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Forget BIG being beautiful when it comes to growing your money… the numbers don't compute.
From 2000 to 2010, the S&P 500—loaded with America's biggest companies—lost investors $9.6 trillion dollars of wealth!
Thankfully, Nathan Gold, The Penny Stock Egghead, has happier news for investors.
"During that same time period, lowly penny stocks (companies undiscovered, under-priced and overlooked by Wall Street)...
Soared by more than 117%!"
Now… with the Penny Stock Egghead as your secret weapon — you can get in early on the next Wal-Mart… Microsoft or Cisco… without living like a jumpy "day trader" glued to a screen all day.
It starts by making not hundreds… not ten… not even five… but only one smart trade per week.
Why just one?
Because, as Nathan's not afraid to yell from the rooftops, "97.32% of penny stocks are garbage! I wouldn't even recommend them to my worst enemy!"
The math whiz continues…
…and sometimes not even that.
See… it really takes a special penny stock to catch my eye. And even then, only the most remarkable and 'primed-to-blow' penny stocks earn coveted pick-of-the-week status.
When someone sends you anywhere from three to dozens of picks a week… you have to place and monitor all those trades. That can quickly gobble up your free time… not to mention all those trading fees.
Worse yet…
How can anyone be pointing you to only "the best of the best", when they insist on recommending the next big thing every single day? You don't need spidey-senses to realize, in that scenario, something doesn't smell right.
Armed with Nathan Gold's tireless drive to only bring the cream of the crop of penny stocks to your attention, it's time to slice through the clutter.
Wall Street "Insiders" and brokers have a vested interest in you thinking that trading penny stocks is difficult and complicated.
But in truth, it's not.
As Nathan Gold will show you, it's actually as easy as clicking your mouse a few times… or making a quick phone call.
Join the Penny Stock Egghead's One-Trade-A-Week team today, and in addition to receiving first-word on soon-to-explode penny stocks…
…you'll get an instantly downloadable quick-start guide that will walk you through how to trade these ridiculously affordable stocks step-by-step.
Even if you've never traded a stock in your life, now you can buy and sell these wealth-creating stocks just like the "big shot" investing pros.
Whenever a friend, neighbor or
co-worker gives you a stock tip, be sure to ask them…
Who is the CEO? Where did he work before, and how long has he been with the company?
How many shares does top-brass management own? And how do their share holdings match-up to the three years before?
Who is the company's closest and most able competitor? And what is its market share compared to three years ago?
Their answers to these questions—or utter lack thereof—may well expose their ignorance and end up saving you a lot of money!
Dear Wealth-Seeker,
The numbers prove it.
Even if you've never traded a stock in your entire life, I'm going to show you that you're potentially just one trade a week away from life-changing wealth.
I'm even going to show you a real-life example of how with zero trading experience… and almost no risk…
…chump change like $1,000 can turn into a golden parachute worth $5.7 million, thanks to Wall Street's best-kept secret…
Bought and sold for less than $5 a share on well-known stock exchanges like the NASDAQ and the NYSE…
…these publicly traded small-companies are famously lucrative yet notoriously risky investments.
Penny stocks that pass my "gauntlet" of analytical obstacles can quickly accelerate in value… leaving the stalled returns from "safe" blue-chip companies to choke on fumes.
Hi. I'm Nathan Gold, "The Penny Stock Egghead."
And unless you're someone who follows the markets almost 24/7 like I do… this next stat may come as an ugly suprise.
The decade-long implosion of The S&P 500 — the index that tracks the performance of expensive "blue-chip" stocks like Coca-Cola Co. and Dell — has pulverized a mind-boggling $9.6 trillion dollars of investor wealth into worthless rubble!
Let me put this "lost decade" into a truly disturbing perspective…
On average, every dollar invested in "large-cap" stocks… the household name companies you always assume will be solid investments… didn't grow a dime.
That's right… these stocks didn't increase in value at all.
In fact… if you were invested in this S&P debacle you watched each of your hard-earned dollars shrink… all the way down to 79 cents.
That's more than just a dream-crushing negative-return on your money…
But as many Americans have their hopes of an early retirement murdered in cold blood…
Others find it easy to protect and grow their money… locking in gains of 136%... 400%... even 425%!
Sure… it blows the minds of their friends and family… but these ordinary investors even shock themselves.
Because they take action even though most stock market jargon flies straight over their heads.
In fact, many began their journey intimidated by the mere thought of trading penny stocks… only to discover that it's much simpler than Wall Street "Insiders" want you to know.
But by refusing to follow the investing herd…
…these everyday Americans are the unexpected winners in the race to wealth.
Their prize?
Instant investment income, and a growing nest-egg that can support every wish they have for their family's future.
Every… single… wish.
Because since April 2000 the value of the S&P 600, the index that tracks small-cap "penny stock" companies, has roared up 117%!
Remember, in the very same time span…
…pricey household-name stocks destroyed $9.6 trillion dollars of hard-earned wealth.
Yet, unknown to most investors…
Best part: this is nothing new. Jaw-dropping profits have been secretly flowing from penny stocks for decades.
Investing historian, Tom Gardner, states that small-cap stocks, "…have substantially outperformed the overall market over the past 40 years."
That's right — these under-the-radar stocks that sell for less than $5 a share—and often for literally pennies—have been the most explosive investments in any portfolio since back in the good ole' days… when gas was only 36 cents a gallon… and a visit to the Exxon didn't feel like a mugging.
I know what you're asking though…
Great question with an easy answer.
Penny stocks remain Wall Street's most forgotten wealth-creator because they are too "small" for the big investment banks to bother with.
Investment banks could, in theory, buy millions of penny stock shares at once. However, if they did a problem would arise.
Their big order would skyrocket the share price, stealing their potential profits.
That's why the big banks are perennial wallflowers at this secret profit-party.
And since the financial media are in the pockets of the big banks, they don't point their cameras anywhere near this market. The banks would rather have you put your cash into the stocks they all but control.
No wonder so few people know about penny stocks or take advantage of their dizzying ascents in price.
And, I believe…
How different would life be today if you'd got in early on goliaths like Cisco, Microsoft, Dell and Wal-Mart when they were little-known upstarts?
You know the answer to that question.
Early investors in these Wall Street darlings live high off the hog, financially set for the rest of their lives.
But only because they acted before the investing masses jumped on… and shot the share price from dirt-cheap to downright extortion!
It's safe to say, these high-priced old-hands have seen their best days when it comes to giving investors explosive paydays.
Penny stocks, however, have math firmly on their side when it comes to lightning fast gains…
Example from Apple trading at $364.90 per share.
(Figures from Feb 16th 2011)
Fact is, none of the blue-chip brigade are going to see their stock rocket by 362% in a matter of 14 pulse-pounding days!
Yet that's what happened when AXTG, one of my One-Trade-A-Week picks, spiked from 75 cents a share… to $3.47!
Don't fall asleep as I tell you this, but AXTG develops patented fluorescent lighting technologies that save hospitals and schools tremendous energy costs.
Funny thing is… this "little engine that could" was overlooked, undervalued, and almost totally undiscovered, even by me.
It only found its way into my subscriber's open hands because it gutted out every analytical test-of-strength I threw in its path.
In fact, it was among the rare breed of penny stocks
that "ace" what my subscribers fondly call
"Gold's Gauntlet"…
…the proprietary "numbers grinder" that
I insist every penny stock survive before it even
becomes a candidate for intense review.
