On the edge of Bradford’s red-light district in a dimly lit Indian restaurant sit two scared prostitutes They shake
On the edge of Bradford’s red-light district, in a dimly lit Indian restaurant, sit two scared prostitutes They shake, smoke and drink coffee. Sally and Fran have just been chased from their regular spot on Lumb Lane, north of the city centre, by a car of masked youths which hurtled towards them, almost knocking them from the pavement The driver warned them to “stay away”
Fran is crying. Eurostar schedules are available at http:// www.iihe.ac.be/hep/pp/evrard/eurostar.html), while travellers to the US can look up Amtrak timetables at http:// www.amtrak . Amtrak is so keen to get people to use it that anyone who looks at the page is entered in the Internet Sweepstakes, which hands out two sets of All Aboard America trans-continental round-trip tickets every month.. He says: “It is absurd to charge users pounds 80 a year for the PC Journey Planner (the Belgian Railways’ equivalent costs less than pounds 10 a year), if only because the extra train travel that would be generated if the floppy disks were sold at, say, pounds 1 would cover the cost of producing the first one many times over.”Mr Reekie also directs us to two rail sites on the World Wide Web. BR International provides an on-line planner through France Telecom’s Minitel service 3615BR.
He says BR should put its timetables on the Internet, but claims it will not unless the accountants can be persuaded to fund this from the publicity budget – or at least as part of the general running expenses – and not regard it as a “profit centre” in its own right.
BR chooses the slow lane
Allan Reekie (aree dgg13.cec.be) points out that, unlike the French, the British do not have on-line access to BR timetables. A spokesman says: “There has been a lot of discussion about Ebola on the Net and people want to help.”
See http:// www.reliefnet :2805.. Virus relief
ReliefNet, a World Wide Web site for information about international relief efforts, has information about where to donate money to help the victims of the Ebola virus. The charity has been running a pilot scheme which, despite no advertising (except via theInternet), generated 526 contacts in six months..
Alternatively, if callers wish to maintain their anonymity, they can write to samaritans anon.penet.fi and all references to their name are deleted before the message is transmitted. Emotional e-mail
The Samaritans have formally launched e-mail access to their emotional counselling service. Callers can communicate by writing to jo samaritans “Jo” replies every day. It has eight PCs linked to the World Wide Web, and charges pounds 3 for a 30-minute session. You can also book in advance and, unlike the Cyberia cafes, are not expected to drink cappuccino as you surf..
