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I really find that the hover-over text applies to me more often than not, unless I'm not in mixed company. This reminds me of a time that I was staying with a friend and she walked in on me changing the time on her microwave. When I explained to her that her microwave, stove, and coffee pot were all set to different times and it was bugging me, she just looked at me like I was crazy. --"grate314" (talk) 16:47, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think that is what the title text meant. Also, anybody who reads an xkcd comic and remembers that they did that is crazy. --220.127.116.11
- I agree with grate314. I have to fix this every time the power goes out in my house because the stove, microwave, and radio all treat power outages differently. Between different rooms, though, it doesn't bother me. --DanB (talk) 19:04, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- I know that that isn't specifically what the hover-over text was talking about, but I was thinking of it in a more general way. I've just found that whenever someone asks me what I'm thinking about, it's best to say 'nothing'. What I meant by 'mixed company' is a general social gathering, like a wedding or birthday party. I'm an EE student, so when someone asks me that question at school, I answer honestly. The answer is usually 'soldering'. I think about soldering a lot. Thanks, DanB, the clocks were all on top of each other, btw, I'm not sure how she lived in that chaos.--grate314 (talk) 21:27, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
Did anybody try doing what the title text is saying? Just wondering. --18.104.22.168
When I'm not following written instructions, I tend to use multiples of 1:11, out of laziness. So, if I figure something should take about 2-3 minutes, I'll nuke it for 2:22. That way, I can press one button 3 times without having to move my finger. MGK (talk) 17:23, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
If your microwave is connected to your home network you should accept that GCHQ have probably broken all your codes. I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 20:03, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
I'm lazy and like to use repeated digits rather than have to move my finger along to find the next one - thus 33, 55, 66 get used a lot. I also find that for most items, longer time at lower power settings is more effective at even heating, so I do a lot of 66 at 50% rather than 33 at 100%. Our current oven only has 10 power settings, unlike a previous one that had two digit power settings resulting in 66 sec at 55% being a fairly commonly used setup. Interestingly, the logic of every microwave oven I have encountered treats 99 entered in the seconds display the same as if one were to have entered 1minute and 33 seconds. Thus 99:99 would be 100 minutes and 33 seconds. J-beda (talk) 17:31, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
- I have never seen a microwave that treats 99 as 1:33. Treating 99 as 1:39, however, is quite common. Why would a microwave run for 93 seconds when 99 is entered? Dansiman (talk) 14:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Oddly (apparently) my microwave has only 3 buttons (10 minutes, 1 minute, 10 seconds), though I do feel sorry for the 10 minute button.
- Maybe it would make more sense to change the 10 minutes button to a 6 minutes button 220.127.116.11 16:39, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
I usually just push the "add 30 seconds" button until I reach the desired time (6 pushes for three minutes, 3 for 1:30, etc.). Erenan (talk) 16:06, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
- mine only has a single analogue dial that jumps up in increasingly large steps, and for some reason is numbered to skip over some sensible times, such as six minutes. however, no buttons, so problem solved. 18.104.22.168 22:00, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
The 9 and 0 button are near each other so I do a lot of 90 (meaning 1 minute, 30 seconds). Sometimes, I'll get lazy
er and press 99.
Quasar unit offers the additional accuracy/simplicity/utility of min 10, 1 and sec 10, 1 There are no other numbers on the control face, which has 14 buttons total. hmm, Minimum number of buttons required to accomplish nuking?--Idkrash (talk) 01:28, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
- For simplicity I would be in favor of 2 dials and 2 buttons. The dials could serve for power and time, which could output to digital displays. The buttons then could serve as start and stop. Pressing start and stop simultaneously would toggle the clock set function and you could use the dials to set the min and hour.----Shine (talk) 10:47, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
- I suspect that sooner or later they'll all just have a power button and a touchscreen. Erenan (talk) 15:15, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
- Agreed that the touchscreen is likely but you could get away with just the two dials by having the time dial start the oven when it is pulled out and stop when pushed in. (#Analog) --DanB (talk) 19:18, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
- My microwave already has a touch screen... we use the 30 second button on it a lot... --Tustin2121 (talk) 16:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
- The pushable dial isn't even necessary, have the machine start when the dial is twisted, which then ticks back to zero, and stop when the door is opened 184.108.40.206 14:13, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
Benfords law pops to mind.
