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The 10 Most Disappointing Supercars
1. De Tomaso Pantera
Produced: 1971-1991
What do you get when you combine an Italian sports car built by an ex-racer and a Yankee Ford V8? The Pantera (and, if you're Elvis, a new target for shooting).
De Tomaso and Ford teamed up in the early 1970s to produce a mid-engine sports car that was affordable. The project seemed like a good idea—Italian styling and American power? It could work. When the Pantera debuted, it caused a sensation; however, it soon became apparent that the product of this union was extremely unreliable.
Elvis' Pantera refused to start one day. He shot it…
The Pantera was plagued by shoddy construction, an over-heating engine, complicated wiring, and expensive repairs. It also had a penchant for drinking oil… Ultimately, the ailing Italian-American monster was killed by the gas crisis. Ford stopped importing the car in 1975.
The 10 Most Amazing Automotive Collaborations
1. Citroën SM
In 1961, Citroën began development on a vehicle called "Project S." By 1968, Citroën had acquired Maserati and, subsequently, all of their high-performance technology. French and Italian forces combined, resulting in the Citroën SM which contained a Maserati V6 and a Citroën suspension. The SM's speed, power, dynamic styling, and ingenious technical features were extremely innovative for the time. The SM even set a land speed record in 1987 at the Bonneville Salt Flats!
The SM might not have been wildly popular, but it definitely deserves a place on this list.
The 10 Greatest Formula 1 Racers of All Time
This list is an amalgamation of the winning-est, most iconic, and most talented Formula One drivers to ever live. I purposefully left off drivers who are currently active because their history is still being written.
10. Mario Andretti
Mr. Andretti is an icon in the United States' race world—and rightfully so. With wins in NASCAR, IndyCar, the World Sportscar Championship, and Formula One, Andretti is one of the most successful Americans in his sport.
Andretti moved from Italy to the United States when he was 15 years old. Having already been bitten by the racing bug while in Italy, Mario and his brother Aldo continued racing on dirt tracks near their home in Pennsylvania. Andretti came to F1 in 1968 and held the pole at his debut race, the 1968 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. He was active in F1 for fifteen years, eventually winning the 1978 championship. Out of 128 starts, he had 12 wins and 18 poles.
10 of the Most Ultra Rare Automobiles in the World
1. Ferrari 250 GTO
I admitted in my Ferrari post that this is one of my favorite cars of all time. I mean, just look at it!
This GT car was produced in two distinctly styled bodies from 1962 to 1964. The '62 and '63 GTOs were Sergio Scaglietti designed and produced and came to be known as "series I." In 1964, a limited number of GTOs were produced by Scaglietti, but fitted with a body designed by Pininfarina. This styling was subsequently known as "series II." In all, thirty-six GTOs were produced.
This car is not simply famous for its Ferrari good looks or small production numbers, but for its dominance on the track. The 250 GTO had several successes: winning the GT category at Le Mans in 1962 and 1963, winning the Nurburgring 1000 km in 1963 and 1964, and taking the Tour de France in 1963 and 1964 (just to name a few).
To many car collectors, the 250 GTO has become akin to the "Holy Grail." In 2012, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that was specifically built for Stirling Moss reportedly sold for $35 million.
The 10 Most Iconic American Muscle Cars
1. Ford Mustang
Where does one even start when talking about the Ford Mustang? This car has become the embodiment of America's love affair with speed and muscle. This iconic Ford instigated the creation of the "pony car" classification of automobiles and prompted competing car manufacturers to crank out America's other favorite muscle cars. For Ford, the Mustang was (and continues to be) a smash hit.
The first Mustang debuted at the New York World's Fair in April of 1964. It was originally equipped with a 260-cubic-inch (4.3L) V8 but was quickly upgraded to a 289-cubic-inch (4.7L) V8 in its first year. By 1968, the Mustang was outfitted with a 302-cubic-inch (4.9L) V8. The following year, Ford released several performance packages for the Mustang including the Boss 302, Mach 1, and Boss 429. The speed and power had arrived.
10 Female Racing Pioneers and Icons You Have Probably Never Heard Of
1. Helene (de Rothschild) van Zuylen
Ms. Van Zuylen is a name that many people probably find unfamiliar. It is a shame because this adventurous French socialite is credited as being the first woman to compete in an international motor race.
Helene's husband, Baron Etienne van Zuylen, was the president of the Automobile Club of France, and thus responsible for organizing the 1898 Paris-Amsterdam-Paris Trail, a 889-mile city-to-city race. Helene participated (and finished) The Trail, becoming the first woman to ever compete in an international race.
A Handsome Stable: The 10 Most Beautiful Ferrari Road Cars
I attempted to make a list of the world's most beautiful cars but it turned out to be way too long for any sane person to read in one article. However, during my list making, I realized that I was strongly favoring the Italians. I decided to compile a list of the most beautiful Ferraris.
Before anyone chokes on their spaghetti because I did not include their favorite Ferrari, please note that this list only includes Ferrari road cars. There are no sport prototypes/ racecars or Ferrari collaborations (i.e. Dino and Zagato). (My own favorite isn't even included here because it is technically a racecar.) We can cover them later.
Enjoy my numerous horse puns–as well as the gorgeous cars.
The 10 Ugliest Cars of the Last 30 Years
It's always a special treat when a trip to the grocery store or dentist turns into a rare car-spotting experience. A forgotten classic or exotic is seen prowling the streets or, even better, appears in the parking lot next to your car. Cue daydream starring you in that exotic car. Maybe you're in Monaco, driving into the sunset when…
Then you see it. Your daydream starring your gorgeous, oil-drinking darling is shattered as one of the many eye-sores on wheels pulls into the parking lot. Tragedy.
Why oh why can't everything be as glamorous as the Alfa Romeo Touring Berlinetta or as muscular as the Shelby Cobra?
Yes, sometimes the most misunderstood of car designs become iconic classics; but sometimes, they don't. This is a list of the latter.
4 Reasons Americans Don't Care About Cars Anymore
Editor's Note: This article was first published in February of 2013. It is being reprinted as part of a new weekend series at PJ Lifestyle collecting and organizing the top 50 best lists. Where will this great piece end up on the list? Reader feedback will be factored in when the PJ Lifestyle Top 50 List Collection is completed in a few months…
Automobiles are everywhere, so it might come as a shock to some that the culture surrounding their creation and appreciation is dying. America has a long, rich history with the automobile — to the extent that you could call it a love story. Many a man and woman have been bewitched by the thundering horses under the hood, the smell of rich leather, the pulsing power felt underfoot, and the consequential adrenaline rush from a short spin around the block. The automobile is an essential piece of the cultural fabric of America. We helped to invent it, fine-tune it, unleash it… and, in the end, we fell in love with it. Owning a car became a source of pride, as well as a symbol of success and freedom. What's more American than the image of a green, 1940s Chevy pick-up driving down a stretch of Route 66, a tan arm resting on the rolled-down window, fingers feeling the wind? It makes you want to yell, "America!" and go drink a Coke on the 4th of July.
Unfortunately, I'm not so sure this vision is a reality anymore. The vibrant love between car and man that inspired an entire culture of auto devotees now seems to be dwindling. The gear-head enthusiasts will always motor on, I am sure, but what happened to the average American? Simple respect and appreciation for the metal beast has shifted to sheer disinterest in cars. The following is the sad, draft-obituary of America's car culture…
7 Basic Steps to Help You Complete your 'Get Healthy' New Year's Resolution
"Exercise more" or "lose weight" are both popular New Year's Resolutions. Unfortunately, sometimes our busy lives, lack of willpower, insecurities, or confusion as to where to start keep us from accomplishing exercise goals. It doesn't need to be this difficult. You need to do as Nike says and "just do it."
