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"Narrator kills book"
I could not get through this book simply because of the over-heated style of the narrator. The story was swamped by the endless emoting and all subtlety lost in the melodramatic pitch. What a shame.
"Here's Why You Should Get Off The Couch"
Exercise is more than a boost to cardiovascular fitness, it also makes you smarter, and calmer, and happier, and, well, just a hell of a lot better. The book by John Ratey traces findings in neuroscience and psychology that show the many ways exercise improves life quality. Still, professionals have been slow to recognize its many benefits. But Ratey does a good job of reviewing the research, showing what a work out can do to stave off cognitive decline with age, the chaos of ADHD, the mood swings of PMS, and a variety of other woes.
It's tough to get excited about nonfiction narrators, but Walter Dixon does a decent job of keeping things interesting, never once lapsing into the dreaded nonfiction drone.
If you normally speed up books to listen, you may want to keep this one at normal speed, at least at first, to follow the actions and interactions of the neurochemicals Ratey discusses. Don't worry, though. The book doesn't bog down on this detail. But it did make me wish there was text available to review as I listened.
"slow slow slow"
I suspect if you're a committed vampireophile, my complaints about the pace of this book will not deter you. Skip the review. Enjoy the book. But for the rest of us, I'm afraid there's not as much here as one would hope. The author is incapable of writing a line of dialog without having a character think about it at some length. If you're hoping for a rapid exchange of ideas between characters, fast-paced conversation, find another book. These guys think too much -- presumably in case you're too dim to think for yourself. If something is horrible or awful, the writer does not trust us to see that for ourselves. She will tell us, showing no faith in her own descriptive powers. She will rarely skip an opportunity to remind us this is a baleful and wicked character we're pursuing, yet fails to create a portrait that fulfills her adjectives. All of the main male characters are interchangeable. Listen to the voices of Rossi and the father and tell me how to distinguish the two. To the book's credit: There's much original here. It paints some nice portraits of Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania during the Cold War. It may send you in pursuit of European monastaries. It will make you wonder about vampire lore and its pervasiveness. But as a bit of storytelling, it's not quite there.
"What a mess"
The most enjoyable thing about Cloud Atlas is the continual wonder it evokes: You wonder how anything this bad could have been published, let alone won a prestigious award. You wonder at the stilted language, the numerous cliches, the deadly silly plots, the unbelievable characters, the painful dialog. It's a veritable celebration of how to write an annoying novel. Of particular note is a subplot involving a journalist who uncovers secrets at a nuclear plant. The characters here were so unidimensional, they make Dick and Jane seem deep and nuanced by comparison. And the plot is full of holes and anything but suspenseful. When an author in the next subplot throws a critic out the window, I couldn't help thinking that the book critics who awarded this drivel an award could only have acted out of fear of the same fate.
Finally, I could almost forgive the generally histrionic readers on this recording. Surely, overacting may have been the only plausible way to handle prose like this.
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Will Madison get a public market? That's the big question at hand for city officials.
The City of Madison is creating a business plan for the Madison public market. The market will be an indoor, year-round facility that supports Madison's local food system along with many food businesses and organizations. Right now, the plan is finishing up phase 2 of 3.
The common council's food committee recommended East Washington Avenue as the best public market site, but South Park Street to be considered as a location.
The plan now heads to the city's Economic Development Committee for review before heading back to city council.
The public market plan is a big piece of Mayor Paul Soglin's version of the 2015 Capitol budget, which was presented Tuesday and stands at nearly $250 million.
City officials have been discussing the possibility of a public market in Madison; it's a conversation that started about two years ago.
The market would be a place where local producers can sell their products all year long. Vendors and potential shoppers have voiced their support, but the location is still up for debate.
"They're all hormone free, antibiotic free, many are grass fed, some are organic," said Bartlett Durand showing of the meat case at Conscious Carnivore, a Madison butcher shop. Bartlett Durand is a managing member of Black Earth Meats, which includes the Conscious Carnivore.
A public market would give them an more expansive opportunity to offer their quality, clean food.
"Everybody should have good food.... food is a basic right and clean food and good food is one, and people can come here at all economic levels and buy something," said Durand.
The whole idea is to provide locally produced foods year round, it would house the indoor farmer's market, but also add a number of other producers for a flea market-like vibe.
The next question regarding the market is where.
"The best possible sight took us to the east side. First, because it has higher traffic, a larger market, and a larger possibility of success. So the vendors are really arguing for the best possible economic location," said Barry Orton the Vice Chair for the Common Council's Food Committee.
With the help of a third-party consultant, they recommend East Washington Avenue as the best site. They say it has more traffic, need and appeal to support vendors economically.
A recent movement is trying to bring the market to South Park Street.
