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Someone said this was "too long" and made the comment that longer books
don't translate well to screen. However, if they knew anything about Rose
Red, they would know that it was never a book. It was written directly for
the screen by Stephen King. As I watched the film, I kept thinking how much
it was like a novel come to life! Then I was watching the featurette "The
Making of Rose Red" on the DVD and Stephen King as well as the director said
that it was really just a novel that was played out on screen. It is so
I am an avid fan of King's work, and this film was a real treat, because it
was just like reading one of his books. It it not SUPPOSED to be your
typical 90 minute work (as King says, he feels like that is similar to
stealing all the towels in the hotel room and then quickly packing them into
your bag and sitting on it to try to force them to stay in). It is much
more character driven and rich, and takes much more attention than a regular
film does. That is WHY it was a 3 part series!
If you are willing to put forth the effort--and I mean this as a COMPLIMENT to the film, for it really is like reading a novel--then you will love it. 10/10 from me!
Rose Red is basically an uncredited remake of The Haunting, based on
Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House. The novel was
first made into a film by Robert Wise in 1963. Jan de Bont did a
much-loathed remake, which I prefer to the Wise film, in 1999. Novelist
Stephen King, who wrote the script for Rose Red, has long said that
Jackson's book is one of his favorites, and he's a fan of the Wise
film. The Jackson book has greatly influenced his work. I don't recall
ever hearing King's opinion of the de Bont remake, but I could imagine
that he might not have cared for it very much.
Thus, it was only natural that when Steven Spielberg contacted King about doing a haunted house film shortly after the release of the de Bont remake, King thought it would be a great opportunity to give the world an updated filmic version of The Haunting of Hill House, but done "right". Probably because of the negative public reaction to the de Bont film, and the temporal proximity (and possibly because of rights/licensing issues), it was decided to do something "original" instead of marketing another remake. But make no mistake, there are far too many similarities in the story, the structure and the visuals for this to not be a Haunting remake. Enough was changed that no one could be sued for copyright infringement, of course, and in making the changes and lengthening the film to a mini-series, King and director Craig R. Baxley have topped both previous versions of The Haunting. Rose Red is very nearly a 10. Only a couple slight missteps bring the score down to a 9.
Rather than Hill House, the name of the home is Rose Red. And rather than being in the countryside in New England, King has moved it to a hilltop in Seattle, Washington. This was a great idea, in that it gives the home an eerier feeling because of its incongruity with its surroundings, and it emphasizes the fact that the home is in its own world, with an ability to keep visitors captive, regardless of how close civilization may seem.
Dr. John Montague/Dr. John Markway/Dr. David Morrow has been changed to Dr. Joyce Reardon (Nancy Travis). The gender is different, but the aim is the same--to research the big, supposedly haunted house on the hill using the aid of some psychically inclined folks. Eleanor Vance/Eleanor Lance has been changed to Annie Wheaton (Kimberly J. Brown), now a teen, but just as "key" to bringing the house alive. Luke Sanderson has been changed to Steve Rimbauer (Matt Keeslar). He's similarly the heir looking to make some quick cash. King also gives his "hill house" a similar history, with a more typical turn-of-the-century source of fortune for John Rimbauer, who takes the place of Hugh Crain, and King lets Rimbauer's bride, Ellen, live much longer than Crain's. This all serves the story remarkably well--it gives a lot more depth to the home, and gives a good 50 years or so before the home was finally abandoned, after countless tragedies. Increasing Rose Red's active history also enabled strengthening the parallels to Sarah Winchester's "Mystery House", which had been alluded to in previous instantiations of The Haunting.
Similarly, increasing the running time of the film enabled King to go into great depth with characterization, exposition and backstory. Early material establishing Joyce as something of a quack at her university works extremely well and sets up a great subplot with a warring department head, Professor Carl Miller (David Dukes), and a student flunky, Kevin Bollinger (Jimmi Simpson). Annie works 100% better as a character than Eleanor, and King gives us a psychological intensity in her familial situation that easily trumps Eleanor. The increased running time also enables a large cast of characters for Rose Red to play with--that was always one of the problems with the other films. There just weren't enough people around to work with or make the experimental situation believable. The larger cast enables a typical King Ten Little Indians-styled gradual character knock-off, which for me helps the story work better as horror. It's notable that the deaths and the appearance of otherworldly antagonists in Rose Red are more graphic and brutal than the other versions of The Haunting, despite the fact that Rose Red was made to initially air on ABC television in the U.S. King and Baxley do a great job of pacing the build-up to violent chaos over the film's 4-hour running time.
Although de Bont's film is well known and deservedly respected at least for its eye-popping, opulent sets, Baxley also trumps that aspect conceptually. Rose Red isn't nearly as grandiose, baroque or decorative as de Bont's Hill House, but it's even more bizarre and surreal, and Baxley better keeps it in the realm of spookiness.
