Saturday, January 26, 2013

White House dismisses high-stakes legal defeat | The Daily Caller

White House spokesman Jay Carney on Friday tried to dismiss the court decision that has torpedoed President Barack Obama?s efforts to rewrite financial and labor regulations.

?The court decided a case brought by a company, and the decision applies to that case [and] does not apply more broadly,? Carney insisted during his Jan. 25 daily press briefing.

But the decision could invalidate hundreds of controversial rules and regulations issued since January 2012 by the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Finance Protection Board.

?This decision now casts serious doubt?on whether the president?s ?recess? appointment of Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ? is constitutional,? said a statement from Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate leader, who has supported the lawsuit against Obama?s appointments.

?The decision is novel and unprecedented,? Carney countered. ?It contradicts 150 years of practice by Democratic and Republican administrations, [and] we respectfully but strongly disagree with the ruling.?

Carney did not say if the administration will appeal.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Appeals Court in D.C. on Friday declared that President Obama?s attempted appointments in January 2012 of three people to National Labor Relations Board violated the Constitution?s rule that gives the Senate sole authority to declare when it is in session.

In January 2012, Obama said he could appoint the officials without getting Senate confirmation, because the Senate was in recess at the time. The Constitution allows the president to make short-term appointments when the Senate is out of session.

If the court?s decision stands ? it is likely to be reviewed at some point by the U.S. Supreme Court ? all of the board?s 2012 decisions will be vulnerable to lawsuits that argue the board?s decisions were based on votes by people who were never confirmed to the board.

More importantly, the court?s decision suggests that regulations issued in 2012 by the Consumer Finance Protection Board are also invalid. That?s because Obama also claimed in January 2012 to have appointed Richard Cordray to run the bureau.

Cordray?s appointment allowed the bureau ? whose processes and decisions are largely immune from congressional or judicial oversight ? to issue a series of regulations on the financial sector that subordinate their profit-seeking goals to the federal government?s political agenda.

For example, the bureau has issued a rule which disadvantages banks that charge higher interest rates to unreliable borrowers. Without that basic ability to raise or lower interest rates, banks will try to protect their shareholders by minimizing lending to risky borrowers, or by raising interest rate on all borrowers, including diligent and reliable borrowers.

Cordray?s appointment is especially sensitive to lawsuits, because the law which established the bureau said its primary regulatory powers would only be activated when the Senate confirms the first director.

Source: http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/26/white-house-dismisses-high-stakes-legal-defeat/

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Ashton Kutcher In 'jOBS': First Clip Begins A Revolution

'Two and a Half Men' comedian becomes Apple founder in first clip from Open Road's Steve Jobs biopic.
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Ashton Kutcher in "jOBS"
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Modifications of a nanoparticle can change chemical interactions with cell membranes

Modifications of a nanoparticle can change chemical interactions with cell membranes [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 23-Jan-2013
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Researchers at Syracuse University's Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially penetrate and damage cell membranes.

In a recent article published along with cover art in the leading journal Langmuir entitled "Effects of nanoparticle charge and shape anisotropy on translocation through cell membranes," researchers Shikha Nangia, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering (BMCE), and Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Department Chair of BMCE and professor of physics, showed how simple shape and charge modifications of a nanoparticle can cause tremendous changes in the chemical interactions between the nanoparticle and a cell membrane.

Nanomaterials, which are currently being used as drug carriers, also pose a legitimate concern, since no universal standards exist to educate and fully protect those who handle these materials. Nanoparticles are comparable to chemicals in their potential threat because they could easily penetrate the skin or be inhaled.

"Nanotechnology has immense potential that is starting to be being realized; a comprehensive understanding of toxicity of nanoparticles will help develop better safe handling procedures in nanomanufacturing and nano-biotechnology" says Sureshkumar and Nangia, In addition, the toxicity levels of various nanoparticles can be used to our advantage in targeting cancer cells and absorbing radiation during cancer therapy. Nanotoxicity is becoming a major concern as the use of nanoparticles in imaging, therapeutics, diagnostics, catalysis, sensing and energy harvesting continues to grow dramatically.

This research project has taken place over the past year utilizing a state of the art 448 core parallel computer nicknamed "Prophet" housed in Syracuse University's Green Data Center. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Langmuir is a notable, interdisciplinary journal of American Chemical Society publishing articles in: colloids, interfaces, biological interfaces, nano-materials, electrochemistry and devices and applications. It can be found at: pubs.acs.org/journal/langd5.


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Modifications of a nanoparticle can change chemical interactions with cell membranes [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 23-Jan-2013
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Contact: Ariel DuChene
adduchen@syr.edu
315-443-2546
Syracuse University

Researchers at Syracuse University's Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially penetrate and damage cell membranes.

In a recent article published along with cover art in the leading journal Langmuir entitled "Effects of nanoparticle charge and shape anisotropy on translocation through cell membranes," researchers Shikha Nangia, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering (BMCE), and Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Department Chair of BMCE and professor of physics, showed how simple shape and charge modifications of a nanoparticle can cause tremendous changes in the chemical interactions between the nanoparticle and a cell membrane.

Nanomaterials, which are currently being used as drug carriers, also pose a legitimate concern, since no universal standards exist to educate and fully protect those who handle these materials. Nanoparticles are comparable to chemicals in their potential threat because they could easily penetrate the skin or be inhaled.

"Nanotechnology has immense potential that is starting to be being realized; a comprehensive understanding of toxicity of nanoparticles will help develop better safe handling procedures in nanomanufacturing and nano-biotechnology" says Sureshkumar and Nangia, In addition, the toxicity levels of various nanoparticles can be used to our advantage in targeting cancer cells and absorbing radiation during cancer therapy. Nanotoxicity is becoming a major concern as the use of nanoparticles in imaging, therapeutics, diagnostics, catalysis, sensing and energy harvesting continues to grow dramatically.

This research project has taken place over the past year utilizing a state of the art 448 core parallel computer nicknamed "Prophet" housed in Syracuse University's Green Data Center. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Langmuir is a notable, interdisciplinary journal of American Chemical Society publishing articles in: colloids, interfaces, biological interfaces, nano-materials, electrochemistry and devices and applications. It can be found at: pubs.acs.org/journal/langd5.


