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A Step Forward for Equality

Evan Manvel

It’s long past time to post a basic open thread to celebrate the judicial finding that California’s anti-gay Prop 8 is unconstitutional.

Judge Walker’s conclusion from his decision:

"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional."

Basic Rights Oregon is celebrating and starting to promote their upcoming 2010 Basic Rights Oregon 28th Annual Dinner & Auction at the Hotel Vintage Plaza in Portland right now.

The tide is turning toward equality, far faster than many of us dared hope. I think some 26 countries now allow same-sex marriage – Argentina coming in as the latest. My favorite chart on how the tide is turning is at FiveThirtyEight.com.

The San Francisco Chronicle has some interesting tidbits about Judge Walker – he was first nominated by Reagan, first successfully appointed by the first President Bush, and his appointment had been opposed by Rep. Pelosi who was worried he’d be an anti-gay judge (despite being gay himself).

This case will go up the appeals chain, likely to the U.S. Supreme Court. But today we celebrate a step toward equality for our friends in America's most populous state, brought about by an honest reading of one of our country's most treasured documents.

What are your thoughts? Discuss.

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    Love this post. Thank you Evan.

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    Tonight, I toast both Ted Olson and David Bois

    Said Bois: "I think that one of the messages that Ted and I working on this case sends is that this is not a Republican or Democratic issue... not a conservative or liberal issue... it's a human rights, a civil rights issue... it's a great victory for ALL Americans"

    Said Olson: "We've got to stop thinking in of equality in terms of conservative or liberal.. it's a liberal value; it's a conservative value."

    Well done gentlemen; I happily toast you both and Judge Vaughn Walker, who, in this meticulous opinion has set an extremely solid foundation that should allow his ruling to stand the ultimate test (and YOU, informed readers, know what test THAT is!!) Of course, I will not place bets on the Roberts SCOTUS.

    But today, WE TOAST!!

    (Quotes from Rachel Maddow, 8/4/10 - which you should really see because she goes into great detail about the 2 witnesses the PRO-8 people put forward)

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    At this great moment in our nation’s history let’s make sure we recognize who is helping move us forward and who is holding us back.

    As usual it is primarily conservative/right-wing people/groups/institutions etc. who have been working to deny others the same rights they themselves enjoy. They want to be able to fire people for being gay, they want to deny them marriage rights, many even support criminalizing being gay.

    However, the most important determining factor here is religion. Religion has brought many Democrats/liberals together w/ conservatives to work on the anti-gay agenda. This is almost exclusively a case of faith-based lunacy. Like the opposition to stem-cell research, contraception, sex education, the crusade to take away women’s reproductive rights, etc. this is also a faith-based problem.

    Millions of Americans have spent countless hours along w/ millions of dollars working to deny gay people the right to marry. Imagine if these people were actually working on solving real problems, actually improving the quality of life rather than destroying it?

    As progressives, it is in our best interests to reject superstition, no matter how popular, and advocate for evidence-based approaches to understanding the world.

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      The last time I checked I didn't have the right to marry another guy either Joshua. I think a federal court judge who is also a homosexual telling the State of California who can and can't get married after over 7 million Californians soundly rejected allowing gays to hijack the institution of marriage the same way they jumped on board the civil rights bandwagon. (much to the dismay of anyone who knows the difference).

      It's not just the fact that it's the gays once again running to most liberal homosexual judge they can find everytime the public soundly rejects their attempt to derail marriage, and their lifestyle choices...it would disturb me just as much if they had finally won an election and it was the anti gay marriage people trying to overturn the resounding will of the people. Please don't give me the "everyone used to think slavery was okay too " crappola...this isn't slavery, this isn't about skin color or any other outward feature gay people can't change (except possibly some way bad butch haircuts) this is about marriage...not even on the same page or chapter as real civil rights isues..sorry!

      What bothers me about the whole gay agenda and their assault on organized religion and the sacrament of marriage is their motive...which for most of them isn't to get married and live happily ever after ...it's to destroy marriage and attempt to further blur the lines between right and wrong. What they are doing by trying to nullify the expressed will of over 7MM people (a large majority) runs against everything that made this country great... and sickens and disgusts me. Think what you want but this is definitely a big step backwards for us all. Thank God the Supremes aren't Gay!

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        Bobby, are you off your meds again?

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        Those silly monogamists hijacked the institution of marriage when they said you couldn't marry as many wives as you wanted. Those silly Spanish hijacked the institution of marriage when they brought in community property laws. Those silly lawmakers hijacked the institution of marriage when they said you couldn't marry a 10 year old. Need I go on? Are you married? Did you give a goat as a dowry?

        Further, the "gay agenda" (I am snickering at that as I don't understand how a supposed agenda can act on its own) did not "[run] to [the] most liberal homosexual judge they[could] find." As an attorney, I only wish I got to pick the judge of my choice on any case. A suit gets filed, the court assigns a judge. That is how it works. Granted, as chief judge of the court, he may have taken it upon himself to hear the case. Further, he isn't "liberal" by any means - he is a Reagan and HW Bush nominee.

        Finally, I think someone else hit on the head better than I can how the whole canard of "a gay judge can't sit on this type of case" is exactly that, a canard. Judge recusal is very rare for a reason and this is not a reason that supports it. The lawyers on the other side know this and that is why they didn't move for recusal. Had they done so, because this was in federal court, faced stiff sanctions for a frivolous motion for recusal.

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        So would having a heterosexual judge decide not also be just as suspect?

        BTW, should the courts have not ruled in 1967 that laws barring interracial marriage were unconstitutional?

