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New Map Helps Pinpoint Where Climate Resilience Will Benefit Communities Most
Using GIS technology, CTNC has created a new strategic planning tool – The Community Resilience Model.
This interactive map shows which areas across the state are the most vulnerable to the growing risks of climate change.
The map scores all 100 North Carolina counties – down to the census tract-level – on their potential to bounce back from a climate event. Scored against five criteria – social vulnerability, flooding risk, heirs property probability, anticipated climate vulnerability, and distance to CTNC land projects – the darker the red, the greater the opportunity for conservation solutions to support community resilience in the face of change.
See the CTNC Community Resilience Model
By identifying these places, CTNC can be more strategic in delivering conservation that builds community resilience through a lens of equity and inclusion.
This project was inspired by CTNC's collaboration with the Town of Princeville and NC State. "We saw the importance of incorporating data into project planning," said Mary Alice Holley, project lead. "In Princeville, data compiled through the Floodprint, developed by NC State Coastal Dynamics Design Lab, helped identify problem areas in town where conservation interventions could have an increased positive benefit to surrounding people and places. We set out to identify other communities in North Carolina where similar partnerships could be established to inform how other communities could benefit from conservation interventions designed to build resilience."
Mary Alice, who serves as CTNC's Director of Community Innovation, hopes that by prioritizing conservation interventions in vulnerable places, CTNC can provide communities with proven tools to build strength before the next disaster occurs. Those tools might include acquiring land in a flood zone for increased water storage or partnering with certified controlled burn crews to reduce the fuel load in a nearby forest. In places like Princeville, conservation has become a proven tool to support people living in flood-prone areas. CTNC hopes to bring this concept and the capacity to execute projects to more communities in the coming years.
Over CTNC's 30-year history, it has developed a prioritization and scoring model that ensures Blue Ridge Parkway land protection work is strategic and effective. The Community Resilience Model brings this knowledge and expertise to measuring climate resilience and prioritizing conservation solutions where they will matter most.
The model represents CTNC's strategic plan priorities: climate change, community benefit, and equity and inclusion. By identifying these places, CTNC can be more strategic and effective in delivering conservation that builds community resilience through a lens of equity and inclusion. The map is a tool for CTNC program leaders to visualize communities in North Carolina where climate change impacts are projected to have the most significant impact and where people and places are least resourced to recover.
This map tells the story of North Carolina's potential climate future. Similar maps have been created to identify the most resilient and pristine places that are advantageous for land trusts to conserve. This map does the opposite. The new model evaluates where predicted climate change impacts – such as flooding, fires, mudslides, etc. – will have the most negative impact on North Carolina communities in need.
Mary Alice hopes that other conservation and climate organizations can embrace the value that a data-driven lens can provide to their strategic planning, project planning, fundraising opportunities, and vision for establishing collaborative partnerships. The map is being used as a collaborative planning and communication tool through CTNC's work with various coalitions, including Land for Tomorrow and the NC Heirs Property Coalition.
This tool is not recommended for other conservation organizations to use for their project planning. CTNC hopes to inspire others to visualize our strategic plan priorities and goals in a concrete way for future effective conservation interventions that benefit people and places in North Carolina.
The seeds planted with this project can grow into a more just and resilient North Carolina. By pinpointing the most vulnerable areas, funding and expertise can flood in to provide the necessary information and projects to protect communities.
Stay tuned for another story in the New Year about a mapping tool designed to serve land conservationists across the state. Through a collaboration with Duke University and the Open Space Institute, CTNC has developed a state-of-the-art resource that allows partner organizations to see how lands they have or plan to conserve can help reduce the impacts of climate change while strengthening communities.
CTNC is partnering with experts statewide to help build resilient, just communities. Together, we can be ready for whatever hits our state. It just takes data and care to make it happen.
Duke Nicholas School Stanback Fellow for Summer 2022, Chloe Ochocki, worked to develop the GIS map. Through the program, CTNC was provided Chloe's talent and time for 11 weeks to complete the project. Thanks to Fred and Alice Stanback, who fund the Stanback Fellowship Program through Duke University, and their generosity, this project was completed at no cost to the organization.
Big Budget Win for Conservation
Gov. Cooper and Legislators Invest in NC Public Lands
Our state legislators kept their promise of a short legislative session this year. There were wins and losses that stand to impact our work to protect North Carolina communities and build their resilience in the face of climate change.
The legislature passed a budget with the Governor's signature that made significant increases to our state's conservation trust funds. As a result, annual recurring funding of $48.4 million to the state's conservation trust funds will increase resources for CTNC and other organizations to continue their work.
Specifically, the budget increases recurring funding for the North Carolina Land and Water Fund and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to $24.2 million each. A major win for protecting our parks, air and water.
The budget also continues to invest in climate resilience for communities across the state by maintaining hundreds of millions of dollars in funding previously allocated to build out a statewide flood resilience plan and begin community-driven natural infrastructure projects.
WORK TO BE DONE:
Despite last-minute heroics by our legislative champions and you, our conservation advocates, House Bill 367 – Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act did not advance this session. While extremely disappointing, it is important to remember that bills as complex as the heirs' property bill are rarely passed in a single legislative session. We will continue to work with other members of the NC Heirs Property Coalition to educate lawmakers of the importance of passing reforms that protect family-owned land throughout North Carolina. Thanks to everyone who helped in ways big and small. It was truly a team effort.
Our state leaders heard your voice and support. Thank you for moving our state forward to enable people to build resilient communities. We look forward to continuing to advocate for strong conservation policies on behalf of our community partners and advocates like you.
Preventing Involuntary Land Loss: Uniform Act Helps NC Families
In North Carolina, an estimated $1.86 billion of land privately owned in North Carolina is held as heirs' property. Heirs' property occurs when land is passed down through generations and owned by many descendants with an undivided interest in the land.
Currently, in our state, anyone who inherits or purchases even a small interest of heirs' property can potentially force other owners to sell against their will, often for well below fair market value. Owners of family-owned properties are vulnerable to involuntary land loss resulting from forced partition action proceedings.
Right now, a uniform bill is being adopted by state legislators across the Eastern United States. Enacting the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) in North Carolina will address how current state laws leave landowners of heirs' property vulnerable to involuntary land loss and provide a path to prevent future loss.
The North Carolina General Assembly is considering adoption of the bill in an effort to safeguard families from forced sales and provide them with greater access to building generational wealth through land equity.
The UPHPA will:
give families a solid chance at keeping the land in the family when one or more owners wants to divide or sell the land through a partition action.
allow more time for families to make thoughtful decisions about how to sell their land. All members would get the first right of refusal – the contractual right to enter into a business transaction with a person or company before anyone else can.
create protections for the family to gain fair market value for their land.
reduce the burden of county clerks by providing a standardized procedure to follow when a heirs' property is up for sale.
Brandon A. Robinson, CTNC Board President, is an estate planning and corporate law attorney practicing in North Carolina. Below, he shares how the Uniform Act and other resources will provide support to families seeking to stop forced sales that result in land loss.
Heirs' property is a problem that derives largely from either inadequate or nonexistent legally binding documents that clearly state ownership and heirs' rights. Heirs' property is created when land is inherited without a clear title or documented legal ownership. While heirs' property can impact any family when a landowner dies without a will or trust, this problem disproportionately impacts Black and rural families who have historically lacked either the access to high-quality legal services, or a willingness to avail themselves of such services.
