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Info Op v. Info Op
Filed under: Politics,Russia — cpirrong @ 12:30 pm
The US has accused Zero Hedge of "amplifying Russian propaganda."
Well, I have to agree. Indeed, you read it here first . . . if you've been reading for more than a decade. Because of that ZH has attacked me on several occasions, and blocked me on Twitter eons ago.
But does that mean that you should ignore Zero Hedge, and defer to what the US says, especially the "intelligence community," and get all of your information from the US government sources and western media that relies on it? Absolutely not.
Alas, the US government–and the intelligence community in particular–is itself a font of propaganda and disinformation. Moreover, much of the mainstream media (especially the WaPo, NBC in all its variants, CNN, and NYT) is little more than a mouthpiece for the US intelligence community. By design. The CIA in particular has used and manipulated US media (often with the latter's enthusiastic cooperation) for decades.
In other words, the US complaint about Zero Hedge is very much the pot calling the kettle black.
They remind me of the mirror image characters in the old Spy v. Spy cartoon in Mad Magazine:
In other words, pick your propaganda/info op.
In its McCarthy-esque fashion, the administration labels anyone who disbelieves its propaganda is a Russian shill. Recently, when challenged by the AP's Matt Lee, State Department Spokesman Ned "Pencilneck" Price responded:
"If you doubt the credibility of the U.S. government, of the British government, of other governments and want to, you know, find solace in information that the Russians are putting out, that is for you to do."
And I actually suggest you do it. As part of its function as a disruptor, Zero Hedge runs masses of material from sources and voices who confront the official, media sanctioned narrative, not just on Russia but on COVID, wokeism, and on and on. It is of wildly varying quality and credibility and viewpoint, but that actually gives it a leg up on the US media, which is monotonously uniform and of unvarying low quality. If you are a discriminating reader you can filter out the Russian disinformation (which as I noted in my 2011 piece is not the totality of its content, but which ZH includes in a mass of other material in class information operation style) and other crap, and get some valuable information that among other things allows you to identify US government and media disinformation. It's also good to know what message the Russians are trying to send.
And definitely don't rely on the official or leaked pronouncements of the US government, and especially the intelligence community (but also, alas, public health officials). If you do, you are a sucker.
In the late seventies my father subscribed to Pravda, the USSR propaganda weekly. He served in WWII as well as being a member of the local conservative party with a strong libertarian bent.
When I asked him why he said "Just to see what the other side is saying".
Comment by Phil S — February 17, 2022 @ 3:52 pm
Professor, did you read my thoughts while writing this? Anyway, thanks!
Comment by mmt — February 17, 2022 @ 6:04 pm
I think part of the problem is that the USA (her government, media and even intelligence community) are MORE credible than Russia's… which obviously is not to say that they are entirely credible. So what is the layperson to do? I think many of us choose the US narrative because it is the lesser of two evils. Personally, I don't have time to trawl through hours and hours of ZH and others (hey, there's drywall waiting to be installed!), nor do I credit myself with the ability to resist professionally-crafted disinformation. It used to be the job of paid media to do that for us (and I used to subscribe to The Economist for this reason) but it seems now that everybody has given up.
Comment by HibernoFrog — February 18, 2022 @ 3:23 am
@ HibernoFrog "USA(her government, media and even intelligence community) are MORE credible than Russia's" – It's EXTREMELY low bar.
Comment by mmt — February 18, 2022 @ 8:28 am
I'm not sure that McCarthy was such a bad human. I think that such phenomenon as McCarthyism appeared as a reaction to shocking indifference of American political establishment toward communist infiltration in USA government.
According to Verona there were hundreds of Soviet spies in government agencies including such big figures as Alger Hiss and Harry Dexter White. Maybe Harry Hopkins was spy too, but there's no consensus among historians And it's possible that Dexter White provoked Japan to attack USA because he wanted to help Soviet Union.
And FDR totally ignored this problem. Even Truman, who was far less sympathetic towards Soviet Union than Roosevelt, defended Hiss when he was accused of espionage for the first time. I think all of this was worse than McCarthyism.
*Venona
This isn't Pearl Harbour, when US public opinion turned on a dime, in a day.
Even tyrants need to soften up the people and prepare them for war, especially those expected to fight it.
Putin has propaganda powers to bully the 18-30 age cohort out of their mostly favourable image of Ukraine. He hasn't used them.
Biden, Johnson and Macron have domestic reasons for bigging up the crisis.
So I call bullshit on the whole charade.There are other dogs under the carpet that the media don't know about, let alone tell us about.
Comment by philip — February 18, 2022 @ 2:26 pm
Vlad's gone soft. He got the women and children out before blowing up a soviet era car and a small pipeline near the town hall.
Nothing like that "Chechen" bomb in the theatre. Wuss.
Turning out my cuttings drawer I found a 2018 piece by Christopher Bookerthat included this:
"the one disaster the West has never understood was one entirely of its own making. The one public figure who correctly read the crisis erupting over Ukraine in 2014 was Tony Brenton, our [UK] ambassador to Moscow from 2004 to 2008, who recognised only too clearly that the trigger for that shambles was the hubristic desire of the West to see Ukraine, the historic cradle of Russian national identity, absorbed into the EU and Nato.
The crisis was set off by the [CIA] coup whereby one corrupt but pro-Russian ruler of Ukraine was replaced by another willing to sign the agreement leading to Ukraine's EU membership. The response of the Russian-speakers of eastern Ukraine and Crimea was wholly predictable. They wished to be ruled by their fellow Russians in Moscow rather than by some mysterious, alien bureaucracy in faraway Brussels, and were prepared both to vote and to fight for it.
Why should people with such a fierce sense of national identity have wanted to become part of an empire deliberately set up to eliminate national identity?"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/17/europe-helped-turn-post-soviet-russia-monster-trying-carve-ukraine/
Comment by dearieme — February 18, 2022 @ 5:05 pm
In an ironic twist, I think you and your blog first came to my attention via a link or mention on Zerohedge, back when I was a mere 'Regulator On Lunch Break'.
That really was a long time ago. Surprised they were so petty as to block you and attack you.
In the interests of transparency I read both you and Zerohedge. I like to think I am able to filter out any pro-government propaganda, in any direction. But it is weird to think that I feel less threatened by Vlad than by the cult-marx nutcases currently making blood-curdling accusations against white people in many majority-European countries. To paraphrase Ali, 'Ain't no former KGB colonel ever called me an inherently-racist genocidal coloniser'.
But in general this is a really weird time. Who ever imagined that there would be such a vicious and drawn-out fight over control of messaging regarding a coronavirus and the means to treat it? As I mentioned to friends recently, the Covid threat is now almost completely over, and there is STILL a vicious bunfight going on over control of how it is perceived and who gets to control the messaging around it. Like almost all of the official messaging we are hearing – re. inflation, Ukraine, elections, school boards, etc – none of this seems in the least reasonable. What on earth is going on in the corridors of power and the backrooms? How are they arriving at these decisions? Just plain weird, and they aren't telling us the half of it. Having the CIA try to control sensemaking isn't working out so well.
Comment by Ex-Global Super-Regulator on Lunch Break — February 19, 2022 @ 10:26 am
@Ex-Global Super-Regulator on Lunch Break–I agree re weirdness. Hence today's post.
