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A private wealth advisor reached out to us as he was searching for a resource to bring to his select list of private clients. Once a year, he plans an event that brings his clients knowledge and ideas on subjects that they might not have experience with. He asked us to speak about Bay Area art in context with the larger world of art. Tessa and I talked about a lot of ideas but kept coming back to one: innovation. While the Bay Area is not a major commercial hub like New York, we can claim a reputation for innovation and a dissemination of ideas.
The work of San Francisco artist, Yoon Lee at Marx & Zavattero was the perfect backdrop for this discussion. Lee received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and has participated in some of the Bay Area's renown non-profit arts programs that support emerging artists. Marx & Zavattero is deeply supportive of Bay Area alternative art spaces and is dedicated to serious artists with singular voices. Their roster speaks for itself.
The story of Eadweard Muybridge so eloquently told in Rebecca Solnit's book, River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West begins this story of innovation. At the turn of the century, Eadweard Muybridge was working in the Bay Area as a photographer. This was a time of great technological development in the West…as Solnit describes; train travel literally changed how we experienced time. Hired by Leland Stanford to decisively prove whether all four hooves of a race horse were airborne at once, Muybridge began an experimental body of work that ultimately became the foundation for motion graphics.
In the twenties, the Society of Six, a ground breaking group of Oakland painters is often referred to as "the most important modernist development that occurred in this country " according to William Gerdts in this book American Impressionism. With their unified dedication to color focused work that emphasized light and the landscape they laid the ground work for another generation of innovators like Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud.
The California School of Fine Arts which in the 60's became the San Francisco Art Institute, was a at the core of many new ideas in art in Northern California. After World War II it became the nucleus for Abstract Expressionism with faculty such as Clyfford Still who is known for laying the groundwork for the movement, and Mark Rothko who is considered one of the most important American post-war painters.
David Park and Elmer Bischoff – also faculty at that time – while initially devoted to Abstract Expressionism, abandoned it in favor of figuration which spawned a two generation movement – Bay Area Figurative Movement – with extraordinary influence on future artists, perhaps the most well known being Richard Diebenkorn.
The 70's, an era defined by socio-political unrest was heady time in the Bay Area. Paul Kos, David Ireland and Tom Marioni, artists whose innovative approaches to concept-driven work while uniquely their own, shared themes of time and space. With a limited number of exhibition spaces for young work, and more students graduating from art schools, the 70's marked a growth in non-profit and alternative spaces many of which thrive today. A fundamental commitment to experimentation and support for emerging work continues to define the Bay Area.
The San Francisco Art Institute continued its influence in the 1990's by spawning a group of artists who ultimately became known as the Mission School (a term coined by Glen Helfand in 2002). Artists such as Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen whose expression was largely defined by the street culture of the Mission incorporated murals, graffiti, comic and cartoon art, folk art and even sign painting in their work. This work ultimately opened doors for the legitimization of street art by the fine art world.
More than a century later, innovation in technology has a whole new identity. In the early 1990's Campbell and artist Alan Rath were the first artists create artwork with self-designed hardware. M.I.T. electrical engineer turned artist, Jim Campbell pushes the boundaries of innovation in art by inventing his own medium. For Campbell the technology isn't a device, but rather the means for exploring ideas of perception, memory and time.
The list goes on. What is it that makes the Bay Area this breeding ground of innovation…the light, space, demographics, politics or is it just our reputation as the "Wild West" that ignites the spark of creativity and groundbreaking art?

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I'm not getting younger, and my weight will always be at least 200lbs. The martial art I'm studying is not kind to my joints. A particular problem is the flying kicks, one of which is featured in my next to top kata. While I've gotten better at the technique, my knee of the leg I land on complains very loudly the following day. I can't generate enough air time to land on both feet with a flying side kick.
I am interested in something with practical use outside the ring, but less harsh than my current art. My current style is a blend of Tae Kwan Do, Okinawan Go Ju Ryu, and Jujitsu. I do enjoy the Jujitsu, but finding a good school near me will be a challenge. I will talk with my sensei about making the art a bit more old man friendly--we both have physical challenges.
However, I am interested in broadening my horizons. What I'm looking for is:
- No flying techniques. I'm a big man and my joints can't take it
- Incorporating both grappling and stricking
- A focus on practical use in modern settings (this rules out sword arts and kyudo)
While I do have a fourth criteria, that would make the question too localized (i.e. something I can find near me). An addendum to the question would be how to evaluate a potential school.
Clarification about the knees:
- The problem is not bad joints, medically speaking.
- I can grapple just fine, the jujitsu aspect of my art is something I'm rather fond of.
- The problem is inflammation in the knee due to the stress of landing > 250lbs of mass on one leg.
- The inflammation goes away in a couple days, but the day following practice it is quite acute.
Also reminder about what I'm looking for:
- A focus on practical use in modern settings. Arts like iaido, kyudo, etc. that are primarily internal martial arts are not something I want to pursue at the moment.
- A de-emphasis on kicking, particularly flying or jumping techniques.


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A Response to the Daily Mail Bile
It's hard to continue to be shocked by the moral sewer that is British tabloid journalism. But as a sheer act of pre-Christmas bile and bigotry, it's hard to get past Sue Reid's Daily Mail article on refugees coming to Bute. Reid, who specialises almost exclusively in stories stirring racial hatred, purposely ignores the wave of support and generosity that has been provoked by the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. Scotland is the new home of about one-third of the Syrian refugees who have arrived in the UK so far, and the movement has been coordinated not just by the Scottish Government's Minister for External Affairs and International Development Humza Yousaf and our First Minister, but supported also by the National, local authorities, churches and civic groups such as the "we have room" hashtag Refuweegee, Rooms for Refugees and other groups.
At the Renfrewshire Refugee Summit, Bishop John Keenan of the Diocese of Paisley said: "The people coming here are refugees. Perhaps another way of thinking about them is to understand that they are individuals who have faced extraordinary circumstances and hardship. They have lost their homes, their community, and their country. Many of them will have lost loved ones in the conflict. Imagine how we would feel if that happened to us or our families."
Post-Paris Nicola Sturgeon said: "These people are fleeing their homes in the search for protection and security, and we are their refuge, following Friday's deadly attacks in Paris. "We cannot let the actions of the few destroy the safety of the many."
The article, which we won't link to, is riddled with factual errors, and, in the opinion of the Guardian Scotland correspondent, Libby Brooks, is ripe for complaints to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).
The Mail has decided to break the carefully protected anonymity of the tiny group of people we are talking about, their journalist highlights in mock outrage "15 families have arrived on the tiny island of Bute, off the West of Scotland". Fifteen. The place will be overrun.
Getting into her stride Reid writes: "The families have been given free accommodation and, at a church hall in the town of Rothesay, can pray five times a day, if they wish." Imagine, allowing people to actually pray. What kind of commie hell hole are we running here?
Desperately trying to stoke discontent she explains how: "Home Secretary Theresa May tried to reassure locals by saying all arrivals would be screened to ensure they did not pose a security threat, amid fears that some would-be terrorists who have travelled to Britain posing as refugees."
