These institutes, as well as Why Do Boys Do Worse?, are new
to the program. We can best fulfill that role by offering advice that can help
prevent misperceptions and misunderstandings between different nations and
cultures.

CONTACT: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail:
ihooper@cair -net.

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LWR is one of the highest rated international humanitarian
agencies according to the independent American Institute of
Philanthropy. In this case, the
tsunami survivors have benefited more than if our members, LWR or
Thrivent Financial had helped individually. Member SIPC.

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NEW YORK----The New York Times
Company Foundation announced today that it will sponsor six New York
Times Institutes - immersion courses on complex subjects of rising
importance to the press and public. This will be the sixth year for
this program, open to journalists from around the country. These foreign-language
publications serve one million-plus readers, providing a valuable
resource to New York's ethnic neighborhoods. Its mission is to enhance the
understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower
American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual
understanding.

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In a letter to President Bush , CAIR Board Chairman Parvez Ahmed wrote:

"While you prepare for tomorrow's State of the Union address, I would like
to offer a suggestion that could serve to strengthen America's image and
interests worldwide, particularly in the Islamic world."

CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, has 31 offices and
chapters nationwide and in Canada.

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The institute has been conducted
since its inception by the International Longevity Center, a
non-partisan research organization in New York affiliated with the
Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
1 in the publishing industry in Fortune 's 2005 list of America's Most
Admired Companies.
"American Muslims stand ready to serve as a bridge of understanding to the
Islamic world.

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"Our members' generosity continues to amaze me, but it isn't a
surprise that they've reached this milestone well before the April 15
deadline ," said Brad Hewitt, senior vice president of Fraternal
Operations at Thrivent Financial. Ground
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The Age Boom Academy

This institute will convene in the fall for the sixth time ,
bringing reporters and editors into contact with experts in biology,
medicine, religion, economic and public opinion.

This press release can be downloaded from www.

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The Ethnic Press
institute , the only one of the institutes that is conducted directly
by The New York Times, will bring journalists to The Times in the
spring for a week.
Unfortunately, the use of loaded and imprecise terminology by our nation's
representatives has often served to promote that negative perception.

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Members of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans have given more than
$2. Yet despite their
importance , their journalists have no good place to find guidance in
American-style fact-based journalism and standards.3 billion, includes The New York Times, the
International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe , 16 other newspapers,
eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio
stations and more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes. For the fifth consecutive year, the Company was ranked No.

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Members had until April 15 to reach
the $2.
LWR will keep its supporters informed about its programs and impact in
South Asia through a special Web site, www.com/islam-infonet/

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"On behalf of the people we serve, we give thanks to
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' members for this unprecedented
outpouring of support," says Kathryn Wolford, LWR President. The other institutes , repeating popular topics from
past years, are:

The Ethnic Press

The Age Boom Academy

Islam and Muslims in America

Kids@Risk: The Overweight Generation

The institute , drawing on different schools and departments at
NYU, aims to give reporters and editors access to the best information
and expertise on the alarming increase in obese children in the United
States .

The Ethnic Press

Some 100 newspapers and magazines in the New York City area are
published in a language other than English.
"When you describe America's efforts to fight terrorism and spread
democracy worldwide in Tuesday's address, I think it would be best to avoid
the use of hot-button terms such as 'Islamo-fascism,' 'militant jihadism,'
'Islamic radicalism,' or 'totalitarian Islamic empire.biglist.

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This
fall, the institute will be directed by the Graduate School of
Journalism at Columbia University and will draw on other faculties to
examine the phenomenon and assess proposed policy interventions.
"You have stated repeatedly that the war on terror is not a war on Islam .'
"As you said in the past, 'this ideology is very different from the
religion of Islam.

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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Members Reach $2.5 Million Matching Grant Aiding Tsunami Survivors

5 million match, but surpassed it on Friday.

About Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a not-for-profit Fortune 500
financial services organization helping 2., 625 Fourth Ave.

The New York Times Company Foundation Announces Six 2005 Institutes for Journalists

The Company 's core purpose is to enhance society by
creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information
and entertainment.