Here are 7 steps to get you started:
Step 1: Make Exercise a Priority in Your Life
Only YOU can force yourself to work out, run, play kickball–whatever you do. You need to make the conscious decision to make time in your schedule to get some activity in. Look through your calendar. Make two categories—label one MUST-DO ACTIVITIES and the other WILD CARD ACTIVITIES.
"Must-do activities" are things you have to complete that day in order to survive/avoid jail—such as, take a shower, cook dinner, pick up the kids, do laundry, or complete your taxes.
"Wild Card Activities" are things that you would like to do after the "must-dos" are done and aren't necessarily time-dependent. Examples are: spray-paint the ugly, rusty mailbox, finish the last chapter in that funny book, watch that movie you borrowed from your neighbor, etc. Sort your activities into these two categories. For most people, "exercise" ends up in the WILD CARD ACTIVITY section. This is a no no. The key is to train your mind to view "exercise" as a "Must-do" activity–and follow through. As soon as you convince your brain that exercise is a priority, your body will follow.
Step 2: Hold Yourself Accountable
Tell your spouse, friends, kids that you are planning on making a lifestyle change. They are sure to be encouraging and might even join you! If others know about your new commitment, they will be sure to ask you about it…and you won't be able to hide on the couch, eating chips.
Other ideas:
- Join a work-out class or running group—having other people around you, sweating and feeling miserable (with you), will motivate you to keep going.
-Bring the family dog on that jog or roller-blade ride—he will have limitless energy and will keep you smiling through it all.
-If you really need someone to keep you in line, hire a trainer or get your fitness-guru friend to help out.
Breakfast for Dinner, Ina Garten Style
Breakfast for dinner is one of the best dinners a person can have. I made Ina Garten's roasted asparagus and prosciutto with homemade Hollandaise sauce for dinner this week. Good ole' eggs, meat, and veggies!
1 lb. fresh asparagus
6 large slices of prosciutto (or bacon!)
1 ½ tablespoons butter (unsalted)
3 large eggs
olive oil
kosher salt
black pepper
Ina's Easy Hollandaise Sauce (recipe below)
Ina's Hollandaise Sauce:
2 large egg yolks (at room temperature)
1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
6 tablespoons butter (unsalted)
a pinch of cayenne pepper
Let me just start by saying that this is a delicious recipe—and that it might be one of my favorites so far. Now that I got THAT off of my chest, I'll tell you how to make it.
To begin, I preheated the oven to 400 degrees. I also put a sauté pan on the stove at medium heat.
I snapped the "woody end" off of the stalk of the asparagus and spread them out in a single layer on a sheet pan. Before placing them in the oven, I drizzled the asparagus with olive oil and dusted them with a pinch of salt and pepper.
Next, I prepped the bacon (I decided to use bacon since it was already in my freezer). I placed the thawed strips onto a baking sheet and placed them in the oven with the asparagus. I roasted the asparagus for 10 minutes. For the bacon, follow the baking instructions (mine was done in 10 minutes—perfect timing with the asparagus!) If you are using prosciutto, bake for 5 minutes.
Spinach, Feta, and Reenacting James Bond
You win some. You lose some. This will be the unfortunate theme for today's recipe. (Don't worry, I didn't burn the house down.)
This week, I elected to make Ina Garten's spinach with feta and pine nuts.
2 ½ tablespoons good olive oil
1 ½ cups yellow onion (chopped)
1 pound fresh baby spinach
1 ½ tablespoons toasted pine nuts
½ cup feta (diced)
1 lemon (1 ½ tablespoons juice)
kosher salt (1 ½ teaspoons)
black pepper (1 teaspoon)
I chose to halve the recipe because a) this type of dish doesn't keep well and b) I didn't want to eat 1 lb. of spinach by myself.
First, I heated the olive oil in a sauté pan and added the onion. I cooked the onion over medium heat until it was tender (about 8 to 10 minutes). Next, I added the lemon juice (about 1 ½ tablespoons if you are making the full recipe) and the spinach. I used tongs to turn the spinach in the pan until it was slightly wilted. Then, I topped the spinach with a bit of lemon zest and removed the pan from the heat.
Now, here is where the problem started. "Frailty, thy name is Salt."
Ina says to mix in 1 ½ teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, the Feta cheese, and pine nuts after the pan has been removed from the heat. I halved these amounts because I was making half the recipe. Unfortunately, even with half the salt, the dish was too salty. When I attempted to choke down the final result, I felt like I was reenacting James Bond in Casino Royale after Le Chiffre poisons him and he is forced to drink salt to vomit… It was that bad. Way too much salt!!
This recipe is good in theory—it is very simple to make and the lemon is a nice touch–however, the proportions for the ingredients are a bit off. I suggest starting out with ½ teaspoon of salt in your dish and going from there. Don't forget that Feta in itself is quite salty!
I hope you all have better luck than I did with this recipe. If you manage to get the proportions correct, let me know! I will try to make this one again in the future—but with less salt.
Love you, Ina. This time, it just didn't work out.
16 Protest Photos: A World in Chaos
Kiev in in flames and Caracas is rioting.
Here are some pictures from protests happening around the world via Instagram.
Change is in the air.
Debunked: U.S. Speedskating's 'Suit-gate'
The U.S.A. (the well-established, dominant power in speedskating) has had an abysmal performance at the Olympics this year. Big names like Shani Davis and Heather Richardson haven't held fists full of medals as predicted. So far, they haven't even been close. A piece in The New York Times (as well as several other news sources) are reporting that the equipment was possibly to blame. The victim? The U.S. speedskating team's racing suits. (Of course, it must be the equipment's fault…)
At the games, the U.S. team debuted state-of-the-art skin suits made by Under Armour and Lockheed Martin. The suit was called the Mach 39 and was crafted in a wind tunnel. It was cutting edge.
Athletes and coaches decided not to unveil the suits prior to the Olympics because they didn't want anyone to steal the technology. Ah, ze secret veapon!
Plan foiled.
Suits worn but no medals.
It is whispered that the suits must have been defective…
Nope. Stop blaming the suits–and here's why…
Grab Some Funky Pasta and Chow Down
Sometimes, the decision to make (or not to make) a recipe comes down to cook time. Will I be slaving over this meal for hours or will I be able to eat within 30 minutes?
I wanted an easy recipe this week—less cook time and fewer dirty dishes—as well as a dish that reheated well for lunches and dinners throughout the week. Thankfully, Ina Garten's cookbook had me covered. This week, I made Ina's orecchiette with broccoli rabe and sausage.
