but it turns out that Angus is anything but sedate!
Wish I could have caught a picture of some of his antics, but he moves too fast for my camera!
and one of Angus ready to pounce on a toy.
Life has changed at the Hartman house!!
Back to my artwork tomorrow!
and the very outgoing "Rosie"!!!
they will certainly hold a sweet place in our hearts!
"Upstairs Downstairs" - the butler and the maid!
Does anybody remember it? One of our favorites!
And this is why I'm behind on my "Five Faces" series and everything else!!
Anyway, this was done with applique, pigma pens and colored pencils!
This picture was inspired by my recent trip to Italy.
with dark brown thread, and colored it with pastel chalks.
This image must be stuck somewhere in my subconscious!!
Here's my first face of the week, and it's a familiar one!
I used as my inspiration a picture of my five year old self, with bangs cut short in the 50's style.
in this interpretation. I can tell it was my kindergarten school picture because I'm not wearing the plaid Catholic school uniform I wore in every other school picture for the next twelve years!
This is a fabric applique with both machine and hand stitching, with some touches of acrylic paint.
Oh, and I gave it a prettier background than in the photo!
Hopefully tomorrow's face will be posted earlier in the day!
Five Faces in Five Days!!
but done with fabric and stitching.
and sometimes give names to the characters.
So that's what I'll be up to this week.
Let's see if I can keep it up - hope you'll join in the fun by commenting!
Have a great Father's Day everyone!!
and the layers of colors blend together like watercolors.
at the bottom for a vine-y look.
with ragged edges showing, on a linen-wrapped canvas.
Today was a good day for painting fabric, but not the best day for photographing it!
which I figured would give texture and a warm undertone.
so I usually try out different techniques in different areas.
I started with these smooth and swirly strokes, then dried and heat set this piece.
Next I added more color, then dried and heat set it again.
Finally, I added more color and gave it a final ironing.
It's a very overcast day here, so the photos don't really show the intensity of the colors.
having each layer of strokes blend in with the next.
I painted a few more pieces of fabric, but I'll wait until tomorrow to photograph them.
Hopefully the light will be better!
Eventually these pieces will be used in ladscapes - I promise!
If you read my blog (and I don't think anyone is reading it lately!) you might be wondering if I'm having an identity crisis! The photo in my "About Me" profile is the 3rd different one in a week. I changed from the one that's been there for a while. I substituted a different photo at the beginning of this week, but a friend (you know who you are!) told me that I looked like I was behind bars!!
So this is it for a while - a photo taken on my trip to Italy. I'm cracking up laughing at something, not unusual for me, and wearing my cooking school apron. And it was taken by my friend Ann.
Yesterday I did some fabric painting, using Setacolor transparent paints. I enjoy doing this so much, I feel like I should do it every morning to set a wonderful mood for the day! But, of course it's not always convenient!
I was concentrating on painting skies for some new landscapes, and I started out using some prewashed cotton white-on-white prints. Putting a wash of transparent color over the subtle print, for me, makes a dreamy and whimsical sky. The reverse side of the fabric is even more subtle.
You can click for more detail.
Of course, I had to play with some salt, for a dramatic effect!
interesting landscapes. Time to start cutting and fusing!
I've been working a bit on my piece of embroidered, woven cloth. A few people have commented that they'll be interested to see how it develops, and so will I. I decided not to use Perle cotton thread on this piece - just regular DMC embroidery thread. First I basted the whole piece to another piece of cotton fabric. Then I started straight stitching over some of the plain areas. This was addictive and great to see the texture it gives to the cloth. I made a rule that there will be no rules - a giant step for me. So, irregular stitches are OK, things can even be crooked or lopsided. Anything goes!
I later found some variegated embroidery thread in my stash that has all the colors I'm using in the piece, so that became a spiral of stitches, and will be used in other places as well.
This is definitely fun and meditative and I'm working on a couple of other projects as well! Right now I'm off to paint some fabric for Tuscan landscapes!
Last weekend, I became intrigued with the work of Jude Hill over at Spirit Cloth. I have visited this site before, but suddenly became aware of Jude's influence on other artists, and my search led me from one blog to another and one beautiful piece of hand stitchery after another.
Jude's work appeals to me because I love hand stitching, and her process allows the design to develop as the work is being done. The stitch itself has its own integrity, is not always perfect, and tells a story, as well as adding beauty to the piece. Cloth is layered, sometimes woven, and always respected as a beautiful substance.
I've started this little piece and look forward to seeing where it takes me. It is a departure from the tidy work I usually do, and I'm enjoying every frayed edge and different texture. It's funny, I had been going through my ginormous fabric stash in recent months and separated out a box of linens and rough textured cloths because they really appealed to me. Some are fabric samples that are 20 years old, some are linen napkins I have bought for pennies on clearance because there was only one, and some are remnants I used to pick up at a mill end store when I lived in New York. I didn't know what I would do with these, but knew that I liked them. I'm also using some scraps of cotton which I hand painted, and I plan to incorporate all of these into some landscapes soon. Also, I'll be using some of my mom's perle cotton embroidery threads, which she used in her needlework, and I look forward to feeling her close to me as I do the embroidery on this piece.
Even though I'll be doing this my own way, I thank Jude for being an inspiration! There is a nice write-up about her here.
We had a quiet Memorial Day weekend, since Bill is still recovering from his appendectomy.
But I used the time to do some sewing, and that was very rewarding.
I found some great fabric at Joann's and used it to brighten up my porch.
and made cushion covers with the new fabric.
I can still see my grandpa sitting on this chair, puffing away on a cigar and watching a baseball game on TV. Now it will be a great place to sit and read or work on my computer as I'm doing right now!
Next I made a new tablecloth for the table we use for meals in the summer.
I really love this little porch and it was fun to dress it up a bit.


The male dino's birthday is coming up and he has mentioned several times how he wished he had a tripod with him while we are dayhiking. Does anyone here own or have experience with a tripod that might be suitable? He carried a mesh backpack - the size older kids use as book bags for school - as his day pack. The tripod would need to fit in that.
Does it need to be full sized tripod ?? Check out these little lightweight ones from REI. I won the Ultrapod and have carried it for several years. You can set it up on a rock or attach it to a tree limb.
What type of camera? I use an Ultrapod for my digital. It worked for my 35mm as a tripod, but I couldn't velcro the stand to anything as the 35mm was too heavy.
Slogger - thanks for the link. I'm not the photographer of this pair - I'll check with his son about what he thinks Dad would need. They talk about photography all the time so he can likely find out what he wants without him figuring it out.
Alligator - He has both a Pentax 35 mm and an Olympus Stylus digital. He carried the digital on the trail mostly and it is very light.
The ultrapod should be fine with that digital. It's the larger lens that tend to tip it over. I'm not sure the Ultrapod would stay standing with say a 35mm or digital with a large telephoto lens. I really like the velcro part 'cause it can be strapped to lots of different things. I've used it with my hiking pole as a monopod.
Another gift suggestion is a remote, if his camera is remote capable. I have a Pentax Optio S, and the remote was only $15.00. It's just a button really with a watch battery. Saves breaking a leg rushing back after hitting the timer.
Look at www.bhphoto.com (http://www.bhphoto.com) you can price and check the weight of tripods. I find the mini-tripods frustrating and too time consuming. For hardly much more weight, you can get a 1-2 lb tripod. I bought one from that site for $35 that weighed just under 2 lbs.
I use a Slick light weight tri pod that has a full set of capabilites including a ball and socket mount for my Minolta 35mm. Works fine and does not weigh much - perhaps a pound or so. bhphoto.com as Tha wookie says or adorama.com should be able to help you out.
I also use a Slick. Thanks for helping me remember the name.
Sony sells a tri-pod for their videocamera's called, conviently(sp?), the Lightweight Tri-Pod for only $50. But I don't know how much it weighs.
Thanks for the suggestions. Wookie, that link is wonderful.
Alligator - he already has a remote.
Maybe an X-ray lens? They can be kind of fun with a digital's screen:D.


Is this everyone's favorite day or what? It's seriously refreshing to know that you're considered an integral part of the organization for which you work. A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) lists respect for employees at every level as very important among 65% of respondents.


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Q: What does the sklearn PCA to the input array when when the number of components is choose to be the same? for example we have:
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA
import numpy as np

xx = np.array([[-1, -1], [-2, -1], [-3, -2], [1, 1], [2, 1], [3, 2]])
pca = PCA()
pca.fit_transform(xx)

otput:
array([[ 1.38340578,  0.2935787 ],
   [ 2.22189802, -0.25133484],
   [ 3.6053038 ,  0.04224385],
   [-1.38340578, -0.2935787 ],
   [-2.22189802,  0.25133484],
   [-3.6053038 , -0.04224385]])

In this case i am not reducing the size however the array is changed... why?