…and it's an ever-changing puzzle I wake up each morning determined to solve!
Yes… you're starting to see why my subscribers have given me my "Egghead" moniker.
I'm a card-carrying "numbers nerd."
In fact, you might even say we've already met.
I'm that dorky guy in school you used to sneak answers off during brain-frying calculus exams.
Only now you get to ethically steal all my investing answers without visiting the Principle's office.
You should know that I'm far from the most "social" guy in the world. My friends will tell you I'm a loner at heart; an introvert who's kinda awkward around the edges.
Obviously, that doesn't work too well on TV.
So even though my picks have people urging me to be more of a public figure in the penny stock world…
…I've decided to shun the spotlight and save my mental energy for what I excel at: locating penny stocks about to shoot skywards!
With my subscriber's profits at the very top of my mind, I fiercely protect my research time…
…it's why I've gone to the somewhat extreme length of adopting the pen name "Nathan Gold."
This makes it harder for the business press to disturb the quiet I need to meticulously analyze the next pick heading your way.
Speaking of which, it's time you discover…
Before we see how this amazing "trade wave" plays out… let's first address what we're both thinking?
Is this a likely scenario?
In just 5 simple steps, should you or any other investor hope to turn $1,000 into $5.7 million?
And the answer is clear… absolutely not.
The chance of stringing these trades together (and snowballing every dollar of profit forward) would be like filling out a 100% accurate March Madness office pool.
The odds are slim to say the least.
So why share this hypothetical demonstration?
Well… so you get a taste of the full potential of receiving my One-Trade-A-Week penny picks.
That said…
In fact…
Experts agree… it's tougher than ever to locate truly elite penny stocks among the notorious throngs of worthless imposters.
That's why, when he evaluates a penny stock, you might say Nathan Gold morphs from mild-mannered math geek into…
Because when Nathan's next pick lands in your inbox this coming Friday… you'll know it sweat-blood to get there!
Each week's pick only makes the cut because it's muscled thru Nathan's punishing 17-point "Gold's Gauntlet"… a trial by fire that puts the average investor's due diligence to shame.
By requiring each potential pick to climb 17 exhaustive and specially-designed analytical "obstacles"… Nathan dishes out a proprietary test of stock market strength that would make a Marine drill sergeant proud.
The goal?
To find the 2.68% of elite penny stocks ready to rocket into the stratosphere… and seperate them from the countless duds who don't deserve to be scraped off a shoe.
To even warrant consideration as a "One-Trade-A-Week" pick, the numbers must add up to a company's shares being criminally undervalued at their current asking price.
But still… a penny stock doesn't earn coveted pick-of-the-week status until it jumps an even bigger hurdle.
Because Nathan also needs to see, based on his proprietary analysis, that the stock is poised to go supernova… securing rapid and immediate gains for early investors.
Now YOU too can claim your slice of the penny stock profit-pie.
Join the One-Trade-A-Week team now without risking a cent… by taking full advantage of your [8-week "trading test-drive."](#order)
And remember, just because this is improbable, doesn't mean it's impossible and that it couldn't happen one day… couldn't happen to you!
Sometimes a company's numbers almost grab me by the shirt collar and demand I delve deeper.
That was the case with AXTG…
A spitfire of a lighting technology company that was overdue a breakout from 75 cents.
Just two weeks after I alerted my subscribers… that breakout arrived!
A 362.67% return later and the stock had risen to $3.47 cents…
Turning your starting stake of $1,000 into $4,625.
With this new money in the bank you can pay off a credit card, or take that trip to Europe you've put off for decades.
You've just felt the rush of a winner.
But it pays to play it safe.
The smart penny stock investor that you're about to become will pull their initial investment out of harms way.
PLUS… if you're really smart, you ring the register and take profit.
So you don't just pull out your initial $1,000… you also remove $1000 of pure profit… for a 100% return!
This savvy investing safe-guard means you get to relax and enjoy the ride. After all…
Your initial stake is safely back in your pocket…
You've doubled your money…
And now you're playing with $2,625 of "house money" from here on out.
This five-figure cash-dump into your bank account is thanks to the folk at International Gas and Oil Holdings (IOGH) who develop oil and gas reserves in Tennessee.
Their metrics were magical… yet they were all but invisible to the financial press.
I knew this couldn't last for long, and that investors would eventually catch on…
Forcing the price to scream up as if
Thor sledge hammered a carnival "strongman" bell.
Wasting no time, I shot my subscribers a heads up.
Over the next 3 months… a company that once traded at 2 cents a share… didn't just blast past the 10 cent profit-barrier… it space-shuttled all the way to 25 cents…
…securing an out-of-this-world 1,150% gain!
Since $2,625 just turned into $32,812… a host of possibilities now open up for you…
Now you can make a down-payment on a house. You can pay off all your student loans. Or you can bless your driveway with that new Audi you've had your eye on.
You eclipse the six-figure mark and only after 3 trades.
The catalyst?
CNWI… an undiscovered San Francisco-based medical tech company.
They're the brains behind breakthrough "transtelephonic" technology that lets doctors easily monitor patients with abnormal heart rhythms.
Quickly… this couldn't-miss pick raced breathlessly to a 400% return!
Your $32,812 becoming $164,060 just widened your horizons...
Now you're knee deep in starter home territory. Or you're adding that master-suite addition to the house you already own. And just for fun, throw in a pool.
Interrogate the trading charts for long enough… and in my experience… they will direct you to huge hidden profits!
That's what happened with me and GTXO. The stock had taken a beating since 2008, but I saw a pattern others missed.
At a dozen spots on the charts the stock had hit a slide and been written off… only to bounce back 150% to 200%!
So I waited for the next downside… ran the numbers to make sure… then when the tumble came… my subscribers were the first to know.
Only this time GTXO didn't just leap back a couple hundred percent… it trampolined 566%!
And that fast… your $164,060 is now $1,092,639!
Now we we're talking about change your life and "change the world" money. Fully fund your retirement. Stockpile a massive college fund that gives your kids all the opportunity they could ever wish for.
When GPRLF hit my radar, silver had just struck a 30-year high, so when this undiscovered silver producer crossed my desk, I went to work.
My analysis confirmed it… this undiscovered penny powerhouse was primed to explode!
And boy, did it ever.
In fact… GPRLF joined the big dogs when it graduated to the American Stock Exchange "AMEX" in February of 2011 and now trades under the ticker symbol GPL.
So a 425% return later… and what once began as a small $1,000 stake is now a life-altering $5.7 million windfall.
Your family is financially secure. You've gotten to the point where the money doesn't mean a thing, and isn't that what it's all about?
The day when money becomes an afterthought.
Now… let's get this straight.
Just 5 trades from today, and this is your new life. It's like everyday is a dream you don't want to wake up from. And it came to be without taking hardly any risk whatsoever…
Because, if you remember… at the very start… after celebrating your first win… you pulled your initial $1,000 investment out of the market.
[Nathan, I'm ready to join the One-Trade-A-Week Team!](http://1.eggcellent.pay.clickbank.net)
As the economy begins to move out of recession, history shows it's small-cap companies that lead the charge to wealth.
Of the 18 bear markets since the 1930's, a Merrill Lynch study found that in the 12 months after decline, small-caps were a savvy investor's secret weapon… posting average gains of 41.4%!
