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New Lynn yesterday afternoon. Gating can't come quick enough not only to combat fare evasion but also to smooth passenger flows. Not at rush hour and only one train disembarking.
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Goodness yes. In the meantime – more posts at every station!
I see the even that is a relatively improved situation – last time I was there, only one tag post stood there (another was hidden *behind* the escalator). When'd that one go in?
Looks like a minimal build mentality, from the days when only a few used trains and pedestrian congestion was rarely a problem. Perhaps with gating as a proposed project the minimal build solution was seen as a stop-gap. But what happens if one of those tagging posts malfunctions and all these people need to queue for a single post ? Passengers would feel justified in not tagging and travelling for free, for example if a train is approaching and it's a choice of travelling on this train for free vs tagging and waiting for the next train. Respect for the system would begin to break down.
Respect for the system would begin to break down.
It already does. Alongside a corresponding decrease in revenue.
Still can't understand why they're prioritising Manukau over New Lynn
Ellerslie is my local station, and the number of people disembarking from evening services results in queues. The orientation and location of the posts is also daft, with the sensors and screens on the outside of the natural path towards the stairs and ramp (opposite ends of the platform). Means that people have to split out around the posts and then funnel back in to leave instead of a natural line straight to the exit. People who aren't regulars (myself included) will often start to walk the natural line and then realise we can't use the posts from our current orientation so have to break our stride and butt into the queue of people waiting to tag off.
Matt, not to mention the Ellerslie tag posts at the northern end are strategically located open to the elements between the shelter and the (covered) stairs. It's not much fun waiting for the tag post in the rain.
It's almost as if AT is trying to tempt people not to pay…
Matt, you must be in the very first or last carriage a lot of the time if that's happening. Ellerslie is also my local station, and I hardly ever find I'm closer to the exit than I am the tag post. I don't think they could be much closer to the stairs or ramp without getting in the way of them for people who are exiting without tagging (i.e. those with (hopefully) a paper ticket).
I do agree that it's frustrating they're not under cover. Why the cover isn't the whole length of the platform astounds me. It's also frustrating the real time board is only on one of the shelters, but that's another story…
Haven't they just finished a tender for a canopy extension at Ellerslie?
The positioning of the tag posts is interesting to say the least – recently an additional one was put in at Meadowbank, but in such an obscure spot less than 10% of passengers use it.
Explain to me again why we cant have tag posts on trains? I mean, if it can work for buses that do zig zagging routes with small stops, why cant it work on the train?
Then if I am travelling from Newmarket and want to get off at, say, Ellerslie, I can tag off any time after the train pulls out of Remuera station. No?
That would just bring in a different set of issues. E.g. 300+ people disembarking from the trains at Britomart would put a lot of strain on on-board tag posts. There is also the risk of trains being held/delayed to accommodate people tagging on/off as frequently happens on buses. Also having to tag on/off for each journey (like on buses) wouldn't be favorable too.
I do see your point though, it's just when I look at the big picture I think AT (and most other overseas operators too) have made the right decision that works efficiently most of the time.
But why not have both? So you either tag off on the train or at the gate. If you have already tagged off on the train at the right time (so for Britomart, after leaving Orakei/Newmarket), the gate just lets you through. Unless we gate all stations we have the issue you outline now.
But in Continental Europe, they take two approaches on Metros – 1. Gate all stations (most places) 2. Have no gates but heaps of inspectors who will bust you (Prague).
Auckland is taking neither of those two approaches. The best by far is the second one, especially for buses as passengers just flood on and off. But we need to have a lot more inspectors and they need to have real powers.
Also, based on Prague, a bad attitude and big leather jackets.
The lack of ID cards does actually make it more difficult in NZ as not carrying an ID card is an offence in most European countries. Or you have to turn up to a police station within a certain amount of time with it.
When I lived in London ('98/99) there was a similar situation to Auckland where there were quite a few ungated stations but they always had actual people there at peak times. There was also a lot of evasion at those stations. The last place we want to copy is the UK for PT.
One thing that would really help with evasion is a cheap annual pass ($1,000?) for all PT. And the ability for employers to buy these for employees without FBT (just like unallocated parking).
The Auckland system isn't a metro though. I see it more of a suburban railway and I've been to countries (UK, Spain and Australia) which seem to follow a similar approach to Auckland — i.e. gate the major stations and use a honesty system approach for smaller stations. I would be interested in examples of overseas suburban system with similar sizes to Auckland where they gate every station as I haven't come across these in my travels. I agree though there needs to be a lot more ticket inspections though. I've only had my tickets checked once in the last week or two which I think is a bit slack. 🙁
Once the CRL is built it is more of a Metro (with 5 min frequencies), though I guess it will still be something more like the RER in Paris.
I use this station every second day and I wonder if people believe they must use the tag post on the side of the platform they disembarked from (even if, as in the picture above, the tags posts are literally right next to each other).
I came up with this theory yesterday because, due to a broken tag post at Glen Eden, I suggested to someone that they tag on using the post on another platform. Someone butted in saying "you can't do that, you must tag on on this platform only" or words to that effect. Seasoned travelers will know this is not true, you can tag on/off at any post within the same station regardless of which platform you are traveling from/to.