A: PCA does a linear (rotation) transformation of your feature space.  In your case,
assume feature 1 is along x and feature 2 is along y, the resulting transformation is the same as a rotating your feature vectors through an angle of theta ~ 2.565 radians.  Below I've defined such a rotation matrix and show you get the same result:
import numpy as np
def rot_matrix(theta):
    # returns rotation matrix through angle theta
    rotation_matrix = np.dot(np.array([[np.cos(theta), -

np.sin(theta)], [np.sin(theta), np.cos(theta)]])
        return rotation_matrix

theta = 2.565
rot = rot_matrix(theta)
np.dot(rot, xx.T).T

result is (close to) the output of the PCA transform:
array([[ 1.38349574,  0.29315446],
       [ 2.22182084, -0.25201619],
       [ 3.60531658,  0.04113827],
       [-1.38349574, -0.29315446],
       [-2.22182084,  0.25201619],
       [-3.60531658, -0.04113827]])

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Q: i want to insert post in specific category using wp_insert_post i used wp_insert_post to add posts to custom post type i had created but i need to insert the posts in category , i used post_category=> array($category_id) but it didn't work .. here is the code
$my_post = array(
        'post_type' => 'articles',
        'post_title'    => "test",
        'post_content'    => "blabla",
        'post_status'   => 'publish',
        'post_author'   => 1,
        'post_category' => array(38),
    );

        wp_insert_post( $my_post );

A: You can set it after the post creation with:
$catid = 38;
wp_set_post_categories($my_post,$catid,false);

If you're not sure what's the category ID you can use the category slug:
$catid = get_category_by_slug( 'xxx' );

The category taxonomy, of course, should already exist in that Custom Post Type.
You can set it in the CPT definition with:
'taxonomies' => array( 'category' ),