I think that the weirdness exists because the ostensible issues (COVID, Ukraine, etc.) are not the real issues. They are just the means by which larger, undisclosed, agendas are being pursued. So what seems irrational/weird when evaluated in a limited frame (e.g., COVID policies) makes sense when one steps back.
I am reminded of the novella Flatland, describing life of the residents of a plane who are unaware of the existence of a 3rd dimension. Flatlanders perceive many anomalies. Why do circles appear, grow in size, then shrink and finally disappear? The idea of a sphere passing through their plane is alien to them.
In other words, what we see on the surface is not the entire story.
Comment by cpirrong — February 19, 2022 @ 12:20 pm
@mmt–Oh yes, McCarthy was not the unhinged, demonic figure that he is commonly portrayed as. He was certainly no angel. (He was from Appleton, WI, where my parents went to college. My dad remembered sitting at a bar on election night–probably in 1952–watching the results, and watching McCarthy pound shots of Scotch.) But he was not wrong about Soviet infiltration of the US government (though he probably erred on some particulars). In retrospect, he was a proto-Trumpian figure who was targeted by the security structures precisely because he realized how compromised they were and because he posed a threat to them as a result.
@cpirrong It was interesting to know your opinion. Thanks!
Committed Marxists and dedicated proletarian revolutionaries should likewise read the Financial Times.
Comment by Simple Simon — February 20, 2022 @ 11:30 am
@MMT:
"It's EXTREMELY low bar"
So, you see the problem then 🙂
one thing about ZH, whomever runs it is frigging fast. they are on econ numbers like stink on you know what and articles churn out quickly. The Soviets might have survived if they were that efficient!
Comment by Jeff Carter (@pointsnfigures1) — February 22, 2022 @ 10:29 pm


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Nebraska companies signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia's trade minister on Friday to sell more Nebraska-sourced soybeans to the country.
Nebraska leaders held a series of events with a trade delegation from Indonesia led by that country's Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukita and Ambassador to the U.S., Budi Bowoleksono.
The events reflect how various states continue working to make their own trade connections with foreign countries, much like Minnesota and Iowa officials signed a memorandum of understanding to sell as much as $1.56 billion in soybeans to Taiwan.
Lukita said Indonesia signed an agreement with U.S. officials last summer to increase imports of U.S. soybeans by $641 million. Indonesia imports more than 98% of its soybeans, most of which come from the U.S. He also mentioned a desire to buy more U.S. wheat.
Lukita added that Indonesians use soybeans for food products, mainly for tofu and tempeh, which are major sources of protein for some Indonesians.
Nebraska exported about $82 million in products to Indonesia in 2016, about half of which were agricultural products, Gov. Pete Ricketts said.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who struck up a relationship with Indonesian officials through his office, also noted Nebraska exports to Indonesia had grown 244% over the past three years. "And we're looking to do that again," Bacon said.
Bacon added that Indonesia has a trade surplus with the U.S. and is looking to reduce that surplus by buying more agricultural products. That led both to last summer's commitment and to Friday's memorandum with Nebraska exporters.
Responding to a question, Ricketts told the Indonesian delegation the trade dispute between the U.S. and China opens up the market for other countries to step in right now and buy U.S. commodities such as soybeans.
Indonesia's trade delegation also is interested in buying more Nebraska beef, but any beef sales to Indonesia must also be halal certified, meaning religiously permissible for Muslim consumption. Jalot Al-Absy, director for Halal Transactions of Omaha, explained some dynamics of the growing halal export market.
"With a large Muslim population, as Indonesia and its middle class continue to grow, the need for high-quality red-meat protein sources will continue to rise," Al-Absy said, adding Indonesia already imports one of the highest percentages of halal products, including a spike in halal beef imports for Muslim holidays.
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Al-Absy also noted that, by mid-century, there will be 3 billion Muslim consumers globally, all of whom will require halal-approved products. Halal Transactions of Omaha certifies packing plants and food processors, and notes most Nebraska meatpacking plants already are halal certified for exports.
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This is the Wikkelhouse: The Cardboard Tiny Home by Fiction Factory.
It's created by wrapping layers and layers of cardboard around a frame, and can be as long or short as you want.
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Wow!! Any information as to the insulating properties of such a dwelling? And what kind of maintenance is required for weather proofing?
Cardboard is just barely insulation, Al foil, glass wool, and polyester wool are excellent, that's why the building industry uses them.
Cardboard as a building material should ideally use a waterproof bonding resin, and then it can be a strong wall product, rather than a bulk flammable.
Very innovative! It appears from the video and description that the cardboard component functions as much as the building's insulation as its structure. The interior appears to be covered in plywood, and they do mention that the exterior is also wood. My immediate concern of having your house melt in the first rain was put to rest. LOL. However, I certainly would avoid building in earthquake zones, or tornado and hurricane prone areas of the US, as it only weighs 6000 kilos and has no foundation. That said, a 24′ (6 segments) house would be in the neighborhood of $50,000 USD, and nowhere that I could find indicated that this would include the minimalist kitchen and appliances, interior dividing wall(s), or a bathroom. Or assembly for that matter. So I am thinking I would stick with the tiny houses we are more familiar with. The Wikkelhouse is attractive, but very costly.
I LOVE the fact that you can customize it to your needs, more kitchen, more bedrooms, NO LOFT, make it handicap accessible, etc…..You could also put it on a foundation and bolt it into the concrete. Yes…expensive, but prices will come down over time. It is very innovative and I LOVE the concept.
@Natalie – I note from your bio that you reside in bonnie Scotland as do I, my question is have you ever even come close to sourcing any land suitable and available to site such a property upon prefer to lease anywhere in Scotland? As I have exhaustively searched for many years now considering any area of rural Scotland but with no joy, of course as Scotland section of Tiny Houses and/or a TH Scot group would help greatly but can't seem to find one so any Info on my points above that might aid my search feel free to email me ….
As for the property in this post, sorry as much as it's cool, it's adaptable and it's very useable I think when it all boils down to it the base prices quoted at in excess of £50k usd it's far from affordable by most, so probably quite rightly so remain one for the rather richer than I 😉 giving it the exclusivity it rightly deserves.
I am sure that other builders will be watching this thread keenly and with great interest and it will not be to long before "copies" appear as seems to be the case with most good – amazing products hitting the market these days, they no longer do so than a copy appears so if like me your interested in this type of build but couldn't afford it at present if at all this seems like our only hope ………. Undeniable attention however to detail, that kitchen is to die for, simple, functional with clean cut lines but as it is so adaptable you could have it with the kitchen at the rear, then the bathroom and a bedroom then a good sized lounging area, or really any way you were to choose, adaptability I totally champion as the way forward in THs I am especially interested in this line, but equally so with shipping container homes equally possibly more so for their adaptability too all in all a worthy build and post …….
Hi Dug! It's true, I'm living in Scotland right now, but I'm afraid I'm from the States. I'm here for a year and living in a flat, so I don't have much to say about tiny house living here. That being said, you might want to Google/contact the folks at Tiny House Scotland. They build tiny homes and may have the details you need about getting land.
