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Econet Wireless' Burundi subsidiary has launched the country's first 3G network following a US$10 million network upgrade.
The service is being launched in two phases, the first phase will cover the capital city Bujumbura and the second phase will cover the other key provinces. Econet customers are being offered the services in three packages targeting mobile, domestic or business users.According to figures from the Mobile World analysts, Econet Wireless is estimated to have around 185,000 subscribers, and a market share of 11.7%. The country as a whole has a mobile population penetration level of less that 16%.
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A big +1 for the Big Green Egg.
But if you choose a Weber, I still highly recommend using Hardwood "Lump" charcoal. NOT briquettes.
I.e. "Wicked Good" is one of my favorites, or even the inexpensive "Cowboy" brand is better than briquettes.
This is a discussion on What are you guys grillin' with? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Good old hickory in my smoker...Propane with lava rocks. After about two years the lava rocks get nice and seasoned. I use it all and ...
Good old hickory in my smoker...Propane with lava rocks. After about two years the lava rocks get nice and seasoned. I use it all and make no apologies for it...
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A big +1 for the Big Green Egg.
But if you choose a Weber, I still highly recommend using Hardwood "Lump" charcoal. NOT briquettes.
I.e. "Wicked Good" is one of my favorites, or even the inexpensive "Cowboy" brand is better than briquettes.
Where is the best/cheapest place to buy a Big Green Egg (Small)? Amazon?
As mentioned once or twice, Hardwood provides the best flavor. Briquettes are "okay" but not the "ready to light" stuff that already has the lighter fluid soaked into it, that is NASTY! If you do use it, let it burn a LONG time before putting any food on it. Gas is great if you don't want the flavors from the smoke - which in some cases is where I am at. Smokey flavors on some of the non-meat items I cook move the flavors away from what I am looking for.
Now with all this talk of grilling, we need some recipies going! Where is that thread?
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Right now....I have a small Kingsford grill for outside. It's one of those tailgate size quick and easy grills. I like steak so therefore I also have one of those high wattage George Foreman grills for inside. If it's raining....no problem. I don't cook for a family, just me and maybe the the girlfriends whenever. I do like the Kingsford mesquite charcoal that has the wood chips already in the cubes. Easy light and easy cooking. I pretty much use Lawry's seasoning salt for all my grilling. Tony Chatchers Creole seasoning for my chicken, and Lawry's lemon pepper for my fish. What more do you want to know now that you've made me hungry?
If you're buying charcoal briquettes, the only brand to use is Kingsford. (But don't use the "ready light" as many others have mentioned. Kingsford charcoal will give you less hassles. It burns consistently and evenly and it does not go out.
Don't skimp and get the cheapest no-name charcoal you can find. It's really worth it to go Kingsford.
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Weber one touch, lump charcoal, and a chimney.
Weber is the best. They invented the grill...If you go check out their website you can see the history story about how it was a bouy he cut in half to grill out of. Their website has some really great grill creation ideas/recipes as well. I prefer Kingsford Matchlight charcoal & Kingsford starter fluid. It just tastes better. Need some hickory smoke chips to sprinkle on as well. McCormack's Montreal Steak Seasoning to sprinkle on. Leo & Perryman's Worstershire (they invented it). Praise Alla sprinkle for bread or fries/tots or taters. Garlic minced to spread on the steak or stuff a potato (roll it in foil and cook in the coals) and Budwiser regular to sprinkle on the burgers and steaks (don't tell the guests, but they will eat the burgers faster than you can cook them)- not to drink...save the Miller Lite for that. I usually marinate the steaks in Bud for a few hours in fridge, get a big piece of AL foil cupping it and pouring some in, steak in then and garlic rubbed on them, foil closed up and cook for a little while on grill. BEWARE when removing that the liquid is extremely flammable. Drag the steaks out onto the grill, leaving the garlic on top & pour a little more Bud on them. Cook just long enough to sear the bottom and turn it over, putting some Leo & Perryman's Worstershire on them. Cook a little longer. Should be very tender. I use the Montreal Steak Seasoning on almost all veggies, especially green beans (best flat style, cooked in crock pot with bacon, onion, butter & Montreal SS added). If cooking chicken or pork chops, I just use the italian seasoning sprinkled on them. BBQ recipe: 1 jar Kraft BBQ sauce mixed with 1/2 Bud in a bowl, stirred up with 2 tspn black pepper and it tastes just like the KFC on chicken.
I like my New Holland. Lifetime burner, ignitor, stainless pan you can fill to steam food, built in smoker box, indirect flame.
Get a Webber and come to the darkside of Propane or Natural Gas. Far more predictable and versitile. I can cook darn near anything on my Webber Genusis.
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The better quality charcoal grills have a fired glass/enamel coating on them. The Webers have the superior glass/enamel fired on coating.
The cheaper charcoal imported grills are coated with high heat paint.
If you get one coated with a high heat paint then you need to light up some charcoal in it and really get it hot BEFORE you ever grill anything on it.
You need to burn that smell out of the paint or it will transfer to your food.
The Chinese do not care if they kill Americans with their cheap grill paint. We are obviously still "the enemy" with them.
So you MUST burn the crap out of that paint and break in a cheapo grill before you cook on it.
I agree w/ the Kingsford charcoal. I actually have some mesquite wood chunks and I soak those in some water and then add only a few in right before I put my meat on.
If I am grilling anything that I don't want too mesquite-ish then I add a few pieces of apple wood.
I went through several before finally dropping the dough on a Weber Genesis. Man it was so hard to pay that for a grill, but it has been worth every bit of it.
Heck you guys are making me hungry!
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If any of you haven't already, you have to make beercan chicken. It is out of this world. Basically buy a whole chicken, jam a half full beercan up it's a...Err opening, slather the outside with butter and spices and throw it on the grill in the standing position. It will cook and the beer, or whatever you decide to use will basically boil and self marinate the bird from the inside out. The outside will be crispy and the inside moist and juicy. Turns out a lot like the rotisserie chicken you can get in the grocery store.
This recipe is dependent on the bird arriving at your grill only after being killed, field dressed, gutted, and de feathered. Don't want anyones neighbor thinking you are performing voodoo rituals at dinner time. :)
It's kind of like how some people have a sudden and insatiable desire to talk about vampires after the Twilight series became popular, except zombies are much less gay and more likely to exist one day
Thank you so much for all of the wonderful responses! Alot of great tips and advice in this thread.
