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With his flight delayed by wind and driving rain, Brunswick Corp. Chief Executive Dustan McCoy stood just inside a hangar at Waukegan Regional Airport and watched a tiny Cessna trying to land. The pilot finally touched down on his third try.
"I've got to give him credit," said McCoy, a former Army helicopter pilot familiar with distressing situations.
A lawyer by training, he has spent the past several years steering the world's largest maker of marine engines and pleasure boats — luxury items suited for boom times — through the worst economic decline since the Great Depression. McCoy jettisoned 44 percent of its employees in a major downsizing to keep the 166-year-old company afloat.
McCoy, an expansion-minded deal-maker, had spent pre-recession years adding boat companies to Brunswick's roster, only to be forced to reverse course and reduce boat brands from 24 to 16.
Lake Forest-based Brunswick, which also makes bowling, billiards and Life Fitness equipment, closed or mothballed 17 of its 28 plants and is consolidating its two U.S. marine engine plants. The workforce stands at 15,200. The moves cut about $450 million in costs and dramatically reduced boat-production levels.
"In late 2008 and early 2009, there were some who questioned whether the company was going to make it," said Joe Hovorka, leisure analyst at Raymond James & Associates Inc. "We weren't one of them, but it gives a backdrop of what Dusty was dealing with."
McCoy, 62, an asthma sufferer who rises before dawn to work out and is known throughout the industry by the nickname Dusty, is something of a worker bee on steroids. It's a trait he attributes to his upbringing on a dairy and tobacco farm in northeastern Kentucky where he was expected to milk cows, put up hay, cut tobacco and hoe corn.
"The way my mother used to describe it, 'It's not good enough to do your best, it's only good enough if you do it better than anyone else before you,'" McCoy said. "My parents never told me I was smart or good-looking. Nothing like that. It was, 'Get up and get the work done.' It has served me well."
In many ways, the boat business serves as a barometer of the economy. When people feel flush, they are more inclined to buy powerboats, which retail, on average, for more than $34,000. Brunswick's brands run the gamut from Bayliner runabouts for weekend pleasure boating, which start at $12,000, to SeaRay sport boats and yachts from $20,000 to $2.5 million. At the very high end, a Hatteras yacht can run $10 million.
At those prices, boat sales are highly sensitive to the availability of credit.
"It's how dealers finance inventory, it's how customers finance purchases — so in the credit meltdown … this industry was like ground zero," said Edward Aaron, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets LLC.
Brunswick sold dealers 25,000 boats last year, down from 37,000 in 2008. It's a staggering drop. Americans, on average, bought 400,000 powerboats a year from the 1960s to the early 1990s, when the level dropped to about 300,000. Since 2006, the figure plunged, falling to about 140,000 last year.
The sharp contraction forced an about-face for McCoy.
Before his rise to CEO in 2005, he headed Brunswick's Boat Group, where "he was the lead guy on virtually all the boat company acquisitions," said Pat Mackey, a senior Brunswick executive until his retirement in 2008. McCoy was a key part of the team that broadened Brunswick's portfolio, adding the luxury Hatteras Yachts at one end and re-establishing the aluminum-boat division on the other, Mackey said.
Today, the moves are easy to second-guess, particularly because the subsequent restructuring of the boat business cost the company more than $700 million.
But at the time, "it made a lot of sense," Mackey said. McCoy "was trying to make Brunswick's marine business into a really integrated, holistic powerhouse. … He was astute in trying to fill the holes in the product line."
Brunswick executives began to sense a slowdown in the economy as early as the fourth quarter of 2005 in the aftermath of five big hurricanes, including Katrina. Rising prices for crude oil threw up red flags as well.
"We began to feel a tightening," McCoy recalls.
So McCoy, new in his CEO role, and his team quickly moved to replace failed dealerships in its network so it could transfer inventory, rather than having to buy it all back, and keep sales going. McCoy also restructured Brunswick's debt, pushing back its next significant payment until 2016. Its net debt is now $173 million, down from $414 million at the end of 2008.
He believes he and his team maneuvered Brunswick into position to benefit from any economic upturn.
"We've baked this wonderful cherry pie," McCoy said. But the rewards will only be tasted as the economy improves and as boat sales pick up, he added, "so it's sort of sitting in the refrigerator."
McCoy is projecting revenue growth of more than 10 percent from last year's $3.4 billion, even if the nation's marine market remains flat. The marine engine and boat businesses represented about 75 percent of Brunswick's revenue last year, with engines making up 50 percent.
The company expects to be back in the black this year, this spring forecasting earnings per share 30 cents to 50 cents compared with net losses of $110.6 million, or $1.25 per share, last year and $586.2 million, or $6.63 per share, in 2009.
The projections, of course, depend on things going right, and that means that employees who have seen the workforce slashed by the thousands need to be on board. Firing them up was one reason McCoy and his executive team recently traveled to some of Brunswick's key manufacturing plants, unionized facilities that sacrificed wages and benefits to survive.
By about 7:45 a.m. on the recent rain-swept morning at Waukegan airport, McCoy and his executive team were aboard the company's last remaining jet, a six-seat Hawker Beechcraft. The company sold its four other jets during the economic downturn and put this one back in use this spring.
The team's destination was Fond du Lac, Wis., a city that fought a tough and ultimately successful battle to remain the manufacturing base of Mercury Marine, a boat-engine maker that is by far the largest of Brunswick's businesses and one that employs 2,300. Fond du Lac beat out Stillwater, Okla., but only after the workers agreed to concessions and government entities agreed to provide up to $120 million in financial incentives.
Mercury is moving its Stillwater operations into the underused plants in Fond du Lac, about 60 miles northwest of Milwaukee. McCoy and his team were to tour the manufacturing facilities as well as to strategize on how to stay competitive against rivals such as Yamaha and to meet with the workforce.
A portion of the day involved presenting a safety-record award to employees of Mercury Racing in neighboring Taycheedah, Wis.
When an employee's young son threw a toy just as McCoy began to speak, he turned the situation to his advantage with a bit of humor.
"Hey, now, he started throwing stuff," McCoy said. "It's only my first time in the room and I've had enough."
The employees, sitting in rows of folding chairs, erupted in laughter.
The moment was classic McCoy, according to those who have worked with him extensively.
"He can be very tough, but he can break the tension with some humor," said E. Gary Cook, who, in a former role as CEO of Witco Chemical, hired McCoy as general counsel and later pushed him into operations, where he began to learn how to run a company.
Cook recalls asking McCoy to move into the office next to him and McCoy responding, "What are you trying to tell me? We all refer to that as the 'office of death.' Everyone in there, you end up firing."
After a merger in 1999, McCoy exited with a golden parachute, and he and his wife, Becki, were within two weeks of moving to Montana, where McCoy planned to teach at Montana State University and possibly work as a fly-fishing guide. On a Saturday morning, he received a call from Peter Hamilton, chief financial officer of Brunswick, which was searching for a general counsel.
McCoy thought he would enjoy going back to being a general counsel.
"I love practicing law," he said.
