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  March 2002 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
A timeline of events in the news for March, 2002.
The Bush Administration admits the existence of a shadow government with the implementation of the Continuity of Operations Plan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/March_2002   (774 words)

  
 March 2002
The 2002 graduating class at the University of Alabama School of Medicine at UAB ranks as one of the best in the nation and one of UAB’s best ever, based on test scores and residency match criteria, said Dr. Kathleen Nelson, associate dean for students, at Thursday’s Match Day ceremony.
UAB Hospital has joined a very elite group of hospitals across the nation recognized as a nursing "center for excellence." The hospital was notified yesterday about its recognition as a Magnet hospital, a designation awarded by the American Nurses Association to fewer than 50 of the nation's 5,800 hospitals.
A new study under way at UAB aims to determine if the sisters of women with fibromyalgia may be at greater risk for developing a heightened sensitivity to pain and if so, if one or more genes are associated with this increased risk.
main.uab.edu /show.asp?durki=48518   (1634 words)

  
 D-Lib Magazine (March 2002)
The deadline for submissions is 15 May 2002.
The deadline for submissions is 20 May 2002.
The deadline for submission is 5 June 2002.
www.dlib.org /dlib/march02/03contents.html   (964 words)

  
 March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Democrat and Chronicle: Dry skies parch soil (March 7, 2002) — The Rochester area is teetering on the brink of a drought, leaving farmers and well-users with uncertainty about spring and summer water supplies.
It is scheduled to be mailed the week of Monday, March 18, to about 800 people, most of them current and former village residents as well as government officials and other interested parties, said Karen Paris Tuori, a Health Department planner.
Energy Dept. Is Challenged Over Waste Disposal Methods As the Energy Department marches ahead with its plan to bury waste from civilian nuclear reactors at Yucca Mountain, it is disposing of waste from its own military reactors in three far shallower sites around the country where it once produced weapons material.
www.rochesterenvironment.com /march_2002.htm   (5575 words)

  
 RCA-news March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Samoa Pacific Cellulose LLC confirmed this article with their March 11, 2002 press release stating that the first commercial trial run had been completed in partnership with Nile Fiber.
A March 8, 2002 Hempola press release announced that the Ontario-based company is entering into a partnership with Wellington Polymer Technology Inc. (WPTI) will investigate methods to incorporate hemp fibers into its EnviroShake™ roof shingles product.
According to Edie Weekly Summaries' March 22, 2002 article, "A Zero Waste Britain?" a new Greenpeace report, Zero Waste by Robin Murray, charges that integrated waste management has been a failure in the country and is calling on Britain to adopt a zero waste policy.
lists.essential.org /pipermail/rca-news/20020402/000028.html   (1700 words)

  
 March 2002 Military News
On Patrol in Kosovo VOA 12 Mar. 2002-- Some of the 35,000 NATO soldiers stationed in in the Yugoslavian province of Kosovo are getting ready to go on patrol.
TAMILS / PEACE VOA 12 March 2002 -- In Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tiger rebels have rejected American allegations they are indulging in activities that could jeopardize a landmark ceasefire.
AFGHAN-POL VOA 12 March 2002 -- In June, Afghanistan will convene a special kind of grand council to choose an new interim government, which will in turn pave the way for elections.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2002/03/03-12_index.htm   (1290 words)

  
 Larsen B Ice Shelf Breakup (Animation, January - March 2002)
This is a true color animation of the events of January, February, and March 2002 as recorded by NASA's MODIS satellite sensor.
The main collapse is seen in the last two scenes, on 5 March and 7 March, with thousands of sliver icebergs and a large area of very finely divided 'bergy bits' where the shelf formerly lay.
Brownish streaks within the floating chunks mark areas where rocks and morainal debris are exposed from the former underside and interior of the shelf.
nsidc.org /iceshelves/larsenb2002/animation.html   (224 words)

  
 S/RES/1402 (2002) of 30 March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
of 12 March 2002 and the Madrid principles,
Reiterates its demand in resolution 1397 (2002) of 12 March 2002 for an immediate cessation of all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction;
Resolution 1402 (2002) was adopted by a vote of 14 in favour
domino.un.org /UNISPAL.NSF/5ba47a5c6cef541b802563e000493b8c/a6205d0f6a75f92c85256b8e00542b01!OpenDocument   (135 words)

  
 inaminuteago - the blog » 2002 » March   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Blogged under Wisdom of the ages by sharonb on Friday 1 March 2002 at 9:28 pm
Blogged under Wisdom of the ages by sharonb on Sunday 10 March 2002 at 6:21 pm
Blogged under Wisdom of the ages by sharonb on Thursday 21 March 2002 at 6:34 pm
inaminuteago.com /blog/index.php/archives/2002/03   (649 words)

