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Religion A Big Story in 2008 Religion took center stage in the news during 2008. Tell Me More looks back at the people and the stories that rocked the faith world — from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the Rev. Rick Warren to the fallout over gay marriage in California. Salim Muwakkil, editor for In These Times magazine, is joined by Michael Sean Winters, a political blogger for the Catholic magazine America, to discuss how 2008 helped shape religious dialogue.
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Religion took center stage in the news during 2008. Tell Me More looks back at the people and the stories that rocked the faith world — from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the Rev. Rick Warren to the fallout over gay marriage in California. Salim Muwakkil, editor for In These Times magazine, is joined by Michael Sean Winters, a political blogger for the Catholic magazine America, to discuss how 2008 helped shape religious dialogue.
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I'm Michel Martin and this is Tell Me More from NPR News. Just ahead, you talk back to us about the stories that moved you this week and some of you have even been brave enough to make your New Year's resolutions public. We'll have that conversation in just a few minutes.
But first, our weekly faith matters conversation, where we talk about matters of faith and spirituality. 2008 was a year where there was no shortage of things to talk about - from the Pope's visit to controversies surrounding the spiritual leaders of the presidential candidates to the battle over gay marriage and poor working conditions in a Kosher food plant.
We decided it made sense to look back at just a few of the most important stories touching on matters of faith over the past year. So, we've called Salim Muwakkil, senior editor of In These Times Magazine, and Michael Sean Winters, who blogs for America, a Catholic weekly magazine. Welcome to you both. Thank you so much for speaking with us and Happy New Year.
Mr. MICHAEL SEAN WINTERS (Political Blogger, America Magazine): Glad to be here.
Mr. SALIM MUWAKKIL (Senior Editor, In These Times Magazine): Happy New Year, Michel.
MARTIN: Michael, in just a few days the Bush administration comes to an end and this is an administration that has been, I think, strongly identified with matters of faith as kind of a governing principle - at least the president, President George W. Bush, was very vocal about his faith and the way in which is faith has affected his governance. What do think this administration's legacy on matters of faith will be?
Mr. WINTER: Well, I think, you know, the number one outcome of the election was that it didn't work, is that it turns out even the evangelicals and conservative Catholics or moderate to conservative Catholics have 401(k)s and he had no plan of action for the number one issue in America. And I think one of the things the media tended to get wrong was they said, you know, moral issues got pushed aside and the economy took center stage. And what the reality is is the economy is a moral issue.
And Barack Obama was able very effectively to address that. You know, providing for your family is a moral concern and it requires self-discipline and a certain amount of self-denial and things like that. And that's the kind of issue that George Bush was just tone deaf on.
MARTIN: Interesting. Salim, what about you? What's your take on that?
Mr. MUWAKKIL: Yeah, I agree with that. I think that by narrowing the religious impulse to a certain political configuration - you know, the Republican Party, the party of religion - I think that people began to look beyond that that when they realized that these other issues were actually important, were impinging on what they considered their religious faith. And they understood that they had a wider dimension than simply, you know, traditional concerns of gay marriage, guns and all of that - you know, traditional areas of evangelical concern were seen to be much broader and I think that that forced the religious community to look beyond political parties.
MARTIN: But, Michael, was it in part though because Barack Obama, as a candidate, was successful in reframing the way these issues were discussed? Was it - I'm wondering what's the chicken and what's the egg here. Was is that a broader cultural impulse to reframe these issues as moral and ethical questions or was it that you had a political entrepreneur as it were, in the form of Barack Obama, who reframed the conversation?
Mr. WINTERS: I think a little of both. I think there you see within the religious community, after eight years of George W. Bush, a sense that they really were taking for granted and that there were some internal contradictions. How can you be pro-life while pursuing such a militaristic foreign policy, by way of example.
And I think Barack picked that up, understood that the Democratic party in its most recent nominees had tone deaf people when it came to religious concerns. And so, he kind of rode a wave that was already there and is still planning on riding that wave.
