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Water Bear
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Bear Creek - You are lucky, 10 days in this area would be awesome. I haven't seen much else yet but you are making a good decision.
Burninator - I have given up on understanding the navigation and am convinced that all the cabbies also work as pre-runners for the World Rally Championship.
"In life sometimes you just need to value adventure above security and comfort."
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Great thread. I am going to get a pair of those custom boots soon.
Water Bear
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"In life sometimes you just need to value adventure above security and comfort."
No-Moto-Boundaries, Tanning A Ginger Tip-to-Tip, '04 KLR 688
Water Bear
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19. Queretaro
Time to hit the road again, I figure Ill head east right now (for the most part) towards Mexico city. This is about 5 hours away though and Ive heard there is plenty to see in between. One of those places I heard I should check out is called Queretaro. So this is where I pointed my bike.
Catch you later Guanajuato.
The roadwork here can be fairly elaborate sometimes.
Key word is sometimes. Other times its just good ol el natural.
I think I made a wrong turn though somewhere. This doesnt look like a major road.
Yep, made a wrong turn. Here we go, this is more populated.
I stopped off at a restaurant up in the hills for a road-sammy. $1.50 for fresh delicious bread and fresh ingredients, hard to beat.
Heading up into the mountains the weather was chilly. Still no need for another layer yet though.
The road was twisty and scenic.
I stopped off in a small town called Atotonilco, about 20 miles before Queretaro.
Im told that its a cool old town and there is a church here with a cool painted ceiling. Psshhhh, Im in no rush, sure why not.
The outside had a patio that must have taken quite a while to make.
Honestly, I dont know much about this place, or the paintings, but as an opinionated person, I can tell you that they appear to be old.
And elaborate.
Im told that the entire ceiling, and all of the paintings on the walls in here, were hand done by a single person.
Place also had some pretty old word-work on the floor.
Outside, there were several families milling about. They appeared to be here touristing the location as well.
As Im mounting my bike I feel something gently tug on my pant leg. I turn around and find two little boys and their grandmother. The boys were too shy but grandma told me they wanted to come see the bike and say hey. She said that they loved motorcycles. Little kids are the shit. I picked both of them up and plopped them on the bike.
I chatted with grandma for a bit and then turned around again to see a bunch more people. This is exactly why I want to know more spanish, knowing even just a little allows you to interact so much more with people.
Again more people showed up, so we got another photo with everyone. Not sure if they all knew each other or were just friendly? Fun group though.
Leaving Atotonilco theres some cool stonework.
The town seemed pretty historically rooted in catholicism.
A little while later after being back on the road I came into San Miguel. I had been taking my time and it looked like weather was going to start rolling in so I didnt really do much besides blow through it. Im told though that its another interesting place to spend some time in.
Much bigger than Guanajuato.
As I head further east and inland the weather seems to be on average cooler and rain a bit more. The greenery and lakes are good giveaways.
Coming in to Queretaro it seems smaller than San Miguel and has a small feel too.
I found a hostel where I could pull my bike inside and unloaded my stuff.
Queretaro, like many of the cities in this region, is a very old place. Back in the day people didnt have facebook or the internet. So instead people would gather in plazas and squares to chat, eat, socialize, and get up to speed on the recent going-ons around town. The plazas still exist today, but now there is free wifi in them, so people seem to gather to use that instead.
Heres one of the plazas, pretty empty at night.
There are still people that use the plazas for socializing though, especially the younger people. I took this photo on a Sunday night. These kids were practicing a form of Brazilian martial art called Capoeira. Capoeira was developed by slaves in Brazil back in the 16th century. Slaves were not allowed to practice self defence or develop fighting skills so instead they developed a martial art whose techniques are masked as dance moves. Its very acrobatic and is practiced to traditional Brazilian berimbau music. As the two boys practice-fought with each other the others (on the left) sang and played traditional string instruments to set the speed/tone of the fight/dance. Very rhythmic and easy to get lost in watching.
There seems to be lots of respect in latin culture for scholars and revolutionaries who helped move the country forward. This is a statue of a poet that was near the hostel.
Over the next couple days I explored the city more and got a feel for what the place is all about. The historical district is where its at and as expected, there is lots of history here.
Some of the buildings are private residences though. The homes usually have a central open air courtyard in the middle, like their own little oasis in the heavily built historic district. This old lady was greeted by her rottweiler as she came back from the market.
The vast majority of the buildings are public or retail though. There are many small gardens and they usually are surrounding a central square or plaza.
The sound of church bells tolling and pigeons flapping away as kids chase them is a common sound here.
There is a strong shopping community here as well and the area is apparently a purveyor of fine leathers and shoes. Many housewives in heels roam the streets in this part of town, hands toting freshly purchased bags of clothes.
Food can be had everywhere, and because of the clientele there are plenty of more expensive sit down restaurants whose outdoor dining spots encircle the prime locations around plazas.
Im on a budget though and prefer to eat what the locals eat anyways. I like street food and usually will order whatever I see that I havent seen before. This time, my taste buds tell me that this is some sort of fried chicken with potatoes and a chile relleno. Of course one never really knows though, but it tasted good. I sat and gorged myself on two more types of tacos after this and people watched in one of the plazas for a bit.
A brazilian girl who's living in the hostel while teaching portuguese in town found out that I was into climbing. She was kind enough to show me the one and only climbing gym in town. It was tiny, but had a rad underground vibe. The people here are definitely into the scene and really do a lot with the little space that they have. Ive now been here in Queretaro for 3 days and Ill be leaving tomorrow to head towards Mexico city. Should only be a couple hour drive. I wonder what the largest metropolitan area in the entire western hemisphere will look like?
"In life sometimes you just need to value adventure above security and comfort."