He promised his wife it would be a two-year stint; he has been there now for 12, rising to head the boat group and, later, the company.
"Our business is fun, if you look at what we make and sell," he said, expressing admiration for customers, who tend to be active, educated people, and for the dealers, who he described as having "wonderful rat cunning," meaning they find ways to thrive in the tough circumstances.
Obviously, the past few years would not fit most people's idea of a good time, but McCoy said his course of action was clear. The only stress came from having to cut jobs, he said.
Former Brunswick executive Mackey said it was "extremely traumatic for the workforce. … There were no happy stories that came out of it, other than that Dusty and his senior team focused on what the prize was at the end," namely keeping the company going.
With his close-cropped hair, wire-rimmed glasses and crisp check-print shirts, McCoy represents the buttoned-down side of the marine business, which has its share of flashy entrepreneurs. His manner is genial and self-effacing, in a folksy way.
His predecessor, George Buckley, describes him as calm, disciplined, thorough and "the right man for a particular time."
"Dusty is probably better than I am at cost control," said the British-born Buckley, an engineer by training who went on to head 3M Co., a much larger company. "I give Dusty full credit for what he has done, which, I think, ultimately will guarantee the survival and future growth of Brunswick."
The company plans to grow organically, rather than by acquisition. It is hoping such innovations as its joystick docking system, which makes it easy to park boats, and its quieter engine models will help the company gain market share from smaller rivals.
It plans to extend its reach into developing markets such as Argentina and Brazil, and expects to see continued growth in parts and accessories and in its very profitable Life Fitness equipment business.
Still, a good many risks remain for Brunswick, whose debt is rated as speculative by Moody's Investors Service. The biggest questions continue to be whether consumers will return to the new-boat market and whether they will be able to obtain financing for purchases.
"The measures the firm has taken to shrink its manufacturing footprint, together with the market share it may be able to grab from struggling competitors, could put Brunswick in a strong position to exploit growth opportunities when the boating industry eventually rebounds," Jeremy Cohen, an analyst at Morningstar Inc., wrote in a report this spring. Still, he said, the outlook remains shaky.
Cohen also wrote that McCoy's 2010 compensation package seemed high, given that the company was still producing net losses that year and that it continues to struggle. McCoy's package totaled $6.6 million, including $4 million worth of stock and options.
The company defended the package, saying it reflected progress in generating cash as a foundation for growth, and noted the company's stock produced a 47 percent return last year.
Brunswick stock closed at $19.82 Friday, down from about $27 in mid-April, when optimism about the economy was stronger, but significantly better than early 2009, when it fell as low as $2.18 on the New York Stock Exchange. Before the recession, in the first half of 2007, it was trading just above $34.
Analysts credit McCoy for candor, something they say they don't always observe in other chief executives.
"Dusty never dodged an issue; he never sugarcoats anything," said Aaron of RBC Capital Markets. "So when he comes out and says the market is turning, people will believe him."
McCoy not only internalized that high bar instilled in him by his parents, but also holds it up for employees, as he did on the recent visit to Wisconsin. He exhorted Mercury Marine Racing employees to do more, just moments after congratulating them on their stellar safety record.
Noting that the economy was not improving as quickly as anyone would like, he challenged the plant employees to come forward with growth ideas the company could invest in.
"We won't be happy just sitting here the way we are," he told the employees at the award ceremony. "You certainly have the capacity to do much, much more. And I have the expectation that you are going to bring forward lots of growth opportunities, and it's going to be important for the company going forward."
The plant's safety award came with a $10,000 donation from Brunswick, which employees could put toward charities of their choice. The employees opted to support a battle very close to home.
They gave $7,000 of the total to the St. Baldrick's Foundation, which funds research into childhood cancers. The donation was made in honor of a manufacturing employee's 20-month-old son who is fighting leukemia.
The child, Hayden Dins, is in remission but is only about halfway through a chemotherapy regimen that will run 104 weeks.
He was understandably squirmy after the 40-minute event and not keen on getting his picture taken as his parents chatted with McCoy and others.
"He's just out of the hospital yesterday," McCoy said to the group, "and now he's thinking, 'You guys expect me to smile?'"
Later, on his flight back to Waukegan airport, McCoy reflected on the eloquence and strength of Hayden's dad, David, who, during the award ceremony, had recounted his son's struggles to survive.
"It's difficult not to get teary-eyed," McCoy said as he and his team headed back home.
Dustan E. McCoy
Title: Chairman and CEO, Brunswick Corp.
Home: One-bedroom apartment in Vernon Hills during the week; family farm in Bardstown, Ky., on weekends.
Making his way: Bachelor's degree, political science, Eastern Kentucky University.
"Anybody could get there, you didn't have to be smart, and it was affordable," he said. Worked as cabbie, bartender and oil refinery maintenance man to pay his way, and married his wife, Becki, while in college. The eldest of their two sons was born during McCoy's senior year. He has four grandchildren.
Four years of Army service, as a helicopter pilot.
Law degree, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University.
"The funny part of our life is, my wife was very insistent … you've got to make something of yourself," he said. "She said: 'You can be a doctor or a lawyer.' And I said: 'I'm not smart enough to be a doctor.' She actually did all my law school applications. I did have to go take my LSAT."
His start as a lifelong boater: At age 10, he and his father built a boat of marine plywood and cedar, painted it with bright-blue swimming pool paint and used it to fish on a little river running through the family farm in Grayson, Ky.
A fish story: Former Brunswick CEO George Buckley has a tale about fly-fishing with McCoy in a New Zealand river: "Dusty caught one fish, I caught six … so we switched positions, and immediately I began to catch fish in his spot. He said: 'You catch one more fish and I'm going to drown you.' In fact, he didn't drown me. And by the way, he's a great fisherman."
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After the 9/11 attacks, Americans reasoned that if they had to give up a little extra time at the airport in exchange for security, that was a bargain they were willing to make. As the NSA revelations demonstrate, however, that devil's bargain led to a slippery slope.
SYNDICATED COLUMN: Will the Next 9/11 Arrive via Drone?
Aggressive Drone Wars Set a Dangerous Precedent
There's no denying it: we Americans, we have a lot of nerve.
We love to pick fights, but when someone punches back, man, the whining never stops. And boy, do we love to escalate. Nuclear weapons? We invented the suckers, used them not once but twice – the only country that ever has – the only anybody who ever has – yet we have the balls to slap economic sabotage on the Iranians and North Koreans and smear them as "rogue states" for even thinking about trying to get their own. Which these nations only want – irony alert – because they're afraid of us.
You know the pattern. We escalate the arms race with some nifty new gadget devilishly designed to kill and maim more efficiently and effectively, then we deploy brute economic and military force (along with wildly hypocritical propaganda about how we're nice and peaceful and the most trustworthy bunch around) to keep those fancy new weapons all to ourselves for as long as possible. Like cyber warfare. We started it.
The first major state-against-state – completely unprovoked – first strike in cyberspace was the Stuxnet virus unleashed against Iranian nuclear power facilities. A joint American-Israeli effort, it wasn't enough for us to mess with the Iranians. We had to gloat.
