This Association, organized in 1920, is affiliated with the Athletic Federation of College Women.

The Thrift Shop, with Mrs. Bernhard S. Blumenthal as president, is one of the city's most successful fund-raisers for the Federation of Jewish Agencies.

M. Kegham -- the name is a pseudynom -- was a teacher in Bucharest and a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( ARF ) -- two reasons the Communists put him away when they arrived in 1945.

It is governed by the World Archery Federation ( WA ), and is one of the sports in the Summer Paralympic Games.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into two Entities-the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, which each have largely autonomous political power, as well as the district of Brčko, which is jointly administered by both.

In general they are loosely organized " in-house " unions, although the Botswana Federation of Trade Unions ( BFTU ) is consolidating its role as the sole national trade union centre in the country .< ref >

The Badminton World Federation ( BWF ) is the internationally recognized governing body of the sport.

The World Bridge Federation is the governing body for international competitive bridge.

According to a 2003 study undertaken by the International Diabetes Federation ( IDF ) on the access to and availability of insulin in its member countries, synthetic ' human ' insulin is considerably more expensive in most countries where both synthetic ' human ' and animal insulin are commercially available: e. g. within European countries the average price of synthetic ' human ' insulin was twice as high as the price of pork insulin.

Before the formation of Malaysian Federation, the Philippines claimed that the Malaysian state of Sabah in north Borneo is within their territorial rights based on historical facts of the Sultanate of Sulu's leasing agreement with the North Borneo Company, is presently an unresolved claim against Malaysia.

Chess is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee, and international chess competition is sanctioned by the World Chess Federation.

The oldest of these is the French Federation of Speleology ( originally Société de spéléologie ) founded by Édouard-Alfred Martel in 1895, which produced the first periodical journal in speleology, Spelunca.

Membership in International Organizations: The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean Pact, Caribbean Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Group of 3, Group of 11, Group of 24, Group of 77, Inter-American Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Chamber of Commerce, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Labour Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Satellite Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Latin American Economic System, Latin American Integration Association, Latin Union, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States ( OAS ), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rio Group, United Nations ( UN ), UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Universal Postal Union, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization, and World Trade Organization.

The International Federation of Sport Climbing ( IFSC ) is the official organization governing competition climbing worldwide and is recognized by the IOC and GAISF and is a member of the International World Games Association ( IWGA ).

As a sport, cycling is governed internationally by the Union Cycliste Internationale in Switzerland, USA Cycling ( merged with the United States Cycling Federation in 1995 ) in the United States, ( for upright bicycles ) and by the International Human Powered Vehicle Association ( for other HPVs, or human-powered vehicles ).

Cycling for transport and touring is promoted on a European level by the European Cyclists ' Federation, with associated members from Great Britain, Japan and elsewhere.

Scotland is home to the international governing body for curling, the World Curling Federation, Perth, which originated as a committee of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, the mother club of curling.

International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ): Established on the 5th July 1998, the International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ) is a non-profit federation based in Tokyo, Japan and is the world governing body of cheerleading.

It was greeted with a chorus of boos by 500 women in Trenton Monday at a forum of the State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Colonial Labour parties contested seats from 1891, and federal seats following the Federation at the 1901 federal election.

Reaction to the withdrawal by both the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China was much milder than many had predicted, following months of discussion with both Russia and China aimed at convincing both that development of a National Missile Defense was not directed at them.

However, most of this aid has been targeted at the Federation ; the previous government of the RS was anti-Dayton and not assisted by the U. S. The election of the " Sloga " or " Unity " Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Dodik, has shifted the balance of power in the Republika Srpska ( RS ) to a pro-Dayton stance and will result in an upsurge of funding to the RS from the international community.

Adoption was slow at first ; in 2000 the National Federation of the Blind said there were only 3 of these in the USA, one owned by the NFB itself and the other two by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

While there are 54 members of the International Floorball Federation ( IFF ), the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland have finished in most of the coveted 1st, 2nd and 3rd places at the World Floorball Championships.

Because of the vulnerability of a player in such a position, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (" Fed ") have adopted rules providing that if a player is positioned at least 7 yards behind the neutral zone to receive a snap, opponents are not to deliberately contact the snapper until one second after the snap ( NCAA ), or until the snapper has a chance to react ( Fed ).

As the 20th Century drew to a close, the NCAA and National Federation of State High School Associations extended that protection to some time after the snap, in cases where a player is positioned at least 7 yards deep to receive a thrown snap.

The Fédération Internationale des Échecs ( FIDE, or World Chess Federation ) was formed in Paris in 1924, but at that time did not formulate criteria on who should earn the title.