Under North Carolina law, just one concurrent owner can initiate a partition proceeding, which usually results in either the physical partition, or the forced sale, of the land, depending on what the Clerk of Superior Court finds to be the most equitable solution. For example, if you are a developer, you can entice just one family heir to sell his/her stake to you and force a sale of the entire property. This happened to a family of color in Raleigh. The family had ownership of a plot of land that was rural Wake County when purchased in the 1940s. Over the years, the property had been rezoned and became more valuable as the capital city sprawled. Unfortunately, the family fell prey to a land developer who bought one heir's interest for nominal consideration and forced a sale through a partition proceeding. The developer gained title to its initial fractional share for well below fair market value, yet reaped a windfall when the other heirs could not buy out the developer in order to keep their family land; the result was that the developer gained full control of family legacy property that could then be sold or developed for value many times greater than what the developer paid.
If the Uniform Act were to be adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly, the developer would have been preempted in favor of providing family heirs a first right of refusal, and even if a sale did eventually occur through the partition process the family would have a better chance to realize fair market value for the property, based on enforcement tools at the Clerk of Superior Court's discretion. This would allow all families to have access to clear rules and protections of their land. This offers a way to empower marginalized people who do not have the same access to power and resources to stop a forced sale.
Adopting a Uniform Act Will Give NC Families the Best Path Toward Resolution
Alton Perry, CTNC Board Member, is a Forest Management-Land Retention Consultant with the Roanoke Electric Cooperative. He works with landowners to sustainably manage their property through agriculture, forestry, and revenue generation. Below, he shares how the Uniform Act can be a tool to protect families from forced sales that result in land loss.
The UPHPA intent is to ensure due and equitable process of heirs' property disputes. Many organizations, attorneys, and community-based organizations offer legal assistance to heirs' property owners. North Carolina legislators and clerks of court, aided by the process created by the Uniform Act, could offer solutions to families and reduce land lost to forced sales, by referring heirs' property owners to these resources, therefore reducing the number of cases that would result in a forced partition action.
Heirs' Property Rights is a problem that cuts across rural and urban divides. All families with multigenerational roots could wrestle with these problems. This legislation brings basic fairness, protection of ownership, and a clear and streamlined process for land ownership and land transfers to our state. This helps all people – white owners, marginalized urban populations, and descendants of enslaved people in the South. This will benefit all of North Carolina.
Ways to get involved.
CTNC views the adoption of the Uniform Act as an integral part of our mission to build resilient and just communities through conservation solutions. Without a clear path to prove or resolve ownership of land, NC families lose the ability to leverage their land for conservation and economic value or to access federal relief funds after disasters.
As a member of the CTNC community, we hope you will stand with us to advocate for smart conservation policies that allow every North Carolinian to benefit from conservation and have the tools to build communities that are resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Grist – "What is Heirs Property? A huge contributor to Black land loss you might not have heard of."
USDA Information Page – Heirs' Property Landowners
Read the Act and Track the Legislation
Climate Resilience Leaders – Mary Alice Holley
Mary Alice Holley's conservation roots run deep. Her dedication to protecting the land on which we live and play is evident to everyone who meets her.
Mary Alice has been with Conservation Trust for North Carolina since 2016 and currently serves as Director of Community Innovation. In her current role, she works with CTNC's staff, board, and partners to ensure the organization advances its mission to build resilient, just communities for all North Carolinians.
She has built on a long career in nonprofit communications and public relations. She has been at the forefront in helping change the conversation about climate change from oppositional to encouraging a community effort. Prior to joining the organization, she put her B.A. in mass communications and rhetorical writing from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to work as she supported conservation organizations throughout the state in building smart communication strategies that better connect supporters to their missions.
During her career, she's worked on a variety of climate change communications campaigns including the Audubon North Carolina Birds and Climate pilot program and served as the Z. Smith Reynolds Conservation and Climate grant program lead on behalf of North Carolina land trusts. Most recently, she developed a climate communication tool kit in partnership with Land Trust Alliance to provide Southeastern United States land trusts with a guide to engaging their supporters on climate change issues locally and regionally.
When not working to protect the planet, she's hard at work making her own land more resilient by building rain gardens, pollinator habitats, and a vegetable garden on her 1-acre homestead in Orange County, NC. She also finds time to manage a flock of chickens, 2 dogs, honey bees, and an ever-expanding system of raised garden beds.
She's incredibly passionate about protecting our state's communities by managing our water. "For North Carolina – climate change is often thought of as a sea-level rise issue – and I believe this challenge reaches far beyond our coastlines. North Carolina is in the top 10% of states in the United States with land situated along coastlines, rivers, and streams. Our ability to protect our communities and maintain our resilience in the future is wholly reliant on our ability to better manage water quantity and water quality challenges. Water issues will impact every North Carolinian across the state and we have the opportunity to come together as one state to find innovative solutions."
When did you first realize the real and present impacts of climate change?
From a young age, I knew changes were occurring with more frequency and severity. I can remember when my hometown was covered in a foot of snow in the middle of spring, or when the Tennessee River was inundated from storms and our community park was underwater for two weeks before the floods receded. These weather events were not at that time normal or expected – but today they are. It took time for me to study environmental issues and to connect these events to global warming and climate change – but once I could identify the root cause of these events, I began to see my role in identifying and implementing solutions. I felt empowered to think about how my actions could either contribute to climate change or contribute to the effort to create a better outcome. Since then, I've committed myself to making decisions for myself, my household, my family, and my community that offer solutions to the climate crisis on small and large scales.
How have you seen climate change impact North Carolina?
North Carolina has nearly 38,000 miles of river in our state. I have been fortunate enough to paddle many of our rivers and even more of our lakes and marshlands. They're incredibly beautiful and scenic, but our river systems are also critical to the health of human and natural communities. As climate change brings more frequent and severe storms to our state, these rivers will be our first line of defense to hold water and protect communities from the destruction caused by floods. But that will only happen if we bring together experts, policymakers, and funding resources to evaluate how we can better utilize our rivers as assets to face the climate crisis.
In Princeville, residents and community leaders have been dealing with the threat of floods since its founding. Their position along the Tar River has caused extreme challenges for their residents – but that experience as a town that floods has now positioned them as a leader in the effort to find innovative solutions to live with flooding rivers in the face of climate change. They're marrying the best of science, technology, and conservation to tackle this challenge head-on and their counterparts in more communities across the state are taking notice. Our climate will continue to change and we will continue to feel those effects, but we can't let the opportunity pass by to change our habits and policies to better equip ourselves for these future realities.
What actions can organizations in NC take right now to make our state more resilient?
A resilient community is one where people are meaningfully engaged and empowered, where leadership is responsive to community needs as defined by its residents, and where its people are able to respond to climate-related disasters by rebuilding or adapting in ways that make them stronger and more prepared for future challenges. What better way for organizations to have an impact than to partner with each other, with funders, elected officials, and local community members with a shared goal to collaborate toward finding and implementing solutions to the climate crisis? We as mission-oriented, community-driven organizations have a responsibility to the people of North Carolina to do whatever we can to increase our resilience because everyone will benefit from this collective effort.
