).
I decided the buttons detracted too much from the vest, so I'm going to try and replace them with better buttons.
A couple points of interest on this sweater:
1. Ron Schweitzer, the designer didn't use a steek when knitting the multi-color button band. Since I didn't care to purl in Fair Isle, I created a steek for the front of the button band. This allowed me to knit the front-facing portion of the button band in the round.
As soon as the multi-color portion was completed, I switched to flat knitting
2. The design didn't seem to use as much yarn as called for in the pattern. Partly, I'm sure this is due to the fact that I made the arm holes bigger. I was left with three full hanks of yarn for this sweater.
In addition, two of the colors (Lavender and Red) only require a little bit of yarn.
I'll have to see if I can use these yarns in a Fair Isle design of my own.
Craft Show Knitting
With the Holiday Madness Craft show next weekend, I also did some knitting on items for the show.
The scarf is a beautiful bronze color and the hat is a roll-brim London Beanie done in Noro Kureyon.
Upcoming Week
This last week before the holiday week is going to be hectic, so I may only do short blog entries this week.
I will be doing lots of knitting, so I can have as much inventory as possible for the show.
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Friday, December 12, 2003
Internet Knitter Tribute
All those who know the name Emily Way, raise their hand.
Knit Internet Pioneer
Finding knitting resources on the internet in my early days on the web was no where near as easy as it is today. One person seemed to have started this whole collection of valuable information gathering and putting it in useful format.
I've never met Emily, but I sure have gained from her initial foray into organzing electronic resources for knitters. I also gave her name out to many a customer at Tomato Factory who were looking for knitting information on the web, or information on how to get to the KnitList.
Group lists were somewhat daunting to join for newbies to the net, and Emily's web page guided the adventurous through the labrynth of information necessary to put them in touch with the on-line knitting community.
While I have thanked Emily in the past, I'd just like to post a public thank you as well.
Blog Contests
An internet knitting pioneer in her own right, Wendy is having her monthly contest going on now. Check out your knowledge of Wendiana by taking here WKSAT quiz and win some great yarn.
Marilyn is also having a contest. My favorite so far. Her crap-along challenges her readers to come up with a holiday knitted item that is garish and uses only non-natural fibers. Check it out.
Knitting Progress
I didn't do a lot of knitting this past week. But I was able to seam the shoulders and finish one of the sleeve edgings on Ronas Hill.
Here's a more detailed picture of the sleeve edging.
Reader Comments/Questions
Ms. Anne Thrope asks: Do all toe up socks look like that when knitted?: Shins disproportionately skinny to the foot? Or, must they be blocked to give them that "commercial" look?
All my socks look disproportionately skinny in the ankle compared to the foot. Regardless of whether I do them toe-up or cuff-down. I figure that as long as they fit well, I don't care much what they look like.
The socks I make on my antique sock knitting machine look much more like commercial socks, so perhaps it's just the difference between hand and machine knitting.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Body Done
Yes...Ronas Hill body is done. And I have the same number of stitches on each shoulder for both the front and the back.
Easy Fair Isles
To some the term "Easy Fair Isle" might seem like an oxymoron. But for anyone looking to do their first Fair Isle using jumper weight yarn and US3 needles, I would HIGHLY recommend this pattern. Here's why.
First of all, there are only six colors to worry about.
Second, the main color (indigo) is used throughout the entire garment, so the only color changes are done on the secondary colors.
Third, it is a vest. No sleeves, and finishing goes much faster.
Forth, short pattern repeats that are easy to remember.
Fifth, it's a cardigan, which allows color changes to occur at the center steek, and makes for a no-jog line where the colors change.
On the negative side to this pattern, there are a couple.
First, the shoulder width is too wide on this design. Adjusting the pattern required a lot of finagling of the numbers.
Second, the shaping of the neck on the back requires a one inch steek. Not hard to do, but kind of hard to visualize unless you've done Fair Isle knitting before.
