Many people even choose between prospective employers specifically for better benefits packages but after their new hire paperwork is filled out and the core benefits are chosen, maximizing that extra 30% in compensation falls by the wayside.

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The key to keeping cool in summertime New York City is to forego midtown Manhattan, the Big Apple's "core", filled to bursting with sight-seeing buses and camera-clicking hordes from the 4th of July through to Labor Day.

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Their working model is a shoebox-sized package of electronics and liquid-filled tubes, with a silicon chip at its core.

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