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MAGNUM "INTO THE VALLEY OF THE MOONKING" – A CLASSIC ALBUM FROM A CLASSIC BAND
MAGNUM – Vocalist Bob Catley and guitarist Tony Clarkin are the nucleus and only two original members of Magnum, (since 1978's debut album Kingdom of Madness),with Mark Stanway manning the keyboards since 1982's Chase The Dragon album. Regardless of lineup changes, Magnum has created music that touches on four decades, (soon to be five with the 2011 studio release of The Visitation).
Into The Valley Of The Moonking is the fifteenth studio album from Magnum, released on June 16, 2009, on Steamhammer/SPV Records. There are those bands that make music, the kind of music that resonates that classic feel and sound from every turn… this Magnum album resonates this.
Classic Rock is not just a bunch of albums from the '60', 70's and '80's. The Classic Rock sound and style is just as relevant in 2010 as any other time in Rock Music history, in my Metal opinion. Magnum unrolls their Classic Rock red carpet and struts down it like royalty on this album.
With delectable nuances and flavors that nod towards The Electric Light Orchestra on such songs as: The Moonking, No One Knows His Name and In My Minds Eye, just to name examples, being lured into these songs due to their mini-epic style is unavoidable for me. Harry James on drums, the guitar tones of Tony Clarkin and Mark Stanway's keyboards are to blame for my hearing any ELO similarities.
Not a copycat band to any of their peers, Magnum is and always has been as original as they come. As I listen to Magnum, I get the sense that they are re-inventing Classic Rock music while many might think it's just a continuation of a well known and seasoned band. Album Oriented Rock is not a dinosaur after all, Into The Valley Of The Moonking is twelve songs that substantiate the importance of having depth and not filler on an album.
Magnum incorporates Keyboards as an emotional element throughout their music, with Mark Stanway becoming such an integral part of this band over the years. Never are there keyboard parts that don't fit or run-off in an annoying endless stream. The keyboard arrangements are priceless on Into The Valley Of The Moonking.
Cry To Yourself is my favorite song, with it's unrelenting melodic wave. All right, Cry To Yourself moves me. There, I said it. Tony Clarkin on guitar is superb, his playing elevates the emotion of this song. Bob Catley is beyond excellent on vocals, it's as if this song was born with him. All My Bridges takes me on an up-tempo and melodic ride that is not easy to jump off. Take Me To The Edge is a fist to the air Hard Rock song, accentuated by Tony Clarkin's guitar licks and the drumming of Harry James. Al Barrow on bass, is right in on the Hard Rock action throughout Take Me To The Edge… a real cool jamming song it must be for this band.
Clocking in at 6:58 long, Blood On Your Barbed Wire Thorns is another Hard Rock number on this album, bringing in some Old School riffs, with some Rock 'N' Roll piano. The beat is consistently contagious on this song, making for a legitimate foot stompin' listen. At the close of Blood On Your Barbed Wire Thorns, the tempo subsides dramatically with the keyboards and guitar adding a subdued and reflective atmosphere.
Magnum puts great emphasis on song lyrics, to coincide with creative song writing. The songs on this album seem to reflect a conscientious attention to detail that Bob Catley, Tony Clarkin and this band have towards making music. It's the journey that these songs on Into The Valley Of The Moonking send my mind on, from both the lyrics and music, which results in my liking this album all the more. Magnum has made an album here that I will now label as a classic. And why not? Into The Valley Of The Moonking is only going to be labeled as such… two decades from now if not sooner.
* For more info on MAGNUM, just click on the link below:
MAGNUM – Official Website
MAGNUM, as they appeared on Into The Valley Of The Moonking:
Tony Clarkin – guitars
Bob Catley – vocals & tambourine
Mark Stanway – keyboards
Al Barrow – bass & backing vocals
Harry James – drums
Track Listing For Into The Valley Of The Moonking:
Cry To Yourself
All My Bridges
Take Me To The Edge
The Moonking
No One Knows His Name
In My Minds Eye
Time To Cross That River
If I Ever Lose My Mind
A Face In The Crowd
Feels Like Treason
Blood On Your Barbed Wire Thorns
LONG LIVE MAGNUM!
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Well Over Half Of U.S. States Now Refusing To Take Syrian "Refugees"
Here Is The Map Of All States Defying Obama And Refusing To Take 'Syrian Refugees' – Top Right News
More than half of U.S. states are now refusing to cooperate with Barack Obama's insane importation of 200,000 so-called 'Syrian Refugees' in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.
As public outrage has exploded since revelations that at least two of the Paris terrorists came into Europe as "Syrian refugees," the number of governors opposing Obama's plan has increased almost hourly on Monday, from just one – Michigan – overnight, to at least 27 at this hour… including one Democrat in a tight race (Maggie Hassan, NH).
As Top Right News has reported, at least two of the Paris terrorists entered Greece posing as so-called "Syrian refugees" in September – and were able to make their way to France to prepare, arm and execute a massive terrorist attack just 90 days later. This, after a Syrian informant revealed over 4,000 ISIS fighters have already been smuggled into Western nations – "hidden among innocent refugees."
Obama's own DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson actually said "we don't know a whole lot" about Syrian refugees coming into America, and that DHS has "no active protocol" for properly screening them.
Yesterday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) announced that, to protect the safety of his citizens, he would BLOCK any future importation of Muslim "refugees" to his state. A virtual avalanche of U.S. governors quickly followed suit. And although Federal law gives Obama the ability to import refugees as he sees fit, through the Jimmy Carter-era Refugee Act (1980), the states are essential parts of the settlement process. Without their cooperation, few if any refugees are likely to be moved to those states.
In a press conference this morning in Turkey, Obama said that 'the United States has to step up and do its part,' while chiding those in the opposition party for suggesting there be a 'religious test' for entry into the United States.
Clearly, the American people do not agree, and the brutal Paris attacks were the critical mass that has spurred massive political action.
The White House is furious at the growing revolt of the states:
Liberal News
@LiberalsKickAss
White House blasts Republican states for rejecting needy Syrian refugees, says "Xenophobia is not the answer to terror" #paris
11:47 AM – 16 Nov 2015
Here is a map of the states currently defying Obama on his Muslim importation program (updated hourly):
As of 11/17/2015 3:00EST
STATES OPPOSING SYRIAN REFUGEES (27):
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire (D), New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin
UPDATE: Gov. Susana Martinez (R-NM) is opposed to the resettlement of Muslim migrants. This remains missing from all other internet maps/lists hours later, for some reason.
UPDATE: We have Alaska in green because its Republican Gov. Bill Walker (I, former R) said he "can't be bothered" to address this issue due to other concerns, angering many Alaskans who want him to oppose it.
UPDATE: Gov. Jay Nixon (D-MO) has refused to bar Obama's refugees from Missouri, despite 105 of 114 counties being opposed to it.
Is your state welcoming any of the 200,000 so-called "refugees" Obama is demanding be imported into the heart of America, despite there being no "effective protocol" to properly vet them for ISIS ties?
If so you may wish to contact your governor at THIS link.
Third Of Syrian Refugees ISIS Sympathizers, 13 Percent Support – Gateway Pundit
A poll released in November but ignored by the mainstream media shows a third of Syrian refugees do not want the Muslim terrorist group ISIS defeated. The survey results buttress concerns by the dozens of U.S. governors who have announced opposition to President Barack Obama's plan to import 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year.
The poll shows thirteen percent of Syrian refugees have a completely positive opinion of ISIS with another ten percent having mixed feelings on the terror group, suggesting that nearly one quarter are open to recruitment by ISIS.
Factoring the survey results with the 10,000 Syrian refugees Obama plans to bring to the United States means Obama will bring in 1,300 ISIS supporters and a total of 3,100 who do not want the US to defeat ISIS.
The Obama administration imported about 1,600 Syrian refugees in the past fiscal year. That means around 200 Syrian refugee ISIS supporters and a total of nearly 500 Syrian refugee ISIS sympathizers are already in the country.
The telephone poll of 900 Syrian refugees was conducted by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies as part of a larger survey of six hundred people in each of six Arab nations and the Palestinian territories about ISIS. The group surveyed Syrian refugees in "equal proportion" located in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. The survey also covered residents of Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.
The poll has a margin of error rate of plus or minus four percent.
The survey result for the other Arab countries show similar levels of support for ISIS which ought to prompt a reevaluation of the U.S. policy for immigrants and refugees from the Middle East. The sole exception is Lebanon where less than one percent have a positive view of ISIS.
At the other end of the spectrum, even more supportive of ISIS than the Syrian refugees, are Palestinians.
The survey shows twenty-four percent of Palestinians have a positive view of ISIS with another thirty-six percent only having a somewhat negative opinion of ISIS. The survey also shows Palestinians as the only group where less than fifty percent (48) support the defeat of ISIS .
A Google News search shows only Investors Business Daily and The Blaze have reported on the survey. In Canada, which has pledged to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees, it appears only The Rebel has reported on the survey.
Obama Admin 'Lied' About Vetting Syrian Refugees – WorldNetDaily
The former chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence says President Obama has no coherent strategy to defeat ISIS, and he alleges one of Obama's top advisers "lied to the American people" to perpetuate a misguided program allowing tens of thousands of refugees into the U.S.
Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes appeared on multiples Sunday morning news shows. When asked whether the news that one and possibly two of the Paris terrorists came to Europe as refugees would alter the Obama administration's plan to accept tens of thousands of refugees, Rhodes said there would be no re-evaluation.
"No, Chuck," Rhodes told "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd. "We have very extensive screening procedures for all Syrian refugees who would come to the United States. There's a very careful vetting process that includes our intelligence community, our National Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Homeland Security. So we can make sure we're carefully screening anybody who comes to the United States."
Peter Hoekstra spent 18 years in Congress and spent much of his time focused on intelligence matters. He is now with the Investigative Project on Terrorism and is the author of "Architects of Disaster," which outlines the failure of the Obama administration's policy in Libya.
"I think (Rhodes) basically lied to the American people," Hoekstra told WND and Radio America. "He said we've got a good vetting process in place where we can vet those that are coming from Syria into the United States."
He continued, "No we do not. The records don't exist in Syria, especially after you've had five years of civil war. We don't have a relationship with the regime. It's an ungoverned area. We don't know who these people are. Ben, shame on you for even implying that we've got a good vetting system. We're lucky if can get the names right."
In fact, even before the terrorist attacks in Paris, Hoekstra said the idea of bringing in tens of thousands of refugees was a fool's errand. As such, he said the announcements from a growing number of governors that they won't accept refugees is a good sign.
"I think it's a good decision," he said. "I wasn't quite sure why we were ever welcoming these folks in. We are a welcoming nation to refugees and to these kinds of individuals, but only after they've been vetted."
Hoekstra said spreading all these refugees around the Western world does nothing to solve the real problem.
"This problem is not solved by accepting refugees into Europe and the United States," he said. "This problem is solved by eliminating ISIS and bringing some stability back into the Middle East. You've got to wipe ISIS out."
The issue is taking on additional scrutiny after the European Union revealed only one-fifth of the refugees it has accepted (or about 44,000 of some 213,000 total) are actually from Syria.
But the refugee issue is just one element of the Obama administration's approach to ISIS that baffles Hoekstra. On Monday, Obama told reporters at the G-20 Summit in Turkey that the Paris attacks would not alter the U.S. strategy toward ISIS. Hoekstra said the existing strategy is a proven disaster, as evidenced by Yemen and Libya turning into lawless wastelands and both Syria and Iraq getting increasingly unstable and deadly to Christians, Yazidis and others.
"I'm not sure what strategy this president is looking at that he believes it working," Hoekstra said. "When you've got at least four countries that are no longer governed and are failed nation-states and are home for the planning and training and preparation for attacks against the West, that is not my view of success."
Another statement from Obama in Turkey is getting even more attention. After announcing he was sticking with his existing strategy toward ISIS, Obama slammed those who want to America taking a more decisive role.
"What I'm not interested in doing is posing, or pursuing some notion of American leadership or America winning or whatever other slogans they come up with that has no relationship to what is actually going to work," Obama said.
Hoekstra was stunned.
"This message is clear: When the president says, 'I have no intention of following or implementing a strategy about America leading' or whatever slogan they may come up with, it is clear that this president does not have a strategy in place for America leading in Northern Africa, the Middle East or, for that matter, any other place in the world," Hoekstra said.
And he said America's credibility is taking a beating as a result.
"I hate to be that critical of this president, but America is at risk," Hoekstra said. "We are in danger, and we're in danger of losing our influence in the world. We've been a voice of stability, security, democracy and human rights. We are just losing all credibility throughout significant portions of the world."
In addition to his frustrations with the Obama administration, Hoekstra is alarmed at how unprepared the intelligence communities were for the Paris attacks.
"What I'm hearing is that there was some general awareness that there were some attacks or an attack was imminent in Europe," Hoekstra said. "That was out there, but again no tactical insight into exactly where the attack would take place or when it would take place."