Sock Knitting
I don't have a picture of it today, but I finished the second sock in the Regia Stretch. I also undid the bind-off on the first sock, and recovered all of the stitches. I have an inch or so of rib knitting to do on the first sock and then the pair will finally be done.
The socks fit perfectly, and look kind of cool.
Bad Crochet...Bad Knitting
I thought I'd show two more examples of what I consider to be really bad designs from the two flea market books. Enjoy.
This is my favorite. I'd love to see the look on the new mother's face when gifted with this lovely pillow case that could suffocate her newborn.
And this one is just a tragedy because of the era in which it was designed. I'm sure the boy looked quite smart at the time. Mostly it's the hair I like.
Funny Web Link
Finally, I leave you today with what I consider to be a somewhat funny web site.
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Sunday, December 07, 2003
Almost Done
This really is one of the most satisfying projects I've ever worked on.
Knitting Progress
Yes folks, I've completed another round, and I only have one more to go to finish the body of the Ronas Hill vest.
This pattern has some neck shaping on the back of the body, so I'll have to create another steek soon, but that will only make the final knitting go a little bit more quickly.
Upcoming Craft Show
I just saw my friend Nora, the one who is organizing the craft show where I'll be selling my things. I didn't realize quite how big this show was going to be. She's going to have about 2 dozen artists and craftpersons showing their stuff.
I plan on buying things myself. Hopefully my sales will supplement my purchases.
If anyone is local enough to Lambertville, NJ and would like to go, e-mail me here, and I'd be glad to send you the information on the show. It's going to be Saturday and Sunday, December 20th and 21st.
Musical Entry
For those folks that tried to go to The Churchill's site, it was down for quite a while. You definitely ought to check it out if you're into good music. The site is high bandwidth too, so dial up folks might not be able to see most of it.
I am convinced they will make it big, and I'll be able to say that I saw them in a ratty little bar in downtown NYC
Reader Comments/Questions
Debi says that I should set up legal protection as soon as possible, so as not to get "blindsided" by the grim reaper.
She's right. Right now my estate isn't quite big enough to make a difference, but I do need to set it up soon...thanks for the useful prodding.
I'd also like to ask folks not to use the comments section for self promotion. If you'd like me to promote something your doing/selling, ask me and I'd be glad to include it directly in the blog, if I think it's interesting.
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Friday, December 05, 2003
Onward Ronas
There are some days I almost feel like Wendy.
Knitting Progress
I've completed another pattern repeat on Ronas Hill, and shaping of the arm hole and neck is going along swimmingly. I will never knit up sweaters as fast as Wendy, but showing regular progress has been very satisfying on this sweater vest.
For those of you who would like to see a pretty decent representation of the colors and the pattern on this garment, I've finally been able to take a decent close-up picture.
Musical Entry
As many of you know, I have little or no aptitude for music. I don't even have a very good ear for hearing music. My palate for sounds is very limited.
However, early on in my consulting career, a coworker brought me to an appearance of a band in New York City called The Churchill's who's lead singer was the son of a friend of his.
I was so impressed with their music, and the lead singer (he's a hot guy and very nice as well), that I've followed their careers as they've tried to make it in the music business.
They just came out with a new CD, and I enjoy listening to it a lot. Mostly, I like the songs that they write and the voice of the lead singer.
Check it out and go to The Churchill's web site if you'd like to have a listen to what they sound like and look like.
Reader Comments/Questions
Marta asks what I think about crochet.
I like most any fiber art, and I've done a lot of very fine lace crochet in my past. My friend Kathy is a master crocheter and she has a rule of thumb that crocheting with any yarn heavier than DK weight makes it look to bulky and ugly. I tend to agree. She's made some incredible garments in crochet which I wouldn't have believed to be possible.
Andrea asks whether unmarried folks can own property jointly.
Thaddeus and I own our house jointly, but even still, he'll owe taxes on the portion deemed to be owned by me when I die (if I die first). We looked for a way to avoid inheritance tax, and the only way we've been told is by setting up a specific kind of trust. We'll look into it as we get closer to dying.
