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Bed sheets have been described in ancient Indian texts with various Sanskrit terms like Aastarana, Acchadana, Aachchhaadaka, Pracchada, Avastarana, Shayyacchadana, Nicola etc.
 * As per Ayurveda, the bed sheets and mattresses should be made of cotton. One should not use the bed sheets used by others unless properly washed and dried.
 * According to Ramayana, when Lakshmana goes to palace-chamber of Sugreeva, he sees numerous golden and silver beds and divans covered with valuable bed sheets. Further, when Hanuman enters the Ravan's sleeping chamber in search of Sita, he sees Ravan and his wives sleeping on gem and stone studded couches and beds covered with beautiful bed sheets.
 * As per great epic Mahabharata, when after war Ashvatthama enters the tent of Drupada's son to take the revenge of his father's murder, he sees him laying on a bed covered with silk bed sheets.
 * Vatsyayana has mentioned in Kamasutra several types of beds as well as bed sheets for creating perfect place for making love.
 * According to Vaastu Shastra, the bedroom of couple facing conflicts should be in Southwest direction and their bed sheets should be of red color. They should avoid using bed sheets in colors governed by Saturn and Ketu planets.
 * Bed sheets have been also mentioned in various Puranas and ancient scriptures.
 * As per Kautilya's Arthashastra (300 BC), the Superintendent of yarn should endeavor to increase the production of bed sheets (Vastrastarana) and curtains (Pravarana).
 * n popular Buddhist scripture Vinaya Piṭaka, bed sheets find mention with term “Uttaratthara”.
 * Buddhist statues (3rd century) of Nagarjunakonda valley also depict people using bed sheets along with cushions and pillows.
 * Niccolao Manucci, Italian writer and traveler, who came in 1659 in Mughal court and joined the service of Dara Shikoh, has mentioned the use of soft cotton bed sheets.

A bed sheet is a flat-woven textile that is used on a bed between the occupant of a bed and the warm blanket above. It is generally a rectangle of broadloomed fabric, meaning it is made without a center seam. Bed sheets have hems at top and bottom. The selvages, or finished edges of the woven sheet as it is made on the loom are used as side seams and thus there is no need for hemming on the sides. Today, the bed sheet comes as part of a set of bed linens that match in color, fabric, and detail and includes the fitted sheet (to cover the mattress), the flat sheet and at least one pillow case.

The bed sheet may be made of a variety of fibers, including linen, cotton, synthetics (often blended with natural fibers such as cotton) and occasionally silk. Bed sheets are made of a wide variety of fabrics. Particularly popular is percale, a closely-woven plain weave of all cotton or cotton-polyester blend that is smooth, cool, and comfortable against the skin. Also of plain weave but more coarsely woven than percale is muslin. In winter months flannel sheets, which are woven with nappy cotton fibers, provides additional warmth. Silky, satiny bed sheets, generally woven of synthetics (silk is very expensive) are a novelty. Linen is also occasionally used for bed sheeting but is not generally commercially available in this country as linen is not processed in the United States. Linen sheeting is either imported from Eastern Europe or Britain.

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History Beds of some sort have been around for millennia. It is unknown when sheeting was first used to keep the sleeper comfortable but it is likely that the first true bed sheets were linen. Linen, derived from the flax plant, has been cultivated for centuries and was expertly cultivated, spun, and woven by the Egyptians. It is a laborious plant to cultivate but the finished fabric is perfect for bed sheeting because it is more soft to the touch than cotton and becomes more lustrous with use. Linen sheeting was made on conventional looms that were between 30-40 in (76.2-101.6 cm) wide, resulting in bed sheets that had to be seamed down the center in order to be large enough for use. Europeans brought linen culture to the New World; linen processing flourished in the Northeast and Middle Colonies for two centuries. However, because of the painstaking cultivation process, linens were difficult and time-consuming to make. Nevertheless, many seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth century American women worked relentlessly producing linen goods—pillow cases, bed sheets, napkins, towels—for family use upon their marriage.

By about 1830 in the United States, cotton cultivation and processing was becoming well-established. Previously, it was difficult to remove the tenacious seeds found in short-staple cotton which grows easily in the American South. Eli Whitney's development of the cotton gin enabled the seeds to be stripped from the cotton wool easily and quickly; southern plantations immediately began growing the now-lucrative plant using enslaved labor. At the same time, New England textile mills were quickly adapting British cotton manufacturing technologies and were able to spin, weave, dye, and print cotton in huge quantities. By about 1860, few bothered to make bed sheets from linen anymore—why spend the time when cotton sheeting was cheap and easy to obtain?