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Insert Coin: Securifi Almond+ takes the touchscreen router to the next level

In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line.

We've been talking about Securifi's Almond router a fair amount, since the new year rolled around. Darren put the thing through its paces, just after the company announced plans to release its successor -- or, rather, plans to Kickstart the followup. As of this morning, the crowdfunding push has landed. The Taipei-based company launched the Kickstarter page for the next generation of its beloved touchscreen router.

The latest version, which we had the opportunity to play around with at CES, features a 2.8-inch display, as before, but adds some much welcomed additions, including support for 802.11ac, Zigbee and Z-Wave. The former promises a WiFi speed bump, the latter two bring the promise of extended home automation. Speaking of home automation, the Almond+ lets you control things like security alerts, heating and light control on the go with your iOS or Android device.

Securifi's currently working toward a $250,000 goal, and has some solid prizes to offer up. Those who pledge $95 or more will get the $99 router, along with free shipping. Pledging at $129 will get you one of a number of Kickstarter exclusive colors. Those winning routers are set to ship around September.

Previous project update: At last look, the Pinoccio microprocessor is well on its way to becoming a real device, with around $44,000 pledged of its $63,000 goal, with a full 22 days left to get in on the action.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Audojo kick-starts iPad gaming case, we go hands-on (video)

Audojo kickstarts iPad gaming case, we go handson video

While many of us love playing games on the iPad, we often lament the lack of physical controls inherent to the platform. Audojo is hoping to change this with an iPad gaming case which is launching today on Kickstarter. The accessory works with any iPad 2 or newer, and features a pair of analog joysticks, two shoulder buttons and stereo speakers. Unlike other mobile game controllers like iFrogz's Caliber Advantage or PowerA's Moga / Moga Pro, Audojo skips Bluetooth for a low-latency microphone-based interface.

The case slides open just enough to accommodate an iPad and, once closed, wraps around both ends of the tablet without interfering with any of the cameras, buttons, or the 30-pin / Lightning port. Audojo automatically connects to the iPad via the standard 3.5mm audio jack, which is replicated at the bottom of the case next to a power switch, LED and mini-USB connector (for charging). It's important to note that the accessory is not designed to charge the iPad, something that would require a larger battery and increase complexity / cost. We spent some time with a prototype iPad gaming case and came away pretty satisfied -- head past the break for our impressions.

Audojo iPad gaming case hands-on

At first sight, Audojo's prototype looks a little clunky since it adds quite a bit of girth to the iPad's figure. Once you pick it up, however, that's all quickly forgotten -- it's light and well balanced and feels comfortable in hand. The analog joysticks and shoulder buttons are in just the right place -- if you're used to playing console games, you'll be right at home. If there's any room for improvement, it's with the pods that house the shoulder buttons, electronics and batteries at the back of the case. These are currently too wide but Audojo plans to remedy this before production thanks to an improved circuit board layout. We were impressed with the prototype's build quality (it's CNC machined), especially the design of sliding mechanism used to capture the iPad. Production units are slated to be thinner, with flush PSP-like analog joysticks and two headphone jacks (instead of one). Battery life currently beats the iPad when blasting the built-in speakers, and stretches to several weeks (!) when listening with headphones.

Audojo currently integrates with Unity (with a package available in the Unity Asset Store) and provides a native Objective C SDK. The company is very interested in connecting with developers and is offering special packages ($600 and up) that include prototypes as part of its Kickstarter campaign. A few games already support the iPad gaming case, including 1948: Dawn of Future and Cowboy Guns (both available in the App Store) plus the Unity demo Angry Bots and the unofficial iOS port of Quake III -- it's even been used to control Parrot's AR Drone and Sphero. The accessory is expected to ship in July 2013 and retail for $99, but Audojo is making it available today on Kickstarter for $55 (first 200 backers) and up. Take a look at our gallery and hands-on video above, then follow the source link below to check out the campaign.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/22/audojo-kick-starts-ipad-gaming-case-we-go-hands-on-video/

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US stocks rise as tech, industrial earns roll in

Specialists Gregg Maloney, left, and Peter Elkins, center, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Stocks are wavering in early trading on Wall Street as U.S. companies turn in a mixed batch of earnings reports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Specialists Gregg Maloney, left, and Peter Elkins, center, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Stocks are wavering in early trading on Wall Street as U.S. companies turn in a mixed batch of earnings reports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Specialists John McNierney, left, and Todd Abrahall work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Stocks are wavering in early trading on Wall Street as U.S. companies turn in a mixed batch of earnings reports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Michael Zicchinolfi, left, and specialist Michael Pistillo work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Stocks are wavering in early trading on Wall Street as U.S. companies turn in a mixed batch of earnings reports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Kevin Coulter, foreground left, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Stocks are wavering in early trading on Wall Street as U.S. companies turn in a mixed batch of earnings reports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trader Edward Curran scurries across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Stocks are wavering in early trading on Wall Street as U.S. companies turn in a mixed batch of earnings reports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Strong earnings reports from big U.S. companies helped push the Dow Jones industrial average to its eighth gain in nine sessions Tuesday.

DuPont, Verizon and Travelers Cos., three of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow, closed higher after reporting their financial results for the final quarter of 2012.

The Dow closed up 62.51 points, or 0.5 percent, at 13,712.21. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 6.53, or 0.4 percent, to 1,492.51. The Nasdaq composite average rose 8.47, or 0.3 percent, to 3,143.18.

The indexes spent the morning edging between small gains and losses. Around noon, the Dow rose decisively and stayed higher for the rest of the day.

Earnings have been strong enough this season to drive a five-day winning streak for the S&P 500 and put the Dow on track for its biggest monthly percentage gain since October 2011. Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank in Chicago, said traders have been encouraged by the number of companies beating analysts' profit expectations.

"Granted, we have diminished expectations, but companies are doing a decent job beating on the profit side," he said. The revenue side of the equation has been weaker, Ablin said, preventing a stronger updraft for stocks. Traders might gain more confidence if companies reported stronger demand from emerging markets and Europe, he said.

