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Matador (musical) Matador is the title of a 1991 musical by Mike Leander and Edward Seago, which tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictional matador, loosly based on Manuel Benitez, El Cordobes. The show featured stunning choreography in traditional Flamenco style.
Matador at Fifteen Matador at Fifteen, a packaged release consisting of a CD of greatest hits, a CD of unreleased/rare tracks, and a DVD of its artists' music videos, was released by Matador Records on October 12, 2004, to celebrate the "15th Anniversary of contemporary rock's most self-congratulatory record label." One: Greatest Hits 1999-2004==
Matagi Island Matagi (IPA: []), sometimes written Matangi, is an island of Fiji, one of three tiny volcanic islands grouped to the east of Thurston Point on the island of Taveuni, the others being Qamea and Laucala. Inaccessible until recently, this privately owned island has been turned into a resort for up-market divers.
Matagorda Island Matagorda Island, Spanish for "thick brush," is a 38 mile (61 km) long barrier island on the Texas Gulf coast, about seven miles south of Port O'Connor. The island is oriented generally northeast-southwest, with the Gulf of Mexico on the east and south, and Espiritu Santo Bay on the west and north.
Matagot A Matagot (or "magician cat") is a legendary cat of French origin, said to bring wealth into a home if it is well fed. Traditionally, a matagot must be lured with a fresh, plump chicken, then carried home by its new owner without the human once looking back.
Matachines Matachines (Spanish matachin, clown, or masked dancer) are bands of mummers or itinerant players in Mexico and New Mexico, especially popular in Northern New Mexico and around the Rio Grande, who wander from village to village during Lent, playing in rough-and-ready style a set drama based on the history of Montezuma.
Mataiasi Ragigia Mataiasi Vave Ragigia is a Fijian politician, who currently serves up the House of Representatives. He holds the Suva City Urban Fijian Communal Constituency, which he won for the ruling Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua Party (SDL) in the parliamentary election of September 2001, defeating the incumbent Ratu Viliame Volavola of the Fijian Association Party (FAP).
Matajiro Koizumi Matajiro Koizumi (小泉 又次郎 Koizumi Matajirō, June 10, 1865 - September 24, 1951) was the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in Japan. He was a scaffolder's son from Yokohama, known as "wild man" and "irezumi minister" because he had a large tattoo of a red dragon on his back.
Matakerepō Matakerepō, in a Māori story of the Arawa tribe of Rotorua, is a female ancestor of the hero Tāwhaki. She is an example of the 'female helper', a recurrent element in Polynesian myth and legend, who assists Tāwhaki to attain his quest of finding his wife and daughter, from whom he is estranged.
Matakitaki River The Matakitaki River is located in the north of New Zealand's South Island. An upper tributary of the Buller River, it flows north and west for 65 kilometres from its source north of the Lewis Pass, joining the Buller at Murchison.
Matamata Matamata is a rural Waikato town in New Zealand with a total population of around 12,000 (6,000 in rural areas, 6,000 in the township). It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for bloodstock.
Matamoros mayor sex scandal The Matamoros Mayor Sex Scandal was a scandal in which Baltazar Hinojosa Ochoa allegedly raped and sexually molested minor Diego De Saro. Several eye witnesses to the events claim the mayor of Matamoros, Tamaulipas raped the young boy in the storage room of the municipal plaza.
Matando cabos "Matando Cabos" is a 2004 Mexican film directed by Alejandro Lozano in close partnership with long time friend Tony Dalton. One of the highest anticipated Mexican movies of all time, mainly due to the high budget involved in it and the amount of money put into the action scenes such as the car chase through the Estadio Azteca.
Matangini Hazra Matangini Hazra () (1869-1942) was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement until she was shot dead by the British Indian police in front of the Tamluk Police Station (of erstwhile Midnapore District) on September 29, 1942. She was affectionately known as Gandhi buri, Bangla for old lady Gandhi.
