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  Patrick Deuel - The Half Ton Man
Patrick's father, Jim, remembers things a little differently "When Patrick sat down to a meal, he could eat a full-size portion and still be hungry.
Patrick's stomach was reduced to the size of a thumb, it simply wasn't able to take in large amounts of food.
Patrick seems to be winning his battle, but long-term success stories are rare in the world of the super-obese.
www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk /misc/patrickdeuel.html   (852 words)

  
  Patrick Dewael -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Patrick Dewael -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Patrick Dewael (born 13 october 1955, (additional info and facts about Lier) Lier), is a (A person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties) liberal (A native or inhabitant of Belgium) Belgian politician.
In 2003, he has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior in the (additional info and facts about Belgian Federal government) Belgian Federal government.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pa/Patrick_Dewael.htm   (120 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Patrick Dewael
Patrick Dewael (born 13 october 1955) in Lier, Belgium is a liberal Belgian politician.
Patrick Dewael lives in Tongeren, a town of which he is also the mayor.
On August 24, 2005 Dewael released a press communiqué in which he announced he was leaving his wife in order to pursue his amorous affair with VRT journalist Greet Op de Beeck.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Patrick_Dewael   (357 words)

  
 Man who weighed 1,000 pounds down to 400 - Boston.com
Patrick Deuel, who once weighed more than 1,000 pounds, has lost another 81 pounds in a surgery that removed a mass of fat and skin hanging from his midsection.
Patrick Deuel is seen in his Valentine, Neb., home, May 18, 2005.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Patrick Deuel, who once weighed more than 1,000 pounds, has lost another 81 pounds in a surgery that removed a mass of fat and skin hanging from his midsection.
www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2006/03/09/man_who_weighed_1000_pounds_down_to_400   (263 words)

  
 Dewael wants family deported, Belgian News, Belgium, Expatica
Dewael says the court ruling is "legal nonsense." He stressed that a decision had already been taken by the Council of State and that the court was not authorised.
Dewael says the court ruling is "legal nonsense." "In this case the court is not authorised.
Dewael reiterated that he does not think there is any support in Parliament for a general amnesty for people without legal papers.
www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=38326   (362 words)

  
 Half-ton man loses 573 pounds in year | www.azstarnet.com ®
Patrick Deuel's weight was off the charts before he even knew it.
"Patrick is over 21 and he can do what he wants to do," he says.
To hear Patrick Deuel tell it, his troubles began when he was still in his baby carriage.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/81012   (2093 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Belgium defends response to arson attacks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Dewael said events in Belgium could not be compared to events in neighboring France.
The Christian Democrats called on Dewael to adopt fast-track-justice procedures similar to those in France, to ensure suspects were brought before a judge as quickly as possible in an effort to set a quick example to others thinking of committing attacks.
Dewael said he had placed 200 police officers on a one-hour standby in case city police forces needed help in handling the vandals.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-11-10-belgium-arson_x.htm   (317 words)

  
 BreakingNews.ie: Belgian minister backs Islamic headscarves ban   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Dewael suggested the wearing of religious symbols should not be permitted in government institutions, including schools and courts.
Dewael’s comments add to similar ones made by Foreign Minister Louis Michel yesterday and are bound to lead to a heated political debate between the coalition partners in Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt’s government.
Dewael’s comments come as more European governments debate whether to follow France’s lead and impose a ban on Islamic headscarves at public schools.
www.breakingnews.ie /2004/01/10/story128915.html   (295 words)

  
 SI.com - Tennis - Clijsters' father declares boycott of certain media outlets - Monday February 24, 2003 06:39 PM
Dewael had proposed changing the laws regarding taxation to make the area more favorable to Kim, who was considering a move to Australia.
Dewael's proposals about the rules for sport stars, Kim Clijsters feels that they abusively used her name and she and her entourage don't want to be at the disposal of those people any more," the statement said.
Last week, Dewael's suggestion was rejected by Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders, who said that while it was possible to make the law attractive to a category of people, it was not possible to do so for one person.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /tennis/news/2003/02/24/clijsters_dad_reut   (364 words)

  
 Stop Political Terror.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Dewael made his remarks at an international anti-terrorism conference in Madrid on Thursday, a day before the UK parliament finally approved the new legislation after much bitter wrangling.
On Friday, La Libre Belgique reported that Dewael, who represented Belgium at the conference, had said the new British proposals were dangerous since they would give the government new powers to order house arrest and impose curfews and electronic tagging without trial.
Dewael insisted on Thursday that if, as subsequently happened, the legislation was approved he would find it unacceptable.
www.stoppoliticalterror.com /articleprint.php?id=1092   (214 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Half-ton man loses more than 500 pounds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
VALENTINE, Neb. (AP) — Patrick Deuel is half the man he used to be — and proud of it.
Edie said Patrick is now the lightest he's been in the 10 years they've been married.
Patrick is not shy about telling his story.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/2005-05-25-half-ton-man_x.htm   (1015 words)

