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Laura Govan started off this season of Basketball Wives L.A. with a bang, immediately getting into a tussle with Malaysia in episode one and she was even voted the show's biggest troublemaker in a poll we posted early on. After talking to the soft-spoken but sharp-tongued Govan during the reunion, it's hard to imagine this woman who kept declaring that she is a mother, first and foremost, could ever try to beat someone up, but she admits she's not to be messed with. Despite her tough exterior on the show, she was far from intimidating, and in fact, I totally wanted to hang out with Laura after the show, but I didn't want to creep her out. Check out our interview in which Laura showed off her killer engagement ring, talked about her pending nuptials to Gilbert Arenas, and told me how she retaliates against mean Twitter followers (watch out, she might DM you if you get under her skin).
Were you apprehensive about doing the show?
A little bit. I didn't understand the editing part of it.
Did you ever look at what Gloria went through in Miami and think "I don't want to deal with that drama."
No, I didn't ever look at it like that. To me, the experience was all in good fun. I had a good time. It's like therapy almost.
I think I need you to teach me how to swear like you, I love hearing you say "Get the f— outta here," I think your delivery is hilarious.
[Laughs] But I MEAN it when I say it. That's who I am. I just hate the fact that there's three hours of taping and you only get to see one minute of whatever they want to put in there, that part bothers me, but outside of that, I am who I am all the time. I'm like this when I go to Target and I'm talking to somebody there. I always say "Shut the hell up," or whatever. I just don't cuss around my kids so when I don't have them, I feel like I wanna say whatever the f— I want to say at any f—ing time and I get f—ing excited, you know?
Do you worry that when the time comes when they do stumble upon the show, they'll see you swearing or fighting?
No, I think with any action, I can always explain or justify it. And I want to show them, you know, "Look at what Mommy did." I had a great time. This was my experience on the show. My oldest is five and she's a diva and I'm not going to let her sit down and this is what mommy's going to put on TV, never, but when she gets older, if this comes about, I'm definitely going to explain to her, and to all of them, this is what Mommy experienced. I want them to be worldly.
If there's a season two, would you do it? Would your move to Orlando affect that?
Yeah, I would! For some people this is their job, this is their livelihood. For me, I'm a mother first, I don't give a s— about nothing else. After that, everything else falls into place. So for me, this is fun, if I have the time to do it, of course I will. Who wouldn't want to come to work and have their hair and makeup done by somebody? This is a blessing for me. As I've gone along the way, I appreciate everyone I've met, everyone that's helped me, I mean, for other people to take the time out of their lives to make me look pretty or to help me, I'm thankful.
How would you describe your style?
I'm a mother and I sweat hard. I like to wear flip flops, I'm a jeans and t-shirt type of chick, I'm easy. I stumble across things at Goodwill. Yeah, you can go to Saks and get s—, but I want stuff that nobody has, vintage, pieces that are everlasting. One of the swimsuit outfits I had on in Hawaii was my Spanx and a sportsbra.
Yes! I just wanted to be comfortable and that bikini thing wasn't cuttin' it.
Did the storyline of this season surprise you, the way things ended up with Jackie?
No, not much surprises me. I feel like there are so many people in the world and you never know who you're gonna get. Jackie's got a lot going on in her life and I think she's a good entertainer. I accept her for who she is. Messy, crazy, she is who she is.
So were you two truly friends at the beginning of all this?
I think I was genuinely her friend, but Jackie just has her own thing going on. And I believe wholeheartedly that she believes she loved me, but I think life takes over. As far as she and I are concerned, I'm cool with Jackie. I'm not going to call her and ask her to go to church with me or to the flea market, but we're cool. When I have quarrels with people, after time, it is what it is, we take care of it, and I move on. I don't have time to harp on things we said, I got s— to do. I have four kids. I'm breastfeeding an entire household. I don't have time to worry about her.
What's your relationship like with the rest of the girls?
Same thing. Imani, I love her to death, Malaysia I love, my sister I love, I would honestly call any of them to hang out. Even Draya. For me, we're all cool.
Where do you stand on Draya now with the police report stuff, do you believe her?
No. But for me, Draya's life is Draya's life. She is what she is. A lot of this is for entertainment, in real life I don't Google anybody.
Do you regret MMA and beating up Draya?
No, because had it been Jackie or Ima or my sister, I woulda went just as hard. That had nothing to do with Draya. It just happened that she got in the ring. I hate that it was like "Oh you were picking on somebody little," it wasn't like that.
Draya called you out for being a tough girl and being hard on her, is that just your personality, or is it sarcasm?
Yeah, I like to be sarcastic, it's just natural and I say what I wanna say. There's a lot of people who don't like me, but if you don't like me, close your ears.
Do you think it was unfair of you all to gang up on her and confront her with the police report?
Look, she wasn't a victim. She knows what she did. For me, I don't give a s—. If you really believe she's done something so bad and evil, you remove yourself from that situation. It's the network's job to turn a ho into a housewife. And I think Draya's cool for the most part.
What do you think about her comments that you're two faced because you say one thing about her and then you go around and hug her when you see her?
I would say that's two-faced too. But that's editing. It does look like I'm two-faced on TV, but you only got a minute of an hour conversation.
Were you worried that the rumors about you would come out on the show?
No, for me, I live my life like, my biggest priorities are my children, Gilbert, my brother who lives with me, and I don't give a s— what comes out. Either it is true or it isn't and people are going to believe what they want to regardless of what I say so for me, I've moved on from what's been said. And there's always new s— to come too. I heard I was a man. I mean, what can I say to that?
So we'll be seeing you on Basketball Husbands then?
Exactly! Some of the stuff that's been said, I'm like dang, I didn't know that happened to me! I don't care, for me, this is a job and it's all in fun.
Do you ever get bothered by people tweeting mean things or anything?
I'm going to be honest with you, when I'm on Twitter, I crack jokes all time time but sometimes you'll catch me direct messaging people back and I'll be like "Come on now, you of all people shouldn't talk like that, look at your hairline," or whatever, I go hard on people who are mean for no reason, I direct message them.
Do they respond to you?
No, after that I block them. I'm so smooth, girl! I had to take Twitter off my phone though, because you get too caught up in that stuff.
How do you feel about the fact that the first impression people got of you this season was that fight?
Well, I wanted people to know that about me. Don't f— with me. I'm really nice, but at the end of the day, I'll throw a TV, a trash can, a chair, it's gonna go down. Don't be disrespectful of me and I won't be disrespectful of you. I actually like how it started! We all watched the first episode together and while people were watching the fight, I was watching my belly. I was like, dang! I'm big. I got weight to lose! I see it differently. I pay attention to me, not what's going on.
Your baby kills me, he is so cute.
Isn't he? He's like a grown man in the face. He's been here before.
I love to see that other side of everyone with their kids and at home.
My husband-to-be tells me I give too much, but I'm like, I'm just giving myself. I can't stop and think about what to reveal about myself, that's like having gas you can't let out.
Was he cool with you doing the show?
Yeah, he was cool.
You were broken up when the show began, did your doing the show help you get back together?
HELL no. The show don't help with s—. We are naturally going to always be together. It's like a boomerang. You throw it, it's just coming right back. We have four kids together so we're always going to be in each others' lives.
Do you have a wedding date?
We do not have a date, but even if I did, I wouldn't tell you.
I'll put the helicopters and photographers on hold then. Is that your engagement ring?
Yes, but this is old. He designed this for me. It's 23 carats, but as a matter of fact, I had to cut out three carats because I got stung by a bee and my finger swelled, so I had to get the diamonds cut out so I could take it off.
What did you think about Imani moving your stuff out of her place without talking to you about it?
My initial thought was she just saved me some money, thanks, Ima! After that, I thought it was funny. That stuff don't bother me.
In Hawaii when you guys talked, was that the moment you figured out what Jackie had been doing?
Like two weeks before we went to Hawaii is when I figured it all out. At first I had no idea what was going on, but once I figured out it was Jackie, I let the movie play out.
Did you guys truly bond on that trip, did it make your relationships stronger?
I wouldn't say it made things stronger, but I think in general I don't have the time to call everyone all the time, the girls aren't on my priority list, I have nine brothers and sisters, so calling my friends isn't on my priority list, but we're all cool.
Not having grown up in the spotlight, is it weird to know you have fans and have people approach you now?
When people want to take pictures with me I still think it's weird. Because I don't see myself as a famous chick. I'm a mother. My kids don't give a s— about me on TV or trying to look cute, I had on red lipstick the other day and I bent over to kiss my son and he was like "Can you take that off to give me a kiss?" Stuff like that brings me back to life and reality.