"The U.S. has been pulling this wagon by itself for the last couple years, and now we're facing some austerity measures. We could certainly use a hand," he said.

Among the Dow components that reported early Tuesday, chemical and bioscience company DuPont reported a sharp drop in net income on weakness in its electronics, communications and other businesses, but the results still beat analysts' forecasts. DuPont's stock closed up 83 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $47.82.

Johnson & Johnson said higher sales helped boost its profit from a year ago, when results were weighed down by a slew of one-time charges. However, the company's 2013 profit forecast fell short of analysts' estimates. J&J dropped 54 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $72.69.

Verizon Communications Inc. rose after the country's biggest wireless carrier said it activated a record number of new devices on contract-based plans in the fourth quarter. Verizon's net loss widened on restructuring and pension costs and expenses related to the cleanup from Superstorm Sandy. Its stock rose 40 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $42.94.

A fourth member of the Dow 30, property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos., rose strongly after it said core income categories like investments and premiums written rose. Net income fell because of claims filed in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. The stock shot up $1.64, or 2.2 percent, to $77.95, an all-time closing high. Travelers has risen nearly 27 percent over the past 12 months.

The market was closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Yet another company hit by Superstorm Sandy was Delta Air Lines, which said its fourth-quarter profit was nearly wiped out after it was forced to cancel more than 20,000 flights. The storm hit Delta harder than other airlines because it slowed operations at Delta's new oil refinery near Philadelphia. The results were still better than analysts were expecting. Delta rose 40 cents, or 2.9 percent, to $14.01.

Tech behemoths Google and IBM reported solid earnings gains after the market closed. Tech companies' results are being watched closely because many of them have warned about a weak fourth quarter.

Google soared after saying its fourth-quarter earnings rose 7 percent as online advertisers spent more money in pursuit of holiday shoppers. The stock gained $29.13, or 4.1 percent, to $732 in after-hours trading.

IBM said its net income rose 6 percent. The stock rose $6.82, or 3.5 percent, to $202.90 in late trading.

Apple reports after the bell Wednesday.

Freight rail companies are another key category at this stage in the economic recovery. They are seen as a proxy for the broader economy because their results track the demand for transportation of materials used in manufacturing and goods sold to consumers and businesses.

Two big railroads reported after the closing bell. CSX gained 74 cents, or 3.6 percent, to $21.55 in after-hours trading after beating analysts' expectations. Norfolk Southern rose $1.05, or 1.6 percent, to $67.99 after the bell.

Some homebuilder stocks fell after the National Association of Homebuilders said sales of previously occupied homes dipped to an annual pace of 4.94 million in December from 4.99 million in November. November's figure was revised lower, but was still the highest in three years.

Lennar Corp. fell a penny to $42.07. Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. lost 6 cents to $6.24.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was unchanged at 1.84 percent.

Benchmark oil rose 62 cents to $96.66 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as global economic reports remained generally positive.

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Daniel Wagner can be reached at www.twitter.com/wagnerreports .

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The One Chart That Explains the Massive Risk of Investing in Gold ...

chart of S&P performance v. gold & gold stocks from 2001 to 2012

Viewing the chart above, a six-year old child could tell you that investing in physical gold and gold mining stocks (as indicated by the AMEX HUI gold bugs index) yielded returns from 2001 to 2012 far superior to the returns of the US S&P 500 Index over the same time period. In fact, the truth of this statement is so self-evident, that if this same child was asked what asset classes he should have been invested in over the past decade by viewing the above chart, the simplicity of that question might lead him to think that one is asking a trick question. So why is it that all the leading Wall Street investment firms stated during the visible onset of the global financial crisis in 2008 (versus the real onset of the global financial crisis quite a few years earlier) that gold was one of the riskiest assets in which one could possibly invest? The simple answer, of course, is that if they were the ones involved in the scam to take gold and silver prices down, then certainly they would not tell you that the steep, rapid (but short-lived) drop in gold/silver prices was a massive buying opportunity. However, if a six-year old can see what is so obvious, then why should a man of Warren Buffet?s prominence continue to slander gold and why does his right-hand man, Charlie Munger, make idiotic statements like ?gold is a great thing to sew in your garments if you?re a Jewish family in 1939? but not to own, instead of just stating the truth that ?physical gold (and physical silver) was one of the best assets to build wealth since 2001?? And if a six-year old can look at the above chart and immediately know that he or she should have beeen invested in gold and gold assets, why, according to the World Gold Council, is still only 1%, or $146 billion of the $146 trillion investable global assets, invested in gold, and 9.1% invested in money markets, 48.7% in fixed income, 37.2% in equities and 4.0% in alternative investments? (though these most recent statistics are from the end of 2010, it is doubtful that these statistics have changed much in the past two years.)

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One of the main reasons why it is still likely that only 1% of all global invested assets are invested in gold is the psychological hatchet job that Wall Street and the global banking industry has performed on gold and gold stocks. For decades, bankers have repeated their false mantra that ?gold and silver are incredibly risky?, using the strategy that if you tell a lie often enough, it may just be accepted as truth by the masses. The fact that millions of investors today still won?t even consider buying the top performing asset classes for more than the past decade (physical gold and physical silver, NOT the GLD and SLV), serves as testimony to the success of the bankers? anti-gold, anti-silver propaganda campaign. Thus, the reason why just a piddling amount of investors around the world have allocated a substantial amount of their resources to gold, silver and PM stocks as of today is due to, quite simply, investor psychology. The commercial banking industry spends billions of dollars every year in marketing campaigns (exclusive of their investor relations budget), influencing and shaping investors? beliefs into accepting a heaping pile of false beliefs. For example, according to Forbes Magazine, Bank of America spent $2 billion and Citigroup spent $1.6 billion in 2010 marketing expenses, and the biggest banks spent even far more for their annual advertising budget in recent years. As a result, bankers have been able to convince their clients that what is right for them (physical gold, silver and PM stocks) is wrong, and what is wrong for them (investing in global developed stock markets) is right.

