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At 59, Johnni Southerland was overweight and often tired. Now she's slim, energetic, and happier than ever. Here's her remarkable store, in her own word:
Even though I ate whatever I wanted growing up and I've never been athletic—I'd take a nap over a walk any day—I was always thin. I didn't even have to worry about baby weight. The most I weighed during both of my pregnancies in my mid-20s was 127 pounds. Still, that felt like a lot because I'm only 5-foot-1, and I was used to weighing around 104. But as soon as I started breast-feeding, I could eat like a pig and the pounds would melt off.
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That all changed when I hit my 40s. My metabolism slowed down and the scale started to climb.
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I'd also been a smoker for years and tried to stop a few times, which started me on a yo-yo; I'd go up a few pounds each time I quit and back down when I started smoking again. I did step aerobics for about a year to get back in shape, but I had to stop when I hurt my left knee.
Still, my weight didn't really take off until I hit my 50s. Around that time I met my boyfriend, John. Cooking is the way to a man's heart—at least it was in my generation—and I wanted to impress him and show him that I knew my way around the kitchen. He loves your basic meat-and-potato foods, so I'd whip up dishes like meat loaf or pot roast with buttery mashed potatoes. While John could use the extra pounds he put on his tall frame, I could have done without them.
I rarely weighed myself, but my clothes went from being a little tight to very tight when I finally quit smoking for good at 56. I traded one bad habit for a new one: snacking! Peanuts became my best friend. I was also chewing tons of Nicorette gum—a pack a day—so even though I was helping my lungs, my nicotine addiction was as strong as ever.
I knew I was gaining weight, but I swear, I think I had some sort of reverse anorexia: I felt thin even though I was fat!
Part of the problem was that I rarely saw myself naked. I have only one mirror in my bathroom, and it's on the medicine cabinet, so you see yourself only from the shoulders up when getting in and out of the shower. I also made the mistake of investing in a few pairs of very pretty elastic-waisted pants. You could weigh 500 pounds in them and never even know it!
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In the summer of 2011, I weighed 162 at my annual checkup. To make matters worse, my blood pressure was still borderline high; it had been for years. While my doctor wasn't too concerned—she told me it would probably go down if I lost weight—my mother had high blood pressure and died of a heart attack, so I decided to be proactive and started taking a low dose of blood pressure medication. I knew I really had to do something about my weight, but you know how it is—summer vacations and then the holiday season made it easy for me to make excuses. Plus, I'd developed plantar fasciitis in my right heel; combine that with my achy left knee and exercise wasn't at the top of my list. In January, I was shocked to find that I weighed 182, the heaviest I'd ever been.
Changes ahead
After that, I felt like my life was in a rut. I was tired a lot—I generally didn't make it through the day without a nap—and I felt like I needed something new in my life. My 60th birthday was coming up in August, and I wanted to make some changes before I hit that milestone. That January I decided it would be my year for transformation, and I made a goal to hit 140 pounds by my birthday. First I decided to get off the Nicorette—it was an expensive habit—so I swapped it for sugarless gum. I also quit drinking diet soda and replaced it with unsweetened iced herbal tea or seltzer water. It was a start, but I needed to do a lot more to get in shape. (Should YOU give up diet soda? Check out the side effects of drinking the fizzy stuff.)
About a week later, Bonnie, my friend at work—at that time I was a speech therapist for preschoolers—asked me if I wanted to take a hot yoga class with her. She'd started doing yoga to get in shape for a skiing trip and looked great—her skin was glowing, she'd lost weight, and she seemed to carry herself differently. I'd always thought it would be cool to be one of those people who get old and do yoga, so I decided to give it a try, even though I wasn't sure I'd be able to do it with my achy heel and knee. I've also always been sensitive to heat. I even had heatstroke at a baseball game a few summers ago, so knowing that it would be between 95° and 105°F in the room was a little scary.
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When I walked into the studio, the heat hit me like a wall. It felt like an oven! In case I decided to leave, I picked a spot in the back row and right by the door. I was glad I did, because the first class was really tough. In Bikram yoga, you go through a series of 26 poses twice during a 90-minute class. My balance was so bad and the heat was so stifling that I could only do two or three of the poses. The rest of the time I just lay on my back, dripping with sweat, feeling nauseated from the heat. The instructor told me that my goal was just to stay in the room. Somehow I stuck it out. Even though I knew I was awful, I wanted to try again. The yoga studio was starting a hot yoga challenge, where you try to do 60 classes in 90 days, so I signed up.
I started to attend class four or five times a week. The instructors showed me ways to modify any moves that bothered my left knee, but I still couldn't believe how hard it was. I'd never sweat that much in my life—sweat would drip down my nose and onto the mat, and my shirt would be soaked. Around that same time, my 6-year-old granddaughter, Lily, was starting to learn how to ice-skate. My daughter called me after Lily's first class, laughing, and said, "Mom, she's awful. She's the worst of the bunch, but when she came off the ice today, she said, 'Wow! I am really good at this!'" It became a running joke in our family to say you were really good at something even when you clearly were not, and I started to apply the same train of thought to my yoga practice. I thought, Why shouldn't everyone do at least one thing terribly with enthusiasm? For me, maybe that will be yoga.
Throughout those first few weeks, I told myself that whether I was doing a pose or lying on my back, it was perfection. I was just proud of myself for going. By the 16th class, I was able to stay standing the entire time! Even though I still had trouble with almost all of the poses, I was getting stronger.
Making steady progress
I started to look forward to yoga—my energy levels were up, I was sleeping better, and my skin was softer, probably thanks to all that sweating. But my not being home in the evenings didn't go over well with John. He'd been used to me coming home around 4 PM and making an early dinner. When I started going to class after work, I wouldn't get home until about 6:45. I felt guilty, as though I was abandoning him. But over time, John grew accustomed to making dinner for himself or eating later—it became our new normal.
