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EA Sports’ college football franchise came out this morning at midnight — yes, I was in line to get it — meaning that today and for the rest of the week, college football junkies worldwide will spend their days doing absolutely nothing but this. I’ve been playing this beautiful game for 10 years and it has simultaneous... |
Fans will be excited about the retooled tackling system, as well as a coach mode that allows you to start out as an offensive or defensive coordinator and work your way up. You can even give some players Rastafarian dreads. Of course, players come with names such as QB No. 7 and WR No. 1, so if you want to make things ... |
The Longhorns are ranked No. 22 in the game (Oklahoma is No. 1) and I thought it would be interesting to simulate the 2011 season, just to see how folks outside Austin thought the rebuilding year would go. |
After setting the depth chart — had to redshirt Marquise Goodwin, move Alex Okafor back to defensive end, and slide Adrian Phillips over to corner, among minor changes — I pressed “sim to year” and held my breath. |
In this simulated world, Texas won its first game against Rice 35-0. Garrett Gilbert threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns, Malcolm Brown scored twice on the ground, Mike Davis caught seven balls for 150 yards and two touchdowns, and the defense held Rice’s offense to 222 yards of total offense. |
Pretty sure Texas fans will take that come fall. |
But they probably wouldn’t like this. The final record turned out to be 7-6 after the Longhorns had lost the Texas Bowl to the old foe Nebraska. Final score of that game? Texas, 16. Nebraska, 63. Ouch. |
If this is really starting to get you worried, find solace in the fact that Ohio State’s tattooed (ex) quarterback Terrelle Pryor won the simulated Heisman Trophy — and that’s definitely not happening. |
The Hornets improved to 2-4 with the 41-7 win over Indian Hills. |
His team had played a dominant game in defeating Indian Hills on Oct. 12, but Passaic Valley football coach Chet Parlavecchio found plenty to focus on during film work a few days later with his team. |
The Hornets improved to 2-4 with the 41-7 win in Oakland. Two big games remain in the regular season, starting Oct. 20 when Eastside was set to visit in a 1 p.m. start. On Oct. 27, what could potentially be a huge game awaits as West Milford comes to Little Falls for a 1 p.m. kickoff. |
The NJSIAA playoffs could also be on the horizon, as the Hornets hope a 4-4 record will assure the team their first playoff berth in four years come early November. |
Passaic Valley used a relentless ground game to pull away from Indian Hills in the first 24 minutes. PV led, 28-7 at the half on a pair of scoring runs by Antwan Rogers, both in the first quarter, and touchdown runs in the second by quarterback Bryan Taylor and fullback Vincent Colletti. Gio Giovatto converted all four... |
"I'm happy with what I'm seeing from our kids," said Parlavecchio after last Monday's film session. "I get on them, because there are mistakes that we have to correct, but I like the way we play hard. The kids go after it. The blocking was good, for the most part, and that opened holes for some good running. You know m... |
Parlavecchio noted the outstanding play of senior tight end and team captain Matt Jaeger. |
"Every game, on both sides of the ball, Matt is just outstanding," said Parlavecchio. "He's going to be even better on the next level. He's got the size (6 feet 5, 240 pounds) and athletic ability to play in college. He's done so much for this team." |
The Hornets added a pair of scores in the second half as Colletti scored his second touchdown on a 10-yard run and Jeremy Eppler blocked a punt and recovered the ball in the Indian Hills end zone. |
The game with Eastside on Oct. 20 will be a good test for PV. |
"Eastside has some talented kids," said Parlavecchio. "Their wide receiver is really good, they have a tight end who could pose a problem in the open field and there's some size there. It's a game we can win, but our kids know they can't anything for granted." |
Colletti rushed for 140 yards and Rogers had 120 yards on the ground. Passaic Valley had 378 yards of total offense and held Indian Hills to under 100 yards. Antonio Bargiel led the defense with six tackles. |