MARTIN: But speaking of tone deaf, let's talk about the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, if I can use that as a segue. What do you think the significance of that story is, Michael - and of course, Salim, I'll come to you, too. But does that story - is that a story about politics? Is that a story about race? Is that a story about faith? What do you think that story means, looking back on it, now that we're away from kind of the heat of a contested political race?
Mr. WINTERS: I think the immediate religious significance is that if you're in a pulpit and you say something that others perceive as outrageous or crazy, you don't get a pass just because you're in the pulpit. And, you know, Jerry Falwell would get that pass. And here both on the left and on the right - Jeremiah Wright, but also John Hankey were both thrown under the bus without any significant consequence for the political - politicians who were doing the throwing under the bus. And I think that's a good thing for religion, that you're not protected by the pulpit from saying extreme things. If you're sending out your sermons on DVDs, you're responsible for what you say.
MARTIN: Interesting. Salim, what's your take?
Mr. MUWAKKIL: Well, I agree with that, in fact, but I think also what it did was acquainted much of America to a branch - a stream of theology that really wasn't in the public realm before and that's liberation - Black Liberation Theology. And what Reverend Wright - the intensity of his sermon, the histrionics and of all it - I think was in many ways odd to a lot of Americans. It was really the first time that they had exposure to that. And in that sense, I think it widened our understanding of how religion responds to various communities in this country.
MARTIN: Well, what - do you agree with Michael's point, though, that in a way that we set a new boundary for what's acceptable public discourse, whether it's religious speech or not?
Mr. MUWAKKIL: I don't - I really don't think so. I think the focus of this campaign heightened the significance of those kinds of speeches. But I don't think it will change any of the sermons that are being produced on DVDs around this country. I think the intensity and the, you know, the sectarianism will still be a part of whatever is there.
MARTIN: Speaking of intensity - and we're skipping around a bit because there are so many stories that we would want to talk about this year. And we do want to talk about the Pope's visit. We also want to talk about some important religious figures who passed on this year, but we want to save some time for that.
But speaking of intensity we just cannot not talk about this whole controversy over Proposition 8, California's law - a referendum - an initiative on the ballot that overturned the court ruling that had allowed gay marriage. So now, this will no longer be allowed.
And it became an issue that - it was a story in the political realm and also involving religious figures - the Reverend - well, Pastor Rick Warren who - of Saddleback Church, a major figure, a writer - has been asked to offer the - what's that - the invocation at the inauguration. This is a hugely controversial issue.
What do we make of this story? And Michael, is this about politics? Is this about faith? Is this all about a boundary of what is acceptable and what can be said by a person who's a religious figure? Because I think that Pastor Warren and those who agree with him on this point would say it is their job to speak the truth as they understand it, whatever the consequences politically may be.
Mr. WINTERS: Oh, and I think Pastor Warren would say that in encouraging people not to pursue a gay lifestyle, he's actually trying to help them. Now, I think he's wrong on that, but that's his belief. And some of the things he said were over the line - he's actually apologized and retracted.
I do think that the intent of the president-elect was to continue reaching out to the evangelical community, even though they did not back him in the election in significantly larger numbers than they had supported Kerry. You did see a shift in attitudes. You did see a broadening of their concerns to include the environment and some non-traditional issues and I think he's trying to speak to that. And Rick Warren is that face of the evangelical movement that is open to a more complicated view of the role of the church in the world.
MARTIN: Salim, what is your take on this?
Mr. MUWAKKIL: Well, I think, aside from some initial protests and expressions of outrage from various communities, I don't think Barack Obama really has much to lose by inviting such a controversial figure like Rick Warren. I think he has much to gain.
He's whole notion is that this is a time of reconciliation and if we can't reconcile with those religious figures who we hold distinctly, you know, opposite actually, opinions of certain issues about - if we can't do that, then we can't reconcile anything. And so, I think his point is being emphasized by his choice of the invocation speaker.
MARTIN: If you're just joining us, this is Tell Me More from NPR News. I'm speaking with religion writers Michael Sean Winters and Salim Muwakkil about the top faith stories of 2008.
Of course a huge story was the Pope's visit early in 2008. What do you think the impact of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S. was, Michael? It was a huge story at the time, but we're not talking about it very much now.
