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Gainesville High receiver Case Harrison looks to follow in the footsteps of Chris Doering, a former walk-on who became an all-time Gator great.
Drawing on his many and varied football experiences at Florida, Chris Doering could write a handbook for anyone attempting to embark on a similar journey/adventure. He might call it, "A Walk-on's Guide for How to Survive and Eventually Thrive in College Football's Big Time."
His story is one of the most endearing and uplifting in Gator football history: Area high school star shunned by the college recruiters walks on at the school he loved growing up and rises from no-name scout team player to one of the greatest wide receivers in school history.
It's a great tale of hope and perseverance. But Doering doesn't want to sell it. He wants to share it. And the one person he really wants to share it with is Gainesville High School standout wide receiver Case Harrison, who is about to follow in Doering's footsteps.
In November, Harrison accepted Will Muschamp's offer to become a preferred walk-on at Florida. He will enroll at UF this summer and start competing on the practice field in August.
Doering looks at Harrison and, well, kind of sees himself when he was coming out of P.K. Yonge and getting ready to walk on at Florida 22 years ago.
"Obviously, there are a lot of similarities between the two of us," Doering said. "(Walking on) is a difficult process. There are not a whole lot of walk-ons that are given an opportunity.
"I think I can certainly tell him some of the valuable things I learned along the way at Florida to be a successful walk-on. I can give him some insight that would allow him to compete immediately. I can help with advice off the field and tips on the field."
The mentoring has already begun.
Doering has known Mike and Pam Harrison for many years. The more he heard about their son — his exploits on the field at GHS (where he led the area in receiving this past season) and his offer to walk-on at Florida — the more he wanted to meet him.
Doering and Harrison recently had lunch together and the two plan to stay in touch as Harrison prepares to begin his walk-on journey at UF.
"My mom kind of filled me in on everything Chris did at Florida, how great of a player he was," Harrison said. "I've heard, 'Doering's got a touchdown, Doering's got a touchdown' about a million times. He was a great player.
"We talked about how I don't have a scholarship offer at all, from anybody. He said, 'That's just how I was, too. I just used that as a motivational tool to go to the University of Florida and work harder than anyone else and prove everyone wrong.'
"That's exactly how I feel. It was great to have a chance to talk to him, and we're going to talk again. He said, 'If you want to go out and throw, anytime, I'd be happy to, let me know.' That was kind of good to hear, a Gator great wanting to throw the football with you."
The fact Harrison and Doering seem to have made an instant connection probably is not surprising. The two have much in common.
Both grew up in Gainesville and were star high school wide receivers who had no college scholarship offers. Harrison was overlooked despite a big senior season in which he caught 51 passes for 837 yards and 10 touchdowns, three coming in the Hurricanes' state semifinal victory over Navarre.
Doering was offered and accepted preferred walk-on status at UF. Harrison has done the same.
Both are known for their team-first attitude, tireless work ethic and high football IQ. Both have a knack for knowing how to get open and make plays despite not having blazing speed.
Probably the biggest thing they have in common is their love for the Gators. Both grew up living and dying with Florida football.
Doering's father, Paul, is a UF professor and Doering grew up dreaming about playing for Florida.
Harrison's grandfather, Fred Pearson, played offensive tackle for the Gators under Ray Graves (1961-63), both of his parents are UF graduates and he's been going to UF games since he was eight years old.
Harrison was born a Gator.
"I was brought home from the hospital in a Gator blanket," he said. "I've always been a Gator."
When Harrison started playing football at age 10 at the Boys and Girls Club, he made sure he got to play for the team that was named the Gators.
Doering said Harrison's passion for Florida football may be the biggest thing he has going for him as he battles to succeed as a walk-on.
"It makes a big difference," Doering said. "I can't tell you how many players on the team didn't really know the history of the program, didn't know about the old players and didn't have that passion for Florida football.
"It's a main motivator. I dreamed of being able to run out of that tunnel and live and die with what happens on the field. It meant a lot more to me to have the opportunity to put on the orange and blue.
"When you're talking about guys like me and Case, you're talking about guys that are already fully invested in Florida football before they even get there."
Harrison said he has that fire in his belly that comes with having a chance to play for the team he grew up loving.
"It means so much more when you come from a Gator family and Florida is in your heart," Harrison said. "Even if I went somewhere else, I'd be a Gator at heart.
"It's that much more of an incentive to work hard and try your best. It means so much more that you were raised a Gator. It means a whole lot more.
"It's so surreal when I go over there (to UF) and I'm getting shown around (by the coaches). I'm not just getting a tour, I'm getting shown what I'm going to be a part of. It hasn't really sunk in yet."
To help him succeed as a Gator, Doering has already offered some key pointers to Harrison based on his own walk-on experiences at Florida:
— Don't become discouraged, especially in the beginning. "It's a long road. You can't get discouraged by one or two roadblocks early along the way. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Keeping an even keel mentally is certainly important," Doering said.
— Bust it in the weight room, bust it on the practice field, and always try to outwork and outperform the competition (those highly rated scholarship players). "You have to outwork everybody you're competing against. (The coaches) are not going to look at you the same way they look at the players they've invested scholarships in. If you're even with the scholarship guy, they're going to give (the playing time) to the scholarship guy. You have to be clearly better than everyone. That means working harder and being more committed than those you're competing against," Doering said.
