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It would be pretty cool if anyone made some open source application for the Linux desktop using the Steamworks API...
No idea what it would do... but yeah
Phoronix: Valve Adds Steamworks API For Their New Controller
Valve added the Steamworks API support yesterday for handling their new Steam Machines controller inside new games...
It would be pretty cool if anyone made some open source application for the Linux desktop using the Steamworks API...
No idea what it would do... but yeah
I'm assuming they must have figured this out since any living room device should support multiple players, but if this is reading as a mouse and doesn't need a special driver how is it going to support multiple controllers? I'm guessing that is part of the API? On the same note, is support for logging into more than one steam account simultaneously coming (so player 2 gets steam achievements on their account when they play)?
I'm worried that Valve will not push drivers into the upstream kernel to fully support the controller. Instead the support will live solely within Steamworks and all the rest of us get amounts to a standard controller anyway, without access to the screen, re-mappable pads or proper mouse emulation support (the latter also lives within Steam, not the kernel as far as I know).
this reddit comment half of it's functionality doesn't work without SteamOS.
The Steamworks part may not be opensourced, but as part of Steam it should be working everywhere as well. They don't really have any reason to try to reduce the number of places you can run steam - it's rather the opposite.
I really want to get a hold of one of these to do some interface testing for a precision 3d measurement tool. Could be promising, could be a bust but I won't go broke testing it!
I wonder if SDL will implement some specific support for it inside their GameController API.


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also you are wrong because back in the history they use LSA/Ergin to expand their mind not LSD.
but yes you can build LSD if you use LSA for synthesis.
In wikipedia via statistics is a number 0,004% chance to be not normal after 2 days.
But this is only a statistical definition because if you use a very large dosage LSD can work longer than 2 days.
Compared to alcoholic the risk to go into an asylum after LSD consume is very very small.
in fact its less than 0,00001%
LSD is a proved medicine to cure "Fear"
in fact the first you lose on LSD is "Fear"
if you are not blown apart you need more LSD
your mind is a resource and you need every expand you can get!
modern studies show you can cure "Fear" with LSD.

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by warriorrabbit » 13 Jan 2008, 06:51
by liviomoreno » 13 Jan 2008, 07:57
by JohnArmellino » 13 Jan 2008, 17:26
If you can follow all that, it seems clear that I have to order film from Gioiosa Marea to find out more about the Ferlazzos (or at least Ignazio).
I'm wondering whether or not I should order films from Barcellona.
by warriorrabbit » 13 Jan 2008, 21:24
by JohnArmellino » 13 Jan 2008, 22:09
I was looking at the films with Nati 1866-1909 Matrimoni 1866-1875 and Matrimoni 1876-1909 Pubblicazioni 1866-1894. Before moving on to Barcellona and Gioiosa, should I bother with the Allegati matrimoniali 1886-1900 for Mazzarra? I don't really know what that is or how it would be different. Or if it's possible I might find a marriage record there when I didn't find it in the other stuff.
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.. in short, all i'm saying is that, provide me the same comfort with your "freedom". and we will se a massive amount of OEMs and people and software houses that will be very happy to rid themselves from this terrible, terrosist criminal.Or simply they will be happy to get rid of the microsoft tax.
Now please, help me back so that i can have my freedom.
And then there's the AGPL v1 and v3 (and technically v2 as a transition from v1 to v3)
And then you GPL v2 and v3, and there are many projects that remove the 'or later' clause because the license functions fine as is.
If people want to generate license incompatibilities with GPLv2 only projects they can move onto GPLv3, that's their prerogative for causing fragmentation.
sorry if i sounded trollish in my last post. But it was to make a point: i'm not a coder, i'm not interested in being one. So, do i have a right to be FREE and enjoy at the same time some degree of comfort, or do i have to subjugate my will to the mighty freedom devs?I'm sorry but me and most of the people will choose to submit to another imposing dev, that might take away my freedom but at least is willing to listen and give me comfort.
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I have no idea what is even being discussed anymore.
Can we put all GPL/BSD/Apache/any other license discussion in one section of the forum and ban discussion in another part?
I have no idea why you guys debate one another, no one is going to even consider the opinion of the other, so its a moot point.


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But you are right. If you write code that works on one OpenCL device (e.g. Nvidia), it should work on another device (CPU, DSP, AMD card, etc). There are extensions that can come into play, but as long as the device you are trying to execute on supports what you need, it should at least execute and produce results.
Performance tuning of OpenCL code is affected by the specific hardware you're running on, but the code should at least execute properly on other devices.


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while doing login in nokia developer discussion board, at first attempt , one can not get logined, one need to press refresh button, and then he get login. I hope It should be fix.
Now i need QtSdk and carbide to do fresh install.Where am i suppose to download now.
Based on some older post(s) in this thread, which I am not trying to locate now, archive tools are supposed to come back, just they are not available right now.
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Hi Babylongreece
Are you really telling me that after so many years of working on Symbian you don't have the SDK?
here and here. Sorry for the delay, the downloads system is still evolving and it took me much longer to do than I expected.
I strongly recommend you take copies of any files that you need.
I had copies of all SDKs, but I missed installers of Carbide :-)
In fact, I see from links that Carbide 2.7 is not there, is it still available somewhere?
And just one little thing more: some time ago developers had problems in finding Carbide TRKs for on device debugging, there's a thread that has them attached:
all the best as always,
Thank you Hamish, you are great. It is far better to have something, than nothing at all.
Pavarang: my impression is that the lack of Carbide.c++ 2.x has a direct connection to that Symbian^x/Belle SDK-s are provided only (if you say S60 5th=Symbian^1). They (and SBSv2) are more reliably supported by Carbide.c++ 3.x than by 2.x. TRK may belong here too: these platforms+Carbide.c++ 3.x have CODA if I remember correctly (S60 5th is a black box to me, so I do not necessarily remember correctly).
ooops, you're right, i didn't notice that S60 3rd ed SDKs were missing too... i definitely have to backup my backups, before loosing them forever!
and yes, better something than nothing, that's the reason i thanked Hamish The Great (HTG)
but also better gently ask and _maybe_ obtain something than say nothing and surely have nothing
You're all very welcome - I'm pleased that this has sorted out the short term issues.
Please do take copies - these files definitely won't be present forever. I don't have the older Carbide.c++ sorry. Getting buy-in for what is uploaded currently was at the limit of my "business case" and the support I can get from our very very busy web team.
This really was a team effort though so I can't claim full credit. The initiative to get these available through the wiki links was championed by Jarkko Aura (who was my manager for many years, and who incidentally was the person initially responsible for getting buy-in for these discussion boards, wiki, projects, hiring Ron and hiring me).
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Ringo Starr Prepping New Album At Home Studio
Thursday, June 13, 2013
For the third album running, Ringo Starr is recording his new set at his L.A. home studio. The still-untitled collection will follow the pattern set from his two past albums, 2012's Ringo 2012, and 2010's Y Not. Ringo spoke to Billboard about the latest homespun effort, explaining, "I don't go to studios now. I've started a new record and it's all in the guest-house in L.A. I've made the last two in the guest-house. There are so many great musicians (in L.A.) and they come over for a cup of tea or whatever and we write or we play. I put a basic track down and then write to that. That's how I've done the last ones."
When asked if brother-in-law Joe Walsh will be contributing to the new crop of sessions, Ringo said that it was likely: "He's family and has been on all the records."
Ringo, who turns 73 next month, says that he has plans to carry on recording and performing as long as he can: "I've played with so many great players. I was in an incredible band. We've made great music and that's still around. I just want to keep playing really. That's the dream and it's unfolded up till now so I see no reason why it should stop."
