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Illumina Files Definitive Proxy Materials and Sends Letter to Stockholders06:25 EDT Monday, March 19, 2012 SAN DIEGO (Business Wire) -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, announced today that it filed definitive proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be held on April 18, 2012. Illumina's Board of Directors has also sent a letter urging stockholders to protect the value of their investment by rejecting Roche's unsolicited and opportunistic efforts to acquire Illumina on grossly inadequate terms. The Board recommends that stockholders vote for the election of Illumina's highly qualified nominees on the WHITE proxy card. Included below is the full text of the letter to Illumina stockholders: March 19, 2012 Dear Fellow Stockholder: Your support at this year's Annual Meeting – scheduled for April 18, 2012 – is critical to ensure Illumina can continue to create superior value for you and your fellow stockholders. Roche Holding Ltd – an Illumina competitor with a track record of pursuing hostile acquisitions – is trying to buy Illumina at a low-ball price and capture our future growth and value potential for its own stockholders. Roche has also launched a proxy fight in an attempt to elect its own director nominees to our Board – nominees who are loyal to Roche and who we believe would support Roche's efforts to steal value that rightly belongs to you. Please use the enclosed WHITE PROXY CARD to vote today to protect your investment – by telephone, by Internet, or by signing, dating and returning the enclosed WHITE PROXY CARD in the postage-paid envelope provided. ILLUMINA IS THE CLEAR INNOVATION AND MARKET LEADERIN AN INDUSTRY ON THE VERGE OF EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH Illumina is the clear innovation and market leader in tools for genetic analysis at a time when our industry as a whole – and Illumina in particular – has the potential to experience extraordinary growth. Genetic information is on the verge of being broadly applied beyond molecular biology research into a whole new world of clinical diagnostics and personalized medicine. In short, this market is at a breakthrough point and it's an exciting time to be an Illumina stockholder: genetic sequencing is the future of healthcare, and Illumina is at the forefront of this transformation. Illumina is focused on capturing and realizing the significant growth opportunities for sequencing in emerging new markets, including molecular diagnostics, reproductive health and cancer management, as well as industrial end markets ripe for conversion to next-generation sequencing, such as agricultural biotechnology, veterinary medicine and forensics. Your Board believes that, with Illumina's breadth and depth of platforms, capabilities and expertise, the Company is poised for substantial growth in these new and evolving markets, serving an expanding and diversifying customer base. Illumina is, in fact, delivering today successfully commercialized products to research laboratories and is effectively collaborating with the clinics, hospitals and researchers who are making real the world of next-generation genetic sequencing. ROCHE IS TRYING TO CAPTURE VALUE AT THE EXPENSE OF ILLUMINA STOCKHOLDERS Roche's blatantly opportunistic hostile offer of $44.50 per share for Illumina – a price significantly below where our stock price was only a few months ago – was thoroughly reviewed and considered by our Board of Directors, together with our financial and legal advisors, and was unanimously rejected as grossly inadequate. The Board rejected Roche's offer because it dramatically undervalues Illumina, because it was timed to take advantage of what we believe was a temporary price dip caused by external events, and because it falls far short of the value we believe we can deliver to our stockholders by pursuing our strategic plan. ILLUMINA'S TRACK RECORD OF INNOVATION ANDCREATING STOCKHOLDER VALUE IS RECOGNIZED AS UNIQUE IN THE INDUSTRY We alone have succeeded in a marketplace that has witnessed numerous attempts by others to establish viable sequencing and array businesses, none of which have achieved a similar level of success. In fact, one of the reasons Roche is desperate to acquire Illumina is that Roche's own efforts in our market have severely disappointed. In contrast, Illumina has driven revenue increases at a compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of 83%, and over the past five years, our earnings per share ("EPS") has increased at a CAGR of 26%.ILLUMINA'S INNOVATION AND EFFECTIVE EXECUTION DELIVERS GROWTH…AND THIS IS ONLY JUST THE BEGINNING Illumina has demonstrated an unrivaled track record of industry-leading innovation, superior operational performance, financial discipline and execution over a period of many years. Since 2002, we have delivered nine platforms to market, generating a 1,129% return for our stockholders over the 10-year period ending in January 2012. We have invested in R&D, driven innovation, commercialized our products, and reduced the costs and time required for genetic sequencing far more effectively than any of our competitors. And we're only just beginning – we are more excited about our current product development pipeline than ever. YOUR BOARD IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUINGTO ACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ILLUMINA STOCKHOLDERS We are seeking your support to re-elect to the Illumina Board the highly qualified and experienced directors whose brief biographical summaries are listed in the attached addendum: A. Blaine Bowman; Karin Eastham; Jay T. Flatley, President and CEO; and William H. Rastetter, Chairman. Our Board nominees are accomplished executives and experts in their fields, and they are all fully committed to acting in your best interests. We urge you to support them. Your vote is critical to ensuring that Illumina can continue to expand our market leadership, propel our growth and deliver value for your benefit. YOUR BOARD IS BETTER POSITIONED TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTSTHAN ROCHE'S HAND-PICKED NOMINEES Despite Illumina's rejection of Roche's grossly inadequate offer, Roche has launched a proxy fight to try to seize control of your Board with its own, hand-picked nominees in a "board-packing" scheme. If successful, Roche's scheme would remove our CEO and three independent, experienced and highly qualified directors – including our Chairman – from Illumina's Board. Roche's paid nominees – most of whom have been associated with Roche's previous hostile acquisitions – are, in our view, only being put forward by Roche to support Roche's hostile offer to acquire Illumina at the lowest possible price. We strongly urge you to reject Roche's proposals and its efforts to seize control of your Board, and to protect your interests by voting and returning the WHITE PROXY CARD today.YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT – PLEASE VOTE THE WHITE PROXY CARD TODAY! Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you have the opportunity to protect your investment by promptly voting the WHITE PROXY CARD. We urge you to vote by telephone, by Internet, or by signing, dating and returning the enclosed WHITE PROXY CARD in the postage-paid envelope provided. On behalf of the Board of Directors, we thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to continuing to deliver outstanding value to you in the future. William H. Rastetter, Ph.D. Jay T. Flatley Chairman President and CEO Your Vote Is Important, No Matter How Many Shares You Own. If you have questions about how to vote your shares on the WHITE proxy card, or need additional assistance, please contact the firm assisting us in the solicitation of proxies: INNISFREE M&A INCORPORATED Stockholders Call Toll-Free: (888) 750-5835 Banks and Brokers Call Collect: (212) 750-5833 IMPORTANT We urge you NOT to sign any Gold proxy card sent to you by Roche. YOUR BOARD IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TOACT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ILLUMINA STOCKHOLDERS We are seeking your support to re-elect our highly qualified and experienced directors to the Illumina Board at the upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders: A. Blaine Bowman has been a director since January 2007. Mr. Bowman was formerly Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director of Dionex Corporation, which was acquired in 2011 by Thermo Fisher Scientific. Mr. Bowman retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dionex in 2002 and as Chairman of the Board in 2005. Before joining Dionex, Mr. Bowman was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and a product engineer with Motorola Semiconductor Products Division. Mr. Bowman currently serves as a director of ProteinSimple (formerly Cell Biosciences), and previously served as a director of Solexa, which was acquired by Illumina in 2007, and Molecular Devices until its sale in 2007. A highly respected industry veteran, Mr. Bowman's leadership experience and understanding of highly technical manufacturing processes have enabled him to provide valuable perspectives to the Board. Karin Eastham, CPA, has been a director since July 2004. Ms. Eastham currently provides consulting and executive coaching to companies in the healthcare industry in addition to serving on the boards of directors for several life science companies, including Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Geron Corporation and Trius, Inc. Ms. Eastham also served as a director of Genoptix, Inc., which was acquired by Novartis in 2011. Ms. Eastham previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research. From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Eastham served as Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Diversa Corporation. She also previously held similar positions with CombiChem, Inc. and Cytel Corporation. Earlier, Ms. Eastham held several positions, including Vice President, Finance, at Boehringer Mannheim Corporation. The depth and breadth of Ms. Eastham's skillset, including her corporate finance and accounting expertise and significant clinical experience, have further equipped the Board in making strategic decisions regarding the long-term growth of the Company. Jay T. Flatley was appointed President and CEO of Illumina in 1999. He has taken the Company from $1.3 million in sales in 2000 to over $1 billion in 2011. Mr. Flatley oversaw the Company's expansion into the whole genome sequencing area with the acquisition of Solexa in 2006 and more recently into diagnostics and consumer sequencing. Mr. Flatley was co-founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Molecular Dynamics, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed life sciences company focused on genetic discovery and analysis, from 1994 until its sale to Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Inc. in 1998. Mr. Flatley has been an integral part of Illumina's success and has been instrumental in driving the Company's strategy and operations over the past thirteen years. William H. Rastetter, Ph.D. has been a director since November 1998 and Chairman of the Board since January 2005. Dr. Rastetter has been a partner at Venrock, a venture capital firm, since 2006. He retired as the Executive Chairman of Biogen Idec Inc. at the end of 2005. He had served in this position since the merger of Biogen and IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation in 2003; he was a founder of IDEC in 1986 and served as the Company's CEO until 2003. Currently, Dr. Rastetter also serves as the Chairman of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., Chairman of Receptos, Inc., and Chairman of Fate Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Rastetter has vast experience overseeing fast-growing biotechnology businesses and has provided significant contributions to Illumina over the last fourteen years on the Board. In addition, Dr. Rastetter has been instrumental to the development and launch of some of the most successful targeted therapies in the industry, such as Rituxan. Your vote is important.WE URGE YOU TO SIGN AND RETURN the enclosed WHITE PROXY CARD for Illumina's four nominees today.FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This communication may contain statements that