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	Alternative society
		Alternative soup kitchens were arranged, free bookshops, shops where everything was free (see also give-away shop) or for swap and free festivals sprang into existence.
		The alternative society was often characterised as a society of alternatives and this included a great interest in alternative, speculative and disputed theories such as pagan religion, alternative science and romantic mystical speculations.
		Religious and pseudo-religious groups were on the alternative society's mental map of the world and the existence of ashrams, kibbutzim, Buddhist monasteries, Hare Krishna free food distributions and various churches and gurus' meeting places around the world provided an existing framework upon which the alternative society could grow.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/al/alternative_society.html (998 words)

	Alternative country: origins, music, world-view, fans, and taste in genre formation - Discographic Essay Popular Music ...
		In speech, "alternative country" is often shortened to "alt country," and in print it is often spelled "alt.country" echoing the common transmission of information about the music, artists, and venues via the internet.
		In alternative country circles, Brooks is often referred to as the "Anti-Hank," Hank Williams being the defining icon of "real" country music, and the term "Nashville country music" is a code denoting manufactured and insincere.
		While alternative country artists are self-reflective and consciously link themselves to tradition, commercial country artists are perceived as unreflective clones of those who have been commercially successful in the recent past.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_2001_Spring-Summer/ai_100808920 (888 words)

	American Copy Editors Society
		He said that some people in the industry think that introducing alternative story forms into newspapers is a sign that words are dead -- but that couldn't be further from the truth.
		Alternative story formats -- such as the "how to" form, charticals, panels and roundtables, and chronologies -- take the effort of everyone in the newsroom.
		Editing -- both for content and grammar and style -- is as important for alternative story forms as for any piece of copy that appears in the paper.
	www.copydesk.org (1308 words)

	Fed-Soc.org - The Federalist Society
		For alternative views on the proper role of the state attorney general, click HERE to read New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s remarks to the National Press Club, and click HERE to read the Economic and Social Research Council’s paper, “The Role of State Attorneys General in U.S. Antitrust Policy” by Professor Firat Cengiz.
		The Federalist Society and the American Constitution Society recently co-sponsored A Conversation on the Constitution: Perspectives from Active Liberty and A Matter of Interpretation with Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia.
		The Federalist Society presents a newly updated version of its Five Questions Debate on the case, with five complete rounds of questions and answers and rebuttals by Professor John Baker and Mr.
	www.fed-soc.org (603 words)

	Alternative Music on Media Positive Radio
		Alternative music includes subcategories such as college rock, indie rock, gothic rock, grunge, and punk rock.
		Though a counterculture to mainstream society, alternative music continues to thrive with bands like the "Cure,While the face of alternative music is continually transforming, there will always be a place for it throughout the course of time.
		Though a counterculture to mainstream society, alternative music continues to thrive with bands like the "Cure," that recently achieved a top ten debut in Australia.
	www.mediapositiveradio.com /genres/dir/alternative (313 words)

	MotherJones.com -- Debt to Society
		Society has to respond to lawbreakers, but it doesn't always have to lock them up.
		The common denominator among alternative programs is the recognition that the prison boom is fueled largely by convictions for nonviolent crimes, particularly drug offenses.
		And he notes a significant side benefit: "We are approaching 50 babies who were born crack-free and without fetal alcohol syndrome because their mothers were in the program." The government, he estimates, saves up to an additional $500,000 per child in health-care and social-services costs.
	www.motherjones.com /news/special_reports/prisons/alternatives.html (1684 words)

	The Hope of an Alternative Society
		The sub-culture or alternative culture (alternative to Established Society) grew and expanded.
		Those who had dropped out from school, employment and society in general, found a new problem in the need to obtain money to buy the drugs, and so became chained to the very Establishment they sought to reject.
		It is incredible how rare it is in modern society for anyone to be able to do what they want to because they want to do it.
	www.mahendranath.org /~kapil/alternative.html (2595 words)

	National MS Society \| Sourcebook: Alternative Therapies
		They are referred to as complementary when they are used in conjunction with conventional medical interventions, and alternative when they are used instead of conventional treatments.
		Alternative medicine is now a $15 billion a year industry.
		Many people try alternative medicine because they believe that anything sold without a prescription is harmless.
	www.nationalmssociety.org /Sourcebook-Alternative.asp (661 words)

	Altruistic Society - A Utopian Vision of A Realistic Alternative Society?
		A Utopian Society may seem far indeed from the automated consumer society which delegates decisions to the 'invisible hand' of the capitalist market.
		We suggest that the greatest single obstacle to an altruistic society is our ancient money system - because rewarding self-accumulation, not generosity, and is one of the major oppressors that is hindering a global change of mentality from scarcity to abundance.
		A society based on altruism might seem like a utopian dream in this age when many societies are becoming more and more focussed on individuals while basic social units such as the family are declining in significance.
	www.altruists.org /ideas/society (601 words)