When we last caught up with Ringo, he explained his current method of writing and recording: "Let me tell you, y'know, I go to the synth, and y'know, I do them all at home now. I play the synth and I find sort of rhythm pattern and some notes I like -- and thats what we put down first. And then -- just to make it completely crazy -- then I put the drums on top, thinking, 'Oh that sounds like a verse, that could be a chorus.' And just, y'know, making it up; but then we start putting everything else on."
There's been no title or release date announced for Ringo's upcoming album.
Ringo Starr & his All Starr Band kick off a 10-date South American and Mexican tour on October 29th in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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UPDATE: This game has been shutdown and is no longer available
Exteel is a fast paced 3D sci-fi MMO shooter with gorgeously designed graphics and skill animations. Hop on to your giant customizable mech and fight against up to 16 players online in multiple game modes. Fight your opponents with any plasma swords, rockets, rifles, SMGs and so much more; the game has an enormous amount of different weapons, armor, skills and parts available to purchase in the game's store, so the sheer amount of customization here is almost limitless.
Publisher: NCSoft
Playerbase: Low
Graphics: Medium Quality
Type: MMO
EXP Rate: Medium
PvP: N/A
Filesize: 550MB
Pros: +Unique mech based gameplay. +Huge selection of weapons & upgradable parts. +Varied skills. +Fast paced addictive gameplay. +Well designed maps. +Great tutorial.
Cons: -Difficult to compete against better geared opponents. -Cash shop items can imbalance the game.
This game has been SHUT DOWN – It is NO LONGER available. This means the official servers are offline and no one can create new accounts or log in to the game. For all intents and purposes this game is dead. This page will be updated if the game ever re-launches.
Exteel Overview
Exteel is a fast paced sci fi shooter MMO with a third person camera angle. The core gameplay is extremely fun and addictive and the level of character customization is just jaw dropping. The game's maps are nicely designed and small enough to create a fun chaotic atmosphere. The game's offers a unique anime-inspired mech experience like no other. Compete online with other players in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Territory Capture, and co-operative Last Stand matches. Exteel is simply a must download for any fan of MMO shooters.
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With the rising popularity of MMO shooters, it's sometimes hard to decide which games are worth downloading and which ones aren't. If I was stuck on an island with only one MMO shooting game, it would be without a doubt Exteel, as If I had to describe the game in just one word, that word would have be "awesome". How can giant robots wielding swords, rocket launchers, rifles and SMGs while flying around with jet packs not sound fun?
You build it
One of Exteel's most impressive features is the game's enormous array of weapons, armor, skill, and parts. The sheer amount of customizable components in Exteel is simply jaw dropping. Players can customize their armor by purchasing 'sets', which are prebuilt mechs, or opt to customize their mech from ground up by purchasing each piece (Head, Core, Arms, Legs, etc) separately. You can build a gigantic mech with the highest armor rating or a small dwarf mech with incredible speed or anything in between, the choice if yours! Players are also allowed to carry up to two different sets of weapons at once, and the number of possibilities here are almost endless. Combine a spear and an SMG for deadly close range combat or equip two rifles to be deadly from long range, the choice is yours. Since the game allows you to equip two different sets of weapons, the numbers of possible weapon combinations are even greater. The game's skill system is also incredibly unique. In order to use skills, you have to first purchase them from the item store with the credits you've earned in matches and then equip the weapons that the skill you purchased required. For example, if you combine an SMG with a Lance you can use a skill that lets you impale your opponent at close range, lift them up into the air and fire a hail of bullets into their face. The game has hands down the best customization of any MMO shooter and some of the most addicting gameplay I've had the pleasure of experiencing.
Into the fray
Upon spending some of the credits you've earned in the game's tutorial you can finally head off into battle. One of the most attractive aspects of Exteel is the game's truly marvelous gameplay, as battles are fast paced and furious. Gameplay is highly dependent on skill, so if you're ever squaring off with someone, the guy that's going to win will almost always be the better player. Since each 'room' can handle up to 16 players at once, the chaos begins as soon as you enter the game. Maps are usually well designed and incredibly small, so you'll never have to actively search for someone to shoot at, there will always be a battle raging on nearby. Game controls are also incredibly easy to get accustomed to; move with the WASD keys and active your booster by double taping any of the four directions and fly by double taping the space bar. The fact that you can fire your weapons while boosting around only adds to the game's enjoyment, as there's quite as enjoyable as impaling someone with a lance from above them. Exteel just feels a lot like GunZ: The Duel and S4 League, but a tad slower paced and with giant robots, so if you liked GunZ, you'll definitely like Exteel.
The Mechanics
The game's mechanics are straight forward; reduce your opponents hit points to zero before they do the same to you. You can avoid enemy attacks by activating your boost and strafing around, but make sure not to hold down that boost too long, because while active your boost drains your energy reserves. Depending on your mech's weight and customized components your energy will drain at varying speeds. Your energy replenishes quickly while your boost is off, but being caught without any energy when an enemy is in your face impaling you with a lance is a shortcut to robot heaven. You also don't want to hold down your fire buttons down too long while spraying bullets at your enemy because all weapons are prone to overheating, even the melee weapons.
Level UP & Rank UP
Another interesting aspect of Exteel is the game's ranking system. The game has both a traditional 'leveling system' and a 'ranking system'. Each level grants you bonus hit points and stats, while each rank grants you additional credits, ability points and more hanger space. The lowest rank in the game is 'trainee' and the highest is 'major'. Another interesting aspect of Exteel is that the game has absolutely no level restrictions on weapons and armor, so you can have access to the best equipment in the game without having to commit hundreds of hours to the game. If you're a natural born Exteel player, you can theoretically earn enough credits to purchase the best mechs in game within a few days.
Final Verdict: Good
With its fast paced addictive gameplay and enormous customization Exteel is hands down one of the more original MMO shooters out there. Unfortunately, NCSoft hasn't done a great job keeping the game up to date and has slowly let the game decay.
Exteel Videos
Exteel Gameplay Video
Exteel Gameplay Video 2
Exteel Cinematic Trailer
Exteel Skills Trailer
Exteel Ownage Video
Exteel Online Links
Exteel System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista/ 2000
CPU: Intel Pentium 3 800 MHz
Graphics Card: NVidia GeForce Series 4 video card
DirectX: 9.0c
Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows XP / Vista/ 2000
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
RAM: 512 MB or more
Graphics Card: GeForce 5700 or ATI Radeon 9200 Series video card
DirectX: 9.0c or better


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NORTH CAROLINA--"That Other Story" by Laurel Ferejohn of Durham, NC, is the winner of the 2012 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize, sponsored by the North Carolina Writers' Network. The Wolfe Prize awards $1,000 to the author of the winning story.
Final judge Josephine Humphreys selected Ferejohn's story from eleven finalists sent to her by preliminary judge David Radavich of Charlotte. Humphreys, one of the South's most distinguished novelists, said Ferejohn's story "smoothly accomplishes fiction's number one goal, that is, to create a believable world, using all the tools available: narrative voice, character, place, dialogue, action. The result is a fictional texture that's strong and convincing."
Ferejohn is an independent editor working with literary and scholarly journals. She is a recipient of the 2012 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Grant from the Durham Arts Council, with support from the North Carolina Arts Council.
Humphreys selected "Sanctuary" by Elizabeth Brownrigg, also of Durham, as the first honorable mention, praising the story for "its distinctive voice and strong writing.... It's a thought-provoking story." Brownrigg received her MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College, and is the author of two novels, Falling to Earth (1998) and The Woman Who Loved War (2005).
NCWN members Kathryn Shaver of Louisville, KY, and Kermit Turner of Hickory, NC, shared the second honorable mention. Of Shaver's story, "The Fourth Monkey," Humphreys wrote, "The narrative voice is dignified, earnest, sympathetic, and the plot progresses in surprising but believable ways." And of Turner's story, "Pool," she said, "I was struck by the way the writer gradually opens a view onto the past of the main character...in a way that's both unexpected and satisfying."