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Why else would anyone stay invested in the US S&P 500, an index, that from 2001 to the start of 2012, was still in the red (not even accounting for the effects of inflation), but for one?s blind obedience to one?s investment adviser that sells his clients on that moronic 100-year chart of US stock returns that shows an upward progression of US stocks over an entirely irrelevant 100-year period, and keeps telling his clients to be patient, because the ?US market, in the long-run, has always returned a phenomenal yield?? So here is how investment advisers, all over the world, convince their clients to ignore a chart, that in plain sight, tells them that being invested in gold & gold stocks (and silver & silver stocks) for the last 12 years over any of the developed broad stock market indexes in the world was clearly the unequivocal correct decision.

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Below are the four methods global investment bank investment advisers employ to convince their clients to keep doing what is best for himself and his firm (earning the firm management fees) and what is worst for themselves (degrading their investment portfolios and wealth):

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(1) Frame stock market and PM stock volatility in a biased, skewed and unforthcoming manner that sells their mission while ignoring reality.

For example, when the S&P 500 index crashed, US investment advisers used the bounce from 666.79 in March, 2009 to a high of 1219.80 in April, 2010 to falsely promote the ?soundness? of the US stock market like ravenous hyenas that had stumbled upon an abandoned lion kill. In other words, they ignored the ?bad? volatility of a 57.69% crash to take the S&P500 down to 666.79 level and repeatedly promoted the fact that the 82.94% increase in the S&P500 was ?one of the best in history? over and over and over again on television, radio and newspapers, even though the S&P 500 has still failed to regain its previous high of 1576.09 prior to the crash in October of 2007. Furthermore, though gold stocks had crashed too during this time, all global bank advisers absolutely ignored the much more significant 343% increase of the HUI gold mining index between October 24, 2008 from 150.27 to a high of 516.16 on December 2, 2009. Forget that over this same time period, gold stocks outperformed the US S&P 500 index by 313%. How many people knew that gold stocks rose 343% during this time? Probably less than 1% of all investors. The focus of global investment advisers is to bury statistics like this that compete with their precious legalized casinos called stock markets and to keep their clients invested in their legalized casinos that are stacked against their clients even when far better opportunities exist.

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(2) Frame performance in a manner that again sells only their desire to keep their clients invested in global stock markets and keeps the management fees rolling in.

For example, there have been tons of articles written over the last 3-years that have titles like ?What?s Wrong With Gold and Gold Stocks?? and ?Why You Should Not Invest in Gold or Gold Stocks?. Commercial investment advisers are amazingly keen to talk about holding on to stocks for a long period of time because they state that one can?t judge performance over a 2-3 year period when stocks are not performing. Yet when broad stock markets go through flat periods, as the US stock market has been trapped in a 12-year period now with virtually no gains, you will never ever, not once in a blue moon, not in a million years, see a blizzard of articles shouting, ?What?s Wrong With the US Stock Market!" Yet, bankers ensure that the mass media is flooded with articles about flat or poor performance of gold and silver stocks during the past three years to keep their clients away from PM stocks and they harp incessantly about this matter while completely ignoring multi-year trends in gold and silver mining stocks and keeping this information buried as well. So let?s look at both asset classes and compare performance over a reasonable 12-year investment period, not the ridiculous 100-year chart investment advisers are so keen to use. If one looks at a reasonable 12-year period between 2001 and 2013, the S&P 500 has not even returned a piddling 9% during this period, while gold has returned a whopping +524.77% (silver also returned a phenomenal yield over this same period as well). And what about gold stocks even when including the very flat last three years of performance? An almost unfathomable +1009.86% return when compared to the US S&P 500?s anemic return of 8% and change.

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(3) Sell rubbish diversification strategies as ?expert? advice when it is the worst advice in the world.

A great many people are afraid to concentrate their assets in gold and silver, among the best performing assets of the last 12 years, because for decades, the commercial investment industry has pounded into their brains that anything but diversification when it comes to investing is unsafe, unsound and risky. Yet diversification is a rubbish strategy used by all commercial investment advisers precisely because they lack the expertise and knowledge to know how to concentrate a portfolio properly without excessive amounts of risk. If you have the expertise, you can utilize concentration without increasing the risk of a portfolio. That?s why for years, we?ve been advocating our clients to invest very substantial amounts of their portfolio into physical gold and physical silver because frankly, despite the notorious volatility of gold and silver, we just didn?t consider gold and silver risky when they were respectively $560 a troy ounce and $9 a troy ounce. In fact, every year for the past 12 years, gold and silver has fallen, at some point during each year, to price ranges that marked solid entry prices that were low-risk, high-reward. The artificial banker-created volatility through manipulation of gold and silver prices ensured this.

A recent study by Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman tracked a group of 25 wealth advisers/portfolio managers and the variance of their portfolio yields over an 8-year period. At the end of his study, Kahneman stated that he was ?shocked? to discover almost no variance in the portfolio performance over the group of managers, simply because he believed that portfolio management was a task that depended upon skill and expertise. Consequently, Kahneman expected wide-variance among the managers as far as performance yields over an 8-year period were concerned. Instead, he discovered that the variances among the performance yields suggested that portfolio management was not a skilled job but one that nearly entirely revolved around blind luck. My first reaction to Kahneman?s study was that he should have started his study by sitting in an office of Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan for 3-months and he would have learned within 3-months what it took him 8-years to conclude - that Portfolio Managers have no skill and that they all use the terrible strategy of diversification to cover up their severe skill deficiencies rather than diversification being a strategy that allows them to demonstrate their skill. How many US clients were protected by the strategy of diversification in 2008 when US markets collapsed by 38.50%? By the anecdotal information I gathered, all my contacts at the big US global investment firms told me that nearly all their clients were down the same 35% to 40% that year as the S&P 500 Index. Therefore, diversification did nothing but assure that nearly all clients suffered the same uniform losses as the major global developed indexes that year. In fact, diversification is a protective strategy embraced by the global investment industry as insurance against "client flight". In other words, if all client portfolios show remarkably similar losses across multiple commerical investment firms during poor years of stock performance, the risk of client flight is small.