He said the truth is, it's really hard to find these small plots before they happen.
"It just tells you that ISIS and these radical jihadist groups in a country of 80 million people or in a country of 300-plus million people like the United States, it's not that hard to hide and organize and prepare to carry out an attack like this," Hoekstra said.
So what can be done to improve America's odds of stopping future attacks?
"We need closer intelligence sharing between our agencies," Hoekstra said. "We need to push the technology envelope as quickly as we can, and we need to improve our human intelligence."
Intelligence experts say efforts to infiltrate ISIS have essentially "gone dark," partly due to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposing tactics for tracking terrorist suspects.
Hoekstra said this confirms what everyone should have known about Snowden from the outset.
"As I said at the time, this was not an American hero protecting American liberties," he said. "This was an American traitor that was giving away some of America's secrets that would make us more vulnerable to these kinds of groups and these kinds of individuals and these kinds of attacks."
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Arkansas Governor Hutchinson Ends Taxpayer-Funded Medicaid Payments To Planned Parenthood
Arkansas Ends Taxpayer-Funded Medicaid Payments To Planned Parenthood – Christian News Network
The governor of Arkansas has directed the state Department of Human Services to terminate its Medicaid contract with the abortion giant Planned Parenthood.
In compliance with the request, the department sent a letter to Planned Parenthood of the Heartland on Friday as notice that the contract was being terminated.
"[T]he Arkansas Department of Human Services is hereby exercising its authority to terminate its existing agreements with Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma," the correspondence reads. "The termination… will be effective 30 days from the date of this letter."
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has also released a statement about the move, remarking that the decision was influenced by the recent video exposes' outlining Planned Parenthood's apparent harvesting and sale of aborted baby organs.
"It is apparent that after the recent revelations on the actions of Planned Parenthood, that this organization does not represent the values of the people of our state and Arkansas is better served by terminating any and all existing contracts with them," he said. "This includes their affiliated organization, Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma."
Planned Parenthood likewise released a statement, stating that by revoking the agreement, states like Arkansas are aligning themselves with "extremists."
"The politicians behind these reckless policies have allied themselves with extremists who will stop at nothing to end access to abortion – breaking laws, pushing misinformation, and violence and harassment of women and doctors," it read in part.
Arkansas is the fourth state to pull funding to Planned Parenthood, following Alabama, Louisiana and New Hampshire. As previously reported, the New Hampshire State Executive Council voted earlier this month despite objections from Gov. Mary Hassan to cancel its $650,000 contract with the abortion giant. The funds will be reallocated to other women's health facilities.
The day prior, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced that the state would terminate Planned Parenthood's Medicaid contract.
"Planned Parenthood does not represent the values of the people of Louisiana and shows a fundamental disrespect for human life," he said. "It has become clear that this is not an organization that is worthy of receiving public assistance from the state."
The Obama administration has contended that it is illegal for states to terminate Medicaid contracts with Planned Parenthood because of its abortion services. Medicaid payments do not include abortions, but still provide support to the organization.
"Even though we anticipate a federal review, standing up for Arkansas values is most important to the governor," spokesman J.R. Davis told the Arkansas Times.
"American tax dollars should not be used to subsidize billion-dollar corporations that inhumanely and illegally sell baby body parts," Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Senior Counsel Casey Mattox said in a statement. "Tax dollars that went to two Planned Parenthood clinics in Arkansas will be better used by the 179 community health centers and other clinics that actually provide comprehensive health care. We commend the governor and hope other states will follow his example."
Filed under: Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, Ends, Governor, Medicaid, Payments, Planned Parenthood, Taxpayer-Funded
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Arkansas Legislature Passes Religious Freedom Bill Similar To Indiana's, Waits For Leftists' Heads To Explode
Arkansas Joins Indiana With Religious Freedom Bill – Truth Revolt
On Tuesday, Arkansas legislators, ignoring the deafening cry from LGBT supporters against Indiana's religious freedom law, finished approving their own version of a similar bill. Gov. Asa Hutchinson has already indicated that he would sign the bill once it was sent to him, and with the 67-21 vote approving the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in the Arkansas House, Hutchinson will get his chance. The Arkansas Senate already has approved the bill.
Hutchinson told KARK that the bill represents an effort to balance religious freedom and equal protection of the law, saying bluntly, "This bill tries to do that, and it's not that complicated."
The hue and cry over the religious freedom bill in Indiana prompted the governors of New York, Connecticut and Washington to curtail some government travel to Indiana. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy blustered, "They knew what they were doing. They were going to make it legal to refuse to serve gay men and women. Somebody has to call them on it." Resorting to typical Democrat name calling, he said of Indiana Governor Mike Pence on MSNBC, "When you see a bigot, you have to call him on it."
The Arkansas bill states: "The Arkansas Constitution recognizes the free exercise of religion; Laws neutral toward religion have the same potential to burden religious exercise as laws purposely intended to interfere with religious exercise; Governments should not substantially burden the free exercise of religion without compelling justification."
The bill justified its necessity, asserting:
In City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997), the United States Supreme Court held that the protections of religious exercise afforded by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb, only applied to religious exercise burdened by federal law or agencies and provided no protection from burdens on religious exercise from state or local law or governments; to provide the same level of protection from burdens on religious exercise from state or local governments, a state must enact an equivalent to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb, that was passed by Congress.
Filed under: Arkansas, Bill, Explode, Freedom, Heads, Indiana, leftists, Legislature, Passes, Religious, Similar
america, best, Calls to Action, Culture, Elections, featured, Fighting Back, government, headlines, Judges, news, News You Can Use, online, Our precious Liberty, Politics, security, united states, Voter Fraud	 May 15, 2014
Arkansas Supreme Court Overrules Leftist Judge's Anti-Voter ID Decision
Arkansas Court Voids Judge's Decision Against Voter ID Law – New York Post
The Arkansas Supreme Court has tossed out a judge's ruling striking down the state's voter ID law, but stopped short of ruling on the constitutionality of the measure.
Justices on Wednesday vacated a Pulaski County judge's decision that the law violates Arkansas' constitution. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox had struck down the law in a case that had focused on how absentee ballots are handled under the law, but justices stayed his ruling while they considered an appeal.
Justices said Fox didn't have the authority to strike down the law in the case focusing on absentee ballots.
Fox has also ruled the law unconstitutional in a separate case, but said he wouldn't block its enforcement during this month's primary. That ruling is also being appealed to the high court.
Arkansas is amid early voting ahead of next Tuesday's primary.
The ruling comes as voter ID laws are being challenged throughout the nation. Though 31 states have laws in effect requiring voters to show some form of identification, Arkansas' in one of the strictest in the nation. Seven other states have photo ID requirements in effect similar to Arkansas.
A federal judge in Wisconsin struck down that state's voter ID law last month, and Pennsylvania's governor has said he wouldn't appeal a judge's recent ruling striking down his state's voter ID law. President Barack Obama last month waded into the voter ID debate, accusing Republicans of using restrictions to keep voters from the polls and jeopardizing 50 years of expanded voting access for millions of black Americans and other minorities.
Republicans backing voter ID laws in Arkansas and elsewhere have said the efforts are aimed at preventing voter fraud and protecting the integrity of the election process.
Under previous law in Arkansas, election workers were required to ask for photo ID but voters didn't have to show it to cast a ballot. Under the new law, voters who don't show photo identification can cast provisional ballots. Those ballots are counted only if voters provide ID to county election officials before noon on the Monday after an election, sign an affidavit stating they are indigent or have a religious objection to being photographed.
Arkansas' law took effect Jan. 1 and had been used in some local elections this year. This month's primary is the first statewide test of the new law.
The case had initially focused on rules for absentee ballots under the voter ID law. The Pulaski County Election Commission sued the state Board of Election Commissioners for adopting a rule that gives absentee voters additional time to show proof of ID. The rule allows voters who did not submit required identification with their absentee ballot to turn in the documents for their vote to be counted by noon Monday following an election. It mirrors an identical "cure period" the law gives to voters who fail to show identification at the polls.
Fox's ruling had been stayed by the state Supreme Court, but the high court declined to stay Fox's decision to strike down the state board's rule giving absentee voters additional time.
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Filed under: Anti-Voter ID, Arkansas, Decision, Leftist Judge, Overrules, Supreme Court
america, batshit crazy, crime, Crime and Punishment, Culture, Douchebags, Dumber Than Dirt, featured, Fighting Back, headlines, idiot, incredible, Moonbats, Moral Retardation, news, online, Stuck on Stoopit!, united states	 April 21, 2014
Masked Ex-Cop Killed While Trying To Set Fire To Anti-Corruption Blogger's Hot Dog Cart
Arkansas Ex-Cop Killed While Trying To Set Anti-Corruption Blogger's Hot Dog Cart On Fire – Bizarre World News
A former police officer died while trying to set ablaze a food cart belonging to a blogger who exposed crooked cops and other corrupt city officials. ArkansasMatters.com reported Friday that former Little Rock Police Officer Todd Payne died when blogger Ean Bordeaux (pictured above) tackled him as Payne tried to flee the scene of the attempted arson.
Bordeaux is the proprietor of the Corruption Sucks blog, a webpage dedicated to exposing corruption in the Little Rock local government and in the state government of Arkansas. At about 4:30 a.m. on Friday, he awoke to find the hot dog cart he operates for a living in flames.
"I looked outside and my hot dog cart's on fire," he told KARK. The cart operated on propane tanks, which, Bordeaux said, "could have blown up the house."
He called 911, then ran outside in a bathrobe to put out the blaze. That was when he noticed a heavyset man in a mask running away.
Bordeaux was too busy trying to put out the flames then, he said, but about 15 minutes later, the man in the mask came back. The blogger watched from inside his house as the masked man tried to restart the fire.
Running outside again, Bordeaux said, he tackled the man as he tried to flee, hoping to hold him until police arrived.
Payne hit the pavement face-first, however, and died from his injuries. Bordeaux said his only desire had been to immobilize the perpetrator and hand him over to authorities.
He quickly realized, however, that the dead man was former LRPD officer Todd "Creepy Todd" Payne, who was fired from the force in 2010 for multiple violations, including a DUI crash in which Payne attempted to leave the scene, incidences of witness intimidation, lying to superiors and dereliction of duty.
Bordeaux had written extensively about Payne at Corruption Sucks, and believes that the former cop was attempting to strike back at him for exposing his crimes.
Filed under: Anti-Corruption, Arkansas, Blogger, Cart, Ean Bordeaux, Ex-Cop, Hot dog, Killed, Masked, Set Fire, Todd Payne, Trying
Guns and self-defense, Uncategorized	 September 11, 2013
Idiot brings a machete to rob pharmacy, hilarity ensues
Via Free North Carolina
A thug who hit up an Arkansas pharmacy with a machete got his just desserts when a brave worker threatened him back with a gun. The terrified crook went running for his life Friday after the clerk whipped out the firearm during the botched robbery at the Medicine Shoppe in North Little Rock.
Astonishing surveillance footage shows the criminal casually walking into the store, leaving a pal outside as lookout, Fox 16 reports.
He hangs around for several minutes, telling staff he is picking up a prescription for his granny, and then pulling the enormous blade from his pants and leaping over the counter..
More with video @ New York Daily News
I am sure David rum would be outraged, but Colion Noir could set him straight
Filed under: Arkansas, Friday, Katz Group of Companies, Medicine Shoppe, North Carolina, North Little Rock, North Little Rock Arkansas, United States
Guns and self-defense	 August 24, 2013
Arkansas school trains and arms teachers, Liberal heads explode spontaneously
You just know the folks at MSNBS are wetting themselves over this. But, I bet this works. a lot better than putting up signs reading "Gun Free Zone"
In the wake of Arkansas's decision to prevent school districts from proactively arming their teachers, a private school is taking the exact opposite approach.
The pastor of Arkansas Christian Academy in Bryant, Ark., has decided to advertise the fact that at any time, between one and seven school staff members are carrying guns.
"I just felt like with what's going on in many of the public sectors where there seems to be a lot of shootings we need to take the same stance that we do in church on Sunday for our kids Monday through Friday," said Perry Black, pastor of the school, in a statement.
Staff members began receiving training and permits to carry weapons earlier this year, in response to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. Now, a sign outside Christian Academy stands as a warning to any would-be shooter.
"Staff is armed and trained. Any attempt to harm children will be met with deadly force," reads the sign.
Filed under: Arkansas, Arkansas Christian Academy, Friday, Gun politics in the United States, Private school, Public Sector, School district, Sunday