Matango Matango (マタンゴ) (also known as Matango, Fungus of Terror and Attack of the Mushroom People) is a 1963 tokusatsu eiga (Japanese "special effects film"). It was directed by Ishiro Honda, written by Takeshi Kimura and had special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
Matani Matani (Georgian: მატანი) is a village in the Kakheti region, Georgia. In the village is a 5th-century basilica, Tskhrakari (literally, the Nine Gates) and the ruins of an old palace of the Cholokashvili noble family.
Matanikau River The Matanikau River of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, is located in the northwest part of the island. During the World War II Guadalcanal campaign, several significant engagements occured between United States and Japanese forces near the river.
Matanuska-Susitna Valley Matanuska-Susitna Valley (known locally as the Mat-Su Valley) is an area in south central Alaska south of the Alaska Range north and northeast of Anchorage. It is over 23,000 mile² (60,000 km²) in size, comprising the valleys of the Matanuska and Susitna rivers.
Matanya Abramson Matanya Abramson (1920-2004) is an Israeli sculptor whose sculptures have been exhibited worldwide as well as in Israel. Matanya is a versatile artist who worked in marble, stone, and wood, as well as with bronze, aluminum and copper castings.
Matanza de Ranquil The Matanza de Ranquil was a massacre of forestry workers by the Chilean Army in the upper Bio-Bio River in 1934. The upper Bio-Bio region had recently been opened for chilean and forgain settlers of the occupation of the Araucania, and huge extensions of former mapuche land where aviable.
Matanza River The La Matanza River, better known as Riachuelo, is a water course of 64 kilometres at the east of Argentina, that originates in the Buenos Aires Province, defines the southern border of the Buenos Aires federal district, and flows into the RĂ­o de la Plata. The mouth of the river (Spanish Boca) gives the name to the La Boca neighbourhood, and consequently, to the Boca Juniors football club.
Matapédia River The Matapédia River is a river of the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec, Canada. It runs 65 km from Matapédia Lake (Lac Matapédia) to the village of Matapédia where it joins the Restigouche River, the boundary between New Brunswick and Quebec.
Matapédia, Quebec Matapédia (full name: Saint-Laurent-de-Matapédia) is a village at the southern tip of the Gaspé peninsula, in Eastern Quebec, Canada. Its name comes from a Mi'kmaq language word meaning "river junction", as the Matapédia River crosses it, at the junction of the Restigouche River.
Mataram Kingdom Mataram was an Indianized kingdom based in Central Java between the 8th and 10th centuries AD and was established by a raja of the same name. Although initially eclipsed in power by the rival Sailendra Dynasty, by 850 it had become the dominant power in Java and was a serious rival to the hegemonic Srivijaya Empire.
Mataram Sultanate The Sultanate of Mataram was the last major independent Javanese empire on Java before the island was colonized by the Dutch. It was the dominant political force in interior Central Java from the late sixteenth century until the beginning of the eighteenth century.
MatarĂł MatarĂł (Latin: Iluro) is the capital and largest city of the comarca of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the Costa Maresme, to the south of Costa Brava.
Matarel Orthoprax writes, "The first Jewish angel of rain is probably "Matarel" who is mentioned in the Book of Enoch (circa 2nd cent BCE) and who's etymology is simple. "Matar" means rain and "el" means "god or power.
Matariki In the Māori language, Matariki is the name of the constellation Pleiades, which was important for agriculture in establishing the correct time to plant crops. There are two explanations of the name Matariki: firstly, mata-riki (small eyes) or mata-ariki (chiefly eyes).
Matateu Lucas Sebastião da Fonseca (born July 26, 1927 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, Mozambique – died January 27, 2000 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), known as Matateu (pron. ) was the first great Mozambican-born Portuguese footballer, before the arrival of Eusébio.
Matatiele, KwaZulu-Natal Matatiele is a mid-sized town serving the farming and trading communities of East Griqualand in the foothills of the western Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 20 km from the southern border of Lesotho. Dairy farming is the principal activity.
Matauri Bay Situated 30 km north of Kerikeri, in the Bay of Islands, Matauri Bay is one of the most beautiful places in New Zealand, with over a kilometre of beautiful white sand and crystal clear water. It is particularly popular in the summer when thousands flock there to stay in the local camping ground which can be seen at the left hand end of the beach in the photo (right).
