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Newt Gingrich Calls Barack Obama the "Food Stamp President"by Free Britney at . Comments
The campaign of Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is scrambling to put some of his recent remarks in context amid accusations of racism.
As Speaker of the House in the early 90s, welfare reform was one of his signature issues, and improving poverty in America is part of his stump speech.
Though his comments are not always politically correct or well received by some groups, Newt doesn't hold back when it comes to ethnic communities.
Such was the case yesterday in Plymouth, N.H.:
"And so I'm prepared if the NAACP invites me, I'll go to their convention and talk about why the African American community should demand paychecks, not be satisfied with food stamps," Gingrich said on a campaign visit.
If Gingrich wins the Republican nomination (an increasingly unlikely outcome), "I will make the key test very simple - food stamps versus paychecks."
"Obama is the best food stamp president in American history. More people are on food stamps today because of Obama's policies than ever in history," he said.
"I would like to be the best paycheck president in American history."Gingrich stirred controversy last month over his comments about poor children having no work habits or people around them to teach them how to work.
He suggested that some school janitors should be fired and children should work part time within their school for money and "pride in their community."
The Gingrich campaign immediately responded to criticism, saying his NAACP comments were an effort to reach out to the African American community.
The Gingrich campaign pointed to Gingrich's book Real Change, in which Gingrich was critical of President Bush's "failure to address the NAACP."
The 68-year-old said it was a "clear signal to the African American community that Republicans did not see them as worthy of engagement in dialogue."
Gingrich said he would reach out to any ethnic community that would listen.
"There's no neighborhood I know of in America where if you went around and asked people, 'Would you rather your children had food stamps or paychecks? You would end up with a majority saying they'd rather have a paycheck."
Blowing smoke? Telling it like it is? Offensive? Refreshing? You tell us.
Newt is a douche.....most people on foodstamps are white single mothers with paychecks and kids!!!!!!!!!!! Most people on foodstamps have paychecks....is he just stupid???? Their paychecks don't go far enough to pay their bills and take care of their children....You can have a minimum wage job and still qualify for foodstamps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Newt is absolutely right. Obama's policies are clearly draining the nations resources without producing any visible positive results. He's enriching his supporters at the expense of everyone else, especially hard working taxpaying people. Newt is best able to articulate the difference between Obama's statist policies versus the traditional attitudes and virtues that made America great. Newt is the best person to debate Obama, and cut throught the blanket of spin and political correctness that America has been living under for too many years.
To the person previously that made the comment that newt doesn't have baggage should remember fannie mae and freddie mac. Do your research and then speak about the baggage. Your right he doesn't have it, he has luggage.
@Brook-17% of this Country is Black- 66% White. Not enough Black voters to vote anyone in. So who voted for Obama? You guessed it! Without Congress and The Senate you would have a Dictator! Congress & Senate were voted in by the People as well as the Prez. If anyone really believes its worth turning the Country upside down because he's Black is not only Stupid but Racist themselves. Obama is Lost and he knows it. He does not know how to do what he says he wants to do. His Party is in Chaos!
I'm not an American but do follow the neWs.
From where I sit it seems that every time Mr Obama tries to have a bill that will benifit the country passed he is out voted maybe due to his color??
Newt does have baggage. Anyone who has been in DC that long will have baggage. Before anyone plays the Race Card-We all are very well aware Whites are in the Majority when it comes to Stamps. Still-We are stuck in Quick Sand. Obama is Drowning in an Ocean of Disarray! Pipeline? Unions vs. Green Energy- Both Supporters of Obama. This " ObamaCare" - for some reason the Public thinks this will be free. Raising Taxes on the Rich which are the very people that could possibly Create some jobs should Restrictions be lifted- Yet Obama won't do it. Globalization is the very reason this is such a Fucked up mess. Sinking Profits from the USA so we can build Overseas. Now not only are we Jobless we sit and wait for Europe or Greece and we are connected at the Hip with China. LIFE did not get this FUCKED UP by accident. The World is connected-we are all in this Hole and no one is uptop to drop down a Rope. And to think! Some people called this Progress.
He is right...........inner city kids where they are all but 2% receiving some sort of assistance DO NOT have people as role models to show them the value of a job. They grow up "exspecting" the rest of us to pay their way. I know I work there and see the abuse and "entitled behavior" EVERYDAY, and it makes me SICK TO MY STOMACH and MAD AS HELL!!!!!!!!
I remember Newt calling First Lady Hillary Clinton a bitch. Which group was he reaching out to back then? Women's Lib?