On the contrary, we at SmartKnowledgeU, have always taken the strategy of concentration over diversification, and in 2008, though it was a nominal gain, we still managed to yield nominal positive returns in our newsletter investment portfolio despite massive losses in all developed global stock markets. Massive outperformance can, and often, will be the result when skill and expertise, instead of luck, is applied to investment strategies. If concentration is so dangerous, and if diversification is a far superior strategy as nearly all investment advisers claim, then it may be possible for one fluke year to occur. But it is near impossible for five fluke years to occur. However, we at SmartKnowledgeU have been concentrating our Crisis Investment Opportunities portfolio since mid-2007 when we first launched, every year now for more than five years. Over that 5-? year period, we?ve outperformed the S&P 500 by +161.95% and even outperformed the HUI gold bugs index by +120.80% due to the strategies we use to take advantage of the banker-induced volatilty in gold and silver markets. So much for diversification and buy & hold being wise investment strategies.

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(4) Sell ?volatility? as ?dangerous & risky? even though this simply is not true.

The reason some of you may be shocked by the chart I?ve presented above is not only due to the tactics of #1 to #3 employed by the global investment industry, but also because of one additional key factor. Many of you may think that gold & gold stocks are way more volatile than my chart above shows, and you would be correct. I?ve only plotted the beginning price level of each asset above at the beginning of each year to smooth out all the interim volatility, so that everyone can clearly see the trends of each asset, even in the notoriously volatile gold (& silver) mining stocks. The reason I?ve stripped out the volatility in the above chart is because anyone that has studied the price behavior of gold & silver assets knows that Central Banks and bullion banks deliberately introduce volatility into gold & silver assets to intimidate gold & silver newbie investors into terrible decisions of selling all their gold & silver assets, or to scare off potentially new gold & silver buyers from ever buying. Though a commercial investment adviser would never tell you this secret, the evidence of this is overwhelming and since I?ve blogged many times about this very topic over the past 7 years, I?m not going to go into detail about the mechanisms by which the banking industry deliberately creates volatile prices in gold and silver assets in this article. However, since the banking industry has already sold the masses, hook, line and sinker, on the very false mantra that ?volatility = risk?, by artificially and deliberately causing short-term volatility every year in gold and silver assets, commercial investment advisers can show their clients charts of gold, silver and mining stocks with all intra-day, intra-month or intra-year volatility, and keep convincing their clients that gold and silver are the riskiest assets in the entire investment universe while convincing them that broad stock market indexes are the safest arenas in which to invest, when indeed, the exact opposite has been true for 12 years, and will likely be true for the next decade as well.

Sure, one has to understand how and why the bankers create volatility in gold and silver assets to ensure that one enters these assets at low-risk, high-reward price points instead of high-risk, low-reward price points in order to be successful, but anyone that has studied gold and silver price behavior and understands how bankers manipulate gold and silver prices should now have the expertise to provide this guidance and help novice gold/silver investors navigate through all the rubbish manipulative schemes of bankers. If one doesn't understand what drives gold and silver prices and one enters at a high-risk, low-reward entry price, then certainly, one could have been taken to the cleaners after banker conducted raids against gold and silver executed in the paper markets, despite what the above chart illustrates. In addition, bankers also attempt to keep people out of buying physical gold and silver and PM mining stocks by painting charts to drive and intensify fear of gold and silver collapses during their multiple, annual banker raids on gold and silver prices. Every year, after there is intense short-term volatility in gold & silver in the form of a 3-5% drop in gold and/or silver in just a couple days, more than a handful of technical chartists will come out of the woodwork to predict massive collapses of silver and gold. Last year, when these situations occurred, more than a few chartists unnecessarily stoked fires of panic by predicting imminent collapses of silver to $20 an ounce and gold back to $1200 an ounce (or even lower). And every year, these predicted collapses of a gold ?bubble? and silver ?bubble? never materialize. But these false predictions gain enough publicity to keep many too scared from buying their first ounce of physical gold, physical silver or their first PM mining stock. Again, remember that bankers deliberately paint these gold and silver charts to give the appearance of an imminent collapse in prices even though the underlying, undiscussed fundamentals of the physical bullion world often directly contradict the price action of gold and silver during banker-executed raids on the PMs. This is why I have maintained for many years that technical analysis in gold and silver (and even in the highly rigged stock markets) is quite useless if conducted in a vacuum. However, if one uses technical analysis in conjunction with analyzing the underlying fraudulent mechanisms of what is causing great volatility in gold & silver markets, then one is much more likely to accurately assess these rapid declines in gold and silver price as buying opportunities as opposed to fostering clients to panic sell their PMs like fleeing lemmings off a cliff's edge.

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As Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman recently discovered, and as we?ve been stating at SmartKnowledgeU for nearly a decade now, the entire financial industry is built upon deception and rigging of markets. Their entire existence as ongoing, viable entities is based upon the creation and maintenance of an illusion among all their clients that they know what they are doing even though they do not, and even though they have recommended the same course of action for the past 12-years that has greatly failed. As long as the commercial investment industry can keep this illusion going, they can keep convincing their clients that gold and gold stocks (as well as silver) are the riskiest investments ever and simultaneously prevent their clients from realizing the simple truth self-evident in my one chart above and escaping the inertia of their poor advice.

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Furthermore, since the conditions that launched this present gold & silver bull are even stronger and more favorable today than at the start of this PM bull, the reasons to be invested in gold (silver) and gold stocks (& silver stocks) are even stronger today than they were 12 years ago. In conclusion, ignore the simplicity of the above chart at grave risk to your own future financial health and security.

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About the author: JS Kim is the Founder & Managing Director of SmartKnowledgeU, a fiercely independent investment research & consulting firm with a mission of education and helping Main Street beat the corruption of Wall Street. SmartKnowledgeU was the first company in the west to move to a gold standard of pricing, a pricing mechanism to which the firm has remained firmly committed, even when gold prices have been moved lower by bankers as in recent times. Currently, we are offering a 5% to 10% discount on all SmartKnowledgeU services until the end of January only, a discount that when combined with our significant discount in prices due to current lower gold prices, will almost assuredly mark our lowest prices of the year for 2013. Follow us on twitter @smartknowledgeu.

