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Lockerbie bombing: Services mark 25th anniversary
Wreaths have been laid at Dryfesdale Cemetery in Lockerbie to mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing of an aircraft above the town.
Memorial events are to be held in the UK and the US to mark the attack in which 270 people were killed.
The wreath-laying in Lockerbie will be followed by a service in a local church.
The south of Scotland town was devastated when Pan Am flight 103 was blown from the skies in 1988.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond and Lord Wallace, Advocate General for Scotland, were among those who took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at Dryfesdale Cemetery.
'We welcome you'
The service was led by the Rev John MacLeod, while readings and prayers were given by Major Kingsley Layton, commanding officer at Lockerbie Corps, the Salvation Army, and Lord Lieutenant Jean Tulloch, representing the Queen.
During the service Rev MacLeod said: "It is 25 years after the day on which certain men chose to set aside their humanity and destroy the lives of 270 people in the air over this area of Scotland and here in the little town of Lockerbie - not only their lives but also those who survived, families and friends.
"What we the people of Lockerbie in this area will never tire of saying is we welcome you once again to this place where you know you are always welcome.
"In doing so we seek to comfort and console you."
'Fight for justice'
Craig Lynes, a representative of the American government, spoke at the event.
He said: "We have seen changes great and small throughout the world in the years since December 21st 1988.
"It is with pride that we declare once again our unshakeable commitment to continue the fight against terrorism. We owe that to each of you.
"Nobody can return what was taken from you that night. But we can and will continue to work and to fight for justice."
Speaking to BBC News after the wreath-laying, Mr Salmond said: "Out of disaster, there are the bonds of friendship.
"Lockerbie has been a welcoming place for the relatives of those who died, and over the last 25 years has taken as good care of people as it possibly could.
"I don't think you ever move on, you certainly never forget, but people do rebuild their lives and many have."
Other gatherings marking the anniversary of Britain's worst-ever terrorist attack include a remembrance service being staged at Westminster Abbey in London.
In the US, a ceremony will take place at the memorial cairn in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington DC.
The Lockerbie bombing remains the deadliest act of terrorism ever committed in the UK and until the attacks of 9/11 it was also responsible for the biggest single loss of American lives in such an attack.
The Boeing 747 was just over half an hour into its flight from London to New York when it exploded, seconds before 19:03 UK time, on 21 December 1988.
'Devastation and horror'
All 243 passengers and 16 crew died, and a further 11 people were killed in their homes when wreckage hit the ground in Lockerbie.
Canon Patrick Keegans, who was parish priest at Lockerbie at the time of the bombing, said the anniversary had "brought to the surface many, many emotions people have had over the past 25 years".
"Other anniversaries have been calmer. This one makes us remember the devastation and horror that all of us experienced 25 years ago," he told BBC Breakfast.
The majority of the passengers and crew on board the aircraft were US citizens.
In the United States, a service of "hope and remembrance" is planned at the Hendricks Chapel of Syracuse University in New York state, which lost 35 students who had been studying at its London campus. The service will be followed by a procession to its Wall of Remembrance.
A further service will also take place at the university's Lubin House in New York.
Events at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia will centre on its Pan Am 103 Memorial Cairn.
It is made of 270 blocks of Scottish sandstone - one for each of the victims of the bombing.
Events in Lockerbie will see a wreath-laying at the Dryfesdale Cemetery in the afternoon with a service at the Dryfesdale Church in the evening which will have the theme of "looking forward".
One man, Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was convicted of the bombing at a special Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands in 2001.
He was released from jail on compassionate grounds in 2009 after he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.
He died at his home in Tripoli last year.
In an interview with the BBC, his family have repeated their intention to pursue an appeal against Megrahi's conviction.
His brother Abdel-Hakim Al-Megrahi said the family "wanted the truth to be revealed".
He also said he was hopeful the Libyan government would help to fund the appeal.
Truth 'never known'
Oliver Miles, a former British ambassador to Libya, said the truth behind the bombing might never be known but "if there was a Libyan mastermind, it was Gaddafi".
"It was such a shocking and enormous atrocity that clearly nobody was going to rest until the truth was found," he told BBC Breakfast.
"I don't think the truth possibly ever will be found so perhaps we will be talking about this for years to come."
UK Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to the "fortitude and resilience" of those affected by the Lockerbie bombing.
He said: "Over the last quarter of a century much attention has been focused on the perpetrators of the atrocity. Today our thoughts turn to its victims and to those whose lives have been touched and changed by what happened at Lockerbie that night.
"To families, friends, neighbours, loved ones, and all those caught up in the painful process of recovery, let us say to them: our admiration for you is unconditional.
"For the fortitude and resilience you have shown. For your determination never to give up. You have shown that terrorist acts cannot crush the human spirit. That is why terrorism will never prevail."
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be attending the Westminster Abbey ceremony, as will Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael.
Scotland Office Minister David Mundell will attend the service at the Arlington National Cemetery.


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Officials said India will wait for communication from its American partner on the future of the project.
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Westinghouse are scheduled to conclude the commercial contract this year, after which the US nuclear firm is to set up six reactors (AP1000 type) in three pairs for the proposed plant in Andhra Pradesh.
However, Toshiba's decision to withdraw from its lead role in Westinghouse-led nuclear plants has reportedly raised doubts over its various projects worldwide.
Persons familiar with the developments, however, said India has not received any communication from Westinghouse about any challenges for the project. Westinghouse is the principal interlocutor for India for the proposed plant.
The US nuclear firm has not apprised India about Toshiba's decision, which is essentially a matter between the Japanese corporation and Westinghouse, said a person familiar with the development.NPCIL will await communication from Westinghouse, he said.
Toshiba became one of the biggest players in the nuclear sector with its purchase of Westinghouse in 2006 and the India-Japan civil nuclear deal concluded in November 2015 was expected to strengthen the Westinghouse project in India. But Toshiba ran into trouble over an accounting scandal in 2015 and later into cost overruns at US projects.
Toshiba will now reportedly withdraw from being a general contractor for nuclear plants of Westinghouse.
Meanwhile, with threats emerging from tactical nuclear weapons from state and non-state actors in India's neighbourhood, the external affairs ministry is hosting the Implementation and Assessment Group Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) in Delhi on February 8-10. The event highlights India's commitment to global nuclear non-proliferation and peaceful uses of nuclear energy, officials said.

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Robert Kuhn brings to his songwriting a rich history of world travels, languages and a variety of personal experiences most people could only dream of. Kuhn traveled through South and Central America working a wide range of odd jobs, including fisherman on an island run by drug traffickers. Eventually returning to Texas, he settled on the sunny island of Galveston and became a regular performer at the legendary Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe.
Last time we heard from the Houston native, he brought us his debut album, the feel-good Everybody Knows. With his sophomore release, Kuhn not only lopped off his recognizable dreadlocks, but also veered from his previously Caribbean-dominated sound. His new album, Maria the Gun, brings a new vibe to the table, one reflecting the world's current troubled times without losing his trademark breezy and upbeat voice.
