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DetailsIf you can correct wrist and thumb alignment with your hands, without force, you can use the TheraTogs ULTRA Wrist & Thumb System to carry over that correction – positioning your client's day-long activities in corrected functional alignment. No other wrist or hand support product offers the adaptability, flexibility, and patient comfort of this TheraTogs system.
The TheraTogs ULTRA Wrist & Thumb Positioning System is the most versatile and flexible system of its kind. Prescribe it as a stand-alone functional alignment aide, or use it to extend a TheraTogs strapping application from the shoulder or elbow to the hand.
Made of the same foam-backed GoldTone materials as our TheraTogs ULTRA garments, the Wrist &Thumb Positioning System is both comfortable and effective in supporting and maintaining the joint position gains available with manual correction.
The hook-sensitive wrist and thumb unit comes in Pediatric sizes for either the left or right hand. Made of the same foam-backed material as our TheraTogs garments, the Wrist &Thumb Positioning System is both comfortable and effective in supporting and maintaining joint position gains that are available with manual correction.
- Improve wrist and thumb stability
- Restore the palmar arch
- Reduce flexible ulnar deviation
- Assist in reducing forearm pronation or supination
- Relieve pain associated with malalignment
If your client has these indications... The TheraTogs ULTRA Wrist & Thumb Positioning System can be used to ... Flexible wrist-flexed posture, wrist or carpometacarpal joint instability, or soft tissue extensibility at wrist or thumb Improve wrist and thumb stability Palmar arch modulation deficits (post hemiparsis, post-stroke, cerebral palsy) Restore the palmer arch Increased ulnar deviation at the wrist Reduce flexible ulnar deviation Proximal limb joint control deficits Assist in reducing forearm pronation or supination, elbow flexion or extension Soft tissue extensibility at thumb and wrist Relieve pain associated with mal-alignmentNew GoldTone fabric was developed during three years of R&D and field trials to meet the performance demands of TheraTogs systems. GoldTone is scientifically engineered for the demands of biomechanical retraining, and manufactured using a patented fabric finishing process.The patient outcomes from this enhanced support are clear:
Advanced Properties Include:
- Versatility unmatched by other wrist products - apply exactly the pronation or supination force vectors your client needs – and change them as he/she improves!
- Extend wrist control to a TheraTogs system worn for the arm, shoulder, or trunk.
- Wrist system made of GoldTone fabric grips, dynamically repositions, and retains the neuromotor system – much better for outcomes than a hard brace or a compression wristlet.
Clinicians and clients who are familiar with blue TheraTogs may find that GoldTone's superior strength requires less strapping to achieve desired benefits.
GoldTone is not available anywhere else in the neuromotor or orthotic markets and cannot be used on other products. It was formulated and created under our direction, especially for TheraTogs systems, using a patented fabric finishing process.
GoldTone is a superior knitted material that has stretch, tension and rebound properties specifically formulated for the demands of biomechanical retraining. GoldTone is manufactured with a patented fabric finishing process, and used only for TheraTogs Ultra Systems.
Unlike other stretch materials, GoldTone grips the wearer's skin and soft tissue with a unique, comfortable foam layer. This allows TheraTogs Ultra systems to reposition and retrain the neuromotor system without uncomfortable compression or hard bracing.
TheraTogs ULTRA components will maintain biomechanical corrections firmly for over nine hours of daily wear, and rebound to their original size overnight.
GoldTone is a subtle golden tan in color, making it less noticeable under clothing and cooler to wear. The Velcro hook used for garment and strapping tabs is custom-matched to the lustrous GoldTone fabric surface, and can handle repeated application and removal of tabs.
Result: TheraTogs Ultra Systems made with GoldTone offer clients the 'best of all worlds' with day-long dynamic correction, superior durability, and foam-lined comfort.TheraTogs ULTRA: Changing the Practice of Rehab
TheraTogs ULTRA Systems made with GoldTone offer clients the 'best of all worlds' with day-long dynamic correction, superior durability, and foam-lined comfort.Do not use THERATOGS if your client has, or suspects, the presence of tachycardia. Any restrictive clothing around the chest or torso of a client with tachycardia or other cardiac arrhythmia can potentially cause serious adverse effects. THERATOGS™ are not flame-retardant and are not intended to be worn while sleeping unless stated otherwise.TheraTogs products are Class I medical devices registered with the FDA and are designed to be customized by a medical professional for each client's specific needs and therapeutic goals. The products may only be used under the supervision of a certified clinical professional who provides physical rehabilitation services -- such as (but not limited to) physicians, physiatrists, physical or occupational therapists, or chiropractors.
Empowers clinicians to grip and position the patient in dynamic, multi-dimensional functional alignment
Allows the patient to WEAR their THERAPY all day long - and learn from repetition
Learning occurs in proper alignment - Practice Makes Permanent
Adapt the system "on-the-fly" as the client improves
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TheraTogs ULTRA Wrist & Thumb Positioning System Specifications:
Small Pediatric - fits users up to 5 years old
Medium/Large Pediatric - fits users 5 years old and upTheraTogs ULTRA Wrist & Thumb Positioning System Sizing: TheraTogs products are Class I medical devices registered with the FDA and are designed to be customized by a medical professional for each client's specific needs and therapeutic goals. The products may only be used under the supervision of a certified clinical professional who provides physical rehabilitation services -- such as (but not limited to) physicians, physiatrists, physical or occupational therapists, or chiropractors.
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Additional InformationNeed your TheraTogs by a specific date? Contact customer service at 877-664-4565 and we can prepare a quote with expedited shipping to ensure you receive it in the time frame needed.
TheraTogs warranty applies to products within the United States only.
Frequently Asked Questions:What is the warranty on TheraTogs?We guarantee that TheraTogs components will keep their shape and documented function for a minimum of six months from first date of use. If any part or component fails these standards, we will replace it free of charge.
TheraTogs are highly adaptable and the list of applications is long. Click here for general guidelines to know if TheraTogs are right for you.
What do TheraTogs do, exactly?A properly fitted TheraTogs system gives the wearer a comfortable, breathable, Latex-free "second skin" on his/her torso and selected limb segments, providing vertical stiffness to reinforce the wearer's stability, and horizontal stretch for mild compression and a comfortable fit. TheraTogs are designed to be worn as undergarments, with garment components worn next to the skin.
- For clients with neuromotor, balance, and posture issues: TheraTogs garments serve as a Velcro-sensitive field for attaching elastic strapping that assists underlying muscles - in virtually any configuration - to provide LIVE-IN postural improvement, better balance, or more precise movements.
- For clients with sensory processing issues: TheraTogs garments provide a "wearable hug" of gentle compression across the upper and lower trunk – giving significant and consistent proprioceptive and deep pressure input that calms behaviors, improves focus, and enables increased function.
One of the key benefits of TheraTogs is carry-over between therapy sessions. The clinical practitioner can send his or her clients home from a successful therapy session with a TheraTogs system that continues to deliver gains made in postural alignment, muscle function, or sensory processing. A TheraTogs strapping system can replicate almost any successful, gentle, manual correction that the clinician can attain in a wearer's posture, balance, or limb motion.
NOTE: Rather than receive only 1 to 3 hours of therapy per week, the typical TheraTogs client receives up to 16 hours of wearable therapy every day.
When I size my client for the TheraTogs system, he fits in a different size tank top and hipster which comes in a standard set?
Not a problem. If your client is a different size for the tank top and the hipster, Mixed Kits are available. We can substitute tank tops and hipsters from different sets to best fit your client. Choose the larger size of the two systems when purchasing and simply indicate the item that needs to be in the smaller size (tank top or hipster). For assistance call customer service at 877-664-4565.How do TheraTogs work?
TheraTogs embody several principles inherent in the sciences of kinesiology, biomechanics, skeletal modeling, and motor learning. They work by:
- Increasing sensory input to the skin and underlying muscles and joints to facilitate the functional activation of those muscles.