Now it's drones. Beginning in 2004 with George W. Bush, the drone warfare program against the peoples of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia and God knows where else was greatly escalated by an Obama administration marketing itself as a regime ending two wars in public (though not really) while it secretly expands America's military footprint.
And jokes about it.
Operating as usual in full-on bully mode, the U.S. blithely acts as though it's entitled to the perpetual exclusive right to invade other nation's sovereign airspace at will. Rather than assume the dignified posture of silence or the embarrassed sheep business of a kid who got caught in the cookie jar, Obama officials even had the gall to get all sassy and file a formal diplomatic protest after the Iranians shot at one of their spy Predators in November. In a different world, one where Iran had the world's largest military and was the world's undisputed number-one arms dealer, the Islamic Republic could have made a credible case under international law for war against the U.S.
In an ideal world – i.e., the kind of society people of goodwill work to create – these devices would be illegal under international law. Like landmines, drones do a lot more harm than good. You'd might as well declare the First Amendment dead and gone now that private corporations, the FBI, CIA, local police and just about anyone else can scan the crowds at antigovernment protests and identify demonstrators with facial recognition software. Who is going to dare to make a radical statement now? As it is, you can't count on cops not to shoot unarmed African-American men. How many more innocent civilians are going to die due to the faulty judgment of a drone pilot miles away? As the first country to develop drone technology, the U.S. had the chance to keep this genie stuffed inside its bottle; instead, we let the monster loose and told it to run wild.
It doesn't take a genius military strategist to worry about drone weapons proliferation. The technology is relatively simple and cheap, so cheap that soldiers occupying Afghanistan use throwaway six-pound mini-drones slightly larger than paper airplanes to see what's around the next mountain.
The FAA is rushing to approve licenses to "tens of thousands of police, fire and other government agencies able to afford drones lighter than traditional aircraft and costing as little as $300," reports The New York Times, including everything from "remote-controlled planes as big as jetliners to camera-toting hoverers called Nano Hummingbirds that weigh 19 grams." Police departments from Seattle to Gadsden, Alabama have already bought these creepy devices. And it's now possible for a private citizen to buy his own drone for $300. A peeping Tom's dream!
It was only a matter of time – not much time – before other countries followed suit. Which prompts two questions.
What's to stop a hostile nation-state from attacking the United States with drones?
What if terrorists get drones?
Answer to the first question first: Nothing can stop a nation from Hellfiring us. While there are practical and economic barriers to entry that reduce nuclear proliferation, even the poorest nations can develop a scary drone program. Israel and its American ally claim to be terrified of the prospect of an Iranian nuclear attack against Tel Aviv, but the threat of a conventional weapons attack via drone is really what should be keeping policymakers up at night. Iran unveiled its Shahed 129 drone plane, a device that can fly 24 hours in a row, in September. That's the one they plan to export. In September an Iranian drone launched from Lebanon successfully took pictures of Israeli military facilities.
The trouble isn't just the drones themselves. It's how the United States uses them: aggressively, prolifically, violently and with little concern for legal or diplomatic niceties. "Skip the drone debate, just kill the terrorists before they kill us," reads the headline of a FoxNews piece by Erick Erickson, one of the Right's most reliable cretins. But it's not that simple. When the United States, the first nation to develop and deploy drones for surveillance and military attack purposes, asserts the right to "defend" itself by looking anywhere it wants and blowing up anyone it feels like, including its own citizens and people who have never expressed the slightest desire to attack the United States, it sets a precedent.
"More than 50 nations have or are trying to get [drone] technology," notes The Times. "The United States will set the standard for them all." Osama bin Laden said he wouldn't have hesitated to use a nuke against the U.S. because Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilian targets. Using the same reasoning as the Obama administration, why wouldn't the government of Yemen be legally justified to deploy Yemeni drones over American airspace and use them to blow up any Americans or anyone else they felt like?
We don't hold back. Why should anybody else?
While a nation-state might feel constrained by the international community, its allies or domestic public opinion from attacking civilian targets in the United States, an underground resistance organization would be far less likely to refrain from using drones to make a political statement and/or wage remote-control guerrilla warfare. Even terrorist groups care about PR – but, like bin Laden, they could easily make the case that we have it coming.
Though some commentators – mainly and interestingly, liberals aligned with the Obama administration, which makes one wonder if they'd change sides after a GOP electoral sweep – pooh-pooh the terrorist drone threat, this is one time when the smoke rising from the ashes of buildings in an American city isn't a remote (no pun intended) possibility created by a fevered theorist but rather an absolute certainty. It isn't a matter of if we'll get hit by drones. It's a matter of when.
(Ted Rall's website is tedrall.com. His book "After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back As Honored Guests: Unembedded in Afghanistan" will be released in November by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.)

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Sleeping Beauty isn't known for her high levels of activity, but with these running costumes, she and the other Disney princesses might get a different reputation. Plus, the sweat-wicking, anti-odor material keeps your costume looking fresh, even when you're drenched in sweat.
Etsy seller Helen McCarty runs the This Princess Runs shop, making princess and Wonder Woman-inspired running costumes. Snow White, the Evil Queen, Sleeping Beauty, and Tinkerbell all get outfits made from Under Armour HeatGear fabric, making these outfits as comfortable as they are noticeable. And yes, those short skirts come installed with either briefs or shorts, so runners can safely extend those legs without breeching princessly decorum.
McCarty custom-makes the outfits to order, and is willing to try out new characters if you don't see the look you want.
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Yeah so it was out ages ago but I never saw it because it just never appealed to me. A zombie falling in love with a human in a spoof comedy just isn't my thing, or I didn't think it was.
But this film was actually pretty cool. My bf recorded it on sky a while ago and last night we had nothing to watch so Warm Bodies got its chance and we both really liked it.
I don't think any of the trailers show how funny it is so I'm not bothering to post one but you all know how to get to YouTube. It's mostly funny but there were a few little bits that frightened me or made me tense but I am a bit of wimp when it comes to 'scary' bits in films.
Nicholas Hoult is really good in it, perfectly cast as R.
I'd say it's a decent comedy, if I was flicking through channels and it was on I'd stop and watch. I think it would be a perfect date movie but also really good if you have a bunch of friends round, it will go down well with both guys and girls. If you get a chance give it a watch 🙂
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Shelfie – Looking to reduce the disappointing out of stock experience we've all encountered at one time or another, the good people at DataCrowd offer the cleverly named Shelfie app for both iOS and Android to remedy the issue.
Shoppers who see an out of stock at a store take a picture of the items tag and empty shelf, upload it to the app and the GPS details and products in the image are used to notify the retailer. Apparently DataCrowd will take steps to advise the retailer of their out of stock issue, who will ideally take steps to tweak their replenishment model to avoid the problem in the future. The shopper, for their trouble, gets points for reporting the shortages to use towards gift cards.
This is a great use of crowdsourcing. Why not put a simple tool in the hands of the masses to collect data to drive useful insights. It will be interesting to circle back and see how this project works out.
