University of Auckland vice-chancellor Stuart McCutcheon said Leemans was "an example of the outstanding young academics we must have at the University of Auckland if we are to maintain our premier world ranking".
The writer, worried about maintaining his high-status privileges in several airline programs, said he was planning to take 15,000 extra miles in leisure travel to qualify for at least a Premier Executive ranking next year on United Airlines, though he added that he didn't see much possibility of flying enough to retain his current status at United's most elite 1-K level.
Those of maroon persuasion would point to an historically poor Hibs record here, but this was a one-off scenario, featuring a team in strong second tier form and a mid-ranking Premier League side.
The students, representing all 50 states with STEM Premier profiles, were ranked and rated based on an algorithm of over 30 profile metrics including achievements, experiences and more.
Although it's concerning to hear about yet another example of freedom of expression being quashed in the arts in China, having a hugely heartfelt Mandarin-language song about a mid-ranking Premier League team is an enjoyably quirky consolation.
Ranking just behind this premier race are the grand three-week tours of Italy (the Giro d'Italia) and Spain (the Vuelta a España).
"Premier dancers of such rank have never left the Bolshoi," wrote Tatiana Kuznetsova, the ballet critic of the daily Kommersant.
There are players there who can make a difference and the infrastructure of the club, the history of the club, should rank as Premier League.
Within a year he was promoted to the top rank of premier sujet ("principal dancer") and selected to partner Marie Taglioni in Flore et Zéphire.
"Are you familiar with 1K?" he asked me, referring to United's highest Premier 1K elite-status rank, which requires 100,000 miles flown in a year.
