Competitive Service versus Excepted Service Positions. There are two types of non-executive positions in the federal government: 1) those that are in the competitive service, and 2) those that are in the excepted service. Competitive Service â Competitive service positions are subject to the civil service laws passed by Congress.
Post to Facebook. Kevlar inventor Stephanie Kwolek dies at 90 Stephanie Kwolek, the DuPont scientist whose invention, Kevlar, has saved countless lives as the essential ingredient in body armor, has died. Kwolek, of the Sharpley neighborhood in Talleyville, died Wednesday following a brief illness, said her friend, Rita Vasta, who is handling Kwolek's affairs. She was 90.
The History of Carmex. Carmex is a salve for chapped lips and cold sores invented in 1936. The ingredients of Carmex are menthol, camphor, alum and wax. Alfred Woelbing, the founder of Carma Lab Incorporated, invented Carmex.Woelburg suffered from cold sores.ISTORY OF CHAPSTICK. Tidbit â Found the first âChapstickâ was earwax, but didnât taste so good. Chap Stick, whoâs history dates back to the early 1880s, was the brain-child of pharmacological tinkerer, Dr. C.D. Fleet, a Lynchburg, VA. physician. His product resembled a wickless candle and was wrapped in tin foil.