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Hi, I've just reached level 30 a week ago. Ever since, I've been matching up with people who are silver or higher. They seem to be WAY better than me. Most of the time, I kept dying. It feels like they're light years away from me. I've also learned a large variety of champions. Studying and learning how to play them. I know how to play all 5 roles. I'm the best at Mid. Another thing that's depressing is my performance. My first three games are excellent. I always get positive scores and help my team without breaking a sweat. During my 4th game, I start to make common and stupid mistakes. Is it bad to play too much LoL at once? Is there any good professional gamers that livestreams? Last question, how long does it take for me to get better? Many of my friends who played one year or more are silver, gold and even platinum.
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after each game: the lobby where are the stats are shown also shows you your win/loss ratio for normal games: this normal win/loss ratio shown near the top can determine your hidden elo, which decides how good you are and places you in matches with other players with a similar hidden elo. If you have a strong win/loss ratio: this could explain why you are playing with silver or gold players. Another possibility is that you're playing with a friend who may be a much higher elo than you, resulting in you playing against stronger opponents. If you play by yourself, you may find easier match ups. Do you have runes. I find that when people first reach lv 30, they dont have a full rune set of TIER 3 runes. Runes help a bunch. usually I have a rune page or two for each position that i play.
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Yeah, of course you can get tired if you play too much LoL. It also might just be time. If you start playing at midnight, after three games it could be 3 am, which is where your performance might get to drop. If you know your performance starts to drop after 3 games, then at that point switch over to ARAMs or take a break or something. Anyway, I think what you should start to focus on is simply not dying. Looking at your LoLKing, you go negative in almost all your games--with Ezreal, who's one of the safest ADCs. Not dying is more important than getting kills. Focus on playing safer, not getting ganked, not getting baited, not chasing too long, having proper positioning in teamfights, not getting caught out, etc. This is probably a good video for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhVHYNMr7cM
Your scores are pretty much all negative. You simply die a lot...and understand that the blue build for Ezreal really only works if your team is ahead mid game. If you want to take a look at streams, should probably take a look at Scarra's streams first on Twitch.tv Unlike most streams, Scarra actually explains and gives helpful tips many times so probably the best place to start if you're not as knowledgeable about the game.
Hey, I read all the comments this morning and played EZ again. I got SoloQ with a team that bickers so much that they had fights over buffs. In the end we won. My scores were still negative but I focused on the global objective meanwhile the other three did all the killing. I still don't understand what you mean by "blue build only works for EZ if team is ahead mid game". Other then that, I won my first game of the day. Ez's skillshots are pretty hard during early phase at bot. Any advice?
Just don't feed. All is well if you can farm CS and not feed, and if you're playing bot lane let the match-up help depict how you play. For example, if the other team has a Leona support you play extremely cautious. Go in for the easy kills if your support helps set them up. But most importantly, don't feed. It doesn't matter what skill level you're against, if you feed you're going to help your team lose.
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"blue build only works for EZ if team is ahead mid game" that means the build you are using for ez right now, which is called the blue build, only works if your team is ahead mid game. if you are behind i suggest you go with standard adc build with zerkers, bloodthirster, phantom dancer, infinity edge, last whisper and a defensive item. i usually go standard adc with ez anyway, does lots more dmg with aa and crits, and scaled well into lategame
I don't think anyone has yet mentioned that your CS scores are low. You're averaging a little less than 100 CS per 20 minutes played on Ezreal. 100 per 10 minutes is close to the theoretical optimum; you won't hit that, and it will vary by game depending on a lot of factors, but you should focus on improving your CS while not dying. If you can get closer to 150 by 20 minutes, that's like having an extra 3-4 kills in terms of the gold generated. (And then you need to keep it up in mid/late game between team fight and objectives. That translates to an extra 8 kills gold equivalent by 40 minutes.)