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Castle courtyard virtual tour
In this tour you'll see the castle courtyard. The central gateway was built in the 1530s by Sir John Baker and the two wings north and south of it were built in the 1560s by his son, Sir Richard Baker.
Today you pass through the gateway on your way to the library and the tower.
Library virtual tour
The library was the farm's stable when Harold and Vita bought the property in 1930. After they converted it to a library they collected some 4,000 books between 1920-1960.
Rose garden virtual tour
The rose garden was created as a series of garden rooms surrounded by yew hedges and walls. They are set out to replicate the missing rooms of the original ruined Elizabethan hunting lodge.

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We all wish we were the Jessa of our friend group, but somehow must learn to deal with the fact that we will always be the Shoshanna. And while Shoshanna might accidentally smoke crack and take off into the night like a started, jeggings-clad fawn, she almost certainly would never pose topless while pregnant. Or talk about her coke-filled past. At least not as readily as Girls' Jemima Kirke does. "I do remember that, and that you seemed somewhat impressionable at the time. So I thought, 'I could probably get this girl to do drugs with me,'" Jemima recalls about the one special night she spent with Vice interviewer Annette Lamothe-Ramos in a bar bathroom as a teen. About her formerly wild life, the married mother of one admits,"I think that way of life stopped working for me really quickly. Some people know how to balance things, at least enough to be able to continue messing around, but I didn't. I was very all-or-nothing about it, and you burn out really quickly if you keep going that way. It really f—ed me." Wow, Lena Dunham must just write down everything Jemima says directly into a Final Draft file, right? Right.
If you're already a Girls fan, you'll undoubtedly love how Jemima brushes off fame with the same casualness with which she poses for her legit NSFW topless photos. "Acting is secondary—I don't feel like it's going to stick around because it's not something I want to do forever," Kirke says of her TV stardom. "My art has always been my top priority and I have far more experience in that field than I do in film. It's hard to explain without sounding like a dick. I'm not that person. I'm really grateful for such enjoyable work, I just don't feel as though I have any clout as an actor. I haven't earned it, and I don't intend to." Have you guys ever come across someone so cool, it fills you with a paralyzing nerd rage? Yeah…us too.
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SMITH CREEK (Ellis County). Smith Creek rises six miles northeast of Ennis in northeastern Ellis County (at 32°27' N, 96°36' W) and runs southeast for eleven miles to its mouth on the Trinity River, on the Henderson county line (at 32°21' N, 96°27' W). The two tributaries of the creek are Bolivar Branch in its upper reaches and Hare Prong Creek in its middle reaches. The area is low rolling to flat terrain surfaced by sandy and clay loams that support scrub brush, grasses, cacti, and water-tolerant hardwoods. For most of the county's history it has been used as range and crop land.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article."SMITH CREEK (ELLIS COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbscv), accessed July 29, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Firefox 3 beta 2
So I just read about the release of the newest release of the firefox 3 beta and before I put it on my machine, I was wondering if anyone out there has tried it out yet and had any comments or critiques that they could lend. From the reviews I've read, it seems like a quality improvement over their already stellar program. Any info people have would be greatly appreciated.
I have just started using it. So far so good.
I worked well for me, but the extensions I rely on for work are not caught up yet. So I cannot use it.
will my various add-ons (foxytunes, stumbleupon, etc) be able to transfer of the 3? also, would it be wise to keep my current version of 2 around just in case things don't go as planned?
never mind that question, just answered it myself, apparently add-ons are hit or miss with 3 as of right now. some work with it, some don't.
gotta love that new menu bar not to mention the post-login password remembering option!
I believe it overwrites your previous version.
You can set up profiles in firefox. Duplicate your current profile, rename it FF3b2 (or something). That way you won't overwrite your FF2 settings with FF3's.
Is it me or is it much quicker then the last version?
i would tend to agree with you, i just installed it myself this morning and it feels like i'm moving faster with it as well. we'll see how things go after a bit more usage time
Yes we sure will. Good luck :)
When I got a new mac, the same version FF (2) was really fast on the new machine. Until I loaded the extensions I use. Then it was the same speed.
So a true speed comparison would be both versions loaded with the same extension set (or none at all)
Looks like Firefox 3, beta 3 is out. The new UI/skin is absolutely stunning. It looks as good as (and IMO, better than) Safari and adds a good bit of new functionality:
I hope this version is good, I'm running out of browser choices. My preference is Opera, but there's just so much stuff that doesn't work with it (I can't even pay for eBay purchases with Paypal in Opera) is basically unusable, Camino is too feature-free and again too many sites don't work, and Safari doesn't do enough. FireFox 2 is okay, but I find it unstable sometimes.
Since beta 2, FF3 has been pretty stable for me. So far, I haven't had a single issue with beta 3 (admittedly, it's only been about a day and a half in constant usage).
I'm running Firefox 3 Beta 3 on OS X and it looks and feels amazing. Quite honestly it makes Firefox 2 look like last decade's technology and the looks/feel is at least as good as Safari or Camino, so I expect a lot of Camino people will migrate.
Highly recommended. The only site I found that it was not recognized on, so far, is Turbo Tax. I have had zero crashes (Beta 2 crashed about once a week or so).
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Perfect for the Clam lover in you.. this is delicious!
3/4 pound fettuccine or linguine pasta
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
9 ounces total), sliced 1/4 inch thick
6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups dry white wine
3 dozen small clams, such as littleneck, rinsed
1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes with their juice
1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
Instructions1. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the pasta until al dente; drain.
2. Meanwhile, in a large, heavy pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the chorizo and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Increase the heat to high, add the wine and clams, cover and boil. Stir occasionally and, as the clams open, transfer them to a large bowl. Add the tomatoes to the pan and boil for 5 minutes.
3. Lower the heat to low, add the pasta to the sauce and stir to combine. Divide among 4 shallow bowls, add the clams and sprinkle the parsley on top.
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This often-overlooked Muskegon attraction is one of only two LSTs (landing ship tanks) remaining in the world. Relics of World War II, these mighty warships were designed with hulls big enough to transport troops and tanks overseas to the United Kingdom, and from there, on to battlefields throughout Europe. LSTs reached new levels of fame on D-Day, when they delivered soldiers to Omaha Beach in the Allied invasion of Normandy, France.
Inside the craft's holding area, where as many as 28 tanks once fit, the LST 393 now houses a Veterans Museum with a hodgepodge of automatic rifles, WWII propaganda posters and a replica living room circa 1944. The thrill of visiting LST 393, though, lies not in its museum displays, but in the opportunity to explore all her nooks and crannies. Metal staircases lead to crowded bunks where troops slept and the community bathrooms the soldiers used. Visitors can also see the kitchen, the mess hall, the helm and the radio room where news of the progress at Normandy was broadcast. Seeing the ship firsthand, it's hard not to imagine the thoughts that must have gone through young soldiers' minds as they approached this decisive battle.
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So "new" isn't really the right word for it. APS has been carrying Patagonia gear for over a year now. But I think a lot of you guys don't know about it so I wanted to make sure to get the word out there. This stuff is great and I was really psyched for us to start carrying it. I don't just mean because I get a discount on it now either; I'm excited to be able to offer our customers what I believe is the best layering system.
What makes it so great? You can tell your friends you're wearing "Patagucci" for starters. Really though there are so many options in terms of what you can wear for the condition your in that it makes it easy to be comfortable even in the worst weather you can find. The Capilene baselayer system provides different layering options from 1 - the lightest weight to 4 - the heaviest. Old timers may remember back when these were called silkweight and midweight but Patagonia went to a number system to make things simpler. The Regulator midlayers use the same idea; R1 to R4. They have undergarments too, including these boxers that are colorful enough to make a great Father's Day present.
Patagonia gear is well made and they always stand behind their products. There honestly is something to be said for getting what you pay for. This stuff is not cheap, but it is worth it when we're talking about being comfortable overnight offshore, hiking the Appalacian Trail or sitting in the back of the boat calling tackticks. If you are ever unhappy with a Patagonia product they are always willing to work with you. They will replace almost anything if it doesn't satisfy your expectations for the gear.
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Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Image: Digital Photograph - Four Girls in Shallow Water, St Kilda Beach, circa 1910
Source: Museum Victoria
In 2006 Museum Victoria embarked upon a community collecting project with past and present Melburnians, who searched their private albums for their favourite photographs of Melbourne. Over 1000 family photographs were collected for 'Melbourne's Biggest Family Album'. Selected photographs are featured in the 'Melbourne Story' exhibition.
These wonderful images have opened up many new perspectives on Melbourne's history, and provide evocative, personal insights into life in Melbourne from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. More than just records of individual family life, these photographs are a wonderful resource for exploring the history of communities, places and events.