I have never heard of the Green Egg. I looked it up and it does look like a marvelous device - a little out of my price range for the moment though. I'll be sure to tell my buddy about it. He likes to grill too and makes a cheap steak from the grocery taste pretty good by grilling it with some soy sauce and garlic salt.
I didn't know there was that much difference in charcoal. I will make sure to get the good stuff. I might even try the non-brisket kind, if I can find it.
I looked at the Weber Smokey Jr. the other night at Wal-Mart and was real tempted to buy it. I also looked at the 18.5 & 22.5" Webers. The 18.5 is more along the lines of what I was thinking about but with the 22.5 only being $20 more, it tempts me to get the bigger model. Mostly I'll be cooking for myself but it would be nice to have the extra grill real-estate for times when you have a few friends over.
The Webers do cost alot more than the cheap grills but it sounds like you really get what you pay for in these things. It sounds like several of you guys have gotten a lot of service from your models.
I'll be sure to make a post when I do get one. I'm going out tomorrow after church and might stop somewhere to look at grills. I'm already tempted to pick one up.
Thanks again guys!


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Whenever I see a GMAT resource label its counting section as "Combinations and Permutations," a small part of me dies. OK, that's an exaggeration, but I am concerned about the misleading message that this label conveys. To me, it suggests that counting questions can be solved using either permutations or combinations, when this is not the case at all.
A permutation is a rearrangement of objects or values. For example, permutations of the numbers 1, 2, 3 include 3, 2, 1, as well as 2, 1, 3 and 2, 3, 1. The truth of the matter is that true permutation questions are exceedingly rare on the GMAT. In fact, if you examine the 12th and 13th editions of the Official Guide for GMAT Review, you will not find any questions that require knowledge of permutations. So, given the rarity of these question types, it's dangerous to approach a counting question with the notion that you need only determine whether you're dealing with a combination or a permutation and then apply one of two formulas. If you do this, you will inevitably conclude that a question is a permutation question when it is not.
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TheLadders is a New York-based job site that charges subscribers, mostly professionals from the white-collar world, $25 dollars a month to search its database. CEO Alex Douzet says the goal is to pair people with appropriate jobs. It even tells job candidates who they're competing against.
"The number one complaint we hear from people is 'I've see jobs online that I'm a good fit for. I apply and I don't hear back. Why?'" he said.
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What do Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson and Deepak Chopra have in common? They are all percieved as the 'trusted authority' in their field. One of the biggest local marketing strategies you need to master is the ability to have yourself recognised as a trusted authority. Why? Because there are hundreds of sites on the net pushing the same product or service as you, so how do potential customers recognise you as being the one they should go with? Well that's easy. They go with the person who they can trust and the one who seems to be the most knowledgable on a subject – in ther words, they go with the 'trusted authority'.
And the benefits are awesome. When you are the 'trusted authority', you can charge more for your services and you will have people coming to you and you won't have to spend so much money marketing products.
So What is a 'Trusted Authority' and How Do You Become One?
In order to be a trusted authority, you need to be able to connect with others on a deep level. You need to reach out and share your knowledge with others and you need to do it by identifying what problems your target buyers are and produce chunks of information that addresses it. That chunk could be a blog post, a link to something that you've heard, a video or a webinar. But the central message here is show that you know what type of problems people's are having and give evidence that you know how to help them to solve it.
You Can Become A Trusted Authority by:
Article marketing is still the best way to build backlinks and gain credibility towards the public AND Google all in one go! What the question on most people's lips is 'What should I write?'
By the far the most efficient way to utilise article marketing is the good old 'how to' article and make sure it includes these magic words: 'how to', 'tips', 'ways to', 'the top 5′. These are easy to write – you can use bullet points plus because they tend to have a lot of white space, they are ideal for people to read from their computers. Keep the sentences short and sweet, the title catchy and you have a winner.
After you write the article you need to submit it to an article sharing site. The most important of these sites is Ezine articles, but there's also Articles Base, Buzzle, Go articles, Articles dashboard.
Actually, there are thousands of article directories out there but 90% of them are useless in tems of the quality of link you will get. You can also purchase software that automatically submits your articles to thousands of directories. There is a danger though and that is that it may build up too many links too quickly. (read more about this in my other article about backlinks and link velocity). I do mine manually and I recommend you do the same.
One final note. If you want to sound more like a trusted authority, make sure you create an authoritative-sounding author's sig box. Include a couple of backlinks in the sig box and you're away.
A step up from writing articles is writing press releases. But be careful, press releases are different from articles and the submission sites are looking for particular types of content that is newsworthy, not just general information about your business. I wouldn't do them constantly but they are a great way to make announcements about new things that may be happening in your business or industry. Check WikiHow for a fantastic article on how to write a good press release and look up some press release submission sites on Google. There are some which may be relevant to your niche and others which are more general. The great thing about press releases is that they can get you some high-quality backlinks.
God, I love free e-books, and so do a lot of other people so make sure you have one on your site that people can download. Don't think you can wite a book? No problem. Just go to google and look for 'free brandable e-books' and see what comes up. I like 'thebestofwww.com'. You should be able to find something that suits your business and if you re-create the cover and put your link in it, then make it available for people to download once they leave their name and email address in your auto-responder, it'll make you look like a published author and there's no better way to become a trusted authority than that.
Forums are a great way to get in there and spread some of your knowledge around. The best thing here is that there are heaps of people who have problems and who are looking for answers so there are plenty of chances for you to help someone to solve a problem. But forums usually have a few rules and people who monitor them to make sure everybody is following the rules. This is how I recommend you use forums:
1)Create a really professional-looking profile with a photo. If you take your time to do this in forums, then the monitors won't think you are just there to spam the forum with posts about your business.
2)Introduce yourself to other members if there is a way to do this.
3)Go through the various discussions to see whether you can answer anyone's problems. And give constructive answers to these questions. Also leave comments and generally interact. The more you do this, the more you can leave your signature and this can help you with backlinks.
4)If they have a blog, use it but don't crowd it with useless information.
Start a group within that forum and use it to connect with people that share similar interests.
People often freak out at the thought of doing a webinar, but don't because webinars are one of THE best ways to establish yourself as a trusted authority on a subject. And they are lot easier to do than you think. One of the best resources is something called 'Go to Webinar' and it allows you to create marketing tools, information and training events. And because it is so cost-effective (think no trade show booth rental or staff costs), the ROI is excellent.