— Do something positive early that will catch the head coach's attention. "The first conditioning run (before the start of camp my freshman season), I blew away everybody. That 12-minute run was important to Steve Spurrier. Immediately, he noticed and respected me for that. It starts with day one. Try to do something early to show the coaches how committed you are and how you are different."
It's sound and proven advice, coming from someone who went from local walk-on wide receiver to Florida's all-time leader in touchdown receptions (31).
Harrison is listening.
"It means a lot to me that he wants to share his experiences with me," Harrison said. "I hope to do some of the same things he did at Florida."
Doering said he has a good feeling that Harrison is going to succeed.
"I'm very impressed with the type of kid he is," Doering said. "Obviously, he's got great role models in his parents. You can tell he's a sharp kid and highly motivated to go out there and not just be on the team at Florida, but play."
GHS coach James Thomson said Harrison, who helped lead the Hurricanes to the Class 6A state title game in December, will be more than just a walk-on at Florida. He'll be a player and an asset to the team.
"He's a great kid. I can't say enough good things about him," Thomson said. "He's a team player. He's going to do anything and everything you ask him to do. He was the most valuable player I had on my team.
"Case's attitude is, 'What can I do to help the team?' That's the reason Florida wants him. Will Muschamp will be as happy as can be when he gets Case."
Who knows, maybe one day in the not too distant future we'll be hearing Mick Hubert exclaiming, "Harrison's got a touchdown!, Harrison's got a touchdown!"
Contact Robbie Andreu at 352-374-5022 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Also check out Andreu's blog at Gatorsports.com.


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Sweatshop: The NCAA abuses athletes
The National Collegiate Athletic Association might revoke Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel's college eligibility. The Heisman Trophy winner's offense? He is alleged to have sold his autograph. Welcome to the NCAA's sweatshop.
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Fulltone OCD
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"This takes everything that's great about a TS-808 Tube Screamer, refines it, and then adds extra functionality. Cutting clean boost to saturated, compressing drive, with an additional boost mode too: exceptional."
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Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
"Takes the spirit of the much loved OD-1 and SD-1, but adds gain, edge and bite to emulate a heavily distorted valve amplifier. Responds well to picking dynamics too."
FAMOUS USERS: Top players tend to go for the Keeley-modded version
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MXR Micro Amp
"Sometimes you don't want tone-changing drive or distortion, you just want a relatively linear kick into the amp to help it on its way. Use this for straight solo boosts or in your effects loop to help weak pedals."
FAMOUS USERS: John Frusciante, Paul Gilbert, The Strokes
Pro Co RAT 2
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FAMOUS USERS: Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, Thurston Moore, Dave Grohl
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Dallas Rangemaster Treble Boost
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Marshall Guv'nor
"Featured famously on the sleeve of Gary Moore's Still Got The Blues, this sought after overdrive was a laudable stab at producing a warmer TS-9-style pedal, and it still sounds great."
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Sola Sound Tone Bender
"This early Brit germanium fuzz was taken up by many mid-sixties players including that world-changing triumvirate of Englishmen, notably Beck on The Yardbirds' Heart Full Of Soul."
FAMOUS USERS: Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton
Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive
"There's a good reason the Centaur is called the Dumble of distortion pedals. Packing fat midrange boost effects and amazing transparency, the Klon is magic when used with simple 6L6-powered amps. John Mayer, Jim Campilongo and many other 'feel' players swear by it.
"It's now out of production, but designer Bill Finnegan has hinted at a replacement soon. Original models fetch some frankly crazy prices second-hand."
FAMOUS USERS: John Mayer, Matt Schofield
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Gain 3, Treble 1, Output 11:
"Roger Mayer invented the fuzzy, octave-up pedal immortalised in Hendrix's Purple Haze solo, then Tychobrahe made it widely available in the 1970s. There are lots of new versions, not least from Mayer himself."
FAMOUS USERS: Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
"Four silicon transistors provide a smooth fuzz sound with plenty of sustain and a tone knob for a wide tonal range. Ernie Isley's liquid lead on The Isley Brothers' (Who's) That Lady and Jack White's huge intro riff on Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground are just two great examples of what it can do."
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Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
"Four resistors, three capacitors and two AC128 or NKT275 NPN germanium transistors – hello glorious square-wave fuzz. Shortly later came PNP silicon-loaded Fuzz Faces and then, as now, they were widely modded, cloned and updated. Wildly inconsistent, but Hendrix wouldn't be the same without one."
FAMOUS USERS: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson
Boss DS-1 Distortion
"1978 brought a harder-clipped, edgier Boss pedal in the DS-1, reflecting the trends of higher gain rock and metal. But this isn't 'metal' in the modern sense – it retains character of the source guitar. Hear it all over Vai's Passion And Warfare and any Nevermind-era Nirvana live recordings."