Featuring approximately 170 Melbourne suburbs, the photographs depict people of all ages, from a range of cultures. Melburnians are captured at home, on the streets, working, celebrating, travelling, playing and mourning. These photographs also show some of our city's hidden histories - people travelling on public transport, hanging out their washing, browsing inside shops, sleeping in their bedrooms, and washing in the bathroom.
Project Background
The Biggest Family Album concept is based around the copying of photographs rather than the donation of originals, meaning that families retain their precious photos, while archival copies are held at the museum. For this project, the copying was done in digital format using a high resolution digital camera.
The Melbourne collecting project was conducted in partnership with four public libraries, in Beaumaris, Box Hill, Broadmeadows and Footscray. Library staff and local council officers supported and promoted the project, while ABC radio, community newspapers and The Age newspaper assisted with publicity.
Over 120 contributors responded enthusiastically to the invitation to share their photographs, with most bringing several generations of family photographs with them. Contributors also often came along with a family member who could help with accurately documenting the photographs. They brought with them not just photographs, but stories, emotions and a passion about their place in history. More than a few tears were shed as personal anecdotes were remembered and recounted to museum staff.
The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection
Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection was based on The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection project, undertaken by the museum in the 1980s and 1990s, to collect copies of family photos from rural and regional Victoria. This pioneering project was immensely successful, resulting in a collection of over 9,000 photos dating from the 1890s to the 1940s. These photographs continue to be a resource for the entire community, appearing in education programs, history books, exhibitions, student projects, and community projects. http://museumvictoria.com.au/bfa/
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Retirement reception for Shivaji Thursday
The College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics will host a retirement reception honoring Ratnasingham Shivaji Thursday, July 21 from 2-4 p.m. in the John Grisham Room of Mitchell Memorial Library.
Shivaji is W.L. Giles Distinguised Professor of Mathematics and director of the Center for Computational Sciences.


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In pondering the verdict in the George Zimmerman case and the hostility it caused in the minds of the minority community, it dawned on me that perhaps the biggest cause of this hostility was the role of the press. In all of the press photos for the duration of this case, George Zimmerman was portrayed as a large man. In fact, he had gained so much weight over the course of the trial from excessive eating due to stress. On the other hand, Trayvon Martin was portrayed as a 14-year-old goodie two-shoes when he was in fact a 17-year-old young man. The press never showed comparable photos of how the two men looked at the time of the shooting. In fact, Martin was much taller than Zimmerman and his weight may have been closer to Zimmerman's, if not more. So this wasn't a case of a grown man killing an innocent little boy as portrayed by the press, but rather an apparent confrontation of equals. When you factor in that Zimmerman was a rather soft individual (physically) and Martin had a better physique, it is no wonder that Zimmerman feared for his life.
The constant portrayal of these two men fostered a feeling of racial hostility among the black community. I wonder if the situation would have been the same if Martin were white and Zimmerman were black. It seems to the minority community that any time there is an altercation between the races, the black individual is always innocent and the white party is always guilty. It's time to put this political correctness behind us and get on with the business of life.
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JOHNSONBURG – Now in his eighth season at the helm of the Johnsonburg girls' varsity basketball program, Mike Zilkofski is looking for a little bit more this time around as his team prepares to storm the court.
"We're hoping for bigger and better things this year," Zilkofski said after posting a 13-10 mark last season and an early playoff exit Feb. 21 at East Forest. "It was a heartbreaker losing on the road to East Forest in the playoffs. They had a lot of seniors, a pretty good group there, and we just didn't play well."
New faces will be all around the Ridgway wrestling program this season.
First-year head coach David Fordoski takes over as the varsity head coach for Ridgway wrestling after the retirement of Gary Gerber this past winter from that post. Fordoski said the team may be limited in varsity starting experience but the team is full of wrestlers with an excitement and work ethic for the program.
JOHNSONBURG – Johnsonburg wrestling enters this season with nine varsity wrestlers and a focus on winning more duals.
"As a team, our goal is to win half of our dual matches," Johnsonburg coach Mike Votano said. "Last year, we won two matches. I believe we have a few more numbers this year if we can stay healthy. Looking at other team's lineups, there's a chance we could win half of our dual matches, we set that as our team goal."
Johnsonburg starts with nine on the varsity level.
The Ridgway Township Municipal Authority approved the 2013 operating budget during their regular meeting Thursday night.
Finance Manager Jeff Schutz briefed officials on a budget that has a total estimated operating revenue of $986,870.
JOHNSONBURG – Johnsonburg School District is a recent recipient of a grant they will use to purchase laptop computers. Â
"The district received a $6,534 grant from the Elk County Community Foundation," said Dennis Crotzer, Superintendent. "This money will be used in conjunction with our title money to purchase 15 laptops for the teachers."
JOHNSONBURG – Following a lengthy executive session the Johnsonburg Municipal Authority [JMA] voted to increase water rates during their regular meeting Tuesday night.
Effective Jan. 1, residents can expect a $10 per month increase in their water bills.
JOHNSONBURG – With a 2-7 season in the rear view mirror and the Johnsonburg varsity football program in serious jeopardy due to lack of player turnout and graduation, the current coaching staff paused Sunday for a season-ending banquet and paid tribute to the team's playmakers.
"Our seniors worked extremely hard in the summer and they were the heart and soul of this program," said Johnsonburg varsity football coach Jesse Schreiber. "They really wanted it and I was glad to be able to coach them."
JOHNSONBURG – The Johnsonburg football program celebrated the 2012 football season Sunday afternoon with a banquet and awards ceremony at the high school.
Johnsonburg varsity football coach Jesse Schreiber, who earlier this year earned his first varsity victory and followed it with a 13-12 win over rival Ridgway later in the season, paid tribute to his coaching staff, players, and several individuals working behind the scenes.
Members of the Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department responded Tuesday afternoon to what initially started out as an odor investigation at the Elk County Courthouse Annex in the 300 block of Center Street.
According to Ridgway fire chief John Wygant, an initial investigation yielded no results and he terminated the investigation. Elk Company 4 was reportedly called out at 2:58 p.m., according to 911 dispatch.
"Five minutes after I left, I was called back as the smell got more intense," Wygant said. "It was then that I called for the general alarm."
Elk County commissioners presented a tentative 2013 budget Tuesday morning without a tax increase during their board meeting.
According to commissioner Daniel R. Freeburg, 2012 has followed a continued trend of challenges for small local governments.
"With rising costs in healthcare, gas and everyday expenses, the county is continually striving to cut spending where possible," Freeburg said. "Adding on to this burden is the continual reduction in state funding for mandated programs."


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Are African Regimes Learning Tech-Busting Tactics?
A panel at the Atlantic Council last week addressed questions surrounding the potential for the popular uprisings taking place in North Africa to spread south - to the rest of the continent. I was asked to discuss online repression techniques used to squash speech and expression, the degree to which these repressive approaches are likely in more closed countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and how citizens, activists and rights groups can prepare or respond.
On the broader question about uprisings gaining traction across Africa, with or without tech, there seems to be little notice of pockets of activism taking place in Sudan and Gabon, and we've seen opposition parties in Nigeria and Uganda making noise about taking lessons from their northern Arab neighbors if their respective governments don't hold credible elections this year. An important point raised some skepticism that the international broadcast media, that we believe played a key role in Tunisia and Egypt, would take notice in these other African countries if trouble continues.
My talk framed the ways authoritarian regimes hinder online expression and rights into three categories: finding ways of targeting individuals using monitoring, phishing and other techniques so they can take action to against them to discourage participation in politics; blocking access to the services people use to communicate by filtering or shutting down web or mobile services such as voice and SMS, Internet services including specific websites, social networks and email services (or of course the entire national communication infrastructure itself); and third, using the platforms and services themselves to counter the movements with their own propaganda by infiltrating networks or spreading propaganda in social networks and online forums.
In sub-Saharan Africa, we're seeing concerning developments in at least the first two areas as the continent becomes more connected.
In Uganda, the Museveni government took the threats seriously enough to require that mobile operators in the country filter SMS messages around last weekend's elections - searching for words that may suggest that organizing was in the works and apparently blocking the SMS results reporting of the opposing presidential candidate. While blocking SMS around elections isn't a new tactic in other countries like Belarus and many others, we're not aware of anywhere else on the subcontinent that regimes have intentionally blocked or filtered SMS around elections for political reasons– at least not in cases that have impacted NDI's SMS-based election monitoring projects. And using private companies as intermediaries to enforce government policies to monitor citizens takes a page from the playbook of other authoritarian regimes.