Isn't it your turn to join other savvy members of the "One-Trade-A-Week" team? The investment is tiny. For only $97 a month.
That's right… You won't pay another cent after today! Don't wait… lock down this unbeatable opportunity to trade alongside me and turn your pennies into hundred dollar bills!
You hear it said over and over. Small companies are the biggest job creators in the United States.
And it's easy to see why. Flatter organizational structures free them to innovate without red-tape slowing their progress.
To put it in boxing terms… small companies float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
This, of course, as blue-chip dinosaurs plod along…
…fighting through endless committees to adopt or engineer a new technology… while smaller more agile companies already have it tested and out to market.
Microsoft was born out of Bill Gates and Paul Allen's refusal to bow to the business-killing recession of 1975…
Proctor & Gamble stormed out of the stock-market panic of 1837…
IBM and GE were founded during the long-depression that lasted from 1873 – 1896…
Hyatt Hotels, IHOP, and Burger King… first opened their doors during the Eisenhower recession of 1957 and '58!
Fed-Ex was founded smack dab in the middle of the oil crisis of 1971…
Hewlett-Packard, bootstrapped their way to success in 1939… as the Great Depression ravaged America's wealth. And what's more…
Revlon Cosmetics burst into life in 1932… the gloomiest year of the Great Depression when unemployment was more than double what it is now!
And I'll tell you this…
Each is a cocky young upstart winning the staring contest with our current Great Recession. And although these stocks aren't yet big enough to create a blip on Wall Street's radar, make no mistake…
…they are poised to be the titans of tomorrow.
If the numbers keep quietly trending as they are… these under-priced bulls are primed to stampede up the stock market growth-chart. And I want you to profit every inch of the way.
Will you be in the right place at the right time to collect the proceeds of their rapid-fire business growth?
Because you're reading this page… you already are.
And best of all… my 8-week "trading test-drive" guarantee makes joining my family of subscribers 100% risk-free.
When you become a member of the "One-Trade-A-Week" team today... you do it with absolutely no risk.
Here's why…
I'm giving you a full 60 days (that's 8 memorable weeks) to put my penny picks through their paces.
You'll soon experience why my picks are worth many multiples more than the token $97 monthly investment I'm asking.
But I want to take all the risk off your shoulders anyway, and put it onto mine.
That's why, at the end of your 8-week trading test-drive, you must be 100% thrilled by the profits you're seeing… or I insist you write me for a full refund of your first two monthly investments of $97 per month.
There's no risk to you during your 8-week trading test-drive, because if you'd prefer, you can paper trade my picks for as long as you like.
Note to New Investors:
"Paper Trading" simply means, until you see just how much profit you're missing out on, you can track the prices of my penny picks risk-free, without investing any real money.
However, be warned: You won't want to paper trade for long! Not when the picks I send you can spike in price so quickly.
It's tough not to get in on the fun when you see everyone else's pennies turning into hundred dollar bills!
Promise Me! You Must Be Completely Blown Away By The Profits You're Seeing… Or I Insist You Write Me For a 100% Refund Of Your Money.
I hope you realize what you really read today.
Because it's not a webpage… it's a wake up call.
Your wake up call.
An invitation to claim your slice of the stock market pie… by hitching your wagon to the fastest moving investments in the financial world.
To get started… you need no investing experience. You don't need to know any complicated jargon.
As you move forward, although I can't offer you "investment advice"… I guarantee that I'll make you a better investor.
I'll do it by gifting you—in the form of my prized penny picks—an unfair advantage as you decide where to invest your money for maximum returns.
And you can act today with full confidence and peace of mind.
Even if you're 2 full months out from right now… even if you're on the very last evening of your 60-Day trading test drive…
If you decide on a whim that you want to get 100% of your money back, it truly couldn't be any easier.
Even if you're banking returns of 362%, 566% and 1,150% on your money… a simple email will put every cent you invest to sign up today back in your pocket, not one question asked.
I know you'll agree, you simply can't get more fair than that.
It's time to start the ball rolling… all I'm asking is $97 a month.
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To obscene penny stock profits!
Nathan Gold,
The Penny Stock Egghead
P.S.— On occasion I go two weeks between picks. Don't be alarmed though. It means my nose is deep in the numbers to vet a mega-pick like IOGH…. a penny stock that soared from 2 cents at my first subscriber alert, to 25 cents… a 1,150% gain!... only 3 months later.
[Join Now](http://1.eggcellent.pay.clickbank.net)
P.P.S. — Look… trashy penny stocks and disreputable promoters have given the entire penny stock industry a bad rap!
That's why I'm protecting you today with such a granite-strong 100% Money-Back guarantee. And I insist you get started by paper trading my picks… 100% risk-free.
That way, before you invest a single real dollar in trading, you can see for yourself that my picks come through with profits many more times than not.
But… remember. You must be 100% thrilled by your decision to join, or I insist you write me to get every cent you invest today safely back in your pocket, no questions asked.
That's why you've got absolutely nothing to lose by joining others in the One-Trade-A-Week team right now.
[Okay, Nathan… I'm Ready To Join.](http://1.eggcellent.pay.clickbank.net)
P.P.P.S. — Don't forget… I showed you real picks… of real stocks that could have potentially turned $1000 of your money into a whopping $5,736,354.00.
So… what are you waiting for?
[Sign Me Up Nathan! I'm Ready To Join
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Looking back the selected phrases would just have been disabled for good by the Google PPC admin. Now you get to decide whether it is worth the 10.00 dollars a click. But this is how the "latest" Google PPC system operates and is better in my opinion .
First I would look to see if there are many impressions of your selected phrase, but few or no clicks. That and very few impressions seems to activate this minimum bids feature in Google. My best guess and I have seen that my search marketing colleagues agree on that around the blogs and forums that I read is that Google is trying to manage it's resources by limiting the number of non-productive PPC phrases (keywords) for each ad. Note that even though you say you are willing to spend the 10 USD it's not very likely you will be charged that amount, specially if you are the only web fighting for it, by selecting 10 USD you are saying that you are willing to spend upto 10 USD for a click, but there is no one fighting for it I belive that you will only have to pay the minimum 0,01 USD per click. This is at least how the theory goes and pls. correct me if I am wrong. I how ever strongly reccomend that you control this with a third party bid management tool to prevent click fraud.
To increase phrase quality I would try the following:
1. Use the keyword phrase in the title of the ad.
2. Test different ad versions to get increase Click Through Rate (CTR).
3. The Google system considers page relevance now too the landing page should be about and include the keyword phrase
4. Monitor this with a third party web analytics solution like IndexTools (through their Bid Managment tool for example)
These sugestions should help, to my experience this is all about testing, doing some a/b using. Still in the end you might end up having to pay the 10 USD after all :-)

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York's 'country house and garden', this imposing Georgian mansion was built in 1716 and contains one of the most impressive baroque interiors in England. Exceptional wood carving, an unusual central corridor running the full length of the house and over 100 portraits on loan from the National Portrait Gallery can be seen.
There is also a fully equipped Victorian laundry, delightful walled garden and interesting sculptures in wood.
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Manchester VFW posts fights to survive without poker cashBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 18. 2013 10:41PM
MANCHESTER — A new commander has taken over the VFW on the city's West Side, with the goal of bringing in a new generation of veterans — and removing video poker machines that he says were an unsavory source of revenue for the struggling post.