Kuhn decided to begin his decade-long travels, like so many young, hopeful Americans before him, after reading Jack Kerouac's On the Road. "It was the first book that opened my mind that you can just go to Mexico and Central America like that," he says. "You can just get on the road. I wanted to do that."
And "do that" he did. Throughout his travels, Kuhn had his guitar in tow and was aware that music is a unifying force. "It's an instant connection when you play music. No matter where you are," he says.
Kuhn did plenty of writing while traveling, even writing a yet-unpublished novel based on his journals. When he returned to Texas after so many years away, he made his home between Houston and Galveston and found musical support from two local legends, bluesman Little Joe Washington and former Old Quarter owner Rex "Wrecks" Bell.
"Rex has been my biggest supporter since the beginning," says Kuhn. "He put me up at the Old Quarter and helped me. Whatever I got going on really started at the Old Quarter." Little Joe Washington made his final studio recording on Kuhn's previous album, and their friendship resonates on the record.
"Little Joe was my buddy," he says. "We were good together. It was so cool to have him be a part of that. It was special. He could have one string on the guitar and make it work."
With Everybody Knows, Kuhn and his band went into SugarHill Studios and cut 12 songs in one day. Maria the Gun took him and his band to Wolf Island Recording Studios in Dayton, Texas, with fewer time constraints and new leadership under producer and fellow local musician Kevin Skrla. "With this album, everybody had the time and energy to make it," says Kuhn. "The other one was like, 'Okay, we got a day and we are going into SugarHill with a band, 1-2-3 go!"
Though Kuhn's distinct voice and world-beat sound are constant throughout both albums, Maria the Gun brings an edginess not felt in his previous album. "Those songs were written at a different time of life. Those songs were written when I had just come back from living in Central America, so I was more with that kind of 'pura vida,' and now I've been here for a little while and I've had some experiences in these past couple of years," he says.
"There's a lot of stuff going on in the world too, a lot of turmoil; things are getting hotter. Music is an expression of what's going on in the world."
Tracks such as "Bonfire" and "Viva la Revolucion" especially highlight this turmoil in the current political climate all over the world, while tracks such as "Low Way" bring us back to the singer's unifying message. "It's not just a revolution of one political power, one place; it's a world revolution of consciousness that is spreading and has to spread, I feel like, for everybody to get together," Kuhn states.
He describes the difference in his new album as "Darker but still light. A different shade of it. How can you think it's all just fun when it's all really real? I think everybody is scared. And you think, "What can I do?' At least being a musician I can put something out there."
Influences from all over the globe converge in his music, and Kuhn can be hard to pigeonhole for those who wish to do so. "People still put me in the folk genre and I really appreciate folk music," he says. "Now I really have an understanding that everything is folk music." With his new album in particular, though, Kuhn says, "Most people are putting this in Americana and I think it's cool because it's a Spanish-Mexican blend of blues and rock and roll and Latin folk. It's fluid."
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Fluidity and water are reoccurring themes for Kuhn, and on Maria the Gun in particular. "Most of these songs were written in Galveston when I'm living close to the water," he says. "Why did I pick these songs? Even though they are all different, what do they have that makes them the same? It's a watery vibe, fluid thing to it. Water can be a powerful force, it can get violent. Especially here or anywhere that has ocean."
Any Houstonian knows this well, especially after the recent devastation caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. Kuhn rode out the storm in Galveston, lending a hand, as so many wonderful Houstonians did, to a pregnant friend and neighbor helping her prepare her home for incoming water. Now, he says, he's looking forward to getting back to work and playing Saturday afternoon's Post-Harvey "Houston Hang In There" show at Cactus Music along with Gio Chamba and Say Girl Say, as well as a full record-release show later that night at the Big Top.
"I'm ready to put this album out there," Kuhn says, "because I think there are a lot of people out there that are thinking the same thing, [that] there has to be some kind of change for our life to continue the way we want it to continue and so it can continue."
Robert Kuhn performs 1 p.m. Saturday, September 2 at Cactus Music (2110 Portsmouth), and 8 p.m. Saturday at Shoeshine Charley's Big Top Lounge (3714 Main).


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If you're interested in historical tourist spots in the UAE, you will be spoilt for choice. From ancient mosques to more modern marvels, the region is full of excellent places to visit. Here are just five of them.
Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Perhaps best-known as the world's tallest skyscraper, Dubai's 160 storey Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet tall and is surrounded by the aptly-named Burj Khalifa Park.
Visitors to the tower who have a head for heights are advised to head straight to At the Top, the Burj Khalifa's observation Decks, which are 555 metres off the ground!
Al-Bidyah Mosque, Fujairah
Known as the oldest mosque in the UAE, the Al-Bidyah Mosque has been a house of worship since 1446.
While the mosque is modest in size, it underwent restoration work around 15 years ago, which added more modern comforts, such as fluorescent lights and two air conditioning units. This has made it much more comfortable for visitors.
Dubai Museum, Dubai
Dubai's main museum can be found in the Al Fahidi Fort, which dates back to 1787 and is considered to be the city's oldest structure.
The museum was opened in 1971 to present in the traditional way of life in Dubai. Exhibits include pearl diving, as well as dioramas depicting life in the region before the discovery of oil, and exhibits from Asia and Africa. Some artefacts are believed to date back to 3000 BC.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Designed to hold 40,000 worshippers, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is a work of art inside and out. With an exterior that's finished in striking gold and white, and features 82 domes and 1,000 columns, the inside boasts such sights as the world's largest hand knotted carpet and 21 carat cold chandeliers.
The main prayer hall is home to one of the world's largest chandeliers, which is 10 metres in diameter, 15 metres in height and weighs 12 tonnes. Visitors can take the 5pm 'Sunset Tour' to see more of the mosque's exceptional delights.
Qasr al-Hosn
The oldest stone building in Abu Dhabi, The Qasr al-Hosn was built in 1761 to defend the only freshwater well in Abu Dhabi Island. It became a fort in 1783.
The site is the subject or extensive research, and because of this, it now houses various ancient artefacts, especially weapons.
There are many places to visit in this region, whether you're in Dubai or on other UAE holidays, so why not try these five historic sites? They could be the highlight of your trip!
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Staring excitedly at Nana Awere Damoah's title in my hand, I am filled with feeling of utmost fulfilment and mutual connection to a friend (Nana) of strong letters and powerful reasoning. I can't say more than that I now have, firstly, on my hand and on my bookshelf, a hard copy of Through the Gates of Thought. What follows below is my review of the book after I've read the author-sent-soft-copy on my computer last year. The review was also published HERE and HERE. Out of the tender generosity of the author has he thought it good that I have the hard copy which I'm now a proud owner of. To Nana Awere Damoah, I'm grateful! Though Nigerian Postal Delivery never got it to me since it was sent more than six months ago, Nana's insistence that I must have a copy, no matter what it would cost, delivers it to my doorstep yesterday at last. Now I can show off my copy of Through the Gates of Thought on my shelf and proudly flip through its pages once again as I guzzle its contents once more. If you haven't got this title, your library is incomplete. Read this review and you will surely see reason why your previous must-read list was imbalanced.