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History reveals an interesting journey on how beds and bed sheets evolved throughout time. Life was indeed simple but style was always considered as the main factor when it came to beds and bed linens. The Middle Ages was considered the most beautiful era in history. Beds during this period were made out of feather. Bed sheets, on the other hand, were made out of silk, especially for the rich and powerful people. The 12th century introduced bed frames made out of wood as well as the use of cotton, cotton sateen and bamboo polyester for bed sheets. More luxurious beddings were introduced in the 17th century. Beds and bed linens were decorated with gold and silver threads. Pearl even decorated most of the beds and beddings of the rich people. Luxury bed sheets were also introduced during this time up until the 18th century.

Over the 20th century, materials used for beddings and bed sheets evolved into beddings that incorporated down comforters, luxurious duvet covers, microfibres, flannelettes and an array of different other fabrics. Luxury bedding is still coveted by the rich and famous but the realisation of the importance of comfort was already starting to sink in. At present the bed sheet market has evolved into offering microfibre that proves to be a soft and durable alternative compared to the other materials that we are used to using when it comes to beddings and sheets.

Microfibre are composed of finely woven fibers that can be adjusted in thickness as per requirement. They can also be made from wood pulp, polyester and nylon polymers. They are very thin but strong and very smooth and comfortable to use.

From the users’ point of view, the quality of the bed sheets made from microfibres is uncompromised and promises nothing less but the best experience. Bed sheets are indeed an investment that will be used for many years, thus investing in microfibre sheets is something worth considering if you want sheets that are attractive, easy to care for and most of all, soft and comfortable. History is now a part of the past. The future of the bedding and bed sheets industry is enjoying the benefits of the microfibre.

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In July 1694, the sudden and unexpected death of Madame Ursula Cutt, widow of John Cutt, first President of New Hampshire, by the hands of Abenaki warriors provides a snapshot of the personal belongings of one of the wealthiest widows in Portsmouth. Madame Cutt and her laborers were attacked while haying, so that she had not prepared for death.

The probate inventory taken the next week enumerates all that she owned—including clothing, table linen, bed linen and even remnants of silk and ribbons. Her husband’s will left all the land and reversion of the buildings to his children. Ursula’s share was in “moveables,” livestock and some farm tools. It is also probable that she owned many of the linens and some of the clothing before her 1675 marriage to John Cutt. The value assigned to the household linens and the clothing often exceeds that for livestock. Her best pair of sheets was valued at three pounds, while the best cows only at two pounds each! The gallery talk will examine the types of household linens and clothing she owned addressing which were imported and which were made in New Hampshire. Come and share this exciting window into 17th century Portsmouth.

http://www.homedesignlove.com/2015/09/the-history-of-bed-sheets-no-one-had-told-before.html

Now-a-days we use to take bed lined like bed sheets, pillows and mattress for granted as people have not always had access to the comfortable and cozy Bed Linen. Today we buy bed sheets as often as season change.

Just imagine an early man who use to sleep on the cold hard ground. At times they use to sleep on the pile of leaves, straws and twigs. Later the idea of elevated sleeping platform emerged. Almost 3000 years ago, Egyptians explored that sleeping on the surface that has been raised off from the ground is much more comfortable than sleeping on the ground. This lead to the necessity of bed, bed sheets, mattresses and pillows.

If we take a flash back of the early man, the picture is clear that early man has no concept of bedding. They use leaves, straws and sometimes fur and animal skin to keep them warm and to make their sleep comfortable.

Often animal skins were used as pile of leave’s cover. This became the idea of bed sheets to cover the sleeping place. Bed sheets became very famous very after its invention as this rectangular cloth not only help to cover the mattress but also gives a neat and comfortable feel while sleeping. The history of a bed sheet is as old as is the fabric weaving.

As flax is among the oldest plants useful for textile production, linen ultimately was on the list of first fabrics bed sheets were made of. Hence the term bed linen or simply sheets. This term is utilized today to describe anything used as bedding accessory. Linen is perfect for being used as bed sheets, even more than cotton, because its nature becomes softer as we use more traditional bed sheets are mostly white in color.

From that era to now, there is a beautiful transformation of bed sheets as now they are not only to cover the mattress or bed but they also serve to beautify the room. The available colors and designs are absolutely delightful and they are sure to double the charm of your bedroom. Today the bed sheets are available according to the bed sizes, weather condition and in many colors and designs to match the theme of your room. You can easily buy a bed sheet online with as many options as you like. Thanks to the Egyptians and thethought of elevated beds.

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Bedding June 27, 2013 by TowelsRus

People haven't always had access to comfortable bedding. The most luxurious bed linen was reserved for the wealthiest people.

