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Casey Matthews won the NCAA 3 meter diving championship yesterday
and then she did this
with my strategy of rooting for UT (snub+loss to Mercer) and Kan St (ugh) my only joy in this Tourney would be if IU chokes out here
edit: not my year. So, is Granger coming back soon or what?
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Season over, mercifully.
Fittingly sad ending. Ronnie with 27 though, never would've guessed.
My favorite color is orange. Really, it is.
Writer for the Post Tribune up in the region says Marcius isn't coming back for his 5th year
#Purdue According to source, Sandi Marcius has asked for his release. A red shirt senior, Marcius won't have to sit out a season next year.— MikeHutton (@MikeHuttonPT) March 30, 2013
edit: Less motivation for AJH to sack up next year now.
Gene Keady to the NCAA HOF
I'm actually pretty bummed about Sandi. I loved his energy and enthusiasm, and he was finally starting to come around it seemed like. Definitely wish him the best where ever he goes.
Also, awesome for Gene!
The Sandi thing apparently isn't a done deal. Far as I know they haven't done the season end player sit down deals with Painter where something like this would be talked about. Could just be the same kinda deal as E'Twaun and JaJaun exploring the possibilities of leaving after their junior years. Not that Sandi'll ever come close the NBA, but he could maybe see if it's feasible to head back to Croatia and make some cash in a low level league there. I wouldn't blame him, he's got his degree.
There's nothing official or anything, but if it wasn't obvious OJ Ross isn't getting a 3rd chance. Fine with me, more Dilapo McCarthy snaps.
Santa Clara won the CBI, so that's a condolence. I guess?
A long, but awesome, read about Hazell from the Indy Star. Talks a little about when he got here, and his life and career so far. I'm really excited about the new coach. Sounds like we got a good one.
http://www.indystar.com/article/2013...Darrell-HazellThe banquet staff had just arrived, prepping the hotel ballroom for the next event, but Darrell Hazell was not easily distracted. Amid a chorus of clamoring tables and chairs, the new Purdue football coach exchanged glances with no one, his attention as razor sharp as the pressed creases of his gray slacks.
Engaged in a conversation that was pushing the one-hour mark, you still had his full attention.
He had stopped in Indianapolis on his way back to Purdue after visiting family in northeast Ohio, where he spent the past two seasons engineering the remarkable turnaround of Kent State's once-downtrodden football program.
Success for the 48-year-old New Jersey native was capping an 11-win season and Top 25 national ranking last year by becoming the first coach in 40 years to take the Golden Flashes to a bowl game.
That the experience coincided with Hazell's first two years as a head coach at any level — except for one forgettable stint in high school when he mentored a girls powder puff football team — instantly made him one of the hottest names on the coaching market.
In a recent wide-ranging interview, Hazell barely shifted in his chair as he discussed some of the most important moments of his coaching life since his hiring at Purdue four months ago.
He began with a smile, mentioning how he turned off his car radio that morning as he approached familiar territory — Columbus, Ohio — where he spent six of seven seasons (2004-10) as the top assistant under former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel.
Relishing the quiet, Hazell said he scribbled on a yellow legal pad dozens of thoughts that were dancing in his head like a ball on a roulette wheel: "Resource meeting"... "Car dealer at 9" ... "First three weeks of practice schedules" ...
"Filled the whole thing," he said with a chuckle. "There's so much right now in my head about things I have to do, it wakes me up in the middle of the night. Woke me up last night; kept me up about two hours."
Since arriving on campus, Hazell has introduced himself to hundreds of students, showing up at athletic events and other functions.
On Feb. 28, he appeared on the doorstep of Kappa Sigma fraternity with Morgan Burke, the Purdue athletic director, for a spaghetti dinner.
After their meal, Hazell took questions. Sophomore Ben Klaybor, a management major from Syracuse, Ind., said he left impressed by the coach.
What struck him most?
"He said, 'Fifteen years from now, when you're all alumni in other cities wearing Purdue attire,' he wants us to say, 'Man, we're still a powerhouse in football,' '' Klaybor said.
The student smiled.
"I think he's ready to change the atmosphere around here."
Positive first impression
Like the rest of the Big Ten, Purdue is in the midst of spring football. Hazell and his coaching staff have been assessing their roster, identifying leaders without the burden of determining starters.
Hazell knows the Boilermakers are collecting impressions of him as well. That was especially true in the early going after he was hired Dec. 5 to replace Danny Hope.
Hope had been fired 11 days earlier — one day after his players hoisted him onto their shoulders when Purdue became bowl-eligible after beating Indiana 56-35 to end the regular season.
Former wide receivers coach Patrick Higgins served as interim coach for Purdue's 58-14 loss to Oklahoma State in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. The Boilermakers finished 6-7 overall, including 3-5 in the Big Ten Leaders Division.
Hope, who took Purdue to bowl games the past two years, finished 22-27 overall in four seasons (13-19 in the Big Ten). A factor in his dismissal, Burke said, was the coach's failure to "galvanize" the fan base: Home paid attendance eroded each year during Hope's tenure, from 43,880 in 2009 to 37,013 last year.
As for Hazell's impact, Burke must like what he sees so far: Since going on sale in February, 4,600 new season tickets have been purchased as of March 29. The total for new season tickets for 2012 was 1,641.
Many of the players seem to have welcomed the change at the top.
"There's no gray area with coach Hazell," said redshirt freshman Austin Appleby, a 6-5 quarterback from North Canton, Ohio. "He is exactly what he appears to be and absolutely what he says he is. Though we went to a bowl game last year, it wasn't the bowl game we wanted to go to. We felt like we underachieved. It was because of the little things. We were a little undisciplined at times. We were not all accountable at times, and it kind of showed on the field."
Many of Hazell's expectations are outlined in a 400-plus page book called "The A Players Manual" — the "A'' meaning that players must strive for "A's" in everything. The guidebook — which the team will receive in August — is sourced from his 27 years coaching college football, the first 25 as an assistant at eight schools: Oberlin College, Eastern Illinois, Penn, Western Michigan, Army, West Virginia, Rutgers and Ohio State. Tressel's influence in the book is immense, Hazell said.
"It outlines where you should be at every single moment," Hazell said. "It tells you who's coaching what. It talks about caring and love and how to handle adversity and how to handle success. It gives you a day-to-day structure."
Expectations off the field include being in class five minutes early, with their hats and ball caps off.
Hazell's Kent State team last fall had its highest in-season grade-point average ever, with 45 players carrying a grade-point average of 3.0 or better.
"Is that discipline? We call it going to college," said defensive backs coach Jon Heacock, one of three assistants Hazell brought with him from Kent. "It's doing what you're supposed to do when you're supposed to do it.
"That's who Purdue hired, that guy."
Appleby, who is poised to battle Rob Henry and Danny Etling for the starting quarterback job, said he's excited for the season to start.
"It's not like we don't have the guys," he said. "As far as talent goes, we have everybody here in place to win a championship. But now we have the guy who's going to pull all our pieces together."
Family structure
So who is that guy? Who is Darrell Hazell?
Ask his 83-year-old mother, and she'll excuse herself from the phone — first putting down her bowl of strawberry ice cream — to fetch her Bible.
She wants to start at the beginning.
"Everything about our life is listed right here," said Bernice Hazell, who still lives in the three-bedroom ranch house that her family built more than 50 years ago in Cinnaminson, N.J., outside Philadelphia.