½ pound sweet Italian pork sausages
½ pound hot Italian pork sausages
1/3 cup good olive oil
6 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced
2 (14.5 oz) cans of crushed tomatoes
½ cup dry red wine
¼ cup tomato paste
1 pound dried orecchiette pasta (I used radiatore)
2 bunches broccoli rabe (2 to 2 ½ pounds total) (variation: use broccolini)
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
kosher salt
black pepper
4 Ways Being a Sorority Girl Prepared Me for the Real World
Editor's Note: This article was first published in October of 2013. It is being reprinted as part of a new weekend series at PJ Lifestyle collecting and organizing the top 50 best lists of 2013. Where will this great piece end up on the list? Reader feedback will be factored in when the PJ Lifestyle Top 50 List Collection is completed in a few months…
I was what every freshman girl in college was: new, bright-eyed, and looking for friends. Although my campus was small (2,100 people total), I wanted to find my niche. I decided to go through the sorority-recruitment process in order to meet other girls on campus and, hopefully, find a home away from home. Although recruitment season usually indicates long days, sleepless nights, and over-caffeinated, stressed-out girls, this process does teach life lessons–such as how to be strong in an interview or a good conversationalist.
I know this last sentence sounds preposterous. How could going through the process of recruitment or "rush" to join a "house" of women on a college campus prepare anyone for life? Or a job interview? Or how to carry on a conversation?
Hear me out.
7 Must-Follow Animal Accounts on Instagram
Having a bad day? Need something to make you smile or chuckle? Love animals?
Instagram has become my new source for "cuteness." Here are some of the cutest "must-follow" animals on Instagram. Check them out and enjoy!
1. Biddy the Hedgehog
Instagram Account Name: biddythehedgehog
Watch Biddy explore the world, take a bubble bath, or run his hilarious little hedgehog butt through leaves and grass. I really want a hedgehog now…
Netflix's House of Cards, Season 1: Becky Graebner's Guide
Editor's Note: Spend your Valentine's Day with Frank Underwood! Catch up on Netflix's House of Cards with this collection of articles Washington D.C.-based Becky Graebner wrote analyzing the first season, concluding with her predictions of the highly-anticipated season 2 that becomes available on February 14.
Here's a table of contents for the nine articles Becky wrote last summer and her season 2 preview from January; jump to the ones that interest you or just dive in from the beginning in this 9000-word collection:
Part 1: 3 Washington D.C. Stereotypes House of Cards Hits Too Close for Comfort
Part 2: The House of Cards Vision of Infidelity: More Fact than Fiction
Part 3: Seduce Your Way to the Top? Meet the Anne Boleyns of Washington, D.C.
Part 4: Why We Love to Hate Politicians
Part 5: Can Evil Sometimes Be Good?
Part 6: A Cast of Master Obfuscators
Part 7: 4 Reasons Why Netflix's House of Cards Is Such a Hit
Part 8: Real Life Lessons We Learned From Watching Fictional House of Cards
Part 9: Forecast for House of Cards Season 2: Stormy with a Chance of Homicide
3 Simple Desserts for Your Special Valentine
Valentine's Day is coming up which means some of you may be running around trying to decide what to do for the occasion. If you're staying in and cooking, here are three, simple dessert sauces that can pair easily with things already in your kitchen. Sometimes, a simple and classic dessert is the best dessert. Spend less time cooking and more time with the people you love!
All of these recipes an be found in my favorite, handy-dandy sauce cookbook, The Top 100 Quick and Easy Sauces.
1. The Classic: Chocolate Fudge Sauce
heaped 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
heaped 1/2 cup sugar
2 oz. good-quality semi-sweet chocolate (broken into squares)
4 tbsp. butter (diced)
3 tbsp. light corn syrup
vanilla extract (a few drops)
4 tbsp. light cream
Grab a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Add the sugars, chocolate, butter, and corn syrup. Heat the mixture slowly until it is smooth. Stir continuously.
Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer over low heat for five minutes. Stir continuously.
Remove from heat.
Add the vanilla extract and cream. Mix well.
How to serve: pour this over ice cream, sliced fruit (strawberries), or baked goods (hello, double chocolate brownies!) Add some pink, red, and white jimmies for decoration.
Going Greek! (In the Kitchen)
I was in Naples, Florida last week and was introduced to a local gem—a restaurant called Greek Gourmet. Their food was great, and their tzatziki sauce was to die for. I knew Ina had an "Easy Tzatziki" recipe in her "Foolproof" cookbook and I planned to see how she stacked up to my new favorite restaurant in Naples… (Spoiler Alert: It makes the cut.)
2 (7-ounce) containers of Greek yogurt
1 hothouse cucumber
¼ cup of sour cream
2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon minced fresh dill
1 ½ teaspoons minced garlic (about 2 cloves)
2 teaspoons kosher salt (I think this is too much–start with 1 teaspoon and go from there.)
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
(No oven to preheat this time!)
I placed the yogurt, sour cream, lemon juice, vinegar, dill, garlic, and pepper into a bowl. I only added in 1½ teaspoons of salt. (Start with 1 teaspoon and add more to taste.)
Next, I grated a large cucumber into a separate bowl. In the process of grating my cucumber, my mind decided to check out and I succeeded in grating part of my finger. This was my first kitchen injury… maybe the Greek gods don't like me? (The cut made dealing with lemon and garlic a little tricky.)
The next step in the recipe is to pull the cucumber "guts" out of the bowl, ringing out most of the liquid, and then adding it to the bowl with the other ingredients. I wasn't about to put my maimed finger in a bowl of grated cucumber, so I created a "press" with a large slatted spoon. If you aren't privy to getting your hands dirty, or if you also grate part of your hand, use a slatted spoon so scoop out the cucumber pulp and then press the "guts" with another spoon, pushing the liquid out.
After pressing out all the liquid, I mixed up the ingredients into a thick sauce.
Ina suggests serving the tzatziki with olives, feta, and toasted pita breads (you can also use pita chips if you don't want to toast your own pita breads). By the way, is it "kitchen legal" to eat this sauce with just a spoon when I run out of pita breads? Just wondering… it's that good.
Operation Onion
For some reason, whenever I enter the produce section of a grocery store I am afflicted with temporary amnesia. I forget what veggies and fruit I have at home and I tend to duplicate what I already have in my fridge. "It's ok…I'll use it up…"
I am notorious for serial buying onions. Onions do tend to last forever, but this week I really wanted to get rid of at least one sulking in the back of my refrigerator. (What one person needs three onions?) I decided to consult my magical book of sauces.
Soubise Sauce
(Serves 4)
3 tablespoons butter
1 large onion, finely chopped (red or yellow)
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 ¼ cups milk
freshly ground black pepper
2 Saucepans
Cutting board
Knife (for chopping)
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
- Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in the saucepan.
- Add in the onion and fry for 10-15 minutes (or until soft). Remove pan from heat and set aside.
- In the second saucepan, melt 1 1/2 tablespoons butter.
- Add the flour and cook for 1 minute while stirring.
- Remove the pan from the heat and gradually whisk in the milk.
- Return the saucepan to the heat and bring to a boil. Stir/whisk until sauce thick and smooth.
- Simmer sauce for 2-3 minutes and stir continuously.
- Add the fried onion.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.
This recipe suggests pairing this sauce with roast chicken, baked ham, broiled haddock, or monkfish.
Yum yum yum! Enjoy! (and hooray for one less onion!)
10 Reasons Why Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl X Was Better Than Super Bowl XLVIII
1. The players were puppies.
2. There was no crying in the stands after plays
3. Kittens! (one even used a parachute)
4. You didn't cringe after the ball was snapped…
5. You stayed awake.
A Meatloaf Recipe for Meatloaf Skeptics
I usually shy away from meatloaf. A. It is called "Meat-loaf"…it just doesn't sound appetizing. B. The shape…it is meat trying to masquerade as banana bread. C. Meatloaf seems to be one of those dishes that is either REALLY good or REALLY bad.
