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ArchivesManure Market EmergesBy Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.The price for fertilizer has skyrocketed. As farmers have scrambled to find alternatives for their crops, they’ve begun to reevaluate the reliable source right under their noses. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports that dairy and poultry manure has never smelled so good. listen:
  Inspecting Gerbils Certified judge Kylee Dickey inspects the senior class at the New England Gerbil Show in Nashua. (Brian Early, NHPR) listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Today on Word of Mouth, we take a peek behind the gates of America's retirement utopias, we look at the history and modern-day realities of nerds, and we hear about some of the best inventions to come from amateur inventors in the past year. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
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Retirement UtopiasBy Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
Writer Andrew D. Blechman went behind the gates of the world's largest age-segregated retirement community in Florida, and came away with a new book, "Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias." He joins Word of Mouth with a suprising look behind the white-picket fence. We also speak with Tom Anderson, president of the board of Summerfield of Amherst, a retirement community in southern New Hampshire. (Photo from The Villages in Florida) listen:
The Inventions of TomorrowBy Virginia Prescott on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.We’re living in challenging times. Global warming and fuel shortages call for new ways to meet our energy needs. Major bridge collapses and earthquakes prompt us to rethink how we construct cities. Terminal illnesses and other injuries drive the search for effective treatment.
A zero-emission one-wheeled motorcycle, a steam engine for cars, a transmitter that detects lost miners using a motion sensor, and more. To find out about these inventors and the devices that could change our lives, we spoke with Mike Haney, executive editor of Popular Science. Read the full list of Popular Science's 2008 Invention Awards winners (Photo of Harry Schoell and his steam engine by John B. Carnett) listen:
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Free golf, spotless lawns, dinner menus fixed on early bird prices... and no kids allowed! Members of America’s 55+ crowd are moving their lives and tax dollars to age-segregated "geritopias" in big numbers. And with 10,000 boomers reaching retirement age every day, this "lifestyle" industry is preparing for more. 
Some answers are arriving from laboratories and universities. But solutions are also being dreamed up in garages and the basement next door. For the second year in a row, 