  
 Unemployment rate falls to 5.5 percent - Mar. 8, 2002
About 1.4 million jobs have been lost since March 2001, when a recession, as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research, began.
But it decided to leave rates alone at its first meeting in 2002, and some economists have begun to speculate about when the Fed will start to raise rates again.
Fed policy makers next meet on March 19, and many observers think they will announce after that meeting that their "bias" has changed from worry about economic weakness to a neutral stance.
money.cnn.com /2002/03/08/economy/economy   (1087 words)

  
 MBR: Internet Bookwatch, March 2002
2002 Deluxe Celebrity Address List is a no-nonsense, up-to-date reference of more than 13,000 addresses of movie, television, and sports stars, as well as politicians, authors, models, directors, world leaders, religious figures, and more.
2002 Comic Book Checklist And Price Guide is an authoritative, succinct, thorough, indispensable, and very highly recommended price guide for comic collectors, hobbyists, dealers, and auctioneers seeking to determine a fair price for their product.
In addition to the exhaustive price lists, and informative introduction explains the basics of comic book collecting, as well as the system by which comic books are graded in terms of their quality.
www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/mar_02.htm   (16310 words)

  
 March 2002 Web News
The costs associated with the restructuring will be taken entirely within the company’s fourth quarter ending March 31, 2002.
According to an ASC press release, the company expects the impact on a loss per share basis to be about $0.44 to $0.54 for both the quarter and the year ending March 31.
The company will be recognized March 26, at a 10th Anniversary awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. The Energy Star Award is given to a variety of organizations to recognize their efforts to manufacture or sell products that provide significant cost savings to consumers and help protect the environment.
ecmweb.com /mag/electric_march_web_news/index.html   (3175 words)

  
 Andy MacDonald . Net: March 2002 Archives
He can be contacted at bill.bryant@metrokc.gov if you have questions about plans for the monorail to interact with the bus system.
The next ETC board meeting is the Monday, March 4th in the City Council Chambers.
The Stranger is 10: Just surfed over to The Stranger and saw that they are now ten years old.
www.andy-macdonald.net /archives/2002_03.html   (1336 words)

  
 BrinkLindsey.com: March 2002 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I don’t know, but it was established at the Council of Nicea back in 325 A.D. Early Christians had celebrated Easter during the Jewish Passover, but once the Church became state-sanctioned throughout the Roman Empire courtesy of Constantine, Church fathers moved to separate the Christian calendar from the Jewish one.
Both these asteroids were farther away than the moon--375,000 miles in January, and 288,000 miles in March.
Listening to the answer of the official the interpreter with a blush said that he misinterpreted, adding that the sterilizing temperature was 124 degrees centigrade.
www.brinklindsey.com /archives/2002_03.php   (13468 words)

  
 Linux Magazine - March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Importance of Being Debian Friday, 15 March 2002
One powerful feature is called syntax highlighting; it helps immensely when programming because it provides additional visual clues when editing source code.
Having built a Beowulf cluster using instructions found on the Internet or in popular magazines, some zealous individuals are disgusted to discover that their favorite word processor and spreadsheet packages will not run on their powerful new creation.
www.linux-mag.com /2002-03/toc.html   (864 words)

  
 UTSA's 2001-2002 Administrative Calendar - March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Deadline for international students to apply for undergraduate admission and provide supporting documents for Summer 2002
Deadline for notification to faculty scheduled for 2002 Periodic Performance Evaluation Review and mandatory tenure review
Summer 2002 deadline to file Petition for Reinstatement for graduate students who have been academically dismissed and undergraduate students who have been academically dismissed a second or subsequent time
www.utsa.edu /cal/admin/mar2002.htm   (252 words)

  
 March 2002
Although the nation's top homebuilders say that 70 percent of prospective home buyers want energy-efficient appliances, only half of the builders offer home buyers energy-efficient appliance options, according to the survey results.
The fax and telephone survey of the largest residential homebuilders was conducted by Sears in January 2002.
In all, 54 percent of the homebuilders responded to the survey.
oikos.com /news/2002/03.html   (2296 words)

  
 VISA BULLETIN
Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; the US Immigration and Naturalization Service reports applicants for adjustment of status.
For March, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2002 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows.
Many of these petitions were initially filed in the F2B category but subsequently transferred to First preference upon naturalization of the petitioner.
www.rapidimmigration.com /www/bulletin/2002_March_bulletin.htm   (1230 words)

  
 March 2002 Recalls and Product Safety News
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants consumers to know that as of April 1, 2002, many state and local jurisdictions will require that all propane gas tanks being refilled for consumers to use with their barbecue grills must have a new safety device.
Authorized dealers and distributors sold the security control panels nationwide from November 1998 to March 2001 for between $40 and $260.
The new number, (800) 222-1222, was launched on January 30, 2002.
www.cpsc.gov /cpscpub/prerel/prerelmar02.html   (1795 words)