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You are going to love Mexico City. Don't miss Teotihaucan (25 miles Northeast DF), Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica, Chapultapec Castle, Zocalo and Palacio Nacional. And make sure to eat some Tacos Al Pastor while there. The best I've ever eaten where near the Zocalo.
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Water Bear
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DyrWolf - You trying to get me booted? I know we can't post photos like that here.
Burninator - thanks for the info, any other recommendations are welcome as well. I got started on the list yesterday with tacos. Don't know if this was pastor though, the guy called it something that I hadn't heard before (I have heard of tripe though ).
Nom nom nom nom
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Water Bear
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20. Mexico, The City
I got into Mexico city yesterday after a pretty chilly day on the road. I finally put my other layers on and even put my winter gloves on.
The road into Mexico City (everyone calls it DF which stands for Districto Federal) was uneventful as I opted to take Mex 57 which is a major thoroughfare. See what you get when you are prioritizing getting somewhere quickly rather than enjoying it? I took Mex 57 in to cut some time as I wasnt feeling so hot though, picked up a cold in Queretaro I think.
Coming into DF and the buildings start to become tighter together and the amount of large billboard advertising picks up.
Not sure if I hit traffic or if the city is just always packed, but it took a bit to a while to actually reach my hostel. I booked a place in advance and found one that had some sort of street parking available (the nicer hostels that are in a very popular area dont really have any parking available). When booking though I should have taken notice of the quality of their website (probably not updated in over a decade). Like an exploding star that once probably burned so bright, this place was now but a flicker of its former self and was on the tail end of its existence. When I arrived the owner checked me in and showed me the digs. It was straight out of the 70s, but not in a cool funky way. There were walls with hand written notes from many years ago, and bunk beds stacked 3 tall to the ceiling that appeared not to have held a single sole for many years. Its as if there was a time that this was a thriving destination, yet I was the only guest here and it looked like that had been the case for a while. There was a family living somewhere on the top floor with a couple babies, I felt like I was staying in their home. The place seemed not to have been updated in several decades and the only thing it was missing as a shag rug. I stayed the night since I was already there but it was just as expensive (if not more) than most of the other places so today I left and found a new place.
This place is much better and also cheaper.
People must hate when I show up with all my dirty kit.
Because Ive been a bit under the weather Ive mainly been resting and eating an obscene amount of food (the latter probably doesnt help the cold, I just like doing it). As Burninator mentioned, the pastor tacos are very good. *Shout out to Matty-boom-batty, these are my favorite tacos right now.
My new friends Jose and Dano (who I met in Guanajuato) just so happen to live in DF. Looks like they have planned some riding this weekend for us. Not sure what the details are, but Im told well be gone two days and that I should pack light for dirt. Im stoked.
"In life sometimes you just need to value adventure above security and comfort."
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Subscribed and just caught up. Thanks for the great RR. I miss DF so much. Tacos al Pastor are used as a gauge to measure taco stands. There are great rivalries in DF over whose tacos al pastor are the best.
So try them everywhere. Also know that they should on be dressed with only cilantro and onions and be cut from a spit not fried on a griddle. FYi they are from the Lebanese influence in Mexico
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Water Bear
Joined: Sep 2011
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Vato Jinette, you are correct, there seems to be strong opinions as to who's tacos al pastor are best. I'm enjoying myself as I quest to vet people's personal favorites. Now that I've eaten at so many I feel like I can actually form an opinion of my own. Sort of like seeing 30 different shades of yellow, there are many that are very good (shit even a run of the mill stand makes pretty damn good tacos) but now can actually tell the subtle differences.
Got back from a great ride this weekend with Jose and Dano out in the boonies through the state of Hidalgo. We got 2 great days of riding in with the majority of the time being in the dirt. We shot some video and got pictures so post will be coming.
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Like I've said before, awesome RR Sean. So much so that I'm packing my bags and heading to mexico in January. The taco countdown has begun! Can't wait for the next update.
Water Bear
Joined: Sep 2011
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"In life sometimes you just need to value adventure above security and comfort."
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Water Bear
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21. Getting Dirty In Hidalgo (Part 1)
Its Saturday morning around 6am and Im heading out of the hostel Im staying at to meet up with Jose and Dano for a weekend ride. Theyve planned out a route and I really know nothing about it, Im always down to ride though, so dont need much convincing. They say itll be a two day ride and told me to pack light for dirt. Sounds good to me.
I meet up with Jose at his place and we hit the road. We stop at a circus tent for some breakfast and to meet up with Dano. These tents are all over the freeway as you head out of DF (Mexico City, District Federal) and are accompanied by people waving flags to try and lure in customers. Each sells a slightly different variation of each others items.
This places specialty is biria, similar to beef flank thats been pot-roasted. It may look like a lot of meat but each of those plates only has two tacos on them. They just come with a metric shit-ton of meat. I added the extra to the soup for the added flavor-flave. And yes, it was very cheap.
Dano showed up on his KLR as well. Check out this KLR bro-down.
We hit the freeway and headed north towards the state of Hidalgo.
After a while of heading north we turned off onto the more favorable secondary roads as we wound our way towards the mountains. Dano, the route planner for the weekend, said that well be riding up in the Sierra Mountain range for the next two days. We are currently on the west side of them (the dryer side), and well be crossing over onto the east side (the wetter side).
The first turn onto dirt. Mmmmm, I like dirt.
The road dipped and curved as we hunted around the Sierra ranges doorstep, looking for a place to enter her marvelous abode.
The roads were scenic and small communities dotted the area. I like the small single lane roads with stacked rock fences. Riding them is very relaxing, I could meander down them for days and days.
The cattle are less amused by the roads than we are.
In a river valley we stopped for a break alongside a creek. Dano and Jose road this trip several months ago in the dry season. They said it was incredibly hot and dry. Nothing was green and the route was absolutely covered in dust. I think I much prefer the current state of things.