Not only does this wilfully ignore the reality that the evidence for 'terrorists as refugees' has been completely discredited and the Paris attackers were homegrown French and Belgian nationals, it suggests a state of fear and demand for reassurance from locals that is a fabrication of this journalists disgraceful agenda.
Now tumbling into a tirade of meaningless bigotry, Reid continues: "Although this is one of the most impoverished parts of the UK, the Home Office says each adult migrant is eligible for £200 emergency cash to tide them over until they are given National Insurance numbers which will entitle them to claim state benefits. Under a settlement programme funded by Whitehall, the families also get free heating, lighting and their council tax bills are being paid."
So, we have the magnificent combination of this being subsidised by Whitehall and yet a drain on local resources. Note the subtext: feckless work-shy Scots being subsidised to look after similarly work-shy Syrians. Of course Reid is desperately confused, are these bastards over here to steal our jobs/women AND take our wonderful benefits?
Blustering she writes: "A charity musical evening has raised funds to buy new mobile phones for the migrants …" – wait a minute, I thought the community was up in arms? Now they seem to be hosting charity evenings in support of the refugees. Half of the outrageous facts she cites seem based on a communities spontaneous reaction to people in trouble being welcomed onto their island.
She goes on: "Meanwhile, eyebrows are being raised over the fact that Roman Catholic St Andrew's church hall, in Rothesay town centre, is being used as a day centre for migrants. Here, children park their sparkling new bikes, play with donated toys, while their parents often linger outside smoking."
For all its faults and failings the Catholic Church has a proud record of support and solidarity for people in need (including SCIAF). The only eyebrows being raised are from the spiteful racists at the Daily Mail. No-one would raise eyebrows about a church in Scotland doing charitable work. And people smoking? What you've been displaced from your war-ravaged country and had to flee across borders and live with small children in a refugee camp, and you're smoking!
The refugee resettlement is being carried out on an entirely voluntary basis by local authorities who have offered their help, and is being coordinated in a considered way by the Scottish and UK governments. All of the funding for these families that Reid is attacking comes from central government rather than out of the council's pocket. So any suggestion that somehow other local provision is being undermined is wrong.
The Daily Mail's article stands in sharp contrast with the island's own Craig Borland, editor of the weekly 'Buteman' who penned an editorial arguing:
"I want Bute to be a place where people who come here with little more than the clothes they are standing in can feel safe and at home. I want Bute to be a place known not for narrow-minded bigotry, but for its warmth, and humanity, and willingness to help people with nothing in whatever way it can. The families coming to Bute have been through things we can't begin to imagine. Surely as human beings we have a duty to help. But more than that, we have an opportunity to show them, and the world, that Bute is a wonderful place to call your home. There is space in our schools and there is spare social housing, and many, many people want to help our new neighbours to settle here. I would love it if some of them wanted to stay in our community and put down roots here."
The families coming to Bute have been through things we can't begin to imagine. Surely as human beings we have a duty to help. But more than that, we have an opportunity to show them, and the world, that Bute is a wonderful place to call your home.
Sue Reid and her newspaper little more than a contaminant on public life. We shouldn't let her newspaper undermine the practical solidarity that is being offered to people in dire need. As well as boycotting this paper you can also:
Support the Scottish Refugee Council crisis appeal here.
Or you can Host a Refugee with Positive Action in Housing here. So far in 2015, Room for Refugees has given 2,489 nights of shelter to refugee, migrant and asylum communities in Scotland and the UK.
Or you can support SCIAF's crisis appeal here.


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For over 1000 years people have lived in and visited one of this country's finest towns. With its famous Guildhall, magnificent Church and restored Windmill set against a backdrop of Medieval houses it is considered the jewel in the crown of Essex.
Thaxted is a small country town with a recorded history which dates back to before the Domesday Book. Yet although the town is full of considerable architectural interest, its attraction as a place to visit arises just as much from the special character of the town as a community. Thaxted has no artificial tourist attractions; it remains today what is has been for the last ten centuries - a thriving town which moves with the times, but also treats its heritage from the past with great respect. The past and the present come together in Thaxted as part of the daily life of everyone in the town.
Many visitors and residents know Thaxted for its connection with the Thaxted Morris Men and for the Thaxted Festival. These links take you to their websites.
Thaxted today has a variety of shops, restaurants, pubs and other businesses which serve the needs of resident and visitor alike, making the town a centre for trade and commerce today, as it has been for 1000 years.
This new Website has been setup for both visitors and residents. The tabs at the top of the page will start your discovery of our town - many aspects cross over both areas so please investigate the whole of our site.
A search facility is accessible here - use this to find particular information quickly.
The Calendar links to more details on events and the organisations running them.
While we hope this website is fully functional we know there are aspects which need further work. The website team would welcome your observations. This website looks best on modern browsers such as IE8, Firefox or Chrome. If you are using an older browser there may be some visual artefacts in some places. If you find that these disrupt your experience, please get in touch with the website team.
We also need you to keep the diary up to date by letting us have your events.
The Parish Council would like to acknowledge the work done to create this new site.
Visit the Thaxted Community Information Centre where there are leaflets and books about many aspects of Thaxted. This centre is staffed by volunteers. Staff from Essex Library Service and Uttlesford DC staff are also present. For full details of opening times and staffing arrangements see Tourism page.


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Question: "Book of Exodus"
Moses was the author of the Book of Exodus (Exodus 17:14; 24:4-7; 34:27).
Date of Writing:
The Book of Exodus was written between 1440 and 1400 B.C.
Purpose of Writing:
The word "exodus" means departure. In God's timing, the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt marked the end of a period of oppression for Abraham's descendants (Genesis 15:13), and the beginning of the fulfillment of the covenant promise to Abraham that his descendants would not only live in the Promised Land, but would also multiply and become a great nation (Genesis 12:1-3, 7). The purpose of the book may be expressed as tracing the rapid growth of Jacob's descendants from Egypt to the establishment of the theocratic nation in their Promised Land.
Key Verses:
Exodus 1:8, "Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt."
Exodus 2:24-25, "God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them."
Exodus 12:27, "'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped."
Exodus 20:2-3, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me."
Brief Summary:
Exodus begins where Genesis leaves off as God deals with His chosen people, the Jews. It traces the events from the time Israel entered Egypt as guests of Joseph, who was powerful in Egypt, until they were eventually delivered from the cruel bondage of slavery into which they had been brought by "...a new king...which knew not Joseph" (Exodus 1:8).
Chapters 1-14 describe the conditions of oppression of the Jews under Pharaoh, the rise of Moses as their deliverer, the plagues God brought upon Egypt for the refusal of their leader to submit to Him, and the departure from Egypt. God's sovereign and powerful hand is seen in the miracles of the plagues"ending with the plague of death of the firstborn and the institution of the first Passover"the deliverance of the Israelites, the parting of the Red Sea, and the destruction of the Egyptian army.
The middle portion of Exodus is dedicated to the wandering in the wilderness and the miraculous provision by God for His people. But even though He gave them bread from heaven, sweet water from bitter, water from a rock, victory over those who would destroy them, His Law written on tablets of stone by His own hand, and His presence in the form of pillars of fire and cloud, the people continually grumbled and rebelled against Him.