A very brief look at the app indicates that the number of points that are awarded for reporting drive relatively small rewards. The app store images show 100 points for one scan, and 10,000 points required for a $5 gift card. That's 100 scans of out of stocks for $5. While a meager reward, it's reasonable and a fair offer for what a shopper would get for telling the store staff; which would be nothing. While it's not for everyone, there is definitely a coupon cutting crowd at the supermarket that would enjoy this game.
I fully expect that same coupon crowd to hit the supermarket at full tilt on late Saturday afternoon and fight the stockboys to take a photo before they replace the merchandise! It's a great idea. Anything that has a chance to reduce out of stocks is a positive. via Springwise
Repack – One of the challenges with online shopping is that eco-conscious shoppers miss the opportunity to bring their own bag or eschew packaging all together. While recycling all of that cardboard and plastic is a good answer, avoiding the waste is even better.
Repack has developed re-usable packaging and a system to use it for eCommerce retailers. Shoppers pay a small deposit when they purchase an item from an online store. On receipt of their products, they flatten the package and throw it back in the post for return to the retailer. On receipt of the packaging, the retailer refunds the deposit.
While this seems a bit overdone, who among us has not received a huge box in the mail for replacement headphone earbuds or some other tiny item? Given that many retailers also provide free returns, and services like Trunk Club have many boxes going back and forth, the idea seems like one with some merit – one that could protect shipped items and save the retailers some packaging costs if the items are done right. via Trendhunter
#retailing – Always on the lookout for monetization avenues, Twitter has announced a couple initiatives that may be of interest to retailers looking to add twitter to their list of channels where their shoppers can purchase their merchandise.
Buy Button – In September, Twitter announced public access to a Buy button that certain retail and other partner would use in the Twitter mobile app. Twitter wants to make shopping on mobile devices simpler and say they will store your card details to make it easier to shop in Twitter after that first purchase, presumably by not having to enter the details again. Frankly, there are so many parties trying to do this already – what with Apple Pay and Google and various others trying to do the same thing. Not sure that they will get a lot of uptake just by saving a credit card number. Also – a buy button is just one click away from a mobile website link. Why does twitter need to put a special button? Why would retailers with perfectly serviceable eCommerce platforms need a button when a link will do? Especially when the retailer wants to provide their own unique experience and pull client details into the process. This may work for musical artists to sell t-shirts – which seem to be a lot of the initial partners – but major players seem unlikely to do more than test the waters with this one.
Amazon Wishlist – Amazon never turns their back on an opportunity to sell through another channel. Amazon has enabled shoppers to save an amazon item in a tweet to their item wishlist by replying to the item with the hashtag #AmazonWishList. While this one is handy, it seems like something only the most die hard twitter fan would want to use twitter as a way of adding items to their amazon wishlists.
While these are really great attempts at thinking differently and putting together interesting pieces, it would be very surprising if these were to take off in any really large volumes. That said, who can say what will take off next? Perhaps Snapchat will add buy buttons to Our Live Stories next. Retailers can never tell where the next channel for business will arise.


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Hey, well I suppose I should start by introducing myself. My name is Kyle Young and I'm a second year (going into third year) student studying Archaeology at Cardiff University. I am currently taking part in the post-excavation archiving of the Cosmeston site, mainly dealing with the past three years of excavations. The past three digging seasons have concentrated on the area of the site marked as Cosmeston Castle on the Ordnance Survey maps, which refers to the manor house complex. The post-excavation work involves sorting through, and labelling the archaeological material (mainly pottery) that was excavated, along with creating the digital archive from the paper record sheets.
I was at Cosmeston for the 2010 season and the work I am currently doing with the finds from the site is enabling me to have a better understanding of what occurred there. Through working on the site I could see and understood what it was, but it is through studying the finds that I am beginning to fully appreciate what actually happened within the manor house, and also during the post-medieval period when it was demolished.
The medieval pottery that has been uncovered at the site appears to be of quite fine quality. There are a large number of imports from France and large amounts of Bristol-ware. This suggests a high-status household. There are also examples of extremely fine locally made products, such as the ram's head vessel (a possible aquamanile) found in this season's excavations. The only other similar vessel from this area was found at Cardiff Castle during excavations in 2004-2005 by local unit GGAT, indicating that this was a high-status item.
The large quantities of post-medieval pottery excavated at the site – such as North Devon sgrafitto wares, Bristol tin glazed bowls and a Cistercian style lid (a 16th Century style of glazed pot) – are useful in dating the final phases of the manor. Found in contexts associated with the demolition of the manorial buildings and robbing of walls for building material, they help tell us when these activities occurred.
It is the job of archaeologist in post excavation to look at the assemblage from the site and attempt to sort it, which is currently what we are doing with the Cosmeston collection. Most of the previous seasons' work has already been sorted and catalogued and merely requires each sherd to be labelled with the site code and context number (as Louise noted in her blog earlier). Currently we are dealing mainly with the 2009 excavations, so the site code is COS09.
The 2011 excavations, however, have yet to be fully sorted and catalogued and so require us to do this before we can label anything. So far we have sorted the pottery finds from the 2011 demolition layer and labelled the sherds accordingly. As we continue to work through the material we will bring you all the latest news on the Cosmeston blog.


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Hotel Virginian: When Don Henley meets G. Love
Chris Jamison
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April 13
The Virginian was unusually lively last Wednesday night, bulging with bodies (mostly female) to an extent that would have been impressive even on a weekend. Whether they were there for Chris Jamison and his two-man entourage or the $2 PBR drafts I couldn't say, though audience reaction to the group– including occasional dancing– seemed to support the former hypothesis.
I have a bad habit of arriving for shows at the time they're supposed to start rather than at APT (actual performance time), which usually leaves me with at least half an hour to kill, and on Wednesday night, my 9:30 arrival versus 10:45 APT was no exception.
When Jamison and co. did finally emerge, squeezing their guitar + vox / guitar / bass outfit into the tiny front window of the Virginian, I came to accept, however grudgingly, that the wait had been worth it. They presented my ears with a sound that I could instantly dissect and classify– Chris Jamison and his group sound like the Eagles' Don Henley fronting G. Love & Special Sauce. Perfectly.
Jamison has Henley's smoky high howl down perfectly (I kept waiting for him to break into "Boys of Summer"), and the group plays the sort of loose jammy blues with an emphasis on repetition that G. Love perfected in the early to mid-'90s.
On the songs I didn't recognize as covers, the group mostly stuck to the same songwriting format– verses with little short chorus hooks tagged on the end. You might think of "I Feel Fine" or various other Beatles songs for exemplary examples of this technique, though Jamison had traded in writing a second part to his songs ("I'm so glad that she's my little girl") for the lead guitarist doing what he does best (and from what I saw his best was really, really good).
"No safety in numbers" began Jamison to his strummed guitar with electric flourishes, a well-constructed tune of little more than four chords continually revolving around each other, only changing slightly on the choruses. A very intriguing version of Dylan's "Tangled Up In Blue" popped out of the mix soon enough, jammed up for college music fan consumption it seemed, long guitar solos, and an air of B. Marley about the piece.