Despite my misgivings about meatloaf, I decided to try Ina Garten's "1770 House Meatloaf" recipe that is featured in her cookbook, Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust. This recipe isn't a Barefoot Contessa original. It actually comes from one of Ina's favorite restaurants, the 1770 House, in East Hampton, New York.
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups chopped Spanish onion (I used 1 large white onion)
1 ½ cups diced celery
1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground veal
1 pound ground pork
1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives
3 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup whole milk
2 tablespoons kosher salt (I used only 1 tablespoon since I had less meat)
1 tablespoon black pepper
2 ½ cups panko
I edited this recipe (as usual). For starters, I only purchased 1 pound of ground beef and 1 pound of ground pork. (The meatloaf was PLENTY big with only 2/3s the meat). I also went without chives (a no-go at the store), substituted regular milk for the whole milk, and halved the amount of salt (only 1 tablespoon). If I had had them in my fridge, I would have mixed in carrots and bell peppers too. (I love veggies).
20 Photos: A Splash of Sun and Sand in the Bleak Midwinter
Are you familiar with "Christmas in July?" Well, how about some "summer in January?" For those of you who see mounds of snow outside, I promise that summer will be back soon (only a few more months!). In the meantime, here is a picture-perfect dose of beachy warmth to keep you motivated.


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Hyannis High School Alumni
The alumni of Hyannis in Hyannis, Nebraska are encouraged to use this site to relive their time in high school by sharing with former students and teachers of Hyannis High School. Don't forget to upload your Hyannis High School pictures and check on the latest info about any Hyannis High School reunion. While you are reminiscing about the times you spent in high school at Hyannis High School, you should also check out alumni photos, yearbook listings and share any reunion info if possible.

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Room and Board
Housing Options
Undergraduate Exchange Students
Bentley offers many different housing facilities. Full descriptions of each housing facility can be found on the website of the the Office of Residential Services.
- Residence Halls contain bedrooms for one to three people with shared bathrooms for the entire floor. Residence halls do not contain full kitchens, and students are required to purchase a meal plan.
- Suites house two to eight people with shared bedrooms, common areas, and bathrooms. Suites do not contain full kitchens, and students are required to purchase a meal plan.
- Apartments include bedrooms, common areas, kitchens, and bathrooms for two to five people. Students living in apartments can cook for themselves and are not required to purchase a meal plan.
- Off-campus accommodation is available, however Bentley cannot assist you with finding this kind of housing. We recommend that exchange students live on-campus, because local transportation to campus is not readily available.
Note: Bentley will attempt to meet your housing preference but cannot guarantee that your preference will be available for the semester you are at Bentley. Linens and towels are not included in your room fee, but you will be given opportunities for shopping trips shortly after your arrival.
Graduate Exchange Students
There is no on-campus housing available at Bentley for graduate exchange students.
In June, the Office of Graduate Admissions organizes a "housing chat" for students interested in finding other students who are looking for housing, and for finding open apartments in the area. Specific information about the housing chat will be sent to students by email after acceptance.
Meal Plans
Bentley offers the Super Value Meal Plan (unlimited visits to the cafeteria every day), the Value 17 Meal Plan, the Value 15 Meal Plan, and the Value 10 Meal Plan. Students assigned to residence halls or suites are required to purchase the Super Value, Value 17, or Value 15 Meal Plan. More information about the meal plans and the dining facilities on campus can be found on the Dining Services website. Please note that meal plan costs are updated once per year; it is possible that the Dining Services website will not yet reflect exact fees for the semester you will be here. The Exchange Student Fees section of our website provides a range of meal plan costs, for planning purposes.
The cost for housing placements can vary greatly depending on the specific circumstances of a room or apartment. Placements in apartments and with fewer roommates are more expensive options. Please consult the Residential and Dining Services websites listed above for more detailed cost information.


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Cheryl Cole's new single is a coded love message to boyfriend Derek Hough, a report has claimed.
Pundits have claimed that `Promise This' contains lyrics which are a "clear tribute" to the Dancing With The Stars pro.
Cole apparently refers to Hough as her skylark, using the French term "Alouette", says the Daily Star.
Cheryl also uses the song to explain some of her feelings following the breakdown of her marriage to Ashley Cole.
The 27-year-old warbles: "In the beginning, there was nothing, so empty, in the space between."
"Then you came in, turned the lights on and created what has come to be."
Cheryl then hints at her relationship with Derek, who nursed her through her battle with malaria.
She sings: "Though I am walking through the shadows, you were with me and you comfort me.
"Promise this, if I die before I wake ... You'll be the last to kiss my lips."
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Manchester United's determination to sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Luka Modric will be tested by the oil-money of Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain, who the Daily Mirror report have outbid the Premier League side for the services of the Croatian playmaker.
PSG are said to have trumped United's £22m offer by £8m and the newspaper adds the French club are willing to go higher if need be. United's offer was rejected by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, who took a similar stance 12 months ago when it was Chelsea chasing Modric.
Carlo Ancelotti, the Coach of PSG, is however thought to have identified Modric as one of his top targets for the summer, with scouts from the club watching the 26-year-old in action during his country's 3-1 win over the Republic of Ireland at Euro 2012 on Sunday. The Mirror adds that Modric is thought to favour a move to United rather than to France.
Check out the Euro 2012 odds and get some tips on the European Championships betting.
Jagielka: Everton have to improve
Wenger impressed by mentality of Arsenal pair Giroud and Sanchez
Newcastle striker Cisse apologies for spitting at Evans
Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Swansea City: Tottenham get top-four hopes back on track with Swans victory
Kane needs summer break, urges Tottenham manager Pochettino
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By Jumping Jesus on 12 June 2012 at 13:33
Spurs can keep him. He's a lightweight
By Peter4Spurs on 12 June 2012 at 13:06
So what race? What teams have made a bid? Levy is in mourning for his mother, I don't think he is having convo's with the press about Luka and if he has had bids I don't think he would be phoning the DM and Mirror about it ... do you?? So Man U are in the driving seat are they? of what, a 17 tonne tank? I know papers feel that they have to sell the entire Spurs squad each window but it's getting STUPID now .. even Luka has not said he want's to leave and with 3 yrs left on his contract Spurs DON'T (look at that word again all newspapers - I will repeat it DON'T) have to sell to anybody ... So print fact not lie's ... I think it's about time newspapers WERE regulated so that when we read thinks we know it to be a grounded opinion no a LIE ... (bet this don't get published)!!!


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Dick Weber (December 23, 1929 – February 13, 2005) was a bowling professional and a founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). Weber was known not only as a bowling superstar, but also as a bowling pioneer and one of the sport's most popular players.
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Weber moved to Florissant, Missouri, in 1955 to form a bowling team called the Budweisers (after the popular American beer brand). Other members of the Budweisers included Ray Bluth, Don Carter, Tom Hennessey and Pat Patterson. The team established a long-standing 5-man ABC league series record in 1958.
