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Things didnt go so well that last bit of last year and I am digging out. OK, I am digging and hoping it eventually gets me out. There has been very little time for anything recreational at all but a good fella and fellow forum friend graciously allowed me the use of his personal Bushcraft knife for an extended period which brightened my day every time I had a few short minutes to handle it.
I have had the pleasure and privilege to use Brian Andrews Bushcraft over the past several weeks, thanks to Brians generosity and tremendous patience. When I finally sent it back to him I sent a note telling him how much I liked it and asked if he would mind if I posted a review on it. I cant possibly mention all that I liked about this knife in what seems reasonable for a post so understand that this is not all there is to it just all I will be able to share.
Overall, I have to rate this BC at the very top of those I have handled. It is slightly larger than I typically prefer, but I admit to a penchant for what some would consider Lilliputian dimensions for my primary knife.
The knife is 8 7/8 overall, with a 4 5/16 long blade and a 4 9/16 handle. The full-tang, spearpoint blade is 1/8 thick, 1 1/16 tall at the tallest part of the blade and 1 3/16 at the guard. It has a continuous curve along the sharpened edge and about a 25 degree combined edge angle Scandi, of course. O1 tool steel with what I can safely assert to being an excellent HT based on how the edge stood up with NO secondary edge of any kind. Speaking of even plunge lines, the edge is sharp all the way back no cheating.
The contoured handle is almost a full inch thick at the palm, has enough squareness about its cross section to make it easily manipulated in the hand and all the bumps and dips in exactly the right places. The scales are conveniently tapered at the front and the wood (I usually prefer Micarta) feels good and balances all 6 ounces perfectly so that the knife never feels as though its going to get away from you. The scales are made of the most dramatic piece of flame-grain Birch I have personally seen and the ¼ pins and lanyard ferrule are aluminum, the scales complemented with black liners. The overall finish of the knife is excellent and the attention to little details such as even plunge lines and scales, the absence of excess glue residue, symmetry, etc. are excellent as well.
Here is a size comparison shot with a Koster Bushcraft and Muskrat Man Bushcraft:
The handle is generous without being bulky. I find just enough material in the right places on a classic shape with some minor but useful variations. Placement of the palm swell is forward of center, the front portion of the scales are tapered, permitting all the useful and functional holds for carving. The double waist facilitates a smooth, low-friction grip while providing a very secure grasp of the knife even in a relaxed hold or while manipulating the knife in transition between hold methods. The waists appear somewhat abrupt compared to the smooth curvature of most contoured handles but it is not by accident as it is not as easy to execute and finish finely as the softer contours. The net result is control. The handle registers well and is very easily manipulated without ever imparting a sense that it will slip back in your hand. If I have harped on the control features of this handle I do not apologize.
Functionally, the knife makes killer fuzz sticks but handles rougher and more delicate chores very aptly as well. Notching, cutting saplings, stripping small branches and bark, as well as all aspects of fire-making uncovered no irksome little oddities. There were no holds which were not comfortable in use at all. I did not put ferro-rod to spine but the spine was plenty sharp for sparking your favorite firesteel or scraping inner bark for tinder. Brians Bushcraft felt very natural and comfortable in-hand in any form of use to which I put it and never caused any fatigue or soreness.
Brian seems to have some kind of knack for fixing things I never realized were broken. I have been very happy with quite a number of knives over time and some of the things he did differently started making me look at some others I own or have owned and thinking some of them could use a few of his tweaks as well. I have to admit that this particular Bushcraft spoiled me a little.
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Great review as usual Jeff. Brian showed me his knife at the Michigan gathering earlier in Jan. It really is a fantastic blade and the pictures never quite give the indication of the size of this knife. It really is a full sized knife and you comparison pics demonstrate that nicely.
The only thing I hate about off-the-map-outfitters, is it makes me want too many things!
That is one beautiful knife, those handles look amazing.
awesome review and pics Jeff... that is a great looking knife.. looks crazy sharp..
long time no see too man.. i hope all is well with you... drop me a line again one of these days...
Man Ive missed your reviews Jeff. Nice job, and its been too long buddy.
Great pics buddy they truly are the Rolls-Royce of Bushcraft blades eh !!!!
Jeff its about time you graced us with your presence and excellent written reviews!
I couldn't agree with your findings more! My green micarta bushy by Brian is not as pretty as that one, but what a user!
Great review.
Brian's knives are first class cutting machines and Brian Andrews is a great person to work with.
Very glad to see you around Jeff! And my impressions of my 'BGA' are just like yours, it is literally my favorite knife. Period.
Wonderful review of a very nice looking blade
I love mine! Got mine in 5/32. Makes for one beefy bushcrafter!
Great review, I really like his blades.
Man, you do great reviews Jeff. Thats really pretty.
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Man I love the look of his handles. It looks perfect.
Hi all,
Jeff that was a great review. Brian makes a pretty cool knife too. If it was not for chatting with Brian one day I would not have made up a scandi knife. Now I am hooked on them LOL. Brian has some great ideas on whats works for a bushcraft knife.
I didn't know you were doing scandi's Bryan, may have to search some pics on that.
Those are great Blades
Hi spooky I just posted the pic of the RISK. on the thread that was started by rocketbomb on knife pron as he wrote it up. Yes since talking to Brian one day I ahve been making them up. I have posted a few pics since I did my first one. My newest one was inspreded by Ray Mears and so the knife even has his name involved LOL.
I am hooked on that grind, Thanks again to Brian Andrews for chatting with me about them and how well they cut.
I always love your reviews Jeff! I never thought it would ever end up being on one of my knives!
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EY's Sustaining digital leadership! study, released today, shows leading media and entertainment (M&E) companies are putting innovation at the centre of everything they do. Digital models are embedding a range of M&E business processes – from product development and distribution to customer experience, supply chains, profit models and risk management. Specifically, this study finds 70% of the companies identified are willing to accept short-term revenue losses for long-term digital growth.
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The study goes onto shows that 85% of M & E companies want direct relationships with customers. Related findings show these relationships are the basis for a new "radical intimacy" based on 360 degree profiles of customer behaviours and desires when mobile, social, online, at home, in theatres or at work. For example:
- 77% of respondents said they can access customer data in real time;
- 64% of respondents claimed "creating a culture of innovation" as a top strategic priority from their business; and
- 57% of respondents gave the same weight to "listening to customers and analysing customer interactions." These two strategies combine to make customer engagement central to innovation.
Big data power and challenges exemplify M&E's journey to digital transformation
M&E companies often contend with big data issues. Rich in data collected as their customers click, engage or turn away from the content and services offered. However, many companies in this sector wrestle with data reliability and a shortfall in the skills and tools needed to derive useful product development and marketing insight. Specifically:
Data reliability is a challenge for 49% of respondents;
- Only 19% of respondents state they are integrating customer data across all distribution channels today;
- Only 41% of respondents are employing second- or later-generation analytics – improving audience segmentation and other functionality based on lessons learned from early implementations; and
- 39% of respondents say they are not yet obtaining insight from big data.
