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hot link please.

best wishes

-- bob (bob@ghoward-oxley.demon.uk), January 03, 2000.

Link no work.

-- server (not@found.404), January 03, 2000.

couldn't get to it, can someone cut aand paste?

-- Jess (alisaunde@aol.com), January 03, 2000.

Hmmm.... the url came up "not found"

-- brent (me@over.here.net), January 03, 2000.

is this it??? http://www.michaelhyatt.com/discuss/ubb/Forum14/HTML/002791.html

-- Jess (alisaunde@aol.com), January 03, 2000.

For educational purposes only

Italy's press denounces Rome's chaotic start to Holy Year The press focussed on the two days of Millennium chaos in the capital. "In Rome, it's already an emergency," was the headline in Corriere della Sera.

The paper wrote of chaos at Rome's central station, where 150,000 people queued for tickets, public toilets did not work and information boards were more of a hindrance than a help.

"The mayor and the governor are still talking of a success, but the town has been paralysed for 48 hours and traffic jams have lasted for hours," said the daily. snip

While I am well aware that overusage can cause public toilets to fail, I am never the less suspicious that Rome may be experiencing sewer problems. I'm glad I'm not one of the crosslegged tourists visiting Rome at this time. LOL

-- Jess (alisaunde@aol.com), January 03, 2000.

Thanks Jess.

-- james hyde (hydesci@gte.net), January 03, 2000.

http://asia.dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/world/article.html?s=asia/he adlines/000103/world/afp/Italy_s_press_denounces_Rome_s_chaotic_start_ to_Holy_Year.html

I don't know how to hot link, but here is the story from Yahoo News: ********

Italy's press denounces Rome's chaotic start to Holy Year

ROME, Jan 3 (AFP) -

Crowded streets, public transport packed to bursting, massive traffic jams: just days into the Holy Year celebrations, the Italian press was scathing on Monday over the capital's lack of preparedness.

Millions of Catholic pilgrims are expected to visit Rome during the Jubilee year, which was inaugurated by Pope John Paul II on December 24.

But the city was already struggling to cope with the crowds, the papers reported.

The press focussed on the two days of Millennium chaos in the capital. "In Rome, it's already an emergency," was the headline in Corriere della Sera.

The paper wrote of chaos at Rome's central station, where 150,000 people queued for tickets, public toilets did not work and information boards were more of a hindrance than a help.

"The mayor and the governor are still talking of a success, but the town has been paralysed for 48 hours and traffic jams have lasted for hours," said the daily.

The paper quoted architect Paolo Portoghesi's views on the city's chronic inability to organise events. "It is absurd to organise evening concerts in the town centre and at the same time to cut the amount of public transport after 9:00 p.m.," he said.

An estimated three million pilgrims have come to Rome since the pope opened the Roman Catholic world's Jubilee celebrations marking the 2000th birthday of Jesus Christ, according to the agency organising the Jubilee.

"Rome on the edge of a nervous breakdown," was the headline in La Repubblica.

Sociologist Franco Ferrarotti told the paper: "Rome comes up with a great fireworks display and offers absolutely no public toilet facilities."

The paper recalled Rome's broken promises concerning the Jubilee, noting that none of the major building projects had been finished and that 12 working sites were still unfinished in the capital.

"The promised citizen-friendly ecological capital does not exist," the paper concluded, pointing the finger at Mayor Francesco Rutelli and his colleagues, who were in charge of the Jubilee celebrations.

"Rome got off on the bad foot for the Jubilee," said the Ansa news agency.

Rome's popular daily Il Messagera put it more bluntly: "Two days of Hell."

The media onslaught followed pilgrims' criticism Sunday of one of the Vatican's own events.

Five children ended up being hospitalised for exposure and dehydration Sunday after waiting hours in the cold to hear Pope John Paul II.

Tens of thousands of adolescents had gathered in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City for the inaugural event of the Children's Jubilee.

Many pilgrims criticised Vatican organisers for failing to provide food or hot drinks for the children, some of whom had been in the square since dawn when temperatures hovered only slightly above freezing.

Others criticised the organisation of the mass inside St. Peter's Basilica. Many people who had tickets were unable to get in because it was already full.

Airport staff as well as Italian and expatriate volunteers from Catholic associations and local churches have been trained to assist the faithful attending events scheduled in the Italian capital and the Vatican.

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-- Appreciative Lurker (Lurking@homewithfamily.com), January 03, 2000.

I doubt that the problems in Rome had as much to do with Y2K as they did to the fact that so many people came. Rome simply was not prepared for the crowds. But I will keep listening and see if another reason or reasons appears.

-- Ynott (Ynott@incorruptible.com), January 03, 2000.

This is utter rubbish. There were NO problems at all, period.

I know it's true, because I heard it on the teevee.

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), January 03, 2000.

http://www.michaelhyatt.com/discuss/ubb/Forum14/HTML/002791.html

This one works!

-- Slobby Don (slobbydon@hotmail.com), January 03, 2000.

http://www.michaelhyatt.com/discuss/ubb/Forum14/HTML/002791.html

-- Slobby Don (slobbydon@hotmail.com), January 03, 2000.

hahaha ron

you had me for a sec =)

-- cin (cinlooo@aol.com), January 03, 2000.

Um, any of you geniuses manage to find ANYTHING remotely Y2K computer- related in the Rome article?

Helpful hint: Rome had huge crowds of people and among Western Nations Italy is generally one of the most half-assed and disorganized at any time.

Sounds like a poor crowd-management problem to me.

Again, please go through the article line-by-line and identify the Y2K problems?

-- John H Krempasky (johnk@dmv.com), January 03, 2000.