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Man with no legs scales 19,000 ft Mt Kilimanjaro

Source: http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=MIRRORNEW&BaseHref=BGMIR/2012/06/21&PageLabel=12&EntityId=Ar01200&ViewMode=HTML

In an awe-inspiring trek, Spencer West, who lost both legs as a child, crawled on his hands to the summit, using a wheelchair only when terrain allowed

TORONTO Spencer West and his best friends woke up at 4.30 am on Monday, and begin climbing toward the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. 
    West moved steadily along the rocky path. At 11.15 am, he reached the top , the Toronto Star reported. 
    Unlike other mountains, such as the deadly Mt Everest which must be climbed, the 19,341 ft Tanzanian mountain can be hiked. But, unlike other hikers, Spencer West who lost both his legs as a child, reached the summit by crawling on his hands. 
    “It was bitter-sweet and incredible to make it after all the hardships we went through,” said West, 31. 
    The7-daytrektookToronto-based West through jungles, snowfields and astretch called the lunar desert. 
    Westhoppedontoacustom-made wheelchair only when terrain allowed, but was on his hands for about 80 per cent of the trek. 
    The reason for West’s trip is twofold. One, to inspire others to achieve the impossible, a campaign called Redefine Possible. Two, he is trying to raise $750,000 to build a clean water programme for 20,000 Kenyans. 
    West was born with sacral agenesis,ageneticdisorderthatlefthislower spine poorly developed and his legs permanently crossed. He had his legs removed below the knees at the age of three and, two years later, had them amputated below his pelvis. 
    Experts said he would never be a functioning member of society, but hecontinuedtodefydoctorshisentire life, the Daily Mailreported. 
    “I set out to climb Mt Kilimanjaro notonlytoredefinewhat'spossiblefor me, but to inspire others to overcome their obstacles,” he said.

How Greece Squandered Its Freedom - by Nikos Konstandaras

An article by Greek columnist and editor, Nikos Konstandaras, which makes you think whether India is also in the same path!
Nikos Konstandaras is the managing editor and a columnist at the Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/opinion/how-greece-squandered-its-freedom.html?pagewanted=all

MY country is hurtling toward an election that will decide its fate — whether Greeks will fight on to remain part of Europe’s core or succumb to their own weaknesses and turn inward, choosing isolation, anger and uncertainty greater than that from which they wish to flee.

The vote on Sunday will change our lives — determining not only whether we remain in the euro zone but also the nature of our society and the fate of the democracy that was re-established just 38 years ago after a dictatorship. We are bitterly divided between those who want to carry on with the reform process and those who want to turn back the clock. Our partners in the European Union are frightened of the consequences of our vote, but seem otherwise indifferent to our fate.

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Dear All, I'm sad to put this news - which is quite painful to read...however the fact of the matter needs to be brought out. It is about saving a “Sanskrit Research Institute” the only one alive in Tamil Nadu. Those who wish to contribute need not do at free of cost - become a life-time member of this prestigious institution and receive publications from this institute free of cost for the life-time. Now when you pay Rs. 2000/- and become a life member - you'll receive about 8 Hard-bound books free of cost - including 4 volumes of Mahabashyam of Sage Patanjali (the great vyaakarana treatise) in Sanskrit with English translation and “Sanskrit Bija Ganita” (Algebra) treatise. Thus your contribution will help to save one of India's premier Sanskrit research Institute and also you receive books free of cost.

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