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Our Thoughts Are Gates Too
After reading Nana Awere Damoah's short story in African Roar, a collection of short stories by different authors, I was certain about having a worthwhile reading of Through the Gates of Thought. What I however never envisaged was the fact that the book will be an author's reflection of his past and encounters in a pedagogic manner. A quick leafing through the book to the Contents page shows how our thoughts could be classified in gates that are opened when a need arises and shut when the desire had been satisfied. Though Through the Gates of Thought is a test-book of one's deeds and characters, it is also a book that any reader could quickly associate with as thoughts are shared in written words. This book is Nana Awere's attempt at archiving histories, experiences, lessons and encounters in a more secured medium of communication – writing. This piece has indeed shown that aside the bible, it could still fit in as a book which could instruct, correct and bless. Just like a daily reading manual, Through the Gates of Thought's reading is never exhaustible even when one gets to the last page. It is didactic in how it makes the reader sinks into his personal introspection. The step that Nana has taken through the writing of this thought-provoking book restates the fact that; if we were able to access the story of how our forebears rise, fall and get to the thrones that are willed to us, we wouldn't have taken a strut induced by the euphoria of the little comfort that was of the striving and labouring of our ancestors. Little wonder successive generations become poorer. Had it been the ways by which our forefathers make their well armoured enemies to flee the battlefield are shown to us; men with only jackboots as implements of war wouldn't have scared us from our homes. With Through the Gates of Thought, the times when one's problems proliferates because history is not available to help out is put a stop to. Nana Awere readily feeds the readers with past happenings as he leads us through the Gates in the way one would never rue passing through a previous Gate unsatisfactorily. A cursory summary of what are obtainable in the book that is paginated into '24 Gates' in all will make you see the thin line that exists between this book and the one you have always dreamed of.
A Quick Read:
You might not know why it is necessary to be jumping around and singing for that little that you have got in your hands until Nana Awere unlocks 'Gates 12: Bed Twelve – the Really Important Things', a piece contributed by his friend, Dr Moses Ademola, and takes you through it. The write-up lucidly shows how important things we often trivialise can be one's strong yearning when some circumstances deprive us of them. As the character in this 'Gate' relays his story on a sick bed labelled 'Bed Twelve', the reader start acknowledging that every opportunity, no matter how small it could be, is a blessing to be adored.
Though extending your hand to help others in need can be at times hurtful at this age when evil manifest through all manner of guises, but spitting at the rags of others can also be an inhuman thing to do too. Nana Awere opens 'Gate 16: The Challenges of a Twenty-first-century Good Samaritan' with the analogy of the biblical Samaritan who displays neighbourliness, and juxtaposing it with how people now turn blind ears to the shrieks of pains of the needy out of fear of being haunted down. It is like not wanting to rescue a palm-oil seller because you are clad in white robe. In 'Gate 16', Nana Awere confirms the fear everyone has towards offering hospitality to a stranger.
It is true that children are the blessings from the Lord, they could also become the bane of any family and society when they go wayward. 'Gate 2: Why we Have Kids' Parties' posits that while it is good to be dissatisfied with kids' misdemeanour, one shouldn't pound the head with a pestle just because it aches. The adroitness used in tacitly driving the piece's message home is awesome. It started as a letter written by a strayed child to her mum and ends with a short note that informs you that the child only writes the letter to her mum that there are other worst things than the failure- riddled report card that had kept her from coming home.
When anger is given a chance to feed on one's emotion and guide one's action, unimaginable loss can be its prospect. 'Gate 9: The Written Letter' flings open and you learn from the costly mistake of Nana Awere Damoah when he is in Ghana National College in Cape Coast, Ghana. Nana perceives injustice at the way which the uniforms given to his set in school are not different from what are given to junior pupils. Nana vents his grief and anger in written words to the principal of the school. What causes trouble for him is how he allows his very strong anger to smudge the tone of his letter to the principal. This almost gets him an expulsion from the school. Nana Awere Damoah uses this experience of his to inform the reader that when anger drives a person in proffering solution to a problem, he would only succeed in adding more stones to the already-heavy-load.
Nana bewails the rate at which the combustion of oil laden tankers kills Africans whenever their contents are overturned on our roads in 'Gate 23: Oil Tankers and Us'. But for the abject poverty that plagues Africans, the losses would have however been avoidable.
A Reader's Seal:
The creative peculiarity of Through the Gates of Thought is seen at the artistic method the author adopts to give corrections through the recalling of his vivid past and present thoughts as 'Action Exercise' accompanies each story that is classified into 'Gate'. The Action Exercise that comes at the tail-end of each Gate advises the reader to reflect on how his personality fares in comparison with the story told or thought shared. The stories featured in the book become more in-depth with citations from proverbs, words of past leaders and reasoning of great philosophers. One cannot help the literary awe this book commands than to keep nudging one's head at the end of each story (which are in Gates). The messages in the book fulfil its aims; to instruct, correct and encourage. The book is multi-dimensional as each lesson is carefully unfolded. In the few books that I have read, Through the Gates of Thought will etch more on my memory because some 'Gates' leave my lower jaw lower, few make me tut-tut at what I have been doing, while the rest inspire my courage to keep forging ahead.


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Officials wary of Great Timor State
KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: A council commission has demanded that the government follow up on a military report, which revealed that a group of people on the Indonesian side of Timor island was trying to establish a Great Timor State.
Pius Rengka, the head of Commission A overseeing governance at the East Nusa Tenggara provincial council, said that the government should investigate the group, in order to prevent it from becoming a bigger movement.
The report was earlier given to the provincial council by a top officer in North Central Timor district military command.
The Wirasakti Military Commander overseeing East Nusa Tenggara province, Col. Moeswarno Moesanip, confirmed the report. He said that the group of people had campaigned along the border of Indonesia and East Timor. They apparently intend to create a nation combining East Timor and the western half of Timor island, which is still Indonesian territory, and call it the Great Timor State.
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Has the era of the compact disc come to an end? That's what some have said in recent years and a year or so ago I might have agreed with them. In many of my recent blog posts and even reviews, I've felt quite comfortable in expressing my growing dissatisfaction with the quality of downloadable music. Has the quality gotten worse? No...on the contrary, the major outlets have actually increased the quality of the music offered. Be that as it may, most of the downloadable formats are still lacking when compared to their physical iterations.
For that spry demographic locked down to a parentally-distributed-weekly-allowance, it makes perfect sense to try to get as much of their favorite music as cheaply as possible. Downloading music is perfect for them and, of course, it's super-convenient and tailors well to our tendency for impulse purchases. For the iPod-generation, iTunes, Yahoo music, Wal Mart, Amazon and the gobs of other outlets, have become their primary means of getting the music they want...and however much I'd like to lump myself into that "younger" generation in any way possible, I have to face the fact that (perhaps) I'm not just not. Wait let me say that properly, "I am so not."