"While technology is enabling a lot of innovation in M&E, we've found that the most successful examples in both B2B and D2C, are being driven by customers, their changing behaviours and how they're adopting both the technology and the technology-enabled innovations," says JB Berty, EY UK Technology, Media & Telecommunications Leader. "Customers have unprecedented control over content consumption – how, when and where."
He adds: "The continuous nature of technology-enabled innovation makes this a kind of never-ending journey. No single new product or service will ever be the answer. Winners will be those who build organisational systems, processes and cultures that always drive innovation building on today's successes."

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A debate is underway about how the United States should tax foreign-source, corporate income. Currently, the United States allows domestic corporations to defer tax on the earnings of their foreign subsidiaries and also gives credits for foreign taxes paid, while most other developed countries exempt the active earnings of their multinational corporations' foreign subsidiaries from domestic tax. The debate has focused on economic issues with little attention to tax administration. GAO was asked to describe for a group of study countries with exemption systems: (1) the rules for exempting foreign-source income, and (2) the compliance risk and taxpayer compliance burden, such as recordkeeping, of the rules. The study countries, selected to provide a range of exemption systems, are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. For these countries GAO reviewed documents; interviewed government officials, academic experts, and business representatives; and compared tax policies, compliance activities and taxpayer reporting requirements.
The study countries exempt some corporate income, such as dividends received from foreign subsidiaries, from domestic tax. However, the study countries tax other types of foreign-source income such as royalties. Multinational corporations present a compliance risk because they can use subsidiaries to convert taxable income into tax-exempt or lower taxed income, eroding the domestic tax base. Although quantitative estimates of noncompliance do not exist, tax experts interviewed by GAO identified sources of compliance risk and taxpayer burden in each of the study countries. These issues, particularly the ones below, have also been identified as sources of compliance risk and burden in the United States. Transfer prices--the prices for transactions between related parties--can be manipulated to shift profits. Tax experts in the study countries said the growing importance of intangible property such as trademarks and patents is making international transactions more susceptible to transfer pricing abuse. In response, the study countries have all increased their scrutiny of transfer prices, including increased demands for documentation and more audits, resulting in increased compliance burden for taxpayers. Cooperative efforts between taxpayers and tax agencies to reduce audits, such as Advanced Pricing Agreements, received mixed reviews in the study countries. Anti-avoidance rules prevent taxpayers from moving passive income (interest and royalties are often passive income) to a foreign subsidiary in order to avoid domestic tax. Generally, the rules make such passive income, even if moved, taxable. Tax agencies and taxpayers reported difficulties in obtaining information from other countries to make complex determinations about whether the anti-avoidance rules apply or not. The United States does not report taxes paid on foreign-source income. Treasury officials said it would be feasible to do so. Such reporting would make more explicit the role international tax rules play in raising revenues and protecting the domestic tax base. All experts we spoke with on this topic agreed.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: After agreeing with our recommendation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (through the Internal Revenue Service) began in the Summer of 2010 to report an annual measure of the U.S. corporate taxes owed on foreign-source income. A chief in IRS's Statistics of Income Division confirmed that new information reported in IRS's annual article in the Statistics of Income Bulletin on the corporate foreign tax credit was included in response to our recommendation.
Recommendation: The Secretary of the Treasury should use currently collected information to report annually on the revenue to the United States Treasury from taxing foreign-source corporate income. To enhance usefulness, such reports should describe the methodology and important limitations.
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Information on the Potential Impact on IRS and U.S. Multinationals of Revised International Guidance on Transfer PricingGAO-17-103: Published: Jan 27, 2017. Publicly Released: Jan 27, 2017.
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Improved Guidance Could Help Account Owners Understand the Risks of Investing in Unconventional AssetsGAO-17-102: Published: Dec 8, 2016. Publicly Released: Jan 9, 2017.
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Tax Expenditures:
Opportunities Exist to Use Budgeting and Agency Performance Processes to Increase OversightGAO-16-622: Published: Jul 7, 2016. Publicly Released: Jul 7, 2016.
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Refundable Tax Credits:
Comprehensive Compliance Strategy and Expanded Use of Data Could Strengthen IRS's Efforts to Address NoncomplianceGAO-16-475: Published: May 27, 2016. Publicly Released: Jun 27, 2016.
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Identity Theft and Tax Fraud:
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A waste cleanup firm and its owner improperly disposed of toxic natural gas drilling waste, the state Attorney General's Office said in charges filed on Friday.
Minuteman Environmental Services and Brian Bolus, who owns the Milton-based company, were charged in Union County with unlawful conduct. Bolus also is charged with conspiracy, prosecutors said.
Bolus, 43, did not respond to a telephone message left with a Minuteman receptionist.
Witnesses told a grand jury that between 2010 and 2013, employees washed out trucks or equipment containing drilling wastewater, mud or cuttings onto the ground at company properties in Harrisburg and Milton.
Prosecutors say they have evidence waste drained into a small waterway by the Harrisburg property. They also say drilling waste was stored in leaking containers on company properties.
State environmental regulators said they had not issued permits for the activity.
"Brian Bolus and Minuteman blatantly exploited hard-working employees, dozens of businesses and the environment," Attorney General Kathleen Kane said in a statement.
A 48-page grand jury presentment recommended other charges against Bolus, two related firms and his mother, father, brother, sister and father's fiancee stemming from other alleged conspiracies that do not involve environmental crimes.
In one alleged conspiracy, prosecutors accused Bolus and Minuteman of overbilling clients, including many of the major natural gas exploration companies that have flocked to Pennsylvania in the last five years to explore the Marcellus shale, the nation's largest-known natural gas formation. The alleged overbilling reached into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, prosecutors said.
Meanwhile, in a separate alleged conspiracy, Bolus family members were essentially ghost employees at firms owned by Brian Bolus or his father, allowing them to submit a half-million dollars in fraudulent health insurance claims and drive up insurance premiums for company employees, prosecutors said.
All told, three companies owned by Brian Bolus and three companies owned by his father were charged, prosecutors said.
The investigation became public in May 2013, when the FBI and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection searched Minuteman's office in Milton.
Gov. Tom Corbett visited Minuteman in 2012 as part of an effort to drum up support for his state budget proposal, calling the company "an American success story."
The Central Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce named Minuteman its business of the year in 2012.
Chesapeake Energy Corp,the Oklahoma-based firm is the No. 1 driller in Ohio.
Rig Count Interactive Map by Baker Hughes, an energy services company.
Shale Sheet Fracking, a Youngstown Vindicator blog.
National Geographic's The Great Shale Rush.
The Ohio Environmental Council, a statewide eco-group based in Columbus.
Earthjustice, a national eco-group.
People's Oil and Gas Collaborative-Ohio, a grass-roots group in Northeast Ohio.
