Wednesday, November 18, 2009
News Morning Newsdome: Inspiring toilets
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:28 PM
>> The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is under denunciation after a three-day anti-hunger summit resulted in what critics say is merely throwing crumbs to the world's 1 billion starving people. According to U.N. secretary general, a child dies of hunger every five seconds and 17,000 kids die daily from hunger even though there is enough food on the planet for everyone. Speaking of which, check out our Omnivore blog! (AP)
>> A new study from Forrester Research shows that of the 4,000 people polled, 80 percent say they will not at all pay for online newspapers or magazines. This comes as a shock to many print media outlets, but we don't need to tell you this, reader of free alternative weekly and accompanying free website. (Gawker)
>> The founder of the World Toilet Organization spoke to Mumbai where the average ratio of people to toilets is 81:1. He believes toilets need to seem "cool" in the same way televisions are, so people will demand better sanitation from their government. If they can get toilets to play reruns of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," then I'd demand one from my government too! (Reuters)
>> Speaking of toilets and the source of that article, Reuters, an admission to blog PostSecret revealed that the design for Thompson Reuter's internationally known logo is actually a "flushing swirling toilet." (PostSecret)
>> And finally: In New York to tape an episode of 'The Daily Show,' Vice President Joe Biden was in a car accident in Midtown Manhattan that injured four people, the third car accident involving the VP's security detail this week. Lucky for us, the economy his cabinet is driving has already crashed. (NBC)
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Latest in Fresh Loaf
-
Film Clips: Men In Black 3
Men in black are back, Chernobyl's tourism industry is booming, and music festival romance all this weekend 'at the movies.'
-
Rep. Elena Parent won't seek re-election, will join Georgia Watch
Endorses Holcomb, fellow Dem who was drawn into new district
-
#AtlantaSlang takes over Twitter
Twitter "finna" get real.
- More »
Author Archives
-
Newsdome: Newt slips in polls while Romney opens up about Mormonism 5
A daily news round-up of all that's important from around the world
-
Morning Newsdome: If Balanced Budget Amendment is passed, not a single year of the Bush administration would have been constitutional 40
A daily news round-up of all that's important from around the world
-
College Guide 2011 2
CL counsels you, newbie Atlantan, on how not to be a complete loser in college
- More »
Comments (0)