FAMOUS USERS: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kurt Cobain
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Maestro FZ-1 Fuzztone
"The daddy of all stompboxes: the first commercially produced transistor-based guitar effect pedal and also the first fuzz box. First made in 1962, it took until 1965 to catch on when Keef used one on Satisfaction – and the world of guitar tone was changed forever. The FZ-1 used three germanium transistors to amplify and clip the guitar's signal creating fuzz, glorious fuzz…"
FAMOUS USERS: Keith Richards, everyone in the '60s!
Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer
"Used widely in genres as diverse as country, blues and shred, this stomper has been on more records, and used in more concerts, than perhaps any other overdrive or distortion pedal.
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FAMOUS USERS: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Brad Paisley… absolutely everyone!
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Ashya family attack parents' arrest
Relatives of five-year-old brain cancer patient Ashya King, who was taken from hospital without doctors' consent, have hit out at the treatment of his parents who are being held in Spain.
A judge ruled that the couple must be held for up to 72 hours while the court considers whether to grant Britain an extradition request, the National Court in Madrid said.
Ashya's parents Brett and Naghmeh told the judge they do not want to return to the UK.
The parents of Ashya King are awaiting an extradition ruling in Spain (Hampshire Police/PA)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the case is under review.
A centre in the Czech Republic which offers proton therapy said it was willing to help Ashya if his doctors in Britain agree.
The family took him from Southampton General Hospital last Thursday and travelled to France with him and his six siblings before heading to the Costa del Sol in southern Spain.
Mr King, 51, and Mrs King, 45, were arrested on Saturday night in Velez-Malaga by Spanish police.
Ashya is being treated in a Spanish hospital and his grandmother and brother have criticised the way his parents are being treated.
Ashya's brother, Naveed, told Channel 4 News: "We're not allowed to go and see Ashya at all.
"There is police standing outside his hospital room. We are not allowed to go and see him. We have tried to call the hospital but they are not revealing any information at all to us.
"My mum was by his (Ashya's) side for the whole month that he was in hospital so for him to now suddenly not be with anyone of the family ... his health might actually deteriorate because he can't be entertained and be happy."
Ashya's grandmother Patricia King said she spoke to her elder grandson Danny for the first time this morning.
She said: "Danny said they have taken his parents to Madrid and are giving them a terrible run-around.
"The whole thing is a huge injustice. They are still not allowed to see Ashya, which is shocking. It's the worst thing of all. If this carries on, it could kill him."
According to reports, the couple travelled to Spain to sell a holiday home to obtain funds for proton beam therapy, which is not available through the NHS.
Their son, who is suffering from a stage four brain tumour, is being cared for at the Materno-Infantil hospital in Malaga.
Danny told the BBC: "We are very grateful that he is in such a good hospital. The only thing my parents are worried about is Ashya, I hope my parents get released as soon as possible."
British police defended their decision to request a European arrest warrant.
Assistant Chief Constable Chris Shead, of Hampshire Constabulary, said he was aware the police's approach had created a "significant amount of debate" but he would rather be criticised for "being proactive" than "potentially having to explain why a child has lost his life".
Simon Hayes, police and crime commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, said: " Hampshire Constabulary's role, as in many other cases, was to safeguard the interests of a very vulnerable sick young child and find Ashya."
The Prime Minister's official spokesman, asked whether David Cameron sympathised with Ashya's parents, said: "I think people up and down the country will understand and be moved by the grave illness from which Ashya is suffering.
"First and foremost, the priority must be that he receives the very best and most appropriate medical care. Of course, I am sure that every parent wants to do the best for their child. That is probably the most human of human instincts."
The CPS said the case was under "immediate review" and a decision will be made whether to prosecute.
A spokesman said it had applied for the arrest warrant "at the request of Hampshire Police for an offence of cruelty to a person under the age of 16 years" on Friday.
The CPS reviewed the evidence available at that time. "Further evidence is now being provided to the CPS and so the case is under immediate review."
The Proton Therapy Centre (PTC) in Prague confirmed it was able to treat Ashya immediately if he was eligible for therapy, with the cost of the treatment to be sorted out later.
Director of strategy Iva Tatounova said Naveed had been in touch with the centre today, giving details of the Spanish doctors treating Ashya, and saying they were willing to send the centre the result of his MRI scan.
"We have asked them to do that, so we can assess the boy's condition," she said.
"There would have to be a recommendation from the doctors in Southampton, but we are here, and willing to co-operate."
The hospital's medical director Dr Michael Marsh said he regretted its relationship with the Kings had broken down.
He said: "We were really concerned about Ashya's welfare when he went missing from our hospital last Friday and for a period of time we had no idea where he was or what his parents' intentions were.
"The chances of surviving the condition Ashya has are about 70-80% after five years so we believe that he has a good chance of a successful outcome provided he gets access to the most appropriate treatment.
"We have discussed proton beam radiotherapy with Ashya's family and there are some tumours that respond well to this type of treatment, but there are some cases where there isn't the evidence that this is a beneficial treatment. Where the evidence supports this treatment, we have made a referral and patients have been treated abroad."
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One of the delusions which can afflict readers (though a similar affliction awaits those who watch television, go to movies, or simply read the newspaper) is that we tend to believe that the dramatic stuff happens to other people. Other people take over pirate ships and sail the seven seas in search of riches and romance. That would never happen to you and me, though we may read about it. Other people huddle in caves while the weather and enemy troops conspire to bring their noble quest to an end. This sort of drama does come to people with lives like ours. Other people learn their spouse is secretly an alien clone. We do not expect this to happen in our own lives. Other people pick up a shiny pebble and are catapulted into a complex smuggling scheme. Not you and me. Other people's mothers die.