        BTW, there is no assault on religion in this debate either. There are churches who perform same-gender marriages, though they don;t carry force of law in most states. So technically it is the anti-equality Prop 8 folks assaulting religious sacraments of marriage by dictating to other churches their discriminatory limitations on marriage, not the other way around. Furthermore, this ruling will not force a single church to perform or recognize a marriage it doesn't want to. Just the same as before this ruling. The Catholic Church for example can continue to deny same-gender marriages being recognized or performed in Catholic Churches, just like they do with regards to divorcees getting remarried, or mixed faith marriages, etc.

        Your comment, like the Prop 8 arguments have zero rational basis. and are, to put it bluntly, crap.

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    For those wishing for more analysis and coverage, I recommend Andrew Sullivan's blog. He's got scads of fascinating info, including analysis about the ruling and how Judge Walker crafted it to stand up on appeal.

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    I just hope it can withstand the appeals.

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    Another victory for those who wish to perpetuate the Juristocracy; another blow against democracy in the United States.

    I remember when the Democratic party actually supported democracy..........

    That was before the Democratic party slid left out from under me. Now I don't even recognize it anymore.

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      Yeah, lets put inter-racial marriage and slavery back on the ballot. Majority rules right Ken?

      (shakes head)

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        if you aren't able to figure out the differencs betweenthis and a bona fide civil rights issue Mitchell you should go back and repeat that grade. I have faith in the people of Calif. to decide for themselves what and who can get married over the opinion of a Federal Court Judge, who as a homosexual himself is hardly the objective voice of reason we look for whenever they expressed will of over 7,000,000 people is overturned and their votes and their voice is taken away from them ...this is one of the most irresponsible decisions I have seen especially since it comes from a judge who should have recused himself from this case immediately.

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          Actually, as Ted Olson said on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, the US Supreme Court has found that marriage is a fundamental right under the Constitution, and has done so at least 18 times.

          Voters don't get to decide to abridge basic civil rights.

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            Of course in Robert Summers world, we should still have anti-miscegenation laws in force, because when the Loving v. Virginia case was ruled (outlawing bans on interracial marriage) 97% of the public did not approve of interracial marriage.

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          Clearly you have zero concept of what is or isn't a civil rights case. This was gender discrimination pure and simple. Your side lost.

          Of course, in your twisted world-view, civil rights are up for a vote right?

          Swap the word Jew for gay in your arguments and see how they sound.

          Let's put the rights of jews to marry up for a vote.

          After all, civil rights are up for a vote, no?

          So we should have put the issue of interracial marriage up for a vote too, right?

          The stunning ignorance of your comment is truly breathtaking.

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    The political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities. The majority should never be allowed to vote on the rights of the minority.

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      I'm glad you feel that way. Now you understand how motorcyclists felt in 1988 when the legislature sent compulsory adult helmet use to the voters in a referendum. Right on! Let those who ride decide!

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        You are free to drive without a helmet on your private land all you like. When however you are on public roads, unless you want to have a tattoo of do not help me medically and just hose my remans off the road when you get into any sort of accident, and you self-insure so you don't cost us higher insurance rates... deal?

        Well until you are willing to go all kamikaze on your hog, your attempts to claim that somehow you are an oppressed minority without equal protections under the law because you are required to wear a helmet while driving on public roads (which is NOT a right but a privilege) you can go pound sand.

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          I thought that would be your response. Rights for thee but not for me. How typical.

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            Nobody has a right to drive on public roads. Sorry if that concept is difficult to grasp.

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              Oh I get the concept. I am amused by the hypocrisy of someone who probably claims to be pro-choice, but measures a different minority's rights and freedoms by an economic standard instead of a philosophical stand for liberty. How about "keep your laws off my body?" Anyway, I don't wish to play with someone who can't resist the urge to arrogantly denigrate someone who disagrees with them. Just go hang out with the sycophants and I'll ignore your hypocrisy.

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                What part of nobody has an unfettered right to drive on public roads is not clear to you?

                Driving on public roads is a privilege, not a right (and subject to the rules an regulations determined by law and policy set up by our elected representatives in government). Same as why we don't allow non-motorized vehicles to go onto interstates, have speed limits, and all the other limitations and rules for use of our public roads.

                If you want to drive around without a helmet on private roads, go to it.

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    Ken, before you succumb totally to the Fox talking point, it's worth noting that Walker was nominated by Reagan and opposed by Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, NAACP, NOW, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. And the case was prosecuted by Bush lawyer Ted Olsen. Remind me again how this is a DemocratIC issue?

    As for your interpretation of democracy, it's exactly upside down. Democracy does not mean mob rule. One of the key features is protection minority rights from bigots, and for that we have always relied on the courts.

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      Democracy is mob rule. That is why our country was founded as a Republic. That is why Senators were originally appointed by the state legislatures.

      My problem with this issue is that supporters of gay marriage have a "by any means necessary" strategy. If democracy suits them, they use it. If they don't get the answer they want for Vox Populi, they go to the courts. If the courts don't go their way they go to the legislature.

      In Massachusetts a court ordered the legislature to pass a law legalizing gay marriage. That is a juristocracy, and a clear violation of separation of powers.

      BTW, I resent your implied assumption that if you disagree with gay marriage you are a bigot. I don't believe in gay marriage, but if someone labels me a bigot because of my belief, they are using a label to avoid having to see nuances in my point of view. But I learned long ago that liberals throw out a pejorative label when other people dare to have a different viewpoint than themselves. I will be glad when Liberals embrace diversity of thought and drop the hostile dismissal of other viewpoints.

      But if the will of the people is to enshrine gay marriage, then I won't file a court decision to stop it. Sometimes in a society, the position you believe in doesn't make it in the court of public opinion. If gay people want to pay the marriage penalty in taxes like I do, and they can convince the majority of the legislature and the people to go their way, then I will tip my hat to them and move on.