Go To Webinar has a 30-day trial which you can get for free so you can hone in on your webinar skills plus it allows the novice to practise presenting their webinar.
Not only do your customers care that you are a trusted authority but Google does as well. It knows that people like to get their information from authority sites and so ranks those that are percieved to have a high level of authority a lot higher than those which don't. So how does Google know which sites are the 'authority' sites and which sites aren't? Well one way is to count the number of backlinks the site has. Another way is to look at the number of features that site has. In other words, Google looks for things like social/viral engagement buttons, sharing features, advanced security, and full integration with Facebook/Twitter/etc.
Now I can understand where Google is coming from here. Wouldn't you agree that site owners who take the time to place all of those advanced features on their sites have a higher likelihood of providing quality information than those that don't. If the owner is not a professional, they wouldn't bother to have all of these features on their site.
Lucky for you, you don't really have to know what all of these sophisticated techie features are, you can just get the plugin and it does all the work for you (well you still have to install it). The point of it is this. When Google sees that you have lots of different features enabled, it will treat you with more respect and ultimately rank you higher because it also percieves you to be a trusted authority. Just go to www.authorityemulator.com and grab a copy.
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Hey, i was interested in buying the burton malavitas. Are they still for sale? Also i live in australia so would it be possible to ship them here?
|Hey, i was interested in buying the burton malavitas. Are they still for sale? Also i live in australia so would it be possible to ship them here?
FS: IL: Will ship: Rare Snowboard Package Burton Burden / Malavita EST / Rampants
Selling my lightly used snowboarding package. It's in good but not mint condition, and has been used maybe 6 times in the last year and a half. I purchased this from Shred Shop which was local for me and is 157 in size. The snowboard is a "meateater collection" that is only sold in Burton approved board shops. Its quite good to ride on and has some blemishes on the bottom where I scraped up from a tree or two. Also included are the "special edition" restricted Burton Malavita EST bindings. These are a very rare (#56/100) and were only sold at Shred Shop in store, not online. They are an upgraded version which according to Shred Shop reps included an upgraded metal hings, straps and the rubber grip on the high tops. These are size M and in great condition. Also included are the great condition Burton Rampant boots which are also special edition in color and stamped SHRED SHOP on each boot. These are size US11. I will be throwing in the Dakine board back so everything could be packaged and ready to go.
I only meet up local and in the day, at a populated location. I can meet at board shops if that works.
Thanks (dont email me your numbers, just email me)
Here's info on the package:
Key Features of the Burton Burden Snowboard:
Gondola Package
The Channel
ROCKER: V-Rocker
SHAPE: Twin-Like
FLEX: Directional
CORE: Super Fly II with Dualzone EGD
FIBERGLASS: Triax Fiberglass with Carbon I-Beam
BASE: Sintered
EXTRAS: NEW Squeezebox, Jumper Cables Hi-Voltage, Scoop, Frostbite Edges, Ellip Kicks, Pro-Tip, and Infinite Ride
Discontinued Colors
Burton ICS channel boards will only work with Burton EST, Burton 3-hole or other ICS compatible bindings.
Burton 3-hole boards will only work with non-EST Burton bindings or other 3-hole compatible bindings.
(the entire package is from 2012)
While I realize im brand new here without any feedback, I do have 100% positive ratings on multiple other sites:
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those are just a few. Please dont hesistate to ask any questions!
Price: $550 OBO plus shipping. I can separate if needed.
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The days' trips were as follows,
Manchester – Dublin
Dublin – London Stansted
London Stansted – Frankfurt Hahn
Frankfurt Hahn – Manchester
Anyway.... the day finally came, 19th of September, Saturday morning. I got up at 5 to be at the airport for 6, as my granny was coming along with my cousin; the cousin for the trip, the granny to learn how to use an airport. – she would be flying LS the following week, and was curious about on-line check-in - I gathered the boarding passes printed the night before and jumped in the car with dad to pick everyone up. We got to the airport dead on time for out 7:55 departure.
Flight 1
EI-DHH - built in 2005.
Flight time: 29 mins
L/f: 90%
Seat: 11F
Scheduled time to connection from touchdown: 155 mins
All the videos featured in this section http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHiR-33wYvU
Dad dropped us off at the airport at 6 as planned. The first stop of the day was the arrivals hall of T1, where we hoped we would end up at the end of the day. Since the refit, there's now a Greggs here, a great place to start the day with a sausage roll breakfast...mmm... Granny grabbed us both a Coke and a savoury each and we tucked in. Rather nice, and a good wake up I'm sure you'll agree.
Once finished, we went upstairs, right the way round to the security area. In my opinion, Manchester has one of the best security screening facilities in the country. It took us under ten minutes to get through. As we had checked in online, we simply had to scan our barcodes on the machine, and it let us through. A quick walk through the scanner and we were in.
Terminal 1 airside is really good. There is a large variety of shops and coffee shops to choose from. The only drawback is the fact that you have to walk through the main duty free shop to transition to the gates, but one can deal with that. Once you've found your way out of duty free, you come to a mass of shops. Here's a map;
Once we'd had a look round it was time to catch our flight! As this was my trip, I decided I wanted to be the first to board the plane, so, given my knowledge of where FR usually board their planes, I dragged the other two to the pier and a random gate (forgotten the number...sorry). As the gate number isn't given until 40 minutes before departure, there was no one else there.
Spotting shot whilst waiting...
I kept glancing over to the departure board and sure enough, the gate we were at popped up next to our flight. I was right! We were at the front of the queue. I myself had purchased "Priority Boarding". Ryanairs' guarantee to get on the plane before everyone else in the "Other Queue". I decided not to tell my companions until boarding started and they had to get in the other line.
About 30 minutes before the departure time and just as the aircraft arrived on stand, boarding commenced. Strangely enough, this was also the time that my boarding card says "boarding closes at..." I handed my printed paper over to the boarding agent who looked and tore and gave it me back. No mention of thanks for the fact that I had previously scored a line on each of our 12 boarding cards for the day, right along the tear line. (Just trying to get on quicker and speed the process up a little). I raced down the stairs then turned around to take a picture;
(Sorry about the quality of most of these shots...shooting whilst walking)
View out of the head height window
I must have waited ten minuets' then at the bottom of the stairs for the doors to open. The others in my group were only 3 people behind me in the queue, so I didn't have to worry too much about keeping the seats once onboard. Once we were let out, I let out a huge power walk to the front steps, taking shots as I went...