Not cooking a big meal for the two of us cut out a lot of my extra calories. If John had already eaten by the time I got home, I'd just make something light for myself, like fish or a salad. Between that and all the yoga, I started to lose weight quickly—about 10 pounds in the first month.
Little by little, I began to feel stronger, and my balance improved.
My left knee was also getting stronger, so it didn't bother me as much, and all that stretching seemed to be helping my heel pain, too. I also became a lot more flexible. When I started out, I couldn't reach back to grab the tops of my feet in Bow Pose, but eventually I was able to do it. Small successes like those kept me going. I was also getting used to the heat. I actually started to crave the high temps and all that sweating. I felt like I was purging my body of years' worth of toxins.
When school let out for the summer, I swapped my evening classes for morning ones. I loved to start my day with yoga; even if I did nothing else the rest of the day, I felt like I had accomplished something. (Not an early riser? Follow these 7 Steps To Love Morning Workouts.)
By my 60th birthday, I had dropped 20 pounds and no longer had any pain in my right heel. At that point, I was hooked on yoga and wasn't going to stop.
Yogini for life
At the end of summer, I found out that, due to a scheduling change, I wouldn't be able to teach speech therapy to my preferred age group. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I didn't want to go back to work. Aside from all the physical benefits, yoga had helped me feel more connected to my inner voice, and I started to think about what I wanted out of the next part of my life. I also realized that if I wasn't working, I'd be free to take my morning yoga classes. So I decided to throw in the towel early and do what gives me the most joy—yoga. Just like people who golf, I have found something satisfying to do outside of work.
Now I do 60 to 75 minutes of yoga four or five times a week, have lost 30 pounds, and am happy beyond my wildest dreams. I'm still working on getting off my blood pressure medication and have about 14 pounds to lose, but I just started following the plan in The Belly Melt Diet, by the editors of Prevention, to help break through my plateau. One thing I know for sure is that I'll never stop doing yoga. It makes me feel fully alive and more present in my life. I walk more slowly after class—I notice the sky, the trees, and even the beautiful produce at the grocery store—and I'm more appreciative of those around me. Yoga put me in touch with my body first, and then my soul.
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Find the best yoga class for you
Hot yoga worked for Johnni Southerland, but the high temps aren't for everyone. (Before attempting a heated yoga class, ask your doctor if you're healthy enough for exercise in extreme heat, especially if you have high blood pressure.) Luckily, there are many styles of yoga to choose from. Check out the list below to find the perfect practice for you.
If you want to build strength or lose weight...
...TRY Ashtanga or power yoga. These challenging, calorie-burning styles are best for people who want to push themselves. Classes normally flow from pose to pose, which keeps your heart rate elevated, and often include a lot of strength-building moves, such as yoga push-ups and ab work.
If you love attention to detail, are new to yoga, or have poor flexibility...
...TRY Iyengar. This slower-moving style is perfect for those looking to learn the basic fundamentals of yoga postures or anyone who wants to deepen her practice. Classes emphasize precision and postural alignment.
If you need to de-stress or are recovering from an injury...
...TRY restorative or yin. These super-relaxing styles commonly hold students in poses longer than other types, and many poses are done seated or lying down. They're great for relieving chronic stress and increasing flexibility.Tags: BasicsCopyright © 2017 Rodale Inc.
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I had a full tt 10 months ago, now I would like to lose about 20 pounds,but am wondering if that will make my stomach flabby again or will workout while dieting prevent my flabby skin
Will I Be Left with Loose Skin Again?
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Loosing 20 pounds after tummy tuck
It is very unlikely that a 20 pound weight loss will cause you to develop loose skin especially if you have already had a tummy tuck. If you feel like you want to lose that weight for health or cosmetic reasons, I would not hesitate.
Will I Be Left with Loose Skin Again?
Go for it. Twenty pounds will not likely make much of an impact on skin tightness in the abdomen. If it does, the decreased girth will probably be more beneficial in appearance than a bit of skin excess is bad.
At the worst, if you lose the weight and decide that it looks bad, you will probably find it not to difficult to gain it back.
All the best.
What Will Happen To My Skin Post TT If I Lose Weight?
A 15-20lb. weight loss shouldn't cause you to have excess skin when you just went through an Abdominioplasty. The weight loss will be distributed throughout your entire body, not just around your abdomen. Living a healthy lifestyle can only benefit your life so enjoy your results!
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Professor Landau writes primarily about the field of comparative constitutional law, with a focus on Latin America. His recent work has focused on democratic transitions and the potential risks of constitutional amendment and constitution-making for democracy, as well as on judicial activism on socioeconomic rights issues across the developing world. He has published in various journals including the Harvard International Law Journal, the UC Davis Law Review, the Boston College Law Review, and the Alabama Law Review.
In 2011, Professor Landau served as a consultant on constitutional issues for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Honduras. Since 2012, he has been a founding editor of IConnect, the blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law.
Professor Landau has taught Civil Procedure, Public International Law, Conflict of Laws, Comparative Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law I, and International Litigation and Arbitration. He is also Associate Dean for International Programs, and in that capacity is in charge of the graduate LL.M. Program in American Law for Foreign Lawyers and the Certificate Program in International Law for J.D. students.
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I'm back and yes you all were right.
Ok. Go ahead with all the "i told you so's..." but I could really use a shoulder instead. Yes, i knew our marriage was f**ked up and crazy and doomed, but today he FINALLY told me he was done with me. I know I should have been the one to kick him to the curb back in Dec., but I just had to wait it out. I had to at least TRY to see if it would work out. I have had 3 failed marriages. I really wanted this 4th one to work. I wanted my 2nd and 3rd to work too. (I married the same man twice. He was gay. Didn't work either time, whole other story.) Obviously I have a very difficult time choosing men. I waited for him for over 2 years 2 get out of jail and continue our marriage. He won't stop blaming me for his going 2 jail. I don't know why I ever thought it would work. He is 16 years younger than me, and now that he is out he is 31 and ready to PLAY. Cant blame him I guess. The early 30s were my best years! I am now 47. I look old. I get it. I just need some advice on how to move on and get on with my life. I have been alone for 3 years now. i don't need to go through counseling and all that. I've been doing it for the past 2 years. I am ready to date. I am just so tired...I HATE the idea of having to start all over again. That is one of the reasons I have worked so hard to make this one work. But it is true, if BOTH of you don't want it to work, well then...
