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Fragile Sphere
November 18, 2014
enjoy life
for all it is;
a fragile sphere
My better half had bought this bubble maker as a gift to our nephews. Unfortunately it fell into my hands. Oh they did get to enjoy it… finally. Before that I had my own share of fun trying to photograph them from all angles. Here's my favourite of the shots.
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Pyramid Valley for Peace
October 28, 2014
midst the chaos
I hear the call of
the mystical pyramid
Pyramid Valley, located on Kanakapura road in Bangalore, Karnataka is one such place where people come to meditate and to de-stress from their chaotic life. It's a very pleasant experience being there with no noise and seeing people enjoying the surrounding in silence. The Pyramid is this huge structure that can seat an unbelievable number of people inside it. The silence within the pyramid (yeah you cannot talk inside ) is so good, you can almost taste it…. I will also add, it's not for the faint-hearted
By the way I was almost reminded of The Mummy Returns when I saw it for the first time
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Oh My God
October 21, 2014
seen from the top
man and his accomplishments
Yep that's the view when I sky dived from 10000 ft. Neat eh !! It sure is a humbling experience to know the materialistic things we hold dear are insignificant when seen from a higher perspective .
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The Doll
October 17, 2014
what thoughts lurk
behind that smile
oh such innocence
As she roamed around in the fair holding on to her mother Mini heard a a faint voice. "Take me". She looked around for the source. Finding none, she continued her curious glances at all the stalls. She heard it again.."Take me""Take me" "Take me" "Take me" "Take me". It was drilling into her head and making her go crazy. The insistence. It was also so inviting like the voice of her best friend. That's when she saw the doll. It was very pretty. She was confused now. Is is the doll that spoke. Then she saw the doll smile. She tugged at her mom's hand and pulled her towards the stall.
"Mom I want that doll". "You already have enough dolls, said her mom, you dont need anymore". "No I want that one" she said, stamping her leg. Her mom used to her demands started pulling her away. She was shocked when Mini said,"if you dont buy me that doll, you will regret it". She stood rooted. She had never heard Mini speak like that. Where was that drama, the tantrum? Mini did not sound like an 8 yr old any more. She was looking at her not with the innocent anger of a child but a look that gave her the creeps . She had a hint of smile at the corner of her mouth, as if she was waiting for her reaction. It was unnerving. The scary part was the doll had the same smile
"No! I am NOT going to buy that doll!". She grabbed Mini's hand and pulled her away, scared and wanting to get away from whatever that thing was. Mini did not resist or cry. Looking back at the doll, she smiled when the doll winked and she heard the same voice "Dont worry, we will meet again".
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Divinity and Fanaticism
October 16, 2014
belief in a higher power
divinity and fanaticism
lines blurred
Yeah its good to have faith and to believe in some power that is making this world go round but how far can it be taken?. As Buddha once answered when someone asked him.. What is poison? His answer.. Too much of anything is poison…..
My questions here…..
1. Is blind faith a good thing?
2. Where does divinity end and fanaticism begin?
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Nothing simple about this………..
October 15, 2014
circle of life
no beginning or end
it goes on
This is a smoke ring I created.
Tips I follow
1. Life is a circle, what you give is what you get
2. Dont get mad at your enemies, just smile (it pisses them off)
3. However miserable the situation is, there is always a humor element (it can be dark but its there)
4. If you want to be happy, just be
5. Dont ask questions if you dont want to hear the answers (especially for women I think)
6. Its the little things in life than makes it enjoyable. Stop waiting for the jackpot
7. Keep it simple ( the most complicated to follow)
Day 5 of the WriteTribe Fest, this post is linked to Tips
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October 15, 2014
life without humor
like food without salt
where has the excitement gone?
While viewing fishes in the aquarium I came across this strange fish !! ………..