"He was sick when he was little," she said of Darrell, her youngest of seven. "I went down to the basement and prayed so hard. I knew nobody heard me but God."
The children's father, Daniel Hazell Sr., was in and out of their life until he and Bernice divorced when Darrell was in high school. But she said her husband, who died of cancer in 2003, always did what he could. Both worked multiple jobs; Bernice drove a transportation vehicle for their town's Head Start program. She also cleaned houses.
Although Darrell described his mother as the rock of the family, he has cherished memories of his father. He laughed as he shared a story of the time his dad brought home a color TV for a weekend; he borrowed it from the store where he worked.
Although Darrell knows of only one time that his father saw him play football when he was growing up — not in high school, but back when he played on the Palmyra Pals of the Police Athletic League — the two became close after Darrell left for Muskingum University in New Bedford, Ohio.
A speedy wide receiver, Darrell was elected team captain his senior year and was an NCAA Division III All-American.
"The way Mom and Dad raised us, we were all in it together," said Dennis Hazell, 51, who shared a bunk bed with younger brother Darrell when they were kids.
They all drew inspiration from sibling Roxanne, who had Down syndrome. She died unexpectedly at age 26 in 1988.
"There was always positive energy in and around our family," Dennis Hazell said.
Steve Turner, Darrell's best friend from childhood, can attest to that.
Starting in middle school, Darrell was chief organizer of the annual Thanksgiving football game at Wood Park in their hometown. After the scrimmage, Turner always had a seat at Bernice Hazell's table for dinner.
"Darrell was the leader, and I was always his second in command," said Turner, 49, who is a police officer in Manalapan, N.J. "He had those skills at a young age. Just thinking, I don't think I've ever heard the man curse."
But that didn't mean Hazell — nicknamed "Haze" in high school — never got angry.
"His neighborhood was predominately black, and mine was predominately white," said Turner, who is white; Hazell is black. "And we'd come across ignorance every once in a while."
Once when they were in middle school, someone riding in a car yelled something derogatory at Turner. Darrell ran over to the individual and "had words" with him, Turner remembered.
More than 35 years later, Hazell's hiring at Purdue was ground-breaking: He's the Boilermakers' first black football head coach. He's also just the fourth black football coach in the Big Ten, following Dennis Green (Northwestern, 1981-85), Francis Peay (Northwestern, 1986-91) and Bobby Williams (Michigan State, 2000-02).
Funny. Turner and Hazell can't recall ever discussing race growing up. Probably because they always agreed: "Friendship is friendship, beauty is beauty," Turner said.
Building on experience
Trace the timeline of Hazell's football life and you'll find very little rooted in personal ambition.
It seems others knew Hazell's calling was coaching long before he did. Two people who understood that best were Jeff Heacock, Hazell's former coach at Muskingum (and one of Jon Heacock's older brothers), and Tressel, who returned Ohio State to national prominence before resigning in May 2011 after 11 seasons amid an NCAA investigation stemming from a tattoo-parlor scandal.
It was Jeff Heacock who urged Hazell to consider interviewing for his first assistant coaching job at Oberlin College in 1986 under fellow Muskingum grad Don Hunsinger. With a job offer in the business sector in hand after graduation, Hazell was leery. But Heacock said he could always leave coaching if he didn't like it.
Almost two decades later, it took Tressel no time to act on the leadership qualities he saw in Hazell after first hiring him in 2004 to coach the Buckeyes' wide receivers and kick returners. He promoted him to assistant head coach the next season.
As fate would have it, Tressel also served as a sounding board for Burke — a longtime friend — when Purdue's search committee zeroed in on Hazell late last fall.
Asked why he elevated Hazell so quickly at Ohio State, Tressel — currently vice president of strategic engagement at the University of Akron — said: "He was a wonderful combination of every staff he was ever on. Darrell is very focused on building what he thinks is the best mousetrap, and I knew he'd take bits and pieces from all the valuable experiences he had."
That seemed true from the start. The summer before Hazell returned to Oberlin in 1989 to be the offensive coordinator after a year at Eastern Illinois, Hazell was moving a grill for his mother when he stepped on a hot coal that had fallen through a shaft. The burns were so severe that Hazell was off his feet for two months.
But he turned the setback into a positive. He put the time to good use: Hazell typed Oberlin's entire playbook.
"And I can't type," he said, laughing. "But it was such a good experience for me to have to do; to really learn football."
After a few years at Ohio State, Tressel encouraged Hazell to leave for a better opportunity, if he desired. Hazell said he was waiting for the right one.
It came at Kent State.
He was aware of the grim back story — just two winning football seasons at the school in the previous 24. Tressel told him: "Someone's going to win there. Why not you?"
The first season — 2011 — was rough after the Golden Flashes began 1-6. But they never deviated from Hazell's plan and improved, rallying to finish 5-7.
Last season? Well, that was the most fun Hazell has ever had in coaching. Leaving for Purdue was difficult, he said, because he loved his players at Kent State.
In a surprising move, Kent State athletic director Joel Nielsen allowed Hazell — the 2012 MAC Coach of the Year — to stay on for a month after it was announced he was departing so he could coach the Flashes in the GoDaddy.com Bowl in January. They lost 17-13 to Arkansas State.
"I did it because I felt it was important for him, and them (the players), to finish it out with the guy who started it," Nielsen said. "Coach Hazell was such a stand-up guy in the two years he was here that it felt like the right thing to do."
Now Hazell — who's eager for his family, including 12-year-old son Kyle, to join him in West Lafayette — has arrived at his next right thing to do.
Asked what would define success for his new football coach, Burke said with a smile: "Well, the Rose Bowl would be OK."
Hazell has already embraced the challenge.
"I think a lot of people are afraid to talk about those things at this level, at places like Purdue and Indiana," he said. "But if you don't, well, those other teams are talking about them — goals like winning the Big Ten championship — all the time."
The Boilermakers last appeared in the Rose Bowl in 2000, when Drew Brees was their quarterback and Joe Tiller was at the helm. They lost 34-24 to Washington.
Now another fresh start is dawning again in West Lafayette. And to be clear, Hazell wants you to know one thing:
Why not Purdue?
After being on an IU board today and being linked to a thread on the Purdue rivals board, I thought I'd take a moment to compliment the Purdue fans on this board for their level-headedness and ability to hold a rational discussion.
The thread on the Purdue free site was a serious discussion about whose season was more disappointing, IU or Purdue's. I can't even begin to describe the delusion on that site. I know Peegs is pretty bad too, which is why I don't post on Rivals, but the giddiness over any IU failure and the insults that get flung around on that board make me appreciate this place a lot more.
Being held in higher esteem than the Knucklehead Central morons isn't THAT much of a compliment, I'm just sayin lol. But yes, the little brother syndrome that runs amok in much of the fanbase is embarrassing and I honestly think is bad for the Purdue Boilermakers brand almost as much as not having "Indiana" in the university name. High school kids debating on where to go to school have the internet, they're aware that a significant portion of Purdue fans take more joy in Indiana losing than Purdue winning. No, we don't have 5 title banners prominently displayed in Mackey (which I'm a huge fan of btw, if they weren't red and white), but our athletics history is plenty worthy of praise. Hoops wise, I know this is goofy to say, but besides postseason, because HEY WHO CARES ABOUT THAT, we're not really all that different from IU.
Chooch is gone for sure now.
The one guy(?) who showed some improvement this year.