NOTES: A PV win over Eastside sets the stage for a big game against West Milford. The Highlanders are having a good season and will also be in the mix for a playoff spot, so the game Oct. 27 should have a lot of playoff implications for both teams. |
Nick Bariso had four tackles and two assists, and Brandon Timothy caught two passes for PV. |
The road to fairyland is quicker, but the railway is more fun. It begins at a medieval fortified town deep in a French mountain valley, and climbs to a plateau in the sky where wildflowers bloom and eagles fly. |
The Little Yellow Train of the eastern Pyrenees is a magical trip through time and space that has been defying both with daring engineering and merry toot-toots of its whistle for more than a century. |
In 1925 the Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife travelled on the train to a 17th century citadel among the high peaks, and were enchanted by spring meadows ablaze with mountain flowers. He called it fairyland, and it became their favourite summer haunt, where they gathered bouquets of f... |
Most of the original carriages that entered service in 1909 are still trundling along the narrow gauge electric line that runs for almost 40 miles from Villefranche-de-Conflent to the Spanish border, via the highest railway station in France at above 5,000 feet. |
The engineers who designed it clearly had an adventurous spirit. The line snakes improbably through chasms, over ravines and viaducts, and gazes imperiously down on the road to Andorra running through valley floors below. But even for this intrepid correspondent who suffers from vertigo, the trip is exhilarating and fu... |
Villefranche is an impeccably preserved walled town the fortifications of which were designed by Vauban, the great military engineer of Louis XIV, to withstand the slings and arrows of outrageous neighbours, not to mention cannonballs. It is now a Unesco world heritage site, officially categorised as among the most bea... |
A footnote to the history of its railway station is that all of Gauguin’s canvasses from the South Seas arrived here in the Twenties, because his principal patron lived nearby. |
The train I board has a choice of four closed and two open-air carriages, all painted bright yellow, and as the sun is beaming from clear blue skies I opt for one of the latter. With a shrill whistle we are off, quickly reaching our cruising speed of about 15mph, as we rock and roll past Vauban’s battlements. |
This is the way to travel through tumultuous scenery, at a gentle pace with time to gaze on fast flowing streams, deep forests, and dizzying gorges. Mountain villages are etched on the skyline, clinging to impossible slopes, their church towers like rockets poised to take off for the heavens. |
The eyes are constantly drawn upwards to forests in the sky, and convoluted valleys snaking up to barren peaks, a grand, sweeping symphony of nature. At times the railway seems to defy gravity, and when we halt there is no rumbling of diesel engines, only silence broken by the rushing of a river below. |
Sitting on the wooden benches of an open-air carriage, there is a sense of being on a toy train. For those of a certain age, it conjures memories of Noddy and Big Ears. Then we clatter through dark tunnels, and we are on a fairground ghost train. |
Fortunately he doesn’t have to, because with five services daily in each direction it is possible to hop on and off at intermediate stations. |
After rattling over France’s only railway suspension bridge we climb to Bolquère-Eyne, the country’s highest station at 5,226 feet. We have now emerged in Mackintosh’s fairyland, a plateau of green fields and meadows framed by distant mountains that seems like the roof of the world. |
I continue to Font-Romeu, a mountain village that has been transformed into a ski resort. In summer it is quiet, spared the clatter of ski boots, and a fine place for lunch in the sunshine. The air is like wine, and to justify the comparison I order a glass of a crisp local chardonnay. |
Mackintosh’s destination was Mont Louis, a couple of miles back down the line, to which I return by bus to pick up the train back to Villefranche. Mont Louis is another of Vauban’s impressive fortified villages, which has maintained its military heritage with a commando training centre. There are guided tours of the ba... |
It seems like an odd pursuit in fairyland. I prefer Mackintosh’s take on it. |
