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Anthony trade buzz has been the only thing of note for the Denver Nuggets so far this NBA season. Carmelo trade destinations have been several, including the New York Knicks. But now a big name has thrown its hat to the ring, reports ESPN. Carmelo Anthony to the Lakers may be the next large NBA headline.

All about the Carmelo to Lakers trade

A trade from Carmelo Anthony to Lakers could take place. It is possible. Lakers legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson said that something had to be changed by the Lakers if they were going to win. Just days after this, the Los Angeles Media spoke with Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak who said a trade is an option. A home was bought in Los Angeles by Carmelo Anthony last summer. This was done with his wife, MTV La La Vazquez. Lakers representatives have coyly denied interest.

Details on the Lakers

The first in Pacific Division is the Lakers that also have 36-16. Answers are being looked for by the team though since lots of high-profile losses have happened. Considering that a strong scorer is what the Lakers need, Anthony would be ideal. He’s a dominant scorer who can pull up for the jumper or abuse smaller players down low (‘Melo is 6-foot-8, 230 pounds). With Bryant, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom, the Lakers would be a nightmare to guard.

The Lakers are prepared to give up

It’s possible that the Carmelo and Lakers deal won’t go through, reports ESPN. If this is the case, Andrew Bynum will most likely be who the Lakers determine on. Many are concerned about Bynum’s durability although he can stop interior scorers easily. In accordance with ESPN, more players than just Anthony can be offered since salary is a major concern of the Nuggets right now. Also, the NBA requirements would all be filled with a straight up trade between Anthony and Andrew Bynum.

Trading with Carmelo Anthony

The New York Knicks have been talking to the Denver nuggets about Carmelo trade also as the LA Lakers. None of the possible trades have occurred that several have speculated for months after a three team deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Part of the hold-up has been questions concerning the health of Knicks forward Wilson Chandler following calf and ankle injuries that might require surgery.

Details from

ESPN

sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6101304

ESPN Los Angeles

espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/15841/the-philosophy-of-trading-andrew-bynum

Los Angeles Times

latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/02/dont-count-on-carmelo-anthony-coming-to-lakers.html

Lakers’ Ron Artest on how to guard Carmelo Anthony

youtube.com/watch?v=a-QTcU9YEi8

The automotive market can’t repeat the kind of sloppy decision-making by auto loan underwriters that led to the subprime bailout. Not examining the subprime market’s ability to repay proved to be disastrous. Wards Auto reports this has led automobile finance corporations to take a closer look at incoming auto loan applications.

All the facts are needed in car loan underwriting

More attention is given to those applying for automobile loans with a terrible credit history. This is the only way to get approved for it. You will find always possibilities to approve borrowers with a credit report history with a few dings as long as serious dings aren’t in it. The Price Waterhouse and Cooper consumer Financial Group senior manager Douglas Ekizian explained this. Sometimes it seems clear that the applicant has the ability to pay back the loan. In these cases, the underwriter makes a decision based on the consumer’s history.

An auto loan underwriting decision is something that is made with a lot of information. It’s easier to do with more information. Ekizian explained that analysts can do “more than a cursory review of credit-bureau forensic analytics,” when there is full income and employment data.

Lending for a car by gut impulse

The detail is really significant to help an auto loan underwriter to determine when and when the loan won’t default. Alliance Acceptance CEO Ray Thousand explained this. If all of a credit history is clean, then a default following a job loss is overlooked. The sector has relaxed when it comes to credit for automotive loans. This is why consumer risk finance manager of Toyota Motors Financial Services, Adem Yilmaz, said borrowers are still considered with a bankruptcy on the report.

“Determining willingness to pay back a loan is the gut call of the day. We’re looking for evidence of ultimately trying to make good on the loan,” said Thousand.

Auto loan defaults: Children of recession

A boom in auto loan defaults occurred in 2008 and 2009, years that were particularly bad for the U.S. economy. Many of vehicle loan companies either had to get bailout dollars or went bankrupt because of this. Hopefully the auto lending business can now make cautious underwriting decisions. Then, the mistakes of the past will not be repeated.

Citations

Wards Auto

wardsauto.com/home/auto_loan_analysts_110204/

Understanding the role of loan underwriting

youtube.com/watch?v=Q7OvlYjNt9w

Diet remedies for ADHD as an alternative to medication have raised hope as well as controversy. A newly released study demonstrated a possible link among an ADHD diet and improvement in ADHD conditions. However, medical experts familiar with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder questioned the researchers’ recommendation that diet become part of standard treatment for the condition.