Farming is the name of the life-game here and the communities that exist in the area flourish or flounder depending on its success..
The communities are all nestled into the base of the Sierras. They farm right up to the edge. I see solid walls like this and all I think is climbing can be had here.
In this small town we found our entrance to the Sierras that we had been searching for. We had been knocking at her doorstep for a while as we wound around through the foothills, now it was time to come inside. The road is just rural dirt route cut through the mountains but I feel like Bilbo Baggins from lord of the rings starting a journey into the mountains with his mates.
Heres a shot looking down into town.
We dropped down a couple gears and began grinding our way through the twisty roads.
We got pretty high then started coming back down to drop into a valley.
When Dano and Jose were here several months ago this bridge didnt exist. They chose to ride through the river instead. Sounds like fun, might have been a bit more difficult this time of year though.
This bridge, although less fun for us, makes it much easier for the two communities on either side of this valley to travel, trade, and communicate with one another. .
We headed out of the second town and climbed again in elevation.
The road was pretty wide with plenty of room for other traffic. Although we saw none while we were on it.
Lots of good vantage spots to look down on where we had been earlier.
Here is the river that we had crossed and the ridgeline behind it was what we had come up and over earlier.
Three happy bikes.
Here we got to the top of the second ridgeline. The weather was a bit chilly but no need for thermal gear.
After the second ridgeline we started descending again towards a small community. This place is centered around tourism of some pretty wild caves they have in the area. There are several large hotels to accommodate the influx of people. Not sure what way they come into the town but Im pretty sure its not the way that we came in.
We went past the touristy section and out towards the back exit of town where we would pick up the road again. First we stopped for some mexican corn on the cob.
Boiled corn on a wood fire, rolled in cheese and chilli powder. ~.50cents.
The town is socked in by views like this. Really feels like the area is a very small pocket of human existence that mother nature is reluctantly allowing to exist right on her front step. The forest and hills seem to encroach on every part that humans stake a claim to.
Heres the exit out of town and back up into the mountains.
With every gain in elevation the road got foggier and wetter. This road looked like it had recently been re-graded, maybe after a large rainfall had wrecked it. This meant that everything was nice and slick. Good fun.
The road doesnt actually look that bad, but its like riding on top of a birthday cake. You ride on it for a couple hundred yards and it collects in just the best places (tires, suspension, chain, swingarm, etc).
Again we found ourselves in a small little village.
Wonder if the Shire is around here?
The bikes looked good here.
We took a left and headed back into the woods.
Joses bike had accumulated some water in his carb and was running a bit dodgy. We stopped to drain it. Its handy having everything easy to access and simple on these bikes. Think a T-mod re-route for the carb is next on Joses mod list.
The sound and sight of big (for latin america) dirty bikes is not a normal occurrence around these parts. Anywhere you stop for more than a couple minutes people seem to come out to see whats up. This guy was pretty funny, his kid was stone cold serious though.
The area here is super lush, supposedly they have had a lot of rain recently.
It was the late afternoon now and we were nearing our destination for the night. A small pueblo called Nicholas Flores up in the mountains.
It wasnt quite sunset, but with all the fog and cloud cover things were starting to get darker.
We found pavement, must be getting close now.
As we came around another switchback we could see on the other side of the ravine there had been a massive mudslide. A wall of mud a couple hundred yards long had just slid right off the hill side and taken out the road. We came around the ravine to the start of the slide. There were several busses stopped here but none had people in them. This must have happened a while ago. There were tire tracks through the slide though, so we knew we could at least get further than the busses did.
There was some skid plate scraping and I tipped over at the start pretty close to the edge but we made it through. A guy on the other side seemed pretty surprised that we had made it through, even more surprised when I pulled my helmet off and he saw I was a gringo. We had some GoPros going so Therell be a video of the entire weekend at some point, itll probably include a clip or two of this spot. There was one section that looking back on the video wasnt exactly as safe as we thought it was, as two feet from where our tires rolled was a completely vertical drop. I believe it is denoted in the video with a Holy shit?! (7:50). Had we have tipped over there to the left we would have been dropped right off the edge, expecting to find ground to plant a foot but only finding open air. With a solid cliff face this wouldnt have been that bad, but we were on a mudslide and the edge only existed because it had simply broken off and slid down the hill-side. It had been raining for as long as we had been on the road, whos to say it was done with its crumbling? Glad it didnt go while we were on it though. Heres the uncut clip from my GoPro for this section.
Heres a shot from Joses GoPro of the tight section.
Jose and Dano got their two bikes across, again with some skid plate scraping but no real trouble.
After this section it was another 10 minutes and we were into town with the bikes up on their kickstands. Proud of ourselves, and with a fun day of riding under our belts.
As with any small town, an outsider is easy to spot, and soon there are people from around the town talking with us, asking us where we are staying, and inviting us to partys. Apparently tonight is a special night for the town as there is a joint wedding and sweet 16 party. Sweet, Ill take the food, tequila, and dance package please. In any order will do just fine.
"In life sometimes you just need to value adventure above security and comfort."
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Recapping the narrative on the video
minute 3:58 "I think it's good"
minute 4:00 "just joking"
minute 4:09 - dump the bike
Thanks for putting a smile on my face today with your video. (any excuse to avoid the paper work waiting for me on my desk). This looked like an awesome section to ride.
Keep posting this enjoyable RR.
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Has nice size and will use it to get position as a run blocker. Takes nice angles to the ball. Flashes good mean streak, playing beyond the whistle at times and does a good job finishing his blocks. Shows some athleticism to adjust in space and peel back when pulling outside to allow the back to turn the corner. Has the size to engulf the linebacker on the second level and does a nice job squaring him and getting position. Sets up well with his hands high and tight in pass protection. Shows some ability to adjust to blitzers or stunting defenders off the edge.