Mr. WINTERS: Well, it depends on who the "we" is.
MARTIN: Sure.
Mr. WINTERS: In the Catholic community...
MARTIN: Absolutely.
Mr. WINTERS: It's still.
MARTIN: Well said. Well said.
Mr. WINTERS: It's still a very, very big issue.
MARTIN: That's the kind of thing I would normally - would've said.
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MARTIN: So, I thank you for that correction.
Mr. WINTERS: He - you know, the thing about the Pope is, you know, he had this long history as a cardinal in charge of enforcing orthodoxy and earned the sobriquet Der Panzer Cardinal. And I think some people, especially conservative Catholics, were hoping that is who would show up on our shores.
And in fact, there was no finger-wagging, there was no communion-denying of - to pro-choice politicians. Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry both received communion at his mass here in Washington. There was a great deal of encouragement.
I went to one of the events at Catholic University where, again - a chance where the Pope could have, you know, laid down the law and in fact was very encouraging of the work of the Catholic educators. I thought it was just an extraordinary visit and really showed him as a pastor.
My hope is that some of the American bishops will look at that and realize that, in this election cycle, some of them, especially toward the end, really were finger-wagging, saying you can't vote for Barack Obama because of his pro-choice politics.
And that was so not what Benedict had done. I think the more moderate bishops will start pointing to the Pope as an example and saying, you know, that this is the way forward. And in the Catholic Church with its hierarchic structure, the example of the Pope is a pretty good trump card.
MARTIN: What I'm hearing you say is kind of the message - overall the message of the year was moderation. That moderation kind of ruled the day in religious conversation.
Mr. WINTERS: And reasonableness. I mean, you know, not moderation for the sake of moderation, but because, you know, these - how you approach the abortion issue is a complicated issue.
MARTIN: Salim, another story that caught our eye - and I'm rushing you along here, of course, I'm sorry, there's so much ground to cover - was another story that caught our eye was out of Postville, Iowa, where the owners of a Kosher meat packing facility were arrested for employing undocumented workers and exploiting them, hiring underage workers and so forth. This matter is still in the courts, but this prompted a tremendous amount of discussion, both in secular circles and also in Orthodox and religious circles, about the nexus between kind of secular law and religious law. What do you think the fallout of this is?
Mr. MUWAKKIL: Well, I mean, we see some of that fallout in the discussion of Madoff, the guy who enacted this grand Ponzi scheme. A lot of religious leaders are, you know, are critical of him because of his corruption of Judaism from their perspective. And I think in some ways, you know, that's why there was such an outcry with the situation in Iowa. I want to just speak one thing about the Pope as well, Michel, if I may.
Mr. MUWAKKIL: A lot of people were afraid that the Pope would kind of scuttle the ecumenical efforts that were made by the previous Pope. And he hasn't done that. Many people feared he would be a more sectarian in his Christianity, in his, you know, Catholicism. and he hasn't been. He's been willing to outstretch and make gestures of outreach to Islamic communities. And that's been a very positive, I think, development.
MARTIN: OK, and we only have about two minutes left, so unfortunately, we're going to have to skip over some of the folks we wanted to acknowledge once again, people who we did acknowledge on the program earlier this year.
Warith Deen Mohammed died in September. He was a major figure in the Nation of Islam and brought it closer to traditional Islam. And of course, Bishop S.C. "Daddy" Madison died in April, and he was a major figure in the United House of Prayer. So, I wanted to - in the time we have left, just a short amount of time, I wanted to ask each of you, looking forward to 2009, what do you think are the important religious stories or stories of matters of faith that we'll be looking to, Salim? And then, Michael?
Mr. MUWAKKIL: Well, you know, I think, after Wallace Mohammed died, Louis Farrakhan made a gesture to open the Nation of Islam. This is really the last bastion exclusively in black Islam in this country. And I think it was a major development, which hasn't been acknowledged, I think, in mainstream media because, you know, because of the kind of quiet and secretive nature of the Nation of Islam. But I think it's extremely important and well have ramifying effects.
MARTIN: Michael?