Also far better than any other version of The Haunting, King and Baxley expertly develop complex subtexts and motivations for characters. These are too numerous to mention here, but the most interesting and important one may be Joyce's gradual transformation from lovable kook to manipulative, obsessive maniac. There are increasing suggestions in later scenes that Joyce may be possessed by some spirit, but smartly, Baxley and King keep this ambiguous--it's just as believable that her own monstrous side is finally emerging.
Unfortunately for all of its brilliance there are a couple minor flaws with Rose Red. There is a muddled section during the crew's first night in the home, when some members go wandering around and unintentionally shed their mortal coils. There are also a couple later sections with characters wandering around the house in a panic that are just a bit too stretched out--it can begin to feel more like padding to meet running time requirements than plot necessity. However, these flaws are minor, especially given the breadth of the film. Rose Red is a must-see for any haunted house film fan.
For the rest of you, though, this mammoth 250 minutes horror miniseries, is well worth the time. Stephen King has probably created one of his best screenplay-to-screen only works (not based on a novel) in "Rose Red", a chore usually not too successful ("Sleepwalkers", anyone?). This haunted house tale, about a creepy enormous mansion in Seatle, and the intrepid psychics that go there for a "field trip", boasts amazing production design and sets, fine acting, especially by Nancy Travis as the determined Joyce Reardon and Matt Ross as Emery ("Go and warn someone who isn't broke!), and decent special effects (especially considering this is made for TV). Although not everything is always clear, and although the middle part tends to sag a little, this is a high quality mini-series which amazingly manages to sustain interest through four hours of haunted house shenanigans, one of the most overused themes in horror. It's length also allows it to dedicate the first hour to character development and story buildup, so that when the characters walk for the first time into "Rose Red", we are almost as anxious as they are. this wouldn't have worked in a two hour film.
There are so many of King's books that didn't go over well as movies. And this one, which was never even a book, did really well. If you have a Friday night and a lot of popcorn to kill, this is a decent one to settle down with. A lot of the actors are unknown, but pull this off well. I like how it's not just a group of people going to spend the night in a haunted house and win money and fame shtick. (i.e. the new House on Haunted Hill) I also liked how all the people who went had a unique specialty in the paranormal/supernatural. Also, it has the regular blend of characters you love to hate, ones who are suspicious, and the adorable ones that you hope don't make the mistake of investigating unknown noises in the middle of the night alone.
Though most people did not appreciate this movie due to lack of insight, I still found it interesting and mentally exercising. I do agree that some of the down time should have been used to go into depth on the characters but it also makes me use my mind to fill in the blanks which could make the movie even more fun and eccentric. Stephen King knows how to tap into peoples minds. This movie didn't scare me or make me jump at the time I was watching it. It was a few days later when I actually started to think about it and analyze it that it struck a cord. It makes you think about the possibilities and consequences. Well all in all I liked this mini series and though I do think they could have done better, it was still mentally captivating.
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Three deaths occurred within one year of construction before the house
was finished in 1909. Rose Red was given her name by Ellen Rimbauer
(Kimberly Brown), the new wife of John Rimbauer's (Steven Brand). After
Ellen died at the age of seventy, the house lay dormant. A woman on a
tour of Rose Red in 1950 disappeared, and it was closed. Dr. Joyce
Reardon (Nancy Travis) became interested in Rose Red as a way to prove
her thoughts of paranormal activity being real. She is most interested
in AnnieWheaton (Lisa Brenner) to come; she thinks Annie is the key to
reawaken the house. Annie is an autistic child with the power of
telekinesis. Eventually the house and Annie become one. The house is
alive when she is awake and at rest when Annie is sleeping.
Rose Red owned Ellen and her life. Anyone crossed her or became more important to her would disappear or die in the house. Ellen lived a life of heartbreak and anger. Her husband cheated on her constantly. She loved her daughter, April Rimbauer (Courtney Burness), more than anything. April eventually disappeared. When Ellen finally died at the age of seventy, she was forever trapped in Rose Red. She remained at Rose Red after death to hurt anyone who came, just as she was hurt. There truly are evil places in the world. How else could we explain the findings that paranormal psychologist found? The message of the movie is that things are never forgotten even in death. If we are hurt that bad in life, there is the possibility of us taking it to the grave and beyond.
The audience must have the patience to watch a four hour movie. Of all the ghost movies I've seen this is the best even though it is long. I recommend it for a rainy day. The details which make the movie long don't seem contribute much to the film's plot. 'Rose Red' is not for the faint of heart: it is very gory and violent.
I don't see why anyone said this mini was too long. I think it kept up a good pace all the way through. Some wonderful special effects for a tv movie. Some very creepy ghosts. Good acting all around. This has got to be one of the best Haunted House flicks I've ever seen. I saw it again a few days ago, and I'm still a little nervous about walking down a dark hallway at night. It was that good.
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Once upon a time there was an author who could spin a good yarn about
some horrific occurrence in some place, namely Maine, or Colorado. He
had a way of slowly enveloping the reader with characters caught in a
mystery that partially revealed itself, and while delving into the
supernatural, plausibility was never sacrificed in lieu of
Of course, once that author began seeing he could make money in droves by basically adapting older horror stories and horror clichés into new book versions, quality went right out the window, never to be seen again (except on rare, non-horror stories, tales about a coming-of-age, or crime novellas).