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Amazon Woos Advertisers with What It Knows about Consumers

Google built its $38 billion business selling ads based on how people search and browse the Web. Facebook, too, uses what it knows about its one billion users to sell targeted ads. But when it comes to what many advertisers value most?what people actually buy, or what they may want to buy soon?there may be no better data than the information in Amazon?s 152 million customer accounts.

Since last year, the world?s largest online retailer has been packaging information on what it knows about consumers so that some marketers can use it to make split-second decisions about where to buy ads online and how much to pay for them. This automated process occurs on real-time ad exchanges that sell ad impressions as a person loads a Web page.

When this process began, Amazon used third-party technology, and its experiments were limited. Now it has developed an in-house platform for targeting ads to people who have visited and then left Amazon?s sites, making it likely that the company will open up these advertising services more widely over the next year.

?Today, if you?re browsing the Web, you might see an Amazon advertisement based on Amazon?s data. Tomorrow, you may see an ad from Coca-Cola based on Amazon data, and it?ll run through the Amazon platform,? says Jeff Green, CEO of the Trade Desk, which helps guide spending decisions by ad agencies.

Amazon did not respond to a request for comment about its advertising business, and the company does not break out its advertising revenue. But it?s clear that compared to Google and Facebook, advertising has been a relatively small and low-key business for Amazon. It brought in about $500 million of Amazon?s $48 billion in revenue in 2011, Baird & Co. senior research analyst Colin Sebastian estimates. Mostly this came from selling ads on its own websites.

But Amazon could soon generate much more than that with an advertising network that reaches onto many other sites.

For years, Amazon has put algorithms to work in order to recommend products to people who are on its sites. Now other companies are eager to find out exactly how Amazon?s knowledge about consumers can help them find the best audiences for their ads, says Kip Voytek, digital innovation director at the advertising firm MDC Partners.

Amazon would be unlikely to directly give advertisers access to its trove of information about individuals? browsing, purchasing, and product review histories, both because of its privacy policies and a desire to keep its valuable data proprietary. Instead, Amazon would create target audiences, such as people who recently purchased digital cameras. A marketer selling digital camera accessories could then use Amazon?s technology to bid for the ability to show ads to a person in that category.

Green points out that while Google might have more overall data about consumers,?Amazon?s data could be more valuable for advertisers. Amazon has ?a pretty clear understanding of the things I buy. They?ve learned a lot about me. Every time I?m convinced I have another medical ailment, I go to Google. But Amazon, what they have is really about my purchase intent,? he says.

Using its data to expand its advertising business could open up new fronts of competition with Google, which also owns a real-time bidding exchange and an ad-delivery network. But Amazon might be mainly interested in using its ad technology to help the retailers that sell products on its sites and through its Kindle tablets and e-readers. Voytek put it this way: ?The question that is open: is this Amazon competing with Google or is this Amazon competing with Walmart??

Source: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/509471/amazon-woos-advertisers-with-what-it-knows-about-consumers/

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Vital Point Strikes: The Art and Science of Striking Vital Targets for Self-defense and Combat SportsVital Point Strikes: The Art and Science of Striking Vital Targets for Self-defense and Combat SportsVital Point Strikes is a guide to pressure point striking for the average martial artist. Sang H. Kim demystifies the lore of vital point striking and shows you realistic applications of vital point strikes for self-defense and combat sports. For those new to the concept of vital points, he begins by examining the Eastern theory of acupoints, meridians and ki (qi) and the Western scientific concepts of the nervous and circulatory systems, pain threshold and pain tolerance, and the relationship between pain and fear. This synthesis of accepted Eastern and Western theories helps the reader understand what makes vital point striking work and why it can be not only useful in fighting, but deadly. Based on this introduction, you ll learn about 202 vital points for use in fighting including the name, point number, location, involved nerves and blood vessels, applicable techniques, sample applications, and potential results for each point. The points are illustrated in detail on an anatomically correct human model, with English, Chinese, and Korean names as well as point numbers for easy reference. In addition to identifying the vital points, Sang H. Kim gives you detailed information about the type of techniques that work for vital point striking including a discussion of fighting zones and ranges, plexus strikes, stance and footwork, bodily weapons, striking directions and angles and dozens of applications for common empty hand, grappling, groundfighting, knife and gun attacks. Based on over thirty years experience in the martial arts and in-depth research, Sang H. Kim has created one of the most complete books available on the art and science of vital point striking. Complete Krav Maga: The Ultimate Guide to Over 230 Self-Defense and Combative TechniquesComplete Krav Maga: The Ultimate Guide to Over 230 Self-Defense and Combative TechniquesDeveloped for the Israel military forces and battle tested in real-life combat, Krav Maga has gained an international reputation as an easy-to-learn yet highly effective art of self-defense. Clearly written and extensively illustrated, Complete Krav Maga details every aspect of the system including dozens of hand-to-hand combat moves, over 20 weapons defense techniques and a complete physical conditioning workout program.

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By Graziella DiNuzzo
The strong and independent parents, aunts and uncles who once helped guide us are now depending on us to make their senior years fulfilling and safe. But our current responsibilities make it exceedingly more difficult to care for them without professional help.

ACCORDING TO Rengena Chan-Ting, DO, Medical Director for LIFE at Lourdes, a 2011 AARP Public Policy Institute study shows that the average caregiver in 2009 was a 49 year old woman. She had a job outside the home yet spent nearly 20 hours per week providing unpaid care to her mother.

At some point, choices need to be made, so Girlfriendz Magazine reached out to area experts to ask their advice on best options for elder care.

Q: When should you bring in help to keep your parents in their home or yours?
A: Anthony Pusillo, Interim Director of Home Care Services at Spring Hills Home Care Services in Cherry Hill, understands a parent?s first reaction, ?Having a ?stranger in my home? as most parents call it, is a hard decision for most families. You need to be comfortable with the idea of someone else coming in and taking care of your parents. It is important for all to understand what is prompting the need for home care and the personal issues and feelings that lie within it. The children should start by compiling a list of what the parents are no longer able to do on their own.?

