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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- House Arc may look like an egg-shaped antidote to McMansion mania, but this small mail-order home was really designed as a way to quickly provide housing to victims of disaster.

"We wanted to see how we could produce a house that would fit into a flat packing container that could be shipped to communities in need, like New Orleans after Katrina," said architect Joseph Bellomo, who worked on the modular home for two and a half years.

The result was House Arc, a 150-square-foot structure of hollow steel tubes. Not only can the 3,000-pound modular home withstand high winds, it can also be boxed into a 120 cubic-foot freight container and shipped off to its next destination.

House Arc is designed to be put together like a piece of Ikea furniture, according to Bellomo. In other words, anyone with moderate carpentry skills should be able to assemble it. If the home is no longer needed, it can also easily be taken apart and shipped somewhere else.

The curved design is so strong because it works like an arch, spreading the weight of any load, such as the pressure of a strong wind, across the surfaces rather than allowing it to concentrate on one spot.

For Bellomo, it was important for the home to be practical yet also attractive. Disaster victims are often relegated to substandard housing conditions, packed into trailers or even tents for months after they lose their homes, he said.

Bellomo was inspired to create the modular home after he made Bike Arc, a steel-arched shelter that riders could lock their bikes into.

Even though House Arc has a footprint of less than 100 square feet, it's roomier inside, thanks to walls that bow out and nine-foot high ceilings.

The cozy mail-order home can also be added to a backyard to expand living space, say as a guest house. Or it could be used as a cabin in the woods.

But the cost is still high, at a base of about $55,000. However, Bellomo wants to automate the production process, which should cut the price at least by half, he said.

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WELLNESS

Many people still believe that losing weight is a matter of going without sweets and exercise more. While those are certainly important components of a successful weight-loss strategy, the body's highly-complex processes that affect weight control can make it more difficult to shed even just a few kilos of unwanted weight.

HORMONE AND WEIGHT LOSS

If you're among the many people who've made numerous efforts to lose weight, you've probably noticed how that, each kilo you lose requires more effort than the kilo before it; the first few kilos can be shed quickly, but soon enough the rate of weight loss hits a plateau. As frustrating as this can be for dieters, it's actually an important safety mechanism.

Once the diet begins, the body reacts to the reduced calorie intake by switching to survival mode; it slows the body's metabolism rate in order to conserve energy. In effect, the body concludes it is being starved and takes drastic measures as a means of survival.

Understanding the relationship between hormones and body weight can boost the effectiveness of your weight loss efforts. Our metabolism is controlled by hormones, including insulin, which works with the adrenal gland to control metabolism and fat burning.

BODY SHAPES AND CURVES

Sex hormones also play an important role in metabolism and weight control; they influence body shape, eating habits and fat accumulation. Our body shape holds the key to losing the stubborn, hard-to-shed weight. While body weight is one indicator of overall health, our body shape can indicate hormonal imbalances that make losing weight more difficult. For example, abdominal fat is one possible indicator of diabetes, while fat accumulation in the triceps or on the back may signal a problem in our adrenal glands.

High insulin levels can increase fat on the belly and shoulders; people with high insulin levels should substitute simple carbohydrates with healthier whole grain foods and increase protein consumption; fat is stored energy, and protein moves fat to where it can be metabolised and converted to energy. If you don't eat enough protein, your body fat can't be moved get to where it can be burned up, and it ends up accumulating inside the body.

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QB AJ McCarron: Alabama (6-4, 210)

What I like

ICONMcCarron will stand tall in the pocket.