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        Democracy is mob rule.

        Well, I suppose you could argue that in some variant it is, but not in our Constitutional democracy. I direct you to the Bill of Rights for exceptions to mob rule.

        BTW, I resent your implied assumption that if you disagree with gay marriage you are a bigot.

        Resent away. You have every right to your opinion--even if it's in the minority! But our country has a long history where the fears of the bigoted mob have removed rights from a minority group. No doubt those in the mob would have been resentful to have their bigotry pointed out, too.

        But sometimes it's useful in a discussion to shelve the niceties. LEt's not let politeness interfere with what's happening. There isn't a single reason to oppose gay marriage except because it offends you. Granting gay marriages in no way deprive anyone of their own freedoms. People may hold bigoted views, but they have no right in this democracy to deprive others their rights. Individual liberty trumps being offended. (I might like to prevent NY Yankess fans from marrying so they don't spawn and create more, but my offence at the Yankees is hardly a reaons to deprive them of their rights.)

        Here's Webster on the word "bigot":

        "a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance"

        Although the etymology of the term isn't well-documented, one theory is that it comes from a rendering of "by God." Given that most objections to gays marrying are religious, it's especially appropriate.

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        Oh, and as to the "marriage penalty," this is a pretty clear crock. The advantages afforded to married couples--especially ones with kids--are manifold. This isn't about performing some ritual in a church, it's about real rights and the lack thereof.

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          Call it a crock all you want. Our taxes went up when we got married vs. what we paid individually.

          Labeling something a crock doesn't make it so. Just like labeling someone a bigot doesn't mean they are one. Your Webster description of bigot doesn't apply to me, at least the part about hatred and intolerance. I might concede the obstinate part. I have been known for that.

          Sometimes people will disagree with you Jeff. It doesn't make them bigots.

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      calling smeone (or inferring ) that people who do not wish to open up something as important to them as marriage is a bigot is very intellectually dishonest Jeff. If this issue is so black and white (so to speak) then why aren't the Gay agenda people able to get their message out there without totally mischaracterizing their movement and without all of the BS name calling that kicks in after people reject it? It's astounding that you are able to see gay marriage as a right that is hidden deep in the constitution somewhere but aren't able to recognize a persons right to have guns which is prominently displayed and has it's own amendment dealing with that issue specifically

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        Please tell us what the "gay agenda" is if you can. I am very interested to learn about this agenda.

        BTW, given that there are pro-gun gay groups like the Pink Pistols, I am a bit confused as to why you think that marriage equality has anything to do with the anti-gun advocacy. Can you please explain why you make the ignorant assumption that to be in favor of equality means you are against gun ownership?

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    Umm Ken the court held that marriage is a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.

    Under due process analysis if a right is fundamental the state has a high burden to prove in upholding restrictions on it; they have to prove the restriction is narrowly based and upholds a compelling state interest.

    Here the Judge found the ban failed.

    Just like popularly/legislatively enacted gun control laws have been struck down recently because the court found they violated the 2nd amendment

    And mandatory helmet use is equal to consenting adults being denied marriage?

    (mind blows)

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      They have always had the right to get married Michael ...just not to each other...but guess what? neither have I. No on has ever said they couldn't get married ...if marriage to anyone and anything we choose is a right where do you draw the line? The bottom line is the union of two men or two women is NOT equal to the union of a man and a woman. After that the conversation is over and nothing else matters. Unless of course you happen to be an activist judge who is a homosexual

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        More intellectual bankruptcy. Your argument is no different than the anti-mixed race marriage cretins claiming that mixed race couples could be legally married, just not to each other.

        The Henry Ford argument that you can buy a Ford in any color you like as long as its black is laughable.

        The bottom line is the union of two men or two women is NOT equal to the union of a man and a woman.

        On what basis do you make the claim that my friend Mark and Rick's union of over 15 years is not "equal" to Britney Spears' marriage which lasted 55 hours?

        Perhaps you are right on that last point. Mark and Rick's commitment to each other is not equal to Brittany's 55 hours or matrimonial bliss, it is MORE substantial. Mark and Rick's is a damn sight more than many "straight" marriages statistically speaking.

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    BTW gotta love the fox news types claiming the Judge should have recused himself because he is gay.

    What next? Requiring the 6 catholic justices recuse themselves when litigation vs the catholic church over pedophilia reaches the court?

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      Of course to employ the lunacy "logic" of the Fox News crowd, any judge who hears this case who is heterosexual should recuse themselves as well, since they would be biased because they are straight. So only bisexual judges should hear these cases (wry grin).

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6-cabin sailing yacht Hanse 505 - Nala was built in 2016 and it is docked in Marina Kornati, Croatia. Nala can accommodate up to 12 people in 1 single cabin, 4 double cabins, 1 double cabin with a bunk bed and a saloon with 1 extra bed. Pillows and blankets are provided during the sailing yacht rental.

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Marina Kornati is situated nearby Biograd na Moru, Croatia. The marina can accommodate up to 705 charter yachts.
It is located 30 kilometres from the nearest airport and 1 kilometre from Biograd na Moru city centre. Taxis from the airport cost approximately 45 €.

Marina Kornati boasts a wide range of facilities for sailors, including an ATM, WiFi, a launderette, an exchange office, a car park, a petrol station, a toilet and showers.

It also offers a restaurant and a supermarket.

All berths are connected to water and electricity.

If you come by car, Marina Kornati provides a private parking. Parking fees are 8 € per day, or 56 € per week.