I'm also glad some of you found the lifeline concept helpful.
Years ago, I was having problems with a complex lace pattern on a scarf, and the yarn was starting to look worn from ripping it out so many times, so I unvented the lifeline concept. I sent the tip into the Knitlist, calling it a safety net, and over the years, many people have sent the tip into various lists calling it various things. I always wonder if they got the idea directly or indirectly from me.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Vintage Knitting
Sometimes vintage knits can be cool and interesting. Sometimes they can be absolutely dreadful.
Vintage Knitting Books
Today, I thought I'd show examples from one of the two flea market books. One I thought was kinda cool and the other I thought was an example of why people think crochet is one of the worst forms of crafting. Even worse than popsicle sticks and glue projects.
Both of these designs are from the Crochet book. The first one is a hat that I really like.
The top of the hat is created by banding together strands of yarn and securing it to a standard skull cap. But the picture is so movie-star-like, it makes the hat look good.
The next one is just plain ugly.
There is just no explaining this monstrosity.
Ripping out Fair Isle
I haven't really done enough on Ronas Hill to merit a new picture, but I did want to comment on some of the remarks you folks left in the Comments box.
Barb says ripping lace is worse. I would only agree with that if there was over 400 stitches on the lace project. Ripping lace isn't overly fun, but most of my lace knitting was easier to rip than the Fair Isle ripping I've done.
Alice most closely sounds like me. The ripping part sucks, but it's really the recovery that's a pain in the ass. And I totally agree with her that usually I have to put ripped Fair Isle projects away for a month or so while I get over my resentment at making a mistake. This time I forced myself to keep going.
Debbie asks if I was using a "lifeline" in my knitting.
For the uninitiated, a lifeline is a piece of waste yarn that you thread through the current stitches every 10 rows or so, that serves as a safety net in case you have to rip back...you never have to rip further back than the most recent lifeline.
The only time I use a lifeline in my knitting is when I'm doing a pattern stitch from which I can't recover when I make a mistake. This is usually only with lace projects that have a lot of yarn overs, slip stitches and transfers. So, no, I wasn't using a lifeline.
Finally Sean commiserates, noting that the denial is the worst part. I agree. If I had only listened to my instincts and checked for errors immediately, I could have recovered much more quickly.
Sock Knitting
I have done some additional sock knitting, and I'm close to done on the Regia Stretch socks.
The one I'm working on is slightly longer than the first one, and I'm going to continue knitting for a little while longer before binding off. I've already started undoing the bind-off on the first sock to make sure that I could. I will go back and lengthen that one when I'm done with the second sock.
Readers Comments/Questions
Susan asks what I think of the distinction between marriage and civil unions.
I think I agree with Susan on this issue from what I can tell in her comments.
I think marriage should be a completely religious event and government should not be involved, except to allow religious groups the ability to enact civil unions along with the marriage ceremony. And all folks should be allowed to have civil unions, regardless of whether they get married or not.
That way, everyone would be treated the same with regard to the law, and religious organizations could decide on whether to be hateful and bigoted, or marry anyone who wanted to commit to a life of loving (how biased was THAT commentary?).
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Not gonna lie: We may have freaked out just the teensiest, tiniest bit when we caught wind of the titillating news that ubercouple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were writing a script together (because after seeing them smolder on-screen together in four "Twilight" flicks, it's pretty much scientifically proven that anything those two do together will be adorable and fabulous.) But when we caught up with Kristen at the MTV Movie Awards and asked her about her writerly work with RPattz, she burst our bubble right quick.
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In an excellent Op-Ed in the Indian Express titled "Who killed Manjunath?" Ila Patnaik writes:
It is well understood that the structure of economic incentives is a far stronger force than policing. It is easy to blame the law and order situation for the murder. But the real blame lies with the petroleum price policy that created incentives for adulteration. When diesel costs Rs 35 per litre and kerosene is available in PDS shops for Rs 11 per litre, there is a very powerful incentive for petrol pump owners to adulterate diesel with kerosene. If a mafia has arisen, it is a creation of government policy. In the same way that the smuggler gangs of the 70s were the inevitable consequence of restrictions on imports, the mafia that murdered S. Manjunath is the by-product of the pricing distortions in the petroleum sector.