I think if passengers distributed themselves evenly between the two tag posts that are available there wouldn't be too much congestion.
In any case what I do at New Lynn is that I always use the tag post that gets the least traffic (which is always the tag post nearest the other platform). Often there's a 10-deep queue for the "correct" tag post while the one literally 2cm next door is queue-less (or at worst I've only been behind one or two people) and so I am on my merry way ahead of 10+ other people.
Perhaps a public information campaign is in order to encourage people to use other tag posts where they are available and not just restricting themselves to whatever is nearest. For example people taking the stairs could consider walking to the stairs and tagging off there (leaving the main posts for people taking the escalators).
Tagging off on the "other side" is well used at locations such as Grafton, but there are locations like Kingsland and Avondale where you can't get to the other side unless you cross the tracks. There are also the options to use the tag post at the less used end of the platform (which is usually the opposite direction of where you want to go). But regardless, there need to be a lot more tag posts at stations whether they are gated or not. If the infrastructure for many users isn't there, then the amount of users will not increase.
Avondale doesn't really have many passengers to justify even the currently amount of tag spots. I regularly travel between Avondale-New Lynn/Glen Eden. Avondale actually has three tag posts for each platform due to the unusual access requirements at that station (i.e. 3 different entrance/exists due to access being provided to 3 nearby streets). This means currently there is little to no wait time at all to tag on/off even when disembarking off a peak train. This has been the case for the last 8 months I've traveled on a regular basis to/from Avondale…
Kingsland I partly concede as it's a surprisingly sparse station for one that is used for Eden Park games. There should really be a few more tag posts there. However thinking about this a but more, perhaps the fact most people travel on a match ticket makes it pointless adding more tag posts since a large number of travelers will be using their paper match tickets rather than AT HOP cards. When games are not on then the current numbers are sufficient from my experience.
It doesnt have 3 tag posts on each side. . The west bound side might.. but ive only seen two for each side. And perhaps you haven't seen it at rush hours. With commuters, uni students and high school students all using the tag spots it can get a bit jammed.
With kingsland, my thoughts were that even with match tickets and gating it would be easier tofunnel and cobtrol movement onto the platform reducing the risk of over crowding. However the excess people would remain on the surrounding srreets so maybe it's not such a good idea xD
That's insane. Relatively quiet Kingsland has 5 tag posts on the westbound platform and it still gets decent queues in rush hour. How anyone thought TWO would be enough for New Lynn is incomprehensible.
To be fair there are at least four at New Lynn. At the western end there is one near the stairs and two near the escalators (which is pictured); and on the city end there is one (or two, I can't recall exactly how many).
Not to mention the irritation if having to walk to the midway point of the station (e.g Glen Eden) in order to top up and then walk back to the entry to tag on….
Yeah I had the same problem at Avondale on the citybound side. Don't know why they couldn't include one near the machine for convenience and safety of those topping up out of negative balance. Also another thing with new lynn is its a pain in the neck having to walk all the way down the end of the platform to topup if the kiosk is closed or if you wish to top-up less than $10.
Why would you ever top up when you can set it up online to happen automatically?
Well some of us pay for monthly passes which we prefer to do at a machine to ensure the pass is applied straight away (unlike the online lottery). It's a minor quibble but quite valid given the distance between the top-up machines and the tag posts at some stations. Another argument is that I recently I nearly forgot to tag on when I added my pass. I didn't think that I needed to tag on after adding the pass onto the card until just before the train arrived. Having the tag post next to the machine would serve as a useful visual reminder for people to tag on after adding money or a pass to their card.
No thanks, no auto top-up for me, my hop card was disabled for "failed changes" and I argued this as none of them failed and I even provided proof, they accepted this but said "there is no way to access our database to re-enable cards, which is… a load of shit, I work in IT and have never heard of a database that is not accessible. I am now using monthly passes but back when I was a student that was not viable as with a concession I paid less per month then the cost of a zone A pass. Plus as for other people, not everyone has access to the internet or trusts making payments over the internet (especially the elderly, such as my parents). Also as for James's comment, I have also found myself almost forgetting to tag on after topping up/loading a pass, since its kinda built-in to most of us that once we have paid money – that we have actually paid for the service, so yeah… easy to forget sometimes lol.
Same, had a blocked card, would never use the auto top up system as it currently stands.
And to think, the old system had no issues at all with boarding or disembarking. What a waste of money for zero gain.
"the old system had no issues at all with boarding or disembarking" – apart from the frequent wait for the guard to finish selling tickets before he/she opened the doors.
Hard to imagine any regular user of public transport to feel that way. The AT Hop system feels far easier to use than the old one.
If you do long for the old method, it's still there. Just pay at the machine and board. Even that's easier.
Nope, because it takes longer. You have to show up earlier to pay, and that's if the machine is working which it often isn't. Under the old system you just boarded without doing anything. Payment activities were on travel time.
New system is much easier. I just turn up and tag on. No 'waiting to pay'. No queuing to get cash out of the atm every week.
The machines "often aren't" working? So you aren't a regular user, then.