  
 ESPN.com: MLB - March 2002 Archives
As it happened, no outstanding baseball book was published during the remainder of 2001, which made me feel very good about not only myself, but also mankind in general.
The sidebar lists the players whose official birthdays have changed to the worse in the last month, and that's just the major leaguers.
Barring an unlikely collapse by the Yankees, it means the Red Sox will be fighting the Mariners or Athletics for the wild card, and that's only if Pedro Martinez is healthy enough to start 30 games.
espn.go.com /mlb/s/2002/0301/1343357.html   (8368 words)

  
 antblog: March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
NBC and the World Wrestling Federation plow $100 million into creating the XFL.
The March 17 game between the Birmingham Thunderbolts and the Las Vegas Outlaws scores a 1.6 Nielsen rating, believed to be the lowest ever for any prime-time network program.
Bottling the Stench of Death and Calling It Perfume: Philip Morris also attempts to counter antismoking measures in the Czech Republic by commissioning an economic analysis of the "indirect positive effects" of early deaths -- savings on health care, pensions, welfare, and housing for the elderly.
www.anthonymorales.com /antblog/2002_03_01_archives.html   (577 words)

  
 National Council of Churches Poverty March 2002 -- Introduction
National Council of Churches Poverty March 2002 -- Introduction
In each of these years, we plan to turn the spotlight up extra bright during the month of March, to give us a clear picture of where we are, and where we still need to go.
This special Web section can help outline the issues, sample what is being done now, and provide a glimpse of what is to come, as we initiate this decade of emphasis on poverty.
www.ncccusa.org /poverty   (380 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Computer & Video Games: March Madness 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The annual ritual of March Madness includes dozens of teams, the hottest young players, salivating scouts, chair-hurling coaches, small schools, big schools, cheerleaders, the hopes and dreams of thousands of alumni, and, of course, complete TV coverage.
With March Madness 2002, EA Sports brings its college basketball franchise to the PlayStation2 for another year.
With more than 130 teams included, March Madness 2002 lets you pick your squad, hone your skills, and see if you can survive the rigors of the 64-team tournament all the way to the title.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005UJSA?v=glance   (1081 words)

  
 Clowns protest on Pacific SENTINEL STAFF REPORT March 17, 2002
The Million Clown March was organized by Thunder and friends.
While a few short of the sought-after million, the pack met at Saturn Cafe on Pacific Avenue and marched toward the new Cooper House.
At the conclusion of the march, the clowns piled into three very small cars and repaired to the Boardwalk Bowl for a night of "clowning, drinking and karaoke," according to organizer.
www.santacruzsentinel.com /archive/2002/March/17/local/stories/08local.htm   (397 words)

  
 March, 2002
The excitement began early in his trip, when an unofficial practice session led to a chance meeting with Paul Wylie, who had some very nice things to say about Jay’s skating.
These tests were taken between November, 2001 and February, 2002.
The deadline for submission of articles and photographs for the next issue is June 30, 2002.
www.richmondfsc.com /SOI/0302.htm   (4811 words)

  
 March 2002
The new paper goes further in analysing "the effects and the conditions of population admixture in masking, changing, or even reversing true genetic effects of genes underlying complex traits".
The possible solutions include controlled breeding and progeny testing etc., or doubled haploid trickery (May 2000 #59, Jan 2002 #279), or perhaps even work in silico (Aug 2001 #217).
Marker-based relatedness estimators may come into use for estimating variance components (Aug 2000 #88) and inbreeding (Dec 2001 #269) and for preserving founder diversity in hatcheries (Nov 2001 #261; Jan 2002 #283).
www.genecomp.com /March_2002.htm   (2423 words)

  
 No Such Weblog: March 2002 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This summary covers the DNSO GA mailing list's (and related) discussions and news between March 21, 2002, and March 25, 2002.
This summary covers the DNSO GA mailing list's (and related) discussions and news between March 13, 2002, and March 20, 2002.
Elisabeth Porteneuve pointed out that she believes that an "other donations" item of 9050 USD in 2000 "is a donation for matching funds".
log.does-not-exist.org /archives/2002/03   (2406 words)

  
 March 2002
The Work Truck Show 2002, March 5-8, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. Contact Kristen Simpson, (330) 666-3450.
Missouri Parks and Recreation Association Annual Conference and Exhibit, March 6, Chateau on the Lake, Branson, Mo. Contact David Ostlund, (573)636-3828.
Ontario Parks Association 46th Annual Educational Seminar and Explorations 2002, March 20-21, Hamilton Convention Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
grounds-mag.com /news/grounds_maintenance_march/index.html   (326 words)

  
 ‘DNA computer’ cracks code (March 2002) - News - PhysicsWeb
Leonard Adleman of the University of Southern California in the US and colleagues used different strands of DNA to represent the 20 variables in their problem, which could be the most complex task ever solved without a conventional computer.
The researchers believe that the complexity of the structure of biological molecules could allow DNA computers to outperform their electronic counterparts in future (R Braich et al 2002 Science to appear).
Scientists have previously used DNA computers to crack computational problems with up to nine variables, which involves selecting the correct answer from 512 possible solutions.
physicsweb.org /article/news/6/3/11   (579 words)

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