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Green Day on this day: 19 November 2024
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Yk what hurts more than a breakup this date *19 nov 2023*
#worldcup 2023#world cup 2023#rohitsharma#virat kohli#india vs australia#pat cummins#19 November#black day#australia vs india
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Being vegan means tiny heartbreaks every day. Inescapable in a world that relegates certain animals to mere commodities while others are venerated and adored.
A mother whose children are repeatedly torn from her side stares at me from between the milk cartons on the shelf in the supermarket. Pleading. A crack appears.
The horrible reality of slaughter is proudly presented, screaming at me, in the butcher's window. Displayed so cavalierly, perfunctorily, coldly. Naked bodies, disfigured, extracted, exploited. It hurts every single time.
Backyard chickens happily clucking bring up the image of their brothers, suspiciously absent. Little baby chicks harshly thrown onto conveyor belts, confused and scared, to be crushed, suffocated, broken. I see the beauty of their living sisters, and know the cost at which they came to be. My heart is warmed and shattered all at once.
A video appears on my screen. A man driving his truck, his dogs asleep next to him, over and over. Cats pushing their heads against their humans' faces, who are softened, touched by the endearing gesture. All loving testaments of shared lives, joint experiences, undeniable connection. And I think of the cows and the pigs and the turkeys and the sheep and the chickens, whose interactions with our species could be equally enamouring but are instead brimmed with suffering, cruelty, and death. Their only fault lies in being the wrong kind of animal. Born in the wrong body. To be used instead of loved. Discarded instead of treasured. Eaten instead of fed.
Heartbreak rules the vegan existence in a world that unquestionably accepts murder as but an ordinary fact of life. A silent sorrow - for speaking it invites weariness and annoyance - that is vastly dwarfed by the agony of the animals that speak to us.
But heartbreak nonetheless.
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I celebrate good male characters from four different fandoms
#mamoru chiba#tuxedo kamen#ron weasley#atla zuko#iruka umino#naruto#sailor moon#atla#harry potter series#mensday#19 november#Youtube
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19 November 1966
On their way back to England from Kenya, Paul McCartney and Mal Evans bandy about words and Paul comes up with the name Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
A plane is also where he came up with the Magical Mystery Tour circle so I guess this incident made him cocky.
#today in the life#the beatles#paul mccartney#mal evans#Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band#19 November#1966
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World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day…at first glance, this seems like an unlikely candidate for a holiday and more like some sort of joke, but the day is nowhere as trivial or humorous as it may seem. All in all, it strives to draw attention to various sanitation issues around the world and work towards resolving them.
Despite access to proper sanitation being declared a basic human right, one in three people across the globe, so some 2.5 billion people in total, do not have regular access to a toilet. Additionally, even amongst those who do have such access, unclean and unsafe toilets pose problems of their own, including contributing towards the spread of diseases like cholera, typhoid and hepatitis—in some parts of Africa, diarrhea is one of the main child-killers.
Open defecation is also responsible for increasing the number of sexual assaults perpetrated on women and children. Furthermore, when young girls begin menstruating, the lack of privacy forces them to stay home from school, thus limiting their chances of getting a basic education and, what comes after that, a decent job in the future. World Toilet Day’s ultimate goal is to allow everyone on the planet to take care of their most basic needs without having to fear for their safety.
History of World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day was created by the World Toilet Organization in 2001. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations said: “We have a moral imperative to end open defecation and a duty to ensure women and girls are not at risk of assault and rape simply because they lack a sanitation facility.”
He went on to talk about how having to defecate openly infringes on human safety and dignity, and how women and girls risk rape and abuse as they wait until night falls to relieve themselves because they lack of access to a toilet that offers privacy. Another issue is that toilets generally remain inadequate for populations with special needs, such as the disabled and elderly.
Since its inception, World Toilet Day has played a vital role in challenging governments, businesses and other groups to make changes. It has also worked towards breaking various taboos surrounding the topic, in order to facilitate discussion and lead to the creation of better, safer solutions.
World Toilet Day Timeline
3000 BC Pipes carry waste
Even a few thousand years ago various people groups (in Scotland, India, Mesopotamia and more) would use pipe systems to carry waste out of their houses and into rivers or streams.
