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Finish line in sight
I attended my last class last night so all that is left is a final paper to complete. Graduation is next friday followed by a week of vacation in the mountains. I cannot wait. As a result, I don't know how much blogging I will be able to do during that time. I'm sorry for those who have been checking in daily and finding very little by way of new posts. As I said last week, during my final days before graduation, the blogging is sparse.
Noteworthy blog
British author Peter Glover has a blog worth your time. He has some good insights into cultural events and also reports on British and world news items from a conservative perspective. Peter also shares my interest in worldview studies. I encourage you to take the time to read some of his many articles and posts.
Kingdom of Heaven
Apparently, the much anticipated Ridley Scott film, Kingdom of Heaven, has attempted to "right history" by painting Muslims in a more positive light during the Crusades than is warranted. According to a report by Little Green Footballs, though the film is generally pro-Muslim, it is also largely anti-religion. Admittedly, I have had little time to do extensive research into the extent of the redaction in the film, but there are some interesting reports here and here that present a pretty large body of evidence for the claim. Though there has been some talk of groups boycotting the film, I wouldn't go so far as to encourage that, but like all "historical films" out of Hollywood, it is important to view them with a measure of caution regarding the truth of the content. Thanks to Peter Glover for the heads up on this story. Read his post on the subject here.
Awakenings
I read an amazing story the other day about a firefighter injured nine and a half years ago fighting a fire:
I attended my last class last night so all that is left is a final paper to complete. Graduation is next friday followed by a week of vacation in the mountains. I cannot wait. As a result, I don't know how much blogging I will be able to do during that time. I'm sorry for those who have been checking in daily and finding very little by way of new posts. As I said last week, during my final days before graduation, the blogging is sparse.
Noteworthy blog
British author Peter Glover has a blog worth your time. He has some good insights into cultural events and also reports on British and world news items from a conservative perspective. Peter also shares my interest in worldview studies. I encourage you to take the time to read some of his many articles and posts.
Kingdom of Heaven
Apparently, the much anticipated Ridley Scott film, Kingdom of Heaven, has attempted to "right history" by painting Muslims in a more positive light during the Crusades than is warranted. According to a report by Little Green Footballs, though the film is generally pro-Muslim, it is also largely anti-religion. Admittedly, I have had little time to do extensive research into the extent of the redaction in the film, but there are some interesting reports here and here that present a pretty large body of evidence for the claim. Though there has been some talk of groups boycotting the film, I wouldn't go so far as to encourage that, but like all "historical films" out of Hollywood, it is important to view them with a measure of caution regarding the truth of the content. Thanks to Peter Glover for the heads up on this story. Read his post on the subject here.
Awakenings
Though there had been little hope that the man would ever recover, his family never gave up and never stopped caring for him. That's what the love of a family is all about. As we witnessed with the parents of Terry Schiavo, when there is true love, you just never give up.Nearly 9 ½ years after a firefighter was left brain-damaged and mostly mute in a roof collapse, he did something that shocked his family and doctors: He asked for his wife.
Staff members of the nursing home where Donald Herbert has lived for more than seven years raced to phone Linda Herbert.
The conversation was the first of many the patient had with his relatives and friends Saturday in a 14-hour stretch, said Herbert's uncle, Simon Manka.
"How long have I been away?" Herbert asked.
"We told him almost 10 years," the uncle said. "He thought it was only three months." [more]
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posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 5/04/2005 02:15:00 PM
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