Le Petit Train Jaune runs all year, with railway connections from Perpignan. For ticketing advice and further information, see about-france.com/tourism/yellow-train-pyrenees. |
For further information about travelling by train to and within France and beyond, see voyages-sncf.com. |
Le Mas St Joseph is a charming guesthouse owned by a British couple in Ille-sur-Tête, about half an hour drive from Villefranche. Double rooms from €75/£60 (0033 468 678562; mas-saint-joseph.com). |
Leading out of a soft start for something called American Dream Builders — which with 3.6 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating (per finals) barely improved on Voice reruns — NBC’s Believe this Sunday did 5.1 mil and a 1.2, down some 20 percent week-to-week and now off a good 50 percent from its series launch. Cr... |
CBS | The Amazing Race (8.7 mil/1.8) was steady week-to-week, The Good Wife (9.1 mil/1.4) — on which, if you by chance didn’t hear, Kalinda said she might leave LG!!! — ticked up a tenth and The Mentalist‘s send-off for Rigsby/Van Pelt (8 mil/1.3) was flat. |
ABC | Once Upon a Time (6.6 mil/2.1) fell 12 percent, Resurrection (9.2 mil/2.5) dropped 19 percent (and is now down 34 percent from its debut) and Revenge (5.7 mil/1.5) was flat. |
FOX | Bob’s Burgers (2.5 mil/1.1) and The Simpsons (3.9 mil/1.9) were steady, while American Dad (2.7 mil/1.3) and Family Guy (4.3 mil/2.2) each dipped a tenth. Cosmos in Week 3 did 4.2 mil and a 1.7, down 15 percent. |
Bert O. Thomas, Sr., of Greeley died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, in Greeley. He was born on May 15, 1926, in Lead, S.D. to Bertie Oram and Iretta May (Morley) Thomas. |
Bert graduated from high school in Lead and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater from 1944-46, serving on the USS Dale during WWII. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science at what it is now Colorado State University and his Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Minnesota. |
Bert married Betty McDonald on Jan. 1, 1949, in Lead. They moved to Colorado in 1959, where they raised their family. Bert and Betty were married for nearly 50 years. Betty passed away in December 1997. |
Bert was a professor of zoology at the University of Northern Colorado for over 25 years. He had a profound impact on several of his students and kept in touch with many of them throughout the years. |
Bert enjoyed fishing, hunting, golfing, camping in the mountains and photography. He also loved his Golden Labrador dogs. |
Bert is survived by his daughter, Barbara Butler (Dwight) of College Station, Texas; four grandsons; seven great-grandchildren; and his special friend, Betty Williams. |
He was preceded in death by his wife; son, Bert O. Thomas, Jr.; and brother, Jack Thomas. |
The family would like to give a special thank you to Gwen Nienhueser for the wonderful care she provided to Bert and also for the hospitality and kindness of Betty Williams and her family. |
Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m., Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m., both at Stoddard Funeral Home, 3205 28th St. Greeley. Interment Sunset Memorial Gardens, 3400 28th St, Greeley. |
In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to Rocky Mountain National Park in care of Stoddard Funeral Home, 3205 28th St., Greeley, Colo. 80634. |
Maxine Ide 74, of Greeley passed away Nov. 12, 2017, in Greeley. |
Maxine was raised on her parent’s ranch near Wray, Colo. where she graduated from high school. She married and had four children that she raised as a single mom. Maxine worked as a computer programmer for Monfort of Colorado, and retired from JBS Swift after more than 40 years. |
Maxine enjoyed travel and exploring the country; she loved the mountains and camping, and she passed this passion down to her children and grandchildren. She spent time visiting ghost towns, old cemeteries, and historical small town America. She was also a strong believer in environmental causes. Maxine was the heart o... |
Maxine is survived by a sister, Mary Harris of Greeley; brother, Gary Brown of Oklahoma; four children, Clinton Ide of Gilcrest, Cathy Ream of Oregon, Curtis Ide of North Carolina and Christine Ide of Greeley; eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. |
She is preceded in death by her parents, James D and Dorothy M Brown. |