100-200 AD Group toilets for soldiers
Remains of Housesteads Roman Fort at Hadrian’s Wall in the UK reveals that perhaps 20 or more soldiers would all use a common ‘toilet’ (essentially these were long benches with holes in them) at the same time.
Middle Ages (500-1500 AD) Garderobes are used
Predating the toilet, “garderobes” were little rooms that hung over the sides of the castle. This little closet had a bench with a hole in it where the waste would drop into a moat or pit below.
During this time, many people would also use chamber pots, which would be kept in bedrooms or ‘chambers’ and then emptied (sometimes simply thrown out the window) when full. This function carried on for quite some time.
1596 Flushing toilet is invented
Although its widespread use did not arrive until a couple of centuries later, the first flushing toilet was described by Sir John Harington, an English courtier. This toilet was a pot that used gravity to feed water through it from a cistern that sat upstairs.
1775 First toilet patent issued
Scottish Inventor Alexander Cummings was the creator of the important pipe that ran in an S-shape below the bowl. This ingenious design used the water in the bowl to seal off the sewer gas from below and eventually led the way to mass production of the toilet.
1829 First toilets in a hotel
The Tremont Hotel in Boston, USA installed eight indoor water closets for its guests.
1866 World’s first bathroom showroom
Marlboro Works showroom is opened by English sanitary engineer Thomas Crapper (yes, that’s his real name). At a time when people didn’t speak much about their bodily functions, this public display of toilets was revolutionary.
1880s Thomas Crapper invents the ballcock
Toilets that have this invention, the “ballcock”, are less likely to overflow. Crapper created the floating valve as well as eight other patented improvements for plumbing and sewage. He also did a lot of plumbing for British royalty around this time.
1910 Elevated water tank
A similar design to today’s toilets, the closed water tank and bowl moves into common use.
1986 Sensor flushes introduced
In Japan, the first toilets with sensors that would flush on their own were used.
2001 World Toilet Organization is created
The World Toilet Organization moves to educate people about the sanitation crisis. Even in today’s modern times, more than 2 billion people across the world still do not have access to a toilet.
2013 World Toilet Day made official by the UN
In an effort to raise awareness and support for places where people don’t have proper access to sanitation, the first UN World Toilet Day is celebrated on November 19, 2013.
How to celebrate World Toilet Day
I think by now it’s been made abundantly clear that World Toilet Day is far from being a joke, dealing instead with the protection of one of humanity’s most basic rights. So how can you help? There are a number of things you could do. For starters, why not visit the World Toilet Day website, Facebook page or Twitter account and share the message across social media platforms?
This may seem like a tiny, unimportant gesture, but raising awareness about serious problems is one of the things social media does best, aside from bombarding you with pictures of babies and kittens. The more people know about a problem, the more money can be raised to fight it, as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge so perfectly demonstrated. So don’t think your clicking “share” means anything. It doesn’t.
Another thing you could do as a way of observing World Toilet Day Would be of course to make a donation, so if you have the means, know that every dollar helps.
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You haven't suffered enough if you haven't suffered on 19th November as a sports fan.
#rafael nadal#rafa nadal#indian cricket team#davis cup#world cup#19 November#this date has never been good to me
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#OTD in Irish History | 19 November:
1773 – Death of James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, etc. PC (Ire), styled Lord Offaly until 1744 and known as The Earl of Kildare between 1744 and 1761 and as The Marquess of Kildare between 1761 and 1766, was an Irish nobleman, soldier and politician. He was the 20th Earl of Kildare and Baron of Offaly and was created 1st Viscount Leinster of Taplow in 1747 and 1st Duke of Leinster, 1st…
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#irelandinspires#irishhistory#OTD#19 November#Dublin#History#History of Ireland#Ireland#Irish Civil War#Irish History
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Mobilize Member States under the UN System-Wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation.
The theme of World Toilet Day 2024 is “Sanitation for Peace”, highlighting the essential role of safe toilets and sanitation systems in building a fairer, healthier and more peaceful world.