My favourite links for some good humour…
1. Jokes in English – Some classics that can leave you in spits
2. Sardar Jokes – One community I really respect and the only ones who can laugh at themselves. They signify the Joie de Vivre
3. Top Funny Jokes – Some good puns and some khatta meetha jokes (sweet and naughty )
4. Santa Banta Jokes – The best duo for witty jokes that can brighten any dull day.
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Day 7 – Tell A Story
October 12, 2014
awaiting the future
the present slips away
perfume of fresh roses, forgotten
You must have guessed my question by now.. Why is it that people spend their lives thinking about a dark future and forget to enjoy the present?
My guess (and confirmation from seeing live examples) is that they have forgotten how to..unfortunately. Yeah obviously they have a reason of saving up for a rainy day or an uncertain future. In my heart I think that day is a myth. I doubt this saved up resources will ever be utilized to their full potential for any rainy day as other rainy days are always expected and uncertainty is always a part and parcel of life. There goes the present and there goes the future awaiting the mythical personal Armageddon. Isn't it strange that the day they look towards is not a bright and sunny day but when everything is lost so they have the resources to survive?
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Life in a drop of water
September 30, 2014
a simple drop
can start life;
also end it
This is a picture of a drop of water from a tap taken with an extension tube
EXIF – 1/50 seconds, Flash Fired…… ISO – 1600
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Kathakali Makeup
September 23, 2014
getting ready
covering the face
to bare the soul
The make-up before a Kathakali (click to get information on Wikipedia) performance is very crucial and time consuming sometimes taking upto 4-5 hours. The first layer is usually by the performer himself and after that starts the true grueling process of applying layers and layers of makeup. Click on the word above to see the final appearance of the artist. Taken at Fort Kochi, Kerala.
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Uruguay 33/1 for glory
Uruguay have been cut to 33/1 by bet365 and BetVictor to win the World Cup after making it through to the knockout stages courtesy of 1-0 win over 10-man Italy.
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Diego Godin's late goal sent Uruguay to the last 16 but there are concerns about Luis Suarez's availability after he found himself at the centre of another biting accusation.
Suarez clashed with Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini before Uruguay's winner.
Television replays showed Suarez moving his head towards Chiellini who responded by swinging an arm, before chasing the referee to apparently insist he had been bitten on his shoulder.
Sky Bet offer 1/10 that Suarez is banned for any match at the World Cup and go 11/2 he avoids a suspension in Brazil.
Uruguay are now set for a clash with Group C winners Colombia.
A 4-1 victory over Japan made sure of top spot for Colombia and they can now be backed at 25/1 with 888sport and William Hill to lift the trophy.
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Country Inn & Suites Portland Airport
Country Inn & Suites Portland Airport in Portland
Country Inn & Suites Portland Airport
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.4/10
7025 Northeast Alderwood Road
Portland, OR 97218
Welcome to the Country Inn & Suites Portland Airport
A free shuttle to get you round the neighborhood, a refreshing pool and a complimentary full breakfast are what Priceline guests remember about the Country Inn & Suites Portland Airport.
Hotel Features
All 153 non-smoking rooms on three floors offer microwaves, refrigerators and free Wi-Fi. Some accommodations have jetted tubs. Your day starts with a free breakfast buffet of waffles, scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage. The on-site restaurant serves three meals a day. A business center, fitness center and indoor pool and hot tub let you work hard and play hard. Grab the complimentary shuttle from the airport that travels anywhere in a five-mile radius of the hotel. Parking is only available for registered guests, and extended parking is available for purchase.
Hotel Location
Two miles from Portland International Airport, the Country Inn & Suites is on the grounds of Colwood Golf Course. You can take the free shuttle two miles to the shops at Cascade Station, where there's a light-rail stop with service into downtown, which is 17 miles away.
Guest Favorites
An on-site restaurant, free Wi-Fi and a shuttle to the light rail and airport make the Country Inn & Suites Portland Airport a convenient choice.