Humphreys, the author of Dreams of Sleep, Rich in Love, The Fireman's Fair, and Nowhere Else on Earth, said of all these stories, "I'd like to add that I was impressed by all four of these submissions. I know a story's good when I finish reading and feel that I've received a gift."
The seven other finalists were "Mr. Potato Head" by Leah Rachel Berkowitz of Durham, NC; "Revival" by Debra Efird of Harrisburg, NC; "Rules" by Heloise Jones of Jacksonville, FL; "Blind Fish" by Amanda Pauley of Elliston, VA; "Crying in Italian" by Virginia Pye of Richmond, VA; "Tea in Chesapeake" and "Dear John," both by Michael Twist of Boring, OR.
The winning story and the three honorable mentions will be considered for publication by the Thomas Wolfe Review.
GREENSBORO, NC--The Network will host its annual Spring Conference at the campus of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro on April 28. Fiction writers can choose between two can't-miss offerings: an all-day fiction workshop with Alan Michael Parker titled, "Fact and Fiction," and a half-day fiction workshop with Mylène Dressler titled, "Get Out of That Room in Your Head: Crafting Physically-Charged, Moving Fiction."
Here are the course descriptions:
Fact and Fiction (All-Day Fiction) with Alan Michael Parker You can't make it all up, right? Nor can you render religiously exactly what happened—stories need invention, the mechanics of time, re-telling, and shape. Stories need characters and scenes: life doesn't always accommodate. So what's the best way to combine experience and imagination and write the best fiction? In this class, we will focus on questions of fidelity, distortion, fancy, and freedom, as we examine various ways to approach the writing of fiction. Bring a pen, lots of paper, and a good-sized ball of string (really). In the morning, exercises and discussion: in the afternoon, more, as well as a little adventure…
Get Out of That Room in Your Head: Crafting Physically-Charged, Moving Fiction (fiction) with Mylène Dressler As writers, we face a daily challenge: we create (and live, much of the time) in the spaces inside our heads, yet our task is to create dynamic, breathing characters and active, arcing stories capable of moving our readers as well as stopping them dead in their tracks. How can we notice and break through "brain-locked" writing, and learn to craft fiction that inhabits the physical world, packing visceral as well as emotional punch? In this workshop, we'll discuss the limitations of writing that happens only-inside-our-heads, and explore techniques and exercises that will help you—and your audience—connect with your stories and characters in charged, vital, and vivid ways.
Alan Michael Parker is the author of two novels, Whale Man (WordFarm, 2011) and Cry Uncle, along with seven collections of poems, including Long Division (Tupelo Press, 2012). His stories, poems, and essays have appeared in many prominent magazines, and in The Best American Poetry 2011 as well as the 2012 Pushcart Prize anthology. Since 1998, Parker has taught at Davidson College, where he is Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing; he is also a Core Faculty Member in the Queens University low-residency MFA program.
Mylène Dressler is a novelist whose books include The Medusa Tree (MacAdamCage), The Deadwood Beetle (Putnam), and The Floodmakers (Putnam), and an essayist whose work has appeared in Pilgrimage, Creative NonFiction, and New Graffiti. A professor and frequent distinguished visiting writer at various universities, including the University of Texas at Austin and the McCullers Center in Georgia, she leads workshops designed to develop the skills, stamina, and confidence of emerging and established writers. She is the current Visiting Writer at Guilford College, where she teaches fiction, creative nonfiction, and contemporary literature.
Full faculty bios can be viewed on the conference webpage. The 2012 Spring Conference also offers workshops in nonfiction, poetry, children's publishing, and tutorials for authors. Registration is available online or by calling 336-293-8844.
The nonprofit North Carolina Writers' Network is the state's oldest and largest literary arts services organization devoted to writers at all stages of development.
GREENSBORO, NC—The University of North Carolina at Greensboro sits in the geographic heart of the state. It's a fitting venue for the North Carolina Writers' Network 2012 Spring Conference to be held Saturday, April 28, from 8:00 am – 6:30 pm, in the Elliott University Center at UNC-Greensboro.
The annual event, co-sponsored by UNC-Greensboro's creative writing program, draws writers from across North Carolina and beyond for workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, children's writing, and publishing, led by distinguished writing faculty. This year's conference will also feature a Publishers Panel with book and journal editors; a Faculty Reading; an Open Mike reading for conference attendees; and "Lunch with an Author," where attendees share lunch and personal conversation with faculty members.
In fact, geography will very much be on people's minds, as the keynote address will feature representatives from an exciting new web-based project titled "A Literary Map of North Carolina." A collaborative project between UNC-Greensboro and the North Carolina Center for the Book, the NC Literary Map is a database-driven, searchable/browseable, multi-level, multi-media online research tool to foster interest in North Carolina's rich literary tradition. Guests can search by author or genre, or just browse the map to find authors who have lived in or written about North Carolina. Scheduled to be officially launched in the fall, visitors can catch a sneak peak at www.library.uncg.edu/dp/nclitmap.
Course offerings at the 2012 Spring Conference include two all-day workshops, one on fiction led by Alan Michael Parker, and a nonfiction intensive led by Randall Kenan; a half-day fiction workshop with Mylène Dressler; and poetry workshops by Janice Fuller and Rebecca Black. Registrants can also attend "Breaking into Children's Publishing" with Megan Bryant, classes in "Accounting for Writers" and "Guerrilla Tactics for Authors," and creative nonfiction workshops led by Justin Catanoso and Paul Bogard.
Registration is available online here or by calling 336-293-8844.
The nonprofit North Carolina Writers' Network is the state's oldest and largest literary arts services organization devoted to writers at all stages of development.
Greensboro, NC—Bestselling author Carole Boston Weatherford will deliver the keynote address at the 2011 North Carolina Writers' Network Spring Conference. The conference will be Saturday, April 30, from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. in the Elliott University Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The annual event, cosponsored by UNCG's Center for Creative Writing in the Arts, draws writers from across North Carolina and beyond for workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, children's writing, and publishing, led by distinguished writing faculty. This year's conference will also feature a Publishing Panel with book and journal editors, a Faculty Reading, an Open Mike Reading for conference attendees, and "Lunch with an Author," in which attendees share lunch and personal conversation with one of the authors on the faculty.
Weatherford's books have received the Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Award, NAACP Image Award, Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, Jefferson Cup, and Carter G. Woodson Award, and have appeared on the New York Times best-seller list. Her more than two dozen children's books include Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom; Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People; Birmingham, 1963; Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane; Becoming Billie Holiday and The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights. A recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature, she teaches at Fayetteville State University.
Conference participants may select from a variety of half- and full-day workshops, including "Writing For Your Life," a creative nonfiction workshop with author Marianne Gingher; "Packaging Yourself as a Writer," with Press 53 publisher Kevin Morgan Watson; "The Worst Things Ever" with poet and UNC School of the Arts professor Joseph Mills; and Weatherford's "Think Anyone Can Write a Children's Book?" workshop.
Other instructors include David Halperin and Tracy O Connor on fiction, Anjail Rashida Ahmad on poetry, Edmund R. Schubert on science fiction and fantasy, Paul Cuadros on nonfiction, and Angela Harwood on marketing for authors.
Registration for the conference—made possible with support from UNC Greensboro and the North Carolina Arts Council—is $99 for Network members, $150 for nonmembers.
To register, visit www.ncwriters.org, or call 919-251-9140 for more information.
Robert Wallace of Durham is the winner of the 2010 Doris Betts Fiction Prize competition for his story "As Breaks the Wave upon the Sea." Wallace will receive a prize of $250 from the North Carolina Writers' Network, and his story will be published in the North Carolina Literary Review's 2011 issue. Eighty-two stories were submitted to this year's competition.