I don't even own a pure mp3 player. I listen to music in my car, on my PC, from my laptop, or on my home theater. Ok...so my blackberry plays music as does my PSP, but that isn't the primary reason for owning either of them. When I listen to music...I want CD quality, at the very least. Now my journey to dissatisfaction began, the first time I burned a CD compiled from mp3s and then played it my car or home theater.
The sound quality of downloaded music, more often than not, just doesn't hold up, especially if I have just listened to a proper compact disc just prior to this newly-created-one. While it isn't as irritating like the old days of going from listening to music on FM radio stations to AM (for you kids out there...those are two different bandwiths on this thing called a "radio" pronounced ray-dee-oh) but I start to experience the same feelings of general disgust and revulsion that the FM/AM transition used to cause in me.
I know the question popping into your brain right now, "So what's the big deal?" The big deal is that if I pay $7.00 or $10.00 for my music, regardless whether its a digital-download or physical product...I want to be able play as loudly as I like on whatever over-priced piece of electronics I so choose...sans the drop outs and other fidelity faux pas inherent to digitally crushing the music down to as few megabytes as possible. Such quality might suffice for the teen with subpar, earbuds plugged into his tiny little player hidden somewhere in his backpack or jacket pocket, but for those of us who listen to music on those big, noise-canceling, mongo earmuffs or through our 7.1 surround sound setups, 192 kbps just isn't going to fly.
So, I say that the future of the CD isn't as bleak as some, or even you, might believe. I see a world full of possibilities for the good old digital compact disc. Perhaps dvd-audio will thrive or perhaps hd-dvd-audio is on the horizon. Or maybe the bog standard compact disc will see a resurgence. If you are a fan of film or game music or a collector, then rejoice because that is where some of the most fertile ground still resides for discs. Just take the LORD OF THE RINGS COMPLETE RECORDINGS series as an example. In that series we get great packaging, great liner notes, high resolution audio...oh and tons of previously unreleased music! Well worth the $60. Grabbing a hold of this potential market we now have a STAR WARS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN COLLECTORS EDITION on the horizon. Each with heftier-than-average price tags...but again, probably well worth it for hardcore fans and collectors.
This is the future of the CD. Adding premium value into compact disc releases is how I see the CD remaining viable in terms of sales. Not only will we be able to get higher sound quality, but we can expect more interesting packaging, additional facts and information regarding the music, and other digitally collectible items. Sure. For the iPod-generation, all of this may seem worthless, if not completely out of their price range. The CD still has life left in it...perhaps not as prevelant as it was at the turn of the century, but there is still a gleam of hope reflecting off of these little shiny discs.
Long live the CD!
Christopher Coleman


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Death is devastating. Dealing with the passing of a loved one can be emotionally taxing and exhausting. It's something you should be able to focus on, without having to worry about anything but you and your loved one's well-being.
Such a vulnerable time in your life should never be more complicated than it has to be. Unfortunately, if your loved one died because of the actions of another, you can't just mourn them. If you're suffering was caused by another, you have every right to prosecute them and receive compensation for the suffering they've caused.
Having a death caused by a doctor can be especially devastating. We trust and put our lives in the hands of medical professionals every day, and believe that doctors are responsible enough to treat our lives with care and respect. Sadly, this isn't always true. Sometimes, doctors don't pay enough attention or make mistakes that can kill their patients. An anesthesiologist that gets their measurements wrong, or a surgeon that makes the wrong cut could change the lives of dozens of people. We put so much trust in doctors because of how much work they put in to get where they are, and to have them break that trust is shocking.
As a small consolation, we have legal recourse in cases such as these. A death caused by medical malpractice can be prosecuted as a wrongful death case. While the settlement from a wrongful death case cannot bring back your loved one or remedy your family's pain, it can provide some resources to get you through your time of grief, and, most importantly, it gives your family justice. A doctor convicted of medical malpractice is a doctor that won't be able to negligently harm any more people. It may be too late for your loved one, but it's not too late to prevent other people from going through what you went through.
If you wish to pursue wrongful death charges against a negligent doctor, it's essential to have an experienced legal team who can prosecute that doctor to the fullest extent of the law. A negligent doctor is a threat to everyone that they treat, and should be taken seriously in court. An experienced legal team will procure documentation and testimony from other medical professionals proving that malpractice occurred, and will get the deceased the justice that they deserve.
In Massachusetts, the damages received from a wrongful death settlement can be substantial. The hospital that the Massachusetts medical malpractice occurred at can be held accountable for the full wages that the deceased would be expected to produce through the rest of their working life, the value that their presence would have to their loved ones, and funeral and burial expenses. This money can never replace them, but it can make the process of moving on easier. Financial pressure on top of dealing with the death of a loved one can be too much to bear, and removing that stressor can be very important for a family's path to recovery.


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It's been a busy year for Alan Cumming. The 45-year-old star of The Good Wife landed a role in Burlesque and SyFy's Riverworld. He'll appear on the silver screen as Sebastian in this weekend's opening of The Tempest. But next up is a part in the forthcoming drama, Maladies, starring James Franco.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Scottish-born Cumming will also play opposite Claire Danes and Catherine Keener. The film tells the story of a young actor (played by Franco) who walks away from a thriving career upon suspecting a mental illness coming on. No release date has been confirmed.
"[Maladies] is really fascinating, directed by this guy Carter who is the artist that James [Franco] has been collaborating with," Cumming said. "I'm just doing a little part … and just for Christmas."
Cumming also chatted about playing a transvestite named Desrae on the British TV series, The Runaway. The show is based on British crime author Martina Cole's 1997 novel of the same title and will debut in Sky1 in the UK next spring.
"I have a new found respect for women in terms of what they have to go through. The labors of everyday," Cumming said. "It was very interesting, just on so many levels. Having to get all the hair removed from my body, you can't open your legs. Try getting out of a car without opening your legs, boys! Even bras are itchy. My hat was off to girls."
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Contemporary fiction
It's hard for me to believe, and even harder to say out loud, but I've actually really enjoyed my contemporary fiction class this semester. As I'm sitting down to write my final paper, I'm realizing that there's a real liberation in writing about contemporary works, which is that there isn't an enormous body of critical literature to consume on top of the text itself.
We're told, as literary scholars, that we have to make an original contribution. But we're also told that we have to situate ourselves in the scholarly debate over texts that have been around for, often, upwards of three hundred years. That becomes an incredibly daunting task. I, for example, had an article rejected from a journal this winter because the readers didn't think I had engaged enough with current scholarship on the subject. It's a fair, and very common, criticism, but the thing was that this is a topic I've been researching for three years. I wrote my master's thesis on it. And I honestly felt good about the research I'd done, felt like I really had looked at everything. The readers felt otherwise.
