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Category: In memory

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Second Of ViaDellaPergola’s Powerful Series Of Videos: “For Meredith”

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Posted by The Machine on 01/10/10 at 06:13 AM
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Meredith Would Have Been 24 Today: See Why She So Loved Her Home City

Posted by The Posters

Meredith was born in Southwark south of the Thames in London (above video and first below) on 28 December 1985.

Now and then, someone who was friends with Meredith drops us a note. They generally want to offer a little appreciation, say what we do here is helpful to them, and underline how very much Meredith is missed.

Though we never ask, sometimes they add an insight about Meredith. An insight offered more than most is how much of an archetypal Londoner Meredith always remained.

The outgoing confidence, the sharp intelligence, the fierce wit and and fast pace are qualities no good Londoners would be without. We believe Meredith’s family is wishing that this is perhaps how she might best be remembered.

Fill a city with people not too unlike Meredith, and videos like these result. London, a place where her spirit lives on.




Posted by The Posters on 12/28/09 at 02:48 AM
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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Meredith: One Of A Bright, Cosmopolitan Generation, That In Time Will Surely Remake Europe

Posted by Earthling



To the left of this page, we see the many faces of Meredith - Mez, as she was known to her friends and family - seemingly always smiling, a happy girl, blossoming into womanhood.

The product of an East-West marriage, she embodied many cultures, many interests. Meredith had worked hard to win the prestigious ERASMUS scholarship which funded her year in Italy.  Her sister Stephanie said Mez was “excited at the prospect of … studying to improve her language skills, meet new friends, and immerse herself in the culture” of Italy.

Perhaps because of her dark beauty, she felt at home among Italians whom she so physically resembled. Once in the country, already with an excellent knowledge of the language, she loved to hang out with her English girl friends, other Erasmus students, and Italians – the new cosmopolitans of Europe who have so much in common and so many things to look forward to, in their year together in the sun-drenched ancient hills of Italy, and in the many years ahead of them across Europe.

Together, they are part of what one social scientist has called the ERASMUS Generation - a generation that will surely re-make Europe in the years to come.

Although we still anticipate the final meting of justice in the sad case we all follow here, we need at times to rest, contemplate, and consider Meredith the person, the friend, the student, and the appreciator of culture, music, and dance. With utmost respect, therefore, we present some music videos in memory of Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher.

At top here, in remembrance of Meredith’s being a beloved sister of Lyle, John and Stephanie, you can see New Zealander Hayley Westenra singing, with her younger sister Sophie, a touching rendition of Across the Universe of Time: “You turn around, looking at me, laughter in your eyes, and now I can see.” 



Above here, in honor of Meredith’s love of Italy and its culture, here is one of its greatest operatic arias, Signore, Ascolta! from Puccini’s Turandot, as sung by Renata Tebaldi, the great Italian lyric soprano:

Stephanie remembered her sister as “one of the most beautiful, intelligent, witty and caring people you could wish to meet…. a 21-year-old student who was into her studies, worked hard, and enjoyed spending time socializing with her friends and family…. We feel it is no exaggeration to say that Meredith touched the lives of everyone she met with her infectious upbeat personality, smile and sense of humour.”

On the recent sad second anniversary of Meredith’s passing, her family said: “We can only hope now that a conclusion is reached in the next five weeks, so that we can finally dedicate ourselves to remember Meredith for the person that all of us knew and not as a victim or as a news item.”



And above here, a song that combines purity and passion, like Mez did, as well a reference to the Father of the Italian language: Dante’s Prayer, by Loreena McKennitt: “Cast your eyes on the ocean, cast your soul to the sea… When the dark night seems endless, please remember me…. please remember me….” 

In memoria di Meredith, con la speranza di giustizia e di pace.

Posted by Earthling on 11/29/09 at 08:41 AM
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Friday, November 20, 2009

WHY Did She Have To Go Like That? Our Saddest Day In Two Years

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We praise the fire and anger that Giuliano Mignini showed in court on Meredith’s behalf.

This much maligned but really very caring and compassionate man really went to town today, for someone he clearly sees as a quite extraordinary girl.

Like all of us, her never met her. But like all of us, he loves what she stood for.

Posted by The Posters on 11/20/09 at 06:57 PM
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Sad Day For So Many Now: Two Years Since Meredith Was Taken From This World

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Italy’s AGI reports that the Kerchers will attend a mass only for themselves in south London, and then place some flowers on her grave. This statement was released by the family.

The two years since the death of Meredith have gone fast. We miss her more than ever, and we still find it difficult to understand what happened and why.

We can only hope now that there is a final outcome in the next five weeks so that we can finally dedicate ourselves to remember Meredith for the person we all knew, and not as a victim or a news item.