Wallace is a recipient of an Emerging Artist Grant from the Durham Arts Council and a Writer's Fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council, and he has been a Blumenthal Reader. He has had fiction and nonfiction published in various venues, including the Wellspring, The O. Henry Festival Stories, the Raleigh News & Observer, and the anthology Racing Home: New Short Stories by Award Winning North Carolina Writers.
NCLR fiction editor Liza Wieland selected Wallace's story from ten finalists, saying, "As Breaks the Wave upon the Sea" is a beautifully woven, deeply affecting story (I wept as I read it, and so did my husband). The language is simple and direct; the relationship between a returned Iraq War soldier and his wife is depicted in all its wrenching complexity, from both points of view, in short sections that sing like prose poems. The result is a pitch-perfect whole, and one of the best stories I've read in a long, long time."
Wieland also noted Wayne Johns's "Where Your Children Are" and Susan Snowden's "Revenge" for honorable mention, saying of Johns's story, "I confess a personal attachment to this story, having grown up in this part of Atlanta and written about the child murders myself. Mainly, though, I love this story for its language: 'easing into the backyard as into dark water'; 'orange-tinged moon was snared in the pines'; 'the last light shifted through the leaves like a kaleidoscope.' The story's final line evokes the threat that quivers through the entire story. I admire, too, the way the writer has made the awakening of sexual identity a part of this story that works seamlessly with the history we all know. This is clearly a writer of terrific talent." Of Snowden's "Revenge" Wieland says, "I admire this story for its sense of place and culture (the Talmadge ham versus the cooler of shrimp), and for the writer's ability to juggle such a large cast of characters. I feel every bit of Carolyn's anger and disbelief, and I very much enjoyed (and would have loved more of) the way the story calls into question our assumptions about high (portraits of venerable ancestors) and low (pastel Pekingese) art."
Also of note is that finalist Julie Ann Davis's story "Taylor's Creek" was recommended by the NCLR editors for publication in the eastern North Carolina–based, online and print magazine IBX Lifestyles, and it will appear in the spring issue.
Six other stories were finalists in the competition: Joseph Francis Cavano's "Soldiers," Carol Cooley's "Jude and Ms. Martha," Carol Roan's "The Streetwalker," Merry Elrick's "The Rhubarb," Doris Monica Iarovici's "Among The Ruins," and "The Neighbor's Dog" by Thomas Wolf, who received the Betts Prize in 2007.
Published since 1992 by East Carolina University and the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, NCLR has won numerous awards and citations. Fiction editor Liza Wieland is the author of three novels and three collections of short stories.
A two-year subscription to NCLR will include the 2010 issue, featuring the winner and two finalists from the 2009 Betts competition, as well as the 2011 issue, featuring the winning story from this year's competition. Go to www.nclr.ecu.edu/subscrip.htm for subscription information, and subscribe by June 1 to avoid postage charges.
Hats Off! to Charles "LC" Fiore whose short story "The Trench Garden" has been produced as an audio edition by Audible.com. "The Trench Garden" was published by Ploughshares in January.
Hats Off! to Marilynn Barner Anselmi whose short script, "Floral Deliveries," won 2nd Place in the 2014 10-Minute Play Contest sponsored by the Winston-Salem Writers. The winning plays will be presented Saturday, April 12, at 7:00 pm at The Community Arts Cafe, 411 West Fourth St. in Winston-Salem.
Hats Off! to Judy Hogan, author of Farm Fresh and Fatal, who was featured in the March/April issue of Southern Writers Magazine.
Hats Off! to Judy Hogan whose novel Farm Fresh and Fatal was featured in Mystery Scene magazine. Vegetables "turn out to be a lot more interesting than we'd ever guessed" in this "fascinating" mystery.
Hats Off! to Sandra Lee Hartsell whose book Adam Petty's Heartbeat was written up in the Lexington Dispatch, the Archdale-Trinity News, and the Thomasville Times.
Hats Off! to 2014 Spring Conference faculty member Drew Perry whose new novel Kids These Days was reviewed in the Southern Literary Review. Matt Simmons interviews Drew about Florida and parenting in the same issue.
Hats Off! to Ross White who has a poem in Day One.
Hats Off! to 2014 NCWN Spring Conference faculty member Jacinta V. White who was featured in the Winston-Salem Journal for her project, "One City, One Prompt." As part of this, Jacinta will lead one of the Special Sessions at Spring Conference, where she will begin an opening dialogue on this year's theme, "Begin Again." She will then provide the prompt to attendees, and allow them time to write.
Hats Off! to Paula Oliver, NCWN Regional Rep for Albemarle/OBX, who read her essay, "Hermine Jungus Komnik's World Wars I and II Experiences and Results," at the Dare County Arts Center. NCWN members in Albemarle/OBX are teaming up with the Dare County Arts Council to provide a platform for works by these writers and their guests. These local writers will present readings and book signings at the Dare County Arts Council throughout the year.
Hats Off! to Ron Jackson who reviews Katey Schultz' Flashes of War in the new North Carolina Literary Review.
Hats Off! to Erika Hoffman whose story about how she met her husband, "Before March Madness", has been accepted by Screamin'Mamas. This is a paying gig out of Hollywood, Florida. This is Erika's fifth story to be published by this print magazine.
Hats Off! to Joan Leotta whose poem, "Five Little Bears Came to My House Today," has won Third Place in the Caldwell Nixon, Jr. Award sponsored by the North Carolina Poetry Society.
Hats Off! to Spring Conference faculty member Peggy Payne whose article "Allergic to Sex? On Book Pulping and Pursed Lips" appeared in the Religion section of the Washington Post.
Hats Off! to Sharon C. Williams who won a literary grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County.
...to GARY CARDEN. His work , "Prince of Dark Corners" is currently being broadcast on both UNC-TV and ETV, and it will continue to be a part of the broadcast format for 2008. The PBS endorsed DVD can be obtained by contacting Gary Carden, 236 Cherry Street, Sylva, N.C.
Jennifer Mackenzie has won an Artist Fellowship in Screenwriting from the North Carolina Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts for her script, THE SPACE BETWEEN. In 2004, Ms. Mackenzie's first screenplay, HEAVEN RUSHING OUT, reached the semifinal round of the prestigious Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, finishing among the top 30 out of the 6,073 scripts entered that year.
Jennifer Mackenzie has won an Artist Fellowship in Screenwriting from the North Carolina Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts for her script, THE SPACE BETWEEN. In 2004, Ms. Mackenzie's first screenplay, HEAVEN RUSHING OUT, reached the semifinal round of the prestigious Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, finishing among the top 30 out of the 6,073 scripts entered that year.
Hats Off! to Chuck Thurston, whose guest column "Living the Pond Life" appeared recently in the Salisbury Post.
Hats Off! to Danny Bernstein whose book, The Mountains-to-Sea Across North Carolina, was featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times.
Hats Off! to Marilynn Barner Anselmi, whose play Becoming IT is a finalist for the Susan Nims Distinguished Playwriting Award. Becoming IT will be presented at The Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska, in May, 2013.
Hats Off! to Joan Leotta, whose short story "Voice of an Angel" has won First Place in the 2013 Charlotte Writers' Club Contest!
Hats Off! to NCWN Regional Rep Betty Dotson-Lewis, whose book Sago Mine Disaster (Featured Story) Appalachian Coalfield Stories is listed with synopsis in Goldenseal magazine's spring Edition 2013, page 63. Goldenseal is a quarterly magazine devoted to West Virginia traditional life, published by the State of West Virginia, Division of Culture and History.
Hats Off! to Susan Rochette, whose short story "Kewpie" was published in _Short Story_, an academic journal of short fictions and essays/reviews on short fiction.
Hats Off! to Heather Bell Adams of Raleigh. Her story "Butler Road" won the Fifth Photogene Contest sponsored by Sundog Lit.
Hats Off! to Ruth Ilg, whose poem "March 20th" won The Pegasus Prize from the Poetry Society of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.