And of course, falling in love with his prose also became a trademark. Telling tales with a didactic tone in which everything is seen and even minor flashbacks have to be played out in extensive, overdrawn passages (which also, to me, indicates needing to play out the part of the best-selling author who has to maintain an image and sell large, fat books) made for even poorer storytelling. Not that long novels and multiple story lines don't make for good storytelling... as long as it's related to what's being told. (See Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass for a prime example of a book seventy-five percent too long and who's backstory stops this massive yet simple story dead in its tracks for almost 500 pages. By far, this has to be the most voluminous flashback in literary history, and I don't mean it in a good way, even though I have admired this author since childhood. But admiration doesn't impede me to see that he seems to have lost his touch and hasn't truly evolved in favor of "the best-seller syndrome.")
Thirty years after achieving success with Carrie, Stephen King has essentially re-hashed the same story styles over and over again and become wealthy and ubiquitous in the process. Rose Red, a screenplay adapted for TV, is a summation of all of the things I've been writing about: overlong, with too many unnecessary characters, derivative of earlier stories which in turn were remakes of earlier literary works, and as predictable as the weather. The archetype of a house gone bad, holding deadly secrets and hungry spirits within its walls. The lead character who either comes back to face his demons or becomes obsessed, like Captain Ahab, by its secrets and subsequently dives into madness. The overuse of a child's nursery rhyme (used masterfully by Hitchcock). The presence of the loud, fat overbearing mother who vomits forth screams of Judgement Day and quotes from the Bible. The unpleasant small man prone to self-preservation. The reasonable woman who suspects something is wrong but doesn't really come involved until late in the story. The psychic child who acts as the catalyst, sometimes creepy, sometimes verbose, sometimes severely damaged, and who has the monster mother (or father, or both) for baggage. The evil which cannot be destroyed, ever, like mold, and feeds on the psychic prana of unsuspecting humans (foolishly) drawn to it.
It would work if there was an element of parody to the genre, but when for jolts we keep seeing dead people open their eyes as they hang from the ceiling, obvious CGI creations that simulate walking zombies and speak in seductive voices, bombastic scenes of explosions and wind, and the milky white appearance of a girl who beckons an autistic young girl to come to her (twice) while nobody does anything to help, or that laugh-inducing ending where all the ghosts slowly creep over Nancy Travis who unconvincingly carries out the aforementioned Captain Ahab role best seen previously in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining under Jack Nicholson's performance doesn't make for a good or especially frightening movie.
And the dialog... can we say cringe inducing? Like Emery's preferred "bon mot," it was simply "not there." A prime example where less is more, shorter is preferable, and atmosphere is everything. Watch only if particularly bored or if there is absolutely nothing else on.
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great flick yes it's 4 hours long but never boring it had amazing effects and a neat little story background to it and lots of cool flashbacks VERY COOL looking ghosts great character development and a very cool looking house this had a great script lots of amiable characters and some creepy moments it kept me interested all they way and we have Julian Sands he cracks me up he is also a great actor i find a lot of Steven (yes i know i spelled it wrong) King movies underrated this was a very well made movie it isn't action packed but still it was engrossing and and a cool little ending i liked how the girl Annie could make the house fall apart very cool i deem this **** out of 5
Okay, when I first heard of this film I was quite skeptical. Although I
enjoyed other SK miniseries' I did not believe that anything could make
haunted house horror films good again. I, however, was totally wrong.
film is great, it had action and horror and the acting was surperb.
Sands was excellent as he always is and the others were good too. The
thing that I did not like was the little girl who "woke up" the house. I
not like child actors if only for the simple fact that very little of them
can actually act, this girl was no exception. Other than that it was a
great film.
^_^ Have Fun!! Amanda
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Skip to comments.To live or die in Mexico: Murders and kidnappings prompt calls to bring back the death penalty
Posted on 02/20/2009 9:50:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
MEXICO CITY The street peddler's face darkened when asked how the Mexican government should deal with the rash of kidnappings and drug slayings terrorizing the nation.
"They should catch the perpetrators and kill them," said Luis Bote, 21, as he served steaming tacos from a basket on his bicycle. "Only if the criminals are afraid will these crimes ever stop."
Bote isn't alone. Such calls to reinstate the death penalty are gaining ground in Mexico amid an unprecedented surge in violent crime. Most of the violence is tied to the warring narcotics gangs, who killed a record 5,500 people last year, including a growing number of kidnapping victims.
In December, the governor of northern Coahuila state sponsored a bill in the Mexican Congress that would bring back the death penalty for kidnappers who murder their victims. Legislators are expected to debate the proposal when they resume sessions in February.
"These are people who won't be rehabilitated in jail," said Coahuila Gov. Humberto Moreira, whose cattle ranching state borders Texas. "Let's get real and let's start executing the kidnappers."