Concerned Citizens of Medina County, a grass-roots group.
No Frack Ohio, a Columbus-based grass-roots group.
Fracking: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat by ProPublica, an online journalism site.
Pipeline, blog from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Marcellus shale drilling.
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American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections asks FBI not to link case to Islam WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections (AMT), a coalition of major national Islamic organizations, is calling for an independent investigation into the death of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, who was shot and killed by the FBI on Wednesday in Detroit during raids in which a number of individuals were arrested on charges unrelated to terrorism. AMT is also calling on the FBI not to link the raids or the allegations against the suspects to the Islamic faith. In a statement, the Muslim coalition said: "It is imperative that an independent investigation of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah's death make public the exact circumstances in which he died. And unless the FBI has evidence linking the criminal allegations to the religious affiliation of the suspects, we ask that federal authorities stop injecting religion into this case. The unjustified linkage of this case to the faith Islam will only serve to promote an increase in existing anti-Muslim stereotyping and bias in our society." AMT is also urging the Congressional Tri-Caucus (Black, Latino, and Asian) to call for a judicial inquiry. In keeping with its charter, AMT works for civil rights of all Americans and plans to hold a series of meetings across the United States, culminating in a civil rights summit in Washington, D.C., to address growing civil and human rights concerns of seven to eight million American Muslims. AMT is an umbrella organization that includes American Muslim Alliance (AMA), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), MAS-Freedom, Muslim Student Association-National (MSA-N), Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA), and United Muslims of America (UMA). Its observer organizations include American Muslims for Civic Engagement (AMCE), Islamic Educational Council of Orange County (IECOC), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). SOURCE American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections Latest AJAXWorld RIA Stories
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This is where Farley spends hours upon hours sitting and cranking out music, usually about 20 songs a day. And his audience is growing fast and across the country.
Enough so that Farley made close to $24,000 last year from selling his music through digital retailers such as iTunes and the online streaming service Spotify. And, apart from trips to the post office to mail CDs, he never left his house to go on tour.
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Sitting on the eastern border of North Dakota, Grand Forks is the last major urban center on Interstate 29 heading north before it crosses the U.S.-Canadian border. It is also a major stopping point on Route 2, running east and west. Those two routes, heavily traveled in and out of North Dakota, make Grand Forks a major crossing point and influx of outside culture to the North Dakota region.
Finding Apartments for Rent in Grand Forks, ND
Grand Forks is home to 98,300 residents as of 2012. The area enjoys a very good combination of lots of jobs available, a lower than average cost of living and a low cost of real estate. The one major drawback is that the general temperature range runs from 80 degrees in the summer to -5 degrees in the winter. Folks who can't handle cold in the winter won't do well in Grand Forks.
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The city has been dubbed a "cultural oasis" in a region that is not well known or remarkable for the arts. Much of the arts environment and creativity is influenced and generated by the University and its student body, so a dichotomy of a conservative region and modern art weave together in Grand Forks, making the community a unique gem in the state and region.
Shopping in Grand Forks, ND
Grand Forks has all the big name stores present for retail needs, ranging from resources for hobby enthusiasts to the latest clothing names as well as tools, electronics, motorcycles, vehicles, salon needs, multiple home furnishing stores, and of course outdoor sports and hunting. Many of the retail centers carry some of the latest products in their industries. As a result, residents in Grand Forks are enjoying some of the same state of the art technology and designs as folks in Los Angeles.
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Those words, uttered in an interview, rippled across the Twitterverse and left many with the impression that Meloy's band, The Decemberists, are breaking up."Nothing could be farther from the truth," Meloy said Saturday on his tour bus in the parking lot behind Bonnaroo's big stage. "With this record I feel we have a whole world in front of us with plenty of options and I'm excited to continue writing music for The Decemberists and performing with The Decemberists."He just wants to do something else for a while.
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Driven by a powerful lead song, "Down by the Water," that featured harmony from Gillian Welch, The King is Dead hit No. 1 earlier this year, a rare feat for an indie folk rock band known for its challenging material. A top-selling record is often a bonanza for a band and the impulse is to tour nonstop to capitalize on the opportunity.Yet The Decemberists will wind down touring in August and won't tour in the fall. Instead Meloy, who calls himself "compulsively creative," will begin promoting his new illustrated young adult book "Wildwood," the first in a fantasy series for HarperCollins he plans to produce with his wife, the artist Carson Ellis. The book idea predates The Decemberists when Meloy worked in a pizza place and played open mic gigs and Ellis worked in a bar and painted in her free time."I've managed to pull it off over the last year and a half but it owes a lot to chance and luck and, thankfully, some creative epiphanies," Meloy said. "I think it would water down both things if I tried to do them at the same time."He also would like to write a musical and tackle a studio project or two during this ... quiet period? And he wants to spend more time at home to be with his son, Hank, who is autistic.The other members of the Portland, Ore.-based band have things to focus on as well. Founding accordion and keyboard player Jenny Conlee was diagnosed with breast cancer this spring and sat out the band's summer dates."We're just glad we're at the point where she has insurance and some flexibility so she has time to do the treatments and come out the other side better," Meloy said.Conlee also is in the dark, experimental bluegrass band Black Prairie with Decemberists bandmates Nate Query and Chris Funk, and that group expects to produce new material while Meloy works on his projects.Long waits for new songs are nothing new to fans of The Decemberists. It took three years between the band's complicated breakthrough, The Crane Wife, and the 2009 release of Hazards of Love. It took another two years for The King is Dead to come out. Fans waited patiently and were rewarded with something a little different."Going into this it felt right to sit down and write some simple, pretty songs, but as it turns out the simple, pretty songs in this day and age are what people are into," Meloy said.And he thinks they'll be waiting for more after ... time away?"I just assume that they'll still be there in three years," Meloy said. "And also we're not a band that's afraid to take risks, and if this seems risky it doesn't really bother me. I think we've taken bigger risks in the past. I'm just following my whim and I think that's what The Decemberists have been all along, and I think that's why we have our audience."
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The term cultivar[nb 1] most commonly refers to an assemblage of plants selected for desirable characteristics that are maintained during propagation. More generally, cultivar refers to the most basic classification category of cultivated plants governed by the ICNCP. Most cultivars have arisen in cultivation, but a few are special selections from the wild.
Popular ornamental garden plants like roses, camellias, daffodils, rhododendrons, and azaleas are cultivars produced by careful breeding and selection for flower colour and form. Similarly, the world's agricultural food crops are almost exclusively cultivars that have been selected for characteristics such as improved yield, flavour, and resistance to disease and very few wild plants are now used as food sources. Trees used in forestry are also special selections grown for their enhanced quality and yield of timber.