In last year's Sudan elections there were reports of citizen reporting websites powered by the Ushahidi platform being temporarily blocked for a period of time around the elections last April .
In Zimbabwe, characteristic of the ZANU PF's often brutal and thuggish violations of human rights offline in response to digital activism, the Mugabe regime arrested 46 people last weekend who had gathered to watch recorded news coverage of the Egypt and Tunisia uprisings due to concerns about spillover. They used much more brutal offline methods to crack down on election monitors in response to the ways these groups effectively held the regime accountable to a more fair election result in the 2008 elections that led to the current national unity government.
The third way authoritarian regimes control information and free speech online, using the platforms in clever ways to spread propaganda, hasn't appeared yet in sub-Saharan Africa as far as I'm aware. However, I've got little doubt that is coming.
These recent examples demonstrate a concerning trend – African regimes becoming more sophisticated in their ways of hindering communications and online expression as their citizens adopt these technologies more widely. I think this trend will continue, and democracy and rights groups in some of the challenging countries in Africa should take note and prepare.
Update: March 5 - It looks like the ZANU-PF regime in Zimbabwe has started to monitor social networks - a man from Bulawayo was arrested for a Facebook post he made in February.
Update: March 9 - Sudan's Bashir is learning too - encouraging youth to engage in pro-government online engagement using Facebook.
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On the morning of October 9th, the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will crash land into the moon. Is this space craft out of control you might ask? On the contrary. This deliberate impact is a planned end to a mission that had a bit of a hiccup last month.
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September nights are ideal for cruising the Milky Way. As the nights get progressively longer and cooler (less mosquitoes), we can now spend more quality time with the sky above. On moonless nights – the mighty planet Jupiter is the first to greet us in the south east within moments of sunset. Once you spot Jupiter, train your telescope on it. The contrasting blue sky allows viewing of subtle detail without eyestrain. Once darkness sets in and the planet brightens to magnitude -2.8, filters are required to soften the overpowering bright image.
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Because first ladies are seen more than heard, and because Diana Taylor, billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's live-in girlfriend, sits at the gilded nexus of finance, politics and philanthropy, her new interview with the New York Observer is impressive.
Taylor, 56, sizes up professional women and the wage gap ("they're really smart but…not really good at advocating for themselves") and the time-suck of kids on a woman's career ("I never had to run home and help anybody with their homework"). Taylor also talks about how much of the roster of Republican presidential candidates "scare me," while Sarah Palin is "doing just fine" without running.
Taylor, a former New York state banking official and one-time contender for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's (D-NY) seat, is a managing director with investment firm Wolfensohn Fund Management. She is also a board director of Sotheby's, Citigroup, ACCION International, a microfinancing organization, and the After-School Corporation, among others. She's become a Jackie Kennedy 2.0 of NYC: smart, elegant ("I like simple, not too frilly") and outspoken.
Last month transcripts of the former First Lady's interviews with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr,. taped just after President Kennedy's 1963 assassination, were released. We heard in Jackie's breathy, little voice how she believed Indira Gandhi to be "a real prune–bitter, kind of pushy, horrible woman," Charles DeGaulee to be an "egomaniac" and Martin Luther King, Jr., "a phony."
A straight-shooter. In private. But here comes Taylor–in public–in a "breathless-but-genuine tone," writes Observer editor Elizabeth Spiers.
On professional women: "I think one of the problem that most women have is that they're not really good at advocating for themselves. They're great at advocating for other people. They're hard workers, they're really smart but they're not very good about marching into their boss's offices and saying 'I need a raise!…Women tend to have the attitude that, 'if I put my head down, I work really hard, I'll get recognized.'"
On not having children: "I never had to run home and help anybody with their homework. That was a whole very time-consuming aspect I didn't have to worry about. "
On Sen. Gillibrand: "I don't agree with her on anything."
On the current field of Republican presidential candidates: "I don't really like any of them very much. A lot of them scare me… a lot."
On Tea Party Queens: "I've never met [Michele Bachmann]. I have read a lot about her and I'm not particularly impressed by what I've read…I have met [Sarah Palin] once, just very briefly. If I were her, the best thing she could do is keep the buzz going and then not run. And she's doing just fine doing that."
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It looks like New Jersey will get less than 2 to nearly 4 inches of snow Thursday night and Friday, according to a National Weather Service snowfall forecast map.
The map [1] is good through 7 p.m. Friday.
In Neptune, snow is expected to fall [3]mainly after 1 a.m. Friday and before 1 p.m., according to the weather service.
It's been very wintry so far this season. Check out my story for today's Asbury Park Press on the snowy winters of 2010-11 and 2009-10 [4].
Here are other weather service maps showing snowfall totals during the Jan. 11-12, 2011, storm; the Jan. 8, 2011, storm; and the Dec. 26-27, 2010, blizzard:
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[3] snow is expected to fall : http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Neptune&state=NJ&site=PHI&textField1=40.212&textField2=-74.0887&e=1
[4] story for today's Asbury Park Press on the snowy winters of 2010-11 and 2009-10: http://www.app.com/article/20110118/NEWS/101180332/Climatologist-2-snowy-NJ-winters-doesn-t-indicate-weather-trend-
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Gasoline prices occupy a place in the gallery of American consumer fears. As prices inched toward $4 a gallon, television news breathlessly offered live updates from the pumps. For all the concern about the effect that gasoline might have on consumer budgets, though, there may be something we should be more worried about: housing costs. […] [Read More]


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The invention relates to a new cosmetic cleansing composition with improved skin conditioning and stability properties. Said cleansing composition contains (in % by weight) 5-60% of a surface-active agent, 0.1-10% of a diblock or triblock copolymer or a mixture thereof, 0.1-10% of a saturated liquid oligomer of an unsaturated fatty acid, said oligomer having more than 30 carbon atoms, 0.1-30% of an oil or fat, 10-80% of water, nd has an improved average foam stability ranging between 35 and 60 mm according to the foam stability test.
1. A liquid cosmetic cleansing composition comprising
5 to 60% by weight of a surface-active agent;
0.1 to 10% by weight of a diblock or triblock copolymer or a mixture thereof;
0.1 to 5% by weight of a saturated liquid oligomer of an unsaturated fatty acid, said oligomer having more than 30 carbon atoms;
0.1 to 30% by weight of an oil or fat;
10 to 80% by weight of water,
all of the above percentages being relative to the total weight of the composition,
which cleansing composition has an improved average foam stability ranging between 35 and 60 mm according to the foam stability test, wherein the ratio of surface-active agent to oil is in the range of 1:0.6-1:0.8.
2. A cleansing composition according to
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8. A liquid cosmetic cleansing composition comprising
18 to 50% by weight of a surface-active agent;
0.1 to 10% by weight of a diblock or triblock copolymer or a mixture thereof;
0.1 to 5% by weight of a saturated liquid oligomer of an unsaturated fatty acid, wherein said saturated liquid oligomer of an unsaturated fatty acid is a dimer of a C17-C21 fatty acid;
12 to 25% by weight of an oil or fat;
10 to 80% by weight of water,
all of the above percentages being relative to the total weight of the composition,
which cleansing composition has an improved average foam stability ranging between 35 and 60 mm according to the foam stability test, wherein the ratio of surface-active agent to oil is in the range of 1:0.6-1:0.8.
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This application is a national stage of PCT/EP03/04266 filed Apr. 24, 2003, which claims the priority of German Application DE 102 19 295.2 filed Apr. 25, 2002, under the International Convention.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a new cosmetic cleansing composition with improved skin conditioning and stability properties.
2. Related Art of the Invention
Skin cleansers are known from U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,578,299 and 5,888,492 respectively, which contain a hydrocarbon oil, a non-ionic or anionic surface-active agent soluble therein, a diblock or triblock copolymer and, optionally, a fatty acid ester acting as an emollient.
In addition, emulsifier-free skin cleansers are known which contain hydrogenated styrene/butadiene copolymers along with other emulsion stabilizers such as acrylate polymers, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,928,632.
The object of the invention is to provide a new liquid cosmetic cleansing composition which has a very good cleansing effect as well as special stability properties and enables excellent skin conditioning.
According to the invention, a liquid cosmetic cleansing composition is provided which comprises
Anionic, amphoteric, non-ionic or cationic surface-active agents or mixtures thereof can be used as surface-active agents. Cationic polymers or a mixture of anionic and amphoteric surface-active agents are particularly preferred. It is preferred that a mixture of anionic and amphoteric surface-active agents be used, such as Disodium Lauroamphodicetate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (Rewoteric® AM G30) or Plantaren® XLS, Plantaren® TLS, Standapol® AP blend.