The Green Party, a minority party in Congress, has gone further, advocating capital punishment in all homicide cases. "Because we worry about your life, we're going to end the life of murderers," declare the party's billboards, which are plastered across the capital.
The proposals have sparked outrage from human rights activists, the Roman Catholic Church and some politicians, who denounce them as immoral and illegal. Mexico eradicated the final vestiges of the death penalty in 2005. The last time the punishment was applied here was in 1961.
Since 2000, the Mexican government has successfully defended more than 400 Mexicans on death row in the United States. Mexico is also bound by the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights, which bars countries who have abolished the death penalty from later reinstating it.
Critics accuse Moreira of exploiting Mexicans' fear of kidnapping to rally votes ahead of the 2009 congressional elections. The governor's Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, is hoping to rebound as the country's dominant political force nine years after the collapse of the one-party system in 2000.
"It's clearly an electioneering tactic, and this is playing with the feelings of desperation of many Mexicans," said Carlos Navarrete, a senator with the leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party, which opposes the bill. "There are some topics with which the Congress should not play." The pro-Catholic National Action Party, to which President Felipe Calderon belongs, has also opposed the proposal.
But they may be out of touch with their electorate.
Between 70 and 80 percent of Mexicans favor the death penalty for kidnappers who kill their victims, according to several recent opinion polls. Forty-four percent support executing kidnappers in general, compared with 50 percent who are opposed, according to an August survey by The Associated Press and the pollster Ipsos.
Mexico has one of the highest kidnapping rates in the world, with dozens of U.S. citizens among the victims. Officially, an average of 70 people are abducted each month, although private security firms say the real figure is 10 times higher. The kidnappers demand anywhere from a few hundred dollars to millions of dollars in ransom, in what has become an important source of income for the organized crime mafias.
Most Mexicans don't report kidnappings for fear of endangering the victims' lives or for fear that the police may be involved.
Those fears were confirmed in August with the kidnapping murder of Fernando Marti, the 14-year-old son of a sporting goods magnate. Marti's driver and body guard were also tortured and killed. Two Mexico City police officers, including the leader of the airport's anti-kidnapping squad, were later implicated in the murder and another 14 officers were placed under investigation.
Days later, one of the country's most prominent sports promoters, Nelson Vargas, revealed that his 17-year-old daughter, Silvia, had been kidnapped 11 months before and was still missing.
"No one is immune to this anymore," said Roderic Ai Camp, a Mexico expert at Claremont McKenna College in California." It has really brought home on a personal level that there's corruption and crime, and in extreme cases, violence that's touching everyone."
Still, opponents of reinstating the death penalty argue that the chances of executing the wrong person particularly in such a notoriously flawed justice system as Mexico's are unacceptably high. They also argue that the government should not greet violence with more violence.
"No one has the right to take someone's life," said Elisabeth Gonzalez, a copy shop worker in the capital. "That's not the way to fight crime. Supposedly that's what the laws are for."
With an armed citizenry, you don't have to wait!
Summary execution at the hands of the federales. will definitely screw up the tourist trade. not that I care about mexico at all
Why should we give stimulus money to illegal aliens????
Shut the border to illegal aliens NOW
A country without borders is not a nation. anonymous
I can't imagine being AFRAID of our police. If you can't tell the good guys from the bad guys, what are you supposed to do???
De-criminalize cannabis on our side of the border and most of those gangs in Mexico would be out of business in very short order.
.......as he served steaming tacos from a basket on his bicycle. ......
I guess I never saw a bicycle basket taco heater capable of producing steam
Isn't that convenient.
I was just talking about this the other day with some friends. While far from ideal, I noted that it will probably take a step like this to keep Mexico from collapsing.
They could always withdraw from the treaty, so that, in and of itself, is not really an obstacle. Whether it is the wisest decision is arguable, but they're going to have to do something dramatic, and soon, or the United States Marines are going to be mopping up in a couple of years.
Stop smoking cannabis on our side of the border and most of those gangs in Mexico would be out of business in very short order.
Another option is to work the scum to death in labor camps and have them build useful things for free. That way you can also build up Mexico's legitimate economy and give an incentive to prevent people from leaving the country.
The Democrat voter base would all be in for de-criminalizing cannabis. Why is it that the politicians aren't doing this? It's possible that democrat tyrants somehow benefit from the violence and instability generated by drug wars.
I guess their Green Party is a little wiser than ours. ;)
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
While they're at it, they need to give the people of Mexico the 2nd amendment! Let they stay there and fix their own country, they don't want to be here anyway.
Maybe summary executions will become a spectator sport. It might give Mexico a unique reason for going South.
As for the warring gangs, well, you know those Montegues and Capulets.
It even make the animal rights wackos happy. The Rodeos might be gotten rid of.
I can't imagine being AFRAID of our police.
Imagine it! Soon you will have much reason to fear the police.
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Father Paul Aulagnier is a French Traditionalist Catholic priest and founder member of the Institute of the Good Shepherd.