Once onboard, the steward took my boarding card and glanced at the flight number, scribbled on it with a crappy pen that hardly worked, and then told me to take a seat. "Thanks!" I told him. I had already done a bit of research for the best seats on a 737-800. This concluded...after watching many videos and reading reports... that seats 11F, 23A and F were the best seats. 11A had no window and was just a blanked out space, for air con?
Sat in my seat I looked out of the window and saw the bird we would be racing against today. EI-DET was an Aer Lingus A320. Due to depart at 8am sharp. Both EI and FR fly from Manchester to Dublin within 5 minutes of each other, so I like to think it's a race. FR553 is supposed to depart 5 minutes before the A320.
Another shot, including our wing:
Once settled in, I decided to take some pictures of the seat area and outside.
Safety card ON the seat in front of you...
Decent leg room, mainly because there's no seat pocket, comfortable enough though.
Then I noticed the A320 next to me pushing
Dam! EI had won today. Better luck next time Ryanair – "...the world's most punctual airline..."
After that we pushed back, and the crew did the usual manual demo. I really like the pre-recorded safety message, it makes it easier to understand the procedures I find, and also it's clear and not rushed like often they are. Engines were started and we taxied out to the runway. Today we were going up on 23L. No pics of taxi or take off, but there is a vid;
Directly behind us were the most annoying people I have ever heard. Please watch the video to find out why. Don't you hate it when there's some rowdy nonsense talking loudmouth behind you?
The flight itself was very smooth. Once airborne the crew more or less immediately went round serving drinks and taking orders for the hot food selection. The climb seemed very fast and quite steep, steeper than I'm used to on longer flights. Some pictures;
Nice shot of the engine
Wing through the window
Cabin shot during BOB service
Starting the decent
Video of cloud surfing during climb and decent...I think...
Bellow the clouds
Across the horizon
After that the crew took up landing positions and we touched down smoothly after a 29 minute flight. That's the shortest flight I've ever flown. What fun!
Landing video
The landing was really smooth, really nice.
Some pictures of the airport;
Off the plane and walking to the terminal. Bye bye plane, see you next time!
The walk from the plane to baggage reclaim was massive; it must have taken 5 or ten minutes to get there. Immigration was good though, just walked to a booth and out, no queues which is always good.
Once in reclaim, we followed the signs through flight connections, which brings me nicely to the next part...
Flight 2
EI-DHX - built again in 2005.
Flight time: 55 mins
L/f: 70%
Seat: 23F
Scheduled time to connection from touchdown: 165 mins
Report vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYJZs4qU1gA
As we worked our way through baggage reclaim, we followed the signs right to the bottom and up some stairs to catch the next flight of the day.
View up the stairs, with the sign at the top.
We followed the sign round what can only be described as a passage filled with junk, trolleys and clutter. The walkway was dark and narrow; it felt more like a back alley than an airport. However, we made it through to connections and were shown to the front of the security queue. The people who worked on security here were very nice. Just as my bag was going through, I realised I still had a drink from Manchester in it, 'oops' I quickly grabbed it and disposed of it. Half a bottle left in there, ah well, my mistake. We were soon through and greeted with a huge board displaying the flights of the day on. One thing I like about Dublin airport is that it shows you what gate your flight is leaving from hours in advance; unlike every other airport on today's itinerary!
We decided that the best thing to do next was to sit down again for some more food and take a trip to the lavatory. As neither of us had ever been to Dublin before, we sort of stumbled around looking for the restaurant. Once we found it, we went and bought two Panini's and 3 coffees. What a joke! The Panini's were absolutely disgusting. They were horrific. Top Tip; never go to the restaurant next to security at Dublin Airport. Honestly. The food was bad, and only one coffee machine was working. All the others didn't say where the working one was, so that was a farce. Then there was the price. They were extortionate. Now I know that airport prices are notoriously high, but it was ridiculous. I can't remember the price of the top of my head, but I know it was high! Once we paid we had to find somewhere to sit. Here's what greeted us;
Not a clear table in sight. Every table had rubbish on, and the amount of left food pays heed to what I said about the poor quality of food being offered. There needs to be some new management or something here because it is terribly poor.
After leaving my "snack" I went off to the bathroom to check out the toilets. Same story here I'm afraid, they were dirty and wet; tissues everywhere and no soap. Not really what you expect from a Capital City Airport. After this disappointment though, we decided to explore the vast expanse of Dublin's piers (also a chance to do a little picture taking)
Random shot of US 757
Nice treat, delta sky team livery
Citijet Avro liner parked next to burger king. Oh how I wish we had gone here for a snack! Much cleaner.
After a good look round, and buying a beer mat from the Guinness shop, we headed to the gate, D61 if I remember correctly. Other than the poor catering, I found Dublin Airport to be a very pleasant experience, good shops, nice and spacious, and plenty of room for all the flights. I'd like to see what the new terminal ends up like though would be interesting to compare.
As we were waiting to board the flight, all of a sudden everyone stood up and started to queue. I then noticed that as soon as the dispatcher started to stand behind the desk and fumble around, people instinctively rose and tried to beat each other in order to get seats together; kind of funny really. I wasn't bothered; I was in the Priority line. Two or three minutes later, the board in front of the desk changed to another destination, Eindhoven I think. This really did confuse people. I quick walked over to the departures board, only to find our gate had been moved to D62, just up the pier. I signalled to granny and cousin to hot foot it over there. Sure enough, as soon as we got there, the man behind the desk called out that there had been a gate change; he seemed to find it quite funny, as though it had been done as a joke. To be honest so did I: watching people turn around and run over. I just managed to catch our plane taxi to stand.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArCey4R674Y
No sooner was it parked up, we were boarding. Strangely enough, once again at the time boarding was supposed to close! This seems to be a running theme.
Boarding pictures:
Boarded and sat in 23F, great view of the wing and flaps; right where all the stuff happens! Whilst settling in, I took some pictures;
After taking this shot, I overheard some North American folk behind me saying that one of
them had lost their passport...here we go... the daughter of the group claimed she had lost her passport. How I really don't know, how can you lose it between the gate and the plane? She had though. The crew ordered a search of their bags, but it was not to be found. A full offloading commenced, as they're bags came out of the hold, and they were escorted back inside the terminal. I have to applaud the crew though, they were very professional. Just before the pax left, they went through every bad in the area they were sat, checking each bag belonged to someone seated. Not to my surprise, one did not, and after several calls to the passengers being offloaded, the bag was found to be theirs. How can you leave your bag on a plane? We finally got underway 26 minutes late. Taxi video is in the full video of this flight.