Seems anymore no matter what you say somebody is going to somehow take offense. However, I do agree that enabling people is far better than handouts to able bodied people. As for Gingrich's platform I resonate with him by a substantial measure than any of the others. There is a lot of negative comment on his somewhat distant past that, in my view raises more concern than warranted. I would certainly not want to be judged by the man I was 5 years ago. I for one regret Obama as our president and feel Gingrich is not only best suited for the job, but also can give Obama the reckoning he now deserves.


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The modern car: a computer on wheels, just waiting to be hacked.
Imagine driving down the highway at 70 miles per hour, when suddenly the wheel turns hard right. You crash. And it was because someone hacked your car.
It's not far-fetched science fiction. It's the near-term future today's hackers are warning about.
Most people aren't aware their cars are already high-tech computers. And now we're networking them by giving them wireless connectivity. Yet there's a danger to turning your car into a smartphone on wheels: It makes them a powerful target for hackers.
Ed Adams is a researcher at Security Innovation, a company that tests the safety of automobiles. Referring to the computers and software used to power today's cars, he says, "Auto manufacturers are not up to speed. They're just behind the times. Car software is not built to the same standards as, say, a bank application. Or software coming out of Microsoft."
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Klingon Comes to Bing Translatorby Justin Dweeber at . Updated at . Comments
Bing has finally one-upped Google in the nerd-cred department.
In honor of this week's premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness, Bing Translator has added the Trek language Klingon, or as I'll be referring to it: Bingon.
Starting today, you can visit the Bing Translator to convert a phrase from any of the languages available into Klingon.
The language is also available on the Windows Phone app (so the guy who has that can use it there).
The Klingon language has been a huge part of Star Trek culture since 1979, when the first words were uttered in the invented language in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Estimates range from 50,000 to 100,000 speakers of Klingon, with dictionaries and translators widely available.
What phrases will you translate into Klingon?
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I have worn red top to work but not all red. I hope you can find a good place to wear this dress too.ReplyDelete
that dress is gorgeous and perfect for work!ReplyDelete
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- InspiringNancy .April 2, 2014 at 5:47 PM
Maybe layering the top with different blazers or sweaters to make the bottom look more like a flared skirt would make it more you?ReplyDelete
Thanks! Normally I agree, but not where I work though... haha, trust me!ReplyDelete
Such a great idea!ReplyDelete
I totally agree, but not where I work.:)ReplyDelete
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red is by far my favorite color and im DYING over this dress..u look fab and i love that bag girl!ReplyDelete
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- LittleMonsterx14April 3, 2014 at 5:01 PM
i think this is so cute and you look great! I think those black accents tone the red down. maybe with a black cardi over it would be perfect for work :)ReplyDelete
I've never thought about the problem of wearing red to work. I have lots of time but I think it really depends on where you work and the environment. But I think it's very cute and I would wear it to my office.ReplyDelete
Thanks! Good idea about the cardi!ReplyDelete
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I was about to say add a black cardi and you would be fineReplyDelete
- akuperzApril 5, 2014 at 5:08 PM
Are you Jewish? Are you familiar with the laws of modesty?ReplyDelete
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Librettists must have been slapping their foreheads and muttering "Why didn't I think of that?" when Altar Boyz debuted off-Broadway. Take the boy-band phenomenon and the Christian pop movement, mash it around with double-entendres and create a musical comedy! Five young menMatthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham (the Jewish guy, of course)meet and become stars. On the last gig of their "Raise the Praise" tour, the Altar Boyz set out to cleanse their fans' souls with the help of the Soul Sensor DX-12 and techniques that include "Confession Sessions." The surprise is that the award-winning show is family-friendly, foot-tapping and irresistible, according to even hardened New York critics. Altar Boyz opens Tuesday, with eight performances through January 21 at the Majestic Theatre, 1925 Elm St. Tickets are $15 to $60. Call 214-421-5678 or visit ticketmaster.com.
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Post T-day Turkey Leff-overs
Looks like there's going to be a lot of leftovers at my house. Full bird but only 5 diners. Even after handing out a couple of "to-go" plates I see a lot of turkey.
Beyond sandwiches, reheated plates, jook (congee) or soup, what do you do with a bunch of turkey?
The only thing different I thought about were tamales which a family friend use to make...but is probably beyond my involvement...knowing they might only turn out only okay.
Any cool ideas or a family traditions with left over turkey?