Has a weak punch in pass protection and has to gear up to deliver it. Doesn't do a good job initiating contact in pass protection and tends to grab rather than punch. Will slide his feet, losing base off the edge, making him susceptible to the bull rush. Has trouble matching up with speed as he opens his stance too early. Plays a bit high considering his lack of ideal high. Lacks pop or power as a run blocker. Will take a false step and lacks real leg drive to get any movement in the ground game. Struggles to adjust to moving targets on the second level and doesn't really show the power to deliver a blow to the linebacker and move him downfield. Tends to lose his balance when he's asked to adjust in space.
Allen is a functional offensive tackle prospect that lacks ideal size and strength for the position. He played the weakside position in Illinois offense, similar to how Arkansas uses their tackles on either side of the line rather than a true left and a true right. But it made him the de facto left tackle. But he's a player that probably is a better fit moving inside and playing guard in a zone-blocking scheme. While he's not a bad player, there is really nothing about his game that stands out. He's more in line with the type of players that become career backups in the NFL.
(11/12) vs. Michigan: 2 pressures; Downfield: 3/5
(12/31) vs. UCLA: 1 missed block, 1 penalty (holding); Downfield: 1/2; Pull: 3/3
2011: /13 GS, weakside (left) tackle
2010: 13/13, weakside (left) tackle
2009: 12/12, left tackle
2008: 11/9, right tackle
The player that I think Allen might grow to be is a player like Wade Smith. Smith was a left tackle in college, got drafted in the 3rd round by the Dolphins in 2003, was forced to start as a rookie at left tackle when Mark Dixon got hurt. Smith was terrible, and then was soon after replaced and became a journeyman backup for teams like the Jets and Chiefs, logging reps at guard and center along the way. Then he managed to perform well in spot duty for the Chiefs, signed with the Texans in 2010 and has become a solid starter for them because he fits their scheme well. I think that's the sort of career path Allen could potentially hope for. He could become a utility player that I think has the tools to play all five positions, and like Smith will likely be a much better guard or center than a tackle. Another good comparison is Quinn Ojinnaka, although I think Ojinnaka is a better athlete. The key with Allen I think is going to be improving his hands. He'll never be a power player, but if he learns how to use his hands better to become a reliable technician, he can make up for it in many schemes like Smith has in Houston. For a zone team like the Texans, he can come in and if you can successful cross-train him to play multiple positions he can provide nice depth for you. Then by the time his rookie contract is up, you hope he's developed enough that he can fill in as a serviceable stopgap starter. Like Wade Smith, I don't see any teams committing to him long-term but for two or so years if he's starting left guard or what not, you can be content.
Quinn Ojinnaka, Rams.
Allen can add depth here in Atlanta, but unless the Falcons really commit to being a zone-blocking team on the level of Houston or Washington, it's hard to see him having much upside beyond providing depth. Potentially the ideal role for him is if the Falcons try to play him as a center as early as possible, so that potentially you could develop him as a nice insurance policy for two or three years down the road if Joe Hawley doesn't take off there as a successor to Todd McClure. He might make the Falcons roster as a rookie as the tenth man because the team is optimistic about his versatility. And if he proves capable of playing more than one position, that will be his best bet to crack the seven or eight-man rotation a year or two later. If not, then he'll be gone. But he's not really a viable option at left tackle, and there are much more physical players the Falcons have on the interior worth developing over him.
If a zone-blocking team is confident Allen can play more than one position, then he would potentially make a nice fifth or sixth round pick. But other than that, he's seventh round talent at best.
1-pathetic, 2-poor, 3-weak, 4-below average, 5-average, 6-above average, 7-good, 8-very good, 9-excellent, 10-elite
Strength: 5.5
Pass Blocking: 6.0
Run Blocking: 4.5
Footwork: 5.0
Technique: 5.0
Mobility: 6.5
Mean Streak: 7.0
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Do not open account in ICICI security. If you purchase as 1 share of rupess 10. then you have to pay minimum 15 rupees brokerage for that. see 10 is the share rate and 16 is brokerage. As My bad experince with ICICI, I have found, its hard to login. If you are a intra day trader, You should forget your money. Very worst service. Only benifit is we have SB account with them for every demat accounts.Go for Geojit, sharekhan or any one but don't go for icici
165. Ravindra May 6, 2009 9:06:23 AM IST | Reply
Do not open demat account in ICICI if you are NRI. Very creepy service.Even i am struggling to close the account after getting fed up after opening and operating it.
164. Pratik Parkhi May 2, 2009 3:24:21 PM IST | Reply
I come to know from your site that 3 accounts are required to be open for online trading..i have applied for ICICI demat and trading account opening..i do not want to open saving account with icici bcoz i already have salary account with icici bank ...will that be enough for trading or i will have to open saving account?PLs revert ASAP..ThanksPratik
163. PRAN Apr 15, 2009 10:27:40 AM IST | Reply
the server of ICICIDirect is too slow,when ever you want the quote it always says the server is too busy and it starts trading(margin trading) from 10:00 am which is too much irritating.
162. Srinivas Kassa Mar 28, 2009 10:50:47 AM IST | Reply
I would like to know the difference between transaction charges and brokerage charges....And also current charges of buy and sell the shares...
161. Akshay Mar 27, 2009 7:08:54 PM IST | Reply
Pathetic service. I would suggest to go for India infoline or Motilal Oswal if you have any thoughts of getting into DEMAT account. Dont merely go for ICICI direct by looking at its tag name. Moreover the brokerage that they charge is highest among its competitors, & it will never make you feel that you have achieved value for your money.Firstly its not easy to get Login id & pwd. Thanks to my consistent hardwork, that i was able to manage id & pwd after marathon effort for 3 months.Would like to give you an example:-I cudnt buy SATYAM shares when stock was @ Rs.9-Rs.11, the site responded so slowly that it was immovable. So, i had to be dependent on others for a stock purchase inspite of having a DEMAT account. Now i have understood that during lows & highs of market you cant extract the max. benefit with ICICI Direct.Bottom Line:- Dont go for ICICI Direct, even it remains the last demat service provider on earth.