Today we tend to take our bedding for granted. Most of the bed linen we buy is good quality and good value and it's easy to replace when we need to.

People have been sleeping on beds for over 10,000 years, but, like many developments, the biggest leaps in bedding technology have taken place in the last 100 years. It's around 6,000 years since the Egyptians discovered that it was more comfortable to sleep in a platform that was raised off the ground, and even then, bed linen was a luxury that was only reserved for the elite. Over the years, bed linen has evolved to include:

The Roman Period

The Romans have been credited with inventing a luxury lifestyle that we've only recently started to emulate - think about under floor heating. They loved luxury and used soft, comfortable fabrics for their bedding.

The Tudor Period

Although we wouldn't consider the beds of the Tudor period to be particularly comfortable because of the way the mattresses were constructed, the people of this period did pay attention to their bed linen. Again, the use of luxury bedding was commonplace amongst the wealthy, with silk and brocade helping to keep people warm during winter nights.

The Georgian and Victorian Period

As Britain continued to trade with countries across the world, and seized ideas from the countries it colonised during its Empire-building, bedding began to benefit from the use of different fabrics and the construction of new types of bed, including cast iron beds and new mattress construction.

The 20th Century

Over the 20th century, modern bedding changed substantially. The advent of better production techniques and washing techniques as meant that modern bedding can be kept cleaner and is more durable than ever before. Towards the end of the 20th century, most people adopted duvets as their main bedding, rather than the older bedding of sheets and blankets. Fabrics can be used together to create beautiful bed linen that lasts.

If you go to museums where they reconstruct life in an earlier period, bed linen is one of the things that often fascinates people - they just can't imagine having to sleep under rough blankets or on top of lumpy mattresses. But today's modern bed linen has evolved from that historical bed linen, and it's important that we can appreciate how lucky we are to be able to sleep in comfort and style every night.

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Bertha Berman


 * 2,907,055, 10/6/1959, Fitted Bed Sheets

Publication number	US2907055 A Publication type	Grant Publication date	Oct 6, 1959 Filing date	Feb 13, 1957 Priority date	Feb 13, 1957 Inventors	Bertha Berman

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Bertha Berman Patent #2907055 issued October 1959 She was an African American woman who died in 2009. She was born in 1909.

Perhaps she's your "ghost"!☺ She also holds a patent for the toothbrush protector. Fancy that! I think she was SWELL & you should wash & dry your sheets by themselves to avoid the types of problems you are mentioning in your post. Source(s): The above information was obtained from www.answerbag.com/q_view/1991667

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4. There are few pleasures in life greater than slipping into a clean, fresh bed. It is doubtful, however, that you have ever considered who came up with the idea of the convenient fitted sheet. In fact, it was Bertha Berman, an African American, who first came up with the idea in 1959. This was a simple version with sewn-in corners, and the design was improved upon as recently as 1990, when Gisele Jubinville came up with ‘grabbing’ corners that prevented the sheet from popping off the mattress. Just three years after having the idea, she sold the patent for $1 million.

http://thefrenchtouch-m-t.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/heres-to-mothers-of-invention.html

It turns out that my memory of those fitted sheets with elastic garters was, indeed, accurate. In 1959, Bertha Berman, an African-American woman, was granted a patent for this very design. The American housewife would be forever grateful. Then, in 1990, a French-Canadian woman named Gisèle Jubinville created the deep corner pocket fitted sheet that we know and love today. From then on, your bottom sheet would “stay put” no matter what (ahem!) you did in bed.

http://theborrowedbook.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/write-rightfitted-sheets.html

Seems in 1959, an African American woman named Bertha Berman patented a design for fitted sheets. Hers had corners sewn in a way that fit the sheet to the mattress. These needed elastic garters and other things to keep the sheets on the mattress.

In 1990, Gisele Jubinville created a fitted sheet with deep corner pockets that grab a mattress and stay put. (Oh happy day!) And then she sold the patent in 1993 for $1 million.

http://theprudedisapproves.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/between-sheets.html

In 1959, an African American woman by the name of Bertha Berman patented a design for fitted sheets that had corners sewn in a way that would fit the sheet to the mattress. These sheets were still less than perfect as they still managed to pop off the bed. These sheets needed elastic garters and other gadgets to keep the sheet on the bed. Finally in 1990, Gisele Jubinville created a fitted sheet deep corner pockets that grab a mattress and stay put. She sold the patent in 1993 for $1 million.

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/right-way-put-hemmed-flat-sheet-100014.html

A hemmed flat sheet’s finished or printed side faces down. That way, when you fold back the sheet over a comforter or to climb into bed, the neatly hemmed, darker or patterned side faces up. When making the bed, the wider hem goes at the head. The sheet’s excess hangs evenly over each side. Tuck under the surplus at the foot, using neat hospital corners, if you like. If you are still not convinced about “which way is up” concerning the flat sheet, check out how beds are made up in stores for display of linens.