It seems as though at this point in my life i also have issues with choosing the right man for me. And now that im 14 weeks pregnant and just kicked to the curb as of yesterday, i dont know what to do. When u think u got everything under control and things are good, the truth smacks u in the face. Its very depressing because all u want to do is be happy. Thats its. But i guess life isn't that easy.
All i can say to you is the train does not stop here. Take your time with meeting new people. Go out to public places and have a good time talking with people in your own age bracket. If u like younger men then so be it. Just take your time and dont rush anything. If u have any girlfriends or close family, go hang out with them sometimes. It will be good for you. Good things come to those who wait.
Why do you have to have a man? You are just getting out of this relationship and are already ready to date. No relationship is going to work for you if you aren't in a good place yourself, KWIM? Be single for a while. Enjoy life!
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Why do you have to have a man? You are just getting out of this relationship and are already ready to date. No relationship is going to work for you if you aren't in a good place yourself, KWIM? Be single for a while. Enjoy life!
I tried to make my marriage work, too, and hung in there for a very long time. I should have left my ex years ago but was committed in a relationship that lasted 26 years. I thought my ex was committed, too. I was literally blindsided last August. Take time for you now. You've been hurt once too many times. You are just now getting over a relationship that you know you gave 'your all'. Be proud of that fact. There is always someone else out there for us that IS meant for us. If we trust in good things they will eventually come. I enjoy being single but I am SO ready to move on with my life now. I think I have been for quite some time. Reality has finally set in.
I agree with the previous posts. Take some time for yourself...get comfortable with being single and being you. I learned the hard way that no guy was going to respect me and I wasn't going to be happy in any relationship until I learned to love myself and learned how to live my life happily alone. It's made me realize that I don't NEED a man to make me happy or make me feel complete...so when I actually have one, it's a nice addition, but no necessity.


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Russian Helicopters is close to signing major new contracts with the country's defence ministry and major civil operators and expects to make details public at Le Bourget this week.
The state-owned holding company, which incorporates the Mil and Kamov design bureaux and Kazan Helicopters, is in the final stages of concluding the deals, says chief executive Dmitry Petrov.
The civil contracts will involve two companies heavily involved in supporting Russia's oil and gas industry: UTAir, already the world's largest operator of Russian-built helicopters, and Gazpromavia.
Both will be taking variants of the Mi-171 medium transport helicopter - UTAir has recently accepted delivery of the final examples from a previous batch of 40. Gazpromavia will also acquire further examples of the Kamov Ka-226 light utility machine.
"We're kind of superstitious about talking of numbers before the contract is signed, but it will be several dozen," says Petrov.
While unable to give details of the military contracts before contract signature, he says they will be long-term agreements involving deliveries up to the 2018-20 period. They will be part of the major defence procurement programme that is planned to renovate the ageing equipment inventories of Russia's armed forces.
This procurement programme is due to see Russia spending Rb20 trillion (around $700 billion) by 2020, with expenditure rising sharply from Rb574 billion this year to Rb1.16 trillion in 2013.
Kamov, designer of Ka-32A firefighting aircraft, is now part of Russian Helicopters
Among planned equipment purchases for the military are more than 1,000 helicopters of 21 types. "Basically the whole current and prospective model range," says Petrov.
These domestic contracts are part of an encouraging sales outlook for Russian Helicopters, which has been one of the bright spots in the Russian aerospace sector in recent years. Deliveries have risen steadily, from a low point of 85 in 2004 to 214 in 2010, 262 this year and "around 300, maybe more", in 2012. Growth is likely to continue, but at a more moderate rate, in the next few years.
Petrov says that both internal estimates and external observers predict annual production in the 450-500 range by 2020.
While part of this increase will be driven by the growth in domestic defence spending, Russian Helicopters also foresees increased exports to Russia's traditional markets in developing nations, where the helicopters' qualities of ruggedness and keen pricing are appreciated. Future models will retain this structural toughness and ability to operate in austere conditions, says Petrov.
The split between civil and military production is roughly 50:50 and this balance is likely to continue, although with minor annual fluctuations, says Petrov.
He picks out the Asia-Pacific region and in particular Russia's traditional partners, China and India, as areas for future growth. Russian Helicopters' goal is to have a market share of at least 15% globally and up to 90% domestically by 2020.
India, in particular, remains a major market, with Russian Helicopters' machines shortlisted in several major military competitions that are due to be decided later this year.
The largest is for 197 light utility helicopters, for which the Kamov Ka-226T, powered by Turbomeca Arrius 2G1 powerplants, is competing against the Eurocopter AS550C3 Fennec to replace elderly HAL Chetaks and Cheetahs for the Indian air force and army.
Mil, now part of Russian Helicopters, includes the Mi-38 transport helicopter in its portfolio
Meanwhile the Mil Mi-26T2 is shortlisted with the Boeing CH-47F Chinook for an order for 15 heavy lift helicopters, and the Mi-28NE combat helicopter is duelling with the Boeing AH-64D Apache for a contract for 22 attack machines.
Russian Helicopters has also tendered to upgrade 15 Indian navy Kamov Ka-28 and 31s that serve in the anti-submarine and airborne early warning roles respectively, plus 108 Mi-17s for the Indian air force, says Petrov. "As you can guess, we have a major chance there as we are the OEM [original equipment manufacturer], but we do have certain foreign partners, such as Finmeccanica in respect of the navy fleet."
However, while pursuing new contracts Russian Helicopters is also seeking to change the nature of its revenue stream by targeting a major increase in aftermarket income over the coming decade.