Richard Haugh was elected commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 8214, also known as the Queen City Memorial Post, in April, and made no secret of his desire to shake things up.
Many of the patrons at the post's canteen have been Vietnam War veterans, as was the previous commander, Gary Reid.
"There's a generation gap," Haugh said. "These younger guys aren't quick to drink, they're not heavily smoking anymore," he said, referring to soldiers who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. "What worked for the older guys doesn't work these days."
In particular, Haugh wanted to change the canteen from a dark den with three video poker machines. There was the "moral issue," and then, as Haugh recently learned, there were the hefty city license fees for the "amusement devices," which totaled more than $6,100.
Haugh said Reid paid the fees in April, after Haugh's election as commander and despite Reid knowing that he intended to "remove the machines" when his term began June 10.
Haugh sought a refund of the fees, and that's how the issue came before the aldermen's Committee on Administration on Monday.
The aldermen ended up rebuffing Haugh's request for a refund.
"I'm a veteran, and I sympathize," Ward 7 Alderman William Shea said. "The problem is, if we do it for you, we have to do it for someone else."
At the same time, the committee approved a motion to have the finance director examine how the city could make a donation to the VFW post to offset the cost of the permits.
"He's trying to keep the post alive," Alderman-At-Large Dan O'Neil said. "We have some kind of obligation to the vets."
Gary Reid, the former commander of the post, said it was "stupid" of him to pay the permit fees.
"I assumed he wanted to run things the way they always did," he said.
Reid said the video poker machines had been there for decades and were a source of revenue that funded the wider mission of the VFW in assisting veterans.
"Part of the problem was the canteen was the only business arm of the VFW," Reid said. "If (Haugh) doesn't' feel he needs those machines to keep the VFW going, that's up to him."
How much money?
Just how much revenue was generated by the machines is not clear. Gambling, of course, is illegal in the state, and Reid and others were hazy about how any winnings from the machines were redeemed.
In any case, it doesn't appear that the city's licensing department, which charges $2,000 per machine per year, has looked too closely at how the machines operate.
This is part of the reason Haugh sought to remove the machines, which are now off the premises.
"There are a lot of prominent names (that belong to the VFW), like police officers ... They don't want to be associated with something like that," he said, adding, "I just got hired by the TSA. I'll be damned if I turn my eyes away from what's going on. We know what those machines are being used for."
Haugh added, "I heard those machines made tons of money, millions ... I can't prove it, but I heard rumors that it paid for houses in Florida."
A new generation
In targeting the machines, Haugh's larger goal is to make the atmosphere at the post's canteen more accommodating to a new generation of veterans.
"We all have this one thing in common, and that's combat time. We can't go into a normal everyday bar and relate to everybody and have that outlet," Haugh said.
Haugh retired from the Army as a sergeant in the late 1980s. He joined the VFW when he was living in Thailand, where he lived for nine years with his wife.
Since taking over the Manchester post, Haugh has sought to brighten the canteen and boost the post's presence on the Internet, with an improved website and Facebook page.
"We wiped the cigarette stains from the walls, pulled money out of our pockets to change the stained ceiling tiles," he said, adding, "We've got a lot more work to do."
The post is on shaky financial ground. Haugh said the organization is $19,000 in debt. This includes unpaid city tax bills. Last year, the city started charging the VFW, A tax-exempt organization, for the portion of the property its rents out to a barber and other tenants.
Reid said he only came back to lead the organization a couple years ago, at the urging of the state commander.
"The guy before me ran it into the ground," he said.
As for the new leadership of the post, Reid said he's happy to let it be someone else's responsibility.
"I'm washing my hands of the whole thing. I told him I'm going on vacation," he said.


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Improvements in Internet pre-sales service provide opportunities to leverage sales undreamed of by traditional direct marketers. And keen as I am on marketing analytics, this leverage blows a hole through most attempts to measure the effectiveness of the web as a sales channel. For most organisations, the micro-management of web marketing campaigns is equivalent to throwing water in the wind against a force eight gale of missed sales opportunities.
Over the past few months, as research director for Sistrum, the European Centre for CRM, I've been busy chairing, speaking and attending many conferences: some on CRM; others more e-business focused. All were preaching the mantra of customer management, the 360 degree view: that customer information should be available to all people in contact with the customer, regardless of channel, media or stage of the customer life cycle.
Now, given that the UK represents a considerable proportion, about 35%, (footnote 1) of the spending on CRM in Europe, you would think that we should be 'doing CRM' well. Not so. Far from excelling at managing relationships well at all touchpoints, in the UK we stumble at the one of the simplest challenges: how to handle e-mail leads from hot prospects.
Our third Sistrum survey (footnote 2) into online customer service survey found that, of over 180 major UK companies who actively promoted their website in their television and print advertising, 11 out of 12 are wasting hot sales leads. The much vaunted waste in traditional mass-market advertising, a mere 50%, is dwarfed by the on-line industry's 92%.
A swift and accurate response to enquiries is at the top of most Internet customers' requirements. A tiny 8% of companies provide an effective response to an urgent request from a potential buyer; 51% attempt to, providing a poor response at considerable cost; and a staggering 41% of companies make no effort to respond to an urgent request from a potential buyer!
It would be good to explain what we mean by an effective response to on-line sales enquiries. For the UK, we consider that if you can answer a potential customer's questions within two working days and send out any brochures or collateral within three, your prospect should be in the mood to buy. (However, as we will see later, there is evidence that a significantly faster response ramps up the chance of making a sale.) So effective response is a combination of good literature fulfilment and response to email queries. I have to tell you that, once again, the adult entertainment business provided the fastest and most appropriate responses. If you want to do some research on best practice you know where to go…
Now lets have a quick think about what you in The Netherlands might learn from our UK research. The first point, which is certainly not new, is that simply putting a website online clearly isn't enough. Online service requires both good web content and a back-end infrastructure that will ensure action.
As in the UK, getting the right infrastructure is hardest for the large brands working through local distributors. How do they square the circle of direct communications to customers with third party distribution whilst maintaining prices and service standards consistent with brand values? Add to this the challenge that most Internet users have higher than average service expectations (accurate response to enquiries is at the top of most Internet customers' requirement). The poor customer service offered through the vast majority of web sites devalues carefully and expensively constructed brand values. The risk to established brand leaders is greatest as they have more to lose.
The second point is that poor on-line service has economic implications. The economics of customer acquisition (marketing costs can be as high as £46 per £1 gross profit) mean that repeat and referral business is essential. Witness the recent study from Bain & Company and Mainspring, that in the clothing industry repeat customer's spend is 67% more in the third year of visiting a site than in the first 6 months. Unless it can provide the service needed to enable customers to build "trust" and buy again, a Website will be an economic black hole.
Our findings also call into doubt the ability of most companies to exploit repeat business on-line. The infrastructure and processes to deal with repeat business, assuming that the customer will give them a second try, are almost completely lacking!Many UK companies are still unable to pass on web enquiries to their own field sales forces. In the automotive sector, 2 out of 3 local dealers failed to contact us to arrange a test drive. In some sectors, such as Personal Finance and Business Travel, we are seeing the emergence of an explicit strategy to point web users towards phoning for complex enquiries whilst making it impossible to enquire on-line. Whilst the jury is out on whether this approach is a compromise or outright winner, any strategy that manages web users service expectations must be better than the wall of silence that currently greets 41% of all web enquiries.