Said preferred agents are preferably used in amounts ranging between 1 and 60% by weight, particularly 18 and 50% by weight, especially 20 and 40% by weight.
Numerous anionic surface-active agents can potentially be used here. Non-limiting examples of anionic, foaming surface-active agents include those selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulphates and alkyl ether sulphates, sulphatized monoglycerides, sulphonated olefins, alkyl aryl sulphonates, primary or secondary alkane sulphonates, alkyl sulphosuccinates, acyl taurates, acyl isothionates, alkyl glyceryl ether sulphonates, sulphonate methyl esters, sulphonated fatty acids, alkyl phosphates, acyl glutamates, acyl sarcosinates, alkyl sulphoacetates, acylated peptides, alkyl ether carboxylates, acyl lactylates of anionic surface-active agents containing fluorine and mixtures thereof. Mixtures of anionic surface-active agents can effectively be used in the present invention.
Examples of amphoteric surface-active agents which can be used in the present invention include at least those having an acid group. The latter can be a carboxyl group or a sulpho group. Also included are quaternary nitrogen and, consequently, quaternary amino acids. These should in all cases contain an alkyl group or alkenyl group having 7 to 18 carbon atoms. Suitable amphoteric detergents include simple, coconut-derived betaines and amidobetaines which are a mixture of C12 and C14 alkyl groups, so that at least half of the R1 hydrocarbon chain, preferably three quarters thereof, has 10 to 14 carbon atoms. Preferably, the other two R2 and R3 hydrocarbon chains are methyl. The amphoteric detergent can also be a sulphobetaine. Amphoacetates and diamphoacetates can also occur in the form of zwitterionic and/or amphoteric compounds, which can be used as well. Any amphoteric surface-active agent should in general be contained in an amount approx. ranging between 0.1 and 20% by weight, preferably 5 and 18% by weight, relative to the total composition.
Suitable non-ionic surface-active agents include, but are not limited to, coconut-derived acyl monoethanol amides or acyl diethanol amides, alkyl polysaccharides, lactobionamides, ethylene glycol esters, glycerine monoethers, polyhydroxyamides (glucamides), primary and secondary alcohol ethoxylates, particularly C8-C20 aliphatic alcohols which on average are ethoxylated with 1 to 20 moles ethylene oxide per mole alcohol. Mixtures of the aforesaid surface-active agents can also be used.
Examples of synthetic, quaternized polymers (cationic polymers) include, but are not limited to, Polyquaternium-1, Polyquaternium-2, Polyquaternium-5, Polyquaternium-6, Polyquaternium-7, Polyquaternium-8, Polyquaternium-9, Polyquaternium-11, Polyquaternium-12, Polyquaternium-13, Polyquaternium-14, Polyquaternium-15, Polyquaternium-16, Polyquaternium-17, Polyquaternium-18, Polyquaternium-19, Polyquaternium-20, Polyquaternium-22, Polyquaternium-24, Polyquaternium-27, Polyquaternium-28, Polyquaternium-29, Polyquaternium-30, Polyquaternium-39, Polyquaternium-57 and mixtures thereof, the aforesaid compound names being names assigned by the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association and listed in the CTFA International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary, J. Nikitakis, ed., Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, Inc., Washington D.C. (1991).
Quaternized polymers derived from natural substances are particularly suitable for the composition and method of the present invention. Examples of quaternized polymers derived from natural substances are, without limitation to their name in "The CTFA International Dictionary", Polyquaternium-4, Polyquaternium-10, Polyquaternium-24, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed rice protein, stearyldimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed rice protein, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed silk, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl soy protein, lauryldimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed soy protein, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed soy protein, hydroxypropyltrimonium hydrolyzed vegetable protein, stearyldimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed vegetable protein, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein, stearyldimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed wheat protein and mixtures thereof. In addition, synthetic and natural quaternized polymers can be used in combination with one another.
An especially advantageous quaternized polymer is Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, which is commercially available from Rhone-Poulenc, Cranbury, N.J., under the trade name HI-CARE 1000®. Other guar-based quaternized substances available on the market are JAGUAR C-162, JAGUAR C-138, JAGUAR C-145 and JAGUAR C-17, JAGUAR C-13S from Rhone-Poulenc, Cranbury, N.J. Suitable quaternized cellulose compounds include, but are not limited to, CELQUAT SC-240 (Polyquaternium-10) and CELQUAT L200 (Polyquaternium-4) from the National Starch and Chemical Corp., Bridgewater, N.J., and QUATRISOFT LM-200 (Polyquaternium-24) from the Amerchol Corp., Edison, N.J.
Suitable diblock or triblock copolymers are those based on styrene, ethylene and butylene as well as ethylene, propylene and styrene. These include e.g. those of the KRATON D and KRATON G product lines marketed by the Kraton Chemical Company. KRATON G 1650, a styrene/ethylene-butylene/styrene triblock copolymer, and KRATON G 1702, an ethylene-propylene/styrene diblock copolymer, are particularly preferred. It is possible to use either diblock or triblock copolymers of the aforesaid type, however, in a preferred composition, a mixture of diblock and triblock copolymers in a weight ratio of 2:1 to 1:3 is used. In the context of the present invention, the term "styrene" covers both styrenes and substituted styrenes, such as ortho-, meta-1- and pure alkyl styrenes as well as x-alkyl styrenes, wherein alkyl is a C1-C3 alkyl group.
It is preferred that the saturated liquid oligomer of an unsaturated fatty acid be a dimer or trimer, particularly a dimer of e.g. a C17-C21 fatty acid, for example of linoleic acid, as is e.g. commercially available from Uniqema, such as Pripol 1006, Pripure 1009; and from Cognis, such as Empol 1004, 1007 1008, 1016, etc.
Oils which can be used in the composition according to the invention include vegetable oils, esters, hydrocarbon oils, animal fats, fatty acids and fatty alcohols.
These include vegetable oils, such as peanut oil, castor oil, cocoa butter, coconut oil, maize oil, cotton seed oil, olive oil, palm kernel oil, rapeseed oil, safflower seed oil, sesame seed oil and soybean oil as well as sunflower seed oil.
According to the invention, useable esters are Butyl Myristate, Cetyl Palmitate, Decyl Oleate, Glyceryl Laurate, Glyceryl Ricinoleate, Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Isostearate, Hexyl Laurate, Isobutyl Palmitate, Isocetyl Stearate, Isopropyl Isostearate, Isopropyl Laurate, Isopropyl Linoleate, Isopropyl Myristate, Isopropyl Palmitate, Isopropyl Stearate, Propylene Glycol Monolaurate, Propylene Glycol Ricinoleate, Propylene Glycol Stearate and Propylene Glycol Isostearate.
Silicone oils which can be used according to the invention are silicone oils as such, gums and modifications thereof such as linear and cyclic polydimethylsiloxanes; amino, alkyl, alkyl aryl and aryl silicone oils.
Hydrocarbons which can be used according to the invention are those as liquid paraffins, petrolatum, microcrystalline wax, ceresin, squalenes, squalanes and mineral oil.
Animal fats which can be used according to the invention are lanolin alcohols, acylated lanolin alcohols, lanolin, lard, mink oil and tallow.
Fatty acids and alcohols which can be used according to the invention are behenic acid, palmitic acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, lanoleic acid, stearic acid, isostearic acid and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Alcohols include, but are not limited to, lauryl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, oleyl alcohol, eicosanyl alcohol and isocetyl alcohol, cholesterol alcohol and 2-hexadecanol.
It is preferred that oil or fat make up 12 to 25% by weight.
The cleansing composition according to the invention has a very good foaming ability, especially if it contains high proportions of surface-active agents and oils, e.g. if the amount of surface-active agent contained ranges between 5 and 60% by weight and the ratio of surface-active agent to oil is 1:0.6-0.8, particularly 1:0.7-0.78, while the anti-foaming effect which is usually observed in case of such high contents is significantly reduced. This is demonstrated by a foam stability test.
Said foam stability test is carried out as follows: 4 g of a 10% aqueous solution of the product to be tested is mixed with 146 g water having a hardness of 0.5 mmol/l of alkaline earth metal ions (corresponding to a US hardness of 50 ppm) and a temperature of 29° C.+1° C. The test solution is stirred at medium stirring speeds in an Osterizer Blender for 10 seconds. The foam obtained is filled into a graduated 500 ml cylinder and the initial foam volume in mm is determined at the nearest 5 ml graduation. 3.5 minutes later, the height of the foam at the foam/water interface is determined with the same accuracy. The second value in mm represents the foam stability, and the average foam stability is determined by averaging at least three measured values of the same test solution.