I write to note the passing of the person who taught me that having books piled all over everywhere is the only way to live. (My whole family is literary and literate, but most of them never bought into the Book Heap school of interior design.) She liked a book with a laugh in it, and liked to have it sitting around in case she wanted to read it again. In fact, she didn't mind having two or three copies, in case the first wore out. She finished her story on Saturday night of Book Fair weekend, entirely too young and entirely out of character: not like her at all to miss out on a Half Price Books day.
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The current standard allows only one vacation rental per 500 square feet, which Councilor Christina Rinderle called onerous or too restrictive because the average residential block is only 350 feet long.
The new standard will be incorporated into the citys revised land-use development code, which the council plans to adopt in April.
It will not allow two vacation rentals to be on opposite of sides of the street, which satisfied Councilor Sweetie Marbury.
I like it, she said after the councils study session. It allows me to keep my neighbors.
Marbury wanted to preserve rental property for full-time residents and the kind of neighborhoods where people know each other and shovel each others car out of the snow and borrow eggs.
Mayor Doug Lyon, who described himself as a former opponent of vacation rentals, also thought there were other barriers to the proliferation of vacation rentals, noting they typically dont generate a lot of income.
Theyre not the gold mines people think they are, he said.
In vacation-rental situations where the owner lives out of town, Rinderle said, most of the owners revenue is eaten up by management fees.
City Manager Ron Le-Blanc said the city will still have to work out many issues, such as what to do with the vacation rentals that are advertised on the Internet but not permitted by the city.
The city has legally permitted 18 vacation rentals, but Marbury said she has found 50 rentals advertised online for Durango, although some might be outside the city limits.
Greg Hoch, the chief planning director, said vacation rentals are a persistent problem in big multi-family developments such as Park Terrace, where residents are constantly complaining to the city about unknown vacation renters causing problems such as blocking their cars.
In other land-use changes, Hoch suggested a solution to help satisfy opponents of accessory dwellings, also known as mother-in-law apartments or alley cottages.
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Sandy Underwood scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the University of West Alabama to a 58-54 Gulf South Conference men's basketball victory over West Georgia on Saturday.
CARROLLTON, Ga. | Sandy Underwood scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the University of West Alabama to a 58-54 Gulf South Conference men's basketball victory over West Georgia on Saturday.
The victory snapped a three-game losing skid for West Alabama, improving the Tigers to 8-11 overall and 4-8 in the Gulf South Conference. The win was just UWA's second on the road this season. West Georgia fell to 7-13 and 4-8.
West Alabama built a 30-25 lead at the half by controlling the paint and continued it throughout the remainder of the game, outrebounding the Wolves 46-37, which led to a an 18-7 Tiger advantage in second-chance points.
Underwood was the only Tiger to score in double figures, but both Mychal Bester and Jack Hill chipped in nine points and nine rebounds.
UWA travels to West Florida on Thursday.
Shelton State 109,
Alabama Southern 47
TUSCALOOSA | Five players scored in double figures for the Buccaneers.
Leading scorers for the Bucs were Jacob Perry with 17 points, D'Arieal Franklin with 15, Antjuan Ball with 14 and both Sean Tingle and Ladarius Tabb with 12 points. Tingle added 10 rebounds.
Barry Smith scored 10 to lead Alabama Southern.
Shelton State (19-5, 6-0) plays at Gadsden State at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Tuskegee 86, Stillman 72
TUSCALOOSA | Stillman held a six-point halftime lead but shot just 11 for 29 in the second half.
Ladarius Rhone had 22 points and seven rebounds for Stillman (14-8, 9-4 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). D'uanaway Barnes had 17 points, and Torrean Walker chipped in 12 points and nine rebounds.
Calvin Thomas scored 21 points for Tuskegee (11-11, 10-3), which had 49 second-half points.
Shelton State 73,
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TUSCALOOSA | No. 6-ranked Shelton State moved to 24-0.
Dominique Henley went 3 for 3 from 3-point range and ended the game with 13 points to lead Shelton State. Brianna Lancaster scored 12. Juliser Harper had seven assists and Kendara Watts six steals.
The high scorer for Alabama Southern was Deshanti Lewis with 19 points.
The Lady Buccaneers play at Gadsden State at 5:30 p.m. Monday.
West Georgia 62,
West Alabama 54
CARROLLTON, Ga. | Despite shooting just 29 percent from the field, West Georgia made the most of 32 trips to the free throw line.
The Wolves converted 26 of the 32 foul shots and improved to 13-7 overall, 7-5 in the GUlf South. West Alabama dropped to 9-11 and 4-8.
Jerilsa Taylor scored 16 points for West Georgia.
Tamya Thompson scored 10 points to lead UWA. Synthea Reed collected 11 rebounds to go with her six points, all scored in the first half.
West Alabama plays at West Florida on Thursday.
Tuskegee 78, Stillman 58
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Tuskegee (15-6, 12-0 SIAC) was led by Alannah Vincent's 18 points.
