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Founded in June 2004, IAVA Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and Veterans.
http://www.scenic.org/about_us
Scenic America dedicated to preserving and enhancing the visual character of America's communities and countryside. "Change is inevitable. Ugliness is not"
Formerly, of course, Apple computer
"The investigative arm of Congress" and "the congressional watchdog." GAO supports the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and helps improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people.
Keeping them honest by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/17712....
The AMA's views on health care/health insurance reform
Working to Save the Land that Sustains Us
Great regional meals along highways, in small towns and in city neighborhoods. Roadfood is almost always informal and inexpensive; and the best Roadfood restaurants are colorful places enjoyed by locals (and savvy travelers) for their character as well as their menu.
Protecting beautiful old buildings! Good places to visit while traveling
http://www.temcauley.staff.shef.ac.uk/saigyo.shtml
Saigyô (1118-1190) was born Satô Norikiyo into an aristocratic military family. He found himself unsuited to a warrior's life and, following a religious vocation, took orders in 1140. The change in his status allowed him a degree of freedom hitherto unknown to him to mix with people from different social backgrounds and move around the country and the rest of his life was spent either on the road or at one of several sacred places near the capital.
http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/
in Oklahoma City
http://www.rusticridgecabins.com/
Rustic Ridge is a four-season luxury log cabin lodge nestled among the glacier-formed bluffs of south central Wisconsin. It is conveniently located near some of Wisconsin's most scenic attractions such as Lake Wisconsin, Devil's Lake, Parfrey's Glen and Wisconsin Dells.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...
Empty, wonderful spaces
On Deep Creek Lake in the Appalachian Mountains in Western Maryland.
A wonderful music concert facility on Chicago's North Shore
http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/bjork/
A 425-acre estate on Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin, hosts retreats and seminars for Lawrence students throughout the academic year and adult continuing-education seminars during the summer. The Björklunden lodge hosts many musical events that are open to the public.
http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/soa/default.htm
A week-long arts retreat. Dates for School of the Arts 2008 are July 20-25.
he World's Largest General Scientific Society
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseactio...
The Wilson Center is our nation's official living memorial to President Woodrow Wilson. As both a distinguished scholar—the only American President with a Ph.D.—and a national leader, Wilson felt strongly that the scholar and the policymaker were "engaged in a common enterprise."
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