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"We continue to find ways to
leverage our members' desire to make a difference. As a not-for-profit organization, Thrivent
Financial sponsors national outreach programs and activities that
support congregations, schools, charitable organizations and needy
individuals .

Why Do Boys Do Worse?

Boys do worse than girls according to measurements in a wide range
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8 million members achieve
their financial goals .

Environmental Threats: Water, Weather and Health

Directed by the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation
(CERC) at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, the institute
will explore the increasing vulnerability to tsunamis and other
environmental catastrophes.

The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), a leading media company
with 2004 revenues of $3. WASHINGTON , The Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR) today urged President Bush to avoid using "loaded and
imprecise terminology" relating to Islam in Tuesday night's State of the Union
address.org

NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a window to the American
Muslim community . Subscribers to the list receive news releases and other
materials dealing with American Muslim positions on issues of importance to
our society.

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In addition to member gifts, Thrivent Financial and an affiliate,
Thrivent Life Insurance Company, have given $5 million for tsunami
relief efforts to LWR and the disaster relief programs of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, The Lutheran Church--Missouri
Synod and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Animal
and plant species change their ranges.

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Thrivent Financial and its affiliates offer a
broad range of financial products and services including life
insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance , bank
products and more. South, Minneapolis, MN 55415-1665,
1-800-THRIVENT (800-847-4836) a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans. The next is Environmental Threats: Water, Weather and
Health, which takes place the week of March 13, in the Dominican
Republic.' However, I believe the repeated rhetorical linkage of
Islam to terms of violence and extremism is counterproductive and complicates
our legitimate foreign policy initiatives.

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The institutes are each conducted by an
institution expert in the particular subject. Diseases jump from other species to our own. The goal is to deepen
understanding of the great and growing increase in the population of
older adults .

Islam and Muslims in America

Social Science Research Council will put journalists into contact
with the diversity and involvement of Muslims in American life and
connect them with scholars and leaders of the Islamic community who
can serve as reliable sources.

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The funds will also
be used for longer term programs to repair and rebuild clinics,
schools, homes, businesses and livelihoods . In addition to the
actual immersion courses, the institutes typically involve creation of
Web sites as an online meeting place for participants as well as
alumni. These sites also enable non -participants to learn from the
institutes' instructional materials.
The first institute this year is Kids@Risk: The Overweight
Generation, which begins this morning, Monday, March 7, at New York
University. Experts from the nursing, education, psychology, public health
and medical departments will lead discussions on epidemiology,
demographic trends, ethnic differences, genetic and environmental
determinants and the politics of food. Forests and coral reefs disappear.com and
Boston.

Muslims Urge Bush to Avoid 'Loaded' Terms in Annual Address

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The funding has been used to provide immediate relief in the form
of clean water, food, shelter and basic supplies.nytco.com

org; Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-Mail:
rahmed@cair-net.

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Psychological counseling
for survivors is also an integral part of the efforts in the region.thrivent. The immersion course will use
lectures , workshops, discussion and fieldwork (in the Dominican
Republic) to present the latest information about the impact of
environmental change on global warming, drinking water, fisheries,
emerging infectious diseases and local economies. To SUBSCRIBE to this list, go to:
http://cair.

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Securities are offered through Thrivent Investment Management
Inc.
The New York Times Foundation, which is a private foundation
funded by the Company, supports all the instructional and Web site
costs and contributes to the travel and expenses of the participants. Sessions will address the diversity
among Muslims in different parts of the country; ties of American
Muslims abroad; the changing role of Muslim women; concerns of Muslim
families with issues of marriage, child raising, food, dress , identify
and group loyalties. On test scores,
high school graduation rates, school grades, drug use and other
indices, the gap between girls and boys is wide and widening.

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Business Editors

MINNEAPOLIS----

With Thrivent Financial's $5 million, total contribution
more than $7.5 million to Lutheran World Relief's (LWR) Wave of Giving campaign
to assist tsunami survivors in South Asia as part of a Thrivent
Financial member matching grant . For more information, visit www. Member NASD.
The institutes, each about a week long, will accept about a dozen
experienced journalists. Sessions cover journalistic ethics, investigative
techniques , marketing, Web-based information retrieval and legal
issues. This year's institute will be coordinated with the White
House Conference in Aging this fall.

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