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George Warren, an Independent research chemist in Houston, Texas, developed the special processing method that prevents the spoilage without diminishing the essential properties of the Aloe Vera plant. This new method completely eliminates the aloins, which gives a bitter taste (and the greenish color) to Aloe Vera juices. He also successfully removed the starches and sugars from the polysaccharide molecular chain and thus, George's "Always Active™" Aloe requires no refrigeration, will not spoil in its natural state. This method adds no water, no preservatives, no chemicals of any kind. The finished product looks and tastes like spring water.
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Activision Responds to Call of Duty Lawsuit, Dismisses Claims as 'Meritless'Fresh off word that the recently departed co-founders of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward had sued owner Activision over royalties and brand rights, the video gaming giant has issued an official statement on the matter:
Activision is disappointed that Mr. Zampella and Mr. West have chosen to file a lawsuit, and believes their claims are meritless. Over eight years, Activision shareholders provided these executives with the capital they needed to start Infinity Ward, as well as the financial support, resources and creative independence that helped them flourish and achieve enormous professional success and personal wealth.
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Select 40 squares from your charm pack. I usually take out two that are duplicates or contrast the least with the background fabric. Make 8 stacks of 5 squares each.
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When sewing your petals together, you want to line up the petal points from folded edges along the long side of the petal. Place your needle 1/4" down from the folded edge, backstitch to the folded edge, then continue forward down the long side. By starting 1/4" from the edge and backstitching to the edge, you will eliminate those tiny thread "hairs" from showing on the front of your flower when you clip your threads. The thread ends will be hidden on the back of your flower!
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'Thought Leadership': Transforming Government
There's a lot of talk these days about "thought leaders," individuals or organizations that produce and act on innovative ideas. Indeed, one could argue quite convincingly that the Recovery Board has more than its share of thought leaders. Since its inception, the Board has been results-driven.
Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in February of that year. The new Recovery Board, consisting of Inspectors General from various federal agencies, was directed to establish and maintain a public website that would provide "detailed information'' on contracts, grants, and loans issued under the Recovery Act. The law also directed the Board to maintain a vigilant oversight program that would "prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.''
The job was daunting, and senior Board officials were literally racing against the clock. The Office of Management and Budget, which writes the guidelines for the Recovery program, required that recipients begin reporting spending data on October 1, 2009. That didn't allow for a lot of time to build the infrastructure necessary to collect and display data from more than 100,000 recipients of Recovery funds and to develop a tough oversight program.
What to do? The Board and senior officials—including then Chairman Earl E. Devaney, myself, and a handful of staff members—decided we needed an innovative plan or we would face the unpleasant consequences of failure: Condemnation from official Washington, the public, and the news media.
For starters, we cut through government red tape. We assembled an agile IT team from other agencies, we expedited contracting, and we established firm deadlines for the task ahead. This was the task: (1) assemble a website to collect quarterly spending data from recipients of Recovery contracts, grants, and loans; (2) manage the public website, Recovery.gov, created by the General Services Administration before the Board was up and running, while developing a second version that could handle massive amounts of recipient data; and (3) create a robust oversight program that would prevent criminals from stealing Recovery funds.
Not everything went smoothly but in the end we accomplished the task in what for government amounted to light speed. A summary:
- FederalReporting.gov, activated in August 2009, was unique in government. As a rule, federal agencies that issue awards collect data from their respective recipients. FederalReporting.gov became the first government website to collect data on all agency awards in a single system. This was no small accomplishment: 28 federal agencies distribute funds under the Recovery program. The Board has overseen 12 recipient reporting periods without any major blunders.
- FederalReporting.gov transfers its data to Recovery.gov. The new version of Recovery.gov was launched on September 28, 2009, and provides real transparency to users. There's easy access to quarterly spending data. Information is displayed through interactive, searchable maps; data downloads and tables, charts and graphs; videos; feature stories; and Social Media. Users can find information about Recovery programs in their own states and communities. There's also information on federal Recovery programs and oversight activities, including audits and reviews conducted by agency Inspectors General and the Government Accountability Office.
- The state-of-the-art Recovery Operations Center, launched in November 2009, is the centerpiece of the Board's oversight program. As it evolved, the ROC became a focused, intelligence-sharing center for the oversight community, particularly those Inspectors General who monitor the Recovery program. In tracking fraud, waste, and abuse, ROC analysts have turned up significant investigative leads for the IG community. Meanwhile, several IG offices have been given access to ROC tools so they can conduct research from their own workstations.
Looking back, it's apparent our work transformed the way the government tracks spending on contracts, grants, and loans. We focused the discussion on what it truly means to provide transparency and accountability in a government program. A lot of public officials talk about how they favor transparency and accountability and how they are going to change this and that. But results matter, not talk, as the Board has demonstrated.
Chairman Devaney, his work done, retired last December but we didn't miss a beat. His successor, Kathleen Tighe, seamlessly picked up the baton and began directing us on our remaining challenges. Under her leadership, the Board is promoting the idea of a universal award ID for all government contracts, grants, and loans. A uniform ID would enhance transparency, making it much easier to track and reconcile funds awarded to recipients of federal funds.