Hats Off! to Scott Owens, whose poetry collections For One Who Knows How to Own Land and Something Knows the Moment were reviewed in the North Carolina Literary Review by Karen K. Mason alongside two of Robert Morgan's books in a review called "The Regional Poet and the World."
Hats Off! to Joseph Bathanti, who will receive the 2013 Mary Frances Hobson Prize and participate in the nineteenth annual Mary Frances Hobson Lecture to be held on the Chowan University campus in April 2013. The Mary Frances Hobson Lecture and Prize recognizes distinguished achievement in the field of arts and letters.
....... to Sheri Castle. The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance recently named The New Southern Garden Cookbook an Okra pick for Spring 2011. The Okra picks are a baker's dozen of Southern books that SIBA member bookstores are excited about.
Hats Off! to Charlotte's Lisa Rubenson, who won NPR's Three-Minute Fiction Contest. Her short story, "Sorry for Your Loss," beat out more than 4,000 entries. NPR reporter Tamara Keith read the story on Saturday's "Weekend All Things Considered" program.
..... to Jim Clark. Jim Clark's new CD, The Service of Song, is now available at http://www.jimclarkpoet.com/The Service of Song features Jim's musical settings of twelve poems by the sadly neglected North Georgia "farmer-poet" Byron Herbert Reece (1917-1958). Reece published four books of poems and two novels with E.P. Dutton in New York before taking his own life at the age of 40. Poet and novelist Robert Morgan says, "In The Service of Song, Jim Clark gives new life and new voice to the poetry of Byron Herbert Reece. Clark's music and performance are a wonderful exploration and expression of Reece's art, inspired and inspiring, for a new generation of readers and listeners. The outstanding poet of the North Georgia mountains could not be more fortunate than to have his work celebrated, set and sung by this outstanding contemporary poet and musician, recalling the ancient, haunting ballads of the mountains."
Two faculty members from the 2012 NCWN fall conference, Elaine Neil Orr and A.J. Mayhew, and one conference attendee, Cheryl Isaac, all have pieces in the current issue of South Writ Large magazine.
Hats Off! to Mimi Herman, whose poetry collection Logophilia was favorably reviewed by Scott Owens in the Wild Goose Poetry Review.
Hats Off! to Mark Havlik, who won First Place for Fiction in the 2013 Pamlico Writers Competition for "What Lies Beyond Those Hills." His piece will appear in an upcoming all-literary issue of Washington The Magazine.
Hats Off! to Malinda Fillingim, whose short story "The Right Track" has been accepted for inclusion in Hub City's (Spartanburg, SC) annual holiday anthology. Also, Fillingim's photo/poem about Martin Luther King, Jr., "Southern Dreams," appears in the online magazine Deep South.
Hats Off! to Angela Davis-Gardner. The paperback edition of her novel, Butterfly's Child, will be published by Dial Press in April, 2012.
Hats Off! to Michel Stone, whose debut novel, The Iguana Tree, sold out its first edition before it was even released. It's received favorable national reviews, and it's been selected as a SIBA "Okra Pick." The release date is March 12, 2012.
Hats Off! to new NCWN member Jules Riley, who recently earned an Honorable Mention in the NC Poetry Society's Caldwell Nixon Jr. Award. His children's poem, "A Rainy Day," will be published in Pinesong. He and others will read on May 19, Awards Day at the Weymouth Center in Southern Pines. For more information on the NCPS please visit www.ncpoetrysociety.org.
Tamra Wilson's story, "The Prodigal," was a finalist in the 2010 Flatireon Writers Short Fiction Contest and her story, "Brother Dirk," took third place in the Children's Story Contest sponsored by Charlotte Writers Club. Both stories are excerpts from Home at the Lincoln Hotel, a novel in progress.
The National Association of Professional and Executive Women (USA) has selected Islamic author and illustrator Linda "iLham" Barto as its 2010 Woman of the Year in the arts category. More about Barto and her work is available on her website www.Lit-by-Linda.com.
Katrina Parker Williams has works published or accepted for publication at the following:
NCWN member Kim Wright's debut novel, Love in Mid Air, was selected for the "First Fiction" list of Publisher's Weekly, Spring issue 2010.
Joan Carris' latest book, Wild Times at the Bed and Biscuit, was put on the Smithsonian Notable Books List for 2009.
Hats Off to Wilson Roberts. His short story, "Against the Dying of the Light" has been accepted for publication by the Massachusetts Review.
Hat's Off to...JOHN GROOMS of Charlotte, NCWN member and critiquer, who recently won a first place award from the North Carolina Press Association. Grooms, who writes a weekly column for Charlotte alternative weekly Creative Loafing, won first place among weeklies with circulation greater than 10,000 in the category of "lighter columns." His win was based on these sarcasm-laden selections: "Mommy, can I stone the queer now?" "Overkill? What overkill?" and "Do it yourself campaign ads." To see the columns, click here, or here, or here!
...to GLENDA BEALL. Her poems Early Morning Hope and Beneath the Beauty were published in the 2007 edition of the Journal of Kentucky Studies. This annual publication of the Northern Kentucky University Department of Literature and Language is edited by Gary Walton and Danny L. Miller.
...and again to GLENDA BEALL. Her personal essay AN ANGEL CALLED AMOS was accepted by Adams media for the anthology, Cup of Comfort for Horse Lovers which will be on bookshelves in April.


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Will we see a BCS-like slow start to the title game?
Oregon is ranked second in scoring offense with 47.2 PPG, second in total yards (7,740) and third in yards per game, eating up turf at a 553-per-game clip.
So naturally, the Las Vegas sportsbooks have placed the over/under for the College Football Playoff Championship Presented by AT&T in the 75.5 range. Makes sense, right? Sure, especially during this increasingly high-flying era of college football offense.
But what is it that the coach with the mascot heads likes to say on "College GameDay?" Not so fast, my friend.
He's talking about slow starts, first quarters and even entire first halves that have a tendency to drag offensively. It was a common problem during the national championship games of the BCS era. Time and time again, high-flying offenses plowed into the BCS championship only to end up posting much lower numbers than usual.
The very first of those title games, in 1999, featured all-star offensive rosters from Tennessee and Florida State. The final score was 23-16 with 14 punts. In 2004, LSU and Oklahoma came in averaging 35 and 45 points per game, respectively. The final score was 21-14 and won via a pick-six. Even the era's highest scoring affair, Texas' legendary, 41-38 win over USC in '06, was a four-hour offensive spaghetti pile that included five fumbles. And though last year's final BCS matchup will always be remembered as a shootout, the reality is that Florida State and Auburn didn't really start the fireworks until the fourth quarter. The Seminoles won 34-31 but trailed 21-13 at the end of three stanzas.
Will such sluggishness continue with the arrival of the College Football Playoff? We should know pretty quickly
Top 2015 prospects with most to prove
While the 2015 NFL draft is still more than 11 months away, it got me thinking: Who among this year's class of top-shelf college players will have the most to prove when the first whistles of the season start blowing Aug. 28?
Here are five projected first-round picks you should be keeping an eye on, because NFL front offices sure are.
Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State Seminoles
Wait, a Heisman winner has something to prove? Heck yeah he does, and while it does have something to do with football skills, it's really about what multiple NFL scouts have described to me over the years as the "knucklehead factor." From broken windows to sipping free sodas to "CrabGate" to the much more serious accusations of sexual assault, he hasn't been able to sidestep tales of questionable decisions.
The bad news for Winston is that there are already whispers among NFL folks that his immaturity is getting worse instead of better. The good news for him is that there already has been a precedent set that shows he can erase those questions as soon as the games finally begin.
"Last summer we were saying all this same stuff about another defending Heisman winner," one scout said, referring to the media madness that was preseason Johnny Manziel. "But once the games started and he stepped right back into being his old self on the football field, all that mess went away pretty quick. Yeah, he dropped through the first round some, but he was still a first-rounder."