Working in climate resilience can be overwhelming. How do you keep going?
I remind myself that every action I take as an individual has an impact on someone else – so why not channel that energy toward being a climate champion and environmental steward? Within my home, my family are all committed to reducing our climate impact by composting our food waste, reducing our energy consumption where possible, growing food for ourselves and our neighbors, and sharing our passion for conservation and environmental stewardship with others. Professionally, I have dedicated my career to supporting initiatives that have a net-positive effect on the climate crisis whether that be educating North Carolinians on the importance of land conservation as a climate solution or helping other organizations communicate about and celebrate their own climate impact successes.
I find energy from modeling my life in ways that can inspire others. If I am able to wake up every day and know I contributed to a national movement to conserve land in ways that absorb more carbon, protect people from the harm of floods, support climate-smart agriculture and farming practices, and increase the number of people who are committed to taking small actions in their everyday lives – I will have been successful. I believe that people's actions coupled with smart policies will change the course of our climate future.
Do you want Mary Alice to speak at your next event? Contact Mary Alice – mholley@ctnc.org.
Uniform Act Makes Way Through State Legislature Approvals
Families may soon have better safeguards against involuntary land loss
Heirs' property occurs when land is passed down through generations and owned by many descendants with an undivided interest in the land. Owners of family-owned land where the title to the property is not clear are vulnerable to involuntary land loss resulting from a forced sale of the property. In North Carolina, anyone who inherits or purchases even a small interest of heirs' property can potentially force other owners to sell against their will, often for well below fair market value.
Land provides a significant source of economic stability and growth for many families. This type of land ownership is common in North Carolina. Although no one is immune to the vulnerability of losing their land to a forced partition action, this issue disproportionately impacts Black, Indigenous, and People of Color throughout North Carolina.
A Legislative Solution: The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act
Enacting the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) in North Carolina will address how current state laws leave landowners of heirs' property vulnerable to involuntary land loss. The UPHPA will help families by giving them a solid chance at keeping the land in the family when one or more owners wants to divide or sell the land through a partition action. This bill has been enacted in 17 states including Georgia and South Carolina. We hope North Carolina will be next.
Currently, the North Carolina General Assembly is considering adoption of the bill that would safeguard families from forced sales through partition action. The NC House recently passed the heirs property bill (H367) with strong bi-partisan support. We deeply appreciate those showing leadership on this important issue. The Senate will soon vote on the bill.
Families in an heirs' property situation have difficulties accessing federal funding for sustainable forest and habitat management, agricultural work, and natural disaster recovery. In states where the Uniform Act is adopted, federal law allows landowners to gain access to beneficial funding and aid programs, including FEMA disaster recovery and the USDA Farm Bill.
CTNC has joined a coalition of non-profit and for-profit partners advocating for the adoption of the Uniform Act so North Carolina families can be protected from involuntary land loss.
Who is involved? Black Family Land Trust Inc., Roanoke Electric Cooperative, Audubon North Carolina, Conservation Trust for North Carolina, The Conservation Fund, The Land Loss Prevention Project, members of the North Carolina Bar Association, academic partners, and other experts.
Learn more about this legislative priority here.
A Dedication to Climate Resilience
Championing climate-resilient conservation to achieve statewide systemic change
"A resilient North Carolina is a state where our communities, economies, and ecosystems are better able to rebound, positively adapt to, and thrive amid changing conditions and challenges, including disasters and climate change; to maintain quality of life, healthy growth, and durable systems; and to conserve resources for present and future generations."
Executive Summary, North Carolina Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan, June 2020
Addressing North Carolina's Current Needs
Our state needs to prepare for the challenges our communities face today and tomorrow. Historically, land protection efforts have been driven by a property's conservation value scored by biology, geography and hydrology. Today, we must strive to bring additional focus to how people – all North Carolinians – may be impacted by the lands we conserve and how they benefit best from that work.
Our resilience strategy is all about protecting people just like you.
At CTNC, we seek to deliver conservation with this deeper purpose. Our diverse range of expertise in land protection along the Blue Ridge Parkway, our successful young adult service and education programs, and our commitment to advancing race equity in the conservation sector have well-positioned CTNC to respond to the needs of North Carolina communities in innovative and holistic ways.
"Guided by our values, CTNC's staff and board have adopted a holistic approach to land conservation. Alongside our community partners, CTNC seeks to understand people's relationship with land so we can better understand how conservation can support better outcomes related to public health, economic development, access to recreation and healthy foods, and building communities resilient to the impacts of climate change."
-Chris Canfield, CTNC Executive Director
A strategy that's catching on
A community-led approach to conservation is emerging in the state. The recently released North Carolina Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan – which CTNC contributed to – emphasizes the need for a holistic approach to statewide resilience. This plan provides CTNC and our partners with shared, foundational goals we can build on.
The report states that "immediate focus must be on developing strategic priorities for public and natural infrastructure improvements as well as actions that integrate climate resiliency into agency operations, local disaster recovery programs, and long-term planning."
Our resilience work is inspiring a new approach to conservation
CTNC is well equipped to deliver on that focus: we have already begun to work with community partners to develop a long-term resilience plan in Princeville and look forward to modeling this approach across the state.
Embracing equity as a guiding priority for our work, we're inspired to see North Carolina leadership acknowledge the need to build capacity among our most marginalized communities. That emphasis is key to seeding systemic change toward greater resilience. Our state now has the opportunity, and the responsibility, to adopt policies that promote statewide resilience for the health of our land and all our people.
A close-up on the strategy in action
CTNC's holistic resilience strategy is already taking shape.
Using a variety of resources, we will assist the Princeville community to build a more resilient future
With the help of amazing community partners, the expertise of the NC State's Coastal Dynamics Design Lab, and the trust of the Princeville citizens, we are completing the Floodprint this fall. This detailed plan shows how smart conservation and landscape planning can help the town survive future floods while building a vibrant economy that preserves and celebrates Princeville's proud history.
But a plan is only as good as the action it guides. CTNC is now launching on-the-ground action to begin a first phase of work outlined in the Floodprint.
We are collaborating with partners to build water-absorbing, green infrastructure around the Princeville Elementary School. The school building, at the hub of the community, has been recently renovated and flood-proofed. CTNC's project adds rain gardens, bio-swales, and other natural approaches to water management on the expansive school grounds. A Conservation Corps North Carolina crew will do much of the work, including building an educational trail for public use. A CTNC AmeriCorps service member will help develop an environmental education curriculum in partnership with students and faculty.
We are documenting our steps during this process to learn from, improve our work, and share lessons toward developing a statewide, community-based model for building resilience.
These are only the beginning steps in a multilayered and multiyear partnership. We know that achieving resilience will be an ongoing, challenging mission, but we are excited – and hopeful – that you will join us to help build a resilient, more just North Carolina.
Princeville continues to struggle with flooding from the Tar River.
Learn more about our Princeville Collaborative by joining our email list. You'll receive updates as we launch new projects with the Town and other communities throughout the state.
Standing for black lives
CTNC's mission is to help build resilient, just communities. Our focus is conservation, because that is our expertise. But when people, especially people of color, do not feel safe, whether outdoors or in their own homes, then there can be no resilience. And certainly no justice. We stand with those calling for systemic changes to our laws, policies, and practices. No one should live in fear because of the color of their skin. Every person should be able to enjoy a resilient, just North Carolina.