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Fitted Sheets and the Broomtool

Fitted Sheets

Before the invention of fitted sheets, only clever forms of folding, like the hospital corner, would prevent sheets from slipping when weight was placed on a bed.Gisele Jubinville’s bedding invention is an updated version of a linen classic, the fitted sheet, designed to make the dreaded chore of making the bed all the more easy. Gisele saw a problem with her whites, finding that the sheets would often ride up the mattress and slip off the corners when any weight was placed on the bed.

Her ill-fitted sheets were an ongoing pet peeve, but it wasn’t until the Jubinville’s saw a news story about that very problem that she decided to do something about it.

Months of sewing and hundreds of yards of fabric later, Gisele came up with fitted sheets that met her expectations. The corners are bound with a special stitch to create deep pockets that grab a mattress and stay put; the sheets fit over a variety of materials and can be even modified so that only two corners are fitted.

The road to retail was a bumpy one; the American patent was turned down three times, and large companies dominated the market, making it near impossible for Gisele and her husband Len to market her invention independently. After approaching several businesses, the patent was sold to Springs Industries Inc., an American home furnishings company, for $1 million.

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Sewing Bed sheet Corners Brought Giselle Jubinville a $1million Plus Deal!

Name: Giselle Jubinville. Nationality: Canadian. Age: 41 yrs.

'Foolish' Small Business Idea: A fitted bottom bed sheet, that stayed put instead of popping off the mattress.

Start-up Capital: Nearly $16,000 - borrowed from friends and family - for the patent.

How small businesses idea was launched: Secured the patent from office in Washington, D.C. The two largest Canadian sheet manufacturers were not interested in her design. So, she tried Springs Industries in the U.S., and they purchased her patent.

Sales: Through Springs Industries.

Earnings: Giselle was paid $1million plus for the sale of the patent.

Housewife Giselle Jubinville, can hardly sew a stitch, but she was so fed-up with fitted sheets that kept popping off mattress corners that she decided to design a better fitted sheet - one that really did stay put.

For two months, day and night, she tried hundreds of designs, using just her old sewing machine. Everyone told her she was crazy and even experts said she was wasting her time, because you can't patent a sheet. But, Giselle was determined and wouldn't give up, even sewing in the corner of her bedroom all night, while her husband, Leonard, slept.

The breakthrough came, when one night she saw the perfect design in a dream. By stitching the corners at just the right angle and using slightly more fabric, she was able to make a deeper pocket, and the sheet remained in place, because the pocket stayed on any mattress.

Despite designing the perfect fitted sheet, it took Giselle of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, another 4 years to sell her design.

The patent office in Washington, D.C. turned her down three times, because there were already more than 100 patented ways of sewing sheet corners, so they didn't agree that Giselle's idea was new. Furious, she traveled to Washington, taking with her a miniature mattress and the new sheet corner. Once the patent examiner had been shown the design he agreed it was new, and awarded a patent.

Next stop was the two largest Canadian sheet manufacturers. However, Giselle Jubinville suffered a devastating setback when both companies were not in the least bit interested in purchasing her design. But when she tried Springs Industries in the U.S., they purchased her patent for a $1million plus.

Now Giselle Jubinville and her family are enjoying the results of her 'foolish' idea - a four-bedroom dream house newly built, they are on easy street and having a ball.

http://www.countrylinensdecorblog.com/linens-and-bedding/261-who-invented-fitted-sheets/

WHO INVENTED FITTED SHEETS Thursday, June 11, 2009 posted by SleepingInLuxury t300-twin-size-stripe-100-egyptian-cotton-sheet-setFitted sheets were made with elastic corners to fit over a mattress at all four corner preventing the sheet from slipping off when you laid down on the bed at night. The fitted sheet was invented by a lady by the name Giselle Jubinville, a Canadian from Alberta Canada. This housewife Giselle Jubinville was fed -up with sheets that would not stay in place so she set out to design a better fitted sheet. Sewing day and night for months on end she tried hundreds of designs. Everyone told her that she was wasting her time that you can’t patent a sheet. But she never gave up and she kept sewing in a corner of her bedroom all night. The perfect design came to her in a dream. Stitching the corner at just the right angle and using more fabric, she was able to make deeper pockets. This helps the sheet to stay in place on the mattress. It took Giselle 4 years to sell her design. In Washington, D.C. the patent office turn her down three times. They told her that there was 100, patent ways to sewing sheet corners so they didn’t agree that hers was new. Giselle took her design to Washington herself to show them in person. After the patent examiner had been shown the design he agreed it was new, and awarded a patent. The next step was to go to the two largest Canadian sheet manufacturers, but both companies were not a bit interested in purchasing her design. Giselle tried Springs Industries in the U.S., they purchased her patent for a $1million plus. Now Giselle Jubinville and her family are enjoying the results of her ‘foolish’ Idea. We all get the pleasure of having fitted sheets that won’t slide off the bed. Fitted sheets come in many different sizes starting from twin sheet sets up to king size.