A remembrance gathering is planned for 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at the LaSalle Train Depot, 201 Union Ave., LaSalle. |
Daniel Stephen “Buffalo” Klingenberg, 70, of Kersey, died unexpectedly Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, in Kremmling during an annual hunting trip. |
He was born Aug. 3, 1947, to Dean and Betty Klingenberg, of Cornish, Colo. He completed grades 1-8 in Cornish and grades 9-12 at College High School in Greeley. He went on to earn degrees in mechanics, welding and heavy equipment operations. |
Buffalo had three daughters born of his marriage to Elva Lightsey, Persia (1967-1976), Brenda Klingenberg, Sheila and Jeff Cook, and Judy and Ernie Martinez; granddaughters, Danielle and Melissa, Brittany and Bethany, and Amanda and Emma; brother, David Klingenberg and wife Janice, children Jeff and Karen, and Jeff and... |
Funeral Services and reception will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 17, 2017at Saint Albans Episcopal Church, 311 6th St., Windsor. |
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations are made to the Saint Alban’s memorial fund. |
NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Accenture Plc, SunTrust Banks Inc and the American Bankers Association, a trade group for U.S. banks, said on Friday that they had joined a $30 million investment round in Finxact, a startup that develops the back-end technology used by banks to process some transactions. |
Existing investors, including Live Oak Ventures, First Data Corp, Woodforest National Bank and T.N. Incorporation Ltd of Thailand also participated in the round, the companies said. |
Finxact plans to use the funding to develop its technology and grow its operations, Frank Sanchez, the company's chief executive and founder, said in an interview. |
The investment comes as banks of all sizes grapple with old technology infrastructure as they seek to offer more digital services to their customers. Many of these systems were built decades ago and are ill-equipped to handle services customers have come to expect in the internet age such instant peer-to-peer payments ... |
Smaller banks often cite this issue as one of the biggest hurdles they face in competing with younger financial services providers or larger banks that can fund costly back-end replacements. |
"I have heard from bankers across the country who wish they had more nimble and agile core processing platforms that allowed them to keep pace with customer demands," ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols said via email. "We understand that a bank's ability to innovate is highly dependent on its core processing platform." |
This is the second significant technology investment since Nichols' took over as the ABA's chief executive in 2015. |
Florida-based Finxact says its more modern cloud-based platform is built to enable banks to offer better digital services to their customers and is less expensive to run than older systems. |
"It is substantially more efficient to operate," Sanchez said. |
BAY VIEW -- When more than 70 students every year come to study chamber music at the Bay View Music Festival, they expect not just to be taught, but to find examples of the repertoire they are studying. |
The program Chamber Music Showpieces on Wednesday, July 31, in Bay View will offer students and audience members, alike, the opportunity to experience three bold showpieces from the repertoire. The most notable and familiar will be Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, which audiences will recognize for its hea... |
The work by Bach makes use of a popular chamber music ensemble of the time (flute, violin and harpsichord), which Bach used on its own for the middle movement. It is believed it was written in 1719 to show off a new harpsichord by Michael Mietke, which Bach had brought back from Berlin for the Koethen court; Bay View w... |
The second work on the program is Ewald's third brass quintet. For many years, Victor Ewald's quintets were considered to be the first original pieces composed specifically for an ensemble which is recognizable today as the modern brass quintet. As such, brass players are indebted to him for this series of quintets whi... |
Finally, on the heels of Bay View's recent tribute to Michigan artists and composers, this program features one more of these by the name of David Maslanka, a composer who studied his craft at Michigan State University. Maslanka's music for winds has become especially well known, not just by quintet players, but by aud... |