I don't use 20, 30 ,40, because find it easier to just click twice same button: 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99 and anything beyond 99 seconds - well, 200 22.214.171.124 (talk) 17:25, 6 December 2012 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
As a datum-point, my microwave has a (linear, clockwork, with mechanical bell-ding) dial, which is imprecise enough. Also it's a really old one (20 years old? 25? 30?) with a lower power than is common to see mentioned, so I look at the packaging recommendations, see perhaps 650W, 750W and 850W times, or 700W and 800W ones, and then add half again onto the lower rate's required time, and then perhaps a little more for good luck, as the amount I (roughly) twist the dial. I rarely use anything other than 'full'-power, out of the five settings. And I still sometimes need to renuke after testing. I really ought to get a new one. Probably would be more efficient, as well as accurate. ;) 22.214.171.124 13:07, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
Shockingly, no one has mentioned Cirno from Touhou Project.--22.214.171.124 12:41, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
Shockingly, noone has mentioned that 159 seconds is closer to 3 minutes that it is to 2. Marklark (talk) 23:03, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
- I think it's a reasonable assumption that a the 1 gets bumped into the minutes column, otherwise all times would have to be entered in seconds or some other untidy interface would be necessary 188.8.131.52 14:13, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
- Template:ping:Marklark has the right assumption, however 141. turns out to be right in fcats, at least in my machine. My microwave will accept an entry like '99', which is seen as 1 minute 39 seconds, but the first digit of a series of three, as in '159' will be interpreted as being minutes, not hundreds of seconds.Yamaplos (talk) 14:09, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
- besides the fact that the assumption in this comic is wrong. Because being used to max out certain options, multiple comments in this thread confirm that, '9' is not the least used digit in a touch button microwave interface, "7' or '8' are, '1' to '6' being options to express cook and reheat, thus used more often. My microwave key pad is actually worn from "1" to "4". This fact, because of the previous comment, requires eternal vigilance so proper non-discriminatory, fair allocation of keypresses are the norm in this household. Fair we is, fair we stay, yay! Yamaplos (talk) 14:09, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Am I the only one that uses "99" whenever the instructions say something close to "1 minute 30 seconds"? 18.104.22.168 15:11, 26 February 2016 (UTC)BenDanTomJack
- If the instructions say 1:30, wouldn't 88 be a better choice than 99? A variance of 2 seconds under vs. a variance of 9 seconds over. 188.8.131.52 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Shockingly, no one has mentioned Pluto. 126.96.36.199 18:12, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
Who doesn't use 90 fairly often? A lot of things need to be cooked for 90 seconds. 18.104.22.168 13:58, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
From a scientific standpoint, we moved into a new house last year which has a well-used (probably 20+ years) Amana Radar-range, so lots of button pushes. The buttons for 1, 2, 3, 5, and 0 are WELL worn with the rest nearly untouched. Cosumel (talk) 07:27, 12 May 2020 (UTC)


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U.S. median household net worth declined 35 percent between 2005 and 2010, from $102,844 to $66,740 (in 2010 constant dollars), according to a set of detailed tables released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Net Worth and Asset Ownership tables show household net worth — the value of assets minus debts — by a variety of demographic characteristics in 2005, 2009 and 2010. The statistics come from the Survey of Income and Program Participation.
"The overall decline in net worth reflects drops in housing values and stock market indices," said Census Bureau economist Alfred Gottschalck.
In absolute terms, median net worth decreased for all age groups over the period, but more so for older households than for younger ones. For householders 65 and older, it decreased from $195,890 to $170,128; for those under 35, the decrease was from $8,528 to $5,402. In percentage terms, however, the story was much different: a 37 percent decline for younger householders, compared with a 13 percent decline for older ones.
All educational groups also experienced declines. For example, those with a high school diploma saw their median net worth fall 39 percent and those with a bachelor's degree experienced a 32 percent decline.
Other highlights (All dollar figures are in 2010 constant dollars):
- More education is associated with higher net worth. In 2010, those with a graduate or professional degree had a median net worth of $245,763, while the median net worth of those with a high school diploma only was $42,223. Those with a bachelor's degree had a median net worth of $142,518.
- In 2000, those with a bachelor's degree had a median net worth value almost twice as large as those with a high school diploma only; by 2010, this number had risen to almost three and one-half times as large. The same pattern can be seen when examining the graduate or professional degree to high school diploma ratio; this ratio has increased from 3.5 to 5.8 over the same period.
- Householders age 35 to 44 had the largest percent decline in median net worth from 2005 to 2010 of any age group: 59 percent.


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On this day in 1941, Emperor Haile Selassie re-enters Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, exactly five years to the day of when it was occupied by Italy.
Benito Mussolini had been eyeing Ethiopia (also known as Abyssinia) as an economic colony to be added to Italian Somaliland, in East Africa, since the 1920s. He hoped to resettle 10 million Italians in a unified East Africa. Despite Ethiopia's membership in the League of Nations, which provided it with recourse to other member nations in the event of invasion, Italy, also a League member, attacked on October 3, 1935. Selassie formally protested before the League Council, but the League responded with only mild sanctions, fearing that a more extensive embargo, or the closure of the Suez Canal, denying Italy needed supplies and reinforcements, would lead to war-and Italy simply getting its oil from the United States, which was not a party to League agreements.
Britain and France, both fearing that a general war would be harmful to their collective security, proposed secret negotiations with Italy, wherein Italy would be offered territory in Ethiopia's northeast; in exchange, Mussolini would end his aggression. Ethiopia would only be told of this negotiation after the fact; should Selassie reject the terms, France and Britain were off the hook, having made a "good faith" effort at peace. They could then oppose further sanctions against Italy, even propose that the ones in place be removed, thereby sparing themselves a confrontation with Mussolini. But the plans for the secret negotiation were leaked to the press, and both Britain and France were humiliated publicly for selling out a weaker League partner.


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The Obama administration's proposed crackdown on carbon emissions cited Vermont's environmental policies as an example of how coal states can achieve necessary greenhouse gas reductions.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday released details of a proposed regulation requiring states to come up with a plan to collectively cut the nation's carbon emissions by 30 percent of 2005 levels by 2030.
Vermont does not generate electricity from coal and is the only state not required to come up with a plan (the District of Columbia is also exempt). The ruling targets coal-powered electric plants that are the nation's leading source of carbon emissions, but it is intended to give states flexibility to find ways to cut carbon emissions.
The ruling cites Vermont's energy efficiency program as an example of how states can reduce carbon emissions. The state's regulated efficiency utility, Efficiency Vermont, offers rebates and incentives for energy-efficient appliances, among other efforts.
"Vermont is leading the way," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a member of the Senate environment and energy committees. "I congratulate Efficiency Vermont for being cited as a national model and for other efforts underway in Vermont to address global warming."