In 1958, Weber became a founding member of the Professional Bowlers Association, which he subsequently dominated. Weber won his first PBA title in the inaugural 1959 season, and two of the three PBA events held that year. He went on to win 10 of the first 22 PBA tournaments, including winning seven titles in 1961 alone. During his career, he won titles in 30 PBA Tour events and six PBA Senior Tour events (amassing a total of 36 PBA titles in both categories). He was PBA Player of the Year in 1965, and earned BPAA National Bowler of the Year honors three times (in 1961, 1963 and 1965). His 30 regular tour wins place him in seventh-place on the all-time PBA wins list. In 1999, he became one of five people to knock down over 100,000 pins in the USBC tournament. In 2002, Weber also became the first player to win at least one PBA title in six decades (counting PBA Senior events). Bowling mostly in an era of low prize money, he still managed to cash over $930,000 in PBA earnings.[1]
Weber was also known as a tireless ambassador of his sport, and rarely passed up an opportunity to promote the sport of bowling. One promotion had him bowling the highest (altitude) game ever in "Operation AstroBowl," which took place on a Boeing 707 on January 7, 1964.[2] This was a joint campaign for American Airlines' Cargo Service. The aircraft used was an all-cargo Boeing 707 with a single AMF lane installed in the main cargo hold. The flight was from New York to Washington's Dulles Airport. Weber also appeared several times on Late Show with David Letterman. He usually bowled into strange items, as requested by viewers. A lane was set up outside the studio and Weber would roll a ball into things like TV sets or eggs.
League bowling in the United States had its heyday in the 1960s and early 1970s, partly due to the influence of pros like Weber and Don Carter. Several PBA pros like Johnny Petraglia claimed to be inspired by Dick Weber: "The main reason I went on Tour was Dick Weber. When I was 14, I saw him do an exhibition in Madison Square Garden. When I left I remember saying to myself: 'I want to be like Dick Weber.'"[3]
Both Dick and his son, Pete Weber, are members of the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame and the PBA Hall of Fame. In 1999 Dick Weber was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. The PBA ranked him 3rd on its 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years." Only all-time titles leaders Earl Anthony and Walter Ray Williams, Jr. ranked higher.
Dick Weber died of respiratory failure on February 13, 2005. He was survived by wife Juanita, 3 sons, and 1 daughter.
Weber also produced his own training video called Let's Bowl With Dick Weber. Its blurb reads: "Voted 'one of the best bowlers that ever lived,' Weber has held the PBA presidency and 26 PBA titles in a career that spans four decades. Weber covers all the basics: bowling accessories, proper ball weight and fit, stance, follow through, delivery and release. He even gives tips for aiming and addresses some of the common faults of new bowlers. This unique, in-depth video brings the elements of high-precision sport into your living room so you can practice these tips at the alley and begin building your bowling skills." [1]
The Weber Cup, named after Dick, is a Ryder Cup-style event that pits European and American ten-pin bowlers against one another. It is held annually in England. For the past three seasons, the PBA has had a tour stop named the Dick Weber Open. In 2011, the PBA named its all-new playoff series the Dick Weber PBA Playoffs.
On April 17, 2006, the inaugural Dick Weber Tribute was held in St. Louis. Organized by Bill McCorkle, the event attracted many of bowling's top luminaries. The event was attended by over 20 members of the Weber family, representing four generations, as well as over 50 professional bowlers, including champions and members of the Hall of Fame. The highlight of the evening came when Pete Weber delivered a moving tribute. Many in the audience had never seen this side of him before. [2]
A documentary on the life and fame of Dick Weber was released on March 23, 2007, by Live Technologies, Inc. and Bill McCorkle. It consists of interviews with many current and former professional bowlers, family, and sportscasters as well as footage covering Weber's 60-year history as a professional athlete.
Weber's legacy also lives on through the Bowling Proprietors Association of America (BPAA), which now gives out an annual BPAA Dick Weber Bowling Ambassador award. The most recent award winner was Parker Bohn III in 2011.[4]


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Tiger men win at Sprint Center
By AUSTIN COLBERT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Bigger isn't always better, a discovery both the Fort Hays State University and Rockhurst University men's basketball teams made on Tuesday when they met at the Sprint Center as part of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic.
"It's a big arena -- it's an open arena -- that guys aren't used to playing in. We figured both teams would struggle shooting the ball, so I think you just really need to come out and play hard and defend, and I thought we did that," FHSU coach Mark Johnson said. "Not that they weren't playing hard and not ready to go, it's just there is not a rhythm, there is not an atmosphere, and it's kind of hard."
The Tigers certainly had it better than Rockhurst, which missed its first 15 shots from the field en route to an early 19-3 hole and eventual 72-48 defeat in front of a sparse crowd. The win moves FHSU, ranked No. 20 in Division II, to 6-0 on the season.
Key to Rockhurst's slow start was the Tigers' ability to slow down senior guard Brandon McCann, who was averaging 19.8 points per game entering Tuesday's contest. A combination of Tiger players, led by Carson Konrade and James Fleming, held McCann to three points on 1 of 8 shooting.
"We just had to have one guy chase him around all night and get in his head," FHSU senior forward Dwayne Brunson said. "We had subs and different bodies thrown at him so we had different looks on defense and just threw him off and did what we wanted to do."
Brunson carried the Tigers with 19 points and 11 rebounds, his fifth straight double-double this season. He only had seven double-doubles all of last season.
The Tigers entered their game against Rockhurst (2-3) averaging more than 90 points a game. What concerned them was a sub-par defense, which came together in a big way against the Hawks.
FHSU led 41-16 at halftime, holding Rockhurst to 3 of 28 shooting (10.7 percent) for the half. The Hawks' first field goal came with 9:49 remaining in the first half, an easy lay in by Russell Burns off a missed jumper.
"I thought against (Oklahoma-Panhandle State) and Newman at home, offensively we played it very good," Johnson said. "I was disappointed in our defense.
For a half both of those games we didn't play very well. We guarded for 20 minutes instead of 40. It was nice to get out here and reestablish a defensive presence."
The Hawks never threatened in the second half and trailed by as much as 33 points with 5:49 to play. The Tigers didn't have a field goal the rest of the game from that point, but still held on to win by 24 points.
It was the first meeting between the teams since an 86-58 FHSU win during the 2004-05 season.
The only other player in double figures for the Tigers was Jared Tadlock, who was forced to start in place of the injured Jake Stoppel, who is week to week with a "bad ankle sprain." Tadlock finished with 11 points and made 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
"Obviously you just have to have that mentality to attack right from the get go," Tadlock said about coming off the bench.
"It's always a little more difficult to shoot in gyms like this. It might be something to do with the rims, basketballs, atmosphere, but it was a lot of fun. I know I speak for my teammates. We enjoyed it and it's always better to get the win."
Adam Fatkin was the only Hawk in double digits with 10 points, six of which came from the free-throw line.
The Tigers will return home on Saturday with a game against Sterling College at Gross Memorial Coliseum, following the FHSU women's basketball game against Tabor College, which begins at 2 p.m.


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I thought I had buried my sorrows long ago, but the words and actions last week of one of America's top corporate executives brought back all the raw emotions I felt after giving birth to my oldest daughter, Emily, 32 years ago.
Every one of Emily's milestones was a burden lifted for my husband, Dan, and I. All loving parents celebrate the first crawl, first word (Emily's was "toast," not mama or dada) and first steps. But we rejoiced as if these natural benchmarks of growth were miracles. They confirmed that Emily had beaten some extremely long odds.
Two weeks ago, AOL employees started noticing a change to their 401(k) retirement plans. Basically, the company switched the policy on matching contributions to an annual lump sum instead of making the payments in each paycheck. Only employees at the company through Dec. 31 would be eligible, meaning that anyone who left midyear wouldn't see any of the benefit.