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    That L-Craft has been in development for about 10years. It seems to be a bit like the PASCAT in the sense that if you strip away the "gimicky" parts, then yes multihulls can play a role.
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    There is a reason the military have not developed new landing craft. It is called "aircraft".

    In case you have not noticed airplanes today carry loads that Landing Ship Tank could not carry in WWII. The can also be used to invade targets hundreds of miles from the ocean.

    Yes, there are still uses for landing craft type boats, but not so much in the military.

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    The US Army is currently working to build a new LCM to replace their large fleet of existing craft. From everything I've seen so far, the replacement craft will remain very similar overall to the exiting ones. The USN LCAC replacement program is well underway also.

    So while there has been considerable US Army and Navy interest in the L-Cat and PASCAT (British) craft, the current large landing craft programs in the US are already pretty much committed to other options. In the future?..never know. There is also the USN T-craft design and variants of that still not built too.
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Evers Vows to Let People Kill Babies

What a monstrously immoral man.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) promised to veto a “born alive” abortion bill if the GOP-backed legislation makes it to his desk.

The bill, introduced last week, hasn’t yet been voted on in any relevant legislative committees. Still, Evers told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinelthat he would veto the bill, citing existing protections and criminal penalties under Wisconsin state law.

“I think those protections already exist,” Evers told the newspaper. “We have all sorts of issues to deal with in the state of Wisconsin and to pass a bill that is redundant seems to be not a productive use of time. And clearly I ran on the belief — and I still believe — that women should be able to make choices about their health care. But this deals with a specific issue that’s already been resolved.”

That’s a BS excuse. If the law would be redundant, as he claims, then what’s the harm in signing it? The truth is that Planned Parenthood and the abortion fascists are pushing to have infanticide legal and Evers supports it too.

1145, 24 April 2019

  1. Kevin Scheunemann

    Liberals are baby killers.

    No other way to sugarcoat the evil Tony Evers supports.

    He is reprehensible.

  2. Merlin

    Evers could have legitimately avoided commenting altogether on such a new proposal. The polite “female reproductive health” euphemism’s value has been dropping like a rock since the advent of legal infanticide and this wasn’t a cow pile he needed to step in… yet. He’s prematurely pissed away time to gauge just how receptive middle-of-the-road Wisconsin voters are to infanticide and Christian-shaming. His party’s hardcore may not be queasy about killing inconvenient life, but his hardcore alone aren’t enough to get him reelected.

    Republicans should run with the new bill, redundant or not, thereby putting all Wisconsin state legislators and Evers on record having voted for or against infanticide. Let our aging voting population decide if having allowed baby killing by any name is the legacy they want to leave behind.

  3. guinness

    No such thing as pro-choice. It’s either pro-life or pro-death. The sooner everyone starts calling it that, the better.

  4. Mar

    Looking like Evers will be a 1 term governor.

  5. jjf

    These bills are just a GOP trick, right?

  6. Kevin Scheunemann

    Preventing godless liberals from killing babies is a “GOP trick”.

    There was a time that advocating baby killing meant your political career was dead. What made godless liberals so evil…like we see today?

  7. jjf

    What makes WisGOP officials get so worked up about problems that don’t exist?

  8. Kevin Scheunemann

    If it “does not exist” why do Democrats oppose protecting babies?

  9. Mar

    jjf, it’s called prevention.

  10. jjf

    I’d like to pass a law to prevent leprechauns having their Lucky Charms stolen.

  11. Kevin Scheunemann

    Way to take focus off liberal baby killing.

    Awful, Just Awful.

  12. Mar

    jjf,if you can convince enough legislators to pass the leprechaun bill, go for it. Of course, since you are just singling out leprechauns, I think you will be called a bigot.

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Hot start-ups that defy hype? Here’s the scoop

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WHEN PEOPLE today talk about innovation, they’re generally talking about Web and mobile start-ups. Yet as Boston’s entrepreneurship scene grows, innovation can be found everywhere, including the less prestigious small-business community. Local consumer-product companies like Batch and Cuppow may not be Facebook or Twitter, but would-be Mark Zuckerbergs should look to them, especially when it comes to getting to market quickly without sacrificing quality. No, they aren’t based in the Innovation District, Kendall Square, or the Route 128 corridor. Batch makes ice cream. Cuppow sells lids.

Start-up purists might cry apples and oranges. But both Batch and Cuppow sprang forth from local incubator spaces dedicated to innovation in consumer products: Crop Circle Kitchen in Jamaica Plain and Fringe Union in Somerville, respectively. Both companies launched with very limited products, used small subsets of their customer bases for market research, and made a steady stream of improvements. Both companies have generated high growth.

And, crucially, both have drawn the right lessons from — but not been led astray by — the latest groundswell of groupthink within the entrepreneurship community.

Every few years since the first dot-com boom of the late ’90s, there’s been some inspiring idea, often from a business book or a superstar entrepreneur, that becomes an article of faith. Lately, and very troublingly, it’s the idea that new companies should launch with the “minimum viable product” — something with the fewest possible features needed to solve a problem — and then add onto it later based on consumer feedback. This view was popularized by the strategy book “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries, and by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. “If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product,” Hoffman famously said in 2009, “you’ve launched too late.”

After spending the last 10 years at 11 start-ups in the Boston area — on product, marketing, and executive/founder teams — I’ve seen plenty of companies get buried in the digital graveyard. Some of those failures, far from being inevitable, were the result of people running off to incorporate business-book sound bites into their strategy without really thinking them through. Some of those failures, far from being inevitable, were the result of spending too much time focused on launching quickly with minimum features — and not enough time spent on connecting to target customers through good branding and design. It’s become an occupational hazard for companies: You can launch with half a product, one fellow local entrepreneur told me this week, but you can’t launch with a half-baked product.