The utility in 2013 cut Vermont's electricity sales by about 1.6 percent, which represents about $12 million in retail value, according to an Efficiency Vermont report.
Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said he was pleased that Vermont's efficiency program was mentioned as a way to cut carbon emissions.
"Vermont has led the nation on energy efficiency and is reaping the benefits of lower electric bills, good jobs and a cleaner environment," Welch said in a statement.
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Fingerprint Rules
Fingerprint rules (previously known as server-side fingerprinting) are also configured with a config similar to stack trace rules, but the syntax is slightly different. The matchers are the same, but instead of flipping flags, a fingerprint is assigned and it overrides the default grouping entirely.
These rules can be configured on a per-project basis under Settings > Projects > [project] > Issue Grouping > Fingerprint Rules. Group Settings has input fields where you can write custom fingerprinting rules. The syntax follows the syntax from Discover queries. If you want to negate the match, prefix the expression with an exclamation mark (
All values are matched against, and in the case of stack traces, all frames are considered. If all matches in a line match, then the fingerprint is applied.
# You can use comments to explain the rules. Rules themselves follow the
# following syntax:
matcher:expression -> list of values
# The list of values can be hardcoded or substituted values.
Below is a practical example, which groups exceptions of a specific type together:
error.type:DatabaseUnavailable -> system-down
error.type:ConnectionError -> system-down
error.value:"connection error: *" -> connection-error, {{ transaction }}
Matchers generally use globbing syntax. The following matchers are available:
Matches on an exception type (exception name). The match is performed as a case sensitive glob.
error.type:ZeroDivisionError -> zero-division
error.type:ConnectionError -> connection-error
Matches on the exception value. Errors or exceptions often have human-readable descriptions (values) associated with them. This matcher allows a case insensitive match.
error.value:"connection error (code: *)" -> connection-error
error.value:"could not connect (*)" -> connection-error
Matches on a log message. It will also automatically check for the additional exception value as they can be hard to keep apart. The matching is case insensitive.
message:"system encountered a fatal problem: *" -> fatal-log
Matches on the name of the logger, which is useful to combine all messages of a logger together. This match is case sensitive.
logger:"com.myapp.mypackage.*" -> mypackage-logger
Matches on the log level. The match is case insensitive.
logger:"com.myapp.FooLogger" level:"error" -> mylogger-error
Matches on the value of the tag
tag_name. This can be useful to filter down certain types of events. For instance, you can separate events caused by a specific server:
tags.server_name:"canary-*.mycompany.internal" -> canary-events
Matches on the path of an event and is case insensitive. It uses path globbing semantics, which means that
* does not match a slash, but
** does. Note that this matcher matches on both
abs_path and
filename as SDKs can be quite inconsistent about how these values are supported. If the glob matches on either of these values, it's considered a match.
stack.abs_path:"**/my-utils/*.js" -> my-utils, {{ error.type }}
Similar to
stack.abs_path but matches on the module name instead. The match is case sensitive and regular globbing rules apply (
* also matches slashes).
stack.module:"*/my-utils/*" -> my-utils, {{ error.type }}
Checks if any of the functions in the stack trace match the glob. The match is case sensitive:
stack.function:"my_assertion_failed" -> my-assertion-failed
Matches on the "package" of a frame. This is typically the name of the debug symbol/object file that contains a frame. If any of the frames match this object file, then it matches.
stack.package:"**/libcurl.dylib" -> libcurl
stack.package:"**/libcurl.so" -> libcurl
Used to "scope" down the matcher. The following families exist:
javascript for any type of JavaScript event,
native for any type of Native event. Any other platform is called
family:native !stack.module:"myproject::*" -> not-from-my-project
Checks if the frame is in-app or not. It is particularly useful when combined with another matcher. Possible values are
yes and
app:yes stack.function:"assert" -> assert
Combining Matchers
When multiple matchers are combined, they all need to match. Matchers that operate on frames must all apply to the same frame; otherwise, they are not considered a match.
For instance, if you match on both the function name and module name, then a match only exists if a frame matches both the function name and the module name. It's not enough for a frame to match only with the function name, even if another frame would match the module name by itself.
# this matches if a frame exists with a specific function and module name
# and also a specific error type is thrown
error.type:ConnectionError stack.function:"connect" stack.module:"bot" -> bot-error
On the right-hand side of the fingerprint, you can use constant values and variables. Variables are substituted automatically and have the same name as matchers, but they might be filled in differently.
Variables are enclosed in double braces (
{{ variable_name }}).
{{ default }}
This fills in the default fingerprint that would be produced by the normal grouping operation. It is useful if you want to subdivide an already existing group by something else:
stack.function:"query_database" -> {{ default }}, {{ transaction }}
{{ transaction }}
This fills in the name of the transaction into the fingerprint. It will force the creation of a group per transaction:
error.type:"ApiError" -> api-error, {{ transaction }}
{{ error.type }}
{{ type }}
This fills in the name of the error that occurred. When chained exceptions are used, it will be the most recently thrown error. This will force the creation of a group per transaction:
stack.function:"evaluate_script" -> script-evaluation, {{ error.type }}
{{ stack.function }}
{{ function }}
This fills in the function name of the "crashing frame," also known as the application code's topmost frame.
error.type:"ScriptError" -> script-evaluation, {{ stack.function }}
{{ stack.module }}
{{ module }}
This fills in the module name of the "crashing frame," also known as the application code's topmost frame.
error.type:"ScriptError" -> script-evaluation, {{ stack.module }}
{{ stack.package }}
{{ package }}
This fills in the package name (object file) of the "crashing frame," also known as the application code's topmost frame.
stack.function:"assert" -> assertion, {{ stack.package }}
{{ logger }}
This fills in the name of the logger that caused an event.
message:"critical connection error*" -> connection-error, {{ logger }}
{{ level }}
This fills in the name of the log level that was used to create an event.
message:"connection error*" -> connection-error, {{ logger }}, {{ level }}
{{ tags.tag_name }}
This fills in the value of a tag into the fingerprint, which can, for instance, be used to split events by server name or something similar.