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A terrific way to start your day, much better than the frozen waffles you can find at the grocery store. Submitted by JOGANRAY Carbs: 38.8g | Fat: 2.9g | Fiber: 5.4g | Protein: 11.1g | Calories: 216.3
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Really yummy, healthy and rather cheap to make. My husband and daughter love this recipe. It is a spin off of the traditional chicken and rice. I listed portions for serving of 8(food for 2 days), but you can cut down if needed. Submitted by YCATSTOUCH Carbs: 19.6g | Fat: 1.2g | Fiber: 3g | Protein: 10.8g | Calories: 128.9
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These are very yummy. Adjust seasonings to your taste! These are quite filling, you can get about 30-36 out of the recipe, depending on the size. Keep a few out and freeze the rest. Try different dried fruits. Submitted by MOMOFCHANCE Carbs: 31.4g | Fat: 5.4g | Fiber: 3.6g | Protein: 4.3g | Calories: 184
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BIG family hit! Submitted by RAJAHKITTY Carbs: 18.7g | Fat: 6.1g | Fiber: 0.6g | Protein: 8.8g | Calories: 166.7
A much quicker version of the Italian classic; less time, but no less taste. Submitted by VEGGIEKITTY Carbs: 34.5g | Fat: 10.7g | Fiber: 4.9g | Protein: 28g | Calories: 342.3
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Yummy fresh fruit dish for anytime of the day! Submitted by MISTYLD Carbs: 37.5g | Fat: 1.3g | Fiber: 8.6g | Protein: 2.1g | Calories: 132.1
I am known for my pancakes, so trust me on this one! Submitted by AMROZ123 Carbs: 18.2g | Fat: 0.4g | Fiber: 3.3g | Protein: 5.2g | Calories: 92.6
A yummy way to start the day with very little fat and lots of flavor! Submitted by JOJOMKE Carbs: 23.6g | Fat: 0.5g | Fiber: 1.7g | Protein: 3g | Calories: 93.2
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(1 TBLS./Serving) Submitted by MISTYLD Carbs: 0.1g | Fat: 7g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 0.5g | Calories: 65.2
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This is a quick and easy, low fat, low sodium pizza sauce. Submitted by WILLDO01 Carbs: 2.8g | Fat: 0.1g | Fiber: 0.7g | Protein: 0.6g | Calories: 12.1
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A store near my daughter's house in California has peanut butter granola in the bulk food section. But I couldn't find it anywhere near my house in Illinois, so I found this recipe online and made my own. Now I'm glad I couldn't find it at the store. It's cheaper and I can control the ingredients that are used. Submitted by SRWOODSY Carbs: 46.3g | Fat: 17.4g | Fiber: 4g | Protein: 10.1g | Calories: 360.9
This is an actual official recipe for Wookie Cookies taken from "The Star Wars Cookbook: Wookiee Cookies and Other Galactic Recipes": Submitted by MISTYLD Carbs: 20.8g | Fat: 8.2g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 1.9g | Calories: 159.7
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Thanks for all you have done and continue to do to make WUDAA events a success. Best regards, Arnie Jacobson '76 ('79)
As President of WUDAA, I am pleased to extend an invitation to you to join us at our annual Reunion Weekend in the Saint Louis Central West End. To maximize our Reunion Weekend experience, WUDAA offers a Continuing Education Program which will award participants with ADA/AGD Continuing Education Credits.
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Taliban attacks on US bases in Afghanistan: enabled by Pakistani forces?
The volume of explosives used in attacks on US military bases in Afghanistan in recent days fuels concern that Pakistani security services are taking a stronger hand in backing insurgent groups.
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A recent spate of attacks on US military bases in Afghanistan points to a resilient Taliban with a steady supply of arms. It is a supply stream flowing from Pakistan – one that US troops, try as they might, are proving unable to interrupt.
Equally troubling for the Pentagon, analysts warn that these attacks serve as growing evidence that Pakistani security services (ISI) is stepping up its support of insurgent groups to jockey for position ahead of the scheduled 2014 departure of US combat troops from the country.
On Wednesday, two attacks in eastern Afghanistan killed three US troops and at least 25 Afghans, prompting the US Embassy to condemn the Taliban's "murderous campaign."
These attacks come on the heels of one of the most troubling insurgent offensives in some time, according to analysts. It occurred earlier this month, when a suicide-bomber in a car filled with explosives was able to breach perimeter security at a large US base near the eastern Afghanistan city of Khost.
