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Patent ReferencesInventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 068233 filed on 05/27/1993US Classes:111/139, Including trash control accessory111/143, Having holddown111/157Rotary openerExaminersPrimary: Arola, Dave W.Assistant: Pezzuto, Robert E. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA01C 005/04DescriptionTECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to farm implements of the type used to prepare the seed bed for planting operations and, more particularly, relates to a tiller device that is particularly suited for attachment to the front of a seed row planting unit for the purpose of cultivating a relatively narrow, band-like zone of soil immediately ahead of the planter and clearing such zone of surface residue and trash so as to facilitate the opening of a seed trench by the planter and the immediately subsequent deposit of seeds into such trench in good soil-contacting relationship. BACKGROUND With the increasing emphasis on soil conservation practices, including governmental requirements that mandate leaving a certain percentage of crop residue on the surface of the field before, during and after planting operations, there is an increasing challenge on the part of farmers and farm equipment manufacturers alike to provide equipment and farming practices that will comply with these needs and governmental standards. The assignee of the present invention has long been a strong advocate of low tillage planting practices and has been a pioneer in providing equipment to the farming industry for carrying out those practices. Some early examples of the equipment provided by applicants' assignee are depicted in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,718,191; 4,295,532; 4,425,973; and 4,483,401, where obliquely disposed trash clearing discs are strategically positioned ahead of the planter units to clear narrow strips of bare soil and facilitate seed deposit. More recently, others in the industry have developed planter attachments which are designed to engage a narrow band of the surface residue and move it aside without disturbing the soil beneath the residue through cultivation or lateral displacement. Examples of the latter type of non-cultivating devices are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,785,890 and 5,076,180. However, one problem with the non-tilling devices is that while the cleared strip or band of soil may be more accessible to the planter opener in one sense because the residue has been largely cleared away, the soil itself has not been made more receptive to being opened up by the planter. In some cases, there may even be a ridge or peak formed down the middle of the row by the residue clearing devices which must somehow be negotiated by the opener as it prepares the slit or seed receiving trench. As a consequence, the seed placement itself is rendered inaccurate and imprecise, sacrificing the ultimate yield. Conversely, if some conventional units are set deeply enough to eliminate the formation of a ridge or peak down the middle of the row, they may literally dig and throw the soil out of the middle to form a furrow or trench, instead of moving only residue. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION Accordingly, one important object of the present invention is to provide a tiller which can be attached to each row planter in leading relationship to the opener thereof which has the function of tilling a narrow zone or band of soil immediately ahead of the opener and of also clearing such zone of surface residue so the opener can perform its seeding function in the optimum manner. Another important object of the present invention is to provide a zone tillage tool which, while having particular utility in combination with a seed planter, can also be used in a variety of other ways, such as in connection with efficiently incorporating fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides into the soil. Another important object of the present invention is to provide a zone tiller which, while being capable of churning and working the soil strip to improve its tilth and remove residue, leaves the disturbed and texturized soil in place within the strip instead of throwing it to the side along with the residue. This is achieved in large measure through the configuration of the individual cultivating spokes of the device, the manner in which the spokes from opposite, converging wheels of the device intersect and cross one another during entry and rearward passage beneath the soil surface, and the angle at which the spokes strip themselves cleanly up out of the soil on the rear, upsweep side of the wheels. A further important object of the present invention includes providing the cultivating spokes of the tiller in the form of relatively stiff sections of so-called "aircraft" cable formed from twisted strands of solid metal wire so that each of the spokes is provided with a corrugated outer surface that produces increased soil turbulence and mixing as the spokes work their way in a wriggling action through the soil. Moreover, constructing the spokes from relatively thick cable sections also combines toughness with a certain degree of inherent flexibility and resiliency that enables them to provide their soil penetrating and cultivating action, yet also be flexible enough to yield without breaking when rocks and other foreign objects are stuck or tend to become wedged between the spokes. The undulating surfaces of the spokes and their somewhat inherent flexibility provides the wriggling action as the spokes move through the soil and cooperate with one another to agitate, cultivate, and disturb the soil particles. These and other important objects of the present invention will become apparent from the description and drawings which follow. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a typical row crop planter employing a zone tiller attachment in accordance with the principles of the present invention; FIG. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary, left front perspective view of the tiller as it works the soil in advance of the planter opener; FIG. 3 is a right front isometric view of the tiller detached from the planter; FIG. 4 is a fragmentary, top front perspective view of the tiller; FIG. 5 is a fragmentary, right side elevational view thereof; FIG. 6 is a fragmentary, lower, rear perspective view of the tiller; FIG. 7 is a top perspective view of the tiller with the mounting support removed to reveal details of construction and the interdigitated relationship of the spokes; FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of one of the spoked wheels of the tiller with the cover plate of the wheel broken away to reveal mounting details of the individual spokes; FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of one of the spoked wheels showing in particular the obliquely laterally inclined attitude of the spokes relative to the axis of rotation of the wheel; FIG. 10 is a fragmentary top plan view of the wheel support with one of the wheels shown in horizontal cross section to reveal internal details of construction, the other wheel of the tiller being shown in phantom; FIG. 11 is a plan view of the carrier disc of the wheel to which the spokes are secured; FIG. 12 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view through one of the spoke-receiving pockets of the carrier disc taken substantially along line 12--12 of FIG. 11; FIG. 13 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the pocket taken substantially along line 13--13 of FIG. 11; FIG. 14 is a transverse cross-sectional view of one of the pockets taken substantially along line 14--14 of FIG. 11; FIG. 15 is a plan view of one of the individual spokes; FIG. 16 is an outer end elevational view thereof; and FIG. 17 is an end elevational view of the inner attaching end of the spoke. DETAILED DESCRIPTION The planter 10 in FIG. 1 is mounted on the tool bar 12 of a farm implement, as is well understood by those skilled in the art. In the illustrated embodiment, the planter 10 is provided with one or more soil slicing discs 14 that open a trench 16 in the soil for the deposit of seeds 18, one or more gauge wheels 20 positioned alongside the discs 14 for regulating the depth of soil penetration of the discs 14, and one or more trailing press wheels 22 that close the trench 16 and cover the seeds with soil. The main part of the planter 10 may be attached to the tool bar 12 through the use of upper and lower parallel links 24 and 26, respectively. In accordance with the present invention, a zone tiller 28 is attached to the planter 10 in leading relationship with the discs 14 and seed depositing mechanism associated therewith. Conveniently, the tiller 28 may be attached to the planter 10 using generally upright mounting arms 30 secured to the upper and lower parallel links 24 and 26. Typically, four of such links 24 and 26 will be utilized for