more on A little variety for the IP list :-)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject:        Re: [IP] A little variety for the IP list :-)
Date:   Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:14:03 -0500
From:   Matt Manor <kingmanor () gmail com>
To:     dave () farber net
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kinda puts the $100 laptop in perspective

On 11/19/05, *David Farber* <dave () farber net <mailto:dave () farber net>> 
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   Subject:        A little variety for the IP list :-)
   Date:   Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:57:56 -0800
   From:   Bill Daul <bdaul () pacbell net <mailto:bdaul () pacbell net> >
   To:     Dave Farber <dave () farber net <mailto:dave () farber net>>



   Where not to get caught short: world's worst toilets revealed


   November 20, 2005



   More than a third of the world's population lacks access to adequate
   sanitation, a survey by the British charity WaterAid has found. In a
   report marking World Toilet Day, the organisation has compiled an
   international "bog roll of dishonour" designed to shame countries
   into improving facilities.

   Among those listed as having more than 10 million people deprived of
   hygienic lavatories are Romania, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil,
   Egypt and Morocco.

   The report says about 2 million people a year - mainly children - die
   from diarrhoea, chiefly as a consequence of poor sanitation.

   WaterAid says the Greater London Authority refused to let it place a
   toilet for publicity purposes in Parliament Square, with "RIP"
   written on the seat, because it was "inappropriate activity".

   "There needs to be a realisation in developing countries that
   sanitation should be given priority in the way that the Victorians
   dealt with the problem in 19th-century Britain," Paul Hetherington of
   WaterAid said.

   Overall, 2.6 billion people - or about 40 per cent of the world's
   population - are without hygienic toilets.

   World Toilet Day was launched by lavatory makers about a decade ago,
   but now focuses more on the developing world. The World Toilet
   Organisation held its annual conference in Belfast this year.
   Source: The Sun-Herald


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