Interesting concept which is another way of modular building especially for a tiny house. It's green sustainable but expensive and shipping isn't cheap either.
I like it but can't get their price.
I watched the 10 minute Discovery video on this which is much more informative than the vid posted here. While I love the idea of factory built sectional homes using easily manageable sections, I am not sold on the longevity aspect of this unit. The exterior wood slats do not overlap & there is only 1 thin moisture barrier covering the cardboard.– Ever had a roof leak? — If the moisture barrier is breached, can you imagine what will happen inside the walls? The cardboard is applied using a continuous sheet/roll so the water would be able to spread easily & then you get mold growing in the walls. There would be no way (due to the construction methods used) to restore the walls to a factory build. I also noticed there were few electrical outlets in the pictures & virtually no info given regarding electrical or plumbing installations nor any mention of how these units would be secured to the ground or concrete supports. — The builders suggest a lifespan of 50 years with the moisture barrier having to be replaced at 25 years. Cool concept but flawed design IMHO. Rather expensive to boot. I hope we see similar concepts put forth in the future but using different construction criteria.
Yip look at caravans until quite recently when water entered the inner walls of these rendering a great deal of mould, damp and a rather expensive, delicate, time consuming task.
I suppose though the idea would be to purchase new units to replace the failed ones as and when?? Possibly !
But agree with you why can't they be built with Sips panels as they do not sectional houses (fullsized) surely that would be the answer with build techniques being identical for the builder (almost) and I doubt would be near as expensive, it seems to be that some of the builders of this type of homes just think of a number, treble it and take away 10, certainly in the UK for that kind of money you quite easily get a full 2 or 3 bed bungalow sips panelled unit complete ex exterior finishing and for that sort of cost very likely one with all interior wiring and plumbing fully included ready for connection ?
Hi Dug, At least with the caravan you could actually rebuild to original or better specs. Not possible with the unit featured here. I agree that some form of SIP would probably be the ticket & you could have a variety of exterior cladding choices. I'm in the US in Florida. There is a company in Rockledge Florida that has been supplying dome kits for decades. I think these are fantastic. Here's a link in case you are interested.
Anyone using this concept in your area?
If the house falls apart after 50 years, I hesitate to call is "sustainable." It's better to buy a house which is half as sustainable and lasts twice as long, so to speak.
If you're building with modules, you obviously can't tow the house anywhere, which is one of the main features of a tiny house. And it's very very easy to say "I want one of those, and one of those, and one of those" and before you know it, you have a 750 square ft house anyway. At that point you may as well build a regular cute cottage on a slab. Or, buy an existing cottage. That's something these greenie architects don't like to admit: the most environmentally friendly house is the one that's already built.
Very nice! But when you say cardboard, do you mean really cardboard or is it pressed board? Otherwise, well done!
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Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 fourth quarter ended September 25, 2010. In the conference call, Apple posted record revenue of $20.34 billion and net quarterly profit of $4.31 billion, or $4.64 per diluted share.
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Whereas a pet is usually saved for the pleasure that it can provide to its owner, typically, particularly with horses, dogs, and cats, as well as with another animals, this pleasure appears to be mutual. We recommend owners put a familiar object in the cage to reassure the animal through the flight, corresponding to a blanket or a toy. Animals stored as pets may be labeled in keeping with the type of premises or habitat they usually occupy. These pets embody rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, and, not too long ago, chinchillas. Moreover, as a result of animals are chattel property, the standard of animal welfare will all the time be very low. Domesticated animals are utterly depending on humans, who control every facet of their lives. And but we continue to treat pet animals in methods which can be completely distinct from our treatment of humans. Please note: We only adopt animals who usually are not spayed/neutered yet out regionally so that we will follow up on spay and neuter remedies. Hutch, or cage, pets will be stored indoors or outside below protected situations.
There's a medically authorized class of therapy animals , mostly canines or cats, that are introduced to visit confined people. Because of some plane sorts, weight, weather and regulatory restrictions and AC Animals Restrictions , we might not be able to transport your shipment to all the locations we serve. Only animals which can be in good health and condition and match to journey to the final destination, must be tendered for carriage by air. Adopting an animal that has no dwelling and would possibly otherwise be destroyed is clearly a morally good factor to do. A domesticated animal is any animal that has been tamed and made fit for a human surroundings.
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Protecting all these animals safe and comfy requires cautious planning, in depth coaching, as well as pointers and policies on points equivalent to minimum age necessities, health certification and temperature restrictions. Failure to present valid paperwork will result within the quarantine of the animal upon arrival and additional prices for veterinary inspection. The only use of animals that we make that is not transparently frivolous is the usage of animals in analysis to search out cures for serious diseases. Blount said Windsor Animal Hospital can be accepting donations for a fund to help cash-strapped pet owners pay their veterinary bills within the wake of fires. See our Journey Restrictions to learn more about how Air Canada Cargo ensures the protection and comfort of your pets. Dr. Landers holds a certification in Stay Animal Transportation from IATA and has been Director at Large on the board of IPATA as since 2013.


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"Visions of the Future Thru Biofeedback"
Clarion Greensboro Airport - Greensboro, NC
For detailed information about the 2009 Conference, you can download and print the NCBS 2009 Conference Brochure with Schedule.
6:30 - 8:30 Breakfast in Terrace Room
8:00 - 8:30 Registration
8:15 - 8:30 Welcome - Pat Benfield, President of NCBS (0.25 CE/CME)
8:30 - 9:30 Paul Michael Ramirez, Ph.D., BCIA(C) Fellow - The Spoils of War: TBI in Returning Veterans - This presentation will focus on neurophysiological, neuropsychological and emotional aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), with an emphasis on combat related TBI injuries. In addition to mechanical and neurophysiological damage to the brain that occurs in a TBI (e.g., in "Blast" injuries secondary to IEDs), cognitive difficulties and emotional sequelae often seen in returning veterans who are victims of TBI will be discussed as well as their implications for treatment planning. (1.0 CE/CME undefined Intermediate)
9:30 - 10:00 Break undefined Exhibits; Meet & Greet Presenters (0.5 CE/CME)
10:00 - 12:00 David Hagedorn, PhD, BCIA-EEG - Peripheral and EEG Biofeedback: Applications in Military Medicine - Approximately 1.6 million U.S. military personnel have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom through mid-2007. An estimated 12-22% are exposed to injuries resulting in TBI but the actual incidence is largely unknown due to overlapping PTSD symptoms similar to those of mTBI making the assessment and treatment complex... Research suggests that those with PTSD may have an altered neurobiology. Also HRV has been reported in a variety of clinical anxiety conditions, including combat-related PTSD. Efferent parasympathetic output from the vagus cranial nerve (vagal tone) is the major contributor to HRV power, and an index of the parasympathetic/sympathetic balance.