The bomber detonated the explosives near the base dining hall at Camp Salerno, allowing other enemy fighters to stream into the base on foot – and open fire. A spokesman for the Taliban boasted that the insurgents had "suicide vests, rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns, and hand grenades." The attack injured dozens of troops.
The US military did not disclose the breadth of the breach in base security for some time. When the details emerged, it was clear that, "It was a pretty significant attack in terms of the amount of explosives used – and the ability to get that close and detonate them," says Jeffrey Dressler, a senior analyst at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington.


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To paraphrase Antony from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, "I come not to praise Obama's and the Democrats' economic stewardship, but to bury it." Besides failing on actual economic policy (robust job creation), Obama and most Democrats have not proposed any new large jobs program. This messaging failure, along with the lack of significant job growth over the last two years, doomed the Democrats in the midterms. However, I think there is a third factor that has hampered and will continue to thwart the formulation and implementation of any progressive economic agenda: the economic illiteracy of the American people. Without some means to educate the public, the media, and our elected leaders about progressive economic alternatives to our current economic crisis, conservative politicians with their message discipline will continue to sway an electorate that is woefully ignorant on economic matters with simplistic and illogical soundbites passing as policy solutions.
Now, I define economic literacy, for the sake of this blog, as understanding SOME of the tenants of basic economics. In other words, stuff you should have learned in at least high school or maybe even college. This does not mean that you or I should be able to hold forth on the complexities of economic theory with the likes of Paul Krugman, but I do think that a basic knowledge of economics should involve understanding the definition of economics – the study of scarcity and how people deal with scarcity of resources – and a few key concepts. NOTE: I am not an economist, but I did take micro and macroeconomics in college many years ago.
Sadly — no, tragically — most Americans don't know a damn thing about economics. . . .
For starters, let's look at some polls on what Americans supposedly know about economics. (Let's put aside any quibbling over the accuracies of polls for the moment). First up is a poll with an economic quiz given by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in 1998. Granted, the sample size was small (404 people), but your average American scored a 45% on the economic quiz (you can take the quiz and compare your score to the actual results).
You might be thinking, "Well, the sample size of that poll was small. Furthermore, over half the people taking the exam never had an economics course. Economic literacy must correlate with education. Requiring classes in economics in high school and college for graduation would fix the problem." That is a logical conclusion, but, alas, the results are a resounding "NO."
One study out of the University of Nebraksa demonstrated that college seniors who had taken economic classes, on average, scored a 41% on the economics section of the Major Field Test in Business (MFTB). The economics section of the MFTB asked basic economics questions, and the results were compiled from over 12,000 test takers. Additionally, college seniors with an economic background were also given a quiz by the Gallup organization, and the average score from the Gallup poll was a 62%; this score corresponds to a D-.
Not encouraging results for the state of economics education in the U.S.
The apparant economic illiteracy of Americans is not limited to the public at large. While members of Congress and the Obama Administration have not been subjected to Gallup poll economic quizzes (I suspect that the results of such a project would be like watching a car accident on a freeway – I just can't take my eyes away!), the only way to judge a politicians or governmental officials economic acumen is with results. And on that score, both political parties come up wanting on economic policy.
I won't go over the obvious failures of Republican economic policies (too damn lengthy for my taste). Instead, I will look at how the Democrats fumbled the ball on economic policy. Mainly, Obama, the Blue Dogs, and the conservadems in the Senate were timid and stingy when it came to the stimulus bill.
Under pressure from the corporate wing of the Democratic Party, Obama and the Democratic Congress took a progressive idea – deficit spending on a jobs bill to create demand during a recession – and tried to do it on the cheap. So called educated fools like Larry Summers whittled the stimulus bill down from a proposed 1.2 trillion dollars to around 800 billion dollars. Conservadems like Senator Ben Nelson went to town on the bill and bragged to Rachel Maddow that he helped cut the cost of the stimulus even further (Nebraska obviously didn't need those bucks). To "attract" non-existent Republican votes, Obama loaded the stimulus bill with tax cuts (40% of the final bill), even though tax cuts don't provide the mulitplier effect that direct government spending does.