Country Inn & Suites Portland Airport Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- 24-hour security
- Accessible facilities
- Accessible parking
- Accessible room
- Adjoining rooms
- Air conditioning
- ATM/Cash machine
- Banking services
- Brailed elevators
- Bus parking
- Business center
- Business services
- Cable television
- Catering services
- Cocktail lounge with entertainment
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Complimentary newspaper delivered to room
- Conference facilities
- Connecting rooms
- Courtesy car
- Desk with electrical outlet
- Dry cleaning
- Elevators
- ESPN available
- Exercise gym
- Express check-out
- Fax service
- Fitness center on-site
- Folios
- Free airport shuttle
- Free high speed internet connection
- Front desk
- Hairdryer
- HBO available
- Health club
- Heated pool
- High speed internet access for laptop in public areas
- Hot breakfast
- Housekeeping - daily
- Indoor pool
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Jacuzzi
- Laundry/Valet service
- Lounges/bars
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
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You must show a valid photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all special requests cannot be guaranteed and are subject to availability upon check-in. Additional charges may apply. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Country Inn & Suites Portland AirportOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
November 20, 2014
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
November 19, 2014
This was a very good experience
November 17, 2014
The breakfast would have been great had the food in the warmers actually been warm
November 11, 2014
Family Traveling with Young Children
November 11, 2014
The directions were very easy to navigate. We took Hwy 30 bypass most of the way back to our home....was a great drive. The gas in the area was cheap too! Just a plus.
October 31, 2014
We will look for this hotel when we travel around the country. Do you have a catalog of locations to send to us?
October 17, 2014
They need to improve their breakfast quality and service
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B. Jean Mandernach, Ph.D., Research Professor adn Director of the Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching, Grand Canyon University.
When it comes to helping online students learn, few practices pack the pedagogical punch of quality online feedback. Don't you wish your students understood that? Too many students think of feedback in terms of grading, and they miss out on the educational benefits of following up on their assignments. Find out how different feedback strategies can grab students' attention.
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Ditch those static lessons. Make presentations dynamic. SMART technology can augment your pre-existing lecture material by allowing for digital annotation and manipulation to further student success.
Dr. Elizabeth Harrison, Director, Office of Learning Resources, University of Dayton.
Presesntation and acquisition of information is at the heart of higher education. You may know that it's your responsibility to make sure all your students have an equitable opportunity to participate in this learning exchange. But your assumptions about how students should access information could create barriers to learning. In this session, we explore a conceptual and practical approach to working with students with disabilities. You'll enhance your awareness of the drawbacks inherent in the most common ways of presenting course content and learn specific techniques for making material more accessible.
Formative assessment and active learning are more than buzz words. Attendees of this session will learn how to leverage iClickers to create a more engaging and successful classroom experience.
Sarah Egan Warren, Education and Training Director of Reify Media.
Wondering how to get started with flipping your classroom? In this session, you'll learn how storyboarding can be used to better plan flipped lessons to enhance learning and foster more student interaction.
Dr. Charles Geiger, Geography
Following a brief overview and demonstration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software, you will learn about software and data availability, and about the MU Geography Department's GIS facilities, curriculum and services. You will be encouraged to think about how GIS can enhance your curriculum and research, and how the Geography Department can help.
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Agatha Christie Murder Mystery And Then There Were None
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The Northeast Corridor trackage used by Acela is actually owned by Amtrak, except for small portions that are owned by states/commuter railroads.
Could always build parallel paths. Might even be able to create some jobs in the process.
When coal fired power plants are no more, we should use the rail for something....new EPA regulations will kill coal in America. How much money is generated through coal shipments? 40 percent of the revenue is from coal shipments or roughly $22 billion of the $54 billion in the rail industry.
It would be misleading of you not to have mentioned the massive capital investment made by Conrail previous to offering the rail lines to private concerns. Enough of the Ayn Rand ideology.
Mixing high speed passenger traffic with slow speed freight movement is not a wise idea.The British railway model relied upon this optimisation technique and is facing huge bottlenecks in upgrading the legacy signalling systems.