Finally, our survey shows that the biggest win for most UK companies is to succeed on-line much earlier in the customer life cycle. Improve pre-sales service to hot prospects and there is the opportunity to significantly uplift on-line generated sales. Anecdotal evidence from Brightware (based on a sample of their US Financial Services clients) is that 98% of Financial Service Sales on the Internet generate an email and that responding within an hour increases propensity to buy by 75%. Improvements in Internet pre-sales service provide opportunities to leverage sales undreamed of by traditional direct marketers. And keen as I am on marketing analytics, this leverage blows a hole through most attempt to measure the effectiveness of the web as a sales channel. For most organisations, the micro-management of web marketing campaigns is equivalent to pissing in the wind against a Force 8 gale of missed sales opportunities.
The current state of play in the UK is so feeble that the 1 in 12 companies who manage on-line sales leads well have an opportunity to win business in a channel with little real competition. If they can keep costs down, increase sales and improve their brand then they will be in an overall winning position. For the rest, the choice is whether to reduce on-line sales and marketing spend or to tighten up their web site operations and score in a still open playing field.
Now at the same time as our survey came out I was reading Forrester's latest research which was very critical of eCommerce integrators and eCommerce strategies. They say "Today's websites ignore customer goals and fail to meet basic requirements…." This is a very telling phrase - about customer goals - and goes to the heart of the matter. Forrester advocate scenario centred design processes to help address the problem and I think this is right too. I hate to go on about the porn industry but they know what goes on in the minds of their customers. Our survey is probably the best in Europe at a qualitative analysis of e-business response. It doesn't really look at integration issues, which is an area where Forrester and others have criticisms. If we looked at multi-channel responses and customer knowledge issues I think we would get some really horrible results.
Now I know that it is very easy for speakers like me to say 'everybody bad, world doomed' and clearly this is not the case or the world would stop. However, the sheer volume of indifferent performance in our survey does make a statement. At a time where real structural differences in the dynamics of US and European economies are being highlighted we need to think very carefully, not just about high flown 360 degree CRM philosophies but about the real world execution of customer management strategies.


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As the bickering continues in the nation's capital over the automatic spending cuts under sequestration, educators in Central Massachusetts are trying to determine how to deal with the millions of dollars in federal grants that could be lost beginning July 1.
Mitchell D. Chester, commissioner of the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, recently urged school superintendents and principals to take a conservative approach in estimating federal grant funding as they develop fiscal 2014 budgets. He said it has been suggested that federal K-12 funding might be cut in the 6 percent range. The state receives about $800 million in federal education funding each year.
Even a 5 percent cut in federal funding would mean a $1,557,460 loss for the Worcester public schools. The district is currently receiving about $31.1 million in federal grants.
Brian E. Allen, chief financial and operations officer for the Worcester public schools, said $1.55 million is equivalent to 23 teaching positions, though that number of teachers would not lose their jobs. But the reduction would likely result in higher class sizes for grades K-6 and fewer course offerings at the high school.
The biggest concern, he said, is the impact on the Head Start program. The federal grant reduction could mean the loss of 100 slots for low-income preschool students, he said.
"Just when we think we're making some progress in student achievement gains, we have a setback like this that could be devastating for some of our schools," said Mr. Allen.
Mr. Allen said he is hopeful Congress will reach some resolution in the battle to limit the size of the federal budget.
"Am I optimistic that education will be spared completely? No," he said. "I think there will be some reduction in education. Hopefully it will be less than this 5 percent."
Allen Himmelberger, superintendent in Oxford, said he is not surprised by the gridlock that's going on in Washington surrounding the federal budget. "It would have been more of a surprise if they got together and worked it out," he said.
A 5 percent cutback in federal funding amounts to a little over $40,000 for Oxford. That amount might not be much to larger school districts, but it is to smaller onessuch as Oxford.
"It's an impact because every penny is so precious in funding for next year," he said. "I'm not holding out a lot of hope it will be replaced by anyone in Washington. We're planning conservatively."
Northbridge School Superintendent Nancy Spitulnik said a 10 percent, or $161,539, reduction in grant revenue has been built into the proposed fiscal 2014 budget.
She said some personnel have been reorganized, cuts have been made in supplies and maintenance and some after-school or summer programs might have to be discontinued.
James Jolicoeur, superintendent in Leominster, said a 5 percent reduction in federal aid next fiscal year would mean the loss of about $179,620. He said the $4 million the district gets from the federal government pays for staff salaries and academic programming.
"If we did have to experience a reduction, we would focus on preserving staff positions and rework the programming that is focused on student support and academic services and professional development," said Mr. Jolicoeur.
Webster could lose $170,000, said Superintendent Barbara Malkas. She said the reduction could affect the equivalent of nine full-time jobs, particularly instructional assistants. It would also affect the provision of academic support through Title I and intervention services, Ms. Malkas said.
The federal cuts, she said, affect those most in need of educational services and has a big impact on the economical infrastructure of the nation. She said the country's economic viability in the future will only be as strong as the educational system that prepares the workforce.
"These cuts in funding to education are short-sighted," she said. "I think that I am like every other American citizen in expecting Congress and the president to stop the political banter, roll up their sleeves, and get to work on creating solutions, which means consensus. Then everyone wins."
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May 07. 2013 8:02PM
Witness refuses to testify, delays Windham kidnapping trial
By JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
BRENTWOOD - A Massachusetts man has indicated he would rather go to jail for defying a judge's order than testify at the trial of Luis Carvalho, who is charged with kidnapping a 20-year-old Windham woman from her home last year.
Matthew Nugent of Billerica, Mass., is due to appear today before Judge Marguerite Wageling to be questioned about whether he will comply with an immunity agreement.
Carvalho, of Taunton, Mass. faces six charges in Rockingham County Superior Court, including kidnapping and burglary in an April 15, 2012, home invasion.
Prosecutors say three men carried out the nighttime attack and kidnapping for Samantha Gervais of Windham, but only Carvalho has been caught so far. Wageling concluded after a hearing on Monday that Nugent had no legal justification to invoke his Fifth Amendment right while being asked under oath about his knowledge of the kidnapping. Nugent testified that he knew Carvalho, but was not in Windham on the night of the home invasion.
Don Blaszka, Nugent's lawyer, said that if his client testified truthfully at trial then he could face criminal charges in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Blaszka suggested his client's firearms were used during the home invasion, and that Nugent may have made false statements to police in Massachusetts about the weapons being stolen.
Assistant County Attorney Patricia Conway said that her office tried to interview Nugent on Monday after Wageling's decision about Nugent's potential testimony. Blaszka told prosecutors after the hearing that Nugent "was going to refuse to testify and was willing to go to jail rather than answer questions on the stand," Conway said.
Wageling could hold Nugent in contempt of court if he refuses to testify and order him to be held at the county jail until he complies with her order.
Wageling told prosecutors she is looking forward to having Nugent back in her courtroom, where he is expected to face more questioning on the witness stand before "I assumed he would follow the law, and I am assuming he will," she said.


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Is AC/DC about to be forced into retirement?
Mark Gable, front man for another veteran Australian hard rock group, The Choirboys, and close friend of the Aussie rock stars, told Australia's ABC radio that AC/DC's 61-year-old rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young is seriously ill — so much so that he will never perform live again. Gable also casts doubt on Young's ability to record again, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Malcolm reportedly had a stroke sometime before last Christmas, which has been apparently kept quiet. Reports also say Young's wife, Linda, is seeking respite care for him as he now has trouble remembering familiar faces and has more and more trouble communicating. Sources also say that he may be battling cancer as well.