CTNC's board and staff have committed to changing our internal policies and practices in ways that build a more just North Carolina where all people share in the benefits of healthy lands. As part of this journey, we have committed to exploring the ways white privilege, white supremacy, systemic racism, and unjust practices intersect with our conservation work both personally and professionally.
For those looking for ways to take action, we've compiled a few resources for engagement and education about systemic racism, the racialized history of land, and how we as a conservation community can become strong allies to people of color.
On Racism and White Privilege
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
Understanding White Privilege, Francis E. Kendall, Ph.D.
There's No Scientific Base for Race – It's a Made-up Label, National Geographic (Subscription required)
On race, the environment & the conservation movement
Why every environmentalist should be anti-racist, VOGUE
Environmentalism's Racist History, The New Yorker
When Wilderness Was Strictly Whites Only, Pacific Standard
The Great Land Robbery, The Atlantic
On dismantling systemic racism
Moving from allyship to solidarity
Systemic Racism Explained
What is Allyship
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences
CTNC acknowledges that we as an organization, a community, and individuals have much to learn about our own race equity practice but we share these resources with the hope of inspiring others to join us in holding ourselves and each other accountable for learning and growth.
If you'd like to start a conversation about the intersection of race and conservation or you'd like to learn more about our work to build a more resilient and just North Carolina – reach out to a member of our staff to get connected.
A New Vision for Conservation
Our land is facing new threats.
It's time to offer new solutions.
From the Blue Ridge Parkway to the eastern coast of our amazing state, the Conservation Trust is working alongside communities to conserve land in ways that build resilient, just communities throughout North Carolina.
We are committed to finding land-saving solutions that benefit all people.
We need you to join us.
A bold new approach
CTNC has developed a courageous new vision for conservation that is powered by the people of our state. Our work now focuses on addressing communities' greatest needs: climate resilience in a changing state, conservation that is led by communities, and seeding an equitable sector that benefits all people regardless of race or economic status.
CLIMATE: Climate change has increased the ferocity of extreme weather events like floods, mudslides, and fires, but it has also increased our drive to combat those effects. Our climate resilience strategy mitigates the effects of climate change by conserving land in North Carolina's most vulnerable spaces.
EQUITY: CTNC is dedicated to seeding racial equality throughout every project, every investment, and every hire. Because all North Carolinians, regardless of race, should share in the benefits of healthy land.
COMMUNITY: What does success look like? At the end of the day, saving land should help communities thrive. Securing more funding and support for land protection will strengthen the health, heritage, and economic ecosystems for all our communities.
Our conservation work needs to be relevant to the times we live in, meaningful to the people we work with, and effective for the future. We're building a conservation movement powered by the people of North Carolina.
This new journey begins with you.
Asheville Riverside Park
An Equitable Vision for Conservation
CTNC strives to seed equity and inclusion throughout the conservation community
We're born on the land. Eat food grown in it. Drink water that flows over it. Build our communities within its hills, valleys, plains and rivers. There's not a single aspect of our lives that's not touched by land.
While land connects us all, it has also been used historically to separate us. Entire communities of people – especially people of color – have been intentionally displaced and excluded. That shared history of inequity means that collectively our conservation work does not benefit all people as we intend it to.
If CTNC is to be successful building resilient, just communities, we must emphasize how racial equity can be seeded throughout our work.
From Diversity to Equity
For over a decade, we have focused on increasing the racial diversity within the conservation sector of North Carolina through the Diversity In Conservation Internship Program. The program was founded to create a pathway for rising leaders of color to find careers in conservation. Our work has not only connected many young people of color with a professional conservation network, it has also helped organizations understand their own role in promoting race equity in their culture and practice.
"It's really important for us to build these connections for youth of color in conservation because there isn't a network like there is for other populations in conservation."
Dawn Chávez, Asheville GreenWorks
We all benefit from greater inclusion.
While CTNC is proud of the strides made over the past decade, our collective history and the current state of conservation indicate that there's still so much to be done. Our work must not only create pathways to employment for rising leaders of color, but also change our culture and practices. We must honor the stories of black, indigenous and other people of color who have felt the loss of access to productive land for living, farming and for preserving their heritage.
CTNC understands that the historical legacy of conservation must be acknowledged in order to build more resilient, equitable communities for the future.
The stakes are high.
A conservation movement powered by people must include all people, not just those who have traditionally been seated at the head of the table. That's why CTNC is committed to promoting equity through our work. Our vision is for all communities, regardless of race or economic status, to have a seat at the table.
Conserving land can be one facet of a larger effort to protect the stories, natural, and cultural heritage of historically marginalized communities across the state.
Save the Green In-Between
The parks, greenways, trails, and overlooks that you love in North Carolina are not there by accident. They are the result of careful, consistent and dedicated conservation efforts happening every day throughout North Carolina. These places are protected in large part because of partnerships between land trusts, government agencies, and lawmakers who appropriate money to fund land and water conservation through the State's Conservation Trust Funds.
A total of $1.24 billion has been given towards worthy land, water, farmland, and park projects through the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, and the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund. 😲
If conservation organizations are able to continue our work to preserve the diverse beauty of North Carolina communities – from the rolling mountains of the Blue Ridge Parkway all the way to the sandy dunes of the Atlantic coast – we need you to join us. Take a stand as an advocate for land and water conservation and help conserve the places you'll love for life. 🤗
Many land trust-protected properties on our map have been protected thanks to funding awarded by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. While you're out discovering the beauty of No. 21 Waterrock Knob; No. 23, The Orchard at Altapass; or No. 105, Springer's Point Preserve, remember that public funds made it possible for these places to stay wild and green.
Money from the trust funds don't simply go toward acquiring conserved lands, but it also goes to the continued upkeep and maintenance required. 🔨 Without adequate and consistent funding, park staff will not be able to maintain the infrastructure of already existing parks and recreation areas.
We need your help to continue conserving properties like these.
Join this growing movement. We need you to remind your elected officials that land and water conservation is a priority. 🗣
North Carolina voters believe land and water conservation are important assets. 77% of registered voters say that protecting the forests is important and 78% say that protecting fishing and wildlife is important. If you agree, now is the time to add your voice to an important cause. Help us cut through the noise surrounding our local lawmakers with a single, resounding cry: Conserve North Carolina Lands.
So many things that we can accomplish in our lifetime are fading – but the land can be forever. If, as North Carolina residents, we want to continue to enjoy the beauty that surrounds us every day, we need to unite and advocate for that beauty. Speak up for the conservation issues close to your heart.
If we're not already connected through email, join our action alert network and be notified when we need you to join with us in our mission to protect North Carolina's diverse beauty and stand with us.


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The Gordon House
Oregon's Only Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Home
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You and up to three guests can spend a night at the Gordon House. This experience includes tickets to The Oregon Garden, our neighboring 80-acre botanical garden, and a bottle of Oregon wine.
We are currently closed for tours in compliance with current statewide guidelines. When we are able to safely reopen, tours will be available on our winter schedule.