Mataviejitas Mataviejitas (Sp. "little old lady killer") is the name given by the press in Mexico to Juana Barraza Samperio, a serial killer operating within the metropolitan area of Mexico City until January 25, 2006.
Matawalu Matawalu was the son of Niumataiwalu, first Roko Sau of Lau and Uma of Nukunuku. He became the fourth Roko Sau, ruler of the Lau Islands, after the death of his brother Rasolo, but never succeeded to the title Tui Nayau.
Matawan Regional High School Matawan Regional High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Aberdeen Township, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District and it is one of Monmouth County's largest schools.
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is a regional school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The district serves students in grades K - 12 from the communities of Aberdeen Township (2,642 students) and the neighboring community of Matawan Borough (1,247 students).
Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo (ca. 1725, Macharavialla, Spain—November 3, 1784, Mexico City) was a Spanish general, governor of Guatemala (from April 1779 to April 3, 1783), and viceroy of New Spain (from April 29, 1783 to November 3, 1784).
Matías Fernández Matías Fernández (born on May 15, 1986, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a Chilean football player, who currently plays for Spanish club Villarreal CF. He is an offensive midfielder, a playmaker and a free kick specialist.
MatĂ­as Nocedal MatĂ­as Nocedal (born on May 30, 1990 in ItuzaingĂł, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine basketball guard. While still playing for Argentino Castelar , a small amateur club in the Buenos Aires league, he is considered to be one of Argentina's greatest basketball promises.
Mate (beverage) Mate (pronounced ) is a highly caffeinated infusion prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in hot water. It is the national drink in Argentinaand a common social practice in Paraguay], [[Uruguay, and parts of Chile and Brazil.
Mate Boban Mate Boban (1940 - July 7,1997) was a Bosnian Croat politician and leader of the Bosnian Croats during the Bosnian War. He was born in the village of Sovići in the municipality of Grude in southern Bosnia Herzegovina.
Mate Recordings Mate Recordings is a British-Finnish record label from Manchester, UK, which was initiated by Finnish ex-pat Teemu Metsälä. Until recently most releases on Mate Recordings were by Roger®, but the label's 2004 "England vs.
Mate Tusanga Mate is a non-profit online mathematical tool focusing on simple symbolic and numerical calculations. It provides a small interpreted, dynamically typed programming language supporting among other datatypes, matrices, boleans, intervals, sets and fractions.
Mateba Autorevolver The Mateba Autorevolver (also Mateba Model 6 Unica) is one of the few types of hybrid automatic revolver handguns developed by the Italian gunsmith Sergio Mateba. The revolver is not automatic in the traditional sense of firing as long as the trigger is depressed, but called "automatic", because it uses the energy of a fired shot to rotate the cylinder and cock the hammer for the next shot technically making it a "semi-automatic".
Mateiu Caragiale Mateiu Ion Caragiale (also credited as Matei; MateiĹ­ is an antiquated version; March 25 1885-January 17 1936; he was born and died in Bucharest) was a Romanian writer, the illegitimate son of playwright Ion Luca Caragiale and Maria Constantinescu. In 1889, his father married Alexandrina Burelly, bringing his son into his new family.
Matej Bel Matej Bel z Očovej (Slovak), Bél Mátyás (Hungarian) (German: Matthias Bél, latinized form: Matthias Belius) (March 22 1684, Očová (older spelling and Hungarian name Ocsova) – August 29 1749) was a Lutheran pastor and polymath, one of the greatest scholars of the eighteenth century in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was dubbed Magnum decus Hungariae - the Great Ornament of Hungary.
Matej Kocak Matej Kocak (1882-1918), a United States Marine Corps sergeant, was posthumously awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor, for "heroism above and beyond the call of duty" in action against the enemy on 18 July 1918. Almost three months later, on 4 October 1918, he was killed in action by enemy gunfire in the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge in France while serving as a member of the 66th Company, 5th Regiment.
