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Contemplating Cats

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast."

~ Anonymous

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this."

~ Anonymous

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow."

~ Jeff Valdez

"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats."

~ English proverb

"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat."

~ Ellen Perry Berkeley

"One cat just leads to another."

~ Ernest Hemingway

"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later."

~ Mary Bly

"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia."

~ Joseph Wood Krutch

"People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life."

~ Faith Resnick

"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats."

~ Anonymous

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."

~ Hippolyte Taine

"No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me."

~ Unknown

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."

~ Albert Schweitzer

"The cat has too much spirit to have no heart."

~ Ernest Menaul

"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God."

~ Anonymous

"Time spent with cats is never wasted."

~ Colette

"Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well."

~ Missy Dizick

"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats."

~ Colonial American proverb

"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want."

~ Joseph Wood Krutch

"I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic."

~ Anonymous

"My husband said it was him or the cat... I miss him sometimes."

~ Anonymous

"Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit."

~ Anonymous

International Literacy Day – Literacy and Peace

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By Terry Orr

“Education brings sustainability to all the development goals, and literacy is the foundation of all learning. It provides individuals with the skills to understand the world and shape it, to participate in democratic processes and have a voice, and also to strengthen their cultural identity. “

Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General

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Literacy is a human right, a tool of personal empowerment and a means for social and human development. Educational opportunities depend on literacy.

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Literacy is at the heart of basic education for all, and essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, curbing population growth, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy. There are good reasons why literacy is at the core of Education for All (EFA).

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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~ Chinese Proverb

A good quality basic education equips pupils with literacy skills for life and further learning; literate parents are more likely to send their children to school; literate people are better able to access continuing educational opportunities; and literate societies are better geared to meet pressing development.

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According to International Reading Association, more than 780 million of the world’s adults (nearly two-thirds of whom are women) do not know how to read or write, and between 94 and 115 million children lack access to education.

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No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. ~ Confucius

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Things we can do to help:

• Read a book to a child
• Have a child read a book to an adult
• Take a professional development course
• Join a social media platform – Linked In, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
• Write a letter to an old friend – the snail mail way!
• Share this list with friends and coworkers – and dare them to take the challenge!
• Play a game of Scrabble
• Look up and learn a new word (and continue to do so every day for a month!)
• Use a new form of technology (Smartphone, self‐serve checkout, etc.)

“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying, or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good.” ~ Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471)

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I cannot live without books. ~ Thomas Jefferson

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A library is a hospital for the mind. ~ Anonymous

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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island. ~ Walt Disney

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References and Links:

http://www.reading.org/general/conferences/InternationalLiteracyDay.aspx

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/

http://www.bookaid.org/get-involved/events/international-literacy-day/

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-156.html

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