Jacob Lawson transferring
Not really surprised.
Yeah, hope he lands somewhere good for him and has success but it was a pretty poor fit from the start. Two open scholarships now, pretty late in the game though. I'm sure Painter'll look at 5th year seniors again.
"I've been thinking about it," Lawson said Friday night. "I talked to coach Painter about it in midseason, before we talked about it (now). We both said that we would see after the season."
"It was hard for my parents to get up here," Lawson said. "I wasn't playing that much, as much as I expected because I was coming off that Achilles injury. But I could tell I was getting back in the groove. I just thought I should move back someplace closer to home.
"I enjoyed everything in my two years here. I love the fans. I will miss them. I especially loved the IU games. I enjoyed playing for coach Painter. I never would bring him down or anything like that. It is tough for me to leave, but we will see what happens."
"We enjoyed having Jacob as a member of our program for two years," Painter said in a press release. "He's a quality young man, and we wish him the best moving forward."
I know it's a pipe dream, but if we could find a smart kid willing to play behind Ronnie and provide some leadership that'd be wonderful. Scott may be able to run the point, but I'd rather have some more experience back there.
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^kind of a sad commentary on recent recruiting that finding a back-up point is considered a pipe dream
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The report said that Atlas of Creation was on sale in bookstores in Paris and stated, under the sub-caption "The Effect of Internet Sites:"
"The impact of creationist web sites and the fact that these theories are continually spreading is a significant reality. Last February, schools received in the post a lavish book titled Atlas of Creation that refutes Darwinism throughout its 770 pages. The work, written by a Turk called Harun Yahya, was sent from Turkey and Germany and aimed to tell everyone of 'evolutionists' deceptions and misleading claims'."
Le Figaro then described how French students are reacting against the theory of evolution:
"Another instructor, a history teacher, ran across a piece of homework among those he was marking that had been written by researching through the internet, nearly half of which consisted of the theory of creation stubbornly espoused by students. Such matters influence young Muslims, some students to various Adventist Protestant churches, young Jehovah's Witnesses in particular, as well as Catholics and young Jews. Some teachers working in the traditional Jewish quarters of Paris say that they now feel 'an increasingly more obvious resistance to the theory of evolution.' … The most hardline of these students [who distrust the theory of evolution] tend to be silent and observe critically in class…"
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Eleven players who have captured PGA Tour tournaments over the past two seasons have been added to the commitment list for the Valero Texas Open. A final field will be determined by 5 p.m. Friday, the deadline for eligible competitors to enter.
Among the latest to announce they'll play are Sean O'Hair, Chris Kirk, Tommy Gainey, Scott Brown, Jonathan Byrd, J.J. Henry, Martin Laird, Bryce Molder, D.A. Points, Scott Stallings and Johnson Wagner.
Carl Cooper, the PGA Southern Texas section champion, also has earned a spot in the field, which plays April 4-7 at AT&T Oaks Course. Cooper, 52, is a former PGA Tour pro.
Women's day: The inaugural Executive Women's Day at the Texas Open, designed to provide area women's executives "the opportunity to create social and business relationships" through a daylong forum, will be Tuesday. Space is limited to 200 women, with tables available for purchase. For info, visit valerotexasopen.com.
Amateur hours: Registration for the Texas Amateur will close today at 5 p.m. The Texas Golf Association event will be played June 13-16 at Lakeside Country Club in Houston. Entries are open to male amateur Texas residents who belong to a club that is a member of the TGA and have a handicap index of 6.4 or less. For information, visit txga.org or call 214-468-8942.
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Junior mints: The USA Junior National Team, a program unfolding at Briggs Ranch under the direction of director of golf Tom Relf, will take on the Scottish National Team at St. Andrews from June 10-16. Relf said a qualifier for players ages 18-and-under will be played May 11-12 at Briggs. For information, call 210-887-5934.


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With the strong possibility that Steven Jackson will leave the St. Louis Rams as a free agent, SN correspondent Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch analyzed the team's options for replacing what would be a considerable hole in the running game.
The current roster has two small second-year players — Daryl Richardson (5-10, 196) and Isaiah Pead (5-10, 197) — who could fill some of Jackson's carries in 2013. Pead, a second-round pick last year, was beaten out by Richardson, a seventh-rounder, for the No. 2 role last season.
Coach Jeff Fisher said recently that Pead was drafted with the idea he could be "the guy." But Pead didn't provide evidence of that last season. The team limited him to 10 carries, partly because of fumbling problems.
Richardson showed breakaway ability while rushing for 475 yards, but he had no touchdowns and rushed for 24 yards on 16 carries in the final five games.
"Pead toward the end of the year, Daryl at the beginning and middle, proved they can play in the league," general manager Les Snead told the Post-Dispatch. "They will all have a role. Richardson is going to have a role. Pead is going to have a role. They are all going to have a role, and we are going to utilize those roles."
If the team wants a Jackson-type back to replace Jackson, the player probably would come through the draft. With their second first-round pick (22nd overall), the team could take a look at Alabama's Eddie Lacy, a 5-11, 231-pound bruiser who might be the only running back selected in the first round.
Lacy averaged 6.5 yards per carry for the national championship team and is extremely physical. There are no questions about his ability to run between the tackles, but can he turn the corner in the NFL?
He didn't run at the Scouting Combine because of a hamstring injury, and the hope is he'll be recovered in time to run at Alabama's pro day on March 13. The Rams could be one of the teams eager to find out his 40 time.


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The Day Ahead: Locked and Loaded for the New Year
In the past couple of days, I've refused to leave the fiscal-cliff command post for food or water, as every precious second could offer life-altering details. Nevertheless, on this second day of 2013, I'm feeling self-imposed pressure to uncork random stock picks -- because, hey, opportunistic investors should buy when others are most fearful, right?
Adding to the mental anguish here is that the underinvested smart money is probably jockeying to reposition into its favorite names -- such as Apple (AAPL) into its earnings announcement -- after they'd been dumped in late December. All the while, these market players appear to be nibbling on alleged turnarounds that just have to fundamentally perform better than 2012 due to modest "cliff clarity."...542 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Just as there is a variety of dogs — from giant mastiffs to tiny Chihuahuas — there are big and little issues facing the American Veterinary Medical Association.
So when the AVMA comes to San Diego Friday for its 149th annual convention, the 4,000 veterinarians in attendance will have plenty to discuss.
There are broad issues about care for household pets, humane concerns about the treatment of livestock and topics relating to the environment and threats to wild or endangered species.
Plus, the convention provides a chance for vets — often too harried to learn about latest methods, technologies and research — to study the exhibits, go to labs and attend lectures.
The field of veterinary medicine is so broad, says Dr. Ron Banks, the chairman of the AVMA Convention Management and Program Committee, that the gathering allows for every branch to unite. As many as 9,000 people — vets, techs, exhibitors, business reps and spouses — will be in San Diego for the programs at the Convention Center from Friday through Tuesday, Aug. 7.
"It's really hard to give a definition of what a veterinarian is or who a veterinarian really is," said Banks, the director of the Office of Animal Welfare Assurance at Duke University. "There are vets in public health, (working with) companion animals and people's pets. You find them in academia, teaching. You find them in research, ensuring animals in research receive good care. You find them in government, making policy and setting standards."
And you find them doing manual labor.
Though the convention is closed to the public, its members strive for community outreach each year to aid animal organizations.