The Permanent Missions of Singapore, India, Senegal, and South Africa, with UN-Water and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), are co-hosting the event to promote World Toilet Day and its global campaign - “Toilets: A Place for Peace” - as part of overall efforts to advocate faster action to improve and protect people’s access to safely managed sanitation.
The 2024 World Toilet Day event will be used to kick-start robust discussion and advocacy initiatives on climate resilient sanitation, and mobilize Member States under the UN System-Wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation.
The event’s objectives are to:
Create awareness on climate resilient sanitation as a requirement of a peaceful and dignified life.
Generate momentum for sustained political and financial support to accelerate progress on safely managed and climate resilient sanitation towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6.2 targets.
Identify ways to advance sanitation within the UN system.
Attendees will include Permanent Missions, experts from the UN and internatinal organizations, private sector representatives and donors.
The event will take place on Tuesday 19 November 2024, 10:00 – 12:00 EST, at the UN HQ, New York.
#Sanitation for Peace#world toilet day#19 november#toilets#latrines#proper sanitation#sdg6#sanitation facilities#better sanitation#improved sanitation
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International Men's Day: Know why this day is celebrated
International Men Day 2024: इस दिन की स्थापना 1999 में त्रिनिदाद और टोबैगो में वेस्ट इंडीज विश्वविद्यालय में इतिहास के व्याख्याता डॉ जेरोम टीलुक्सिंग ने की थी
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110th Grey Cup | Tim Hortons Field | Toronto, Canada | 19 November 2023
#billie joe armstrong#tre cool#mike dirnt#instagram#instagram stories#19 november#tim hortons field#hamilton#toronto#2023#backstage
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19 November
In 1999, every digit of the date was an odd number (19/11/1999). There won’t be another date like this until 01/01/3111.
10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 19 November:
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Men can cry
Men can be sensitive
Men can ask for help
Men can break free from society’s labels
#naruto#uzumaki naruto#bishoujo sailor moon#mamoru chiba#atla zuko#atla#ron weasley#harry potter series#neville longbottom#inuyasha series#inuyasha#19 november#mensday#Youtube
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19 November 1995
Sir George Martin, appearing on Desert Island Discs, makes the practical choice to bring a book about boat building and the less practical choice of an electric keyboard.
But I guess the premise includes electricity on your desert island if you've got all those records with you.
Martin's choice of Beatles records? "I Want to Hold Your Hand." But if forced to choose just one song, it's "Bess, You is My Woman Now" from Porgy and Bess.
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World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day…at first glance, this seems like an unlikely candidate for a holiday and more like some sort of joke, but the day is nowhere as trivial or humorous as it may seem. All in all, it strives to draw attention to various sanitation issues around the world and work towards resolving them.
Despite access to proper sanitation being declared a basic human right, one in three people across the globe, so some 2.5 billion people in total, do not have regular access to a toilet. Additionally, even amongst those who do have such access, unclean and unsafe toilets pose problems of their own, including contributing towards the spread of diseases like cholera, typhoid and hepatitis—in some parts of Africa, diarrhea is one of the main child-killers.
Open defecation is also responsible for increasing the number of sexual assaults perpetrated on women and children. Furthermore, when young girls begin menstruating, the lack of privacy forces them to stay home from school, thus limiting their chances of getting a basic education and, what comes after that, a decent job in the future. World Toilet Day’s ultimate goal is to allow everyone on the planet to take care of their most basic needs without having to fear for their safety.
History of World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day was created by the World Toilet Organization in 2001. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations said: “We have a moral imperative to end open defecation and a duty to ensure women and girls are not at risk of assault and rape simply because they lack a sanitation facility.”
He went on to talk about how having to defecate openly infringes on human safety and dignity, and how women and girls risk rape and abuse as they wait until night falls to relieve themselves because they lack of access to a toilet that offers privacy. Another issue is that toilets generally remain inadequate for populations with special needs, such as the disabled and elderly.
Since its inception, World Toilet Day has played a vital role in challenging governments, businesses and other groups to make changes. It has also worked towards breaking various taboos surrounding the topic, in order to facilitate discussion and lead to the creation of better, safer solutions.