Cultivars form a major part of Liberty Hyde Bailey's broader grouping, the cultigen,[1] defined as a plant whose origin or selection is primarily due to intentional human activity.[2] Cultivar was coined by Bailey and it is generally regarded as a portmanteau of "cultivated" and "variety", but could also be derived from "cultigen" and "variety". A cultivar is not the same as a botanical variety,[3] a taxonomic rank below subspecies, and there are differences in the rules for creating and using the names of botanical varieties and cultivars. In recent times, the naming of cultivars has been complicated by the use of statutory plant patents and plant breeders' rights names.[4]
The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV – French: Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales) offers legal protection of plant cultivars to people or organisations who introduce new cultivars to commerce. UPOV requires that a cultivar be distinct, uniform and stable. To be distinct, it must have characteristics that easily distinguish it from any other known cultivar. To be uniform and stable, the cultivar must retain these characteristics under repeated propagation.
The naming of cultivars is an important aspect of cultivated plant taxonomy, and the correct naming of a cultivar is prescribed by the Rules and Recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (the ICNCP, commonly known as the Cultivated Plant Code). A cultivar is given a cultivar name, which consists of the scientific Latin botanical name followed by a cultivar epithet. The cultivar epithet is usually in a vernacular language. For example, the full cultivar name of the King Edward potato is Solanum tuberosum 'King Edward'. The 'King Edward' part of the name is the cultivar epithet, which, according to the Rules of the Cultivated Plant Code, is bounded by single quotation marks.[5]
Origin of term[edit]
The origin of the term "cultivar" arises from the need to distinguish between wild plants and those with characteristics that have arisen in cultivation (what we now call cultigens). This distinction dates back to the Greek philosopher Theophrastus (370–285 BCE), the "Father of Botany", who was keenly aware of this difference. Botanical historian Alan Morton notes that Theophrastus in his Enquiry into Plants "had an inkling of the limits of culturally induced (phenotypic) changes and of the importance of genetic constitution" (Historia Plantarum III, 2,2 and Causa Plantarum I, 9,3).[6]
The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants uses as its starting point for modern botanical nomenclature those Latin names that appeared in Linnaeus' publications Species Plantarum (10th ed.) and Genera Plantarum (5th ed.). In Species Plantarum, Linnaeus (1707–1778) listed all the plants known to him, either directly or from his extensive reading. He recognised the rank of varietas (in English this is the botanical "variety", a rank below that of species and subspecies) and he indicated these varieties by using letters of the Greek alphabet such as α, β, λ in front of the variety name, rather than using the abbreviation var., which is the current convention. Most of the varieties listed by Linnaeus were of "garden" origin rather than being wild plants.[7]
Over time there was an increasing need to distinguish between plants growing in the wild, and those with variations that had been produced in cultivation. In the nineteenth century many "garden-derived" plants were given horticultural names, sometimes in Latin and sometimes in a local language. From about the 1900s, plants produced in cultivation in Europe were recognised in the Scandinavian, Germanic, and Slavic literature through the words stamm or sorte[8] but these words could not be used internationally since, by international agreement, any new terms had to be based in Latin.[9] In the twentieth century an improved international terminology was proposed for the classification and nomenclature of cultivated plants.[10]
The word cultivar was coined in 1923 by Liberty Hyde Bailey of Cornell University, New York State, when he wrote:
The cultigen is a species, or its equivalent, that has appeared under domestication – the plant is cultigenous. I now propose another name, cultivar, for a botanical variety, or for a race subordinate to species, that has originated under cultivation; it is not necessarily, however, referable to a recognized botanical species. It is essentially the equivalent of the botanical variety except in respect to its origin.[11]
In this paper Bailey used only the rank of species for the cultigen but it was clear to him that many domesticated plants were more like botanical varieties than species, and that appears to have motivated the suggestion of the new classification category cultivar, which is generally assumed to be a contraction of the words cultivated and variety. However, Bailey was never explicit about the etymology of the word, and it has been suggested that it is a contraction of the words cultigen and variety, which seems more appropriate.[12]
The new word cultivar was promoted as "euphonious" and "free from ambiguity". It serves a purpose.[8][nb 2] Its use was subsequently recommended by the first Cultivated Plant Code, which was published in 1953, and by 1960 it had achieved wide international acceptance.[13]
The terms cultigen and cultivar may be confused with each other. A cultigen is any plant deliberately altered or selected for cultivation by humans; the Cultivated Plant Code states that cultigens are "maintained as recognisable entities solely by continued propagation".[14] A cultigen or a component of a cultigen, which is recognisable and stable, can be accepted as a cultivar.
Cultigens can have names at any of various ranks, including cultivar names, names in the classification categories of grex and group, binomial Latin species names, variety names, forma names, and they may be plants that have been altered by humans (including genetically modified plants) but which have not been given formal names.[15]
Formal definition[edit]
The Cultivated Plant Code notes that the word cultivar is used in two different senses: first, as a "classification category" the cultivar is defined in Article 2 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (2009, 8th edition) as follows: The basic category of cultivated plants whose nomenclature is governed by this Code is the cultivar.[16] There are two other classification categories for cultigens, the grex[17] and the group.[18] The Code then defines a cultivar as a "taxonomic unit within the classification category of cultivar". This is the sense of cultivar that is most generally understood and which is used as a general definition.
A cultivar is an assemblage of plants that (a) has been selected for a particular character or combination of characters, (b) is distinct, uniform and stable in those characters, and (c) when propagated by appropriate means, retains those characters.[19]
Different kinds[edit]
Which plants are chosen to be named as cultivars is simply a matter of convenience as the category was created to serve the practical needs of horticulture, agriculture, and forestry.[20]
Members of a particular cultivar are not necessarily genetically identical. The Cultivated Plant Code emphasizes that different cultivated plants may be accepted as different cultivars, even if they have the same genome, while cultivated plants with different genomes may be regarded as the same cultivar. The production of cultivars generally entails considerable human involvement although in a few cases it may be as little as simply selecting variation from plants growing in the wild (whether by collecting growing tissue to propagate from or by gathering seed).[21]
Cultivars generally occur as ornamentals and food crops: Malus 'Granny Smith' and Malus 'Red Delicious' are cultivars of apples propagated by cuttings or grafting, Lactuca 'Red Sails' and Lactuca 'Great Lakes' are lettuce cultivars propagated by seeds. Named cultivars of Hosta and Hemerocallis plants are cultivars produced by micropropagation or division.