Batch followed the minimum-viable-product strategy, too, but with better results. The company launched in 2010 with a few ice cream flavors using local, handmade, and fair-trade ingredients. Now it has an expanded list of seven flavors, a well-loved food truck, and New England distribution in Shaw’s, Stop & Shop, and Whole Foods, plus other specialty shops and smaller grocers — all in just over two years. Their Pinterest-like, chalkboard-inspired packaging design and focus on wholesome, fresh ingredients hit a nerve with modern consumers craving simplicity from the start.

Meanwhile, Cuppow launched their first product in 2011, a simple BPA-free lid insert that allows people to upcycle ordinary mason and canning jars into to-go mugs. Over time, based on customer feedback, they altered the shape of the mouth opening to better accommodate straws, launched a variety of colorful versions of the lids with charity partners, and just launched the BNTO, a clear plastic adapter that turns a wide-mouth canning jar into a compartmentalized lunch box. (It’s named after the bento boxes offered by Japanese restaurants.) Their clever videos, high-quality food photography, and active engagement on social media connected with modern domestics embracing the Depression-era mantra of “make it do, or do without” in the postdownturn era.

There are local tech firms that have followed the minimum-viable-product strategy successfully without weakening their brands — The Grommet, CustomMade, Gemvara, Recovers.org, and BostInno all come to mind. But hundreds of now-forgotten local start-ups — forgotten to everyone but those of us left holding their worthless stock options — have made the mistake of going to market with half a product and half a brand.

Every business from the dawn of commerce has struggled with the tension between getting it right and opening the doors quickly. But instead of just looking to business books and other start-ups for inspiration, entrepreneurs today should also look at lids and pints of ice cream.

Melissa Massello, a serial entrepreneur, is the founder of Shoestring. She also blogs for Boston.com.


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IT was an earth-shattering personal battle that got played out in front of thousands of thrilled fans at Suncorp Stadium almost exactly two years ago.

On that night, in a similar game to the clash between the Broncos and Roosters this evening, Sam Thaiday and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves waged a personal two-man war.

The pair picked each other out of the opposition team and just ran at each other, time after time in a game that ended with Ben Hunt scoring a match winner in golden-point extra time.

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  • Provide radiant shine
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  • Deliver a smooth & supple texture

4 shades of Touche Chromatique:

  • Cool Blond: for blondes to neutralize yellow undertones
  • Cool Brown: for brunettes to neutralize red undertones
  • Red: for reds to enhance red vibrancy
  • Copper: for brunettes to add rich copper tones

How to Use:

To be blended with Masque Chromatique. Mix 10 pumps of Touche Chromatique in the Masque Chromatique (use tools provided). Apply to shampooed and towel-dried hair. Massage lengths and tips. Leave on for 5 minutes. Rinse thoroughly.

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Risks of Do-It-Yourself Tree Service

Most of us might say that taking good care of our trees is easy. We do not need professional tree care services with us since we can do the job alone. Hiring a professional tree care service can only cause additional expenses for us. But, did you know that taking good care of trees, especially removal is one of the most dangerous and deadliest occupations? Yes, you read it right! We can say that tree care and removal might be a simple job, but the real thing is you cannot do it without proper skills and training. You should have the knowledge to control the trees and to avoid injuries.

We, and our properties, can enjoy many benefits when we have trees around us. During the summer season, trees provide shade. Apart from that, trees can give us exquisite landscapes and enhance the beauty of our home. Growing trees is a form of investment that is worthwhile. It can help us increase the value of our property and can give us a healthy environment for our family. However, when our trees are dying, we should not wait for them to fall and cause accidents. We should call the tree service care Stockton immediately before things get worst. Aside from tree removal, they can prune your trees, take good care of them, and many more. Instead of putting yourself in danger by taking good care of your trees, let the professionals do it.

If you are still undecided whether to let professionals take good care of your trees or not, we will give you the risks of DIY tree service. This article will be an eye-opener for you who wish to never work with professionals.

  1. Since you love your trees, you do not want to damage them. But, if you do not have skills and training on how to take good care of your trees, you, yourself, can put the lives of your trees in trouble. We should always remember that there are different species of trees. And there are different ways to prune them properly. If we are not registered arborists, the chances are high that we can create permanent damages. A registered arborist knows techniques and has the skills to handle trees well.
  1. Not all of us are used to work at heights. But when we want to deal with our trees alone, we should be open to the idea of working with heights. It is the kind of job that you do not want to handle if you are afraid of falling.
  1. If you want to take good care of your trees alone, you should be ready with falling branches, limbs, and trees. If you do not know about cutting your trees, everything is difficult for you. You can put your life at risk, especially when your trees are big. Also, the chances are high that you can damage your neighbor`s property with the falling trees. And that is not a good idea.
  1. If you want to DIY your tree care service, ensure that you have the proper tools and equipment for the job. You should be well-equipped with safety materials that will help you avoid accidents.

Is It Necessary to Remove a Tree Stump?

For a couple of homeowners, a tree stump can be unappealing. To some, it can be a safety threat. It does not matter what you think about your tree stump, you’re likely wondering why is it still there.

In general, it’s easy to remove the rest of the tree. This includes the branches and the trunk. However, this is not the case when it comes to tree stumps. They can be extremely hard to remove, depending on the species, health, and size of the tree. That’s why a couple of homeowners choose to not remove the tree stump.

So, when is it necessary to remove a tree stump? Before you hire an Evergreen tree trimming and removal service, here are several things you should consider:

Pest Infestation

One of the major problems with dead trees is that they can attract pests. Because of this, it is crucial to prune the plants and trees on your lawn regularly. If there is less dead plant matter, there is less food for pests.