The last third of the book describes the construction of the Ark of the Covenant and the plan for the Tabernacle with its various sacrifices, altars, furniture, ceremonies, and forms of worship.
The numerous sacrifices required of the Israelites were a picture of the ultimate sacrifice, the Passover Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. The night of the last plague on Egypt, an unblemished lamb was killed and its blood applied to the doorposts of the houses of God's people, protecting them from the angel of death. This foreshadowed Jesus, the Lamb of God without spot or blemish (1 Peter 1:19), whose blood applied to us ensures eternal life. Among the symbolic presentations of Christ in the book of Exodus is the story of the water from the rock in Exodus 17:6. Just as Moses struck the rock to provide life-giving water for the people to drink, so did God strike the Rock of our salvation, crucifying Him for our sin, and from the Rock came the gift of living water (John 4:10). The provision of manna in the wilderness is a perfect picture of Christ, the Bread of Life (John 6:48), provided by God to give us life.
Practical Application:
The Mosaic Law was given in part to show mankind that they were incapable of keeping it. We are unable to please God by law-keeping; therefore, Paul exhorts us to "put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified" (Galatians 2:16).
God's provision for the Israelites, from deliverance from captivity to the manna and quail in the wilderness, are clear indications of His gracious provision for His people. God has promised to supply all our needs. "God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful" (1 Corinthians 1:9).
We are to trust in the Lord, for He can deliver us from anything. But God does not allow sin to go unpunished forever. As a result, we can trust Him in His retribution and justice. When God removes us from a bad situation, we should not seek to go back. When God makes demands of us, He expects us to comply, but at the same time He provides grace and mercy because He knows that, on our own, we will not be able to fully obey.


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HIPPA is the acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed in 2003. In an effort to protect your privacy, HIPPA restricts the freedom of medical care providers to share medical information about you with anyone, even family members, without your consent.
The provisions of HIPPA give you the right to view information contained in your medical records and to designate other persons with whom your medical information may be shared.
Here are some questions and answers about HIPPA.
Do you need to complete a HIPPA form in order for your spouse or family to see copies of your medical records?
Wht if you have not completed a HIPA form giving someone the legal right to view your medical records?
How can you authorize someone to access your medical records?
Q. Why do you need to complete a HIPPA form in order for your health care agent or family members spouse see copies of your medical records?
A. If you want your medical information shared with someone, you must complete a HIPPA Authorization to Release Information form naming and authorizing the people you will allow to see the records maintained by your physician or hospital. Access to these records will be important for whomever is in charge of making medical decisions for you.
The list should certainly include your health care agent. Whether you want your medical information shared with your family is up to you. If you have old and trusted friends to whom you frequently turn for advice, you may want to name them as well.
Once you sign a HIPPA Authorization to Release Information form, you should give a copy to your family physician.
Although you can add a clause to your Health Care Power of Attorney form giving your health care agent and family access to your personal medical records, it is also wise to sign a separate HIPPA form identifying the people whom you want to have access to your records.
Q. What if you have not completed a HIPPA form giving someone the legal right to view your medical records?
A. Without a written authorization from you to share your medical records, medical professionals and medical facilities face stiff penalties for violating HIPPA.
Without advanced authorization by you, your health care agent will not be able to access the information about you to make an informed decision about the best plan of care for you.
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When I first started blogging, one of the things I looked forward to the most was the next round of the Barren Bitches Book Brigade. Hosted by Mel at Stirrup Queens, the book brigade would read books relevant to the adoption/loss/infertility community, pose questions to each other related to the text and our own experiences....basically, function as a virtual book club, minus the cookies and wine and dysfunction that sometimes come with real life book clubs, at least mine.
And here it is again. The 23rd tour of the Book Brigade. Welcome.
It may have even been through one of those discussions that I got to know Lori Holden, the author of
The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole the book featured here today. Lori blogs at Lavender Luz, and is a dedicated advocate for open adoption and adoptee rights. She's also, quite simply, a cool ass lady that I've had the pleasure of getting to know and the honor to meet. And she has done the very hard work of turning a concept into a hard-covered reality.
The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption is an easy read. It doesn't mean its easy to read, especially if you are struggling right now with the very questions that Lori puts front and center. How does an open adoption work? How might an open adoption work for me? Where is my place here? Where do I fit? How do I know if I'm doing it right?
Because there aren't any magic answers, no secrets that Lori reveals.
But she does present a comprehensive guide. Peppered by her own experiences and those of the birth mother of her daughter, with lists of pros and cons (a lady after my own heart), with points to consider and pitfalls to avoid. I've already heard several friends on the internet exclaim, "wow. I wish this was around when I started my own journey...."
While I'm not on a journey toward open adoption, not at the moment anyway, this book hits home for me in a number of ways. As:
- An adult adoptee from a closed adoption, reunited with one of my birth parents,
- A grieving mother to twin girls I carried and who we're born premature, and
- A brand new Mother through an open gestational surrogacy using anonymous donor eggs
Yes! In fact, it makes something abstract and perhaps a little daunting feel far more concrete for me. I had never made the connection between a relationship with in-laws and ones through adoption before.
This was just one of the many "ah ha!" moments that I had reading Open Hearted. Every one of Crystal's sections gave me a perspective I never realized before. And I also had never heard of the idea of an "as if" family (in closed adoption, attempting to match a child as closely as possible to his/her adopted family so that one could easily assume he/she had a biological connection) even though that clearly happened with me.
As I mention in a previous post,
Issues around identity, origin, connectedness – I think about this shit nonstop, as I am sure many, many people who have built families through nontraditional means do. I believe there is a balance between recognizing and honoring origins and finding a space of love and acceptance in a family that is not genetically yours. These things can co-exist. I believe this. I HAVE to believe this.Now that little D is here, M and I constantly think about how to best share his origins with him (see the following question). Of course, my own adoption experiences shade my thinking. Difficult emotions for me relate to things I have discovered on my own, assumptions I made (sometimes wrongly), how I reacted towards my parents (both adopted AND first) based on those discoveries and assumptions, and coming to terms with all of that now that I am a parent myself. Gah! I was a dick. But I wasn't the only one.
I honestly think my dad never (ever) explored his own complicated emotions around adoption. If he had, he never would have said things like, "my father had 7 kids; I never had any...." in front of me and my (also adopted) brother. I don't really know where to go with that thought other than, my gosh, it is so vital to reach into the deepest parts of your mind, pull out those thoughts and work them through before a child enters the picture. I really like how Lori emphases the option of counseling throughout the process, especially for the adopting parents to help them work through grief that may be lingering after years of infertility and possibly loss. I feel this was a step that got skipped back in the day.
Since the question asks about a specific time, I'll point to the drive home after meeting my birth father for the first time. Wow. What a range of emotions. My first thoughts weren't about him, they were on these two new amazing women in my life - my birth aunt and birth grandmother. Two women who now are among D's biggest fans. I had to stay focused on the positive because I was so utterly disappointed in the person who was the biological connector. Because he was so like my dad dad (see "as if" adoptions), so unlike the origin myth I had created with the little info I had. So, so, meh.