"Payment is on travel time". I guess you never had to approach a collector outside the train to pay your fare because they were unable to on board due to the amount of people jammed on there. I guess you never had to wait for the collector to return with your change because they'd run out when you paid.
The current system is far more efficient. If turning up a few minutes before boarding to pay at a machine is difficult, then that issue is on the user, not the system.
Correct, in 20 years of travel I never had those issues. From no issues before or after boarding, to line ups as per the photo, machines that don't accept payment and a significantly deteriorating security situation from lack of visible staff. That's not progress.
Why Patrick? I use a HOP card thanks. Shillings? How old are you???
You appear unable to separate topic and person? Stick to the topic and quit making it personal.
Pukekohe only has one tag station near the main exit, there is always a major que of at least a minute during peak times, you are lucky to have two.
Part of the problem is unnecessary delays in user interaction.
Many people wait for the LED to go out for the previous person's tag before tagging themselves – this is unnecessary and adds about 1.5 seconds per transaction. When 50 people are all using one post, that means those at the back of the line can be delayed up to a minute and a half. This is both on buses and at stations.
Also, some people seem to think the world will end if their card actually touches the reader, so carefully position it in the air near to but not touching the reader – this is significantly slower than just slapping the card against the reader.
Thirdly, the transaction is complete as soon as the green LED has lit. But inexplicably the readers have a delay in-between lighting the green LED and emitting a beep – again, this slows things down as people wait for the beep.
Perhaps AT should create some posters and flyers for "Tips for fast and reliable tagging on and off", and fix the delay in-between the LED and the beep. Those two changes should speed things up significantly.
While these are issues, the tech itself could provide faster feedback for the user. Japan has a similar card reader and while their PT far outstrips ours, as soon as the 'tag' is registered it provides feedback with a beep/written text which allows the queue to move alot faster. There have been times I have removed my card too early when I saw the green light however it just hadnt disappeared from the previous user.
I'm quite tall so I end up just waiting for the beep as opposed to bending my neck to see if the lights gone off or not, if there was an initial beep for read and then a diff beep for ur concession type/or declined balance that would be much more helpful. Also if they added a low balance warning like "Please check your balance" or "low balance" etc that would be very helpful, snapper had this, also perhaps a concession expiring soon warning would be helpful.
Uh.. .I meant to say Monthly pass expiring soon, not concession, haha.
The new system needs a lot of inprovement still but I personally prefer not to have to carry cash, and if I lose my card I can get any money still on it transferred to a new one which is great and saves me money. The only problem comes with people who have to use the topup/ticket machines before catching the train, or those stations where the tag post is not close enough when running for the train
You seriously have to queue up and do something at this post?
Yep, in Auckland people now to line up and each spend a few seconds tagging off. Under the old system you just walked away.
I love my hop card. I no longer have to scrabble around for change or buy a packet of chewing gum to break a $20 note or guess how much the fare is and worry if I will have enough. It's set and forget and just works. Knowing I can catch any bus, ferry, train I feel like and have the "correct change" is luxury. Now all I need now is some bus lanes…
Most people just had a small piece of cardboard they show to the ticket validator. No different holding onto that than an AT HOP card, but easier to use (no tagging on/off to remember or line up for). The truth is AT HOP wasn't about convenience, it was an attempt to lower staff costs, but that outcome doesn't appear to have eventuated, and the security issues will probably ultimately lead to higher staff costs than pre-HOP. My guess is that most EMU services will have four staff onboard in future. Driver, guard and two security/ticket validators.
Well you would still have to carry cash, something I never do and/or line up in a usually massive queue during peak at very limited locations to get multi-journey tickets, unless you had like a discovery pass or something.
What rubbish Geoff, for those of us that caught the train infrequently we always had to carry cash. In fact I catch the train a lot more now simply because I don't have to worry about having cash with me. I never bought a 10 trip pass for the train, just something else to lose. Having a single card that works across all modes is clearly better. Of course the odd person who was stuck in their routine and ways may not like change, but unfortunately change happens. In this case whilst a small minority such as yourself are inconvenienced a huge number of new users are happy to take your place and start using trains and buses because of the simplicity and ease that is now offered by AT-HOP.
You've lost the plot me thinks – as I said, I have and use a HOP card. It is not I that have pointed out the issues with the new system, it's THIS blog, as per the photo showing the dysfunctional tag off system. Since the old system didn't have that issue, I'm correct in pointing out it was a negative. Why put up a photo of tag post congestion if criticism of the system responsible for that congestion is unwelcome? The fact is, we went from a system where users boarded and disembarked without issue, to a system where issues exist. That isn't progress.
I haven't lost the plot, I'm disagreeing with the idea that one inherent aspect of the system, that you have to tag off as well as on, doesn't mean the whole system is bad. On the whole it's a massive improvement. It would be great if tagging off wasn't required, however, I'd much rather do that than have to pre-calculate my fare and make sure I've got cash every time I go to catch a train or bus.
I don't consider fumbling around for and presenting a piece of progressively degrading cardboard to be easier than pressing my wallet against a scanner as I walk past.