- Training the wearer to use more efficient and kinesiologically appropriate muscle recruitment strategies for balance and function – and solidifying those gains with live-in practice and day-long functional repetitions.
- Applying prolonged, gentle forces with full-time TheraTogs use to change the physiology of muscle and connective tissue – and bone and joint geometry for infants and young children – in favor of more efficient function.
- Applying consistent, gentle compression and proprioceptive input.
Using any combination of tension-generating force vectors and magnitudes, TheraTogs straps shorten and assist weak, underused muscles, reducing postural convexities and realigning functioning limbs and joints.
The complete system is typically introduced in small stages over time, allowing the wearer to adjust to the new demands of each strap, and allowing caregivers to learn to apply the system correctly in stages.The wearer gains the experience – and the training potential – of prolonged therapeutic "handling" throughout the day, every day, as she or he undertakes routine activities using TheraTogs-induced improvements in posture and joint alignment, and while recruiting muscles at more normal lengths. (This is what we mean when we say you can "send your hands home" with your patients.)NOTE: Clinicians applying TheraTogs for neuromotor issues should undertake a full musculoskeletal assessment of the potential wearer – ages 3 years and older - prior to designing a TheraTogs strapping system, in order to identify problems of skeletal geometry versus muscle imbalance or joint laxity, and to exercise proper caution and restraint in seeking correction of pathomechanical function – particularly in the transverse plane (i.e. rotation).How do I know if TheraTogs can help my client?TheraTogs are so adaptable – it would be challenging to list all their potential applications and uses, but here are a few guidelines:
If your client presents any of these indications, TheraTogs has been shown to be effective in addressing their related stability, alignment, and movement control issues:
Ataxia Attention deficit disorders Hemiplegia Hypotonia Intoed gait Muscle recruitment problems Postural mal-alignment Out-toed gait Sensory integration/processing issues Athetosis Flexible joint deviations Pain due to muscle imbalances Mild weakness Diplegia in childhood Joint laxity
- In general, if the therapist/practitioner can effect a change in the client's stability, alignment, mobility, sensory processing or motor control through unforced handling during a therapy session, it's likely that this change can be replicated and supported outside the session by a properly configured TheraTogs strapping system.
- If you feel you're "running out of hands" and could use a few more to effectively manage your client's problems related to positioning (in a wheelchair or on other devices), or to improve client handling during therapeutic exercise sessions, you'll generally find them in TheraTogs.
- If you have a client who benefits from deep pressure or proprioceptive input, the TheraTogs TankTop and Hipster (available as the SPD/SI system) can provide this input in a comfortable, non-intrusive way, under the client's clothes.
NOTE: We recommend that clinicians obtain a Clinical Sizing Kit so that they can explore potential TheraTogs solutions for their clients by trying them on over clothing, and experimenting with donning and strapping applications. This is also an excellent way to improve compliance at home.What kinds of benefits can TheraTogs provide?The possibilities of using TheraTogs are virtually limitless. Here are a few examples of common applications:Ataxia
TheraTogs garments — alone or with straps — use vertical compression through the trunk and lateral compression through the hip joints to improve balance and reduce staggering gait by increasing proprioceptive input and reducing load-bearing joint deviations.Sensory Processing Disorder / Autism Spectrum
TheraTogs garments — alone or with straps — extend consistent external compression through the trunk and hips to provide calming proprioceptive input and/or deep pressure to help the client regain body awareness/control, attention, coordination, breath volume and control, and/or balance.Kyphosis / Lordosis
Upper Extremity (UE) strapping applications can straighten the upper spine and bring the shoulders back to address flexible kyphosis. This application often requires counter support with crossed straps over the abdominals.(UE) strapping applications can also help the abdominals to flex the lower spine, and to extend the hips to address flexible lumbar lordosis.Shoulder / Upper Extremity Mal-Alignment
UE strapping applications can realign the shoulder on the trunk, correct rotation of the arm at the shoulder, or supinate a pronated forearm to address upper extremity "posturing."
TheraTogs can provide functional alignment for clients with scapular, shoulder girdle, and humeral mal-alignments (e.g. subluxation); for clients with brachial plexus injury and hemiplegia; and for clients with scapula-humeral ROM deficits, shoulder pain, and post-fracture or post-surgical weakness or discomfort.
UE strapping applications can address elbow flexion/extension deviations or forearm pronation/supination deviations.
Wrist and thumb systems can realign functional thumb/wrist deviations; reduce MCP joint hyperextensions; reduce wrist instability – all with adjustable dynamic splinting that supports continual movement and strengthening.
Gait Deviations
Lower Extremity (LE) strapping applications can gently rotate the thigh as needed to improve knee joint alignment and function, and to improve the recruitment of muscles that cross the hip joint in swing phase.
LE strapping applications can gently rotate the leg unit as needed to improve foot alignment and function.
LE strapping applications can reduce hip adduction and keep the legs apart to correct scissoring gait.
LE strapping applications can reduce trunk, hip, and knee flexion – while appropriate ankle-foot orthoses (AFO's) resist forward tilt of the legs at the ankles.
Foot / Ankle Mal-Alignment and Malfunction
TheraTogs Dorsiflexion Assist (DFA) systems can provide functional positioning to correct functional ankle equines, plantar fasciitis, drop foot, flexible foot supination or pronation in the swing phase of gait.How do I know what size to order?TheraTogs are sized to fit most wearers within a specific weight range (they're also gender-specific in the larger sizes). Unless your wearer is extremely tall or short for his/her weight, you should be able to order a TheraTogs system chosen by weight, and trim it into a comfortable fit. The client's shoulder-to-ASIS and ASIS-to-knee measurement will also help ensure a proper fit. For additional information on sizing please view the TheraTogs Product selection guide.How do I learn how to use TheraTogs? What information do I get?
Currently, the Full Body, Lower Extremity, and PTA systems include a TheraTogs Donning & Strapping Applications DVD, which details the various parts and pieces of your TheraTogs set, demonstrates the initial fitting process, and shows you several common strapping applications for specific wearer needs.All TheraTogs systems include a comprehensive, illustrated booklet detailing appropriate indications for use and step-by-step donning and fitting instructions.How do I know if the TheraTogs are fitted correctly?
Your wearer should be comfortable without feeling constriction, itching, or circulatory impairment. The garments should be snug against the skin, with no significant gaps, folds, or loose material. We advocate marking and trimming off excess fabric. Well-fit garments are snug enough that they effectively grip the wearer's skin, without slipping, and so that any applied strapping moves the underlying body segments.My client is at the low end of the weight range for their size. How do I trim the TheraTogs to fit snugly?
Mark and trim the garments to fit as described above. Leave approximately 3" of overlap on the shoulders and roughly 4" of overlap on the waist, ribs, and thigh closure flaps, to allow for growth in girth. By the way, we have found that almost all wearers fit effectively into one of the standard sizes; we can also package mixed sizes upon request. It's very unusual for a client to truly need a custom TheraTogs system.Is a medical prescription required for purchasing TheraTogs?
TheraTogs and related strapping systems are intended to be designed and fitted by a licensed and appropriately-trained healthcare practitioner – in most cases, a physical or occupational therapist. However, no formal prescription is required unless the client expects to submit a reimbursement claim to any private, federal or state reimbursement program – which typically require such prescriptions.Are there reimbursement codes for TheraTogs?
Many state Medicaid programs, and an increasing number of private payors, are accepting reimbursement claims for TheraTogs based on either miscellaneous or product-specific orthotics codes (the "L" code series of the HCPCS system). TheraTogs systems do not (as yet) have specific codes assigned by the appropriate federal agency, although our applications and qualifying efforts are ongoing.We have created several resources to help clinicians and patients prepare and support reimbursement claims:
- The TheraTogs Reimbursement Guide is a complete manual on reimbursement issues, practices, and reimburseme t specifics for each TheraTogs system.