Revenue from this market sector is increasing steadily as the company expands its network of service centres internationally to maintain and repair its worldwide fleet of some 8,500 machines.
"Even three years ago our percentage of after-sales support earnings within total revenue was only 6%," says Petrov. "Our 2010 results show this had increased to 21% and a conservative forecast is that by 2020 it will have reached 35-40% of revenue, which will correspond to the best practice of our competitors."
As part of this process, Russian Helicopters is steadily opening new service centres worldwide to add to the 83 already operating. Sites in China and Brazil are expected to start operating this year, as is a joint venture based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates that will cater for Russian-made helicopters operated by coalition forces in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. The actual maintenance will probably be undertaken at a service centre at Kabul airport or out in the field in Afghanistan.
As well as opening service centres itself, Russian Helicopters has embarked on a process of certificating and modernising third-party service centres to obtain greater value from the aftermarket cycle.
As part of this process it is agreeing framework agreements with these third-party service centres to increase the share of spare parts sourced directly from Russian Helicopters and its suppliers. It is also offering integrated full-cycle service packages to operators.
Further co-operation with foreign partners is under way closer to home at Tomilino, near Moscow, where the HeliVert joint venture with AgustaWestland is about to start work on assembling its first AW139 medium twins. A formal opening is planned for August.
When work on the final assembly plant began a year ago, HeliVert announced that five AW139s would be produced in 2011, with the plant having a projected capacity of more than 20 aircraft a year.
However, after fine-tuning of equipment and staff training, this year will see "just one or two" aircraft produced and maximum capacity per year will be 15, says Petrov. This figure could rise if the premises were expanded "but so far we don't deem it necessary".
The AW139 will fill a gap in Russian Helicopters' portfolio, with most of the Russian-assembled examples being completed in VVIP configuration for company presidents and chief executives or senior politicians, such as the heads of certain Russian provinces.
Tomilino will also be the site of a new research and development complex that will combine the resources of the Kamov and Mil design bureaux.
Further international co-operation was announced in April when Russian Helicopters and Turbomeca of France signed a contract for the supply of 308 Ardiden 3G turboshaft engines to power an updated version of the Kamov Ka-62 6.5t helicopter, in preference to the Russian Saturn RD-600 powerplant that has been reported as having fuel consumption and gearbox problems.
Petrov admits that it is always useful to have different powerplants competing for a place on an airframe, as competition improves products. While the Ka-62 will be produced with the French turbine, Petrov says: "We never exclude Saturn. If there's market demand and Saturn catches up with their engine we'll be ready to offer that second option."
The Ka-62 remains on schedule for certification by the end of 2014, with production launch the following year, he says.
In other market sectors, the company is re-entering the light helicopter arena with the upgraded 1t MTOW-class Mi-34C1. It will have an improved Voronezh M9FV engine and electric start-up, plus upgraded swashplate and avionics. Importantly for a rotary-wing aircraft that is designed to have aerobatic capability, it will now have a Goodrich-produced hydraulic-assisted control system. "Previously you had to apply 30-35kg [66-77lb] of force to the stick to get the angle of attack you wanted. Now, you can literally control it with one finger, like a Robinson."
He believes demand for the new model will come from non-traditional markets, notably the US, where many private pilots fly helicopters for sport.
However despite the generally favourable business outlook, not everything has gone Russian Helicopters' way recently. The company called off a long-expected Initial Public Offering last month. It had planned to use the IPO to raise $500 million through selling shares on the London and Moscow stock exchanges. The money was to be used to reduce debt and buy shares in its subsidiaries that it does not already own.
Petrov says there were several interconnected reasons for the decision to postpone the move, centred on the poor state of the market.
Since the start of 2011, 13 Russian companies had tried to launch IPOs and more than half of them had failed because of insufficient demand, he says. Even those that had gone ahead had seen their share value dip below the offer price shortly after their launch.
Additionally, this spring had seen stock markets dip sharply. Although Russian Helicopters had conducted a major investors' roadshow that had met with generally positive reactions, this had been outweighed by overall negative marketplace sentiment.
Rather than lower the price of its shares, the decision was taken to postpone the IPO, said Petrov. There is no firm timetable to relaunch the offering, although next year is most likely.


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Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources says the chairman of its board of directors is stepping down.
The Bristol, Va.-based company said Tuesday that Michael J. Quillen has chosen not to stand for re-election at the company's 2012 annual meeting.
The 63-year-old Quillen formed Alpha Natural Resources in 2002. He led the company through its initial public offering in 2005 and more than a dozen mergers and acquisitions. Quillen has served as chairman since 2006 and as a board member since 2004.
The board has selected CEO Kevin S. Crutchfield to succeed Quillen as chairman immediately following the May 17 annual meeting.
Alpha Natural Resources Inc. has more than 180 mines and processing plants in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. It employs about 14,000 people through its affiliates.


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Windsor resident Bernadette Carr may not have known about the "mystery shopper" scam before, but she's definitely aware of it now -- having lost $3,200 to a fraudster because of it.
Windsor woman falls victim to "secret shopper" scam
Windsor resident Bernadette Carr may not have known about the "mystery shopper" scam before, but she's aware of it now after losing $3,200 because of it.
"I'm not an ignorant person. I watch the news and stuff like that," says Carr, 53. "I never heard of this."
Now Carr is hoping her story will serve as a warning to the public, whether in Windsor or anywhere else. "You know what? It's new if you don't know."
The trouble began earlier this year when Carr noticed an online ad while "playing around on Facebook."
The ad promised lucrative work as a "secret shopper" — someone who tests a company's service under the guise of being a customer. "I always wanted to be one, I just didn't know how," Carr said.
Carr clicked the link.
On Feb. 13, a package arrived in the mail with her first assignment: deposit a cheque into her account and use the funds to send money orders.