Another bad idea is to seek improvement in the track utilisation using a safety system. A safety system hinders capacity improvement as it enforces strict constraints on the operations to regulate the movement in a safe manner. In other words, the idea of production and safety are always in conflict and resolving them needs careful thinking upfront rather than imposing simplistic regulatory regime enforcing a particular form of technology. Such regulation hinders growth as well as price competition between market participants.
Capacity improvement must be foreseen through investment into new unmixed lines rather than upgrade the signalling system to cater to wide variety of trains. The underlying physics model is no longer consistent.
The national map shows the importance of hauling coal from northeastern Wyoming to power plants.
The quoted turnover rate among truck drivers is alarming--they are very important on the roads as well-behaved, predictable, professional drivers.
Interesting article. What intrigues me, is how come "fast-track' passenger & freight services are so slow in coming, here in the US? Europe, Japan & China have all zoomed ahead literally in this department. And other emerging countries are fast following suit.
With the price of gasoline only going to keep spiralling heavenwards, America has no choice but to follow the the sage example of Warren Buffet & focus on improving its cumbersome & decaying railway system - pronto.
The days of 'long-haul' trucking are surely numbered, for more reasons than I care to ennumerate here - soaring gas prices being just one of 'em.
Some interesting issues arise from this article.
US freight rail stocks have been good performers in terms of PE ratios meaning that it has been possible to buy a good income stream for a low capital cost at little risk. Lacking the fantasy expectations of technology, finance and real estate stocks their prices have been relatively depressed for several decades. It seems that they still have plenty of upside in view of their efficiency and green credentials vis a vis the competition.
While one has to admire the sight and efficiency of a 150 wagon freight train cross vst landscapes and trundling through cities, these machines are low - tech. On a recent trip on the southern end of the N E Corridor from Washington DC to Richmond my passenger train was stuck for four hours behind a freight train whose brake malfunction warning light had illuminated. Unfortunately, the system did not say which brake so an engineer had to walk along each side of a very long train looking for a duff brake. It makes no sense to try and run time-constrained passenger services on the same track as price-constrained freight.
Due to the differences in size and population density between the US and Japan or European countries, comparisons of rail provision don't really mean much. Only China is a comparable size and though it is certainly focussing on rail travel, it does not have a very good road network and related infrastructure. For example, the rail link to Lhasa, while impressive, is a result of unique circumstances - the problems of landing and taking off in a fully laden plane at high altitude, the lack of roads, and the strategic imperatives of defense, national integration and future mineral extraction in the Tibetan plateau. Only a tourist would want to spend the 13 hours it would take to travel non-stop at 200 mph between US coasts, when you can fly it in four or five. Add in intermediate stops, diversions to make an economic route and you are talking of more like 20 hours minimum. Sure there may be corridors such the North East or New York to Chicago or Southern California with lots of potential business but a full west coast line would cross a lot of empty space and challenging geology.
The solution seems to be easy, build new high speed rail tracks.
Just think, if we had spent that majoriy of that 700 billion in stimulus on high speed rail, we could have trains from coast to coast. At least that way our kids could enjoy it as they pay the bill.
The article identifies the big seven Class I railroads somewhat oddly. Usually the big Class I roads are identified as:
Norfolk Southern
CN is one of the largest railroads in the US, having purchased the Illinois Central, and having since 1917 owned the Grand Trunk. CN also owns or controls a number of other US properties such as the Wisconsin Central and the Vermont Central. It is perhaps worth noting that CN has the lowest operating ratio of the big seven Class I roads, and is, therefore, dollar-for-dollar, the most profitable freight road on Earth. Thank you Hunter Harrison and Paul Tellier.
CP is also a major US railroad, by virtue of a number of purchases including the long-owned Soo line, which gives it access to Chicago, and the Delaware and Hudson which gives it access to New York. More recently CP bought the DME/ICE lines to give access to the Powder River basin.
Both CP and CN have direct access to Chicago over their owned or affiliated lines, and the IC gives CN access to all of the major interchange gateways in the Mississippi valley (Chicago, St.Louis, Memphis, New Orleans) accordingly.