- Product Reimbursement Guidelines contain suggested codes, sample letters of medical necessity (LMN) and other information specific to reimbursement for each TheraTogs system.
- TheraTogs Reimbursement Tracker is a listing of known claims results, sorted by state, that may help you determine if reimbursement from your client's potential payor has been successful.
These resources are available by request, are included in the TheraTogs Product Guide binder available to healthcare and provider facilities.
Can TheraTogs be worn all day, or is there a time limit for wearing?
There is no generic or standard wearing schedule. We advise that you begin with a week of just wearing the garments, which can ultimately be worn all day – i.e. gradually up 12 to 16 hours - in most cases. Infants and children younger than age 3 years seem to adjust readily. If the wearer is particularly weak, it can take up to 2 weeks of gradually increasing wear time to get up to comfortable all-day wear.
At signs of discomfort, check for:
When you start to use the training straps, you'll be tempted to correct everything at once, but be careful -- you can overload your client with changes and fatigue. Remember that a client using TheraTogs garments and a strapping system immediately starts using new groups of muscles in new ways, which is likely to tire him/her out more quickly at first – until he/she gets stronger in the new alignment.The longer the client's pathokinesiologic patterns have persisted, the more likely that fatigue will be a factor. We suggest that you start applying 1 or 2 TheraTogs straps at home on evenings and weekends; release one end of the strap(s) to remove the tension when he/she is tired, and double the wear time every 2 days or so. Remember that the wearer's comfort comes first. Be patient with incremental gains, and build on them.Is there any research available on TheraTogs use?
- Constriction – loosen the fit if necessary
- Excess perspiration – remove the TheraTogs to cool the client down, cut small holes in the garments to add ventilation, or add a CoolMax® Torso Body Sock or an UnderArmour® garment under the TheraTogs
- Client fatigue – loosen the shoulder closures.
Yes – in addition to the research published on the various biomechanical and sensory integration principles that form the foundation of TheraTogs applications, there have been several small studies published on TheraTogs themselves – with several more projects in the works.Three independent studies demonstrating preliminary data for gait changes and improvements in children with CP have been completed and presented as posters by three facilities; Ohio University, Shriners Hospital in Chicago and Maryville University. Currently, there are multiple projects studying the effectiveness of TheraTogs in children with CP, children with Ataxia, and adults with Parkinson's and adults post-stroke in progress.
Are TheraTogs functionally similar to the "suit therapy" systems?
- Fenneman, P, Ries, JD. (2010) Effects of TheraTogs on the Postural Stability and Motor Control of a 7-year-old Girl with Down Syndrome and Severe Motor Delays. Poster presented at APTA Combined Sections meeting, February 2010.
- Maguire C, Sieben J, Frank M, Romkes J. (2009) Hip abductor control in walking following stroke – the effect of canes, taping and TheraTogs on recovery of muscle activity. Clinical Rehabilitation, Online First edition; 10.1177/0269215509342335 (Nov 2009).
- Flanagan A, Krzalz J, Peer M, Johnson P, Urban M. (2009) Evaluation of Short-Term Intensive Orthotic Garment Use in Children Who Have Cerebral Palsy. Pediatric Physical Therapy 2009;21:201-204.
- Rojas A., Weiss M., Elbaum L. (2008) The Effect of TheraTogs on the Gait of a Child with Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study. Florida International University Department of Physical Therapy, Miami FL. Poster presented at FIU Honors College Annual Research Conference, April 2008.
- Engelmeyer, Kelly SPT, et al. (2007) The Effect of TheraTogs on Gait in a 5-Year-Old with Spastic Hemiplegia. School of Physical Therapy, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO. Poster presented at APTA Combined Sections meeting, February 2007.
- Siracusa C, Taynor M, Geletka B, Overby A. (2005) Effectiveness of a biomechanical intervention in children with spastic diplegia. Pediatric Physical Therapy 17(1): 83-84.
Detailed Abstract, Pediatric Physical Therapy (PDF) Poster Presentation.
In the principle of applying vertical compression and some resistance or assistance to selected movements, they resemble each other. However, the implementation regimen, the design, and the cost differ markedly comparing the Europeds and the Adeli suits to TheraTogs. TheraTogs are commonly prescribed for use following a course of Suit Therapy. To draw your own comparisons, go to www.europeds.org.How should I care for my TheraTogs?
Detailed care instructions are provided with all TheraTogs systems and should be reviewed with the client/caregiver before initiating product use. Overall, garment pieces and foam lined straps should be rinsed or hand washed with a mild, fragrance-free detergent. Rinsing is critical to eliminate any detergent that might cause skin irritation or decomposing of the foam backing. DO NOT MACHINE WASH OR DRY ANY FOAM-LINED COMPONENTS!Our TogRite strapping – with the wiggly grip lines on the back – is machine washable. Air-dry this also.How long will TheraTogs last?
Garment wearing and washing patterns will vary dramatically among users. Daily wear against the skin can be hard on any fabric. While the foam is rather delicate, the outer fabric is very durable. If blemishes like scrapes and cuts into the foam occur, garments will continue to perform. When the fabric starts to lose its grip on the skin, you may consider replacing specific garment pieces. If you notice any signs of decomposition or believe your garment has a manufacturing defect (foam peeling off down to the outer fabric, for example) within 6 months of daily use and careful laundering, please contact a TheraTogs product specialist right away for a replacement: 877-664-4565 or email@example.com I order replacement or additional parts?
You certainly can! After purchasing a System, you may replace any of the components as needed without buying another system. Contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 877-664-4565 for a price quote.
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(Jan. 28, 2009) According to the United Nations, Niger is the country with the highest incidence in the world of early marriages, with many married by age 12 and 80 percent married before age 18. (Niger: Early Marriage – From Rural Custom to Urban Business, IRIN, Jan. 16, 2009, available at http://allafrica.com/stories/200901160644.html.) The current minimum age at which it is legal for a girl in Niger to marry is 15; a proposal has been made to raise that to 18. The proposal is motivated in part by a desire to check trafficking in young girls.
What was once a village custom has become a cross-border business that ends in abuse, according to Action Against the Use of Child Workers (AFETEN), a local non-profit organization. AFETEN points out that early, forced marriages had long been found in traditional areas of southern Niger, but since the 1990s families in the extremely poor, northern region of the country have been "selling" their daughters for marriage to men from across the borders. According to Moutari Mamane, AFETEN's regional coordinator, the rate of such transactions has increased recently. Mamane added:
Poverty is at the root of the problem, families are worse off now, with the food crisis and everything. These marriages are like sales, trafficking. It's a form of prostitution. … Parents don't realise what their daughter can go through in the country she is sent to … All too often, they fall prey to sexual exploitation, violence and all kinds of mistreatment. (Id.)
Judge Seyna Saidou of Agadez, Niger, has expressed doubt that even changing the legal marriage age will have much impact. "The problem with marriage in Niger is that it's governed by customs, which allow parents to marry their girls to whomever they want and at any age." (Id.)
Mamane has said that AFETEN is working with traditional chiefs and imams, as well as with human rights groups, "to show how serious this issue is. It's commercial exploitation of children and we need to fight for it to stop." (Id.)

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Internationally bound orders will not be trackable and can take up to 10-14 business days to arrive to you. Please be sure to consult your customs or border agency concerning import duties and taxes as we are not responsible for these fees when shipments cross a border to their destination address. If your package gets stuck in customs, please be aware it can take upwards of 4-6 weeks and sometimes 8 weeks to reach you. We are not responsible for any customs/border delays on your shipment.
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We will accept returns/exchanges within 14 days of receipt of your order. If you live in the USA, please use our returns portal to create a label to return your order. We ask that you please use a soft envelope to return your yarns in.