are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in any forward-looking statements are (i) our ability to develop and commercialize further our sequencing, BeadArray™, VeraCode®, Eco™, and consumables technologies and to deploy new sequencing, genotyping, gene expression, and diagnostics products and applications for our technology platforms, (ii) our ability to manufacture robust instrumentation and consumables, (iii) significant uncertainty concerning government and academic research funding worldwide as governments in the United States and Europe, in particular, focus on reducing fiscal deficits while at the same time confronting slowing economic growth, (iv) business disruptions associated with the tender offer commenced by CKH Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Roche Holding Ltd, and (v) other factors detailed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our most recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, or in information disclosed in public conference calls, the date and time of which are released beforehand. Illumina undertakes no obligation, and does not intend, to update these forward-looking statements. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT This communication does not constitute an offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. In response to the tender offer commenced by CKH Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Roche Holding Ltd, Illumina has filed a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF ILLUMINA ARE URGED TO READ THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC (WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE) CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of these documents and other documents filed with the SEC by Illumina (when they become available) through the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. 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Draft Budget to be Presented March 31
A draft of the 2015-16 budget will be presented during the Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday, March 31. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the high school library. View the agenda
ABC Women's Self Defense Class to Be Held at ICHS April 21
(March 27, 2015) Ichabod Crane Central School District will host ABC Women's Self Defense Class on Tuesday, April 21 from 6-9 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. The program is being offered in cooperation with the Columbia County Sheriff's Department. View the flyer
ICHS Student Artwork Selected for Questar III High School Art Exhibit
(March 26, 2015) Artworks by three Ichabod Crane High School students have been selected for the 26th Annual Questar III Juried High School Art Exhibit. Congratulations to Samuel Paradise, Margaret Richards and Melanie VanAlphen. The exhibit will be on display at The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy from March 27 through April 18, 2015 with an opening reception scheduled for Tuesday, March 31 from 5 -7 pm. Learn More
Nominating Petitions to Run for the Board of Education Available
Petitions are due no later than April 20 at 5 p.m.
(March 24, 2015) Ichabod Crane Central School District announces petitions for candidates for the Board of Education are currently available. Petitions are obtained through the District Clerk, Mindy Potts, in the Central Office, located in the High School Building, 2910 Route 9, Valatie. Such petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the school district, shall be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election of the members of the school board, whichever is greater. Completed petitions are due back to the District Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 20, 2015.
The three (3) vacancies to be filled on the Board of Education are for three (3) year terms as the terms of Barbara-anne Johnson-Heimroth, Bruce Naramore and Jeffrey Ouellette will expire June 30, 2015. Learn More
Zumbathon Fundraiser for Relay for Life April 18
(March 24, 2015) Come out and support the Crane Campaign Relay for Life team on Saturday, April 18 from 2-4pm at the Primary School for the Zumbathon. $10 minimum donation. Every dollar raised will go to the Columbia-Greene Relay for Life. View the flyer
Four ICC Winter Sports Teams Earn NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete Team Awards
(March 24, 2015) Congratulations to Ichabod Crane High School's girls and boys varsity basketball and indoor track teams for being named by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association as Scholar-Athlete teams this winter.
In order to qualify as a scholar athlete team, the team must hold a collective GPA of 90 or better with at least the minimum amount of students required by NYSPHSAA. The number of students required to meet this standard varies by team but always represents a majority of its athletes. Congratulations Riders!
ICC 6th Grade Students Participate in Twin County Science Expo, Place 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th
(March 24, 2015) Eight Ichabod Crane Middle School students presented their projects at the 17th annual Twin Counties Science Expo at Columbia-Greene Community College on Saturday, March 21. Congratulations to the following students who received the opportunity to present their projects after being selected by their teachers, following the local Science Fair at the middle school on March 3: Tismark Boham: Butter vs. Banana In a Cookie: Which Is Better?, 1st place; Jack DiGrigoli and Coltin Luckfield: Here We Go Loop De Loop, 2nd place; Nicholas Gould: Aerodynamic Drag: Which Shape goes faster?, 3rd place; Dantès Tapler: The Effect Temperature has on the Strength of a Magnet, 4th place; Austin Zlomek: Popcorn Pop Off; and Emma Brusie and Kailey Switzer: Focus. Learn More
ICHS Students Compete in SkillsUSA Competition
(March 23, 2015) Ichabod Crane High School students who attend Questar III's Career and Technical Education classes competed in the SkillsUSA competition on March 18. Congratulations to Wesley Knichel (2nd place, Job Interview), Jacob Mabb (third place, Welding) and Morgan Knott (5th place, Junior Cosmetology)! Learn more here.