Normal vagal tone is necessary for maintenance of the physiological background necessary for initial perception and registration of environmental stimulation and events, suggesting that PTSD also has an underpinning of physiological abnormality (lower HRV) which may also adversely affect early stage information processing. Evidence that there are deficits in attention (ATTN) and immediate memory (IM) associated with PTSD in combat veterans can be found in the literature... The applications of neuroscience technology, namely peripheral and EEG biofeedback assessment and treatment modalities, are increasingly proving to be efficacious and complementary to current military and civilian medical care. (2.0 CE/CME undefined Intermediate)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch in Salon B - Exhibitors (0.5 CE/CME)
1:00 - 3:00 Tom Gross, DC, DACNB, BCIA-EEG - NeuroChemistry for the Biofeedback Practitioner - This lecture is designed to expose feedback practitioners to fundamental biochemical considerations in neurotransmitter function as well as their assessment and intervention. A simple written instrument will be distributed and taught so as to enable the biofeedback practitioner a reasonably accurate clinical decision-making tool in order to help direct nutritional and lifestyle interventions to optimize brain chemistry and support the efficacy of biofeedback therapy. (2.0 CE/CME undefined Intermediate)
3:00 - 3:30 Break - *Exhibitors (0.5 CE/CME)
3:30 - 5:00 Peder Fagerholm, PhD, BCIA-C/BCIA-EEG Certified - HRV's Place in Biofeedback & Neurofeedback - HRV has been shown effective as a stand alone treatment and has been proven to be even more powerful when used in conjunction with other modalities of BF and NF. This presentation will provide information on how HRV works, why it works, and how to do it. (1.5 CE/CME undefined Beginner-Advanced)
5:00 - 5:20 Bennie Stover, Graduate Research Assistant in ECU Psychophysiology Lab and Biofeedback Clinic - A Randomized Controlled Study of the Effectiveness of Casual Video Games in Reducing Stress & Improving Mood & Cognition in People Age 50 & Older - To determine casual video games (CVGs) effectiveness in reducing stress and improving mood and cognition. Monitoring EEG symmetry, heart rate variability, respiration and saliva indicating changes in stress and mood. Additional instruments used are Perceived Stress Scales and Profile of Mood States. Cognition is measured via Trail Making Tests. Recruiting 60 participants from Greenville, NC community. Experimental group play one of three CVGs for 20 minutes. Control group watch DVD on parental discipline of adolescent growth for 20 minutes. Results will collaborate with prior research on CVGs, providing insight on future stress management techniques and cognitive improvement exercises. (0.33 CE/CME undefined Intermediate)
5:20 - 5:40 Matthew Fish, Graduate Research Assistant in ECU Psychophysiology Lab and Biofeedback Clinic - Basic ReTraining - The Basic ReTraining program is a cooperative program between East Carolina University and the United States Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Battalion designed to increase Marine and Corpsman performance utilizing biofeedback modalities which are combined (circuit training) to effect similar outcomes; improved control of the central and autonomic nervous systems. Each participant is implemented with their own individual training program (ITP) which includes a thorough physiological, biochemical, and psychological evaluation. Injuries dealt with in program include Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The poster will also give a detail look at the methodology of the program. (0.33 CE/CME undefined Intermediate)
5:45 - 7:15 Social w/ Heavy Hors D' Oeuvres in Salon B - Exhibitors - Time to network and have fun (1.5 CE/CME)
8:00 - 8:30 Registration - *Exhibits (0.5 CE/CME)
8:30 - 9:30 Robert E. Longo, MRC, LPC, NCC, BCIA-EEG - QEEG Pre-Post Tx Outcomes on Adolescents with Peripheral BF & NF - This session will address treatment outcomes on adolescent males and females with a variety of disorders, who have undergone Peripheral Biofeedback and/or Neurofeedback in a residential setting. QEEG mapping was used to establish pre-treatment baselines and post treatment outcomes. The Biofeedback Software and hardware used was The Wild Divine Project "Healing Rhythms" and Neurofeedback was conducted with BrainMaster equipment using 2 Channel Bipolar Montages. Case examples and illustrations are included in the presentation. (1.0 CE/CME undefined Intermediate)
9:30 - 10:10 Carmen Russoniello, Ph.D., LPC, LRT, BCIA-C - The Role of Biofeedback Practitioners in Health Care Reform - This session will cover President Obama's vision for a reformed health care system and the role of biofeedback in this system. The session will also cover methods that can be used by individual practitioners, biofeedback societies and others to help promote biofeedback's role in the reformed health care system. (0.67 CE/CME undefined Beginner-Advanced)
10:10 - 10:30 Break - *Exhibitors (0.33 CE/CME)
10:30 - 11:30 Richard Soutar, PhD, BCIA-EEG - The Default Brain, Self, Ego and Disorder - Recently neuroimaging labs have uncovered a default mode of operation in the human brain that appears to correlate with the self or ego. This suggests that there is a normal range of default functioning or "idling" in the brain and that qEEGs reflect abnormal functional connections due to disorder as they assess this default mode. This presentation will briefly review this research and seek to relate default mode abnormalities with socio-emotional behavior as well as abnormalities in peripheral biofeedback measures. (1.0 CE/CME undefined Intermediate)
11:30 - 1:30 Business Meeting & Lunch in Salon B - Sponsored by NCBS (2.0 CE/CME)
1:30 - 3:30 James Edward Lee, MD - Failure to Progress: Factors that Impede Tx of Neuropsychiatric Illness - Participants will learn to identify which patients are not progressing as expected in the treatment of their neuropsychiatric illnesses, the kinds of factors that can interfere with optimal treatment of these conditions, and treatment approaches that can address the factors that can interfere with optimal treatment outcome. (2.0 CE/CME undefined Beginner-Advanced)
4:00 - 5:00 James Edward Lee, MD; Paul Michael Ramirez, Ph.D., BCIA(C) Fellow; Carmen Russoniello, PhD, LPC, LRT, BCIAC; and 2 other experts pending - Expert Panel on Approaches to Treating Returning Veterans With TBI (1.0 CE/CME)
5:00 - 6:00 Steven L. Haleo, OD, FCOVD - Traumatic Brain Injury & Hidden Visual Problems - Often visual problems resulting from Traumatic Brain Injury are overlooked during initial treatment of the injury. Frequently these problems are hidden and neglected, lengthening and impairing rehabilitation. Vision is the most important source of sensory information. Consisting of a sophisticated complex of subsystems, the visual process involves the flow and processing of information to the brain. Because there is a close relationship between vision and the brain, Traumatic Brain Injury can disrupt the visual process, interfering with the flow and processing of information. The result is a vision problem. Participants will learn what are the common visual symptoms often associated with brain injury; how to identify the symptoms and causes of visual information acquisition and processing that interfere with their rehabilitation services; the use of lenses, prisms, & vision therapy to enhance a patient's visual capabilities, reduce visual stress, prevent & rehabilitate vision problems. (1.0 CE/CME undefined Beginner-Advanced)
6:30 - Dinner on Your Own
8:00 - 10:00 Tom Gross, DC, DACNB, BCIA-EEG - Neurodegeneration and Clinical Nutrition - Neurodegeneration is an increasingly common threat rotting our society of their potential and obstructing the outcomes for the biofeedback practitioner. Various levels of neurodegeneration are highly probable within the patient population accessing peripheral biofeedback and neurofeedback. This lecture will expose the biofeedback practitioner to fundamental concepts of neurodegeneration and are inflammation as well as present viable nutritional and lifestyle alteration intervention strategies to protect our patients and enhance our outcomes. (2.0 CE/CME undefined Intermediate)
10:00 - 10:30 Break for Checking Out
10:30 - 11:30 Pat Benfield, MHDL, CRT, CBIS-CI, CCAA, (BCIA-EEG) - Sharing Success - This is a time to share our resources. Please bring tips, ideas, techniques to demonstrate, book titles and authors, copies of handouts, and success stories from your clinical work, from your use of biofeedback software and protocols, or from marketing your services to share with our community of practitioners. We will facilitate discussion to include vendors, speakers and conference attendees. Let's have fun and plant the practical seeds of successful energy and ideas! (1.0 CE/CME undefined Beginner-Advanced)
11:30 - 12:00 Wrap-up and Good-byes (0.5 CE/CME)
Richard Soutar, PhD: "The Default Brain, Self, Ego, and Disorder"
Paul Michael Ramirez, PhD, BCIA(C) Fellow: "The Spoiled of War: TBI in Returning Veterans"
Tom Gross, DC, DACNB: "Neurochemistry for the Biofeedback Practitioner" and "Neurodegeneration and Clinical Nutrition"
David Hagedorn, PhD, BCIA-EEG: "Peripheral and EEG Biofeedback: Applications in Military Medicine"
James Edward Lee, MD: "Failure to Progress: Factors that Impede Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Illness"
Carmen Russoniello, PhD, LPC, LRT, BCIA-C: "The Role of Biofeedback Practitioners in Health Care Reform"
Peder Fagerholm, PhD, BCIA-C/BCIA-EEG Certified: "HRV's Place in Biofeedback & Neurofeedback"
Robert E. Longo, LPC, NCC, BCIA-EEG: "QEEG Pre-Post Treatment Outcomes on Adolescents with Peripheral Biofeedback"
Steven L. Haleo, OD, FCOVD: "Traumatic Brain Injury & Hidden Visual Problems"
Bennie Stover: "Effectiveness of Casual Video Games in Reducing Stress & Improving Mood & Cognition in People Age 50 & Older"
Matthew Fish: "Basic ReTraining"
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NCBS expresses our thanks to Stens, Brainmaster Technologies, and Bio-Medical Instruments who made it possible for us to have training with different systems, such as NeXus, Brainmaster Systems, ProComp, J & J, and BioExplorer.