Worse than meh, this was a stranger acting pretty territorial about me. Me! Dear readers, I ask you, how do you think that went down?
Even before the meeting, I knew there was truth in my birth mother (now a counselor)'s words. Words she used to explain to the agency why she chose NOT to reunite with me: "these meetings are never what either person wants them to be." But I still needed to try. After the twins died, I needed to find this biological connection. I needed to grow one piece of my family to ease the pain of the other piece I had lost.
So, what was the outcome of my exploration? I had to remember that I asked for the reunion. I sought him out. Not the other way around. And he is not to blame for not being the person my imagination wanted him to be. He had to realize I was not going to jump into his arms and be the daughter he always wanted. Expectations needed to be managed for both of us. These are realizations that might have been a little easier to come to if there hadn't been a 30+ year gap between having me and getting to know me.
This is a question I actually posed to Lori after her Huffington Post piece about donor sperm because I was wondering the same thing.
In our situation, we have an open and amazing relationship with our gestational surrogate. Connecting D with the woman who held him in her womb for us will be easy. Biological questions around the woman who anonymously gave her eggs to us to use won't be nearly as clear cut. I mean, we have the basics on paper, but sometimes, like the little girl says in the commercial, you want MORE; you want more, you just want it.
And we don't have more.
So, I'll share with you what Lori said to me: "It is more about parenting with an open heart than about having actual info and contact." She repeats this concept - honoring both the biography and the biology of a child - in Open Hearted a lot. It's important. It's something I've been thinking about since the beginning of our journey:
I think about beginning a process. Recently, my brother asked if I was at least going to go in search of my medical records in case we would need then for the seedlings, forgetting that their origins are also a bit unknown. To be honest, I did too for a moment.**
What can I do to ease this longing? Will the seedlings have these same feelings? If they do, I will need to remember that this particular kind of curiosity and longing does not go hand in hand with rejecting the life, or family, or love that you have. It really does coexist.
And I have to remember that in the end, Gonzo doesn't run into the spaceship, into the open arms of people who share his nose, his personality, his love of cannons, people just like him. He opts to stay right where he is.
My life is here. This is my home.
Please return to the main post to read more opinions on Lori Holden's The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption. There are tons of great bloggers answering some very thoughtful questions. I'm looking forward to carving some time out today to see what everyone else has to say, and adding a bit more to my own answers here.


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Assessment of long term pain
The experience of pain is complex and influenced by the degree of tissue injury, current mood, previous experience of pain and understanding of the cause and significance of pain. Previous unpleasant thoughts, emotions and experiences can also contribute to the current perception of pain and if unresolved, can act as a barrier to treatment. A full pain history should therefore include:
- Description of pain
- Where is the pain?
- Does it radiate elsewhere?
- What does the pain feel like (eg, aching, burning, stabbing)?
- Does it vary in intensity?
- What makes it worse?
- What makes it better?
- What is the effect on sleep?
- What is the effect on mood?
- What is the effect on physical function?
- What is the effect on vocational/social function?
- Current medications and response to drugs (it may be appropriate to continue non-opioid therapies which have been previously effective)
- Response to previous medications and other interventions including self-management strategies and alternative therapies (ff opioids have previously been ineffective it is unlikely that offering an alternative opioid preparation will be helpful.)
- Physical health including operations and illnesses. NB some comorbidities such as renal or hepatic impairment and sleep apnoea, will influence the choice of drug, dose and safety of therapy
- Mental health including emotional trauma, previous and current mood, contact with mental health circumstances. Mental health comorbidities and a history of significant emotional trauma are not a contraindication to opioid therapy but:
- are a risk factor for opioid therapy becoming prolonged and for high doses to be used
- patients may use opioids to blunt unpleasant thoughts and experiences: this may make opioids difficult to stop
- are a risk factor for addiction to prescribed opioids
- will be contributory to the current pain experience so need to be identified and managed separately.
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Further Reading
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What is the Nasrallah font?
The Nasrallah family follows the guidelines of the Mutamathil Taqlidi type style. It has one glyph for every basic Arabic Unicode character or letter, as defined in Unicode Standards version 5.1, and one additional, final-position, glyph for each Arabic letter that is normally connected with other letters from both sides in traditional cursive Arabic strings. Nasrallah employs variable x-height values. It includes all required Lam-Alif ligatures and uses ligature substitutions and selected marks positioning but it does not use any other glyph substitutions or forming. Text strings composed using types of this family are non-cursive with stand-alone isolated glyphs. Tatweel (or Kashida) glyph is a zero width space. Keying it before any glyph will display that glyph isolated form. Keying it before Alif Lam Lam Ha will display the Allah ligature. Nasrallah family includes both Arabic and Arabic-Indic numerals; all required diacritic marks, Allah ligature, in addition to all standard English keyboard punctuations and major currency symbols. More…
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This is a simple plugin that fixes one of the main issues with the Elementor Countdown Widget; the inability to dynamically set the due date with an ACF Field.
The plugin takes an ACF datetime field and makes it the due date for the Elementor Countdown Widget.
How to use:
- Create a Date Time Picker field in ACF (Advanced Custom Fields)
- Make sure the output of the datetime field is set to: Y-m-d H:i:s (it's the last option before "Custom")
- Copy the Field Name of the field you just created.
- Paste the Field Name of the field you just created into the input in the DCEA Settings Page.
- Click on "Save Changes".
- Add an Elementor Countdown Widget to your page.
- The due date is now set from the ACF Field instead of the option in the Elementor Builder interface.
Note: This plugin only affects the rendering of the countdown widget on the front end. It does not add dynamic date support to the countdown widget in the Elementor builder interface.
How to install the plugin and get it working.
- Upload the 'elementor-dynamic-countdown-with-acf' folder to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
- A new Admin Menu will appear called 'DCEA Settings'.
- Follow instructions on the Settings page.
Will this plugin add the option to dynamically set the due date in the Elementor Builder Interface?
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The predefined projects capability allows you to quickly access pre-configured project repositories. For example training labs or golden reference projects or projects that you commonly use.
DVT searches for predefined projects in the directory indicated by the $DVT_PREDEFINED_PROJECTS system variable. In order to support directories spread on the disk, DVT also scans all directories indicated by any other system variable whose name starts with $DVT_PREDEFINED_PROJECTS_EXT_.
For example, if you installed DVT from a distribution, by default $DVT_PREDEFINED_PROJECTS points to $DVT_HOME/predefined_projects. This is a project repository that you can use to explore the DVT features without the initial effort of configuring a project.
At any time, if you wish to change the default location, you just need to point $DVT_PREDEFINED_PROJECTS to another location. Or add another pre-configured projects repository by pointing $DVT_PREDEFINED_PROJECTS_EXT_MY_NEW_REPOSITORY to it.
For example if you installed DVT as a plug-in on top of an existing Eclipse installation, $DVT_PREDEFINED_PROJECTS is unset. But you can download the predefined projects separately, and point the system variable to the folder where you extracted the predefined projects.
Opening a Predefined Project
To open a predefined project use the Predefined Project Wizard by selecting File > New > Example... then DVT Examples > DVT Predefined Project.