What was discovered with the ADHD diet research

There can be an easier solution to ADHD than medication, The Lancet published a research explaining on Thurs. This would be an elimination diet that would be tried. ADHD conditions were reduced 64 percent in children in a study done by Dutch scientists that took away all food that would normally cause food allergies. Rice, white meat and veggies are all in the ADHD eating habits that 41 kids got for five weeks straight. Improvement was demonstrated in 32 of the children. The ADHD symptoms were lessened. In the second phase of the research, the children were fed what are assumed to be ADHD trigger-foods and most of them relapsed. A control group of 50 kids ate a standard healthy diet and no reduction in hyperactivity was noted.

Hearing what Pediatricians have to say about it

Scientists believe that when treating children for ADHD, it could be good to use an elimination eating habits considering the ADHD diet study. However, most pediatricians aren’t convinced that the benefits of an elimination eating habits are worth the effort. Children might end up with nutritional deficiencies if they are on an ADHD eating habits. Pediatricians think that the improvements shown were likely allergy related as kids with allergies show ADHD behavior often. There were not any independent observers of the ADHD study which meant pediatricians questioned if the methodology of the study was done.

Allergy link to ADHD

Many think that ADHD could be triggered by processed foods with a lot of sugar. There isn’t any proof for that though, the National Institute of Mental Health explained. Many think that food allergies might have a brain chemistry reaction rather than physical effects like asthma, skin rashes and diarrhea that other children get. However, since the Dutch study only lasted five weeks, it couldn’t definitively answer those questions or specify which foods ought to be avoided. The individual child is taken into account when it comes to “standard” care for ADHD though.

Citations

CNN

pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/03/does-adhd-come-from-foods/?npt=NP1

ABC News

abcnews.go.com/Health/Allergies/adhd-food-allergy-case-restricting-diet/story?id=12832958&page=3

Business Week

businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/649603.html

With new models and a reputation on the upswing, Ford Motor Co. is running strong, reports Automotive News. On Jan. 28, experts predict that Ford will reveal numbers that prove that 2010 was the company’s most profitable year since 2000. Not only that, however it could be the second straight lucrative year under Mulally.

About 48-cents per share is what the Ford ‘money machine’ makes

A Thomas Reuters survey was done on the Ford Motor’s fourth quarter $30.57 billion revenue. Before taxes, that is 48 cents per share profit. Revenue for fourth quarter would be about $1.7 billion with that rate. Ford Motors totaled the year with an $8 billion revenue to report. Also in 2010, the company reported the best three quarters opening since 1998 with $6.37 billion

In 2009, $118.31 billion was what Ford ended up getting, reports automotive news. That means the annual net profit was about $2.72 billion. Mulally attributes his company’s recent success to Ford automobile quality, which was ranked best among mass-market brands by J.D. Power & Associates in a recent consumer survey. Ford ranked fifth behind luxury brand Porsche overall within the J.D. Power survey.

“Ford is building better cars since (Mulally) came in,” said fund manager Gary Bradshaw of Dallas-based Hodges Capital Management, which owns 100,000 common and 100,000 preferred shares of Ford stock. “He’s just making this company a money machine.”

TARP funds never dispersed to Ford Motors

Since Ford didn’t accept any Troubled Asset Relief Program money like both GM and Chrysler did, a lot of consumer confidence has been put to the business. In what Mulally labeled “the world’s largest home-equity loan,” Ford Motors leveraged its main assets back in 2006 for $23 billion in private loans. Auto buying consumers continue to come into the doors to buy vehicles even though the automaker is dealing with debt.

Citations

Auto News

autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110127/OEM01/110129870/1254

CEO Alan Mulally on Ford’s direction in 2011

youtube.com/watch?v=3gRerDw4q0s

Loughner, charged 22-year-old Tucson shooter, went before a federal judge Monday in Phoenix, reports The Arizona Republic. Dressed in an orange jump suit and shackled by the wrists to belly chains, Loughner’s displays of bizarre conduct in court seemed to claim that a not guilty by reason of insanity plea was forthcoming, yet such was not the situation. Despite appearances, defense lawyer Judy Clarke sided with a plan “not guilty” plea for her client. Resource for this article – Jared Loughner enters plea of not guilty in U.S. District Court by Newsytype.com.

A plea is made with frivolity by Loughner

There were several responses to how Jared Loughner acted within the courtroom during the hearing. He went between scrunching his face and laughing. When it comes to standing trial, Loughner’s competence may be questioned. Clarke hasn’t brought it up yet though.

2 counts of attempted murder of Pam Simon and Ron Barber who are both federal employees as well as one count of attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who is a member of Congress are the things Loughner is being charged with. The murders of U.S. District Judge John Roll and Giffords’ aide Gabe Zimmerman will be addressed in 30 days for further charges against Loughner according to Assistant United States Lawyer Wallace Kleindienst who spoke with Judge Burns.