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Play Parties and Psychedelics: Magic or Mistake?
Sex on psychedelics can be mind-blowing, but integrating the combination into the play scene can be risky.
Sophie Saint Thomas // Nov. 4, 2019
Thanks to the sex positivity movement, play parties, or sex parties, are no longer confined to Eyes Wide Shut elite or the swinger scene. They're trendy, they're less taboo, and if you haven't been to one already, you're probably at least curious.
At the same time, the psychedelic movement, too, has become more mainstream, with an uptick in local decriminalization measures across the country, headline news of federal research, and common brunch talk revolving around last night's ayahuasca ceremony.
So it's really only a matter of time before people begin to integrate psychedelics into play parties. But it's not as simple as getting high and getting down with other party-goers: While it can be undeniably fun to have sex on mushrooms, molly, or acid, it's also a bit more complicated when it comes to safety and consent. So are play parties a good setting for psychedelics?
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For some, like New York City-based publicist Melissa Vitale, the answer is yes, but with an important caveat: Don't get too high.
"Every touch was more electrified," she says of taking psilocybin mushrooms before a play party. "I was wetter than usual, as is common for me [on mushrooms]." But while she says the shrooms can help her step outside herself, connect with partners, and enhance the physical sensation of events, Vitale is also fastidiously careful when mixing sex and psychedelics. "I didn't trip balls," she clarifies. "As someone who can enjoy play parties mostly sober, it not only ruins the mood, but is a total turnoff to see someone tripping balls and not recognizing what they're doing. It's like trying to flirt with and fuck a zombie."
Especially in a sexually charged environment, you want to be sure not to put yourself in a compromised position. "No one wants to feel like they're taking advantage of someone," Vitale adds. "So I always avoid anyone on a lot of drugs, and I never want to be that person who everyone is avoiding."
While play parties may seem like dens of hedonism—and they can be—most well-organized events are strict when it comes to substance use. Relationship coach Effy Blue, who teaches classes on play party etiquette, says that "more sober, more fun" is one of her mottos. That same phrase is hung on display behind the bar at several New York City play parties, such as Hacienda Villa, one of Brooklyn's best known, intentional sex-positive communities.
The sexual energy on its own has such a mind-altering effect, Blue adds, that other drugs aren't necessary. "In the middle of a play space, even if you're not having sex, it is intoxicating," she says. But there's another reason, too, to maintain a degree of sobriety.
"The cornerstone of sex parties is consent," says Blue. So it becomes tricky with psychedelics. "Yes, it's enhanced, but at the same time they bring impairment," she says. "Personally, I wouldn't want to play with somebody who was high on mushrooms or acid who I don't know. I don't trust their judgment, that they can take care of themselves first and foremost, never mind take care of me."
Brad Burge, director of strategic communications at MAPS, notes that legally speaking, you cannot consent while on psychedelics. However, people are people—sex and drugs have always gone together, so the question is how to keep folks safe. "The communities need to self-regulate and establish community procedures and education around safe sex practices, consent, and what happens when psychedelics get involved," he says.
Rather than go to a play party of 100 people, rent a house with 10 to 12 friends who are all down for play and psychedelics
And that's exactly what some of these play party organizers are doing. NSFW (New Society for Wellness) is a member-only New York City social club, which combines sex and cannabis. As with most well-done play parties, NSFW has strict member guidelines, and "nymphs" (often called "angels" at other events), who look out for any over-intoxication or bad behavior. NSFW also holds drug safety classes called DARE (Drugs Are Responsibly Entertaining), and while cannabis (which can feel psychedelic, at times) may be part of the club's culture, that's where founder Daniel Saynt draws the line.
With concerns around consent, he says he prefers that party-goers do psychedelics like ketamine or LSD elsewhere. "It doesn't make it easier on us when something goes wrong," he says. As with other intoxicants like alcohol, organizers, angels, and bartenders limit and monitor consumption to ensure no one becomes too drunk.
In addition to consent issues, psychedelics often have a comedown, as do play parties. Because psychedelics can magnify whatever you're already feeling, it's easy to feel a deep fondness for the person or people you engaged with after sharing emotionally intimate and physically exciting sex on psychedelics in a group setting. However, these feelings may not translate into the real world.
"If you're falling deeply in love with someone on these substances, once you're off of these substances, some of that fondness is going to remain, but it's definitely not going to be the same when you come out of it," says kink-friendly sex therapist Dr. Liz Powell. "I like to think of this as temporary love or casual love." Sometimes an emotional wound feels even more traumatic than a physical one.
However, just as psychedelics and sex can cause wounds, the combination can be healing, even in a group sex setting so long as safety precautions are put in place. Rather than show up tripping and assume the risks, play party organizers suggest finding alternative settings to enjoy the combination of sex and psychedelics — such as organizing something with your friend group.