Mateja Matejić (Priest) Mateja Matejić (1924) Serbian Cyrillic Матеја Матејић - Priest of Serbian Orthodox Church, emigrant since 1945, and the Professor Emeritus of Slavic languages and Literatures at Ohio State University. Matejic graduated from the Slavic Department in the USA where he received his Ph.
Mateja Nenadović Prota Mateja Nenadović (Матеја Ненадовић) (1777-1854), was a Serbian archpriest and a notable leader of the First Serbian Uprising. He is generally called Prota Mateja, since as a boy of sixteen he was made a priest, and a few years later became archpriest (Prota) of Valjevo.
Matematička Gimnazija Matematička Gimnazija (Serbian Cyrilic: Математичка гимназија, English: Mathematical Gymnasium or Mathematical High School) is a specialised high school for Mathematics in Belgrade, Serbia. The school is famous as an incubator for young science talents and for it's advanced education program.
Matemo Island Matemo Island forms part of the pristine Quirimbas Islands and is located northeast of Ibo island, in northern Mozambique, about 100 km from the city of Pemba. It is approximately 24 square kilometres in area, with palm groves and beaches.
Mateo Aimerich Mateo Aimerich was a philologist, born at Bordil, in Spain, 1715; died at Ferrara, 1799. He entered the Society of Jesus at eighteen, and, having finished his studies, taught philosophy and theology in several colleges of his Order.
Mateo Corbo Mateo Corbo (born April 21, 1976 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football (soccer) player. He plays as a left full back, most recently for the Australian A-League club Newcastle United Jets before being released.
Mateo de Toro y Zambrano Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta (Santiago, 1727- February 26, 1811) was a Viscount (1769) and later full Count (1771) of the Conquista. He was a Chilean creole and had a career as a soldier under the Spanish Empire after he amassed a fortune in commerce.
Mateo Falcone Mateo Falcone (Матео Фальконе in Cyrillic; Mateo Fal'kone in transliteration) is a Prosper Mérimée 1829 short story adapted into a one-act opera composed by César Cui during 1906-1907. (Actually, Cui designated the genre of this work as "dramatic scene.
Mater and the Ghostlight Mater and the Ghostlight is a 2006 Pixar computer animated short included on the DVD of Cars, which was released on October 25, 2006 in Australia and in the United States on November 7, 2006. It is about a mysterious blue light haunting Larry the Cable Guy's character, Mater.
Mater Dei Catholic College, New South Wales, Australia. Mater Dei Catholic College was officially opened on December 11, 2003 By Kay Hull (MP Of The Riverina) and Bishop Gerard Hanna (Bishop Of The Diocese Of Wagga Wagga.) The day was also an Orientation Day for Grade Six students to see what there new school was like.
Mater Dei Institute of Education Mater Dei Institute of Education is a linked college of Dublin City University since 1999, located in Drumcondra, Dublin City, Ireland. The college was in existence since 1966 and has a Roman Catholic ethos, it currently has approximately 400 students.
Mater Christi college Mater Christi is a girls' college that was founded in Sydney in 1857. Its opening occurred after Australia's first Archbishop, John Polding, decided to create an order of religious women, the first in Australia.
Mater semper certa est Mater semper certa est is an old Roman law principle, which has the power of presumptio iuris et de iure, meaning that no counter evidence can be made against this principle. The meaning of this principle is that the mother of the child is always known.
Materia are small spheres of crystallized spiritual energy used in the magic system of Square Enix's role-playing game Final Fantasy VII. These spheres allow their users to cast various magic and use special abilities.
Materia medica Materia medica is a Latin medical term for the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing, what we would call a drug. The term was used from the period of the Roman Empire until the twentieth century, but has now been generally replaced in medical education contexts by pharmacology.
Material Materials are physical substances used as inputs to production or manufacturing. Raw materials are first extracted or harvested from the earth and divided into a form that can be easily transported and stored, then processed to produce "semi-finished materials".
Material Cause Material Cause is a philosophical concept proposed by Aristotle which describes the material out of which something is composed. Thus the material cause of a table is wood, and the material cause of a car is rubber and steel.