I don't know if Chris Jamison and his group have a drummer, left at home due to lack of space at the venue, but I say next time bring him along– drums would be the icing on the cake.
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Hugh Hefner's wedding to Crystal Harris was called off after she secretly planned to ditch the Playboy mogul at the altar in return for a $500,000 media deal, Page Six has exclusively learned.
Harris, 25, was shopping for a big-bucks deal to tell all after she ditched hapless Hef, 85, in front of 300 guests at their wedding at the Playboy Mansion on Saturday, to be filmed for a Lifetime TV special.
Yesterday it emerged that the pair had called off the wedding following an argument on Sunday, and the blond bride-no-longer-to-be immediately moved out of the mansion.
Harris had reportedly been secretly seeing Dr. Phil McGraw's son, Jordan, for months behind Hef's back. Jordan is her songwriting partner, and they were seen cozying up at the Chateau Marmont in March.
A source told us, "Crystal wanted to ditch Hef at the altar. Her plan was to walk up the aisle and say she couldn't go through with it. The wedding was to be filmed for a reality special, and her refusal to marry him would be a sensation. She was looking for a tie-in deal of around $500,000 for the exclusive 'I ditched Hef at the altar' interview. While there was interest, Crystal didn't get an offer anywhere near half a million."
The former Playmate started dating Hefner in January 2009, and they got engaged last December. It is not known if the Sunday argument was sparked by Hef finding out about her plan to humiliate him. But Harris' manager, Michael Blakey, told us reports about her cheating with Jordan were "absolutely incorrect" and "total fiction."
Of her plan to ditch Hef in return for a lucrative media deal, Blakey said that was "not true, to my knowledge." He said of their split: "I have no idea what happened. All I know is that it was an amicable breakup."
The cancellation is unfortunate timing for Playboy: Its July issue hits newsstands Friday, with Crystal on the cover. The coverline, according to sources, is "America's Princess: Introducing Mrs. Crystal Hefner."
Playboy reps didn't get back to us. But Hef tweeted, "The wedding is off. Crystal has had a change of heart." Will he ever find true love?


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Mr Fox is coming from Kuantan again. To avoid his mumbling, that I always let him UFO, last Saturday night finally went dinner with him. So as one of hims friend were joining us too. Hehe.. I didn't let you 747 nor UFO this time right?
Located at Bandar Puteri Puchong, this famous steamboat restaurant, is the place we are heading to. I tried this before, about two or three years back. Now that I come back again, still feel good about this restaurant!
It's been two three years long, the forgetful me already forgot where is the exact location of the restaurant. We end up driving around, then we found so we actually just passed it by at that corner. Sigh.. Think I'm getting older and older..
It's for you to put in your pot
Just put the pot in it, and on the stove, as convenient as that
And it's really hygiene too, everybody get their own pot
Ingredients for ABD Soup
(Tomatoes, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Onion)
Add this in to increase the favor of your soup, the original soup was rather too pale
Ingredients for Korean Kim-Chi Soup
The Kim-Chi is rather spicy, and the soup became spicy too, which really increase your appetite
The basic ingredient of Mizi's
(Fresh Vege, Fish Balls, Carrots, Japenese Toufu, Egg, Fried Fu-Jok, Fried Dried Toufu, etc)
The Main Course
(Left to right: Lamb, Beef, Pork)
Ofcourse there are others, but we only ordered this 3 types
Pork Slices
Just put the pork slices into the hot pot for few flips, it's ready to server, and it tasted terrific!
Beef Slices
This tasted great too, just make it the same way as the pork slices
Never overcook it, else you are going to spoiled it
House-made Special Sauce
Inside are peanuts, green onion, etc (I only managed to recognize this two..)
The table full of variety of ingredients, and guess what, this is only for 1 person! (which is mine)
So Mr Fox, why don't you comment this yourself?


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An Eagles fan/employee "defiled" Cowboys Stadium with a vicious (and viscous) attack on the city of Dallas, football fans, and basic human decency. He spit on the star at midfield. Twice. Hey, that artificial turf is expensive to steam clean!
Cowboy Nation is up in arms after Dave Spadaro, a writer for PhiladelphiaEagles.com who had field access before last week's game, concluded his regular pregame YouTube report by expectorating on the famous blue star. That star is the symbol of America's Team, so Spadaro might as well have pulled a Rick Majerus on the Star Spangled Banner (and then handed it to a team manager for Al Qaeda!) The local news is apoplectic, reporting on this devastating desecration in a tone usually reserved for stories about tornadoes and kidnappers. Channel 11 dubbed it the "spit heard round the world," and it is. Provided your world does not extend past Plano.
According to reporter Carol Cavazos, even Eagles fans—who everyone knows are the most vile bastards on the planet—thinks the loogie is going too far. (Even though she didn't quote a single one who thought so.) Spardaro did post a court-ordered apology, as if that would ever be enough to undo this "indecent" affront to God and man.
I suppose I could give the news team the benefit of the doubt and assume this is tongue-in-cheek satire of a friendly sports rivalry, but we are talking about football in Texas. This incident will surely provide plenty of extra motivation for everyone involved in this weekend's crucial playoff game, although at press time, no player from either the Cowboys or the Eagles could possibly give a shit.
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Xerox Acquires Industrial Inkjet Provider, Impika
NORWALK, CT—February 26, 2013—Xerox has acquired Impika, a leader in the design, production and sale of production inkjet printing solutions used for industrial, commercial, security, label and package printing.
Impika offers a portfolio of aqueous (water-based) inkjet presses based on proprietary technology. Impika product lines include iPrint, a range of continuous feed production printers that print at speeds as fast as 375 meters per minute, and iPress, a range of graphic communications digital presses with resolutions of up to 2,400x1,200 dpi. Impika, based in Aubagne, France, sells its products to print providers through its direct sales force and through a global network of channel partners, including Xerox, which has been reselling the Impika brand in Europe since 2011, and recently expanded to several developing markets.
In addition to Xerox's existing xerographic production presses, the company developed and markets the world's only high-speed waterless inkjet presses, the Xerox CiPress Production Inkjet Systems. The production inkjet market is projected to grow 21 percent annually through 2015, according to market research firm I.T. Strategies. By adding Impika technology to its offerings, Xerox will now go to market with the industry's broadest range of digital presses, strengthening its leadership in digital color production printing.
"A hallmark of Xerox's long-term success is our focus on innovation, and Impika has demonstrated an innovative approach to advanced production inkjet printing that complements Xerox's technology," said Jeff Jacobson, president of Xerox's Graphic Communications Operations. "We have established leadership in serving the graphic communication marketplace. With Impika as part of our broader set of solutions, we're bolstering our brand strength and better serving the market with digital products, solutions and resources to meet the needs of print providers so they can satisfy their clients and grow their businesses."
"We've succeeded in developing one of the industry's most formidable product lines," said Paul Morgavi, president and CEO, Impika. "To continue our growth, we need to be part of a leadership organization that has broad global distribution and service, a strong brand, and the same customer-centric culture that we champion. Xerox is a logical fit for our growing business and for our customers, who will benefit from Xerox's shared focus on innovation to advance digital color printing."
