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All Things Considered

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NPR Story
5:03 pm
Sun October 28, 2012

Getting Out The Vote: The Last-Minute Political Push

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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 6:33 pm

The presidential candidates are kicking their campaigns into high gear. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks to NPR's Mara Liasson about the latest political news. Then we check in on get-out-the-vote efforts in the battleground states of Ohio and Virginia. And journalist Sasha Issenberg talks to Lyden about the high-tech methods campaigns are using to micro-target voters.

Science
3:26 pm
Sun October 28, 2012

Millennia Of Stargazing At 'African Cosmos' Exhibit

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Untitled, by South African artist Gavin Jantjes, is one of the works in the "African Cosmos" exhibition.
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This delicately painted Egyptian mummy case was created around 3,000 years ago for a singer in the temple of the sun god Amun-Re.
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This rainbow serpent was built from recycled gasoline cans by Romuald Hazoume, an artist from Benin.
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Commentary
3:18 pm
Sun October 28, 2012

Around The River Bend, A Flood Of History

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The Ho-Chunk Indians still consider the river to be sacred, and it's easy to feel that calm, floating along the Bark.
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The Bark winds through southeastern Wisconsin's "Kettle Moraine" — small hills called drumlins and deep glacial lakes known as kettles. It's part of the Mississippi watershed.
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The Bark has some muddy shorelines, but it also has "shaking ground," soil that looked solid but is actually afloat. This is called "terre tremblant," or shaking ground. It hindered U.S. troops during the Black Hawk Indian War of 1832, as it continues to do with contemporary explorers.
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Margaret Zerwekh, who has lived in the mill house for half a century, listens to Milton Bates read from his book, Bark River Chronicles. Zerwekh's home is a treasure trove of Delafield history.
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Maintaining the mill, pond and dam has been a joy, and a struggle. On the mill pond outside of Zerwekh's home, fallen leaves rest on a soft crust of algae pond scum.
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This former mill is the last private mill on the Bark and was in operation until a few years ago. It was built in the 1850s by one of the founders of Delafield, Wis., Nelson Hawks, to grind corn and grain. The mill pond and an earthen dam are behind it.
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Zerwekh, 93, is also a local historian. Due to her efforts, Civil War soldier Lt. Alonzo Cushing finally received his Medal of Honor in 2009. Cushing was born on the banks of the Bark in Delafield. In 1863, at the age of 22, he was killed as he held out against Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.
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The Bark River was carved in Wisconsin's Ice Age, about 13,000 years ago, when glaciers covered much of the state.
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The Bark winds through southeastern Wisconsin's "Kettle Moraine" — small hills called drumlins and deep glacial lakes known as kettles. It's part of the Mississippi watershed.
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The canoe party paddles past "Sugar Island," where the Bark River flows through Nemahbin. The Potawatomi tapped these trees for sugar. I'd never known there was an island in Nemahbin Lake; it holds summer cabins.
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My favorite view from the fourth floor of Margaret Zerwekh's mill house, looking east out on the Bark — herons use the river like a private causeway, and fish swim in the millrace.
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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 7:41 pm

The Bark River is my backyard, childhood river. And yet, in a lifetime of travel, I'd never explored it.

I knew it carved the land from the Ice Age to settlement times, from the Black Hawk War of 1832 (in which young Abraham Lincoln appears) to the era of grist mills. But the Bark also flows past impressive Indian mounds. It nurtured poets, naturalists and farmers.

When former Marquette University professor Milton Bates published his Bark River Chronicles through the Wisconsin State Historical Society, I jumped at the chance to learn about the river with him.

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Presidential Race
7:45 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

Candidates Sprint To Election In Tight Contest

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JACKI LYDEN, HOST:

It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I'm asking for your vote, and I'm asking you to vote early.

MITT ROMNEY: It matters. This race matters. You know how big this race is.

LYDEN: The candidates making their last swings through the swing states a week and a half before Election Day. James Fallows of The Atlantic joins us as he does most Saturdays. Hello there, Jim.

JAMES FALLOWS: Hello, Jacki.

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From Our Listeners
7:45 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

Three-Minute Fiction: Great Men, Real White House

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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 5:02 pm

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(SOUNDBITE OF CLOCK TICKING)

JACKI LYDEN, HOST:

Only one more week before we announce the winner of our Three-Minute Fiction contest, our contest where listeners send in original stories of under 600 words. Our judge, the novelist Brad Meltzer, asked for stories that revolve around a U.S. president who could be fictional or real. Brad will join us next weekend to reveal the winner of Round 9 of Three-Minute Fiction. Until then, take a listen to some excerpts of our favorite stories so far.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

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Economy
6:51 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

Bust To Boom: Why Housing Matters, Economically

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A construction worker finishes a roof in Chicago on Oct. 12. Signs of recovery in the housing market are springing up nationwide, but there's still a ways to go.
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Originally published on Sat October 27, 2012 7:45 pm

The economy has peppered political speeches for much of the presidential campaign. But talk of creating jobs has stolen thunder from the housing market.

The epic housing collapse four years ago was a key ingredient in creating the Great Recession in the first place. Plus, boosting the housing market can be a boon for overall economic recovery.

Beginning A 'Long-Term Cycle'

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Music Interviews
6:20 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

Beth Orton: 'These Songs Are My Little Bit Of Sugar'

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Beth Orton's latest album is called Sugaring Season.
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Originally published on Sat October 27, 2012 7:45 pm

In the late 1990s, Beth Orton set the music world buzzing with her singular sound: part folk, part electronica. But six years ago, she found herself at a life-changing juncture: pregnant with her first child — and dropped from her record label.

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Movie Interviews
5:17 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

'Lemon': From Rikers To N.Y.'s Famous Public Theater

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Andersen's three felonies and difficult past are used as creative fodder in Lemon.
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Poet, actor and three-time felon Lemon Andersen thought he had escaped his troubled past when he embraced poetry and won a Tony Award. But the new documentary Lemon explores how he got drawn back into the hustle.
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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 12:24 pm

His story begins a decade ago in Brooklyn, where he grew up fighting in New York's public housing before discovering another kind of power. After three felony convictions and time served at Rikers Island, Lemon Andersen didn't have many places to turn except to his words. Now he's a Tony Award winner with a rave-reviewed one-man show called County of Kings.

He spoke with weekends on All Things Considered guest host Jacki Lyden about his life and the new independent documentary film about it, called simply, Lemon.

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The Salt
5:04 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

For The Love Of Cheese, Diners Unite In Italy

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An inspector checks a wheel of Reggiano cheese at the Parmigiano-Reggiano storehouse in Bibbiano, Italy. Earthquakes rocked the region, sending the cheese toppling.
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Chef Massimo Botturo's recipe for Italy's Parmigiano-Reggiano night, Cacio e Pepe — risotto with cheese and pepper.
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It's All Politics
4:27 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

Tiny N.H. Draws Big Money And Names To Gubernatorial Race

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Democrat Maggie Hassan and Republican Ovide Lamontagne talk during a break in their gubernatorial debate in Henniker, N.H., on Oct. 4.
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Originally published on Sat October 27, 2012 7:45 pm

There are 11 gubernatorial races this fall, and one of the most competitive is in the swing state of New Hampshire.

There, Republican Ovide Lamontagne and Democrat Maggie Hassan are vying to replace a popular Democrat who opted not to seek a fifth term. Both political parties and outside advocacy groups are pushing hard in a race where neither candidate enjoys a clear edge.

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