Unfortunately, we cannot refund shipping fees to or from the destination address. All items must be returned in their original, unused condition. We are not responsible for lost items being returned to us so please make sure to send it securely. If you're exchanging your product, it must be returned in its original condition and all shipping fees for exchanged goods being sent to you will be paid by the customer making the exchange.
We do have a shipping address in Michigan to return items to for our USA customers:
Zen Yarn Garden
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Port Huron, MI 48060
Any items returned to our address in Canada from another country by either mail or courier may incur broker, duty or taxes which are the responsibility of the sender.
We reserve the right to charge a 15% restocking fee on any items that cannot be put back on the shelf immediately. We also reserve the right to charge a 10% administration fee for any orders that are cancelled at or near time of shipping. We cannot accept returns on PDF patterns.
What do I do if I purchased a yarn at a yarn shop and want to return it or have other issues?
If you purchased a yarn from a yarn shop that stocks our yarns, you must contact the yarn shop to ask for their assistance. We require proof of purchase to be able to assist you.
How do I wash my projects with your yarn?
We recommend hand washing with a mild soap and letting your project air dry. Some of our yarns say "machine wash" which you can do if you prefer but please bear in mind that hand washing always increases the longevity of your project. Please be sure to always air dry.
Please also keep in mind that some products like Soak or Eucalan can draw the dyes out of your project especially if you let them sit in the soap for a long period of time. If you like using these products, please be sure to wash quickly and don't leave the article sitting in soapy water for hours. Soap pulls on the dye molecules and if left too long will pull some colour from your project.
For colour preservation, we recommend a dash of vinegar while hand washing or machine washing. It helps alleviate fading from happening too quickly.
How do I block my project?
We highly recommend steam blocking over wet blocking. Steam blocking sets the stitches just as well as wet blocking and also increases the longevity of both the colour and the wool. Remember, handdyed yarn is not unlike clothing in that the more it gets washed with soap the more it will fade so please wash sparingly and only when needed.
What if I run out of yarn when working with a pattern?
Please note that issues with gauge, winding or pattern yardage requirements are not our responsibility. Yardages on our yarns are approximations only and such things as yarn winding are to be done using a swift and ball winder to ensure the yarn does not get tangled. Please also note that our yarns are handdyed and dye lot variations can occur between skeins. Colourways with high variation in colour can also vary from the beginning to the end of the skein. This is the nature of hand dyeing. Colour application is unique throughout skeins and between skeins.
I ordered 2 or more skeins of the same colourway and they are not matching, why is this?
Please note that we recommend alternating every 2 rows if you are knitting the same colour way and want some colourway consistency. All our yarns are handdyed and although we'd like for every skein to be exactly the same we cannot guarantee such due to the unique nature of hand dyeing. This is applicable to both saturation and colour placement on the skein. We do our utmost to make them similar when they are dyed together but some styles of dyeing are highly variable. The more colour you add to the skein the more variance there is. Don't be afraid of the unique nature of the colourways, this is what makes your skein a work of art and is the guarantee that your skein was dyed by hand!
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Please note that if you order any other items with your pre-order item, or multiple pre-order items, all items will ship together when the pre-order item with the latest shipping date has been dyed and is ready to ship. If you prefer for another item to ship immediately that is not pre-order or prefer to receive your pre-order items earlier than the latest, please place individual orders for each item so that you are assessed the proper shipping rates to ship either immediately or when the item is ready to ship.
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I was introduced to my first fascination with coupons on March 27, when I clicked on an advert on some website or another for DoubleTakeDeals. I probably should have known better, except words that were magic to my eyes popped up. David's Natural Market in Columbia was offering $30 worth of groceries for the remarkable price of 15 bucks.
Half-price, man. Yeah, I can do that, while that little piece living on the left side of my brain was confirming yet again that sometimes you have to spend money to save money. But if I'm going to spend anyway, I might as well shop local.
I got roped into DTD when I saw I had to sign up to make the purchase. But, hey, I could always unsubscribe, right? Um, for sure, except that DTD started emailing me deals I could relate to, and the next thing I knew I had bought five — count them, five — coupons for my choice of an hour-long Swedish massage or an hour-and-a-half-long facial, for $35 each, which is half of Paradise Day Spa's regular $70 price. I got three for me and two as gifts, which cost considerably less than the spa I actually belong to.
I can handle this, I'm thinking. Discretionary spending of $190 in a couple of days is peanuts for anyone living in The Hamptons. What? I'm on a budget? Just say no to the next deal that comes along.
Oh, shoot. How did I get involved with LivingSocial deals? What's this I've bought now? My three vouchers to The Still Point in Clarksville are ready to print? Half price at $40 each for a therapeutic massage, two of which are gifts? Now that's nice.
So what's up with me and online coupons? I've never been a cutter, never fancied them and rarely used them. While I know others who relish advertising inserts, they are the first things I pitch from both my Sunday papers, despite the fact that I know they are what keep the papers viable. Hubby actually took a coupon to the grocery store once. He gave his coupon to the clerk who told him, "You have to buy two boxes of detergent in order to use this." That was the end of his coupon life. "Hon, you gave up easily," I said. "Hon, we didn't need two boxes of detergent," he said.
Anyhow, I can't believe the businesses on DTD, Living Social, Groupon and a host of others are actually making a profit on giving us, the consumers, these great deals. On the other hand, a website featuring John Amato, chief exec of MarketSharing, which is a business-to-business deals promoter, says these ecommerce companies are here to stay.
"They have low overhead, no inventory, an enormous amount of consumer appeal and rock-solid concepts. When the daily deal model is properly executed, it serves everyone: businesses, consumers and, obviously, the daily deal sites themselves," says Amato.
But my question is, how loyal will I be to these companies I'm trying? Well, that's part of the risk they take, isn't it? I am a consumer, I am not wealthy and I like the idea of businesses I am not familiar with introducing themselves to me and the community. Most consumers want a deal. However, if they decide otherwise, they don't have to click the "buy" button.
For my daughter's birthday last week, Hubby and I treated her, her husband and family to an Inner Harbor dinner cruise aboard the Spirit. Through Travelzoo, it was a spectacular $40 venture which normally would have cost $80 each. Will I do that again at full price? More than likely.
And through Groupon, Hubby and I will stay at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City for two nights, including dinner and spa for $149. I can't beat that.


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, who served in the U.S. Army from 1971 to 1972, has some historical background to add to the documentary series on the Vietnam War running on PBS.
AFTER MONTHS of self-congratulatory advertisement, the Ken Burns PBS series on the U.S. war in Vietnam is off and running. What will be missing, however, is a larger historical context.
I'm not referring to fraudulent creation of the Republic of South Vietnam after the French defeat in 1954 or rationalizations about the Cold War, which, in the eyes of U.S. policy makers, necessitated that the Vietnamese forego their independence in the service of U.S. world power.
I am referring rather to the whole history of the U.S., back to the so-called Founding Fathers, who did not want to be exploited by the British, but did consciously exploit--if not outright kill--Natives, slaves, poor whites and women.
To this day, this same 1 Percent, with the help the Republican-Democratic duopoly, just as in the Kennedy-Johnson-Nixon prosecution of the war in Vietnam, continues to exploit, both in the U.S. and, most brutally, around the world. Donald Trump is only the culmination and personification of the worst of this 200-plus-year tradition.
The U.S. war in Vietnam was anything but an aberration.
Rather than watch PBS, Americans would be better served by reading historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Zinn demonstrates that while there are occasional public admissions of minor U.S. digressions, they hardly challenge the establishment focus on U.S. virtue and presumed good intentions.
Without the context of the whole long history of actual U.S. international aggression, the PBS series can only provide us with more murky equivocation of the kind we already get on the mainstream media.