The 55 people of Impika, led by Morgavi, will now report to Jacobson.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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cDNA for the human beta 2-adrenergic receptor: a protein with multiple membrane-spanning domains and encoded by a gene whose chromosomal location is shared with that of the receptor for platelet-derived growth factor.
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We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA encoding the human beta 2-adrenergic receptor. The deduced amino acid sequence (413 residues) is that of a protein containing seven clusters of hydrophobic amino acids suggestive of ...
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And on queue, overnight the markets ramped in a near vertical ascent, leaping off the 1,018 pivot that held yesterday and ran right up to 1,028, an area of resistance that has held so far (1,041 next higher pivot):
The dollar is roughly flat, having held just above the bottom of that descending wedge I showed yesterday. Bonds are lower, oil is racing back higher (up to $72 again), and gold made several attempts to stay over the $1,000 mark but is hanging out just below (check out the performance of silver).
Again, the action in the markets is not based on anything fundamental, it is based on hot money, on computer trading, and on government/Goldman (one in the same) intervention.
Two worthless and misleading pieces of economic information are out this morning, the Goldman ICSC which I will not even report and the MBA purchase index which supposedly gained 9.5% for the week. Remember that they just stopped reporting any of the underlying numbers, so I consider this report to be nothing but propaganda, not that week to week numbers have much meaning to begin with, they don't, especially when manipulative government programs are beginning and ending… Here's Econoday's spin:
Mortgage applications jumped sharply in the Sept. 4 week in the latest indication of strength in the housing market. MBA's purchase application index, boosted by the approaching end of the government's first-time buyer credit, rose 9.5 percent for the biggest gain since April. The refinance index rose 22.5 percent for the biggest gain since March. Lower mortgage rates boosted demand for both purchase and refinance applications as the average 30-year loan dropped 13 basis points to 5.02 percent.
Meanwhile, back in reality land, we find that my anecdotal story yesterday about the wealthy people from my old neighborhood is pretty widespread. How's a 73% year over year jump in wealthy people's bankruptcy filings grab you? Keep in mind that these are people who hire and put to work other people, and their homes were worth far more than several subprime homes:
Wealthy Families Succumb to Bankruptcy as Real Estate Crashes
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Wealthy individuals' Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings jumped 73 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, according to the National Bankruptcy Research Center, a research firm in Burlingame, California.
More individuals or families with at least $1,010,650 in secured debt and $336,900 unsecured are using Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code typically associated with business reorganizations. Falling U.S. home prices leaves them unable to refinance or sell their property when they drop below the value of their mortgage, said Chicago bankruptcy attorney Joseph Baldi.
Chapter 11 is more expensive and time-consuming for debtors and creditors than a Chapter 7 liquidation of assets. Wealthier people filing for bankruptcy typically have large homes, two car payments and children in private schools, said Leslie Linfield, executive director of the Institute for Financial Literacy in Portland, Maine, a credit-counseling and research group.
"You're living on the edge, you're juggling those financial balls," Linfield said. "When one ball goes, they all fall down."
Listings of homes for sale worth $1 million or more increased 27.3 percent in July from October, according to Zillow.com, a Web site that tracks real-estate transactions. The number of homes sold with a value between $1 million and $2 million fell 23 percent in July from a year earlier, according to the Chicago-based National Association of Realtors. There was a 21-month supply, up from 16 months last year.
I love that quote, "You're living on the edge, you're juggling those financial balls," Linfield said. "When one ball goes, they all fall down."
That is exactly right, and that is exactly what the United States of America is doing right now. The balls are already falling down and the chain reaction is in progress, you must look through the trumped up stock market to see it, but it will continue to manifest itself until all the balls have landed.
Back to the markets.
McHugh is talking up the potential rising wedge in the markets as being a potential ending pattern for wave c up of B up. If this pattern is what's in play, and it looks like it is, then we may get a good view of the end of the move prior to the next large wave down. Here's a chart of the SPY that shows the wedge well, the top of the wedge is currently about the 1,055 area, just beneath the 1,061 pivot point. Keep in mind that these patterns can overthrow:
Again, note the volume pattern on that chart, it is BEARISH.
The dollar is now testing the 77 level again, that's a key level! The long bond futures are on the right, down hard this morning…
The NDX made a new high yesterday. That should not be ignored as it throws the EW count towards McHugh's wave 3 of c of B. The rest of the indices could follow, and if that rising wedge is in play, then we should test the top of it fairly soon. As he points out, this is a good time to be raising cash.
In the meantime ball juggling continues because the circus must go on…
Three Dog Night – The Show Must Go On:


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Nokia 3250
Nokia 5500
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia 6110 Navigator
Nokia 6120 classic (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia 6290
Nokia E50 (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt or n82_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia E51 (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia E65 (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia E71
Nokia E90 (use 352x416_n95_20001079 and delete this file: "C:\Private\10202be9\persists\20001079.cre")
Nokia N71
Nokia N73 (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia N73 Music Edition (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia N76 (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia N80 (use 6110_5700XM_6120c_20001079.txt for landscape gameplay)
Nokia N81 (landscape view already activated)
Nokia N82 (landscape view already activated)
Nokia N91
Nokia N93
Nokia N95 (landscape view already activated, confirmed working on 21.0.016 firmware, try others)
Please give feedback if you followed my tutorial and worked or not worked for your phone model!!!
1. Please update to the latest firmware version of your phone, before going onto the tutorial.
2. This tutorial works best for UNHACKED phones, I recommend doing it on a clean/unhacked phone, or from a fresh hard format. But also feel free to try it on hacked phones, just be sure that you know what you are doing.
3. It will be much better if you would do as you read the tutorial.
-= Doing a hard format =-
1. Back up all your important data (e.i. Images, Sounds, Videos, etc.) MANUALLY. Not by PC-Suite or something.
2. Format the phone and the memory card SEPARATELY.
3. Format the phone using this: (I call this, an S60v1/v2/v3 phone's Self-Healing)
*#7370# - Input on standby mode.
Turn off the phone. Then PRESS and HOLD the Green Button + Number 3 + Symbol "*" (asterisk/star) SIMULTANEOUSLY. Turn on the phone. Keep holding until the phone asked you to input which country you reside.
4. Format the Memory Card via Card Reader on the PC having the FAT disk attribute.
5. After formatting the phone, and the memory card. Put back the memory card again on the phone. Then format the Memory Card again using your phone. (Just to be safe)
6. Bring back all your files on your phone or/and memory card.
A very important information : (regardless of N-Gage 2.0)
As you have read right, I made or wanted you to format the phone and the memory card separately and back up your phone manually is because, here's the thing, IF AND ONLY IF your phone has a virus on it, making a back up via PC-Suite also backs up the virus file (I think). Saying that, when you want to return your back up from PC-Suite, it will also return the virus. AND, as I have experienced, these nasty viruses sometimes (or all the time) copies a clone of itself from the phone to the memory card. So, if you already has a virus, then format your phone, you actually don't know that the virus is also there on your memory card. After format the virus copies itself from the memory card to the phone. Making your phone format a waste. See what I mean?