The compositions according to the invention have an improved average foam stability ranging between 35 and 60 mm according to the foam stability test.
The water content of the composition according to the invention preferably ranges between 20 and 75% by weight, particularly 25 and 35% by weight.
Further constituents of the composition according to the invention can be lipids, vitamins, UV-filters, phospholipids, electrolytes, antioxidants, protectants, perfumes, pH-adjusters.
Preferred lipids include cholesterol, ceramides, sugar esters and pseudo-ceramides, such as described in EP-A-556 957.
Preferred vitamins include those as vitamins A and E and vitamin alkyl esters, including vitamin C alkyl esters.
Preferred UV-filters are those as Octyl Methoxy Cinnamate (Parsol MCX) and Butyl Methoxy Benzoylmethane (Parsol 1789).
Phospholipids and mixtures of the aforesaid substances are included as well.
Preferred electrolytes are those as sodium chlorides, magnesium sulphate, etc.
A preferred antioxidant is e.g. butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), advantageously in amounts of approx. 0.01%, or above if desired. Further antioxidants are the vitamins A, C, E and derivatives thereof; flavones or flavonoids; amino acids such as histidine, glycine, tyrosine, tryptophan and derivatives thereof; carotenoids and carotenes such as α-carotene, β-carotene; uric acid and derivatives thereof; α-hydroxy acids such as citric acid, lactic acid, malic acid.
Preferred protectants are antimicrobial agents such as 2-hydroxy-4,2′4′-trichlorodiphenyl ether (DP300) and protectants such as dimethyloldimethylhydantoin (Glydant XL1000), parabenes, sorbic acid, etc.
Suitable pH-adjusters are e.g. citric acid, disodium EDTA, triethanolamine, etc.
The most important advantages of the new composition are the following:
The cleansing composition according to the invention has a viscosity ranging between 100 and 600 mPa·s (cP) necessary for use on wet skin in a shower and can be rinsed off easily at the same time. Once the act of bathing or showering is finished, the composition has a long-lasting skin-conditioning effect without feeling oily. It surpasses the products currently available on the market, especially due to its foaming ability and moisturizing properties. In addition, the same cleansing effect is achieved using milder surface-active agents.
The cosmetic composition according to the invention can e.g. be used in the form of washing lotions, deep-action hair care products, hair conditioners, hair shampoos, shower gels, shower lotions, bath oils, cleansing creams, pasty masks (mud packs).
The aforesaid products can be manufactured in a manner known to those skilled in the art.
The invention will now be explained in more detail by means of examples. All quantities are in % by weight unless indicated otherwise.
The foam height was determined according to the foam stability test described above. The results are shown in the following Table 1.
The compositions of the present invention have a considerably improved foam height compared to products of the same category which are currently available on the market. The foam height decreased slightly when the amount of Dimer Acid Hydrogenated contained was increased, but it was still higher than that of the market products even at a Dimer content of 2.5%. As an additional check, a sample containing no Dimer was tested, whose foam height was considerably higher too. All in all, this shows a clear superiority of the products according to the invention in case of high contents of surface-active agents and oil.
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Contact Information
Ken Bloemer
Director, Visioneering Center
- Staff
- Eureka! Ranch International Ltd., President Invention Group
- TechSolve, Inc., Executive Vice President Business Development
- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Operations Project Manager, Director Recruiting and Development
- Bloemer, Meiser & Westerkamp LLC, Founder and Managing Partner
- Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences, Manager Industrial Engineering Services
- Air Force Materiel Command, Program Manager, Senior Engineer
Selected Patents
- Bloemer, Kenneth; Meiser, Daniel; Westerkamp, Edward. 2005. Method and apparatus for reciprocating an infant support. U.S. Patent 6,966,082, filed November 4, 2003, and issued November 22, 2005.
- Bloemer, Kenneth; Meiser, Daniel; Westerkamp, Edward. 2008. Apparatus and method for reciprocating a person. U.S. Patent 7,395,560, filed October 25, 2005, and issued July 8, 2008.
- Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1993
- M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville, 1981
- B.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville, 1980
Professional Activities
- American Society for Engineering Education
- National Collegiate Innovators and Inventors Alliance
- United Inventors Association, Grants Committee Chair
Research Interests
- Innovation and new product development
- Entrepreneurship


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Robert Bosch GmbH
Logo since 2002
|GmbH (Private company)
|15 November 1886 (adopted current name in 1937)
|Robert Bosch
|Stuttgart, Germany
Area served
Key people
|Volkmar Denner (CEO)
|Automotive parts, power tools, security systems, home appliance
|€48.9 billion (2014)
Number of employees
|290,183 (as of December 31, 2014)
|BOSCH Ltd.
|Footnotes / references
Accounting methods changed from 2012 to 2013[1]
Robert Bosch GmbH ( pronunciation (help·info)), or Bosch, is a German multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components measured by 2011 revenues.[2] The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886.[3]
Bosch's core products are automotive components (including brakes, controls, electrical drives, electronics, fuel systems, generators, starter motors and steering systems), industrial products (including drives and controls, packaging technology and consumer goods) and building products (including household appliances, power tools, security systems and thermotechnology).[4]
Bosch has more than 350 subsidiaries across over 60 countries and its products are sold in around 150 countries.[4] Bosch employs around 306,000 people and had revenues of approximately €52.5 billion in 2012. In 2012 it invested around €4.8 billion in research and development and applied for around 4,800 patents worldwide.[4] In 2009 Bosch was the leader in terms of numbers of patents at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) with 3,213 patents.
However, Bosch continued to extend its international footprint through company acquisitions and investments in new plants, and will continue along with this path in 2013. For example, the Bosch Group is planning to set up a manufacturing site for automotive windshield-wiper systems near Belgrade, Serbia. By 2019 some 70 million euros will be invested. Construction work was set to begin in early 2012, with production due to commence at the start of 2013. Initially, some 60 associates will work in manufacturing operations with a floor area of around 22,000 square meters. By 2019 the number of associates is set to rise to some 620. Its objectives are to achieve a better increase in sales than in 2012 and to improve result significantly.[5]
Robert Bosch GmbH is privately owned, and 92% of its share capital is held by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation.[4] The majority of voting rights are held by Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, an industrial trust.[4] The remaining shares are held by the Bosch family and by Robert Bosch GmbH.[4] The Bosch logo represents a simple magneto armature and casing, one of the company's first products.
- 1 History
- 2 Operations
- 3 Joint ventures
- 4 Corporate affairs
- 5 Accreditations
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
|This article is in a list format that may be better presented using prose. (March 2013)
19th century[edit]
- 1886 - Opening of Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering in Stuttgart on 15 November
- 1887 - First low-voltage magneto from Bosch for stationary petrol engines
- 1897 - First low-voltage magneto ignition for motor vehicle internal combustion engines
20th century[edit]
- 1901 - First plant in Stuttgart
- 1902 - First commercially viable high-voltage spark plug
- 1906 - Production of 100,000th magneto ignition
- 1906 - Introduction of eight-hour working day
- 1910 - Opening of plant in Stuttgart-Feuerbach
- 1913 - Start of production of headlights
- 1918 - American assets seized; later become American Bosch Magneto
- 1926 - Start of production of windscreen wipers
- 1927 - First diesel fuel injection pump
- 1929 - First TV Set from Fernseh AG division
- 1932 - Formation of Junkers & Co.
- 1932 - First power drill from Bosch
- 1932 - First Blaupunkt car audio
- 1936 - First diesel fuel injection pump for passenger cars, such as the Mercedes-Benz 260D
- 1942 - Death of the company founder Robert Bosch on 12 March
- 1962 - Worcester Bosch Group opens in England
- 1964 - Robert Bosch Foundation
- 1970 - Company headquarters moves to Gerlingen
- 1976 - First oxygen sensors
- 1982 - Company acquires photographic equipment division from Braun AG
- 1986 - Traction control system (TCS) on the market
- 1993 - Acquisition of Dremel
- 1995 - Acquisition of Atco-Qualcast Ltd[6]
- 1995 - First Electronic Stability Control - Electronic Stability Program (ESP)
- 1997 - Common rail diesel fuel injection patent bought from Fiat.[7][8]
21st century[edit]
- 2000 - DI-Motronic gasoline direct injection system
- 2000 - Acquisition of Rexroth
- 2002 - Brand Relaunched with new logo
- 2003 - Acquisition of Buderus AG
- 2003 - Digital car radio with MP3 drive and digital recorder (Blaupunkt)
- 2003 - The formation of the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation and acquisition of S-B Power Tool Corporation and Vermont American Corporation including the brand names for Bosch Power Tools, Skil Power Tools, Dremel, Vermont-American, Primark brands, and Gilmours[9]
- 2004 - Third-generation common rail diesel injection for cars, with piezo injectors
- 2004 - Bosch opens new Technology Center in Abstatt
- 2006 - Bosch acquires Telex Communications, a maker of hearing aids, headsets and audio equipment, and partners with Daewoo to build Bosch refrigerators in Mexico
- 2007 - The Bosch Communications Systems business unit is created to manage the brands and products of former Telex Communications
- 2007 - Bosch acquires Health Hero Network
- 2008 - Tata Nano, the $2,500 People's Car powered by Bosch-designed engine is unveiled at Auto Expo in New Delhi. Bosch plans to acquire majority stake in Ersol photovoltaics. Bosch acquires CST/berger, maker of professional measuring equipment.