In 1927, the Soviet Union's Chess Federation established the title of Grandmaster of the Soviet Union, for their own players, since at that time Soviets were not competing outside their own country.

Hobart is home to the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, which is resident at the Federation Concert Hall on the city's waterfront.

The Coalition scored a stunning victory over the ALP, winning many former ALP seats and sweeping back into power with ( at the time ) the largest parliamentary majority since Federation.

While there are 68 total members of the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ), 162 of 177 medals at the IIHF World Championships have been taken by these seven nations: Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and the United States.

Judit started playing in tournaments at six years old and by age nine her rating with the Hungarian Chess Federation was 2080.

* 1896 – Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.

Parent body to regulate the game at international level is International Kabaddi Federation ( IKF ).

In 1978, the Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation was formed at a conference of delegates from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan in the Indian town of Villai.

American Peter J. McGuire, co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was asked to speak at a labour festival in Toronto, Canada on July 22, 1882.

In colonial times it was known as British Central Africa and Nyasaland and was at one time part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

When one of the two programmers left CompuNet, the remaining programmer, Alan Lenton, decided to rewrite the game from scratch and named it Federation II ( at the time no Federation I existed ).

The story begins with a newly deployed Federation warship, the White Base, arriving at the secret research base located at the Side 7 colony to pick up the Federation's newest weapon.

For example, Amuro is already a member of the Federation military at the time of the initial Zeon attack on Side 7, and the main characters in the Federation serve on the White Base-class ships Pegasus and Pegasus II rather than the Pegasus-class White Base.

In May 2009, the National Federation of State High School Associations released the results of their first true high school participation study.

Pan-American Cheerleading Championships ( PCC ): The PCC was held for the first time in 2009 in the city of Latacunga, Ecuador and is the continental championship organised by the Pan-American Federation of Cheerleading ( PFC ).

William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, was taken to the first camp to demonstrate that there would be no job training involved beyond simple manual labor.

The Lutheran World Federation, in ecumenical dialogues with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has affirmed all of the first seven councils as ecumenical and authoritative.

In the first half of the 16th century, the Protestant Reformation reached the city, causing religious strife during which Savoy rule was thrown off and Geneva flirted with joining the Swiss Federation.

In 1984 Gymnastics for All was officially recognized first as a Sport Program by the FIG ( International Gymnastic Federation ), and subsequently by national gymnastic federations world wide with participants that now number 30 million.

In 1888, Labadie organized the Michigan Federation of Labor, became its first president, and forged an alliance with Samuel Gompers.

The first was offered by the International Federation of Trade Unions ( IFTU ), which called for a meeting in Bern in July 1919.

After formation of the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India, the first men's nationals were held in Madras ( renamed Chennai ), while the women's were in Calcutta ( renamed Kolkata ) in 1955. The AKFI has given new shape to the rules and has the right to modify them.

On 20 June 1960 the Federation of Mali became an independent country and Modibo Keïta became its first President.

* Federation occurred on 1 January 1901, but elections for the first parliament were not scheduled until late March.

It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.

It is possible that the Borg had already attacked both Federation and Romulan outposts, which bears the signatures of their attack style, in the first season finale " The Neutral Zone ".

Q's actions created a stable time loop within the Star Trek Universe, explaining why the Borg were making their way to Earth by showing how they ' first ' became aware of the Federation.

In 2008, savate was recognised by the International University Sports Federation ( FISU ) – this recognition allows savate to hold official University World Championships, the first was held in Nantes, France in 2010.

In keeping with this idea, for its first two seasons Star Trek: Enterprise was the only show to have an entirely Human crew owing to its being set before the formation of the Federation, though the vessel did carry Phlox, a Denobulan serving in a medical exchange program, and T ' Pol, then serving as an observer from the Vulcan High Command.

* May 20 – Thomas Alva Edison's prototype kinetoscope is first displayed at Edison's Laboratory, for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs.

* May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States.

In Iraq, during the first two months of 2005 Hadi Salih, international secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions ( IFTU ) was brutally tortured and killed.

When the National Federation of Afro-American Women was founded in 1896, Tubman was the keynote speaker at its first meeting.

In April 1981, the International BMX Federation was founded, and the first world championships were held in 1982.

Albert Lucas created the first sport juggling organization in the early nineties-the International Sport Juggling Federation, which promotes Joggling and other athletic forms of juggling.

In 1974, the IRA organized the first professional tournament, and is a founding member of the International Racquetball Federation ( IRF ).