As exhorted by my professors, I had an original contribution to make; in fact, the reviewers agreed that I had an insightful, new angle on the material. They just didn't think I'd used enough of other people's recent scholarship. That's what makes it refreshing to sit down with a book like Percival Everett's Erasure (2001), which I'm writing about in my final paper, and simply write about it. It's liberating to know that I can simply make my contribution. I did a literature search; I have half a dozen sources. But I can also be reasonably sure that I've exhausted the critical material that's been written about it.
Certainly I see the value of research. I'm willing and able to conduct it. But at some point, does the literature search become just an exercise? The bar for tenure and even hiring in the humanities keeps rising: we have to be published even to get a job these days, and we have to have a book contract to be considered for tenure. But the bar for publication, too, keeps rising.
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An en banc session of the Pennsylvania Superior Court vacated a $14.5 million asbestos verdict in a mesothelioma case and remanded the case to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia for a new trial, affirming the decision of a three-judge Superior Court panel in Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply, 2014 PA Super 286. The Superior Court determined that an expert was improperly allowed to testify on an "any-exposure" theory of causation and that Nelson's counsel improperly suggested amounts of damages to the jury.
Nelson introduced the expert testimony of pulmonologist Dr. Daniel DuPont on causation during the liability portion of the trial. According to Dr. DuPont, malignant mesothelioma "occurs with significant asbestos exposure," which Dr. DuPont defined as the "inhalation of fibers above the negligible amount already in the environment." Dr. DuPont was not an expert presented on the defendants' products and could not opine whether any such products "actually released respirable asbestos fibers." In fact, no such evidence was introduced by Nelson to establish such release. Yet, the trial court allowed Dr. DuPont to testify based on an assumption that "any visible dust released by Appellants' products contained respirable asbestos fibers," and allowed Dr. DuPont to testify that he concluded that "Nelson's exposure to these products constituted a substantial, contributing factor in causing his disease."
For the majority, Judge John Bender wrote that it was improper for the trial court to have allowed such expert testimony due to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's ruling in Betz v. Pneumo Abex, LLC, 44 A.3d 27 (PA. 2012), where the any-exposure theory of causation in asbestos cases had been rejected by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The Superior Court pointed to the following language of the Supreme Court in Betz that the "any-exposure theory was 'fundamentally inconsistent with both science and the governing standard for legal causation.'"
The Superior Court also found that it was improper for the trial court to have allowed Dr. DuPont's testimony and to have denied defendants' request (1) to preclude Dr. DuPont's testimony and (2) for a Frye hearing. Dr. DuPont was permitted to testify that "each individual exposure" above an unquantified "non-negligible" level "contributed to the causation of the disease."
The Superior Court observed that there was a paradox in Dr. DuPont's causation theory because different levels of ambient exposure are deemed non-causative, yet Dr. Dupont opined that each incremental exposure to an individual product is causative, no matter how small. Judge Bender properly noted that the Supreme Court dealt with this issue in Betz, stating "plaintiff's experts in this case, as well as in other asbestos cases, have never been able to explain the scientific and logical implausibility of agreeing to the premise that a lifetime of breathing asbestos in the ambient air will not harm a person, while on the other hand arguing that every breath of asbestos from a defendant's product, no matter how inconsequential, will."
The Superior Court also held that a new trial was warranted because Nelson's counsel suggested that the jury should award a specific dollar amount "for non-economic damages" by improperly referring to a stipulation of the economic damages agreed to by the parties. Following the well-settled law in Pennsylvania that counsel may not suggest an amount for damages claimed or expected but not supported by the evidence, the Superior Court found it improper for Nelson's counsel to write "seven" under the Survival Act and another "five" under the Wrongful Death Act and then refer to the stipulated economic damages. Since no curative instruction had been offered by the trial court, a new trial was warranted.
This decision is noteworthy as it confirmed the ruling of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that the any-exposure theory is not allowed in Pennsylvania and clarified the requirements for expert opinions to include a quantification of the precise exposure and/or actual products involved in the case. The Court also clearly defined the scope of an "improper closing argument" with regard to noneconomic damages.


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Each of the 4 bedrooms features a private patio or balcony. The 3 double rooms have stylish en-suite bathrooms, whilst the twin has a separate shower room. Additional features include under floor heating, separate staff accommodation (single), driveway parking for up to 4 vehicles and double lock-up garage with electric doors.
All linen, crockery, glassware and cookware are provided, along with pool towels. (Guests are asked to bring their own beach towels.)
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The GT is Ford's current flagship which also happens to be their most expensive car to date. The new GT starts at around $450,000 which makes it one of the most expensive cars in the World. This didn't stop Ford in selling most of them though. If you want one, there is a rather extensive process to get it and even then, the chances of actually getting one of the 1,000 units Ford has planned is slim. For 2018 Ford announced a small revision which will include a special edition of the car. So far they haven't said much about the upcoming 2019 Ford GT though. Even so, just like with most other manufacturers, it is safe to assume that Ford will, in fact, do something special closer to the end of its production.
2019 Ford GT Review and Rumors
The base car will remain mostly the same as before. We expect it to boast the same running gear, engine, and even the same carbon fiber tub. The big difference will likely come in its looks and possibly in its aerodynamic package.
The new GT will continue to use the same really aggressive styling which so far worked wonders for Ford. There are some drawbacks though. For starters, the ordering process is a bit much, even for an exotic super-car. This being a car made by Ford, the chances are some will lose interest.
There are some rumors out there saying that the revised 2019 Ford GT won't have this process anymore. Unfortunately these are still unconfirmed but even so, it gives people hope that they might be allowed to buy one.
Even for someone isn't a car enthusiast, the GT looks like a really mean machine. Well, it seems like the future GT will be even better. For starters, this generation of the car could receive a more aggressive aerodynamic package. Some said that Ford might take as inspiration their GTE racer which has been quite successful so far.
With this in mind, the new GT might receive fixed aerodynamic touches. This would likely allow Ford to ditch quite a bit of weight while offering a much faster car.
The drawback of this would be the fact that the car would likely lose some top speed. Even so, the GT will likely remain one of the fastest cars out there so this shouldn't impact its performance by much.
Unlike many other super-cars, the GT's cabin is not exactly high end. The instrument cluster is quite basic in design while the infotainment system isn't that impressive either.
Even so, both of them are easy to use and respond well to input. On top of that, the switches are amazing when compared to some other cars from the same class. The upcoming 2019 Ford GT might come with small improvements.
For example, we expect the new car to feature a different set of materials for the entire interior. Things like real leather or contrasting stitching which are not available at this point.
Engine and Specs
The 3.5 liter twin-turbocharged V6 is likely going to remain mostly unchanged. This is still one of the most powerful V6 engines ever made. With a current output of 647 horsepower and 550 lb-ft of torque, it managed to outperform some rather large V8 and V12 engines.
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The 2019 version of the car might get a slightly tuned version of the same engine. Some said that Ford may crank up the power close to 700 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque. While this is still just a rumor, if it will happen then the new GT will become one of the fastest cars ever made by an American manufacturer.