Generally speaking the industry is regarded as being an integrated continental system rather than a US or Canadian System. The rules of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) effectively govern interchange rules track standards and rolling stock standards in Canada just the same as they do in the US.
appicharlak wrote:
Jul 22nd 2010 7:27 GMT
"Mixing high speed passenger traffic with slow speed freight movement is not a wise idea."
"Capacity improvement must be foreseen through investment into new unmixed lines rather than upgrade the signalling system to cater to wide variety of trains. The underlying physics model is no longer consistent."
Well, yes and no.
The freight business can already be split into a few distinct components that include:
1. Coal, mineral ores, potash, aggregate.
2. Grains, other agricultural commodities, and forestry products.
3. Intermodal
4. Other manufactured goods.
5. Petrochemicals
Items 1, 2, and 4 usually involve the transport of very heavy things over long distances at slow speeds, e.g., 25 - 40 m.p.h. This is the meat-and-potatoes work that railroads do exceptionally well.
Item 5 is a specialized business, but, again, it does not generally involve high speed.
Item 3, intermodal, is completely different.
Intermodal container trains are the high speed express trains of our times. This is a high priority, premium price service. The major customers are UPS, FedEx, DHL, COSCO, Evergreen, Maersk, and so on.
It is the epitome of what "scheduled railroading" is all about.
The lading is not particularly heavy, the trains move fast - 80 m.p.h. - and they have to arrive on time. The railroads provide performance guarantees, e.g., 68 hours from Long Beach to Chicago; 82 hours from Long Beach to Boston.
The business model of intermodal service is much more like passenger service (without a dining car, sleeper cars or porters) than it is like traditional freight service.
Yet intermodal trains still share lines with coal drags, and, notwithstanding, until 2007 the railways were going through a second golden age of railroading in North America.
It is sometimes forgotten that the railroads, particularly CSX, own extremely valuable rights-of-way.
The clear trend is toward the expansion of passenger service in the relatively densely populated parts of North America. The passenger service ought to be aiming at modest targets: routes of up to perhaps 300 miles, probably not more than 500 miles, at 100 m.p.h., between major urban centers, without sleeper or dining service. The service can not run reasonably expect to run on existing freight lines. That is not a reasonable demand to make of the freight roads.
However, there is usually no other logical place to put new tracks than in the existing rights-of-way already owned by the freight roads, and only in a few places in North America would passenger demand justify the construction of dedicated lines.
This points to the logical solution:
The public pay for an increase in track capacity, namely extra tracks, and maybe electrification, in the existing rights-of-way in areas of significant passenger density.
In return the railroads share their rights of way, and share the resultant increase in overall system capacity with the passenger system. This would allow some segregation of fast trains e.g., modest passenger trains (up to 120 or 150 m.p.h.) and intermodal trains, from slow trains, e.g., everything else.
Both the freight roads and the public would be better off.
It avoids having the good be the enemy of the best.
It allows some growth in the passenger business essentially immediately and at not unreasonable cost.
And if Congress ever gets around to voting enough money to build dedicated high speed TGV lines for Amtrak, then they can do something different. Don't hold your breath, though.
Finally, one of the posters asks who would take the train instead of aircraft?
Well, compare:
Up to 8 hours on a train, in a comfortable seat, with lots of room, where you can get up and move around easily, where there is plenty of room to work; leave from downtown, and arrive downtown; arrive rested and happy.
Three hours getting to the airport, going through security, waiting to board, and boarding;
sitting on the tarmac cooped up with your knees jammed against your elbows in a narrow, uncomfortable seat, in a claustrophobia-inducing tube for 45 minutes waiting to take off;
spend 45 minutes actually flying;
spend another hour getting through the airport and into town; and
arrive tired and irritated.
It might take longer by train, but it is far more comfortable, it is far easier to work productively, and you don't have to put up with security nonsense.
Why Railway was not developed all over the America compared to Europe?Many thinkers blamed to lobby of car Manufacturers for their self interest they opposed to extension of rail.Is it true?There are many lobbies who are dominating politics of America, even President of America is dancing on turn of these lobbies.Is it true?