160. Yogesh Dhake Mar 26, 2009 8:46:43 AM IST | Reply
I am ICICI direct user for last 8 years and small investor . I would suggest dont use ICICI direct even though it is big name . Apart from cost its service is quite bug prone & you dont get any resoultions to issue. You may get exception like bea.jolt.ServiceException & Slow response of site when you want it most.Trading platform lack many features.Try something else.RegardsYogesh Dhake
159. Suresh Varma P Mar 6, 2009 7:36:37 AM IST | Reply
Hi,I want access the icicidirect.com on my mobile. I have a Demat account, please provide me the WAP link ASAP.Thanks,Varma
158. nitin joshi Feb 6, 2009 2:52:45 PM IST | Reply
Just to let all you people know about the "FRAUD" activity your bank indulges in.I applied for a Demat account to which a Agent appeared with a Blank form and wanted Signatures on it for the application...Upon the verification agent showing up i noticed that the Agent has FORGED my signatures under the section which states having my Savinghs account to be linked with it...On trying to contact the sales people no body will answer the phone and your verification agent himself admiutted to this being the 3rd or fourth occasion where this has been committed by your bank...Also some persons(who i am not related to with any stretch of Imagination") details have been "smartly" included in my application to have an account opened at ICICI account.....Must make people aware of the FRAUD activity this bank has been commiting..No wonder4 there are Absolutely limited means to address the concerns...I am left with no choice but to Forward a Copy and My experience to the LOCAL MEDIA... GOOD job ICICI no wonder you are a LEADING bank
157. manvendra singh Feb 3, 2009 2:31:44 PM IST | Reply
sir, can I manage my account online myself without interfearance of any broker through my online trading acc.
156. PRAKASH Jan 17, 2009 12:27:07 AM IST | Reply
OPENING ONLINE OR OFFLINE TRADING ACCOUNT FROM ICICIDIRECT.COM PLEASE CONTACT 9008188885 OR WRITE A MAIL TO Email
155. Sunny Arora Jan 15, 2009 8:43:40 PM IST | Reply
sir i am sunny arora kapurthala punjab i am interstig to open demat account in icici direct.com plz visit me. my cell no 9915966812
154. Arindam Jan 15, 2009 5:42:43 PM IST | Reply
Hello 'Office of Head Service Quality' (Mr. K Raghavender), I have sent an email already with subject line " Comments from Site". I have just now received acknowledgement of the email that I sent to Email Monday, January 12, 2009 as my emails to head quality service couldn't be delivered.So far I have received very good service from ICICI Bank's NRI division and I don't hesitate to acknowledge that in this public forum. So my request is 'Please don't force your loyal customers to look for other banks'. We need total banking/investment solution and I am sure that service provided by ICICI Bank Group is more than enough for those needs.Waiting with infinite patience.regards,Arindam
153. Arindam Jan 14, 2009 7:26:59 PM IST | Reply
I am facing problem in opening an NRO Demat account with ICICI Direct and waiting for almost 2 months and don't know what is actually going on :(I submitted a filled in form (Form Number: xxxxxx), a check of 4000 INR (from my ICICI NRO SB account no. xxxxx) along with all necessary documents (verified by ICICI Direct employee) for opening an NRO demat account with ICICI Direct Guwahati Branch in mid November, 2008 when I visited India. They told me that I have to close my existing resident account and then the new applicaiton will be processed. I filled in account closing form (both trading and demat account) and submitted it to responsbile persons one (trading account closing form) to ICICI Direct, Guwahati and another (demat account closing form and in-tact Pledge booklet) to ICICI Bank Guwahati.Current status: Unknown, ICICI Direct's responsible persons are unreachableTheir customer care doesn't respond (always issues a ticket no. but never responds) and even email to their Head, quality of service is broken. One can't send email there. Really frustrating. Don't know why these guys can't be honest and tell frankly about their problems. My experience with ICICI Bank NRI division has been so far very good. But ICICI Direct's service is very poor (I should say unacceptable).If any one of ICICI Direct is watching this forum, then please help me. It is really frustrating to see you guys behaving like like this.
152. m.vijaykumar Jan 13, 2009 10:43:01 AM IST | Reply
sir,this is vijay from india, sir i would lile to buy nasdaq listed compenies. so How to buy stocks in USA from INDIA ? and available NASDAQ trading account fecility in indian finance compenies? so what are compenies available in NASDAQ trading fecility ?please replay me. thanking you sir. vijaykumar
151. ss Dec 30, 2008 12:48:06 PM IST | Reply
I have opened demat a/c with sharekhan.It completed 1 yr. What client acqisition exe said is totaly different after entering in to it.No support till date.I'm learning from my friends & from net.Already lost by means of brokerage.Loosing in market is different.But giving one promise & violating is crime.Kindly suggest me which online broker is best.My kind advise is not to open a/c with sharekhan.Now all my friends are telling why you opened a/c with sharekhan since they also faced the same problem.I decided by seeing in net.
150. nikesh wadhwani Dec 21, 2008 7:49:13 PM IST | Reply
I am having icici demat account.I suggest u all that never open account in icici demat account because icici never give tips regarding share market what to buy what to sell.All other companies will provide the tips so my suggestion is that.So choice is ours.
149. KAMAL Dec 21, 2008 5:21:22 PM IST | Reply
Dear,i kamal lakhotia want demate & trading account with online trading with java script so pls tell me whos company are provide this service with automatic updated with every second.