Obama and his economic team predicted that the stimulus bill would keep unemployment to around 8%. Too bad that didn't happen! Actually, 8% unemployment would have looked good before the midterm election disaster. To make matters worse, Obama and the Democrats were left with the shitty message of "Well, it could have been worse without the stimulus bill."
Want to know how well that message worked with the American public? Most Americans think that the stimulus did not work. In fact, a subset of this same poll found that 51% of Americans thought the stimulus was too big. Less stimulus leads to more economic growth! Welcome to the Ben Nelson School of Economics!
With Obama and the Democrats failing to offer any new progressive economic policies for job creation, the political field was left wide open for every conservative crank under the sun to offer up "solutions" for the weak economy. Here are just a few of those nifty conservative ideas for economic renewel:
- • We need private sector jobs because government jobs aren't real jobs.
- • Unemployment compensation contributes to unemployment.
- • The wealthy create jobs; therefore, the wealthy need massive tax cuts to spur job creation.
- • Reducing the pay and cutting the federal workforce will help the economy.
- • We need to focus on deficit reduction during the midst of a deep recession.
Now, the last point is the one that REALLY pushes my buttons. Granted, all of the above ideas suck, but deficit reduction during a major recession? We tried that during the Great Depression, and the economy tanked.
But do you think that the conservative cranks have been called out on their lame brain economic prescriptions by the media? With the exception of some shows on MSNBC and some progressive economists like Paul Krugman, the nightly news programs have pushed the "deficit crisis" storyline. Translation: the major media outlets have bought into Republican talking points on the economy.
The local media has proven to be even worse in covering economic news and policies than the national outlets. I sat in shock and horror as one reporter after another in Kentucky bought into Republican framing on the economy during the 2010 U.S. Senate campaign here. During the so called Senate debates between Rand Paul and Jack Conway, I was continually assaulted with the local media's economic illiteracy.
The Kentucky media was fixated on shrinking the federal deficit during a recession. The Kentucky media wanted to know specific budget cuts that either candidate would support. Conway talked about having Medicare negotiate drug prices which would save a nice chunk of change, but Conway accepted as a given the failed meme that deficit reduction during a recession is as good thing. Rand Paul, once again, just made shit up with regards to deficit reduction. Did you know that the average government employee makes $120,000 a year, according to Rand Paul? We need to bring these bloated salaries in line with the private sector, and BINGO! We are on the road to a balanced federal budget.
No follow up by the local reporters on that nifty Rand Paul lie. None. Nada.
I worked for the Census Bureau on and off for the last year. As an average government emplyee, the bastards still owe me about $93,000 dollars! I was ROBBED!
But I digress.
The economic illiteracy continued its unstoppable rampage during the Senate debate with another repoter's question about the estate tax. The gist of the question to both candidates was this: Isn't the scheduled increase in the estate tax rates (remember, those estate tax cuts weren't permanent either) going to hurt family farmers in Kentucky? Are you for keeping the estate tax at the present rate?
Conway was for a two year extension of the present estate tax rates. Paul was for eliminating the estate tax. Less than 2% of Kentucky farms sold for $500,000 or more dollars in 2007. If memory serves, I believe that an individual can leave his or her family $1 million dollars free and clear of the estate tax, so 98% of Kentucky farmers will owe no estate tax. Yet here we have two Senate candidates falling all over themselves to save Kentucky family farmers.
The economic crank, Rand Paul, won the election, by the way.
Barring any significant changes in the state of education in America, we are stuck with the American publics' economic illiteracy for the foreseeable future. Given its pervasiveness, I believe that economic illiteracy is not a new phenomenon for Americans. In the past, what has offset your typical Americans' economic illiteracy was strong progressive economic leadership. While your average American voter could not define the law of supply and demand, there were Democrats who could articulate progressive economic polices that resonated with the voters, despite the voters' appalling economic illiteracy.