Two such programs in San Diego will be Our Oath in Action project, when veterinary volunteers will work at two local animal shelters next Saturday, and the Trails for Tails Run/Walk at 7 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, at Seaport Village to raise money for two local branches of the Humane Society.
"Oath in Action is to assist local shelters achieve their goals and maybe accomplish some of the things they can't do on their own because they're so darn busy caring for animals," said Banks.
Those who volunteer at the Chula Vista Animal Care Center will be asked to clean out a storage barn and sanitize dog kennels, says Linda Septon, the agency's adoption counselor/rescue coordinator. She's grateful for their help. It's a task her group just can't get to.
"It's part of the genetics of our community," said Banks of the volunteers. "We tend to think outwardly."


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Strong pitching a big reason for better start to season
MINNEAPOLIS -- After slow starts the last two seasons, the Twins are off to a better start this year, as they entered Thursday's game against the Rangers above .500 at 9-8.
It's a much different feeling than last year, when the Twins started out 9-24 and never recovered. But Twins manager Ron Gardenhire warned that he's going to find out more about his club during the tough stretch coming up.
"We're on a stretch here where we have four against these guys, and then Detroit, Cleveland and Boston, and that's just the road trip," Gardenhire said. "And then we come home for more. So we're going to have to be up to the task. We need to be able to continue that to keep our heads up."
Gardenhire pointed to better pitching so far this season, as the Twins entered Thursday's game with a 4.14 ERA, which includes an impressive 2.52 ERA from Minnesota's relievers.
The Twins have also allowed the fewest walks in the Majors with 40, while also walking 71 times on offense.
"Our history around here has been pretty good about both of those stats," Gardenhire said. "We haven't had many big strikeout guys, but we've always been one of the best teams in the league in not walking people. And I expect that."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Im probably making the move to the Houston area in about a month. I havent really had time to look for Disc golf Courses, but I hear theres a bunch of places I should really check out.
My job will be RIGHT at the connection of the Beltway and I-10 on the west side. So Im possibly looking for places to live in the Northwest area, or the Woodlands near a friend of mine.
Any info on courses in the areas, or even places I should look into for apartments would be greatly appreciated. Courses around me arent going to make my decision as to where I'm going to move to, but its nice to know whats available around me.


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I own a 2004-built IBM Thinkpad R51, machine 2895 type AU3. It's original hard drive is 80 GB in size and may need replacement. Here are my questions about replacement of the drive:
1) How large a replacement drive can I install in it, and is the drive size determined by and stated somewhere in the BIOS?
2) Is a SATA hard drive suitable for my now 8 year old laptop or were hard drives for laptops always SATA no matter the age of the laptop?
3) Can any brand of hard drive go into my laptop?
[My OS is Linux MEPIS 11, variety Roadblock -32 bit.]
Your R51 takes PATA/IDE, not SATA hard drives.
The largest PATA laptop drive is WD 320GB/5400rpm which will work just fine in your machine, there is no known BIOS limit on HD size for R5x series.
Thanks ajkula66 for your help the other day.
You told me about the largest size HD that would be fine for my 2004-built R51. I assume by largest you meant capacity (i. e. GB) and not spin speed. Yes? Is any hard disk drive spin speed OK for my laptop? My failed/failing one is 4200 RPM and was installed by IBM when the laptop was built. [I figure a faster spinning one will just take a bit more electricity to spin than the one I have now, but I also figure that probably tiny amount is not so important.]
Spin speed is a non-issue here as far as compatibility is concerned. I've had 7200rpm drives in R51s - while those were still available - and the power consumption was fine.
Not that you have much of a choice anyway, since most of the manufacturers have discontinued the production of PATA/IDE laptop drives. WD is pretty much the only game in town nowadays.
Happy upgrading.


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Hi, when I'm practicing breathing meditation, the more I concentrate on my breathe the subtler it becomes (I believe that is what is supposed to happen). Untill I get to a point where the breathing becomes so subtle I feel like I need to gasp for air. when this this happens I have to breathe harder. then when I concentrate more, then breathe becomes so subtle that I feel like I need to gasp for air again. then I need to breathe harder again. its a cycle that goes on for the rest of my meditation.
Is this normal? is there something I can do to stop it? I wonder if I was able to keep the breathe subtle it would lead me deeper into the meditation, where I might be able to reach access concentration.
I've tried intentionally keeping the breathe subtle, but I can only do that for a short period of time before I need air.
Any advice would help,


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WITH experts predicting that two million people could be jobless by Christmas, now could be the time to send out your CV.
Online CV company IProfile.org predict that January 7 will one of the busiest days of the year for sending out CVs and applying for work.
As Rick Bacon, CEO of iProfile.org explains, the beginning of the year is always a hectic time in the recruitment market.
"Many people reflect on their career over the Christmas period and make finding a new job their New Year's resolution. In 2008, January 10 was when we saw the largest volumes of CVs updated and sent to recruiters. In 2009, we expect to see an even bigger upsurge around this time."
But careers coach Paresh Damani adds that job hunters should be careful not to miss the point, in their haste to miss the rush.
According to the spokesperson for the Careers Advice Service (formerly Learn Direct), there can be a good reason to wait until after Christmas.
"I don't think there's any hard and fast rule," he says.
"It comes down to doing your research. Find out what the company does over the Christmas period. Do they shut down completely for a couple of weeks or will there be someone there to deal with your CV? Sending it in early could mean it gets buried under a pile of post over Christmas. How you act should depend on the organisation."
But that doesn't mean job-seekers should assume no one will be recruiting over the festive season.
"If people are applying for advertised positions, then work to the closing date on the job advert," says Damani.
"Don't just stop because of Christmas.
"On the other hand if you are sending out CVs speculatively, then it might be an idea to hold back because the chances are that it won't be looked at over the Christmas period."
Damani suggests that jobseekers spend the festive season working on their applications, so their CVs don't get passed over in the New Year rush.
"People make simple mistakes like sending CVs to the wrong person, not sending covering letters and sending CVs out with spelling mistakes. The key is to do your research and send out polished, targeted applications."
Top tips for tackling the jobs market
- Think about looking beyond your current industry to those that are experiencing or predicting job growth and where there are shortages in skilled resources.
- Turn to your personal networks to see where you can use friends and acquaintances to recommend you for jobs as they become available.
- Be prepared - make sure your CV is up to date and ready to send to your chosen recruiters or employers.
- Include relevant industry terms when updating your skills. This will allow recruiters to quickly identify you when using industry buzzwords to search their databases.
- Make sure you don't miss out on your dream job by always showcasing your achievements. 'Achievement Amnesia' is the main reason behind candidates not getting that much sought after job interview.
- Be realistic about how long it will take you to find a job in our current economic climate.


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America's Army, an online war simulation developed by the US's forces themselves, is an unashamed recruitment tool. The real life Army actually tracks gamers' behaviour and approaches the 'best players' of the ultra-realistic experience.
Unsurprisingly, Ubisoft has come in for a fair bit of stick for publishing the console version of the title – including a fevered demonstration outside its offices this very month. French surrender monkeys our right foot.
To read the next entry in our list of the biggest controversies in the history of gaming, click here.


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Motion-Time Side Effects
Generic Name: meclizine
Note: This page contains information about the side effects of meclizine. Some of the dosage forms included on this document may not apply to the brand name Motion-Time.
