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- Alternative meaning: Organisation (band).
An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. The word itself is derived from the Greek word ὄργανον (organon) meaning tool. The term is used in both daily and scientific English in multiple ways.
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Letter About Palin Goes Viral
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400
This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook.
Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400
Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools.
Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.
The Talk of the Town
Dorothy Wickenden: An old-style, Los Angeles feminist on Obama.
Dorothy Wickenden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Rosalind Wyman--seventy-seven years old; doughty feminist; political fund-raiser and philanthropist; hostess to J.F.K., Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Hollywood types too numerous to count; youngest elected member of the Los Angeles City Council (at the age of twenty-two); first woman to run a national political . . .
Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley.
Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . .
James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?
James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .
Ancestral Rescue Club - A small family history group hoping to give advice and help to those building their family history.
Association of Liberation Children of The Netherlands - Offers help to those who are searching for genealogical or friendship reasons.
Meta Description: [ Children of the Liberation an association with warmth, integrity and compassion to all liberation children, war babes, veterans and their families. ]
ESFR - European Society on Family Research - Represents a multidisciplinary, non-profit organization of family researchers. The Society aims to promote excellence in the scientific study of family relations in context by bringing together European family researchers.
Meta Description: [ The European Society on Family Relations (ESFR) represents a multidisciplinary, non-profit organization of family researchers and aims to promote excellence in the scientific study of family relations ]
Family and Local History Indexing Group - Aim is to provide a forum and body of expertise for those concerned with the indexing of genealogical materials. Includes articles and projects. UK based.
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GenTech - An independent, non-profit organization dedicated to educating genealogists in the use of technology for gathering, storing, sharing and evaluating their research.
Historic Genealogy in New England - The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is the oldest genealogical society in the country. For over 150 years, NEHGS has helped new and experienced researchers trace their heritage in New England and around the world.
International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists (IBSSG) - An association of genealogists who have found blacksheep ancestors in their direct family lines, or under the One Degree Rule of the Society.
Meta Description: [ a site describing the Society and it's membership. ]
Irish Genealogy Limited - This is the official web site of Irish Genealogy Limited (IGL). IGL was set up in 1993 to manage and market the Irish Genealogical Project.
Meta Description: [ Irish Genealogy Limited was set up in 1993 to manage and market the Irish Genealogical Project. ]
Society of Brushmakers - Brushmaking, brushmakers, broom makers and the history of the brush and broom making trade. A Society for those with a brushmaker in their ancestry, or people interested in this ancient trade.
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The Kindred Roots Genealogical Society - US society of members who strive to provide resources and information for free. Various surnames and lineages covering the areas of Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Meta Description: [ Free Genealogy including images, sketches, biographies, cemetery pictures, general statistics and reports, & much, much more. ]
The Legacy Center - Dedicated to preserving personal stories, values and meaning. They provide workshops and resources for all people interested in preserving their legacy in some way.
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