Unfortunately, we do not have such a leader in the best bully pulpit available to Democrats: the White House. As most on FDL have realized long ago, Obama does not really believe in progressive economic policies. In fact, Obama has been accused of embracing Reaganomics by at least one progressive Democratic Congressman, and I think the evidence over the last two years supports this thesis.
Frankly, the dearth of proponents in the establishment offering progressive economic solutions to our current economic mess is discouraging, to say the least. The Congressional Democratic leadership and the media are AWOL on presenting the pros of a progressive economic agenda, and Obama, deep down, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wall Street. Basically, it appears to be left to the few progressives in Congress and the grassroots of the Democratic Party to provide the energy to promote a progressive economic agenda.
American economic illiteracy is a deep hurdle for progressives to overcome folks, but what other choices do we have to promote and enact progressive economics policies?


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ITALIAN striker's £16million move from AC Milan has been major disappointment for Reds - and transfer window looms.
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THE Italian giants have parted company with their manager after Sassulolo's teenage striker became the first player to score four against them in a Serie A match.
THE former Ibrox star is being probed over claimed cheating that went on at Lazio, reports in the Italian media said.
UEFA have confirmed this afternoon that the Scottish champions have been hit with the sanction after the display at their Champions League game against AC Milan.
OUR picture gallery takes a look at who is still in the running for a place in the last 16 of the Champions League ahead of the closing round of group matches.
IT says everything that Teemu Pukki and Amido Balde were not in the starting XI for the game against AC Milan, says CRAIG.
TAM was less than impressed with Neil Lennon's side midweek and has similar concerns over Stuart McCall's singing ability.
THE JAMBOS gaffer is confident his kids can add to Neil Lennon's woes after seeing AC Milan set pieces sink static Hoops defence in Europe.
THE Italians arrived in Glasgow low on confidence but left with a stunning 3-0 win and couldn't quite believe how easy it was.
THE pre-match display in the corner of the ground occupied by the Green Brigade fan group depicted William Wallace alongside Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands.
KEITH JACKSON delivers his report on a painful night at Celtic Park where Neil Lennon's team bombed out of Europe with a heavy 3-0 defeat.
THE Swede admits the chance scorned by Virgil van Dijk two minutes into the second half was a turning major turning point in the game for the home side.
IT'S all or nothing for Celtic in their vital UEFA Champions League clash in Glasgow, where Neil Lennon's men need the win to keep their European hopes alive. The game kicks off at 7.45pm and our blog, covering all the action, is live now!
CELTIC were punished for a series of costly mistakes, losing 3-0 to AC Milan at Celtic Park in the Champions League and going out of Europe. Our gallery has some of the best images from the match.
THE Swede was scathing in his assessment as he and his team-mates conceded three cheap goals to go out of Europe with a defeat to AC Milan.
CELTIC were made pay for their mistakes, gifting Milan three cheap goals while an unexpected win for Ajax against Barcelona saw them fall out Europe completely.
THE Italian striker believes tonight's match is a chance to win back the fans who have been angry with recent performances and are calling for change.
THE former Celtic striker has revealed how he helped advise new signing Boerrigter when he was just 19 years old and trying to establish himself as a professional.
THE Brazilian star and his team-mates found their exit to the stadium blocked by angry fans at the weekend, but he'd still rather face them than the home crowd at Celtic Park.
HUGH Keevins takes your calls on thoughts about Celtic's journey in the Champions League and what players you would like to see doing more.
THE Brazilian is adamant a win over Neil Lennon's men at Parkhead could be the turning point in their dismal season.
WHILE Lennon knows the Italian giants are not in a good place just now - his biggest worry is that they will find a way to end their wretched recent run and take it out on his players.
IF CELTIC secure a win against AC Milan, they could be heading to the Nou Camp next month and on their way to Champions League glory.
VENNEGOOR of Hesselink said the turmoil at the San Siro could be putting extra pressure on the AC Milan players ahead of their Champions League clash at Parkhead.
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If I do that, which carrier will give me a lower monthly rate because I don't need them to subsidize the phone? Maybe a little guy, but will Verizon or AT&T do that for me? Nope. So, if I buy an unlocked phone, I'm basically a sucker, because I'm paying for the phone twice.