?When a family member or parent is having difficulty maintaining their home either inside or out, it is probably a good time to seek help with these tasks,? says Lisa Cinquero, Founder/Owner of Personally Yours, Senior & Support Services, LLC in Shamong. ?Assistance in the home needs to be addressed in a positive manner. Never focus on what your family member is not able to do. Instead, stress what she or he can do. Personally Yours offers gift certificates for services tailored to each clients? needs because if it?s a gift, the client is less likely to reject it. When senior family members are showing signs of not eating, they aren?t dressing for the day, their personal hygiene has become an issue, there is a change in their mental status, the house is messy, cluttered and needs cleaning, their medications are not being taken properly; safety is becoming an issue. These are all times that assistance in the home becomes necessary.?

Q: Does living on their own make sense for your parent or parents?
A: Bonnie Smith, Marketing Manager of Comfort Keepers of Glassboro says that?s a difficult question to answer. ?Knowing how to assess potential care needs and the types of care available can provide peace of mind during the decision process. Comfort Keepers has created an in-home Senior Care Assessment Guide to help you better evaluate the care needs of your loved ones. With informational articles, lists of questions and easy-to-use checklists, we?ve created a simple system to help you determine the types and amount of care a senior may need.? Clients of Comfort Keepers of Glassboro and Haddonfield can access the system.

You?ll know if independent living is an option for your parents if they are able to handle their own Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), which include: Dressing, Eating, Ambulating (walking), Toileting and Hygiene. Strangely enough, the ?L? in ADLs stand for LIVING, but comically, the 5 words form the mnemonic: DEATH.

Like every other option for our loved ones, independent living is all about living. It simply offers a higher level of dependence. And if this is in your parents? future, LuAnne Siwiec of The Weston Club at Sagemore in Marlton says, ?Independent living here is ?the perfect balance of independence and peace of mind in a setting of affordable luxury.? Our one and two-bedroom apartments offer full-size, eat-in kitchens with washers and dryers. We have a private club with restaurant, heated atrium pool, computer center, fitness area, card rooms and library. Residents don?t have to worry about mowing the lawn or shoveling the snow, and if that?s not enough to entice your parents to sell their huge home, I don?t know what is!?

Wendy Pester, Community Relations Liaison of HomeWatch CareGivers of Haddon Twp. says, ?Assisted and independent living communities?and I say communities because the word ?facility? has such a negative connotation?are an ideal option for those who would benefit from the activities and socialization of a structured community, but in the case of assisted living, require some assistance with ADLs. One only need visit a few of our local communities to know they are not facilities, but active, engaging apartment homes!?Socialization and remaining as active as possible are paramount to the overall physical and mental health of our seniors, and this is where the active lifestyle of assisted or independent communities come in to play.

Q: When is the right time to take away the car keys?
A: Jodi Goldberg, LSW, Owner of Home Instead Senior Care of Gloucester County, cautions, ?You might start to notice subtle changes in mental status of your loved one, or she is forgetting where the car keys are. This may be the right time to start having conversations with your parents and any other siblings about driving. It?s important to discuss these things before it gets out of control.?

Q: What should you look for when choosing a good nursing home, assisted living facility or independent living facility?
A: Susan Choe, BSN, CALA, Executive Director of CareOne at Evesham Assisted Living suggests, ?You want to show up unannounced to tour a facility so you can see what it?s like on a day-to-day basis. The residents should be engaged and the staff should be friendly. If your loved one has a problem with forgetfulness or wandering, you don?t want a facility with long hallways and many floors. You want a place that is easy to get around.?Look at the nooks and crannies of the building to make sure the place is clean.? You also want to ask about any deficiencies the building received in the last state survey and how they were corrected.?Talk to a few residents (or even families if they?re in visiting their loved one) so you can get a real, honest opinion of how happy they are with the facility.

?Do the residents living there appear happy and are they enjoying themselves?? asks Laura McKeon of Woodbury Mews Senior Living in Woodbury. Woodbury Mews offers both assisted living and independent living. McKeon also asks, ?Is there a home-like feeling? Are you greeted with a smile? Have you heard about the potential community from family, friends or professionals??

Q: What is respite care? Who needs it and why?
A: Jennifer Troncone, Community Relations Director at Emeritus at Voorhees Assisted Living, explains, ?Respite care is a temporary stay in a furnished apartment.?Most places have a minimum stay. Here at Emeritus of Voorhees, it?s one week. We offer respite care in both our assisted living and Memory Care neighborhoods.?Alternatively, mom may not be strong enough to go home after a fall and needs some continued rehab. She can come here, get her strengthening exercises, mental stimulation and a balanced diet program. And finally, parents who live with their adult children who may need to travel or take care of their own health issues, can rely on our respite care program. We answer the question, ?Where can dad go while we attend briefly to our lives??

Lisa Grim, Marketing Director of Comfort Keepers of Haddonfield says, ?Respite care is a very necessary component of the caregiving process. In most cases, requests from an aging loved one for help with everyday tasks only increases and rarely decreases. What starts out as a few hours a week can easily turn into a few hours a day, every day. ?Upon meeting these families, we quickly realize that the care is not only for the senior in the home, but a well-needed rest for the primary caregiver.?

Q: When is it time to start thinking about hospice?
A: ?This is one of the most difficult questions to answer,? says Kristen Lorenz, Community Liaison at Acacia Hospice of Medford. ?Before contacting any hospice, gather the immediate family, and along with the patient, determine what your goals and needs will be for the coming weeks and months. Be sure to?prioritize?the patient?s desires. Write these goals down so everyone is in agreement going forward. Have the hospice clearly define what services are provided under Medicare guidelines and discuss any ?specialty programs? that may be unique to their organization. Ask for a meeting with the RN case manager and social worker who will be providing the Care Plan to establish a ?comfort of?compatibility? before agreeing to their services.?