each planter 10, there being a pair of upper links 24 and a pair of lower links 26. Thus, there will correspondingly be provided a pair of the mounting arms 30 which embrace the linkage mechanism presented by the upper and lower links. As illustrated also in particular in FIG. 3, the mounting structure for the tiller 28 includes an upright stem 32 telescopically received within a transversely rectangular housing 34 and operated in its telescoping movement by an internal screw (not shown) having a wrench head 36. Conveniently, suitable indicia may be provided on the stem 32 as illustrated in order to provide an indication of the adjusted height of the tiller 28. Suitable brackets 38 are fixed to the housing 34 and extend rearwardly therefrom for connection with other mounting bars that are ultimately secured to the mounting arms 30. At the lower end of the stem 32, a specially configured, forwardly projecting support 40 is provided. It should be pointed out that the mounting apparatus for the tiller 28 is such that the stem 32 and housing 34 are centered with respect to the trailing planter. That is to say, the centerline of the opener discs 14, which corresponds with the center of the seed groove 16, passes through the vertical plane within which the stem 32 and the housing 34 are disposed. Thus, it can be stated that the tiller 28 is centered with respect to, or forwardly aligned with, the planter 10 with which it is associated. The support 40 is bolted or otherwise secured to the bottom end of the stem 32 and has a generally diamond or triangular shaped configuration when viewed in plan (see, for example, FIGS. 4 and 10). The forwardmost, triangular head of the support 40 includes a pair of integrally connected, rearwardly diverging plates 42 and 44 having in turned rear ends which merge with and are secured to upright side plates 46 and 48 of the support 40. A downwardly and forwardly inclined stiffener plate 50 spans the distance between the two side plates 46 and 48 along their front extremity and is welded thereto. As illustrated, the triangular head of the support 40 is angled downwardly and forwardly, and the laterally outwardly facing surfaces 42a and 44a of the plates 42, 44 are correspondingly caused to face downwardly and outwardly. The tiller 28 has as its primary components a pair of left and right, spoked wheels 52 and 54, respectively, that are rotatably mounted on the support 40 at the lower front extremity of the latter in side-by-side, juxtaposed relationship and on opposite sides of the centerline of the row. As will be seen, the wheels 52 and 54 are individually rotatably mounted on the support 40 and are disposed to converge downwardly and forwardly in such a manner that the spokes of the two wheels mutually overlap, intersect with, and cross one another along the lower front extremity and bottom portion of the wheels. As illustrated in FIG. 10 with respect to the wheel 54, each of the wheels comprises an annular carrier disc 56 having a central through bore 58. A mounting bolt 60 passes centrally through the bore 58 and out beyond the opposite ends thereof for supporting a pair of axially spaced bearing assemblies 62 and 64. The bearing assemblies 62, 64 are separated on the bolt 60 by a central spacer 66 and by annular plates 68 and 70 at opposite ends of the spacer 66. The plate 68 is located in a recess 72 on the back or inside surface of the disc 56, while the plate 70 is disposed on the outer face or surface of the disc 56. Inner and outer hub caps 74 and 76, respectively, cover the bearing assemblies 62 and 64, respectively, and the entire central hub assembly thus presented is secured to the disc 56 by a series of bolts 78 passing completely through the central bore 58 and projecting outwardly beyond opposite ones of the hub caps 74, 76. The inner hub cap 74 also is provided with a dust cup 80 that covers the otherwise open end of the hub cap 74 and itself is provided with a through hole to permit passage of the inner end portion of the pivot bolt 60. The inner threaded end of the pivot bolt 60 passes through a hole 82 in the plate 44 of the carrier 40 and has a washer 84 and nut 86 placed on the innermost end thereof for securing the bolt 60, and thus the wheel 54, onto the plate 44 of the support 40. By virtue of this arrangement, the wheel 54 is adapted to rotate freely about the axis of rotation designated by the numeral 88 in FIG. 10, such axis 88 corresponding to the longitudinal axis of the pivot bolt 60. As shown in FIGS. 11-14, the outwardly facing surface of the disc 56 is provided with a circumferentially extending series of specially configured and specially oriented pockets 90 for receiving a number of spokes, as will subsequently be described. The pockets 90 are arranged around the center of the disc in a circular pattern, with each pocket 90 having a longitudinal axis that approaches the center at an oblique angle rather than radially. As illustrated in FIG. 13, each pocket is generally trough-like with a generally U-shaped transverse cross-section. The carrier disc 56 has a central, annular flat hub portion 92 that extends radially outwardly from the axis 88. The bore 58 extends through such central hub portion 92. In addition, the disc 56 includes an inclined flange portion 94 that is integral with the hub portion 92 but projects outwardly therefrom in a non-radial manner with respect to the axis 88. In a preferred embodiment, the flange portion 94 slopes outwardly at an angle "b" of approximately 15° from a perpendicular to the axis 88, resulting in a slope angle of approximately 75° from the axis 88. Thus, the flange portion 94 renders the corresponding outer extremity of the wheel 54 somewhat concave or dish-shaped. The marginal portion 94 has a front or outer surface 94a and a rear or inner surface 94b which are mutually parallel and extend at the same oblique angle as the marginal portion 94 itself from the axis 88. As a result, the pockets 90 likewise extend outwardly at an oblique angle which corresponds to that of the surfaces 94a and 94b. The carrier disc 56 is also provided with an outermost circumferential, inclined flat edge 96 that interconnects the front and rear surfaces 94a and 94b. The edge 96 slopes laterally outwardly and radially inwardly such that the diameter of the disc 56 at the intersection of edge 96 with the front surface 94a is slightly less than its diameter at the intersection of the edge 96 with the rear surface 94b. The pockets 90 are disposed within the flange portion 94 of the disc 56 and extend from an inner point closely adjacent to the hub portion 92 to a terminal point intersecting with the outer edge 96. Consequently, the pockets 90 may be described as having their outer ends open in a generally radially outer direction, while their inner ends are closed in a generally radially inner direction. Each of the pockets 90 is provided with a non-circular depression 100 at their inner ends, as illustrated particularly in FIGS. 11, 12, and 14, such depression 100 being deeper than the rest of the pocket 90 and having a narrowed configuration compared to the rest of the pocket. Such slender depression 100 is useful in properly retaining the spokes of the wheel, as will subsequently be seen. As shown in FIG. 11, each of the pockets 90 extends inwardly generally toward the center of the disc 56 at an angle "a" of approximately 45° from a truly radial orientation. The wheel 54 includes a number of identical ground penetrating spokes 102 carried by the disc 56. As illustrated particularly in FIGS. 15, 16, and 17, each spoke 102 is preferably formed by a section of thick "aircraft cable", such section being broadly denoted by the numeral 104 and comprising seven individual, side-by-side strands 106 of metal wire twisted into a unitary body. One type of suitable cable for the spoke section 104 is available from the Union Wire Rope Company of Kansas City, Mo., as 5/8" diameter, "1×7" cable, Grade "Extra High Strength", ASTM 475. Another suitable cable stock from Union Wire Rope has a slightly higher tensile strength and is identified as 0.600" diameter, "1×7" cable, Grade "270" ASTM , A416. In its preferred form, the cable section 104 is to have a slight amount of flexibility, although only a nominal amount, so that objects such as stones and the like will not break the spokes when impacted and will tend to dislodge themselves from between the spokes rather than becoming permanently wedged there within. Each spoke 102, in addition to the section 104 of metal cable, also comprises a ferrule 108 that is sleeved over the cable section 104 and is longitudinally crimped, such as at crimping grooves 110 to secure itself to the cable section 104. Additionally, the innermost end of the ferrule 108 is flattened to provide a non-circular flattened terminus 112 that is adapted to be matingly and complementally received within the depression 100 of one of the pockets 90 when the spoke 102 is installed therein. A suitably