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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL. This year's 2002 festival marks the 90th celebration of the original gift of the 3,000 cherry trees by the city of Tokyo to the people of Washington, DC in 1912.
AGENDA: Highlights:
Chamber of Commerce and Comcast will sponsor the planting of 90 cherry trees at DC public schools throughout the day.
The National Maritime Heritage Foundation presents Freedom Schooner Amistad, 161 years after former President John Quincy Adams went before the United States Supreme Court to defend the captured Africans of the Spanish cargo ship La Amistad, the recreation of the famous ship will ride in the waters of the nation's capital.
12 noon - Tidal Basin attractions:
Miku and Doi,Young Performers from Japan Series
DATE: April 2, 2002
CONTACT: 202-661-7596
WEB ADDRESS: nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
TIME: All day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Food and Nutrition Board, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology holds a meeting to discuss the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction
Ann Yaktine, Study Director
Robert Lawrence, Chair, Committee on the Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply
9:10 a.m. - Mechanisms of Exposure to Dioxins through the Foodchain
Mapping Dioxin Accumulation and Exposure via the Foodchain
Ruth Alcock, University of Lancaster, UK
Methods of Evaluating and Reducing Dioxins in Animal Feeds
Invited
11:10 a.m. - Accumulation and Elimination of Dioxins in Humans
Dioxin Intake from Food: Current State of Knowledge and Uncertainties in Assumptions
Dwain Winters, Environmental Protection Agency
1 p.m. - Kinetics of Dioxin Elimination in the Ranch Hands Cohort
Joel Michalek, Air Force Research Laboratory
1:50 p.m. - Methodological Analysis of Dioxins in Food and Feed
FDA Sampling and Monitoring of Dioxins in Foods
Richard Canady, Food and Drug Administration
3 p.m. - Economic Impact Analysis of Contaminants in Feed
John Eyraud, Environmental Research Services
DATE: April 2, 2002
LOCATION: 2100 C St. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents Patrick Lencioni, president of The Table Group, who specializes in executive team development and organizational effectiveness. His fictional presentation offers solutions that can be used by any organization.
DATE: April 2, 2002
LOCATION: International Finance Corp., 2121 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY United States Fire Administration holds a news conference launching a new "Tribute to Heroes" fire safety campaign.
WHO: The speakers are:
R. David Paulison, U.S. Fire Administrator
Lea Ann Parsley, Firefighter of the Year of 1999, Ohio
2002 Olympic Silver Medallist
DATE: April 2, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Marko Bourne, 202- 646-3150
WEB ADDRESS:fema.gov
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION holds a briefing regarding the 36TH annual Folk life Festival themed The Silk Road: Connecting, Cultures, Creating Trust.
WHO: The speakers are:
Secretary of the Smithsonian Lawrence Small
Richard Kurin, director, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
YoYo Ma, artistic director, Silk Road Project
DATE: April 2, 2002
LOCATION: 1000 Jefferson Drive DW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-2627
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2001-2002 VRC SEMINAR SERIES presents
"Mutational Analysis of Innate Immune Funtion," Dr. Bruce Beutler, Scripps Institute.
DATE: April 2, 2002
LOCATION: Main Floor, Conference Center, Building 40, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-594-8491
WEB ADDRESS:nih.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents William C. Davis, director of programs at the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, offering a new vision of the Confederacy that includes the Southern perspective. Expounding on how the Confederates believed that they were an essential part of the evolution of American democracy, he discusses the Confederacy's legal structure, politics, and elite society.
DATE: April 2, 2002
LOCATION: Hirshhorn Museum, Ring Auditorium, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
