First woman to climb mount everest

May 14, 7:44 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan 05/14/18 AT 7:06 AM Xia Boyu, 69, a double amputee Chinese climber, scaled the Mount Everest in his fifth attempt Monday. He scripted history by becoming the first double amputee to climb the world’s highest peak from Nepal side and second to climb the peak. He stood atop the summit at 8.40 a.m. (10.55 p.m. EDT).Mark Joseph Inglis of New Zealand was the first double leg amputee to summit the peak, who scaled the mountain from the Chinese side in 2006.Xia's successful expedition comes a day after eight rope-fixing team members reached the summit, making the climbing route open for other climbers for 2018 spring season. His dream was nearly shattered when Nepal government banned double amputee and blind climbers from summiting its mountains. But, Xia received permission in March this year when the government overturned the decision … [Read more...] about Double Amputee Scales Mt Everest After Losing Legs In Earlier Attempt

Jim McElhaney’s 25-year run as Litigation columnist for the ABA Journal will come to a close next fall. During those years, McElhaney’s straightforward advice on trial practice became one of the most popular features in the magazine. The Journal is reprinting some of McElhaney’s “greatest hits” from the past quarter-century. This article originally appeared in the Journal’s October 1988 issue under the headline “The Giggle Test.”Judge Wallop, my curmudgeon friend on the Court of Common Pleas, was at it again. “I blame the law schools,” he said. “If they ever trained professionals, they don’t anymore. They don’t train lawyers. They don’t even train people to think like lawyers. They aren’t law schools; they’re the law departments of universities.”“Not fair,” I said. “Even the most humble law schools have courses they never dreamed of when you went to school, and a lot … [Read more...] about No Laughing Matter: Failing the Giggle Test Might Leave You Crying

TomDispatch, ContributorA regular antidote to the mainstream media. Is there any privacy left, let alone a right to privacy? 08/28/2018 12:55 pm ET This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. By Judith Coburn Now that we know we are surveilled 24/7 by the National Security Agency, the FBI, local police, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, hackers, the Russians, the Chinese, the North Koreans, data brokers, private spyware groups like Black Cube, and companies from which we’ve ordered swag on the internet, is there still any “right to be forgotten,” as the Europeans call it? Is there any privacy left, let alone a right to privacy? In a world in which most people reveal their intimate secrets voluntarily, posting them on social media and ignoring the pleas of security experts to protect their data with strong passwords ― don’t use your birth date, your telephone number, or … [Read more...] about A Private Investigator On Living In A Surveillance Culture

Ben Jealous compared his decisive Maryland Democratic primary victory in June to climbing the world's second-highest mountain — a prelude, he hopes, to ascending the state's political Mount Everest to knock off popular Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. Instead, Jealous has had to reverse course in recent weeks after some highly publicized missteps.  Badly outmatched in fundraising in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1, Jealous is struggling so far to become Maryland's first black governor and prevent the first re-election of a Republican governor in the heavily blue state since 1954.  Voters have elected just two black governors in U.S. history — in 2006 in Massachusetts and 1989 in Virginia. Jealous is one of three black candidates running for governor this year, along with Democrats Stacey Abrams of Georgia and Andrew Gillum of Florida. Jealous is facing the steepest challenge of the three, running against an incumbent while Abrams and Gillum … [Read more...] about Democratic Gov. Contender Ben Jealous Struggles in Blue Maryland