This is followed by a provocative
conversation between management visionary and civil engineer Tom
Peters and Bentley Chief Marketing Officer Tony Flynn about putting
the "Wow!" into AEC projects.civil engineering is the basis for at least
the first several thousand years of human existence. In fact, Henry
calls it "alarming.

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The Spiritual Capital Research Program seeks to integrate the concept of
spiritual capital into the social sciences, with particular attention to
building connections to economics , and to develop a network of scholars for a
new field of study.be. Mr. Says Henry, "Our infrastructure
is sliding toward failure, and the prospect for any real improvement
is grim.

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Deadline for Letters of Intent: April 15, 2005

PHILADELPHIA, A call for proposals for research
in the developing new interdisciplinary field of Spiritual Capital has been
issued by the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science. Metanexus is
a leader in a growing network of individuals and groups exploring the dynamic
interface between cosmos, nature, and culture in communities and on campuses
throughout the world..
Bentley, is "the development of interoperable technologies to connect
business processes and software systems, by way of evolved de facto
standards. For more information, visit
www.

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Metanexus sponsors dialogue groups, lectures,
workshops, research, courses , grants, and publications. BE, which
stands for "Bentley Empowered," represents the achievements of Bentley
users, how Bentley can help them reach their goals, and the common
vision and causes Bentley and users share.be.

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,
Director for Research and Programs in the Human Sciences at Metanexus .metanexus.org), published by Bentley Systems, Incorporated, is
filled with must-read features. "The trick is to
make one product that can satisfy the demands of the power user and
still be simple enough for the casual user," says Mr. He is often candid in his remarks,
asserting, for example, that when workers fail to exhibit the Wow!
factor, "it's management that screws up 97 percent of the time," and
making it clear that he simply doesn't understand people who "do not
aspire to Wow!" But throughout, it is his love of, and passion for,
the field of civil engineering that make his words truly provocative.
Though many of the articles in BE Magazine are of general interest
to the AEC community, others are geared to the needs of specific
markets.
For more information on BE Conference 2005, go to www.
To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit
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For further information on the Spiritual Capital Research Program,
including submission guidelines for the new granting opportunities, or to
request a program brochure, visit http://www .net/spiritual_capital
or contact project manager Christopher Stawski at
SpiritualCapital@metanexus .

The Metanexus Institute advances scientific research, education and
outreach on the constructive engagement of science and religion.

Keith Bentley Takes Wraps Off MicroStation and ProjectWise XM Editions in Newest Issue of BE Magazine; Also Tom Peters Talks to Tony Flynn on ''Wow!'' Project

As he says during the interview, "Most of us take infrastructure for
granted."
In the article titled "Infrastructure is crumbling, civil
engineers warn nation," William Henry, president of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, presents the ASCE's "2005 Report Card for
America's Infrastructure" - and the news isn't good.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050324/PHTH031LOGO)
Letters of Intent for projects in the Spiritual Capital Research Program
are due no later than April 15, 2005. Bentley spends
considerable time discussing the XM editions' key features, including
task modeling, project table of contents, SharePoint integration,
project templates, and distributed DGNs - the last of which he calls
"the silver bullet in XM. Roads,
bridges, dams, pipelines.
In his column "The Last Word," CEO Greg Bentley welcomes back Tom
Peters to the BE Conference and, in doing so, points out to readers
the giant strides that have been made in AEC IT since Peters' last BE
Conference appearance in 2000.

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About Bentley

Bentley Systems, Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle
of the world's infrastructure.

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Other brands and product names are
trademarks of their respective owners .

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Behind this innovation, says Mr. The company's comprehensive portfolio
for the building , plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans
architecture, engineering, construction (AEC ) and operations.

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Bentley walks readers through a real-world example of today's
technology solutions at work.be.bentley.com

Bentley, the "B" logo, BE, BE Awards of Excellence, MicroStation,
ProjectWise , MicroStation V8 XM Edition, ProjectWise V8 XM Edition,
and XM are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service
marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries.

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Scholars and researchers from fields such as anthropology, economics ,
history, political science, psychology, religious studies and sociology are
encouraged to apply .
http://www.net

The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at
the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and
empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives
from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise . He explores the genesis of the software's
key attributes, laying out a developer's perspective on the often
conflicting wants and needs of the user community.