"The second part of the assignment was to go to Sears and buy a product," Carr said. "Made it all sound legit."
After waiting for what she thought was adequate time for the cheque to clear, Carr sent the money orders: one for $1,800, and another for $1,400.
Needless to say, the cheque didn't clear.
"I didn't find out until day 10 that it was a counterfeit cheque," Carr said. She was left on the hook for the money she sent.
Carr said she filed reports with Windsor police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, but she was told such fraudsters are rarely caught.
"They have disposable phones. They're not even in the country," Carr said.
Carr said she wouldn't have fallen for the scam if she had a better financial situation: Although she works as a records clerk, her hours have been reduced, and her partner is unemployed.
"We've been destitute. We've been praying for an answer. And then this comes," Carr said. "When you're in that kind of frame of mind, you think it's salvation."
"If I were fully employed, I wouldn't have even frickin' looked at the letter."
March is national Fraud Prevention Month. According to RCMP, the "mystery shopper" scam continues to victimize people across the country despite widespread warnings. Windsor police have cautioned the public on this type of fraud as recently as January.
It's not much comfort, but an officer told Carr that Canadians lose $325 million to scams every year. "So I'm not the only sucker," Carr said.
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What is this medicine?BETAINE (BEE ta een) is a nutrient. It is used to treat homocystinuria. This drug helps regulate homocysteine levels and can improve how you feel. It is not a cure.
This nutrient may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This nutrient is taken by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Shake the bottle of powder lightly before removing the cap. Using the scoop that comes with the bottle, measure the number of scoops prescribed for the dose. Then, mix the dose with 4-6 ounces (120-180 ml) of water, juice, milk, or formula until completely dissolved, or mix the dose with food. Take the dose immediately.
Contact your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed. Betaine has been used in children, including in very young infants. Compared to adults, children or infants may require more frequent changes in dose to get the right effect.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?No drug interactions are known. Vitamins such as folate, pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), and cyanocobalamin (vitamin B-12) may be used with betaine.
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The Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS) is an on-going general population survey of alcohol and illicit drug use among Canadians aged 15 years and older, that was launched in April 2008. Derived from and similar to the Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS) of 2004, CADUMS is designed to provide detailed national and provincial estimates of alcohol and drug-related behaviours and outcomes.
The results for 2008 are based on telephone interviews with 16,672 respondents, across all 10 provinces, who represent approximately 25,957,435 Canadian residents, aged 15 years and older. In the table below, selected results from CADUMS 2008 are compared with the results from CAS 2004, to indicate how the situation has changed in recent years. Also, a discussion of the results from CADUMS 2008, detailed tables and some definitions used in this report are provided.
Selected comparisons with the results from the Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS) of 2004 are presented, due to similarities in questions and methodology with CADUMS. However, it is important to note that data collection for the CAS took place from December 2003 to March 2004, while CADUMS interviews were conducted from April 2008 to December 2008. Hence, there may be differences in results between the two surveys that are due to seasonal variations.
* Indicates that the difference between the estimates for 2004 and 2008 are statistically significant.
** Caution is required in comparing the 2004 and 2008 results for hallucinogens, given that the list of substances under hallucinogens was expanded in the 2008 questionnaire to include salvia and "magic mushrooms".
|Alcohol use
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|15.6 years
|15.6 years
|Alcohol pattern of use in past year
|Abstainer -never in life
|Former drinker - abstained in past year
|Light infrequent drinker
|Light frequent drinker
|Heavy infrequent drinker
|Heavy frequent drinker
|Alcohol related harms in past year
|Any alcohol harm to self - among drinkers
|Any alcohol harm to self - among total population
|Illicit drug use in past year
|Cannabis - lifetime
|Cannabis - past year
|Cannabis - Average age of initiation for youth
|15.6 years
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|Any drug (including cannabis)
|Any drug (excl. cannabis)
|Drug related harms in past year
|Any drug harm to self - among users of any drug
|Any drug harm to self - among total population
Similar to the situation in 2004, most Canadians reported drinking but doing so, in moderation. In 2008, some 77.3% of Canadians aged 15 or older reported consuming alcohol in the previous 12 months, a rate comparable to 79.3% reported in 2004. In 2008, more males than females reported drinking in the past year, (81.4% versus 73.5%, respectively). The prevalence of past-year drinking amongst youth 15 to 24 years of age (78.4%) was relatively close to the estimate for the population over 25 years of age, (77.1%). Across provinces, the rate of current drinking was fairly close to the national average, although notably lower rates are recorded for Newfoundland and Labrador (73.1%) and Nova Scotia (71.6%).
Lifetime alcohol use decreased in 2008 with 90.2% of Canadians reporting that they had drank alcohol at least once in their life compared with 92.8% in 2004. The average age of first use of alcohol amongst youth, 15 to 24 years old, remained constant at 15.6 years of age.
Compared to 2004, more Canadians in 2008 were either not drinking or, generally, were drinking more moderately. In 2008, 31.5% of Canadians reported drinking once a week or more and usually fewer than 5 drinks when alcohol was used compared to 27.9% in 2004. At the same time, fewer Canadians in 2008 reported heavy drinking (i.e. 5 or more drinks for men, and 4 or more drinks for women) to be their usual consumption whether they be drinking frequently (i.e. once or more times a week on average) or infrequently.
Differences in drinking pattern exist between the sexes and between age groups. Significantly more males than females report heavy infrequent (5.7% versus 2.8%) and heavy frequent (7.9% versus 2.6%) drinking patterns, whereas more females than males are abstainers (12.6% versus 7.0%) or light infrequent drinkers (41.5% versus 30.8%).
The rate of light frequent drinking for adults, 25 years and older, at 34.4% was more than double the rate for youth, 15 to 24 years, at 16.2%, whereas a heavy infrequent drinking pattern was almost five times higher among youth 15 to 24 years of age than adults 25 years and older (12.7% versus 2.6%). The prevalence of heavy frequent drinking amongst youth 15 to 24 years of age at 13.5% was almost four times higher than the rate for adults 25 years and older at 3.6%.