Raguvansh is of course correct - but that's history. The real question is where to from now.
Some of the commenters on this thread do know what they're talking about, but they're not prepare to think a bit outside their own expertise and this makes them far too pessimistic. After all, the notion of running freight and express passenger services on the same tracks is not exactly new. New technology - especially clever traffic management and signalling systems - actually makes the problems far less than they used to be, as many new systems worldwide have found (the UK problems with this are not really typical). Get it in perspective - if an airport can simultaneously safely handle huge numbers of Cessnas and superjumbos, given the right investment a rail system should be able to do the equivalent.
There are lots of freight businesses that will really benefit from higher speeds; it opens up whole new markets for perishables, etc, and I bet those firms with FedEx contracts aren't complaining. The extreme-weight slow services aren't generally on intercity routes anyway.
An interesting & useful article, even if some points are contentious.
Europe and South Africa (amongst many) should be very interested in
all aspects of rail freight with a good track record.
Privatization and ability to respond to market needs are key elements.
But the hidden secret is in my mind a simple concept:
a society that really believes that competition, open and fair,
will benefit all.
In Africa, cultural baggage suggests very strongly that the only
viable business model is a monopoly.
In mainland Europe there is increasing interest in the idea of creating separate freight and passenger lines (both high-speed): eg the route from North-East European countries to Spain, currently being built.
The answer seems so ridiculously obvious. Build a new set of tracks for high speed. They would utilize a lighter roadbed for the passenger trains, you would avoid all the competitive issues. Just shut down some of the flights between LA and San Francisco. It's better for environment anyway. At 250 mph, it has to beat going through TSA.
This one should be a no brainer.
"The answer seems so ridiculously obvious. Build a new set of tracks for high speed."
The answer obvious to me is the opposite -- build a new set of tracks for freight.
Railroads were built right through the middle of U.S. cities, so they could deliver direct to their urban customers. That is where passenger rail needs to go.
For freight, today and into the future, the last 10 to 200 miles will be traveled by truck. So there is no need for the tracks to be in cities. New, high speed double track lines could be built in rural areas, with intermodal yards near highways.
All this is theory, however. The U.S. has been bankrupted by a consumer spending binge, and will not be able to afford this sort of investment.
derridaderider wrote:
Jul 23rd 2010 4:33 GMT
"There are lots of freight businesses that will really benefit from higher speeds; it opens up whole new markets for perishables, etc, and I bet those firms with FedEx contracts aren't complaining."
Yes, indeed.
Commenters are assuming that running freight and passenger trains on the same or on a different set of rails is an all-or-nothing proposition. A lower-cost 90% solution would be to build stretches of parallel track in low-cost areas, only sharing track where widening the right-of-way would be expensive. Short additional tracks to WT Economist's "intermodal yards" might also be added near towns.
Passenger and intermodal trains would pass freight trains on the parallel stretches. As the shared segments would likely be near towns, speeds would be slower there anyway.
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There are a couple stories in the news about bad proposals.
Oliver Wright recently proposed to his girlfriend Kelly by arranging rocks at a London quarry to read: Will You Marry Me?. She saw the message during their daily walk. The couple met on a dating site. Kelly tells the Daily Mail, ''I was completely overwhelmed. We were walking along holding hands and it was a beautiful sunny morning then Oliver suddenly stopped. I looked at him, then looked down the cliff and that's when I saw it. I just froze, I couldn't believe it. Then I said "yes, yes, yes" and he went down on one knee and got the ring out. We went down to the bottom of the hill and Oliver pulled out a bottle of champagne from behind a rock and poured two glasses. We sat there and celebrated with a glass of champagne despite it only being 11 o'clock in the morning. Walkers at the top of the hill shouted down their congratulations to us. It was a really special moment and one I will remember for the rest of my life.''