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Creole Shrimp Skewers for Mardi Gras — Simple Soirées
Mardi Gras is the perfect excuse for a party, and not just any party — a New Orleans-themed party. I don't know if you've been to New Orleans (NOLA for short), but let me tell you this: Those people know how to party. I was there last year for a quick week and even this California girl had a hard time keeping up with the nightlife. That aside, you can't forget the amazing Cajun and Creole food on every corner and the unforgettable cocktail scene with live music that pours into the streets at night. If you can't head down south for Mardi Gras this year, re-create a NOLA-inspired appetizer for Fat Tuesday.
And who better to take inspiration from than the king of NOLA himself, Emeril.
This Mardi Gras Jambalaya from Emeril is one of my all-time favorites. I'll make this for a big dinner party any day, but I wanted to turn it into an appetizer so it would be easy to eat — people can grab a bite and run back to the dance floor.
I took Emeril's Essence Creole Seasoning, aka Bayou Blast, and used it to marinate some shrimp skewers and then baked them to perfection. I served it with a little side of Creole butter and some crusty white bread to soak up any excess butter. It's the perfect menu item for your Mardi Gras party. Shake up a Ramos Gin Fizz or two and serve these great Creole Shrimp Skewers for you and all your friends this Mardi Gras.
Combine the Creole Seasoning ingredients thoroughly and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Combine the Creole Seasoning and melted butter in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine. Place 3 tablespoons of this mixture in a shallow dish and reserve the remaining mixture for later.
Skewer the shrimp on small 6 inch skewers, using 2-3 shrimp per skewer. Lay the skewers in the butter mixture in the shallow dish and coat both sides with the seasoning. Place the skewers on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Once all the shrimp have been skewered, place the baking sheet in the oven and let the shrimp bake for about 12-15 minutes until opaque throughout. Remove the skewers and place on a platter for serving.
Serve immediately with the remaining melted Creole butter and some crusty bread to dip in the butter.
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Jonathan Richards / Times of London:
New chip will let an iPod store 500,000 songs — A new storage technology will pave the way for MP3 players and other gadgets to store a hundred times more information — Mobile phones, iPods and other consumer devices may soon be able to hold a hundred times more information …
Elisabeth Lewin / Podcasting News: IBM Develops Chip With 500,000-Song Capacity
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: IBM develops new memory that holds 100 times more data than current memory
Dave Parrack / TECH.BLORGE.com: Racetrack memory chip to allow Apple iPod to hold half a million songs
Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News: 'Racetrack memory' could let future iPods store half a million songs
Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News: New Racetrack Memory Technology to replace Flash in future iPods
Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac: IBM breakthrough means 500,000 song iPod
Greg Sterling / localmobilesearch.net: New IBM Memory Chip Potentially Revolutionary
Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile: A Chip That Will Store 500,000 Songs?
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: IBM's Racetrack Memory Speeds Past Moore's Law
Paul Marks / New Scientist:
IBM creates working racetrack memory device
IBM creates working racetrack memory device
Kdawson / Slashdot: IBM Creates Working "Racetrack Memory"
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:
Crawling through HTML forms — Google is constantly trying new ideas to improve our coverage of the web. We already do some pretty smart things like scanning JavaScript and Flash to discover links to new web pages, and today, we would like to talk about another new technology we've started experimenting with recently.
Discussion: Google Blogoscoped, Search Engine Watch Blog and Matt Cutts
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped: Googlebot Submitting Forms to Find More Pages
Kevin Heisler / Search Engine Watch Blog: Google: A Clear & Present Danger to Corporate Data Privacy
Chris Morrison / VentureBeat:
Powerset: Don't call us a search engine
Powerset: Don't call us a search engine
Discussion: Data Mining
Matthew Hurst / Data Mining: Powerset's Sweetspot — TechCrunch, the bay areas favourite …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Now Fills Out Forms & Crawls Results
Google Now Fills Out Forms & Crawls Results
Discussion: WebMetricsGuru
Marshall Sponder / WebMetricsGuru: Google reads forms and fills them out - sometimes
Gary Morgenthaler / Business Week:
Apple's OS Edge Is a Threat to Microsoft — A recent upgrade to the Mac operating system moves Apple closer to challenging Microsoft for overall computing dominance, even in the corporate market — The 20-year death grip that Microsoft has held on the core of computing is finally weakening—pried loose with just two fingers.
Discussion: The Mac Observer, TechBlog, MacDailyNews and Digg
Kevin McLaughlin / crn.com:
Microsoft Exec: UAC Designed To 'Annoy Users' — The User Account Control in Windows Vista improves security by reducing application privileges from administrative to standard levels, but UAC has been widely criticized for the nagging alerts it generates. According to one Microsoft executive …
Discussion: Download Squad, DailyTech, Digital Daily and Gizmodo
Brad Linder / Download Squad: Microsoft: Vista UAC was supposed to piss you off
Brandon Hill / DailyTech: Microsoft Designed Vista's UAC to "Annoy Users"
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: An Equally Good Explanation for the Rest of Vista as Well ...