- 2009 - Bosch acquires LR Nelson, a maker of lawn and garden products, including ponds, and merges the Gilmour and Nelson brands into Bosch - Garden and Watering.[10]
- 2009 - Robert Bosch acquires Akustica
- 2009 - Robert Bosch acquires Visual Telecommunications Network Inc. (ViTel Net & ViTel Care)[11]
- 2012 - Purchased SPX Service Solutions
- 2012 - Shanti Auto Electricals, Budaun
- 2013 - Bosch announced, it will exit its solar business
- 2014 – Bosch entered talks to acquire Red Bend Software.[12]
- 2014 - Bosch takes over 100% of the shares from the former BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH joint venture [13]
- 2014 - Bosch received the 2014 U.S. Smart Partner award for Physical Security from Ingram Micro Inc.[14]
- 2015 - Bosch takes over 100% of the shares of the former ZF Lenksysteme (Steering Systems) GmbH joint venture (was 50/50 with ZF Friedrichshafen)
Bosch comprises more than 350 subsidiary companies. In addition to automotive components, which generate around 60% of its revenues, Bosch produces industrial machinery and hand tools.[15]
Although most of the company's plants and employees are located in Germany (112,300 employees), Bosch is a worldwide company.[3]
In North America, Robert Bosch LLC (a wholly owned Bosch subsidiary) has corporate headquarters in Farmington Hills, MI. Three Research Technology Centers are located in Pittsburgh, PA, Palo Alto, CA and Cambridge, MA.[16] Factories and distribution facilities are located in Mt. Prospect, Illinois; Hoffman Estates, Illinois; Broadview, Illinois; Kentwood, Michigan; Waltham, Massachusetts; Clarksville, Tennessee; Anderson, South Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; South Bend, Indiana (to close 2011[17]); and 11 other cities. There are also two corporate sites in Brazil and ten in Mexico where a central purchasing office for all divisions of Bosch Group is located in Broadview, Illinois. In North America, Bosch employs about 24,750 people in 80 locations, generating $8.8 billion in sales in 2006.[18]
In May 2015, Bosch Security Systems opened its newly-constructed distribution center in Greer, South Carolina. The distribution center adds more than 50 new associates in the state and will receive, store and ship more than 50,000 different products for video surveillance, intrusion and fire detection, access control and management systems and professional audio and conference systems.[19]
There are other wholly owned Bosch subsidiaries in:
- India (26,000)
- Brazil (14,190)
- China (12,370)
- France (9,720 including 70 long term/ short term assignees[20] )
- Czech Republic (8,690)
- Japan (8,130)
- Spain (7,950)
- Turkey (7,000 employees in Bursa and Istanbul, 500 in Manisa)
- Hungary (6,280)
- Italy (5,160)
- United Kingdom (4,920)
- Portugal (3,940)
- Romania
- Netherlands (4,000)[21]
- Switzerland (2,780)
- Australia (2,300)
- Malaysia (2,220)
- Austria (2,140)
- Belgium (2,040)
- South Korea (2,000)
- Russia (1,730)
- Poland (1,640)
- Sweden (1,230)
- South Africa (1,010)
- Viet Nam (1,000)
- Tunisia (770)
and other countries. Bosch employs over 290,183 people in more than 50 countries, supplying a complex distribution network of new products and parts.[22]
India Operations[edit]
Bosch entered India in 1922, when Illies & Company set up a sales office in Calcutta. For three decades, the company operated in the Indian market only through imports. In 1951, Bosch set up its first manufacturing plant in India.[23]
Currently, Bosch India has a turnover of over $2 billion and over 26000 employees spread across 10 locations and 7 application development centers. 84% of Bosch India revenues come from its automotive business, with the remaining 16% split between its non-automotive businesses that include packaging, energy and building solutions, power tools and consumer retail.[24] Bosch also has an R&D facility in Bangalore, India. This is Bosch's largest R&D facility outside its home market of Germany.[25] In September 2014, Bosch announced the launch of a locally-developed eye-care solution in India. The company's new eye screening and detection system offers a combination of hardware and software and provides affordable eye care
Bosch India is listed on the Indian stock exchanges and has a market capitalization of over $12 billion.[26]
Automotive components[edit]
About 60% of Bosch's worldwide annual sales are produced in automotive technology. Bosch invented the first practical magneto, an early ignition electrical source, which provided the spark to ignite the fuel in most of the earliest internal combustion engines, and is still used in general aviation engines. Bosch's corporate logo to this date depicts the armature from a magneto. Bosch was an early manufacturer of Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), and as time passed, Bosch became a leader in such specialized fields as traction control systems (TCS), the Electronic Stability Program (ESP), body electronics (such as central locking, doors, windows and seats), and oxygen sensors, injectors and fuel pumps. Even in such humble technological areas as spark plugs, wiper blades, engine cooling fans and other aftermarket parts, Bosch has over $1 billion in annual sales.
Bosch is a leading player in car stereo systems and in-car navigation systems.
Bosch is supplying hybrid diesel-electric technology to automakers, including PSA Peugeot 3008.[27]
Industrial technology[edit]
Bosch's subsidiary Bosch Rexroth is a supplier of industrial technology, producing hydraulic, electric, and pneumatic machinery for driving, controlling, and moving machines in applications ranging from automotive to mining.[3]
Bosch's packaging technology division plans, designs, manufactures and installs packaging lines for manufacturers of pharmaceutical, confectionery, food, and similar products. Bosch is one of the largest supplier of packaging technology.
Consumer goods and power tools[edit]
Bosch caters to the areas of consumer goods and building technology with its power tool, thermotechnology, and security systems, as well as with its household appliances business within the BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH joint venture. In the US, power tools are provided by the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation based in Mt. Prospect, Illinois.[28][29]
With its brands Bosch, Hawera, Skil, Dremel, RotoZip, Freud, Vermont American, and many more, Bosch is one of the largest manufacturer of portable power tools worldwide. Bosch manufactures power tools for the building trade, industry, and do-it-yourselfers (DIY-ers). In or around 1956, Dr. Hans Erich Slany worked with Bosch to design one of the first plastic power tools. Prior to this time, power tools were metal castings that often conducted electrical sparks or current into the user as well as being very heavy. Today the power tools designed by TEAMS Design have been winning awards worldwide for many years.[30] In 2011, the 12" Dual-Bevel Glide Miter Saw won an EID Silver Award.[31] In 2012, the Dremel Saw Max was awarded a Good Design Award[32] and was chosen as an IDEA Award finalist.[33] The product range also includes accessories such as drill bits and saw blades, under its Vermont American brand, as well as gardening and water gardening products under its Gilmour, LR Nelson, and Sunterra brands.[34]
Bosch is the largest European manufacturer of thermotechnology (heating units, etc.) with its subsidiary BBT Thermotechnik GmbH. It had revenues of €2.8 billion in 2006. Its brands include Bosch, Buderus, Junkers, Dakon, e.l.m leblanc S.A., Florida Heat Pump (FHP), Geminox, IVT, Nefit, Sieger, Vulcano and Worcester.
Security systems[edit]
In 2001, Bosch bought Detection Systems and Radionics, Inc., to build their business in the North American security and life safety products manufacturing/supply business. Through the Detection Systems acquisition, Bosch also obtained additional sales channels in Latin America, Asia-Pacific (including Australia), and Europe.[35][36]
In 2002, Bosch acquired Philips Communications and Security, Inc., adding a video surveillance portfolio, as well as sales channels, to its business.[37]
In January 2006, Bosch acquired the Telex Group comprising Electro-Voice, Dynacord, Midas, Klark Teknik, Telex, and RTS.[38] Midas & Klark Teknik parted company with Bosch on 8 December 2009 and are now part of Music Group.[39]
In 2008, Bosch acquired Extreme CCTV, a rugged camera and IP camera manufacturer, to further expand their video surveillance portfolio.[40][41]
Mobile phones[edit]
Bosch also used to create mobile phones for a short time. Their first three mobile phones were the Com 906, Com 738 and World 718, all from 1996. In 1997, they released two other phones: Com 207 and Com 607. The Com 908 came out in 1998, and in 1999 they released their final phones: the Com 509, the 909 Dual and the 909 Dual S.