A petition on change.org already has over 250 signatures. Signers say the location is idea because the "undeserved" area has a "need for better quality, affordable, farm fresh produce."
"Personally, I really like the Park Street location. I see that direction is growing stronger than most of the other directions," said Durand.
The city says most vendors lean towards the East Washington site because of the predicted economic success, but Durand is one vendor hoping the Park Street location is considered.
"I understand there's a lot of infill work that can be done on East Washington, but for me, Park Street's been largely ignored," said Durand.
The city says a lot of the decision rides on the vendors, and what the majority wants.
"These vendors are the only ones who are going to be asked to make a personal financial stake in this project. So, we really need to make sure the project works for these small businesses and farmers. Otherwise, we don't have a project," said Dan Kennelly a City of Madison Economic Development Specialist.

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The Bliss House Museum is operated by the Sugar Grove Historical Society and houses historical exhibits about the village of Sugar Grove and surrounding area. Anyone interested in researching their heritage, may contact the museum for access to probate and civil records dating 1839 - 1955. Hours: Open every Tuesday 1-4 pm or by appointment.
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Dating back to 1855, the chapel is Kendall County's oldest church building and is adorned with stained glass windows and a restored 1899 pipe organ.
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Viewing platform and educational displays at one of the country's largest rail intersections, where the Canadian National main line connects with the Metra line. A must-visit attraction for area visitors!
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Historical and sightseeing motorcoach day-tours of Chicago and the suburbs. Tour packages available for out-of-town groups, conventions, family reunions, local groups and organizations. Call for group tour details.
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One woman with a simple mission has made life very complicated for administrators in the San Diego Unified School District. And what she's stirred up has far-reaching ramifications for all other San Diego County school districts.
A hero to some and a villain to others, Sally Arguilez Smith has challenged San Diego Unified to follow the law and to cease charging parents for curricular and extracurricular materials and activities, including supplies for required courses.
In an interview on the subject, Dan McAllister, San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector, said the issue deserves close attention by the other 41 school districts in the county.
"Other districts must in fact take note of the actions by the largest school district in the county of San Diego, San Diego Unified," he said.
McAllister chairs the audit and finance committee for SD Unified, which is a public committee formed about six years ago to facilitate good governance, openness and outside scrutiny of the district's financial patterns.
"Things have gotten more difficult each year — more deficits and inabilities by schools to pay for basic materials," McAllister said. "So that responsibility has more and more fallen on the shoulders of parents who are already, in many cases, struggling to make ends meet."
But the state constitution guarantees a free public education, said McAllister, who applauded Smith's efforts.
Smith has uncovered literally hundreds of violations in schools throughout San Diego Unified and has pursued this issue relentlessly. At her insistence, SDUSD now provides guidelines, posted online two weeks ago, to all principals, teachers and staff members — and to families — about parent fees and what is and is not allowable.
It turns out that, with few exceptions, nothing is permitted, including all those basic school supplies that teachers typically ask parents to provide for their kids at the start of each school year, including paper, notebooks, dividers, binders, markers, colored pencils, crayons, journals, books, scissors, rulers ... everything.
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Graphing calculators for geometry? If those are required to complete assignments, the school must supply them.
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NORTH FORT MYERS, FL-An 82 year old man robbed and assaulted in broad daylight.
A good Samaritan saw the attack and chased the robber down.
"My arm...swollen bruised hand."
Kai Kristiansen says he feels every bump and bruise he got during a scuffle with a robber yesterday afternoon.
The 82 year old just bought wine from Discount Liquor in North Fort Myers.
He says, "Suddenly, I felt a hand in my back pocket, and I turned around an swung my arm out and hit him, but being a young man, he managed to knock me down."
The robber stole Kristainsen's wallet.
Reporter Sarah Pusateri says, " Right at that moment, a good Samaritan was pulling up to the intersection of North Tamiami and Bayshore. He says he saw the man being assaulted and heard him yelling, and he knew he had to act fast."
"Once I saw that the store owners were there, I was going after him and they said, go get him! Go get him!
So Shoemaker did, driving through parking lots and medians after the robber. His girlfriend was on the phone with 9-1-1.
"My grandparents when I was younger got broken into and robbed, and beat, and that just triggered something in my mind and I was after him just as fast as I could."
Shoemaker spotted the robber. 26 year old Everett Parramoure and told him not to move.
Shoemaker says, "I even asked the kid, I said, what if I did that to your grandfather?
Deputies arrested Parramoure and got back Kristainsen's wallet which they found in his house.
Kristainsen says, "I consider myself a lucky person all due to a good citizen and good police work."
The good Samaritan tells us yesterday was his birthday. He says being able to help someone out made it extra special.


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