Save the carcass and make turkey stock. Use the stock to make risotto (Do you have arborio rice in the house?) and use the little pieces of turkey in the risotto. Other leftovers such vegetables can be added to rice dish. Play it by ear...improvise.
Just like chili, there are loads of ways to make risotto.
This is our family tradition, paseed down from my Mom...and the only time I ever have Miracle Whip in the house. I hate the stuff, but it works in this recipe.
HOT TURKEY SALAD - serves 8-10
3 cups cooked turkey, diced in bite size pieces
1-1/2 cups chopped celery
2T grated onion
4 hard boiled eggs (sliced)
1 small jar pimento (I use finely chopped red pepper instead)
1 small package slivered almonds
1 cup Miracle Whip (**see note below)
1 cup grated Jack cheese
2 T lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
potato chips
Mix together all ingredients and pour in medium size casserole which is very lightly greased. Sprinkle crushed potato chips over top. Bake in preheated 350 oven for 30 minutes. This is best if it stands in refrigerator for a few hours before re-heating.
**Note on Miracle Whip -- We hate the stuff on sandwiches and anywhere else, but for some reason it works really well in this recipe. If you really don't want to try it, go ahead and substitute mayonnaise, but it won't be the same.
My dad would always make turkey tacos. He would shred the turkey and let it sit in some reserved tukey stock. I think he would then puree it with some garlic & spices..maybe a chipotle pepper. He would then fill the corn tortillas(always fresh from my grandma's hands). Seal them up with toothpicks & fry them up.
My brothers would fry big strips like fried chicken & make sandwiches with those.
re: Andiereid
me too!
I am looking forward to Hot Browns. They are an open faced sandwich. Toast, sliced turkey, could be a slice of country ham or not, hot cheese sauce, grated parmesan and a couple of strips of crisp bacon run under the broiler until browned and bubbly. A slice of tomato is good if you have any edible tomatoes available. Sandwich originated at the Brown Palace in Louisville now known as the Camberly Brown. Yum! Great stuff.
re: rcallner
It is not hard and so yummy. Here is a link http://whatscookingamerica.net/Sandwi... but if you Google up Hot Brown Sandwich you will find a number of recipes. Homemade pizza tonight with no turkey. Hot Browns for dinner Sunday PM
re: lintygmom
pasta, ravioli and soup:) and ofcourse my thanksgiving sandwich
Buy masa at a grocery already made: 'Masa Preparada para tamales'.
Soften dried corn husks in very hot water to cover for 45 min.
Moisten shredded cooked turkey meat with mole, salsa or green chili sauce and add other sauteed veggies.
Spread masa on 2/3 of middle 4" of corn husk interior. Place about 1 1/2 T of filling on masa.
Fold over side of husk to cover masa/meat, then fold up pointed end.
Stand tamales shoulder-to-shoulder on their folded ends, upright, in a big deep pot. Add broth to about 1 1/2" and cover tightly. Steam for about 2 hours. Check broth level; don't let pot go dry. Test one to make sure masa is steamed (should be sort of like cooked polenta) I looove the testing part.
Cool slightly, unwrap and serve with guacamole, crema, and salsa.
re: toodie jane
Thanks for the tamale recipe. I just might try it given the ready made masa. That was the biggest fear really. Everything else seems relatively straightfoward.
Second turkey pot pies. They freeze well, and are really appreciated a little later, like in the busy time before the next big holiday.
My personal favorite, Turkey Tetrazzini -
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 cups chicken broth
1 tbs worcstershire sauce
1/4 cup dry sherry
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar
4 cups diced turkey
1 lb cooked spaghetti
parmesan cheese
bread crumbs
Bring first five ingredients to a simmer, remove from heat and add cheddar cheese. Toss spaghetti with turkey and half of the sauce in a large casserole, then spread the rest of the sauce on top. Sprinkle with parmesan and bread crumbs and bake for 40 minutes at 350. Yum.
re: Lono37
Sounds great. one of my favorite treats as a teen babysitting was Stouffer's frozen turkey tetrazini. Seemed so *gourmet* to this then 14-year old (we never had frozen dinners at home!) How about some celery in there?
Can you freeze it a la Stouffer's?
re: NYchowcook
I have frozen/reheated with great success. I'm not a big celery fan, but I have added peas/mushrooms and they work well. I'm sure some sauteed celery would work out OK.
I have an outrageous amount of turkey leftover. Can someone share their recipe for turkey a la king or pot pie?