We are also preparing to launch a pilot project later this year to determine the viability of a single electronic data collection system for government grants. A select group of recipients will participate. The Grants Reporting Informational Project will require recipients to report only one time on their grants, eliminating the burdensome requirement of filing separate reports with each agency involved in the grants.
The Board is continuing to improve Recovery.gov, which serves as the principal Recovery contact for taxpayers. Most recently, we added a new feature that allows access to summary data on each federal agency that distributes Recovery funds. The feature highlights how much money an agency has distributed to recipients along with information on the top recipients in states and cities.
Under the Recovery Act, the Board is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2013. But there's plenty of work to do, and we will continue to advance ideas that promote transparency and accountability in government.
– Michael Wood, Executive Director, Recovery Board
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Here is an example of a function of government where the concern for public welfare is clearly evident, your focus on honesty and transparency, including making it as easy as possible to access information about the recovery is very laudable and in fact a model that should be followed by all who work in jobs in the public sector.
I sure hope a copy of this post went straight to D.C. If the govt was being held accountable for what and where they spend money I personally would sleep better at night. Please keep this issue moving forward!


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By Christie Aschwanden
Migraine headaches slammed into Evelyn Strauss's life during her sophomore year in college. "I would have to retreat to a dark room for two or three days every time I got one, which was every few weeks," says the 41-year-old editor in Santa Cruz, California. "It was horrible. I had to schedule my studying around my migraines." She tried several medications, but nothing worked. With nothing to lose, she decided to see a hypnotist. "Hypnosis got rid of the headaches completely," she says.
Strauss's story would not surprise Donald Penzien, a psychologist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. While most people quiet their headaches by popping over-the-counter pain medications or prescription headache drugs, these pills don't work for everyone, he says. And frequent use of them can actually make the problem worse by triggering rebound headaches—pain that begins as soon as the medication wears off, requiring still more medication and perpetuating the cycle.
Penzien is convinced there's a better way. He recently published a study analyzing the last 30 years of research into often-overlooked behavioral treatments for headaches, including mind-body therapies like biofeedback and hypnosis. His conclusion: These treatments may actually manage headaches better than drugs. In fact, the real trick to taming headaches is to keep them from developing in the first place—which these mind-body techniques and other alternative remedies can help you do. If a headache does slip through, some of the same treatments can curb symptoms, too.
Whichever therapies you choose, the key is to use them regularly—singly or in combination—as part of a strategy to stop headaches before they start. "Prevention is the name of the game," Penzien says.
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Experts classify headaches into dozens of different types, but tension headaches and migraines are by far the most common, and some people battle both types. No one's 100 percent sure what causes headaches, but for most people, they're set off by one or more triggers, which can differ from person to person.
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|Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
|Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
|Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
|Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
|Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
|Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Work Activities
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
|Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
|Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
|Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
|Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
|Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
|Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
|Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Work Context
|Electronic Mail — How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
|Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
|Telephone — How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
|Face-to-Face Discussions — How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
|Work With Work Group or Team — How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
|Contact With Others — How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
|Freedom to Make Decisions — How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
|Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
|Time Pressure — How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
|Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.
Job Zone
|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include food service managers, electricians, agricultural technicians, legal secretaries, interviewers, and insurance sales agents.
|SVP Range
|(6.0 to < 7.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Bachelor's degree
|Associate's degree
|High school diploma or equivalent
This occupation may require a background in the following science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational disciplines:
Interest code: RIC
|Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
|Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
|Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
|Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
|Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
|Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
|Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
|Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
|Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
Work Values
|Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
|Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
|Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
Related Occupations
|Robotics Technicians
|Mechanical Engineering Technicians
|Electronics Engineering Technologists
|Surveying Technicians
|Geological Sample Test Technicians
|Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Green
|Forest and Conservation Technicians
|Precision Agriculture Technicians Bright Outlook
|Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
|Construction and Building Inspectors
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2013)
|$22.19 hourly, $46,160 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|19,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Faster than average (15% to 21%)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2013 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Environmental Engineering Technicians . Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition.
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) , 111 Market Pl., Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202. Phone: (410) 347-7700. Fax: (410) 625-2238.
- National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) , 1420 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314-2794. Phone: (888) 476-4238.


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A Port Arthur Policeman on the scene of a Tuesday morning shooting told 12News as many as 50 shots were fired in a retaliation shooting that happened at the Prince Hall Village Apartments.
Just after 1 a.m. officers were called to the apartments located in the 900 block of West 14th Street. When officers arrived they found one man with a gunshot wound to his leg. The man told officers that several men began firing shots from the roadway into the apartment complex.
The man with the gunshot wound was taken to Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. A news release issued by the Port Arthur Police Department says it is not believed his injury is life threatening.
A police spokesperson said it is believed the shooting is related to the shootings which took place over the weekend.
Investigators ask that anyone with information about the shooting, or the shootings which took place over the weekend, to call the Port Arthur Police Department at 409-983-8600.