Sunday, 20 October 2013

[www.keralites.net] Donations pour in for homeless man who turned in $42,000 in cas

Donations pour in for homeless man who turned in cash

Fundraising campaign for Glen James, of Boston, raises more than $45,000. A job and housing may also be in the works.

Glen James, who turned in a lost backpack containing nearly $42,000 in cash and traveler's checks, was honored Sept. 16, 2013, by Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis.(Photo: Steven Senne, AP)

It's been raining pennies from heaven for Glen James, a homeless man who was honored Monday for returning a Boston visitor's lost backpack filled with nearly $42,000 in cash and traveler's checks.

And his honesty is paying dividends.

STORY: Homeless man honored for turning in bag holding $42K

An online fundraising campaign set up by a Virginia man to help James had surpassed $45,000 by Tuesday evening, with donations from more than 1,700 people. The goal is $50,000.

James' good deed may also lead to a job and possibly housing, organizer Ethan Whittington wrote on GoFundMe.

"Donations just keep pouring in. I have had people willing to donate computers, clothes, food, etc.," he said. "I am also speaking with a few folks about the possibility of a house or apartment."

"The sky is the limit, the more money we make, the more people we can help," he added. "If we change one person's life at a time, we can change the world."

James told Whittington that he had been able to open a bank account with the money that people had given him on the streets the past few days.

Whittington toldThe Boston Globe on Tuesday afternoon that he and James had just spoken by phone for the first time.

"He sounded happy," said Whittington, 27, who has never been to Boston.

James expressed his thanks, he added, along with concerns about the publicity surrounding his good fortune.

James said he lost his job in a local courthouse and became homeless in 2005. He lives in a local shelter.

At police headquarters Monday, Commissioner Edward Davis presented James with a citation, praising him as "an honest guy."

In a written statement handed out to reporters, James said, "God has always very well looked after me," and he thanked "every pedestrian stranger" who has given him some spare change.

He found the backpack Saturday at a shopping center in the Dorchester section of South Boston. It contained $2,400 in cash and $39,500 in traveler's checks. He flagged down a passing police car and turned over the bag.

"Even if I were desperate for money, I would not have kept even a ... penny of the money I found," James said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/17/boston-fundraising-helps-honest-homeless-man/2828995/

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Drinking water can help shed the pounds

A pint before the meal keeps the portions down

In what could fairly be called a watershed moment, scientists have
confirmed that drinking water before a meal helps shed the pounds.

Yup, it's that simple. And you don't even have to buy the book.

In clinical trials, US researchers found that drinking a pint of water
before a meal leads to weight loss.

Dr Brenda Davy, an associate professor in human nutrition,
who led the study said: "We found in earlier studies that middle aged
and older people who drank two cups of water right before eating a meal
ate between 75 and 90 fewer calories during that meal.

"In this recent study, we found that over the course of 12 weeks,
dieters who drank water before meals, three times per day,
lost about 5 pounds more than dieters who did not increase
their water intake."

"People should drink more water and less sugary, high-calorie drinks.
It's a simple way to facilitate weight management," Dr Davy added.

While drinking water to lose weight is very much common sense,
Dr Davy said that there has been little scientific information on this topic.

Previous studies have suggested that drinking water before meals
reduces calorie intake, but according to Dr Davy this is the first
randomised controlled clinica trial to show that increasing the
amount of water that you drink water is an effective way to
lose weight.

The study tracked the weight of 48 adults aged
55 to 75, who were separated into two groups.
The first group drank two cups of water before meals and
the second group did not. All of the subjects ate a low-calorie diet
during the study.

Over the course of 12 weeks, the water drinkers lost around
15.5 pounds, while the non-water drinkers lost around 11 pounds.

Dr Davy said water may be so effective simply because it fills up
the stomach and has no calories, so that people feel full quicker
and eat less during meals.

She also added that replacing diet colas and other artificially
sweetened drinks with water also helps to cut calories,
and aids weight loss.