Work of ICHS Art Students Selected for Art in 3-Dimensions Student Art Show
(March 17, 2015) Five Ichabod Crane High School art students will have their artwork on display at the Annual Juried Art Exhibition entitled, Art in Three Dimensions, sponsored by the Capital Area Art Supervisors and Mohonasen High School. Congratulations to Ceramics and Sculpture students Mary Bartkus (Grade 10), Allison Futia (Grade 12), Hayley Goold (Grade 12), Kayla Rose (Grade 12), Angelina Yearwood (Grade 12). Learn More
Two ICC Teams Advance to Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament April 11
(March 9, 2015) Seven teams represented Ichabod Crane this year in the Region 4 Odyssey of the Mind Tournament held on Saturday, March 7 at the Averill Park Central School District. Two of our teams won first place and will go on to compete in the state tournament on Saturday, April 11 at Binghamton State University. Learn More
Board Approves 2015-16 School Calendar
(March 4, 2015) The ICC Board of Education approved next year's school calendar at its meeting on March 3. Download the Calendar
ICC Students' Artwork on Display at Empire State Plaza
(March 4, 2015) Thirty (30) artworks from Ichabod Crane CSD have been selected for display at the sixth annual K-8 Empire State Plaza Art Collection Exhibit which takes place March 1-22. This event is a one of a kind, as it is the only Capital Region exhibition for K-8 students. It is an opportunity for students to showcase how their art was inspired by artwork from the Empire State Plaza Collection. Learn More
ICC Students Selected to Participate in All County Music Festival March 4 & 6
(March 3, 2015) Over 80 students from Ichabod Crane District-wide Music Department have been selected to participate in the second of three Columbia County Music Educators Association (CCMEA) All County Music Festivals. This All County Music Festival, which will be hosted by the Taconic Hills Central School District, on Wednesday, March 4 & Friday, March 6, include Elementary Band, Junior Chorus & Senior Band. The all county experience culminates in a concert in the Taconic Hills Jr/Sr High School auditorium on Friday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open to the public at 7 p.m. This event is free. Learn More
Transportation Requests for Non-Public School Students Due April 1, 2015
(Feb. 24, 2015) Ichabod Crane Central School District has the Requests For Transportation to a "Non-Public School" available to residents who are planning to enroll their children in a NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL for the 2015-2016 school year. However, a child must reside within 15 miles of the non-public school in order to qualify for Ichabod Crane bus transportation from home to school. Non-Public School Transportation Request forms must be submitted no later than April 1, 2015. Learn More
ICC Grad Mariela Jacome Makes Ecuadorean Women's National Team for Chance at World Cup
(Feb. 22, 2015) ICC 2014 Grad Mariela Jacome, who plays soccer for St. John's University, has made the Ecuadorean Women's National Team that's going to the World Cup! She'll be on the team for the next 3 months and then has to make the 22 woman roster for the official World Cup this summer! Congrats Mariela! Learn More
ICHS Student Artwork Selected for C-GCC's 19th Annual Juried Art Show
(Feb. 17, 2015) Artwork from two of Ichabod Crane High School's senior art students were selected for Columbia-Greene Community College's 19th Annual Juried Art Show for high school students, from Jan. 27 to Feb. 27, in the Foundation Gallery in the campus Arts Center. Congratulations to Meghan Tretheway from Photoshop class taught by Gayle Himmelstein and Kyra Scott from Advanced Ceramics and Sculpture class taught by Laura Cannamela. Kyra won an Honorable Mention Award at the reception on Jan. 29. Learn More
ICC Snow Days Gone
(Feb. 13, 2015) Ichabod Crane CSD has used the five snow days that have been allotted for the 2014-15 school year. If we need to use any additional days due to the weather, school will be in session during April break, starting with Friday, April 10 and continuing in the order April 9, 8, 7, 6. A letter from the superintendent was sent home with students on Feb. 13. Read the letter
ICHS Music Students Participate in All County Jazz Festival
(Feb. 13, 2015) Seven students from Ichabod Crane High School were selected to participate in the first of three Columbia County Music Educators Association (CCMEA) All County Festivals. The All County Jazz Festival was held at the New Lebanon Central School District on Wednesday, February 4 and Friday, February 6. Congratulations to the following students who participated in intense after school rehearsal with students selected from the other schools in Columbia County: All County Vocal Jazz Ensemble – Samantha Hesler, Lars Schertel and Marissa Vecellio; All County Instrumental Jazz Ensemble – Jake Barrett, Ben L'Ecuyer, Brendon Murdie and Eric Papas. Learn More
ICHS Student Artwork Selected for High School Regional Juried Art Exhibition at Esther Massry Gallery at the College of St. Rose
(February 12, 2015) The Ichabod Crane Central School District Art Department is pleased to announce that nine artworks by Ichabod Crane High School art students have been selected for the 16th Annual Regional HS Juried Exhibition being held this year at the Esther Massry Gallery of the College of St. Rose, 1002 Madison Avenue, Albany. The exhibit kicks off Thursday, Feb. 12 with a reception and awards and continues through February 25. Congratulations to the following students who will have their work on display: Abigail Beckman, Allison Futia, Angelina Yearwood, Hannah DeWeerd, Kyle Patzwahl, Lyric Johnson, Meaghan Tretheway and Sanford Fels. Learn More
Superintendent Calls on Governor to Release State Aid Runs
NYSCOSS provides tool for community members to help
(Feb. 6, 2015) Education leaders and groups are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to release the proposed state aid runs for the 2015-16 fiscal year that are necessary to school districts as they look to develop their school budgets for next year. Ichabod Crane Central Schools Superintendent George Zini sent a letter to the Governor on Feb. 5, 2015 requesting he release the state aid runs that have historically been issued by now.