But the most humiliating tar-and-feathering of Armstrong was from the mother of one of the so-called "distressed babies." Deanna Fei wrote a first-person article in the Slate magazine about her daughter, born four months prematurely and weighing just 1 pound 9 ounces. She described her baby's blue gelatinous skin and her fear "to name her, to know her, to love her."
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Brad Pitt has been attacked while signing autographs at the Hollywood premiere of fiancee Angelina Jolie's new film.
The actor was struck in the head by a man seen jumping over a fence and rushing towards him before the screening of Maleficent.
Security guards wrestled him away and an apparently unharmed Pitt resumed signing autographs outside the El Capitan Theatre.
Ukrainian prankster Vitalii Sediuk was photographed being handcuffed and officers confirmed a man was held overnight after being arrested on suspicion of battery.
"The officers who were handling him said it looked like it was intentional, but at this point, it remains to be determined," said Sergeant Leonard Calderon of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Sediuk has form having tried to slip under actress America Ferrera's dress at Cannes two weeks ago.
In 2012 he was slapped by Will Smith after trying to kiss him on the lips, and last year the 'reporter' was arrested for crashing the stage as Adele was about to receive a Grammy.
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Johnnie Rose Martinez was the first witness to testify against accused serial killer Jeffery Lee Guillory.
Martinez pointed toward Guillory in court and identified him as her attacker.
Martinez testified that she was beaten so severely by Guillory in a December 2007 attack in Lafayette that she remained on her couch for 30 days afterward.
The 43-year-old Guillory was arrested in December 2009 in the deaths of three women in Baton Rouge between 1999 and 2002.


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The NCJW's Back-To-School! Store served over 1,000 area children, according to officials with the event.
Members of the NCJW said children received a hat, gloves and a coat to begin the school year.
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This is bar-none the best full bodied cigar that I have ever smoked. They're beautiful to look at; construction is a work of art; they're ultra-consistent; and most importantly, the complex, spicy, nutty flavor absolutely blew my mind. I always thought that Cammies were my thing... no longer. You gotta try these.
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Best cigar I've had! Subtle sweet taste. Great burn. Never had to relight. Smooth and relaxing smoke. Kept getting better all the way to my finger tips.
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Great over all cigar. Draw is a little to tight. Great burn and smoke is smooth. One of my all time favorites next to the CX2.
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I am half way through a box of these unbelievable sticks and they keep getting better. They have now barely nudged ahead of my Gurkha Titans and Padron Serie 1964 as the favorite stick in my humidor. You won't be dissapointed!!
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I realize we all have different taste, but the Ashton VSG Torpedo is one of the very best cigars I have ever had the pleasure of smoking.
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A very smooth tasteful cigar. I usually don't smoke them all the way to the end, but this one I can't put down until I'm burning my fingertips and lips. I save these cigars for when the day is perfect and I'm with family and friends at a BBQ.
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Poussez la porte: le soleil est a l'interieur (Open the door: the sun is inside) was the name of the exhibition featuring the work of several Belgian design studios from Wallonia and Brussels. We've already featured the latest carpet from Atelier Blink, but there were also rugs from Charlotte Lancelot, including a giant cross-stitch. Christiane Högner displayed a cushionized sofa made up of so many pillows that counting sheep would never need to enter the equation. Speaking of sheep, Draw Me A Sheep featured a fascinating installation of prisms created by solar-powered LCD panels. Kaspar Hamacher used the concept of a leather belt to create hanging bookshelves that make quite an impact in a group, Dust Deluxe featured a textured sideboard, and Habit-T had some delicate hanging lamps. One of our faves was the Secret Chair by Nedda El-Asmar, a practical tidy-up solution.
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- A halfway decent winter coat will cost over $40. We've tried the extreme budget brands (and turned into a walking lint magnet), but it's nearly impossible to find a winter coat that will last more than a month for less than $40 (it's all about the cost per wear, folks).
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Just wanted to let folks know I'll be interviewed by Sean Croxton of Underground Wellness. This is a live call-in show that is airing this Wednsday, September 1st at 5pm PST. The call in number is 347-237-5608. You can find that number and show information here.
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by Dr Raymond Fung
On the first day a kindly bishop asked me whether I felt like Daniel in the den of lions - that was supposed to be pastoral care and I assure it was. So I look around and I must say I do not see too many lions, but I feel like a lion in the den with Daniel.
Ecumenical perspective is difficult to define. I take it to mean that I will try to bring the most pertinent insights and questions generated from ecumenical encounters among the world's churches and I will apply this insight, these questions, these debates onto what has happened so far in this conference. I have been asked not to prepare a text ahead of time and I have been faithful to that and that means you will get a product of a person at 2.00 am in the morning. The lack of organisation will be compensated with I hope some inspiration.
Let me run with you what I attempt to say. Evangelism - an ecumenical perspective. I will start with describing two temptations in our understanding and positioning of evangelism. Then I want just briefly mention, propose a working definition, then I want to talk about evangelism and mission, then very briefly evangelism and church growth, then evangelism and Eucharist. Then I move on to a discussion on evangelism and articulation and here I would like to specifically respond to Archbishop Carey's encouragement that we should be bold and confident that we have a gospel to proclaim. Then I like to raise three issues, one political, two theological and finally I like to say something about vision. What have the many ecumenical encounters on evangelism to say about vision.
We are a big church and in talking to each other we need to be clear in what we are saying and that means we need to have some discipline on words and what meaning we put to words otherwise we will not get what we are saying to each other. I think one of the temptations of dealing with evangelism in the context of a church is that we tend to marginalise it. So that is my first reflection. Don't marginalise evangelism - it is for every Christian person and it is for every Christian ministry and every office in the Church. Of course there are full time evangelists, but I think there are many more Christian teachers, home makers, business people, civil servants, doctors, lawyers, policemen who are charged also as believers with the task of evangelism. Evangelism also is the task given to every ministry, bishops, pastors, development workers, so let us not marginalise evangelism. We must reject the temptation to marginalise it.
The second temptation is don't overload it or you will break it's back. Don't put too much into evangelism, don't expect it to bring the second coming of Jesus, don't expect it to bring justice and peace to the whole world. It is but one ministry. As an evangelist or as a person who does evangelism, I will reject the expectation framed in a question like this: OK you are interested in evangelism - how much justice have you promoted today, I will reject that as overloading evangelism. What I will accept is the question or the challenge: What sort of Christians are you trying to produce, who will not bring shame to the cause of the gospel of our faith. Are you trying to produce Christians who will bring God justice? I think that is an appropriate question for evangelism.
I think in a way we expect too much of evangelism, we will overload it, we will break it's back, we would domesticate it, and we would destroy it's power.
Moving on to working definitions - given the two temptations that I have just described, I think a working definition would do nicely and I want to offer it for your consideration. Evangelism is a human attempt, nothing mysterious, nothing sacred, nothing defined about it, it is the human attempt to awake or to re-awake personal faith in Jesus Christ. You may succeed, in that case we have conversion, that is the work of the Holy Spirit. But evangelism is a very human attempt. It is an attempt to move a person from no faith or nominal faith or other faiths to faith in Jesus Christ.
And the currency of evangelism is articulation. It is to describe what cannot be seen. To give a name, to give words to spiritual realities. I think this working definition is faithful to my modest understanding of evangelism.