Across provinces, some notable differences in drinking patterns emerged. While the national average prevalence rate of light frequent drinking in 2008 was 31.5%, Quebec had the highest rate in the country at 37.8%, whereas Newfoundland and Labrador had the lowest rate at 18.8% of the population. While Newfoundland and Labrador also had one of the lowest prevalence rates for drinking in the past year, it also had the highest rate of heavy frequent drinking, at 9.4%. In contrast, Quebec had the lowest heavy frequent drinking rate at 3.5%.
In 2008, consistent with the lower rate of lifetime use of alcohol, fewer Canadians (17.6%) reported experiencing at least one harm in their lifetime as a result of their alcohol use compared to 2004 (22.4%). This decline in harms was seen amongst adults, where it fell to 16.2% in 2008 compared to 21.2% in 2004, but the rate of lifetime harms reported by 24.8% of youth in 2008 was not significantly different from the rate of 30.6% in 2004. The difference in the prevalence of past year harm from alcohol use in 2008 compared to 2004 was not statistically significant.
Consistent with the differences in drinking patterns that exist between males and females as well as between youth 15 to 24 years of age and adults 25 years and older, males and youth 15 to 24 years of age were more likely than their counterparts to experience harm. Twice as many males as females reported experiencing harm in their lifetime (23.7% versus 11.9%). A higher proportion of males also reported experiencing harm in the past 12 months (8.7% compared to 5.1%). Similarly, youth 15 to 24 years of age also had higher rates of harm than adults 25 years and older in their lifetimes (24.8% versus 16.2%) as well as in the past year (17.9% versus 4.7%). Despite the higher rates of heavy drinking in the Atlantic provinces, respondents in these provinces do not report higher rates of lifetime or past year harms. Rather, higher rates of lifetime harm were reported in Saskatchewan (23.5%) and British Columbia (21.0%).
The prevalence of past-year cannabis use amongst Canadians 15 years of age and older decreased to 11.4% in 2008 compared to 14.1% in 2004. The prevalence of use in 2008 by youth 15 to 24 years of age at 32.7% was more than four times higher than the rate of 7.3% for adults 25 years and older. Although males were more likely than females to report past year cannabis use (14.4% versus 8.6%), the reported use in 2008 was lower for males than it was in 2004 (18.2%). Compared with the national average of 11.4%, the prevalence of past-year use of cannabis was fairly consistent across the provinces.
The average age of initiation for cannabis use amongst youth 15 to 24 years of age was 15.5 years, for 2008 - essentially the same as the age of initiation for alcohol in 2008 and the average age of initiation for cannabis reported in 2004.
The statistics on past 12 month use of hallucinogens increased from 0.7% in 2004 to 2.1% in 2008; increases were also evident for hallucinogen use in males (1.0% versus 3.3%), youth 15 to 24 years of age (3.5% versus 10.2%) and adults 25 years and older (0.1% versus 0.6%). However, caution is required in comparing the 2004 and 2008 results, because the list of substances under hallucinogens was expanded in the 2008 questionnaire. The 2008 CADUMS asked respondents about their use of hallucinogens such as PCP, LSD (acid), salvia, or magic mushrooms during the past year, whereas the 2004 CAS questionnaire made specific reference to PCP and LSD only.
Excluding cannabis, hallucinogens was the illicit drug most commonly used during the past 12 months followed closely by cocaine (1.6%), ecstasy (1.4%), speed (1.1%) and methamphetamine (0.2%), the reported rates of which are comparable to those reported in 2004.
In 2008, 12.1% of Canadians used at least one of six drugs (including cannabis, cocaine or crack, speed, ecstasy, hallucinogens or heroin), a decrease from 14.5% reported in 2004. This decrease is primarily due to the decreased rate of cannabis use since the rate of past-year use of any drug excluding cannabis (3.9%) has not changed since 2004 (3.0%). The rate of past-year use of any drug excluding cannabis (at least one of cocaine, speed, ecstasy, hallucinogens or heroin) was higher among men than women (5.5% versus 2.4%, respectively) and approximately 8 times higher among youth 15 to 24 years of age than adults 25 years and older (15.4% versus 1.7%, respectively).
CADUMS included questions relating to the use and abuse of three classes of psychoactive pharmaceutical drugs that are normally prescribed for therapeutic purposes. The three classes of drugs were: opioid pain relievers, (such as Percodan®, Demerol®, and OxyContin®); stimulants, (such as Ritalin®, Concerta®, Adderall®, and Dexedrine®); and tranquillizers and sedatives, (such as Valium®, Ativan®, and Xanax®). While these drugs are prescribed for therapeutic purposes, they have the potential for abuse due to their psychoactive properties. To provide a baseline on overall use, (including therapeutic use), respondents were asked whether or not they had used opioid pain relievers, stimulants, or sedatives, and whether or not they had used these pharmaceuticals to get high.
While 28.4% of respondents indicated that they had used a psychoactive pharmaceutical drug in the past year, only 2.0% of these users reported that they used such a drug to get high. In general, women and adults 25 years and older reported higher rates of pharmaceutical use, but among youth 15 to 24 years of age, there were higher rates of use to get high with 9.4% of current users aged 15 to 24 years reporting such use compared to 0.9% of adults 25 years and older (representing 2.1% and 0.3% total population, respectively).
Of the three categories of pharmaceuticals, opioid pain relievers were the most commonly used in 2008. Approximately one in five (21.6%) of the respondents reported the use of opioid pain relievers in the 12 months preceding the survey. Amongst users of opioid pain relievers, 1.5% (which corresponds to 0.3% of the total population) reported using them to get high. The prevalence of abuse was roughly five times higher amongst youth, 15 to 24 years of age, (4.9% of users, 0.9% of the population), compared to adults, 25 years and older, (1.0% of users, 0.2% of the population).