Waiting to tag off – yes, it's an odd quirk, but hardly one that brings the whole system down. At least, in my own opinion. This issue is also one that could be easily eliminated through the introduction of additional tag posts, or (in cases such as Henderson) simply rearranging the things.

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Jetstar Australia and New Zealand CEO David Hall announced (19-Sep-2012) plans to increase domestic New Zealand and trans-Tasman capacity in Nov-2012. The airline plans to add a ninth A320 to its Auckland base and employ 50 more staff as part of the expansion. Jetstar will add up to 20 additional weekly return frequencies on Auckland-Wellington service and up to seven frequencies on Auckland-Christchurch and Wellington-Christchurch. The airline will, however, cancel five times weekly Christchurch-Queenstown service. Overall the airline expects to offer an additional 600,000 seats p/a on its domestic New Zealand network. On the LCC's trans-Tasman network, it will offer four additional Queenstown-Melbourne weekly frequencies and up to three additional Queenstown-Sydney frequencies, however, it will reduce Christchurch-Gold Coast and Christchurch-Melbourne frequencies by one each. Auckland Airport, Wellington Airport CEO Steve Sanderson and Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown welcomed Jetstar's announcement of increased capacity. Schedule changes, effective 15-Nov-2012, as as follows - see Route Changes Table for more information:
- Auckland-Christchurch: Frequency increase from 36 to 43 times weekly;
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Rush Creek Wines has just been blessed with our first anniversary on November 8th, 2015.
It has been such a learning curve in many aspects of this business.
For those who have passed by on our tours, or joined me on my Sunday 5 cent tour, you saw that making fruit wines is a very involved process, particularly during the fermentation stages. Each fruit has its own fermentation schedule we learned.
Another major aspect, Ron and I can agree on, is that the wine making process requires heavy manual labour.
The greatest job we have is to taste on numerous occasions every single wine that we produce.
This chapter of my life begins with the making Rush Creek Wines, and farm. I've replanted not only the trees from the Carolinian here on the farm, but put in small batches of berries throughout. To be supportive of my farm I have had 27 fruit trees and numerous bushes such as blueberries, tayberry, loganberry, boysenberry and blackberries planted. How exciting it will be to watch them develop and add such beauty to the landscape about the farm. The old corral was torn down and replaced with a Blueberry patch and I am very excited to be a new farmer to the unique Pink Lemonade Blueberry!
I would like to personally send a whole lot of gratitude for your continued support, whether you are out for a drive, regular or new customers, you make our job much easier to show you our products alongside our exciting cheese selections.
I have had such a great time on my Sundays and Mondays here on the farm this past summer. Next year, my plan is a vegetable garden to be added as is my dream and intention in several years to be my own market.
Your support, enthusiasm and loyalty is very appreciated and we can't thank you enough.
Here's to year 2.
Our first year began with just basic recipes, which we needed to get our bottling going so we could open with a decent supply.
Since then Ron, the wine master and I have been creating such blends as Kiwi Strawberry and Kiwi Peach, Raspberry/Strawberry and the infamous Bonnie's Blend.
No recipe of this blend will be the same. Each drum will be in limited quantities.
We have crafted some blended wines, Pear/Apple and Cran/Apple. Memories is a delicious Cran/Apple Christmas blend we named in honour of my late husband Mike.
Black Currant, Watermelon, Yellow Plum, Purple Plum, to name a few which are coming out very soon. Exciting is our Blueberry which was almost a full year in the making and the tart but light body of our newest Cranberry Wine.
I have met so many old and new customers in this last year. It is so enjoyable to hear stories where folks were from. Areas such as Windsor, Sarnia, London, Bayfield and some in between. We celebrate the loyalty of our local customers as much as the ladies from Kentucky, and our United States customers. Thank you to the lady in the North West territories, and our online shopping customers as well.
The journey of our 1st Year!
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By Noah Henry • June 12, 2014
I'm a firm believer in applying common sense to everyday budgeting and spending. It's very useful, especially in light of our current economic circumstances, to make every purchase and pay every bill with prudence. To be conscientious to the point of relying on in-the-moment frugality and rote memory of financial due dates is something everyone should strive for.
But is it possible?
Before software made it simpler to keep track of every financial move, we only had our own sense of personal responsibility. This was made easier by living in a world bereft of excessive distraction, attractive product diversity and incessant advertising. Nowadays, the phenomenon of effective catering to the impulse spender in all of us has reached unprecedented heights. How are we to remain focused on the prize of a debt-free and budget-healthy existence?
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2. AceMoney downloads foreign exchange rates for more than 150 currencies. This is especially useful for business travelers who spent a lot of time in other countries.
3. The $34.99 price tag is relatively low for such an abundance of atypical personal finance tools. This price is roughly $10 less than the average software.
4. AceMoney has a loan calculator for users paying down debt. Pictured below, this calculator is useful for those who have outstanding payments. Because the majority of loan payments are made monthly, this tool makes it possible for you to set the frequency of your payment and select a specific date.
II. Quicken Starter Edition 2014 - $29.99
Quicken's newest software is for beginners and those who don't intend for any serious banking. It's simple and efficient, and allows access to users' bank and credit accounts. Your expenses are put into categories automatically, whether they are "Groceries," "Utilities," "Auto" and so on. Your income and spending are securely downloaded from your bank and credit cards automatically. This makes keeping track of everything virtually effortless.
