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As Campgrounds Close Homeless Campers Move On

By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, September 2, 2003.

Summer camping in New Hampshire isn’t just for those who want an outdoor vacation.

It’s also for people who don’t have any other place to live.

Some of the homeless campers are couples, many are families, and most hold down jobs.

With the passing of Labor Day, campgrounds are beginning to close.

And as NHPR’s Dan Gorenstein reports, that means for those folks, the rush is on to find new accommodations.

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When I Do Becomes I Don't

By Trish Anderton on Tuesday, September 2, 2003.

The sexless marriage has gotten a lot of press lately. Psychologists estimate that 15 to 20 percent of couples have sex no more than 10 times a year. Many blame work, family and economic stress. We look at what?s behind what?s not going on between the marital sheets. Trish's Guests are Michele Weiner Davis, a marriage educator, psychotherapist and author of "The Sex Starved Marriage" and Denise Donnelly, associate professor of psychology at Georgia State University

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Music From the Mystical Side of Islam

By John Walters on Tuesday, September 2, 2003.

David Seidel and LuAnne Hightower are members of the Beloved World Music Ensemble. The talk about how they've embraced the Sufi tradition as a way of life and a musical inspiration. Their music is a rich blend of Near Eastern and Western elements. We'll sample their first CD and learn more about the way of the Sufi.

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