The rear wheel drive system, the lack of an electric motor and even the 7 speed dual-clutch gearbox are likely not going to change. We do hope Ford will revise the traction control in order to make the car more raw but this will remain to be seen.
2019 Ford GT Release and Price
By the looks of it, the upcoming 2019 GT might hit Ford's showrooms close to the end of 2019. This would mean Ford will build just 250 to 500 units of this revised car.
Because of that, it is safe to assume the price will increase. While we don't know yet by how much, chances are the car will hit $500,000.
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Knicks react to Lakers hiring D'Antoni
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Sometimes traveling is not a bad thing in basketball. And, now that Mike D'Antoni has journeyed to the other coast to coach the Los Angeles Lakers, a couple of his former associates with the Knicks offered their thoughts after practice Monday:
Head coach Mike Woodson:
"Very excited for him. I really am. I think he's a guy that's meant to be a coach. He's done great things over the years as a coach and I think they'll do extremely well there.
"The guy gave me an opportunity to continue my work as a coach. And I learned a lot from Mike in the short time we were together. I had the utmost respect for him and I wish him nothing but the best. [I learned] a different way of playing offensive pick and rolls. He was great at it. Some of the things Mike did, I'm still doing. I've added a few things to what he's done, but I like a lot of things Mike did from an offensive standpoint. I think Mike's a fantastic coach."
What D'Antoni will bring to the Lakers, "only time will tell. You got to get your system in place and get guys to adapt to what you're doing, and then you wait and see. He's got to go through probably a learning process, too, players learning what he's about."
And when the Lakers come to New York in mid-December? "It's just a game, man. I'm happy for guys who get an opportunity to coach and still fulfill their dreams of being a coach. I think it's excellent for Mike. He's landed a great team, I think."
Carmelo Anthony:
"Despite all the hoopla and the -- that was going on about me and Mike, we always had a pretty good relationship. Especially behind closed doors and at practice, we actually talked a lot, talked basketball. What he's able to bring to the Lakers organization, to that team, and hopefully he brings some positive energy over there. Anytime guys are losing like that there's always negativity, a lot of negative energy. Sometimes it changes.
"I'm happy for him. I knew he was trying to take some time off and get healthy and things like that. I was with him this summer. He didn't really know what was going to happen as far as getting a job, this year or next year. So, obviously it's worked out this summer, with him and Kobe, maybe they had something under the table, I don't know. But it'll be fun. I know Kobe's excited about that. We'll see what happens.
"To be with honest with you, you don't have to bring too much to that table that they have out there, the two bigs, Kobe, Steve Nash. Steve Nash is used to that offense, the great offense, Kobe played with D'Antoni a couple of times with the USA team, Dwight was actually on one of the teams. That offense will be quite familiar to those guys."
And when the Lakers come to the Garden? "I don't even know who we play this week. That's too far ahead for me to think."
Steve Novak:
"That was quite the news when coach Brown got fired, and obviously with coach Jackson being talked about, him going back there, and all that, and then coach D'Antoni getting it. He's going to do a great job with those guys, I think him and Steve Nash are pretty familiar with each other, so coach D'Antoni is going to have another assistant coach out there on the floor. That'll help, and obviously Kobe is very familiar with coach D'Antoni. It's nice when a coach comes in without training camp to have guys who are familiar with him and have worked with him before."
To play for D'Antoni "was great. As a man, he was someone that everybody got along with really well and as a coach, everybody knows what an offensive genius he is and he could kind of just get teams going and I think that's what the Lakers are looking for.
"I expect the Lakers to win every game except for the ones we play against them. I wish him the best of luck. I know he's just coming off knee surgery and he's got the Lakers to worry about, too. I'm sure that knee he'll forget about real quick. It's be great to see him. It's great to see him back in coaching."
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"Archives are power," Kirill Mikhailovich Anderson, the former director of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History in Moscow, once remarked to me. He was talking about the first director of the Marx-Engels Institute, founded in 1919: An old Bolshevik, David Riazanov had little patience for the Communist Party officials who constantly demanded documents either to confirm ideological positions or to blacken enemies.
One day, he took out a letter by Karl Marx, waved it in front of an astonished party boss's face and shouted: "There is your Marx. Now go!" Riazanov ran afoul of Stalin in 1931, was arrested in 1937 and executed the following year.
Like thousands of other foreign publishers, scholars and journalists who streamed to Moscow in January 1992, I had come to the state archive after Boris Yeltsin's proclamation in December 1991 that he would open the secret Soviet archives. (I went on behalf of Yale University Press.) The power Mr. Anderson invoked had a living presence there.
Many of the discoveries made in those archives capsized some of the standard histories of the Cold War, espionage in the Communist Party USA, Stalin's Great Terror, the fates of writers and artists, and much else. To some, this new research confirmed previous positions; to others, it unsettled deeply held beliefs. Yet the greatest contribution has undoubtedly been in helping to deepen and give living nuance to the complexity of the overarching phenomenon of Soviet communism and the character of Joseph Stalin.
I once asked a Russian historian if we would get to the bottom of the archives of the K.G.B., the Soviet secret police, on a particular topic. "Of course," he slyly replied. "But the K.G.B. has many bottoms."
One of the murkiest issues has to do with the nature and causes of Stalin's terror and the question of whether Stalin had broken with Lenin's policies or continued them. Behind this lay the question of the institutionalization of violence in Bolshevik culture and the Soviet state.
Though a general acceptance of the use of political violence had been established early in the Russian revolutionary movement, going back to Sergey Nechayev's 1869 manifesto "Catechism of a Revolutionary," the policies of Lenin and the Bolshevik Party did not at first rely on terror. However, the extreme conditions of the civil war from 1917 to 1922, in which some seven million people were killed, together with Lenin's ruthless economic policies, led to the destitution and desperation of millions of people who found themselves without food, livelihood, shelter or security.
Mass uprisings of the peasantry resulted from the Soviet state's draconian methods of procuring grain supplies. The fledgling Bolshevik regime needed this staple to stave off famine in the cities, and seeing no other option, Lenin issued in August 1918 this order, later discovered in a secret archive: "Hang (hang without fail, so the people see) no fewer than one hundred known kulaks, rich men, bloodsuckers."
"Publish their names," he instructed. "Take from them all the grain. Designate hostages.
"Do it in such a way so that for hundreds of versts around people will see, tremble, know, shout," he went on, that the Bolsheviks "are strangling, strangling to death the bloodsucker kulaks."
He concluded this grisly note with the directive: "Find some truly hard people."
The following month, he ordered: "It is necessary secretly — and urgently — to prepare the terror."
Lenin used terror against the avowed enemies of the state. Stalin turned it against the institutions of the state and Soviet society itself. Stalin followed Lenin, but surpassed him.
On Nov. 7, 1937, the anniversary of the October Revolution, Stalin gave a toast at a meeting of Politburo leaders that was recorded by the Bulgarian Communist and leader of the Comintern, Georgi Dimitrov, in his published diary.