148. Santosh Singh Dec 4, 2008 5:01:45 PM IST | Reply
Hi, i am intrested to open demat A/C pls give procedures for open the A/C send me procedure on my Email
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From Mark Feinsand:The Yankees' search for a righthanded-hitting outfielder may not be over, but they took a step in the right direction Wednesday night with the signing of veteran Matt Diaz. Diaz, who has spent his 10-year career battering lefthanded pitching, inked a minor-league deal with the Bombers that includes an invitation to spring training. If Diaz makes the club, he'll earn $1.2 million. He can earn up to $800,000 more in incentives based on at-bats. "I'm healthy and I feel like I can go to camp and show what I can do," said Diaz, who played only 51 games in 2012 after undergoing midseason thumb surgery. "If I can go and do what I do, which is hit lefties and take tough at-bats against them, that's what the Yankees need and want. It will be a good fit." Diaz grew up in Lakeland, Fla., where his father used to lead team chapel services for the Tigers during spring training. Diaz became a big fan of Matt Nokes, so when the catcher was traded to the Yankees in 1990, Diaz switched allegiances and became a Yankees fan. "My dream in life as a kid was to play for the Yankees," Diaz said.In 2012, Diaz hit .222/.280/.333 in 51 games for Atlanta.
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EVANSVILLE - For the first time in 15 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made major changes to menu requirements for school meals. Those changes go into effect as students return to classrooms this month.
The new school year marks the implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act championed by first lady Michelle Obama, with the aim of raising a healthier generation of children.
Shenae Rowe, food and nutrition director for the Warrick County School Corp., is urging parents to encourage their children to experiment with foods that now will be offered as a part of school lunches.
Rowe said it's important to expose kids to new options that will help build a healthier lifestyle for their future.
"I was up in the lunchroom with some ladies, and they said, 'Ah, you're serving beet sticks, gross,'" Rowe said. "If you're an adult and you act like that, the kids are never going to take it ... and we don't want to see the food in the trash can, we want to see the kids eat it."
The new nutrition standards make similar practical changes that many parents are striving to accomplish at home, including:
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n Offering only fat-free or low-fat milk varieties.
n Limiting calories based on the age of children being served, to ensure proper portion size.
n Increasing the focus on reducing the amounts of saturated fat, trans fats and sodium.
Over the last six years, Rowe said it's been a priority in her district to move away from processed foods and provide more fresh, home-cooked meals.
"So I think we were a little bit ahead of the game," she said.
Rowe can see the changes in a positive light because it makes schools offer students a wider variety of foods such as fresh beet or jicama sticks, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and a larger assortment of fruits and vegetables.
"I feel it's so important to try and change the mentality of what kids and parents assume that kids are going to eat," she said. "It's not always corn dogs, chicken nuggets, hamburgers or tacos. Kids will eat a lot more stuff, and we see that happening everyday in our district."
But Rowe is a bit troubled because she feels some items she is adding to the menu to meet guidelines aren't always ones she would choose.
"I think the menus are healthier without it, so I'm kind of fighting back and forth cause I feel like we were doing a really good job," she said.
Starting last year, Rowe said a requirement under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act required schools to increase lunch prices a minimum of 10 cents per year until the difference in cost is met because it was understood the new standards would increase the cost of purchasing the food.
"I didn't realize how much more it was going to cost until the middle of the summer," Rowe said. "The cost is going to be more to us, I'm not going to pass it on to the parents this year."
Linda Eidson, the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.'s director of food and nutrition services, said her lunches already offered some of the new requirements, so it won't have a major impact on EVSC. However, planning the menu hasn't been easy.
"It has been a little difficult really, to tell you the truth," Eidson said. "I don't think the students are going to see too much of a difference, but it's just the behind-the-scenes menu planning is somewhat difficult ... just different."
The EVSC previously used nutrient-based menu planning, Eidson explained, putting menus into a computer program to make sure they met standards for calories, fat, vitamins and minerals. She believed this gave more flexibility in choices.
However, USDA now requires both food-based and nutrient-based planning, meaning a specific amount of meat, protein, and grain servings have to be offered each week, Eidson explained.
"So it's just a little more stringent in that it's going to probably result in possibly not as many entree choices offered to the students," Eidson said.
When the sodium intake is restricted over the next few years, Eidson said EVSC will probably do more "from-scratch" cooking.
"I think a lot of the manufacturers that provide schools with food, they're already reformulating a lot of their foods to give us more options along that line," she said.
Thelma Sebree, food service supervisor for Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon, Ind., said kids might have a hard time learning to eat new and healthier foods.
"Some kids will notice (the changes) and some kids won't touch it, but we have to put it out there," Sebree said. "And hopefully and prayerfully, they will begin to pick it up because there will be a lot of work involved in this and it will be a costly thing that we have to do."
Last year, Sebree gradually tried to get students accustomed to different food items they might not normally eat, such as lima beans or Brussels sprouts.
"We feel that it's a very important turnaround, but a costly one," she said. "We're going to try and implement it to the best of our knowledge. All of us want our kids to be well and healthy, so that's the best thing we can do."
Sebree said she couldn't yet say how more it will cost to purchase foods to meet the new standards, but with the drought and the requirements calling for a larger portion of fruits and vegetables, she said that's where much of the increase will come.
The biggest change in the menu will be portion size. Sebree said last year lunch had 3/4 cup of fruits and vegetables, but this year kindergartners through fifth grade receive 3/4 cup of fruits and vegetables, while everyone else gets 3/4 cup of vegetables and a half cup of fruit, and portions of meat and meat alternate will be smaller.
"Every time you add something, it's a cost," Sebree said.