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Blaze Pizza adds nine franchise groups
Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza announced that its 40th restaurant is set to open next month in San Diego. The company also announced it has signed nine new area development agreements that will add 67 franchise restaurants to its pipeline.
Blaze Pizza now has commitments to open 315 company-owned and franchised units in 33 states and Washington, D.C., according to a news release. Of the 315 units in the pipeline, approximately 125 are planned to be open by the end of 2015.
The first Blaze Pizza restaurant opened on Aug. 6, 2012 in Irvine, Calif. With the opening of the 40th location, Blaze Pizza will be operating restaurants in 11 states including the major metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. For the remainder of the year, the company is on track to open one new restaurant every four days, both in existing markets and four new states.
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"DocuSource remains committed to supporting community-based programs," says Kathy Murchison, president and CEO of DocuSource of NC, LLC. "The Kids are Something Special Endowment is a great example of positive things happening in our area. We are proud to lend our support through the RDU Golf Classic sponsorship."
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Brain tumors: Astrocytomas, Hemangioblastomas, and Gangliogliomas are discussed in detail, especially their diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis. Role of methylation in promoting malignancy is pointed out. Role of proteins such as antiapoptotic protein and Dopple protein is emphasized. Role of receptors in cancer is also included. Nervous system germ cell tumors are discussed. The mechanism of cell migration of astrocytomas is detailed. Use of various imaging techniques in diagnosing brain tumors is explained. Gene expression profiling in subependymal giant cell astrocytoma is included. Other techniques such as time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy are discussed. Nanotechnology-based therapy is included. A detailed discussion of the immunohistochemical factors affecting surgery is given. Treatment of pilomyxoid astrocytoma with chemotherapy is explained. Also, are discussed the survival and recurrence of astrocytomas. This volume will be useful to brain cancer researchers and physicians. Radiosurgery for hemangioblastoma patients is explained
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Celine, one of the biggest names in handbags and accessories have launched their official Celine Fall 2012 lookbook.
The lookbook contains the first batch of bags that will be available during fall of 2012. The bags in the look book contain several interesting designs and an interesting color palette.
It would be safe to say that the bags were divided into small, medium, and large handbags that would cater to the needs of customers.
As for the color palette, dark colors are prominent in the collection as well as solid colors. Prominent colors in the collection includes black, brown, dark green, and more. Though that is the case, Celine also incorporated a touch of bright solid color in their two-toned bags like combining orange and black.


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Our book comes out in two weeks — ahead of schedule! It's so nice when things run smoothly. I can't say our web server has been working along with us.
This is almost funny. I posted in November on how a principle of smooth business is "embracing technology." Here I am, embracing technology, and pulling my hair out trying to get our website to run properly.
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The congratulatory fake flowers arrived in vibrant bunches, and the line of supplicants stretched out the door. For a minister in Afghanistan's new government, today seemed, at first glance, a very good day.
Ministers arriving at work today found demoralized, impoverished and, one minister pointed out, poorly dressed staffs; buildings stripped of all but a few desks, chairs and typewriters; portfolios in equally sorry shape; and not a cent to do anything about it.
There were employees desperate to be paid, after five or more months with no salary. There were women, and some men as well, fired by the Taliban and eager for their jobs back. There was plastic where windows used to be, and where the Ministry of Public Health's glass front wall used to be, nothing at all.
Perhaps it was not such a great day to be a minister after all.
If there was any doubt that Afghanistan's reconstruction would be a challenge, the meeting of ministers and their ministries today seemed to confirm it. If, as a United Nations spokesman, Ahmad Fauzy, said this week, ''We are talking about rebuilding an entire nation'' -- from roads to bridges to hospitals to schools to the police -- it will not happen from the government departments in their current condition.
Not surprisingly, then, an air of lethargy hung over some departments today. By 2 p.m., after greeting their guests, most ministers had left. At the Ministry of Education, the minister, Rassoul Amin, who has been living abroad, never arrived.Continue reading the main story
Instead, the deputy minister, Shirin Aqa Manavi, waited with his staff for visitors. He talked about how the Taliban had decimated the ministry, firing the female half of the staff, failing to maintain schools and forgoing the development of subjects like science in favor of the madrasas, the religious schools.
Salaries have not been paid for five months, so everything the ministry wants to do now -- like remedial classes to prepare girls for school next spring -- is dependent on the goodwill of its staff. Teachers have volunteered to teach the classes. Otherwise, they would not be possible.
The state of the ministries only reinforced the straits this government finds itself in. As an interim administration, it has only six months to work. It could take half that time to get the international aid that will make that work possible.
One Western official said the ministries had to be given ''walking around'' money quickly, and the United Nations has set a goal of raising $20 million for a fund for just that purpose. But the official said that Western donors tended to be wary of simply funneling money into a country with no accountability, and that the fund was far from its goal.
As it is, it seems that almost everything accomplished by the Taliban was financed by outside help. At the Ministry of Public Health, staff members waved off questions about budgets for different programs. The only real programs, they said, had been financed by the World Health Organization.