http://www.google.com/patents/US5173976

Mattress cover/fitted bed sheet US 5173976 A ABSTRACT A mattress cover/fitted bed sheet which consists of a substantially rectangular blank of textile material with opposed sides and opposed ends. A pair of generally triangular pieces are cut out of the opposed sides adjacent the ends. Each of the triangular cut outs has a pair of opposed sides, an apex directed inwardly on the textile material and a base coincident with one of the sides of the textile material. The sides of the triangular cut outs are joined to form a biased side seam such that, when placed on a mattress, textile material is drawn under the end of the mattress.

Publication number	US5173976 A Publication type	Grant Application number	US 07/872,759 Publication date	Dec 29, 1992 Filing date	Apr 23, 1992 Priority date	Sep 29, 1989 Fee status	Paid Inventors	Gisele B. Jubinville Original Assignee	Enerbase Foundations Ltd. Export Citation	BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan Patent Citations (19), Referenced by (11), Classifications (5), Legal Events (9) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet

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Fitted sheets: Making the bed was a dreaded chore for Gisele Jubinville because the sheets never fit properly. After Jubinville saw a news story about that problem, she took action and invented a fitted sheet, binding the corners with a special stitch that created deep pockets to grab a mattress and stay in place.

After three rejections, the American Patent Office accepted Jubinville's patent application in 1990. She sold it to an American home furnishings company for $1 million in 1993.

http://www.finestbedlinen.com/index.php/39-articles/18-problem-fitted-sheets

Problem Fitted Sheets

Warning - fitted sheets could damage your mental health Fitted Sheets from Finest Bed Linen I'm sure that if someone actually made a study it would be proven that the majority of nervous breakdowns were caused in some way by fitted sheets

Finest Bed Linen, part of the Home Mallorca Company, are bedding experts for homes and yachts. They are the only company in Mallorca to offer all types of bedding for yachts and private homes and hotels. They provide bespoke and standard bed linens are are experts with fitted sheets for the all types of beds including the irregular shaped yacht beds. Up until the arrival of the fitted sheet the only option was a flat sheet and carefully constructed hospital corners but these rarely stayed in place. It wasn't unit 1959 that Bertha Berman patented the idea which was then improved on in 1990 by Gisele Jubinville who later sold the patent for $1million. Since then the principle hasn't really changed, it's a sheet with corners and elastic to hold it on.

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In 1959, Bertha Berman patented a design for fitted sheets that had corners sewn in a way that would fit the sheet to the mattress. These sheets although less than perfect as they still managed to pop off the bed were the start of the fitted sheet we know today. In 1990, Gisele Jubinville patented a design for a much better fitted sheet that grabs a mattress and stays put. She sold the patent in 1993 for $1 million. Fitted sheets now have elasticated corners which keep the sheet in place underneath the mattress.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/insight/40-things-made-or-invented-in-edmonton/index.html

40 things made or invented in Edmonton

Did you know the first food bank in Canada was established in Edmonton?

Those bright rubber pegs that hold hockey nets in place but break free to prevent player injury? Made in Nisku.

Fitted sheets that don’t slide off the mattress? Thank you, Gisele Jubinville of St. Albert, for deep-pocket fitted sheets.

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Prior to 1959, people only used two flat bedsheets to make their beds, resorting to hospital corners in order to keep the corners of the sheet from untucking. Thanks to Bertha Berman, that sad state of affairs was changed forever. She created and patented a method for sewing the corners of the sheet so that they fit the mattress, and thus the fitted sheet was born. Here are a few details to consider when buying a fitted sheet.

