Monday, November 10, 2014

Matching and Market Design at INFORMS in San Francisco, Monday, Nov 10

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More matching and market design today: Cluster :  Auctions Session Information  : Monday Nov 10, 13:30 - 15:00 Title:  Analysis ...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

Matching and Market Design at INFORMS in San Francisco, Sunday November 9

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There's a lot of market design at the INFORMS annual meeting , Nov 9-12. On Sunday I'll start the day off with a talk from  10-10...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

Medically assisted dying in Oregon: Brittany Maynard, RIP

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Here's the story from NBC Death With Dignity Advocate Brittany Maynard Dies in Oregon "Brittany Maynard fulfilled her final wis...
Friday, November 7, 2014

Kidney exchange in Spain: now more than 100 transplants

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Here's some good news about kidney exchange, from Spain. The programme was launched in 2009 First 100 cross-over kidney transplant...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Further discussion of incentives and kidney donation, including "capitalism as a threat to humanity"

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A paper  in the October American Journal of Kidney Diseases by a group of Australian researchers reports on surveys of a sample of transpla...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Death with dignity developments in Britain

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In the Telegraph: Assisted suicide guidelines relaxed by Director of Public Prosecutions Doctors and nurses who help severely disabled or ...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

College applications and college apps

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The Chronicle of Higher Ed has the story:  Elite Colleges Explore Alternative to Common App "Admissions officials at some of the na...
Monday, November 3, 2014

New markets for restaurant reservations

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Move over, Open Table.  Matt Buchanan has the story in the NY Times:  Can You Uber a Burger? "In recent months, as retail rents have...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Better late than never: I become a successful middle school student at the school's 60th anniversary

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Hello to any of my classmates who are attending Middle School 74's 60th anniversary celebration. When I went there, it was a Junior Hig...