World Toilet Day Timeline
3000 BC Pipes carry waste
Even a few thousand years ago various people groups (in Scotland, India, Mesopotamia and more) would use pipe systems to carry waste out of their houses and into rivers or streams.
100-200 AD Group toilets for soldiers
Remains of Housesteads Roman Fort at Hadrian’s Wall in the UK reveals that perhaps 20 or more soldiers would all use a common ‘toilet’ (essentially these were long benches with holes in them) at the same time.
Middle Ages (500-1500 AD) Garderobes are used
Predating the toilet, “garderobes” were little rooms that hung over the sides of the castle. This little closet had a bench with a hole in it where the waste would drop into a moat or pit below.
During this time, many people would also use chamber pots, which would be kept in bedrooms or ‘chambers’ and then emptied (sometimes simply thrown out the window) when full. This function carried on for quite some time.
1596 Flushing toilet is invented
Although its widespread use did not arrive until a couple of centuries later, the first flushing toilet was described by Sir John Harington, an English courtier. This toilet was a pot that used gravity to feed water through it from a cistern that sat upstairs.
1775 First toilet patent issued
Scottish Inventor Alexander Cummings was the creator of the important pipe that ran in an S-shape below the bowl. This ingenious design used the water in the bowl to seal off the sewer gas from below and eventually led the way to mass production of the toilet.
1829 First toilets in a hotel
The Tremont Hotel in Boston, USA installed eight indoor water closets for its guests.
1866 World’s first bathroom showroom
Marlboro Works showroom is opened by English sanitary engineer Thomas Crapper (yes, that’s his real name). At a time when people didn’t speak much about their bodily functions, this public display of toilets was revolutionary.
1880s Thomas Crapper invents the ballcock
Toilets that have this invention, the “ballcock”, are less likely to overflow. Crapper created the floating valve as well as eight other patented improvements for plumbing and sewage. He also did a lot of plumbing for British royalty around this time.
1910 Elevated water tank
A similar design to today’s toilets, the closed water tank and bowl moves into common use.
1986 Sensor flushes introduced
In Japan, the first toilets with sensors that would flush on their own were used.
2001 World Toilet Organization is created
The World Toilet Organization moves to educate people about the sanitation crisis. Even in today’s modern times, more than 2 billion people across the world still do not have access to a toilet.
2013 World Toilet Day made official by the UN
In an effort to raise awareness and support for places where people don’t have proper access to sanitation, the first UN World Toilet Day is celebrated on November 19, 2013.
How to celebrate World Toilet Day
I think by now it’s been made abundantly clear that World Toilet Day is far from being a joke, dealing instead with the protection of one of humanity’s most basic rights. So how can you help? There are a number of things you could do. For starters, why not visit the World Toilet Day website, Facebook page or Twitter account and share the message across social media platforms?
This may seem like a tiny, unimportant gesture, but raising awareness about serious problems is one of the things social media does best, aside from bombarding you with pictures of babies and kittens. The more people know about a problem, the more money can be raised to fight it, as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge so perfectly demonstrated. So don’t think your clicking “share” means anything. It doesn’t.
Another thing you could do as a way of observing World Toilet Day Would be of course to make a donation, so if you have the means, know that every dollar helps.
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World Toilet Day: A Call to Action for Global Sanitation
Unveiling the Hidden Sanitation Crisis: A World in Need, World Toilet Day, observed annually on November 19th, is a stark reminder of the global sanitation crisis that continues to plague billions of people worldwide. Despite significant progress in recent decades, an estimated 2.3 billion people still lack access to basic sanitation services. At the same time, 673 million engage in open…
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#19 November#Be the Change: Invest in Toilets for a Better Future#behavioral change#call to action#changemakers#cholera#community-led initiatives#gender disparities#global sanitation crisis#government interventions#government policies#health#hepatitis#human rights#hygiene education#innovation#innovations#perpetuates a cycle of poverty#Policy advocacy#public health#Sanitation#sanitation resilience#sanitation-related illnesses#SDGs#SDGs by 2030#state-of-the-art toilets#Sustainable Development Goal 6#Sustainable Development Goals#The theme of World Toilet Day 2023#typhoid
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