Deep mattress

If you do not have a standard-sized mattress, then you will need to thank another woman: Gisele Jubinville. In 1990, Jubinville created the deep pocket fitted sheets that fit thicker mattresses such as those that are twelve inches or more thick. These also have the elastic that is exposed or encased.

http://bio.prlog.org/adigibooks/50002298-gisele-jubinville.html

Gisele Jubinville Author “ After 10 years with a severe addiction to VLTs and slot machine, Gisele's mission is to eradicate the destruction caused by them. She speaks out on the power of intuition, the dangers of EGMs and the disturbing correlation between video games and VLTs. ” Gisele JubinvilleGisele Jubinvile first made her mark as the inventor of a new fitted bed sheet corner which she sold for over 1 million dollars. Her success as an inventor and her story as a VLT and slot machine addict who poured over $400,000 into the machines attracted much media attention, both locally and nationally. She's been interviewed by ITV, ACCESS Television, CTV, CBC and Global TV and many newspapers across Alberta. She's been featured in magazines such as Chatelaine, Lifestyles, Alive and The National Enquirer. She has also been featured on The Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the Alberta Invention and Inventors websites.

Gisele lives in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada with her husband of thirty-nine years. Gisele has twenty-five years of business experience and is an author, inventor and a self-taught artist. She is also the co-inventor of other patented products that are manufactured and sold across North America.

Gisele Jubinville Author ADIGI Books

Website: www.adigibooks.com

Phone: 17802224668

Fax: 17809392988

Address: 25128 Coal Mine Road

Sturgeon County, Alberta Canada

Areas of Expertise: The Power of Intuition VLT and Slot Machine Addictions

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Gisele and Leonard Jubinville

Leonard Jubinville grew up on a mixed farm in Lousanna, Alberta. An entrepreneur even as a child, he has raised pigs and cattle, sold milk and trained horses.

A carpenter by trade, he started his own construction company soon after completing his apprenticeship. Jubinville bought a farm near Red Deer, and took to raising bison, whitetail deer and horses. He began farming deer in 1989, assisting with the extraction of deer from the wild to help establish a seed stock in Alberta. He soon began to concentrate his efforts on creating a handling system for his animals that would be safe and efficient. This work led to the creation of the Deerhandler, an invention that his company, Declayna Whitetail and Bison Co., distributes and sells online to farms across North America.

Jubinville served for three years as a vice president, president and director of the Alberta Venison Council. He also helped to form the Alberta Whitetail and Mule Deer Association.

Gisele Jubinville grew up on a farm in the Bonnyville area. She has worked as an office manager and bookkeeper, but most recently has found success as a medium and soul therapist, running her own business, Therapy Nouvelle, in St. Albert. Gisele paints, and has written a book, Therapy for the Soul, published in 2002.

The Jubinvilles are currently testing their latest invention: a portable tethering kit for horses. This invention is patent pending, and the husband and wife team are planning to market it themselves in the near future.

http://www.stalbertleader.com/2012/02/16/local-author-fighting-back/

Local author fighting back February 16, 2012 by editor inShare

Gisele Jubinville can remember the moment the light bulb went on. Jubinville, who still lives in St. Albert, had sold her invention to an American company for more than $1 million in 1995. She and her husband were living well — except for the fact that she had gambled about $400,000 of that fortune away on video lottery terminals (VLTs). Her blissful ignorance ended early one morning in 1999.