You can also open the wizard from the DVT Project Wizard by clicking on the Predefined Projects link:
In the wizard's main window you can select the predefined project and the target directory. A copy of the selected project will be placed in the target directory. Keep in mind that:
The target directory must not be a parent of or inside of the eclipse workspace path
The target directory must be writable
The selected project must not exist in the current workspace
Quick filter - by project name;
Available predefined projects;
A short description of the selected project;
If you want to change the default target directory (by default is the $HOME/dvt_predefined_projects_target );
Override target directory (if it already exists)
A message dialog will pop up, with info about all $DVT_PREDEFINED_PROJECTS & $DVT_PREDEFINED_PROJECTS_EXT_* environment variables (indicates the directories where DVT scans for predefined projects); See the picture below:
If all the settings are correct, click Finish.


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Condorcet Vote is a simple solution, allowing you to create online unlimited elections whose results are calculated according to various Condorcet voting system like Schulze or Copeland. You can also use primitive method of the Marquis de Condorcet himself.
These mathematical methods of election for a single turn, allows obtaining a ranking orderly and democratic than majority vote.
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, who died March 29, 1794. Was a philosopher, mathematician, and French politician, representative of the Enlightenment.
From 1785 onwards, and in several publications, he developed a political, judicial and mathematics for the design of electoral system fairer and consensual. Now called "Condorcet method".
To start a vote of Condorcet, each voter must ranks the candidates in order of preference, admit cases of equalities. A candidate win the election when voters prefer it to each other candidate, when compared to them one at a time. We can found this winner by conducting a series of pairwise comparisons.
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The next artist edition in our Chilling Archives of Horror Comics hardcover collection has been announced, and it's going to be Jay Disbrow's Monster Invasion! If you've been following this blog then you've seen a handful of his terrifically crazy, creature-loaded stories posted here over the years, (if not then check the archive), as well as lovingly reprinted in Haunted Horror! Look for this one in stores early 2017, and of course you can pre-order NOW at Amazon by clicking HERE. In the monstery meantime, we have a short 'n sweet Disbrow tale to get you in the mood for some weird love of another sort-- originally presented in the October 1952 issue of Forbidden Worlds #10.
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Monday, September 19, 2016
Horror Without a Head
One of my all time favorite precode Harvey stories is "Headless Horror" from the May 1952 issue of Chamber of Chills #8-- click HERE to read it in our THOIA Archive! It's surprisingly gory and superbly atmospheric, and seriously, I like it so much I put it in the "Scarifying Mr. Karswell Issue" of Haunted Horror #14! So again today we have an Eerie Pub remake/redraw, retitled "Horror Without a Head", and as usual we see an updated Harvey classic (this time with Nestor Olivera art) that is visually moody and cinematic, though I will say the 50's original is probably more effectively violent because we get to see all that glorious gore in FULL COLOR! Another interesting choice in the remake is to take the fabulous panel from page 6 of the original story and rework it a bit for the new splash. Like our previous posts this month, today's tale is also from the September 1981 issue of of Terrors of Dracula Vol. 3 #2. Anybody getting tired of these Eerie Pub remakes yet?
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Jeb's Bloody Ghost
Yet another Eerie Pub remake / redraw of a classic precode horror tale, and from the same issue of Terrors of Dracula that we've been creepin' through all this month (see our previous posts) --now, where as most of you have been pleased with the updated artwork we've presented thus far, I am fairly certain this time you'll be less than enthusiastic-- though revamping anything originally illustrated by the vastly superior hand of Jack Cole is likely to never stand a chance of being on par, even from someone as interestingly talented as Marchionne. After you read today's post, click HERE to see the original Jack Cole version, "Hangman's Horror" which first appeared in the January 1953 issue of Web of Evil #2 --and more recently reprinted in our Jack Cole's Deadly Horror collection, as well as Haunted Horror #3, (IDW / Yoe Books.)
Saturday, September 10, 2016
Ferry of the Dead / The Dead Demons
Doesn't seem right posting stories from an Eerie Pub issue without uploading at least one blood spurtin' Dick Ayers tale too! And like our last post, "The Dead Demons" is from the same Terrors of Dracula issue as our double vampire freak-out, though the story itself was originally a Harvey story as well, and titled "Ferry of the Dead" from the August 1951 issue of Chamber of Chills Magazine #22. And since I've apparently never posted that Golden Oldie here at THOIA, let's immediately correct that first, shall we? So read 'em and weep, fiends... which one is better?
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Vampire vs. The Strange Vampire
We've unearthed the Sept '81 issue of Terrors of Dracula Vol. 3 #2 (which turned out to be the very last issue of this short-lived Eerie Pub series), for a double header of blood sucker fun. "Vampire" was originally a precode Harvey horror tale and was featured in the Jan '53 issue of Tomb of Terror #7 as "Shadow of Death"--compare to the original version HERE! --while "The Strange Vampire" originally appeared in the Dec '51 issue of Web of Mystery #6 as Ace's "The Vampire's Weird Duel", but unfortunately I don't have that issue for comparison. Anyway, which tale has more bite?
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Order of Terima Chronicles Volume 1
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In a world where witches have been revered, a cataclysmic evening
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Lining up to kick-off 2017 in true custom style, Yamaha's Yard Built programme returns to the workshops of master Taiwanese builder Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts fame. Having set a high level of expectation following his impressive build of the XJR1300, The Guerilla Four, in 2015, Yamaha chose Rough Crafts for the first custom build of this year with the Sport Heritage range middleweight champion XSR700 as a base.
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"The XSR was an amazing base to start with," commented Winston. "I love the tubular frame of the 700, and the power to weight ratio is perfect for a motorcycle. With the newly designed shorter frame and detachable rear frame loop you really don't need to cut the frame to make a proper custom shape."
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Wanting the kit to be as versatile as possible, he designed a set of triple trees that can run a set of YZF-R1 forks along with R1 axle, brakes and wheels designed for the R1 front end. He then used the same design rear wheel made for the 700 to get a direct bolt on front and rear custom wheel with inverted forks.
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What if I had less than 72 hours to shoot 20 locations in Antwerpen, the Fashion Capital of Belgium?
It happened last October when I was visiting Flanders and got assigned to shoot a great story for Conde Nast Traveller about the design and creative scene in Antwerpen. It wasn't about the 'Antwerp Six' designers, nor about the Diamond industry the city is well known for. This 10-page article is mostly about trendy hotels, new restaurants, bars, cafe's, upcoming designers in their boutiques, all perfectly designed.
In fact, it wasn't my first time visiting Antwerpen. Some of the locations I shot, I knew from a previous visit to Antwerpen. You can read more about it here, so it helped me to navigate faster throughout the streets. This current assignment was hectic and busy.
But beside the tight schedule, the challenge was the weather. Grey sky and rain didn't really help to portray a story which would run in July… I prayed for some Sun, and when it came out, I shot outdoors as much as I could.
To get some of the highlights addresses and top locations of this stylish city, please scroll down.
Where to Stay:
* Owners Ilse Cornelissens and husband Tim Van Geloven lived on the upper floors of concept store Graanmarkts 13 until they moved out and opened The Apartment (Summer 2014). The interiors are distinctly Scandi-slick. The bathtub is marvelous and the sunny terrace compensates for rainy days.