Read Superintendent George Zini's Letter to the Governor Calling on the Release of State Aid Runs
NYS Educational Conference Board Calls on Governor to Release State Aid Runs
In addition, we are sharing a tool (widget) the New York State Council of School Superintendents has provided so board members, teachers, and community members who wish to send a note to their legislators and the Governor calling for release of the aid formula and runs can do so. Click here
ICC Board Approves Alternative Veterans' Exemption at Basic Level & Gold Star Parent Provision
(Feb. 5, 2015) At its meeting on February 3, the Ichabod Crane Board of Education voted to approve the Alternative Veterans' Tax Exemption at the basic maximum exemption levels as defined by the Real Property Tax Law §458. The exemption would be applied to the 2015-16 fiscal year, for school property tax bills this coming fall. Learn More
District Receives Positive Fiscal Report by State Comptroller
(Jan. 29, 2015) New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli released a Fiscal Stress Monitoring System report for public schools statewide today. This is the second year the Comptroller's Office has issued the report and the second year Ichabod Crane (listed as Kinderhook) is classified as "no designation," having earned a fiscal stress score of 6.7 percent out of 100 percent. Learn MorE
Check Out the Spring Adult Education Program Offerings!
(Jan. 8, 2015) The Adult Education program is offering the following this spring: Five Hour Pre-Licensing Course (Feb., April and May sessions), Basketweaving (March 10 & 17), Papercrafting -- Birthday Cards (March 10), All Occassion Cards (April 14), Masculine Cards (April 21) and Floral Cards (May 5), Classic Core Conditioning & Zumba (classes for both started but you can still register), Zumba Gold (starting Feb. 24) and a basketball program. Please visit the Adult Education page for the brochure and registration form.
Kindergarten Registration for Fall 2015
(Jan. 6, 2015) In May, the Primary School will be conducting registration and screening for those students entering Kindergarten in September, 2015. In order to be eligible to enter Kindergarten this fall, a student must be five (5) years of age on or before December 1, 2015 and be a resident within the Ichabod Crane School District. Learn More
ICC Walking Program at the High School
Beginning Nov. 10, the Ichabod Crane Central School District will once again open up the high school for adult members of the community to walk the corridors for exercise. Access to the high school will be limited to Monday through Friday from 5-9 p.m. and will only be open when school is in session. If school is closed, the walking program is canceled for that day.


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World Theatre Day
Today is World Theatre Day and this year marks the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day, created to celebrate the power of theatre to strengthen cultural exchange and mutual understanding across borders.
Each year, a renowned theater artist of world stature is invited by the International Theatre Institute to craft and deliver an international message. Past World Theatre Day messengers include Jean Cocteau, Judi Dench, Vaclav Havel, Peter Brook, Pablo Neruda and Arthur Miller. This year's messenger was an than American actor, director and producer John Malkovich.
He delivered his message at UNESCO on March 22, at an event co-sponsored by the U.S. Mission to UNESCO.
2012 World Theatre Day Message
" I'm honored to have been asked by the International Theatre Institute ITI at UNESCO to give this greeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day. I will address my brief remarks to my fellow theatre workers, peers and comrades.
May your work be compelling and original. May it be profound, touching, contemplative, and unique. May it help us to reflect on the question of what it means to be human, and may that reflection be blessed with heart, sincerity, candor, and grace. May you overcome adversity, censorship, poverty and nihilism, as many of you will most certainly be obliged to do. May you be blessed with the talent and rigor to teach us about the beating of the human heart in all its complexity, and the humility and curiosity to make it your life's work. And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, " how do we live?" Godspeed."