"I would advise having intentional but smaller parties that are specifically aligned with taking psychedelics," Blue says. Rather than go to a play party of 100 people, rent a house with 10 to 12 friends who are all down for play and psychedelics. After strict communication, enjoy the combination with trusted friends and partners within a space that you're responsible for, rather than try them out in a play party space with new people. "When you take mushrooms and ketamine with partners who you trust, then it's pretty magical," Saynt says of a psychedelic weekend getaway. "Inhibitions come down and it feels spiritual." Plus, he adds, you'll have a better shot at connecting with those in whatever pile of people you find yourself in.
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Sister Margaret Shepherd, the national adviser on Jewish-Catholic relations, painted a picture of growing closeness between Christianity and Judaism, expressed in a series of documents from both sides.
In a strong example of local friendship and cooperation, he was joined by Rabbi Tanya Sakhnovich, of the Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, who spoke of her determination to build relationships by joining in work that supports the vulnerable and to reduce the fear of the "other", and described how dialogue strengthened her own faith – all reasons for interreligious work that are also close to the Catholic coordinators' hearts.
In a moving demonstration of the rootedness of Christianity in Judaism, Rabbi Sakhnovich read the first reading at Mass in the Cathedral, reminding those attending of the wealth of scripture shared in common. The mass was offered for the victims of the New Zealand attacks and all affected by them in our home countries.


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Partnership between Whatcom Museum and Bellingham Public Library Lets Anyone Enjoy Art, Nature, and Northwest History
January 17, 2018 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Christina Claassen
The Whatcom Museum and Bellingham Public Library (BPL) have teamed up to offer complimentary Museum passes to library card holders.
About free Museum passes
The Museum passes are available for free to library patrons. A pass allows entry for up to four people into all of the Museum's buildings. That includes Old City Hall, the Lightcatcher building, and the Family Interactive Gallery (FIG). While there, visitors can take advantage of the exhibitions and programming that regular admission offers.
Bethany Hoglund, Head of Youth Services for the Library, says the partnership is important because it removes the roadblocks that prohibit some people from accessing arts and creative spaces. She says it helps further the library's vision of being a place where everyone can find engaging activities and offerings.
"I love that this partnership with the Museum can be a natural extension of the public library, and vice versa," Hoglund says. "Both have resources and materials to ignite creativity, challenge perceptions, and to explore."
Last year, BPL distributed more than 380 Museum passes to people throughout the community. From those passes, the Museum welcomed about 650 visitors. Passes are now offered on all days that the Museum is open, Wednesday through Sunday. The Whatcom Museum and the Bellingham Public Library look forward to another successful year of the program.
"The more agencies within a community work together, the stronger the network of support and services for citizens becomes," said Hoglund. "Partnerships such as this provide the opportunity for agencies to learn more about each other and learn from each other."
To get one of these passes, library patrons will need to go online and register from the library's website. Each family can receive one set of passes every 60 days. The passes are available only for the day selected during registration. There are a limited number of passes available per day. More information can be found on the library's website: www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org/.
To sign up, go to the link below and select Register Online. From there, select the day you'd like to visit the Museum. After that, fill out the form at the bottom of the page. You'll recieve a confirmation email. Bring your confirmation—either printed or as an email on your phone—to the museum for entry.
www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org/using-the-library/free-passes-to-whatcom-museum
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Incident in Sheki district under special control of Azerbaijani president
Mon 15 Jul 2019 05:51 GMT | 09:51 Local Time
The incident that occurred in Azerbaijan's Sheki district and the treatment of the injured is under the special control of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, reads a joint statement by the press services of the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Trend reports.
On July 14 at about 12:00 (GMT +4) near the Palace of Shaki Khans, a branch of a tree planted in 1530 suddenly broke off, and fell on tourists, according to the statement.
As a result, 19 people received injuries of varying degrees and were promptly taken to the Sheki district central hospital.
"They were rendered primary medical care," reads the statement. "Because the condition of the four injured is serious, they are in an intensive care unit."
An experienced resuscitator, neurosurgeon, traumatologist and other doctors of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Healthcare were sent to Sheki district.
At the same time, responsible persons of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Culture and the Prosecutor General's Office have been sent to Sheki to clarify the causes of the incident.
In connection with the incident, hot lines of the Prosecutor General's Office (+99412 492 55 40), the Ministry of Emergency Situations (112) and the Ministry of Healthcare (+99412 498 78 46) were created.


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1,730 2018 Toyota Camry Recalled Because They Are Equipped With Bigger Pistons
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Toyota is recalling 1,730 2018 Camry sedans equipped with 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engines because of an unusual and potentially serious engine problem.
The 1,730 sedans being recalled may have engines that were produced with pistons that are too large and these out-of-spec parts could cause the vehicle to run rough, create an abnormal sound, emit smoke from the exhaust and illuminate warning lights and messages. These overlarge pistons could result in a loss of power, or cause the engine to stop running altogether.
Toyota,who sold 387,000 Camrys in 2017, said that the problematic pistons are from a particular production period, late December 2017 through mid-January 2018.
This helps explain why the number of models affected by the campaign is so small compared to the total production of such a high-volume model.
Toyota will begin notifying customers whose cars may be affected with this issue via mail by late May, and dealers will inspect production date codes of the pistons on these engines.
If the service techs discover a match with the faulty parts, the entire engine will be replaced at no cost to the customer.
This is the second recall of the 2018 Camry. In February, Toyota issued a campaign notice covering nearly 12,000 V6 models for incorrectly connected fuel lines that could trigger a leak.
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At Carr Manor Primary School we value and celebrate the uniqueness of each of our children. We want all of our children to be happy and confident in their own body, so we decided to partner up with Dove to teach about the importance of self-love, body confidence and self-esteem.
At Dove, they believe that no young person should be held back from reaching their full potential, but in the UK, 9 out of every 10 girls with low body esteem put their health at risk by not seeing a doctor or by skipping meals. Since 2004, Dove has been building self-esteem in young people, and by 2020, they'll have helped 40 million through their fantastic educational programmes.
The 'Dove Confident Me' workshop has been evaluated by the Centre for Appearance Research, University of the West of England. It showed that children who participate in the workshop had improved self-esteem, had a more positive self- image, and felt more confident to participate in social and academic activities.
Our Year 5 and Year 6 children participated in the Dove Self-Esteem Project, through their 'Confident Me' workshop. The workshop was excellent and addressed key topics including media influence, peer pressure and strategies for promoting body image and self-esteem. The children learnt through class discussion, small-group activities, videos and activity worksheets.
The key learning from this workshop will be consolidated in their ongoing PSHE, Mindmate and Restorative Practice lessons.
As a parent or carer, it's natural to want the best for your child – for them to be happy, healthy and confident individuals. But that's sometimes easier said than done, especially during the teen and pre-teen years when their bodies are changing, their self-confidence is fragile and they are trying to make that tricky transition out of childhood.
In creating 'Uniquely Me' and the expert articles available on the Dove Parents Hub (see link below), Dove have gathered advice on some of the key topics that they know impact on young peoples' self-esteem and body confidence, from media, peer and cultural pressures to teasing and bullying about appearance.
The Dove Self-Esteem Project global experts from the fields of psychology, body image, self-esteem, eating disorders and media representation have worked together to create a resource for you that is focused on advice and action.