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|Directed by
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|Produced by
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|Written by
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Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay)
|Anthony Perkins
Audrey Hepburn
Lee J. Cobb
Sessue Hayakawa
Henry Silva
Nehemiah Persoff
Michael Pate
Estelle Hemsley
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Sidney Cutner (uncredited)
|Joseph Ruttenberg
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|19 May 1959
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Green Mansions is a 1959 American romantic adventure film directed by Mel Ferrer. Based upon the 1904 novel Green Mansions by William Henry Hudson, the film starred Audrey Hepburn (who at the time was married to Ferrer) as Rima, a jungle girl who falls in love with a Venezuelan traveller played by Anthony Perkins. Also appearing in the film were Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa and Henry Silva. The score was by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Bronislau Kaper.
The film was intended to be the first of several projects directed by Ferrer and starring his wife, but ultimately this was the only one released. It was one of the few critical and box office failures of Hepburn's career. Vincente Minnelli had originally been slated to direct the film, but delays in the project led MGM to choose Ferrer to direct it.
A young man named Abel (Anthony Perkins) narrowly escapes Caracas, Venezuela after it is overtaken by rebels. He decides to seek revenge, as his father, the former Minister of War, was killed. After getting supplies, he takes a canoe to the far shore, where he is nearly killed by a leopard, but is saved by the native, Indian-like people.
He decides to prove his bravery by not moving once he sees the chief, Runi (Sessue Hayakawa) and telling his story. The Indians are impressed, and do not kill him. After a while, Runi's son Kua-ko (Henry Silva), who has lived with the missionaries of Caracas and speaks English, tells Abel that Runi has agreed so long as he does not harm them, they will not harm him. Abel agrees, and befriends Kua-ko, who tells him of the "Bird Woman", who killed his older brother, and that their tribe is not allowed in the nearby forest.
Abel ignores the warning and ventures into the forest, where he sees a young woman (Audrey Hepburn); however, she quickly disappears. He returns to the Indians, and Kua-ko tells him that Runi wishes Abel to use his gun and kill the girl. He returns to the forest, but decides to warn the girl instead. He sees her again, but is bitten by a coral snake. The girl takes Abel to her home and tends his wound. Upon waking up, he meets the girl's grandfather, Nuflo (Lee J. Cobb), who tells him her name is Rima.
The next day, with his leg wounded by the snake, Abel meets Rima again and they begin to talk. Rima takes a liking to him, but Nuflo warns her that he will leave once his leg heals. Abel is soon able to walk without a cane, and Rima therefore begins showing him the forest. Abel tells her that he has come to like her as well, and Rima is confused. She goes to speak with her dead mother's spirit, and decides to return to where she came from to ask a village elder about her strange new feelings for Abel. Later, Abel and Rima travel to the edge of the forest, where he shows her Riolama, which she remembers as her village. Despite Nuflo's initial reluctance to take her, Rima forces him to show her the way by threatening his soul if he does not.
Abel decides it is time for him to return to the Indians. He tells Runi of how Rima saved him, but neither he nor Kua-ko believe him. He quickly realizes that Kua-ko killed his brother and placed the blame on Rima, but is tied up. After a bravery test (withstanding bee and wasp stings without making a sound), Kua-ko and the Indians make ready to enter the forest and kill Rima.
Abel escapes and warns Nuflo and Rima, and together they escape to Riolama, where Nuflo tells Abel that he cannot return to the village because he caused a massacre. He managed to help Rima and her mother, and promised to take care of Rima, but was ashamed at his part in the massacre. Rima overhears, and curses Nuflo. She then rushes down to Riolama, where she faints in the heat. Abel follows and takes her to safety. When she awakens, Abel tells her how he has come to love her, and Rima does also, having only come to decipher her strange feelings and now recognizing them as love for him.
Rima steals away while Abel is asleep to go back to Nuflo and apologize, but when she finds him, the Indians have burnt their home and he is nearly dead. She asks his forgiveness, and with his last words Nuflo tries to warn her of the Indians. She quickly discovers for herself, and races through the forest to escape. Kua-ko burns the great tree where she has hidden. Meanwhile, Abel awakens and realizes what Rima has done. He quickly follows and finds Kua-ko, who teases that he killed her. The two fight into a stream, where Abel manages to drown Kua-ko.