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Microsoft: We Designed Vista User Account Control to Piss You Off
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Vista's UAC security prompt was designed to annoy you
Vista's UAC security prompt was designed to annoy you
Discussion: InformationWeek Weblog and Electronista
Tom Espiner / CNET News.com: Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That's Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen — Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald told a conference audience yesterday that Microsoft's Windows product is collapsing and must make radical changes to its operating system or risk becoming a has-been.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Arrrghhhh! Windows is collapsing! Run! ... but where to?
Richard K / Silicon Valley Watcher: Windows is Collapsing — Windows is collapsing under its own weight …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft: Reports of Windows' demise are greatly exaggerated
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch: Broken Windows Can't Be Fixed
Ben Worthen / Business Technology: Windows (Slowly) Collapsing Under Own Weight
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source: The Linux lesson Windows needs
Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News: Gartner says Microsoft Windows is collapsing
Mark Raby / TG Daily: Windows at risk of "collapsing," say analysts
John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley: And eventually, Windows' huge mass will collapse into a dense pinpoint …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Windows is a glacier and glaciers don't melt overnight — Boy this Windows collapsing under its own weight argument has some legs. — A few points about this Gartner presentation two days ago, which has raised quite a ruckus on Techmeme. The analysts argued Wednesday morning that Windows …
Discussion: Slashdot, PC World and ReadWriteWeb
Soulskill / Slashdot: Gartner Analysts Warn That Windows Is Collapsing
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb: Windows "Collapsing" - 2011 Tipping Point For Web Apps In The Enterprise
Matt Asay / CNET News.com:
"Windows is too monolithic," declares Gartner, opening the door for Linux
"Windows is too monolithic," declares Gartner, opening the door for Linux
Discussion: Beyond Search, InformationWeek Weblog, Digital Daily, Michael Tiemann's blog, p2pnet and Know It All
Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search: Microsoft Windows: The Report of My Death Was an Exaggeration
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: "Windows as We Know It Must Be Replaced." …
Michael Tiemann / Michael Tiemann's blog: Gartner groks CATB; Enderle next?
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
The problem with Google Apps Engine — If you are considering taking advantage of the new Google App Engine service from Google, I suggest you read this article first. There are some hidden facts that you should be aware of before making your decision to adopt this platform.
Discussion: Enterprise Web 2.0, eWeek and WebProNews
Dion Hinchcliffe / Enterprise Web 2.0: Comparing Amazon's and Google's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Offerings
Clint Boulton / eWeek: Google vs. Amazon Web Services
Glenn Letham / WebProNews: Jaiku - One Of The First Apps On The Google App Engine
Erica Ogg / CNET News.com:
TiVo patent win against EchoStar upheld — Updated at 11:45 a.m. PDT with Dish Network's statement. — Another court has upheld TiVo's patent suit against EchoStar Communications. — A U.S. Appeals Court on Friday denied EchoStar's appeal on an earlier court ruling …
Discussion: Ars Technica, paidContent.org, Gizmodo, Dan's Tech-n-Stuff Weblog and Electronista
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica: Court smacks down DISH Network appeal in TiVo patent case
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org: TiVo Gets Another Patent Win; DISH Network To Take It To Supreme Court
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Tivo Defeats Echostar for Stealing TimeWarp in Epic Court Battle Once and For All
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
Breaking News: Appeals Court Refuses to Hear Echostar Appeal …
Breaking News: Appeals Court Refuses to Hear Echostar Appeal …
Discussion: Homotron.net, Gizmodo, Tech Trader Daily, TiVo Lovers, TechSpot and Engadget
Tiny Dancer / Homotron.net: TiVo Vs Dish Network Ruling Upheld
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Tivo Defeats Echostar for Stealing DVR Patent in Epic Court Battle Once and For All
Justin Mann / TechSpot: TiVo case against EchoStar upheld once more
Richard Lawler / Engadget: TiVo's win over DISH Network upheld by court of appeals: It's over
WatchingTV Online:
HULU WORKING ON GLOBAL STREAMING DISTRIBUTION — One nice message from hulu, when I connected this morning from Switzerland. Finally, someone cares about (frustrated) non US viewers.
Discussion: Download Squad
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Hulu Gives International Users a Sign
Hulu Gives International Users a Sign
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider: Hulu: Coming Soon Internationally
Burger Shop — This game is for Macintosh — Visit ReallyNeatGames.com for PC Windows Games — After receiving a set of strange blueprints in the mail, you build an extraordinary food-making contraption and open a restaurant. Your goal? To make food and satisfy customers while you explore …
Discussion: PC World, Macsimum News and The Mac Observer
Royal Pingdom:
Map of all Google data center locations — Data Center Knowledge recently published a "Google Data Center FAQ". As most other web geeks, we here at Pingdom tend to find this kind of information quite fascinating. We have extracted some interesting tidbits, and also used the information …
Discussion: TechCrunch, WebProNews and Data Center Knowledge
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Where Are All The Google Data Centers?