And thirdly, if I may move on, evangelism and mission. Given that I want to reject temptations to overload evangelism, I want to say that evangelism is not mission, evangelism rather is the sharpest point of mission. It is the cutting edge in the church's encounter with the world. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health Care, all these are encounters between the Church and the world. But the sharp cutting edge of that encounter is evangelism, is the attempt to move persons from no faith to faith. And therefore without this cutting edge context, without this evangelistic context our missionary encounter with the world cannot be complete. It is incomplete. So it is no wonder that evangelism is not very domesticated, or easy to control. We sometimes we tend to project that kind of an image that evangelism is for the tame, for those who are good tempered, evangelism is the least controversial ministry in the church. I beg to say, that given this ecumenical understanding, it is in fact the most fearsome part of the church. It is that ministry, which, like it or not, deals with sin - no escape from that. In pastoral counselling, in Christian education, in social work, we may be able to avoid the direct dealing with sin, but my friends, not in evangelism. It is not for the faint-hearted.
So it does not surprise me that evangelism is also certainly an emotional thing in our churches, because it is such a fearsome ministry. In my work with urban mission before I moved to Geneva, in our attempt to bring the gospel to the working class poor, we had the support of the churches and political pressure did not cause us any problems in regard to the churches' support. But the support of the church is threatened when we began to evangelise. It is on the very cutting edge and so I am not surprised that it causes problems, both with the world and inside the church - I think it is in it's very nature.
Now evangelism and church growth. Here I may be emphatic. I don't think I can ever over emphasise that we must not overload evangelism with church growth - it is too heavy a burden, it will break evangelism, it will rob it of it's power because evangelism is the attempt to move persons from no faith to faith in Jesus Christ. It is not an attempt to move a person into the membership of a particular denomination. And I think if we regard evangelism as a means as a tool of church growth, we would domesticate it, we would rob it of it's power. I see evangelism not as a tool, as an instrument of the Church, but as a challenge of the Church, a challenge to renew itself, a challenge to it's liturgy and in fact a challenge to it's theology. It is evangelism which causes all the troubles with the early church. It was when gentiles had become Christians that the council of Jerusalem was called and that created the first missiological controversy in the Church. The council ended in a compromise. No gentile Christians need not follow the Mosaic laws, except you must not commit adultery, except you must not eat certain food, except that you must not eat food offered to the idols. That is a bad compromise I must say and we can see the apostle Paul trying all kinds of ways to get around that in his letters.
But it is evangelism which poses the challenge to establish theology which compels the church to reflect on it and to develop new directions. It is the coming-in to the Church of new persons from different cultures who are from a different class background, from various ethnic, racial different backgrounds. They bring new questions, new experiences, new gifts into the church and they together pose the challenge to the Church. Not in any bad sense of the word. It is just like in Hong Kong, we have Asia's biggest computer in our royal Hong Kong jockey club. A huge computer on the wall and it tells you exactly how much you are going to win or how much you are going to loose. When you put a bet in, you put $10 in there, and this little insignificant $10 will change the whole computer board, it changes every single item. And I think this is what new converts do - at least supposedly. I am not saying that the church must accommodate the demands of the new believers - no. But the very presence of new converts would mean that the whole church becomes a slightly different church. If you have more new converts, the church has to be different, otherwise it will run into trouble. So please, don't overload evangelism with church growth.
And then, evangelism and the Eucharist. I know and I admire and I respect that for the Anglican tradition, the heart of your faith is the Eucharist. And I understand that you want to derive your understanding and your power for evangelism from the very heart of your tradition and I want to see you succeed. But if I may put to you that the description of yourself as a eucharistic community may not be the only appropriate description for the purpose of evangelism. I know probably it is the best you want, but does this description help, can we not say a Kingdom Community, or can we not say a baptised community and here we bring in the death and resurrection of Jesus. Why must we insist that our understanding and our appropriation of evangelism must come from the eucharistic table. I know why, but must this be the only way? Because obviously in practice it is a very tough journey. My experience has been in these last several days, that there is far too much concern on starting our evangelistic journey from the eucharistic table. Our bible studies have done nothing but talking about that. Too much concern on starting our evangelistic journey from the eucharistic table. There is too little concern on evangelism ending up in the market place.
Sometimes I have a dirty mind and I can read into this insistence if I choose to, on the eucharistic community as the starting point and be all and end all of evangelism. I can draw conclusions from it. One - the Anglican Communion wants to derive all its understanding on evangelism from itself, from its own tradition. It is not ready to learn from other traditions and I think that will be a mistake. Secondly I think this makes me suspicious that maybe it is the ordained, the clergy who want to keep control of evangelism. After all, we can't have Eucharist without them. This exploration from the eucharistic community has made evangelism to be very heavy and very pious, maybe too pious for the school of evangelism. I know that you people are not like that in the field, but here you all behave like you are very pious, very pious persons and that the burden of the whole world rests on your shoulders.
I think in our ecumenical discussion, the image of the evangelised is of some other irreverent secular guy (?). Remember evangelism is that part of the mission encounter which is on the cutting edge. While the evangelist must be faithful sons and daughters of the church, I think there is a case to be made that they all have greater moral accountability, not to the Church leaders, but to the people among whom they serve and evangelize. I think it can even be a case for the evangelists being the world's advocate inside the church.
Evangelism and articulation. I want to hold that while words sometimes can be cheap, can sometimes mean nothing, nevertheless it is given to evangelism that we use words, that we articulate. We use the body too. But the basic idea is that we articulate, what cannot be seen. And here I think there has been a lot of fruitful insight from debates on evangelism on the ecumenical level.
Let me put it this way. To evangelise we are trying to find the word from scripture which also can find an echo in the human heart. When we articulate the gospel we are not saying something to another person, we are not making an input into that person from outside, no, after all we all believe that God is working in the human heart before we even speak, before the Church would come in. God is already working there. So the task of evangelism is to articulate that which is already inside that person, that which God already has spoken to that person, but maybe that person does not understand and we need to find the right word to bring it out. When a person listens to us, and when that person feels 'Yes you are speaking about me', then we are going somewhere. Therefore fruitful or powerful evangelism must lie with articulation, or adroit articulation of the word from God to some one in context. (whether we can find a word in scripture which can also articulate the deep yearnings of every human heart.)
In that case evangelism is very powerful. It is not just a personal thing, it is not just a one to one situation but if we can articulate the yearnings of the people, then a very humble single person evangelising will be able to bring out the yearnings of thousands and thousands. We have heard many many beautiful examples of this kind of articulation in this conference. I am thinking particularly of the Mozambique experience. You find the right word and that word is not simply a word for one person, but is a word that brings out the yearnings, the hopes, the aspirations of hundreds and thousands of people. Now that is a lot of power.
I make this reference lastly, because I feel a little disturbed by one thing here. I want to say this with a lot of humility and a lot of tentativeness. While I don't want to load evangelism with the burdens of universal social justice, I don't want to burden evangelism with the task of developing a whole nation, but I do want to ask, how come that when we hear stories of exuberance in our evangelistic ministry, we have many churches here who have told us of such things, there is absolutely no problem having people come and listen to our Christian story. And people will respond and we are not only talking about young, we are talking about thousands and some of us are talking about presidents and cabinet officers and university chancellors, coming and listening to the gospel message, and yet my cynical mind or half of it reminds me of the moral, the cultural, the economic bankruptcy of those situations. How come?