dimensioned spoke 102 has a 45/8" long section 104, a 27/8" long ferrule 108, and an overall assembled length of 51/2". Thus, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 10 in particular, the spokes 102 are complementally received within the pockets 90 with the flattened terminus 112 complementally received within the slender depression 100. This tends to prevent rotation of each of the spokes 102 during use and helps anchor the spokes in proper orientation. It may be helpful to apply a putty-like substance to the underside of the ferrules 108 of the spokes 102 for retaining the spokes 102 in place during initial fabrication and assembly of the wheels 52, 54. The cover plate 70 which overlies the front surface 94a of the marginal portion 94 of the carrier disc 56 serves to cover over and bear against the ferrules 108 of the spokes 102 so as to tightly clamp all of the spokes 102 in their firmly seated positions within the retaining pockets 90. Such cover plate 70 is retained in place not only by the bolts 78 associated with the hub cap 96, but also by a series of screws 114 which are threaded into the land areas between the pockets 90 and draw the outer peripheral portion of the plate 70 tightly against the spokes 102. As a consequence, the spokes 102 are retained and held at the angles established by their receiving pockets 90, such angles including a rake back angle "a" of approximately 45°, as illustrated in FIG. 8, and a flared out angle "b" of approximately 15° (752 from the axis 88), as illustrated in FIG. 10. As a result of the fabrication of the spokes 102 from sections of cable, the overall general configuration of the cable sections is cylindrical and the outermost end of each section 104 is blunt. In addition, due to the twisted strand-like nature of each cable section 104, the peripheries of each of the spokes exposed to the soil are undulating or corrugated in nature, which is of some assistance in agitating the soil, as will hereinafter be explained. Operation The two wheels 52 and 54 are installed on the support 40 in such a manner that their spokes 102 overlap and intersect one another along the lower front margin of the tiller 28 and its bottom extremity. The crossed relationship of the spokes 102 extends from the lower front extremity of the tiller to an area adjacent the low point on the arcuate paths of travel of the spokes. Such overlap and intersection is particularly illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4-7. Generally speaking, the two wheels 52 and 54 cooperate to penetrate, churn, cultivate, disturb and work the soil as the implement is moved forwardly, generally in the same manner as the soil crumbling wheels of the Dutch patent specification to Burger 6810893. They also serve to clear away residue so that a nicely tilled and cleared, relatively narrow band-like zone of prepared soil 116 is left behind, as illustrated in FIG. 2. Although the depth of penetration of the wheels 52 and 54 can be adjusted through the telescoping stem 32, it has been found that best results are obtained when the spokes 102 penetrate the soil to a depth of approximately 2 to 3 inches. At this depth, the spokes 102 intersect one another at a point above the soil surface, as shown in FIG. 2, and work their way rearwardly through the soil while remaining intersected until separating near the rear part of their soil engagement as they then withdraw upwardly out of the soil. It will be noted in this respect that due to the rearward rake angle "a" imparted to the spokes 102, the spokes 102 strip out of the soil at the rear side of their cycle of rotation in a much more vertical sense than would otherwise be the case, thus helping to leave the soil in place within the tilled zone 116 instead of causing it to be displaced to one side. Consequently, the opener discs 14 trailing the tiller 28 are presented with a seeding zone having good soil tilth and a relatively residue-free surface so that the trench preparation and seed deposit can be carried out in the optimum manner. Due to the outward flaring of each spoke 102 at angle "b" (as illustrated in FIG. 10, for example), as the spokes from both wheels run through the soil in a crossed condition their longitudinal surfaces are disposed closer together for a longer period of time than would otherwise be the case, whereby to more thoroughly compress, massage, and agitate the soil particles between such working surface. Additionally, as earlier mentioned, the outward flaring of the spokes 102 provides a somewhat dish-like or concave overall configuration for the outer faces of the wheels 52 and 54, which is helpful in turning aside crop residue and the like as the wheels are rolled forwardly in penetrating engagement with the ground, as shown in FIG. 2. Consequently, it will be seen that the present invention provides a highly useful and effective tiller which is highly conducive to conservation farming practices without requiring major design changes in the basic planter equipment itself. Although preferred forms of the invention have been described above, it is to be recognized that such disclosure is by way of illustration only, and should not be utilized in a limiting sense in interpreting the scope of the present invention. Obvious modifications to the exemplary embodiments, as hereinabove set forth, could be readily made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The inventors hereby state their intent to rely on the Doctrine of Equivalents to determine and assess the reasonably fair scope of their invention as pertains to any apparatus not materially departing from but outside the literal scope of the invention as set out in the following claims. * * * * * Field of SearchIncluding trash control accessoryCoulter Plural cooperating disk openers Scalloped or fluted Detailed disk structure per se Plural disks with individual mount or axis Touching disks FABRIC OR FLEXIBLE TOOL Tool has circumferentially spaced teeth, tines, blades or the like Spring tooth or blade Blades or teeth change position relative to each other or rotating support during rotation With means for causing movement Tooth or blade units on single axle Tooth or blade units angularly adjustable on axle Tooth or blade axially clamped to hub face (e.g., hoe wheel type, etc.) Including fabric or flexible tool Biased pivoted head or tines Tines or teeth Rake teeth and fastenings Metal bristle Rotary Metal bristle Axially divided segments Bolted Including member wedging or camming means |


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Spa-Francorchamps was, and is, my favorite track without question. It's got my favorite two corners. The whole racetrack is incredible, but especially back then. It was the last track that had some "road" aspect to it, besides Assen. The front straightaway, up Eau Rouge, then the last part into the Bus Stop chicane. It was technical and it was high speed, but it had sections where you knew, if you were willing to, you were probably the only person who was going to do it. The two kinks, I could run flat into the second one, but right to the point where you'd just catch the curb. And you'd only want to have to do it once.
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Masahiko Kōmura (高村 正彦 Kōmura Masahiko?, born 15 March 1942) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2007 to 2008, and he is a member of the House of Representatives for the First District of Yamaguchi Prefecture.[1]
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Kōmura was born in Ehime Prefecture on 15 March 1942.[2] He graduated from Chuo University's faculty of law.[3]
After graduation, Kōmura passed Japan's bar exam and then immediately entered politics. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in the June 1980 election, and has been re-elected in each election since then. He became Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency (as a Minister of State) in June 1994, Minister for Foreign Affairs in July 1998, and Minister of Justice in December 2000. In August 2007, under Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, he became Minister of Defense.[1] Kōmura leads a small faction of the LDP named after himself and ran for LDP president in 2003, but was defeated by Junichiro Koizumi.[4]
Following Abe's resignation in September 2007, Kōmura became Minister for Foreign Affairs for a second time on 26 September 2007, in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.[5] He remained in that post until he was replaced by Hirofumi Nakasone in the Cabinet of Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008.[6] He is vice president of the LDP.[7]
Kōmura is also the President of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union. He is known to have strong ties within China's political circles.[4]
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- ^ "Fukuda Cabinet launched / Changes minimized to reduce impact on Diet business", The Yomiuri Shimbun, 26 September 2007.