Doug Caverly / WebProNews: Pingdom Puts Google's Data Centers On A Map
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge: Mapping Google's Data Centers
Virtual Earth:
The New Release of Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D is now Live! — I'm so glad to finally announce that the latest version of Live Maps is online and ready for you to play with. This ended up being a much bigger release than originally planned including three full sprints of development.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Microsoft Live Maps Drinks Google Maps' Milkshake
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Yahoo Adds Much More Imagery To Maps
Harrison Hoffman / CNET News.com: Live Maps gets a major upgrade
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Microsoft Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D is Live
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: MSFT Upgrades Live Maps, Yahoo Adds Images
Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch Blog: Microsoft Updates Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com: Beyond Microsoft's new traffic-avoidance feature
Kip Kniskern / LiveSide: New Live Search Maps is Live
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Hands on: new Microsoft Live Maps improvements impressive
Hands on: new Microsoft Live Maps improvements impressive
Discussion: Channel 10 and Search Engine Land
Larry Larsen / Channel 10: Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D Keep Getting Better
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Launching ToDo List Product? — TechCrunch reader Nicolas Hoizey noticed a blog post on the official Google Docs Blog today written by Andrew Cheng, a Google Marketing Manager. Hoizey sent us the NetNewsWire screen shot above (click for large view). — The post, based on the screen shot, appears to be a simple to do list.
Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim: Google ToDo List Coming Soon? No, But We Know What Andrew Chang Eats
Judi Sohn / Web Worker Daily: Will Google Launch a Task Manager?
Alexander Muse / Texas Startup Blog: Google takes aim at 37 Signals!
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
On the Menu at the Yahoo Top Managers Lunch Yesterday: Fear and AOL-oathing — For some reason, none of the half-dozen SVPs and EVPs I spoke to, who attended a lunch that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang held yesterday for several dozen top-level execs, wanted to tell me exactly what was on the menu …
Frank Watson / Search Engine Watch Blog: Yahoo Execs Bad Mouthing AOL!
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com: Looks like some Yahooers prefer Microsoft to AOL
Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag: Since Yang can't decide, we'll let you: Microhoo or YahOL?
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: Yahoos Hate AOL Deal, But Too Scared To Tell Jerry
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Microsoft Still Favored To Win Yahoo, Madison Avenue Contemplates …
Mark Raby / TG Daily: Yahoo morale down, unexcited about AOL talks
Aaron Task / Tech Ticker: Board Fiddles as Senior Yahoos Burn
Joseph Menn / Los Angeles Times: Fight over Yahoo would limit online choices
Darmano / Logic+Emotion:
The Top 10 Made Up Words of Web 3.0 — You won't find these in Wikipedia. But someone had to write them down. Inspired by Web jargon and making their first appearence on Twitter, I give you the Top 10 made up words of Web 3.0: — 1. Socialstainable — The act of socially conscious …
Discussion: Darren Herman and Technology Live
Michelle Kessler / Technology Live: Scrollax! Viruseful! Emotrics!
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Security Expert Gives Computer Intruders a Taste of Their Own Medicine — SAN FRANCISCO — Malicious hackers beware: computer security expert Joel Eriksson might already own your box. — Eriksson, a researcher at the Swedish security firm Bitsec, uses reverse engineering tools …


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Legislature is considering bills that would change local elections across the state.
One bill before the Kansas Senate would allow local elections to be partisan and held in even-numbered years, while another would have them in odd-numbered years. The House bill calls for the local elections to remain non-partisan and be held in odd-numbered years.
Local elections are currently held in the spring of odd-numbered years.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports Brad Bryant, deputy assistant secretary of state, says the changes are intended to increase voter turnout, although he acknowledged he had no data to prove that would happen.
Supporters also said having the elections at the same time as national elections would save the state money.
Opponents testified against allowing partisanship, saying most local issues aren't partisan.


text: Main Content Act 173 of 1987 friendly link printer friendly bills affecting mcl index link Search within this Statute for MORTGAGE BROKERS, LENDERS, AND SERVICERS LICENSING ACTAct 173 of 1987AN ACT to define and regulate mortgage brokers, mortgage lenders, and mortgage servicers; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain public officers and agencies; to provide for the promulgation of rules; and to provide remedies and penalties. History: 1987, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Nov. 18, 1987 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 66, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 2008 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 76, Eff. July 31, 2010 The People of the State of Michigan enact: DocumentTypeDescription Section 445.1651SectionShort title. Section 445.1651aSectionDefinitions. Section 445.1652SectionMortgage broker, mortgage lender, or mortgage servicer; license or registration required; exemption; application; compensation or other remuneration; words contained in name or assumed name; "employee" defined. Section 445.1652a-445.1652cSectionRepealed. 2009, Act 76, Eff. July 31, 2010. Section 445.1653SectionLicense or renewal; application; form; investigation; determination; issuance; indemnification. Section 445.1654SectionProof of financial responsibility. Section 445.1655SectionMinimum net worth. Section 445.1656SectionRegistration required; applicability of certain provisions; licensing or registration of real estate broker or salesperson; improper use of business name. Section 445.1657SectionExpiration of registration or license; renewal; application; fee; limitation; financial statement. Section 445.1658SectionPayment for investigation and annual operating fees; establishment of annual fee schedule; limitation; fees nonrefundable; action for delinquent payment; licensee or registrant report; penalties; establishment and administration of MBLSLA fund; basis for setting operating fee. Section 445.1659SectionTransfer or assignment of license or registration. Section 445.1660SectionSurrender, revocation, or suspension of license or registration; loss or destruction; affidavit. Section 445.1661SectionPowers