* More 'bed and coffee' than anything else, Room National's three rooms are perfectly placed for shopping on Nationalestraat and checking out fashion exhibitions at MoMu. The room to book is 01, an all-white suite (designer and stylist sisters Vera and Violetta Pepa did the interiors)
* Hotels in Antwerpen can be a bit hit and miss, but contemporary boutique Hotel Julien is the exception, with a busy bar, small spa and fantastic views of the cathedral from the roof terrace.
Where to Eat and Drink:
* Fresh in flavor and though, simple dishes by chef Seppe Nobel incorporate honey from Graanmarkt 13's bees and vegetables from the kitchen garden. Gin and Tonics are artfully garnished with basil and violets grown on the roof. Seppe is extremely friendly and helpful in choosing the right dish. Highly recommended to make reservations.
* Eye-catching interiors and exquisite cooking make The Jane to be the hottest table in Antwerpen. Located in a renovated chapel in one of the up and coming areas in Antwerpen,designed by Piet Boon and ran by chef Nick Bril, this restaurant is a mix of design, designed food and amazing music, which set up the atmosphere. Reservations are a must.
* Konditori is a hip bakery which supplies The Apartment with breakfast of Paris-quality croissants, fresh bread and cloud-light custard cream pastries.
* t'Zilte is a two-Michelin starred restaurant at the top of the MAS restaurant. Worth going for the views alone (the port and marina of Antwerpen) but the food is some of the most sophisticated in the city.
* If you are looking for a relaxed neighborhood restaurant in Berchem area, try Veranda. Simple, yet cosy design with some low-key fashion crowd.
* You might need a taxi to get to Het Pomphuis, but this place worth the travel. A formal dining in an unusual setting, housed in an old-dry dock pumping station by the docks. Peer over the banister of the grand stairway to see some of the old iron pumps below.
* Up for a coffee place? Try Normo. A micro-roastery, shop and cafe serving proper drip-filter coffee and cold brews for those who take coffee seriously. (Like me).
* And if you are more of a cocktail person, and even if you are not, you must head to Dogma Cocktails. The young mixologist Didier Van den Broeck is cracking tiki cocktails based on your preference. His knowledge and memory is phenomenal.
* When I entered Korsakov Cafe, I couldn't stop shooting. Simple, wooden furniture and colorful tile, this is a corner cafe where you might see a local model hanging out there, or even Mario Testino popping for a Vogue's shoot.
* Dome sur Mer is a relaxed seafood restaurant and sister of Michelin starred restaurant Dome.
Where to Shop:
* Buy into the Graanmarkt 13 lifestyle, with ceramics and glassware from the restaurant and The Apartment. Various local designers in this A-list curated store.
* This place might look like a film set props warehouse, with industrial lights, chesterfields, hanging model planes and mannequins. If you are in favor of vintage style, Loft Styles, is the place to go. Better go there on a Sunday when the whole street comes to life and crowded with locals and tourists.
* At the same street as Loft Styles, Recollection was one of my favorite. It is a smart store for modern lifestyle essentials; From Maison Martin Margiela homeware to art and design books and Aesop products. I felt like I stepped into one of Alice in Wonderland's holes.
* In contrast to the city's many traditional diamond sellers, Wouters & Hendrix is a unique jewellery line by two young Academy graduates. Don't be surprised to find pieces with unusual chicken-feet clasps and jagged edges.
* Helder is an interior design studio which spills into a shop for sleek lamps, handmade jewellery and chic embroidered badges.
* Just across the street there is Magazyn, a black and white, copper, glass and leather design objects for the home.
* One of the most talked about boutiques is Atelier Solar. Located in a less stylish area of the city, this beautiful store is setting the tone for this up and coming area. Great space, with a small garden and a kitchen, when temporary parties and some cooking are taking place. If you are lucky, you can catch the owner/designer Jan Jan Van Essche or the co-owner Pietro. Young and artistic crowd. Great Space.


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Dolly Parton Saved Child Actor From Oncoming Car While Filming Netflix Special
Dolly Parton may simply play an angel in her recent Netflix holiday special, Christmas on the Square, but the legendary country queen is a real-life angel to the 9-year-old actor she saved from an oncoming car on the set of the heartwarming movie.
Indeed, young Talia Hill says Parton saved her life.
The youngster and her two older brothers, Tyson and Tristan, are among the several dancer-actors who enliven the titular town square in Christmas on the Square. In the film, the town's inhabitants come under the threat of eviction from a Scrooge-like landowner portrayed by Christine Baranski.
Starring in a flick with Parton is undoubtedly a huge achievement for the siblings, but young Talia walked away from the production with a story she'll carry for the rest of her life. The 74-year-old country singer literally pulled the young one back from a collision with a car while filming was underway.
"We were on set, and I was at the hot chocolate station," Talia tells Inside Edition. "They said, 'Go back to your beginning positions.' So there is a vehicle moving, and I was walking. Then somebody grabbed me and pulled me back, and I looked up, and it was Dolly Parton. I was, like, surprised!"
The child actor continues, "She's like, [imitates Parton] 'Well, I am an angel, you know.' Because she plays an angel in the movie. And I was in shock. She hugged me and took me and said, 'I saved your life!' And my mom's crying, like, 'Yes, you did, Dolly Parton. Yes, you did.'"
While Christmas on the Square debuted on Netflix last month, it was actually filmed over a year earlier. It may haven been delayed to arrive in tandem with A Holly Dolly Christmas, Parton's 2020 holiday album.
In an Instagram post from around the time the movie was in production, Talia thanked Christmas on the Square director and choreographer Debbie Allen. She also acknowledged the talent agency and dance studio that helped facilitate her involvement. "Thank you @therealdebbieallen for casting me in my first film with my two big brothers, I loved spending time with you on set and working with you," she said. "Thank you @cleartalentgroup LA for the audition opportunity and @inmotiondanceproject for the training, love and support! Can't wait to see Christmas On The Square on Netflix."
Parton's driven her fair share of holiday-themed movies in the past. In 2016, the entertainer's made-for-TV film Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love premiered on NBC. 1986's festive season saw Parton star in A Smoky Mountain Christmas, another small-screen entry. And 1984 was the year that she got jolly in Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember with the late Kenny Rogers.
Now that the new movie is out, Talia and her brothers can take stock of their star turns alongside Parton. Making movies can be a rough business, but, as it turns out, having an angel by your side doesn't hurt.
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Building a website with all the high-tech features may dazzle your customers, but will it make them buy? Online shopping has attracted customers because of the price discounts and wide variety of choices it can offer. Customers can save valuable time and money shopping on the internet. However, the physical shopping world offers something that most websites haven't yet mastered: entertainment. Shopping has traditionally been a group-oriented activity that's entertaining. Besides purchasing products, people can use this recreational activity to get together, chat and relax. Browsing is entertainment.
The new Metreon recently opened out here in San Francisco. This retail center has put a new twist on shopping that plays up what the internet shopping experience lacks: human interaction and entertainment. People go here to play and have fun while they shop. The Metreon creates a stimulating environment by including many touch-sensitive activities. In addition, people are treated as guests rather than shoppers they can sit back, relax and watch TV with friends, listen to CDs, play video games, send e-mail postcards and more all for free.