At press time, reports are conflicting. Billboard says the rumors are false and AC/DC has booked six weeks of studio time in Vancouver, where the abnd recorded its last CD, 2008's "Black Ice" that hit No. 1 in dozens of countries around the globe, going multi-platinum in most of them. Following the recording of the new album, the plan was to launch a huge 40th anniversary worldwide tour that was rumored to be the band's last.
Abba turns down huge reunion offer
Swedish pop vocal supergroup Abba (Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Frida Lyngstad), ruled the world's pop charts for a decade from 1972-1982, selling nearly 400 million records. Then, suddenly, the band retired and reunion rumors and offers have never stopped.
Now the latest offer to reunite this year hopes to mark the 40th anniversary of "Waterloo," the song that made Abba a worldwide smash.
How much is the band being offering to get together? A jaw-dropping $1 billion.
"No amount of money would change our minds. Maybe we sometimes say it would be good to do a song together again, just a recording and nothing else, but I don't know if that will happen — so don't say that we will," Lyngstad told Irish national broadcaster RTE.
Two of the quartet, Ulvaeus and Lyngstad, marked the "Waterloo" anniversary themselves by attending a party along with hundreds of others at the Tate Modern Gallery in London. While there, Ulvaeus said that all four members met up recently and that "the chemistry is still there."
British Invasion legends to re-invade America
British Invasion legends Gerry and The Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross the Mersey"), Chad and Jeremy ("Yesterday's Gone"), Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon ("World Without Love"), Billy J. Kramer ("Bad to Me"), Mike Pender's Searchers ("Love Potion No. 9") and Denny Laine ("Go Now" with The Moody Blues) are bringing "The British Invasion 50th Anniversary Tour" to our shores for a late summer jaunt.
The eight-date tour begins Sept. 12 at the Wellmont Theatre in New Jersey and continues west to include stops on Sept. 19 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.
Tour dates added
Crosby, Stills and Nash added 25 more shows to what was a brief 11-date run. The 36-concert American tour now runs July 2-Oct. 4, wrapping the tour at L.A.'s Greek Theatre.
Steely Dan also expanded its "Jamalot Ever After Tour" itinerary, from 14 shows to 53. Walter Becker and Donald Fagan and their crackerjack band begin on July 2 in Portland, Ore. and makes a stop at the Inglewood Forum on July 12.
Obits: Jesse Winchester and Jazz Crusaders Wayne Henderson
Country folk singer Jesse Winchester, who fled to Canada to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War and spent years as an anti-war crusader in Montreal, died at home in Charlottesville, Virginia of bladder cancer at 69, the Associated Press reports.
Winchester, whose whose songs were covered by the likes of Joan Baez, Jimmy Buffett and Elvis Costello, had also been battling esophageal cancer since 2011. Earlier this week, reports of his premature death were already published in numerous media outlets.
Trombonist Wayne Henderson, co-founder in 1961 of be-bop/hard bop jazz outfit The Jazz Crusaders (later known simply as The Crusaders) and a familiar figure on the L.A. jazz scene, died of heart failure in a Culver City hospital at 74, his manager Stephanie Pappas confirmed.
In the '70s, Henderson and The Crusaders pioneered fusion, a blend of jazz and rock. He left the group in 1975 for a career as a producer, working with Joni Mitchell, Ramsey Lewis, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers and others. He revived the band under The Jazz Crusaders name in 1995 and in recent years, participated in a number of Jazz Crusaders reunions.
New Releases
Among the recently released albums, digital reissues, MP3 downloads and deluxe box sets are "Homo Erraticus," the second sequel from former Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson to his and Tull's classic 1972 concept album, "Thick as a Brick," after 2012's hit "Thick as a Brick 2" still following former fictitious boy genius Gerald Bostock; the 11-track "Tapered Sky" from country vet Rodney Crowell; and the 12-song "Beauty Is: The Final Sessions" the swan song from country great Ray Price, who passed in December at 87, includes his versions of Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer" and George Burns' 1980 country hit, "I Wish I Was 18 Again."
Recorded last year, "Boys Night Out" is the first live album from country icons The Oak Ridge Boys; a 5-CD box set, "Warner Bros. Years" is 74 tracks from the Bee Gees' post-disco years and includes a 22-sing live set; "Silver Rails" is former Cream singer-bassist Jack Bruce's first album in a decade and features guest guitarists, his old collaborator Robin Trower and Roxy Music's Phil Manzanara; "Symphony of Light" from veteran English prog rockers Renaissance and singer Annie Haslam is a reissue of last year's "Grandine Il Vento," their first studio album in a dozen years.
An 8-CD set, "Complete albums Box 1970-1978" from metal deities Black Sabbath has all the classic Ozzy albums; the 12-song, "The Gospel Music of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives (Live)," includes the five-time Grammy winning country vet's take on "Walking My Lord Up Calvary's Hill" with his wife, fellow country vet Connie Smith; and "Winter At The Roxy: The 1976 L.A. Broadcast" from former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed was originally aired on fabled Los Angeles FM radio station KMET and includes The Velvet's "Sweet Jane" and "I'm Waiting For The Man" as well as his biggie, "Walk On The Wild Side."
Steve Smith writes a new Classic Pop, Rock and Country Music News column every week. Contact him by email at email@example.com.


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It was Comeback Saturday in the Association, with a hearty "Welcome Back" for one of the league's venerated figures.
William and Mary picked up its first win of the season at the expense of the increasingly hapless Fighting Currys. Old Dominion prematurely hit the 'cruise control' button in a win against Richmond.
New Hampshire reprised its ODU performance for a half, all that was required against Delaware. Towson gave a good accounting of itself at LSU, returning with limbs intact and a big check. The Rhode Island Conference Wafflers offered only token resistance at Bowling Green.
However, we start with Villanova's 35-14 win at Maine. The Wildcats moved to 4-1 overall, 2-0 in the league, and are relevant again after an epic nosedive.
Just two years removed from a national championship, and one year after a successful playoff run, 'Nova fell to 2-9 in 2011 – the only wins a pity offering from Al Bagnoli at city rival Penn and a parting gift from out-the-door UMass.
Longtime coach Andy Talley, once the toast of the Main Line, lived in a tent alongside the Schuylkill River, collecting discarded lottery tickets and telling old Brian Westbrook stories.
Now, however, the color has returned to Talley's cheeks and he's again welcome at the Campus Corner. He's at 194 wins and counting in 27 years at 'Nova and 222 and counting overall.
'Nova is still ridiculously young – one senior starter and three juniors on offense; four senior starters on defense. But the Wildcats have gained traction behind redshirt freshman QB John Robertson and sophomore tailback Kevin Monangai.
Robertson accounted for 207 yards and three touchdowns against Maine. Monangai rushed for a career-best 192 yards and two touchdowns as the Wildcats totaled 314 yards on the ground.
Meanwhile, 'Nova's defense limited Maine to 11 net yards rushing. The 'Cats forced an un-Cosgrove-like 53 pass attempts, which led to seven sacks.
Though all stats come with a disclaimer at this time of the season, Villanova presently leads the CAA in rushing (256.4 ypg) and is in the top half of the league in most categories (the 'Cats are ninth in passing, which gives the pass-friendly Talley the shakes, but hey, Philly wasn't built or re-built in a day).