- ^ "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2", The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2005.
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ICICI Bank and its NRI Customer Service SUCKS Informative - ICICI NRI Customer Service SUCKS!!!
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INDIA -- ICICI NRI Customer Service SUCKS!!!!
1. In the first place, the online access to my ICICI NRI account was locked/disabled even though I used the login/password that was provided to me.
2. I tried my best to reach the support on the toll-free number (1-866-ICICI-4U). Everytime it takes more than 5 minutes to talk to a representative. And they just say that they will not be able to service on the phone, and ask me to mail to email@example.com.
3. I live in US and have been waiting to access my account for more than 10 days, and after 10days and many email exchanges, I am told that the passwords would be sent via postal mail to my Indian address, and not via email !!!!!!!. This just doesn't make sense to me, as there is no one to access my account in India, and I cannot ask someone to go open my mail and send me the password!!!
4. Dealing with ICICI bank is driving me nuts. And I am seriously thinking, why I should do business with ICICI bank.
5. The following policies/features are JUST UNACCEPTABLE to me. I have few bank and financial accounts for many years now, and I never had to spend more than 15minutes to get any issue resolved.
5.1. No FULL-SUPPORT via telephone, especially to activate disabled accounts.
5.2. Email based support with 24-48 hour response time. And this is misleading, as 2 days is taken to respond, not resolve issue!!!!! My issue is not resolved even after 10 days, and each 2 days is taken to just respond with counter questions/answers.
5.3 The responses from the Customer Service representatives is just ambigious (I was asked to "answer below 4 questions", when I actually saw 6 questions listed below the statement!!!. I had tough time to correctly interpret each sentence).
5.4 There is no way to reach a higher official/manager via phone/email to express my anguish, and get my issue resolved.
5.5. The website is not user-friendly, and there are many broken links. And sometimes, the error messages are just ridiculous (I got the message : "Unknown error occured", instead of the something like .... "The Social Security Number you entered does not match our records. Contact Customer Service")
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Posted by guchiedad on 2006-01-18:
just close the account and open up a new one at a local bank where you can physically strangle someone if something like this happens. It's a pretty simple solution.
Posted by miketech on 2006-01-18:
Quchiedad is right on. Find you a new bank. Ask around your circle of friends and someone should love their bank, ask why and if it suits your needs go with that one. There is no reason to stay with a bank that costs you that much time and effort. Banks don't usually change and if they do it's because they got bought out and it's usually not for the better.
Posted by Emirates Victim on 2006-04-07:
I had similar exp..they need to wake up and provide better service.
Posted by KJI on 2006-06-13:
Posted by Prasad on 2006-08-03:
At first I thought all these comments were some sour grapes & did not trust. I learned this hard way. I submitted my account request for a SB & FD account with a large sum. After almost 2 months & 10 calls to the bank & bunch of e-mails I have finally got SB account opened. FD account is still somewhere stuck in a massive buracracy. I have my fingers crossed & praying the lord that I can get my money back. I strongly recommond anyone even thinking about doing business with ICICI bank to stay miles away from this useless bank. Don't be fooled by the Bank sales people. They will disappear soon after you mail your account request.
Citibank doesn'r seem to be any better. I submitted a request with all the documents according to their rules. After two weeks I have got my application & check back saying I need to show up in thier branch in person. I live in smaller town in Illinois. I give up on these NRI accounts & benifits. I plan to stay with my home town US banks may be with lesser interest rates. At least I will have a comfort that I can walk into these banks & get my issues resolved in minutes instead of months & years
Good Luck
Posted by Jaani on 2006-08-31:
ICICI Bank is THIEF. It has so many fees...worst customer service on the Planet. two years back I had more than 2 lakh Rsin my account and now I have only 1 lakh. all deducted in fees and all.I didn't got to india in two years. Take my advice don't use that bank...they will rip you off all your hard earned money.
Posted by vivshelga on 2007-01-03:
WARNING!!!! Stay away from ICICI. I am still waiting for my on-line trading account. This is after few visits by my brother and to their office. A dozen times they have come out with new requirements after I have complied with previous ones. ICICI staff does not even know account opening procedures. What kind of service can you expect from these guys? Absolutely hopeless case!!!! Not worth a discussion. Just stay away from these frauds!!!
Posted by vivshelga on 2007-01-03:
Let's help others to avoid the pain of dealing with ICICI
Posted by madhukar on 2007-06-12:
I was willing to open an account seeing their ads. I am glad I ran accross these reviews, now I have pretty much changed my mind.
Thanks for your info guys.
Posted by USNRI on 2008-04-11:
ICICI - the worst bank I have ever seen. Customer support is very bad, they don't know what they are doing. I had sent an application for adding joint account holder to my existing account with all documents 3 moths ago. After 1 month they asked me send more documents which I had sent. Now they say they can't add new account to my existing account. When I called the customer service and explained them that it is not adding new account, it is adding the second (joint) account holder to my existing account, now they are asking me to send a new application and all documents again.
Posted by USNRI on 2008-04-11:
Another experience with ICICI - They advertise on the website they offer DEMAT service for NRIs. I had sent DEMAT application with all other documents (notarized). No response / acknowledgement from them. Sent emails and called them couple of times to know that ICICI doesn't offer DEMAT service for US NRIs. It took 2 months to learn that.
Posted by Kumar98 on 2008-04-22:
Yes, I really felt that the NRE customer service of ICICI bank is quite nasty. Highly deplorable performance. All the customer service officers are well trained to cite lame excuses and to turn down the customer's requests. I was told they can not serve you better because of theire Know Your Customer (KYC) policy. Hey ICICI Bank, you should Know Your Customer's Needs also.
Posted by VS2008 on 2008-07-24:
I Totally Agree. ICICI bank's NRI Service is THE WORST!!! I have had SEVERAL VERY VERY BAD Experiences with ICICI. IRRITATING SERVICE!! It is INFURIATING TO DEAL WITH THIS BANK!!
Posted by vikasdua79 on 2009-02-05:
Can all of the NRI customers join hands and sue this bank?
email me at email@example.com if you want to join hands.
I am also one of the frustrated customers of ICICI Bank.
Posted by hospet on 2009-04-28:
ICICI folks are the most senseless, brianless and it only astonishes me as to how they are even surviving, Iam going through the same problem and no matter how much you curse them(ofcourse tried talk a lot of sense but that never gets to their head, being sensless they are)they always send me the same stupid standard response. Iam about to shutdown my account and never ever do business with these suckers
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Dear Sir,
We have enabled your Money2India user ID " ".
If you have forgotten the password, you can reset the same online by following the steps below:
Log on to the Money2India site through: https://m2inet.icicibank.co.in/m2iNet
Click 'Forgot Password'
Enter your Money2India user ID and answer the 'Hint' question. If the 'Hint' answer entered is correct, a mail with a temporary password will be sent to your Money2India registered e-mail ID.
