The tax is not imposed on investment income such as interest and dividends. For 2014, the employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax is 6.2% of gross compensation up to a limit of $117,000 of gross compensation (resulting in a maximum Social Security tax of $7,254).he employer is also liable for 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare taxes, making the total Social Security tax 12.4% of wages and the total Medicare tax 2.9%.
Icefields and Glaciers. Glaciers, of all our alpine landforms, have had more visual impact on our landscape than any erosional agent, save water. Look around you, youll see smooth mountain bowls (cirques), wide mountain passes, broad. u-shaped valleys, Matterhorn style summits and sharp ridgesall legacies of the ice age.
1 Glaciers are made of ice and rocks that get trapped in the ice. 2  Glaciers flow downhill because of gravity. 3  The moving glacier acts a lot like a bulldozer, stripping away layers of rock and moving them off to the side.lacial striations are parallel to the handle of the hammer. Look at how the lines all go the same direction. Click to Enlarge. About : The scratch marks on the schoolyard are formed by the process shown on top -- a broom dragged along over wet tar.