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January 17, 2021 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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This is surely one for the books.... I have a new IONITX-B-E frontend that works Beautifully. I just finished banging my head against the "Wake on USB" wall and thought I'd share my results.
I have the newer board revision (with the J3 jumper) that supports Wake on USB. Somehow that translated to "Wake immediately!" for me, and many others judging by the googling I've done. The system goes to sleep, then immediately wakes up. Very annoying. Also very easily fixed if you don't care about USB speed.... Disabling USB 2.0 support fixes the problem. Don't know what (can't even really imagine), but changing that one BIOS setting allows it to sleep peacefully.
As for waking up, assuming /proc/acpi/wakeup has the correct option enabled (mine was by default), it should work if J3 is in the default position. If you have an MCE/compatible iR receiver, and it doesn't seem to be working, make sure you use an MCE remote, and push the power button. I had stuffed the original MCE remote in a drawer in favor of a much nicer (IMHO) remote, and couldn't figure out why my machine wouldn't wake up. I stumbled across the an article that had the answer... I guess it makes sense that a stray iR signal shouldn't trigger a wake-up, but now I have to come up with a different remote. Oh well, at least it works.
So there you have it... this board (or I suppose the MCE rx could be at fault) needs USB 2.0 disabled for ACPI sleep to work. Go figure.
maybe this is off topic, but for my IONITX-C-E, USB resume worked by (1) enabling USB0 in /proc/acpi/wakeup, (2) using 'usbcore.autosuspend=-1' as kernel command line, and using the (lowest) USB port below the PS/2 connector.
How do you keep USB or AV ports on your computer or stereo dust free? Or is there such thing like a cap that can be "plugged" into those extra ports to keep them clean and keep them from even getting oxide?


To a lot of men, Ukraine appears to be some sort of a mythical paradise lost where all the women are beautiful, all the restaurants five star, and your money lasts forever.
Fortunately, that's not too far from the truth. Ukrainian mail order brides are amazing and can make you think you are living in a fantasy world.
But Ukraine is a real country in Eastern Europe that for a variety of reasons is the red-hot center of international dating. It is cheap, easy to visit, and the women are stunning.
If you're reading this page it's probably because you find yourself in the same position as many men in Western societies. Dating is hard in Australia, harder in Western Europe, and almost impossible in Canada or the United States. This is not the 1970s.
In an ideal world you would simply hit the local dating scene like you dad and his before him did. You would talk to women at work, the gym, or church, go on a couple of dates, and take the relationship from there.
But that's simply not possible anymore. In fact, dating a Western woman has now become so complicated and dangerous that many Western men simply don't bother trying.
A lot of men claim that Western women seem to specialize in mind games, as well as the disappointment and manipulation of men. That may or may not be true, but the dating game is a lot tougher today than it was twenty or thirty years ago.
The #MeToo movement was meant to highlight sexual abuse and intimidation. Instead, it has almost made it impossible for decent guys to find a date.
Now, every American company frowns on office romances and many outright ban them. It is difficult to chat with women at the gym or the airport, because of the almost universal use of personal headphones.
Absolutely, because now with the "culture of consent" mentality and the outright hatred shown towards Western men in general, it means that dating a European or North American woman could quite easily land you in jail…if you were to say the wrong thing.
Eastern Europe has always been a key part of the international dating scene, but most men focus all their attention on single Russian women, not paying attention to the thousands of single Ukrainian women looking to meet foreign guys.
These Slavic beauties have not forgotten what family values mean, which is something you simply can't say about the vast majority of Western women.
So let's take a look at what steps you need to take to find single Ukrainian girls for dating and hopefully marriage.
Ukraine Dating – Forget the Stress!
One nice aspect to pursuing a beautiful Ukrainian girl is that in the Ukraine dating is not as stressful as it is in some other cultures, particularly not for foreign men. You are not exactly holding all of the cards, but you have a lot of options.
In some places like Japan or China one of the gut wrenching challenges of international dating is meeting the family, because it is likely that most girls' families will oppose them marrying a foreigner.
However, in the Ukraine if you play you cards right the family will probably be on your side. The reason for this is pretty simple; most likely the only family your beautiful Ukrainian girlfriend has is her mom and perhaps a brother or sister, because the average life expectancy of Ukrainian men is only about 58.
Usually, her family realizes that marrying a foreigner is an incredible opportunity for her.
It's a sad truth but many Ukrainian men suffer from excessive consumption of alcohol, and with it comes a lot of sadness, abuse, and violence for their spouses. Many Ukrainian Women, and their families, think they stand a better chance of finding kinder treatment from a foreign husband.
Another reason you may have an easy time winning over your Ukraine babe's family is that the economy of the independent Ukraine has been shaky from the start and often a girl's family will be enthusiastic about her dating a "rich" foreigner and you should be very careful about making any promises about money to her mom or siblings.
Even more important is that so many Ukrainian women have married American and European men in the last twenty years that serious foreign men have a great reputation in the Ukraine.
Nearly everyone knows of a friend or relative who married a foreign man and is happily married in Canada, Australia, the United States, or the Europeans Union, and most of the time a girl's family is overjoyed that she is going to avoid the hard drinking local guys and catch a great foreign guy.
Also, the media in the Ukraine is generally positive about international dating unlike in Russia, where there is some official resistance, or Belarus, where the government has tried to stop it in the past.
Consider that Kiev alone boasts more than twenty-five marriage agencies, and you'll understand just how open and acceptable it is for a girl to become a Ukrainian mail order bride.
In general Ukrainians are sort of honored that their women are so hot that men travel from around the world to meet them.
The stereotypical image of Eastern European women is of tall, blonde, blue-eyed beauties with slender figures and winning smiles.
Believe it or not, that's actually what you tend to get when dating Ukrainian women, although the hair and eye color can differ. It's important to remember that when we say "Slavic beauties" that's what they actually are, and this can mean your potential girlfriend could just as easily have dark hair, dark eyes and olive-toned skin.
What does remain constant is how well women from this part of Eastern Europe treat their bodies. Going to the gym with their friends is just something they do, and not something you ever have to bring up in conversation with them. These women are incredibly fit.
One thing that most men notice about Ukrainian brides is just how many are in great physical shape. This is true across the states of the former Soviet Union, but the Ukrainian girls seem to take fitness to an extreme, a good extreme, but an extreme none the less.
Lots of girls on any decent Ukrainian dating site have toned abs and mention the gym or fitness in their profiles. Praise the Lord!
They care about their appearance, not to impress you, but simply because they care about looking well. This places them in stark contrast to the vast majority of modern Western women who are now more concerned with social justice and political correctness then they are in their own aesthetic and physical well-being.
In short, this means that Western women don't care if they look like a hot mess.
Furthermore, Ukrainian women are very fashion conscious. Walk down Kreschatik Avenue in Kiev, and you'd swear you were in Paris or New York from the fashionable, smartly dressed girls you'll see.
One of the key concerns that North American, European and Australasian men have in relation to dating Ukrainian women is that it will cost a lot of money. Yes, of course, if you do decide to travel to Ukraine and spend several weeks in this vast country on an international dating tour it will cost money.
But let's frame that question a little bit differently by asking you how much money you've spent on dinner, drinks, dancing, etc. you've taken your Western dates on?
Would it come to hundreds of dollars?