Please follow the steps as mentioned in the mail in order to reset your password.
In case the 'Hint' answer entered is incorrect, you will be prompted to provide some basic registration details like your Date of Birth, Citizenship, Phone Number and ZIP / Postal Code for verification.
If you answer these questions correctly, a mail with a temporary password will be sent to your Money2India registered e-mail ID within 24 hours. Please follow the steps mentioned in the mail in order to reset your password. Such e-mail will be sent within 24 hours.
If the problem persists, please confirm the details below, through your Money2India registered e-mail ID:
1. Your Money2India user ID
2. Date of Birth
3. Citizenship
4. Phone Number
5. ZIP/Postal Code.
Please note that all the above details should be the same as updated in your Money2India registration form.
Uday Kiran M
Customer Service Officer
ICICI Bank Ltd.
Inform us if your contact details have changed.
Posted by DebtorBasher on 2009-04-28:
I realize the original post is from 2006...but with the comment by Hospet...I just wonder if this isn't done on purpose, (locking account/password not working)purposely so they can get additional info that they may not have had before.
Posted by hospet on 2009-04-28:
My Blog I started to bring awareness about ICICI's corrupt business practices
Posted by hospet on 2009-04-28:
I have sent a note to Vikas at firstname.lastname@example.com to inform Iam joining hands to do something about ICICI's corrupt illegal business practices
Posted by hospet on 2009-04-28:
Here's my blogs link that Iam reactivating today
Posted by hospet on 2009-08-10:
Beleive me I have waited for months and tons of email. ICICI is undoubtedly the worlds worst bank and there should be something that customers like us can do.
I will soon be publishing all the email communication I have had with them and you will come to see how frustrated I was and today Iam finishing off the account closure form so I can shut down my ICICI account for good.
This bank sucks
Posted by Bis2402 on 2010-06-18:
Very true, extremely frustrated with poor banking manners of ICICI bank customer service personnals.. they dont know what the customer is asking for, when explained they will give some stupid answers, and the most favourite answer is that their application is down may be more than half of the times.. it's not long before they are going to loose customers.. pretty soon that will happen… now I prefer citibank for all my transactions.. even heard HSBC is doing good.. I had a credit card from them and got very good service till the end.. ICICI – please don't forget, you are not the only one in the market.. there are many more…. our experiences will definitely ripple down to all… pretty soon…
Posted by Kumar on 2012-01-22:
They are promising 9.5% APR on NRE Fixed deposit accounts. I know how hard it is to deal with their customer service. They are giving lip service right now but when the time comes to bring the money back to the US, there will be hue and cry and I will be pulling my hair. May be I am OK drawing 0.5% interest locally in the US. At least, I sleep well.
Posted by fed up on 2012-03-12:
I have Nro account with ICICI and tried opening a NRE account. Cant get a transaction password as I did not take a ATM or debit card. Phone service hopeless and dont advise write. Cant get in touch with anybody at the bank where I have account. I live in USA. I think ICICI service is hopeless compared to other banks. After trying to open account online for 1 wk I now give up and will open in SBI or SBH . Stay away from ICICI . You can never use your money even when it is in the account as they creat several hurdles.
Posted by VSR74 on 2012-07-02:
ICICI bank is a scam. Its total fraud bank. Do you know ICICI spends 25% of their revenue on marketing and ads. They hire expensive movie actors like sharuk Khan to promote their bank.
Customer service people are hopeless and don't even understand what we are talking. They just keep some paper in front of them read it, no matter what is your question.
I did a large mount of money transfer to my business account in India, I had to pay my employees in India in a weeks time. They sent me an email after 3 days saying money was deposited in the account, and assumed that everything went fine. On the payroll day everything started bouncing. when I checked the account there is no money. When I call the customer service they said, send an email to email@example.com. I sent an email, did not hear anything from them for 20 days. After 20 days some moron calls me and tells me there was some name mismatch. If there is a name mismatch and money is not deposited, how did they send an email saying its money was deposited.
I asked them to return the money to my bank in USA, they did not respond for another week, then they sent me another email saying they cannot refund to US $ as the money was already converted to Rupees. They don't want to deposit the money in Indian bank as there is name mismatch, they don't want to refund the money. They don't have any solution for this problem. I had to fight with them for another month. They finally deposited the money in India branch.
I had very bad time with my company employees, I had loose some employees because of this. I am almost at the verge of closing my business.
Guys, Think twice before opening an account with ICICI. Be careful, don't fall for their marketing talk.
Posted by VSR74 on 2012-07-02:
Bunch of morons and jokers are running the business at ICICI. Someone who dont who he was born to is running the company. These ICICI F**** spend money on only marketing and ads. They spend least money on cutomer service and dialy operations. sometimes money transfered from money2india does not get deposited and they dont even have a system to track where the money is gone.
They dont answer your question, they will just read from a papaer like recorded message. IVR systems do much better work.
I want to see these basterds go out of business.
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Tango grew up in the mean streets of Buenos Aires in the late 19th Century, born of disenfranchised slaves, immigrant men and prostitutes. Despite its low-class origins and the Vatican's disapproval, Argentines have been exporting tango around the world to enthusiastic response since the early 20th Century and, eventually, tango found its way to Cowtown with Angi Lobos-Taylor. Calgary's original tanguera arrived from Argentina in 1991, looking for political and personal stability. She remembers the oil patch was in a slump and the city's population was older and more homogenous than it is now. Calgary nightlife left a lot to be desired. "I spent many evenings with my mother taking walks in the cemetery," Lobos-Taylor recalls. "People went to bed early unlike in Argentina or other Latin countries where we have dinner later and are more socially active after sundown. And with more immigrants coming, we needed that." So Lobos-Taylor created her own scene. By 1997, she and a core of mainly Latinos formed Club Tango Argentino. They danced in spaces borrowed from seniors' centres and members' companies, then graduated to community centres and small bars. The original members brought friends, who brought their friends and so on. Now the group is a microcosm of global migration patterns. "It reflects the changes in Calgary," says Lobos-Taylor, a public health educator. "A typical Calgarian is no longer white Anglo Saxon." And it truly is an international crowd I find dancing tango in Sunalta Hall — people from cities as diverse as Cairo, London, Prague, Damascus, Lima, Manila and Paris. The men look dapper in traditional black; the women in bold-coloured dresses that hold tightly to their torso and hips, then softly flair to allow the fabric to move seductively around their legs as they dance. A man with a grey ponytail sees me enter and is quickly at my side. With a distinctly Dutch accent, he welcomes me to Club Tango Argentino. Charles Leiva, one of the directors of the club, tells me what I've stumbled upon is practica, or practice session. Leiva is an accomplished ballroom dancer who has given it up for Argentino tango. "Of all the dances — waltz, foxtrot, salsa — tango is the most exciting. It is the king of dance," he exclaims with sparkling eyes. "Look around the dance floor," the ex-marine engineer and human resources consultant suggests, gesturing at the dancing couples. "You'll see that no two couples are doing the same