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Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...economic rankings. (It comes 28th in the palliative care survey but ranks 141st for gross national income (GNI) per capita.) In fact, when it comes to palliative care, Mongolia is performing far better than any comparable economy, and is ahead of several European states with much more developed healthcare systems and greater spending power, including Greece, Hungary and...
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...economic and personal motivations. Watch the films now. As you watch, make some brief notes on each, suggesting what you think may have motivated each individual to focus on their chosen object. How, if at all, do they differ from each other? Piers Baker-Bates This is the pilgrimage medal I had after I went to Santiago in 1995. It’s just the ordinary cheap, lead model...
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...economic motives. In particular, there was a significant interest in Siberian fur, often referred to us ‘soft gold,’ which at that time functioned as an important global currency. Over time, the term ‘shaman’ was applied not only to Evenki šaman but also to various Indigenous practitioners in Siberia and then across colonised regions worldwide. Their knowledges,...
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...economically inactive, retired residents in Wales. The Rural Development Plan (RDP) for Wales 2009–2013 outlines four axes that provide strategic direction to regional and local rural development initiatives: Axis 1: Making rural Wales more competitive Axis 2: Protecting our countryside Axis 3: Improving people’s lives and encouraging diversification Axis 4:...
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The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate
Society, Politics & Law

The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate

...economic growth, saying only after you establish growth can you reach out to the “people in the shadows,” including “minority people.” He later underlined the same point by saying how the United States needs to “give everybody a chance” and not “let anyone be behind.” The only candidate asked directly about policing problems, Scott Walker avoided...
Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...economic storylines, if we end up with a world with high population and high poverty obviously this would have impact. And it is also important to mention that we would have impact on land use change, on tropical deforestation and that the sector may end up, if we have decarbonisation in other sectors, in being one of the major emitters, and this would really create a...
Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list

...economic signal, as Assange asserts, but these tools serve as a cultural signal of a dystopic democracy that celebrates the use of torture and the violation of constitutional and fundamental human rights as a symbol of US patriotism and imperialism. As a "chronotope of revolution"—"a montage of transformations that amalgamates contraries, oppositions, disparities"—the...
Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...economic crises in ways that local societies could not. In addition, it relied on some members being unable to make their payments, leaving the society and then being unable to recoup any subscriptions paid. In the 1890s one in eight of the members of the Oddfellows, lapsed within a five-year period. Another estimate indicated that half of all members lapsed. In addition,...