Abel remembers a flower Rima told him of, which, if it disappears in one place, blossoms in another close by. He finds the flower, and not far off, Rima herself, who extends her hand. He takes it, and they begin their life in the forest together.
- Anthony Perkins – Abel
- Audrey Hepburn – Rima
- Lee J. Cobb – Nuflo
- Sessue Hayakawa – Runi
- Henry Silva – Kua-ko
- Nehemiah Persoff – Don Panta
- Michael Pate – Priest
- Estelle Hemsley – Cla Cla
Critical reception[edit]
Although considerable effort had been made to produce a faithful and convincing rendering of the book, the film was not reviewed kindly by critics at the time and was not a commercial success.
Critics were not kind to the film, impressed neither by its lush widescreen visuals nor by the equally lush musical score that accompanied them …[3]
Production notes[edit]
Ferrer traveled to South America to select possible filming locations, but eventually concluded that the jungles there were too dense and dark to allow their use in the action sequences of the film. He did arrange for nearly an hour of jungle footage to be filmed south of Orinoco and in the Parahauri Mountains, much of which was incorporated into the film. The action sequences were filmed on indoor stages and at Lone Pine, California.
Ferrer had several snakes and birds native to the Venezuelan jungle captured and shipped to Hollywood for use in filming. He also brought a baby deer to the residence he shared with Hepburn, and they raised it for several days prior to filming so that it could be used in several scenes where Rima interacted with the forest creatures.[4]
The Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was originally commissioned to write the full score for the film. However, his music was inspired by the original novel, rather than the film adaptation.
Unhappy with the way his music had been used, Villa Lobos edited his full score into a cantata, Forest of the Amazon (Floresta do Amazonas). It was premiered in 1959 in New York with the Symphony of the Air and the soprano Bidu Sayão under the composer's direction. The same forces recorded it in stereophonic sound for United Artists Records, which released it on LP and reel-to-reel tape. The recording had a limited release on CD.
Alfred Heller, a friend and associate of Villa Lobos, made a modern digital recording of the complete uncut cantata (74 minutes) with soprano Renee Fleming, along the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. He wrote on the Amazon website that Villa-Lobos had completed work on the full cantata in December 1958. The United Artists recording used about 46 minutes of the cantata.
A separate source from that quoted above indicates that the score by Villa-Lobos was composed from a translated script prior to completion of the editing of the film. Though Villa-Lobos did some work on the edited film, the task of scoring the completed film was done by Bronislau Kaper, with Charles Wolcott conducting.[5]
For the final score, Kaper wrote original material and used or adapted material composed by Villa-Lobos. Additional music and arrangements were supplied by Sidney Cutner and Leo Arnaud. The love theme "Song of Green Mansions" was composed by Kaper, with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.[5]
The complete Kaper score was issued on CD in 2005, on Film Score Monthly records.
Box Office[edit]
Despite Hepburn's popularity the film was a box office disaster - it earned $1,190,000 in the US and Canada and $1.2 million elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $2,430,000.[1]
Until recently the film had only been available in cropped VHS transfers. However, Warner UK struck a deal with former special interest label Digital Classics to release Green Mansions and three other catalogue titles from the capacious Warner vaults. The film subsequently received an anamorphic NTSC DVD release[6] in the UK on 6 April 2009.
- ^ a b c "The Eddie Mannix Ledger". Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Domestic take see "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960, p 34.
- ^ "Bright Lights Film Journal :: November 2013 | Issue 82". Blog.brightlightsfilm.com. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ "Green Mansions (1959) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- ^ a b Whitaker, Bill; Jeff Bond (2005). Bronislau Kaper. "Green Mansions". Film Score Monthly (CD insert notes) (Culver City, CA, USA) 8 (3).
- ^ "Digital Classics DVD". Digital Classics DVD. Retrieved 2013-11-29.