I can understand that when the Christian population is only 2% - 5% out of the population, but I cannot understand how that can be the case when we have countries represented here, whose population would be 80% Christian or 90% nominal, yes, but still Christian -sympathetic to gospel values even though they may not measure up. Could it be that articulation of the gospel message is too individual or exclusively individual that we have forgotten to find a word for the nation. We think about it, but I doubt we know exactly what that is and I want to suggest to you that in these years of ecumenical encounter on evangelism, this has been given a lot of attention. I will give a concrete illustration of this towards the end.
I think it is entirely possible to find a word which would bring a person from no faith or nominal faith to faith in Jesus Christ, in such a way that that message will be heard as the longing of thousands and thousands of poor people in the eyes of the authorities.
Another point about articulation. The Archbishop urges a bold declaration of the gospel. Confidence in our proclamation of the Good News. I want to push it a little further. How do we measure gospel confidence? From where I come, evangelists are always confident, sometimes too confident. I want to say that the case lies in this. To proclaim God yes, de facto, to denounce idols. I don't think we can authentically say that we proclaim God without at the same time, not necessarily using words, denouncing the idols. We would say to people, yes we believe in God, but if the people do not see what other idols do we denounce, then our positive proclamation of God is shallow, if not questionable. In every yes, are also many no's. I said yes to coming here to Ashville. By this very act I am also saying no to going to London, to going to Kuala Lumpur. If indeed the affirmation is for real, then it certainly means no de facto, no two idols. If I may make it more clear, when a man or woman says yes to his or her spouse in marriage, the man is also saying no to other women in terms of wives. You don't have to say no out loud, but the very fact that you say yes, carries a very clear messsage of this no, no, no. And I fear that in our happiness to want to be positive, that our positive affirmation would fail to communicate our denounciation of idols in our exorcism of demons.
I am not saying that we need to preach against idols and demons but I am saying that whenever we say Jesus is Lord, we are in fact saying, and we must be able to communicate this, communism is not lost, the House of Commons is not it, that is in the nature of things. And that to me is a real test of whether we mean business when we make our affirmations. Let's face it, we all want to be positive. We hate to be negative, it is not very nice to be negative, but it is the denunciation of idols which convinces the world that Jesus is Lord.
Finally, three issues. Sharing evangelism, this is a major concern and I want to applaud it in this conference, but the language of the conference remains north and south and I feel that this is already outdated. I feel left out. Where does East Asia fit in? We may not be as affluent as the North and certainly we are not dependant, so how do we fit in? You need to give us some room. I think sharing evangelism would be a most marvellous thing. Because when we talk about the sharing of financial resources, let us face it, we are not starting from equality. When it comes to sharing evangelism, every single church in this represented in this room, stands equally tall.
So let me just pose this question - I think we need to find a way to let East Asia come into the picture. We don't have the colonial history with the rest of the 2/3 world, that is an advantage. The disadvantage of course is that we have no experience of talking to Middle Eastern people and African people and so on and we need to learn. But I think something beautiful will come of this encounter.
Number two issue - a theological one - Islam. I don't think we can avoid this question missiologically. We all know the political sensitivity of an august body like the ACC in terms of talking about Islam. Anything written will be examined by our Islamic counterparts, I assure you. So the easiest way is not to print anything. But that is for the editors, and the General Secretary to worry about. But theologically I think we cannot avoid it. If I may Bishop, when you said the other day, Christ for Sabah and Sabah for Christ, and in a previous sentence you said that 60% of population which Christians cannot touch in legal terms. Now I would like to ask, what does that mean, how can we talk about Sabah for Christ when we cannot say anything in terms of evangelism and the Muslim population. I am not saying we must go foolhardily into making beautiful and highbrow analysis but in terms of study and reflection and strategy I think we do need to think about it. Let me propose a possible option. It is a very dangerous option, but I think it may make sense to some of you.
I think here the language of evangelism may not be suffice, we might need to go into the language of mission. I think a number of ecumenical encounters have let this formulation emerge, not evangelising Muslims, no, but mission to Islam. This requires a lot of explication, but let me repeat, not evangelising Muslims, but mission to Islam. I want to suggest to you that in the Anglican Communion you have probably the best brains on this subject of all the churches. Listen to them, don't let them just sit there in the libraries and write books for universities and so on. I think you people probably have the strongest team of Islamic scholars - very substantial people.
The last issue, a very difficult one, but I think it is crucial. The question is, are nominal Christians Christian? In this conference, I think some of us are aware of the pertinency of this question. I heard on several occasions someone say about nominal Christians, slight Christians, unsaved. You don't know who nominal Christians are theoretically? I don't know, but I am excited by this questions. I think it is a legitimate missiological question.
I remember in a Lausanne Conference in Manila, there was a workshop on reaching nominal Christians. I and a whole lot of others rushed to attend that workshop and that this guy from Ireland started the workshop by saying, "For this workshop a nominal Christian is a non believer". He may be right, but I tell you more than half of us turned out back and went to another workshop. I think it is a very serious question and I want the Canadians to study it and also want the African churches to study it. After you speak of many many drop outs and so on. Now are they Christians? My own spiritual journey would suggest that the easy answer is yes, they are not Christians, nominal Christians are not Christians. But I want to put a question mark to that now. Can God's work touch a person and return unavailed, how do you understand that. And after all we like to speak of evangelism also in a language of coming home. To call people home, so we are not talking about total strangers, we are not talking about people who have absolute no idea of spiritual reality, or people who are totally alien from what we regard to be precious.
Finally a word about vision. For evangelism I want to say, please do not load evangelism with the burden of finding a vision for the whole church, but rather I will accept the implication to find a vision which will be common with the world, a vision which even the world would regard as theirs. This is how evangelism happens and here again I beg your forgiveness if I may sound egoistic, but after all you have invited me, I have been travelling all over the word when I was with the World Council of Churches selling one idea and I want to share that briefly. This is the vision that comes to us from the prophet Isaiah, ch 65, I think several of you made that reference. It is a vision of God in which God's preference for the human community in which "children do not die, old people live out their lives in dignity and also those who plant vineyards, drink the wine, and those who build houses, live in them". I want to propose that maybe this is a vision that might work with us, that would find an echo in every single human heart, whether in the depth of poverty, or in the affluence of the West.
We need to learn to present the world with a God who is so real that they would like to say, 'I would like to come and worship with you, because your God is genuine and I think that God will understand me'. In short, people will believe in our Gospel to the degree to which they see its essence validated in our own lives and experience.
Thank you and God bless you all.


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Japan's Shinmoedake volcano, known by James Bond aficionados as the lair of one of 007's enemies, scattered thick ash over a wide area, toppled trees, and shattered windows in buildings and cars five miles away.
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Authorities in southern Japan today increased alert levels after a volcano produced its most powerful eruption since it exploded back to life almost a week ago. Concern is mounting that the activity could be a prelude to far more destructive eruptions.
Shinmoedake, part of the Mount Kirishima cluster of volcanoes on the island of Kyushu, scattered thick ash over a wide area, toppled trees, and shattered windows in buildings and cars five miles away.
Local media said boulders had landed on roads some distance from the 4,662-foot peak, while one woman was reportedly cut by broken glass. No serious injuries have been reported since the volcano erupted last Wednesday, its fist major activity for 52 years.
More than 1,000 residents in high-risk areas were advised to seek refuge in evacuation centers, although so far only about 600 have done so. Those who opted to stay at home are protecting themselves from the ash with facemasks and sunglasses.


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