- Has the pedigree of being a former big time recruit, but has not been babied during his time at Alabama. - Showcased the ability to play early in the SEC, winning a National Championship as a sophomore. - Is willing to be grinded on day in and day out by an NFL caliber coaching staff. - Can take critical feedback. - Possesses good size for the position and the ball comes out over his ear. - Holds the football at his chest plate in his drop and doesnt have a ton of wasted motion in his delivery. - Possesses solid arm strength, isnt going the throw the football through a wall, but possesses more than enough arm to make all the throws. - Showcases above-average touch on all levels of the field. - Is comfortable taking a bit off throws in the underneath pass game and exhibits plus ball placement both inside and outside the numbers allowing his target to run through the pass. - Showcases the ability to find secondary receivers across the field when going through his progressions. - Routinely understands where his secondary/ hot read will be underneath. - Works well off play action, snaps his head around quickly and exhibits plus touch down the field when asked to drop the ball into tight ears. - Isnt afraid to throw the football into coverage, exhibits enough ball placement to put throws where only his target can make a play. - Balances himself well in his drop from under center, keeps a wide base in his lower half and can transfer his weight well when the ball needs to come out on his back foot in the three and five step game. - Uses his eyes well to manipulate defenses at times, looks off safeties and stays in balance when coming back across the field with a throw. - When his feet are set showcases good accuracy and timing in the short/intermediate pass game. - Has some sneaky athleticism to his game when asked to boot outside the pocket and throw on the move. - Is a smart kid who has battled through adversity while playing vs. a high level of competition early in his college career. The best is still to come.

What I didnt like

- Still doesnt look completely comfortable with what he sees in the pocket. - Looks tentative at times to really cut the ball lose, plays not to make mistakes instead of trying to make a play. - Has a tendency to hold onto the football too long in the pocket waiting for a receivers to uncover. - Needs to improve his mental clock in the pocket and when the football needs to come out. - Gets too narrow with his footwork at times and routinely is forced to take a step into throws, even on passes that dont require it, causing his timing with the receiver to be a step late. - Doesnt generate a ton of torque off his back leg because of his upright base at times when standing in the pocket. - Gets caught bouncing on his toes in the pocket and isnt always set and ready to deliver the football. - Will make up his mind pre-snap at times and force throws into coverage. - Has yet to take that next step as a big time NFL prospect, but showed glimpses of it in the 2012 National Championship game.

The Breakdown

A lot can be said about the fact that hes already won a National Championship before his junior year all while handling the tough love of the Alabama coaching staff. Nevertheless, hes battled the adversity well, showed significant improvement during the 2011 season and has the skill set to make all the throws with zip and accuracy in the NFL.

I still want to see him mature into a more poised pocket passer, trust what he sees and not be afraid to cut the football lose. However, that is something that should take place during the next season or two if hes willing to put in the work.

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The Breakdown

QB AJ McCarron: Alabama (6-4, 210)

What I like

ICONMcCarron will stand tall in the pocket.

- Has the pedigree of being a former big time recruit, but has not been babied during his time at Alabama. - Showcased the ability to play early in the SEC, winning a National Championship as a sophomore. - Is willing to be grinded on day in and day out by an NFL caliber coaching staff. - Can take critical feedback. - Possesses good size for the position and the ball comes out over his ear. - Holds the football at his chest plate in his drop and doesnt have a ton of wasted motion in his delivery. - Possesses solid arm strength, isnt going the throw the football through a wall, but possesses more than enough arm to make all the throws. - Showcases above-average touch on all levels of the field. - Is comfortable taking a bit off throws in the underneath pass game and exhibits plus ball placement both inside and outside the numbers allowing his target to run through the pass. - Showcases the ability to find secondary receivers across the field when going through his progressions. - Routinely understands where his secondary/ hot read will be underneath. - Works well off play action, snaps his head around quickly and exhibits plus touch down the field when asked to drop the ball into tight ears. - Isnt afraid to throw the football into coverage, exhibits enough ball placement to put throws where only his target can make a play. - Balances himself well in his drop from under center, keeps a wide base in his lower half and can transfer his weight well when the ball needs to come out on his back foot in the three and five step game. - Uses his eyes well to manipulate defenses at times, looks off safeties and stays in balance when coming back across the field with a throw. - When his feet are set showcases good accuracy and timing in the short/intermediate pass game. - Has some sneaky athleticism to his game when asked to boot outside the pocket and throw on the move. - Is a smart kid who has battled through adversity while playing vs. a high level of competition early in his college career. The best is still to come.