Mr. WINTERS: Yeah, I think the Iowa situation you just mentioned is a great opportunity for Obama to go in and say, look, you know, resolving the immigration issue is not just a political necessity, it's a religious necessity. We do not want the U.S. government going in and separating parents from their families. That was outrageous. And I think if he frames that as moral issue, again, it will help expand that universe of moral concerns in the political arena that we're already mentioning in terms of Rick Warren and the environment and things like that. I think that's a very pressing moral issue.
MARTIN: Michael Sean Winters writes a daily political blog for the Catholic weekly magazine America. He's also the author of a new book, "Left at the Altar," and he was kind enough to join us here in our Washington, D.C., studio. Salim Muwakkil is the senior editor of In These Times magazine, he joined us from Chicago. I thank you both so much and Happy New Year to you.
Mr. WINTERS: Great to be here. Happy New Year.
Mr. MUWAKKIL: Thank you, Michel and same to you.


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Meerut: Fifty-year-old Venu and her husband Capt Sanjeev Juneja were shattered to lose their only child, Harsh Juneja, to a botched surgery at a Delhi hospital in 2012. Venu slid into depression soon afterwards, and her husband was haunted by the possibility of losing her too. On October 9, however, after something of a medical miracle, the couple had a baby girl. They named her Harshita in remembrance of their dead son.
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Tomás Molinares (* 6. April 1965 in Cartagena) ist ein ehemaliger kolumbianischer Profiboxer. Er war 1988 nach einem umstrittenen Sieg gegen Marlon Starling, kurzzeitig WBA-Weltmeister im Weltergewicht.

Der 1,75 m große Linksausleger begann 1984 mit dem Profiboxen und gewann 23 Kämpfe in Folge, davon 20 vorzeitig. Er wurde im Juni 1985 gegen Simon Ramos Kolumbianischer Meister und im November 1986 gegen Sergio Sánchez Zentralamerikanischer Meister der WBC. Im April 1986 gelang ihm ein Sieg gegen Carlos Trujillo, 1985 WBC-WM-Herausforderer von Milton McCrory. Im Dezember 1987 besiegte er zudem Eduardo Rodriguez, der 1986 gegen Donald Curry um die WBA-WM geboxt hatte.

Am 29. Juli 1988 boxte er in Atlantic City gegen den favorisierenden Titelträger Marlon Starling um die WBA-Weltmeisterschaft. Nach Punkten im Rückstand, gelang ihm dabei am Ende der fünften Runde ein K.o.-Schlag gegen Starling, welcher allerdings nach dem Rundengong erfolgte. Ringrichter Joe Cortez zählte Starling allerdings aus und erklärte Molinares zum Sieger und neuen Weltmeister. Der Sportausschuss von New Jersey annullierte diese Entscheidung jedoch, da der Schlag eindeutig nach dem Rundengong erfolgt war, und änderte das Kampfergebnis in ein wertungsloses Urteil (No Contest). Trotz dieser Entscheidung und seiner Punkteführung zum Zeitpunkt des Abbruchs, erhielt Starling den Titel von der WBA nicht zurück. Eine weitere Entscheidung wäre die Disqualifikation von Molinares wegen Nachschlagens, das Werten des Kampfes als technisches Unentschieden, oder die Auswertung der Punktezettel gewesen; in all diesen drei Fällen wäre Starling Weltmeister geblieben.

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SWITZERLAND manager Ottmar Hitzfeld is gunning for a "dream strike" on England in tonight's European Championship qualifier.
German Hitzfeld suffered the agony of losing the 1999 Champions League final against Manchester United in stoppage-time when he was Bayern Munich boss, and is still seeking revenge. "For me, each match is vital," said Hitzfeld. "But to play against large nations is always a special challenge and to play against England is a dream.
Switzerland have been boosted by Hitzfeld's agreement with goalkeeper Diego Benaglio that he will play if his wife has not gone into labour before tonight's 6pm team meeting.


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Power Trumps Identity
I had a sudden urge to get all controversial on Facebook the other day. This is what I wrote:
"Ruling class women self-identify by class rather than by gender, and then pose as victims. Discuss."