We taxied along runway 16 to the end, where we turned held short of 28 whilst an EI A320 landed.
Take off vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeL4SK52Kz4
Once airborne, we made a sharp 180 to the right. The g-force was great, we were pushed right into our seats as we banked and climbed hard! Just the sort of flying I like!
During the flight, the flight crew gave us regular updates on our position and height, a nice offering on this leg, as nothing was said on the first flight. They told us we were cruising at flight level 330, ahh the good life. We were advised that landing would be at 12:50, and we were over Liverpool at the time of the announcement. I took the chance to take some pictures.
Whose stadium is this?
Check out the clouds shadow on the ground.
Is this BHX?
Cabin shot
Where is this? I flew to the right of this airfield a few weeks prior en-route to Ibiza, now I'm on the left
The guy sat in front of me was obviously drunk. He could hardly put two words together and was stupidly loud. You wouldn't mess with him though. He did bring something to my attention though. He bought some red wine and used a note to pay for it. The note was a larger value than the wine, and so change was required of 4 or 5 euro. The crew though did not have enough change to provide him with this, and so they requested he either have something of the value of the change, or do without his change. Eventually after much deliberation, he was given a sandwich, which he subsequently tried to give to ever passenger around him. Surely they should carry enough change for this?
We started the decent:
It was a long approach, but we landed at 12:51, one minute behind the ETA. Not bad. 6 minutes late on the scheduled time though.
Landing video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye4TU3C78zc
Landing was very long, and there was some pretty fierce braking at the end of the runway. I mean very sharp. Very nice though!
At the gate.
Some deplaning shots;
I like that one
Upon getting to immigration, we were told that as long as we had our boarding passes, we could walk straight through. Ireland to UK seems to be treated as domestic, but the other way around does not. Anyone know why?
Anyway, once we found our boarding cards, we were surprised to find that no one was even there to check them! So we just strolled on through to the baggage hall.
Very nice airport from this view so far. We had to walk a lot though to get from the plane to immigration, further than in Dublin dare I say.
Now onto the 3rd leg, and one of the most crucial!
Flight 3
EI-DLW - built in 2006.
Flight time: 60 mins
L/f: 80%
Seat: 3A
Scheduled time to connection from touchdown: 60 mins
Video for the flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8u5oamCEZk (only take off and initial climb due to having to move seats)
If you've not already noticed, this flight is one of the more crucial flights of the day. The connection time from touch down to the take off time to Manchester is only 60 minutes, in actual fact, meaning there's only 30 minutes until boarding starts (or ends according to the boarding cards trick). Now I've never been to Frankfurt Hahn before, so I had no idea of how long the queues would be for security, or to clear immigration, so I was understandably worried. Just before we boarded the flight, the three of us were still debating whether or not to just get the bus back to Manchester rather than risk being stranded in Germany the day before Mums birthday! We decided to take a risk; life's more fun that way.
Anyway... after standing in the baggage hall for 5 minutes trying to find a flight connection access, we discovered there was none. I was quite shocked by this, but I suppose it's understandable, as it's mainly LCC who operate here, and they don't offer connecting flights. So after clearing customs, we were out into 'land side' where everyone else is.
Because of our short connection time in Hahn, we took the chance to visit the Ryanair 'help desk'. I had narrowed the Hahn to Manchester leg down to be an aircraft coming from Oslo Torp – that was completely wrong, but it gave me piece of mind – and so I merely asked the staff at Stansted if FR9829 (from Torp) was on time into Hahn. After repeating myself, (and waiting 15 minutes to get served) all I got told was "Ryanair do not do connecting flights!" "Thanks" I said, and then toddled off to find the other two. 'Well that was a success' I thought to myself. So I did the next best thing, ring the other granny back home and ask her to check online. She did, and it was. Bugger! Now I was bricking it about catching the leg home. If only it was delayed a little to give me more of a chance...but, that's the way it goes, so off we went to catch it.
Security at Stansted baffled me. There are numerous different channels to go through, and to a newcomer, it's confusing. After reading the signs we figured out we could go through any one, and so we chose the shortest queue. Security was bad. It took us all 15 minutes to get airside. The agents were great, very friendly and helpful, it was just a slow process that's all, and there weren't even many people in front, not a patch on Manchester!
Once through, the lounge was very nice, shops, restaurants, cafes...etc. very well laid out too, everything was in a central location and was easy to see and work out. The airport itself felt vary spacious, I particularly like the canopy roof that sweeps across the whole area, very well designed. As I have said before, the gate number isn't given until 50 minutes or so before the flight, and as each pier is quite a walk from the other, we decided to stay in the main lounge. Whilst waiting, we called into Starbucks, and had another Panini. That was a good move; it was utterly delicious, and cheaper than Dublin's efforts. After tucking in though, the gate number was up, and we had our stand. Our plane was waiting at the far end of the terminal...what a trek. We got there front of the queue again, and boarded once more at the gate closing time.
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Other Ryanair bird
Stupid sign that said boarding as soon as we got there, even though boarding didn't start for a good half an hour.
The important part: the plane. I really like the pop out steps on these 737's
Once we were on board, the cabin slowly filled up with other passengers. In fact, people were still boarding up until the departure time. All we could think about is taking off quick. In fact, because we were so anxious, we sat in one of the bad seats for spotting, row 3 – we'd be able to jump out quicker. Row 2 was unusable because of weight and balance, and I didn't fancy row 1, I'd have to stare a beautiful stewardess, but the bloke next to her put me off. Eventually, 10 minutes late, we took off.
Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dybK9FoCvuI
Take off was nice and fast, just as I like it. Once airborne, we made a right turn towards the south east, and past over a few easy jet birds flying below us – sorry my camera doesn't zoom too good -
The flight was relatively uneventful, and was very pleasant, even if it seemed to go on forever.
Some shots:
Cabin shot
During the climb
Yep, nothing's changed from the first safety display I saw today. Although since this trip, I flew on Ryanair and the life vest was actually under the seat, not above my head. Does anyone know why?
Coming into land at Hahn...a rainbow.
I don't have any shots of the landing, as halfway through the flight I swapped to the aisle seat so I could make a dash for the exit on landing.