While significantly fewer Canadians (1.1%) reported the use of stimulants in the previous 12 months, the prevalence of abuse by stimulant users was substantially higher than that reported for opioid pain relievers. Among users, one in four, 25.5% (representing 0.3% of the total population) reported the use of stimulants to get high. Youth were more likely than adults to report such use; 38.3% of users aged 15 to 24 years (representing 1.2% of the youth population) reported such use, compared to 3.1% of users aged 25 years and older (representing 0.7% of the adult population).
One in ten Canadians (10.7%) reported the use of sedatives or tranquilizers in the past 12 months. As with opioid pain relievers, only 1.4% of users (representing 0.2% of the total population) reported the use of sedatives to get high. Where sedatives and tranquilizers are concerned, there were no differences according to sex or age in use to get high.
In 2008, 2.7% of Canadians 15 years and older reported experiencing at least one harm in the past year due to their illicit drug use, a rate comparable to 2004 (2.8%). Youth 15 to 24 years of age were approximately ten times more likely than adults 25 years and older to report harm due to drug use, with roughly one in ten (10.8%) youth 15 to 24 years of age reporting such harm, compared to only 1.1% of adults 25 years and older. Among current users the reported rate of past year harm has also not changed since 2004, approximately 1 in 5 (21.7%) users report experiencing some harm in the past year due to their drug use. However, among users, three times as many youth 15 to 24 years of age than adults 25 years and older reported such harm (31.5% versus 13.5%).
The terms used above have the following definitions:
The Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS) is an on-going general population survey of alcohol and illicit drug use among Canadians aged 15 and older, sponsored by Health Canada. It was developed in collaboration with the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH), the Centre for Addiction Research - British Columbia (CAR-BC), Alberta Health Services (formerly, Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission), Manitoba Health, the Centre québecois de lutte aux dépendances (CQLD), and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA). Designed to provide annual national and provincial estimates of alcohol and drug-related behaviours and outcomes, CADUMS was launched in April 2008.
Within each year, the targeted number of CADUMS interviews to be conducted by telephone is 1,008 per province, randomly selected to produce a national survey of 10,080 interviews annually. Due to methodological issues, the territories are not included in the survey. Provinces have the option to buy additional interviews to allow for more detailed analysis of results within their jurisdiction. For the 2008 calendar year, the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia arranged for their samples to be increased to 4,600 and 4,008, respectively. This resulted in a final tally of 16,672 respondents in 2008, representing approximately 25,957,435 Canadians aged 15 and older. For purposes of this report only univariate analyses were conducted, with statistical significance being determined by confidence interval overlap. Further results and more in-depth and thematic analyses from CADUMS are forthcoming.
For more information about the survey and its results, please write to the Office of Drugs and Alcohol Research and Surveillance, Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate, Health Canada, 123 Slater Street, Address Locator 3509C, Ottawa, ON, K1A 1B9, or send an e-mail request to email@example.com.


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Remarkable development of technology changes our whole ways of life.
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SEATTLE, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers are clamoring for DNA testing because it has the potential to immediately begin reducing the more than 100,000 adverse drug reaction deaths and 2.2 million serious events that occur every year in the U.S. An explosion of recent scientific research, improvements in DNA testing technology and the implementation of clinically relevant information systems provides the knowledge needed for the testing to enter the mainstream of medical practice. Pharmacogenetic DNA drug reaction testing will also help reduce the estimated $180 billion dollar annual cost to the healthcare industry.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, AMC has renewed Better Call Saul for a second season. This season will feature 13 episodes. The series premiere has also been adjusted. It was originally slated to premiere Novemeber 2014, but it has now been pushed back to early 2015. The second season will air early 2016.
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A SENIOR detective has told a trial he was "awestruck" when he saw the naked body of Elaine Doyle which was covered by a blanket.
Detective Chief Inspector William Clark, now retired, said the crime scene had been "contaminated".
The trial - now in its eighth week - has heard differing accounts from officers who were called to a lane off Ardgown Street, Greenock, almost 28 years ago, about whether Ms Doyle's body was covered.
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Mr Clark, 77, was the most senior officer there.
He told the High Court in Edinburgh that he took a few steps into the lane, which was only yards from Ms Doyle's home.
Advocate depute John Scullion asked if the teenager's body was covered. "It was, yes, it was covered by a blanket," Mr Clark told the trial. "At that time I had no idea where it came from. I was so angry at seeing it."
Mr Scullion: You told the ladies and gentlemen you were angry?" Mr Clark replied: "Awestruck."
He continued: "As a serving detective officer I knew that should not have happened."
Mr Clark said he asked whether forensic scientists had had an opportunity to examine Ms Doyle and ordered the blanket to be put aside and kept.
"No-one was actually owning up to why the blanket was on the body," he said.
Mr Clark said there were many people milling around. and a police photographer .
"By the time I turned round the blanket had gone from the body."
The body should have been left for forensic examination, he said.
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" Brand: Ju-Ju-Be / Type: Changing Bags "
I love this bag. I wasn't a yummy mummy from the very beginning and didn't prchase the between until my daughter was nearly 12 months old (and I was also beginning to get my figure back!)
I didn't have a 'nice' changing bag in the beginning and just used to lug round a HUGE overnight bag filled with all the baby stuff. To be honest I don't know if I could have managed with the between for a newborn, especially a bottle fed newborn, as the amount of stuff you need to carry around might not fit unless you are a very light packer. However, for a todler or older baby I have found that this bag is more than sufficient.
Ju Ju Be are well known for the beautiful patterns that they use for all their bags, mine is in a fabric called lush paisley, which is green swirls, but they have many different patterns that they change frequently.