Cultivars that are produced asexually are genetically identical and known as clones; this includes plants propagated by division, layering, cuttings, grafts, and budding. The propagating material may be taken from a particular part of the plant, such as a lateral branch, or from a particular phase of the life cycle, such as a juvenile leaf, or from aberrant growth as occurs with witch's broom. Plants whose distinctive characters are derived from the presence of an intracellular organism may also form a cultivar provided the characters are reproduced reliably from generation to generation. Plants of the same chimera (which have mutant tissues close to normal tissue) or graft-chimeras (which have vegetative tissue from different kinds of plants and which originate by grafting) may also constitute a cultivar.[22]
Some cultivars "come true from seed", retaining their distinguishing characteristics when grown from seed. Such plants are termed a "variety", "selection" or "strain" but these are ambiguous and confusing words that are best avoided. In general, asexually propagated cultivars grown from seeds produce highly variable seedling plants, and should not be labelled with, or sold under, the parent cultivar's name.[23]
Seed-raised cultivars may be produced by uncontrolled pollination when characteristics that are distinct, uniform and stable are passed from parents to progeny. Some are produced as "lines" that are produced by repeated self-fertilization or inbreeding or "multilines" that are made up of several closely related lines. Sometimes they are F1 hybrids which are the result of a deliberate repeatable single cross between two pure lines. A few F2 hybrid seed cultivars also exist, such as Achillea 'Summer Berries'.
Some cultivars are agamospermous plants, which retain their genetic composition and characteristics under reproduction.[24] Occasionally cultivars are raised from seed of a specially selected provenance – for example the seed may be taken from plants that are resistant to a particular disease.[25]
Genetically modified[edit]
Genetically modified plants with characteristics resulting from the deliberate implantation of genetic material from a different germplasm may form a cultivar. However, the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants notes, "In practice such an assemblage is often marketed from one or more lines or multilines that have been genetically modified. These lines or multilines often remain in a constant state of development which makes the naming of such an assemblage as a cultivar a futile exercise." [26] However, retired transgenic varieties such as the Fish tomato, which are no longer being developed, do not run into this obstacle and can be given a cultivar name.
Cultivars may be selected because of a change in the ploidy level of a plant which may produce more desirable characteristics.
Cultivar names[edit]
Every unique cultivar has a unique name within its denomination class (which is almost always the genus). Names of cultivars are regulated by the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, and may be registered with an International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA). There are sometimes separate registration authorities for different plant types such as roses and camellias. In addition, cultivars may be associated with commercial marketing names referred to in the Cultivated Plant Code as "trade designations" (see below).
Presenting in text[edit]
A cultivar name consists of a botanical name (of a genus, species, infraspecific taxon, interspecific hybrid or intergeneric hybrid) followed by a cultivar epithet. The cultivar epithet is enclosed by single quotes;[5] it should not be italicized if the botanical name is italicized;[27] and each of the words within the epithet is capitalized (with some permitted exceptions such as conjunctions).[28] It is permissible to place a cultivar epithet after a common name provided the common name is botanically unambiguous. Cultivar epithets published before 1 January 1959 were often given a Latin form and can be readily confused with the specific epithets in botanical names; after that date, newly coined cultivar epithets must be in a modern vernacular language to distinguish them from botanical epithets.[29]
- Examples of correct text presentation:
- Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans'
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Aureomarginata' (pre-1959 name, Latin in form)
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Golden Wonder' (post-1959 name, English language)
- Pinus densiflora 'Akebono' (post-1959 name, Japanese language)
- Apple 'Sundown'
- Some incorrect text presentation examples:
- Cryptomeria japonica "Elegans" (double quotes are unacceptable)
- Berberis thunbergii cv. 'Crimson Pygmy' (this once-common usage is now unacceptable, as it is no longer correct to use "cv." in this context; Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy' is correct)
- Rosa cv. 'Peace' (this is now incorrect for two reasons: firstly, the use of "cv."; secondly, "Peace" is a trade designation or "selling name" for the cultivar R. 'Madame A. Meilland' and should therefore be printed in a different typeface from the rest of the name, without quote marks, for example: Rosa Peace.)
Group names[edit]
Where several very similar cultivars exist they can be associated into a Group (formerly Cultivar-group). As Group names are used with cultivar names it is necessary to understand their way of presentation. Group names are presented in normal type and the first letter of each word capitalised as for cultivars, but they are not placed in single quotes. When used in a name, the first letter of the word "Group" is itself capitalized.[30]
Presenting in text[edit]
- Brassica oleracea Capitata Group (the group of cultivars including all typical cabbages)
- Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group (the group of cultivars including all typical cauliflowers)
- Hydrangea macrophylla Groupe Hortensia (in French) = Hydrangea macrophylla Hortensia Group (in English)
- Where cited with a cultivar name the group should be enclosed in parentheses, as follows:
- Hydrangea macrophylla (Hortensia Group) 'Ayesha' [31]
Legal protection of cultivars and their names[edit]
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Since the 1990s there has been an increasing use of legal protection for newly produced cultivars. Plant breeders expect legal protection for the cultivars they produce. If other growers can immediately propagate and sell these cultivars as soon as they come on the market, the breeder's benefit is largely lost.[32] Legal protection for cultivars is obtained through the use of Plant breeders' rights and plant Patents but the specific legislation and procedures needed to take advantage of this protection vary from country to country.[33]
Controversial use of legal protection for cultivars[edit]
The use of legal protection for cultivars can be controversial, particularly for food crops that are staples in developing countries,[34] or for plants selected from the wild and propagated for sale without any additional breeding work; some people consider this practice unethical.[35]
Trade designations[edit]
The formal scientific name of a cultivar, like Solanum tuberosum 'King Edward', is a way of uniquely designating a particular kind of plant. This scientific name is in the public domain and cannot be legally protected. Plant retailers wish to maximize their share of the market and one way of doing this is to replace the cumbersome Latin scientific names on plant labels in retail outlets with appealing marketing names that are easy to use, pronounce and remember. Marketing names lie outside the scope of the Cultivated Plant Code which refers to them as "trade designations". If a retailer or wholesaler has the sole legal rights to a marketing name then that may offer a sales advantage. Plants protected by Plant breeders' rights (PBR) may have a "true" cultivar name – the recognized scientific name in the public domain, and a "commercial synonym" an additional marketing name that is legally protected: an example would be Rosa Fascination = 'Poulmax', the 'Poulmax' being the true scientific name. Because a name that is attractive in one language may have less appeal in another country, a plant may be given different selling names from country to country. Quoting the original cultivar name allows the correct identification of cultivars around the world.[36] The peak body coordinating Plant breeders rights is the Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales, UPOV) and this organization maintains a database of new cultivars protected by PBR in all countries.[37]
International Cultivar Registration Authorities[edit]
An International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA) is a voluntary, non-statutory organization appointed by the Commission for Nomenclature and Cultivar Registration of the International Society of Horticultural Science. ICRAs are generally formed by societies and institutions specializing in particular plant genera such as Dahlia or Rhododendron and are currently located in Europe, North America, China, India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Puerto Rico.[38]
Each ICRA produces an annual report and its reappointment is considered every four years. The main task is to maintain a register of the names within the group of interest and where possible this is published and placed in the public domain. One major aim is to prevent the duplication of cultivar and Group epithets within a genus, as well as ensuring that names are in accord with the latest edition of the Cultivated Plant Code. In this way, over the last 50 years or so, ICRAs have contributed to the stability of cultivated plant nomenclature. In recent times many ICRAs have also recorded trade designations and trademarks used in labelling plant material, to avoid confusion with established names.[39]
New names and other relevant data are collected by and submitted to the ICRA and in most cases there is no cost. The ICRA then checks each new epithet to ensure that it has not been used before and that it conforms with the Cultivated Plant Code. Each ICRA also ensures that new names are formally established (i.e. published in hard copy, with a description in a dated publication). They record details about the plant, such as parentage, the names of those concerned with its development and introduction, and a basic description highlighting its distinctive characters. ICRAs are not responsible for assessing the distinctiveness of the plant in question.[39] Most ICRAs can be contacted electronically and many maintain web sites: for an up-to-date listing.[40]
See also[edit]
- ^ Cultivar (English /ˈkʌltᵻˌvɑːr, -ˌvɛər/) has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar.
