I realized very quickly once I started reading Five best ... loos with a view (The Guardian, November 29) that views here matter more than creature comforts except maybe for the underwater loo at Akashi, Japan...Not sure if that one matches a Japanese creation that I saw in...
The task is huge: 2.6 billion people, or 41 percent of the world’s population, is without access to basic sanitation. As a result, most have to make do and defecate or urinate wherever they can. In crowded urban...
" GERARD FLEMING had met other men at gay beats on the northern beaches, but the intellectually disabled man's advances towards a teenage boy in the Narrabeen public toilets known as "the tram shed" cost him his...
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Now when I read the following article, I figured that there was a band named "Flaming Toilets" - it would be a great band name. Only... no, someone really did set the port-a-potties alight.... Ahh the...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Two things that are a sign of the times, Tim Hortons Donuts, long touted for it's coffee and donuts and family atmosphere, a National Institution by some, now has to be...
"BERLIN (Reuters) - From a Greek nunnery turned into a marijuana farm by two men posing as gardeners to a South African man with a gunshot wound told by a doctor to "walk the pain off," the world was full of weird...
OpinionVictoria's City Fathers-Mothers have a unique way to what I feel is "Pissing Away the Public Purse" in their quest to protect the environment and bushes in placing Public Pee stalls which only seem to come...
"An RTE 'Prime Time' investigation has confirmed the widespread use of cocaine throughout the country, with traces of the Class A drug found in over 90pc of toilets tested in clubs, pubs, and workplaces.
Swabs...
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Boy, and here I thought NowPublic was the best place to work. These employees (civil servants, no less) were caught on camera having sex in the bathrooms, jumping naked off filing cabinets, etc."Civil servants on...
Behind the scenes it looks like American Officials are preparing for a massive number of refugees to seek asylum at Guantanamo."GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — The U.S. military has expanded plans for a pop-up...
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"Several dozen pro-Fatah Palestinians with little food and no toilets remained stranded Wednesday inside the Erez Crossing walkway connecting Hamas-led Gaza to Israel.
"The situation is dreadful," Saeb Erakat said. "The situation is very, very dire."
The refugees are inside...
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So, a raft of new public toilets for the City of Vancouver. Great idea! But additionally, something jumped out at me from the press release. "The toilets are supplied by
CBS/JC Decaux (formerly...
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Beijing is scrapping thousands of signs with poor English translations before the 2008 Olympic games next year. The move has prompted responses of nostalgia among many who've lived or traveled in China--there's...
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Supermodel Naomi Campbell started her community service at the New York City's Sanitation Department, where her duties will include mopping and sweeping the floors of the building. Ms. Campbell was given the...
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