Another problem quickly becoming evident is the lack of institutional memory -- yet another consequence of a change of government. Dr. Aghar is the new director of preventive medicine at the Ministry of Public Health. He knows the Taliban also had directors of preventive medicine, but he has no idea what they did or did not do. They are gone, not likely to be seen again.
Many of the ministries' staff members, of course, have remained. Government employees over the last six months or so have begged, borrowed, sold their clothes and possessions, and driven cabs on the side.
Today they greeted new bosses, hoping that long-overdue paychecks were in hand. They were not.
At the Refugee Ministry, the new minister, Enayatullah Nazeri, said he would have to wait for higher authorities to give him a budget. His office is on the second floor of what was once a private house. There is an empty swimming pool. Many of the rooms are virtually empty, too.
That did not stop several dozen women from coming to reclaim their jobs. They had heard a radio announcement that they should reapply, and today they came, some with children in hand. The minister said he would happily rehire them, once he had the money.
Some women with no history in government came because they saw a new window of opportunity for work. One of them, Ziaghol, came to the health ministry to try to fill out an application. Outside, she lifted her burka, revealing gray hair. She believed her age to be 55 to 60. She knew her hunger was bottomless.
''This is not the time of work for me,'' she said, referring to her age. ''But I have to work. This is the age at which I should be sitting in the house and praying. But I have to work.''
In the ministry, Ziaghol had entered a room where a deputy minister and job applicants clustered around a lantern because the power was out. That meant not only no lights, but also no heat and no tea.
The responsible ministry, the Ministry of Electricity and Water, has almost no desks and chairs.
''It did not look like a ministry, '' the new minister, Mohammad Shaker Kargar, said, describing his arrival at his office today. ''I was really disappointed when I saw the building.''
It was no surprise after seeing the department, he said, that parts of Kabul had no power, and that other parts were prone to power failures; that Herat had not had power for five years; that Mazar-i-Sharif had had the weakest of power for three.
The state of the ministry, Mr. Kargar said, reflected the state of his portfolio. Even his staff's clothes were a sign of the times. Once engineers had worn professional, cosmopolitan clothes, he said. But today, he had seen only shabby Afghan clothes.
Mr. Kargar spoke in his room at the Hotel Inter-Continental, where two floors are serving as a fraternity house of sorts for new ministers. As he finished a thought, the power in the hotel went out, as it had already done several times that day.
He lit a candle and said, ''Please don't write that you were interviewing the minister of power by candlelight.''Continue reading the main story


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What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
The biggest adventure you can ever take is
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I am a woman in process.
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Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings.
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Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus.
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Demi Moore and Tobey Maguire are NOT hooking up, despite an untrue tabloid report. Gossip Cop can exclusively debunk this claim. We're told it's "totally false."
According to the National Enquirer, the actress is pursuing the Spider-Man star in the wake of his split from wife Jennifer Meyer. A so-called "source" tells the magazine, "Demi and Tobey had a brief, but steamy, affair in 2002 before Ashton Kutcher swept her off her feet. But now that they're both single again, they're discovering the spark is still alive and well!"
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I wish I could buy a 15" MacBook Pro with a higher capacity, non-user-serviceable battery.
I wish I could buy a 15" MacBook Pro with a higher capacity, non-user-serviceable battery.
I agree with you on all of your other points, except for this one...
they feel honored to pay $50 extra for a matte screen surface
No one feels honored to pay $50 for a matte screen.
Plus, the batteries go bad after a couple years
Do you realize that the lithium-polymer battery tech Apple is using in the 17" MacBook Pro battery is expected to have a life of 5 years? That is longer than most people keep a computer.
I would understand if there something to gain by not having a removable battery. But really, does it save any space at all? Usually the bottom of the battery is the exterior of the laptop, so it doesn't have to fit "inside."
They gain considerable volume by ditching the rugged battery encasing that other laptops must have. Apple claims that they were able to achieve 40 percent greater capacity than they could have with a traditional user-serviceable battery. That means to get the same battery capacity, they would have had to make the battery about twice the size with a user-serviceable battery. That would add a good bit of thickness and weight to the laptop.
Thanks for the link.
You can also drop files in the Public folder of your iDisk that people can easily mount from within the Finder (select iDisk from the Finder's Go menu) or any WebDAV client. And your public folder can be password protected. Your friends and family can easily store that password in their Keychain so they don't have to remember it.
That's great! Now my neighbor won't be penalized for the 6 different virus and anti-spyware applications he has installed on his Windows XP notebook.
You're right. I guess I wasn't entirely clear. I was somewhat happy using Windows 2000. But, back then Windows XP was coming along and was going to be the future of Windows. XP is what debuted Product (de)Activation and I wasn't going to have a part of it.
So, like I said, I switched from Windows 2000 to the Mac (once Mac OS X was shipping on Macs) and I haven't looked back.
The funny thing about your comment is that my mother uses Quickbooks on her iMac that I bought her all of the time. So, it is even worse than you said, they also have to overcome the mere assumption that software they're used to on Windows isn't available elsewhere.