It was a decision lawyers made together to lift those charges. They would be separate from the arraignment listening to that happened Monday.

March 9 can be when Loughner goes back to court

Jared Loughner will return to court in either Tucson or Phoenix for a status conference. There is really only one reason for it. The dates for Loughner’s trial could be set.

Because of the murder of federal employees and civilians Phyllis Schneck, Dorwin Stoddard, Dorothy Morris and Christina Taylor Green, Loughner could be facing the death penalty. The Tucson shooting case will not have any Arizona federal judges on the case due to bias. Judge Burns traveled from San Diego to Phoenix into order to preside over the Loughner case.

Citations

The Arizona Republic

azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/24/20110124giffords-shooting-loughner-pleads-not-guilty.html

Los Angeles Times

latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-jared-loughner-hearing-20110125,0,7260693.story

What FOX News thought of a potential Loughner insanity plea

youtube.com/watch?v=-nYYe5Ckqic

The next Batman installment, “The Dark Knight Rises,” will feature Hathaway as Catwoman. Hathaway rose to prominence largely featuring in Disney teen comedies. Tom Hardy has also been team as the character “Bane” within the film. This is the final trip out for Nolan and Bale as Batman however, as Nolan has said that this is the final one. He will not be taking out any more unsecured loans to produce more movies.

Nolan chooses Catwoman celebrity to be Anne Hathaway

Hathaway will be playing “Catwoman” within the next “Batman” to come out, claims Entertainment Weekly. Nolan will once again be directing it. The movie, titled “The Dark Knight Rises,” will be the final that Nolan will direct. Films for Hathaway have been much more serious than what she became famous for. The Disney “The Princess Diaries” is what she became famous for. Selina Kyle is the character Hathaway will be playing who is the Catwoman character. Within the comics, she was the love interest of Bruce Wayne/Batman much of the time. The last film involving the character, “Catwoman,” starred Halle Berry and was a wretched failure with critics, fans and at the box office.

The bad guy will be Tom Hardy this time

The villain that breaks Batman’s back in the comic, “Bane,” will be portrayed by actor Tom Hardy. The role in Nolan’s film “Inception” is probably what Tom Hardy is best known for. Matthey Vaughan’s “Layer Cake,” Guy Ritchie’s “Rock and Rolla” and the story about British pioneer “Bronson” are other films. He is known for all of them. There is another rumor that Hardy will be in the next Upset Max movie. He will be taking Upset Max’s role supposedly.

Statement from Nolan this will be his last Batman

Nolan won’t be making anymore Batman films following this one which will be released in 2012. Christian Bale plans on stopping within the Batman franchise also. He will be returning as Bruce Wayne/Batman for this film though. The last 2 films he did were of the most successful. This is in the last ten years of films, of course.

Articles cited

Entertainment Weekly

insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/19/batman-hathaway-catwoman-hardy-bane-dark-knight-rises/

Verizon stock did not surge when the company announced the Verizon iPhone. Verizon’s iPhone media event really sent its stock down. The inevitability of the Verizon iPhone within the past week has pushed up Apple stock six percent. There is no doubt that people will be applying for a payday loan to buy the iPhone from Verizon.

Why Verizon stock has gone backwards

Verizon stock was down 2 percent early Tuesday afternoon following the Verizon iPhone announcement. Investment analysts expect Apple to benefit at Verizon’s expense and the market reflects that assumption. They have AT&T’s track record with the iPhone to go on. There has been a 20 percent decrease in AT&T stock since the iPhone was only carried at AT&T starting January 9, 2007. Everyone wanted Verizon stock, even if it meant getting a loan, in October. This is when the Verizon iPhone rumors started. Verizon shares have risen about 7 percent since then. The “buy the rumor, sell the news” mentality that investors is had is why there is a slump in Verizon shares. This is what the Wall Street Journal explains.

The iPhone effect on Verizon earnings

Verizon stock may continue to decline as analysts expect the iPhone to dent Verizon’s earnings in 2011. Vendors end up getting pressured by Apple for good deals because of how popular the iPhone is. In order to get a lot of customers interested very quickly, the iPhone is being subsidized by Verizon. The Verizon iPhone 4 is very cheap. Other iPhones can’t even compare to the price. Verizon customers only have to pay $199 if they want the 16-gigabyte model with a 2 year contract. The 32 gigabyte model only costs $299 also. CNBC reports that Verizon is subsidizing every iPhone sold. About $400 is being lost on each one.