What I mean by it is that women from the wealthiest families are more concerned with maintaining their wealth than they are with the plight of other women. When they espouse feminist values, I'm suggesting, it is generally as a smokescreen.
Amongst other things, I was thinking of Hillary Clinton and the recent media blitz around her book, What Happened.
She was all over the place: including on Woman's Hour on Radio 4.
The presenter, Jane Garvey, was almost breathless with excitement. "Honestly, she's on today," she said: "the first woman in American history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party."
The whole thing was slanted as an appeal to women. Hillary Clinton on a woman's programme, as a woman, asking other women to identify with her.
This was the same woman who, as Secretary of State, had sided with ISIS in Libya, and turned a secure, prosperous, secular country into a basket-case of rival factions, all espousing fundamentalist ideas.
The same woman who, as presidential candidate, had argued for a No Fly Zone over Syria: something which would almost certainly have led to confrontation with Russia and the deaths of millions of women and children.
Clearly, in these two cases, the plight of North African and Middle Eastern women was of much less concern to her than American foreign policy objectives to do with access to oil.
During the election campaign Madeleine Albright, herself an ex-Secretary of State, said there was a "special place in Hell" for women who didn't support other women. She meant, by not voting for Hillary Clinton. She was referring to all those, mainly young women in the Democratic Party, who were supporting Bernie Sanders.
It was Madeleine Albright who, on hearing that sanctions on Iraq had killed half a million children, had said: "this is a very hard choice, but I think… the price is worth it."
So beware when hearing very wealthy women trying to come on all progressive with their feminist agenda: greed and lust for power trumps gender identity every time.
From The Whitstable Gazette 23/11/17
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Getting emotional when it rains may seem weird but it really does. I am looking out of the window and I am able to hear the sounds of raindrops touch the old tin roof.
As I sat there like a frozen statue, a cool breeze started to blow and it touched my bare skin giving a chill. Just like turning the pages of a book, it took me back to the time when I'm with my guardian angel.
Days had passed and years have gone that she had left me. But the sweet memory we shared always created a smile on my gloomy face. Since the day she left, evenin this over populated world I feel so alone.
We use to have pretty fights, we didn't had any earth shattering things to discuss and sometimes, it seems like we are speaking two different languages but still I'm so glad that we are friends.she is the one out of million and I'm never going to give on her even if the world refuses.
She lets me know that making millions of friend is not miracle but the miracle is to make a friend who will stand by you even when the millions are against you. Being her friend is like peeing my pants cause everyone can see it but only I can feel it's warmth.
Thinking of these things again filled my eyes with tears instead of wiping it, I just let it fall like the rain that made me emotional.
So, I just shield my sweater tighter on my body and with a long sigh, I move away.
P.S: how far we may be, still we are sharing the same moon .


A new teacher inspires a class of fifth graders — but when Mr. Terupt suffers a devastating injury, his students struggle to come to terms with their responsibility for the accident.
New teachers don't know the rules, so you can get away with things the old-timers would squash you for. That was my theory.
The first day of school. I was nervous. Somewhat. The sweaty-palms-and-dry-mouth syndrome struck.
A red-haired woman who proved to be exceptional at multitasking greeted us with a smile and a slight nod.
The halls smelled stuffy but clean, like they'd just been disinfected.
I immediately made a data table of all the letters and their corresponding values. A quick reference for me.
I figured this could still be a worthwhile strategy for other words.
She loves to wear flashy clothes—dresses, skirts, fancy shoes—and she always has the accessories to go with them.
He strutted to the board like he was the coolest thing since sliced bread and wrote it for the class.
Peter slunk back to his seat. No surprise to me, Mr. Terupt knew what Peter was up to the whole time.
There's playground equipment in another spot, and a large field for running around and playing sports, like kickball or football. That's where the gazebo is, too—by the edge of the field.
Only Mom understands, and I feel a little better when she reassures me that I'll thin out as I grow.
It's a good thing Danielle was her partner. She's the patient kind. Anyone else would have been fuming.