  
 Flanders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In 2002, the Flemish Minister-President Patrick Dewael spoke at the Europe Forum in Stift Göttweig about the place of the regions in the European Union, in the presence of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Hungary and Finland and other Austrian and foreign authorities.
Following the "Flämische Fest", the Viennese version of the celebrations of 11 July 2002, the Flemish Minister of Culture, Paul Van Grembergen invited guests from diplomatic, political and cultural circles and from the Flemish colony in the context of the exhibition, "Das Flämische Stillleben", in the Palais Harrach in Vienna.
These contacts were confirmed by the meeting between Minister-President Patrick Dewael and the Landeshauptmann Erwin Pröll in Baden in February 2001 and by his presence at the Europe Forum Wachau in Stift Göttweig, which was also organised by the Land Niederösterreich.
www.flanders.be /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=MVG_FL_REP8/Template/FL_REP8_Html_Detail&cid=1072097441867&enablelasturl=1&p=1000000003163   (365 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Belgians
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Patrick Bauchau (born December 6, 1938) is a Belgian actor who has starred in many different TV shows and movies, including A View to a Kill, The Pretender, Kindred: The Embraced, and Carnivà le.
Gérard Deprez Gérard Deprez (born on 13 August 1943 in Noville-Bastogne) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Belgians   (7437 words)

  
 Half-ton man, losing weight fast on 1,200-calorie-a-day diet, seeks gastric surgery | ajc.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Patrick Deuel is on a diet.
Patrick Deuel prepares to stand with the help of registered nurse Haley Antonsen, left, and physical therapist Terri Harmelink, right, in his room at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. STUART VILLANUEVA/AP Photo/Argus Leader
Patrick Deuel lost 321 pounds since June after checking into the hospital at 1,072.
www.ajc.com /health/content/health/stories/22halfton.html   (1108 words)

  
 The INSIDER Online: Celeb Central: Half-Ton Man No More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Patrick's amazing story is the focus of the special "Half Ton Man," airing tonight on the Discovery Health Channel.
So bad was Patrick's condition that he was literally trapped in his own bed and slowly suffocating from his own weight.
Patrick is now back home where he is eating healthier -- "a high protein and low fat, low salt diet" -- and determined to lose even more weight.
theinsideronline.com /celeb/3404   (313 words)

  
 Half-ton man, losing weight fast on 1,200-calorie-a-day diet, seeks gastric surgery | ajc.com
VALENTINE, Neb. — He still is a mound of a man, but his blue eyes widen with delight as he presses his chest with his fingertips, smiles mischievously and makes the grand announcement: He can FEEL his ribs.
Patrick Deuel and his wife, Edie, hold open his size 12X sweat pants that fit him when he weighed 1072 pounds.
This photo of Deuel and his wife was taken on Valentine's Day, fulfilling a promise to his wife.
www.ajc.com /health/content/health/stories/26halfton.html   (2021 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Nebraska man loses 573 pounds in a year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
VALENTINE, Neb. (AP) — He still is a mound of a man, but his blue eyes widen with delight as he presses his chest with his fingertips, smiles mischievously and makes the grand announcement: He can FEEL his ribs.
Patrick Deuel and his wife, Edie, hold his size 12X sweatpants that fit him when he weighed 1,072 pounds.
He was so enormous that his bedroom wall had to be cut out to extract him from his home.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/2005-06-26-half-ton-man_x.htm   (2081 words)

  
 A late Cabinet scramble :: rojname.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
On Thursday, the radio and television website RTL reported that Interior Minister Patrick Dewael, who has until now been inflexible about the demands of the asylum seekers, has offered a compromise.
Dewael has pledged to review their individual cases.
He is to hold off orders to expel the protesters from Belgium for two months, a delay which will allow those asylum seekers who have been issued with an expulsion order to introduce appeals to the authorities.
www.kurdishdailynews.com /show-all-last-minute-news.php?nuce=49070   (303 words)

  
 Fighting the flab: Pat slims down - World - www.smh.com.au
Physical therapist Kris Eitrheim supervises Patrick Deuel as he works out on a hand bike at Avera McKennan Hospital.
An American who once weighed more than 450kg is nearly half his size after seven months in a hospital, where he was put on a strict diet and underwent gastric bypass surgery.
Patrick Deuel weighed 482kg - nearly half a tonne - when he checked into Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota in June.
www.smh.com.au /news/World/Fighting-the-flab-Pat-slims-down/2005/01/06/1104832227577.html   (523 words)