Angel Mitchell had 15 points and seven rebounds Stillman (8-14, 7-5). Desiree Wright and Floresa Wilson scored 10 each for the Tigers, who trailed 37-33 at halftime.


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including people with:
- Organ transplants
- Current chemotherapy
- HIV or AIDS
The virus does not cause any symptoms when it is inactive. The virus may be activated because of stressful situations, medication, illness, or reduced immunity. Symptoms of the activated virus include:
- Swollen lymph glands
- Sore throat
- Fever
- Fatigue
People with suppressed or impaired immune systems can also develop:
CMV infection is not often diagnosed because the virus rarely produces symptoms. If CMV is suspected, the doctor may look for signs of the infection in blood or fluid samples. A biopsy may also be done on organs that are affected.
Most people infected with CMV will not need a specific treatment. Treatment may be needed if the virus is reactivated and you have a weakened immune system.
Antiviral medications may be used for people who have an organ transplant or a suppressed immune system. These medications do not cure CMV, but can decrease the symptoms and duration of the illness.
There is no way to prevent CMV, but there are some measures that can decrease your chance of the infection:
- Wash your hands frequently.
- Properly dispose of diapers.
- Do not share glasses or eating utensils.
- Avoiding intimate contact with people known to have the CMV infection.
- Practice safe sex.
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I've had a few emails since our last reader request which I'm still working through, one of which was a really lovely message from a reader called Ade who says: "I've seen a very nice mac in All Saints. At present, they only do a women's version."
Brandish Poll: JT in Frock Horror Scandal?
Being the face of a Givenchy fragrance pretty much cements you as a style star (not that I would know but one must work on assumption when speaking of Britney-dating, ex-N*Sync stars!) Well, I was bitterly disappointed in Justin Timberlake's outfit at the Fashion Rocks concert last week. JT wore a grey blazer from his new 'William Rast' range and a pair of hideous turn-up jeans with an odd silk tie- seemingly cut in half.
Is it just me who's shocked by this lack of style sense? Vote in our poll below!
WISHLIST: Alexander McQueen Photo-Print Blazer Down To £258 from £865!
While potentially worrying and probably not at all a good sign, Andy Warhol's 'Death Scenes' have always interested me. His principle was that by repeating the same image of a man impaled on a lamp-post (that's just one of the prints,) death became strangely banal. This blazer might not be all blood 'n' guts (which with McQueen's history is rather surprising,) but it is undeniably interesting. With city scenes and a fitted shape, this jacket could be worn at work, in the park, at a party and even to a music festival. I like that Matches put it with jeans for a modern edge and if I could afford the £258 price tag, I would go for a crisp white shirt and an Alber Elbaz-style floppy bow-tie. In faded, purple velvet. *Sigh*
Time for a pea coat revival?
Bringing coat styles back from the dead seems to be a favourite of designers at the moment. They did it with the trench coat and they're trying the same with pea coats, with stores from COS to Liberty stocking updated styles of this classic look.
Celeb Style: Steve Jones' Summer Lovin'
Steve Jones was seen on Monday with rumoured new girlfriend Fearne Cotton. A stylish, undoubtedly TV-friendly pair, I have to admit that I actually think Steve is better dressed on this particular date.
Oliver Spencer jacket from Sarah Coggles
Neat mod-ish tailoring and large retro buttons make for an appealing jacket which is neither fusty nor faddy.
Embrace your inner lumberjack at Oi Polloi
It's a good day for a plaid lover like myself, with trend reports claiming that the American working man is ready to have his time in the fashion lime light the new A/W 08 range from Levi's has dropped at Oi Polloi.
Luca Rubinacci in lavender and mustard
The Sartorialist snapped Luca Rubinacci, son of Italian tailor Mariano Rubbinaci looking resplendent in a tricky combination of lavender and mustard.
Burberry Prorsum and Full Circle bold navy jackets
Burberry's double breasted jacket is such a captivating shade of blue.
Comme Des Garcons blazer
Lining has been an interesting part of blazers for a while now, with inventive designers using it to showcase a contrasting colour or pattern. Comme Des Garçons have gone one step further with this lining print of an anime-like boxer. It's the kind of the lining that seriously makes you consider walking around in the same pose the models doing above. You can get this from the usual outlets once they start stocking the A/W collections.
D.I.E A/W 08 collection
Brandish favourites D.I.E have recently sneaked out their A/W08 collection. Expanding on the pop culture theme, they've now included Andy Warhol amongst the influences for their tees. T-shirts aside, they've included shawl collars on check jackets, colour blocked jumpers and geometric print cardigans. View more of the collection after the jump.
Cheap Monday jacket at Bespoke Boutique
Bespoke Boutique have a sale on and you can get yourself some real bargains like this wet-look Cheap Monday jacket which is reduced to the astounding price of a mere £20.
Going to Henley Regatta? Wear Comme des Garcons plaid jacket
This weekend sees Henley Regatta in full swing and if you're heading down to Boris Johnson's old constituency you'd better look the part. Comme des Garcons' plaid jacket will look great teamed with a straw boater and some deck shoes and is perfect for lounging on the banks of the Thames.