Notably, Talley again is a man to be reckoned with, even when he launches into Westbrook stories.
If Talley is in ascent, it's time to wonder what sacrilege Bill Curry must have committed to endure his present fate.
Georgia State's head coach and program architect is one of the decent and honorable figures in all of college football, a man who committed the sin of not delivering a national title as coach at Alabama and lived to tell about it.
But in his last lap as coach, Curry is witness to some truly awful football. On their way to the Football Bowl Subdivision and the Sun Belt Conference, the Fighting Currys aren't even a decent FCS team.
The winless Panthers were dump-trucked by previously winless William and Mary 35-3, committing seven turnovers and never giving themselves a chance. Georgia State committed turnovers on four consecutive possessions in the first half.
The Currys are at or near the bottom of the CAA in most major stats (see disclaimer above). Compounding those numbers is a minus-13 turnover margin. Their four FCS losses are by an average of 26 points.
Meanwhile, the Tribe rushed for 312 yards – Keith McBride had a career-best 163 – and didn't have to rely on Raphael Ortiz and the spotty passing game to make plays. Ortiz attempted only 13 passes, and the W&M defense held Georgia State to 249 yards.
ODU coach Bobby Wilder continues to have the luxury of wins to accompany talking and teaching points for his nationally-ranked bunch.
Against New Hampshire, the Monarchs survived a wretched 2 1/2 quarters of defense and finally made a couple of critical stops late as Taylor Heinicke and the offense simply wore out the Wildcats.
At Richmond, ODU aced the first half on both sides, then went on a comprehensive walkabout for about a quarter-and-a-half in its eventual 45-37 win.
Heinicke had good numbers, but admitted himself that he wasn't as sharp as in previous outings. ODU's defense missed assignments and turned players loose in the second half as Richmond scored 20 consecutive points and forced the 'Narchs to execute late.
On the positive side, the Monarchs rushed for 232 yards. Though as all parties pointed out afterward, you should run effectively when you're blocking only three defensive linemen, and the opponent drops seven or eight into pass coverage.
For all the talk of ODU's new-look defense, the Monarchs have allowed an average of 563.5 yards and 342 yards passing in two CAA games. Last year's team, which prompted the defensive shakeup, allowed 385.9 yards total offense and 251.4 yards passing in conference play.
If you're making a list of concerns, ODU also logged triple-digit penalty yardage in both CAA games. The Monarchs have been hit with 218 yards in penalties in two league games and are currently 119th of 121 FCS teams, averaging 100.8 yards in flags per game.
New Hampshire's ODU hangover apparently lasted one half. The Wildcats spotted Delaware a 7-0 halftime lead, then scored 34 consecutive points in the second half on the way to a resounding 34-14 win.
UNH scored on all six of its second-half possessions, not counting a kneel-down at the end, and amassed 409 yards in the second half. Receiver R.J. Harris, who ODU grew tired of watching, caught seven passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns.
The Wildcats intercepted Delaware QB Trent Hurley on consecutive plays in the fourth quarter, converting both into points. The Blue Hens' first five possessions of the second half netted 30 yards, which hardly seems possible given their offensive line and running back Andrew Pierce.
Towson fell 38-22, but caused LSU to drop another spot in the weekly polls. Coach Rob Ambrose cleverly spelled all the pregame literature "Teauxson," which made the Bayou Bengals think that they were facing kin and thus were only marginally engaged.
Towson outrushed LSU 188-158 and had an eight-minute advantage in time of possession. They also earned a reported $510,000 for the trouble.
Geaux Tigers.


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Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton and Cummins Inc. unveiled a new powertrain package for the North American heavy-duty truck market that is expected to deliver a 3% to 6% fuel economy improvement, lower preventive maintenance costs, and total lifecycle cost improvements.
The new product combines an Eaton Fuller Advantage Series automated transmission with new Cummins ISX15 SmartTorque2 ratings. The product will be available in the fall of 2013 for linehaul, regional haul and less-than-truckload applications.
Speaking at a media event recently at the American Trucking Associations' annual Technology & Maintenance Council meeting, executives from both companies said this product announcement is the result of a long-standing collaboration between Eaton and Cummins. The powertrain package promises to deliver a more fuel efficient, reliable and robust powertrain package.
The Eaton Fuller Advantage Series automated transmission will be offered as a small ratio step Over-Drive model with new Cummins ISX15 SmartTorque2 ratings: the ISX15 415 ST2, with torque of 1450 pounds-feet to 1650 pounds-feet (1966-2237 N•m), and the ISX15 450 ST2, with torque of 1550 pounds-feet to 1750 pounds-feet (2012-2373 N•m).
Through a combination of hardware and software enhancements, the powertrain package benefits include:
• Integrated power, fuel and shifting strategies to provide 3% to 6% fuel economy improvement for linehaul and regional haul applications.
-Optimized engine and transmission communications and new control logic that enable further engine downspeeding in the overdrive position, and the effective use of direct drive technology in operational conditions required for efficiency.
One of the main enhancements Eaton has made with its Fuller Advantage Series transmission is the elimination of the cooler; this helps reduce the overall package weight and improve reliability. Combined with the use of aluminum for the rear transmission housing, range cylinder, shift bar housing and the shift tower - along with a thin wall, cast iron main case design - this results in the new transmission weighing 75 pounds less than Eaton's UltraShift PLUS LAS base model.
A new precision lubrication system for efficient transmission lubrication further enhances fuel economy by reducing churning losses.
The powertrain package is currently undergoing field testing with various sized fleets, and initial testing and customer validation results are confirming the 3% to 6% fuel economy improvement. The powertrain package goes into production in the fall 2013.


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I can never remember exactly where the hotel is, but coming round a curve, there it is, looming over the Strip like an Art Deco wedding cake. Built in 1929 as a luxury apartment building, this is where
Before we go in to dinner, I want to show my friends the pool with a view where a scene from
Without much hope, we ask if we could possibly get a table outside. We can and we do after a short wait. Our table is right at the edge of the pool. A waiter in a crisp white jacket arrives bearing cocktails. My pals are in heaven.
The restaurant also has a new chef in Dakota Weiss, who was formerly at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey. Weiss, 31, came up in hotel restaurants, but at the Tower Bar, she inherited a difficult kitchen and a menu that wasn't really hers. Klein listened and showed enough faith in Weiss to give her a new kitchen to play in.
To the eternal gratefulness of my friend John, a long table to our left is set up for a birthday party populated by some of L.A.'s seemingly endless supply of beautiful women. Models? Actresses? Agents? Any and all of the above. He doesn't care.
It's a perfect spot to enjoy a chilled seafood tower, which takes two waiters to deliver. The two-tiered seafood extravaganza is easily enough for two, if not three -- oysters, steamed mussels, shrimp, lobster, and long-legged king crab laid out on a bed of ice. This would be the moment to break out a bottle of Champagne. One night, my table is busy slurping oysters when I look over and see a woman by herself at the next table with a glass of brut and an entire plate of maraschino cherries. A sip, a cherry. A sip, a cherry. It doesn't seem to be cheering her up.