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Because He's Hot: Shirtless Joe Jonas Takes Pre-Thanksgiving Mexican Vacation (PHOTOS)
Looks like Joe Jonas is ditching the usual Thanksgiving festivities for some south of the border fun!
The 22-year-old "See No More" singer was spotted in Los Cabos, Mexico on Tuesday, and was soaking up the sun with a group of male friends.
And by the looks of JJ's Twitter, he's in "paradise."
Joe tweeted:
"paradise- Coldplay"This could technically just be a shout out the the amazing Coldplay song, but we have a feeling it coincides with this lavish vacay!
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Came accross this a while ago - harvard setting up program to hire their own phds...
HAVING recently returned from San Francisco, where the American Economic Association meetings were held last weekend, I'm now more in tune with the state of the job market for PhD economists. This is a big part of what goes on at the AEA (and to freshly minted PhDs in economics, the main course rather than a side dish). The mood at the meetings among job-seekers was mixed, though most agreed that it was a "bad year to be on the job market" (although many thought that next year might be even worse).
On the debit side, much attention focused on the fact that the AEA-run website, where potential employers of PhD economists advertise their positions, has added a new section called "Suspended or Cancelled Listings". Here it is noted that a "non-trivial economic downturn" has forced some employers to suspend or cancel job searches. As of December 28th, a week before the actual interviews, 84 previously advertised searches had been called off, representing 5% of the number of jobs available by the reckoning of the director of the AEA, John Siegfried.
Even before the cancellations, the 2,881 new job listings this year were lower than last year's 2,914. Still, as Mr Siegfried pointed out, this is many more than the roughly 1,000 new PhDs that emerge from American universities in an average year. So why the worries?
Several reasons, I think. First, academic jobs at universities with graduate programmes, the top choice of most new PhDs, are about a third of the total, at 1,034 (and this includes positions for experienced academics). Then there is the fact that quite a few of the nearly 3,000 jobs listed were posted prior to September, a large fraction of which are not suited for people fresh out of school. So the supply of jobs may not be as plentiful as the aggregate numbers collated by the AEA suggest.
But a bigger part of the answer may be that some suspect that more universities are going through the motions without the intention of actually hiring anyone. In that sense, the cancelled listings may represent the tip of a larger iceberg. I overheard a professor from a leading west-coast university saying that while his department was interviewing many candidates, someone hoping to actually get hired would have to "walk on water".
On the positive side, several people made the point that those doing the hiring are, after all, economists. Faced with the possibility of oversupply in the market, some see a golden opportunity to hire the kind of high-flier who would normally be out of their reach. Less prestigious institutions with a bit of cash to spare have in some cases increased the number of advertised positions after seeing the list of cancelled searches (specific instances I heard about included Montana State, as well as a lot of European universities looking to reverse recent brain drain). Some business schools see an opportunity to hire bright finance PhDs they would normally lose to Wall Street. So the adjustment, such as it is, is likely to be on the "quality" margin—people settling for smaller schools, or locations they might not initially have considered.
But over the next few weeks/months, it will be interesting to see how this all plays out. This site, which is a wiki run for and by job market candidates, is pretty informative, and it'll be fascinating to see how many schools that have conducted interviews actually pull the trigger. If the pessimists have it right, there are going to be a lot fewer universities in this category than in normal years.
Do feel free to post your own experience in the market in comments.
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Came accross this a while ago - harvard setting up program to hire their own phds...
As a PhD student at a "leading West Coast university", I have certainly noticed that there are far fewer job market talks sponsored by the Economics Department this year (3 instead of ~8 last year). Large endowments aren't insulation enough, apparently.
Large endowments are "less large" than a year ago and already have substantial commitments.
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In an uneven economic recovery, some cities have managed to not only survive but thrive. According to the latest national study by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, the Lone Star State stands shoulders above the rest of the nation, with four of America's top ten performing metropolitan areas claiming Texas as their home. In this study, co-authors Tom Gray and Robert Scardamalia shed light on why Texas cities are flourishing while others are floundering, providing important lessons for policymakers and business leaders across the United States. The discussion will focus on the future of American cities and how Texas cities are lighting a path forward. Panelists include:
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Henry Horton put out a good selectionPosted Thursday, November 22, 2007, at 5:20 PM
For those who may want to give thanks by not having a bunch of leftovers and dishes to wash, Henry Horton Park did a great job of feeding the hungry today.