Now you are worrying if the virus is in the memory card, then your PC is in danger? The answer is NO. A PC and a Mobile Phone has different Operating Systems. Saying that, a virus for the phone has no result on the PC, and vice-versa (unless someone made a single virus file for both OS. I'm not giving ideas you F***ing virus makers). The only way you could be infected is if your memory card already has a virus for the PC. Then you are DEAD (not literally). It is always and very best that you have a file explorer on your phone that can see hidden files on the phone and memory card (I use FExplorer) so that you can see if a PC-already-affected-virus copies something on your phone or memory card. This way you can always have the first move on protecting both your phone and your PC from a virus.
(All files mentioned below are already uploaded here, download it below the post. This time, no more PC applications needed.)
-= NEW Applications / Files needed on the phone =-
1. InstallServer_for_Pre-FP1.zip for phone models:
Nokia E60
Nokia E62
Nokia E65
Nokia E70
Nokia N71
Nokia N73 / N73 Music Edition
Nokia N77
Nokia N80
Nokia N91 8GB
Nokia N92
Nokia N93
Nokia N93i
InstallServer_for_FP1.zip for phone models:
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic
Nokia 6110 Navigator
Nokia 6121 classic
Nokia 6120 classic
Nokia 6124 classic
Nokia 6290
Nokia E90 Communicator
Nokia N76
Nokia N81
Nokia N81 8GB
Nokia N82
Nokia N95 8GB
Nokia N95
Nokia N95-3 NAM
InstallServer_for_others,zip for phone models:
Nokia 3250 (firmware v4.14 and v4.60) (if this won't work, use InstallServer_for_Pre-FP1.zip)
Nokia 5500 (if this won't work, use InstallServer_for_Pre-FP1.zip)
Nokia E50 (if this won't work, use InstallServer_for_Pre-FP1.zip)
Nokia E51 (if this won't work, use InstallServer_for_FP1.zip)
Nokia E61 / E61i (if this won't work, use InstallServer_for_Pre-FP1.zip)
InstallServer is a file that helps you install almost ANY APPLICATION that you can get. A very important file for you and me. Secure the one that you need and extract it.
2. N-Gage_1.01_Build_1281_(2008).sisx
This is the N-Gage 2.0 Launcher released on the first quarters of 2008 that I have repacked. The official installer will install directly onto the phone and has already included the N-Gage_Autostart.sisx, but mine will ask you where to install it but unfortunately doesn't have N-Gage_Autostart.sisx. You must have atleast free 5Mb on your phone even if you install this on your memory card.
3. xx_20001079.txt -> 20001079.txt
As I've found out on my own experiments, this file can be found or cannot be found on your phone (regarding which phone model you have). This file houses every (I think) screen resolutions handling your phone has, giving you the ability to play on landscape or not. In my opinion, it is not best to overwrite this file if you already have it. Put it this way, you have your own default phone settings (your phone own resolutions) then replacing it with other phones default phone settings (could be different resolutions and settings). Not a good idea isn't it? The new version CAN give you the ability to rotate screen regardless of this file (I think).
I could say that our default (assumingly) file for this is "n73_20001079.txt", rename it to 20001079.txt. If you found your phone model on the available 20001079.txt, use it, but feel free to try and experiment on others. Full screen fix for 320x240 and 352x416 screen resolutions are not yet available. But I'm working on it.
4. N-Gage_Patch.sis
BiNPDA patch file. This file replaces the "trial bar" to a "progress bar" on the launcher for BiNPDA ******* games. You need to install this just once.
5. Any file explorer
Any file explorer that you can get or have (FExplorer, Xplorer, etc.) It is needed to copy 20001079.txt and InstallServer.exe to your phone.
6. *NEW* Hello_Carbide_by_FCA00000.sisx
An on-phone hack made by FCA00000. This gives you the ability to disable the Platinum Security of your phone, much the same as BiNPDA's Security Manager v1.0. The difference is BiNPDA's Security Manager is acquired through MetroTRK or AppTRK, which the new firmwares are not compatible with, leaving them not able to install N-Gage 2.0. BUT, HelloCarbide is a .sisx installer that can be installed through the phone, manually, giving those who has new firmwares the power to be hacked. YES!!!
As of my experience, the only way to bring back to default is by restarting the phone. This file must not be used lightly unless you know what you are doing. Use on any other purposes besides the one being said on my tutorial AT YOUR OWN RISK!
*OPTIONAL* N-Gage_AutoStart.sisx
I've renamed this file again because on the file name (and on other threads that I found) is version 2.04, but this is really not it's proper version. This file converts your N-Gage version to 1.01 Build 1281, fixing the "Update" error on start-up of the launcher. As you've noticed that already the latest version is 1.01 Build 1281, so this file is not needed. Actually, I think so too, but just to be safe and sure, install it. As I've said above, this is included on the official installer, so I think we better install it. This is the file that is included on the official installer. No change on the previous version that I've uploaded, completely identical.
*OPTIONAL* Symbian_OS_PIPS_v1.2.sis or Symbian_OS_PIPS_v1.3.sis
Actually, these are NOT the missing Symbian OS Pipes. The N-Gage 2.0 installer will notify you that is missing and with aprroving, you let N-Gage 2.0 install the one on it's embedded Symbian OS PIPS(v1.01). This upgrades your Symbian OS PIPS and Symbian OS Pipes to version 1.02 or 1.03. The one included on the main and official installer is 1.01, I myself did not update mine.
Special Tutorial for the REAL N-Gage 2.0 compatible phones
For N-Gage 2.0 compatible phones (N81, N81-8gb, N82, N95, N95-8gb) (firmware must be updated to the latest version), download the latest version on the official website for your phone, then follow these steps:
1. Install the official N-Gage 2.0 Launcher on your phone.
2. Follow all Chapter 1.
3. Follow Chapter 2 - Step 2 ONLY.
4. Follow all Chapter 3.
*CHAPTER 1* = *Preparing for instalment*
Step 1 - "Installing HelloCarbide.sis" -= N E W =-
Install HelloCarbide either on your phone or memory card. After it's done, you'll noticed that you have a new application called HelloCarbide (without an icon). Don't open yet.
Step 2 - "Applying the proper InstallServer.exe" -= N E W =-
I assume that you already have installed your file explorer, if not, install it first. Now open your file explorer (must enable "show hidden files and folders"), DO NOT EXIT but switch (press and hold the menu button) to your standby mode then open HelloCarbide. You'll notice that it has no welcome screen or what-not, just press Options -> Menu1 -> Yes. If done correctly it will close itself. Now you have all the capabilities on your phone, much as BiNPDA's Security Manager. Now switch back to your file explorer. (You must not open any other application other than your file explorer). Copy the proper InstallServer.exe on "C:/sys/bin" (if there is no "bin" folder, then make one). Exit from the file explorer. Do not do anything else, just restart your phone. Move on to installing N-Gage 2.0.