of commissioner generally. Section 445.1662SectionNotice of intention to enter order of license or registration, suspension or revocation, or refusal to issue license; hearing; final order. Section 445.1663SectionComplaint; investigation; federal regulatory authority. Section 445.1664SectionProvisions applicable to investigation. Section 445.1665SectionSummary suspension of license or registration; order; affidavit; dissolution of summary suspension order; record. Section 445.1666SectionCease and desist order; hearing; violation; injunction. Section 445.1667SectionRemedies cumulative. Section 445.1668SectionNotice of hearing on complaint; service; informal conference; settlement; compliance; hearing. Section 445.1668aSectionFraud; prohibition; notice; hearing; order. Section 445.1668bSectionHearing; final decision; judicial review; effect of review on order. Section 445.1668cSectionEnforcement of order; jurisdiction. Section 445.1668dSectionViolation as misdemeanor; penalty. Section 445.1668eSectionViolation of order; exceptions. Section 445.1669SectionContinuing to service mortgage loan or making mortgage after suspension or revocation of license or registration; termination of commitment; refund. Section 445.1670SectionPowers of commissioner in conducting examination or investigation; conduct of person subpoenaed as misdemeanor; conduct of investigation. Section 445.1671SectionBooks, accounts, records, and documents; preservation and examination; reports; false statement as felony; penalty. Section 445.1672SectionViolations generally. Section 445.1672aSectionMortgage loans; prohibited advertising. Section 445.1672bSectionRepealed. 2009, Act 76, Eff. July 31, 2010. Section 445.1673SectionReasonable and necessary charges; terms and conditions of guarantee. Section 445.1674SectionAnnual statement and ledger history of borrower's account; fee prohibited. Section 445.1675SectionApplicability of act. Section 445.1675aSectionExemptions; filing affidavit; failure to meet qualifications. Section 445.1676SectionLaws to which mortgage loan subject. Section 445.1677SectionPeriod within which to file application for license and proof of financial responsibility, to pay fees, or to register. Section 445.1678SectionCivil or criminal liability. Section 445.1679SectionProhibited conduct; misdemeanor; penalty; violation of act or rules; civil fine; suspension or revocation of license or registration; refusal to issue or renew license or registration; restitution; proceedings subject to MCL 24.201 to 24.328; bona fide error. Section 445.1680SectionEffect of noncompliance on validity or enforceability of mortgage loan. Section 445.1681SectionAction to obtain declaratory judgment, injunction, or actual damages; limitation. Section 445.1682SectionConservatorship. Section 445.1683SectionMortgage industry advisory board; creation; requirements; communication of issues to commissioner; recommendations. Section 445.1684SectionClaims filed against proof of financial responsibility.


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Traders increasingly believe Friday's July jobs report will come as a disappointment, after a string of very weak economic reports and a recent wave of corporate layoffs.
Economists expect about 85,000 non farm payrolls and a 9.2 percent unemployment rate, when the monthly employment report is released Friday.
But some traders see that number as too high, and there are whispers the number could be flat.
RBS economist Michelle Girard said she expects 75,000 jobs were added, but she concedes that number could be too high. Just 18,000 non farm payrolls were added in June, and 25,000 were added in May.
"I just think there was very little reason for people to be hiring in July, if they weren't hiring in May or June. I don't think they'd be inspired to hire in July. The degree of uncertainty seemed greater," said Girard.
"It's certainly in the realm of possibilities to see a negative print," she said. "I'm worried about that because it would do a lot of psychological damage and feed the pessimism and concerns."
In the past two days, Barclays was reported to have cut 3,000 jobs, and HSBC announce it was trimming an astounding 30,000 workersfrom its global workforce.
Last Friday, Merck announced a new round of job cuts, saying it would pare 13,000 employees from its work force of 91,000 by 2015. Failed bookseller, Borders is letting go another 10,700 workers, as it shuts down all of its retail stores.
"The bottom line is there's been a noticeable pickup in those kinds of announcements from where we were. At the turn of the year, we were getting all kinds of signs from companies that they were hiring. Then it got quiet, and now it seems to be going the other way," Girard said.
"There's a change in tone out there. I'm more concerned about the outlook now than I was at any point since we emerged from recession. It's not near where I think we're going to double dip, but I would say to people that I'm watchful for that," she said.
More intelligence on the employment picture should come from ADP's private sector payroll report, released Wednesday, ahead of the Wall Street open, as well as the layoff report from Challenger Gray and Christmas.
"These heavy cuts are a sign the economy is stalling. The GDP numbers back it up. This is a concrete result of what you get when you see GDP stalling under 2 percent, like we've seen for two consecutive quarters," said John Challenger, CEO of Challenger Gray and Christmas, which monitors layoffs.
While each company making cuts has a special story, Challenger said the fact the layoffs are across so many industries is a telling sign for the economy.
"These layoffs were very broad-based. Many of these companies are iconic companies, well known, big names. This is what precipitates out when you have an economy that is stalling. You then have major companies, not concentrated in one industry," reducing headcount, he said in a phone interview Monday.
Challenger said the layoffs are coming from financial, pharmaceutical, defense, retail and technology companies. Challenger says it is unusual to see companies announce substantial staff reductions at this time of year.
"Over the long haul, when demand is this soft or growth this much below trend, you tend to get the same for jobs. When you see GDP do what it's doing, upon the rewrite of history, it makes a little more sense to see that downshift," said Credit Suisse economist Jonathon Basile.
Basile expects to see 90,000 nonfarm payrolls were added in July when the government releases the monthly employment report, including the reduction of 25,000 government jobs. Weekly jobless claims were at 398,000 last week, under the psychologically important 400,000 level for the first time in three months. "There's so many crosscurrents. All the indicators we look at are not going in one direction," he said.
"There's no doubt (corporate layoffs) are in the news. I'm taking what happened to jobless claims in July with a grain of salt. I don't know how we stay below 400,000. We've seen layoff announcements that are pretty public," said Basile.