Mr. T let us feed our plant any concoction we wanted to over the course of a week.
Mr. Terupt, on the other hand, appeared a little uneasy about the whole thing, but he never stopped me.
Smoke started billowing from my concoction.
Jeffrey thought this confrontation was a big deal.
"I saw," I said. And I saw flashbacks of smoke pouring out of the bowl. I knew I wasn't ever going to be a botanist (dollar word).
"I don't want to kill my plant," I blurted out.
My mom has warned me not to get involved in that popularity stuff. She was ostracized once.
I can tell that she still hurts inside from all of it. Even her own parents shunned her.
"What do you want?" she shot back, jabbing her stick too hard into the ground, causing it to snap in half.
I walked alongside Jessica until I saw Lexie marching toward us. She had a mean scowl on her face.
She looked mad. Real mad—like a mama cow determined to keep you away from her new calf.


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"We're not exactly the same person," says a teenage boy, glancing at his brother—who, dressed identically, and exhibiting the same physical features, appears to be the boy's mirror image—"even though we're going to the same college, majoring in the same thing, and taking all the same classes."
Welcome to Twins Days, the largest annual festival for biological twins in the world. Every summer since 1976, thousands of pairs of twins have convened in Twinsburg, Ohio, to celebrate the uniqueness of twinship.
"Once twins start going to the festival, they never really stop," Alex Markman told The Atlantic. Markman was inspired to shoot his short documentary, Twins Days, after he discovered the world-renowned photographer Mary Ellen Mark's portraits of twins from the festival. The photographs' uncanny nature recall the images of Diane Arbus.
"It was an amazingly visual experience, and at the same time, very strange and frustrating," Mark wrote after her first trip to the festival. "It was like I was seeing double and I felt somewhat isolated not being a twin. At the airpoirt on my way back to New York, I remember thinking how bizarre it was to be surrounded by non-twins."
In his film, Markman interviews pairs of twins who share their experiences moving through life with what many describe as their other half. "We can feel each other's pain if it's very severe," says one young twin girl. "When [my twin] fell and hit her head, I felt pressure in the back of my head, even though I wasn't there."
Reflecting upon his time at the festival, Markman said he was surprised by the intense intimacy he witnessed between pairs of twins across all ages. ("Although," he added, "I'm sure being at a festival where twins celebrate being twins had something to do with it.")
When Markman began showing his film to others, he found that it made some viewers uncomfortable. "I think they might have just seen The Shining at too young an age," he said.
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Mayor Daley is hands-down the best mayor in the country.
That's if you are a tourist.
Or, if you are a resident who lives in the hip and posh Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Old Town or Streeterville neighborhoods.
Chicago has it all. It's home to Navy Pier, a "premiere entertainment center" that hosts 8.5 million visitors a year. Its walkway is so clean you can salvage your $8 toppled-over ice cream cone by licking it off the ground.
From the Pier, walk with your family a short 1/2 mile south, along glorious Lake Michigan. Whip out your AmEx and charge almost $485 for one of the most expensive NFL experiences: watch the Chicago Bears play in their newly renovated Soldier Field.
You also have the luxury of the free Lincoln Park Zoo. After you check out the monkeys, walk a short distance to North Avenue Beach, where the sand is so clean you can leave it in your ears after a day of beach volleyball.
But, Chicago's dangerous and destitute South Side isn't as far south as the Daley machine wants you to believe, nor is this area just a little pocket of poverty and crime. Instead, the South Side begins at the southern perimeter of Soldier Field and ends over 15 miles later, at the Indiana border.
This entire area has been left out of Daley's city planning since he entered office in 1989. Take a drive south on Halsted (but do not stop) and you will see a real war zone.
For example, just two miles south of Soldier Field you will find what's left of the Harold Ickes Homes, a public housing complex that is currently shutting down, while at the same time, its residents are being displaced. I spent a lot of time there. The elevators didn't work and residents built platforms (made with a 2×4) outside of their doors to keep rats from entering their units.