- John Malkovich
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Today is World Water Day.
World Water Day has been observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as World Day for Water.
This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Observance began in 1993 and has grown significantly ever since; for the general public to show support, it is encouraged for the public to not use their taps throughout the whole day, the day has become a popular Facebook trend.
The UN and its member nations devote this day to implementing UN recommendations and promoting concrete activities within their countries regarding the world's water resources. Each year, one of various UN agencies involved in water issues takes the lead in promoting and coordinating international activities for World Water Day. Since its inception in 2003, UN-Water has been responsible for selecting the theme, messages and lead UN agency for the World Day for Water.
In addition to the UN member states, a number of NGOs promoting clean water and sustainable aquatic habitats have used World Day for Water as a time to focus public attention on the critical water issues of our era. Every three years since 1997, for instance, the World Water Council has drawn thousands to participate in its World Water Forum during the week of World Day for Water. Participating agencies and NGOs have highlighted issues such as a billion people being without access to safe water for drinking and the role of gender in family access to safe water. In 2003,2006 and 2009, the UN World Water Development Report was launched on the occasion of the World Water Day. The fourth Report is expected to be released around 22 March 2012.
2012's theme is " Water and Food Security: The World is Thirsty Because We are Hungry"
Coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The visual identity and communication campaign is by UN-Water.
On the occasion of 2012 World Water Day, the ICRC is calling attention to the water-related challenges faced by civilians caught up in fighting.
Here's a poem for this day: " A Waterless Judgement Day-Is Near At Hand" by Michael Gale
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First Day of Spring & World Storytelling Day
Today is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, when the earth's axis is aligned with the center of the sun.
The word equinox comes from Latin: aequus means equal, level, or calm; nox means night, or darkness. The equinox, in spring or fall, is a time when the day and night are as close to equal as they ever are, and when the hours of night are exactly equal for people living equidistant from the equator either north or south.
" Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today; / And give us not to think so far away / As the uncertain harvest; keep us here / All simply in the springing of the year."
" A Prayer in Spring" by Robert Frost
Today is also the World Storytelling Day, a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling.
It is celebrated every year on the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, the first day of autumn equinox in the southern. On World Storytelling Day, as many people as possible tell and listen to stories in as many languages and at as many places as possible, during the same day and night. Participants tell each other about their events in order to share stories and inspiration, to learn from each other and create international contacts.
The significance in the event lies in the fact that it is the first global celebration of storytelling of its kind, and has been important in forging links between storytellers often working far apart from each other. It has also been significant in drawing public and media attention to storytelling as an art form.
World Storytelling Day has its roots in a national day for storytelling in Sweden, circa 1991-2. At that time, an event was organized for March 20 in Sweden called " Alla berättares dag" (All storytellers day) . The Swedish national storytelling network passed out some time after, but the day stayed alive, celebrated around the country by different enthusiasts. In 1997, storytellers in Perth, Western Australia coordinated a five-week long Celebration of Story, commemorating March 20 as the International Day of Oral Narrators. At the same time, in Mexico and other South American countries, March 20 was already celebrated as the National Day of Storytellers.
Each year, many of the individual storytelling events that take place around the globe are linked by a common theme. Each year, the theme is identified by and agreed upon by storytellers from around the world using the WSD listserve. This years theme is: Trees
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Today is St. Patrick's Day. It is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated on 17 March. It commemorates Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461) , the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. It is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland) , the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official feast day in the early seventeenth century, and has gradually become a celebration of Irish culture in general.
The day is generally characterised by the attendance of church services, wearing of green attire and the lifting of Lenten restrictions on eating, and drinking alcohol, which is often proscribed during the rest of the season.
Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador and in Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora, especially in places such as Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand, among others. Today, St. Patrick's Day is probably the most widely celebrated saint's day in the world.
Here's a poem for this day: " St Patrick's Day" by Francis Duggan
Above the fields by her old home the dawn breaks cold and gray
And the peace of the morning is disturbed when the brown donkey bray
But she doesn't think of her Homeland thousands of miles away
As she walks home up from the beach on the feast of St Patrick's day.
Happy St Patrick's Day!
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Today is International Women's Day (IWD)
Originally called International Working Women's Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.
Activists across the globe are drawing attention to a variety of concerns, including discriminatory laws, the high rate of pregnancy-related deaths in many parts of the world, the skewed sex ratio in China and India, the disproportionately high number of women who are killed and victimized by wars, the comparatively heavier burden of poverty on women, and the continuing disparity between men and women in terms of the quality of available employment and wages received.
The United Nation theme for International Women's Day 2012 is Empower Women – End Hunger and Poverty.
Healthcare, education, gender inequality and limited access to credit, have posed a number of challenges for rural women. It is estimated that 60 percent of chronically hungry people are women and girls.
