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The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) is an independent coalition of organisations from throughout the air transport industry which have united to press for economically beneficial aviation capacity improvements in an environmentally responsible manner. ATAG is a leading proponent of aviation infrastructure issues including the economic benefits of air transport, the industry’s superior environmental performance and the need for major improvements in airport and air traffic management capacity. ATAG’s world-wide membership includes airlines, airports, manufacturers, air traffic control authorities, airline pilot and air traffic controller unions, chambers of commerce, tourism and travel associations, investment organisations, ground ransport and communications providers.

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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is philanthropic nonprofit institution and was established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr., then President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation. The Foundation's programs and interests fall into areas such as science and technology, education and careers in science and technology. Grant requests can be made at any time for support of activities related to Foundation program areas and interests. The Foundation is generally limited to supporting tax-exempt institutions. A special area of interest includes asynchronous learning.

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The world's largest general science organization and publisher of the peer-reviewed journal Science serves as an authoritative source for information on the latest developments in science and bridges gaps among scientists, policy-makers and the public to advance science and science education. Information about the organisation's structure, membership, and history is provided on the site.

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AASA, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for over 16,500 educational leaders across North America and in many other countries.

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ACE provides a forum for the discussion of major issues related to higher education and its potential to contribute to the quality of American life. The site provides special interest reports, information about ACE projects, new releases, adult learner information and a list of issues.

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Over the past 30 years, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) has become synonymous with innovation, quality, and reliability in meeting the changing needs of foreign language educators and their students. From the development of Proficiency Guidelines, to its leadership role in the creation of national standards, ACTFL focuses on issues that are critical to the growth of both the profession and the individual teacher. Through their membership, new as well as veteran teachers are making an important investment in the future. Founded in 1967 by the Modern Language Association, ACTFL remains the only national American organization representing teachers of all languages at all education levels.

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This is the website of the American Federation of Teachers.

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The Americian Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is the professional society in the United States of specialists on Egypt of all periods. It is also a consortium of universities and museums that support archaeological and academic research in Egypt and whose membership is open to the public. ARCE operates out of offices in New York City and Cairo, and today counts five chapters, each holding special events and programs on Egypt. ARCE publishes a Newsletter and an annual Journal and maintains a special publications program. ARCE is thoroughly committed to the conservation of Egyptian monuments, through its special Egyptian Antiquities Project, supported by funds from the United States Agency for International Development and a unique endowment that was recently given to the organization to administer. Thanks to this funding, it currently finances more than 30 major conservation projects in the country. Membership in ARCE helps the organization carry out its tasks and provides an introduction to learning more about ancient, medieval and modern Egypt.

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The American Society of Indexers (ASI) is the only professional organization in the United States solely devoted to the advancement of indexing, abstracting, and database building.

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The ARIADNE Foundation was created to exploit and further develop the results of the ARIADNE and ARIADNE II European Projects, which created tools and methodologies for producing, managing and reusing computer-based pedagogical elements and telematics supported training curricula. Validation of the tools and concepts took place in various academic and corporate sites across Europe and was encouraging enough to go ahead with this idea of non-commercial exploitation: The underlying results stemm from a huge R&D effort (approximatively 100 man years invested in the two phases of the EU Project, ended in June 2000, much of which supported financially by the European Union and the Swiss Government). Continued maintenance and training in the use of ARIADNE's best tools, as well as their further development will consolidate and augment the Users Community that emerged around some simple ideas and common ideals.