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But when Abigail Washburn picks up her old time banjo and starts to sing, she often delivers her lyrics in Chinese. It turns out she was speaking Chinese before she learned to play the banjo. In her early 20s, Abigail Washburn lived in the city of Chengdu. Her immersion in Chinese culture inspired her to reconnect with the roots of American music. As part of the serious musicians in her own words
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Good clean competition harry all, otherwise, is a part of summer fun for children attending sleep-away camp. But in the middle of August, camps across the nation are closing their activities. Kids say goodbye to new friends and first loves and their daily dose of capture the flag. Most children are sad to leave but there are some who cannot wait to get back home. And that was the case for writer
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While one of the most pressing political and social issues facing the Arab world rarely makes headlines, it is an issue that some political analysts believe could lead to the next great confrontation in the region. Rapidly expanding Arab populations are making water far more precious than oil. From a historical prospective, the modern Arab world was built on the back of oil. Since the first oil w
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Steve Inskeep: China is taking steps that are designed to benefit both the domestic and global economies. A Chinese official said today the country's currency will gradually gain value. That trend will spur domestic consumption inside China itself and also help reduce global trade imbalances. International economists say China's currency is severely undervalued and recent economic reforms by Beij
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Gordon: This time of year it's hard to avoid the figure of old Saint Nick, he seems to be everywhere, from ringing a Salvation Army bell to posing for pictures at the local mall. Commentator Carole Boston Weatherford says she'd like to see a little more color in the Kris Cringle ranks.Carole Boston Weatherford: By now, every child who believes that a bearded man in a sleigh delivers toys yearns t
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Anchor: As if you needed a reminder, there is less than a week left for you to finish your Christmas shopping. This year, many people are consciously trying to cut back on consumerism. For those looking for less materialistic ways of expressing their affection, commentator Yolanda Young reminds us that the most meaningful gifts don't cost a thing. Yolanda Young: We all got a wish list for the hol
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The business news starts with a great leap forward in Chinese accounting. China's economy turns out to be bigger than anybody thought. By switching to a better counting, accounting method, the Chinese have discovered 300 billion missing dollars in their economy. And this morning's NPR's Adam Davidson tells us what that means. Adam Davidson: It turns out it's not that hard to lose track of 300 bil
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Knight Ridder, the second largest newspaper chain in the country may very well be sold in the coming weeks. Its largest shareholder has demanded that the company be put up for sale even though its newspapers are all turning a profit. To commentator Steve Lopez, this is just another sign of the decline of the newspaper business. I don't know if you've heard the news, but I'm dying. That's right. I
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With two-income households, soccer practice and glee club rehearsals, getting Mom and Dad and Heather and Zeke to sit down for dinner together isn't as easy as it was back in the days of "Leave it to Beaver". But as Weekend Edition food essayist Bonny Wolf notes, it's worth the trouble. June Cleaver has left the building; she's taken with her Ward's slippers, her good pearls and the ill
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The legendary political economist Peter Drucker has died at age 95. Drucker wrote more than 3 dozen books and countless articles, but for such a prolific writer, he offered rather pithy advice. The most important thing is to know what you're good at, and very few people know that. All of us know what they're not good at. NPR's Jack Speer has this appreciation of the man known as the the father of
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"Infosnacking" is the 2005 word of the year. It's chosen by the editors of Webster's New World College Dictionary.They define "infosnacking" as those stolen moments at work at which we sneak time to handle personal e-mail, Google sports scores, old friends or shop online. "Podcast" was the word chosen by editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary. The "Podcas
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It's Friday, and once again we bring you StoryCorps, the oral history project travelling the country that gives family and friends the chance to ask one another about their lives. Copies of the conversations go to the Library of Congress and excerpts are heard here on Morning Edition. Today, an interview from Missoula, Montana. Here are close friends and business partners Anne Garde and Catherine
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I believe in honor, faith and service I believe that a little outrage can take you a long. . . . I believe in freedom of speech I believe in empathy I believe in truth Renee Montagne: On Mondays, we bring you our series, This I Believe. Short statements of personal conviction from prominent people and from our listeners and citizens at large. Daniel Ferri teaches 6th grade at a middle school west
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Lu Guanqiu owns and runs Wan Xiang. He is known as one of China's richest men, a self-made billionaire, who has come a long way from the days he ran a one-man bicycle repair shop. "Yes, very long, very long and it is a(n) endless road." Lu has none of the bravado, typical of American CEOs. I told him I planned to compare his company to an American one. "The companies in the States,
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Many people in this country believe the United States and China are just beginning an epic economic battle. They argue that Chinese producers are so efficient and so cheap that they'll work their way up the manufacturing ladder until there aren't any more US factory jobs. But in China, many argue just the opposite that the United States is so dominant in certain types of manufacturing that China
