Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
UK MP's expenses
Just ridiculous..
Gordon Brown claimed £1,403.90 for cleaning bills
David Cameron claimed for a £150 plumbing bill
Douglas Alexander claimed £420 for new garage doors
Shaun Woodward claimed for his newspapers and magazines including the £1.50 Private Eye
Jack Straw claimed £399 for a TV
Geoff Hoon claimed £378.95 for a washing machine
John Prescott claimed £112.52 for repairs to a toilet seat
Paul Murphy claimed £6 for a tin opener
Margaret Beckett claimed £600 for a hanging basket
Caroline Flint calimed £162.16 for a boiler
Hazel Blears claimed £519 for bedding
Nick Harvey claimed £30 per month for his Sky Sports subscription
Julia Goldsworthy claimed £1,200 for a rocking chair
Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, claimed £847 a month on mortgage interest payments for the riverside flat that his student daughter lives in
Chris Huhne claimed for a £119 trouser press
Dick Clegg claimed £760 for gardening
Lembit Öpik claimed £40 for a summons for non-payment of council tax
Steve Webb claimed 99p for dusters
Cheryl Gillan put in a claim for £4.47 for dog food
Chris Grayling claimed £2,250 for decoration to his second home
David Willetts claimed back £115 plus VAT for changing lightbulbs in his home
Francis Maude claimed £3,020 for food
Kenneth Clarke claimed £1,024 for cleaning
Oliver Letwin claimed £2,000 to have a pipe repaired under his tennis court
Theresa Villiers claimed £164.50 to fix a leak in her flat
Peter Mandelson claimed £10.49 for a TV licence
David Miliband claimed £145.96 for a pram
Andy Burnham claimed £19.99 for a bathrobe
Alistair Darling claimed £2,339 for a magnolia carpet
Gordon Brown claimed £1,403.90 for cleaning bills
David Cameron claimed for a £150 plumbing bill
Douglas Alexander claimed £420 for new garage doors
Shaun Woodward claimed for his newspapers and magazines including the £1.50 Private Eye
Jack Straw claimed £399 for a TV
Geoff Hoon claimed £378.95 for a washing machine
John Prescott claimed £112.52 for repairs to a toilet seat
Paul Murphy claimed £6 for a tin opener
Margaret Beckett claimed £600 for a hanging basket
Caroline Flint calimed £162.16 for a boiler
Hazel Blears claimed £519 for bedding
Nick Harvey claimed £30 per month for his Sky Sports subscription
Julia Goldsworthy claimed £1,200 for a rocking chair
Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, claimed £847 a month on mortgage interest payments for the riverside flat that his student daughter lives in
Chris Huhne claimed for a £119 trouser press
Dick Clegg claimed £760 for gardening
Lembit Öpik claimed £40 for a summons for non-payment of council tax
Steve Webb claimed 99p for dusters
Cheryl Gillan put in a claim for £4.47 for dog food
Chris Grayling claimed £2,250 for decoration to his second home
David Willetts claimed back £115 plus VAT for changing lightbulbs in his home
Francis Maude claimed £3,020 for food
Kenneth Clarke claimed £1,024 for cleaning
Oliver Letwin claimed £2,000 to have a pipe repaired under his tennis court
Theresa Villiers claimed £164.50 to fix a leak in her flat
Peter Mandelson claimed £10.49 for a TV licence
David Miliband claimed £145.96 for a pram
Andy Burnham claimed £19.99 for a bathrobe
Alistair Darling claimed £2,339 for a magnolia carpet
Sunday, May 10, 2009
America's Best- and Worst-Paying Jobs
by Klaus Kneale, Forbes.com
It's still better to be a doctor than a dicer. Food preparation and serving remains the nation's lowest-paid line of work, while the medical field still offers the nine best-paid jobs in the U.S.
According to the U.S. government's newly released Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, based on 2008 data, the typical surgeon makes an average of $206,770 a year. That puts surgeons above anesthesiologists to have the best-paying job in the country.
Internists now earn a little more than prosthodontists (people who make and fit false teeth). Otherwise, the top 10 jobs rank the same as a year ago. The biggest change is a nearly $10,000-a-year drop in pay for natural sciences managers, meaning people who run labs and research facilities.
It's still better to be a doctor than a dicer. Food preparation and serving remains the nation's lowest-paid line of work, while the medical field still offers the nine best-paid jobs in the U.S.
According to the U.S. government's newly released Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, based on 2008 data, the typical surgeon makes an average of $206,770 a year. That puts surgeons above anesthesiologists to have the best-paying job in the country.
Internists now earn a little more than prosthodontists (people who make and fit false teeth). Otherwise, the top 10 jobs rank the same as a year ago. The biggest change is a nearly $10,000-a-year drop in pay for natural sciences managers, meaning people who run labs and research facilities.
Announcing arrival of my 5D Mark II
ISO 1600 (above) ISO 400 (below) is shot in sRAW1 with 24-70L USM f/2.8
April 2009...
Announcing the arrival of my 5D II
It will change my way of photography...
forever...
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