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Business Insider
April 25, 2018
A heavily armed patrol of SAS members after a three-month patrol in North Africa during World War II. The crews of the jeeps are all wearing "Arab-style" headdress, as copied from the Long Range Desert Group. British army/Imperial War Museum. The Special Air Service is the longest active special missions unit inÃâà...
The Players' Tribune
April 25, 2018
eing a backup basically stunk. I mean, you're a football player, but you don't really get to play. That stinks, right? Well, here's something that a lot of people don't know about what it means to be a backup quarterback in the NFL: To make yourself valuable, you have to find other ways to contribute to yourÃâà...
AviationPros.com
April 25, 2018
The latest postponement at New Bedford Regional Airport involves Elite Airways and it doesn't involve minutes or hours but months. The airline, which ran larger commercial flights out of New Bedford in December, won't return to the city until late summer at the earliest, airport director Scot Servis said.
PEOPLE.com
April 23, 2018
Silva ran in Madrid's elite circles while she was young and attended some of the top private schools in the city. She also was close to Real Madrid players due to her dad's affiliation and was romantically linked to player Roberto Carlos. She runs a foundation to combat homelessness in Spain. Silva runsÃâà...
Hogs Haven
April 23, 2018
Much has been made about the chance that four, possibly five, quarterbacks will be selected in the top 12 picks of this Thursday's first round of the NFL Draft. If this were to happen, the Redskins could be one of a handful of teams that will benefit from having elite top 10 non-quarterback talent slipping to pickÃâà...
RadioFarda
April 23, 2018
Kaveh Madani, a young Iranian environmental scientist living abroad who returned home full of hope last year to serve as the vice-chairman of Iran's Department of Environment, resigned April 19 on Twitter while outside the country. The scandal surrounding his departure again brings to light a question thatÃâà...
MLB.com
April 23, 2018
Last year, there were 548 qualified players. Cordero's Sprint Speed was 29.8 feet per second, making him easily the fastest player on the Padres and placing him 15th overall -- or in the top three percent. This year, he's in the top 10 of 324 qualifiers, or, again, in the top three percent. That's elite, game-changing speed.
Above the Law
April 23, 2018
That solidly puts the elite New York firms ahead of the industry as a whole. Indeed, as the Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group numbers demonstrate quarter after quarter, the cream of the crop firms are carrying the industry numbers as a whole right now — with some help from boutiques — with the next tier ofÃâà...
The Denver Post
April 23, 2018
WASHINGTON — Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks knew John Wall would be back to his explosive, elite self for the playoffs when the All-Star point guard was able to play 38 minutes in a regular-season loss at Cleveland. It took Wall one additional outing to be absolutely certain he' d be OK afterÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 22, 2018
A week ago I quoted an unnamed “reader in New Haven,” who offered thoughts about “The Future of Elite Schools in the Trump Era.” That occasioned a lot of response, which is still coming in. I quoted some of it in “Trump vs. Harvard and Yale” and “The Future of Elite Schools, Continued.” This nextÃâà...
Quad City Times
April 22, 2018
Adam Lingner kind of figures his entire athletic career was a longshot. He received one of the last available football scholarships at the University of Illinois in 1979. He was selected in the ninth round of the 1983 NFL draft. The draft doesn't even have that many rounds anymore. And yet, the former RockÃâà...
The Reporter
April 21, 2018
Shown here left to right are Ray Hoffmann, Mike Benson Jr. and Todd Cericola — owners of Elite Escape Room in Eagleview. Rooms include Andy's Room, Escape Your Fears and Escape from Oz. A fourth room — Escape the Interrogation Room will open in May. PETE BANNAN — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA.
Scientific American
April 21, 2018
Ilardo, an evolutionary geneticist, wanted to know if the Bajau's abilities were a result of being trained from birth or if they evolved to be elite divers over generations of marine living. So she asked the Bajau, along with the Saluan—a genetically similar group of farmers—to let her sequence their genomesÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 20, 2018
Last week I quoted a long dispatch from a Harvard graduate now living in New Haven, on why he thought the Trump era held more perils for elite-level schools like Harvard and Yale than they might be anticipating. Readers chimed in to agree, disagree, and share parallel experiences here. I've received aÃâà...
Harvard Crimson
April 20, 2018
In just about every field, wanting to become elite is a noble goal. We also want to see elites in just about every field. We want to marvel at the feats of elite athletes. We want to entrust our lives to elite soldiers, elite pilots, and elite lawyers. Yet in government, elites seem increasingly unwanted. PresidentÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 19, 2018
A range of benefits comes with attending an elite institution: name recognition, more financial resources, and oftentimes an alumni network connected to powerful places. And by undermatching, capable students with unique perspectives on the world might miss out on those advantages—exacerbating aÃâà...
Dallas News
April 2, 2018
Micheal Brown, a 17-year-old senior at Lamar High School in Houston, was accepted into elite private schools including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern, Stanford and Georgetown, The New York Times reported. He also got into small, selective liberal arts collegesÃâà...