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Nicholas Stormonth turned his back on treatment to ride 185 miles between Milan and San Remo in Italy.
The 36-year-old from Longniddry, East Lothian, suffering agonising pain on the 11-hour, mountainous route but raised £10,000 for charity.
Nicholas died on Sunday but friends and colleagues have vowed to continue fundraising in his name.
Nicholas's mother, Kathleen, who he lived with, said: "What Nicholas did in Italy was amazing and there are still lots of other events going on with the charity.
"We will continue the work he started."
Now two police officers who knew Nicholas are cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats in order to raise money for his cancer charity Nico-35.
Police Cab Inspector Frank Smith and his brother Sergeant Phil Smith will start their journey on Sunday.
The officers will cycle the 1,000 mile journey on mountain bikes, and expect to take 13 days.
Inspector Smith said: "Nick displayed immense bravery in refusing further medical treatment to allow him to spend his time raising as much sponsorship as possible for local cancer charities.
"As a result of his courageous and selfless actions, my brother and I decided to assist his cause by undertaking the Lands End to John O'Groats cycle and have gained the support and sponsorship from the Police, Council and Taxi and Private Hire Car trade in Edinburgh."
Nicholas, an Edinburgh Council solicitor dealing with taxi and private Hire Licensing, set up his charity after being diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer in May last year.
Rather than face more chemotherapy he decided to get on his bike and take on the formidable Gran Fondo or "big ride".
He said in June this year, as he was about to set off for Italy: "I should be having more chemotherapy treatment just now but I decided not to.
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She said: "It was quite draining for him towards the end. But because he was so fit the doctors were quite surprised at how long he hung in there for.
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Gabon is a central African country rich is natural resources. It is bordered by Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of Congo to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. With a population of 1.7 million over a surface area of 268,000 square kilometers, Gabon is a sparsely populated country with forests covering 85% of the territory.
It possesses one of the highest urbanization rates in Africa with more than four in five Gabonese citizens living in urban areas. The capital, Libreville, along with Port Gentil, the economic capital of the country, is home to 59% of the population. One in two Gabonese citizens is under the age of 20, and the fertility rate in urban areas stands at almost four children per woman, against six in rural areas according to the 2012 Second Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Gabon.
Political Context
The Gabonese Democratic Party (Parti démocratique gabonais or PDG) dominates the political landscape. Omar Bongo held the presidency from 1968 to 2009, and his son, Ali Bongo Ondimba, won the presidential elections in August 2009, against a backdrop of social crisis. The opposition boycotted the legislative elections in 2011. It competed in both the municipal and departmental elections held in December 2013, and the Senate election held in December 2014. Still, all these elections were won by the party in power.
On August 31, 2016 the Minister of Interior announced that President Bongo had been re-elected with 49.8% of the votes according to provisional results. Jean Ping received 48.23% of the votes. The participation rate was 59.26%. The opposition representatives refused to validate the results. The country went through a political turmoil that lead to violent clashes, shut down of telecommunications and series of demonstrations both inside and outside the country
On September 23, 2016, the Constitutional Court confirmed the presidential election results. Ali Bongo during a live TV declaration announced that he is in favor of peace and reaches out to the other parties for discussions. The situation remains tense.
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Gabon is an upper-middle-income country. The fifth largest oil producer in Africa, it has experienced strong economic growth over the past decade, driven in particular by oil and manganese production. On average, over the past five years, the oil sector has accounted for 80% of exports, 45% of GDP, and 60% of budget revenue. However, the country is facing a decline in its oil reserves. The Gabonese government has therefore based its new strategy on economic diversification.