The landing was very smooth though, and the breaking was fairly soft compared to the previous leg. As we pulled up on stand, I leapt up and dashed for the exit. During the flight, my granny had had a word with the steward about our connection, and he had agreed to let us of first.
As we were waiting to deplane, I took this sneaky shot:
Once the stairs had popped out, we scrambled down them, only to be met by one of the ground crew, who after hearing off the steward our situation, escorted us from plane to terminal, opening all the doors and making sure we cleared immigration first. Now that's customer service!
Now the final leg.
Flight 4
EI-EFN - built in 2009 – a new bird :D:D
Flight time: 84 mins
L/f: 50%
Seat: 23A
Scheduled time to connection from touchdown: Last leg
All the videos featured in this section: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og2A0Lo2nWg
So, here it was the final flight of the day, the one we had all been most worried about, and the one that was to ultimately be the best.
As we cleared the immigration booths, we were sprung past two or three baggage belts and then out into the arrivals hall. Hearts racing, we knew we only had 30 minutes to get to the gate. We franticly searched for security and a board detailing the gate. After spending the night before studying a map of the airport, I more or less found it straight away, but I had to look twice to be sure, you can't rush these things.
Looking twice, we realised that there was absolutely no queue at security, unbelievable, we were in luck. As we rushed on through, power walking all the way, I once again left a bottle of water in my bag. The security man looked at me, pulled it out, shook his head then pushed me on through. Immediately through is a small cafe, and to either side two or three gates. That's when it struck me how small this airport was. It was tiny!
We dashed right and to the end where I flight would depart from. Something I hadn't experienced yet today; a holding pen. As we approached the gate area, there were two immigration officials sat in their booths, each checking everyone's passports as we went through to the gate. We weren't allowed out again.
View from our gate area to the next, and the end of this part of the airport.
As boarding got underway, I got to the front and waited for the others.
This was the view out of the door.
The temperature was rather high inside the holding area, and we were then delayed for what seemed like ages. In fact, we didn't get outside until very near the take off time. Not to worry though, this flight could be late, I had wanted it to be, but we made the connection with plenty of time, probably around 30-40 minutes to spare. There was an entertaining display though;
You have to love the map
Once outside I took some more shots:
Our plane was freshly landed
Nice catch
When we landed there were no other birds here, now there were three!


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Feb. 26, 2014
Saturday, March 1 -- vs. No. 15 Cornell (Oosterbaan Field House), 1 p.m.
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The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team (2-2), coming off a 1-1 week, returns home after a pair of road contests to host the No. 15 Cornell Big Red (2-0) from at 1 p.m. Oosterbaan Field House. The matchup between the two sides is the first ever in the all-time series and will feature a live audio stream, with Mike DeWitt and Brian Greiner '12 calling the action.
Scouting Cornell
The Big Red enter the contest with a 2-0 record and are coming off a 14-8 win over Binghamton on Tuesday afternoon. In the Big Red's first game of the season on Feb. 22, Cornell defeated Hobart, 12-8.
Dan Litner leads the team with 10 goals on 20 shots and is a part of a unit looking to replace former attacking standouts Rob Pannell and Steve Mock. Litner is joined by Matt Donovan, who has six scores and three assists. The biggest threat to U-M will be faceoff ace Doug Tesoriero, who is 34-of-47 (72 percent) at the dot on the young season. Brennan Donville has been the man in goal, as he has stopped 16 shots and has a save percentage of .500.
In total, Cornell has outscored opponents, 26-16, on the season and outshot teams, 89-50. The Big Red are also clearing at 94 percent.
Lott Garners ECAC Specialist of the Week honors
Following a 1-1 week where Brad Lott won 36-of-53 (68 percent) faceoffs and collected 20 ground balls, the sophomore took home ECAC Specialist of the Week honors.
A faceoff specialist, Lott went 22-of-30 in the win over Detroit, to go along with 11 ground balls. He followed up the effort on Saturday (Feb. 22), against Johns Hopkins, winning 14-of-23 attempts at the dot, including going 8-of-14 against one of the top faceoff men in the NCAA heading into the game in JHU's Drew Kennedy. Lott added nine groundballs in his standout performance against the Blue Jays.
Wolverines Head Home After 1-1 Week
Against Detroit, five players scored multiple goals, led by Ian King, who tied the Michigan record with four as the Wolverines beat Detroit, 14-13, in the second overtime (first win) game in program history. King also tied the U-M record with 12 shots, while Kyle Jackson, who netted the game-winner at the 2:47 mark of the extra-session, joined the freshman in double digits with 11 shots. Jackson had three scores on the game, all in the second half.
In addition to Lott's excellence, Robbie Zonino made eight saves (two in each quarter) to aid the defense. Michigan also had a team-record 52 shots on the night, eclipsing the previous mark of 45 vs. St. Joseph's on April 20, 2013.
Later in the week, U-M took on lacrosse royalty in No. 8 Johns Hopkins, falling to the Blue Jays 14-5. Five different players scored one goal, while Michigan outshot the Blue Jays, 41-36, and owned the ground ball advantage at 36-31. Lott was once again excellent, going 14-of-23 on faceoffs and 8-of-14 against Kennedy.
King Paces Squad in Goals
For the second consecutive season, a freshman is leading the team in goals four games into the season, as Ian King is pacing the squad with eight goals. Against Detroit, he tied the program record (held by three other Wolverines) with four scores and has netted a pair of tallies in two other games (Penn State, Mercer).
Last season, Kyle Jackson led the team in scores through four games with six goals and seven points (6 goals, one assist).
Steady Improvement
Michigan has scored 46 goals this season through four games. Last season, U-M had 21 goals through four games and did not reach 46 until the seventh game of the season (March 14 against Fairfield). Also through four games, U-M's shooting percentage is up from 19 percent to 27 percent this season and is converting man-up opportunities at 44 percent this season compared to 22 percent a year ago. Also vastly improved is the team's clearing percentage, from 84 percent to 88 percent this year.
Balanced Scoring Leads Way
Five players have scored at least five goals this season, while U-M's quarter-to-quarter scoring has been balanced, scoring 12 goals in the first quarter and 11 goals in the second, third and fourth quarters (plus one in overtime).
Broadcast Team
Mike DeWitt, who has called U-M games the past two seasons on Big Ten Student U and the Michigan Stadium in-house feed on MGoBlue.com, will return for his third season as the voice of Michigan men's lacrosse as the play-by-play man. Joining him as color commentator will be 2012 U-M graduate Brian Greiner, a member of Team One and U-M's primary faceoff man in the initial season as a varsity program. He was also a member of the team's 2010 MCLA national championship squad.
