Cardiac Cycle: 1st Systole Phase. During the systole phase, the right ventricle receives impulses from the Purkinje fibers and contracts. The atrioventricular valves close and the semilunar valves open. The de-oxygenated blood is pumped into the pulmonary artery.
Congressional Salaries. As of 2012, the annual salary for any congressman, from first-term representatives to the most senior members -- except those holding leadership positions -- was set at $174,000. This was the compensation level set as of January 1, 2009, and frozen by law in the intervening years.
News reporters earned a mean $45,120 per year, as of May 2012, states the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The lowest-earning 10 percent received less than an annual $20,770, while the best-paid made over $78,530 yearly. Wages were close to the $45,790 per year made by the average worker in the country.