- ^ This ignored its prior existence as a transitive verb in Spanish, meaning "to farm, to cultivate, to grow, or to practice". Online Spanish dictionary, and in Portuguese meaning to cultivate, to husband, to farm, to plant, to polish, to reclaim, to improve. Ectaco online Portuguese dictionary
- ^ Bailey 1923, p. 113
- ^ Spencer & Cross 2007, p. 938
- ^ Lawrence 1953, pp. 19–20
- ^ See[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Cultivated Plant Code Article 14.1 Brickell 2009, p. 19
- ^ Morton 1981, pp. 38–39
- ^ Lawrence 1955, p. 177
- ^ a b Lawrence 1955, p. 180
- ^ Lawrence 1955, p. 181
- ^ Lawrence 1955, pp. 179–180
- ^ Bailey 1923, p. 113
- ^ Trehane 2004, p. 17
- ^ Lawrence 1960, p. 1
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code Art. 2.3 Brickell 2009, p. 1
- ^ Spencer, Cross & Lumley 2007, p. 47
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code. Art. 2.1 Brickell 2009, p. 6
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code. Art. 4 Brickell 2009, p. 12
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code. Art. 3 Brickell 2009, pp. 10–12
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code. Art. 2.2 Brickell 2009, p. 6
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code. Preamble & Principles Brickell 2009, p. 19
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code, Article 2.20 Brickell 2009, p. 9
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code, Articles 2.5–2.11 Brickell 2009, pp. 6–7
- ^ Courses / RHS Gardening
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code, Articles 2.17–2.18 Brickell 2009, pp. 7–8
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code, Articles 2.12–2.16 Brickell 2009, pp. 7–8
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code, Articles 2.19 Brickell 2009, pp. 8–9
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code Recommendation 8A.1 Brickell 2009, p. 15
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code Article 21.3 Brickell 2009, p. 25
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code Art. 14 Brickell 2009, p. 19
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code Art. 3 Brickell 2009, pp. 10–12
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code Art. 15 Brickell 2009, p. 19
- ^ P. Gepts (2004) Who Owns Biodiversity, and How Should the Owners Be Compensated? Plant Physiology 134, pp. 1295–1307
- ^ BSPB Plant breeding – The business and science of crop improvement British Society of Plant Breeders booklet
- ^ Adi, A.B.C., Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology and the Fate of Poor Farmers' Agriculture. Social Science Research Network
- ^ 'Who owns nature?' (article by nurseryman and plant hunter Michael Wickenden, published in The Plantsman)
- ^ Spencer, Cross & Lumley 2007, pp. 76–81
- ^ Spencer, Cross & Lumley 2007, p. 78
- ^ Cultivated Plant Code Brickell 2009, pp. 62, 67–83
- ^ a b See International Cultivar Registration Authorities
- ^ Staff (2010). "ISHS :: Commission Nomenclature and Cultivar Registration - International Cultivar Registration Authorities (ICRAs)". ishs.org. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1923). "Various cultigens, and transfers in nomenclature". Gentes Herbarum. 1 (Part 3): 113–136.
- Brickell, Chris D. et al. (eds) (2009). "International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP or Cultivated Plant Code) incorporating the Rules and Recommendations for naming plants in cultivation. 8th ed., adopted by the International Union of Biological Sciences International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants" (PDF). Scripta Horticulturae. International Society of Horticultural Science. 10: 1–184. ISBN 978-90-6605-662-6.
- Lawrence, George H.M. (1953). "Cultivar, Distinguished from Variety". Baileya. 1: 19–20.
- Lawrence, George H.M. (1955). "The Term and Category of Cultivar". Baileya. 3: 177–181.
- Lawrence, George H.M. (1957). "The Designation of Cultivar-names". Baileya. 5: 162–165.
- Lawrence, George H.M. (1960). "Notes on Cultivar Names". Baileya. 8: 1–4.
- Morton, Alan G. (1981). History of Botanical Science: An Account of the Development of Botany from Ancient Times to the Present Day. London: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-508382-3.
- Spencer, Roger; Cross, Robert; Lumley, Peter (2007). Plant names: a guide to botanical nomenclature. (3rd ed.). Collingwood, Australia: CSIRO Publishing (also Earthscan, UK.). ISBN 978-0-643-09440-6.
- Spencer, Roger D.; Cross, Robert G. (2007). "The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN), the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), and the cultigen". Taxon. 56 (3): 938–940. doi:10.2307/25065875.
- Trehane, Piers (2004). "50 years of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants". Acta Horticulturae. 634: 17–27.
External links[edit]
Look up cultivar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Sale point of the Latest Edition (October 2009) of The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
- International Cultivar Registration Authorities
- The Language of Horticulture
- Opinion piece by Tony Lord (from The Plantsman magazine)
- Hortivar – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Horticulture Cultivars Performance Database


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HYDE PARK, Wednesday—I want again to thank the innumerable friendly people who sent me cards and messages this Christmas season. And I would also like to say "thank you" for Fala to dog lovers in every part of the country who have remembered him. One kind person sent him a stocking full of toys, someone else sent him a collar, and even dog candy was in his array of gifts.
My Texas grandchildren, who are here, tell me that the last movie done of Fala is just now being shown in Fort Worth, and I think it must have been shown in a good many places, for it has brought him so much fan mail. He is most grateful for all his gifts, though he is not quite certain whether the various squeaky toys are meant for play or for immediate destruction! He is still, I fear, primitive enough to think that a mouse, even though its color is light yellow, should be caught and destroyed, just in the way he digs for moles along the banks of the brook and runs after rabbits, which, I am grateful to say, he never catches. All of his mail will be sent to the library to swell his collection there, and the grandchildren have started to sort the Christmas cards.
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We have had a wonderful variety of days—clear, cold weather and blue sky against which the bare trees etched themselves; then snow, thaw and rain, soft end-of-the-year kind of weather—hard on people who had to drive their cars, because the roads were covered with ice even under the thawed snow, but very pleasant for walking in the woods, where the snow was still intact. I love the crunchy sound of going through the crust as I walk, though I confess that when I come out on the icy places I am a little more careful than my grandchildren, who slide along gleefully, tumble down, then continue to slide with no thought of bumps or bruises. I do not think I can take it quite so easily as they do!
