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Living with chronic pain without asking why When I’m simply present to my own pain, I learn to be present to others’ pain, too. (Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash) Seven years ago I was pregnant with our first child and preparing for an unmedicated birth. I had taken diligent notes from childbirth classes and books and felt ready to go “floppy soggy” and “make friends with the heavy feeling of release.” When labor started, though, my body and mind did thin...

The atrium of the Sir Duncan Rice Library at Aberdeen University. .Photograph by Colin Mearns “Libraries,” as James Dean Bradfield once reminded us in song, “gave us power.” Bastions of learning, discovery and Lee Child novels, our libraries remain one of our cultural treasures. More than 20 million books were borrowed from public libraries in Scotland last year. They are a vital source for public good. Even in this strange year when access is hugely restricted, libraries have been d...

Date Time Slim Dusty Centre to say G’day to visitors again for Christmas The iconic Slim Dusty Centre, which has had its doors closed due to coronavirus for more than six months, is set to welcome visitors back in an early Christmas present to the community. Temporarily under the management of Kempsey Shire Council, the Centre will reopen to the public on Friday 18 December 2020, for an initial six-month period. When the centre reopens, it will offer accredited visitor information services, a...

>> brown: we assess the occupy movement with the mayor of portland, oregon, who wants to shut down the camp in his city, and a protest leader there. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: and from nicaragua, ray suarez reports on a new vaccine combating the number one killer of young children, pneumonia. >> how do you get the cost of a vaccine down from about $100 a dose to $5? by guaranteeing all the children in a country will be vaccinated. >> lehr...

>>. >> brown: we assess the occupy movement with the mayor of portland, oregon, who wants to shut down the camp in his city, and a protest leader there. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: and from nicaragua, ray suarez reports on a new vaccine combating the number one killer of young children, pneumonia. >> how do you get the cost of a vaccine down from about $100 a dose to $5? by guaranteeing all the children in a country will be vaccinated. >> ...

finding a job. >>. >> brown: we assess the occupy movement with the mayor of portland, oregon, who wants to shut down the camp in his city, and a protest leader there. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> brown: and from nicaragua, ray suarez reports on a new vaccine combating the number one killer of young children, pneumonia. >> how do you get the cost of a vaccine down from about $100 a dose to $5? by guaranteeing all the children in a country will be ...