thing. Tango is all about improvisation." Leiva doesn't have to sell me. I'd fallen for tango during a recent trip to Buenos Aires, and now I've discovered my city's bosom of tango in this tiny unassuming hall. I feel like I'm connecting with my tango soul while entering a fascinating new parallel universe in Calgary. In one corner of the hall, Anthony Ng guides a couple through their steps wielding his white fan as if he were a grade-school teacher threatening errant students with a ruler. "Shoulders down. Remember your frame," he barks, punctuating his directions by snapping the fan open and cooling himself. Ng, a management consultant, martial arts instructor and tango maestro, is as bald as a billiard ball and an intense tanguero. He dances with catlike grace and explosive movement in what he calls "extreme tango." Ng, who came to Calgary from Hong Kong almost 30 years ago, began dancing tango because it complemented his martial arts practice. Tango's strong male lead helped him cultivate the discipline to manipulate an opponent, which is the essence of martial arts. "I became a convert because tango offered such unbridled, artistic expression within a defined structure," says Ng. He tells me tango is an addiction. "Sniff it once and there is no chance for rehabilitation with tango." Half a year after discovering tango at the quiet community hall, I understand what Ng means. I eventually bought real tango shoes and danced, then danced some more: Tuesday nights at La Pachanga, Wednesdays at Don Quijote, Thursday and Sunday at Sunalta. And once a month, a milonga, a tango dance party thrown at Sunalta Hall, with up to 100 tangueros dressed in their tango best. CTV News anchor Barb Higgins is a regular at the milongas. The United Way ambassador added another ambassadorship to her name when at the July 2007 milonga when Calgary MLA Wayne Cao presented her with a certificate honouring her as one of Calgary's tango ambassadors on behalf of Club Tango Argentino. Higgins laughs when I ask her how many pairs of tango shoes she has in her closet. "Let's see. Two? Four? Six? Then there's the silver ones and the red pair." She laughs again. "Oh, about eight, I guess." And cowboy boots? "Three." Higgins started dancing tango just over a year ago and got hooked. As a former ballet dancer, learning the steps wasn't hard for her. More difficult was allowing herself to get into tango's close embrace with a man. The dance is uncomfortable for many women in North America who are used vto having more personal space. "The most fascinating thing about tango is the closeness," Higgins reflects. "It's so rare in our culture to stop and enjoy an intimate moment with someone. In tango, there's sensuality for the sake of sensuality. It doesn't lead to sex. There's a certain sophistication in that." Tara Wilson, a graduate of the University of Calgary's dance program and hip-hop instructor, concurs: "It's a grown up dance. There's a physical and intellectual communication you get with your partner that made my imagination wake up." Wilson discovered tango when she took martial arts classes with Ng, who encourages his students to study the dance. "Finding the tango community was like discovering a secret society full of people who didn't go to the same high schools as I did. It was refreshing." Wilson says the diversity of people attracted to tango reminds her of the multicultural nature of Toronto. The native Calgarian says the tango community challenges the stereotype of Calgary. "The dominating culture here is plain white: Calgary oil people, Flames fans — that's how people think of Calgary," she says. "But tango, like hip hop and all cultures here, lives underground. No one would really know these cultures are alive here." Wilson says this is unlike Montreal, where cultural communities openly exist. "It's these pockets of culture that keep me from getting discouraged living in Calgary." It must be the city's mythologized maverick makeup, a part of the Cowtown lore that fosters renegade cultural scenes, instead of a more mainstream cultural appreciation. And as the city's complexion has changed, the cultural undercurrent has become richer and deeper. Immigration driven by world politics and the oil economy has left the Cowtown stereotype in the proverbial dust. We're a product of globalization, so it's not surprising that the well-travelled tango found its way here. It's difficult to define a typical Calgarian. Like it's difficult to pin down a typical tanguero. Calgary, like tango, attracts scrappy improvisers who are passionate about where they come from and what they believe in. There's an ingrained competitiveness and individualist streak to the city and to the way we dance tango. "Tango in Calgary is showier than other places I've danced," says Hugo Zacaula, one of Calgary's first tangueros. Zacaula, an energetic retiree, came to Calgary from Mexico City almost 30 years ago. He and his wife, a native of Bogotá, have travelled extensively and danced at milongas in Latin America, the U.S. and Canada. "By big-city standards, Calgary is a small town, but proportionately there are a lot of different cultures coming here," Zacaula says. "Tango is just one of the things they are bringing." Zacaula claims Calgary has more diverse ethnic restaurants than even Mexico City. "That's one of the things we love about Calgary," he says. Zacaula's tango past extends way back. He tells me the first 45 rpm record he bought as a child in the late 1950s was by tango singer and film star Carlos Gardel, the international heartthrob who died in a plane crash in 1935. Zacaula prefers a simple tango style that harkens back to Gardel's era. He says Calgarian tangueros aim for flash at the expense of the heart and feel for which tango is known. "I feel like a lot of people here have seen a movie about tango and they want to look like that," says Zacaula. Ng begs to differ. Nursing his green tea at the bar in La Pachanga, he scans the dance floor. "What most people are doing here is what I call 'geriatric tango,'" he says, illustrating tango's perennial struggle between tradition and innovation. He adds Calgary is frustratingly slow to adopt his bold "extreme tango." I assure him extreme tango is an extension of Calgary's restlessness and modernity. It will catch on, although perhaps not with the newcomers; people who love tango because it transports them to another place and time. People like Achilleas Gekas, a soulful Athenian, who has been in Calgary for a couple of years working as a chemical engineer with a Greek company. Gekas is an engaging storyteller and eloquently demonstrates what tango means to him."Nostos," he says in thickly accented English. "Do you understand what means nostos?" He presents me with a handful of dried lavender from his coat pocket and explains: "I brought this with me from Greece. I have it in my apartment and I carry it in my pockets. This is nostos." Ahh, nostalgia. For Gekas, like the tangueros in Buenos Aires more than a century ago, tango expresses the longing for home and left-behind love. It's about holding someone in close embrace for just a few moments, the length of a dance, to feel that human connection. It's the intimacy Higgins refers to. That helps explain why Calgary, a city of transients, immigrants and newcomers, has embraced tango. "Tango is a universal language," Ng says. "If you know the vocabulary and the grammar, it doesn't matter where you come from or where you are, you can dance tango with anybody." Calgary's cultural contradictions parallel the themes in tango: tension between nostalgia and restlessness, modern and traditional, improvisation and structure, the anachronism of Sunalta Community Hall unchanging in a sea of change, yet on the vanguard of new culture. Welcome to Tangotown.
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Open Topic chat - IRC #gtasol - closed for now.
Posted 03 October 2008 - 01:28 AM Edited by X-Seti, 03 September 2013 - 07:28 PM.
GTASOL (SA) Beta 50.0 (AngryBull) coming soon.
The main aim when I started this project back in March 2005 was to get all 3 GTA cities onto one game map. This was something many GTA fans had dreamed about. I had chosen the GTA Vice City engine at the time to start my research project, pushing the boundaries of the engine to its full potential. In time, hopefully when I get permission from R* I hope to do the same to the SA engine; because from what I have learned so far is there is alot of untapped power there yet to be discovered.