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6 trillion dollars over five years. Examples in the new issue include:

Design-build comes into its own

Laser scans bring speed, efficiency to finding cracks in
subway tunnel

City of Helsinki converts to 3D mapping

Laser scanning helps ProjEx meet tight schedule for refinery
revamp

As always, readers of BE Magazine will also find a variety of
inspiring user success stories; how-to articles that help AEC
professionals and owner-operators become better connected and more
productive; a global roundup of AEC news; a comprehensive calendar of
Bentley user events; practical technical notes and tips; commentary on
issues critical to the AEC community; and much more. The BE Conference
is a once -a-year learning opportunity for Bentley users and their
managers offering professional training, technology updates, keynotes,
and best practice sharing.

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Full grant applications will then be
invited for a total of $1. A membership
organization, Metanexus hosts an online magazine and discussion forum with
over 140,000 monthly page views and 7000 regular subscribers in 57 different
countries.templeton.org), taking place this week at the
Baltimore Convention Center.org

About BE Magazine, BE, and the BE Conference

BE Magazine is part of a program that also includes BE Conference,
BE Newsletter, BE Awards of Excellence, and BE Meetings.

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Business Editors/Technology Writers
BE Conference 2005

BALTIMORE----The newest issue of BE
Magazine (www.. At these sessions, attendees better
themselves, better their organizations, and better the ways they can
improve the world's infrastructure.

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"Now seems an ideal time to understand and assess the public effects of
spiritual and religious action because there seems to be a growing openness in
the social sciences towards non-material factors," says Kimon Sargeant, Ph. The cover story provides a unique look
by Chief Technology Officer Keith Bentley at the upcoming releases of
MicroStation and ProjectWise - one that won't show up in the spec
sheets or software manuals. Peters delivered the opening keynote at
BE Conference 2005 (www.be."
Mr.
To experience BE Magazine's third digital issue and become a
subscriber, go to www. To contribute to the editorial content
of future issues, submit success stories, feature articles, news
items, commentary, and/or letters to BEmagazine@be.

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Where possible, researchers are urged to collaborate
across disciplines .
BE Magazine, which is electronically distributed to nearly 200,000
readers, is dedicated to Bentley users and their work improving the
world's infrastructure and increasing quality of life.
In the article "Power with simplicity: XM unveiled," CTO Keith
Bentley takes the wraps off of the upcoming XM editions of
MicroStation and ProjectWise, providing more of a philosophical tour
than a technical treatise. "Wow!," explains
Peters, "is when the whole solution space turns out to be something
dramatically different than what the client served up to you on the
front end." In 2005 the overall grade for the country's
infrastructure is a D, down from a D+.

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5 million in research funds.
Note: These $150,000 grants are in addition to the three founding grants
of $500,000 each that were recently awarded to initiate the Spiritual Capital
Research Program. Projects include the Local
Societies Initiative, the Templeton Research Lectures, and topical
interdisciplinary research projects such as the Spiritual Transformation
Scientific Research Program, Spiritual Capital Research Program, Foundational
Questions in Physics and Cosmology, as well as studies in religion and health,
religion and human flourishing, and other endeavors. "What
users really want - even if they don't say it this way - is for the
program to hide the complexity they don't need and to choose
appropriate defaults for the tools they need."
While the focus of the article is on the thinking behind the
development of the upcoming releases, readers interested in the new
software's technical merits won't be left wanting." What's needed, he maintains, is an investment in the
nation's infrastructure of $1.

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And a navigable 3D PDF of the completed design,
he says, can be distributed for simulated experience by those affected
by the project.

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Call for Proposals for $150 000 Research Projects on `Spiritual Capital' Issued by Metanexus Institute

Grants of $150,000
per project are made possible by generous funding from the John Templeton
Foundation.newscom. "It is
no longer unusual to consider that trust, behavioral norms and religion
profoundly shape economic, political and social developments.net or 215-789-2200."
During the course of this wide-ranging interview, Peters touches
on everything from Boston's Big Dig to bamboo bridges built during
World War II to carry tanks.org.com/bentleywire.bentley.

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More than 2,000 attendees are gathering this week at BE Conference
2005, being held at the Baltimore Convention Center.

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Metanexus leads and
facilitates over 300 projects in 36 countries.

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From XM's power with simplicity, the new issue of BE Magazine
moves on to a conversation with thought leader Tom Peters, who talks
to Bentley CMO Tony Flynn about Wow! Projects. But the reality is, it's the most magnificent thing. Adding a turn lane at an intersection,
he explains, can benefit from a collaboration server that makes it
easy to interact with engineering and geospatial data from external
sources, ensuring that a new drainage pipe doesn 't conflict with
underground utilities. With
2004 revenues exceeding $300 million, Bentley is the leading provider
of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Design 500 and major
owner-operators .