Haaretz
April 2, 2018
But Israel's most elite unit was not founded originally to carry out hostage rescues and counterterror operations. The intelligence operations that Barak participated in remained top secret for decades. And while some of the details have been published in the past – in the Israeli media and “from foreignÃâà...
DieHards
April 2, 2018
An elite prospect with 39 offers to date, Wease's latest list cut left the likes of Ohio State, UCLA and TCU on the outside looking in after each made his top seven list in late January. A former Oklahoma pledge, Wease originally committed to the Sooners last year while in Norman for a Junior Day visit.
Jalopnik
April 2, 2018
Pop-up headlamps were primarily used to give vehicles a sleek and wedgy appearance, and the Elite 150 is no exception. With a large sloping front aero fairing, Honda could put one big pop up sealed beam headlight front and center while still making a scooter that looks like the era in which it was born.
Leesville Daily Leader
April 2, 2018
Citing recent heavy rains and high water in the Sabine River watershed, B.A.S.S. has decided to postpone the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Elite presented by Econo Lodge that had been scheduled to begin in Orange, Texas, next week. “The safety of our anglers and others on the waters of the SabineÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
April 2, 2018
A year ago the German armed forces set up a command center for internet security. The new German hacker-soldier elite is being trained at the Bundeswehr University, on the outskirts of Munich. Two soldiers using digital technology at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, Germany (picture-. Gabi Dreo, aÃâà...
Common Dreams
March 24, 2018
Just how elite these papers have become was the subject of a new study from Jonathan Wai and Kaja Perina, a researcher at Case Western Reserve University and the editor-in-chief of Psychology Today, respectively. The two have just published a survey in the Journal of Expertise (3/18) [pdf] that lookedÃâà...
ABC News
March 24, 2018
"There's a certain hunger when you've never been there that can elevate you, too, that you just want it so bad," he said on Saturday as he prepared to play Elite Eight newcomer Texas Tech for a spot in the NCAA Final Four. "When you're in it for the first time and you're advancing, you're so excited. You'reÃâà...
ABC News
March 24, 2018
Teaira McCowan had 24 points and 15 rebounds, Victoria Vivians added 14 points and top-seeded Mississippi State routed North Carolina State 71-57 on Friday night to reach the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament. Morgan William added 13 points and Roshunda Johnson, who lost herÃâà...
ABC News
March 24, 2018
A fight between two elite Army special operations soldiers on Wednesday left one person dead, the Army confirmed to ABC News. Shortly after 5:30 pm on Wednesday, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a private residence outside of Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina afterÃâà...
Newsweek
March 23, 2018
Top seeds tumbling like dominoes, brackets busted with regularity: March Madness has definitely lived up to its name so far. On Thursday, Kentucky became the NCAA tournament's latest illustrious victim after losing 58-61 to Kansas State University in the battle of the Wildcats. Kentucky was theÃâà...
DieHards
March 23, 2018
Baylor football has quickly built an impressive recruiting profile under head coach Matt Rhule, even though the results haven't come on the football field yet. The Bears are right in the thick of several recruiting battles for elite prospects early in the recruiting class. However, Baylor has also focused on severalÃâà...
FAIR
March 23, 2018
Just how elite these papers have become was the subject of a new study from Jonathan Wai and Kaja Perina, a researcher at Case Western Reserve University and the editor-in-chief of Psychology Today, respectively. The two have just published a survey in the Journal of Expertise (3/18) that looked at theÃâà...
Lumina News
March 18, 2018
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC – Racers from ten states battled for titles in three-divisions at the 4th annual US Open Fat Bike Beach Championship in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Philicia Marion of Mount Airy and John Overton of Wilmington won the female and male championships in the eliteÃâà...
Landof10.com
March 18, 2018
Stay updated with Nebraska Cornhuskers football recruiting in the latest edition of The Harvest, which posts at 7:30 p.m. ET Sunday through Thursday. Don't miss out on Nebraska recruiting news and check out previous editions of The Harvest here.
Los Angeles Times
March 18, 2018
L.A. Marathon live updates: Kenya's Weldon Kirui, Ethiopia's Sule Utura Gedo take elite wins .... "I felt awesome, it was fun," Lieberg said, turning to spot onetime L.A. Marathon champion Hellen Jepkurgat and Jane Kibii, both of Kenya, to each side, with elite American runner Joanna Reyes just behind.
Travel+Leisure
March 18, 2018
The Americans who use their phones the most are the ones with the least access to trendy tech detoxes. Stephanie Buck. March 18, 2018. The year is 1994. You are reclining in your hotel room bed with a pay-per-view movie. The remains of your room service dinner, which you ordered by telephoning — from a phoneÃâà...
Polygon
March 17, 2018
The event, which spans all platforms, will tour the 19 stations in the game named for Hawking. It's expected to be a five-hour tour. Participants are asked to bring “a canister or two” of tea — an in-game commodity and one Hawking preferred. When the tour ends at the Black Hole of HIP 34707, the voyagersÃâà...