There are actually children that live in this expansive area but its educational system, Chicago Public Schools, is rotten garbage. The dropout rate is somewhere around 50 percent yet only 0.1 percent of CPS teachers were dismissed for poor performance between 2005 and 2008. Many of the students are homeless. From 2007 to 2008, Chicago Public Schools saw a 28 percent rise in homeless students; that means a record-high 10,642 students were without a roof over their head.
Of course, these numbers do not reflect on Daley's performance as mayor; they reflect the failure of the parents and students. Right?
Most of Leo's students transfer from Chicago Public Schools. All of the students are African American.
Each incoming Leo student takes the Explorer entrance exam (which is used to gauge ACT scores); the majority of boys score well below the 40th percentile. After a Leo education, however, the students score an average of 16 on the ACT exam. The graduation rate is 100% and 93% of Leo students go to college. Leo is the only private school in the state's history to win five state track championships.
Please be Pat Hickey's guest; as the director of development, he'll give you a tour of the school. You will see the crack house that was just torn down directly across the street. Then, Principal Phil Mesina will greet you at the entrance. He will tell you how thankful he is for Loyola's donation of its used chairs and desks. During the tour, try to ignore the popping noises from outside. No big deal, it's just the sound of guns being fired down the street. You will also meet Leo's newest addition: Dan McGrath. "Dan is the president for institutional advancement. He articulates the continuation for Leo's mission; without that, Leo dies," says Pat.
As I walked the halls, I struggled with my feelings. On one hand, it was clear that without McGrath, Hickey and Mesina leading the school, 175 boys would not have a chance to succeed in life. But, on the other hand, what about all of the other boys and girls in Chicago's public schools? Why don't they get the same opportunity?
Never mind the crime within the schools. During the 2009 academic year alone, 28 students were killed.
The city's crime isn't Daley's fault either.
This year alone, there were 257 killings between January and July, and in 2009, there were 458 total killings. A report in July 2009 listed 25 of the most dangerous cities in the country. Four Chicago neighborhoods were on that list. Four.
Fast-forward twenty years. Chicago taxpayers recently paid $19.8 million to just four torture victims. Five lawsuits are still pending and taxpayers also paid over $10 million to defend Mr. Burge. Corruption costs in more ways than one.
When the numbers reveal that a business is in crisis, the boss cannot blame his staff, nor can he blame his clients or customers. Ultimately, he has to answer to the board of directors and they don't want to hear excuses.
Every alderman, state representative, and employee on the City of Chicago's payroll has a responsibility, as does every resident of Chicago. But, at the end of the day, Mayor Daley ran out of excuses.
Chicago, in its entirety, must undergo a major transformation. We must demand that every mayoral candidate has a plan for change, opportunity and growth for everyone. Navy Pier will continue to attract the tourists. Now is the time to look south.
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Q: "My cat always hits me" or "my cat only hits me" "My cat always hits me," "my cat only hits me."
What is the semantic difference ?
Is "my cat always only hits me" valid one?

A: "My cat always hits me." says something about the frequency of the event. He hits you often, or every time you meet him.
"My cat only hits me." can mean two different things, and in speech this would be determined by emphasis:

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*Your cat hits you and does nothing else to you. "My cat only hits me."

*Your cat hits you but nobody else. "My cat only hits me." This is technically a misplaced modifier, but common in informal speech. The correct form is "My cat hits only me."

Both together says something about the nature of the cat's response and the consistency/frequency of it: "My cat always only hits me." is saying "Every time I try to pet my cat, he hits me and doesn't show any affection."

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Building peace, preventing violence, and supporting community resilience in Haiti
The UN Peacebuilding Fund, (PBF), which emphasizes the role of women and youth in peacebuilding efforts through their meaningful participation, began work in Haiti in 2019 in response to needs identified by the government.
Ahead of the International Day of Peace marked annually on 21 September, here are five things you need to know about the PBF.
Globally, the Peacebuilding Fund began work in 2006 in countries or situations at risk or affected by violent conflict. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres described it as "a critical vehicle to support resilience and prevention."