Now the bag itself has got a multitude of different pockets and compartments. You cannot just shove a load of stuff in it asif it were a holdall. In fact if you try this you will find he bag very small. There are two main compartments with pockets and zippers so that you can organise spare clothes, nappies, wipes, snacks etc. At the back their is a further compartment that hold the (small) folded up changing mat, which comes in the same pattern as the bag. At the front their is a Mummy pocket which can hold your wallet, phone and keys. I do like this feature as it makes it possible to dump your handbag when going out and not end up carrying TWO bags everywhere. On each side of the bag there are 'bottle pockets' which fit most conventional sized bottles in. They will also fit fruit shoot bottles or any toddler cup without a handle. It's a bit of a shame that you can't fit handled beakers in the pockets- but I love this bag so much it really is a small price to pay (although the price tage for the bag is definately NOT small).
The bag is designed to be clipped to your stroller using the be connected stroller clips, so there are metal D rings on the strap for this. I use the bag in this way and it is much better than slinging it over the buggy handles. Finally, there is a padded part on the strap so that the bag is comfortable on your shoulder- honetly Ju Ju Be have thought of everything.
The bag is very well made and is machine washable for when it starts to get a bit gruby looking.
I will never by a yummy-mummy. I haven't 'kept' my figure (I didn't actually have much of a figure to keep in the first place). I rarely have time to apply make-up during the day. I don't wear designer clothes, have ridiculously long fake nails, or a spray tan. My shoes are from M&S, as are my undies (forget lacy trim, think white cotton). So why I spent over a months child allowance on a changing bag I can't really explain. I guess I just wanted something practical and pretty hanging off my pram handles after months of carting around my huggies freebie until the seams came apart.
And so I asked my best friend - the internet - to provide me with some ideas for a new changing bag. Something red to match my stroller (and my secret inner passions!). It's amazing what you can find if you look hard enough, and after swooning over leather designer changing bags priced in their hundreds, the £56 I eventually found the Ju-Ju-BeTween changing bag for seemed almost a bargain.
I bought my bag from thatcuteage.com in the Sienna Swirl design. This has a red theme, but it is swirled in with khaki green and cream. The bag measures 30.5cm wide x 23cm high x 15cm deep. It fits perfectly between the rear frame strutts of my stroller and the seat back when the seat is in an upright position, meaning that the bag does not stick out at the back of the stroller and allows me to walk upright whilst pushing the pram rather than having to have my arms at full stretch to avoid catching the bag with my knees as I walk (people who use wide messenger style changing bags and hang them from stroller handles will know what I mean about having to adjust your pushing style to avoid the potential bruising of a full bag hung at the handles and jutting outwards!!)
When empty the bag weighs 950g, which I find is very light. Not as light as an empty Huggies freebie messenger bag, but as this bag has more pockets and therefore more fabric and filling, I think the empty weight is fine.
On the exterior of each side of the bag there is an insulated bottle holder/side pocket. The pocket/holder has a strong elasticated top which keeps bottles firmly in place. I have used the pockets to store both bottles and tommy tippee sippy cups and have never had either fall out. It takes a firm push to get two handled beakers in the pockets but it's doable and you can be sure that they will stay put. The insulation isn't as good as a fully enclosed separate bottle holder would be and I wouldn't rely on it to keep a bottle of milk cool all day. However, it is adequate if you go out in the morning and want to keep a bottle cool until lunchtime. It's certainly less hassle and less cumbersome than carting a double bottle insulated container around.
The bag comes with a change mat made from Anti-microbial Memory Foam, making it comfortable for baby to lay on whilst being changed and easier to keep hygeinic. The mat is plain coloured on one side (creamy gold in the case of my bag) whilst the rear side is made of the same fabric as the bag. The mat is quite small, measuring 55cm long and 23cm wide. Littlest HonestBob is almost 2 and I can only get him on the mat from chest height down. This is generally fine, but I wouldn't want to use the mat on a surface I felt was unclean as I couldn't protect his head from it.
The bag features 7 pockets, most of which close with zips. The zips feature a little crystal decoration which I think is quite pretty. I have to cart this bag around on a daily basis so why shouldn't it be pretty!
Some of the pockets are quite small and when I first got the bag I couldn't see what I would use so many pockets for. However, they have proved useful for keeping snacks away from clothes and wipes, I can store small toys in a pocket and know I won't have to root through the whole bag when distraction is required and I can always find a dummy when Littlest HonestBob needs comforting.
The front pocket is for mummies. It contains a mobile phone holder, priceless for those moments when I would previously have been fetching out countless vests and trousers in the hunt for my ringing phone. There are also holders for pens and a stretchy key ring so that you can always find your frontdoor key and stretch it to the doorlock. This has been a real plus, particularly if I've got a sleeping littlest HonestBob and don't want to wake him by rustling around the bag at his back.
Good points:
+ Pretty and practical
+ Easy clean fabric exterior - even curry 'stains' have simply wiped off
+ Crumb holes - small holes in the base of the bag which prevent the collection of crumbs in the corners but which are too small to lose anything else through
+ Hygeinic material of the changing mat
+ Adjustable shoulder strap which can be altered easily to fit any pram or shoulder
+ D rings - Stroller clips can be purchased separately so that the bag clips to the stroller handles rather than being hung by the handles (I don't have these so cannot comment on their functionality)
Less Good points:
- This is not big enough to use if you have a newborn baby as you will need to cart too much stuff around. This is a toddler bag, for when baby is unlikely to need more than one change of clothing and requires less nappy changes and fewer other resources like jars of baby food, endless cuddly toys, blankets etc...
- The price. Although I bought mine for about £56, the same design is currently retailing on the same website for £70.42. The price of the fabric designs does vary however so it's worth shopping around for the colour you want.
Other points:
The Ju-Ju-Between is just one shape/style of changing bag produced by Ju Ju Be. They come in various sizes (with matching price tags) and styles and are certainly worth considering if the wannabe-yummy-mummy in you needs feeding.
Features: two outside bottle pockets insulated with 3M Thinsulate good hot or cold, top loading diapers and wipes pocket for easy entry and a quick change and inside elastic diaper retainer keeps diapers from turning into diaper wads.