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With millions of blogs on the internet, don't blame yourself if you can't keep up with them all. Advertisers are having the same problem. They know that there are substantial audiences who get their news, their humor, their gossip from blogs, but, reaching them has been difficult. Now, a number of companies are starting blog networks to serve up all those consumers in one place. NPR's Robert Smit
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The cold means that many of us will be turning on our heaters more and more and that means big bills for natural gas, home heating oil and electricity. In some places, the price of natural gas is up 70% over last year and heating oil is up 30%. In upstate New York, where commentator Jill Vaughan lives, the cold can be especially intense. For her and her neighbors, who don't have much money -- kee
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Anchor: (The) commercial Christmas Tree harvest has already peaked, a third of the Christmas trees sold in the United States are grown in the pacific northwest, Tom Banse reports on the challenges tree farmers face this year.Anchor: The holidays might bring warm thoughts of twinkling boughs and fragrant smells, but at the evergreen source it's more like a noisy battle zone. This helicopter is lif
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Anchor: On this day of thanks, 3 of our regular poets offer a few words about what this time means to them, and what they're thankful for this year. Freda Denis-Cooper: My name is Freda Denis-Cooper, and this is my poem--Children of the Stream:Love, like a stream flowing down, fills me with the triumph of my ancestors, and leads me like a child into the hope of God's promise. Obediently, I take h
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Steve Inskeep: This is morning edition from NPR news. I'm Steve Inskeep. Renee Montagne: And I'm Renee Montagne. I believe in honor, faith and serviceI belive that a little outrage can take you... I believe in freedom of speechI believe in empathy I believe in truth I believe in the ingredients of love Steve Inskeep: This I Believe. Renee Montagne: On Mondays we bring you our revival of the 195
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Anchor: From its massive trade surplus with United States to its funding of America's ballooning deficit, China's economy has become increasingly intertwined with her own. And this wouldn't be possible without the extraordinary thrift of ordinary Chinese who save about half of what they earn. With NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Beijing, this frugality can cause its own problems for China's econo
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Renee Montagne: On Fridays, we focus on your money. Renee Montagne: Today fewer people are spending that money on newspapers. Daily newspaper circulation reached its peak in 1984 and has been declining ever since. In what is by now a familiar announcement this week five dailies owned by Knight Ridder say they are cutting jobs. We called Jeff Kahler, a consultant to the newspaper industry; he says
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Anchor: This is DAY to DAY, I am Alex Chadwick.Coming up the culinary challenges of defending prisoners of the war on terror. First, this pro basketball, pro baseball, football, even chess, all these games have superstar players who become the public face of their games. But what about electronic games?Until recently, the stars of video games have been the virtual characters inside, Super Mario,
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Anchor: This morning we continue our focus on the business of the US and China. We've been hearing for years that China worries American manufacturers of everything from T-shirts to auto parts. Chinese factories undercut their more expensive US competition. Now China is poised to do the same with intellectual work. More and more Chinese companies are starting to do advanced computer programming.
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And while some Chinese are experimenting with Frappuccinos, others are interested in buying their first car. China has quickly become the world's third largest car market and it keeps getting bigger. Automakers like what they see and are looking to influence this first generation of car consumers. NPR's Lisa Chow reports.In this Nissan TV commercial, a young couple dressed for work hops into a br
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Anchor: The business report continues our look at the United States and China. Anchor: If your town seems to have a Starbucks in every corner, you would feel at home in some parts of China. Starbucks has 140 Chinese stores designed much like their American counterparts. Coffee company's efforts show some of the ways that Americans are competing for a share of China's new wealth. We contact the St
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I believe in the power of love.I believe it deep......I believe that the determination.......I believe in the impossible.....I believe that every woman once in a while......I believe in people.This, I believe. Mondays, we bring you this I Believe, our series of statements of personal conviction. This morning we hear from the 29-year-old founder and director of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) in
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Anchor: The first gift parents give to their children is a name. For commentator Laurel Snyder the name her parents chose is emblematic of the way she came into the world. Laurel Snyder: My mother almost killed me in the spring of 1973. She was 22, fresh from college, crushing with some guy she knew in Baltimore. She didn't wanna get pregnant or married. She'd never crossed the ocean or eaten a l
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Anchor: a lot of farm work. Tractors have satellite guided systems, harvest machines are faster and more efficient, and with automated machinery, cows can almost milk themselves. But the isolation of farm work will never go away. Long hours and long distances can put a dent in a farmer's social life. When you have to rise before dawn, dinner and movie is a bit impractical.Enter Jerry Miller, an a
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....leftovers from an era gone-by.In the mid to late 1800s, logging was a way of life in the Pacific Northwest. Loggers made vast fortunes chopping the virgin forest filled with giant trees that were thousands of years old. Few old-growth trees are left, but some communities are celebrating their logging culture by honoring the giant stumps. Harriet Baskas reports.“I remember when my dad wo
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