If you provide an atmosphere on your website where your visitors can be entertained while browsing, will they buy? Will they buy more? Will they be more likely to return next week because they enjoyed their visit? Although it may be too early to tell, consider your own online shopping experiences.
Entertainment is one factor that many websites currently don't include. Is it costing them sales? Examine your specific target market: would fifteen minutes of shopping at your site be more enjoyable if it were entertaining as well? If so, what online activities will help you create that type of atmosphere? Without investing a lot of time or money, you can implement some very basic interactive tools on your website that will give your visitors the option to participate in a variety of activities while they are browsing. You don't even need to understand advanced programming, CGI or javascript.Here are some examples of basic interactive tools that get your visitors more involved in your website and at the same time can give you valuable information about your target market:
1. Polls/questionnaires: customers can voice their opinions
2. Quizzes/games: customers can test their skills
3. Message boards: customers can ask questions and get answers from others
4. Classified ad pages: customers can advertise a product or service, or make a purchase
5. Discussion groups: customers can find information on certain topics that interest them
6. Search engines: customers can easily and quickly search your website for information they want
7. E-mail: customers can contact you directly with questions or comments
8. Feedback forms: customers can let you know what they think about your website or service
9. Weekly or monthly online newsletter: customers can have information that they are interested in delivered directly to them
Note that you can offer all of these activities to your website visitors for free. If you consistently update your information, change your activities for variety and respond quickly to all messages, these tools can attract visitors back to your site again and again. This effective low-tech solution can deliver valuable information to both you and your visitors. It can also improve customer satisfaction and retention, decrease operating costs, improve the level of service and increase revenues. Watch out! Interactive tools can distract your customers from buying. You don't want technology to work against you, so make sure that these activities synchronize with whatever you're selling on your website. On a small business budget? Don't worry! There are many interactive tools that you can use on your site for free. In addition, you can easily install basic tools that are remotely hosted on other sites. That translates to: no programming for you!
Here are some good resources:
E-commerce success may actually not be a result of the high-tech bells and whistles on your site but the community and human interaction that you provide to bring your customers back. If you aren't getting the results you want from your website, reach out to your visitors. You may find that's just what they want. About the Author: Sue Barrett works for FApublications and operates the Home Business Center, which has helped hundreds of people successfully start their own home businesses. For more information on increasing your sales, visit
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Network Working Group E. Chen Request for Comments: 1998 MCI Category: Informational T. Bates cisco Systems August 1996 An Application of the BGP Community Attribute in Multi-home Routing Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document presents an application of the BGP community attribute [2] in simplifying the implementation and configuration of routing policies in the multi-provider Internet. It shows how the community based configuration can be used to replace the AS-based customization of the BGP "LOCAL_PREF" attribute, a common method used today. Not only does the technique presented simplifies configuration and management at the provider level, it also represents a paradigm shift in that it gives the potential for the customer to control its own routing policy with respect to its service provider, as well as providing the ability for policy configuration to be done at a prefix based granularity rather than the more common AS based granularity. 1. Introduction In the multi-provider Internet, it is common for a service subscriber (i.e., customer) to have more than one service provider, or to have arrangements for redundant connectivity to the global connected Internet. As discussed in [3], routing strategies in these cases usually require coordination between the service subscriber and its providers, which typically leads to customization of router configurations (e.g., BGP "LOCAL_PREF") not only by the subscriber, but also by its providers. Due to the large number of customers a provider serves, customization of router configurations at the provider level may present management and scalability problems. This document presents an application of the BGP community attribute in simplifying the implementation of routing strategies in the multi-provider Internet. More specifically, the technique presented uses a community-based, rather than the common AS-based, Chen & Bates Informational [Page 1]
RFC 1998 Use of Community August 1996 configuration of the BGP "LOCAL_PREF". It essentially removes the need for customized configuration of the BGP "LOCAL_PREF" attribute at the provider level while maintaining the same level of routing functionality and flexibility. It also represents a paradigm shift in that it gives the potential for the customer to control its own routing policy with respect to its service provider, as well as providing the ability for policy configuration to be done at a prefix based granularity rather than the more common AS based granularity in use today. 2. AS-based Configuration and its Drawbacks As discussed in [3], in today's multi-provider Internet, customized configuration of the BGP "LOCAL_PREF" attribute is often required to implement common routing strategies such as load-sharing or backup. There are two main reasons: o Lack of available implementations and deployment of routing software that supports the "Destination Preference Attribute" (DPA) as specified in [4]. DPA allows one to specify a globally transitive preference so that return traffic favors certain path. As discussed in [3], the attribute will be very useful in influencing route selection for routes with identical "LOCAL_PREF" and equal AS-path length. o In the multi-provider Internet, it is common for a provider to assign higher BGP "LOCAL_PREF" values for routes from its customers than from other service providers. This practice provides some degree of protection for its customer routes, and it facilitates implementation of certain routing strategies. It, however, also complicates other routing implementations such as backup arrangement, thus, requiring customized "LOCAL_PREF" configuration. Figure 1 shows a typical case of a backup arrangement in the multi- provider Internet. In Figure 1, AS1 and AS2 are both providers, and AS3 and AS4 are customers of AS1 and AS2, respectively. AS3 has entered a bilateral agreement with AS4 to provide backup to each other. That is, AS3 would use its direct link to AS4 to reach only AS4 in the normal circumstance, and for transit in the case of a failure between AS3 and AS1. To realize this routing agreement, AS3 requests that its provider AS1 adjust its BGP "LOCAL_PREF" configuration so that AS1 reaches AS4 via AS2. Chen & Bates Informational [Page 2]
RFC 1998 Use of Community August 1996 +------+ +------+ | AS1 |------| AS2 | +------+ +------+ | | +------+ +------+ | AS3 |------| AS4 | +------+ +------+ Figure 1: Typical Backup Scenario Primarily due to scalability and management concerns, most providers only perform "LOCAL_PREF" customization based on ASs, not on IP prefixes. If IP prefix-based "LOCAL_PREF" configuration is needed, a technique known as as the BGP AS-path manipulation can be used. However, it is currently only available in certain vendor's products. There are several drawbacks with the the practice of AS-based BGP "LOCAL_PREF" configuration at the provider level: o The implementation tends to less efficient due to the process of coordination and configuration. More importantly, the process needs to be repeated each time a change (e.g., adding a new AS) occurs. o The AS-based customization complicates router configuration and increases complexity of network operation. It has become a serious scalability issue for providers. o It can not implement prefix-based configuration without the AS-path manipulation (i.e., using fake AS). o Keeping configuration up-to-date is some times problematic. 3. How the BGP Community Attribute Can Help 3.1 Overview of the Community Attribute The BGP community path attribute is an optional transitive attribute of variable length [1,2]. The attribute consists of a set of four octet values, each of which specify a community. The community attribute values are encoded using an AS number in the first two octets, with the remaining two octets defined by the AS. As defined in [2], a community is a group of destinations (i.e. prefixes) that share some common attribute. Each destination can belong to multiple communities. All prefixes with the community attribute belong to the communities listed in the attribute. Chen & Bates Informational [Page 3]