Natalie Jones, immediate past president of Evansville Area Council PTA, said it's important for kids to have choices and are consuming quality meals low in sodium and fat.
"I think peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches in the bag used to be the thing," Jones said. "And I think parents are now trying to get their kids to eat better. We're on a fast track life with our children, we're always doing something, we're always busy ... so sometimes that meal at school is the only meal that they're going to have during the day that has balance to it."
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I'm actually quite shocked at the people thinking this game is a 7. This game deserved nothing under a 9. It deserves a 9 minimum. It's not perfect, but very very good, especially considering the game was remade from the ground up in just two years
I've played MMORPGs for 10 years, including all the big name ones like EQ1, WoW, Rift, Terra, GW2, Maplestory, and ARR is by far the best I've played. It is only launch, and many features they wanted at launch will be coming in patch 2.1 in November.
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Originally posted by h0tNstilettos
I disagree. ARR is a "good" game, but 7 is being generous. The graphics are less than stellar. The combat isn't that great. The game doesn't innovate in any areas (it's by far the most cookie-cutter traditional MMO I've ever seen). I won't bring up it's abysmal launch.
Imo, fans of Final Fantasy, or fans of traditional themepark MMOs should give ARR a try. It's got a decent little story and has semi-decent amount of content. However, the game lacks a lot of depth and innovation that many current and future MMOs have. It's just your typical themepark MMO with tab target combat, done decently well.
A rating of 5-7 is deserved. Anything more than that is nothing more than a fan boy rating that doesn't consider the whole package or contrast it to other innovative MMOs.
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Originally posted by DMKano
Complexity. Choices. Interdependency. Variation.
To give an example of complexity: You could choose to aim for 100% HQ, if you take a certain amount of steps, but if you choose a different method that yields lower % HQ and takes far less steps, the experience per hour could still be higher at the latter case. A certain crafting recipie could yield more exp per hour than another one, but give less gil per hour; this can change depending on the market situation.
Originally posted by Gallus85
The crafting system and market in FF blows away the grand majority of the competitors. The depth is just fine.
Furthermore, on a strictly merit-based rating system, a "good game" can per definition never be 5. It is rather 7 or 8. 9 being great; 10 being excellent (ign uses a similar system). In a system, where the ratings are based on comparison and distributed according to a normal contradiction, there are not enough mmorpgs that beat FFXIV to put it anywhere below 7.
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I just started playing on Friday. So far,I am liking the gameplay and the solo experience. Difficult to gauge the community since I had to shut off the yell and shout channels due to all the trade spam. So far, two blacklisted for trade tells. Definitely needs some oversight on SE's part. If the community is decent, I think I will stick around for a while. Solid 7/10 so far.
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Originally posted by TwoThreeFour
Agreed. I'm not a fanboy of the FF franchise but I do know an excellent MMO when I play one and FF ARR deserves a soild 9 in comparison to everything else that's on the market. I want to know which games these people have been playing if they think FF ARR is only a 6-7.
Currently playing SWTOR and it's MUCH better than it was at launch.
Originally posted by TwoThreeFour
The crafting system in FF isn't anything special. It's better than some, but not the best by far.
The breadcrumb trail of quests and forced story quest are so unimaginative and non-innovative that it has* to have points taken off for it.
The launch was by far the worst out of the dozens of AAA MMORPGS, and certainly not a representation of what I would expect from a pay to play game. But I don't deduct any points for that, and the issues have been mostly cleared up already.
Instanced dungeons are simplistic and often boring.
The combat system is slow, clunky and extremely cookie cutter.
Zero innovation in story telling. Most of the cutscenes don't even have voice overs. You can't control anything in the story. Your story is the same as everyone else. etc etc.
The FATE public quest system is horrible. GW2 did it WAY better, and EQ2 is set to do open world events even greater than GW2.
I could go on and on.
FFXIV is a "good" game. And as such, 5-7 is "good" and a rating it deserves. 8 9 and 10 are reserved for great and amazing/innovating games, and 1-4 are ratings reserved for terrible - bad games.
FFXIV is a solid 5-7 depending on your own personal preferences. If you really like themepark, traditional MMOs, and really like the asian/FF theme, a 7 is a legit score. If you really don't care for the game, you have to admit the game is at least a 5 or 6, because what it does do (even though it's nothing great, new or revolutionary) it does well enough.
But 8 9 or 10?
On what planet? lol.
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Originally posted by Gallus85
There are a few scores between "good" and "bad", but you seem to omit them in your score system.
If your "5-7" is for "good", and "1-4" is for terrible-bad games, where is your rating for "mediocre" and "okay" games? I.e. what is the rating for things between "bad" and "good"?
This is all semantics of course. Of interest is to behold the ign rating system at "http://www.ign.com/wikis/ign/Game_Reviews#".
Originally posted by TwoThreeFour
That system you linked lines up with exactly what I said.
my 1-4 5-7 8-10 was generalized to keep the post at a reasonable word-count, but the essence of what I said is exactly with what you agree with.
FFXIV is somewhere between Mediocre and OK (as I already stated). It does zero innovation and lacks creativity. It's dated in many areas and isn't a perfect game. Some systems are down right tacked-on feeling and don't even do a good job of imitating other MMOs in many areas. Case in point, their story and fate systems are bland and boarder on terrible.
FFXIV is not a "Bad" game, but it's certainly not:
A highly subjective and weak argument may be made for
But then again, I already stated 5-7 is more than fair in my previous post, though considering other games that have released over the past few years, I would disagree with FFXIV being a 7, personally, but I wouldn't cry foul if someone said they felt it was a 7.
Maybe if FFXIV had released in it's current form around the same time Aion did, I could let an 8 slip, but not today. Not even close.