More facts and Figures on Rural Women on UN site
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Here's a poem for this day: Women's Rights by Annie Louisa Walker
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Today is International Mother Language Day. This day is an observance held annually on 21 February worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It was first announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999. Its observance was also formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution establishing 2008 as the International Year of Languages.
International Mother Language Day originated as the international recognition of Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) since 1952, when a number of students including the students of the University of Dhaka were killed by the Pakistani police in Dhaka during Bengali Language Movement protests.
It is estimated that nearly half of the approximately 6,000 languages spoken in the world could die out by the end of the century, with 96 percent of these languages spoken by a mere 4 percent of the world's population.
UNESCO sets the theme for each International Mother Language Day and holds related events at its headquarters in Paris on or around 21 February each year.
A poem for Mother Language Day Our Mother Tongue by Jose Rizal
If truly a people dearly love
The tongue to them by Heaven sent,
They'll surely yearn for liberty
Like a bird above in the firmament.
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More about International Mother Language Day on UNESCO website
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Today is the World Day of Social Justice.
This is a day recognizing the need to promote efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion and unemployment. The United Nations General Assembly has decided to observe 20 February annually, starting in 2009, as the World Day of Social Justice.
As recognized by the World Summit, social development aims at social justice, solidarity, harmony and equality within and among countries and social justice, equality and equity constitute the fundamental values of all societies. To achieve "a society for all" governments made a commitment to the creation of a framework for action to promote social justice at national, regional and international levels. They also pledged to promote the equitable distribution of income and greater access to resources through equity and equality and opportunity for all. The governments recognized as well that economic growth should promote equity and social justice and that "a society for all" must be based on social justice and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Here is a poem for this day: The Lovers of the Poor by Gwendolyn Brooks
arrive. The Ladies from the Ladies' Betterment League
Arrive in the afternoon, the late light slanting
In diluted gold bars across the boulevard brag
Of proud, seamed faces with mercy and murder hinting
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Today is the birtday of Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642)
He was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the father of modern observational astronomy, the father of modern physics, the father of science, and the Father of Modern Science.
Galileo was an astronomer and mathematician, but his discoveries also affected creative realms during the Renaissance. His astronomical discoveries challenged philosophy; his mathematics gave realistic perspective to artists. These innovations challenged the literary community to seek improvement as well.
Galileo in artistic and popular media
Galileo is mentioned several times in the opera section of the Queen song, Bohemian Rhapsody. He features prominently in the song Galileo performed by the Indigo Girls.
Twentieth-century plays have been written on Galileo's life, including Life of Galileo (1943) by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht, with a film adaptation (1975) of it, and Lamp At Midnight (1947) by Barrie Stavis, as well as the 2008 play Galileo Galilei.
Kim Stanley Robinson wrote a science fiction novel entitled Galileo's Dream (2009) , in which Galileo is brought into the future to help resolve a crisis of scientific philosophy; the story moves back and forth between Galileo's own time and a hypothetical distant future.
A poem for the astronomer: When I Heard the Learned Astronomer by Walt Whitman
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide,
and measure them,
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Happy Birthday Galileo Galilei!
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Today is World Wetlands Day
On February 2,1971, countries around the world came together and signed the Convention on Wetlands (an Intergovernmental Treaty) - the first ecologically focused convention – Ramsar, Iran. Since then,160 countries have signed the Treaty and 1,911 wetland sites have been designated as Wetlands of International Importance.
To learn more about what people all over the world are doing to celebrate World Wetlands Day, log on to www.ramsar.org.
And here is a poem for this day:
Homer's Hymn To The Earth: Mother Of All by Percy Bysshe Shelley
O universal Mother, who dost keep
From everlasting thy foundations deep,
Eldest of things, Great Earth, I sing of thee!
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
27 January, is an international memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust, the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of 6 million European Jews,2 million Gypsies (Roma and Sinti) ,15,000 homosexual people and millions of others by the Nazi regime.
27 January is the date, in 1945, when the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated by Soviet troops.
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After Auschwitz by Anne Sexton
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About the ManufacturerCardinal Gates has been dedicated to making homes safer since 1992. Over the years the company has expanded from the original Hearth Guard to a full line of gates and protective products for children and pets. As the gold standard in their industry, they are driven by a strong belief that they are the best on the market in terms of safety, ease of installation, attractiveness and durability. As innovators in the field of child safety products, they design all of their products and own a variety of patents on their gates and safety pads. These products are carefully inspected by hand in Newnan, Georgia, ensuring that each item meets their exceptionally high standards before shipping. Additionally, all of their gates are rigorously tested to earn the seal of certification by the Juvenile Protection Manufacturers Association.