RFC 1998 Use of Community August 1996 The BGP community allows one to group a set of prefixes and perform routing decisions based on the identity of the group. The well-known communities NO_EXPORT (0xFFFFFF01) and NO_ADVERTISE (0xFFFFFF02) are intuitive, and can be used for optimizing routing and for improving route aggregation. 3.2 Community-based Configuration With the BGP community attribute [2], a provider can now use community-based, rather than AS-based, configuration of BGP "LOCAL_PREF". The provider first needs to coordinate with its customers a set of communities to be mapped to certain BGP "LOCAL_PREF" values. The provider can then apply a uniform BGP configuration to all its customers that would capture routes with the community values, and set up the appropriate BGP "LOCAL_PREF" values accordingly. A customer that requires customization in its provider BGP "LOCAL_PREF" configuration can simply send the appropriate community values in its routing announcements. The major advantages of using this technique include: o The customer has full control in the process, which makes a lot of sense as the customer is in a position to have better understanding about its own topology and routing policy requirement. o The effect of route-based customization in BGP "LOCAL_PREF" configuration by providers can now be achieved, thus, removing the need of AS-Path manipulation in certain cases. o It addresses the scalability issue facing providers as it distributes the configuration work to the customer that requires customization. Chen & Bates Informational [Page 4]
RFC 1998 Use of Community August 1996 4. A Real-World Implementation Example MCI currently makes heavy use of the BGP "LOCAL_PREF" attribute value as part of its routing policy configuration process. Different BGP "LOCAL_PREF" values are assigned for routes from different sources. Table 1 details these values: +-------------------------+------------+ | Category | LOCAL_PREF | +-------------------------+------------+ |Customer Routes | 100 | |Customer backup Routes | 90 | |Other ISP Routes | 80 | |Customer-Provided backup | 70 | +-------------------------+------------+ Table 1: Defined LOCAL_PREF Values Note: o The value '100' is the default value used within our network configuration. o In most cases, the MED attribute set by a customer is sufficient for customer backup routes (e.g., T1 backs up T3). However, in certain cases configuration of "LOCAL_PREF" will still be necessary until the BGP DPA attribute is available. To make use of the BGP community attribute, several community values (MCI's AS number: 3561 = 0x0DE9) have been defined that can be used by customers to tag routes so that the appropriate "LOCAL_PREF" values are configured. Table 2 lists the appropriate community attribute values (and the mappings of community to LOCAL_PREF): +---------------------+------------+ | community | LOCAL_PREF | +---------------------+------------+ |3561:70 (0x0DE90046) | 70 | |3561:80 (0x0DE90050) | 80 | |3561:90 (0x0DE9005A) | 90 | +---------------------+------------+ Table 2: Community to LOCAL_PREF Mapping Chen & Bates Informational [Page 5]
RFC 1998 Use of Community August 1996 A customer requiring MCI to configure BGP "LOCAL_PREF" values other than the default can tag their routes with the defined communities. The community values can be configured either based on an AS path list or an IP address access list. A cisco systems software specific configuration example is given in Appendix A to show how this can be achieved. A uniform BGP configuration (see Appendix B, again cisco systems software specific) is applied by MCI to peers with customers that configure the appropriate "LOCAL_PREF" values based on the communities received. This technique has been tested and is in use with several customers, and the response has been very positive. We are in the process of migrating all other customized BGP "LOCAL_PREF" configurations to this uniform community based configuration approach. 5. References [1] Rekhter, Y., and Li, T., "A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 1771, March 1995. [2] Chandra, R., Traina, P., and T. Li, "BGP Communities Attribute", RFC 1997, August 1996. [3] Chen, E., and T. Bates, "Current Practice of Implementing Symmetric Routing and Load Sharing in the Multi-Provider Internet", Work in Progress. [4] Chen, E., and T. Bates, "Destination Preference Attribute for BGP", Work in Progress. [5] Chen, E., and T. Bates, "Application of the BGP Destination Preference Attribute in Implementing Symmetric Routing", Work in Progress. [6] cisco systems, cisco IOS Software Version 10.3 Router Products Configuration Guide (Addendum), May 1995. 6. Security Considerations Security issues are not discussed in this memo. 7. Acknowledgments The authors would specifically like to thank Ravi Chandra, Tony Li and Paul Traina of cisco systems for devising and implementing the community attribute. Chen & Bates Informational [Page 6]
RFC 1998 Use of Community August 1996 8. Authors' Addresses Enke Chen MCI 2100 Reston Parkway Reston, VA 22091 Phone: +1 703 715 7087 EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com Tony Bates cisco Systems 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134 Phone: +1 408 527 2470 EMail: email@example.com Chen & Bates Informational [Page 7]
RFC 1998 Use of Community August 1996 Appendix These appendices list cisco systems software specific configuration examples for configuring communities, and for uniform route-map definition that sets up the appropriate "LOCAL_PREF" values based on the corresponding community values. These examples are given purely to show a working example of how the desired effect discussed in this document can be achieved. Please refer to [6] for more specific information on cisco configuration and syntax. Appendix A. Community Configuration The community values can be configured either based upon an AS path list or based an IP address access list. Here is an example that includes both cases: !! router bgp xxxx neighbor x.x.x.x remote-as 3561 neighbor x.x.x.x filter-list 20 out neighbor x.x.x.x route-map config-community out neighbor x.x.x.x send-community ! !!# match all ip as-path access-list 1 permit .* ! !!# list of customer ASs ip as-path access-list 20 permit ^$ ip as-path access-list 20 permit ^64700_ ip as-path access-list 20 deny .* ! !!# AS path based matching, backup for another ISPs customer ip as-path access-list 40 permit _64710_ ip as-path access-list 40 permit _64711_ ip as-path access-list 40 deny .* ! !!# route-map route-map config-community permit 10 match as-path 40 set community 0x0DE90046 route-map config-community permit 20 match as-path 1 ! Chen & Bates Informational [Page 8]
RFC 1998 Use of Community August 1996 Note: The community can also be configured based on IP prefixes instead of AS numbers. For example, ! access-list 101 permit ip 184.108.40.206 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 ! route-map config-community permit 10 match ip address 101 set community 0x0DE90046 route-map config-community permit 20 match as-path 1 ! Appendix B. Uniform Route-map Configuration Here is the uniform route-map that can be used for all BGP customers: !!# routes primary via another ISP ip community-list 70 permit 0x0DE90046 ip community-list 70 deny ! !!# routes also homed to another ISP, but with DPA or !!# AS-path length as the tie-breaker ip community-list 80 permit 0x0DE90050 ip community-list 80 deny ! !!# customer backup routes ip community-list 90 permit 0x0DE9005A ip community-list 90 deny ! !!# the route-map applied to BGP customers route-map set-customer-local-pref permit 10 match community 70 set local-preference 70 route-map set-customer-local-pref permit 20 match community 80 set local-preference 80 route-map set-customer-local-pref permit 30 match community 90 set local-preference 90 route-map set-customer-local-pref permit 40 match as-path 1 set local-preference 100 ! Chen & Bates Informational [Page 9]