I don't have an exact recipe--I usually use a combination of recipes, making individual 2 crust whole wheat pies in ramekins, and using whatever veggies I want, which usually includes diced potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, mushrooms, & peas, with fresh chopped parsley or other fresh herbs to my liking, & s & p, in a creamy sauce, plus turkey.
While I couldn't find anything quite like mine, here are several you could adapt to your needs--for instance, I have leftover creamed purple pearl onions which are going in mine this time. You could use leftover gravy, too. I personally will leave out leftover sweet potatoes & mashed potatoes, but some use them. I'm also saving my gravy for the leftover taters. It's a recipe with endless varieties--have fun.
re: Babette
thanks! I'm going to give these turkey pot pies a whirl. Maybe even transform into turkey terrazini!
We made an amazing Post-Thanksgiving Brunch Hash:
Sauteed onions, diced turkey, stuffing and vegis (all leftovers) all together in a large saucepan adding a little stock and olive oil to add moisture.
Topped it on each plate with 2 poached eggs and a touch of cranberry sauce on the side (kind of like a chutney or relish).
The guy on the Today show added Bernaise sauce but it was plenty rich enough without it for our tastes.
It's going to be a new traditon at our house!
Thanks for the responses. Besides taking a try at tamales I also came upon a really quick fix: shepard's pie.
In a Corningware bowl, place gravy, turkey, veggies, cranberry, stuffing and top w/ mashies. Cook/brown in oven. Yeah, it's really a sort of turkey bowl really but shepards pie in this form is reasonably traditional...mainly it's easy. Freeze-able as well.


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Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Food Stamp Act of 1964.
The law without question has kept many people, especially children, from going hungry. One source placed the number at 4 million, including 2.1 million children, in 2012.
But what's now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), now employed through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards instead of the stamps it started with, is also rife with abuse.
Benefits, transferred to EBT cards, are supposed to be used only for healthy foods such as bread, cereal, fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products, according to the United State Department of Agriculture. Supposedly verboten are hot food, pet food, soap, household supplies, beer, cigarettes and wine. But SNAP historically has not been good at enforcing its own rules.
Thus, as enrollment in SNAP rose from 26 million Americans (one in 12) in 2007 to nearly 47 million (one in seven) in 2012, abuse of the program in an increasingly technological world did not abate.
The amount of SNAP benefits paid in error was about $2.2 billion in 2009, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). And a 2012 report by the United States Department of Agriculture put the amount of food stamp fraud at $750 million, more than double the amount from a 2006-2008 study.
Tennessee and other states have passed laws to try to curb this abuse. One of the laws (Public Chapter 312) prohibits the use of EBT cards (which also hold Temporary Assistance for Needy Families cash benefits) in liquor stores, casinos, gambling casinos or gaming establishments, and adult cabarets; requires the reimbursement of such money spent; and subjects abusers to fines. The other law (Public Chapter 402) provides additional investigative authority for such abuse.
Nevertheless, a 15-month investigative report by a Memphis television station earlier this year -- after the laws went into effect -- found hundreds of purchases by EBT card holders at liquor stores, strip clubs and casinos.
In South Carolina, EBT fraud cases roses 1,000 percent from 2010 to 2011.
A GAO report released last week found that, during a 30-day testing period, one particular e-commerce website found "28 postings ... that advertised the potential sale of food stamp benefits in exchange for cash." And some recipients were exchanging their benefits online for money, housing or art, the report found.
There's even some question that enough of the benefits do what they're designed for. Indeed, according to the Government Accountability Office, "the literature is inconclusive regarding whether SNAP alleviates hunger and malnutrition in low-income households."
And, worst of all, instead of being a temporary assistance program as it was designed, the Food Stamp program has helped foster dependency. In one Heritage Foundation survey over 20 years, 40.8 percent of spending went to individuals who had been on the program 10 or more years.
But relatively little is being done about the fraud. According to SNAP's own numbers, only "over 100 analysts and investigators" reviewed the practices of "over 15,000 stores" in 2012. But for the Affordable Care Act alone, the Internal Revenue Service asked for 6,700 new agents in 2013 on top of the 1,200 it already had.
Part of the problem, too, is that the federal and state governments blame each other for the problems. While the federal government runs the program, it is administered -- and fraud must be detected and prosecuted -- by each often cash-strapped state.
"The more governments that are involved," Nicole Kaeding of the Cato Institute correctly told the Washington Times, "the less they are accountable."
