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	Toilet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The most common choice in the Western world is toilet paper, sometimes used in conjunction with the bidet; see toilet paper for a discussion of the many alternatives used through history and in different cultures.
		Separation by sex is characteristic of public toilets to the extent that pictograms of a man or a woman are used to indicate where the respective toilets are.
		Sex-separated public toilets are often difficult to negotiate for transgendered or androgynous people, who are often subject to embarrassment, harassment, or even assault or arrest by others offended by the presence of a person they interpret as being of the other gender (whether due to their outward presentation or their genital status).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toilet (3268 words)

	Toilet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		A toilet is a device or construction for the disposal of bodily wastes, including urine, faeces and vomit.
		When a toilet has difficulty evacuating all of the material within it, it may become blocked, requiring use of a plunger or chemical drain cleaner.
		A toilet may or may not be in the same room as a shower or bathtub, and there may be a washing basin.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/t/to/toilet.html (597 words)

	World Toilet Organization - About Us
		World Toilet Organization - About Us WTO is a non-profit organization, established in Singapore in 2001.
		The organization communicates the need for better toilet standards in both the developed and developing economies of the world and provides a service platform for all toilet associations, related organizations and committed individuals to facilitate an exchange of ideas, health and cultural issues.
		Jack Sim, WTO founder, was given the Singapore Green Plan 2012 award for his efforts in helping the environment, by the Singapore's National Environment Agency.
	www.worldtoilet.org /abtus/abtus.htm (174 words)

	World Toilet Day A Flushing Success (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The two-year-old World Toilet Organisation (www.worldtoilet.org), which aims to raise global awareness of toilet and sanitation standards, marked its annual World Toilet Day on Wednesday with a call for people to speak out against poorly designed or filthy latrines.
		The group is collecting tips ahead of a World Toilet Summit to be held in Beijing next year.
		He said Japanese toilets were among the best in the world, but those in Beijing were improving fast ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
	www.rense.com /general45/fkus.htm (456 words)

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		The World Toilet Organisation, which promotes itself as a global body for coordinating and promoting sanitation issues, said Beijing had been chosen to host the summit to highlight its efforts in transforming its lavatories.
		The World Toilet Organisation, which promotes itself as a global body for co-ordinating and promoting sanitation issues, said Beijing had been chosen to host the summit to highlight its efforts in transforming its lavatories.
		"Toilet issues are a very important symbol of people's quality of life." The city has come up with a rating system of one to four stars for its public wash rooms, reportedly based on such criteria as granite floors, remote-sensor flushes, automatic hand-driers and piped-in music.
	www.unep.org /cpi/briefs/Brief18Nov04.doc (15002 words)

	2005 World Toilet Summit - Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The toilet is a stainless steel urinal that, during the day, fits in a 1.3 metre deep hole beneath the pavement and is as conspicuous as any other manhole.
		The 2005 World Toilet Summit, which will take place in Belfast Waterfront Hall from 26th – 29th September, will be the first major World Conference devoted to toilet provision and standards ever held in the Western World and is already attracting a great deal of interest in the public sector.
		The first World Toilet Summit was held in Singapore in 2001 as a meeting of national toilet associations, mostly based in the Far East who were concerned with raising the standards of “away from home” toilet provision.
	www.happen.co.uk /wts/press.htm (3636 words)

	Greenthinkers: Toilet Summit \| Environment-Friendly Blog
		The country is keen to be a worthy host of the World Toilet Expo and Public Toilet Forum.
		Health officials say the quality of a country's toilets is an important issue on the international stage.
		The summit, organised by the World Toilet Organisation, was held in 2001 in Singapore.
	www.greenthinkers.org /blog/2005/04/toilet-summit.html (232 words)

	Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia -- News Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Chua, who is also Chairman of the Toilet Year Campaign 2006, pointed out that vandalism and public apathy are among the problems that are resulting in the unpleasant conditions of public toilets and their not being well maintained.
		He assured that existing public toilets in the city area would be upgraded in line with the campaign.
		Meanwhile, IIiyas said the objective of organising the Toilet Year Campaign 2006 is to enhance public awareness on the importance of cleanliness in toilets.
	www.dailyexpress.com.my /news.cfm?NewsID=40581 (547 words)