Material dispersion coefficient In an optical fiber, the material dispersion coefficient, M(λ), characterizes the amount of pulse broadening by material dispersion per unit length of fiber and per unit of spectral width. It is usually expressed in picoseconds per (nanometre·kilometre).
Material efficiency Material efficiency is a description or metric which expresses the degree to which a construction project or physical process is carried out in a manner which consumes, incorporates, or wastes more or less of a given material compared to some standard. Making a still useable item out of thinner stock than a prior version increases the material efficiency of the manufacturing process.
Material failure Material failure is the loss of load carrying capacity of a material unit. This definition per se introduces the fact that material failure can be examined in different scales, from microscopic, mesoscale to macroscopic.
Material feminism Material feminism was a movement in the late 19th century to liberate women by improving their material condition. This movement revolved around taking the "burden" off women in regard to housework, cooking, and other traditional female domestic jobs.
Material good In economics and philosophy, a material good is a good that can be purchased or sold and from which one receives non-spiritual pleasure. Examples of material goods may include televisions, houses, cars, appliances, and many more.
Material Girls Material Girls is a satirical teen comedy film starring Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff. It is based on a script written by John Quaintance and is directed by Martha Coolidge, and it also stars Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, and Brent Spiner.
Material input per unit of service Material input per unit of service (MIPS) is a unit of eco-efficiency that examines sustainability of production by breaking down products into services they provide and examining the amount of materials that needs to be displaced in order to provide a unit of service.
Material Issue Material Issue was a power pop trio from Chicago. Their trademark was a brand of dense, rich, manic powerful pop and their music revolved heavily around themes of love and heartbreak with a phalanx of girl's-first-name-titled songs.
Material monism Material monism is a Presocratic belief which provides an explanation of the physical world by saying that all of the world's objects are composed of a single element. Among the material monists were the three Milesian philosophers: Thales, who believed that everything was composed of water; Anaximander, who believed it was apeiron; and Anaximenes, who believed it was air.
Material principle In Christian theology, a material principle is the central teaching of a religion, religious tradition or movement, denomination, church, religious body or organization. If properly identified and understood, the material principle helps a scholar understand all the teachings of a religious group.
Material product Material product is a category in Marxian economics and Soviet social accounting referring to the produced output of tangible material goods, including energy supplies and goods-transport. It contrasts with services and activities such as administration that do not themselves result in any tangible material product.
Material properties of diamond Diamond is transparent to opaque, optically isotropic crystalline carbon. It is the hardest naturally-occurring material known—owing to its strong covalent bonding—yet its toughness is only fair to good due to important structural weaknesses.
Material Product System Material Product System (MPS) refers to the system of national accounts used in the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc countries, as well as in China until 1993. The MPS has now been replaced by the UNSNA accounts in most countries, although some countries such as Cuba and North Korea continue to use MPS (alongside UNSNA-type accounts).
Material requirements planning Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a software based production planning and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes. Although it is not common nowadays, it is possible to conduct MRP by hand as well.
Material safety data sheet A material safety data sheet (MSDS) is a form containing data regarding the properties of a particular substance. An important component of workplace safety, it is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a safe manner, and includes information such as physical data (melting point, boiling point, flash point, etc.
Material scattering Material scattering of an electromagnetic wave is scattering that is attributable to the intrinsic properties of the material through which the wave is propagating. Ionospheric scattering and Rayleigh scattering are examples of material scattering.
Material selection An important aspect of design for mechanical, electrical, thermal, chemical or other application is selection of the best material or materials. Systematic selection of the best material for a given application begins with properties and costs of candidate materials.
Material witness A material witness is a person with information alleged to be material concerning a criminal proceeding. The authority to detain material witnesses dates to the First Judiciary Act of 1789, but the Bail Reform Act of 1984 most recently amended the text of the statute, and it is now codified at Section 3144 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
Material World (TV series) Material World was a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television from 1989 to 1993. In its first season, the show was a conventional sitcom, shot on videotape with a laugh track, but in subsequent seasons the show adopted a dramedy format.