Realistically you've spent thousands of dollars, or potentially an awful lot more, on dating Western women, which has led to nothing but disappointment for you. So we can put that argument to one side. So, generally the cost of dating a foreign woman is reasonable, but in Ukraine it is almost a steal.
We mentioned family values earlier on as being something that is important to you and will also obviously be something that you find highly desirable in a future wife.
The good news is that although Ukrainian women are modern and independent, and do embrace feminist ideals to a certain extent, they place far more importance on family values with the goal of eventually having a family of their own.
Something else to bear in mind is that although Ukraine has come a long way since the end of the Cold War, and with its burgeoning ties to the EU, poverty is still an issue here.
Any Ukrainian girl you speak to online or through a dating site or agency will have a monthly salary of about $200, which means she earns about US$2400 each year.
So, what you earn per year will seem like an absolute fortune to her. Ukraine is so cheap that it is easy to extend your visit and stay for weeks.
You need to be cautious around any Ukrainian woman who shows an unhealthy level of interest with the amount of money you're making. There's a good chance her only goal is to separate you from as much of that money as she possibly can in the shortest amount of time.
Women living in the western districts of Ukraine are far more likely to speak at least some English than those living elsewhere in the country. With that being said it's important to not make assumptions about being able to speak to her without learning Ukrainian, or at least some conversational Russian.
You will be expected to pay for everything during your first few dates, and that includes meals, drinks, and any other expenses that the night might bring. This is fairly typical of what happens on the local dating scene, so don't freak out.
It's perfectly acceptable after you've known her for a few weeks to expect her to split the bill with you now and again, but you need to time this carefully.
Although Eastern European women can initially come across as cold and uncaring, you will find that in time your girlfriend can become emotional because of the least little thing. This will come as a shock to you at first, but once you understand what her triggers are, you can quite easily avoid accidentally pushing any emotional buttons she might have.
We want to touch on a couple of points here that will help you avoid arguments, or potential arguments, with your Ukrainian girlfriend. The first of these is to never, ever discuss your ex-girlfriends, or even worse your ex-wife with your Ukrainian girlfriend. This won't ever go down well with her.
Arrogance is something else that women from Ukraine despise, so leave your ego at the door when you enter the country. This is especially true when it comes to discussing money or material possessions.
You see, women from this part of Eastern Europe are not inherently materialistic. They are quite happy with the simple pleasures that life can bring, especially those that come as part of a loving relationship. If, on the other hand, you do meet a Ukrainian girl who shows materialistic tendencies then you need to avoid her at all costs.
If you're not familiar with the current situation in Ukraine, they have been experiencing ongoing border issues with Russia, especially around Donetsk. This means that political issues involving her country will be very important, but please don't discuss politics unless she does that first.
Her first real expectation of you is that you won't have any substance or alcohol abuse issues. The reason we're mentioning this here is that most Ukrainian women look for foreign husbands because they can't find suitable men in their own country.
Now, while that might seem like a remarkable case of stating the obvious, the important aspect to focus on here is substance abuse. Most of her ex-boyfriends will have had at least some issue with these types of problems.
Something else that's important to her is finding a man who shares the same values as her. This value system would be conservative in nature, including monogamous dating, loyalty before and during marriage, and the willingness to start a family.
Ukrainian women don't see motherhood as being a chore or something to dread, instead it's something they see as being the most natural progression possible in a relationship between a man and a woman.
She will expect you to be masculine, but without a rampant ego. So again, you have to figure out how to be the dominant party in your relationship but without making her feel like she's being dominated.
Ukrainian women are strange creatures at times when it comes to dating. For example, she'll expect you to pursue her, but not so much that you appear desperate.
In fact, swearing your undying love for her during the first few weeks is often reason enough for her to lose interest in you. So you need to tread that fine line between showing that you care about her, and becoming an emotional or psychological doormat for her.
Intimacy is very important to Eastern European women, but again is even more important when it's expressed from within the confines of a happy relationship.
A Ukrainian woman is more than happy to do whatever it takes to please their husband or boyfriend, but not at the sake of her independence and personal well-being.
You will be expected to understand that she will be late for every date or social engagement you attend together, and you are not permitted to complain. The reason for this is she has invested all that time in doing her hair, makeup, and picking out a killer outfit, so she won't understand why that would make you even remotely angry.
Another expectation is the amount of time it takes for her to fully invest in a relationship with a foreign man.
Long-distance relationships are difficult when you live in the same country, so the problem is magnified when you live in different parts of the world. So although she will be very eager to spend time with you so that the relationship can develop, in the back of her mind she will still have an expectancy that a real relationship requires several months to grow.
It's also important to remember that because family is so important to her, it might take some convincing for her to move to another country. This again can be little bit confusing because she will have told you she's quite happy to relocate, but when the time comes you may find that it takes a little bit more convincing for her to take that leap of faith.
This is actually a good sign because it means that she doesn't simply see you as a way of escaping from her life in Ukraine, so you know she's serious about your relationship with her.
Ukrainian women place a lot of importance on small and thoughtful gifts being sent to them by their boyfriend, especially if he lives in another country. It shows that you are thinking about her even when you're not there with her, so it's a form of reassurance.
But those gifts should never be cash, for any reason. If her expectation is that you will send her money whenever she asks for it, then you need to understand she's not looking for a partner – she is looking for a sugar daddy.
Ukraine was once known as the breadbasket of the Russian Empire, and today it's one of the best locations on the international dating scene to meet single women for marriage. It's become something of a phenomenon on the Internet romance scene because of the numbers of men who visit the country each year in search of eligible women.
Scams do take place, so don't date women who ask for money before you visit, don't date women who will only eat in the most expensive restaurants, don't date women who seem committed and then become suddenly indecisive, etc.
What you need to understand is that Ukraine is a vast country, so you can't simply fly here for a few days, meet the woman of your dreams and then fly home again.
While that's possible, the odds are stacked against you because the country is so large. So you need to make the most of the dating facilities available to you, which we cover below.
One of the perks of visiting a country like Ukraine is that it has an active international dating scene, so this means there are lots of websites dedicated to online dating, mail order brides, and international romance.
There are far too many of these sites to list here, but you can expect to pay approximately US$19 per month for premium membership, with tens of thousands of dating profiles to filter through. We advise that you use at least one online dating site to help you find as many suitable single Ukrainian women as possible.
Usually the news that there are lots of dating agencies in the country is a good thing and in Ukraine that's no different, except you need to exercise caution when using them. While some dating agencies charge a flat fee to introduce you to Ukrainian women, many of them operate on a pay-per-letter or pay-per-contact basis.
This means you have to pay them every single time you send a message to the Ukrainian woman you want to have a relationship with. Obviously this can get very expensive very quickly, so be careful what you sign up for.
Although the perception of a romance tour is that it's full of seedy guys looking to exploit women, nothing could be further from the truth.
Most of the romance tours operating in the country are run by either reputable dating sites or reputable dating agencies. Their goal is to simply introduce you to as many single women as possible during your time in the country, and without scamming you.
Obviously there are no guarantees of success, but you can stack the odds in your favor by taking part in a singles tour at least once. A week-long romance tour to Ukraine will set you back between $3000 and $5000.