Unluckily, dead tree stumps can be one of the major attractions for diseases and pests.

Termites, carpenter ants, and other pests that feed on the wood are naturally attracted to dead tree stumps. Once they create a nest on your tree stump, it is only a matter of time until they infest healthy trees and plants on your lawn. Their presence on your lawn is also a red flag for your house.

That is why you have to remove the tree stump to ensure you prevent this problem from happening.

Safety Hazard

A lot of homeowners improve their lawn so that their kids can play around it. Because of this, safety should always be your number one priority. If you’re a parent, you have to guarantee your kids are safe when playing in the backyard.

Unluckily, a tree stump can present a major threat to safety in your backyard. It is easy for your kid to trip and fall over the root or the stump itself.

A tree stump can be a liability as well. You can be liable if someone trips over the tree stump on your lawn. If you want to avoid this unnecessary stress, make sure you hire a professional tree stump removal company for help.

The Appearance of Your Lawn

On its own, a tree stump can become an immediate eyesore on your lawn. This is particularly true if it is standing in an area where every person can see it. It might not be so obvious if the tree stump is located in a bushy and dense area.

You can always surround the tree stump with garden features to hide it. This includes a garden bench, bushes, shrubs, and pot plants.

However, a tree stump can lower the value of your property. So, if you’re planning to sell your home in the future, an ugly tree stump can lower its selling price. If you’ve got a tree stump, people will assume that your property is not well maintained.


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Best Practices don’t address access to justice

Toronto civil litigator Patrick Summers says The Advocates’ Society Best Practices for Civil Trials, released recently, provides well-meaning and important recommendations to streamline the trials process, but does little to address the overall cost of bringing a matter forward and the growing access-to-justice issue that exists in the justice system.

“These best practice points appear to me to be more about scarce judicial resources for civil trials than about access to justice,” he says.

The Advocates’ Society notes in its best practices, laid out in a 17-page document, that the length and cost of civil trials is a significant problem in Ontario and points to Chief Justice George R. Strathy’s remarks at the Opening of the Courts Ceremony on Sept. 9, 2014: “It strikes me that we have built a legal system that has become increasingly burdened by its own procedures, reaching a point that we have begun to impede the very justice we are striving to protect.” The Chief Justice said the “justice system has become so cumbersome and expensive that it is inaccessible to many of our own citizens.”

The Advocates’ Society says that “excessively long trials consume scarce judicial resources to the point that timely access to the courts is compromised” and that civil trials “pose a serious threat to access to justice in Ontario.”

It was within this context that The Advocates’ Society struck a task force in early 2014 comprised of civil litigators and judges to examine the issues more closely. The Society also hosted a Civil Trials Symposium in January of this year when more than 100 judges, lawyers and leading legal academics shared their views on how to ensure the fair and timely resolution of civil disputes through the court system. Those views are reflected in the Society’s Best Practices for Civil Trials.

The best practices — there are 16 in total — are grouped into four different areas including: case management; trial planning and management; use of documents and technology at trail; and evidence at trial.

Summers, partner with Birenbaum Steinberg Landau Savin & Colraine, says the Society’s suggestions are mostly good. As examples, it’s certainly good for counsel to co-operate with one another, as well as for a case management judge to be in charge of all of the motions and procedures all the way to trial.

The problem, Summers says, is that making trials more streamlined does nothing to address the overall access-to-justice issue because it simply shifts the cost of litigation to the preparation part of the legal process.

“For example, there are all sorts of best practices listed — such as getting experts lined up well in advance of trial, trying to get an admission of the facts sorted out with the opposing side before trial, and creating a discovery plan at the beginning of the action — all those are great things in a perfect world, but doing those well before trial only moves the cost of a speedy trial onto the preparation of that speedy trial,” he says. “So it doesn’t really help the overall concern about access to justice as far as I’m concerned.”

Summers says implementing all of these best practices for civil trials can make it more expensive for the average litigant to have his or her day in court.

“These best practices are more geared towards streamlining trials in an effort to deal with scarce judicial resources rather than making it more cost-effective for the litigant themselves,” he says. “It may be a different story for large corporations but the average litigant doesn’t have the money to front all of the costs, such as lining up all experts, early on in the process.”


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  1. Benefits of #divorceselfie trend go beyond Facebook

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    A new online trend that celebrates the positive side of divorce is not only likely to serve as an inspiration for separating couples, but is also representative of the benefits that come from putting the children first, says Toronto family lawyer Nicola Savin.

    Calgary couple Shannon and Chris Neuman made headlines last month after posting a photo together after filing for divorce.

    Shannon Neuman shared the selfie on her Facebook page with the hashtag #divorceselfie, and the image has been shared thousands of times.

    In the caption, she explains their smiling faces after having “done something extraordinary,” noting they wanted the split to be conflict-free so their children would never have to choose sides.

    “They’ll never have to wonder which side of the auditorium to run to after their Christmas concert or spring play, because we’ll be sitting together,” says the caption. “They won’t have to struggle with their own wedding planning because we’ll be sitting on the same side of the aisle — THEIR side.”

    The couple was applauded as being inspiring as the photo went viral online.

    “Far too often, the media — and social media especially — only post stories that show the negative side of divorce, but there are many good sides as well,” says Savin, a partner with Birenbaum, Steinberg, Landau, Savin & Colraine, LLP.

    “I think this new trend gives people hope, which is what they need when going through that difficult transition. They can see that if they do it properly, they can still come out the other side of a separation and have a viable relationship with their ex-spouse to co-parent successfully, which is what most family lawyers are interested in preserving,” she says. “I think it’s something to aspire to.”