Sale pick – Material Boy double breasted jacket
Given Material Boy's Topman Lens collection, you'd assume that every boutique would be snapping at his clothing. It's an understatement to say that this hasn't been the case. One of the only places to buy Material Boy is Bespoke Boutique and as luck would have it, they're having their summer sale. The pick of the bunch is this double breasted jersey jacket.
Asos Ltd 100 Sheepskin Drape Coat
The ASOS ltd 100 collection, their collaboration with designers from London College of Fashion, has been available online since June 16th and most of it has been bought already. Out of the pieces left, the best has to be this Sheepskin drape coat.
Justice x Surface to Air collection online
Remember the linkup Justice annouced with Surface to Air a couple of months ago? Well the fruits of their labour have just gone up on the S2A online store.
B Store Bear Trench Coat
Trench coats aren't hard to come by nowadays but relaxed trenches are another story. You may have been swayed the Phillip Lim trench we featured – until you saw the price. Don't worry, This B Store trench is more affordable and, dare I say it, better quality.
Moncler jacket on sale at Start
Moncler has had something of a revival in the last few years, and their jackets have become highly sought after.
Yoko Devereaux SupermarketHQ sale
Sometimes a bargain is too good to pass on, regardless of what season the clothing's designed for. This Yoko Devereaux double breasted cardigan is currently going for $32, which is 75% off the retail price. Other bargains are this trench coat for $49 and this Queen print shirt for $17.
APC Herringbone Double breasted jacket
Hold your horses, I'm well aware that there's no need to buy a jacket in the midst of summer. But think about it, with the economy crumbling and the 10p tax rate eating up more of your pay, it's time to start investing in quality pieces like this APC herringbone jacket.


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Hans-Christoph SteinerFormer Adjunct, Alumni, Class of 2005
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|DataFlow Programming for Projects
New Interfaces of Musical Expression
Physical Computing
Solar Design for Development (w/ Jacob Winiecki)
Hans-Christoph Steiner spends his time designing interactive software with a focus on human perceptual capabilities, building networks with free software, and composing music with computers. With an emphasis on collaboration, he has worked in many forms, including responsive sound environments, free wireless networks that help build community, musical robots that listen, software environments that allow people to play with math, and a jet-powered fish that you can ride. To further his research, he teaches and works at various media art centers and organizes open, collaborative hacklabs and barcamp conferences.


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Event aimed at educating the community about the benefits of planting, growing, harvesting and eating from the garden.
Thirteen kids ages 5 to 14 and some grown-ups attended a seed starting day Friday at the Lyons Township District Library.
The event, part of the library's week of activities for students on spring break, was aimed at educating the community about the benefits of planting, growing, harvesting and eating from the garden, "and healthy eating in general," said Jennifer Dugan, who planned the program.
Participants enjoyed healthy snacks of apples, celery and strawberries served with peanut butter; listened to Carol Wood read "Strega Nona" by Tomie de Paola; and learned a bit about the steps involved in creating, planting and caring for a garden before planting their own seeds, which included two types of tomatoes, sweet peppers, parsley, oregano and sage. The plants will stay in their greenhouse container at the library until they sprout, and the young gardeners were invited to stop by to watch the seedlings' progress.
"When the plants are big enough, (participants) will come to our house and plant them in our garden," said Dugan. "Throughout the summer, they can come and watch, and see the different stages of gardening."
At the end of season, the kids will have a harvest party and use the vegetables and herbs to make salad or salsa. Any extra produce will be donated to the Muir Christian Food Pantry, Dugan said, adding that her garden, The Higbee Acre, which her family started last year, already grows produce for the pantry.
"We hope to get people interested in the process of gardening, and to realize food tastes better when it comes out of the garden," she said. "It's better for you, it is possible – you don't need a huge area to grow plants, it's good to know how to be self-sufficient, and it's cheaper."
Dugan said people interested in starting their own gardens are welcome to come and check out her garden, and she and her husband, Mark, will be "more than happy to answer questions about how to prepare the ground, what can be grown or to see how it is done."
Seed starting day was co-sponsored by the Ionia County Community Food Network, which provided a grant for supplies, The Higbee Acre Farm and the Friends of the Lyons Township District Library.
For more information and to see updates on the seedlings, visit the Lyons Muir (MI) Community Events page on Facebook, or stop by the library.
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SISKIYOU COUNTY – A dead body was discovered near Applegate on Tuesday afternoon and the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) is investigating whether this was a homicide, stated a press release issued Wednesday by the SCSO.
On Nov. 20th, the SCSO was contacted at approximately 9:30 a.m. and asked to assist the Jackson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) with a search and rescue mission near the Oregon/California border in the Applegate area.
The Siskiyou County Search and Rescue (SAR) Team responded to the search site. Later that afternoon, an unidentified person was located deceased at the foot of a steep cliff near Applegate.
SCSO patrol and detective units responded to the scene and began a preliminary crime scene investigation.
As of Nov. 21, the body had not been positively identified and it was unknown if the person found is the same individual sought by SCSO and JCSO SAR teams.
"This investigation is being handled as a homicide but there is still a lot of investigative work being done by our detectives," stated Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey in the release.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the SCSO 24-hour dispatch center at 841-2900.