On the field, it was widely reported throughout last fall that many NFL personnel evaluators would've rated Winston as the No. 1 pick had he been eligible for this year's draft. He can go downfield when he wants and has a built-in field vision that guides him through smart short-passing windows as well. But nearly all of those evaluators were still quick to point out the benefits of staying in school at least three years. When it comes to quarterbacks, pro front offices prefer four years on campus.
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Role of colleges in NFL draft process
Along the way, I spent time talking to players, coaches and administrators about the importance of how a college football program prepares outgoing players for the always stressful and frequently bizarre NFL draft experience.
Lattimore said he leaned on former teammates who had already endured the process in the handful of seasons leading up to his entry into the draft. And he grilled his coach, Steve Spurrier, on what to expect in the notoriously offbeat interviews and personality tests given by interested NFL execs and scouts. Spurrier, the Washington Redskins' coach just a decade ago, was able to lend some insight into the thought process behind the eccentric questions.
This year, it's Lattimore who has done the advising, happily fielding inquiries from a large group of soon-to-be former Gamecocks hoping to hear their names called later this week. His help has been of particular value to likely No. 1 pick Jadeveon Clowney, who, like Lattimore, has spent some of his spring at Dr. James Andrews' physical therapy facility in Gulf Breeze, Florida.
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Florida State's mindset to stay on top
"We're the national champions and we should remember that, but also that last year was last year," Fisher said in March, previewing comments he would make to Ivan Maisel prior to last week's Garnet and Gold Game. "It's a line you have to walk, but hey, I'd rather be walking it than not!"
The Seminoles aren't the only program who spent spring and will go on spending summer and fall trying to find that balance between seizing the momentum of 2013 success while also instilling a sense of, "but don't get too comfortable, boys, we still have work to do."
So, how does a coach achieve that balance?
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Key issues for Texas heading into spring
That's what Charlie Strong keeps saying. He said it when he was introduced as the new Texas head coach on Jan. 6. He's said it over and over to the groups of Longhorn supporters that he's spoken to over the past two and a half months. He's said it in the living rooms of recruits as he scrambled to save ESPN RecruitingNation's 16th-ranked class. And he said it again one week ago, to the Longhorn Network's Kaylee Hartung as his first team started spring practice.
But for a program that isn't broken, Strong has sure been doing a lot of fixing. The team has been brought back to campus to live in the same dorm. The players and staff no longer ride the bus to the practice field. They walk. And when the team lined up for its first official wind sprints of the spring, Strong lined up and took off with them.
In other words, old school.
"None of that should surprise you if you've ever spent any time around Charlie," said Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, who retained only one assistant coach from the previous staff when he took over at Florida in 2005. That was Strong. "As a player you can't complain about working out when the coach is right there with you."
"Changing a culture is hard stuff," said Tennessee head coach Butch Jones, entering his second year at the other UT in Knoxville, Tenn. "But it's something that you know will take a while to do. When it comes to the football stuff, time is not on your side. You have 15 spring practices to install playbooks and evaluate what you have."
So, what exactly does Strong have? What does he not? Here are the three biggest needs Texas must tackle before the April 19 Orange-White game.
3-4 or 4-3?
Strong is a defensive-minded coach and his bread-and-butter defense has been a 3-4 base formation. Under Mack Brown, Texas was a 4-3 program. So task No. 1 for Strong and defensive coordinator Vance Bedford is to determine whether they will stick with the 4-3 based on the personnel they inherited.
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Five coaches in make-or-break years
However, when this space tackles the specific topic on tap today, the majority of the criticism comes from the men who make their living in the chosen profession about which I've just written.
"Oh man, not the hot seat again! I hate these stories!" That was the message with which my voicemail box greeted me the last time I wrote about head coaches who needed to get it into gear. The voice on the other end was Dan Hawkins, with whom I'd worked on ESPNU. When we first met on set, he was sure to call me out for saying he'd be fired from Colorado the previous year. But guess what had happened?
Yes, it is odd to discuss someone else's job fate. But the same coaches (and former coaches) who give me grief about speculating will also tell you one absolute truth about being a coach: A big part of the gig will be people predicting when you'll be fired. It is simply an accepted part of the gig.
"But," Hawk has said to me plenty, "not as big as the people screaming for you to be fired."
So now that my confessional is over, what five coaches enter spring staring at a make-or-break season? Read on ... but don't surprised if Hawk calls and gives you grief for doing so.
Will Muschamp, Florida Gators
Record at Florida: 22-16 (three years)
2013: 4-8
All seemed right in The Swamp when Mack Brown's former heir apparent led the Gators to an 11-2 record and a Sugar Bowl appearance in 2012, his second season at Florida. But last year, the program posted its first losing season since 1979 and snapped a 22-year bowl streak. The historical hits kept on coming, including the first home loss to Vanderbilt since 1945 and a Nov. 23 loss to Georgia Southern, the program's first ever to a lower-division school.
And, according to the people in the college football industry that I talked to over the past week, the coach never did much to make his situation any easier.
"I've known Will for a long time," says a Big 12 coach, the first to address a topic that became a common theme throughout this list. "He's a good friend but he can be an acquired taste. With players, they love the intensity. But away from the practice field, if you don't know him, he can come off a little, um, prickly."
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Coaches' reaction to the 'slow-down' rule
"That's close," new Rutgers offensive coordinator Ralph Friedgen said recently. "But it actually feels more Capitol Hill politics. Trust me, I know. I coached at Maryland for a long time."
And that seems to be the most irritating rub of all: the politics.
In case you've been hibernating, here's the hurry-up version of what has happened: The rules committee, a collection of football minds covering all NCAA divisions and chaired by Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun, proposed what amounts to a 10-second pause after the start of the play clock in which time the offense can't snap the ball, which allows the defense a better chance to swap out players. That proposal will be on the table Thursday, when the NCAA's 11-member playing rules oversight committee votes on whether to make it an actual rule.
The 10-second idea was initially pitched as a safety issue, behind the argument that players aren't able to get off the field when their health is being compromised. In short, more plays equal more injuries. But coaches who live and breathe by fast-paced spread offenses -- a number that seems to grow each season -- argue that such safety concerns are nothing more than a Trojan horse, in which the "traditional" teams are seeking to slow down the game's offensive revolution.
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Top potential position-switchers for 2014
"I stare at the depth-chart board a lot," Larry Fedora admitted as signing day drew to a close and he started to concentrate fully on his third season as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels. "Who is coming back? Who fits where? Where might the new guys fit in? Honestly, I don't think you want the coaches to have too much time to fiddle around with that board, swapping guys in and out of different positions. We can start coming up with some crazy ideas."
Crazy? Well, yes, some of them are. But most are born of necessity.
"Obviously, you want your players in the positions where they are the most comfortable," new Penn State head coach James Franklin said after having some time to digest his Penn State roster, still very much affected by the Jerry Sandusky scandal and resulting NCAA sanctions. "But at the end of the day, I want to come as close to having my 22 best athletes on the field as I possibly can."
That means some position switching will likely be coming to Happy Valley, as it will throughout the land during the great experiment that is spring practice. What roster swaps will have the greatest impact on the 2014 college football season? It's too early to tell. But here are some potential flip-flops to keep an eye on this March and April:
Blake Bell, Oklahoma Sooners
Bell, the one-time heir apparent to Landry Jones, is no longer a Sooners quarterback. He's a tight end, officially handing over the QB duties to teammate Trevor Knight. As a junior in 2013, Bell ceded the QB job to Knight, who locked up the starter's role by leading OU to a Sugar Bowl win over Alabama. With Bell moving over to TE, and only a pair of freshmen and Texas Tech refugee Baker Mayfield behind Knight, the soon-to-be sophomore looks to have that job from now until he leaves Norman.