You know, I switched from Windows 2000 to the Mac back in 2001 because of similar stupidity Microsoft was engaging in. Back then it was Windows Product (de)Activation. I haven't looked back.
Apple doesn't have crazy long keys that you have to enter in to install the OS, you just install it. You don't buy your computer from a vendor that didn't feel like giving you a restore disc. You don't have to ask Apple for permission before using your computer, you just use it. They don't use copy protection on their iLife applications (iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, etc.), they trust their users. They recently dropped copy protection from retail copies of their iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, Keynote). And Apple has been fighting the good fight on getting rid of copy protection in music and finally won that as well.
It just strikes me as bizarre that people put up with all of these restrictions from Microsoft and let themselves be treated as criminals first and customers second when there is a company like Apple that doesn't do any of that and arguably also has a better user interface.
This is a good point. And it really does fully discount what was a somewhat silly hypothetical instance of trying to frame someone. But, there is still the possibility of this coming back on the purchaser in cases where the original iTunes Plus music was actually stolen.
But, as I have said in other posts I haven't heard of any cases of this since May 20, 2007 when iTunes Plus was rolled out. So, it doesn't appear to be a practical concern.
I have the same concern as you. However, Apple includes the Apple ID of the purchaser. Whatever e-mail address you find for your hypothetical enemy probably doesn't match their Apple ID. But, it might.
Secondly, Apple has included this information in iTunes Plus files since May 30, 2007. It's been over a year since then and I haven't heard of any cases of the RIAA bringing a lawsuit to anyone with similar circumstances. As time goes by, my concern around this becomes less and less.
The identification tags are applied on the client-side.
I agree with you for the most part. This isn't anything new. Apple has embedded identifying information about the purchaser since iTunes Plus was launched on May 30, 2007.
The only situation where I could see this being a problem is if your equipment is stolen (MacBook, iPod, etc.) and it resulted in your iTunes Plus files being loosed into the wild. There is the potential for the recording industry to come at you with a lawsuit stating that you willfully infringed copyright. However, it has been over a year since iTunes Plus has been around and I haven't heard of any problems like this, so I suppose it isn't really something one should worry about.
By the way, AtomicParsley can already remove the identifying information from the files.
Why is it that we never get any love from the phone manufacturers?
Perhaps it is because Verizon is notorious for crippling features that manufacturers build into their phones?
Also, Verizon did have a crack at the iPhone, but they turned down Apple.
Verizon's general suckiness aside, I really do like the Palm WebOS and think it might be a decent competitor to the iPhone. We'll have to wait and see what happens when it comes to market. But, it has some neat ideas.
However with Apple supporting round-tripping of photo meta-data with Facebook in the new iPhoto '09, I wouldn't be surprised to see Facebook integration with the iPhone's Contacts application in the next version.
Microsoft didn't invest money in Apple. Microsoft settled a lawsuit Apple had filed against them for stealing QuickTime code and that was part of it.
It's a long and rambling article but it gets to the truth towards the end.
The device has a keyboard. It isn't a good keyboard, but even so it's a whole lot better than the keyboard on the iPhone - and the lack of a keyboard is a significant part of the reason I don't have an iPhone.
Have you used the iPhone's keyboard? I bought an iPhone on day-one (my Sony Ericsson T610 died a week before the iPhone's release) and while I was waiting on an AT&T salesperson to ring me up, I checked out their demo units. I'd never typed on a phone's QWERTY keyboard before in my life since I was coming from a T610.
I decided to jump in with both thumbs and immediately fired up the Notes application to test out the keyboard. I quickly typed out a sentence as fast as I could and when I looked to see how close my results were I was only off by one letter.
The iPhone is what has made me realize that I have NEVER touch-typed in my life and that all this time all I was doing was typing by muscle-memory. I can easily type on the iPhone without looking at the keyboard at all with great results. And, the excellent bonus for me is that I'm not pounding my thumbs and fingers into hard little keys that make my fingertips sore if I use the keyboard too much.
And if, as claimed, the device has good Microsoft Exchange support, then for many commercial users it's one better than the iPhone on that count as well.
How so? I have two friends that use their iPhone with their work Exchange accounts and they have no complaints.
the iPhone, despite being very pretty, isn't actually a very good telephone - contacts management is poor, reception is poor, battery life isn't good, sound quality is so-so
How would you improve contacts management? I think the iPhone is close to perfect in that arena. I don't have Exchange but I do have MobileMe so I get the same sort of updates to my contacts over the air that my friends get through Exchange. I can quickly get to the right contact in my list of 55 and if I want to I can search search my contacts easily by name and company.
I don't have an iPhone 3G, but I have no issues with the battery. I'm a fairly heavy user (podcasts, music, web browsing, e-mail, Twitter) and I can get two-days use out of it at times. Worse case scenario for me is that I need to recharge at the end of the day. Obviously, the 3G has shorter battery life if you're using the 3G radio, but that isn't unique to the iPhone.
Quantity is no substitute for quality, but its the only one we've got.