With a new menu that is fully hers, Weiss revels in turning out updated classic chophouse fare. There's a shrimp cocktail, of course, and beef tartare, and Caesar salad. But it's potato blini that speaks to me, topped with a poached organic egg and garnished with black truffles and beet tartare. Grilled artichoke is fine, too, fun to dip into a lemon mayonnaise spiked with a little horseradish. Have it with a martini instead of wine, because this one is a sure wine killer. But if you're ordering just one appetizer to share, go with the generous fried calamari. They're light and puffy and come with a fresh marinara sauce for dipping.
Stick with the simpleWITH main courses, I've found it's best to stick with the simpler preparations, like the roasted lamb T-bone. You won't go wrong with the steak frites either, but it seems pricey at $45 for a steak that doesn't taste particularly aged. Grilled chicken paillard and swordfish are both just this shy of being dried out. They'd have more flavor if they were cooked less and had more seasoning. Even some cracked black pepper would help. Grilled king salmon with lemon, good olive oil and a bouquet of jumbo asparagus may not be the most exciting dish on the block, but it's well executed -- though a bit under-seasoned, and the morel mushrooms and fava beans don't quite work with its flavor. But the idea of pairing the paillard with arugula adorned with pine nuts and ricota salata is a nice one.
After that evening, I can't wait to come back for lunch, picturing studio types in their Dolce & Gabbana suits under the chic beige-pink cabana. At 1 p.m. there's hardly anybody here. We breeze in, without a reservation, and get a table.
The lunch menu covers much of the same territory as dinner, with the addition of an excellent lobster macaroni and cheese (if you can bear to pay $26 for that childhood dish), a refined Caesar salad crowned with a raft of oiled toast and a sophisticated shrimp club sandwich lavished with ribbons of crisp bacon. Lobster Cobb, though, is the real winner, a deconstructed salad with sliced hard-boiled egg, chunks of beautiful lobster, blue cheese and lettuce. (It's also on the dinner menu.)
Some of the magic is gone in the glare of high noon. But it's a clear day, and you can see all the way to downtown. There's also the bonus of a young
Why isn't the place packed? The only people here seem to be hotel guests, busy working at their computers and drinking glass after glass of perfectly brewed iced tea, served in a carafe with simple syrup and lemon wedges on the side. How civilized.
Dinner in the more formal Tower Bar itself is lovely too. Swathed in warm wood, with walls plastered in formal black and white photographs of young actors from the '20s, '30s and '40s, the dining room feels like the set from an old screwball
It's so convincing, I begin to wonder if that's Nick Charles of the 1934 film "The Thin Man" at the bar waiting for Nora. On second look, no. But he is (obviously) an actor with a
The menu straddles the two eras as well. Weiss has obviously been given the directive to create an appealing hotel restaurant for the bicoastal set. Nothing too fancy or too challenging, just easygoing dishes that fit with a peripatetic lifestyle. Imagine coming in from a long flight and sitting down at a table secluded in an alcove, unfurling the beautiful linen napkin embroidered with the name of the restaurant, ordering a glass of wine and an omelet with black truffles. Though they offer more texture than intense flavor, the black, crunchy slices are still delicious folded into the loose, golden omelet. Beef tartare, too, would fit the bill, though it's often bland.
Young chefGRILLED focaccia replays the grilled pizza from previous menu. You can order it topped with shaved fennel or goat cheese and grapes. But Brie? An idea you'd expect to see from some clueless bed-and-breakfast hosts. I do like the version heaped with eggplant and artichoke caponata. Caponata is supposed to be sweet and sour, but in Sicily, no one would use balsamic vinegar. Though she makes it work, she relies in general, like so many young chefs, too much on aceto balsamico and truffle oil. I'd love to see what would happen if she dispensed with those two crutches.
When it comes to the wine list, I'm hard pressed to find something I want to drink at a price I can afford, given the high markups. Wine service could be better too. Servers tend to pour too high, and reds can sometimes be too warm. And the corkage fee is one of the highest in town: $45.
Desserts all seem to be pitched to kids with the munchies, which runs counter to the grown-up scene. You've got a trio of big cookies, all very sweet, a huge slice of red velvet cake with a loose cream cheese frosting, or a chocolate brownie sundae. Best bet is a vanilla gelato parfait with raspberries and lemon mousse. On none of my visits was anyone at my table gobbling up the desserts. Their gooey sweetness makes them cloy.
Compared with other hotel restaurants, Tower Bar's food is very decent, if you put aside some of the glitches. There's that seafood tower, the lovely potato blini, Lobster Cobb and roasted lamb T-bone. I wouldn't recommend this address to real foodies or put it on my list of L.A.'s top 10 restaurants, but it's fun for an evening out on the town. It's also just about the only adult spot on the Strip.
The closeness of the tables, the live music, the unbeatable views, the suave maitre d' (yes, Dimitri Dimitrov is still there), staff in white jackets, create an unforgettable, quintessentially L.A. experience. On Sunset Strip, finally, there's somewhere that's not just another stab at trendiness, but a restaurant and bar that resonate with life.
Tower Bar
Rating: * 1/2
Location: Sunset Tower Hotel, 8358 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood; (323) 848-6677; www.sunsettowerhotel.com.
Ambience: Clubby, discreet hotel restaurant with city views, a small cozy bar and a pianist playing old jazz standards most nights. There's also a poolside terrace serving the same menu at night, and an abbreviated menu at lunch. The most adult address on the Strip.
Service: Attentive, from servers in white jackets and a suave maitre d'.
Price: Appetizers, $10 to $42; main courses, $19 to $31; secondi, $23 to $45; sides, $7; desserts, $12.
Best dishes: Seafood tower, oysters on the half shell, potato blini with poached organic egg, calamari fritti, grilled artichoke with lemon horseradish mayonnaise, grilled focaccia with eggplant and artichoke caponata, lobster Cobb, sirloin burger, omelet with black truffles, lobster macaroni and cheese, roasted lamb T-bone, vanilla gelato parfait.
Wine list: Short on value and interesting choices. Corkage fee, $35.
Best table: One in an alcove, with a view.
Special features: Breakfast, lunch and dinner are also served outside beside the pool and under the chic cabana.
Details: Open daily for breakfast from 6:30 to 11 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., light menu from 3 to 6 p.m. and dinner from 6 to 10:45 p.m. Brunch, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Valet parking at dinner, $6 for the first two hours, $2 each additional hour; at breakfast, lunch and brunch, two hours complimentary, $2 each additional hour. Full bar. All major credit cards.
Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality.


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My First Cornmeal Sourdough
I created a new starter last week from just cornmeal and water (150% hydration) as a bit of an experiment. It has a really nice sour smell to it and I've been so excited to bake with it. This is my first loaf using the new starter. It was really tasty, slightly sour. My husband really loved it!
- 200g 150% hydration cornmeal starter
- 500g water
- 30g psyllium
- 350g flour - 100g cornmeal, 75g white rice, 75g sorghum, 100g corn starch well combined
- 10g salt
Mix the starter and psyllium with the water and beat until a gel is formed. Add all of the remaining ingredients. Mix and knead until a smooth dough is formed. Cover in an oiled bowl and leave to rise until approximately 2.5x the original size. Form into a boule and place in a floured banneton. Cover and prove on the bench for about 40 minutes. Retard in the fridge over night. In the morning, lift out the bread and prove at room temp whilst preheating the oven to 250c. Turn out eh dough and slash the top. Egg wash if desired. Bake on a stone, with a couple of ice cubes in the bottom of the oven, until well browned. Leave to cool COMPLETELY on a rack before slicing.