    But staying civil during a split isn’t easy, says Savin, which is why those couples who remain cordial deserve to be celebrated.

    “It’s not an easy thing to do. It’s challenging,” she says. “In my practice I do a lot of collaborative family law, and certainly the goal of collaborative cases is to have a win-win situation so both parties can walk away feeling like it was an equitable settlement handled with dignity and respect for the relationship and their family.

    “Just because you’re not living together doesn’t mean you’re not a family anymore,” says Savin.

    In the Neumans’ case, Savin says it’s likely the children saw the photo as well, “which is heartwarming.”

    Children model their parents’ behaviour, says Savin, and are more likely to do what they see rather than what they are told.

    “If you can model good conflict resolution, especially over something like this, it allows the kids to see their parents doing something positive so they can emulate them when they have challenges in their own life,” says Savin.

    The benefits of amicable resolutions go beyond getting noticed on Facebook, says Savin.

    “The vast majority of these cases are a lot less expensive and they don’t usually go to court, which is beneficial as litigation can be very destructive,” she says. “Outcomes for children are significantly better when they are not exposed to the conflict of their parents’ separation.

    “The trend is moving away from the winner-takes-all approach to separation, which results in a winner and a loser and bad feelings and animosity. The selfie is kind of indicative of where a lot of people want to end up.”

    Originally Published in Advocate Daily.

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Beak, Tooth & Claw: Living with Predators in Britain (cover)

Beak, Tooth & Claw: Living with Predators in Britain

Author: Mary Colwell

Publisher: William Collins, London

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9780008354763

Binding: Hardback

Page Count: 312pp

Price: £16.99

If you firmly believe that no fox should ever be shot or equally firmly believe that foxes should always be controlled then you may think that this is not a book for you. This is a book full of nuance. Mary Colwell explores predation by talking to people who are actively involved in land management and conservation. She encourages the reader to learn from people trying to face complex conservation challenges which don’t have simple solutions.

Beak, Tooth & Claw starts... read more

Graham Appleton

Britain’s Insects: A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland

Britain’s Insects: A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland

Author: Paul D. Brock

Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9780691179278

Binding: Softback

Page Count: 608pp

Price: £24.00

There are a great number of books out there which claim to be guides to Britain’s insects. However, the majority of them struggle to not only cover most of the main groups, but also they can be misleading, not sharing the other possibilities which the book wasn’t able to cover. With around 25,000 species of insect in Britain and Ireland alone, it’s understandable to see why many of these books fall short.

Paul D. Brock’s Britain’s Insects: A Field Guide to the Insects of Great... read more

Robert Jaques

The Eternal Season: Ghosts of Summers Past, Present and Future (cover)

The Eternal Season: Ghosts of Summers Past, Present and Future

Author: Stephen Rutt

Publisher: Elliott and Thompson Ltd, London

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9781783965731

Binding: Hardback

Page Count: 256pp

Price: £14.99

The Eternal Season is an exploration of the British summer, framed within the 2020 global pandemic but reaching back in time through reference to the writings of others, the author’s recollections of younger years, and the stark figures presented from BTO’s long-term monitoring schemes. This is a book about change and the disturbances that we are now seeing in the patterns and rhythms of the natural world; from the changing arrival and departure dates of summer migrants, through the... read more

Mike Toms

The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird (cover)

The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird

Author: Sam Lee

Publisher: Century, London

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9781529124835

Binding: Hardback

Page Count: 248pp

Price: £14.99

Many will know Sam Lee as an award-winning singer, a folk music specialist dedicated to collecting and interpreting Britain’s oral tradition. Some will know him for his work as musical director for RSPB’s ‘Let Nature Sing’, while others will know him through his springtime concert series ‘Singing with Nightingales’, where an audience is led out into darkness of a late spring evening to hear Nightingales and human performers create music in each other’s company, and sometimes together. All... read more

Mike Toms

How You Can Save the Planet (cover)

How You Can Save the Planet

Author: Hendrikus van Hensbergen

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9780241453049

Binding: Softback

Page Count: 240pp

Price: £7.99

A book by Hendrikus van Hensbergen, the founder Action for Conservation (an organisation getting more young people involved in nature), needs little introduction. Highlighting the lack of participation of young people in conservation, the organisation has helped to inspire others in the field to engage more with the young. The charity has a large following and holds a series of successful events and programmes throughout the year. Action for Conservation was a major influence in the creation... read more

Keir Chauhan

Europe's Dragonflie: A Field Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies (cover)

Europe's Dragonflies: A Field Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies

Author: Dave Smallshire and Andy Swash

Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton

Publication Year: 2020

ISBN: 9780691168951

Binding: Softback

Page Count: 360pp

Price: £25.00

As we see the climate warm and the British weather feels more Meditteranean during the summer, new species of dragonfly and damselfly have begun to be recorded in Britain for the first time. This makes it a great time for Wild Guides to publish a guide for Europe’s Dragonflies.

Wild Guides have developed a reputation for high quality guide books for wildlife (amongst other topics) over the last decade, and have covered several groups previously untouched by field guides. This... read more

Robert Jaques

A Beginners Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies (cover)

A Beginner's guide to Dragonflies & Damselflies of Britain and Ireland

Author: David Chandler

Publisher: Pisces Publications, Newbury

Publication Year: 2019

ISBN: 9781874357957

Binding: Softback

Page Count: 92pp

Price: £8.50

It isn’t unusual for the avid birder, during the peak of summer when many birds are quieter and less obtrusive, to switch their sights to other fauna. Dragonflies and damselflies, with their aerial abilities and colourful markings, can do a lot to keep the at-a-loss birder entertained in the warmer months. They do, however, require a different set of skills to identify, with new nomenclature to learn and different features to pay attention to.