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Govt Extends Suspension of Fresh Proceedings Under Insolvency Law by Another 3 Months
The government has again extended the suspension of fresh proceedings under the insolvency law by three more months amid the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. A notification for a three-month extension of the suspension, which was to end on December 24, was issued by the corporate affairs ministry on Tuesday.
The three-month period would be from December 25. An ordinance was promulgated in June this year for suspension of fresh insolvency proceedings and the same came into force retrospectively from March 25 -- the day when the nationwide lockdown to curb spreading of coronavirus infections had come into effect.
Later, a bill to replace the ordinance that had amended the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was cleared by Parliament in September. Initially, the suspension of fresh proceedings under the IBC was for six months starting from March 25 and then, it was extended by three months. Now, the suspension has been further extended by three months which will end on March 24, 2021.
The corporate affairs ministry has suspended Section 7, 9 and 10 to provide relief for companies reeling under the impact of the pandemic. Sections 7, 9 and 10 deal with initiation of corporate insolvency resolution process by a financial creditor, operational creditor and corporate debtor, respectively.
On Monday, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that suspension of fresh proceedings under the IBC would be extended.


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Raitz von Frentz ist der Name einer freiherrlichen Familie, die zum deutschen Uradel zählt. Die Raitz von Frentz sind von der im 14. Jahrhundert ausgestorbenen Dynastenfamilie "von Frenz" aus dem Hause Limburg zu unterscheiden.

Geschichte
Die Raitz von Frentz gehören zu den ältesten Schöffen- und Rittergeschlechtern der Reichsstadt Köln. Die Raitz (Razo bzw. Razzonis) werden mit einem Zeugen des Bischofs Wichfrid von Köln erstmals im Jahr 948 urkundlich genannt. Die sichere Stammreihe beginnt mit einem Ministerialen der Abtei St. Pantaleon zu Köln, 1106–1154. Im Mittelalter stellte die Familie zahlreiche Bürgermeister der freien Reichsstadt Köln und Mitglieder ihres engeren Rats, der so genannten Richerzeche.

Rutger Raitz (II.) war Ritter und Schöffe der freien Reichsstadt Köln. 1321 war er Mitglied des engeren Rats und der Richerzeche. 1320 war er Gesandter der freien Reichsstadt Köln am Hofe des Papst Johannes XXII zu Avignon. Er kaufte den späteren Raitzenhof in der Drankgasse (curia Razonis). In zweiter Ehe heiratete er Ida von Heppendorf, Tochter von Gerhard III von Heppendorf, Edelvogt von Köln, und der Kunigunde von Alpen. Damit war Rutger Raitz (II.) mit einer großen Zahl der rheinischen und westfälischen Dynasten verschwägert. Nach dem Tod von Rutger (II.) heiratete Ida 1330 den Grafen Ruprecht III. von Virneburg. Ihr gleichnamiger Sohn Rutger Raitz (III.) erwarb im Jahre 1347 die bei Quadrath-Ichendorf gelegene Burg und Herrlichkeit Frentz (heute: Schloss Frens) von seinem Stiefvater, dem Grafen Ruprecht III. von Virneburg. Sie war früher im Besitz eines Edelherrengeschlechts von Frenz, das aus dem Stamme der Herzöge von Jülich hervorgegangen war. Von diesem Besitz führte das Geschlecht den Namensbestandteil "von Fren(t)z". Die Herrschaft Frentz war zunächst ein Allod, d. h. frei und nicht abhängig von einem Lehnsherren, und lag zwischen dem Kurfürstentum Köln und dem Herzogtum Jülich-Kleve-Berg. Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts geriet die Herrschaft Frentz in die Lehnsabhängigkeit, ein Teil der Herrschaft in die Lehnsabhängigkeit des Kurfürsten von Köln und ein anderer Teil in die Lehnsabhängigkeit des Herzogs von Jülich-Kleve-Berg.

Angehörige der Familie gehörten zur rheinischen Reichsritterschaft. Die Zugehörigkeit zur Reichsritterschaft leitete sich aus dem Besitz mehrerer reichsunmittelbarer Herrschaften ab. Seit 1620 wurden sie auch mit dem Erbkämmeramt des Erzstiftes Köln belehnt.

Im Jahr 1635 wurde die Linie "Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich und Stolberg", die 1746 im Mannesstamm ausstarb, in den Reichsfreiherrenstand erhoben. Die Herrschaft Kendenich kam Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts durch die Heirat des Robert Raitz von Frentz mit Agnes von Orsbeck zu Kendenich in den Besitz der Raitz von Frentz. Die Burg und Herrschaft Stolberg kam durch die Heirat am 28. September 1648 des Ferdinand Reichsfreiherrn Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich mit Odilia Maria Freiin von Efferen zu Stolberg, Tochter von Freiherrn Adolf von Efferen und der Gertrud, geborene von Metternich, in den Besitz der Raitz von Frentz.

Im Jahr 1512 heiratete Winand Raitz von Frentz die Maria von und zu Schlenderhan, deren Familie im Mannesstamm ausstarb, und begründete die heute noch blühende Linie "Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan". Durch diese Heirat kam die Herrschaft Schlenderhan in den Besitz der Familie. Seitdem führt diese Linie das vereinigte Wappen der "Raitz von Frentz" und der "von und zu Schlenderhan". Die Erhebung dieser Linie in den Reichsfreiherrenstand als "Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan und Kleinenbruch" erfolgte am 15. Juli 1650.

Am 25. Oktober 1652 wurde die Linie "Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan" vom Kölner Kurfürsten Maximilian Heinrich mit Odenkirchen und dem damit verknüpften Amt des Erbburggrafen des Erzstiftes Köln belehnt.

Am 11. Juni 1672 erhielt die Familie das Inkolat in Böhmen. Damit verbunden war die Befähigung zum Erwerb landtäflicher Güter, das Recht zur Teilnahme an den Landtagen und zur Bewerbung um Ämter, die den Mitgliedern der Landstände vorbehalten waren.

Der Freiherrenstand wurde am 15. Juni 1826 für Adolf Freiherrn Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan und seinen Vetter Emmerich Joseph Freiherr Raitz von Frentz zu Kellenberg sowie für deren Geschwister durch die preußische Regierung anerkannt.

Wappen

Das Stammwappen zeigt ein durchgehendes goldenes Kreuz auf schwarzem Grund. Die Helmzier des Wappens besteht aus Hals und Kopf eines schwarzen Stieres mit goldenen Hörnern. Die Helmdecken sind schwarz-golden. Das älteste erhaltene Siegel mit dem Kreuzwappen datiert vom 20. Januar 1289 des "Theodericus dictus Raitze miles, civis Colon" und seiner Söhne.

Das Wappen der Raitz von Frentz wurde jeweils anlässlich der Erhebung zweier Linien in den Reichsfreiherrenstand vermehrt.

Anlässlich der Erhebung der Linie Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich und Stolberg in den Reichsfreiherrenstand wurde das Wappen dieser Linie 1635 wie folgt bestätigt:
Geviert: Feld 1 und 4: Ein durchgehendes goldenes Kreuz auf schwarzem Grund. Feld 2 und 3: In Silber zwei rote Sparren.

Das Wappen der Linie Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan wurde anlässlich ihrer Erhebung in den Reichsfreiherrenstand im Jahr 1650 wie folgt bestätigt:
Geviert: Feld 1 und 4: Ein durchgehendes goldenes Kreuz auf schwarzem Grund. Feld 2 und 3: In Silber ein schwarzer Balken, belegt mit 3 goldenen Amseln. Herzschild: Rot-blau geteilt, darüber ein silberner, goldgekrönter Löwe. Der Herzschild wurde anlässlich der Verleihung der Reichsfreiherrenwürde zusätzlich aufgenommen.

