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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: 121ST MARYLAND STATE FAIR featuring home arts and agricultural exhibits, daily livestock and horse shows, midway rides and games, horse racing and live entertainment by Avalon, Steve Holy and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:30 p.m. - Pepsi Presents Xtreme Air Stunt Show
DATE: August 28, 2002
LOCATION: Timonium Fair Grounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, MD
CONTACT: 410-252-0200 x225
WEB ADDRESS: marylandstatefair.com/StateFair/StateFair_Info.asp
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS holds a news conference releasing its annual Labor Day Report on the state of the American Workforce.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jerry Jasinowski, president, NAM
David Huether, chief economist, NAM
DATE: August 28, 2002
LOCATION: 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-637-3094
WEB ADDRESS: nam.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY holds a briefing on Six Sigma. The seminar will give and overview of the basics of the quality improvement system and how its been used successfully in manufacturing, the service industry and health care.
DATE: August 28, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency --Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 414-291-7620
WEB ADDRESS: asq.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES holds a news conference to discuss a new report on homeland security.
WHO: The speakers are:
Bobby Hamage, president, AFGE
TJ Bonner, National Border Patrol Council
Denise Dukes, FEMA Headquarters Union
DATE: August 28, 2002
LOCATION: 80 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-276-2777
WEB ADDRESS: afge.org
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: GERMAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL holds a panel discussion on "Germany on the Eve of the Federal Elections in September, 2002."
DATE: August 28, 2002
LOCATION: Westin Embassy Row, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202 332 7700
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN RIVERS, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL AND SMART GROWTH AMERICA hold a telephone news conference discussing a report, "Paving Our Way To Water Shortages: How Sprawl Aggravates Drought." As drought continues to plague much of the country, the report concludes that sprawl development is partly to blame for water shortages. The report demonstrates that the increase of asphalt and other impervious surfaces of sprawl aggravates drought by reducing the natural replenishment of underground aquifers, which can lead to lower water levels in streams, rivers, and lakes.
AGENDA: Conference Call: 888-295-9066, password: 3844 followed by the # sign
WHO: The speakers are:
Betsy Otto, American Rivers
Deron Lovaas, Natural Resources Defense Council
John Bailey, Smart Growth America
DATE: August 28, 2002
CONTACT: Eric Eckl, 202-347-7550, x3023, or Liz Heyd, 202-289-2424
WEB ADDRESS: nrdc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA holds a briefing on the worsening human rights situation in Aceh and Indonesia.
WHO: The speakers are:
Nazaruddin Abdul Gani, From April 2000, Nazruddin began working with the
Rehabilitation Action for Victims of torture in Aceh, interviewing torture
victims and documenting the chronology of their cases.
Sonja Jacobs - Sonja Jacobs was a human rights observer in Indonesia and
Aceh with Peace Brigades International from October of 2000 into 2002.
DATE: August 28, 2002
LOCATION: Amnesty International USA 600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE 5th
Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Alistair Hodgett, 202-544-0200 x302
WEB ADDRESS: aiusa.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE holds a luncheon briefing with Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, discussing U.S. Policy vis-a-vis Iraq: Options for Peace?
DATE: August 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS: palestinecenter.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents the Campbell Brothers who create a unique, steel-guitar driven music, dubbed 'sacred steel', that's a soul-stirring blend of gospel, electric blues and rock. From the Library of Congress' series, Homegrown: The Music of America.
DATE: August 28, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
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