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Advocate Fights 'Ambient Despair' In Assisted Living

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Most residents in assisted living facilities are in their 80s and 90s and arrive after a traumatic event, according to Martin Bayne, who writes about long-term care reform.

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Martin Bayne was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's at 53. He now publishes a literary journal called The Feathered Flounder, featuring writers in their 60s and older.

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Originally published on Fri September 7, 2012 11:31 am

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Martin Bayne entered an assisted living facility at 53 after he was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease. The disease affected his nerves so severely, it was impossible for him to take a shower and get dressed by himself.

"When I was in my 40s, I was physically fit and very active," Bayne tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "And to have to give all that up and stay in a wheelchair now and be helped by so many people to do the simplest of things — it takes a little getting used to."

1:31 pm

Thu September 6, 2012

Why Your Cell Phone Could Be Called A 'Tracker'

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Many people use cellphones for purposes other than making calls. "If we call them trackers, then we're doing a much better job of informing ourselves what these devices are actually doing, and what we're really using them for," says ProPublica investigative reporter Peter Maass.

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Peter Maass, an investigative reporter with ProPublica, says "our cellphones are collecting a heck of a lot more information than we expect them to be collecting about us."

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Originally published on Fri September 7, 2012 11:29 am

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Your cellphone is a tracking device collecting a lot more information about you than you may think, says ProPublica investigative reporter Peter Maass.

"They are collecting where we are — not just at one particular moment in the day, but at virtually every moment of the day," Maass tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. "They are also taking note of what we are buying, how we're purchasing it, how often we're purchasing it."

11:14 am

Thu September 6, 2012

Harmony, Teenagers And 'The Complete Story Of Doo-Wop'

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Vocal groups like The Ink Spots went on for decades, often without a single member of the original group appearing with them.

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Originally published on Thu September 6, 2012 2:45 pm

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Wed September 5, 2012

Journalist Evaluates Obama, Romney Economic Plans

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David Leonhardt, the Washington bureau chief of The New York Times, won a Pulitzer Prize last year for his columns about the economy.

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Originally published on Wed September 5, 2012 4:39 pm

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On Monday, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a campaign rally audience in North Carolina that "the president can say a lot of things, but he can't tell you you are better off." Later that day in Detroit, Vice President Joe Biden responded "America is better off today than they left us."

New York Times Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt argues that both Ryan and Biden are right: It's partly semantics.

2:37 pm

Wed September 5, 2012

Was Zadie Smith's Novel 'NW' Worth The Wait?

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Zadie Smith wrote her last novel On Beauty seven years ago — a long time in the anxious world of publishing. Her new novel NW was released in the U.S. on Monday. Critic Maureen Corrigan asks: Was it worth the wait?

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