Use the articles and activities in the guide to help you identify any self-esteem issues you think may be affecting your child and begin to tackle them head on. Each section includes an action checklist – pointers to help you make positive changes or initiate conversations with your child about things that may be troubling them or unhelpful messages that they might be receiving. Their research tells them that by reading and acting on the issues in this booklet, you will have a significant positive impact on your child's self-esteem as well as your own.
They start with the most important influence in all of this: you. What is great to know is that you can use the resources here to be a role model and learn to love yourself, too!
The following videos are those that your child watched in their workshop. You could watch these at home with your child and use them to initiate discussions around body confidence and self-esteem.
A video highlighting how photoshop techniques can distort original images.
Watch the Evolution video with your child.
Talk about your reactions to it. Are there any changes in the process that surprise you? How does it make you feel when you realise how much the images we see in the media are manipulated?
Look at magazines or watch music videos with your child. Discuss whether the images you're seeing are 'real', and how much money, and how many people, are involved in producing them. Can you see any tricks from the Evolution video here?
Talk to your child about whether images in the media are representative of the people they know and love. What does real beauty mean? Would they like to see more real beauty in the media?
Dove Self-Esteem Project has been helping young people build positive body confidence since 2004. Now, the Dove Self-Esteem Project joins Cartoon Network to take on body confidence and self-esteem issues! In our latest confidence-boosting adventure with Steven Universe, Smoky Quartz and Sardonyx chat about their totally different, but equally amazing, bodies - reminding us that we're all beautiful and unique!
Dove Self-Esteem Project has been helping young people build positive body confidence since 2004. Now, the Dove Self-Esteem Project joins Cartoon Network to take on body confidence and self-esteem issues! And who better to teach us a few lessons than the Crystal Gems from Steven Universe?
Dove Self-Esteem Project has been helping young people build positive body confidence since 2004. Now, the Dove Self-Esteem Project joins Cartoon Network to take on body confidence and self-esteem issues! In this music video, the Crystal Gems, along with some friends, join to celebrate all bodies...because we all deserve to shine!


AN eight-year-old girl is deeply traumatised and her family shattered after she was abducted from her home early yesterday morning.
Distraught loved ones are calling for the immediate activation of the MARCO Alert system.
The eight-year-old's mother told The Tribune yesterday the man who took her daughter - who is now at home safe - has changed both her and her child irreparably.
The mother said her daughter described the man as a dark-skinned bald man.
Yesterday police said they were searching for a man in connection with the alleged abduction but also had a man in custody assisting with this incident.
According to police, the man entered the family's home shortly after 2am on Sunday and abducted the girl - whom they reported was six.
In a report to the media sent at 11.45am, police said the child was discovered walking in the area of Woodlawn Gardens a short time after the abduction by a passerby and taken to the Wulff Road Police Station.
The Tribune visited the home in Culmerville and interviewed several close relatives and area residents, but has withheld the names of all family members to protect the young girl's anonymity. The eight-year-old is one of seven children, with the eldest a 22-year-old girl, and the youngest child a two-year-old girl.
The girl's mother said the abductor knocked on the door of the home and when the eight-year-old and her five-year-old sister answered it.
The man reportedly pushed the five-year-old to the side, and then grabbed the eight-year-old, taking her with him into his car.
"The car speed around, it disappear. Now I don't know if I'm up or down, if I'm here or there," the mother said.
She said when she heard the knock, she thought it was her daughter's friend, adding she and her children chased after the car down the street.
Area residents, said to be present in the yard at the time of the abduction, described the car as a champagne-coloured Jaguar.
"This person knock directly on their . . .door," said a longtime neighbour.
From there, according to her mother, the little girl claimed she was taken to the man's home and groped her. He then told her to close her eyes, and took her to an area in Woodlawn Gardens of Soldier Road.
The mother continued: "She was crying, she say she want to go home, and he told her close her eyes you going home right now. When she open her eyes, she don't see nobody but the street, she was walking up and down.
While The Tribune was told the young girl was found sometime after 4.30am, police said she was found less than an hour after she was reported missing.
At the family home yesterday, residents and loved ones were visibly shaken by the ordeal and expressed a range of emotions from disbelief and anger to despair.
The 20-year-old sister that the man allegedly asked for, told The Tribune she went out with friends around 11.30pm on Saturday. She received a call that her sister had been taken, and said she was shocked to learn the culprit had asked for her by name.
However, she said she does not believe any of her friends are involved, adding police have already questioned one of her male friends.
Residents and loved ones said the ordeal evoked the memory of Marco Archer's abduction and killing in 2011.
The neighbour was referring to an incident in February when a three-year-old boy was abducted and then left frightened and alone outside a Fox Hill washhouse several hours later, sparking a manhunt for two women believed to be the assailants.


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Nico's Philosophy
Ethical Designer
Nico Wissing is a nature-inclusive landscape designer at heart. In everything he designs and undertakes, he strives for a living environment in which people and nature are in balance. For this reason, many call him a 'green visionary'.
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I strive for a nature-inclusive living environment in which people and nature are in balance.
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A Social Movement
To further increase the awareness of sustainable design, Nico started NL Greenlabel in 2010, together with TV gardener Lodewijk Hoekstra. This ambitious initiative makes sustainability tangible by making concepts such as circularity, climate resistance, biodiversity, health and the relationship between building and environment measurable. By providing insight into the coherence between these themes, opportunities in the field of use of space and spatial quality can be optimally utilised. NL Greenlabel's method is validated annually by an independent Scientific Advisory Board. With NL Greenlabel, Nico is building a social movement towards a nature-inclusive way of life. Today, many organisations and companies from the green and building sector have joined NL Greenlabel.
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5 Bayeux Tapestry facts: what is it, why was it made and what story does it tell?
The French president Emmanuel Macron recently announced that the Bayeux Tapestry is to go on display in the UK. But what exactly is the tapestry, how old is it, and why is it important?
By David Musgrove
David Musgrove, publisher of BBC History Magazine, brings you five need-to-know facts about the Bayeux Tapestry…
What is the Bayeux Tapestry and what story does it tell?
The Bayeux Tapestry tells one of the most famous stories in British history – that of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, particularly the battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066.
The Bayeux Tapestry is not a tapestry at all, but rather an embroidery. A tapestry is something that's woven on a loom, whereas an embroidery is thread stitched onto a cloth background. The tapestry is some 68m long and is composed of several panels that were produced separately and then eventually sewn together to form one long whole. In one case the joining of the panels is inexpertly done, as the marginal lines don't match up precisely.
The tapestry tells the story of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The action actually starts a couple of years before the set-piece battle of Hastings, with a discussion between England's King Edward, the Confessor, and his leading noble (who was also his brother-in-law), Harold Godwinson. The upshot of that conversation is that Harold sets off on a ship to France. He is shipwrecked and captured by a local nobleman there, and then is transferred into the hands of the powerful Duke William of Normandy. Curiously, they then head off together on a military adventure in Brittany, which Harold seems to enthusiastically take part in.
Harold's time in Normandy ends with him making an oath to William on holy relics. The tapestry does not explain precisely what the nature of the oath is, but other Norman-inclined sources tell us that Harold was swearing to be William's man in England and to uphold his bid to be king on Edward's death.
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Harold then goes back to England and has another meeting with Edward the Confessor. We don't know what they talk about, but it's presumably discussing his stay in Normandy. Then Edward dies, and Harold is declared king by the English nobles. A comet shoots through the sky, which is deemed to be a bad omen for Harold.