Even saw a few T-G folks there. Bo would not say who was running late, but you might ask David, he knows. They don't take reservations and the lobby fills up quite nicely at opening, but they were able to get the line down quickly and everyone was in good humor. It is an all you can eat buffet with ham, turkey, roast beef, ribs and all the trimmings. We had many who encouraged us to try it. They were right. A trip well worthwhile. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] We were also there today and agree it was well worth the drive. -- Posted by shelbyvegas on Thu, Nov 22, 2007, at 11:52 PM
We also went to Henry Horton for Thanksgiving lunch. In the past we cooked at home. Then we let Kroger cook for us. I can even remember eating at O'Charley's before they decided to let their employees have the day off. We were very disappointed in the food yesterday at the park. They only had white meat, & my brother-in-law likes the dark turkey meat. Some pieces of my turkey weren't quite done. There were other complaints after we left. We were all reminscent of previous meals eaten there, & this one didn't compare. We all had our complaints about the meal, but we were thankful to be alive & in good health. We were thankful we could afford a hot meal. We were thankful for each other's company. -- Posted by bettyhbrown on Fri, Nov 23, 2007, at 6:03 AM
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CORPUS CHRISTI - The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse-Coastal Bend's fifth annual fundraiser dinner was held this month.
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U.S. Visa Fee Hikes Could Hurt IT Spenders
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The U.S. visa fee hikes are likely to affect operating margins for prominent IT firms such as Infosys Technologies (INFY - Get Report) by 150 basis points and could prove unfavorable at a strategic level as well.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed a bill to hike the fees from $320 to $2,320 on H-1B visas given for highly skilled professionals and from $320 to $2,570 on L-1 visas for multinational transferees. The revised fees would come into effect Oct. 1 and continue until 2014. The Senate added that the move would largely affect four Indian companies that operate in the U.S. -- Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro (WIT - Get Report), and Satyam Computer Services (SAY).
During the past week, the Senate had approved beefing up of border security measures. New York Democrat Charles Schumer added that the bill was targeted toward a select group of companies that exploit U.S. law to import workers from abroad and have more than 50% of their employees on such visas.
The fee hike, which is expected to generate an additional $550 million, has been implemented to accommodate a $600 million border security spending bill, build operating bases, and deploy unmanned surveillance drones to better secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
Som Mittal, President of Indian technology industry trade group National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) said that following the fee hike, companies may incur an additional $200 million to $250 million in human resources costs annually. Infosys Chairperson Kris Gopalakrishnan commented that the company would pass the entire uptick to customers over time, terming it an industry-wide issue. However, the immediate impact of the hike will be minimal as most of the current year's visas have already been applied for. He further added that the hike in the near term would imply an additional cost of almost $4 million to $6 million assuming an annual visa filing volume of 2,000-3,000. In the scenario where the cost cannot be passed on to end customers, Infosys could suffer an almost 150 basis point dip in operating margin on the higher end for fiscal year 2011. For the first quarter ended June 30, Infosys reported a 28.3% operating margin after accounting for $16 million in visa costs. North America accounted for 67.3% of total revenues and Europe contributed 20.3%, while that from the rest of the world was 12.4%. On the other hand, the American corporate sector had a different view, stating that such a move by the government would reflect discrimination against foreign companies and affect investment relations with India. The U.S. India Business Council (USIBC) has asked Congress to amend these new laws that would harm America's economic interest and dent trade and strategic relationships with India.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Andrew Burstein is the author of two previous books on American political culture: Sentimental Democracy: The Evolution of America's Romantic Self- Image (1999) and The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist (1995). He has had a varied career, working as a China scholar and international trade consultant before earning his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. At present he is a professor of history and coholder of the Mary Frances Barnard Chair at the University of Tulsa.
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