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Boat hire Scopello Zingaro Sicily
Boat hire Scopello Zingaro
Just spent a great day on the Mediterranean sea on a hired boat…drove out of the marina Castellammare del Golfo, raced across the sea (bit choppy), moored up on the scopello coast and later anchored in a bay in the zingaro reserve and we all dived off the boat in and out in the sea….don't forget your snorkels…sub acqua scopello good….so i just wanted to explain how easy it is for you too to be part of the jet set cruising along the water on your boat without a boat licence.
Location : Castellammare del Golfo
Destination : Scopello/Zingaro coast. Recently compared to Capri for its natural beauty and crystal clear waters.
Equipment : boat, driver, a few nice girls, swimming costume, snorkel, life jackets,suntan lotion.
How ?? Easy. Drive down to the port (porto) of Castellammare near the Norman castle. Turn right and follow the port road and you come across a few boat hire firms next to the marina. Best one is on the right just before the first restaurant. Look for the sign "Nautiservice". You should find Antonio sat at his desk, sunbathing, he's the guy who will hire you a 5 metre boat for 100 euros for a full day and if your short of time and can negotiate in italian 50 euros for a half day. Free parking on the marina, ask Antonio where. Leave your car, sign the boat hire contract (small print says you are liable for any damage), pay cash (no credit card excess charges…this is easier than car hire), leave them a document (driving licence ok) and in 5 minutes you can all be boarding a small 5 metre decent boat with 40HP parked in the Castellamare marina. Hopefully one of you is brave enough to drive. Be careful it looks easy, but driving response is slow in the water. Best bet is to go SLOWLY.
Without a boat licence you can drive a boat with a motor upto 40 horse power, thats fast enough for any beginner.
The 5 metre boats can easily accommodate 6 people and driver, swimming gear & life jackets (under the seats).
Boat speed controls (quick lesson): Horizontal is neutral, on gear/speed stick hold button and then push forward to 1st gear or pull down for 1st gear reverse. The speed stick should not go beyond 1st gear (whilst in the marina). Need to stop !!! Use reverse to break. Sounds easy but it ISN'T. Hopefully you'll make it out of the marina without creating any damage. Just to be safe tell your passengers to ready to push your boat away from other boats to stop any collisions.
Once beyond the Castellamare marina open the throttle for full speed ahead. Keep an eye on the waves you wouldn't want to capsize. Keep 150 metres away from the bay or you may hit swimmers, go slowly near bathers if mooring and yes if you have another boat coming towards you…i think the rule of the sea is keep the oncoming boats on your right ? Is that correct ?
Anchoring in a bay looks easier than it is. Firstly observe how other boats are parked, which direction their anchor cord is positioned in relation to the boat. If your the first to anchor…remember your boat will drift with the current, so you need to throw the anchor upcurrent and take into consideration the depth of the water and subsequent length of the cord. Easy..Turn off the motor !!…Dive in and out from the boat..fantastic. Removing the anchor is a little more difficult. You need to drive forward to release the anchor, stop and then pull in the anchor.
Returning from your days fun… you need to top up the petrol to return the tank full. A full tank took us from Castellammare all the way to San Vito lo Capo, where we once again topped up for the return journey to Castellammare.
Getting petrol is not easy. Pull up the boat on the side of the water side petrol station…there can be queues in the water and this can be difficult to coordinate…good luck…Once its your turn, the petrol assistanct will hand you the extra long petrol pump. Petrol tank under the seat..remove cap..full up…fix cap back…hand bank pump to assistant..pay…and drive off again. SLOWLY.
Parking in the marina is like parking a car for the first time in a supermarket carpark. Go slowly unlessyour an expert.
This boating looks easy…and it is…today was my second time and parked the boat in the marina perfectly…drove into the marina row…braked by putting motor in reverse… stopped and then into reverse again and moored the boat perfectly.
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Some evils are so great that they transcend death. In Brandon Massey's "The Patriarch," a young writer travels to the hushed backwoods of Mississippi, where dangerous secrets surface as a generations-old feud comes to bone-chilling new life…
The souls of the mistreated always find a way to be heard. In L.A. Banks's "Ev'ry Shut Eye Ain't Sleep," violent visions haunt a man—until he's handed an opportunity to right the wrongs of the past and prevent unspeakable acts from occurring once again…
When horrors are covered up and lost, our ancestors must find a way—even in death—to tell their tales. In Tananarive Due's "Ghost Summer," ancestors haunt the nights of two children. And when a grisly discovery is made, these ancestors will make their mark on both the dead and the living…


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World Cup in Brazil could be a mistake, says FIFA boss Sep Blatter
FIFA President Sepp Blatter said it may have been a mistake to choose Brazil to host next year's World Cup.
His comments follow nationwide unrest during last month's Confederations Cup in which hundreds of thousands of Brazilians expressed anger that public money was being spent on stadiums instead of vital services like health, transport and education, reports Xinhua.
Blatter said on Wednesday he planned to raise his concerns with Brazil president Dilma Rousseff in September. "If this happens again, we have to question whether we made the wrong decision awarding the hosting rights," Blatter told German press agency DPA.
"The government is now aware that next year the World Cup shouldn't be disturbed. To me, these protests were like alarm bells for the government, the senate, the parliament."