Besitzungen (derzeit im Besitz der Familie)
 Haus Stapel (Westfalen)
 Burg Dreiborn (Eifel)
 Untere Burg Antweiler (Eifel)
 Haus Müttinghoven in Morenhoven
 Bakenhof (Rheinland)

Herrschaften und Besitzungen (ehemals im Besitz der Familie)

 Herrschaft und Schloss Frens (Frentz) (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Schlenderhan (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Burg Stolberg (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Burg Fliesteden (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Kellenberg (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Garath (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Haus Hall (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Martfeld (Westfalen)
 Herrschaft und Burg Blens (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Kendenich (Rheinland)
 Herrschaften Bachem, Hemmerich und Bießen
 Herrschaft und Burg Kühlseggen (Rheinland)
 Amt und Burg Hirschhorn (Neckar)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Elsum (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Burg Ulmen (Eifel)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Föhren (Eifel)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Odenkirchen (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Benatek (Böhmen)
 Herrschaft und Burg Randerath (Rheinland)
 Herrschaft und Schloss Listringhausen
 Herrschaft und Burg Badinghagen
 Herrschaft und Haus Paland
 Herrschaft und Burg Gusdorf
 Herrschaft und Burg Dattenberg
 Herrschaft Nagelsgaul
 Rittergut Hausen

Bekannte Namensträger
 Henricus Raitz - "Henricus de foro", Bürgermeister der freien Reichsstadt Köln (1182), Schöffe des Kölner Hochgerichts.
 Theodericus Raitz, Ritter, Bürgermeister der freien Reichsstadt Köln (1271–1272), Schöffe, dominus, civis Coloniensis.
 Rutger I. Raitz († 1330), Ritter, Bürgermeister der freien Reichsstadt Köln (1305–1306), Schöffe, Mitglied des engeren Rats der freien Reichsstadt Köln, Gesandter der freien Reichsstadt Köln am Hofe Papst Johannes XXII. zu Avignon. Er kämpfte in der Schlacht  bei Worringen (1288).
 Johann I. Raitz, Ritter, er kämpfte in der Schlacht bei Worringen (1288).
 Tilman (Dietrich IV.) Raitz, Ritter, er kämpfte in der Schlacht bei Worringen (1288).
 Rutger II. Raitz, Ritter und Schöffe; 1321 Mitglied des engeren Rats; 1320 Gesandter der freien Reichsstadt Köln am Hofe des Papst Johannes XXII zu Avignon; kjaufte 1299 den späteren Reizerhof in der Drankgasse (curia Razonis); 14. Juli 1325 Amtmann der Richerzeche der freien Reichsstadt Köln.
 Rutger III. Raitz von Frentz († 1369), Ritter, Bürgermeister der freien Reichsstadt Köln (1341-1342); berühmter Kriegsheld unter König Philipp von Valois, Graf Wilhelm III. von Holland, Herzog von Brabant, König Johann von Frankreich und König Karl V. von Frankreich. Er nahm an insgesamt 35 so genannten "Preussenreisen" (32 Winter und 3 Sommerreisen) teil. Kein anderer Ritter hat an mehr Preussenreisen teilgenommen. Seine Heldentaten werden im Werk von Gelre beschrieben.
 Rutger (V.) Raitz von Frentz, Ritter des St. Hubertusorden; dieser Orden wurde anlässlich des Siegs in der Schlacht bei Linnich (a. d. Roer) am 3. November 1444 gegründet. In der Schlacht bei Linnich siegte Herzog Gerhard von Jülich und Berg gegen Arnold von Egmond, der sich des Herzogtums Geldern bemächtigte. Rutger (V.) Raitz von Frentz war unter den Helden, die der Herzog nach der Schlacht belohnte mit dem von ihm zum Andenken dieses Tages gestifteten Ritterordens des Hl. Hubertus, an dessen Festtage die Schlacht vorgefallen war.
 Engelbert Raitz von Frentz, (1445-1497) Prior der Benediktinerabtei Brauweiler
 Johann Raitz von Frentz, Dompropst in Lüttich und Domherr in Münster und Speyer.
 Arnold Raitz von Frentz, Herr zu Diesendorf, Schönau und Martefeld († 1602), Hofmarschall des Kurfürstentum Köln und Amtmann zu Bonn
 Johann Raitz von Frentz, Komtur der Kommende Ramersdorf des deutschen Ordens (1610–1612)
 Johann Ebertin Raitz von Frentz (vor 1600–1638), Domherr in Münster, Speyer und Lüttich
 Johann Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan (vor 1600–1640), Kanzler des letzten Herzogs Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg, seit 1613 des Herzogs von Jülich-Berg, Dompropst zu Lüttich, Domherr zu Münster und Speyer, fürstlich Pfalz-Neuburgischer Geheimer Rat.
 Arnold Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan, Haushofmeister des letzten Herzogs Johann Wilhelm von Jülich-Kleve-Berg.
 Johann Dietrich Raitz von Frentz (1600–1675), Domherr in Münster und Speyer
 Heinrich Adolf Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz, Domherr zu Münster (1671–1673)

 Adolf Sigismund Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich (Reichsfreiherr seit 4. April 1635), Hausmarschall des Kurfürstentum Köln; Landhofmeister des Kurfürstentum Köln (1640–1651), Amtmann zu Hülchrath, seit 1620 mit dem Erbkämmereramt des Erzstiftes Köln belehnt. (vgl. dazu, insbesondere zum Amt als Landhofmeister: *Lutz Jansen: "Schloß Frens - Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte eines Adelssitzes an der Erft", Verein für Geschichte und Heimatkunde Quadrath-Ichendorf e.V., Bergheim 2008, Seite 107 m.w.N.; Landschaftsverband Rheinland - LVR-Archivberatungs- und Fortbildungszentrum: Die Urkunden des Archivs von Schloß Frens - Regesten, Band II: 1566–1649, Inventare nichtstaatlicher Archive 51 - 2011, Seiten 349 ff. m.w.N.)
 Ferdinand Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich, Erbkämmerer, geheimer Rat und seit 1647 auch Oberstallmeister des Erzstiftes Köln.
 Maria Adriana Raitz von Frentz, Fürstäbstissin der freien Reichsabtei Burtscheid (1614–1616).
 Anna Raitz von Frentz, Fürstäbtissin der freien Reichsabtei Burtscheid (1616–1639).
 Henriette (Henrica) Reichsfreiin Raitz von Frentz, Fürstäbtissin der freien Reichsabtei Burtscheid (1639–1674).
 Johanna Reichsfreiin Raitz von Frentz, Fürstäbtissin der freien Reichsabtei Burtscheid (1675–1676).
 Johanna Magaretha Reichsfreiin Raitz von Frentz (Klostername Placida), († 1680) Äbtissin von Kloster St. Aegidius in Münster, zuvor Priorin
 Winand Hieronymus Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan (* 1613), (Reichsfreiherr seit 1650), Erbburggraf des Erzstiftes Köln (seit 1652), Burggraf zu Odenkirchen (seit 1652), Herr zu Schlenderhan, Kellenberg, Hattenheim, Kleinenbroich, Randerath usw.
 Franz Winand Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz, (* 1658; † 1721) Kanonikus am kaiserlichen Stift zu Aachen
 Johann Adolf Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz, (1637-1669) Domherr zu Münster, Paderborn und Hildesheim, Sohn des Landhofmeisters des Kurfürstentums Köln, Adolf Sigismund Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz und seiner Frau Maria Katharina, geb. von Aldenbrück genannt von Velbrück.
 Edmund Hermann Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich (* nach 1690; † 1721) war Domherr in Münster, Trier, Hildesheim und Worms sowie Stiftsherr in Basel. Er wurde als Sohn des Franz Carl Freiherr Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich (kurkölnischer Geheimer Rat) und dessen Gemahlin Helena Isabella von Brabeck geboren. Im Jahre 1707 erhielt er durch päpstliche Provision eine Dompräbende in Münster. Er war hier Subdiakon. Eine Teilnahme an den Kapitelssitzungen in Münster ist nicht dokumentiert. Edmund Hermann war auch Domherr in Trier, Hildesheim und Worms sowie Stiftsherr in Basel.