Q: If family members can?t agree on the care of their elder loved ones, what help should they seek?
A: Roseann Vanella, Founder and President of Advanced Mediation Solutions explains the advantages of elder mediation. ?It preserves relationships because it allows everyone, including the elders, to discuss issues in a neutral, safe and non-threatening environment. It also helps maintain the elder?s dignity by empowering her to be part of the decision-making. And finally, it facilitates communication, resulting in decisions that are truly in the best interest of the elder.?

Q: Is it too late for our parents to purchase life and long-term care insurance?
A: Lynn Rockwell, Certified Long-Term Care Specialist of Rockwell Financial, LLC says, ?It?s never too late. Even if parents have pre-existing conditions or were turned down previously for long-term care insurance, there are alternatives available. Some companies are less stringent in their health requirements. Alternatively, you are never too young to purchase long-term care coverage. The younger and healthier you are, the lower the cost of insurance. As women and caregivers, we run a higher risk of illness and need care ourselves due to the emotional and physical stress of caregiving. And we, in turn, do not want to be a burden on our own children.?
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HOME CARE AGENCIES

Comfort Keepers of Glassboro
856-582-1054, www.comfortkeepers.com
Comfort Keepers of Haddonfield
856-857-6120, www.comfortkeepers.com

HomeWatch CareGivers South Jersey of Haddon Twp.
www.homewatchcaregivers.com/south-jersey

Home Instead Senior Care of Camden & Burlington County
www.homeinsteadsnj.com
Home Instead Senior Care of Gloucester County
www.homeinstead.com/655

Personally Yours, Senior & Support Services, LLC of Shamong
www.personallyyourssenior.com

Spring Hills Home Care Services of Cherry Hill
www.spring-hills.com

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES

CareOne at Evesham Assisted Living
www.care-one.com/locations/careone-at-evesham-assisted-living

Emeritus at Voorhees
www.emeritus.com/new-jersey/voorhees/summerville-voorhees

Woodbury Mews Senior Living of Woodbury
www.kapdev.com/p/senior_living/independent_living_4186/woodbury-nj-08096/woodbury-mews-4186

INDEPENDENT LIVING

The Weston Club at Sagemore in Marlton
www.davisenterprises.com/davis_properties/apt_features.asp?propertyID=203

HOSPICE

Acacia Hospice in Burlington
www.acaciahospice.org

MEDIATION SERVICES

Advanced Mediation Solutions
www.advancedmediationsolutions.net

LIFE & LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE

Rockwell Financial, LLC
Email: rockwellfincl@aol.com

Source: http://www.girlfriendzmag.com/2013/01/girlfriendz-guide-making-best-choices-for-elder-loved-ones/

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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Need help with ideas!

Hey guys,

I was interested in making a medieval/fantasy RP, but there's one thing I need, and I hope all of you can help me.

I need to complete my idea. What I'm thinking of will have a group of soldiers all brought together under a single military. However, I'm not sure how to set up the actual kingdom. I don't know if it should be at war, if everyone hates the king, or how the society itself is built. I'm not looking for another medieval/fantasy RP that's, "Oh, there's some dudes and they want this object for whatever reason" or some vague quests/set up that really isn't all that original. No, I'd like to create something a little bit more filling.

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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Hoax could make NFL teams anti-Manti

Manti Te?o?s once-soaring draft stock appears to be stuck in a state of suspended animation.

The consensus of NFL draft evaluators and experts was wait-and-see yesterday, while baffling and contradictory details continued to emerge about the Notre Dame linebacker?s imaginary love life.

?Guys who have done much worse than [Te?o] get drafted all the time in this league,? an NFC personnel executive told The Post. ?We don?t even know yet if he did anything wrong, so it?s still way too early to tell what this is going to do to [his draft positioning].?

OH, MANTI! Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te?o?s once high-soaring stock for this year?s draft has become more of a wait-and-see thing, according to NFL draft evaluators and experts.

Reuters

OH, MANTI! Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te?o?s once high-soaring stock for this year?s draft has become more of a wait-and-see thing, according to NFL draft evaluators and experts.

The NFL opinion of Te?o suddenly is a red-hot topic after Deadspin.com?s bombshell report Wednesday that his girlfriend of nearly four years, who allegedly died of leukemia last fall, was a complete hoax.

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick held a news conference Wednesday night in which he said an investigation by the school showed that Te?o was a victim of an elaborate prank.

But Te?o hasn?t spoken publicly since the story broke, and that fact combined with his repeated embellishments in earlier interviews had NFL executives feeling a bit queasy about a Heisman Trophy finalist who had once been viewed as a lock to go among the top 20 picks.

Draft analyst Gil Brandt, the former Cowboys personnel chief who helps coordinate the scouting combine, said he feels Te?o already has suffered major damage to his reputation even if it turns out he was duped.

?I think some teams will say it isn?t worth the problem? to draft Te?o, Brandt told the Associated Press yesterday.

Te?o, of course, could have saved himself money and considerable embarrassment had he declared for the draft last year, when he still was a viable first-round pick. On the other hand, there isn?t agreement his first-round prospects this year are now shot, either.

One thing everyone seems to agree on: Te?o?s upcoming interviews with NFL teams at the combine in Indianapolis next month and on site leading up to the draft in April suddenly take on enormous importance.

?All 32 teams will get ample opportunity to interview this kid,? NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock, who also did analysis on Notre Dame games televised by NBC, said yesterday. ?How he handles this going forward is going to be critical to his future as an NFL player.?

Te?o already might have cost himself in the NFL?s eyes before the bizarre hoax became public, however, thanks to a dreadful performance in Notre Dame?s 42-14 loss to Alabama last week in the BCS title game.

Te?o already was unlikely to go in the top 10 because he plays a position that isn?t highly valued by most teams, and all of his missed tackles and blown assignments against the Crimson Tide were considered red flags.

If NFL teams are convinced Te?o can bounce back from that game and be a productive pro player, the fake dead girlfriend won?t matter. But Te?o will have plenty of explaining to do to people doing the drafting in the coming weeks.

?Between now and 97 days from now when the draft comes, there?ll be a lot of people investigating just what took place,? Brandt said.

bhubbuch@nypost.com

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