Local author Gisele Jubinville signs a copy of her book Dismissed at the St. Albert Chapters location on Saturday afternoon. (GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader) “When it really, really hit me … [was] I had gone to a bar at 9:50 a.m., in front of a bar waiting for it to open,” she said. “I don’t even drink, and I had never been to a bar by myself. But it’s 9:50 a.m. and I’m waiting for the manager to open up so that I can get the same machine I was playing the night before because I had lost so much money; this is a standard thing for regular players. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, what the hell am I doing?’ Of course, they were way worse words than that. But it takes a long time for a person to admit that to themselves, that they’re addicted.” After that epiphany, Jubinville went on to do her own research into the business of VLTs and — shocked by what she found — turned that research into her new book, Dismissed: How One Woman’s Intuition Ended Her Addiction and Exposed a Government Cover-up. Jubinville will officially launch the book on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the St. Albert United Church (20 Green Grove Dr.). When she deposited that million-dollar cheque, Jubinville said she had “more time on my hands, and I’m not one to sit idle,” so, having played poker most of her life, she filled the time by heading to the casino. “When I went there, you had to wait to get on [a table], and sitting and doing nothing doesn’t work for me, so that’s how I started playing the machines,” she said. “At the beginning, I was going maybe once every couple of weeks or something. And then it quickly mushroomed to a couple times a week, then more than that. Looking back, within a year, I was certainly no longer playing poker when I’d go; I was strictly playing machines.” For the next three years after that fateful morning, Jubinville struggled to keep her addiction in check, but also used her inquisitive nature and began to arm herself with knowledge about VLTs and addictions — and perhaps a little bit of information she wasn’t supposed to have courtesy of the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission. “I had printed one of their annual reports … so I was kind of studying it, and there were some big figures there. I thought, ‘Man, it’s hard to believe Albertans would have spent that much money on machines.’ It was unbelievable to me,” Jubinville said. “I phoned and said, ‘Would you happen to have the actual amount of money that was put into the machines in one year?’ And she said, ‘Oh, I happen to have that here.’ She took a minute, then gave them to me. And as I’m talking to her, she’s giving me the figures, and they don’t match. They’re way different. “I hung up, looked at it again, then phoned her back and asked, ‘How come those are so different than what you guys have on your annual reports?’ And she said, ‘I actually don’t know that, unless’ — I could tell she was getting nervous — ‘unless I gave you figures that were meant for internal use only.’” Jubinville also read research papers and found Internet videos that talked about the methodology of VLTs and the psychology of reinforcement, which finally quashed her addiction. Now that she had this information, the next logical step was to write it down. It was a daunting task — not just because she was taking on a provincial government, but mostly because of the personal wounds the process re-opened. “When you’ve been to the pit of hell that I’ve been to, through the utmost despair that I’ve been through, when you’ve lost so much — I had lost my dignity, my money, my marriage just about — I don’t know what else I can lose,” she said. But it was worth it, as two MLAs — St. Albert Progressive Conservative Ken Allred and Edmonton-Gold Bar Liberal Hugh MacDonald — read her manuscript and immediately took up her cause, pressuring the AGLC to release financial information and trying to ensure any coverups in the organization are exposed. As she looks back on her ordeal, Jubinville often smiles and jokes. She said that having a good sense of humour about what happened is essential to keeping her head together. “I truly, 100 per cent believe in the power of thought … Sometimes I have to remind myself to bring a sense of humour, because this is very serious stuff,” she said. Even though her book is now on bookstore shelves, it is not the end of the journey for Jubinville. She knows there is still a lot of work to do. “I call on the government to be open and transparent,” she said. “God had a plan,” she added, “and my addiction was part of that plan.” Dismissed is available at the Bookstore on Perron and the Chapters location in St. Albert. You can also download the first three chapters for free off her publisher’s website at www.adigibooks.com. — GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

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VLT hamster wheel spun out of control Gisele Jubinville Gisele Jubinville January 23, 2012 RAMON GONZALEZ WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER Gisele Jubinville became a millionaire in 1993. By 2009, she had lost a good chunk of her fortune in video lottery terminals (VLTs) and slot machines.

She couldn't stop and would spend her days at bars, lounges and casinos trying to get her fix.

No matter how hard Jubinville tried to play responsibly and stick to her budget, she would only walk away after losing all her money and feeling like scum for playing the machines irresponsibly.

"Like a hamster on a wheel, I repeated the same action over and over again," she recalls. "I was convinced I was actually getting somewhere, but in reality I was only becoming more addicted and losing more money."

The only thing left for Jubinville was God. "When I realized that I was so severely addicted that's when I started to pray to God for help," she said. "As I struggled with my addiction, my faith grew stronger and my relationship with God became a deeply sacred and personal experience."

It was not until she lost over $400,000 as well as nearly losing her life and her marriage that Jubinville discovered the reason she had quickly become a severe addict.

Jubinville, a successful St. Albert inventor, artist and mother of three, is the author of Dismissed, a 200-page memoir that examines her struggle to end her VLT addiction, save her marriage and expose the true nature of gaming machines.

Dismissed, written in collaboration with her daughter Dana Da Ponte, is published by Adigi Books of St. Albert and is available in print and online.

Jubinville's research on the VLTs reveals how manufacturers program the machines to entice gamblers to lose control and become addicts. She also says the government makes 30 per cent profit from VLTs, not eight per cent as it claims.

A member of St. Albert Parish, Jubinville is a strong supporter of Archbishop Richard Smith's ban on gambling revenues to fund Catholic schools and other organizations.

"I want to help people realize that these machines are unconscionable fundraisers because of the hundreds of thousands of lives that are destroyed to enhance our own."

Jubinville's first visits to the casino were casual but it didn't take long for her to become addicted. "I wanted more time on the machines because I was convinced the big jackpot was just a few spins away."

No matter what Jubinville did to help herself once she recognized her addiction, including attending Gamblers Anonymous meetings, AADAC's treatment program for problem gamblers, private counselling, years of intense self-discovery, asking God for help and reading books on addictions, the overpowering urge to play the machines never left her.

Like most addicts she has since met, Jubinville could sometimes force herself to stay away from VLTs for short periods but the constant urge to play would eventually take over.

SLIPPED A DRUG "As soon as I started playing, the effects of the machines would wash over me and slide me into an altered state where rational thinking was impossible to access. It's as if someone slipped me a drug and I would stay fixated on pushing the spin button bet after bet, intoxicated and out of control."

