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Of islands and an odd mix of characters (Book Review)

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Islands; Author

The open water signifies freedom but what about islands? Could they be a trap in the guise of freedom? This is a theme that Keki N. Daruwalla explores with this book of short stories.

Not all the islands are in the sea, some are landlocked, isolated tracts. The characters are on journeys in search of something or are trapped in their own worlds.

He puts his characters in unfamiliar places, a Parsi woman on a British island, A Texan woman in an Indian ashram, but they seem to know their new homes.

The characters are an odd mix, from Portugese explorers, a Chinese emperor, Parsi women and Tibetian exiles to a baby yeti.

A love for nature and the sea shines through the writing, and the best descriptions are of tortured loneliness, especially near water and characters that are silent and brooding.

There are keen and insightful observations, and they mostly fit in well with the stories. The conversations between the characters, though, are awkward, and the humans seem socially inept, rambling instead of talking, it could be that they have spent so much time in their private islands that they have lost the knack of being social.

There are poetic flashes where the author shows his mastery with words "names now disappear from the mind like clouds from the sky when there is a wind".

For all "twiddlers of thumbs and scratchers of backsides", the stories give glimpses of another world but sometimes we are left wanting for more. It is like looking from the outside, flitting like a butterfly and never knowing what it is to be truly familiar with a place.

The book could serve as a good light read and opens a window on some parts of India and around which are not very well travelled.

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One man walking across the state to raise awareness of mental health care abuse – Video

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One man walking across the state to raise awareness of mental health care abuse
Cavanagh is walking 600 miles from Buffalo to Long Island, joining forces with the Jonathan Carey Foundation and it #39;s RV to help raise awareness for a worthy cause.

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Cooper University Health Care president, wife killed in house fire

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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) The president of a major southern New Jersey hospital and his wife were killed when a fire broke out in their home, authorities said Sunday.

However, the "circumstances surrounding the deaths" of 72-year-old John Sheridan and his 69-year-old wife, Joyce, remain under investigation, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said. Authorities also have not said what sparked the fire early Sunday at the couple's home in Montgomery Township.

Soriano said police and firefighters responded to the house shortly before 6:15 a.m. The fire was contained to an upstairs bedroom, where they found the unresponsive couple.

John Sheridan was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife was taken to a hospital, where she died a short time later. Autopsies will be performed to determine what caused their deaths.

John Sheridan was president and CEO of Camden-based Cooper University Health Care.

In a joint statement announcing the Sheridans' deaths, George E. Norcross III, chairman of the hospital's board of trustees, and Adrienne Kirby, president and chief executive officer of Cooper Health System, called Sheridan "incredibly talented, wise and kind a true gentleman in every sense of the word."

Gov. Chris Christie, on whose transition team John Sheridan had a role, said he was "shocked and deeply saddened" by the Sheridans' deaths. "John was an outstanding public servant, a leader in the healthcare industry and a true New Jersey treasure," Christie said in a statement. "Joyce was an outstanding teacher, wife and mother."

Camden Mayor Dana L. Redd said the couple "will both be profoundly missed by the entire Camden community."

Prior to joining Cooper in 2005, John Sheridan had a long career in state government. He was New Jersey's transportation commissioner in the administration of Gov. Tom Kean. He also worked on the transition team of Gov. Christine Todd Whitman.

Earlier in his career, he had served as deputy attorney general and was a general counsel for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

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What health-care reform means to your business

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(Editors note: First of two parts; look for part two next week.)

Even in sunny southern Arizona people still get sick, but the requirement that all U.S. citizens and legal residents have health insurance means more people may be prepared for the financial burden of illness.

But is your small business prepared for the health-care mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

Heres a look at some basics of what the ACA means to your small business:

The categories for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are: 200 or more full-time employees: must automatically enroll employees, except those who opt out; 50 to 199 employees: must offer health coverage; and, fewer than 50 are essentially exempt.

If your business isnt mandated to offer health care, that doesnt mean the ACA wont impact you if you plan to grow. The ACA makes it easier to offer any-size staff health insurance and that makes it easier to attract and hold onto top talent.

The new rules that require coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions mean that insurance companies cant charge you a higher rate if one of your employees has health problems or is already pregnant, and that may make it more affordable than before.

Jennifer Riggins, a writer for SCORE and marketing director at getapp.com offers insights on why complying with ACA now might be a good option for your small business.

First, she recommends surveying your employees to find out how many would want to enroll and what kind of coverage theyd like, helping you estimate costs.

