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Clamor grows to rein in California pension benefits - latimes.com
Reporting from Sacramento— Gilbert Robles retired as a state parole agent at age 53, able to collect a $101,195 annual pension — 94% of his final salary. Last year, six months after he retired, the Arcadia resident accepted a political appointment with the same agency that pays an additional six figures.
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Was the Costa Concordia’s Captain a coward? - Magazine - The Boston Globe
Did the Costa Concordia’s Francesco Schettino act like a coward? Maybe. But that wouldn’t be his worst mistake.
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Why History Needs Software Piracy
How copy protection and app stores could deny future generations their cultural legacy.
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Elmore Leonard's 10 rules
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Suit claims Silicon Valley anti-poaching scheme
In Silicon Valley's white-hot competition for tech talent, programmers can face a daily barrage of calls from recruiters seeking to woo them to rival companies with offers of better pay and perks.
But workers for some of the biggest names in the business claim their phones fell silent because of a conspiracy among their employers. And they claim the world's biggest tech icon was at the center. -
Peter Yarrow - Puff, the Magic Dragon LIVE! - YouTube
January 27
First recorded 50 years ago, Peter Paul and Mary's Puff the Magic Dragon has a rather sad ending: Puff 'sadly slips into his cave' while little Jackie Paper grows up and puts his childhood behind him. But in 2007, Peter Yarrow published a book, Puff, the Magic Dragon, in which the classic song remains the same, but whose illustrations give us a new glimpse into Puff's future. Here is Mr. Yarrow, performing the song with his daughter Bethany at Woodstock's Bearsville Theatre, in '07 . [more inside]
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