But you remember the Belldozer, don't you? The guy who scored 24 touchdowns in 104 rushes during his two years watching Jones under center? Now head coach Bob Stoops hopes to recapture that red zone magic using the 6-foot-6, 250-pounder as a tight end, the same position his father Mark played (as well as defensive end) during five seasons in the NFL.
"Blake wants to stay here and finish out. He wants to try tight end and I think it's a great fit," said Stoops.
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College coaches most coveted by the NFL
For decades it seemed the conga line of coaches moving in from college were sent back to campus with bruised egos and lopsided win-loss records. But in recent seasons, the results from head coaches who have moved over to the pros have been as good as they've been bad. At least they are certainly not the forgone conclusions they once were.
For every Nick Saban bailing on Miami or Greg Schiano being run out of Tampa Bay, there has been a Jim Harbaugh or Pete Carroll coaching in the Super Bowl or Chip Kelly mystifying the NFC East with the same fast-paced playbook that he was tweaking at the University of New Hampshire less than a decade ago.
So who among the current college coaching crop is the most coveted by the front offices of the NFL? We asked the pros, and these are the five names they mentioned most.
Sumlin, whose name kept coming up in the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings rumor mills, is looked upon favorably for many reasons. Among them are his reputation for organization, personnel management (see: his handling of Johnny Football) and ease when dealing with the media and supporters, even during tough times (see: his handling of the Johnny Football fiasco).
But it's Kelly's success in Philadelphia that has cracked the door open to thinking about Sumlin as a viable pro candidate.
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ACC poised to return to elite level
"Am I relieved?" ACC commissioner John Swofford said, repeating my question back to me with a smile. "I wouldn't say relieved. I'd say proud. Just really, really proud."
Then, before walking away to join the team as it headed for the tunnel, he allowed himself a brief moment of confession. "This does feel great, doesn't it? It's been awhile."
Yes, it has. FSU's second BCS title was its first since 2000 and its first appearance in the championship game since '01. All of those numbers were true for the conference, as well. During the years between taking home crystal trophies, the ACC endured upheaval, scandal, endless public speculation of its seemingly imminent demise and, oh yeah, that brutal 3-13 all-time record in BCS bowls.
Funny what one win can do for a conference, right?
"Actually, it runs much deeper than just a BCS championship win," observed Roy Kramer, father of the BCS, who was in Pasadena to see his creation's final big night. "What John and his group have done with the ACC, over the last few years in particular, is remarkable. Within the industry, we have always recognized that. But it was always going to take some success on the field to turn the public tide of opinion. Now that's happening. And they are set up for some big things in the near future."
Kramer isn't alone in that opinion. Not even close. Here are the keys cited by others in the college sports world as to why the ACC is poised to return to being an elite-level college football conference.
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College football's best head-coaching jobs
Inspired, I took that question around all day long, to current coaches, former coaches, former players and some of the suits who help run the nation's most powerful athletic conferences. What's the best head coaching job in college football and why? These were the five that came up the most, ranked in order of most desirable.
1. Texas Longhorns
Of the 24 people I polled in Pasadena, every single one mentioned Texas among their top five and more than half ranked it No. 1. "As a head football coach, you want to be put in position where football is priority one," former Oregon Ducks coach and current ESPN analyst Mike Belotti said Monday. "At Texas, the numbers are just so overwhelming, whether you're talking about the fan base, the size of the school itself, the tradition of winning, the massive number of recruiting talent in the state and, of course, the money."
Ah yes, the money. No one spends more or makes more than Texas.
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Non-bowl teams that will rebound in 2014
As legendary Tennessee head coach and tweeter from the great beyond @GeneralRNeyland posted last week: "To schools whose fans don't show up to their 'too small/too far away' bowl. Try sitting out a couple yrs. That'll fix it."
So who among 2013's non-bowl programs are most likely to rebound for a postseason berth one year from now? In order to find out, I talked to a variety of coaches and administrators for their leading candidates.
Here are the results, the five non-bowl teams most likely to rebound in 2014.
Tennessee Volunteers2013 record: 5-7
Last bowl game: 2010 Music City Bowl (30-27 double-overtime loss to North Carolina)
This is where you say, "What? Over Florida?" But it only takes a few phone calls to football experts through the Southeast to convince you that the Vols, who haven't bowled in three years and just posted a fourth consecutive losing season for the first time in history, are on the more comfortable side of the SEC East growth curve than the Gators.
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Five 'sleeping giant' programs
For those of us of a certain age, we remember when games against the Bears were an opportunity for bigger programs to wipe off their shoes and get some walk-ons into a game before moving on to the next real opponent. There would be rare stretches when the Bears would crack the top 25 and make a bowl game, and there were certainly a handful of great players to come through, but Baylor's place in the college football world was a foregone conclusion -- a weaker cousin to the bigger brand names in Texas and the Southwest.
Then came Art Briles, Robert Griffin III and wins over TCU and Oklahoma. That led to a Heisman, three consecutive bowl games for the first time in the program's 115-year history and (surprise) enough cash flow to finally ditch dilapidated Floyd Casey Stadium for a new $260 million facility in 2014. Now the Bears are the BCS Cinderella story of the season, sitting 9-0 with a legitimate shot to play for the Vizio BCS National Championship.
"A turnaround like Baylor's gives a lot of other programs hope," Duke athletic director Kevin White said earlier this year. "It says that if the right people and the right focus are put into place, then you can create the kind of energy and enthusiasm needed to create a winning football program, no matter what your history in the sport might be."
So who might be the next Baylor? Which "sleeping giant" program is quietly stepping into the on-deck circle with a chance to suddenly shock us all with a not-too-distant BCS run and sustained success? In order to find out, I talked to some of the people who make their living in the sport for their leading candidates.
Here's a look at five programs on the verge of making a Baylor-like leap to elite status.
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Long-term outlook for Miami
Oh, it's more than a little bit. Perhaps he understated it because he's not yet used to working in Coral Gables without the asterisk that leads to the phrase "pending NCAA investigation." But the stories are still being revealed of that moment on Oct. 22 when Miami athletic director Blake James met with the team before practice to inform it that the 26-month investigation was over and the penalties -- probation, no postseason ban and nine lost scholarships over three years -- were relatively minor.
"When we won that sixth game [at North Carolina], we were thinking, 'Man is it going to happen again?'" defensive lineman Anthony Chickillo said after last week's win over Wake Forest. The junior has had to miss two bowl games and an ACC championship game berth because of Miami's self-imposed sanctions during the investigation. "When that finally went away, everybody was excited and stuff ... Just a long wait, long time coming. We were all excited. It was just something that just lingered over our program the whole time I've been here. So, we love it."
Now relief will start to give way to reality. The past is officially in the past, so the future can finally become the focus. We already know the Hurricanes have a well-respected coach, in addition to some promising talent on the field and recent recruiting success. (This summer, our Insider panel ranked them at No. 18 in the College Football Future Power Rankings, which assessed the likelihood of teams to have success over the next three seasons -- and that was before the sanctions were announced.)
How will the end of the investigation affect the program? Will the Hurricanes rise over the next few seasons? We called up some athletic administrators and coaches who have been in the U's shoes and asked them what we should expect.
Recruiting can switch from defense to offense
Miami's recruiting efforts have always been as much about digging moats as firing arrows, forced to defend its fertile football homeland against recruiters arriving from every corner of America. Those poachers have always looked to exploit any edge they can get on the U, including undermining the reputation of the Hurricanes' program.
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Hokies lead top five BCS wrecking balls
So far, a handful of schools have done exactly what we thought they would. On the July list, Washington State ranked fifth among our wrecking balls and promptly punted USC in Week 2. BYU and Ole Miss were also on the list, ranked third and first, respectively, and they combined to ruin Texas' season and cost defensive coordinator Manny Diaz his job.
