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National Ethics Committee Meets. (The American Camping Association[R]).(Brief Article)
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November 1, 2001
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The National Ethics Committee met in October to review the complaints filed against ACA-accredited camps in the past year. Complaints lodged against camps are confidential in nature and are released only to the camp mentioned in the complaint.
However, it can be said that the largest number of complaints involved issues related to camper health and safety and the immediate notification of parents when there was a question related to either health of the child or his/her adjustment to the camp experience.
Once the committee is able to review all ...
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GANGES' POLLUTION MAY END HOLY BATHS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...PHOTO - 2 Bathers wash themselves at sunrise in the Ganges River at Varanasi. Pollution in the river exposes...PHOTO) People wash and dry their laundry in the Ganges River at Varansi. The Ganges has been nearly exhausted by the tons of waste...
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HOLY GANGES RIVER SERIOUSLY POLLUTED HINDU PRIEST DEDICATED TO CLEANSING INDIA'S HOLY RIVER OF TONS OF SEWAGE.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...Mochan temple, shares their faith in the Ganges River's powers of redemption. But as...old Misra has lived on the banks of the Ganges for decades, worshipping and studying...heavy sewage treatment project along the Ganges in 1986 that failed dismally in reaching...
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Geopolitics, water and development in South Asia: cooperative development in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta.
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal
; ...ramifications, nowhere more so than in the Ganges- Brahmaputra-Meghna system of the Bengal...opportunities for enhancing effective use of the Ganges--Brahmaputra--Meghna waters through...ultimately addressed in the Indo-Bangladesh Ganges Waters Treaty of December 1996, the paper...
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Hindu priest attempts to give Ganges a new lease of life
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...Mochan temple, shares their faith in the Ganges River's powers of redemption. But as...old Misra has lived on the banks of the Ganges for decades, worshipping and studying...heavy sewage treatment project along the Ganges in 1986 that failed dismally in reaching...
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Ganges in need of cleansing.(World)(Briefing/Western Asia)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...jostling for space along the banks of the Ganges begins long before dawn, when tens of...funeral pyres catch fire. The belief in the Ganges River's power to cleanse Hindus of their...year, that belief is fast eroding. The Ganges - Hinduism's holiest river and the primary...
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The complete guide to the Ganges At the spiritual heart of Hinduism, the Ganges is India's most sacred river. Its length is strewn with cities, pilgrimage sites, mountains and lush forests. RHIANNON BATTEN dips a toe in the murky water of one of the world's great waterways
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...and then enters Bangladesh. Here, the Ganges merges with the Brahmaputra river and...Brahmaputra is. But, in spiritual terms, the Ganges reigns supreme. WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL...it's difficult to disassociate the Ganges from Hinduism. For Hindus, the number...
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Holy men clean river Ganges in Haridwar.
News Wire article from: Asian News International
; ...and pilgrims are cleaning the river Ganges of garbage and silt in Haridwar. The...be held early next year in the town. "Ganges Committee members, volunteers and seers...cleaning drive of the river after the Ganges canal is closed for some time annually...
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Climate change imperils Ganges River.(Q)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...Ramedi cupped the murky water of the Ganges River in her hands, lifted them toward...funeral pyres. To be cremated beside the Ganges, most here believe, brings salvation...provides up to 70 percent of the water of the Ganges during the dry summer months, is shrinking...
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INDIA BREEDS TURTLES TO CLEAN GANGES.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...Hindus flock to the shores of the great Ganges River here, where they drink and bathe...project in Indian history - cleaning up the Ganges River, from its glacial source in the...firm belief among many Indians that the Ganges - called "Ganga" by Indians and considered...
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The river Ganges' long decline.
Magazine article from: World Watch
; ...wedlock. According to Hindu mythology, the Ganges river of India - the goddess Ganga - came...Whatever one makes of this myth, the Ganges does, in fact, carry extraordinary powers...the medieval Christians all believed the Ganges to be Phison, the first river of Eden...
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