The final release date for this mod has been set back because of some issues getting everything together; I will keep all of you informed as to when that will be.
A) Still awaiting missions to be added and coded into the SCM.
B) Paths and water bounds to be fixed soon, others will be continuing on with this step as I'll be taking a short break and soon be starting '50-SOL'.
There is no EXE released within this mod, this can be download from the main GTASOL site.
Major changes to the game files:
1. A new ID layout for all the IDE and IPL files where all the objects now range from 600- 15800. As well as fixing two major issues; the bugs around the map that created the random crashing and the vehicle damage bug.
2. All models have been either recreated or reconverted without the alpha corruption that you got from using KAMs scripts.
3. Replay system has been fixed, as well as the vehicle collision bug.. (needed models got deleted from the gta3 img file, and have been put back)
4. New 2dfx arrey setup, Lighting objects can be stand alone and not linked to any other objects, also with the ability to tag light object using IPL entires.
5. 120 SA Vehicles now added, VC vehicles are now set as default and added back into the mod.
6. Optimized maps that will path the way to this mod running on SA, also the SA map has been raised from sea level, no more dawning.
7. GTA3.img file has been rebuilt and loaded back in (GTA_VC.Dat) IDE entry order. (Radar.txd, Peds, Game Parts, Vehicles, Models, Ifp and light dffs, SA Vehicles)
8. Respawn cords have been fixed, no more fulling in random places.
9. Updates now possible, just changing the files in the data folder.
Download link will be added soon, watch this space.
Uploading to server....
Moddb, and filefront first, looking for mirrors
Image links dont seem to work
Posted 03 October 2008 - 05:02 AM
(lemme come up with a lil logo for ya too Lol)
Posted 03 October 2008 - 08:46 AM
i hope that the links will be added soon, so i can down it when i am at home.
and is the SA version also released yet? (will it be in the links?)
Posted 03 October 2008 - 09:09 AM Edited by CCPD, 04 October 2008 - 07:01 PM.
Because the original file is 700MB, it was split into 11 parts for easier and faster download. Download all parts and unzip them with WinRAR. All parts compatible, so you can download each part from different sources.
http://www.badongo.com/file/11606930 http://www.badongo.com/file/11607609 http://www.badongo.com/file/11607617 http://www.badongo.com/file/11608337 http://www.badongo.com/file/11608552 http://www.badongo.com/file/11609160 http://www.badongo.com/file/11609065 http://www.badongo.com/file/11608171 http://www.badongo.com/file/11607978 http://www.badongo.com/file/11607764 http://www.badongo.com/file/11606662 |
http://www.zshare.net/download/1994389401788fbe/ http://www.zshare.net/download/199455780bfdd401/ http://www.zshare.net/download/1994712561dd6f1f/ http://www.zshare.net/download/19950702f76e2694/ http://www.zshare.net/download/1995159939cd03e7/ http://www.zshare.net/download/199560840fe274a9/ http://www.zshare.net/download/19956198e9bd76c0/ http://www.zshare.net/download/1994976846812659/ http://www.zshare.net/download/19948483f4699c75/ http://www.zshare.net/download/19947715ff21ae9a/ http://www.zshare.net/download/199427687f6825d6/ |
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T2GS2PW0 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G3PZXA87 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0ALPI4RS http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9LFBKXJB http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2B5U7KZV http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2JNK2H2K http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HGA6DU3T http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UU3EPATX http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7EGIYC5C http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AQJRBJ36 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DA32VSRP |
http://rapidshare.com/files/150856758/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part01.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150865233/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part02.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150872829/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part03.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150891847/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part04.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150896850/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part05.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150917662/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part06.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150917893/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part07.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150887126/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part08.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150880376/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part09.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150876814/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part10.rar.html http://rapidshare.com/files/150850692/GTASOL50.0Stable_AngryBull_.part11.rar.html |
Posted 03 October 2008 - 09:45 AM Edited by Mc-Kay, 03 October 2008 - 09:53 AM.
QUOTE (Flat Face @ Oct 3 2008, 05:02) |
sounds teh sex, is it the same as the version i got a while back or has it been updated? (lemme come up with a lil logo for ya too Lol) |
Its all been redone, map is almost the same but all the files are new.
QUOTE (joopykoopy @ Oct 3 2008, 08:46) |
wow seems to be nice, i hope that the links will be added soon, so i can down it when i am at home. and is the SA version also released yet? (will it be in the links?) |
Links will follow but everything has been disabled on this board?, I cant post images or links.
Look at the GTASOL forum.
QUOTE (CCPD @ Oct 3 2008, 09:09) |
I'll add mirrors when I get the file. |
Can you pm me the mirror links, so i can put them on the main site, thankyou for helping host the file .
QUOTE (gedis27 @ Oct 3 2008,09:35 ) |
WOW Great mod, but why you not added screens or videos? |
Have I little read on the first page. and above..
Posted 03 October 2008 - 12:45 PM
Posted 03 October 2008 - 05:20 PM
But no more crashing at all
Posted 03 October 2008 - 05:42 PM
Posted 03 October 2008 - 06:35 PM
Posted 03 October 2008 - 08:29 PM
QUOTE (ParoXum @ Oct 3 2008, 19:18) |
A 3D engine no one ever saw a shot |
Cheeky f*ck,
I kept the darn thing secret but not for much longer..
Posted 03 October 2008 - 08:36 PM
QUOTE (MinnieMan121249 @ Oct 3 2008, 19:35) |
OH MY GOD its back! I remember this mod from a really long time ago! my friend gave me a CD with the mod's files! I just hope peds where added to the cities... BY NOW...... |
You know I kinda wonder the wisdom of posting on the first page, as no-one bothers to read whats there. but then PR is never my thing.
I do need a PR person to peddle bull for me and do a little GFX work, more so on the next up coming projects.
Posted 03 October 2008 - 10:35 PM
Did you really manage to add 120 vehicles in addition to the VC ones? That's quite an accomplishment
Posted 03 October 2008 - 11:11 PM
What does this mean?
Posted 04 October 2008 - 04:59 AM
Posted 04 October 2008 - 05:10 AM
QUOTE (MinnieMan121249 @ Oct 4 2008, 12:59) |
I want a download link And please upload it to a normal site like Rapidshare/Megaupload or sendspace! because File front sucks! It never lets me download anything! |
sendspace is da best, megaupload is good but rapidshare sucks.
Posted 04 October 2008 - 05:40 AM Edited by Flat Face, 04 October 2008 - 07:02 AM.
QUOTE (X-Seti @ Oct 3 2008, 20:36) | ||
You know I kinda wonder the wisdom of posting on the first page, as no-one bothers to read whats there. but then PR is never my thing. I do need a PR person to peddle bull for me and do a little GFX work, more so on the next up coming projects. |
i take it your referring to me? Lol
EDIT: im tired so i just made some 3d text... clean and simple
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s68/8flatface8/logo2.png |
EDI2: just had an idea.. not too big a different though.
k if ya want you can use em =P
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s68/8flatface8/logo3-1.png |
Posted 04 October 2008 - 08:21 AM
QUOTE (XDeathX @ Oct 3 2008, 23:11) |
6. Optimized maps that will path the way to this mod running on SA, also the SA map has been raised from sea level, no more dawning. What does this mean? |
Not all the maps was on the same Z level, VC was set higher on the map, then SA, so everything with SA had to be shifted up by +0x, 10y, +5Z units, moving the map out of the water.