"I would like to say some words, perhaps not festive ones," he said. "The Russian czars did a great deal that was bad. They robbed and enslaved the people. But they did one thing that was good. They amassed an enormous state, all the way to Kamchatka. We have inherited that state."
He went on: "We have united the state in such a way that if any part were isolated from the common socialist state, it would not only inflict harm on the latter but would be unable to exist independently and would inevitably fall under foreign subjugation. Therefore, whoever attempts to destroy that unity of the socialist state, whoever seeks the separation of any of its parts or nationalities — that man is an enemy, a sworn enemy of the state and of the peoples of the U.S.S.R. And we will destroy each and every such enemy, even if he was an old Bolshevik; we will destroy all his kin, his family. We will mercilessly destroy anyone who, by his deeds or his thoughts — yes, his thoughts — threatens the unity of the socialist state. To the complete destruction of all enemies, themselves and their kin!"
At which Politburo members voiced their approval: "To the great Stalin!"
By then, the domestic enemies of Bolshevik power had been virtually eliminated, even the stubborn peasants who had been decimated in the famine of 1932-33. The 17th Party Congress in 1934 was hailed "The Congress of Victors," and Andrei Zhdanov, the Leningrad party boss and a Stalin favorite, could declare at the Soviet Writers' Congress that same year that "the main difficulties confronting us in the work of socialist construction have already been overcome."
The paradox, then, is that Stalin unleashed the Great Terror in 1936 at a time of relative peace and stability. The masses of enemies who suddenly appeared within Soviet society were largely invented. Millions of innocent people were arrested, tortured and shot, without evidence and according to quotas established in the Kremlin. Stalin did not bluff: Literally "anyone" could be guilty.
Nikolai Bukharin, the veteran Bolshevik and editor of Pravda, became one of those enemies: arrested in February 1937 and executed in March 1938. A letter he wrote to Stalin from his prison cell, on Dec. 10, 1937, is a rambling, pitiful epistle from a man who knows he is to die. Yet, astonishingly, he not only affirmed what Stalin had said to the Politburo the month before, but acknowledged his own role in creating the machine that now had him caught in its turbines.
"There is something great and bold about the political idea of a general purge," he wrote. "This purge encompasses 1) the guilty; 2) persons under suspicion; and 3) persons potentially under suspicion. This business could not have been managed without me."
The authoritarian state Bukharin envisioned was based on a permanent state of destabilization, in which disruption and fear were essential ingredients of government. The writer Lydia Chukovskaya depicted the fear at the core of this inverted world in her devastating 1939 novel, "Sofia Petrovna," which was not published in Russia until the late 1980s. The heroine of the title "was now afraid of everyone and everything," Chukovskaya wrote. "Perhaps they were already summoning her to the police station to take her passport away and send her into exile? She was afraid of every ring of the bell."
Undermining the social order, abrogating the rule of law, putting fear at the core of individual consciousness and sowing distrust were essential to Stalin's goal of eliminating any threat to his absolute power. Stalin not only eliminated possible party rivals in the Great Terror, but he also sent an unmistakable signal to the entire nation: If Bukharin, Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev could be guilty, everyone was under suspicion.
According to one account, Stalin kept Bukharin's letter in the top drawer of his writing desk, where it was discovered after his death but published only after the fall of the Soviet Union.
With the conclusion of World War II, the nation had won a great victory over Hitler, yet Stalin recognized that as his physical decline set in, so too did his individual power begin to erode. His response was to prepare a second terror.
Once again, no one was safe. Stalin was furious that his foreign minister, Vyacheslav Molotov, had allowed a speech by Winston Churchill to be published in full in Pravda. Molotov did not recognize their enemies. Then also, Zhdanov, now one of the most powerful members of the Politburo, earned Stalin's ire when his son, Yuri, head of the science section of the Central Committee, conducted a closed seminar to discuss the work of the quack agronomist T. D. Lysenko, a Rasputin-like figure in Stalin's government.
Stalin took vengeance in the old, familiar way: demanding physical torture as a method of dealing with political enemies; spreading paranoia, fear and distrust through society; inventing enemies; and presenting himself as the only capable leader in such troubled times. Through manipulation, patronage, brutality and stealth, Stalin unleashed an attack on the state itself. His power lay outside its formal structures, and in the final phase of Stalin's tyranny, this assault culminated in the Doctors' Plot of 1953, an invented crisis in which prominent Jewish doctors were accused of conspiring against the Soviet leadership. In essential continuity with the threat uttered in his toast of 1937, this new plot contained the seeds of even greater potential disaster because of the advent of the Cold War.
When Molotov did not find his name among those supposedly targeted for assassination by the Jewish doctors, he knew he was marked for destruction. He was not alone. Anastas Mikoyan, Kliment Voroshilov and other former Stalin acolytes feared their time had come. When, in 1952, the head of state security, Semyon Ignatiev, could not produce the phony confessions of the Jewish doctors fast enough, Stalin threatened to reduce his height "by a head."
"Beat them, beat them, beat them with death blows," he bellowed at the security chief. Ignatiev promptly had a heart attack and was removed from office.
"Look at you," he said to a gathering of his close associates in December that year, "blind men, kittens, you don't see the enemy; what will you do without me? — The nation will perish because you do not see the enemy."
Only he, Stalin, could lead the nation, because only he, Stalin, could see the enemy. Only Stalin's death, in March 1953, saved yet more comrades from destruction — and perhaps the rest of the world. Five months later, the Soviet Union detonated its first hydrogen bomb.


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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Wandering Wednesday
When we first found out Cloudy was being made into a movie, my kids were all excited.
Number One: I love that book!
Number Two: Me, too!
Mom/Dad: What's it about?
Number One: I forget.
Number Two: Me, too.
So we got the book from the library and all read it, and then a few weeks later we saw the movie, which had lots of funny parts (including Neil Patrick Harris voicing STEEEEVE!) and good casting but a pretty mediocre storyline. It just strayed too far sometimes, I thought, and instead of a hero who had good intentions but screwed things up through no fault of his own, we got a hero who was really an idiot. The "be yourself, even if you're a dork" subplot was incredibly sexist and kind of missed its own point.
Overall, fun movie, glad I paid matinee fees.
Fame was a little disappointing. Well casted, well acted, some tremendous production numbers, but no plot, no really strong character development/growth, too many things left hanging. It was a bunch of scenes just thrown together, albeit in chronological order. At one point I thought, "this would work great as a series." Heh. (For those of you too young to know, Fame was a movie that became a series, so I won't be surprised if they do that again.)
All of that makes it sound like it was terrible. It wasn't. There were some small messages that worked, even if they lacked substance because there wasn't anything supporting them. I did buy the soundtrack immediately, as well as the original theme song, and parts of the movie have stayed with me over the week.