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Found this video today.
It's from a show called Starstruck that surprises fan with the opportunity to met and interview in the red carpet their favorite actors...
To this lucky girl... her dream was to met Jim Carrey.
Since she was from Canada she got to met Jim's sister to asks for some tips to get his attention at the red carpet...
And it worked!
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A two-year battle over Camden-Wyoming Sewer & Water Authority's financial records came to an end Monday as the authority's Board of Directors released information about its employees' compensation on its web site.
A two-year battle over Camden-Wyoming Sewer & Water Authority's financial records came to an end Monday as the authority's Board of Directors released information about its employees' compensation on its web site.
The release came two weeks after Delaware Superior Court Judge Robert Young ruled that the CWSWA was subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act laws and must make public information about its employees' salary, overtime and benefits.
What's been said The Superior Court's Nov. 7 decision resulted from a lawsuit Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden filed to compel the CWSWA to comply with FOIA. Biden filed suit in Kent County Superior Court in August 2011 after the authority denied Wyoming Town Councilwoman/Kent County Comptroller Georgette Williams' requests for employee salary, overtime and benefits information while raising concerns over the authority's water and sewer rates.
CWSWA twice refused to comply with Williams' FOIA requests, even after the General Assembly passed legislation in the spring of 2011 to force the authority to hand over documents and records because of its status as a public body.
In his ruling this month, Young said Delaware law "strongly supports" the disclosure of salary information and CWSWA has a statutory duty to maintain and disclose financial records.
What's next The CWSWA released information about employee compensation on its website Monday, noting "the only salaried person at the Camden-Wyoming Sewer and Water Authority is the superintendent with 33 years of employment with the authority." Superintendent Harold Scott was paid $84,995 in 2011, according to the release.
The information also included the various job titles within the authority and the wages they were paid in 2011, including overtime.
Mark Dyer, chairman of the CWSWA's Board of Directors, maintained that due to the authority's not-for-profit status and the fact that it is not funded through tax-payer dollars, board members did not believe they were required to release employee salary records.
"We were never trying to hide something," Dyer said. "The intent was to protect individuals' privacy. Nobody wants their W2 in the hands of someone else. Collectively, we wanted to protect the interest of the employees."
Dyer said the Board chose not to appeal the Superior Court ruling because it wanted to comply with the order.
"The court ruling was that we are subject to FOIA, so we are going to put the information out there for everyone," he said.
Williams, who was on vacation with her family this week, told the Dover Post she was happy the CWSWA decided to comply with the request. She said she plans to run a comparison on the salary figures when she returns from vacation next week.
Williams said her original intent was to obtain answers on the high sewer and water rates charged to CWSWA customers.
"We have a lot of people on fixed incomes in that area," she said. "The rates are very high, and we needed to know why."


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Is fracking polluting our water? How dangerous is nuclear? Will we run out of oil? Can we clean up coal? Will renewables power our future?
Explore answers to today's most important energy questions in Switch, the acclaimed new documentary and web video series.
In Switch, Dr. Scott Tinker travels the world, exploring leading energy sites from coal to solar, oil to biofuels, most of them highly restricted and never before seen on film. He seeks the truth from the international leaders of government, industry and academia.
Switch will screen at 250 universities across the country as part of the GSA Switch Energy Awareness & Efficiency Program, which also includes a campus ambassador program and efficiency drive.
The film will be screened at Missouri University of Science and Technology's, G-3 Schrenk Hall Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m.
Switch and the GSA program are part of the Switch Energy Project www.switchenergyproject.com, a multi-pronged effort to build a global understanding of energy.
The project was created by Arcos Films, directed by documentary filmmaker Harry Lynch and co-produced with energy expert Dr. Scott Tinker. It also includes a continually expanding website of 300 videos on the energy topics that drive our world; an education program of videos and curricula co-developed with NEED.org and the American Geological Institute; and eventually a broadcast/webcast series to discover solutions to our most pressing energy challenges.
Tinker has been exploring energy for 30 years. His passion is bringing government, industry and academia together to solve some of the world's toughest energy challenges. Toward that end, he has given nearly 500 invited and keynote lectures in nearly 50 countries. Dr. Tinker is the Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology, the State Geologist of Texas, a Professor holding the Allday Endowed Chair and the acting Associate Dean of Research at the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin.
For 17 years, Harry Lynch has been a documentary director, producer, writer, cinematographer and soundtrack producer, whose films include Switch, Unconventional, Recapturing Cuba, Ride Around the World and Making the Modern. He is the co-founder of Trinity Films and the founder of Arcos Films, a multimedia production company focused on building a practical understanding of today's most pressing social issues.


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Zachary EvelandAdjunct, Alumni, Class of 2007
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Wearables Workshop
Zach Eveland is an electrical engineer and physical interaction designer specializing in electronic and embedded design in diverse fields including wearable technology, medical technology, exhibit and experience development, consumer devices, and telephony. He is a graduate of the Interactive Telecommunications Program and a proponent of open-source hardware development. In his personal work, he investigates ways in which technology can make life more magical.Zach is an electronic and physical interaction design consultant,member of Studio 5050, a founding member of the Fritzing project, co-teaches Wearables Studio at ITP with Despina Papdopoulos, has guest-lectured at the Fachhoschule Potsdam in Potsdam, Germany, and is an all around nice guy.