Gabon's GDP growth rate slowed down to 3.9% in 2015, despite an attempt to compensate protracted low oil prices by ramping up production. Crude oil production, after a sustained decline in 2013 and 2014, increased from 80 to 87 million barrels between 2014 and 2015. The fiscal situation worsened in 2015, with Gabon recording a fiscal deficit for the first time since 1998, despite government's attempts to rein in expenditure and mitigate the decline in oil revenue.
The fiscal picture will further deteriorate in 2016 with a deficit of 2.7% of GDP as oil production declines and prices remain low, before the deficit progressively decreases to 1.8% in 2018 as non-oil revenues kick in. The 2016 budget contains measures to adjust to this decline in revenues. To rein in expenditure, the Government of Gabon is planning sharp cuts on most sectors, with a lot of the adjustment falling on health and infrastructure; given the current low allocation to social sectors (including health), this could threaten the Gabon's ability to significantly improve social outcomes.
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Return of the Jedi Weekly 58 is the fifty-eighth issue of Return of the Jedi Weekly, the continuation of the Marvel Star Wars UK series.
This issue reprints part two of the story printed in the US as Star Wars 85: The Hero, along with part two of Star Wars 42: The Empire Strikes Back: To Be a Jedi.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) — A Bucks County man who worked in several jobs around children is headed to federal prison for ten years after admitting he tried to solicit sex from what he thought was a teenage girl over the Internet.
Online he was known as "mikecoach73" and federal investigators say he arranged a meeting with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. But 39-year-old Michael Barndt traveled from his Sellersville home to Wilmington, Delaware in June to meet an undercover detective where he was arrested and charged with attempted enticement and coercion of a minor.
Homeland Security Special Agent John Kelleghan says they confiscated Barndt's smartphone.
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Barndt held jobs as a youth football coach and a camp counselor in Montgomery County.
He contends he was sexually abused by a Catholic priest when he was 16 years old. At this point, officials say there's no indication he molested any children.
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Apologies to regular readers for the lack of posts recently, I've been very busy with some things over the past fortnight and haven't got much chance to go online.
I've no form study bets this morning, however I do have a handicap bet which looks a couple of pounds ahead of the assessor. I'm going to go each-way as the price is in double figures in the early forecast tissues. Here's Timeform's comment:
4.35 Listowel - Blue Cannon
Successful in 2m Down Royal maiden last year but limitations exposed
after. However, fit from Flat win at Down Royal (2¼m) on Friday and
looks the first choice on jockey bookings.
On the financial front, I went on a bit of a mad selling spree this morning. I sold the AUD/USD, Brent Crude Oil, Gold, Silver, and the FTSE.
Last week saw a big rise across most markets and I reckon the above look a fair bit overbought and are in line for a correction. BUT... I'm aware that selling a basket of products like that is a high-risk strategy. If the general mood is risk on again this week, I'll be in trouble so I have stop losses on them all. If we see some profit taking and then the market goes risk-off, it's ka-ching time for me. It would be nice to earn a couple of bob on the financials this week as I had a rough weekend on the horses.
Getting back to the racing, what did everyone make of Camelot on Saturday?
At first, I blamed O'Brien for the ride he gave but on reflection, perhaps the horse just wasn't good enough on the day and couldn't quicken. Perhaps a pacemaker would have made the difference but all credit to the winner - I must admit that the winner wasn't even on my radar. It's a big disappointment for all involved and you've got to feel sorry for them having taken a chance on the St Leger, which is an unpopular route. That's racing for you though, and once again it is proof that there are no certainties in this game.
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The following article ran in the July/August issue of American Theatre in advance of the play's run at Shakespeare & Company and at the Long Wharf Theatre. The play is now in previews at the Westside Theatre in New York City, and will open on March 4.
As theatre critic for the Wall Street Journal, Terry Teachout has seen more than his share of bad solo shows, particularly the all-too-familiar genre of the historical biodrama. That's precisely not the sort of play he wanted to write with Satchmo at the Waldorf, with Gordon Edelstein directing and John Douglas Thompson in the title role.