We don't need PBS to take us by the hand via the garden path to Vietnam. To find out how we got there, we need only ask the Native people at Standing Rock, undocumented Mexicans or incarcerated African Americans here at home. In this context only can the difficult truths about the nature of the U.S. and its war on Vietnam be understood.
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Newport Beach teenager Annie Fleming was born at Hoag Hospital. In the last two years she's spent more than 300 hours there. And on Thursday, she celebrated her 18th birthday there.
For about two years, Annie has volunteered as a candystriper at Hoag, running errands for nurses, interacting with patients and doing her best to make visitors comfortable.
The hospital helped bring her into the world, and through volunteering, it's also birthed her career path.
"She became a candystriper and it was life-turning. It was amazing for her," said Annie's mother, Penny Fleming. "When she became a candystriper she knew she wanted to go into healthcare."
After applying for the candystriper program and waiting eight months for approval, Annie said she instantly felt a draw toward the medical field.
Her application was approved just one day before her 16th birthday.
"It was the best birthday present ever," Annie said.
Her high school, Orange County High School of the Arts in Santa Ana, doesn't require community service hours, but she's logged more than 310 volunteer hours at Hoag in the last two years regardless.
Annie spent her birthday in the Hoag cafeteria with her fellow candystripers, many of whom she now trains.
In the fall, she'll start her education toward a medical career when she begins attending Chapman University for health sciences.
She'll age out of the candystriper program in August, but she hopes she'll be quickly accepted into Hoag's volunteer program for college students.
"But they don't have the cute outfits that we do," Annie said.
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We are a nonprofit organization that is building a large network of philanthropic-minded individuals that will give small ($10) recurring monthly gifts which we be pooled and directed to a small number of high-impact charitable projects. Those projects will bring about REAL CHANGE in the world....hence "Change for a 10". Probably important to stress that this is a nonprofit organization that will be dealing primarily/exclusively w/ online donations and social media...so it's dealing with a younger crowd (probably early 20s to mid-40s. The whole idea is that there is power in numbers...and that lots of people can accomplish significant positive change by rallying around a common cause and any one individual doesn't have to make a huge sacrifice.
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For Columbus style-blogger Miche Harrison (buttonsandbirdcages.com), blogging isn't about self-promotion. The social worker-turned-fashionista has made a name for herself in the blogosphere by using her thrifting and sewing skills to create looks any well-heeled reader would envy. Though her blog focuses on styling, Harrison really enjoys using her blog to document her personal growth and connect with others who share her love for fashion.
For Columbus style-blogger Miche Harrison (buttonsandbirdcages.com), blogging isn�t about self-promotion. The social worker-turned-fashionista has made a name for herself in the blogosphere by using her thrifting and sewing skills to create looks any well-heeled reader would envy. Though her blog focuses on styling, Harrison really enjoys using her blog to document her personal growth and connect with others who share her love for fashion.
I wanted to start blogging because it�s like a diary you can look back on. I started following some of the bigger style blogs, and after a while I found that I knew a lot about the bloggers personally. I knew when they got married, or had kids, or moved. I started to think, �This is a really cool diary they have,� so I decided to start my own.
I think people have a misconception that I�m self-absorbed because I have a personal-style blog. It�s really not about me; it�s about the clothes and documenting my style at this moment. Like other bloggers, I like having this online diary that shows how I�ve grown. Style is a way to express who you are without necessarily talking to somebody. I want my blog to show who I am and help me connect with others.
Blogs are about real people with real style. That is why I prefer them to magazines. In a magazine, I�m looking at a model I don�t look like, who is wearing clothes I can�t afford. On a blog you get to see how a regular person puts things together. I take inspiration from these people and I try to recreate higher-end looks by thrifting and making things myself. The feedback I get from the style blogging community is really supportive.
It is weird writing about your life, knowing everyone can read it. I want to be open and transparent, but I have to keep in mind that my friends, their parents, my parents, and anyone else who wants to read what I�ve written can. I try to keep things at an arms-length, and keep the posts about the clothes as much as possible.
One of the coolest things that came of my blog is I got to do costumes on a feature film. I got to fly to North Carolina and work directly with the actors and the crew. It�s called �The Stranger in the Dunes;� it�s currently in post-production. They are hoping to have it come out some time next year. Another time, a girl I followed asked me if I�d wear jewelry she made specifically for me. I was so flattered. She ended up sending me a necklace with a birdcage charm and buttons on the chain.
The hardest part about having a personal-style blog is taking the pictures. It is so awkward to take pictures of yourself in public. People are always staring and it makes me uncomfortable. I just try to be confident and get them done. But I like looking back and seeing how I�ve grown in both my style and sewing abilities.
The best tip I can give other bloggers is don�t be intimidated. This was the hardest thing for me when I started. It�s easy to get lost in what the readers want or what a company or brand wants from you. It�s important to be transparent and stay true to yourself. It�s important to remember your blog is your place on the internet to write about things you love. One day, you�ll be able to look back on your posts and you won�t care about what other people may have thought when looking at them, all that will matter is that it was a true representation of you at that moment.
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The Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs notified the Emergency Management and Response–Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) produced a new training video for healthcare employers and workers explaining the proper use of respirators and the procedures to follow to assure respirators protect workers from airborne hazards in healthcare settings.
The 33-minute video explains the major components of a respiratory protection program including fit-testing, medical evaluations, training, and maintenance. The video also discusses the difference between respirators and surgical masks, features a segment on common respiratory hazards found in healthcare settings, and demonstrates how respirator use helps protect workers from exposure to airborne chemicals.
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Coach makes a last-minute plea for boys' gymnastics
A gymnastics coach from Braintree High School is scheduled to appear before the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association
Thursday to fight for the sport he loves.
Richard Ellis will have three minutes to speak and one goal in mind: Persuade the MIAA's board of directors to recognize boys' gymnastics as an official high school sport and reverse its decision to downgrade it to a club activity next season.
The rare move by the MIAA board to drop the sport from its roster of sponsored athletic activities has stirred controversy and drawn harsh criticism from many in the gymnastics world, including coaches, parents, and gymnasts all over the country, including Olympic medalists Aly Raisman,
Peter Korman, and Tim Daggett.
But the MIAA hasn't budged, and as long as it stands by its Jan. 16 decision, there will be no sanctioned high school gymnastics competitions for boys next season, and no boys' state championship. Girls' gymnastics will continue as usual.
MIAA spokesman Paul Wetzel said the group's decision was driven by low gymnastics participation rates among boys.
In August, when the National Federation of State High School Associations announced that it would no longer be writing national rules for boys' gymnastics, MIAA officials decided to take a closer look at high school-level boys' gymnastics in Massachusetts. What they found was not promising: Only seven of the 373 high schools in the MIAA had boys' gymnastics programs.
Wetzel said the MIAA directors considered the issue carefully before making their decision, voting 10-2 to stop recognizing boys' gymnastics at the end of the 2012-2013 winter season.
"They felt it was no longer something that they should support,'' said Wetzel. "There aren't enough of [boys' high school gymnastics teams] to warrant running a championship tournament.''
Those seven schools with boys' teams — Andover, Attleboro, Braintree, Burlington, Lowell, Newton North, and Newton South — can continue to offer boys' gymnastics as a club sport, said Wetzel. But it will be up to the schools to organize their own competitions and tournaments.
"We weren't telling those schools they couldn't have boys' gymnastics,'' said Wetzel. "Part of the decision was the belief by the board that those schools could continue to have boys' gymnastics and do it as an activity, and continue to do what they're doing now.''
Boys' gymnastics is the only sport in recent memory that the MIAA has eliminated from sanctioned competition, according to Wetzel. (Riflery was dropped in the early 1980s, he said.)
The number of boys in Massachusetts competing in MIAA high school gymnastics has remained steady over the past decade, and during the 2011-2012 school year 221 male gymnasts participated. By comparison, there were 97 high schools with girls' gymnastics teams in the same year, and 1,252 female gymnasts.