Fortunately the idea of getting married to foreigners is extremely common here, so much so that they government even introduced a "Get married in 24 hours" option at one stage, although that's no longer available. Ukrainian citizens can still use this service, but it's no longer available to foreigners.
The first thing you need to know is that you have to wait 30 days after submitting your documents before your marriage license is issued. This delay is deliberate because they want to avoid as many fake marriages as possible.
These documents are then submitted to the Department of Vital Statistics and Civil Status in Ukraine, although locals refer to it as the "Rags" office, and as long as everything is in order your marriage license will be granted within 30 days of your application.
For right now Ukraine is a great place to meet single women who are actively looking for North American or European husbands. But there's a time coming in the not too distant future when it could become part of the European Union, and when that day comes women here will have access to EU passports, and the Ukrainian "mail order brides" scene will become a thing of the past.
So, you need to start planning your trip today.


Is Ruby doing the cooking?
She really is! Ruby is a Leith's-trained chef with a background in restaurants – and now she's filling freezers of Britain with exceptional, nutritious dishes. She does all the cooking from her own kitchen in west London.
Do you make vegan-friendly food?
Absolutely! Check out our vegan dishes here.
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We do! Head this way to see what's cooking.
Do you use preservatives in your dishes?
Never! We believe in using ingredients you'd have in your own kitchen, so you'll recognise every ingredient in our dishes. Though we'd never need to add any dodgy preservatives anyway, as the freezer preserves our food the natural way.
Can your dishes be microwaved from frozen?
All our meals can be cooked in the oven, and most of them can be cooked in the microwave. That said, our pies don't work well in the microwave – they need to be oven-cooked, to get their crispy crust. Just follow the instructions on the outer packaging to achieve the best results.
All our meals can be cooked in the oven, from frozen, in less than 45 minutes. Just follow the instructions on the outer packaging.
How long will each dish last in my freezer?
All our dishes last over three months in the freezer, giving you extra flexibility and reducing any unnecessary food waste.
Do you use free-range chicken?
Yes. And we always will!
Who do you source your meat from?
We get all our free-range chicken and grass-fed from Ashby's – a family-run business established back in 1950, and one of London's finest suppliers of meat. We only source meat from RSPCA-accredited farms.
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Southbank Fresh Fish is London's leading supplier of sustainable fish. Their seafood is RSPCA assured and it's certified sustainable by MSC.org. In fact, this pioneering company has created something called the 'Southbank sustainability initiative' or 'SS', which works with local food producers to help them create and craft truly sustainable menus. We love their Scottish Loch Duart salmon – which is why we use it in our Fish Pie and Salmon with Lentils!
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Nature's Choice are purveyors of the finest fruits and vegetables – and they're based in New Covent Garden Market, London, so they're nice and local too.
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What if I'm not home when you deliver?
All our boxes are fully insulated, so they'll keep your food frozen until you're home. We can leave your byRuby box in a safe place or with a neighbour if you're out.
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We use Puffin Packaging's 100% sheep's wool packaging, which keeps produce within the temperature ranges required by the Food Standard Agency (FSA). We use it to package up our frozen meals, as it's the most efficient, sustainable option out there. In fact, it's 100% biodegradable and compostable.
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If you aren't looking to reuse your wool packaging, simply remove the plastic outer layer – this can be put in with your standard plastic recycling. Then just put the wool liner into a compost bin (if available) or dig it into the soil in the garden. The sheep's wool will release valuable nitrates back into the soil as it breaks down. Some local authorities will accept the wool in household garden waste bins – it's just a matter of checking with the local council to find out which recycling facilities are available in your area. If you end up having to pop the wool into the general waste bin, don't panic – it will break down in landfill.
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Tackling food insecurity one bag at a time
Mount Holyoke's newest students prepare to serve lunch at the Bag the Community food-pantry event.
By Keely Sexton
For the seventh consecutive year, spring admits kicked off their Mount Holyoke College careers by volunteering for South Hadley's annual Bag the Community food drive, collecting and sorting donated food for the town's Neighbors Helping Neighbors food pantry.
Mount Holyoke's participation in Bag the Community was born of a partnership between founder Susan Brouillette who graduated from the College's Frances Perkins Program in 1987 and Mount Holyoke's Community-Based Learning program. The event takes place over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend in the spirit of service. Now a part of spring Orientation, the experience is a way for new students to learn about and connect to their community while, at the same time, participating in an event together and forging bonds among themselves.
Brouilette first encountered the "bagging" concept from a Mount Holyoke student group that left grocery bags with an attached instruction sheet outside the door of her residence hall every October. Many years later she adopted the concept for Neighbors Helping Neighbors, which opened in 2011.
"At that time, I was newly retired from teaching at South Hadley High School but I had very strong ties to the faculty and students there. I brought the idea of 'bagging the community' to the vice principal as a way of rebuilding a sense of community for our students and staff and the town, generally," she said.
Every year the event has grown larger. The first year of Bag the Community, the volunteers bagged 1,500 houses. Now that already-impressive number has expanded to the entirety of South Hadley — about 6,500 homes. This year, more than 300 volunteers helped bring in a tractor-trailer truck and several van-loads full of food to stock the warehouse, which accounts for 40% of the food pantry's annual distributions.
"I am deeply grateful for Mount Holyoke's commitment to our community's project," said Brouilette. "I hope our relationship will continue for many years to come."
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Compact, universal small shaker suitable for shaking tasks with small vessels and microtiter plates.
Mode A (safe mode with attachment detection) the maximum speed of 3,000 rpm is only reached with the standard attachment in touch mode. When using other attachments the speed is limited to 1,300 rpm.
Mode B (without attachment detection) a speed of 3,000 rpm is possible with all attachments.


Did you see Friday's BBC One Show about dogs being unrestrained in cars? I'll upload a clip as soon as I can, but people are asking about where to find the petition to make it against the law to have dogs unrestrained, so here is a link to the existing petition. Does anyone know if this petition, if successful would trigger a parliamentary debate - don't you have to set up a petition on the Number 10 system for that to work? I've applied for a joint one for car restraints and dogs left in hot cars. Will take a while, but pretty certain other petitions will not work.
Please note it's already been pointed out that the website hosting this petition sells electric collars, choke chains etc which is very disappointing as you know our stance on aversive training methods. But the petition is still a good idea. Let's hope they evolve and change their ways.
Here's a link for crash-tested car harnesses. Will add more links for other products as people tell me about them.
Click here for Xtra Dog.
And of course, the fantastic http://www.safedog.co.uk/cratesizes.htm who do crash tested crates and harnesses.
Hello to anyone who heard the item on Talk Radio Europe this morning - sorry it took me a bit longer to get the links online. Husband had made me breakfast so had to delay going online!
Is it safer for dogs to wear harness or go in secure crate? I can't imagine it is good for them to hit the crate at 30mph or are they so close the it kind of buffers them?
My 2 dogs are in a van in a divided giant size crate (hope to get robust one soon having watched crash test). They are directly behind the seats, rather than in the rear crumple zone.
I wonder if they wouldn't be safer harnessed to an anchor point, so at the least the harness would hold them securely rather than them smashing into the front of the cage. However, crates come as recommended, so are they ok?