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Well made product that does a great job of keeping the nosy pups from wandering in the not allowed zone of our home. The lower height is great, I can step over it but my small dogs can't jump it. The only negative is I ordered a walnut finish and its more like a mahogany finish, other wise I really like it
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This is great to keep our shih tzu puppy from getting onto the carpet. We didn't want to put holes n the wall and this was perfect.
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Perfect for keeping small dogs in an area. But just wish the wood that makes it stand on it own needs to be a bit sturdier
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I bought this gate and was really excited when it came in the mail. However it all went down hill from there. The instructions were awful! It's was not as intuitive to put together as you would think. The gate is extremely light and within a couple hours my dog figured out that she could move it open with her nose. Then my son accidentally kicked the gate while stepping over it and the wood leg snapped off. I couldn't believe that this expensive gate didn't even last 24 hours in my house. Do not buy this gate. It's a waste of money!
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Ashley Howell from Indianapolis, IN – Verified Buyer
I ordered it in "walnut" and it is cherry colored or even darker. It is burgundy. It works well and is light-weight to pick up and move aside when you want to go through. It is not ideal for stepping over if placing at the base or top of stairs which is where we need it. I was able to secure the feet with screws that I had around the house- very easy to screw in to the holes provided.
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i love it has a beautifull desaing and work very well is not heave so i can change it very easy and fast
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Needed it to keep the dogs out of the basement, works great! Is good quality also, love the white
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I currently own two boy Pomeranians that I prefer to keep confined to one end of the house when I'm unable to watch them due to the fact that one is a 4 month old puppy. I bought this gate because my other one was taller, bulkier and easily knocked over by the cats jumping over it. We replaced banged up woodwork two weeks ago and I wanted a gate that had feet and loved the fact this one was shorter. That IS the greatest part about the product; it's ALOT easier to step over than my old one. However, it's somewhat confusing/difficult to put together, is fairly lightweight and the feet are not secured to the gate itself. I move the gate when the Poms are not out and about and the feet fall off every time. It's very obnoxious and I'll probably end up gluing them on. Overall it's not enough product to merit the price tag and I probably would not have bought it knowing what I know now.
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Very nice product, paint is really of good quality, seems quite sturdy and keeps dogs on porch where we want them to stay.
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My 11 lb shin tzu figured out how to push it open within an hour and climb over it within 5 days--a complete waste of money
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First of all, a big thanks to Shack (EEEEEEEEE!) for taking a pass on this assignment. Or, as he put it, "I have no intention of attending a performance of the American Idol tour any more than I intend to chop off my toes and swallow them whole." (If you are arriving after intermission, read his, because he's like Sean Connery, and I'm sort of the equivalent of George Lazenby.)
So Baby Jebus got to go to Lawn Guyland for the Missed-New-York-City-by-about-forty-miles stop of the American Idol Live! Tour. Several weeks of phoning and faxing for press credentials finally brought the response: "We are unable to accomodate [sic] wire/Internet service requests." So I shelled out approximately $460 dollars ($35 for ticket, $300 Ticketmonster handling charge, $24 facilities fee, $18 West Nile virus prevention tax, $47 snarkage, $6.84 Star Wars defense system surtax, $16 flu shot, and $13.20 lacrosse tax) for a floor seat at Nassau Coliseum to see in person ten people I'd seen for free on the cool fire all summer. About 18,000 other people joined me.
Long lines stretched from metal barriers all around the arena; the crowd seemed heavy on the under-sixteen girls, frequently in packs, either with their moms or dropped off by their moms. There were a few dads. Bless them. I had a dad like that.
Inside, the concourse was lined with souvenir stands and wandering vendors, offering everything from American Idol glowsticks ($5), to glossies of all the finalists, to color programs ($20) in which a printed enclosure explained that A.J. was really EJay, regardless of the names under their pictures. There were teddy bears and posters, keychains, and other tchotchkes (but I already have my Idol Tubey coffee cup, so I'm good to go). There were many different shirts, with Kelly, or Justin, or all their headshots in orbit around the blue neon AI logo.
Lots more of the faithful had made their own shirts. About three rows ahead of me was a posse of about eight girls, all in shades, each of whom wore a glitter AMERICAN IDOL HARDCORE FAN shirt, with their favorite's name on the back (three Justins, four Kellys, one Tamyra). The floor seats were rows of folding chairs on the cement floor of the arena. The boards separating the rink area from the in-the-round seating showed the scars of a lot of hockey contact. Many flags commemorating famous NY Islanders hung in the rafters. Also one for Billy Joel.
Just ahead of me, one under-ten who'd hung two glowsticks in her hair recounted to her father the virtues of the various Js. Dad seemed glad they were selling alcohol. Her older sibling was too cool for school with what looked liked Kool-Aid blue streaks in his hair. The number of little boys in attendance surprised me.