MIAA officials argue that their decision could ultimately help boys' gymnastics because the sport would no longer have to adhere to MIAA rules and restrictions, so it would, in theory, be easier to start boys' gymnastics club teams at high schools. Area schools could also join forces and combine to form regional co-op teams.
"Several board members said at the time of the vote that it could lead to more participation,'' said Wetzel.
But many coaches and gymnasts do not view it as a positive development.
Some high school coaches fear that it might put existing boys' gymnastics programs at risk of eventually being cut completely, or it could result in more boys' joining girls' high school gymnastics teams.
Ellis said the move to demote boys' gymnastics to club team status goes against the MIAA's mission to promote programs for student athletes.
He believes the MIAA can boost participation in boys' gymnastics, if that's what it wants. He said he remembers when boys' gymnastics was a staple sport at dozens of high schools around the state. Quincy, Dedham, Milton, and Norwood all had boys' high school gymnastics teams.
Ellis said his gymnasts at Braintree High are "borderline disappointed'' about being removed from MIAA competition.
"I keep saying we'll be back next year, and we're going to keep training,'' he said. Braintree High gymnastics will "go on, whether the MIAA gives their blessing or not.''
Michael Denise, the athletic director at Braintree High, said the boys' state championships were held at Braintree High last month, and it was a success. Boys from all seven high schools competed in the tournament, which featured the floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars, high bar, still rings, and vault events. But it could well have been the last MIAA-sanctioned state championship for boys' gymnastics in Massachusetts.
"What I'd like to see is the MIAA board of directors vote to reconsider,'' said Denise. "I'd like the board members to really think about what the mission of the MIAA is, and I'd like them to understand how important it is for the MIAA to be supportive of the schools [with boys' gymnastics teams] and the boys who participate. ''


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Fitch makes No. 3 NFA work for this one
Groton - The Norwich Free Academy football team beat Fitch on Friday, 40-14, thus making the game look like a rout.
The final result didn't necessarily show how tough Fitch made it for the Wildcats at times in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Large Division game at Dorr Field. Nor did it show how hard the Wildcats made it on themselves.
NFA's talented duo of Boston College-bound Marcus Outlow and Khaleed Exum-Strong had little room to run in the first half. The smaller Falcons were also able to move the ball consistently.
Fitch trailed, 28-14, and had a second-and-6 from the Wildcats' 9 early in the fourth quarter.
Exum-Strong intercepted the ball in the end zone and returned it to the Falcons' 25.
Fitch was called for a personal foul, and its coaching staff protested that an illegal shift penalty called against it should have resulted in a dead ball foul. The penalty is not a dead-ball foul, however, according to the officials.
Outlow, who injured his ankle early in the game, hobbled for a 42-yard gain on the next play. He ran for an 11-yard touchdown two plays later.
Ramel Williams added a 4-yard touchdown run with over two minutes left.
The Wildcats were penalized nine times for 92 yards.
"While I'm not pleased in terms of the mistakes that we made and penalties, I'm pleased in our ability to finish," NFA coach Jemal Davis said.
Outlow ran 19 times for 136 yards with two touchdowns for NFA (2-0, 1-0), ranked third in The Day Top 10 state coaches' poll.
"Last year was the same thing - (Fitch) came out and punched us in the mouth," Outlow said. "We focused on being able to take that and respond well. It was just about the coaches making adjustments in the locker room at halftime."
Alex Beaudreault completed 4 of 13 passes for 136 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for the Wildcats. Colbey Davis (26 yards) and Williams (40 yards) caught the touchdowns.
Exum-Strong ran for a 10-yard touchdown. He also had two interceptions and a sack.
"What I was really impressed with in our guys is that we wore them down," Davis said. "In the end, we were staying consistent with our zone play, and we started gashing (them) because we knew we would wear them down with our physical presence."
Robert Duncan ran for a 1-yard touchdown and threw a 4-yard touchdown to Devante Anderson for Fitch (1-2, 0-1)
John Moscol ran 12 times for 78 yards for the Falcons and Bobby Johnston added 18 carries for 71 yards.
"The first half, we were moving the ball like we should, like we planned to," Fitch coach Jordan Panucci said. "The second half, we had some outside forces that disrupted our tempo and really knocked the winds our of sails that we couldn't control.
"They're a good team. I think we played them very well, I think we played them better than they expected. I'm proud of our guys."
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Holiday Accommodation in Dorset
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Rose Cottage Luxury Self Catering in Dorset
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Newly refurbished character cottage Awarded 5 STAR visit England for 2019 Set on a farm in idyllic countryside. Nr Jurassic Coastline. In Hardye Countryside. Large Garden.Nature ...
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Tincleton Luxury Lodge in Dorset
Holiday Cottage in Tincleton Dorchester, Dorset, England
Luxury character cottage. Newly refurbished. Awarded 5 star gold for 2019 Set on a farm. Free wifi. In Hardye Country. Nr Jurassic Coastline. Nature trail from the doorstep. Fishin...
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The Old Manor Large Self Catering Accommodation in Dorset Somerset
Holiday Home in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
Historic manor house with all modern comforts. Suitable for large groups and families.The Old Manor is set within 2 acres of gardens. Which consist of an impressive carriage drive,...
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Upton Grange Holiday Cottages Dorset
Holiday Cottage in Dorchester, Dorset, England
Upton Grange Holiday Cottages is an exclusive conversion of 6 luxury self-catering holiday homes, just a mile from the Jurassic coast, set in mature gardens in the heart of Dorset.
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Compton Nest Large Country House Dorset
Holiday Cottage in shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Large country house in a stunning setting at the foot of the Cranborne Chase. Sleeping 18 with Hot tub. short breaks all year and great gastro pubs nearby.
£ 200.00 - £ 1,100.00 per night
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Mortons House Hotel Luxury Accommodation Dorset
Hotel in Corfe Castle Swanage, Dorset, England
400 year old 16th century hotel situated in picturesque Corfe Castle. From the moment you arrive, you experience the atmosphere of a cherished Tudor manor. Relax amongst Elizabetha...
£ 80.00 pppn
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Keepers Lodge Self Catering Log Cabin New Forest
Holiday Cottage in Hampshire, Dorset, England
Keepers Lodge is a lovely 3 bedroom wooden cabin set on the banks of a lake and within 60 acres of beautiful countryside....Not only is fishing included in the price but please com...
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Lake View Luxury Self Catering Log Cabin New Forest
Holiday Cottage in Hampshire, Dorset, England
Lake View is positioned exclusively in a prime location with uninterrupted views over the main 3 acre lake surrounded by 60 acres of unspoiled countryside.
£ 320.00 - £ 650.00 per week
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Character Farm Cottages Weymouth Dorset
Holiday Cottage in Weymouth, Dorset, England
Character Farm Cottages offer 7 self catering holiday cottages (sleeping 2-9 guests) situated on a working farm near the stunning Chesil Beach, half way between Weymouth and Abbots...
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Bakers Mill Farm Holiday Cottages
Holiday Cottage in Beaminster, Dorset, England
Sleeping from 2 to 6 in 6 cosy cottages(total 21)with games room. Fishing in our own lakes. Pets welcome. Walks from the door. Wonderful, peaceful relaxing area surrounded by hills...
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Flint Luxury Pet Friendly Self-Catering Cottage with indoor pool
Holiday Cottage in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
Stylish, romantic bolthole sleeping 2 (with 1 infant) in rural Dorset with indoor swimming pool & sauna. Enjoy outdoor soaks in the bateau bath. Order a rustic farmhouse supper or ...
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The Bothy Luxury Pet Friendly Self Catering Cottage with indoor pool Dorset
Holiday Cottage in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
Stylish, romantic country bolthole for grown-ups deep in the Dorset countryside. Sleeps 2. Private walled courtyard with outdoor bateau bath for soaks under the stars with access ...
