Hundreds of adventurers have been granted permits to climb Mount Everest, officials in Nepal said Thursday, foreshadowing another bumper year despite concerns about overcrowding on the world’s highest mountain. Tourism authorities have granted 346 mountaineers permission to scale Everest this spring climbing season, with many already at base camp acclimatizing before embarking for the summit. That figure falls just shy of the record 373 permits granted last year. Most Everest hopefuls are escorted by a Nepali guide, meaning about 700 climbers will tread the same path to the top in the coming weeks when the weather is most favorable. A boom in climbers has made mountaineering a lucrative business since Sir Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent in 1953. But the rapid growth in the climbing industry has accompanied complaints of overcrowding on the mountain and fears that inexperienced mountaineers could run into trouble. “There is an optimum number of people who can expect to undertake a safe summit expedition… I do wonder if we’ve exceeded that,” Ben Clark, a manager for expedition operator Asian Trekking, told AFP at base camp. Another 180 climbers are preparing to summit Everest from its north side in Tibet, according to the China Tibet Mountaineering Association. Among those is Nepali climber Lhakpa Sherpa, who will attempt to break her own record of eight summits of the mountain — more than any woman in the world. “I keep going to encourage other Nepali women to climb,” the 44-year-old said before she… [Read full story]
By JANE L. LEVERE Fri., March 9, 2018 During Prohibition, tourists arriving at the Havana airport were often greeted by Rafael Valiente, a popular bartender in Cuba and the first brand ambassador for Bacardi rum. Valiente, known as Pappy, would frequently take them to Bacardi’s private bar in its Havana office building and treat them to a rum cocktail. Bacardi’s strategy was simple: It believed that people who sampled its rum would turn into regular customers. Decades later, the spirits company is trying something similar — though this time without Pappy Valiente. Last month, 3,000 employees of Bacardi Limited made their way to bars throughout the world. The goal: Interact with bartenders and other patrons in an effort to generate goodwill and sales. Besides Bacardi rum, the company’s brands include Grey Goose vodka, Dewar’s Scotch and Bombay Sapphire gin. The one-day initiative, called “Back to the Bar,” was partly the result … [Read more...] about Bacardi’s latest marketing initiative goes back to the bar
By Avi Selk The Washington Post Sat., Feb. 24, 2018 The National Rifle Association lashed out at corporations rushing to abandon it on Saturday, as companies from United Airlines to Best Western have cut ties with the gun lobby group under pressure from a boycott movement following the Feb. 14 high school shooting. Without context, twin announcements from Delta and United Airlines on Saturday morning might look trivial: The end of flight discounts to the NRA’s annual convention, which few outside the gun rights organization likely knew existed before they became boycott targets. “Delta is reaching out to the NRA to let them know we will be ending their contract for discounted rates through our group travel program. We will be requesting that the NRA remove our information from their website,” the airline announced on Twitter. “United is notifying the NRA that we will no longer offer a discounted rate to their annual meeting and we are asking … [Read more...] about NRA responds to boycott movement after United and Delta cut ties in wake of Florida school shooting
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Tom Brady is now 40 years old and in his 18th season as a quarterback for the New England Patriots. He is also about to play for his sixth Super Bowl ring. It has been 17 years since Brady’s first Super Bowl. That season, Brady replaced the injured Drew Bledsoe, beat the Raiders in the “tuck rule” game, and helped the Patriots beat the heavily favored St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl. The only other constants between the 2001 Patriots and this season’s team is head coach Bill Belichick and a couple of assistant coaches. Most of Brady’s teammates from that season have now moved on. That group now includes television analysts, one NFL head coach, a professional poker player, and amazingly, a kicker who is still playing. Below we look back at Brady’s first Super Bowl teammates and see what they are up to today.Seymour spent eight seasons with the Patriots and last appeared in the NFL in 2012 with the Raiders. He is now a professional poker … [Read more...] about WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tom Brady’s teammates on his first Super Bowl team
Competition for talent on Wall Street is fierce. Banks, hamstrung by regulators on compensation and battling the stereotype of an onerous work culture, have seen a talent flight to investing firms and Silicon Valley. For their part, alternative-asset managers have experienced massive growth and a flood of inbound capital, requiring an ever-larger stable of investment professionals to manage the load. There’s a perfect storm for hiring in private equity right now, and firms are starting their hunt for the next crop of young analysts earlier each year. Making the right hiring decisions has rarely been more critical. And headhunters, often unseen to the outside world, specialize in making sure C-suite execs, managing directors, and portfolio managers get it right. Introducing Business Insider’s list of the best up-and-coming headhunters on Wall Street. After surveying finance stalwarts who regularly employ recruiting firms – as well as the upper brass … [Read more...] about The rising stars of headhunting everyone on Wall Street should get to know
Kim Won Geun’s (b.1971) figurative sculptures of resin and epoxy depict the violent world of Asian organised crime syndicates with a comical sense of humor. A variety of cultural conventions related to organised crime: money collecting, boxing matches, gambling and vice are portrayed with humour and irony, underworld characters in passive poses standing around, appearing vulnerable, almost childlike.