He was born on May 25, 1943 in Ambert (Puy-de-Dôme). After studying at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, he entered the French Seminary in Rome in 1964 when he obtained a licentiate in philosophy and achieved the 1st year of theology. At the time of the Second Vatican Council, he met Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, whom he followed to Freiburg in 1969. He finished his three last years of theology at the Dominican seminary in Freiburg. Father Aulagnier was for a long time the right hand man of Mgr Marcel Lefebvre within the Society of St. Pius X of which he was the co-founder and the superior of the district of France of 1976 to 1994. He was expelled from this position after having supported the agreement concluded between Bishop Fernando Rifan the successor of Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer in the Diocese of Campos.
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MADISON – A sellout crowd nearing piercing decibels acted as if a wet blanket was thrown on top of it.
After years of uninspiring home schedules, Wisconsin's conference home opener was turning into an instant classic with fourth-quarter lead changes between two heavyweights, drama that only intensified with the stadium's first overtime game in four seasons.
But a familiar script played out for the second straight game for the Badgers – missed opportunities rearing its ugly head to prevent them from slaying another top-10 giant.
"It hurts," tight end Troy Fumagalli said following No.8 Wisconsin's 30-23 defeat to No.2 Ohio State Saturday night. "It definitely does, especially because I think we left some things out there in the first half and the second half."
In the first conference night game at Camp Randall since 2011, No.2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) made it five straight over the Badgers (4-2, 1-2) by simply being able to deliver in the clutch.
Ohio State junior quarterback J.T. Barrett was a big part of that. He ran for two touchdowns in the third quarter to erase a 16-6 Wisconsin lead and threw the game-winning touchdown pass to receiver Noah Brown in overtime to tighten the screws on Wisconsin's sporadic offense.
"This is what we train for, places like this," Barrett said after throwing for 226 yards and leading Ohio State with 92 rushing yards. "Great team in Wisconsin. Training all winter workouts, spring ball, summer workouts … This is when it shows. We knew we had to keep on grinding."
Long before the game's final play, a jovial home crowd appeared antsy.
While Wisconsin had accumulated 313 yards and rushed for 170 yards against a defense giving up only 244.6 total yards and 96 rushing on the season, the Badgers had settled for three field goals on three of four trips inside the Ohio State 25 in the first half.
The two most egregious misses came inside the Ohio State 10-yard line: having a 9-yard touchdown waved off due to a holding call and couldn't counter back, and seeing its two-minute drill sputter out after getting first-and-goal at the Ohio State 5.
Wisconsin was running the ball effectively – running for 236 yards and averaging 5.1 yards per game. When that vanished in the third quarter, the Badgers were held to only 11 yards on 11 plays.
"We didn't have anything going," head coach Paul Chryst said. "The thing that gave us a chance offensively was running the football. We were able to do that in everything but the third quarter. That's why you don't get the plays.
Usually it wouldn't have mattered with Wisconsin's defense playing its sound brand of football. The Badgers limited Ohio State to only 172 yards and stymied its run and pass game in the red zone in the first half. And when a surprise downpour rained down on the stadium just as the Buckeyes advanced to the UW 13-yard line, causing Barrett to overthrow an open receiver and safety D'Cota Dixon to make the interception, fate appeared to be on UW's side.
Twice on the next two possessions Wisconsin's defense had the chance to get off the field on third down and force a field goal attempt. Twice a UW linebacker missed sacks that proved costly.
Facing a third-and-10 on the UW 23, short field after an Alex Hornibrook interception, linebacker T.J. Watt couldn't knock down Barrett, who threw a 9-yard completion to Brown. Ohio State converted the fourth-and-short and were in the end two players later for its first touchdown.
"It's terrible, especially when I know it was me," Watt said. "I was back there so many times, especially on third and long, had him in my grasp completely and that leads to a touchdown. Certain plays like that, where you know it's on you, it sucks and I take full responsibility."
One drive later, inside linebacker Jack Cichy rushed the line of scrimmage outside the right tackle. He whiffed on his clear lane to Barrett, who then rolled to his right and jogged into the end zone with the field wide open after Cichy vacated the area.
"You play it over and over and over in your head," Chryst said. "Whether it's T.J. or Cichy. At the same time you say, hats off, he's a heck of a player. I thought he was everything that we thought coming in."
Make no mistake that Wisconsin made plenty of big plays, too. Jazz Peavy's 39-yard catch on third-and-9 was the key play in an 11-play, 89-yard drive to put the Badgers back in front 23-20 with 7:54 remaining. Senior Leo Musso made a solo tackle on Barrett at the UW 14 that could have gone for a touchdown on the ensuing drive.
Problem was there weren't enough of those critical plays made in crunch time, something Ohio State delivered on.
The Buckeyes were out gained 450 to 411 but stood tall after Wisconsin advanced to a first-and-goal on the four in overtime. Despite tying his career high of 164 yards, Corey Clement was stuffed on two run plays and Hornibrook throw out of the back of the end zone on second down was the result of blanked pressure.
Needing four yards to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive, the Buckeyes' fourth-down rush collapsed the entire right side of UW's offensive line on fourth down. Unable to get a throw off, Hornibrook took a sack and that was that.