*CHAPTER 2* = *Installing the N-Gage launcher to your phone*
Step 1 - "Installing the N-Gage application"
Install N-Gage_1.01_Build_1281.sisx to your phone or memory card. As before, continue installing the application by ignoring the warning that it is not compatible to your phone and some missing OS pipes.
Step 2 - "Installing the N-Gage Patch"
Just install Nokia_N-Gage_Patch.sis.
*NOTE* SKIP THIS STEP IF YOUR PHONE MODEL IS ALREADY FOUND ON THE AVAILABLE 20001079.txt. N-GAGE INSTALLER WILL COPY THIS AUTOMATICALLY ON YOUR PHONE
Step 3 - "Copy 20001079.txt to private parts of the phone a.k.a. HACKING the phone" -= N E W =-
(As I've experienced, the latest version already give me the ability to rotate screens.)
Remember the application HelloCarbide that we installed on your phone? This is the time to use it, again, and the last time. First open your file explorer (must enable "show hidden files and folders"), DO NOT EXIT but switch (press and hold the menu button) to your standby mode then open HelloCarbide. Press Options -> Menu1 -> Yes. If done correctly it will close itself. Now switch back to your file explorer. (You must not open any other application other than your file explorer). Copy the proper 20001079.txt (our default is n73_20001079.txt remember?) to "C:/private/10202be9". DO NOT OVERWRITE IF YOU ARE ASKED TO. This is much safer because the one on your phone is already it's default settings. I think it COULD mess up your game, speed of the game, resolution if you overwrite it. Now exit files explorer. Do not do anything else, just restart your phone.
If your phone is compatible to play on landscape view (see the "Working phone" on the top, secure and use the one being stated there. Then don't forget to delete "C:\Private\10202be9\persists\20001079.cre". *Thanks to enej* I just have to add that use at your own risk.
*OPTIONAL* - "Installing the N-Gage AutoStart"
Just install N-Gage_AutoStart.sisx to your phone, ignore the "not compatible" warning. Move on to the next step.
*OPTIONAL*- "Installing the missing Symbian OS Pipes"
Noticed the missing Pipes? It's actually not missing. N-Gage 2.0 already installed it for you (version 1.1) if it gives you the warning that it's missing. Just install this if you want to upgrade the one on your phone. Completely optional.
And now you're done installing the N-Gage application. You now have your N-Gage launcher application. But what good will it do if there are no games??? Now we're going to install the games.
*CHAPTER 3* = *Installing the N-Gage 2.0 games*
(There are quite some difference from BiNPDA's necessary game instalment, to my way of BiNPDA games instalment. Either way, you could follow whichever you want. If you want to follow mine, read on.)
Step 1 - "BiNPDA games"
You should have downloaded or got the BiNPDA games by now. And you should come up with the game installer. If not, I think you should ask somebody about it from where to get it here and what to do about it.
Step 2 - "Game transfer"
<- the difference You must now got the game installers (xxxxx.exe files), and BINPDA told you to install it via MetroTRK connection. But I found a better, faster way (I guess, for me, because my computer doesn't have any USB 2.0 Port. And installing via MetroTRK took me 20mins+ just transferring the .n-gage files. Yeah, it's pretty outdated, I mean, REALLY outdated) So on to the procedure, don't connect your phone to your pc just yet. Open the game installer that you've found (make sure it's BINPDA *******). Install it just as you would have connected your phone to the pc. Click the check boxes: got n-gage application, and no need to install BiNPDA SecMan application. Now you're in the MetroTRK automatic com port detection, just click next. then it will say that MetroTRK could not connect to phone, and then you'll see that there's an option saying that you could extract the file to the pc. What the hell?! So just extract it to the pc, the file will be on the directory where you've opened the game installer. Now all you need to do is transfer the .n-gage files to your memory card in "E:/n-gage/" (if there's no "n-gage" folder, then make it). Now you got games? Yes, but not yet installed. Move on. Step 3 - "Installing the .n-gage files"
-= N E W =- You can now install games without any hassle of activating anything. As I have told you, you can now install almost all or any UNSIGNED applications/games on your phone!! Open N-Gage launcher. It could take about 5-10secs for loading. But hey, now you've opened it, wait for the "Preparing installation" warning to finish, but you still got no games. Press right on your keypad, you should see all your "to-be playable" games but only they are a little bit blurred. No worries, just click one up and it will ask you where to install. And after it is done feel free to play on or restart your phone, either way, you can now play. And we are done!!!
-= N E W =- IMPORTANT NOTES / FIXES TO REMEMBER: * NOTE * First of all, congratulation! Now you have installed your N-Gage 2.0 Launcher and games. But have you noticed? You can now install almost any or all UNSIGNED applications that you can find!!! Who's your daddy huh? Hehehe. * NOTE * Repeat chapter 3 when installing games for the N-Gage 2.0. * NOTE * If you think you won't need HelloCarbide anymore (in my tutorial, you'll need it once in Chapter 1 and Chapter 2), feel free to uninstall. *
NOTE * You can set your N-Gage profile and update online. And play on N-Gage Arena (as I have read on some threads) But I suggest not going to, keep in-mind that every software/application that is ******* is illegal. * FIX * I suggest that you restart your phone before (not necessarily after) playing any N-Gage games. A fresh restart means -> fresher, cleaner memory RAM of the phone -> cleaner memory RAM, means faster phone response (loading). And N-Gage 2.0 takes a lot of RAM to start. This should also fix the error "Not enough memory".
* FIX * For those who are having "System Errors". Sometimes these are due to misnamed access points. Always check for it and access points should not have " ' " (apostrophe). Just to be sure, do not place any special characters on it.
* FIXED * No more "Unable to start game" after playing!!
Before asking please include on what phone model you are trying to install it so it won't be so hard for me for the answer. Please give credit and respect as I have given all of those who made this possible (i just don't know most of them or where I got these files).
Credits to:
BiNPDA for the awesome hard work for Cracking games and applications
FCA00000 for the alternative hack
Enej for the rotating screen
Also to ME, giving every stolen moment that I can have to improve this tutorial for the sake of others (please give credit and respect)
and to those who are needed and respected to be mentioned (I honestly don't know you guys)
haikara20 for the access point work around
ketya4u for the info on Nokia_N-Gage_Autostart.sis
Here is the link for download the softwares
Pass: skanob
here is another link for the softwares. It dont need any password to extract:
Enjoy and keep visiting


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The Mass Mail screen allows Users who are members of the "Super Administrator" group to send an email message to registered users for the site. Users can be selected based on groups.
Details and Message
- Mail to Child Groups. Whether or not to send the Email to members of all child groups of the selected group. For example, if this box is checked and the "Public" group is selected, the email would be sent to all users, since all groups are child groups of "Public".
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- Message. Enter the body of the Email. Any text entered in the Mailbody Suffix parameter in Options (User Options → Mass Mail) will be added to the text you enter here.
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
- Send Mail Send the email and return to the main Mass Mail screen
- Cancel. Returns to the previous screen without saving your work. If you press Cancel while adding a new item, this new item will not be created. If you were modifying an existing item, the modifications will not be saved.
- Options. Opens the Options window where settings such as default parameters can be edited. See Options.
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