Materialism In philosophy, materialism is that form of physicalism which holds that the only thing that can truly be said to exist is matter; that fundamentally, all things are composed of material and all phenomena are the result of material interactions. Science uses a working assumption, sometimes known as methodological naturalism, that observable events in nature are explained only by natural causes without assuming the existence or non-existence of the supernatural.
Materialism and Empirio-criticism Materialism and Empiriocriticism (Материализм и эмпириокритицизм in Russian) is a major philosophical work by Vladimir Lenin published in 1909. The book was a subject of obligatory study in all institutions of higher education in the Soviet Union, as a groundlaying work in dialectical materialism, a part of the curriculum called "Marxist-Leninist Philosophy".
Materiality Materiality is an auditing concept relating to the importance of an amount, transaction, or discrepancy. The objective of an audit of financial statements is to enable the auditor to express an opinion whether the financial statements are prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with an identified financial reporting framework such as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Materialized view A view is a virtual table representing the result of a database query. Whenever an ordinary view's table is queried or updated, the database management system converts these into queries or updates against the underlying base tables.
Materials informatics Materials informatics is a field of study that applies the principles of informatics to materials science and engineering to better understand the use, selection, development, and discovery of materials. This is an emerging field, with a goal to achieve high-speed and robust acquisition, management, analysis, and dissemination of diverse materials data.
Materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Speficially, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, shipping, and warehousing said parts.
Materials recovery facility A materials recovery facility or materials reclaimation facility (MRF -- pronounced "murf") is a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end-user manufacturers. Generally, there are two types - clean and dirty MRF's.
Materials science Materials science is an interdisciplinary field involving the properties of matter and its applications to various areas of science and engineering. It includes elements of applied physics and chemistry, as well as chemical, mechanical, civil and electrical engineering.
Materials system Materials system is an advanced type of texture mapping that allows for objects in video games to simulate different types of materials in real life. For example, if a texture makes an object look like wood, it will sound like wood(if something hits it or its scraped along a surface), break like wood, and even float like wood.
Materiel Materiel (from the French "matériel" for equipment or hardware, related to the word material) is a term used in English to refer to the equipment and supplies in military and commercial supply chain management.
Maternal age effect The maternal age effect describes the exponentially increasing risks for numerical chromosomal abnormalities among her gametes as a prospective mother ages. This increase reflects the overall increase in the rate of nondisjunction with maternal age.
Maternal bond The maternal bond is typically the relationship between a mother and her child. While it typically occurs due to pregnancy and childbirth, it may also occur between a woman and an unrelated child, such as in adoption.
Maternal effect A maternal effect, in genetics, is the phenomenon where the genotype of a mother is expressed in the phenotype of its offspring, unaltered by paternal genetic influence. This is usually attributed to maternally produced molecules, such as mRNAs, that are deposited in the egg cell.
Maternal impression Maternal impression, according to a long-discredited medical theory, was a phenomenon that explained the existence of birth defects and congenital disorders. The theory stated that an emotional stimulus experienced by a pregnant woman could influence the development of the fetus.
Maternal Instinct (Danny Phantom) "Maternal Instinct" is the sixteeth episode of the TV-series Danny Phantom. Maddie, wanting to bond with her son, takes Danny to a mother/son convention, only to be tricked and ending up right in the Rocky Mountains where Vlad suspiciously awaits for them both.
Maternal Mortality Ratio The Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is a measure of the risk of death directly related to the pregnancy once a woman has become pregnant. It is usually measured in terms of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
Maternity blues The maternity baby blues, maternity blues or baby blues is a condition that 75-80% of mothers can experience after childbirth with a wide variety of symptoms which generally involve mild depression. Baby blues is not postnatal depression, unless it is abnormally severe.
Mateship Mateship is an important element of anglo-Australian self-understanding and has emblematic value as a founding myth on the frontier of white settlement of Australia and solidarity against (oppressive) authority. Russell Ward's in "The Australian Legend" analysed the development of the concept.

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