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Tea and lunch and dinner guests have arrived with tales of adventure. The car of two guests who drove up from New York City to spend the night turned completely around on the icy parkway; they were lucky enough to run off on a grassy stretch, then started off again much more slowly. I begin to think that a winter in the country, when you must move about and cannot just hole in and wait until the weather changes, is rather an adventurous proceeding.
Nevertheless, I like it better than the city. Even when the snow melts and it is muddy underfoot, there is none of the dirt of New York City. I can pat Fala without immediately having to wash my hands, as I do in the city, where they become black from the dirt which he collects from the streets.
There is a serenity about land that is sleeping. Even the pheasant which crosses the road in front of our car does so in perfect security—the hunting season is over and he can show his bright feathers without fear. This is the kind of life in which one can really imagine that people may learn to live in peace.


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BchD (2003), MFGDP (2005), DipRestDent RCS (2008), Msc (2009), FFGDP (2010) GDC registration Number - 82181 Nick qualified from Leeds University in 2003, and has worked with Oasis Dental Care in Heckmondwike Dental and Implant Centre since. Nick is currently undertaking a Diploma in Implant Dentistry with the Faculty of General Dental Practice. Nick takes referrals for complex Restorative and Prosthodontic work, including Dental Implants, Aesthetic Work and patients requiring i.v sedation. Nick is a Foundation Dentist Trainer, and a board member for the Yorkshire Division of Faculty of General Dental Practice. He runs the MJDF course for the division and is currently the Post Graduate Tutor for West Yorkshire.
BchD MFDS RCS Ed GDC registration Number - 82185 I qualified from the University of Leeds in 2003. After a year in general practice I went back into hospital dentistry concentrating on oral surgery at Leeds general infirmary. After returning to private practice I completed the membership to the faculty of dental surgery in Edinburgh. I now focus on the areas of sedation of nervous patients and the restoration of peoples mouths with dental implants. I also hold a position on the Kirklees Local Dental committee and have been accredited as a foundation trainer for newly qualified dentists.


text: Marshall's Swedish import elevated to first team By Doug Smock April 2, 2013 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -The way Marshall's 2012 offensive line two-deep chart was set up, Sebastian Johansson was as far away from the field as Huntington is to his native Sweden.But in this still-young spring, Johansson has been running with the first team at left guard, splinted digits and all. He is getting the chance to beat out Josh Lovell, who started half the Thundering Herd's games last year."I didn't give it to him. He earned it," said Alex Mirabal, offensive line coach. "He earned it in the offseason with how he prepared. He's got a tremendous amount of ability, he's very accountable."Heck, he dislocated one of his fingers on Friday on his right hand, and today in one-on-one pass rush dislocated fingers on his left hand, and he's still out there playing the whole time." Johansson, a 6-foot-5, 290-pounder who will be a third-year sophomore in the fall, played the 2009 season at nearby Raceland, Ky., and then returned to Sweden to essentially repeat his senior year academically. He played for his hometown team in Karlstad, but came to Marshall very raw - and still is, to some extent.Which is fine with Mirabal."I look at it as a positive, because he doesn't have bad habits," Mirabal said. "He's got no habits, in terms of football, so you don't have to break and re-teach them. He's a really good athlete with tremendous feet; he's got good power. He cares about getting better. "My issue with him is I've got to say, 'Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. When I tell you about what you're doing and you should be doing something different, don't get all huffy-puffy. Settle down, just listen and implement this.'"And he's benefiting from being sandwiched between [center Chris] Jasperse and [left tackle Gage] Niemeyer. They help him make sure he's on the right page."A year ago, he wasn't on any page, as far as the two-deep went. What a difference a good offseason can make."I can only blame myself for it," Johansson said. "But I've been working hard in the weight room with [strength and conditioning] Coach [Scott] Sinclair, and the possibilities are coming together."Reach Doug Smock at 304-348-5130, email@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/dougsmock.


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This is the first time this project has been published with ALL the information you need to know about the downloads available to re-create the "reasons" labels seen on these cards.
This project also now has its own website - with heaps of additional information, including a complete supply list and all the information on purchasing the template to create the labels.
Note: If you would like to link to, feature or re-publish this project - please see here.
Below you will find the tutorial showing how to make the cards. On the website you can also find a complete supply list and all the information on purchasing the template to create the labels.
- Find some playing cards! These fabulous cards from Ellusionist shown here are great as they have a pre-aged Vintage look.
- Scuff them up with some sandpaper to give them a used feel as well as a used look
- Create a template with one of the spare cards (for example one of the Jokers)
- Punch two holes in each cards using the template as a guide
- Create your reasons labels to attach to the cards - detailed information below. Use another Joker card to create the front cover.
- Using double sided tape and/or glue - attach the inserts to the cards. Using glue will take longer to dry and will stiffen the cards up adding more dimension.
- Create all 52 of your reasons cards and let the glue dry
- Thread onto book rings
Creating the Reasons Labels
There are two templates available for purchase. This page HERE has all the information you need to make a decision regarding which is best for you
Option One - JPEG Download
$4.99 - download high quality jpeg files to be used with a program of your choice
Option Two - POWERPOINT Download
$6.99 - download a PowerPoint presentation with placeholder text. Print ready.
You can see exactly what is included in the templates on this page here. Please read what you will receive and what you will need to do after purchasing to re-create the reasons as shown.
Check out the FAQ page if you have any questions.
Also see the 52reasonsiloveyou.com website here - or email me here.
Lowri :-)
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Thanks to its mix of easily accessible employment, culture, retail, housing, and other amenities, the Washington, D.C., metro area has been hailed as the standard-bearer of pedestrian convenience in a recent Brookings Institution study on "urban walkability." The cities covered in Christopher Leinberger's "Footloose and Fancy Free: A Field Survey of Walkable Urban Places in the Top 30 U.S. Metropolitan Areas" are home to 138 million people, or 46 percent of the U.S. population. Of the 157 walkable places the study identifies—"regional-serving" spots, as opposed to bedroom communities—fully half (78) are in the suburbs. (The report's final rankings are based on the number of walkable places per million residents.)
What's notable, says Leinberger, a University of Michigan professor and visiting fellow at Brookings' Metropolitan Policy Program, is that older cities like D.C. "have the bulk of [these] areas in or near downtown," whereas those in nearby suburbs have clustered around transit hubs to create new town centers. The report, released on Dec. 4, 2007, quickly became Brookings' metro program's most-downloaded white paper of the year. Leinberger hopes more suburban towns start taking cues from historic downtown urban centers as part of a smart-building trend. "People knew how to do this 100 years ago, when they had no choice," he says. "Now we have to relearn it."