What I didnt like

- Still doesnt look completely comfortable with what he sees in the pocket. - Looks tentative at times to really cut the ball lose, plays not to make mistakes instead of trying to make a play. - Has a tendency to hold onto the football too long in the pocket waiting for a receivers to uncover. - Needs to improve his mental clock in the pocket and when the football needs to come out. - Gets too narrow with his footwork at times and routinely is forced to take a step into throws, even on passes that dont require it, causing his timing with the receiver to be a step late. - Doesnt generate a ton of torque off his back leg because of his upright base at times when standing in the pocket. - Gets caught bouncing on his toes in the pocket and isnt always set and ready to deliver the football. - Will make up his mind pre-snap at times and force throws into coverage. - Has yet to take that next step as a big time NFL prospect, but showed glimpses of it in the 2012 National Championship game.

The Breakdown

A lot can be said about the fact that hes already won a National Championship before his junior year all while handling the tough love of the Alabama coaching staff. Nevertheless, hes battled the adversity well, showed significant improvement during the 2011 season and has the skill set to make all the throws with zip and accuracy in the NFL.

I still want to see him mature into a more poised pocket passer, trust what he sees and not be afraid to cut the football lose. However, that is something that should take place during the next season or two if hes willing to put in the work.

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Does Alabama have a future stud QB on their hands?

New mom Aishwarya Rai is happy playing a doting mother for the time being. No wonder that losing weight is the last thing on her mind right now. And we certainly don't mind it as the diva looks comfortable in her skin.

Since the birth of her daughter in November last year, Aishwarya has been open about the fact that she is in no hurry to lose the few extra pounds she gained during her pregnancy. The actress defended her choice, saying she wanted simply to enjoy motherhood.

But with the star, who married Abhishek Bachchan, tipped for her 10th appearance at Cannes, furious speculation is mounting as to how she will look. Commentators have been unkind, lambasting the star for letting her fans down. Many have gone a step further, suggesting the star has a duty to her fans to regain her pre-pregnancy figure.

One website posted a video of the star looking less than her usual svelte self, flicking between photographs of her pre-birth, and photos now. Called Aishwarya Rais shocking weight gain, the clip, which came accompanied by elephant sound effects, has been seen more than 500,000 times.

Dozens of similar videos have been posted, each with viewing figures in the tens or hundreds of thousands. Comments left after the video proves that many of those watching have little sympathy for Aishwarya.

She is a Bollywood actress and it is her duty to look good and fit, the Daily Mail quoted one comment.

She needs to learn from people like Victoria Beckham who are back to size zero weeks after their delivery, another said.

It has opened up a debate in the country, and beyond, about the attitudes held towards women in the public eye. Some unkind fans have compared Aishwarya to Victoria Beckham, saying she should lose weight as quickly as Victoria did after her four pregnancies.

Aishwarya is like a goddess, said show business columnist Shobhaa De in the New York Daily News by way of explanation.

She is held up as the ideal of beauty and so there is an expectation on her to look perfect at all times. The role models being held up are Angelina Jolie and Victoria Beckham, but our body frames are different we have wider hips and curves so this whole business of looking desperately skinny two weeks after giving birth is a western import, she said.

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Teens looking to lose weight try dieting, counting calories, and exercising. But when that fails, one local company hopes to help. However, not everyone is on board with their solution.

Teenagers face all types of stresses: grades, relationships, jobs. But one stress can weigh heavier... and that's weight itself.

"Everybody, they are trying to achieve that weight," eighth grader Michael Crandall said. Crandall hopes by dropping a few pounds before enrolling in North Fort Myers High School this fall, he'll help his chance of making the football team.

"I want to lose 20 pounds in like 2 months, and I think my long term goal is 50 pounds," Crandall said.

He's tried diet and exercise before, but recently, something else caught his attention. "At the mall, I would see this stand, I don't know the name of it, but it's this new teen weight loss pill," Crandall said.

It's called PhenTabz Teen. The man behind it is Derek Vest.

"I had an issue with weight loss as a teen," Vest said. "I know what it's like when there is absolutely nothing out there except somebody to say, go exercise, or try to eat good. It's very difficult, and it's almost impossible and you do feel a little isolated."

