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Generally, the one percent of American employers offering this perk aren't providing pet health insurance per se, but rather a discount plan that cuts the cost of veterinary visits and prescriptions by a set percentage. Three-year-old Pet Assure, Inc., of Dover, N.J., provides one such plan, and according to company spokesperson Jerry Hirsch, demand has never been higher. "This is just another way employers can keep workers happy," Hirsch says. "Companies have to be creative just to retain employees these days, and helping them with pet health care costs is one way to do that." When...
...thesis and becoming obsessed with it is a thin one (maybe even invisible to some of us) which is usually crossed by mid-February. One moment, we're (fairly) normal people who are happy to discuss current events at dinner; the next we're catatonic slugs who perk up only at the mention of a possible bibliographic citation for our topic. You can diagnose an obsessed thesis writer using the following check-list of symptoms: the room is piled high with over-due library books; you can't see the desk for the post-it notes and index cards covering...
...quality schooling. Among other things, Edison facilities provide more instruction than the typical public school--eight hours a day vs. seven, and 200 days a year vs. 180. Every Edison student above the second grade gets free use of a home computer linked to a library, a particularly prized perk among Edison students, 60% of whom come from families with incomes below the poverty line...
...perk would be free donuts. We can't get them a line because of union rules," he said...