	PM - Toilets topic for debate at international conference
		The state of China's toilets is a common complaint among tourists.
		JOHN TAYLOR: The WTO believes you feel like you are living in a civilized society if the toilets are clean.
		Toilets can be an enjoyable place, and it should be because we visit it about six times a day and spend about three years of our entire life in the toilet.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2004/s1245801.htm (582 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : World Intellectual Property Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations.
		The predecessor to WIPO was the BIRPI (Bureaux Internationaux Réunis pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, French acronym for United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property), which had been set up in 1893 to administer the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
		WIPO was formally created by the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (Signed at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 and as amended on September 28, 1979).
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /World_Intellectual_Property_Organization (671 words)

	kennysia.com: World Toilet College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Posted by: penangite from the land of dirty toilets at 05 September 2005 12:38 PM i must add that "sensitive singaporeans" refers to singaporeans who are overly-sensitive, and that i am not labelling all singaporeans as sensitive.
		Hello, world of prim and proper law and order where everybody takes things SO seriously they look as pissed as a high school science teacher with a cucumber up his arse if someone were to disagree with them.
		Except instead of a clean toilet bowl, make it overflowing with bodily waste and have flies encircling it, since that would be truer for a country which giggles at efforts to improve the standards of toilets.
	www.kennysia.com /archives/2005/09/world_toilet_co.php (11640 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Toilet summit opens in Beijing
		The fourth world toilet summit has opened in Beijing with declarations that having a loo is a human right.
		Organisers say it is an attempt to break the taboo surrounding toilets, which is preventing developing countries from tackling the issue.
		The founder of the World Toilet Organisation, Jack Sim, said that when it came to sanitation, people ought to demand more.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4018477.stm (251 words)

	World Toilet Day
		Since 2001, World Toilet Day has become a global platform for academics, sanitation experts, toilet designers, environmentalists etc. to share the latest on rural and urban toilets.
		The World Toilet Organisation asks each individual, in their respective country, to request better equality (more facilities for women); more accessibility and special provisions (for the disabled and mothers with babies); clean toilets (for everyone); and more toilets (for the less fortunate).
		Consumers International, which represents over 250 consumer organisations in 115 countries, is asking all its member organisations to take the message about water and sanitation to their government and agencies.
	www.cwwa.ca /internationalwaterdays_e.asp (562 words)

	The Hindu : International : World Toilet Summit begins in Beijing
		Laugh all you want, say public hygiene experts at the World Toilet Summit, but the importance of having loos you can use is no joke.
		Some 150 scholars, toilet designers and environmentalists from 19 countries gathered to exchange ideas on topics such as the latest toilet technologies, lavatory management tips and the relationship between toilets and tourism development.
		Delegates to the conference are to be taken on a tour of new and renovated public toilets around the Chinese capital.
	www.hindu.com /2004/11/18/stories/2004111802822000.htm (613 words)

	Aim right and wipe the seat, says campaign for toilet etiquette
		IM at the target and make sure the toilet seat is left gleaming -- that is the perfect remedy for a cleaner, happier world.
		In the city-state, well known for strict laws against littering and where clean toilets are stamped with a "happy face" sticker, the organisation is calling for comments on public toilets to be sent to its e-mail address, info@toilet.org.sg, or through mobile phone text messages.
		The annual World Toilet Summit, which gathers toilet associations, experts and tourism officials from around the world, was first held in Singapore in 2001, followed by meetings in South Korea and Taiwan.
	www.singapore-window.org /sw03/031116af.htm (256 words)

	Bangkok's Independent Newspaper
		World Toilet Organisation founder Jack Sim said the 2nd World Toilet Expo, which will be held in Thailand from November 16 to 18, 2006 at Impact Muang Thong Thani, will establish Thailand as the hub for the quest for new ways to improve the standard of public toilet service provisions.
		The 1st World Toilet Expo was held in May, this year, in Shanghai, China, drawing 250 participants from 20 countries.
		He stressed that hosting the World Toilet Expo and Forum 2006 would lend considerable impetus to the progress of public toilet standards in Thailand.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2005/11/22/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_19221554.html (580 words)

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		Christ's birth, or nativity, was said by his followers to fulfill the prophecies of Judaism that a messiah would come, from the house of David, to redeem the world from sin.
		Cultures from around the world have harvested these essentials, combining the secrets of the earth and the sea with the energy of touch.
		For most children, toilet training is a major accomplishment of the toddler period.
	www.tipsandtreats.com /sitemap-15.asp (1365 words)

	Where not to get caught short: world's worst toilets revealed - World
		In a report marking World Toilet Day, the organisation has compiled an international "bog roll of dishonour" designed to shame countries into improving facilities.
		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.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/where-not-to-get-caught-short-worlds-worst-toilets-revealed/2005/11/19/1132017026072.html?oneclick=true (308 words)