After studying Dietetics and Nutrition in college, Vest worked at Jenny Craig. Now the CEO of Gentech Pharmaceutical, his company touts PhentabzTeen as the "world's first teen weight loss product."

"PhenTabzTeen is a much lower dose than the regular Phentabz or Phentabz prescription," Vest said.

The drug targets ages 16 through 19, but Vest said they get customers who haven't even reached their teens. "It can help cut the appetite, and can help give energy, it can keep them motivated so it can help them reach their goal," Vest said. "We've never had a single bad response, not one."

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Most people can't remember what they ate for dinner yesterday, never mind how they celebrated their 17th birthday or what headlined the news that day. Marilu Henner, on the other hand, can remember virtually every day of her life. Henner, who many remember as the character Elaine O'Connor Nardo on the sitcom Taxi, is one of only 12 documented cases of Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, or HSAM. People with HSAM have an abnormal ability to remember the intimate details of events in their lives and what was going on in the world on any given day in vivid, experiential fashion.

In her recently released book Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future, Henner recalls the memory games she played as a child. These exercises, writes Henner, were a way to "mentally challenge and exercise my brain to the point that I could 'time-travel' back to: What did we do each day of our vacation? What was I doing when I was exactly to the day my younger brother Lorin's age? My niece Lizzy's age? And it was not just about touching down on a fleeting image or a feeling from the past, but rather going deeper and deeper into memories and specific moments, exploring my past thoughts through the lens of the present."

In Total Memory Makeover, which just made The New York Times Bestseller list, Henner guides readers through exactly that process, helping them create connections between their past memories, present lives and the futures they hope to create. Henner sees memory as both a vast reservoir of information and an opportunity for self-exploration -- a contention confirmed by research that suggests that everything we've ever experienced is stored somewhere on our mental hard drives.

Henner deconstructs the many alluring types of memory and provides an extensive number of exercises designed to help readers access their memories, sift through painful ones, and release personal obstacles connected to repressed memories. "Negative experiences provide the most memorable and useful lessons," said Henner, who herself is infectiously positive.

In addition to being an actress and a healthy living coach, Henner is the author of The New York Times bestselling Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover, among other books. A long-time friend of Leslie Stahl, Henner and the remarkable capacities of people with HSAM were put on the cultural map when Stahl featured them on a CBS 60 Minutes Super Memory Summit.

I recently spoke to Henner about Total Memory Makeover and tried, in vain, to remember what I did on my 21st birthday.

What exactly is HSAM - and was that a curse for your parents?

No, it wasn't a curse for them. My parents died very young so if anything I feel like it's a tremendous insurance policy against loss. Most people remember eight to 11 events in a year. People with HSAM remember more than 200 events, and the memories are extremely detailed, very specific and autobiographical. It's not about memorizing lines, or looking at something and closing your eyes and describing it. It's more like the experience of being someplace or going through something, and recording information as you're experiencing it.

The prevailing mindset is that we have to let go of our pasts. You're suggesting that we should actually remember every detail about them. How can total memory recall actually help people take charge of the future?

First of all, your past is in you and on your mental hard drive whether or not you're acknowledging it or not -- or whether you remember it or not. It's what makes you behave and do things in your present. So why not explore it for all it's worth? If we didn't have a memory -- the layering of information that carries over into our present -- then what are we doing here? Our brains are capable of so much more than people realize.

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CHAMPAIGN Type 2 diabetes used to weigh down Peggy Jenvey's life.

It drained her energy. Her blood pressure rose. Her weight was too high, but the medications she had to take made the extra pounds tough to lose, she said.

Eight years ago, the Thomasboro woman took a drastic step.

With her weight hitting more than 300 pounds at the high point and diets failing her, she underwent gastric bypass surgery, one of several surgical procedures done for weight loss.

The surgery helped her shed 120 pounds, and it improved her health almost immediately.

She was able to cut her use of blood-pressure medication in half in two weeks, and she was off all medications including insulin for her diabetes within a month, Jenvey said.

These days, all the 59-year-old Jenvey takes is vitamin supplements recommended for people who have had weight-loss surgery. Her weight remains in a healthy range and she's got a lot more energy, she said.