	THE "GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY MOVEMENT"
		Security: In conventional society the quest for wealth and power is can be seen as striving for security (among other things); we feel that in order to be able to cope with losses or disasters the more wealth we have accumulated the better.
		Society is in a mess; obesity in the west is balanced by famine in the third world.
		Such societies must necessarily conduct their economic and indeed their, political affairs on a very much smaller scale than is today the trend, which means catering to very much smaller markets.
	socialwork.arts.unsw.edu.au /tsw/DocsALTERNATIVES.html (18486 words)

	Giga Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Main goal of the Giga Society is to further the study of high intelligence, in particular the establishment of norms for the very high range.
		The society was founded in 1996 by Paul Cooijmans (not a member), who has served as its Administrator since.
		But the Giga Society has no prejudice, goes exclusively by test scores, and is blind to the candidate's continent of origin.
	paulcooijmans.lunarpages.com /p/gliaweb/giga (658 words)

	EurasiaNet Civil Society - New Alternative Service Falls Flat in Armenia
		Young men refusing to serve in the armed forces for religious reasons are again being prosecuted in Armenia, despite the introduction nearly two years ago of a legal alternative to compulsory military service.
		Conscientious objectors, mainly Jehovah’s Witnesses, are refusing to enlist for alternative civilian service on the grounds that it is controlled by the Armenian military.
		The Open Society Institute-New York is a private operating and grantmaking foundation that promotes the development of open societies around the world by supporting educational, social, and legal reform, and by encouraging alternative approaches to complex and controversial issues.
	www.eurasianet.org /departments/civilsociety/articles/eav031006.shtml (1071 words)

	DaVinci: News> Alternative
		Baptists send troops alternative to 'soft-core porn'The Tennessean, TN - 9 minutes agoAfter soldiers from Fort Campbell said they wanted a Christian alternative to magazines such as Maxim that they get free, Lifeway Christian Resources...
		Silicon Valley poised to become leader in alternative energyHindu, India - 3 hours ago4 (PTI): After personal computers and the Internet, Silicon Valley is now set to become the leader in alternative energy sources.
		Alternative fuels raise some concern as wellUtica Observer Dispatch, NY - 1 hour agoI support finding alternatives to fossil fuels as much as anybody, but the suggestions made in the AP article "Ethanol plants powered by cow gas" (Jan....
	www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/News/Alternative (518 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive
		Despite the postponement of the 12th ASEAN Leaders' Summit, civil society groups involved in the ACSC conference continue to push for reforms and inclusions on alternative regionalism issues particularly on economic and trade liberalization, contraction of democracy, transborder issues, human rights violations and Asian patriarchies.
		The acceptance of the declaration and the recognition of the civil society by the leadership of ASEAN for the first time during the 1st ACSC held in Malaysia last year is considered as a big achievement in broadening and asserting civil society and peopleâs participation in ASEAN processes.
		The civil society leaders also cautioned the Philippines and other ASEAN member governments against the "return of the generals," which they said was endangering the democratization process sweeping the region.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=59152 (964 words)

	Alternative Military Service
		Alternative service is civil service offered by many governments in place of actual military service to conscientious objectors.
		Failure to adhere to the Society's policy would mean being viewed automatically as "disassociated" and being treated the same as being disfellowshiped...
		Finally, a law was approved decreeing that those who do not agree to do alternative service shall be sentenced to one single prison term, so that our young brothers are now given from 12 to 15 months' imprisonment...
	www.watchtowerinformationservice.org /militaryservice.htm (1761 words)

	An alternative 'ownership society' \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		By the president's definition, the best kind of ownership society takes place in a privatized nation, in which individual families are given incentives and rewards for owning their own homes and businesses and for controlling their own health and retirement benefits.
		In the alternative ownership society, neighborhood associations, government and financial institutions would expand loans for local renovation and small-business creation, housing cooperatives, community child-care consortiums, co-op day-care centers and the like.
		In an alternative ownership society, however, expanding the protection of wilderness, for all the people, would again be considered a virtue.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050130/news_mz1e30louv.html (842 words)

	EnergyGrid >> Society & Politics
		Bageant describes an American society based on television and petroleum, one that is as empty of human values as a giant psychotic hologram.
		Over the last few years, the US and UK governments seem to have jumped wholeheartedly onto the terrorism bandwagon and are enthusiastically pushing through so called "anti-terror laws" that increase their control over the people who elected them, and that undoubtedly erode democracy and government accountability in the process.
		But even if you do believe that during times of threat liberty needs to be surrendered, you cannot deny that for any democratic society to make such an important decision (which is their right) they need to have an accurate assessment of the threat in question.
	www.energygrid.com /society.html (5401 words)

	ACS :: Complementary and Alternative Therapies
		The terms "alternative" or "complementary" are used to refer to non-traditional methods of diagnosing, preventing, or treating cancer.
		Many cancer patients find that these therapies relieve symptoms or side effects, ease pain, and enhance their lives during treatment.
		copyrighted by the American Cancer Society, Inc. All rights reserved.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/ETO/ETO_5.asp?sitearea=ETO (184 words)