Soaring Apple Stock because of the deal

Really, there is one winner with the iPhone for Verizon. It is Apple. Apple stock is driven by the iPhone. The market share is all that matters. Just with rumors of a Verizon iPhone, Apple stock went up 19 percent. That was just the last quarter of 2010 also. When it comes to the global smartphone market, the iPhone had 3 percent in 2010. This is an increase from 2 percent in 2009. In the next five years, the numbers for the iPhone in the global smartphone market may even get to 12 percent because of the Verizon iPhone. It is good debt if you want to borrow money to buy Apple stock now. From the market price of $340 right now, it is possible that Apple shares would go up another 25 percent according to an estimate by the Trefis Team at Forbes.

Citations

CNBC

cnbc.com/id/41022331/

Wall Street Journal

online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110111-710821.html

Forbes

blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2011/01/10/iphone-eats-market-share-pushes-apple-stock-above-470/

Smart Company

smartcompany.com.au/information-technology/20110111-apple-stock-rises-as-rumours-fly-over-ipad-2-verizon-iphone.html

Robert Gibbs is giving up his job as White House Press Secretary. Robert Gibbs hasn’t given reasons for leaving the White House. A replacement will likely be installed sometime in February. Let’s hope this decision will not affect his salary and drive him to apply for installment loans to pay bills.

White House has Robert Gibbs no more

The president is going to need to get a new White House Press Secretary to serve the Obama administration as Robert Gibbs is leaving. USA Today reports this. It seems the Obama administration is losing people left and right, although there hasn’t been a reason for why Gibbs has left announced yet. After the president delivers the State of the Union address, it is expected that Gibbs will be leaving. President Obama will still use him is an outside advisor and consultant as he said Gibbs would “continue to have my ear as long as I’m in this job.” There still hasn’t been a successor announced. It won’t be long though.

People leaving the Obama White house

The Obama White House has had high rates of turnover. Although it was denied, a rumor of Hillary Clinton replacing Joe Biden was going around. Last year, we saw Rahm Emanuel leave to run for mayor of Chicago. He was the Chief of Staff before that. There were rumors that Gibbs would be replacing David Axelrod as chief advisor to the president meaning Gibbs leaving wasn’t unexpected.

Tough year awaits

New Congress members are taking their seats today, and many of those seats are being filled with Republicans. The Senate is still a Democrat majority although the House of Representative is now Republican. At some times, there have been agreements between both sides of the issue. Unfortunately, the White House and Republicans are bound to butt heads in these next few months especially.

Citations

USA Today

content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/01/obama-spokesman-gibbs-may-be-heading-on/1

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Citations

Jumpin Jammerez

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Café Mom

thestir.cafemom.com/beauty_style/114748/jumpin_jammerz_would_you_wear

No Jumpin Jammerz were harmed in the making of this video

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An innovative blood test to detect cancer cells might eventually replace conventional methods. The brand new cancer blood examination might help detect cancer in earlier stages. Such a development could result in thousands of lives saved. The blood test could also help accurately determine if cancer treatments are operating and show whether patients become cancer-free.

Getting closer to cancer treatment every single day

There is a brand new cancer blood examination being put together right now. Harvard University and Johnson & Johnson medical researchers are doing this together. There might be more reliable outcomes from just a teaspoon of blood than the biopsies, mammograms and colonoscopies can give you. The cancer blood test is designed to detect circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cancer cells that separate from a tumor and migrate to other organs via the bloodstream. Cancer is able to spread because of the CTCs in the body. The number of CTCs found might mean a lot for the patient. The patient’s health can be determined this way.

About the cancer blood examination

A microchip that has 78,000 tiny posts on it that is the size of a business card is what the cancer blood examination has. The posts are coated with antibodies that draw cancer cells from the blood sample. Healthy blood cells bounce off the posts while the cancer cells stick to them. A dye is added that makes the cancer cells stuck to the posts glow, which allows them to be counted and analyzed. Researchers said that the brand new cancer blood examination is so sensitive that a single cancer cell could be set apart from millions of cells contained in a blood sample. The most effective cancer treatments may be something that can be looked at too by the gene analysis of the cell which is more than just counting the cells.

Saying it could be used clinically in just three to 5 years

Researchers said patients with prostate, bladder, colon, kidney and lung cancer might benefit most from the new cancer blood examination. The $30 million that Johnson & Johnson has invested into the process will end up with the FDA having to approve this just like other brand new drugs. The procedure may be accessible for clinical use in 3 to five years.

Articles cited

Business Week

businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/648465.html

Healthy Living

knowabouthealth.com/single-cancer-cell-can-be-detected-using-sensitive-microchip/7419/

CBS News

cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/03/eveningnews/main7209692.shtml