In the 2012 season, Grenier won the Team Spirit Award and went 128-of-302 at the faceoff X (42 percent). He led the team in groundballs, with 48, and scored four goals on the year, including two against Ohio State in the first Battle at the Big House.
2014 Schedule Boasts Prominent Matchups
The 2014 slate boasts seven preseason top-20 teams in No. 6 Maryland, No. 7 Penn State, No. 9 Ohio State, No. 11 Albany, No. 12 Yale, No. 13 Johns Hopkins and No. 18 Cornell. Of the seven matchups, four of them will be played in Ann Arbor. The Cornell (March 1) contest will be played inside Oosterbaan Field House.
So far this season, U-M has faced three top-15 squads and boasts the No. 13 strength of schedule in the country thus far.
NCAA Debuts
Nine players made their debuts for the Wolverines against Penn State in Josh Stauffer and Mike D'Alessio (sophomores) as well as freshmen Mikie Schlosser, Ian King, Peter Khoury, Will Biagi, Stefan Bergman and Christian Wolter, as well as goalie Robbie Zonino. Against Mercer, Andrew Roswell, Charlie McPeters, Cooper Charlton and Brendan Gaughan made their debuts. Most recently, Andrew Hatton make his first appearance against Detroit at close defense and earned his first start of the season against Johns Hopkins, upping the total of initial appearances to 15 thus far this season.
Two-Year Starters Return
The Wolverines return three players who have been mainstays in the first two seasons of varsity play. Featuring a pair of starting attackmen in juniors Will Meter and David McCormack, as well as fifth-year senior close defender J.D. Johnson.
Meter, who led the team in assists as a freshman with 15 and had five helpers last season, has started 25 of 27 contests on attack alongside McCormack, who has 19 career goals and four assists in 19 starts. Johnson, who missed a significant part of 2013 due to injury, is healthy after starting 14 games in 2012 and seven a year ago. He led Team One in ground balls with 40 and was tied for third on the team last year with 25.
Wolverines Welcome 13 Newcomers
The 2013 U-M squad will welcome 13 newcomers to the fold this season, highlighted by freshman goalie and projected starter Robbie Zonino, who was hailed as the No. 8 freshman goalie in the country by Inside Lacrosse prior to the season. Other freshman who figure to contribute immediately are close defender Andrew Hatton, attackman Ian King and midfielder Mikie Schlosser. The class overall was hailed as the No. 18 class in the country, with Zonino, King and Schlosser named to the publication's Power 100 Freshman list.
The freshman class will also consist of a pair of redshirt freshman in attackman Brendan Gaughan and close defender Cooper Charlton. Gaughan was ranked as the No. 7 attackman in the country by ESPN Rise as a senior, as well as the No. 27 player overall, while Charlton spent a postgraduate year at the Hill Academy prior to joining the Wolverines a year ago.
Starters Return
The Wolverines return virtually all of their offense from a year ago, losing only midfielder Willie Steenland, who score one goal last season. The offense will be led by a pair of All-ECAC Rookie Team members in Kyle Jackson (17 goals, 9 assists) and Mike Hernandez (12 goals, 9 assists), as well as redshirt senior midfielder Thomas Paras (13 goals, 6 assists). The attack unit will be guided by a pair of junior-and three-years starters in Will Meter (10 goals, 5 assists) and David McCormack (11 goals, 2 assists). Defensively, the Wolverines will look to replace their top close defender in Rob Healy (15 gb.), as well as 2013 All-ECAC Rookie Team goalie Gerald Logan, who is out for the year due to a shoulder injury.
U-M also returns its main face-off man from a year ago in sophomore Brad Lott, who went 98-of-208 (47 percent) at the dot as a true freshman with 18 ground balls.
2014 Slate
In total, U-M's 2014 opponents had a combined record of 117-96 a year ago. For the team's eight road games, the Wolverines will travel 4,092 miles.
Diversity for U-M
Of the players that make up the 2014 squad, members of the team hail from 13 states and provinces, highlighted by eight from Michigan and five from New Jersey, Ohio, California, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
California: 5 (Gaughan, Hernandez, Johnson, Schlosser, Simor)
Canada: 1 (Jackson)
Colorado: 1 (Wylie)
Connecticut: 5 (Francia, Hatton, Keady, Khoury, Kraus)
Florida: 1 (Stauffer)
Maryland: 4 (Brown, Glaser, Mosko, Roswell)
Michigan: 8 (Archer, Gembis, Kennedy, Meter, Orr, Sardelli, Walker, Zwolan)
New Hampshire: 1 (Wolter)
New Jersey: 5 (Bryant, McPeters, Portnoy, Riefberg, Weichert)
New York: 2 (D'Alessio, Logan)
Ohio: 5 (Charlton, Joseph, King, McCormack, Paras)
Pennsylvania: 5 (Bergman, Chu, Kinek, Moore, Zonino)
Virginia: 1 (Biagi)
Special Matchups on Tap
For the third straight season, U-M will host the Battle at the Big House following the U-M Football Spring Game. This year's opponent for the traditional matchup will be the Fairfield Stags, and the April 5 game will commence at 3 p.m. The following Saturday (April 12), U-M will take part in the Showdown at the Shoe against Ohio State at 11 a.m. in Columbus.
Underclassmen Domination
The squad will carry strong underclassmen feel, as 30-of-46, or 65 percent, of the team will be either freshmen or sophomores.
Class Breakdown
Freshman: 13 (Archer, Bergman, Biagi, Hatton, Khoury, King, McPeters, Roswell, Schlosser, Simor, Weichert, Wolter, Zonino)
Redshirt Freshman: 2 (Charlton, Gaughan)
Sophomore: 15 (Brown, D'Alessio, Glaser, Hernandez, Jackson, Keady, Kennedy, Kinek, Kraus, Logan, Lott, Moore, Riefberg, Stauffer, Walker)
Redshirt Sophomore: 1 (Joseph)
Junior: 8 (Francia, Gembis, McCormack, Meter, Mosko, Orr, Portnoy, Wylie)
Redshirt Junior: 1 (Zwolan)
Senior: 4 (Bryant, Chu, Sardelli, Sherman)
Redshirt Senior: 2 (Johnson, Paras)
Number Changes
Four returning players from last season have switched numbers for U-M: Evan Glaser (No. 25 from No. 40), Dan Kinek (No. 9 from No. 38), Will Meter (No. 15 from No. 45), Dakota Sherman (No. 50 from No. 17).