"When it comes down to overtime we get another four tries to punch it into the end zone," Clement said. "Ohio State has a great defense. They were calling out a lot of things but we just had to persevere and execute … You either beat the heavyweight champion or you don't, but you still get back up and learn to fight next week."


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Maribor: Last season's Champions' League semi finalists Villarreal crashed out of the Intertoto Cup on Saturday. The loss followed a bad-tempered one-all second leg draw with Maribor of Slovenia that saw three of Villarreal's players sent off. Alessio Tacchinardi was the first to receive his marching orders in the 80th minute. Gonzalo Rodriguez was red-carded with a minute to go and former Manchester United forward Diego Forlan was ejected for throwing a punch at Martin Pregelj. In between, Turkish international Kahveci Nihat had given Villarreal some hope with a well-struck opener. But after Fabijan Cipot had equalised for Maribor in the 89th minute, the Spanish side lost its discipline completely - Maribor going through to the UEFA Cup second qualifying draw 3-2 on aggregate. (AP)
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The Threat was getting anxious. Six had landed but so far she didn't seem to find any intel on anything beyond the species of human, which were laughably weak. She didn't seem to know why the Fan and the Enemy focused so much effort on getting it right, but she intended to find out sooner or later.
The Threat asked Querius for a drink a while ago, but he sure was taking his time with it.
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- The Threat: Find out what's taking Querius so damn long, yeez.
Six scouted a neighborhood while in the air, with a group of three children laughing and playing tag. She floated down in front of the children.
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- Girl 1: Are you an angel?
- Six: I am Six.
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In this interview, Paul Read provides his insight on why bond yields have fallen this year, when central banks will raise interest rates and where there are opportunities in fixed interest markets.
Paul Read, co-manager of Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond, High Yield and Monthly Income Plus funds
Why have bond yields fallen this year?
There have been a number of contributing factors. Inflation has been lower than expected, particularly in Europe, and the US Federal Reserve tapering (reducing its bond purchases) has been less of an issue for the market, due to the budget deficit falling at the same time.
You mention inflation falling across Europe. Is the European Central Bank (ECB) doing enough to react to that situation?
I don't think it was doing enough in the early stages of the financial crisis or the euro sovereign-credit crisis, but its definitely been more proactive in the past couple of years, since July 2012, when Mario Draghi, the president of the ECB, said he would do whatever it takes to save the euro. The recent package of measures was pretty aggressive, for example negative deposit rates and putting in place longer-term funding (similar to the scheme in the UK). So they are doing moret.
What are your expectations for interest rates in the UK?
Money markets are predicting a modest rise later this year or early next year. Today's unemployment data continues to support the argument that the UK economy is doing well, so I think it's hard to argue with the probability that there will be at least one rate hike before the general election. If you were Mark Carney (governor of the Bank of England), you wouldn't want to do it too close to the election, so maybe you do it in February. However, I don't think we are in for a long series of hikes. I think we are still in an era of quite low short-term interest rates.
What about the US?
I think the situation is similar. The first rise may be a little later than in the UK, but the process of normalisation is under way as they continue to reduce their bond purchases (tapering). I think rates in the US may rise in the first or second quarter of next year.
Where do you see value in bonds presently?
It's hard to argue that mainstream government bonds anywhere are particularly attractive. It's also hard to argue that either investment grade or high yield bonds are cheap. It's really about picking and choosing right now.
Do government or corporate bonds provide the best mix of security and return?
Using the US as an example, the evidence is that, over the long term, investment grade corporate credit outperforms US treasuries because the yield on high-quality corporate bonds is more than enough compensation for the relatively low default rates (non-payment by companies). Compounding over time, it's quite powerful.
Now I think it's important to caveat that the corporate bond market is evolving. It has grown massively and has deteriorated in credit quality over the past 20 or so years, so there are not that many top-quality corporate credits any more. So, there has been some increase in risk.
What is your current approach in terms of duration (how long before a bond is repaid)?
In broad terms, we tend to run lower-duration portfolios most of the time, and this year is no different. The Invesco Perpetual Corporate Bond fund is running at around 4.4 years and the Invesco Perpetual Monthly Income Plus is running under 4 years.
How much liquidity is there in bond markets (ability to buy and sell bonds)?
Part of the reason we have a lot of liquidity in our portfolios, is that liquidity in our markets could dry up just when we need it. If you think about what has happened over the past eight years, investment banks have been under pressure to reduce assets and shrink balance sheets. There is less and less interest in having significant amounts of inventory, and the bond markets, by and large, are 'over the counter' markets. So, when we want to sell something, we call a broker and ask for a price, and if he is reluctant to buy the bonds himself, he has to find someone who will. It means there will be pressure on the price and very little liquidity, or in other terms, it will be difficult to sell. We saw this in May last year, when emerging market bonds reacted to the US Federal Reserve saying they would slow their bond purchasing programme. So we have to be prepared.
Can you summarise how you are feeling about your markets for the rest of this year?