The GAO suggests improving financial incentives to the state for recovered overpayments, but that focuses the problem more on enforcement than on prevention, where it should be.
The real question should be, if the economy has improved as much as Obama administration officials say it has, why are there 40 percent more people on the food stamp program than there were five years ago?
To combat the problem in the short run, the administration should offer cards that do not permit illegal purchases and move some of its new IRS agents to stem the online fraud. In the long run, it should attempt to dial back the number of recipients to those for whom the food will truly make a difference and not those for whom the benefits are just extra spending money.
There is indeed widespread abuse of the Food Stamps (SNAP) program, but we mustn't overlook the fact that it still helps a lot of people in genuine need and who don't abuse it.
Here's a suggestion for reducing the number of recipients by at least 20-30% practically overnight: Increase the minimum wage! If Walmart and the other big box stores and the fast food franchises paid their employees at least $10/hr., that would go a long way towards getting a lot of people off the government dole. Republicans want to whine about the large number of people on food stamps and welfare and how wrong it is for government to sustain them, but they apparently have no problem with government subsidizing these extremely successful businesses that refuse to pay their employees a decent living wage.
And you conservatives...don't even think about dragging out your worn-out old excuse that raising the minimum wage creates more unemployment and brings down the economy. There has been no historical evidence whatsoever that supports that theory. In fact, in states where the minimum wage has been raised substantially over the current federal level, their economy is doing better than the states that have not.
aae is absolutely right. These people have no honor or self respect! They know these people have no business buying these things with food stamps, but they sell them anyway to make a buck. These store people should be jailed!!!
Around 50 million on food stamps is one of the proofs that America is past the point of no return in my opinion.
It should never have gotten anywhere near that mind boggling number.
I always look at the check out to see who is using one of the cards and what they purchased.
Most are overweight, many are smokers and many buy high dollar meats and seafood.
And many have two separate purchases, you know, the one for their alcohol and tobacco which they cannot use their get free food card for.
In fairness to them many are likely not going to eat that $10.00 pound steak and shrimp but sell it to a friend or relative for spending cash! Sarcasm.
I like to find other taxpayers who notice this scam also. You know, the ones you make eye contact with and you both roll your eyes.
I try to make eye contact with the fraudsters also but I have found very few of them will look around.
And then I notice what they are driving and of course many have SUVs.
If you know people on food stamps, you know very few are truly needing them.
It would be near impossible for someone to buy non allowed food items on a food stamp card, as store registers are now computerized and designed to automatically separate non-food items from food items. Anyone using a food stamp card the register would automatically divide the food and non food items, and the person would have to pay for the non food item in cash. This piece is terrbly flawed and deceptive.
It's always interesting to note too, that some of the same people attacking food stamp recipients think nothing of getting their monthly SSI check for their disabled or autistic child.
Conservy, you might find it interesting to note that within that 50,000,000 many of those recipients are serving in the military, whose salaries are so low that they qualify for food stamp assistance. In fact, over 90% of the population that qualify for food stamp assistance work fulltime jobs. Some work more than one fulltime job.
Actually, immigrants flee to the U.S. because we've flooded their countries with weapons so destabilized the region that they've been forced to flee.
And the few individuals who might have sold their foostamps did so to pay an important utility bill about to be shut off, such as heat or lghts, or to keep from being evicted and keep a roof over their children's heads.
Conservy, Why don't you threaten them with one of your stem-winding sermons on sodomy, sodomites, etc?
aae....... Why on Earth is "honoring our country" more important than a fellow human's condition? Are you really saying going hungry honors our country?


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The main reason was that we failed to score a huge total which would have enabled us to restrict SA to a total that would have boosted out net run rate but we only managed 152 which was just a par score. Once we had lost 3 quick wickets of our top order we had to consolidate to prevent anymore wickets & had to compromise on run scoring. We somehow won by a single run which wasnt enough to improve our run rate!!Answered by dharamender nebhnani, 04 Oct '12 12:53 pm
Dhoni magic didn't click this time.Answered by amitava duttamajumdar, 04 Oct '12 02:59 pm
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Bidding Games, Bargaining and Efficient Allocations
Reshef Meir, Harvard University
Monday, November 10
Microsoft Research, One Memorial Drive (1st Floor)
Bidding games are extensive form two-player games where players bid over who is going to play next. Zero-sum bidding games have been studied in the literature, mainly as variations of popular recreational games such as Chess and Tic-Tac-Toe.