As we approach the season's halfway mark, it's time to amend that original list. Our original five have not been as good as expected, or their opponents aren't as BCS-worthy as we once thought, or their best chances to ruin top teams' campaigns have already come and gone.
Here's an updated look at the top five BCS wrecking balls for the remainder of the season.
1. Virginia Tech Hokies (4-1)
Wrecking ball games: Nov. 9 at Miami; Dec. 7, ACC championship game
Look who's waking up in Blacksburg!
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Last week on Nashville, we got everything we ever wanted: Rayna and Deacon finally passed the PG-13 line, Teddy dropped Peggy from his life, Juliette was finally the one to get played when Dante robbed her and fled the state, and everyone celebrated Luke from The O.C.s coming out party. It was a grand time and one that I was nervous couldn't be topped. Luckily, that was just the beginning and the drama is only starting to heat up now. There may even be a secret sex tape!
The Rayna and Deacon Story
Well, it's finally happening. The bronzed lovers fight through morning breath and continue to fool around in the early morning, wiping perfectly bouncy strands of hair out of each other's sparking eyes. It's magic. Rayna tells him how happy she is and how she wants to stay in bed with his scruff all day. Deacon tells her how he wishes they could have started doing this years ago and also that her metallic eye shadow is hypnotizing. Reality interrupts their fairy tale when Rayna gets a call that she's been nominated for a CMA, in the same category at Juliette. Oh joy.
When Rayna leaves the happy bed, it's easy to think that the hookup is going to be a fling, but it's not. Rayna wants this and she wants it bad; there's just one problem: She's been sworn to never, ever, ever tell Deacon that HE IS MADDIE'S FATHER! That's right, Deacon is the real father, but the day that Maddie was born Rayna made a pact with Teddy to never reveal the truth. How f****ed up is that? Like this whole time Maddie will never know her real father? Who is actually the better and hotter man? Rayna knows she can't keep this a secret forever though, and for the sake of ratings we know it, too.
This does, however, complicate matters. As much as she wants to pretend like everything is perfect with Deacon, he knows her too well and senses her backing away from him. He's about to give up like all the times before, but then he remembers how perfect the spray tan came out on her freckled skin and how shockingly clean her hair was after a night of boning. No, he can't give that up. No way. He runs into Rayna's car and tell her that it's all or nothing, secrets or no secrets. The two play some music together on his crappy couch and stare into each other's eyes like freaks. It's starting to feel like the old times. And just when things seemed perfect, Deacon tells her that by this time, they could have already had a family of their own. If he only knew.
The Deacon and Vet Lady Story
This was just priceless. So, when Deacon comes back home after his morning romp with Rayna he seems The Vet putting dishes away in his sink. That's right! Remember when he gave her his keys! Like an IDIOT! So, he's all like "you really shouldn't have come over" and she's all like "I feel bad" and he's like "no, really, just don't let yourself in. Like ever. Also, please put my dish down." It's actually pretty messed up because he did lie to The Vet, even though we don't care about her or like her really and knew she had an expiration date. She suspected that Deacon still had feelings for Rayna and she was right. And then, Deacon's just like, "yeah why don't you take the dog, too." And so in the end it's like, Deacon is a typical jerk who never even cared about his dog. Do we really still love him?
The Teddy Story
Ugh, Teddy is such a wimp. He can't handle politics, he can't handle his daughters, he can't handle anything except a phenomenal shave. He's all worried about his daughter who hates him finding out that he's not her real dad so he insists on taking her to her school's father-daughter dance. She doesn't want to go because she wants nothing to do with his cheating ass and also because that is the lamest thing ever. But, her mom says it would be nice and so she changes her mind. While waiting for her to finish getting dressed, Teddy has a conversation with Rayna about her new "thing" with Deacon and starts sweating at the thought of her spilling the secret. He makes some threatening comments, none of which can ever be taken seriously through his dimples, and huffs out with Maddie. He is 12.
The Gunnar and Luke From The O.C. Story
Gunnar is really twisted. Like, way more dark than we thought. We know he had some sort of criminal past with his brother, but I tried to pretend it didn't exist. Well, there's no pretending anymore. Not only is he pissed (maybe a little too pissed?) that Luke From The O.C. kissed him, but he's decided he is going to change his image and become "Country Bad Boy." It's actually not such a bad idea, except that he's not a bad boy. He is the boy who giggles and walks around in his underwear and combs his hair 100 times every morning while looking in the mirror and perfecting his sexual squint. He is being a total jerk to Luke though. He won't even look at him! His annoyance is so apparent that Scarlett is actually concerned about their bromance. She fears it's all over and she is right. No more drinking beers in cowboy hats and skipping from dive bar to dive bar playing music and laughing about their silly inside jokes. RIP.
So, Gunnar decides to steal his dead brother's song lyrics and brings them to a recording studio. He thinks he's getting away with it, but Scarlett snoops into his notebook like the annoying fairy she is and finds out the truth. She pouts in white cable knit until he literally can't handle it anymore and leaves the room. Meanwhile, Luke is being awesome. He's just frolicking and schmoozing at parties and generally being lovable. He needs to stay forever.
The Juliette Story
Juliette is so distraught over Dante leaving her that she turns to alcohol. First it's several glasses of mimosas and then jugs of straight-up vodka. Her mom tries to be like "dude chill with the booze" but Juliette tells her to mind her own business, that she's the one with the problem. And then, in her drunken state, Juliette naturally starts making poor decisions. First, it's spending nearly $1M on bizarre bobble heads that are supposed to look like her to send out to the CMA voters. Then, it's letting Deacon walk out on her and the tour forever. And finally, molesting Avery after she lets him play guitar on stage with her. This girl is a mess. She ends her sloppy night crying to her mom when suddenly her phone rings. It's Dante. All we know is something something something WHAT TAPE?
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So, is there a mainline kernel version yet which includes enabled/working support for this chipset? ie, Will this make it into Fedora 16, or do I need to wait for 17 to try installing on my netbook?
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For those wondering what functionality is supported by Intel's open-source GMA500/GMA600 "Poulsbo" DRM driver, here's a list of what works and also what doesn't function...
So, is there a mainline kernel version yet which includes enabled/working support for this chipset? ie, Will this make it into Fedora 16, or do I need to wait for 17 to try installing on my netbook?
Acer GMA 500 netbook. Backlight control doesn't seem to work though.
I wish you good luck, since it's the thing that you need with GMA 500 .
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=201018 ).
These days, my smartphone does everything I wanted from that hardware, so I don't even really care at this point. I'm hoping to at least bring it back to life and maybe someday use the thing as a robot controller or something.
There is a great bunch of Ubuntu devs who continually shoe horn the EMGD driver into each new version. I have a Dell Mini 12 running Xubuntu Oneiric. They do this by setting up a PPA that downgrades xorg and adds EMGD so that you end up with a fully functional system - to a point. I have xv and 3d acceleration and I have suspend and resume. The keyboard keys are functional and I can adjust screen brightness. Gnome-Shell will not work, but Xfce on such a low specced machine works very well - even the Xfce built in composting effects. I had to use a text based installer to get the basic system installed then work on the video.
For anyone who wants to actually make a working system look here....
This work is also ported to Arch. For other distros - bad luck. It might be possible to use the PPA for a Debian Wheezy install but you would need to be dedicated.
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Backlight and suspend/resume and native resolution... That would be incredibly awesome. I wonder what configuration the post meant... Is there a configuration file, or does that mean recompiling your own kernel?
I have written some instructions on the Fedora Project wiki for building a kernel with this driver in Fedora 16.
Instructions here, no kernel compiling necessary.
The EMGD aproach is way better for now, but the psb-glx driver is available if all you want is the absolute basic setup.
Once it is in the mainline kernel and the distros catch up the psb-glx driver should just work out of the box.


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