  
 Turkish Kurds continue hunger strike in Brussels - Irna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Belgian Interior Minister Patrick Dewael is refusing to negotiate with the 33 Turkish Kurd refugees currently holding a hunger strike in the Minimes Church in Brussels.
The strikers are demanding that their status be legalised and are determined to starve until the end if necessary, Belgian radio RVI reported.
Dewael's spokesman said "A hunger strike is an unacceptable means of pressure in a democratic state.''
www.irna.ir /en/news/view/menu-234/0504180654135716.htm   (163 words)

  
 wcco.com - Half-Ton Man Drops 500 Lbs
Deuel, 42, was scheduled to leave the hospital as early as Friday, seven months after he checked in in grave condition, at 1,072 pounds.
Deuel could someday go back to work if he sticks to his diet, keeps building his strength and increases his level of activity, his doctor said.
"My hope is Patrick will be able to remain mobile enough to get out of the house and get a job," Harris said.
wcco.com /watercooler/watercooler_story_022085348.html   (358 words)

  
 300 Afghan hungerstrikers in Brussels : Melbourne Indymedia
Patrick Dewael, the minister of internal affairs about the hungerstrike: "This shouldn't be possible in a democratic constitutional state".
At time of writing, on the 19th day of the action, still 200 people are in hungerstrike, and already the fourth mediator is up to try finding a compromise between the government and the hungerstrikers.
Patrick Dewael also mentioned in a letter to "supporters" of the hungerstrikers that the UNCHR says the position of the Belgian government is reasonable and generous.
melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2003/08/52146_comment.php   (1513 words)

  
 Belgian government "involuntarily" compares Bush with monkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This training course is of such high quality that Patrick Dewael, vice prime minister and minister of the interior in the Belgian federal government, wrote a letter to all mayors and police chiefs of the country, recommending the training course and offering the Powerpoint presentation on request.
Patrick Dewael is on a skiing holiday in Austria, but his cabinet has sent written apologies to the U.S. Embassy, Heidi Deridder from the Ministry of the Interior said on television.
Dewael done nothing, the jerk or jerks in the hierarchy responsible for this done nothing, probably Vito Fossella writing another protest letter.
lvb.net /item/969   (2691 words)

  
 Don Miguel de la Piedra: Bush-Chimp Again, But No Hitler
The latest episode in the BushChimpHitler follies (but without the Hitler reference this time) was brought to you by the Belgian Interior Minister Patrick Dewael.
Dewael said he was unaware of the pictures when he signed the letter and that the idea was "of bad taste."
Interior Minister Dewael relaxing after a hard day at the office signing letters that he did not bother to read.
dmdlp.blogspot.com /2005/03/bush-chimp-again-but-no-hitler.html   (127 words)

  
 Expatriate Online - Your Bookmark to Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Just after Erdal's disappearance, Patrick Dewael and federal Justice Minister Laurette Onkelinx (Francophone socialist) came under heavy fire from the opposition.
Mr Dewael argued at the time that there were no legal grounds to arrest Ms Erdal before she was convicted.
Answering new criticism launched by the reports, Patrick Dewael claimed that he has made no political mistakes.
www.expatriate-online.com /news/newsstory.cfm?story_no=4200   (258 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Half-ton man sheds 321 lbs. with help of team of doctors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
STUART VILLANUEVA / AP Since checking into a hospital in June, Patrick Deuel, 42, has lost 321 of his original 1,072 pounds on a 1,200 calorie-a-day diet.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A man who once weighed more than half a ton has lost 321 pounds under the care of doctors, and he hopes to lose 450 more.
Patrick Deuel, 42, of Valentine, Neb., weighed 1,072 pounds when he was admitted to Sioux Falls' Avera McKennan Hospital eight weeks ago.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002003034_fatman12.html   (396 words)

  
 YouTube - Patrick Dewael
2002 : Patrick Dewael belooft om de wachtlijsten op te lossen tegen maart 2003.
Patrick Dewael VLD minister-president Vlaamse regering 2002 2003 wachtlijsten opvang tekort (more) (less)
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youtube.com /?v=ZqBXoKYQ5UI   (106 words)

  
 dirigenten quotes en uitspraken - conductors / Besparingen
Vlaams minister-president Patrick Dewael bespreekt vandaag met Vlaams minister van Cultuur, Paul Van Grembergen, de besparingen die deze laatste aankondigde.
Dewael stelde bij VTM dat ''er van besparing geen sprake is, omdat de globale cultuurenveloppe met 43 procent is gestegen''.
Het is overigens minister Van Grembergen zelf die om een onderhoud terzake vroeg, aldus Dewael.
www.dirigent.be /besparingen.html   (1050 words)

  
 HLN.be: Patrick Dewael
Dat staat in een ontwerp-kb van minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Patrick Dewael (Open Vld), dat de ministerraad vandaag goedkeurde.
Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Patrick Dewael blijft de huidige asielprocedure verdedigen, ondanks de kritiek uit diverse hoek naar aanleiding van de geplande uitwijzing van een Kazachs gezin uit Blankenberge.
Er is grondige onenigheid binnen de meerderheid in het dossier van de uitwijzing van een Kazaks gezin uit Blankenberge.
www.hln.be /hln/alg/pag/hln_index.jsp?p_page=vld&p_cat=patrick_dewael&rpmore=OK&pOWC=15m&wt.bron=hlnRPArtikels   (288 words)

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