For tickets, call (800) 595-4849 or visit www.bayviewfestival.org. For those wanting to purchase in person, the Bay View box office is open 9:30 a.m.-noon Monday through Saturday and one hour prior to the concert. |
Canandaigua's raucous alt-bluegrass outfit Dirty Blanket (top) and the populist reggae band Root Shock from Syracuse (bottom) are among the artists to play the 2019 Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival. |
The 2019 Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance is assembling a formidable lineup of bands familiar to GrassRoots audiences as well as groups that have, surprisingly, never played the festival before. Running from July 18 through 21, the festival boasts more than 60 different groups, performing in a wide swa... |
This year’s iteration of GrassRoots has its share of compelling headliners: folksy roots rockers Donna the Buffalo, the earthy blues band Taj Mahal Quartet, the proggy Americana group Railroad Earth, soulful rockers Hayley Jane & The Primates, and popular regional acts Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and Driftwood. |
Perhaps most promising is the number of Western New York and the Finger Lakes area bands that will be making their GrassRoots premieres. Festival-goers can catch the raucous alt-bluegrass outfit Dirty Blanket from Canandaigua, and the punky, blues-infused roots music of Buffalo’s Folkfaces. The lineup also includes the... |
Recognizable artists like The Campbell Brothers, Aaron Lipp & The Slack Tones, Root Shock, Ithaca Bottom Boys, and Tenzin Chopak will return to the festival. More information, including the complete lineup, is at grassrootsfest.org. |
One girl likens her dad to a dog. One dad is convinced he’s a bird. Another dad lives away and a fourth works late but has a great lullaby in a wide-ranging selection of children’s books for Father’s Day. |
“My Father the Dog” (Candlewick Press, $6.99, ages 4-7) by Elizabeth Bluemle and illustrated by Randy Cecil. |
He scratches, fetches and growls when startled out of a nap. He likes the window rolled down and the breeze on his face during a drive. He pees on a tree and toots on the couch. Yep, this clownish dad is a lot like a dog as his daughter observes, but he’s a loyal, loving one. |
“Papa and Me” (HarperCollins/Rayo, $16.99, ages 4-8) by Arthur Dorros and illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez. |
Stunning, dreamlike illustrations carry the simple story of a boy and his dad on a neighborhood walkabout. The book mixes Spanish words and simple phrases with their English equivalents. |
“A Day with Dad” (Candlewick Press, $15.99, ages 4-8) by Bo R. Holmberg and illustrated by Eva Eriksson. |
Tim’s dad lives a train ride away and arrives for a day of fun. “This is my dad!” the boy proclaims to the ticket-taker at the movies and the waiter at the pizza shop. Then, sadly, it’s time for dad to go, but he promises to come again “real soon.” The word “divorce” is not used, but the two excited, happy faces on dad... |
“Daddy Hug” (HarperCollins, $16.99, ages 3-5) by Tim Warnes and illustrated by Jane Chapman. |
Daddies come in all shapes and sizes in this celebration from the animal world. Chapman’s illustrations show off giant, jiggly walrus dad and tall, fluffy ostrich dad. Bee dad bumbles and orangutan dad’s tummy rumbles. Go dad! |
“My Dad’s a Birdman” (Candlewick Press, $15.99, ages 9-12) by David Almond and illustrated by Polly Dunbar. |
“Believe in it, and off you go,” Lizzie’s daft dad urges, convinced he can fly like a bird using wings he made with feathers from the garden. A human bird competition transforms a sad man and motherless girl as they’re drawn deeper into a world of fancy. |
“Daddy’s Lullaby” (Simon & Schuster, $7.99, ages baby-4) by Tony Bradman and illustrated by Jason Cockcroft. |
Locher recently published a book of photographs called “I Fought the Law,” where she documents the breaking of absurd laws, both real and imagined (she suggests it’s illegal in Wisconsin to serve apple pie without cheese). She has also been commissioned by numerous fashion magazines and has shot for the New York Times ... |
By Jeremy Mullman and [email protected] . Published on February 26, 2007. |
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