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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2002

TIME: All Day

EVENT: NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INTERNATIONAL FOOD SAFETY COUNCIL AND FOOD SAFETY MAGAZINE hold the Food Safety Summit. It is the conference and expo for food safety professionals. Our focus is on giving you practical, hands-on advice and methods you can use in your own operations, as well as the very latest updates on regulatory, scientific, and news issues that affect your food safety effort.

10:30 a.m. -- Gov Tom Ridge, White House Director of Homeland Security

11:00am - Keynote Address by Dr. Lester Crawford, Deputy Commissioner of the FDA

DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 800-746-9649 or 973-514-5900.

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WEB ADDRESS: foodsafetysummit.com

TIME: All Day

EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION cosponsor a workshop that will focus on the development of new drugs for treating pain.

DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: Natcher Conference Center, Building 45, Bethesda, MD

CONTACT: 301-594-5595

WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov

TIME: 8 a.m.

EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION BLOOD PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE holds a meeting to discuss the following committee updates are tentatively scheduled: (1) Nucleic acid testing for whole blood, including standards for human immune deficiency virus and hepatitis C virus RNA; (2) nucleic acid testing for parvovirus B19; (3) nucleic acid testing for hepatitis A virus; and (4) announcement of planned FDA workshops. The committee will hear an informational presentation on emergency preparedness for the blood supply. In the afternoon, the committee will hear presentations on percutaneous exposure of blood and plasma donors: Tattoos and body piercing.

DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: Gaithersburg Holiday Inn, Two Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD.

CONTACT: Linda A. Smallwood, 301-827-3514.

WEB ADDRESS: fda.gov

TIME: 9:30 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL INHALENT PREVENTION COALITION holds a news conference on National Inhalents and Poison Awareness Week and to discuss the use and risks of inhalant involvement. It is an inclusive program that involves youth, schools, media, police departments, health organization, civics groups and more. It has proven to be an effective means of mobilizing communities to reduce inhalant use.

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WHO: The speakers are:

John P. Walters, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

Charles G. Curie, MA, ACSW, Administrator, SAMHSA

H. Westley Clark, MD, JD, MPH, Director of CSAT

David Shurtleff, PhD, Acting Director, Division of Neuroscience & Behavioral Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Elaine Parry, Acting Deputy Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Harvey Weiss, MBA, Executive Director of the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition; Stephen J. Pasierb, Partnership for a Drug Free America

Joan and Megan Hakeman, a mother and her daughter who is in recovery from inhalant abuse Laurie Culp, a mother whose son died from using inhalants

DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 301-443-3740

WEB ADDRESS: drugabuse.gov

TIME: 10:30 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Transportation Research Board Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Studies and Information Services holds a meeting to discuss Aeronautics Research and Technology for Vision 2050.

AGENDA: Highlights:

10:30 a.m. - Study Background and Origins George Levin

Statement of Task and Schedule Alan Angleman

10:50 a.m. - Sponsor Expectations Charlie Huettner, OSTP

2050 Vision and the National R&D Plan for Aviation

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Safety, Security, Efficiency, and Environmental Compatibility

Overview of the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry

1 p.m. - Sponsor Expectations Bob Pearce, NASA

2050 Vision and NASA's 3 Pillars and 10 Goals for Aerospace Technology

2 p.m. - 2050 Vision and Herm Rediess, FAA

FAAs Perspective on Vision 2050, Including the Effects of 9/11

2:30 p.m. - 2050 Vision and the NASA Blueprint for Benji Neumann, NASA

National Civil Aeronautics Research

4 p.m. - Sponsor Expectations Fenton Carey, FAA

4:30 p.m. - 2050 Vision and Bob Spitzer, Boeing or

Vision 2050: An Integrated Transportation System Fenton Carey, FAA

Next Generation Air Transportation System

DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: Cecil and Ida Green Building, 2001 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-334-2138

WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu

TIME: 11:30 a.m.

EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Science, Technology and Business and Hispanic division holds a lecture with Kenneth R. Wright, civil engineer and author discussing "Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel."

DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: LC, Mumford Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-707-5664

WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov

TIME: 7 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL ARCHIVES presents Lt. Col. Jon T. Hoffman, USMCR, talking about two legends of the Marine Corps: Lewis Puller and Mike Edson. Hoffman's books Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC, and Once a Legend: "Red Mike" Edson of the Marine Raiders examine the extraordinary careers of these men.

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DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC,

CONTACT: 202-501-5000

WEB ADDRESS: nara.gov

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: COMMERCE DEPARTMENT NOAA National Weather Service holds a news conference to discuss drought conditions throughout most of the eastern part of the country, as well as portions of the West.

WHO: The speakers are:

Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, USN (ret.)

Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

Brig. Gen. Jack Kelly, USAF (ret.)

NOAA's National Weather Service Director

DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 5430, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-358-1547

WEB ADDRESS:nasa.gov

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate Program presents world-renowned physicist Paul Davies tackling an issue that has intrigued humankind for centuries--is time travel possible? His answer is yes, and with tongue planted firmly in cheek, he explains how.

DATE: March14, 2002

LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-357-3030

WEB ADDRESS: si.edu

TIME: 7:30 p.m.

EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Resident Associate presents Irish tradition wrapped in the heart-warming sounds of the five-member ensemble Providence--John Wynne, Clodagh Boylan, Michael O'Raghallaigh, Joan McDermott, and Paul Doyle--in its U.S. debut.

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DATE: March 14, 2002

LOCATION: Voice of America Aud., 330 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-357-3030

WEB ADDRESS: si.edu

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