We study for the first time bidding games with general utility functions, showing that there always exists a natural pure subgame perfect Nash equilibrium with the following desirable properties: (a) a Pareto-efficient outcome is reached for any initial budget; (b) any Pareto-efficient outcome is attained for some initial budget allocation; and (c) each agent's utility is weakly monotone in her budget.
We show how this result can be applied to design a simple and efficient bargaining mechanism for allocating items among two agents with arbitrary valuation functions. Time permitting, we will discuss the computational complexity aspects and some possible extensions of the mechanism to randomized settings.
Joint work with Gil Kalai and Moshe Tennenholtz.
Reshef is a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard's Center for Research on Computation and Society. He received his PhD from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which has received an honorable mention for Victor Lesser Distinguished Dissertation Award (IFAAMAS), and won the Michael B. Maschler Prize for research in game theory (shared with Omer Tamuz). His main research areas are Computational Game Theory, Mechanism Design, and Bounded Rationality.
Incentivizing Exploration
Bobby Kleinberg, Cornell University
Monday, November 3
Harvard University, Littauer Center, 3rd Floor Lounge
An important recent theme in the development of on-line social systems is the potential of crowdsourced effort to solve large problems — defining tasks in which many people can each contribute a small amount of time to the overall goal. In some cases the arrangement is based on a direct compensation scheme, in which a (low) rate is paid for each unit of work performed. But in many settings one only has access to a crowd "in the wild", as they go about their everyday activities. Examples include product recommendations, social news readers, and scientific activities ranging from crowdsourced "citizen science" to the funding of research by national agencies.
In all of these domains, there is a problem of misaligned incentives: the designer's goal is to carry out exploration (of the space of news stories, products, bird habitats, etc.) as efficiently as possible, but for reasons of scale they must implement the exploration via a crowd composed of members who each derive their own utility from participating in the exploration. We model this as a multi-armed bandit problem in which selfish, myopic agents pull arms with publically observable outcomes, and a principal seeking to maximize the cumulative time-discounted reward may influence the agents by offering monetary (or other) rewards contingent on choosing particular actions. Our main result is a full characterization of the trade-off between the expected payments the principal must make and the total reward that can be achieved.
Joint work with Peter Frazier, David Kempe, and Jon Kleinberg.
Robert Kleinberg is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University. His research studies the design and analysis of algorithms, and their relations to economics, learning theory, and networks. Prior to receiving his doctorate from MIT in 2005, Kleinberg spent three years at Akamai Technologies, where he assisted in designing the world's largest Internet Content Delivery Network. He is the recipient of a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, and an NSF CAREER Award.
Simple Mechanisms with Simple Strategies
Vasilis Syrgkanis, Microsoft Research
Monday, October 27
Microsoft Research, One Memorial Drive (1st Floor)
We introduce single-bid auctions as a new format for combinatorial auctions. In single-bid auctions, each bidder submits a single bid for the right to buy items at a fixed price. Contrary to other simple auction formats, such as simultaneous or sequential single-item auctions, bidders can implement no-regret learning strategies in polynomial time. Price of anarchy bounds for correlated equilibria concepts in single-bid auctions therefore have more bite than their counterparts in auctions where learning is not known to be computationally tractable. To this end, we show that for any subadditive valuations the social welfare at equilibrium is an \Theta(\log m)-approximation to the optimal social welfare, where m is the number of items. We also provide tighter approximation results for several subclasses. Our welfare guarantees hold for Nash equilibria and no-regret learning outcomes in both Bayesian and complete information settings via the smooth-mechanism framework. Of independent interest, our techniques show that in a combinatorial auction setting, efficiency guarantees of a mechanism via smoothness for a very restricted class of cardinality valuations extend, with a small degradation, to subadditive valuations, the largest complement-free class of valuations.
Joint work with Nikhil Devanur, Jamie Morgenstern, Matt Weinberg.
Vasilis is a Postdoctoral researcher at MSR NYC. He recently received his PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University under the supervision of Prof. Eva Tardos. His research interests include algorithms, game theory, auction theory, mechanism design, crowdsourcing and computational complexity. Driven from electronic market applications such as ad auctions, his research focuses on the design and analysis of approximately efficient mechanisms with guaranteed good properties even when players participate in many mechanisms simultaneously or sequentially and even if they use learning algorithms to identify how to play the game and have incomplete information about the competition. More broadly he is interested in quantifying the inefficiency of systems with strategic users.