For the Consumer
Applies to meclizine: oral capsule, oral tablet, oral tablet chewable
In addition to its needed effects, some unwanted effects may be caused by meclizine (the active ingredient contained in Motion-Time). In the event that any of these side effects do occur, they may require medical attention.
Major Side Effects
You should check with your doctor immediately if any of these side effects occur when taking meclizine:Incidence not known:
- Cough
- difficulty swallowing
- dizziness
- drowsiness
- fast heartbeat
- hives
- itching
- puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue
- shortness of breath
- skin rash
- tightness in the chest
- unusual tiredness or weakness
Minor Side Effects
Some of the side effects that can occur with meclizine may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Your health care professional may also be able to tell you about ways to reduce or prevent some of these side effects. If any of the following side effects continue, are bothersome or if you have any questions about them, check with your health care professional:Rare
- Blurred vision
- Dry mouth
- headache
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to meclizine: compounding powder, oral tablet, oral tablet chewable
Nervous system
Frequency not reported: Drowsiness, headache[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Anaphylactoid reaction[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Dry mouth, vomiting[Ref]
Rare (less than 0.1%): Blurred vision[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Fatigue[Ref]
1. "Product Information. Antivert (meclizine)." Roerig Division, New York, NY.
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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Infectious Diseases
Recurrent back infection
In March of 2000 I was treated through outpatient surgery for a dermoid cyst which was 3 inches deep and seriously infected. After several weeks of antibiotic treatment, and returning every few days for debriding, the surgery site had healed, and there was no longer any apparent infection. In September 2003 another similar cyst was removed a few centimeters from the original site. The surgeon would not prescribe antibiotics because he did not feel there was any risk of infection. Within three days I had an obvious infection at the surgery site and my family practitioner prescribed anitbiotics and prednisone. After finishing the course of antibiotics and steroids I began to experience symptoms of increasing fatigue, breathlessness, and discomfort and pain due to lumps which developed in the tissues of my back (no longer tied to any kind of cyst site). These symptoms were often but not always accompanied by what most physcisians call low grade fever (99.2). These worsening symptoms culminated in December in two fainting episodes, one at home and one in the doctor`s office, for which I was sent to the hospital. In the ambulance my pressure spiked, then crashed after the administration of nitro. Several cardiac tests were done, but I was told that I had not had a MI, and nothing else cardiac showed. Since then I have had another fainting episode and several near fainting episodes. The painful lumps in my back respond to, but are not eliminated by, the administration of antibiotics. (The most recent was Ketek for fourteen days.) Within a week of ceasing anitbiotics the lumps begin to reappear, and the pain and difficulty breathing as well. I have a history of Rheumatic fever, strep throat, gangrenous gall-bladder, sinus and urinary tract infections, and a severe infection in my cervix which required a Leep procedure. I have had a CAT scan, and will be seeeing a neurologist about some abnormalities that have been detected in my parietal lobe. My family physician has ordered many tests (lung function, work), but nothing "abnormal" has been detected except on my CAT scan. Are you able to determine what kind of doctor I should be seeing, or what kind of infection (other?) I might be battling? Anything you could suggest would be welcome--both my doctor and I are baffled and frustrated.
Your situation seems fairly complicated. The symptoms date back a year and are not clearly infectious, despite the "low grade fever" and partial response to antibiotics. In trying to focus on what is causing the "lumps" I would suggest a CT scan of the area (I presume this is your low back), a sedimentation rate and C reactive protein level, and a white cell count. A bone scan and an indium scan might also be of use. It would be worthwhile seeing if any pathologic examination of the cysts were performed on either of the two previous surgeries or if any cultures were taken. There are some unusual organisms in the AFB and fungal families which can cause smoldering infections. If any of the above listed tests are suspicious for infection a consultation with an infectious diseases doctor may be of benefit.
Peter Grubbs, MD
Assistant Professor
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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The Mimulus Genome
The Joint Genome Institute (JGI/DOE) completed 7X coverage of the Mimulus genome in Spring 2007. An assembly of the 7x genome was completed in Summer 2008. Members of the Mimulus Community are currently annotating the Genome. The Mimulus Genome can be accessed though the private intranet at Mimulus Evolution. This is currently a private site, but will be open to the public soon.
The Genus
The genus Mimulus (historically "Scrophulariaceae," order Lamiales) has been a model plant system for ecological and evolutionary genetics for over 50 years (Vickery, 1951).
- Check out the poster of the phylogeny of the Mimulus genus.
- Read a recent review about Mimulus as an emerging model system for the integration of ecological and genomic studies.
- See descriptions of Mimulus Species
Mimulus guttatus Complex
The Mimulus guttatus species complex (yellow monkey flowers) is a group of closely related species exhibiting the common evolutionary transition from outcrossing to self-pollination. Mimulus presents an excellent model system for studies of evolution because of its broad diversity of floral morphologies, incomplete reproductive barriers, and its amenability to experimental manipulation.
Mimulus lewisii Complex
Mimulus section Erythranthe is a western North American group of perennial wildflowers with a wide diversity of floral forms. Included within this section are the bee-pollinated M. lewisii and the hummingbird-pollinated M. cardinalis. This system has a long history of study (1), and continues to be the subject of active research in systematics (2) and the genetics and ecology of speciation (3-5). Another close relative of M. lewisii is the lesser-studied M. parishii, which is a small-flowered, highly selfing species of the desert Southwest. The diversity of pollination syndrome, mating system, and habitat preference found within this section makes it a uniquely amenable model system for studies in ecology, genetics, and evolutionary biology of natural populations.
- The 7x genome is now completely assembled. This will be the final assembly. Annotation is currently underway as of July 2008.
- Download the contact info for people who attended the 2007 meeting.
Seed Collections
Duke University is now the home to the collection of seeds from over 300 populations of Mimulus. The seed collections are primarily composed of seeds from within the Mimulus guttatus complex. Most of these seeds can be made available for upon request. Please allow a few weeks for orders to be fulfilled. Contact David Lowry at email@example.com for seed requests or information about collection locations.
Mimulus web sites
- Mimulus Biological Resource Center
- Clemson University Genomics Institute website
- Blast the NCBI Trace Archives
- Mimulus guttatus complex
- JGI annoncement of whole genome sequencing
- Mimulus Flora of China
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I just started blogging about different courses around the country.
My newest post is about Ken Climo's home course (or so I've been told) in Clearwater, FL. Check it out.
Has anyone else ever been there? I thought it was an awesome course. You can use the link in my sig.


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Even in the midst of relationship drama, Sienna Miller can always depend on her trusty wide-brim fedora. As you can see in our I Really Love My. . . Gallery, Sienna has been sporting her favorite fedora for the past few weeks and wore it out while lunching in New York over the weekend. The hat looks adorable on her, we have to ask: What's up with that harness? Is it for fashion's sake or it is it the new stylish take on orthopedic back braces?
To check out all the looks that the stars love to wear over and over, click here for our I Really Love My gallery. And for even more on Sienna, check out all of our posts in Off the Rack by clicking here.
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The National Dog Show is a Thanksgiving TV tradition in my house — when I win the battle of the big screen away from football, that is. Airing immediately after the Macy's parade on NBC, more than 150 breeds will compete to win best in show. This year we'll see three new AKC-recognized breeds — I've gathered pictures and facts on each one, so click through and be prepared for these furry faces.