Then the action swings back to Normandy. William hears of Harold's accession and immediately starts building a fleet. The ships cross the Channel and the Norman army establishes itself on English soil. They are shown pillaging, feasting and fortifying their position. Then we get to the battle of Hastings itself, which is portrayed in considerable detail. The upshot of course is that King Harold is slain, with the defeated Englishmen being shown fleeing the field in the last scene of the tapestry.
The ending is abrupt and many people have pondered on whether the tapestry was not actually finished, or has lost its final frames at some point over the centuries. If so, the end panels might have shown William being crowned king of England, as that was the ultimate consequence of the Conquest.
Who was the Bayeux Tapestry made for?
This is a question that has been much discussed by historians over the years. Given the fact that the tapestry broadly celebrates and sanctions William's Conquest of England, for a long time it was considered to have been the work of his Queen Matilda, and the ladies of her court. That view is out of favour now, and the majority of historians would agree that the most likely patron was Odo of Bayeux, the half-brother of Duke William. Odo was a key supporter of the duke and a substantial landowner in both England and Normandy after 1066, as well as being the bishop of Bayeux.
The biggest pointer towards Odo's likely patronage of the tapestry is that he has a disproportionally large role in the events portrayed, compared to his appearance in other historical accounts of the Conquest. It seems that the designers are going out of their way to stress the importance of Odo in the narrative. On top of that, the key oath scene in which Harold swears to William is depicted in the tapestry as having taken place in Bayeux (Odo's bishopric), which conflicts with other documents that say the event happened elsewhere in Normandy. Plus, aside from the main historical figures, there is the curious mention of several otherwise insignificant characters in the tapestry, and their names match those of men we know to have been Odo's retainers.
Other candidates are also in the frame, though: Edward the Confessor's widow, Queen Edith, has been suggested. She also features in the tapestry and would have had cause to want to show herself in a good light to William after the Conquest, so what better way than commissioning a tapestry that supports his claim to the throne?
Alternatively, it might have been made on the orders of William himself. Clearly he would have been keen to have a permanent record of his victory and his right to have claimed the throne.
Whoever ordered the creation of the tapestry, the follow-up question is – who actually made it? There are a lot of indications to suggest that it was most likely produced in England by English embroiderers. The Latin textual inscriptions above the story-boards use Old English letter forms, and stylistically the work has parallels in Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscripts. Plus, some of the vignettes in the tapestry appear to be based on designs that we know were found in manuscripts held in the library of a monastery in Canterbury, so there are those who argue that it was actually made not just in England, but more precisely in Canterbury.
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The battle scenes in the Bayeux Tapestry have taught military historians about fighting techniques in the 11th century. (Photo by Walter Rawlings/Robert Harding/Getty Images)
When was the Bayeux Tapestry created and why is it important?
We do not have a precise date for when the Bayeux Tapestry was created but the academic consensus is that it must have been produced very soon after the events it depicts. This means that it is a key primary source for students of the Conquest period.
The tapestry contains a considerable amount of information not only about the political events surrounding the Conquest story, but also about other aspects of military, social and cultural history. Historians of clothing have gleaned much about Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman garment styles and fashions from the depictions shown in the tapestry, while academics interested in early medieval ship-building, sailing and carpentry have likewise learnt much from the sections dealing with the construction and voyage of William's invasion fleet.
Military historians have studied the arms and armour shown in the tapestry and analysed the battle scenes to learn more about military techniques and practice at the time. Architectural experts have also been able to interrogate the tapestry for information about building types and materials in the 11th-century from the portrayals of the various structures shown in the story.
So the tapestry is a rich source of information on many aspects of Anglo-Norman life, society, culture and history. But more than that, it's an astounding and amazing survival of a work of art that is almost 1,000 years old. Its significance derives as much from that as from what it tells us when we study it.
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Is the Bayeux Tapestry a reliable source of information?
Is any historical primary source of information entirely reliable? No – unless you understand the context of the time in which it was produced, and the motives of those producing it. That's why the question of who had the tapestry made is critical in helping us to interpret what it tells us. As discussed above, the most likely candidate as the patron of the tapestry is the Norman nobleman Odo of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror. However, layered on top of that is the likely fact that the actual design and embroidery work was probably done in England, by English hands.
So, although the tapestry is on the face of it a work of art designed to celebrate and legitimise William's conquest of England, there is also an undercurrent of sympathy to the defeated Anglo-Saxon cause running beneath it. In some ways, the tapestry appears to agree with the Norman narrative of events, as described in the work of writers such as William of Jumieges and William of Poitiers. However, it is also surprisingly respectful of William's enemy, King Harold II, who is shown as a great and brave lord, rather than just a deceitful usurper.
What's important to note is that as a source of information on the political events to the Conquest period, the tapestry actually offers very limited definitive evidence. The Latin inscriptions that run above the pictorial narrative are terse and limited in number. This ambiguity means we do not know, for instance, what Edward the Confessor and Harold are discussing in the first scene of the story. Nothing is said other than 'King Edward' above the frame, so we are entirely in the dark about the meeting and must infer from other sources as to what the designers are trying to tell us. That is a problem that persists throughout the tapestry, where we are constantly invited to infer what is happening from the pictures, rather than being told what is happening with words.
Maritime historians have learnt much about ship-building from the scenes in the Bayeux Tapestry depicting William's fleet under construction. (Photo by DEA/M. Seamuller/Getty Images)
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What was the Bayeux Tapestry used for?
This is a difficult question to answer, if we are focusing on the immediate post-Conquest period, because we have no evidence whatsoever to call upon. Assuming that the patron of the tapestry was, as is widely accepted today, Bishop Odo of Bayeux, then it may have been used to decorate the cathedral that he had constructed in Bayeux during his lifetime. It may even have been designed as an ornament for the consecration of that building in 1077, though some historians dispute that.
Presumably whoever did have the tapestry made would have wanted others to come view it and share in the story it tells, as well as be impressed by the magnificence of both the patron (for being the benefactor of such a great work), and of Duke William himself for orchestrating his victory. How that would have happened is not clear – if it was displayed in a cathedral, illumination would have been dim to say the least.
The tapestry could perhaps instead have been displayed in a secular building, or it could have been displayed temporarily and then stored away, maybe being brought out for particular gatherings, when there was someone on hand to tell the story in person as well.
What we do know is that from at least 1476 onwards, the tapestry was held in Bayeux Cathedral (we don't know where it was prior to that) because it's detailed in an inventory of that date. It was traditionally brought out for display in the cathedral at a certain point in the year, and then stored away. This helps to explain why the tapestry survived at all – it wasn't on permanent view and thus not subject to the risks of being regularly exposed to the elements.
As we move forward into more recent times, the tapestry has continued to have a propaganda purpose. Napoleon considered it important when he was readying his plans to invade Britain at the start of the 19th century and had it brought to Paris for display. In the Second World War it was again deemed a useful tool by the Nazis, where it was studied as part of a research project to demonstrate the Germanic origins of European culture (and moved to Paris for safe-keeping).
David Musgrove is the publisher and former editor of BBC History Magazine.
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