	Toilet - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The word comes from the French language, in which it also recalls the complex of the operations of body care, not only in bathroom.
		When referring to the room itself, the word toilet is often substituted with other euphemisms such as "bathroom", "restroom", "men's room", "ladies room", "ladies lounge", "washroom", "water closet", "water chamber" or "W.C.", "cloakroom", "convenience", "gents", "ladies", "powder room" and "smallest room".
		Toilet is often considered an impolite word, probably because it reminds one of the malodorous and unhygienic aspect of it.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Toilet (625 words)

	Ryze business networking
		SINGAPORE (AFP) - The world's first toilet college is to open in Singapore to teach cleaners how to improve their lavatory washing skills.
		"We are going to train the toilet cleaners to upgrade himself or herself to a level where he or she can take care of the entire toilet, including changing bulbs, repairing leaky taps...
		The World Toilet Organisation is a non-profit organisation with 17 members, including the Restroom Association of Singapore, the Japan Toilet Association and the Beijing Tourism Bureau.
	www.ryze.com /posttopic.php?topicid=541632&confid=1763 (189 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Widely panned, loos in China get clean-up
		The world toilet summit began in Beijing with experts demanding that access to and cleanliness of public loos should be a basic human right.
		The annual summit brings together scholars, environmentalists and toilet company executives to raise awareness of global trends affecting their use and abuse.
		But at the bottom of the new toilet class system, millions of people still have to share public facilities so foetid that they could hardly fail to agitate even the most politically placid user.
	www.guardian.co.uk /china/story/0,7369,1353551,00.html (323 words)

	Channelnewsasia.com
		The World Toilet Organisation is pioneering an effort that will bring the sparkle into toilet cleaning jobs.
		Mr Sim said: "There are 2.6 billion people in the world who have no toilets, they are toilet-less and what we are trying to do is to build capacity for field engineers to go down to the farms, to the rural areas, to build ecological sanitation."
		A course on toilet design and architecture is in the pipeline for next year.
	www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/singaporelocalnews/view/165260/1/.html (518 words)

	Wikinfo \| Toilet
		Outside public toilets, in the street, a park, etc. are a form of street furniture.
		Outside public toilets can either be connected to the sewage system or be emptied from time to time.
		They can be cleaned on the spot, or in the case of a mobile toilet or urinal, at a central place.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Toilet (827 words)

	2005 World Toilet Summit Press Release
		The 2005 World Toilet Summit will be held between Monday 26 th and Thursday 29 th September 2005 at the Waterfront Conference Centre in Belfast.
		We will shortly be announcing the appointment of a Belfast based PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) to manage the Summit along with a range of pre and post Conference tours to some of Ireland 's major visitor locations.
		A delegation from the organising team will be travelling to Beijing in November, to formally take over the summit baton from China, who are hosting the 2004 World Toilet Summit at the Beijing International Hotel, between 17 th and 19 th November.
	www.britloos.co.uk /2005worldtoiletsummit/press.html (313 words)

	::: u.tv ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The World Toilet Organisation event, the first to be held in the west, is expected to attract more than 350 delegates from the US, Europe, Australia and the Far East.
		The NITA director said one of the major problems in the UK was caused by the failure of pub and nightclub bosses to provide a sufficient number of toilets for their clientele, resulting in overcrowding at peak times.
		The World Toilet Organisation was the brainchild of Singapore businessman Jack Sim.
	u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?id=65292&pt=n (676 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Northern Ireland \| Loo summit to be flushed with success
		They are sitting down to plan a world toilet summit to be held in Belfast's Waterfront Hall in September.
		It is organised by the Singapore-based World Toilet Organisation which aims to buff up the public bathroom.
		Jack Sim, Founder of the World Toilet Organisation, said: "With the funding support we are receiving from The International Fund for Ireland, the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau and Belfast City Council, we are very confident that this global event will be truly memorable for all who attend."
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4719575.stm (354 words)

	Toiletology 101-Special Toilet Events
		On behalf of the organising committees, I have the honour to invite you to the 2nd International Dry Toilet Conference in Tampere, Finland, on August 16 -19, 2006.
		The objectives of the World Toilet Organisation are: To establish a world recognised body to co-ordinate and promote sanitation issues.
		To enter, send in a picture of your toilet along with the manufacturer name and year it was made (this can be located on the inside of the toilet tank).
	www.toiletology.com /Special_events.shtml (1582 words)

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