Oral Roberts University Gets $70 million from someone not connected to the institution

Oral Roberts University, the debt-ridden evangelical institution riven by scandal, has been handed a $70 million lifeline.

Mart Green, founder of the Christian office and educational supply store chain Mardel, said Tuesday he would immediately give $8 million to the university, with the rest to come after a 60-to-90-day review of the university’s financial records.

Green said his family must approve the financial review before the $62 million is given and is requesting at least two seats on the board of regents for his family members.

“Let’s straighten the ship,” Green said, four days after the school’s president stepped down amid accusations that he misspent funds to support a lavish lifestyle. “Let’s get integrity. Let’s get trust built back and the rest will go away.”

Green said he has never attended the university and had no ties to the Oral Roberts family. He said he has been following the university’s story in the media in recent weeks and decided he wanted to help.

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U2 – 20 Years Ago

With today being the 20th anniversary of U2’s greatest album, The Joshua Tree, I thought I would search the web just to see what was out there.

I ran across a fantastic post about someone writing about their first U2 concert.  He wanted to attend the concert because he was a recent college grad that majored in Bible and was mesmerized by the biblical imagery of U2’s lyrics.  He goes on to say it was the first time he went to church in a stadium.   You can read his post here.

The concert he speaks of was held in the L.A.’s Memorial Coliseum back on Nov 18, 1987.  I thought it was neat that the Olympic torch was burning at the beginning of the concert.

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‘Nincompoop’ is voted UK’s favourite sounding word

“Nincompoop” has been voted the UK’s favourite sounding word.The term, probably derived in around 1676 from the Latin definition of someone not of a sound mind “non compos mentis”, came top of a poll to find Britain’s favourite words.

“Nincompoop”, which is now used to describe a silly or foolish person, polled 13 per cent of the votes to scoop the title.

More than 2,000 members of the British public were asked to pick their favourite word from the 16,500 entries in the Cambridge Dictionary.

“Love” came in second, followed by “mum” in third place and “discombobulated” – which means being thrown into a state of confusion – was fourth.

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