Logan Out for Season
Sophomore goalie Gerald Logan will miss the 2014 season with a shoulder labrum tear that required surgery.
Last season, Logan was selected to the All-ECAC Rookie Team and was named the team's MVP. Logan was No. 2 in the NCAA with 211 saves and ended his freshman campaign averaging 15-plus saves per contest. He recorded double-digit stops in 13 of 14 contests and stopped at least 15 shots in nine games. Logan compiled a 56.3 save percentage, faced 565 shots, and led the team with 36 ground balls.
Freshman Nothing New
For the third straight season, the Wolverines will run a freshman goalie out between the pipes, as Robbie Zonino appears to be the man in the cage this season. In 2012, Emil Weiss was the primary goalie, playing in 10 games with an 11.80 goals-against average. In 2013 Gerald Logan played the majority of minutes.
In the two years U-M has been a varsity program, freshman have played 84 percent of the minutes in goal. The departed Dylan Westerhold is the other netminder who saw action in both seasons, playing 252 minutes in 2012, and just over five minutes in 2013. Cy Abelnour made a cameo appearance in 2012, playing 10 minutes as well.
U-M is the only team in the country that will have started a different freshman goalie in each of the past seasons. The Albany Great Danes are the last team to accomplish that feat, as a freshman was in net for the 2011-12-13 seasons.
Paul Chosen for U.S. Lacrosse Michigan Chapter Hall of Fame
Head coach John Paul was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Michigan Chapter's Hall of Fame on June 17, and was formally inducted on Oct. 26.
Paul built the Michigan men's lacrosse club team into a national powerhouse, compiling a 241-44 record in 14 seasons as head coach (1998-2011) and leading Michigan to three straight Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association national championships from 2008-10. The team was 76-2 the final four seasons as a club program, helping drive the addition of men's lacrosse to the school's Division I varsity sports programs prior to the 2011-12 school year.
Paul was chosen to lead the varsity program in June 2011, and he was named Lacrosse Magazine Person of the Year in November 2011 for the role he played in Michigan's becoming the first BCS school in 31 years to add varsity lacrosse. Paul also previously served on the US Lacrosse board of directors (2002-07) and on the board of the Michigan Chapter of US Lacrosse.
Michigan to Join Big Ten Conference for Lacrosse in 2014-15
The Big Ten Conference announced June 3 the formation of a men's lacrosse conference, in which the University of Michigan men's lacrosse team will begin competition during the 2014-15 academic year.
In addition to Michigan and affiliate member Johns Hopkins, the men's conference will also feature Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers and Maryland.
Big Ten rules allow for a conference championship when six institutions sponsor a program in any given sport.
Paul and the Wolverines will enter their third year as a varsity program in 2013-14, and continue competing in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), before joining the Big Ten for the 2015 season. Ohio State is the only other current ECAC team that will also transition to the Big Ten.
With the addition of men's and women's lacrosse, the Big Ten will now sponsor 28 varsity sports.
U-M Supports Friends of Jaclyn, vs. Cancer
The Wolverines adopted nine-year-old Miles Root of Tecumseh, Mich., through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation (FOJ), a charitable, non-profit organization that strives to enhance and strengthen the support system built around children with pediatric brain tumors. Through the program, adopted children become part of the team and build unique friendships. Children also gain an incredible group of caring role models to look up to when they need the extra support. FOJ places children with teams according to geographical proximity, as his primary healthcare facility is the University of Michigan Hospital.
Miles was diagnosed with a brain tumor on April 26, 2010, at the age of five. The tumor was fully resected on April 28, but he suffered from posterior fossa syndrome with cerebellar mutism a few hours after his tumor removal, resulting in him being unable to move the right side of his body and leaving him unable to speak.
FOJ's programs are based on love, support and friendship between the child, the child's family and his or her "adopted" team. FOJ has completed more than 400 adoptions in more than 20 different sports. They currently have more than 1,000 schools on a waiting list, as FOJ grows from a small organization into a larger one.
On Jan. 25, over 30 members of the team shaved their heads in support of Miles, as well as Chase Jones, a leading member in the vs. Cancer Organization based out of North Carolina.
2015 Recruiting Class Takes Shape
Michigan inked 12 standout prep student-athletes to the 2015 squad on Nov. 22. The class is highlighted by goalieTommy Heidt (Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick School), who comes in at No. 39 in the Inside Lacrosse Top 50 Young Gun rankings heading into his senior year. The publication also ranks him as the No. 1 senior goalie in the country.
Others slated to join the Wolverines will be attackman PJ Bogle (Culver, Ind./Culver Military), longstick midfielders Liam Bourke (Ross, Calif./Redwood) and Jackson Kinley (Glen Ridge, N.J./Glen Ridge), attackmen BJ Mattheiss (Owings Mills, Md./St. Paul's School) and Sean McCanna (The Woodlands, Calif./The Woodlands), midfielder Parker McKee (Dedham, Mass./Noble & Greenough), long pole Hugh Mosko (Bethesda, Md./Boys Latin), attackman Will Reynolds (Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand/Choate), long pole Eric Smith (Dover, Md./Taft School), and midfielders Shawn Smith (Cross River, N.Y./John Jay-Cross River) and Chase Young (Ambler, Pa./St. Joseph's Prep).
Wednesday, March 5 -- at High Point (High Point, N.C.), 7 p.m.


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Human resource flexibility and strong ties in entrepreneurial teams
Zolin, Roxanne, Kuckertz, Andreas, & Kautonen, Teemu (2011) Human resource flexibility and strong ties in entrepreneurial teams. Journal of Business Research, 64(10), pp. 1097-1103.
Human resource flexibility is important in entrepreneurial ventures that need to respond to the changing challenges of growing the new business. This research investigates the impact of previously well-known people (strong ties) as entrepreneurial team members on the human resource flexibility of new ventures. Data collected from German founding entrepreneurs in technology-oriented, incubator-based firms shows that choosing a well known individual to join the entrepreneurial team increases the founder's ability to modify the team member's work role, but complicates asking the team member to leave the team if required. Hence, strong ties both increase and reduce human resource flexibility. However, the effect of strong ties on role modifiability is statistically significant only with novice entrepreneurs. These research findings counsel founders to discuss role modification and exit during partnership and entrepreneurial team membership negotiations.
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