Unfortunately, the part that has stuck hardest isn't a good one. MILD SPOILER ALERT. There's one character, a dancer, who for some reason is accepted into the school even though they don't meet the instructor's standards in the audition, and she even says to expect to go home sooner than expected. But this person does get a slot, and the only bits we see of them is demonstration that they aren't very good at what they do. Near the end, the dancer is told the instructor can't write a letter of recommendation for them, that they never met the potential they originally demonstrated, and maybe they can teach instead of perform.
That's been resonating a lot with me. Any creative performance-based industry has a tiny percentage who succeed. The vast majority don't. There's no formula, no way to tell who will make it and who won't, who will overcome a talent deficit through hard work or who will get the lucky break because circumstances align. So we all just keep plowing away, working hard, never giving up even though the obstacles are inches apart so you barely get over one before the next one is in your face.
You can't succeed if you don't assume that you won't be one of the ones who doesn't live up to their potential. But how long do you maintain that assumption? When do you realize that you can't learn enough, practice enough, produce enough to run out of obstacles? When you hit rock bottom, when you start to think that might be true of yourself, do you quit? Or do you stick a cushion on that rock to make yourself comfortable and just keep plugging away because that's what you do? Because you don't know any other way?
What's perseverance, and what's delusion?
Just some light thoughts for this wandering Wednesday.
Verdict's in already for my fall TV Schedule:
The old standbys, How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory, while not superb so far, do put a nice cap on the hardest day of the week. Castle, on the other hand, has been great. Much, much better writing this season--last week's episode was their best one yet.
I have nothing. The Forgotten is...god, I don't want to say it, but it's true!...unmemorable. It was okay. Not horrible by any means. But I have no interest in watching it again.
Talk about waffling. I decided to try Eastwick but didn't have high hopes. Almost deleted the premiere unwatched, but turned it on, saw hot and sweet Matt Dallas, and settled in. But I'm not going to watch any more. I hate Darryl Van Horn, and I think it's both the actor and the character (I'd like the actor in another role, probably). I don't like a character who really grabs my sympathies turning into an immoral, selfish thief in less than an hour. I love the actress who plays the put-upon, married-to-an-ass doormat, but I hate that storyline. So I'm deleting that show from my season pass.
Modern Family and Glee I'll keep, but I ended up not watching them last night even though I could have. I'm sad that I feel that way. I prefer to be driven excitedly to the TV. Which brings me to:
I've been catching up on Fringe on DVD, and I don't feel any differently about it than I did when I stopped watching last season. I'll continue watching because I love the characters, but if I had to stop, I wouldn't miss it. The Mentalist didn't leave me happily satisfied like it usually does, but I'll keep watching because it's better than The Forgotten. Bones I still love, and I'm hopeful the things I want to happen, will. Funny thing: Number Two's teacher is fresh from college and very tall and thin with a long neck. Every time she tells me about her day and I picture him, I'm picturing Sweets. :)
FlashForward was all it was hyped to be and I'll probably stick that one out for the duration. Even Number Two is dead curious about the answers, and made me promise to tell her every week what happened, since she's too young to watch it.
Vampire Diaries? Gone.
I don't think anything needs to be said about Supernatural. :)
Nothing new here. Numb3rs and Dollhouse, providing the same things they provided last year, giving me enjoyable TV. Actually, it's interesting to juxtapose these two. Numb3rs offers the same thing every week. I know exactly what to expect and always get it. (I often disdain that about TV shows I don't watch, but this one gives me stuff *I* like, so it's okay. LOL) Dollhouse, on the other hand, is the opposite. It makes me think, sets up surprises and excitement--I never know what I'm going to get, and I love it.
There. I just spent an amazing amount of time I don't have on stuff that probably is of no interest to anyone. But then, I suppose that's what this blog is all about. :)
9 comments:
- Victoria said...
Your post is titled: Wandering Wednesday, but today is Thursday!! LOL
- Natalie J. Damschroder said...
Well, yeah, today is Thursday, but check the post date! *whistles*
- MJFredrick said...
I'm done with Eastwich, Vampire Diaries and The Mentalist. I like The Good Wife a lot, FlashForward and I'm finally getting into Dollhouse after seeing Epitaph One on the 4th disc of the DVD set. Fringe we watch online, since I can only record one thing at a time, and that's SPN. I watch Grey's. We also catch up on The Office online, though that may be different next week--Jim and Pam's wedding.
- Steffi said...
Your blog came up in one of my NPH google alert, and wow, first of all, your banner is stunning. Second of all, I just posted my Fall tv schedule myself. I follow so many shows, then again my life revolves around tv (surprisingly, the last bit wasn't self-pity :) ).
As for Vampire Diaries, I wish Ian Somerhalder gets a much better role next time.
- Victoria said...
Sneaky. Very sneaky! LOL
- Natalie J. Damschroder said...
Mary, I loved Epitaph One, but I'm getting a little overwhelmed with all the destiny stuff--I'd prefer NOT to know what they're leading to. :(
Hi, Mizz Snape! Thanks for clicking over! I can't take credit for the banner, it's a template I snagged at one of the free sites. But I shall thank you for your praise of my taste. LOL Ian Somerhalder was much better on LOST. His material sucks, poor guy. I take it you're also a Harry Potter fan? Me, too! BIG fan!
Vicki, *snicker*
- Shannon Stacey said...
The Forgotten: Watched the first one, then I went to bed while my husband watched the second. Not only did I not find it compelling, but the amount of "cop work" going on irritated me.
One the body had a name, they were done. But no...they're in on the takedown of the suspect? Not. Cops.
Modern Family: The premiere made my only family almost die laughing. Second's on the DVR.
How I Met Your Mother: Did they Moonlight it with Barney & Robin? I loved the Barney mooning over her story, but...now it's a little meh.
Haven't watched Numbers yet. It's on the DVR. Umm...NCIS is oh so yummy still, NCIS: LA sucks.
Smallville was meh (and has been since Lex left, but OMG, Oliver so does it for me), but the 2nd one's still on the DVR.
I've never seen Supernatural. Even though it came on after Smallville, it didn't seem like something we'd watch and we skipped it. Sadly, I can't jump into a series. Anything (like Mercy or Trauma or Grey's Anatomy or Desperate Housewives) I haven't seen from the beginning, I don't watch.
- Shannon Stacey said...
Umm...once, not one.
And whole family, not only family.
I'm not even going to reread the rest. Let's just say I've been drinking.
(Not really, because it's 11:29 am, but I'd rather you think me a drunk than illiterate. *g*)
- Natalie J. Damschroder said...
Shannon, I hate to admit it, but I didn't even notice the errors! LOL
I kind of felt the same way about The Forgotten. There's a tiny bit of leeway for Slater's character because he's former cop, but even that's really pushing it.
So far, I'm not feeling a lack because of the Barney/Robin hook-up. I don't watch the show for that, it's a small part of my enjoyment, so I think it will be okay. I don't think they're going to change Barney's character much, so...
I've always loved Oliver, but he's not enough to make me go back to Smallville. :)
I totally understand about not being able to jump in to the middle of a series. And it's definitely not recommended for Supernatural. But that's what DVDs/Netflix are for! :)


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