The ACA offers incentives to small businesses who want to provide insurance. Starting in November of 2014, businesses across the country with fewer than 50 employees will be invited to shop for healthcare with the federal Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplaces (tinyurl.com/khqdor9) to compare companies and plans.

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Prices for new UM System health care plan raise questions

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Monday, September 29, 2014 | 6:00 a.m. CDT; updated 7:09 a.m. CDT, Monday, September 29, 2014

COLUMBIA Marcia Flesner sat in the back of a town hall meeting on a Friday, listening to a University of Missouri System human resource employee talk about the changes tosystemwide benefits.

Flesnerhas worked at MU for 15 years and is covered by the preferred provider organization health plan. She's in her 60s and has medical problems, so the plan's low deductible and high premiums felt like her best choice.

Wellness incentives offer more money

The UM System is pushing a revamped wellness incentive program that offers a wider range of options and more financial incentives.

The program has two parts. The first, Educate Yourself, is a wellness pledge, which can be taken online and states that the employee will:

That is followed by an online health questionnaire and finally a finger-prick biometric reading. Those alone can add $150 to an employee's paycheck.

Invest in Yourself, the second part, operates on a points system. An employee can earn points several ways, including:

Earning 300 points nets an additional $300. At one recent town hall meeting, an employee asked about how Total Rewards will monitor things like tobacco use or listening to relaxing recordings. It's a question Kelli Holland, manager for communications and training at Total Rewards,had heard at a previous meeting with employees. She smiled.

"It's on the honor system," she said.

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Sierra Nevada Corporation Files Protest Over NASA Spacecraft Selection

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Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser (Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation)

Sierra Nevada Corporation announced on Friday that theyve filed a legal challenge with the General Accounting Office over NASAs decision to select Boeing and SpaceX for its Commercial Crew program to develop spacecraft that will deliver astronauts to the International Space Station.

Sierra Nevada was one of three finalists for the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap), along with Boeing and SpaceX. Unlike those two companies, which are both developing capsule spacecraft to transport astronauts, Sierra Nevada is developing what it calls the Dream Chaser an airplane-like spacecraft thats capable of landing on a runway.

One of the reasons for the companys challenge is the cost difference between its proposal and that of Boeings proposal, and noted that its proposal was the second-lowest priced of the three.

With the current awards, the U.S. government would spend up to $900 million more at the publicly announced contracted level for a space program equivalent to the program that SNC proposed, the company said in a statement. Given those facts, we believe that a thorough review must be conducted of the award decision.

Sierra Nevada also noted that in terms of NASAs other mission criteria, it believes theres very little difference between the three proposals, making cost a primary issue. In its statement, the company said that NASAs own Source Selection Statement and debrief indicate that there are serious questions and inconsistencies in the source selection process. SNC, therefore, feels that there is no alternative but to institute a legal challenge.

The GAO has until January 5th to make a decision about Sierra Nevadas challenge.

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Baggu CEO Emily Sugihara On Why All Designers Should Visit Tokyo

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Welcome to Wanderlust, a weekly series on Co.Design where some of our favorite designers share their secret picks and insider tips for the best design cities on the planet. Today, Emily Sugihara of Brooklyn-based bag studio Baggu drops us in a tote and takes us to her favorite design city: Tokyo.

Tokyo! It's really just the perfect combination of the future and the past. Much more than the United States, Japan is super futuristic, but it's like the futurism of the 1990s. At the same time, Japan is very respectful of the traditions of the past, and so the result is this glorious fusion of design eras, everywhere you look. It's a glorious fusion of design eras, everywhere you look.

My favorite is to rent an old house--the more tatami the better in one of the quiet neighborhoods, like Nakemuguro, alongside the banks of the beautiful Meguro River. It's a young, hip neighborhood, but very quiet; I've been to Japan a million times, so I don't like the touristy stuff. I like trying to spend my time there as an average person. Experiencing a different culture's idea of "normal" is so great, and Japan is just so different from my everyday life in New York or San Francisco.

Anywhere with ramen! There's a secret place with a black tarp and a bone I like to go to: Ganko Ramen. You should Google it. But if you can't get there, you can go to any train station and get a bowl of noodles that will just amaze you.

Walking around Nakameguro there a tons of small shops with local people making stuff. And the everyday shopping's incredible: shops like Tokyu Hands, which sells pretty much everything. It's like Muji meets Walmart: you'll walk out of there with things you never knew you wanted.

Also? 7-11! You might think you know 7-11 in the United States, but it's just a whole other world in Japan.

Bring comfy shoes. All of Tokyo is a design destination. Spend your day on foot and get really lost.

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