I'm sanguine. I think that we are in a low-yield, low-inflation environment, where there are now slightly conflicting central bank agendas. The US and the UK may raise interest rates, while Europe, may increase its forms of quantitative easing. Having said that, there will probably be a reluctance from any central bank to be too aggressive.
My message to investors is to manage expectations. If you take no risk in these markets, there is no return. You get zero, or almost zero, on bank deposits and you get the same from short-term government bonds. We will still be a relatively safe provider of income, but are managing expectations about the return potential for my asset class.
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India were going about things in a moderately healthy manner in chasing Australia's 260/6 with Gautam Gambhir (31*)and Virat Kohli (13*) building a comfortable partnership, reaching 123/2 in 25 overs. The two were consolidating well after the exit of Virender Sehwag (15) and Sachin Tendulkar (53).
India's innings got off to a quick start. Virender Sehwag got Brett Lee away for a four in the third ball and then in the second, Tendulkar tucked into a wayward Shaun Tait, getting him away for two fours. In the 4th over, Sehwag whip-lashed Tait for a boundary in front of square, as India moved onto 26/0 in 4 overs. Sehwag was taking a bit of back seat to Sachin's aggressiveness.
The Little Master got Watson and Johnson away for a four each in the 7th and 8t overs as India climbed to 44/0 in 8 overs. But then Watson surprised Sehwag with a shorter delivery which he pulled shabbily into the hands of the on-side fielder.
Sehwag was on his way for 15 off 22 balls and India were 44/1 in 8.1 overs. But Tendulkar shirked off the pressure with a four later in the same over. The batsman then took a single off Johnson to bring up the Indian 50. In the 12th over, Tendulkar went after the same bowler, flicking him away for one four and cutting him for another.
In the 17th over, Sachin ran a double off Tait to bring up his half-century. In the next over, Gambhir slapped Jason Krejza for a boundary to bring up the 50-run partnership. But in the following over, Tait had Tendulkar caught behind for 53 off 68 and India were 94/2 in 18.1 overs.
Gambhir then ran a single off Krejza to take India to 100/2 in 19.3 overs. The new batsman Virat Kohli began consolidating with Gambhir, pushing for ones and twos. The two had taken India to 123/2 after 25 overs.
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Pedestrian bridge provides panoramic views of Hudson River and Catskills
As visitors move toward either entrance of the Walkway over the Hudson State Historic Park, there is little indication of the grand vista awaiting them just a few hundred yards away.
There is no extravagant approach, either on the city of Poughkeepsie side on the east bank of the Hudson River, or in the town of Highland to the west. A small parking lot at each location leads to a paved walkway shrouded in tree cover, allowing for limited visibility. It feels like most other bike trails you might encounter in upstate New York along the Hudson, except that in a few short minutes this rail trail puts you well above the river and extends for more than a mile. It is the longest pedestrian bridge in the world and has added dramatically to the mid-Hudson Valley's status as a major tourist destination.
"Our initial estimate was 250,000 people visiting each year, but we're doing much better than that," said Elizabeth Waldstein-Hart, executive director of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a nonprofit group that was created in 1992 to help save what was then the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge from being demolished. "We're at 1.5 million since we opened in October of 2009, so it really has been a huge success."
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WHERE: Spanning the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, and Highland, Sullivan County
WHEN: Open daily from 7 a.m. to sunset
HOW MUCH: $5 for parking
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The walkway attracts runners, walkers and cyclists each day, as well as those just looking to appreciate the view, which includes the Catskill Mountains, the city of Poughkeepsie and, just to the south, the Mid-Hudson Bridge.
"We get a very dedicated group of day-to-day users who usually walk, run or bike, and then we have people from a 10- [to] 15-mile radius who show up frequently for the view," said Waldstein-Hart.
"Those people bring more people, and then we're getting more people from further away than we thought. We're 90 miles from New York [City], so we get those folks, and we've also had tourists from every state in the union and from 39 different countries."
It was Bill Sepe, a self-employed handyman from Poughkeepsie, who in 1992 first proposed the idea of turning the railroad bridge — a neglected eyesore — into a pedestrian bridge. He wanted to do it with money donated from the public and wanted all the work to be done on a volunteer basis. While his efforts created Walkway Over the Hudson and helped the group purchase the bridge in 1998, the work eventually stalled. That's when Fred Schaeffer, a local attorney, became chairman of Walkway Over the Hudson in 2004 and oversaw its completion.
"Bill did some wonderful things and kept the project going. But in my mind, the public-private partnership was necessary to get the work done," said Schaeffer. "We needed to have things done professionally, and we needed to have the bridge inspected and everything approved to get the municipalities involved."
Money also came in from the state and federal governments, and many private corporations in the area also contributed their financial support.
"I knew if we got this thing started that people were going to see its potential," said Schaeffer. "I thought it might take a long time to do it, but I felt like there would be a demand to get it done. I'm actually surprised it was done as quickly as it was. I ride my bike over it quite a bit and I'm ecstatic about it. It makes me very happy to see so many people using the walkway and enjoying it. It's been a wonderful experience for everybody."