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Lance Armstrong may have been branded liar and cheat of the month, but experts say hes not as different from the rest of us as wed like to believe.
Lying, they say, is part of the human condition, something most people do every day. And thats reflected in the cavalcade of celebrities cowed into confession after their deceptions were exposed from Richard Nixons denial of the Watergate break-in to Bill Clintons denial of an affair with an intern, from drug-abusing baseball players to fraudulent Wall Street executives.
The world is rife with great liars, said Robert Feldman, a professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts who studies lying and deception. Nothing about the Lance Armstrong case is shocking. We all lie every day. We live in a culture where lying is quite acceptable.
The husband who says he is working late when he is having an affair. The worker who takes long-term disability for a serious injury, only to be found puttering around the golf course. The guy who says his car broke down because he is late for work. The dog who ate your homework.
People lie to protect their self-image, Feldman said. Once theyve told a lie, they are in it, they live in it. And they justify hurting others to protect the lie because they dont see any way out.
People who live a deception at the level of Armstrong have what Feldman calls the liars advantage because they are telling us what we want to believe.
We want to believe Lance Armstrong was a great superhero who overcame cancer and went on to win Tour de France after Tour de France, Feldman said. We always want to believe in the great comeback story.
Armstrong, he says, was unusually energetic in trying to silence the opposition and damage his critics a trait that, in the end, might be viewed as less forgivable than his lying.
Lying is extraordinarily common, and we couldnt get along without it, said David Livingstone Smith, a professor of philosophy at the University of New England in Maine, and author of the book Why We Lie. It greases the wheels of society.
Lying, Smith said, is as automatic and unconscious as sweating. He said parents teach children at an early age that its OK to lie, just not to me. Kids are told to pretend to be grateful for a Christmas gift they dont want. And they witness their parents lying about the tooth fairy and the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
Wise people throughout history have understood that lying and deception is part of life, Smith said: There is no commandment that says thou shalt not lie, though there is a commandment against bearing false witness.
Dan Ariely, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke Universitys Fuqua School of Business, has spent years studying why people cheat. He is author of a book, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone, Especially Ourselves.
People basically try to do two things at the same time, Ariely said.
On one hand, we want to be able to look in the mirror and feel good about ourselves. So we dont want to cheat, he said. On the other hand, we can cheat a little bit and still feel good about ourselves.
He doesnt judge Armstrong as being any different or worse than the rest of us. He cheated in a bigger way because the stakes were higher and the system allowed him to do so.
All cheaters, whether big or small, have a huge ability to rationalize their actions as they manipulate the system, Ariely said.
They say, Everyone else was doing it or It was for a good cause, he said.
In Armstrongs case, Ariely said, the fact that he had survived cancer and won the Tour de France multiple times and become an international role model gave him a huge incentive to justify his cheating and perhaps even believe it actually helped him in his good works.
Most people start off lying or cheating in a small way, Ariely said, and feel nervous about their deception at first, a feeling that dissipates the more they continue.
Ariely tells of another world-class cyclist he interviewed who started using performance-enhancing drugs not because he wanted to win, but because he simply wanted to catch up. He felt it was justified because everyone else was doing it. He wound up enmeshed in a spiral of lies, drug use and, eventually, a drug-selling scandal that led to his downfall.
He was a classic case of, I will just do it once, Ariely said. But then it became the slippery slope where the lies got bigger and the cheating more common, and in the end, he got caught.
Ordinary people can become extraordinary liars, said Bella DePaulo, visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara who studies deception.
In the 1990s, DePaulo and her colleagues monitored more than 100 people between the ages of 18 and 71 who kept a diary of all the lies they told over the course of a week. Most people, she found, lie once or twice a day, everything from the little compliment to spare another persons feelings to a self-serving statement that exaggerates their own importance, to trying to get a raise or a better deal on a car.
But serious and long-term deception, DePaulo said, requires more planning and help. She cites the case of journalist Stephen Glass, who fabricated articles for The New Republic in the 1990s, making up characters and quotes and even events. Like other great liars who managed to continue their deception for years, DePaulo said, Glass had enablers people who wanted to believe he was as talented as he pretended to be.
Liars can sustain those kinds of deceptions only if they get others to invest wittingly or unwittingly in their lie, DePaulo said.
Your lies are going to have longer legs when people invest in you and look up to you and dont want to hear that you may have been a lying, cheating, scum all along, she said.
Armstrong, she said, had something else the power to make life miserable for those who threatened to reveal him.
Although Armstrongs ruthlessness makes his cheating seem more extreme, he cant simply be dismissed as one bad apple, Ariely said. And whether the cyclist eventually will find some kind of redemption is irrelevant.
Ariely believes the only good that can come out of the case is if society uses it to examine standards in everything from sports to business, to create new systems where cheating becomes completely unacceptable and a mea culpa to Oprah is not considered the road to forgiveness.
But he doesnt hold out much hope.
Look at the bankers, he said. They all said sorry, and nothing changed.


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