New York Times
March 16, 2018
A framed eighth-grade diploma, dated June 19, 1913, hangs on the wall opposite my computer. It belonged to my grandmother, Minnie Rothenhoefer, one of eight children in a German immigrant family, who was forced to quit school at age 14 after her alcoholic father abandoned his family. Her first job wasÃâà...
OregonLive.com
March 15, 2018
Five years ago, The Oregonian undertook its first pizza-by-the-slice roundup. It's past time for a check-in. Taking a nod from the NCAA men's basketball tournament, we're pitting Portland's eight best pizza slices head-to-head. After yesterday's play-in games, we're back today with the Elite Eight -- the eightÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 15, 2018
James Mattis was one of many Washington insiders to serve on the board of Theranos, which the SEC charged with “massive fraud.” Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was among the many high-profile political heavyweights with links to Theranos, the biotech charged with fraud by the Securities and ExchangeÃâà...
Longview News-Journal
March 15, 2018
Longview's Madison Pippin takes the baton from Angell Evans in the Varsity Girls 4x100m relay event Friday, March 9, 2018, at the Lobo Relays. (Les Hassell/News-Journal Photo). Les Hassell/News-Journal Photo. Facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ Email; Print; Save. BOYS. 100 meters. R. Garrett, Carthage 11.03;Ãâà...
The Ringer (blog)
March 14, 2018
John Calipari hasn't held an official position in the NBA since the turn of the century, but his fingerprints are all over the league as we know it. Coach Cal has only one NCAA title to his name, but in just nine seasons in Lexington, he's turned the University of Kentucky into an assembly line for professionalÃâà...
Tom's Guide
March 14, 2018
The Jabra Elite 65t are now my go-to truly wireless earbuds. They fit comfortably in my ear, are designed to take a little abuse and are reasonably priced at $169. They also sound great for a pair of wireless buds, last up to 5 hours on a charge and have a free companion app that lets you access a smallÃâà...
13newsnow.com
March 13, 2018
(WVEC) -- Elite Airways' service from Newport News to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is over before it started. The company announced Friday it was canceling the planned start of the flights. It added that it was looking at replacement routes that it could announce later in the year. The airline notified ticketedÃâà...
The Hechinger Report
March 13, 2018
On elite campuses, they are now a critical mass – 17 percent of freshman at Yale and Princeton. At Penn, the university's president, Amy Gutmann, a first gen herself, made the point, in her remarks in Irvine Auditorium, that when she became president in 2004, one in 20 students were first generationÃâà...
Seminoles.com
March 13, 2018
Taylor, a cornerback from Virginia Beach, Va., recently got a front-row look at both upcoming aspects of his life at the NCAA's Elite Student-Athlete Symposium, which took place in Indianapolis earlier this month. Taylor joined a group of student-athletes from around the country for two days of seminars,Ãâà...
SFGate
March 13, 2018
When Drew Houston played computer games like “StarCraft” in high school, he made some changes so the games ran more smoothly on his friends' computers. “He created this one little application, and it would basically display everybody's shared files, and then if you clicked on a file, it would go aheadÃâà...
OCRegister
March 12, 2018
Orange Lutheran senior-to-be Ryan Hilinski earned the QB MVP award and an invite to the Elite 11 at Nike's The Opening Regional on Sunday in Costa Mesa. By Dan ... The Orange Lutheran senior-to-be earned quarterback MVP honors and the first invitation in the nation to the prestigious Elite 11 camp.
KDLT News
March 11, 2018
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – (Box Score) In a nail-biter, Northwestern (Iowa) has pushed past St. Francis (Ill.) in overtime to reach the semifinals. The game that couldn't be decided in regulation finished with the Red Raiders winning by a score of 89-83. Renee Maneman set a career mark of 1000 career points,Ãâà...
WAVY-TV
March 11, 2018
(WAVY) — Elite Airways announced it has cancelled their planned nonstop jet service between Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF) and Myrtle Beach International Airport. Officials had announced in January that the service was planned to start on April 6. This was part of an expansion ofÃâà...
DieHards
March 11, 2018
An elite talent with 28 offers, Osafo-Mensah also has locked in an official visit to Notre Dame — he'll visit the Fighting Irish on April 13. Although Osafo-Mensah hasn't set any other official visits aside from Texas and Notre Dame, programs such as Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas A&M are being stronglyÃâà...
ESPN (blog)
March 11, 2018
1a. Because the Patriots are usually drafting late in the first round, they often miss the chance to bring aboard highly touted prospects with elite traits, so they have to explore other avenues to do so. Their agreement Saturday to acquire defensive tackle Danny Shelton from the Browns is the latest example, as it follows lastÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 11, 2018
Ismael Chamu, the son of a migrant worker from Mexico, attends UC Berkeley, the nation's top public research university. But he lives precariously in a small trailer with no heat or sewer hookups and will soon be evicted, sending him scrambling again. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Ãâà...
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