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		<title>Comment on Announcing STELLAA Blog Tour 2012 by anne</title>
		<link>http://stellaa.org/blog/news/announcing-stellaa-blog-tour-2012/#comment-498</link>
		<dc:creator>anne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Literacy introduces you to fascinating worlds, ideas and allows us to explore and learn.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on Announcing STELLAA Blog Tour 2012 by Jocelyn</title>
		<link>http://stellaa.org/blog/news/announcing-stellaa-blog-tour-2012/#comment-495</link>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading and literacy are incredibly important. They can save lives. Reading for pleasure is an escape into the imagination, a world of play, of adventure, of comfort. Reading can also lead to change within communities, and can lead to new opportunities, and bring resources into communities.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading and literacy are incredibly important. They can save lives. Reading for pleasure is an escape into the imagination, a world of play, of adventure, of comfort. Reading can also lead to change within communities, and can lead to new opportunities, and bring resources into communities.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Announcing STELLAA Blog Tour 2012 by Victoria Zumbrum</title>
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		<dc:creator>Victoria Zumbrum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think reading and literacy is very important. I think everyone should know how to read.  Reading opens so many doors to people and allows you to use your imagination and learn so much.  There is no end to what you can imagine.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think reading and literacy is very important. I think everyone should know how to read.  Reading opens so many doors to people and allows you to use your imagination and learn so much.  There is no end to what you can imagine.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Announcing STELLAA Blog Tour 2012 by STELLAA: Stella’s Training Education Literacy Learning and Academic Assistance &#171; Amy Reads</title>
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		<dc:creator>STELLAA: Stella’s Training Education Literacy Learning and Academic Assistance &#171; Amy Reads</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Additionally, S.T.E.L.L.A.A. is hosting a book giveaway of some really great titles. Go enter now! [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Additionally, S.T.E.L.L.A.A. is hosting a book giveaway of some really great titles. Go enter now! [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Announcing STELLAA Blog Tour 2012 by Bonnie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bonnie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Literacy is important because we learn and are empowered through the ability to read and be literate.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Literacy is important because we learn and are empowered through the ability to read and be literate.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Literacy as a critical economic indicator by Kicking Off the STELLAA Blog Tour &#124; Terry Fallis, Novelist</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kicking Off the STELLAA Blog Tour &#124; Terry Fallis, Novelist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] I wrote a few months back on the STELLAA blog about just how important literacy is to a nation’s economic fortunes. I argued then that literacy rates could be a very effective leading economic indicator. Surely a country’s economy cannot grow, or its standard of living rise, if the national literacy rates are low or declining. It’s impossible. Sometimes the most effective development work we can offer is the opportunity to learn to read. [...]]]></description>
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