For years Jubinville believed what she had been told - that she had a disease that could not be cured, or that she was one of the small percentage of the population predisposed to addictive behaviour, or that it was her fault she could not play responsibly.

"I profusely berated myself for not being 'strong enough' or 'faithful enough' to quit playing machines and I lived in constant shame, guilt, anxiety and depression to the point of wanting to end my life as the only way out of my addiction," she writes.

"But the one constant throughout those 10 hellish years was my gut feeling telling me there was more to VLTs than I was being told."

Finally, after much research, Jubinville discovered that VLTs and slot machines are programmed to make players lose control by altering their behaviour. That realization was enough to end her addiction.

"Why had no one ever told us that our addiction was not a disease or a weakness but rather a programmed behaviour?" she now asks.

PUSH THE BUTTON She felt duped and victimized. Like a lab rat, she had been conditioned to keep pushing the spin button until all her money was gone.

"I wasn't sick," she says. "It was the machines that were making me sick."

But what about the many addicts who had committed suicide because they were convinced their addiction was an incurable disease? Why weren't addicts ever told the truth about the machines, not even in the treatment programs?

With God's help, Jubinville transformed from feeling victimized to feeling empowered. She realized the very thing that had created her hell on earth could be a catalyst for freedom and peace. Her new-found freedom took root in her life and Jubinville soon felt like the woman she was before she began playing VLTs.

"Actually I felt better than that," she writes in Dismissed. "My addiction had forced the problems in my marriage to surface and after the gruelling trek through our issues, Len and I were able to start fresh."

Her relationship with God had also changed drastically.

WROTE TO GOD "I had only prayed to God in the past. But when my addiction forced me to my knees and I started writing to God, I began a conversation that awakened my spirituality."

Jubinville's relationship with herself was also repaired. For the first time in her life she developed a deep appreciation for her intuition and curiosity.

"My addiction was a gift, not a tragedy," she wrote. "My life had blossomed and I had my addiction to thank for that."

http://patents.justia.com/inventor/gisele-b-jubinville

Patents by Inventor Gisele B. Jubinville Mattress cover/fitted bed sheet Patent number: 5173976 Abstract: A mattress cover/fitted bed sheet which consists of a substantially rectangular blank of textile material with opposed sides and opposed ends. A pair of generally triangular pieces are cut out of the opposed sides adjacent the ends. Each of the triangular cut outs has a pair of opposed sides, an apex directed inwardly on the textile material and a base coincident with one of the sides of the textile material. The sides of the triangular cut outs are joined to form a biased side seam such that, when placed on a mattress, textile material is drawn under the end of the mattress. Type: Grant Filed: April 23, 1992 Date of Patent: December 29, 1992 Assignee: Enerbase Foundations Ltd. Inventor: Gisele B. Jubinville

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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Bed

By Michelle Manetti

There are few things we love more than a comfy bed. And though it’s a place where we spend a huge amount of time, very rarely do we give it much thought. Sure, we focus on things like silky sheets, sturdy mattresses and cool headboards, but there are really some fascinating facts about this piece of furniture.

Who To Blame For Fitted Sheets

innerspring mattress Source: huffingtonpost.com Bertha Berman invented the fitted sheet in 1958. And in 1990, Gisele Jubinville’s version was the first that grabbed the mattress.

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Sheets that go PING in the night – How to choose the correct bottom sheet for your bed November 10, 2013 By The Fine Cotton Company Leave a Comment fitted sheets and flat sheets from The Fine Cotton Company Fitted and Flat Sheets from The Fine Cotton Company Have you ever woken from a deep sleep to find your bottom sheet has come adrift leaving it creased and crumpled underneath you, making you feel really uncomfortable? We think there’s nothing more annoying! Make sure you choose the correct type and size of sheet by following our tips below: Type of Sheet – Fitted or Flat? There is a choice of fitted and flat sheets, both of which may be used as a bottom sheet. Before fitted sheets arrived in the late 1950s, the only option was a flat sheet. Flat Sheets are folded around the mattress and tucked in using carefully folded hospital corners to keep the sheet snug to the bed. Many hotels use this type of sheet and it takes great skill at making the bed, with plenty of fabric to tuck in to keep in place. In 1959, Bertha Berman patented a design for fitted sheets that had corners sewn in a way that would fit the sheet to the mattress. These sheets although less than perfect as they still managed to pop off the bed were the start of the fitted sheet we know today. In 1990, Gisele Jubinville patented a design for a much better fitted sheet that grabs a mattress and stays put. She sold the patent in 1993 for $1 million. Fitted sheets now have elasticated corners which keep the sheet in place underneath the mattress.