Between 2006 and 2021 the PBF allocated $1.67 billion to 65 countries to sustain peace efforts. Haiti has received around $20m for nine projects. These interventions focus broadly on implementing and sustaining peace agreements, dialogue and peaceful coexistence and re-establishing basic services that can contribute to building peaceful societies.
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Gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is terrorizing adults and children alike.
Violence, instability and insecurity
Instability and insecurity, propelled by stark inequalities, have been long-standing problems in Haiti and are the key reasons why the Government called for the support of the PBF.
The assassination of the Haitian president in July 2021 and a destructive earthquake in the south of the country a month later compounded the insecurity caused by the growing presence and influence of gangs.
This insecurity has worsened in the capital Port-au-Prince over the past year, as gang violence, exacerbated by the proliferation of illicit weapons and ammunitions, has intensified. The number of cases of kidnapping for ransom has also escalated.
In the commune of Cite Soleil, one of the capital's poorest neighbourhoods, 99 people were killed and 133 injured during one particularly violent week of clashes in July between gangs vying for control of territory. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and thousands of people fled to safer localities, many of whom were supported by the United Nations.
Edwin* a youth leader living in Cite Soleil and who is part of a group of young people supported by the PBF, said that he witnessed heavy fighting in the streets adding that "I go to bed and wake up to the sound of gunfire which is very stressful." The group brings youth together from neighbourhoods where rival gangs are active. "We want our voices to be heard outside Cité Soleil, because if no-one hears us nothing will change," he said.
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The UN is supporting the reopening of schools like Lycée National de La Saline.
Absence of peace
Gang violence is only one very tangible manifestation of insecurity and the lack of peace, but the lives of Haitians are being impacted in countless other ways. In Cite Soleil, roughly 95,000 school children in over 300 schools had their education disrupted by violence.
More than 2,500 people fled the commune and had to seek support from the UN. The blockading of roads to the south has stopped the free flow of people and services in both directions, making it difficult for farmers to get their crops to market in Port-au-Prince and for aid and reconstruction materials to be delivered to the earthquake-affected southern peninsula.
"Reducing violence and conflict, accessing justice and establishing lasting peace and stability are the priorities of the UN's Peacebuilding Fund," said Ulrika Richardson, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti. ". It is through the leadership of a broad range of local and national actors, that we envision accompanying Haiti in building a peaceful and prosperous society for all Haitians."
Without stability, security and justice, economic progress is near impossible. This is unfortunately becoming increasingly clear with the continued slow-down of the Haitian economy whose effects are most felt by the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals and communities.
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The Peacebuilding Fund is supporting activities to prevent election-related and political violence especially against women
Bridging a gap
The PBF has played a particularly important role in Haiti following the closure of the UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSTAH, in 2017. The PBF is one of the few resources available to the United Nations to scale up efforts in areas previously covered by the mission or areas requiring renewed attention.
The fund has focused on a number of key areas including community violence reduction with an emphasis on supporting and promoting participation at the community level with a focus on the youth. It has also promoted social cohesion and mental health, especially for women and girls, and it is supporting activities to prevent election-related and political violence, again with a special emphasis on protecting and empowering women.
Strengthening the justice system including providing legal aid to vulnerable populations while reinforcing coordination between judicial actors and the penal system is also a PBF priority.
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Detainees in a Haitian prison
Supporting Haiti's most vulnerable
Ultimately, the PBF is a people-centered funding mechanism, that has resulted in notable successes.
As a 15-year-old, Renel* was held in detention without trial for three years in a prison in Les Cayes after being wrongfully accused by a shopkeeper of stealing two ducks. His case drew the attention of the United Nations and was referred to a legal aid office, established by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN's political mission in Haiti, BINUH and the Haitian Ministry of Justice and Public Security and funded by PBF.
Renel, along with 67 other individuals, was released from detention. "Kids should be in school, not in jail," he said.
Sylvie participates in a PBF-supported group in the gang-affected Martissant neighbourhood, which seeks to prevent and resolve disputes at the community level. With a focus on women's empowerment and countering sexual violence she said: "the situation may not be resolved tomorrow, but we are hopeful that we will see changes in the longer-term.''International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The 2022 theme is "End racism. Build peace"