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PICUM » Press Room » PICUM in the News
PICUM in the News
Inter Press Service, 2 April 2013
Following an interview with PICUM's Director Michele LeVoy at the Children rights conference in February 2013, the news agency published an article on the situation of undocumented children in Europe. To read the full article, click here.
Government Gazette, March 2013
PICUM wrote an article for the Government Gazette's border security special discussing how increased border security influences perceptions on irregularity and favours criminalization of undocumented migrants.To read the full article, click here.
EurActiv, 21 March 2013
PICUM's Director, Michele LeVoy, talks in a guest blog of EurActiv about the urgency to tackle poverty and social exclusion of undocumented migrant children in the EU and how the European Commission's Recommendation "Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage", adopted on 20 February 2013, is a step into the right direction. Read it here.
Dagbladet Information, 11 March 2013
The Danish newspaper interviewed PICUM about the risks of outsourcing EU border control to private firms. PICUM's Advocacy Officer, Kadri Soova, was quoted about the consequences for monitoring human rights violations. You can view the full article in Danish here.
New Europe, 27 February 2013
New Europe reported on PICUM's conference on the rights of children and their families in an irregular migration situation which took place in Brussels on 26 February 2013. Click here to read the article.
The Lancet, Volume 380, Issue 9845, 8 September 2012
PICUM was mentioned in the article "Civil society organisations and universal health care" following its participation in the campaign against restrictions on access to health care for undocumented migrants in Spain. Click here to see the article.
Le Matin, 5 July 2012
PICUM was mentioned and Didier Vanderslycke, PICUM Board Member, appeared in the illustrating picture of the article "Le Maroc, terre d'immigration des Subsahariens", that commented on a workshop co-organised by PICUM on 4 July 2012, in Rabat, Morocco. The workshop was entitled "Irregular migrants in Morocco: between legal entitlements and justice" and was organised in the frame of the "Beyond Irregularity" Project. Click here to view the article.
El Pais, 16 May 2012
Michele LeVoy, PICUM Director, was quoted a second time by El Pais for the article "ONG internacionales presionan por la atención a inmigrantes" on the legislative change in the access to health care for undocumented migrants in Spain. Click here to view the article.
El Pais, 29 April 2012
Michele LeVoy, PICUM Director, was quoted by El Pais for the article "La crisis no deja tirados a los 'sin papeles' en Francia, Italia o Portugal" on the legislative change in the access to health care for undocumented migrants in Spain. Click here to view the article.
Thomson Reuters, 11 April 2012
Eve Geddie, PICUM Program Officer, was interviewed by Thomson Reuters News Agency on the launch by the Belgian far-right party Vlaams Belang of a new website inciting citizens to denounce through on-line application crimes committed by undocumented migrants.
EuObserver, 26 March 2012
An opinion piece writen by PICUM Advocacy Officer Kadri Soova was published in the EU Observer. The article presents PICUM's opinion on the EU victim's rights directive currently being discussed by the European Parliament. Click here to view the article.
The Guardian, 13 March 2012
In 2011, PICUM organised two trial observatory missions to Cyprus in support of Doros Polycarpou, KISA's Executive Director, who was facing charges of 'rioting' following the tragic events of the 2010 Rainbow Festival in Larnaca, Cyprus. The Guardian reported on the worrying escalation of racism in the country and mentioned the statements published by PICUM and other organisation on the subject.
Click here to read the article.
American Free Speech Radio News, 12 January 2012
PICUM Advocacy Officer Kadri Soova interviewed by the American Free Speech Radio News in relation to the recent statements made by the French Interior Minister on increasing 'deportation quotas'. (Read 3rd story or listen from 02:20). Click here to listen.
Cyrprus Mail, 14 December 2011
PICUM, represented by Nicola Flamigni, PICUM Communications Officer, participated to the second trial observation mission to Cyprus that took place on 12-13 December 2011. The delegation called on the Cyprus authorities to drop the charges against Doros Polycarpou, KISA's director. To read the article, click here.
France-Info, 9 October 2011
The French radio station, France-Info reported on the hearing of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on the 4 October 2011 in Strasbourg, France during which the report by Pedro Agramunt Font De Mora on the situation of undocumented children in Europe was presented. A PICUM delegation comprising of PICUM members and partners attended the hearing in Strasbourg to present European and national level input, experiences and testimonies on the issue. Michele LeVoy, PICUM Director, was interviewed and commented on the practice used by immigration authorities whereby they utilise children as '"magnets" to reach the undocumented parents and the traumatising impact of such practices on the children themselves but also on the other students in the school. Michele LeVoy also noted the importance of the civil society network working on the issue in France. To listen to the news report (French), click here.
European Voice, 15 September 2011
An interview of Michele LeVoy, PICUM Director, was included in the Careers section of the European Voice on 15 September 2011. Ms LeVoy outlined the history and mission of PICUM. She seized the occasion to highlight the legal obstacles faced by undocumented migrants in Europe and the political context in which this issue is being discussed at the European and national level. Click here to read the article.
De Redactie, 8 August 2011
PICUM Board Member Didier Vanderslycke was asked to respond on VRT evening news, a Belgian television station, to the reports that undocumented migrants were sleeping in the cornfields of farms in the port town of Oostende in order to travel clandestinely to England. Click here to view the news video.
Cyprus Mail, 23 July 2011
PICUM, represented by Nicola Flamigni, PICUM Communications Officer, was amongst the delegation of four NGO representatives who came to observe the second hearing of the trial against KISA, PICUM member, and Doros Polykarpou, KISA Director, that took place in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Friday, 22 July 2011. To read the article, click here.
CRO 6, 21 June 2011
Kadri Soova, PICUM Advocacy Officer, was interviewed to discuss European migration policies by the Czech radio station, Český rozhlas 6 (CRO 6) on their programme "Focus on Foreigners". Listen to the radio programme here.
EuroparlTV, 24 May 2011
PICUM Director, Michele LeVoy, interviewed by EuroparlTV on the "Focus: Giving seasonal workers a good deal". She was one of three panelists discussing what can be done to address the regularisation of migrant seasonal workers in Europe.
Watch the debate here.
Fria Tidningen, 30 May 2011
Eve Geddie, PICUM Programme Officer, wrote an article entitled "Undocumented migrants in Europe" for the Swedish newspaper, Fria Tidningen. The article is available in English or in Swedish.
PRESSTV, 16 April 2011
PICUM Programme Officer, Devin Cahill interviewed at the presentation of the findings of the recently published HUMA report in Nicosia, Cyprus which raises the issue of access to health care for undocumented migrants in Cyprus and Europe.
Read the article and watch the interviewe here.
ABC Radio National, Rear Vision, 10 February 2010
The Rear Vision programme discussed the case of irregular migration in Europe. PICUM Board Member Franck Düvell was one of the interviewees on the issue.
Read full article
Mondiaal Magazine, 12 September 2010
Eve Geddie, PICUM Programme Officer, representing Belgium at the World Social Forum on Migration in 2010, from 8 to 12 October 2010 in Quito, Ecuador
Read full article (Dutch)
Mondiaal Magazine, 8 November 2010
Representation of Europe by Eve Geddie from PICUM at the Global Forum on Migration and Development.
Read full article (Dutch)
Vita Europe, 13 December 2010
Public hearing at the European Parliament on access to health care for Undocumented Women and Children in Europe.