Shyam Kannan, research and development director at RCL Co., which conducted consumer research for the report, notes that modeling a project after a successful one elsewhere won't always work. "Walkable places have to be unique to the environments in which they're created, not formulaic," he warns. "If they smack of repetition, then they will fail."


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — What a political storm couldn't stop, a tropical one did. Thunder, lightning and flash flooding on Saturday rained out the first South Florida matchup between retired Cuban baseball players from both sides of the Florida Straits.
The game between former members of the Industriales, the Yankees of Cuba, would have been inconceivable a decade ago, due in large part to the Miami Cuban exile community's opposition to cultural exchanges with the island. But the United States and Cuba have eased travel restrictions in recent years, and the younger generation and new immigrants in South Florida are more open to such events.
Even so, the matchup was nearly derailed in July, when Florida International University, which had agreed to host two games, suddenly backed out, citing "contractual issues." Its decision came shortly after resistance from a small but vocal Miami-based group that has long opposed the administration of Communist Cuban President Raul Castro and former President Fidel Castro. The first of the games was also originally slated for the same day a broad coalition of Cuban-American groups was holding a conference at FIU's law school to ratchet up pressure on the Cuban government.
None of the most successful retired exile players, such as Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, appeared Saturday despite being promoted in event publicity.
But fans and players seemed undaunted. Instead of the usual pregame handshakes between opposing teams, many of the players — some who had not seen each other for a decade — grabbed one another in bear hugs. Fans and players from the U.S. covered their hearts for both the Star Spangled Banner and the Cuban national anthem, La Bayamesa.
Game organizer Alejandro Canton and his company Somos Cuba ("We are Cuba") Entertainment Group have frequently brought artists from the island and support more cultural exchanges. He pulled off a successful game in Tampa last week. But Miami was different.
FIU has refused to say much publicly about the cancellation, but a letter from the school's attorney to the American Civil Liberties Union made clear top university officials were jittery about the games' potential political nature. The school also argued it had excluded its sports venues from political gatherings, although former President Bill Clinton gave a political speech at its basketball arena In 2012.
Just outside the stadium gates Saturday, about two dozen, mostly gray-haired men and women with Cuban flags gathered to protest the game before it started. Those who came to see the game filmed the protesters on their phones but remained jovial.
Johan Alvarez, 45, who runs a small health care company in Miami, was among those snapping photos. Alvarez, who came to the U.S. from Cuba more than a decade ago, called the protest "part of the folklore of Miami."
Alvarez said he grew up watching the visiting players and those who now call the U.S. home and was excited to see the matchup. "It's nostalgic," he said.
Most of the hundreds of people lined up early at the Fort Lauderdale stadium Saturday had little interest in talking politics. Old and young alike sported the royal blue T-shirts and hats of the Industriales as they snacked on pregame hot dogs and guava pastries at the stadium food court.
"This is pretty cool," said Carlos Campos, 30, who left Cuba a decade ago. He waved away questions about the controversy. "This is about a game, not political arguments."
During the brief playing time, one protester ran onto the field and was booed by the spectators before being tackled by police and quickly removed. Minutes after the game resumed, a crack of thunder exploded above the stadium and rain beat down. Organizers initially hoped to continue the game, but they eventually gave up as the freshly spread dirt turned to mud and lighting flashed without respite.
Baseball, the national pastime of Cuba, has long united exiles and those still on the island, but it has also been a point of contention. Over the years, dozens of top players have defected to the U.S., some going on to play in World Series championships. As recently as last month, all-star first baseman Jose Dariel Abreu was reported to have defected with dreams of playing in the U.S. Major Leagues.


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Police believe someone used the broken top of a whiskey bottle to do the damage.
Police believe someone used the broken top of a whiskey bottle to do the damage.
Mahoning Township Police Motor Carrier Enforcement Officer James Laurenza said he pulled over 16 commercial vehicles Friday morning.
Organizers want owners and employees to take a couple hours to spruce up their own properties, hoping that will create a ripple effect in th…
John O'Neill gives more info and advice about Thursday's fire.
With hot and humid conditions expected throughout the weekend, animals at the fair can really feel the heat.
The animals at the fair can experience heat stroke just like humans.
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Hilcorp said it will instead drill around landowners who refused to sign leases with the company.
An autopsy revealed the victim had been stabbed repeatedly inside his Bingham Avenue N.W. home.
Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said the average daily cost has been $7.5 million.
Warren Buffett said his foundation plans to give the items to an institute or museum for public display.
The pilot, Lt. Col. Morris "Moose" Fontenot Jr., joined the Massachusetts Air National Guard in February.
The rebels also showed four Ukrainian soldiers and a wounded fighter from the pro-government Azov Battalion who were being held captive.
The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa began last year in Guinea. Since then, the disease has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
Melissa Rivers said in a statement Thursday that her mother was resting comfortably.
The body was found around 6 p.m. Thursday north of Highland Road Bridge in Brecksville.
The fire was quickly controlled.
Witnesses said the suspect in the Warren shooting fled the scene on a motorcycle, which later was involved in a chase through Newton Falls.
It happened in the parking lot of Teenie's Tavern on South Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Newly Public Companies Fumble Financials
Newly public companies tend to stumble out of the gate when it comes to financial reporting. Since 2004, there have been 563 financial restatements among 1,827 companies that had recently gone public. That works out to nearly 31%, which accounting experts say is high and symptomatic of the companies' youth.


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Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Review (minis)
Posted by EdEN in C, Featured, minis, PS3, PS3 Reviews / Vita Reviews, PSP Software on August 17th, 2011
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter is a dynamic hunting simulation game which lets players explore huge non-linear locations as they attempt to track down a variety of dinosaurs that are armed with advanced AI – these are dangerous creatures that are able to see, hear and sense the hunter. If you're not careful, it's very easy for the hunter to become the hunted.
With 15 different dinosaurs across 5 distinct environments including pine forests, muddy marshes and rolling hills, how you approach your target is important. Wind direction, scent and the use of a special dinosaur call are all key elements in tracking your prey.
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* Interactive 3D dinosaurs, from the Herbivorous (plant-eating) for novice hunters to the Carnivorous (meat-eating) for experts;
* Choose from among 6 weapon types – from a sniper rifle to an X-bow;
* Utilize the map and radar feature to locate and track dinosaurs;
* Exciting hunting: a non-linear hunting experience where players roam through vast landscapes, tracking and hunting a variety of dinosaurs;
* Interactive Dinosaur Trophy Room
Coming Soon to the PSN Store – Carnivores: Ice Age (minis)
Posted by EdEN in C, PLAYSTATION Store, PS3, PS3 software, PSN, PSP, PSP Minis on July 15th, 2011
Coming to PSN Store in August 2011, Beatshapers and Tatem Games united their forces again to bring the Carnivores: Ice Age, a sequel to popular Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter to PSP and PS3 platforms. It brings 5 huge explorable 3D maps, a variety of prehistoric ice age animals to hunt and a huge weapon palette to choose from.
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