 Arnold Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan, (Reichsfreiherr seit 1650), Domherr zu Lüttich und Speyer.
 Franz Winand Reichsfreiherr Raitz von Frentz, (* 1738; † 1785) Kanonikus am kaiserlichen Stift zu Aachen.
 Franz Anton Arnold Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* 1703, † 1732), Domherr (Domkapitular) zu Worms
 Lambertina Irmgardis Reichsfreifrau Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan, Burggräfin von Odenkirchen, verheiratet seit 1. Dezember 1647 mit Winand Hieronymus Reichsfreiherrn Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan, Burggrafen von Odenkirchen, geborene Reichsfreiin und Burggräfin von Werth, Tochter des berühmten und volkstümlichen Reitergenerals Johann Reichsfreiherr und Burggraf von Werth, genannt Jan von Werth.
 Franz Carl Anton Johann Nepomuk Freiherr Raitz von Frentz von und zu Schlenderhan (* 15. April 1763; † 6. August 1821), Ritter und Großkreuz des Roten Adlerordens 1. Klasse, Herr auf Schlenderhan, Kleinenbroich, Hattenheim, Listringhausen, Badinghagen, Paz, Genkel, Hesmike, Neuenhof und Meulengrind.
 Maria Katharina Reichsfreiin Raitz von Frentz, Kanonisse von Freckenhorst (1705–1721)
 Maria Theresia Reichsfreiin Raitz von Frentz, Stiftsdame des Damenstifts Nottuln (1774–1792)
 Adolf Carl Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (1797–1867), preußischer Verwaltungsbeamter und Landrat
 Emmerich Anton Hubert Maria Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* 16. März 1803; † 30. Dezember 1874), Ritterhauptmann der Rheinischen Ritterschaft, Schlosshauptmann von Benrath, Herr auf Schloss Garath, Landrat im Kreis Düsseldorf
 Jakob Franz Hubert Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* Köln 30. Mai 1826; † Koblenz 26. September 1884), Abgeordneter des Reichstags des Norddeutschen Bundes (seit 1867 - er war bereits Mitglied seiner konstituierenden Sitzung), Landtagsmarschall und Abgeordneter des rheinischen Provinziallandtages, Mitglied des preußischen Abgeordnetenhauses, Schlosshauptmann von Schloss Stolzenfels, Landrat, Polizeipräsident.
 Emmerich Leopold Karl Maria Hubert Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* 18. Dezember 1857; † 13. April 1930), königlich-preußischer Generalleutnant.
 Josef August Karl Jakob Maria Hubert Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* 11. August 1858; † 6. Februar 1922), Ehrenritter des souveränen Malteser Ritterordens, Königlich Preußischer Generalleutnant.
 Maximilian Nikolaus Hubert Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* 5. Dezember 1880; † 28. November 1963), Generalleutnant.
 Jakobus-Maximilian Edmund Josef Hubert Maria Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* 7. Juli 1885; † 21. August 1967), Senatspräsident am Verwaltungsgerichtshof von Rheinland-Pfalz, Landrat von Koblenz, Landrat von Lippstadt.
 Edmund Erwin Joseph Hubert Maria Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* 18. Juli 1887; † 2. November 1964), päpstlicher Geheimkämmerer di spada e cappa, Ehrenritter des souveränen Malteser Ritterordens, Großkreuz des Konstantinordens vom St. Georg, Schriftsteller und Journalist.
 Josef Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (1895–1977), Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Verbandsorganisator
 Emmerich Friedrich Karl Thaddäus Sigmund Maximilian Hubertus Maria Freiherr Raitz von Frentz (* 8. Dezember 1889; † 19. Mai 1968), Priester der Societas Jesu, bekannter Jesuit und Verfasser verschiedener theologischer Schriften, u. a. Selbst Verleugnung - Eine Aszetische Monographie, 1936, Verlagsanstalt Benziger & Co. AG, Einsiedeln.
 Irmgard Freifrau Raitz von Frentz (* 31. Mai 1912; † 23. November 1998), geborene von Bohlen und Halbach, Tochter von Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats der Friedrich Krupp AG, und der Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, geborene Krupp. Irmgard Freifrau Raitz von Frentz heiratete in zweiter Ehe, nach dem Tod ihres ersten Ehemanns Johann (Hanno) Freiherr Raitz von Frentz, am 19. Juni 1952 den bayerischen Landwirt Robert Eilenstein (1920–1986).

Siehe auch
 Liste deutscher Adelsgeschlechter

Literatur
 Goth. Frhrl. Tschb. 1848, 1904 (Stammreihe), 1906 (Berichtigung dazu), 1932 (+ Linie Kellenberg) fg., GhdA, Frhrl. Häuser A, Bd. II (1956).
 Franz von Nagel: Historisch-genealogische Nachrichten über die reichsfreiherrliche Familie Raitz von Frentz zu Schlenderhan. Aachen 1857.
 Otto Hupp: Münchener Kalender 1914. Buch- und Kunstdruckerei AG, München und Regensburg 1914.
 Ernst von Oidtman: Ältere Stammreihe und ältere Siegel des Geschlechts Raitz von Frentz. Bonn 1921.
 Emmerich Leopold Freiherr Raitz von Frentz: Stammreihe, Stellung und Wappen eines tausendjährigen Reichsrittergeschlechts der ehemaligen freien Reichsstadt Cöln. In: Mitteilungen der Westdeutschen Gesellschaft für Familienkunde. Band 5. Köln 1927, Spalte 145–188.

 Andreas Burtscheidt: Edmund Freiherr Raitz von Frentz – Rom-Korrespondent der deutschsprachigen katholischen Presse 1924–1964. Schöningh, 2008, ISBN 3-506-76472-1. Dieses Buch enthält unter anderem eine längere Darstellung der Geschichte der Familie Raitz von Frentz.
 Raitz von Frentz, Maximilian Franz Joseph: Stamm- und Ahnentafel der am 15. Juli 1900 lebenden Mitglieder der reichsherrlichen Familie Raitz von Frentz, Strassburg 1900
 Lutz Jansen: "Schloß Frens - Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte eines Adelssitzes an der Erft", Verein für Geschichte und Heimatkunde Quadrath-Ichendorf e.V., Bergheim 2008
 Lutz Jansen: "Schlenderhan - Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte eines Rheinischen Adelssitzes, Verein für Geschichte und Heimatkunde Quadrath-Ichendorf e.V., Bergheim 1996
 Ferdinand Raitz von Frentz-Schlenderhan: Historisch-genealogische Nachrichten über die Reichsfreiherrliche Familie Raitz von Frentz zu Schlenderhan. Hensen, Aachen 1857 ()
 Landschaftsverband Rheinland - LVR-Archivberatungs- und Fortbildungszentrum: Die Urkunden des Archivs von Schloß Frens - Regesten, Band I: 1316–1565, Inventare nichtstaatlicher Archive 50 - 2009, Band II: 1566–1649, Inventrate nichtstaatlicher Archive 51 - 2011, Band III: 1650–1797, Inventare nichtstaatlicher Archive 52 - 2012
 Urkundenbuch für die Geschichte des Niederrheins oder des Erzstifts Cöln, der Fürstenthümer Jülich und Berg, Geldern, Meurs, Kleve und Mark, und der Reichsstifte Elten, Essen und Werden aus den Quellen in dem Königlichen Provinzial-Archiv zu Düsseldorf und in den Kirchen- und Stadt-Archiven der Provinz, vollständig und erläutert - Von dem Jahr 779 bis 1200 einschließlich - Lacomblet, Theodor Joseph - 1840, Seite 59

 Wappen des Geschlechts Raitz von Frentz zu Kendenich
 SPIEGEL-Artikel von 1951 zur Verbindung Krupp / Raitz von Frentz
 Informationen zum Schloss Frens, das der Familie ihren Namen gab

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There are several recommendations in the Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan related to the climate benefits of composting yard and food waste. A recent City Paper Article highlighted a pilot project in the East End.
Reprinted from the Pittsburgh City Paper, May 8, 2013. "One Man's Trash," by Amy Jo Brown.
"One trick to good composting, if you use worms, is coffee grinds.
Leivo is working on a startup, Shadyside Worms, taking what has become his passion and turning it into a residential curbside compost pickup service, picking up food scraps weekly and offering, in exchange, the resulting fertilizer. Hosted at the moment at Shadyside Nurseries, the operation is small and limited to the East End. Leivo's goal, he says, isn't to immediately scale to servicing at the city's level of trash and recycling pickup. But he does hope he is creating the spark that could lead the city there.
Jim Sloss, energy and utilities manager at the city of Pittsburgh's Office of Sustainability and Energy Efficiency, says the city has "kicked around" the idea of picking up yard waste curbside and composting it — but the idea of picking up household food scraps has never crossed his desk.


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A highly experienced, results-oriented professional who has made a substantial impact on equality, diversity and human rights policy and practice across a number of organisations in the statutory, not for profit and voluntary sectors nationally and internationally. Important attributes include extensive knowledge and understanding of prac
A highly experienced, results-oriented professional who has made a substantial impact on equality, diversity and human rights policy and practice across a number of organisations in the statutory, not for profit and voluntary sectors nationally and internationally. Important attributes include extensive knowledge and understanding of practical health and social care service delivery issues and employment issue.
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Monica D. Brown is a Teaching Fellow, Media Specialist, Journalist, Corporate Trainer and writer who was born in Birmingham, UK. The daughter of Windrush generation parents, Iciline and Gersham Brown, she grew up in Warwickshire, UK, Clarendon and Kingston, Jamaica. She is a graduate of: U.W.I., Mona, where she studied Mass Communication,
Monica D. Brown is a Teaching Fellow, Media Specialist, Journalist, Corporate Trainer and writer who was born in Birmingham, UK. The daughter of Windrush generation parents, Iciline and Gersham Brown, she grew up in Warwickshire, UK, Clarendon and Kingston, Jamaica. She is a graduate of: U.W.I., Mona, where she studied Mass Communication, French and Literature, Warwickshire College, University of Warwick and U.C.E./Birmingham City University, ( M.A. Distinction).
In 1984 she received a French government scholarship to study Television Production in Paris. Upon her return to Jamaica she was the first Television Producer/ Director of one of Jamaica's longest running television programmes, Hill an' Gully Ride, which is still on air. Following a full time career in national Radio broadcasting she taught Media production at University and in 2002 received a Distinguished Faculty Award from Northern Caribbean University.
Monica is currently a Teaching Fellow, Communications/ Media Consultant through Monica Brown Training and a freelance journalist.