Read full article
TV5 Monde, 3 December 2010
On the reception crisis in Belgium and Europe, on 3 December 2010. Quote from Michele LeVoy, Director of PICUM, on the expansion of challenges faced by undocumented migrants and the negative impact of the criminalisation of undocumented migrants.
Read full article (French)
Rassegna it, 22 January 2009
Quote of Michele LeVoy, Director of PICUM, on the issue of forced labour and human trafficking and the newly approved European directive on the repatriation of irregular immigrants.
Read full article
IPS, 6 May 2009
Workshop on 'Irregular Migration and Informal Employment in Europe' held in Athens by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants.
Read full article
Die Zeit, 24 September 2009.
On the research project Clandestino
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Hkaohmepinh, 12 October 2009
On the research project Clandestino.
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Choices, IPPF, November 2009, page 21-22
Article written by Eve Geddie, PICUM Acting Director, on "Undocumented Migrant Women Gender-based violence in Europe's fight against irregular migration" as part of a special edition on Gender-based violence in Europe in Choices Magazine.
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Der Standard.at, 4 December 2009.
Quotation of PICUM on the research project Clandestino, a partner to the project.
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Quote of PICUM on the issues of death of immigrants on their way to Europe discussing here the case of Malta.
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INQUIRER.net, 24 October 2008
Edel McGinley, Board member of PICUM quoted on the vulnerability undocumented children migrant at People's Global Action on Migration, Development, and Human Right in Manila, the Philippines.
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Tageblaat, 15 June 2007, No. 138, pg 14
Discussion on the question of undocumented migrants in Europe with Luxembourgish NGO and PICUM member, ASTI.
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Lëtzebuerger Journal, 15 June 2007, No. 114, pg 5
PICUM member, ASTI organized meeting with PICUM, attended by Michele LeVoy to discuss the issues of partnership on undocumented migrants.
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Michele LeVoy is interviewed on the rights of undocumented migrants.
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Le Jeudi, 21 June 2007
Quote of Ms Michele Levoy, PICUM Director, on the issue of regularisation at a meeting organised by Support Association for Migrant Workers (ASTI), a Luxembourg NGO.
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The Lancet, Volume 370, Issue 9605, page 2070, 22 December 2007
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Mondiaal News, 23 January 2006
Interview with Nele Verbruggen from PICUM on the situation of undocumented migrants in Belgium and Europe.
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RTP, 23 February 2006
Reference to the on-going study of PICUM on access to health care for undocumented migrants which was published in 2007.
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Alter Echos, n° 207, 21 April-4 May 2006, page 30
Reference to meeting organised by PIUCM, EPC, KBF and European Confederation Unions on roles of European actors on the issue of the fundamental rights of undocumented migrants.
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Diario Sur, 26 May 2006
The hospital, Hospital Punta de Europa de Algeciras, coming from Gibralatar took part in a meeting on acces to health and immigrants organized by PICUM in Brussels.
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Interview with Anne Sjögren from Rosengrenska, a member of PICUM on the issue of health care and social issues for undocumented people.
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TSR, 18 October 2005
Quote by Franck Düvell on the rights of undocumented migrants.
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Na Presseportal, 28 September 2005
Frank Düvell, board member of PICUM, represented PICUM and took part in a conference held by the Migration Department of the Swiss Red Cross on Tuesday, 18 October 2005 in Kursaal, Berne, Switerland.
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DeMorgen, 14 March 2003, page 9
Announcement of the release of "Book of Solidarity" published by PICUM.
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DeMorgen, 27 May 2003, page 2
Meeting on undocumented migrants at the European Parliament organised by PICUM.
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Omonoia (Russia) 04.06-10.06.2003, No. 420, Front page and follow-up page 5
PICUM's conference in the European Parliament in May 2003.
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Vesti (Bulgaria-International Media Network Ltd), 05.06.2003-11.06.2003, No. 132, Front page and follow-up page 8
PICUM's conference in the European Parliament in May 2003.
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The Nation, 27 May 2002
Quote with Nele Verburggen from PICUM on undocumentated migrants in Europe.
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Tertio, 19 June 2002
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Diabetes is a complex, chronic disease
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CHICAGO -- Brandon McCarthy has been down this road before, so after it was announced that the right-hander was going on the 15-day disabled list with shoulder inflammation, he was ready for the media as they approached his locker in the visitors' clubhouse.
"That's cool," he told his teammates. "I've got this one memorized."
Randall Delgado was recalled from Triple-A Reno to take McCarthy's spot on the roster.
This marked the fifth consecutive year that McCarthy has spent some time on the disabled list with a shoulder issue. So, on the one hand, McCarthy knows what to expect with the injury. But on the other, it certainly is frustrating that it continues to happen.
"You take away a lot of the unknown," McCarthy said. "I know what the recovery is. I know how long it takes. I know what I'm feeling for. That makes it a little easier, when you're not worried. I kind of know the road, at least. That helps some. But the fact that I can't still figure out how to get around it, or what it is, that's kind of the difficult part."
McCarthy, 29, lasted just 2 2/3 innings in his last outing on Thursday in Texas, bringing his season mark to 2-4 with a 5.00 ERA in 11 starts. Prior to Thursday, McCarthy had a run of three starts in which he went 2-0 with a 0.38 ERA, including a career-high 18-inning scoreless streak.
How long McCarthy will be out remains to be seen. He is scheduled to return to Phoenix on Sunday and will have an MRI taken on Monday, at which time he will visit with D-backs team physician, Michael Lee.
In the past, McCarthy has missed up to three months with the injury, but he is hopeful that it won't be as long this time.
"What we've gone with the last two years is we wait until there are no symptoms and then take another two days after that and then start throwing again," McCarthy said. "The whole problem with all of this is, that would be great, then I'd be out for 10 days and then I could go. But if you take 10 days off, you have to throw for another couple of weeks and build back up. And then a rehab start or two is another 10 days. Time adds up that way."
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Funding to construct a $66 million suicide net on the Golden Gate Bridge could be in hand this year, according to the bridge district's top officer.
"We have been working aggressively but quietly these past couple of months with a whole host of regional, state and federal agencies to put together a funding plan," said Denis Mulligan, the bridge's general manager, in a meeting with the Independent Journal's editorial board this week. "Preliminarily there is a lot of hope for big chunks of the money."
While the entire pot of money has not been cobbled together, Mulligan was hopeful it would happen soon.
"Our goal is to put together a funding plan in the next couple of months," he said. "We have had some encouraging conversations."
The news comes as a final design for the net project winds down. It should be finished within six weeks. Once that is done the project is ready to build. The big question has been where the funding would come from. The bridge board has agreed that no toll revenue would be used for the project, although that could be revisited, officials said.
"One of the board members has said, 'Why not have a pedestrian toll to help pay for a suicide barrier?'" said Dietrich Stroeh, a board member from Marin. "The board will be looking at our whole financial strategy again."
Bridge officials have spoken with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission — the agency that hands out funds for Bay Area transportation projects. In 2010, the agency provided $5 million in funding for the design of the barrier and is a supporter of the project.
While not a transportation project per se, the commission views the barrier as a safety issue, similar to the ongoing seismic upgrade to Doyle Drive, MTC officials have said.
"What we are telling people is that this is not an ongoing program where if you give us money this year we will be back every year in perpetuity," Mulligan said. "Instead we get the one-time money and solve the problem in perpetuity."