"This is not what Gordon calls a 'taxidermy play,' where someone sits around and talks about what a great guy he is," says Teachout, who wrote an acclaimed 2009 biography of Louis Armstrong, Pops. It was a reader of that book who suggested to Teachout via e-mail that "there might he a play in it. That had never occurred to me. No writing of plays had ever occurred to me, in fact."
Teachout did have one prior experience as a dramatist, writing the libretto for the 2009 opera The Letter with composer Paul Moravec. "Obviously that knocked something loose in my head," Teachout concedes. And so, during a 2010 residency at the Winter Park Institute of Rollins College in Florida, Teachout hammered out a first draft, using as a jumping-off point a memorable photo from Pops.
"The photo shows Armstrong sitting in his dressing room in Vegas about six months before his death; he's in his tux, and he's looking old and tired. I imagined that the play might take place in his dressing room at his last gig."
A theatre-savvy friend who read the draft offered a crucial piece of advice, pointing to the solo plays Teachout himself had admired most in recent years, including Heather Raffo's Nine Parts of Desire, Stephen Lang's Beyond Glory and Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife. The common element? All had more than one character. Immediately, says Teachout, "I thought: Glaser."
Joe Glaser, Armstrong's mobbed-up manager and close friend, now takes up roughly a third of the stage time in Satchmo at the Waldorf. His presence not only rounds out the story, since, as Teachout says, "Armstrong is an unreliable narrator, and Glaser tells us things that Armstrong didn't know." Glaser's inclusion also makes the play something other than an easy bit of imitative gimmickry.
"The idea is for the actor to be able to switch on a dime between the two characters," says Teachout. "The key to it is that he is crossing a racial line to do it."
For his part, Armstrong seemed to trip across the color lines of his day with smiling ease, but of course it wasn't so easy. His outsized charm, in fact, belied a strong will and a fierce temper. Both are on display in Teachout's uncensored take on the backstage Satchmo. As the playwright says of his subject, "He never said 'motherfucker' on 'Ed Sullivan.'"
Rob Weinert-Kendt is Associate Editor at American Theatre. Prior to that he was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Back Stage West, and he writes about the arts for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Time Out New York. He is also a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.


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Is your teenager ready to make tough choices about sex? Uncomfortable as it may be, sex education is your responsibility. Here's help getting started.
You understand the importance of sex education. But don't count on classroom instruction alone. Although the basics may be covered in health class, your child might not hear - or understand - everything he or she needs to know. That's where you come in. Awkward as it may be, sex education is a parent's responsibility. By reinforcing and supplementing what your child learns in school, you can help your child make good decisions about sex.
Breaking the ice
Sex is a staple of news, entertainment and advertising. It's often hard to avoid this ever-present topic. But when parents and children need to talk, it isn't always so easy. If you wait for the perfect moment, you might miss the best opportunities. Instead, think of sex education as an ongoing conversation. Here are some ideas to help you get started - and keep the discussion going.
Addressing tough topics
Sex education includes abstinence, date rape, homosexuality and other tough topics. Be prepared for questions like these:
Responding to behavior
If your child becomes sexually active - whether you think he or she is ready or not - it may be more important than ever to keep the conversation going. State your feelings and calmly explain your objections. You might say, "I'm disappointed in your decision to have sex. I don't think it's appropriate or healthy for you to have sex right now. But the decision is yours. I expect you to take the associated responsibilities seriously."
Stress the importance of safe sex, and make sure your child understands how to use contraception. You might talk about keeping a sexual relationship exclusive, not only as a matter of trust and respect but also to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases. Also set and enforce reasonable boundaries, such as curfews and rules about visits from friends of the opposite sex.
Your child's doctor can help, too. A routine checkup can give your child the opportunity to address sexual activity and other behaviors in a supportive, confidential atmosphere.
Looking ahead
With your support, your child can emerge into a sexually responsible adult. Be honest and speak from the heart. Even if your child remains silent, he or she will hear you.
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