Joint ventures[edit]
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte[edit]
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, in which Bosch and Siemens AG each hold a 50% share, is one of the world's top three companies in the household appliances industry. In Germany and Western Europe, BSH is the market leader. Its portfolio includes the principal brand names Bosch and Siemens, Gaggenau, Neff, Thermador, Constructa, Viva, and ufesa brands, and further six regional brands. Bosch household appliances for the North American market are mainly manufactured at its factory near New Bern, North Carolina. The distribution of manufacturing workforce in household appliances is:
- 36% in Germany
- 30% in Western Europe (excluding Germany, but including Turkey)
- 15% in Asia
- 10% in Eastern Europe
- 5% in North America
- 4% in Latin America
with 39,000 employees overall.
In 2014, Bosch acquired all shares of BSH.
Purolator Filters[edit]
Bosch owned 50% of Purolator Filters in a joint venture with Mann+Hummel until 2013. In 2013 the Mann+Hummel Group has taken over the remaining 50% stakes from Bosch.
Bosch owned 50% of the home appliance manufacturer Bosch-Siemens Hausgeräte until it acquired the other half from Siemens AG in 2015 and renamed it to BSH Hausgeräte GmbH.[3] The vehicle audio equipment company Blaupunkt was a subsidiary of Bosch until March 2009.[3]
SB LiMotive[edit]
In June 2008 Bosch formed SB LiMotive, a 50:50 joint company with Samsung SDI. The company held ground breaking ceremony for a 28.000 m2 lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing plant in September 2009 and it is scheduled to start production for hybrid vehicles in 2011 and for electric vehicles in 2012 The plant will generate a 1.000 jobs in Ulsan, Korea in addition to the 500 employees in Korea, Germany and the USA. SB LiMotive was officially ended in September 2012 with both companies focusing on automotive batteries alone.
Corporate affairs[edit]
Robert Bosch GmbH, including its wholly owned subsidiaries such as Robert Bosch LLC in North America, is unusual in that it is an extremely large, privately owned corporation that is almost entirely (92%) owned by a charitable foundation. Thus, while most of the profits are invested back into the corporation to build for the future and sustain growth, nearly all of the profits distributed to shareholders are devoted to humanitarian causes.
As shown in the diagram (above), the Robert Bosch Stiftung (Robert Bosch Foundation) holds 92% of the shares (Beteiligung) of Robert Bosch GmbH, but no voting rights (Stimmrecht). The Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG (Robert Bosch Industrial Trust KG), with old members of the company management, agents of the Bosch family, and other eminent people from the industry (such as Jürgen Hambrecht, CEO of BASF), have 93% of the votes (Stimmen), but no shares (0.01%). The remaining 8% of shares and 7%[3] of voting-rights are held by the descendants of the company founder Robert Bosch (Familie Bosch).[42]
For example, in 2004, the net profit was US$2.1 billion, but only US$78 million was distributed as dividends to shareholders. Of that figure, US$72 million was distributed to the charitable foundation, and the other US$6 million to Bosch family stockholders. The remaining 96% of the profits were invested back into the company. In its core automotive technology business, Bosch invests 9% of its revenue on research and development, nearly double the industry average of 4.7%.[43]
Almost all Bosch locations are both ISO 9001 certified (quality) and ISO 14001 certified (environmental protection).[44] In addition to that, their management is compliant with OHSAS 18001.
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- ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Robert Bosch GmbH.
- ^ "German Business Confidence Fell for a Second Month in April". Bloomberg Businessweek. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Robert Bosch GmbH Company Profile". Yahoo! Finance. Yahoo!.
- ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Robert Bosch GmbH. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ The Zen Cart™ Team and others. "About Bosch in 2012". Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Atco History Page". Atco.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ "Fiat: Rebirth of a carmaker - The Economist". The Economist. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Common Rail - Glossario". fiat.it. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ Robert Bosch LLC. "Robert Bosch LLC. - Media Center" (in German). Bosch-press.com. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ "Robert Bosch GmbH - Business/Economy". Bosch-presse.de. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ http://www.bosch-press.com/tbwebdb/bosch-usa/en-US/PressText.cfm?&nh=00&id=380
- ^ Bosch in talks to buy Israel's Red Bend Software. Reuters, 20 August 2014
- ^ [1]. Siemens an Bosch, 22 September 2014
- ^ By Press Release, Security Info Watch. "Bosch recognized as a top-performing U.S. technology company by Ingram Micro." December 4, 2014. december 8, 2014.
- ^ "Bosch 2010 Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ "Bosch - Bosch Research and Technology Center". Retrieved 2014-12-18.
- ^ Ferreira, Colleen (2010-11-16). "Bosch plant to close in South Bend". WSBT-TV. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
- ^ "About Bosch in the USA". Bosch. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- ^ Greer Today. "Bosch celebrates opening Greer distribution center." May 6, 2015. May 14, 2015.
- ^ Knight, Kevin (December 2013). "UNDERSTANDING MOBILTY AT BOSCH FRANCE WITH VALÉRIE KURZ AND EMILIE BENARD". Expatriates Magazine (3): 10. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ^ http://www.bosch.nl/nl/nl/our_company_13/our-company-lp.html
- ^ "The Bosch Group - Locations". Bosch.com. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/JF92JSrZa9H3o4pXWb44HI/Boschs-long-tryst-with-India.html?utm_source=copy
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Bosch-enters-healthcare-space-in-India/articleshow/40929482.cms
- ^ http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/JF92JSrZa9H3o4pXWb44HI/Boschs-long-tryst-with-India.html
- ^ http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/stockpricequote/auto-ancillaries/bosch/B05
- ^ Bosch says it has contract for diesel-hybrid parts - Automotive News Europe
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- ^ "Site where many Bosch Red Dot Awards are listed". En.red-dot.org. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ "2011 EID Silver Award for Miter Saw". Appliancedesign.com. 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ Anthenaeum, Chicago. "2012 Good Design Awards" (PDF). Chicago Anthenaeum. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ sangl, sangl. "IDEA Award Finalists". IDSA. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ Gordon, Paul (2008-09-19). "Bosch Buys Nelson and Sunterra". Pjstar.com. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ Chelsie Woods, Security Systems News. "Bosch completes Philips CSI buy." Dec 1, 2002. Retrieved Apr 5, 2012.
- ^ Andrea Gural, Security Director News. "Ribinski hands over Bosch reins." Oct, 2005. Retrieved Apr 5, 2012.
- ^ EE Times Asia. "Bosch to acquire Philips CSI business unit." Aug 12, 2002. Retrieved Apr 5, 2012.
- ^ Bosch in the USA, Archive "[2]." Mar 5, 2008. Retrieved 22 Mar, 2015.
- ^ Pro-Music-News "[3]." Dec 5, 2009. Retrieved 22 Mar, 2015.
- ^ Matthew Harwood, Security Management. "Infrared Night-Vision Innovator Extreme CCTV to Become Part of Bosch." Dec 20, 2007. Retrieved Apr 5, 2012.
- ^ Homeland Security News Wire. "Bosch acquires Extreme CCTV." Mar 5, 2008. Retrieved Apr 5, 2012.
- ^ Robert Bosch Stiftung: Über uns, retrieved on 2008-08-11
- ^ Joann Muller (2005-11-28). "Parts for the Sensitive Car". Forbes magazine.
- ^ "Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2010" (PDF). Bosch. Retrieved 28 Jan 2012.
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- Do this in the tub or shower, as you'll be dripping lather and possibly dirt.
3Rinse with cool or lukewarm water. This prevents you from getting too comfortable in the shower, saves energy, and soothes any skin flushing that may have been caused by your scrub. It also helps to keep hair from becoming greasy.
4Hop out when the alarm rings. Do this no matter what stage you are at in cleaning; you will soon train yourself to hurry up!Ad
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- If you're in an extreme hurry, put on a shower cap so you don't have to worry about taking time out to dry your hair.
- Be sure to rinse thoroughly. Leftover soap can irritate the scalp.
Things You'll Need
- Shower
- Shampoo
- Loofah, Sponge or washcloth
- conditioner
- soap
- body wash


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Meanwhile in the States… NBC has shown a volleyball game (quarters) while the rest of the world vibrated with the 100M race. I am seething with animosity over NBC's Olympic coverage. Truly appalling.
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