David Chandler has geared his book A... read more

Robert Jaques

Shearwater (cover)

Shearwater: A Bird, an Ocean, and a Long Way Home

Author: Roger Morgan-Grenville

Publisher: Icon Books, London

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9781785787201

Binding: Hardback

Page Count: 282pp

Price: £16.99

Part travelogue, part memoir, Morgan-Grenville’s book delivers an engaging account of one of our least accessible breeding birds, the Manx Shearwater. The13 chapters are structured around a narrative journey, beginning under the watchful gaze of a grandmother whose strong presence shapes the remainder of the book. The story of the Manx Shearwater, both in its breeding colonies and out on the open ocean, is told in a way that brings together the bird’s ecology with acutely judged but lightly... read more

Mike Toms

Swifts and Us (cover)

Swifts and Us: The Life of the Bird that Sleeps in the Sky

Author: Sarah Gibson

Publisher: William Collins, London

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9780008350635

Binding: Hardback

Page Count: 328pp

Price: £16.99

Just as the May return of our breeding Swifts delivers a feeling of reassurance, so their late summer departure leaves a sense of loss. That loss, repeated each year, now carries the greater weight that comes from knowledge of the decline in UK Swift populations, evident in BTO’s long-term datasets. Sarah Gibson came to Swifts late but is a passionate local advocate for this long-distance traveller, involved in efforts to identify and protect breeding sites and increase awareness. Through... read more

Mike Toms

Birds of East Africa (cover)

Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi

Author: Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe; Brian E Small & John Gale (Illustrators)

Publisher: Helm, London

Publication Year: 2020

ISBN: 9781408157367

Binding: Softback

Page Count: 640pp

Price: £35.00

This is a second edition of a field guide which appeared in 2002. Superficially it looks like many other second editions but a closer look shows that this is a major revamp and updating. It covers all of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and at least mentions all the species which have occurred in these countries with almost all of them illustrated. The guide covers 1,448 species which is an increase of 60 on the first edition and they are covered on 289 plates (286 previously). A... read more

Peter Lack

Flight Identification of European Passerines (cover)

Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: an Illustrated and Photographic Guide

Author: Tomasz Cofta, photographs by Michal Skakuj

Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9780691177571

Binding: Softback

Page Count: 496pp

Price: £38.00

Vis-migging, the art of watching, identifying and recording all of the birds seen flying through and over a particular watchpoint is better known as recording visible migration. The ability to accurately identify what often amount to little more than smallish dots is something that can only be gained by spending time vis-migging – lots and lots of time, learning the different flight patterns of the different families and the individual species. There is a short-cut to gaining the huge amount... read more

Paul Stancliffe

All the Birds of the World (cover)

All the Birds of the World

Author: Josep del Hoyo (editor)

Publisher: Lynx Edicions, Barcelona

Publication Year: 2020

ISBN: 9788416728374

Binding: Hardback

Page Count: 968pp

Price: £85.00

Lynx have had a long-term project to produce an exhaustive guide to the birds of the world. It started out with the 17 volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World (1992-2013) which has family and species accounts for all birds. This was followed by the two volumes of the Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (2014-16). They have now published the third and final stage of this avian odyssey with this current book.

The publishers state that the book’s... read more

Steve Hunter

Fragile: Birds Eggs and Habitats (cover)

Fragile: Birds, Eggs and Habitats

Author: Colin Prior

Publisher: Merrell Publishers, London

Publication Year: 2020

ISBN: 9781858946887

Binding: Hardback

Page Count: 240pp

Price: £40.00

The acclaimed Scottish photographer Colin Prior is more usually associated with stunningly evocative panoramic landscapes of his homeland and further afield, but for his latest project the artist has returned to one of his first loves, birds; a passion nurtured while growing up on the edge of a Glasgow suburb. Like many however, Colin is acutely aware of the staggering decline of many species and the loss of the habitats they depend upon. Fragile is both inspired by and acts as a metaphor... read more

Justin Walker

My Birding Life (cover)

My Birding Life

Author: Moss Taylor

Publisher: Wren Publishing, Sheringham

Publication Year: 2020

ISBN: 9780954254582

Binding: Softback

Page Count: 189pp

Price: £20.00

Ask any birder or naturalist that lives in Norfolk if they know the name Moss Taylor and invariably, they will say "yes", and I suspect the majority will have met him too, and of these many know him as a friend. He is a man, on first meeting, you are unlikely to forget!

Moss has been a keen birder since 1953 and a Norfolk resident from 1969 to the present day. He has also been a qualified ringer for over 50 years, only recently surrendering his permit after some of the most... read more

Jeff Baker

Lincolnshire Bird Atlas (cover)

Lincolnshire Bird Atlas 1980-1999

Author: Lincolnshire Bird Club

Publisher: Lincolnshire Bird Club

Publication Year: 2020

ISBN: 9781716802638

Binding: Hardback

Page Count: 180pp

Price: £30.00

Published soon after the series of local atlases that coincided with Bird Atlas 2007–11, you might think the Lincolnshire Bird Atlas would span a similar period. You might expect a lavishly illustrated atlas with up to date distribution maps. You’d be wrong on both counts because this is a very different atlas, one from a different era. An atlas that nearly never was.

There’s a temptation with any atlas to jump straight to the maps but I always recommend readers... read more

Simon Gillings

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Yet, the volume of sales has been strong – and see June :

The rest of the year looks OK too, though this is for the whole county:

There will be sellers – especially on the higher-end – who didn’t know how motivated they were until now.  Will they lower their price, or wait and take their chances next year? The market couldn’t be much better than now!

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