	Serendip Search
		"Alternative" is an inevitably evolving category by which we mean methods of approach to characterization and therapy differing from those more generally accepted and endorsed in our our culture at the present time.
		Alternative treatment, such as emu oil and carefully selected herbs, for those seeking pain relief from the pains of muscle and joint ailments such as arthritis, tendonitis, bursitis, carpal tunnel, and rheumatism.
		One woman's discussion of alternative treatment she found effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /sci_cult/mentalhealth/alternative.html (1717 words)

	Marx's Radical Critique of Capitalist Society
		Furthermore, he clearly believed that the problems with capitalist society are deeply rooted in the sense that only a radical transformation of capitalism (i.e., its replacement by socialism) could eliminate or significantly reduce these problems.
		The former requires the radical critic to identify certain social ills or defects characteristic of capitalist society (e.g., exploitation and alienation) and to explain how and why these ills or defects are rooted in the basic socioeconomic structure of that society.
		More specifically, three aspects of that society are discussed: 1) how wealth and income would be distributed in the two phases of post-capitalist society (sometimes referred to as 'socialism' and 'communism'), 2) the nature of the state in the first phase, and its eventual demise in the second phase, of post-capitalist society.
	www.uab.edu /philosophy/faculty/arnold/marxbook.htm (940 words)

	Open Directory - Society:Relationships:Alternative Lifestyles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This section is not intended to cover swinging, which is generally perceived as a style of multiple sexual relationships rather than a style of multiple romantic relationships.
		There is generally little overlap between the community that uses the term "polygamy" and the community that uses the term "polyamory".
		There is therefore a separate listing for polygamy under Alternative Lifestyles : Polygamy, although the actual dividing line is arguable.
	dmoz.org /Society/Relationships/Alternative_Lifestyles/desc.html (248 words)

	Alternative Lifestyles: Relationships at Canadian Content
		That people should see alternative lifestyles for what they are in the majority.
		Alternative energy and alternative lifestyles or you can starve and freeze to death in a highrise waiting
		The solution is to improve doctor training and include a through grounding in nutrition and an understanding of alternative medicine, etc. as well as to have better oversight of doctors by their more-experienced peers.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Society/Relationships/Alternative_Lifestyles (682 words)

	ACS :: Alternative Therapies
		Let your doctor know that you are thinking about taking an alternative therapy, but you want to make sure it does not interfere with the treatment he or she prescribes.
		Some therapies are considered alternative because they have not been proven to be safe and effective in controlled scientific studies.
		Your doctor may or may not agree with your decision, but it's important that your doctor know if you're planning to use alternative therapies so that he or she can provide you with the best possible care.
	www.cancer.org /docroot/nws/content/nws_2_1x_alternative_therapies.asp (623 words)

	Texas Photographic Society Alternative Processes Exhibit
		These artists are formulating, and hand applying, their own sensitizers, and emulsions, and returning to the exploratory roots of “light-writing.” They are embracing, in this digital age, the inter-disciplinary potential of alternative processes photography; the marriage of nineteenth century handmade craft, science, and romanticism in concert with twenty-first century technologies and conceptual perceptions.
		I like to define “alternative process” to mean any technique that utilizes light to express the artist’s intention, that incorporates the tools and methods from other disciplines (such as painting and printmaking), and that transports the unique qualities found in the photographic arts into new territory; including digital imaging and Piezography.
		As our beloved wet lab process gets in line to meet its inevitable successor, be assured that it will not disappear but simply be adopted, as a personal alternative process of choice, by those artists who can think of no better way to express their vision.
	www.texasphoto.org /TPSExAltProcess.html (717 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Relationships: Alternative Lifestyles: Polyamory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Free Love is Free Expression - The title essay argues that Polyamory is about freedom of the body, based on the grounds that sex is a cause for celebration, not for shame.
		Polyamory Society, The - The Polyamory Society is a nonprofit organization which promotes and supports the interest of individuals of multipartnered relationships and families.
		Society for Human Sexuality polyamory info - The Society is a social and educational organization whose purpose is to promote understanding and appreciation for the many forms of adult intimate relationships and consensual sexual expression.
	dmoz.org /Society/Relationships/Alternative_Lifestyles/Polyamory (551 words)

	The Society of Archbishop Justus
		THE SOCIETY of ARCHBISHOP JUSTUS was formed in 1996 and incorporated in 1997 as a nonprofit corporation in the State of New York for the purpose of using the Internet to foster and further unity among Christians, especially Anglicans.
		We named our Society after the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury, good Archbishop Justus, because he is not very well known, yet historical records show good work that could only have been accomplished by him.
		The Society of Archbishop Justus is a nonprofit corporation registered in the State of New York, certified in January 2001 as a 501(C)3 organisation by the United States Internal Revenue Service.
	justus.anglican.org /soaj.html (1042 words)

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