Social Learning with Costly Search and Social Advertising
Mallesh Pai, University of Pennsylvania
Monday, October 6
Harvard University, Littauer Center
We study a sequential social learning model where agents may privately acquire information by costly search. Search costs of agents are private. We show that asymptotic learning occurs if and only if search costs are not bounded away from zero. We explicitly characterize all equilibria for the case of two actions, and show that the probability of late moving agents taking the suboptimal action vanishes at a linear rate. Social welfare converges to the social optimum as the discount rate converges to one if and only if search costs are not bounded away from zero.
We use this analysis to study agents who are active on a (reduced form) online social network, and must select among competing products of unknown quality. We study the impact of advertising by duopolist firms, and the incentives of the underlying social network. We consider display advertising, which is standard firm to consumer advertising, and social advertising, in which agents who purchased that firm's product are highlighted to their friends. We show that in equilibrium, the heterogeneous firms spend the same amount on advertising. Social advertising may be more lucrative than standard display advertising. However, both forms of advertising have no effect on consumer welfare. A social network motivated by advertising revenues may limit the amount of information agents see about actions by other agents, since this will increase advertising revenue. This reduces consumer welfare relative to the first best, since early movers' purchases are informative about relative quality.
This talk is based on two papers, "Social Learning With Costly Search" and "Do Online Social Networks Increase Welfare?", both joint with Manuel Mueller-Frank.
Mallesh M Pai is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania since 2011. He is also an affiliate of the Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences. His research interests include mechanism design/auction theory, the economics of privacy, social networks/social learning and statistical decision theory.
He has a PhD in Managerial Economics and Strategy from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Risk Dynamics in Trade Networks
Rafael Frongillo, Harvard
Monday, September 29
Microsoft Research, One Memorial Drive (1st Floor)
We present a new framework to model interactions among agents which seek to negotiate to minimize their risk with respect to some future outcome. We quantify this risk using the concept of risk measures from finance, and introduce a class of trade dynamics which allow agents to trade contracts contingent upon the future outcome. We then show that these trade dynamics exactly correspond to a variant of randomized coordinate descent. By extending the analysis of these coordinate descent methods to account for our more organic setting, we are able to show convergence rates for very general trade dynamics, showing that the market or network converges to a unique steady state. Applying these results to prediction markets, we expand on recent results by adding convergence rates and general aggregation properties.
Joint work with Mark Reid (ANU & NICTA)
Rafael Frongillo is a computer scientist working on theoretical problems at the interface between machine learning and economics, primarily focusing on problems such as crowdsourcing or prediction markets which involve the exchange of information for money. Before coming to Harvard, he was a postdoc at Microsoft Research in New York City, and he received his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, advised by Christos Papadimitriou and supported by the NDSEG Fellowship.
On the Efficiency of the Walrasian Mechanism
Moshe Babaioff, Microsoft Research
Monday, September 15
Microsoft Research, One Memorial Drive (1st Floor)
Central results in economics guarantee the existence of efficient equilibria for various classes of markets. An underlying assumption in early work is that agents are price-takers, i.e., agents honestly report their true demand in response to prices. A line of research initiated by Hurwicz (1972) is devoted to studying market performance when agents are strategic about their demands. This is captured by the Walrasian Mechanism that proceeds by collecting reported demands, then finding clearing prices for the reported market.
In practice, agents commonly reduce their demand, leading to inefficient outcomes. We ask how inefficient the equilibria can be. We show that the welfare of every pure Nash equilibrium of the Walrasian mechanism is at least one quarter of the optimal welfare, when players have gross substitute valuations and do not overbid. Our result shows that approximate efficiency is guaranteed regardless of the size of the market.
Our results extend to Bayes-Nash equilibria and outcomes of no regret learning via the smooth mechanism framework. We also extend our bounds to any mechanism that maximizes welfare with respect to the declared valuations and never charges agents more than their bids. We also relax the no-overbidding assumption, and present bounds that are parameterized by the extent to which agents are willing to overbid.
Joint work with Brendan Lucier, Noam Nisan and Renato Paes Leme
Moshe Babaioff is a Researcher at Microsoft Research. His research interests lie in the intersection of Computer Science and Economics and he studies problems on the border of Computer Science Theory, Game Theory, and Microeconomic Theory. Much of his research focuses on the theoretical foundations of electronic markets. Prior to joining Microsoft Research at 2007, he spent two years as a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem at 2005, where he was advised by Professor Noam Nisan. He holds a M.Sc. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science, also from the Hebrew University.
