Elite

I was watching the Santa Clara Arena Swim Series over the past weekend and I was reflecting on elite swimming careers. I watched the ageless Anthony Ervin and Natalie Coughlin race and compete at a high-level into their mid-thirties. Twenty years ago, no one was competing at this age! I kept asking myself, how are these older athletes having this historic swimming career? After much thought I realized, health is the answer! Health is a broad term, but holistically all the elements of health…

In his study of the African American elite during the antebellum period, Rael Patrick illustrates how the Black upper class approached this task; adding another crucial layer to Dain’s discussion on how African American intellectuals shaped the public discourse in the early Republic. Drawing their values and beliefs from contemporary from a northern culture they had helped to shape, members of the Black elite were not so much inclined to challenge the prevailing discourse…

Yesterday, I came across a new phrase — emotionally elite. There is much more to be learned about emotionally elite leaders. Unfortunately, the word “elite” has some negative connotations. For many of us, this goes against our nature. We are not comfortable referring to ourselves as elite. Nevertheless, consider the word “elite” devoid of the braggadocios or the conceited way that we often see it used. So, what does it mean to be “emotionally elite”? After doing some research online and in some…

Members in this elite could be achieved through talent, wealth, occupation, family connections, complexion, and education. The elite was what led in the development of black institutions and culture, in the antislavery movement, and in the struggle for racial justice. It was also the bridge between the black community and sympathetic white people. Even though few African Americans achieved financial security during the antebellum period, black people could become rich. Segregated neighborhoods…

The ELITE Team was formed after Dunlap was appointed leader of the team by Mott following the positive changes they were recently attempting to implement. Considering the limited progress Mott had with his direct reports the prior years leading up to the formation of the ELITE Team, they were using one of the skills to lead positive change, establishing a climate of positivity. Mott did so with his reports and so they carried that mentality to the newly formed ELITE Team. The team was formed of…

select group of students, the excellents, will end up at elite schools like Harvard, Yale and Princeton to name a few. From the beginning of the these excellent students’ lives they have been earning elite education, defined as “prestigious institutions like Harvard or Stanford or Williams as well as the larger universe of second-tier selective school, but I [Deresiewicz] also mean everything that leads up to and away from them” (Deresiewicz 2). Elite schools have created a group of students who…

The Aquabot Elite is a great automatic pool cleaner, which will keep you inground pool clean, with minimum effort. This unit costs about $1,200, a rather high price, considering the fact that the average pool cleaner costs about $800. However, this is a good investment, as you will no longer have to clean your pool manually or pay someone to do it for you. Moreover, by using a rootic cleaner, you will extend the life of your pool's main filtration system. If we've got your atention, keep on…

Tropa de Elite (2007) by José Padilha and La Zona (2007) by Rodrigo Plá express the politics of fear and the division of urban space in Brazil and Mexico today. As the politics of fear are expressed in a much more complex way referring to the high presence of talk of crime in Latin American culture, to official governmental responses to crime and by analysing the consequences of fear on society and its people, the division of urban space is depicted through specific filming techniques such as…

Annotated Bibliography Bruni, Frank. "The Elite Squeeze." Time 185.11 (2015): 48-52. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. Bruni is an American journalist for Time Magazine, in this article he focuses on the difficulties that college applicants experience to be accepted to elite institutions of higher learning, but during this time there is enormous opportunities to obtain high-quality education in America that are not currently “elite.” Bruni supports his reasoning by singling out…

Control the Universe: A Mystery to Uncover The conspiracy theory known as the ‘Reptilian Elite’ is a popular theory founded in the late 1990s and is most common among people in the Europe. It provides evidence and examples on how reptile like figures control the world and society around us as far back in history as we know. This theory can manipulate the mind, just like the witches did to Macbeth. The Reptilian Elite control not only other people, but society as a whole. Reptiles have been with…