Please do not upload the mod to any other sites, unless you ask permission.
Posted 04 October 2008 - 03:00 PM
Posted 04 October 2008 - 08:54 PM
Are there cars n peds n sh*t n piss? or is it just empty streets, because if its all empty I prolly wont DL it then.
Posted 05 October 2008 - 12:18 PM
but this one is the best i ever played! verry stable, and the textures are sweet 2
i just like the way that VC is hacked. they made so much space
so i want to tell to everyone, this is one of the best VC mods ever and the best SOL version ever!
Posted 05 October 2008 - 08:46 PM
Unhandled exceptio: c0000005
At address: 0056f486
Guys help
Posted 05 October 2008 - 10:05 PM
QUOTE (gedis27 @ Oct 5 2008, 20:46) |
i have this error Unhandled exceptio: c0000005 At address: 0056f486 Guys help |
You ever didnt have a clean install of VC, or you did not by the looks of things copy the files from the mod archive over your new installed vc.
If you read something in the readme, it will point you to the right place to sort that error.
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It appears as though that is an OEM board. Do you happen to know who the OEM was? If you do you should check with them. There are some references to Phillips and a few others using this board in there htpcs. I did see this link for Realtek drivers for this board. Hope it helps. http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3
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An iPhone application is available on the App Store featuring a great Photo Gallery of the tramway, Tatev Monastic complex and the fascinating landscapes of Armenia, as well as information about the aerial tramway and the history of the beautiful Tatev Monastic complex. Please visit tatev.developway.am to read more and download the application. ...
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The 5.7-kilometer ropeway was built within 11 months, passes through a deep gorge of the River Vorotan and over hills covered with lush forests. Within about 11 minutes a tramway cabin takes passengers, 25 at a time, from the village of Halidzor to the magnificent complex of Tatev. The ninth-century monastery of Tatev played a major role in the life of the region as its spiritual, cultural and scientific center. It is one of the most favorite tourist attraction sites in Armenia. President Serzh Sargsyan was onboard the first crossing. In his welcome speech, he said that "with the construction of the world's longest aerial tramway we do not aim to impress anyone, but this is aimed at reviving the area's economic and cultural life and developing tourism". The ceremony was also attended by His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Nagorno-Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan, senior government officials of Armenia and foreign guests. The facility allows visitors to bypass a grueling 40-minute drive up a winding road to the ninth-century monastery of Tatev, which is situated on top of a rocky hill. The road becomes impassable in winter months. Now the aerial tramway will also allow visitors to enjoy the picturesque landscape of Tatev year-round. About 20,000 people are expected to use the cable car line during a year. The project that cost 13 million euros (about $18 million) was carried out by the Swiss-Austrian Garaventa Doppelmayr company, which, according to the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia Executive Director Pegor Papazian "is the world's best known and most reliable company in aerial tramway construction and gives a 100-percent safety guarantee." The idea of the Tatev Revival project belongs to Russia-based Armenian businessman Ruben Vardanian, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Troika Dialog Group. For him "the initiated work is a sacred thing that must be completed." Vardanian managed to inspire some 100 Armenian and foreign benefactors with his idea and it is with their support that the aerial tramway has been built, the road leading to the monastery and some buildings within the cloistral complex were repaired and renovated, and improvements made in the area around the complex. The implementation of Vardanian's $50-million Tatev Revival project falls to the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia, which operates based on the principle of cooperation between the public and private sectors. The Foundation plans to implement projects of culinary and rural tourism for the six villages surrounding the monastery. Currently, accommodations for Tatev tourists are found only in Goris, a two-hour drive away. In the future, tourists will have an opportunity to spend the night at one of the six villages around the site, where they will be offered Armenian cuisine and an introduction to village life and traditions. The peace of the monastery surrounded by a landscape that already wears autumn colors was disturbed on the day of the aerial tramway opening as about 800 high-ranking Armenian and foreign guests were enjoying the beauty of the monastery and the joy of the celebrations. The sounds of zurna and dhol, folk musical wind and percussion instruments, were heard everywhere, traditional food was served and the smell of lavash being baked inside a tonir mixed with the smell of incense and candles burning inside the church. Beirut-born and US-based MIT Professor Noubar Afeyan, Managing Partner of Flagship Ventures, is one of the benefactors of the project. He believes that "such projects are the revival of Armenia." "It seemed that the idea of the aerial tramway, the idea of developing these villages was very ambitious, but it is projects like this that Armenia needs today to become truly competitive in the world, one needs to start with something high to achieve success," Afeyan told ArmeniaNow as he hurried to join the group dancing a circle dance near the monastery. Karen, 10, was one of the happiest participants of the celebrations as he was among those who took a ride up to Tatev together with President Sargsyan. The boy, who is from the nearby village of Shinuhayr, was very excited and not only because he was taking his first cable car ride together with the country's president, but because he was seeing the forests and gorges familiar to him for the first time from above. "Well, I was in the forests a lot, but when I saw it now, it seemed a different place, it was a little scary, but very good," says Karen, who won the ride in a lottery. Residents of the six nearby villages say they are also fortunate to have the development project around them. "I'm very happy that they are implementing projects, that there will be hotels in our village, that they have built this ropeway. We believe that the next projects will be related to our villages," Silva Gevorgyan from the village of Tatev told ArmeniaNow.


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I really miss Landry. He WAS the best the Boys ever had. Jimmy was a good coach and was a winner, but he was not able to continue in the LONG run. Burn out is what it's called. The rest are just pretenders. Jerry isn't a coach and doesn't understand what it takes to win. He does think he knows, but never gomnna happen. Garret is toast, he just hasn't been told yet......
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Jerry Jones,
Rob Ryan,
Chan Gailey,
Wade Phillips,
Bill Parcells,
Tony Romo,
Roger Staubach,
Vince Lombardi
TEAMS: Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, Chicago Bears
TEAMS: Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills, Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, Chicago Bears
There have been but eight head coaches in the Cowboys' 53 year history. All but one of them have been hired by the current ownership. The first coach, Tom Landry, lasted 29 years on the job. That is longer than the rest of them put together.
With so much controversy and uncertainty swirling about Jason Garrett, the current head coach, I though it appropriate timing to rank the men that have stood at the helm of America's team. I do so with the disclaimer and acknowledgement that, since the departure of Jimmy Johnson, only one man has really been at the controls. The inimitable, incredible, indescribable "Coach" Jerry Jones.
Does anyone really believe that the man currently on the coliseum (Cowboys Stadium) floor, fighting off wild beasts and other gladiators with a Texas tooth pick and a prayer, is really making any of the offseason decisions? Does anyone really believe it was Garrett's call on the firing of defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, the hiring of Monte Kiffin or the apparentl...
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