Its antlers alone measured as much as 12 feet across. As with other animals that lived in the icy north during the Pleistocene, preserved specimens of the Irish elk can be readily found in melting permafrost, making it a prime candidate for being cloned. Related topics: Animal Research, Extinction, MNN lists, Science.
Dearness allowance (D.A.) is part of a person's salary. It is calculated as a percent of the basic salary. This amount is then added to the basic salary along with house rent allowance to get the total salary.
Her restaurant in Washington, DC, paid her the local minimum wage for tipped workers, $2.77 an hour, which meant that after taxes, her paycheck was usually zero. Her tips, never dependable, ranged from $20 to $200 a shift. In a city as expensive as DC, I've been able to make ends meet by the skin of my teeth, Hovland says. In December, Washington's city council voted to raise the city's minimum wage from $8.50 to $11.50 an hour by 2016.