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'I think I hit a person': Speeding US patrol officer in dashcam video (GRAPHIC)
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The prosecutor's office in Berrien County, Michigan, has released a highly dramatic dashcam video from a police cruiser that hit a female pedestrian crossing the street. The police car was speeding, and had neither lights nor siren activated, witnesses said.
"I need an emergency unit to my location. I think I hit a person," Benton Township patrol officer Eugene Anderson informs radio dispatchers on the video just moments after the sound of smashing glass and a loud bang is heard as his police cruiser hits a woman.
Based on a squad car video, witness reports and a physical investigation of the scene, Anderson, who was responding to a domestic violence call, was traveling at 64 mph in a 35 mph zone when his car struck the woman, the Herald Palladium reported.
Kimberly Bedford, 48, who was crossing the road at 9 p.m. Sunday, died at the scene. The incident took place in September.
Anderson's lawyer, Martin Kirk, called witnesses, who testified that Bedford was seriously drunk and was allegedly walking in the road with no regard for traffic. The lawyer argued that there was no reliable evidence proving that the patrol officer was traveling at 60 mph.
Berrien County Prosecutor Michael Sepic ruled that while Bedford did violate pedestrian rules by stepping into traffic, Anderson was still to blame.
"We're not here to judge his whole person," Sepic said, according to the Herald Palladium. "If an officer chooses to speed without lights and siren, then he has to accept responsibility for his actions."
As for the defense claim that cops, when on a call, can be distracted by their oscillating lights and siren while driving, Sepic told the jury:
"If an officer is distracted by oscillating lights and a siren, I think he'd better find another job."
READ MORE: Cop seeks $10mn from family of black teen he killed, claims he's 'traumatized'
Last week the former patrol officer was found guilty of causing the woman's death. Anderson faces up to a year in jail, with a sentencing date yet to be set.


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With great sadness our Dad, Ralph L. Carvajal passed away at the home of his son and daughter with his loving family by his side on Tuesday evening, January 29, 2019.
Ralph was born In Flushing, NY on May 23, 1927 to Ralph and Hulda (Harbison) Carvajal.
He joined the US Army Air Force on February 4, 1946. He served in the 20thAir Force and flew on B17's and B 29's. Dad was stationed on Guam with the 3rdPhotographic Reconnaissance Squadron. As a bombsight mechanic, he was responsible for condition, auto flight control and equipment aboard 15 planes. He did all necessary maintenance and repair work to bombsight and all other flight control equipment.
Dad was co-founder of Cross Island Motorcycle Club 65 years ago. The club is still active to date. Dad owned and operated Cycles of Bellerose in Queens, NY.
Dad married the love of his life, Lorraine P. Carvajal on Dec. 30, 1951. They lived in Westbury, Long Island for many years prior to moving to Hadley in 1977 with their youngest son, Richard. In 1989, they moved to Indialantic, Florida where they had 24 wonderful years before moving back to Hadley on November 23, 2013 to be close to the family.
He loved to ride motorcycles, boating, and taking long rides with mom in their various cars through the years. Dad and Mom joined the Miata Car Club and were active members for many years.
Dad was able to enjoy his last few years camping in our camper at Sacandaga Camp Ground and at our camp we purchased in 2015. He loved being in the woods and taking his favorite new wheels, Ezgo Golf Cart down to the lake and rides on the trails with his copilot, Rascal.
Dad was predeceased by his parents and siblings, Rosemary, Mersettas, Luis and Leonardo.
Survivors include his sister, Chicky of Queens, NY; brothers, Ramone of California, Salvadore of Scotland; three sons: Ralph E. Carvajal of Flushing Meadows, NY, Gary L. Carvajal and his wife Ginger of Hadley, Richard J. Carvajal and his wife Bea also of Hadley; eight grandchildren; ten great grandchildren.
The family would like to thank Dr. George Siniapkin, Community Hospice of Saratoga, and Mike and Patty Miller.
In keeping with Dad's wishes, there are no calling hours or funeral services scheduled.
Donations in his memory may be directed to Community Hospice, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
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Defence is king as Madrid go back to basics ahead of Brugge test
Published Monday, September 30, 2019
Real Madrid's revolution was supposed to be built around their attack but resilience has been the base for the recovery ahead of their Champions League group game at home to Club Brugge on Tuesday.
At the end of last season, as Zinedine Zidane's dreary run-in came to a close and paved the way for what many expected to be a spectacular summer, polls were published by Madrid's newspapers asking fans which of the world's deadliest strikers they hoped would arrive at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Harry Kane, Mohamed Salah, Sergio Aguero, Mauro Icardi and Robert Lewandowski were some of the names offered up and, in the end, Luka Jovic arrived, the Serbian who has struggled for starts so far and is yet to score a goal.
Eden Hazard is tasked too with helping fill the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo, even if the Belgian's own opening in Madrid has also been underwhelming, stalled by injury and now seemingly a period of adjustment.
"We would like him to score because it will release him," said Zidane on Saturday. "But there is no problem with him."
Yet the stalemate against Atletico Madrid, in which neither side ever looked likely to find a winner, was a a stark indication of how Real Madrid have relied on their defence to ease the pressure on their coach.
"We have been compact and again we have not conceded," said Zidane after the derby draw. "We have missed a little offensively but we are in it and we can improve."
This is the first time Madrid have kept three consecutive clean sheets in the league under Zidane and in the games against Sevilla, Osasuna and Atletico, they have had to cope with just a single shot on target.
"Defending is very important, it is the fundamentals," Zidane said.
The turnaround has been remarkable from Paris Saint-Germain, whose 3-0 win in the Champions League 10 days ago was Zidane's worst ever defeat as coach, as well as Levante and Villarreal, who had just scored twice against Madrid in the league.
When they were floundering last season, the focus was on their lack of goals but Madrid's defending was arguably just as problematic, with Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane and Marcelo all woefully out of sorts.
After missing the loss to PSG, Ramos' return has coincided with the trio of clean sheets and his performances have been tighter too, more disciplined and less prone to extravagance.
Bale 'doing very well'
But perhaps the biggest gains have been made ahead of him, in central midfield where Zidane's options are light but boosted by two excellent displays from Fede Valverde, who was given a chance in the rotated line-up against Osasuna and impressed enough in defensive midfield to keep his place.
"I want to highlight Valverde as well," Zidane said after Osasuna. "He played a brutal match."
Ahead of Valverde, there has been more diligence from the front three, with Zidane singling out Gareth Bale for praise a handful of times since his move away failed to materialise in the summer transfer window.
Zidane's scepticism around Bale in the past has centred on a belief the Welshman cannot be trusted to defend but against Sevilla it was Bale who was at his own back post in injury tme, hacking a cross clear from danger.
"Gareth is doing very well," Zidane said. "Above all he is also helping a lot in the defensive areas and it shows. The team is more comfortable when we all defend."
Perhaps as well, there is a sense of a team finding its reality after a fantasy summer, a coming to terms with the need to build this new era not on glamour signings but going back to basics.
They restart this week in the Champions League too, where PSG's victory makes the French side favourites to go through top of Group A but a win over Brugge would at least get Madrid on the board.
The rematch at home to PSG comes in November and before then, the season's first Clasico against Barcelona arrives at the end of the month. Zidane will hope his defence can hold firm.