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Originally posted by Gallus85
Lol, there is no way you are very experienced in MMOs to think this game deserves a mediocre or okay rating. The original horrible FFXIV has a rating of 5.1 already, which you claim ARR deserves the same. ARR is leaps and bounds better than the original, AND better than most AAA titles out there. You also claim ARR does nothing new and innovative. There's only one other MMORPG that does crafting similar to ARR, though I don't remember the name of it, but it is nowhere near as good as ARRs. And let's not forget gathering. Other innovations include the Gold Saucer amusement park coming in a future patch, and let's not forget treasure hunting coming in the first patch 2.1, and Chocobo raising and breeding. Yes, raising pets has been done before, but ARR's companion system that where your chocobo can be a mount, battle companion, and the raising and breeding aspect for chocobos make this game's approach much more in-depth. Housing is also superior in this game compared to any MMORPG before it. You would know this if you've read about it. The Armoury system is very nice as well. There are other innovations slipping my mind. Let's not forget about how much ARR caters to solo players. Very few MMORPGs have such a balance between solo and group play. Let's not forget how superior the music and storyline are compared to most MMOs. Let's not forget how much more well designed the tutorial stages of the game are that introduce players at a nice pace. You are simply one of the people that think ARR does nothing innovative because it disguises itself as a traditional MMORPG. They did this intentionally. They took things that have been done before, but innovated them. Plus the things I mentioned not done before coming. It sounds to me like you think the game is not amazing unless it does everything completely different and new to the point where it's not even recognizable as an MMORPG.
Originally posted by h0tNstilettos
You can see the list of MMOs I've played "seriously" in my signature and I've given far more than that a fair shake of a try. You simply rattle off a bunch of features you like in the game and put far too much emotion into your post. Too much "me me me" and not enough stepping back and looking at the big picture.
Case in point, you clearly haven't played many MMORPGs, especially sandbox ones, if you think FFARR has "The best crafting". The system isn't even as good as Vanguard's crafting system, and that game came out about 5 or 6 years ago.
You need to learn to be a little more objective in your posts. Branch out and actually play a broader amount of MMOs, or games in general. You clearly put too much weight in what you like and fail to evaluate the game in a more objective way.
Not that I can blame you. A lot of people judge games very subjectively, but you're not going to win an argument with your emotional pleas.
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Originally posted by Gallus85
There's only one crafting system that I know of that is better than FF ARR and it's SWG. Please tell me which game that's out NOW that you think is better - I should be playing THAT game.
Currently playing SWTOR and it's MUCH better than it was at launch.
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It's a pretty standard mmorpg with a FF skin on it. I'm not a fan of it really but I've played worse games before. I'd give it around 7.5 out of 10 if you had to push me for a number (although I dislike rating systems like that). But I do give kudos to the developers for remaking the game. I can't really think of another mmorpg that has done that. So good for them and good for the fans that stuck with it.
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Originally posted by Mahavishnu
I stopped playing Guild Wars for a number of reasons. The dungeons are way to late game, and terrible. The classes are the WORST I have ever been exposed to. Not a single class I ever want to play, and combat made me fall asleep. Oh, and for the love of God and all that is holy, the underwater combat in that game was the most painful thing I have ever experienced. AND THERE'S TONS OF IT.
So far, FFXIV has more dungeons, BETTER dungeons, better combat, classes you are actually excited to play and level (Glad, Thaumaterge and Lancer are all on my books) and sweet sweet cross classing. Oh, and I'm level 20, and have not spent a SINGLE SECOND in underwanter combat. By level 20 in GW2, I had spent enough time underwater and trying to work that awful system to know it was going to be a gigantic problem later on. Oh, and GW's skill system is garbage. Either give me more custom slots, or piss off with your stupid weapon skills.
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The fact that when you type something your characters lips move in game makes this superior to almost every other MMO. It's the little things that make this gem shine. You haters aren't fooling anyone with the "it should be a 7" comments, you can try misleading people all you want but it will still be better than your game.
In this lackluster genre this title easily deserves a 8/10 minimum, nothing less.
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Money wasn't an issue for me- teleporting EVERYWHERE until I hit lvl 50 and ran out of quests. I had 200 k worth of money bags I didn't even cash in till my first big expense. Since then I have been leveling botony and weaving to supplement my gil supply. I am not wealthy anymore but I make enough to get by . Im guessing when I get my crafting/harvesting a bit higher I will have plenty of cash
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MALARIA parasites in west Thailand are becoming resistant to artemisinins - the world's most effective antimalarial drugs. The march of increasingly drug-resistant malaria across the country has sparked fears that it could reach Africa, where 90 per cent of all malaria deaths occur.
Increasing resistance to artemisinins was first identified in Cambodia in 2006, and is now common along its border with eastern Thailand.
Nicholas White of Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, and colleagues looked for signs of resistance in 3200 patients from clinics on Thailand's western border. They did so by measuring how long it takes for the number of malaria parasites in a person's blood to halve. With artemisinin treatment, this should take around 2 hours. In Cambodia, it now takes around 5.5 hours.
On Thailand's western border, this figure rose from 2.6 hours in 2001 to 3.7 hours in 2010. The percentage of infections that clear very slowly - 6.2 hours or more - soared from 0.6 per cent of all patients in 2001 to 20 per cent in 2010 (The Lancet, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60484-X). "If it carries on, we will lose the use of these drugs," says White.
There are several factors behind the increasing resistance, including the sale of diluted artemisinin treatments. Parasites in Cambodia also appear to have enhanced genetic resistance to the drug compared with resistant parasites in other parts of the world. The most important tool needed to contain resistance is finding a genetic marker for it, says White.
The World Health Organization agrees that the search for a reliable marker is paramount. Without this tool, "it's not possible to establish where strains have spread or emerged anew", says Pascal Ringwald, resistance coordinator at the WHO's global malaria programme in Geneva, Switzerland.
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