Mel Blaustein of Mill Valley, chairman of the Psychiatric Foundation of Northern California and Golden Gate Bridge Barrier Task Force, said he is optimistic the barrier will be built.
"We are so overdue for this," he said. "The recent number of deaths has been shocking."
Blaustein was referring to a report issued earlier this week that showed more people jumped to their deaths in 2013 than at any time in the past 40 years.
Backers of a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge got a boost in July 2012 when President Obama signed a transportation bill that includes language allowing federal funds to flow to the project.
That transportation bill contains crucial wording allowing funding for suicide prevention including safety rails and nets on bridges. The language in the bill also clarifies that institutions such as the Golden Gate Bridge district — a special-purpose district — are eligible for these funds.
It was Sen. Barbara Boxer, who once served on the bridge board when she was a Marin County supervisor, who agreed to carry the language in the bill.
Originally priced at $50 million, the project cost jumped to $66 million after it was discovered equipment used by workers to maintain the bridge would have to be replaced and moved to create room for the net.
It was 2008 when the 19-member board of directors made the historic decision to move forward with the barrier after years of discussion. Until then, the debate over a suicide barrier ebbed and flowed for decades. Discussion of a barrier began in the 1950s, but the first intensive look at a solution took place in the early 1970s, when 18 design concepts were evaluated, then shelved.
Roughly two dozen people jump from the span each year, and more than 1,500 people have jumped from the span since it opened in 1937. Another 80 or so people who are contemplating suicide are pulled off the bridge every year.
The bridge has the most suicides of any structure in the world, according to the Bridge Rail Foundation, a group working to get a barrier in place.
The bridge district's suicide barrier plan calls for a net extending 20 feet below and 20 feet from the side of the span. The net would be made of stainless steel cable and would collapse slightly if someone jumped in, making it difficult to get out, bridge officials said.
The district would have a "snooper" truck with an elongated arm to get people out, although such rescues might be rare because the net would act as a deterrent. A similar net was placed more than a decade ago on the Munster Terrace cathedral in Bern, Switzerland, and since then no suicide attempts have been reported.
Kevin Hines — who jumped from the span in 2000 in a suicide attempt and survived, although he broke his back — said if a net had been in place he likely would not have gone over the edge.
"I was hoping someone would come up and stop me," Hines said. "If that net was there I likely would have not done it. Even if I did I would have landed on the net and saved myself from breaking my back and from having to learn to walk again."
Said Mulligan: "Where nets have been used, people have stopped jumping. Suicidal people do not want to hurt themselves; they want to die."
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Kirana Visits Friends on BetelgeuseLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
When Kirana travels back to her home planet of Betelgeuse, she has many friends to visit and very little time so she plans a full itinerary. She visits 5 different friends who live in 5 different towns along a road 25 Gintars long (a unit of measure on Betelgeuse equal to roughly 1 mile). However, in her haste, she makes an embarrassing blunder at each home.
Can you determine Kirana's exact itinerary, how far each friend lives from the spaceport of Axim and which blunder was made at which stop? The distances are measured in whole Gintars (no fractions).
1. Kirana begins her trip in Axim and always travels East, never backtracking, until she reaches her final destination, the spaceport in Lisiter. The total distance between Axim and Lisiter is 25 Gintars.
2. At the home in Sarix, Kirana was asked to leave after knocking over an expensive Kimingle Vase.
3. The town of Claymot is twice as far from the Axim spaceport as the town where she stopped at her friend Martina's.
4. The incident where Kirana mistook the family's art display for a trash receptacle did not occur during her visit to Kylani's home. Who would have known it was a replica of a black hole?
5. Darvan, the third friend Kirana visited, lives 10 Gintars from Axim.
6. The house where Kirana got locked in the closet while snooping is twice as far from Axim as Nuju's house.
7. Claymot is closer in distance to Axim than it is to Lisiter.
8. The town of Worrik is twice as far from Axim as the town with the house where Kirana spilled Tango wine on the rug. The stains proved impossible to remove.
9. The town where Kirana visited Breena is nearer to the town of Riigi than to Jargon.
10. Traveling west-to-east, Kirana's first stop was at a friend's that lived 5 Gintars East of Axim and the last friend visited lived 5 Gintars West of Lisiter.
11. The house where Kirana got locked in the closet isn't the one in the town of Worrik.
12. The town where Darvan resides is situated 1 Gintar East of the town where Kirana walked in on her friend's mother taking a bath.
13. The town of Riigi is located 18 Gintars East of Axim, and Nuju does not live in Riigi.
Friends: Martina, Kylani, Breena, Darvan, and Nuju
Towns: Worrik, Sarix, Jargon, Claymot and Riigi
Blunders: Mistook art for garbage chute, walked in on mother bathing, spilled wine on carpet, broke vase, locked herself in closet
HintDraw a map (line) from Axim to Lisiter and place the clues in their appropriate places as you solve the distances.
Now for a hint:
Kirana broke the exquisite Kimingle Vase during one of her first 3 visits.
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Kirana visited her friend Breena last before heading to the Lisiter Spaceport for her flight home.
Itinerary in order from West to East:
(Distances are East of Axim)
5 Gintars, Martina lives in Sarix where Kirana broke their exquisite Kimingle Vase.
9 Gintars, Nuju lives in Jargon where Kirana mistakenly walked in on his mother bathing.
10 Gintars, Darvan lives in Claymot and Kirana accidentally spilled Tango wine on his carpet.
18 Gintars, Kylani lives in Riigi where she inadvertently locked herself in a closet while snooping around.
20 Gintars, Breena lives in Worrik where Kirana tossed her used napkins in the family's lovely black hole art display.
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I`ve been attempting suicide for years and I`m not sure why. One moment I`ll be perfectly fine and the next I`ll be swallowing an entire bottle of Tylenol. The first time I tried to kill myself, I was eight years old. I remember at the time it seemed the perfectly logical thing to do and my only regret afterwards was that I failed. I had mixed all of the cleaning chemicals under the sink together and drank it even though it burned my mouth. I`ve been sent to countless doctors who say that I never really wanted to kill myself to begin with. None of them understood that I did, that I knew what I was doing the entire time. What I don`t understand is that these sudden suicide attempts come out of nowhere with barely anything provoking me. I just all of a sudden feel miserable and I HAVE to kill myself.
Every time I try to kill myself, I seclude myself away from everyone else in my family so they won`t interfere and lock myself in a room. My mother, however, seems to have a sixth sense for these things and she always manages to get the door open.
Sometimes when I walk down the street and stare at the traffic, I wonder if I threw myself in front of the cars whether I would die or just become maimed. The same thing occurs when I walk over a cosway and briefly consider jumping.
Many, many, many tests have been done but no brain tumors have been found and I don`t have epilepsy. By the time I was 14 anything physical was ruled out and I started seeing phychiatrists by the handful. None believed me when I said it just happens. They told me that I was after attention, was inconsiderate and that I was putting my parents under unneeded stress. I find it unbelievably frustrating that no one believes me.
I`m now 18 and things aren`t getting any better. I was at work one night in November and everything went fine all night until the final hour of my shift. One moment I was doing the dishes and the next I was trying to hack my own arm off with a seven inch serrated knife. I managed to cut through half my arm before I realized what I was doing and stopped. I have no answer of why I did that. At the moment it made sense to cut my arm.
My questions are : What should I do? Is there any way to handle these situations when they seem so natural at the time?
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You can visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) if you need to speak with someone about suicide.
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