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Cults
CULTS CULTS. Scholars and religious leaders, as well as the public, often have debated the defining characteristics of religious groups known as cults. Many Christian leaders, disturbed by the increase in such groups, label almost all variations from mainstream religion as cults, contending that... Read more |
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Antoinette Bourignon
Bourignon, Antoinette (1616–80), Flemish enthusiast and mystical writer. She tried to found a new ascetic order, but after 1662 she became estranged from mainstream Christianity. She influenced P. Poiret, who published her works.... Read more |
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth Rock group More than image, style, or even substance, the punk rock movement of the mid 1970s challenged the mainstream musical establishment. It was in the years following this movement that no wave rock—na... Read more |
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Phototherapy
Light therapy Definition Light therapy refers to two different categories of treatment, one used in mainstream medical practice and the other in alternative/complementary medicine. Mainstream light therapy (also called phototherapy) includes the use of ultraviolet light to... Read more |
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Consumer
Consumer BASIC THEORY OF THE CONSUMER ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES APPLICATIONS EMPIRICAL ISSUES CRITICISMS AND DEVELOPMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY The consumer plays a central role in mainstream economic analysis. This analysis explains economic behavior in terms of individual optimization, and the... Read more |
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz FerdinandRock group In the late 1990s, the world of mainstream pop was dominated by teen-pop groups like the Backstreet Boys and N*Sync, as well as hip-hop and R&B. Come the new millennium, however, rock and roll seemed to start kicking back, bolstered by the newfound success of bands... Read more |
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John Canaday
John Canaday , 1907-85, American art critic, b. Fort Scott, Kans. A columnist for the New York Times, Canaday was noted for taking conservative positions in the art world. He was an authority on 19th-century art. His works include Mainstreams of Modern Art (1961), Culture Gulch (1969), and ... Read more |
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Christobal Halffter
Christóbal Halffter Christóbal Halffter (born 1930) was the most prominent of the group of composers who emerged in Spain in the 1950's, rejecting the folk-music orientation of earlier 20th-century Spanish composers and entering into the mainstream of European composition. ... Read more |
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Constructivism
Constructivism BIBLIOGRAPHY Although the term constructivism is used as a label for an important movement in art history (as in Russian constructivism), constructivism in the social sciences refers to a distinctive approach to theory and research that is opposed to the dominant empiricist,... Read more |
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gel filtration
gel filtration A column-chromatographic technique that normally employs as a stationary phase polymeric carbohydrate-gel beads of controlled size and porosity. Mixture components are separated on the basis of their sizes and rates of diffusion into the beads. Smaller molecules tend to diffuse more... Read more |
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Maoris ban mainstream media from national day coverage
...Maori leaders angry at mainstream media coverage of past...founding document between Maori and Britain was signed...who is allowed in. Maori elder Bruce Gregory...leaders felt the image of Maoris had been damaged by...protesters, airing Maori grievances over the...chairman Derek Fox ... |
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COVER STORY; Economic Renaissance - The Maori Challenge The recent Hui...
...in terms of building Maori contribution - as is...unique proposition gives Maori-inspired product a...renaissance also impact on mainstream New Zealand business...national endeavour? Valuing Maori contribution The most...separate out Maori from the mainstream economy or define ... |
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Locating 'Maori movement' in mainstream physical education: Curriculum,...
...and other difficulties Maori students experience...concern educators. If mainstream schooling is to provide...paid to both squaring mainstream schooling practices...Recognise that te reo Maori (Maori language) and...cultural context in mainstream education over the last... |
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Maori culture and tradition in the mainstream: Teaching Te Reo Kori1 in sport...
...Sport Education' in mainstream physical education...meeting the needs of Maori students, through...traditions of a Maori world? 3. How...interests of students in mainstream schooling, through...resurgance of interest by Maori in the promotion...teacher in their mainstream schools, ... |
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How Maori women experience 'mainstream' health services: health providers...
...medical practitioner or Maori health provider. The...experiences, perceptions of "mainstream" health services...views when accessing "mainstream" health services...seeking traditional Maori healing treatments outside...compromised when they enter "mainstream" health environments... |
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Maori leaders ban mainstream reporters from key national day coverage,...
...WELLINGTON, New ZealandIndigenous Maori leaders on Monday banned mainstream media outlets from events on...indigenous press lacks neutrality on Maori issues.It's the second...tribe have decided to bar the mainstream media from the ground where... |
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MAORI OUTCOMES: EXPECTATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES(1).
...provide a broad overview of Maori expectations of mental health...light of the growing number of Maori, both males and females...Mason et al. 1987, 1996) and Maori views expressed through hui...option of choosing a Maori or mainstream mental health service -- very... |
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NEW ZEALAND: MINISTERS RELEASE MAORI EDUCATION REPORT
...Matauranga, the Annual Report on Maori Education for 2008/09...see some positive gains in Maori education, but much more hard...of the education system for Maori is being recognised. "Major...system for and with Maori - in mainstream schools as well as Maori... |
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Influential factors moderating academic enjoyment/motivation and...
...examined in a sample of 122 Maori psychology students at Massey...1993, there were 18,527 Maori students enrolled in tertiary...education. By 1999, the number of Maori enrolled had increased to 27...retention rates for Maori in mainstream tertiary institutions (Coombes... |
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MINISTRY IN 'RUT' OVER MAORI EDUCATION.
...of the education system for Maori and says the only way to combat...to do a report, Improving Maori Education Achievement in Waitakere...numeracy rates of Maori in mainstream and Maori-medium schools...year, of those taught in the mainstream, 53 per cent of Maori boys... |
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