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White Horse Farm Pet Friendly Self Catering in West Dorset
Holiday Cottage in SHERBORNE, Dorset, England
In rural West Dorset, 4 barn cottages, a farmhouse annex and large lodge cabin. Within 2 acres of paddock, garden and duck pond. Close to the historic towns of Sherborne and Dorch...
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Pine Ridge Luxury B&B in Dorset
B&B in Broadstone, Dorset, England
Pine Ridge is a luxury, adults only Bed and Breakfast. Spacious and modern it offers free Wifi, off-street parking, all en-suite rooms. Suitable for the leisure or business custome...
£ 60.00 - £ 95.00 per night
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Britannia Inn B&B Guest House Dorset
B&B in SHERBORNE, Dorset, England
An 18th century building that started life as a school. Our three guest rooms have been refurbished to a good standard and complimented by our two bar operation, serving lunchtime ...
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Cremona B&B Guest House Bournemouth
B&B in Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Set near the city centre for great shopping and restaurants, the Bournemouth International Centre and the sandy beaches of Bournemouth, our warm and friendly, stylish and clean 3*...
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-- Stephen Weiss, selected in 2001 when the draft was held at the Panthers arena (then called the National Car Rental Center) in Sunrise.
-- Ed Jovanovski, the first pick in 1994, who played on the '96 Cup Final team, left and is now back.
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March 12, 2009
By Paul Feinberg
Stefan Jacoby, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. today addressed a filled-to-capacity Korn Convocation Hall on the UCLA campus, as part of UCLA Anderson School of Management's "Distinguished Speaker Series." Jacoby touched on some of the challenges facing the automobile industry and his views on potential solutions, while describing Volkswagen Group's growth strategy, its sustainable mobility platform and the company's decision to invest $1 billion in a new U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Watch the presentation (Windows Media)
Jacoby began with some general remarks on the automobile industry and the current, global economic woes, while citing the falling sales plaguing every major car manufacturer (though, he noted, Volkswagen's market share in the United States actually increased in 2008). "But," Jacoby said, "(Volkswagen) want(s) to turn challenges into opportunities."
Turning his attention to Volkswagen, Jacoby focused on the company's notion of "sustainable mobility" -- the idea that the life-cycle of a car from development and design through its road life and its afterlife is considerate of environmental sustainability. Exhibit A in this regard is the new VW plant being built in Chattanooga.
"It's not just a new plant, it's a new company," Jacoby said, referring both to the plant and the move of Volkswagen Group of America's corporate headquarters from Michigan to Virginia. "We want to create an atmosphere of innovation, creativity and collaboration." The factory is costing the company $1 billion to build and when complete will create 2,000 direct new jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs. Among its environmentally-friendly features are a reduction in energy consumption and reductions in emissions and waste. "And when there is waste, we will clean it up ourselves," Jacoby said.
To the disappointment of some in the audience, Jacoby believes that the electric car is perhaps two decades away from achieving any sort of market share. But there are a host of other innovations in the automotive-technology pipeline, including zero-emission cars and hydrogen-fuel cars, that will meet consumer's growing desire for cars that have lower or no negative impacts on the environment.
"Some of the most exciting work is being done in California, in our design center in Santa Monica," Jacoby said. "We are taking full advantage of new fuel sources on the horizon, including nanotechnology," Jacoby said, emphasizing the need for automakers to keep innovating, even during challenging times.
The event was co-sponsored by the UCLA Anderson Automotive Business Association, the UCLA Sustainable Resource Center, Net Impact, the UCLA Office of Sustainability and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.


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Anyone who made anything math in excel? Post them here!
Squaring numbers
Type the numbers 1-25 in cells A1-A25. Then, do this formula "=PRODUCT(X,Y), wherein X is cell A1, and Y is also cell A1. After that, copy it, then select column B1. Paste it.
I know that phrontister is an expert in Excel. Maybe he will come here.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
hi julianthemath
When I do sudokus I'm always making mistakes like entering an illegal number in a row. So I made an Excel sheet that puts Xs in the places you cannot go so I could cheat a bit. I had already done some other stuff on my computer when I started so the memory was down a bit. Which is probably why I ran out of memory. eeekkk! Had to save, re-start and just have Excel running.
Too much to show all here I think. Here's the contents of just one random cell:
w3 contains
Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you! …………….Bob Bundy
Hi julianthemath,
There are a number of other ways of getting the result you did, but here a couple of easy ones:-
Method 1:
Enter the following into the cells as shown.
Left-click in A1 to select it, and while still holding down the mouse button move the cursor into B1 to select both of them together.
Release the mouse button, but don't click anywhere on the page, otherwise those two cells will be deselected.
Left-click the 'fill-handle' that now appears in the bottom right-hand corner of B1 (it's a black square, which changes to a cross-hair when you hover the mouse over it), and while holding down the left mouse button drag it all the way down column 2 to row 25.
That automatically fills columns 1 and 2 in one go.
Method 2:
Enter the following into the cells as shown.
Left-click in A1 to select it.
While holding down the keyboard's Ctrl key, left-click the fill-handle (explained in Method 1) and drag it down column 1 to row 25.
The sequence of numbers 1:25 now appears down the 25 rows in column 1.
Left-click in B1 to select it, and double-left-click the fill-handle to automatically fill column 2 with the formula from B1 for every cell that has data to the left of each column 2 cell.
And don't let anonimnystefy fool you...I'm no Excel expert! I've learnt a few things over the years by trying this and that, mainly for puzzles and work. Excel has a lot going for it, including the enormous amount of information and help available on the internet.
"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson
I once made a table of the Beta function, but I also had to do one of the Gamma function too because the Beta function uses the Gamma function.
Then I had to make a factorial (or Pi function) table for the Gamma function to work...then I hit the wrong button and lost it all...xD
It is quite fun though making "calculators" with Excel!
Thanks everyone.
There is probably a lot to learn about excei
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
Oh. Math in Excel 2 soon!
Why not just post here?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
Oh, so, math in Excel 2.0 here?
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8-25-10 PNC Park
Today got off to a terrible start.
When I entered the park, Lastings Milledge was in the cage, taking his final cuts. Milledge is in the last group of Pirates players to bat. Minutes later, at 5:03, the field was empty, as the Pirates ran off the field, leaving the PNC Park regulars stunned.
I hadn't snagged anything yet, and I was prepared to face the fact that I might get shut out.
Half way through the Cardinals BP, I got Trever Miller to toss me a ball in center field to put me on the board.
Luckily, I had brought my Cardinals gear, whereas yesterday I just left it at home figuring that the Cards were too stingy to toss any balls up to their own 'fans.' However, Miller is a veteran, and older players typically seem to be more generous in throwing balls into the stands.
Later on in batting practice, I attempted to glove trick a ball in the corner spot in center field.
Game: 3 balls ( 3 thrown )
Season: 487 balls (239 hit, 110 thrown, 72 device, 66 found)
Games: 76 games
Average: 6.41 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 1,065 balls
Streak: 172 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 12,686
Balls in the month of August: 136 (3 needed to break 1 month record)
Balls needed to break single season record: 57


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Race and Illicit Desire in The Great Gatsby
I don't much care for the novel The Great Gatsby (the lyricism of the writing gets tiresome, the characters are annoying, and somebody ought to take out that damned green light with a sniper rifle), but one passage has long fascinated me:
"Civilization's going to pieces," broke out Tom violently. "I've gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read The Rise of the Colored Empires by this man Goddard?"At its most obvious level, this presents Tom as a racist and elitist, somebody obsessed with power and inheritance. He's a self-satisfied bully. It also hints at the idea that the inherited wealth and power of the "old money" oligarchs may be based on false pretenses — at least for readers now, the reference to eugenics (Tom's words evoke the work and names of Lothrop Stoddard and Henry Goddard) signals that Tom has found a particularly nasty way to justify his wealth and power to himself. A paragraph later, he says, "This idea is that we're Nordics. I am, and you are, and you are, and— [...] And we've produced all the things that go to make civilization — oh, science and art, and all that. Do you see?"