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The Adolescents, Lower Class Brats and The ScandalsThe LoftDecember 29, 2010Better than: Staying home and watching Sid and Nancy.The AdolescentsA surprisingly large collection of Dallas' unwashed and unwanted gathered together at The Loft last night to witness a fine triple-bill of old-school pun ... More >>
By this busy line up of shows, you'd think it's already Friday.
Bad Brains, Spector 45 and Here Holy SpainThe Granada TheaterFriday, October 29, 2010Better than: reliving my punk rock past at home listening to actual recordsBad BrainsBefore a sizable, middle-aged horde, legendary Washington, D.C. punk act Bad Brains put on a formable display of full throttle ... More >>
Nothing says British punk rock like a tattered Union Jack, right?
Thursday, August 26, at Superpages.com Center
Wednesday, July 21, at the Palladium Ballroom
With an extra day this weekend, an extra night: Blondie on December 1, 1979, from an unspecified Dallas venue; and Frank Zappa at the Dallas Convention Center Arena on October 17, 1980. Both, revolutionary in their own right.They're both flawless recordings -- Blondie because it was for radio. As ... More >>
BuzzcocksThe LoftJune 11, 2010Better than: nostalgia.BuzzcocksBuzzcocks (a more appropriately named band escapes me at the moment) roared into The Loft on Friday evening delivering on the promise of the Another Bites tour premise: The band roared through their first two albums--and a few other ge ... More >>
In this week's paper, Doug Davis checks in with Pete Shelley, frontman for legendary Brit punks the Buzzcocks, who, tomorrow night, stop through Dallas for a gig at The Loft--the second-to-last stop on the band's two-year world tour. One of the original pop-punk acts, Davis extols the Buzzcocks' eff ... More >>
Trash TalkIt's always a great thing when the best band on a lengthy bill is not the headliner. One, you usually can get up front and check out the action. And, two, you might not have to stay out so late. Of course, the shows start pretty early at The Prophet Bar, so perhaps that second thing won ... More >>
Drive ADrive A is a relatively new rock quartet with solid punk leanings. Led by appropriately snotty lead vocalist/guitarist Bruno Mascolo, Drive A hails from Los Angeles and is happy to harken back to the classic hardcore punk days of Orange County when bands like Black Flag and the Adolescents ... More >>
Join the Battle in Hell Split EP (Life of Strife Records)
Thursday, July 16, at the Palladium Ballroom
New York DollsHouse of Blues' Pontiac GarageJune 3, 20009Better than: When I caught the Dolls last year and I fell down backstage, drunk, while looking for an autograph.New York Dolls.The New York Dolls came to town last night, undoubtedly bringing greatness in tow. Expecting anything less, of cours ... More >>
Tuesday, April 28,at the Granada Theater
The original Nervebreakers lineup.Defining moment: For a suburban teenage kid from North Dallas in 1977, a delirious new underground movement called punk rock inspired a profound and urgent departure from the regular routine of cruising Forest Lane or hanging out at the Gemini Drive-In movie theate ... More >>
They just re-form their legendary local acts to play around town every 15 years or so
The Nervebreakers are back. While Zac Crain is geeking out over on Frontburner today about a Sex Pistols cover band playing the Longhorn Ballroom next month (my how the mighty have fallen...), he was able to touch on some interesting news that I'd missed earlier today...(Thanks, spam filter!)...name ... More >>
Yesterday we said goodbye to one of the family. Tim "Temo" Watson (aka TMO, T-mo or Timo) was an essential part of the original ragtag gang of art punks and ditch skaters who had staked out mid-'80s Deep Ellum as the blank canvas where many of us would eventually leave our mark.Last week he lost his ... More >>
Since Automorrow had the CD release party for its The Diver EP on Friday, and also since my review of said EP runs in this week's print edition of the Observer, we at DC-9 thought you might like a little taste of the band. While the band incorporates ska and reggae into its sound, "Overboard" is pur ... More >>
Hailing from Minneapolis, Off With Their Heads continues the impressive lineage of Twin Cities punk rock that began with Husker Du, Soul Asylum and The Replacements back in the '80s. From the Bottom, the band's most recent effort, is packed full of spite and bile, just as good punk record should b ... More >>
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I can't believe it's not punk rock? Steve Dirkx, one-time member of Dallas' legendary new wave/punk combo The Telefones, sent me an email this morning containing some sad news about one of my heroes. Seems John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, of punk godfathers the Sex Pistols, is in a commercial, pi ... More >>
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