The anguish in that speaks volumes. This thing has taken a terrible toll. Our condolences to the Kercher family, and to Meredith’s many grieving friends.

None of us here ever knew Meredith. And yet we so very much miss her.

Posted by The Posters on 10/31/09 at 11:11 PM
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Those Who Reach Out For Meredith Are Now From 130-Plus Countries

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Click above for our readership statistics by country of reader for the past one month

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Posted by The Posters on 10/31/09 at 06:46 PM
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Meredith’s Perugia #19: A Song As A Tribute To Meredith By Perugian Rodolfo Susta

Posted by Tiziano


This is a touching story, which seems appropriate to the day.

Redolfo Susta is a talented and popular songwriter and singer in Perugia with a big heart who was deeply saddened by the loss of the bright promise that was Meredith and the media chicanery that clouded her memory..

As we have done by way of this website, to try to even the balance in Meredith’s favor, Redolfo has done by way of a song which he has repeatedly sung in Perugia. His audiences all know of Meredith, and they in turn have been moved and inspired.

The link to his song “Meredith” is presently at top-center of Rodolfo’s MySpace page and the story of how the song was created is at bottom here (click for “more”)..

He has offered the song either virtually through the web or perhaps in person one day to Meredith’s grieving family.


CLICK FOR MORE...

Posted by Tiziano on 10/31/09 at 06:45 PM
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

The Trial Resumes Friday - Meredith’s Following Is Now Worldwide

Posted by Peter Quennell



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We are seeing about 1200 unique visitors a day. And more visitors on the hearing dates and the trial dates.

The “visits” column in our daily statistics for the past week shows the most significant figures. Readers in nearly 100 countries. These are the top 20. This is an English-language site, of course, and Italian readership of Italian sites would be proportionally higher.

And the UK has its own excellent online reporting. There are proportionally far more media sources reporting the case than here in the United States. .

Seems a wonderful tribute to the compelling persona of Meredith herself. Meredith has attracted a real worldwide following.

Posted by Peter Quennell on 02/04/09 at 12:58 PM
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Meredith Would Have Been 23 Today

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Happy, trusting, caring, extremely smart, very hard-working, nice to absolutely everyone in her attitude and her behavior… and smiling.

Always smiling.

She didn’t have an enemy in the world and, perhaps because of her rather Mediterranean looks, is very widely loved and missed in Italy.

A number of wreaths and flowers were dropped off at the gate of her house on the first anniversary of her death.

She planned to be a teacher. In a forty-year career, her grace and intelligence and kindness would have brushed the lives of many thousands.

Every day now we are getting emails - mainly from women, but not always - missing her terribly and mourning the tragedy of her death.

You mattered, Meredith. And you matter. You are brushing the lives of many thousands.

Posted by The Posters on 12/28/08 at 01:36 PM
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Thursday, December 25, 2008

She Really Was Special… Our Thoughts Are With The Kerchers

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Monday, November 03, 2008

“Meredith Never Stopped Smiling”

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The radiance of Meredith’s lovely smile and the infectiousness of her laugh have been remarked upon, again and again, by family and friends…

Cold rainy weather now in Perugia, it appears, and the reporters there for the Rudy Guede trial are long gone. Like last year, most of the students are out of town.

But kindly and commendably, a number of Italian news outlets have noted the mass held yesterday for Meredith, and the leaving of flowers at the house.

That smile. It sure got to people.

Posted by The Editor on 11/03/08 at 02:42 PM
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Monday, September 29, 2008

A New Forum On The Meredith Kercher Case

Posted by Peter Quennell

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A new Meredith-case forum opens for discussion today.

This one continues the heavy lifting on the case of a very informed, watchful, and caring group which populated the Steve-Huff-hosted forums for nearly a year.

Moderators are Skeptical Bystander and Michael, two of the most dedicated moderators you will find on any forum.

Real survivors, too!

Posted by Peter Quennell on 09/29/08 at 06:53 AM
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Meredith: Her Most Recent Shots

Posted by The Editor

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Our comment on the post below applies here too.

These shots all appeared somewhere on the web, mostly on British newspaper sites.

It was not specified on the websites where they were taken and how old Meredith was.

But we believe they were mostly taken in Meredith’s final year, and at least some of them in Perugia.

We are not the first to observe that she sure laughed and smiled a lot.

The final shot, on her bed in the house with her phone, is a favorite of many people.

Posted by The Editor on 09/14/08 at 07:16 AM
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Shots Of The Younger Meredith

Posted by The Editor

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These shots all appeared somewhere on the web, mostly on British newspaper sites.

It was not specified on the websites where they were taken and how old Meredith was.

But we believe they were all taken when Meredith was still at high school near her home in south London.

The top shot must be a favorite of the family. It was on the front of the funeral program.

Posted by The Editor on 09/13/08 at 07:14 AM
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