"Why, no," I answered, rather surprised by his tone.
"Well, it's a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be — will be utterly submerged. It's all scientific stuff; it's been proved."
"Tom's getting very profound," said Daisy, with an expression of unthoughtful sadness. "He reads deep books with long words in them. What was that word we—"
"Well, these books are all scientific," insisted Tom, glancing at her impatiently. "This fellow has worked out the whole thing. It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things."
"We've got to beat them down," whispered Daisy, winking ferociously toward the fervent sun.
(Chapter 1)
Nordics. Fitzgerald didn't know it when he wrote Gatsby, but Tom was talking the language of proto-Nazism, and the "science" he referred to was the science that would in the next decade pave the way for the Final Solution.
This is especially interesting in a book where the power behind so much of Gatsby's wealth is Meyer Wolfsheim, a shady, frightening, and clearly Jewish character who embodies all sorts of different stereotypes. In the book, Wolfsheim seems to exist to confirm Tom's fears. (The reader, though, is left to wonder who's worse: Tom or Wolfsheim?) But while Daisy mocks Tom, she doesn't mock him for his beliefs so much as his pretensions. Nor do we have any reason to assume that Nick does not accept the basic tenets of white supremacy, though he is also fascinated by the abomination that is the nonwhite world, as a notorious passage from Chapter 4 shows (just a few sentences before he describes Wolfsheim as "A small, flat-nosed Jew ... with two fine growths of hair which luxuriated in either nostril"):
As we crossed Blackwell's Island* a limousine passed us, driven by a white chauffeur, in which sat three modish negroes, two bucks and a girl. I laughed aloud as the yolks of their eyeballs rolled toward us in haughty rivalry.Which brings us to Baz Luhrman's new movie of Gatsby. I went in with some hope — I loved what Luhrman did with Romeo & Juliet, cutting the play to the bone and filling it with utterly over-the-top adolescent energy, and I hoped he might do something similar with Gatsby. Instead, he went in the opposite direction, adapting the film with dutiful fidelity to its events and language — indeed, it often feels less like a movie than an illustrated audio book read by Tobey Maguire. The imagery is so processed that numerous parts of the movie look animated, an effect that wouldn't be quite so cloying if they hadn't hired the Thomas Kincaid Studio to do the animating. There's plenty of Luhrmanic kitsch, and that's when the film is at its best, becoming a campy parody of the book and itself. (DiCaprio's entrance as Gatsby is hilarious and, for me, the best moment in the film.) But a major problem is Fitzgerald. It's not just that, when spoken, his words reveal their ridiculousness. There's a bigger problem: the book isn't actually very dramatic in its narrative, and so a faithful adaptation is also not particularly dramatic. One of the novel's saving graces is that it is short; the same cannot be said of this film, which at 142 minutes feels about 7 hours longer than it needs to be. (Fast readers can make it through the whole book in less time than it takes to watch the movie.) The last third is especially tedious, and if Luhrman had cut all the Meaningful Looks the actors constantly give each other, the movie might have been less leaden.
"Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge," I thought; "anything at all. . . . "
An interesting, though not particularly developed, aspect of the film is its use of race as a code for wanton freedom, something rich with both desire and terror. Luhrman heightens the cruelty of Tom's white supremacist ranting by making all the servants in the Buchanans' mansion black, but most of the non-white characters we see in the film are people of an unbridled underworld. The one such actor who actually gets to play a character (rather than a spectacle) is Amitabh Bachchan, cast as Wolfsheim. Because the film is obviously not trying to be a historical documentary, there's no reason to cast an actor who looks like Arnold Rothstein for the role, but the casting of an Indian man for Wolfsheim creates new webs of meaning by the fact that the film then mostly associates him with a club where all the erotics of illicitness are evoked via the bodies of non-white people. Gatsby is more comfortable in this world than Tom, but Tom, too, partakes of it. The pleasures of the rich and powerful come not from the parties they throw for other people, not from any element of their everyday lives, but from the spaces where they are able to indulge in the ambrosia of transgression: for Tom, transgression of class with Myrtle and the apartment; for Gatsby, transgression of race and law with Wolfsheim and the club. The class transgression is present in the novel, but the movie heightens and overtly sexualizes the racial transgressions. By complicating Wolfsheim's ethnicity, the movie also generalizes the novel's racial particulars — in the novel, characters are whites and negroes and Jews, but in the film there are really only two groups, unlabeled but present as images: whites and not-whites.
Tom stands as the virile guardian of white ancestry, white propriety, and white power. Everyone else is seduced by racialized transgression. He alone sees the danger, and then, to some extent at least, the story enacts that very danger: "The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be — will be utterly submerged." Submerged in what? Not just racial impurity, but all that racial impurity implies to racists: disease, licentiousness, insanity, the loss of borders and distinctions, the loss of privilege and power. Ultimately: death.
"Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge," I thought; "anything at all. . . . "
*Blackwell's Island (now Roosevelt Island) was known during the Jazz Age as Welfare Island, and, in Michael Pollack's words, "the city operated a prison, a lunatic asylum, a charity hospital, a smallpox hospital, a workhouse and other Dickensian horrors there." In the 1920s, the city began various reforms, building new hospitals and eventually moving the prison to Riker's Island. Thus, when Fitzgerald wrote about the limousine with the white chauffeur, the island was associated with crime, poverty, and disease, but also, to some extent at least, a movement for reform.


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May 16, 2018
On behalf of the Board of Directors, we welcome our shareholders to the March/April 2018 issue of the UCP Newsletter. Below you will find the most current information as reported by the management of the various companies that fall under our holding company umbrella.
2018 has had a rough start, with clients holding back on their spending, and lower budgets to work with. We continue to pitch for new work and are hopeful that business will pick up again soon.
As always, we thank you for your continued support. ……Ken
Tre Kronor Media Stockholm
A letter from the CEO of Tre Kronor Stockholm:
Dear shareholders:
We can summarize a challenging 1st quarter of the year.
Due to the loss of Kindred Group and Scandinavian Airlines we need to focus more on new business and cost control. We have won two new clients, Lyko and Global Gaming, but we really need one large client coming in before the summer begins.
As to media investments, they are in line with our budget. Thanks to a successful upsell into our insight & research product, we will reach a higher revenue than budgeted for the first quarter.
The investments we did last year in staff are starting to pay off. We now have a strong team that are developing according to plan. But, for the time being we have decided that we will not recruit any more employees and be cautious with extra costs for this year.
On the upside, we have been awarded Media Agency of the year for the 7th time in the last 10 years, which is of course an amazing performance.
The trends for media investments is shown in the media barometer, presented below.
YTD shows a +4.3% in total investments.
The winners so far are Out Of Home (+19.4%), Social Media (+23.0%), Online Video (+20.1.%) and Radio (+25.1%).
Best rgds,
Håkan Jerner
CEO Tre Kronor Media
TreKronor Media Denmark
Q1 has been a hectic but joyful quarter. We turned out with a positive result for 2017 which is good for all of us. We have changed offices and now are located in the same building as a highly acknowledged creative agency in Denmark called Umwelt. We are running campaigns for our new clients such as catalogue company Ellos, outlet mall design company McArthur Glen and food company Rügenwalder Mühle. We have also have a new bank client to be announced that we are currently working on campaigns for.
In other news, there were no lost clients in Q1, 2018 to report.
Local Planet – Sweden
As we have stated earlier, Local Planet is still a small entity relative to Tre Kronor, but we look forward to further growth in 2018.
In Sight - Norway
Tre Kronor decided to sell the holdings in In Sight AS and so their updates will no longer be posted.
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