"They won't ever say you're cured of diabetes," Jenvey added. "But in eight years, my blood sugars have all been in the good, normal range."

Dr. Uretz Oliphant, a bariatric surgeon with Carle Physician Group, said it's not completely clear how gastric bypass surgery works to reverse Type 2 diabetes.

But the research continues, and he considers it a valid treatment option for diabetics who have tried and failed to lose weight through diet, he said.

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8:03 P.M.

TUPELO Thomas James Ward's jury will sleep on his case tonight, returning Thursday to work on whether he is guilty or not in the 2010 shooting death of Anna Catherine McCoy.

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5:54 - Judge returns. Send for jury.

5:57 - Jury seated. Final closing by state.

BOWEN TO DO FINAL CLOSING.

BOWEN - You have sat patiently here over a week .... now your solemn duty to decide guilt or innocence of Thomas James Ward (he points to him.) For last hour, heard several others put on trial. State, prosecution, DAs Office, criticized. Told that for some reason theyre to be tried here today. Not what court told you in its instructions. One thing to decide, that is the guilt or innocence of that man right there (points to him,) Thomas Ward. All those disgtortions, criticizm of everybody in this case ... from time that man right there shot Anna Catherine McCoy, What people did to try to save her life, to investigate this case.

You heard attempt to put those people on trial, criticized. Thats not what judge told you with instrutions in this case. (Post photo on overhead.) This is the young woman whos life at 20, student ICC, soccer team, getting her educaiton. Full life ahead of her, promising life as tell by looking at her. Happy well adjusted, beautiful young woman. Had no right... did not deserve to have her life snuff out by that man there, Thomas Ward.

Judge said you took an oath to follow the law ... reach verdict in this case. The stae of MS despite what has been alluded to by defense counsel, state has every confidence you will do that. State of MS does not believ eyou wil shirk your duty, or compromise your oath. State of MS believes you will ... as have done hte past 6-7 days... listen carefully to evidence, consider it, dtermine fact, apply facts to law ... and in that manner return your verdict. When you do ... what you will do is decide among three choices that defendant is not guilty ....WHICH IS LUDICROUS ... or manslaughter by culpable negligence or of what state has proved to you ... that is he guilty of depraved heart murder.

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WEDNESDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- One in six cancers worldwide is caused by preventable or treatable infections, a new study finds.

Infections cause about 2 million cancer cases a year, and 80 percent of those cases occur in less developed areas of the world, according to the study, which was published online May 8 in The Lancet Oncology. Of the 7.5 million cancer deaths worldwide in 2008, about 1.5 million were due to potentially preventable or treatable infections.

"Infections with certain viruses, bacteria and parasites are one of the biggest and most preventable causes of cancer worldwide," lead authors Catherine de Martel and Martyn Plummer, from the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, said in a journal news release. "Application of existing public-health methods for infection prevention -- such as vaccination, safer injection practice or antimicrobial treatments -- could have a substantial effect on future burden of cancer worldwide."

The researchers examined data on 27 cancers in 184 countries and calculated that about 16 percent of all cancers in 2008 were infection-related. The rate of infection-related cancers was 23 percent in developing countries and 7 percent in developed countries.

Rates of infection-related cancers ranged from 3 percent in Australia and New Zealand to 33 percent in sub-Saharan Africa.

"Many infection-related cancers are preventable, particularly those associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), Helicobacter pylori, and hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses," the researchers said.

In 2008, these four main infections together caused 1.9 million cancers, mostly of the stomach, liver and cervix. Cervical cancer accounted for about half of infection-related cancers in women, and liver and gastric cancers accounted for more than 80 percent of infection-related cancers in men.

The study findings "show the potential for preventive and therapeutic programs in less developed countries to significantly reduce the global burden of cancer and the vast disparities across regions and countries," Goodarz Danaei, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, wrote in an accompanying editorial.

"Since effective and relatively low-cost vaccines for HPV and [hepatitis B] are available, increasing coverage should be a priority for health systems in high-burden countries," Danaei added.

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