Building a bridge
The first train rolled across the bridge for a test run on Dec. 29, 1888, but talk of building a huge structure to cross the Hudson at Poughkeepsie dates back to 1855, an idea that seemed so absurd at the time that it was ridiculed in the local newspaper. The project was brought up again in 1868, and the Poughkeepsie Bridge Co. was chartered in 1871 only to have its funding done in by the Panic of 1873.
Then, in 1886, after a few more starts and stops, the Manhattan Bridge Building Co. was formed and construction actually got under way, with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate Charles Macdonald, Thomas Curtis Clarke and Arthur B. Paine handling the design. Upon completion, the bridge was regarded as an engineering marvel of its day, stretching for 6,768 feet and rising more than 200 feet above the Hudson. A steel cantilever bridge, it was reinforced in 1912 when famed engineer Ralph Modjeski added a third line of trusses down the middle and another central girder to allow for the increasing weight of freight trains.
The bridge was owned by several different lines: the New York Central, the Central New England Railway, the New Haven and Hartford Railroad, the Penn Central, and Conrail. During World War II, its value to the war effort was so important that it was guarded 24 hours a day by the U.S. Army.
Steady decline
A slow decline in traffic began in 1960 because of the creation of the Erie Lackawanna Railway as well as the sagging fortunes of most railroads. In 1974, a wooden tie fire damaged a 700-foot section of the bridge as well as the underlying girders. New York state, the U.S. Department of Transportation and Penn Central agreed to share the costs of repairing the bridge, but in June 1975 Penn Central was heading for bankruptcy and announced that it regarded repairing the bridge as "against our best interests."
In April 1976, Conrail, created by Congress to replace several failing railroads, became the new owner of the Poughkeepsie bridge and refused to spend money to rebuild it, saying it would cost more to repair the bridge than to demolish it. According to Carleton Mabee, author of "Bridging the Hudson: The Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge and its Connecting Rail Lines," Conrail secretly hoped the bridge would "fall quietly into the Hudson."
In 1984, after years of threatening to demolish the bridge, Conrail was able to sell it to private owners whose only source of income was the $25,000 in rent they charged to the Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp. for the power lines that had been attached to the bridge since 1949. Then, in June 1998, after more than two decades of nonuse and nonpayment of taxes, the private owners decided to deed the bridge to Walkway Over the Hudson.
Transformation begins
In May 2008, after another decade of fundraising, the group actually saw construction begin to transform the old railroad bridge into a pedestrian walkway. On Oct. 3, 2009, the walkway officially opened as a state park.
"We spent 10 years trying to bring this project together," said Waldstein-Hart.
"Our nonprofit championed the idea and acted as the lead agency, and when it was finally ready we donated it to the state parks department. They're in charge of the walkway, the linear park on top of the old railroad bridge, and then we donated the structure itself to the New York State Bridge Authority. So, it's owned and operated by two different state entities, and our organization continues to oversee the remaining construction projects. It's such a wonderful example of a private and public partnership working perfectly together."
Among those construction projects Waldstein-Hart is trying to raise money for is an elevator that will carry people 21 stories from the waterfront in Poughkeepsie to the walkway.
"We do have a lot of work ahead of us," she said. "Our approaches need to be upgraded as do our parking lots, and we want to build a nice new visitor center. Then we hope to have an elevator that will enable people to take the train from New York and then just get on the elevator to the top of the walkway. We think our elevator will be an attraction in itself, and be another great reason to come to the park."
Another ingredient sure to attract more people will be a connecting bike path from the Dutchess Rail Trail to the walkway, allowing cyclists to ride to the Hudson River from Hopewell Junction 12 miles to the east. Waldstein-Hart's group purchased the empty rail bed from CSX just last month and immediately donated it to Dutchess County. The bike path is expected to open in 2013.
Overseeing the state park are two full-time employees and a small group of seasonal employees.
Linda Cooper is regional director of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in the Taconic Region, which covers a four-county area between New York City and Albany.
"We depend a lot on volunteers, and Elizabeth has a whole crew of people we call ambassadors that work with us," said Cooper. "We also work with the neighboring police and state police so it really is a collaborative effort. It has to be because we don't really have the staff to cover the whole area."
Looking ahead
Like Waldstein-Hart, Cooper is hopeful of seeing a new visitor center and other amenities sometime soon.
"Our vision is to have something where we can have office space for the parks people and the friends group, and then also have an area where people can come in and buy concession goods related to the park, and where we can explain some of the wonderful history associated with the area."
Cooper's staff also has the responsibility of closing the walkway in case of inclement weather.
"If there is an unsafe situation, typically lightning or very high winds, we will close the walkway," she said. "It usually takes about a half hour to complete a sweep and get people off the bridge, and our staff always has a pretty good handle on the weather and monitors the forecasts very closely."


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Sia has been pretty open about the fact that she isn't big on the fame game or audiences for that matter hence the reason why she sings with her back turned and wears crazy wigs that cover her eyes.
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