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Q: How would one achieve conditional compilation with Rust projects that have doctests? I've used conditional compilation to change the type signature of a function, and now the same doctest can't be run for both "feature" modes, so I need a way to opt-out of the doctests.
I've tried merging #[cfg_attr(feature = "rss_loose", ignore)] used in normal tests and ///rust,ignore to make ///rust,cfg_attr(feature = "rss_loose", ignore) but this doesn't seem to work.

A: Just write two different sets of documentation and tests and it will all work as-is:
/// ```
/// assert_eq!(42, dt::foo());
/// ```
#[cfg(not(feature = "alternate"))]
pub fn foo() -> u8 { 42 }

/// ```
/// assert_eq!(true, dt::foo());
/// ```
#[cfg(feature = "alternate")]
pub fn foo() -> bool { true }

$ cargo test
   Compiling dt v0.1.0 (file:///private/tmp/dt)
     Running target/debug/dt-c3e297f8592542b5

running 0 tests

test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured

   Doc-tests dt

running 1 test
test foo_0 ... ok

test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured

$ cargo test --features=alternate
   Compiling dt v0.1.0 (file:///private/tmp/dt)
     Running target/debug/dt-c3e297f8592542b5

running 0 tests

test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured

   Doc-tests dt

running 1 test
test foo_0 ... ok

test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured

A: At least as of Rust 1.55 edition 2018, a documentation test can be ignored with an annotation like the following:
/// ```ignore
/// do_something();
/// ```

Moreover, each documentation comment line is actually translated into an individual attribute, like so:
#[doc = " ```ignore"]
#[doc = " do_something();"]
#[doc = " ```"]

This means that the line saying ```ignore can be conditionally replaced, using the cfg_attr attribute, with one just saying ```, to activate the test:
#[cfg_attr(feature = "extra-doctests", doc = "```")]
#[cfg_attr(not(feature = "extra-doctests"), doc = "```ignore")]
/// do_something();
/// ```

When tests are run with the extra-doctests feature enabled, this doc-test will run normally; when this feature is disabled, it will appear as "ignored" in the log.


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ᑕ❶ᑐ Celtic: Liel Abada plays as Postecoglou faces Groundhog Day
It would be wrong to say that Liel Abada is not sung at Celtic Park, but when the Hymns of Praise begin it is normally fellow strikers Kyogo Furuhashi and Jota who are serenaded.
Abada is 21 and how his team needed his contribution against Livingston on Wednesday. A night that looked like a walk on the cake turned a little rough, a game that saw Celtic accelerate into a 2-0 lead with the promise of more turned into a frustrating affair.
Celtic have rarely looked in danger of dropping points but, similarly, they have never approached their best.
Credit Livingston for that. Your organization, your commitment, your conviction kept them in the hunt. They just refused to be crushed. David Martindale is a sharp cookie. His teams don't tend to swoon in big stadiums and against more glamorous opponents.
Celtic see Livi stubborn to go clear nine
Reaction and comment it happened
It was not a repeat of Aberdeen on Saturday. Livingston had a lot more about them as a team. They scored, asked a few questions, denied the Celtic any comfort in their game. Everything was quite hectic, a bit ugly.
The force created behind both of Celtic's goals was Abada, a cross turned into his own net by Ayo Obileye and another swept away by Kyogo. These were the decisive moments. That's five assists decided this season and seven goals in the league, which is in addition to 15 goals and 11 assists last season.
It's quite a journey for a young player in a demanding club in an unknown country.
He had a but excluding by VAR, which was fair and unfair at the same time. He was offside but his contribution deserved a goal. Later he had a shot through the face of Livingston's net. He was Celtic's most important player the night their nine-point lead at the top was restored.
On several occasions this season and last it was Abada who opened the doors for Celtic, scoring a 90th minute goal against Dundee United which made it 3-2 which quickly became 4-2, scoring the first two in a win over Motherwell, scoring the stalemate breaker in the 4-0 win over Rangers.
'Postecoglou saw groundhog day'
This is the strength of the Ange Postecoglou team. There is almost always someone to do the job on tough days.
At 2-0, it didn't look like one of those sticky games, but it was. Celtic, of course, had masses of possession and mountains of attempts on goal.
They also had a valiant opponent who gained confidence. We think Celtic are a well-functioning side but, in reality, they have reported more wins through character than they do to obliterate their opponents through quality.
You wonder what Postecoglou thinks of all this. Most weeks, his team is asked to break up cautious teams. It comes with the territory of having most of the best players in the country and vast wealth compared to almost everyone else. But sometimes it must feel like it's Groundhog Day.
Over the weekend, they had 33 shots on the Aberdeen goal and 81% possession. They won it at the end of the day. In their previous match, they shot 22 on the Ross County goal and 75% and again won by a single goal. Again last night they enjoyed a huge number of possessions and shots and there was only one in the end.
The winter months can have a grinding feel to them. No matter the class, just count the points. Celtic are on a long winning streak and they look like a side that have almost forgotten how to lose league games.
Only St Mirren managed to crack the code, with 20% and four shots to Celtic's 19. It had a weird nature.
Things like that don't happen very often. Celtic, even when playing under themselves, get the job done. Rangers continue to pray for signs of weakness and dropped points, but there are no signs.
It wasn't pretty and the memory will be gone by the time someone pulls into the parking lot, but none of that matters.
Three dots, three dots, three dots. It's the happy rhythm of the Postecoglou team as they string together two games in a row.
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Recently purchased for the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, the Reiman Collection contains more than 150 previously-unknown architectural drawings of the Woolworth Building by Cass Gilbert's office, including elevations, floorplans, mechanical drawings and details. These working drawings complement those in other public collections, notably at the New-York Historical Society and the Library of Congress.
When it opened in 1913, the 60-story (792-foot) Woolworth Building in lower Manhattan offered the latest technological innovations in the tallest building in the world. Gilbert modeled his design on medieval guild halls and London's Houses of Parliament creating a headquarters for F.W. Woolworth Company's chain of 5-and-10-cent stores. Gilbert included the most up-to-date technologies: direct elevator access to two subway lines, wind bracing, electrical power generation, heating, and cooling. The Woolworth Building changed New York's skyline and fascinated the general public and modern artists-like John Marin-who saw it as the dynamism of contemporary urban life embodied.
Ellen Dement is a junior double majoring in American History and History of Art with a minor in American Studies. In the past, she has worked as a research assistant on a forthcoming book on early modernist female architects, an intern with a historic preservation consulting firm, and an office assistant with the Vanderbilt History Department. Ellen is also on the executive committee of the Vanderbilt History of Art Society, historian for her sorority, and a member of Historic Nashville, Inc.'s Easement Program Committee. She hopes to pursue a career in architectural history and historic preservation. Ellen worked with the library's Mary Anne Caton and Dr. Kevin Murphy, the chair of the History of Art Department, to create an online resource for a collection of Cass Gilbert's drawings of the Woolworth Building.


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Green Spa Network (GSN) founder, owner of Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary, and activist Michael Stusser and United Nations award-winning rapper/filmmaker Aaron Ableman have collaborated on an urgent "call to action" film, "The Treetment", about the significant role anyone can play in reversing climate change.
The 6-minute short film was released on September 12, 2018 to correspond with the opening of California Governor Jerry Brown's Global Climate Action Summit. Leaders from around the world gathered in San Francisco for the Summit.
Stusser's and Ableman's partnership and film were also designed to support the Green Spa Network's Tree Planting Initiative, a campaign to inspire action and awareness in the spa and wellness industry about reforestation.
"We chose to partner with Aaron because he understands that we need to use music, humor, and art to mainstream this movement. For the last 12 years, he has been working to create motivating music, books, and videos for school-age children about the healing power of nature and how to reconnect by simple actions like planting trees. His talent, passion, and energy are irresistible," said Stusser.
The musical comedy short film brings forward GSN's invitation to the spa community and beyond to heal the broken connection between human beings and the earth. The story tells the tale of a stressed-out CEO who is urged to visit a healing spa where he is transformed in a cedar enzyme bath "treetment" featuring renowned Native-American activist Lyla June. This awakening to personal healing for environmental action mirrors what GSN's Tree Planting Initiative hopes to inspire in thousands of others. Can we reverse climate change by engaging in a global effort to restore our verdant planet?
Green Spa Network's Tree Planting Initiative is based on the critical and urgent need to regenerate the earth using trees' natural abilities to reverse climate change. GSN is raising funds specifically for WeForest because of their science-based methodology for ground operations, planting, and maintenance of the trees. WeForest's mission is to leverage business and scientific partnerships and empower communities to sustainably advance and implement innovative, high-standard, scalable, and lasting solutions to restore forest landscapes.
To sign up for the GSN Tree Planting Initiative and make a donation to plant trees visit GreenSpaNetwork.org/GSNPlantsTrees. GSN is also using the hashtag #GSNPlantsTrees to follow the spa and wellness industry's progress and stories.