Slow Growth
Last Friday's report of first and second quarter GDP drove home the sluggish state of the U.S. economy and provides a backdrop for a 9.2 percent unemployment rate and the string of poor jobs reports in the past several months. The second quarter grew at a 1.3 percent pace, well below the 1.8 percent expected by economists, but the shocker was a revision knocking first quarter growth down to 0.4 percent, from a previous 1.9 percent.
Economists had been expecting second-half growth to accelerate to a level of about 3 percent, but several cut their third-quarter estimates to a 2 percent range after the number.
"The (GDP) revisions were pretty massive. The risks have been to the downside for a few weeks," said J.P. Morgan economist Michael Feroli.
Feroli has been expecting to see growth of about 2.5 percent in the current third quarter but that is still a low level of activity. "I don't think it's sufficient to get any meaningful job growth," he said.
Monday's disappointing ISM manufacturing survey was the first major piece of third-quarter data, and it showed the impact of a slower economy. The index was at 50.9, well below the expected 54.5. A level below 50 signals contraction.
The jobs component of the ISM report was also worrisome. Goldman Sachs economists say in a note that expectations for Friday's employment report may now decline.
"Among the components, the largest decline came from the employment index, which fell by 6.4 points to 53.5. This may cause some forecasters to trim expectations for nonfarm payroll employment, published Friday. The current consensus is for a gain of 90,000. (We are below consensus at 50,000)," they wrote.
Layoffs Add Up
Other companies laying off workers include Lockheed Martin, which is letting 6,500 workers go. Credit Suisse is reported to be cutting 2,000 jobs, while UBS is reported to be trimming 5,000 positions and Goldman Sachs , 1000. Cisco islaying off 6,500, and Canadian-based Research In Motion is cutting 2,000 jobs.
Evidence of July's hiring and firings will show up in the monthly employment report this Friday, and an increasing number of firings could come from the public sector.
"I think it will be just a so-so number. I would say it is probably under 100,000," Feroli said. Job growth has been flat recently, with just 18,000 workers added in June and 25,000 in May. That compares to 217,000 in April.
Moody's Economy.com economist Mark Zandi said the weak job environment has been the result of companies not hiring, as opposed to firing.
"So far, it's been a lack of hiring, but I thought it was more due to things like the Japanese quake effect on motor vehicles. But when you see these kind of growth rates, you're going to start refocusing on costs and that means layoffs. If we stay here much longer, there's going to be more cuts," said Zandi. U.S. auto manufacturing was impacted after the March earthquake because of the unavailability of parts from Japan.
Zandi said positive action by Congress on raising the debt ceiling and structuring a fiscal plan might also help the economy and the job situation, he said.
Economists have said the drama around the debt ceiling extension and deficit reduction has sidelined business activity and consumers, but the amount of direct economic impact is hard to gauge. They say the ISM data reflected nervousness on the part of manufacturers.
Congress was moving toward a vote Monday night, after an agreement on a plan was announced by President Obama. The government has until Tuesday to extend the debt ceiling. (Follow the latest in the debt debate here)
"The economy is just sucking wind and will be suffocated if they don't nail this down," said Zandi.
Challenger Gray releases its monthly layoff data Wednesday. Challenger has reported that the number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms increased in June for a second month. Employers in June announced 41,432 layoffs, up 11.6 percent from May and up 5.3 percent from the year earlier. Downsizing in the U.S was at its lowest pace in the first half since 2000.
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Andrew Montford's FOI request for emails between the UEA and Outside Organisation ( who were represented by Neil Wallis, charged in the phonehacking scandal) has turned up a remarkable list of questions, the questions that should have been asked by one of the "investigations", but were never answered.
On February 22, 2010, Alan Preece, an administrator at UEA, completed collation of a list of questions for preparation of Acton and Phil Jones for their March 1 appearance before the Select Committee. See here – more correspondence here.)
Bishop Hill reader TerryS has collated the questions from the pdf. Had these questions been asked and answered, this affair would have been over long ago. Some of the most obvious and important questions have never been asked or answered.
The list of questions also shows that UEA administration clearly understood the sort of questions that needed to be asked. They accordingly know that Muir Russell didn't ask those questions. Perhaps that was their strategy – sort of like hiring a Inspector Clouseau confident that he would never stumble across the real plot. Or perhaps it was a serendipitous result from administrators wanting to whitewash the situation.
(Dig here: the correspondence was to and from the notorious Neil Wallis of the phone hacking scandal. Wallis had been working as a PR consultant less than a year when retained by UEA. During Wallis' consultancy for UEA, he was being concurrently paid by the police and by the News of the World. See here.)
Area 1: Are the terms of reference and scope of the Independent Review announced on 3 December 2009 by UEA adequate?
What was your thinking in setting up an independent Review — Penn State conducted their enquiry into Michael Mann internally?
Isn't it an inadequacy of the terms of reference that you have felt obliged to set up a second panel to re-assess the science?
Do you still have confidence in the independent Review?
Are you still convinced by its independence?
Why has it been necessary for a separate review to be set up to reassess the science?
Why did the university not insist that the independent Review assessed the science?
Why has the independent Review been so slow to get started?
Have you had any input into the selection of panel members?
Why has one panel member resigned?
Why do you think another panel member (Boulton) is under pressure to resign?
Was it sensible to appoint a panel member who has worked at UEA for 18 years and whose CV claims he contributed to the IPCC?
How do you respond to the many commentators who feel the Review is fatally tarnished by the resignation of one panel member and the comments of Bouiton?
Did you consult – or consider consulting – with the 'sceptic' community when setting up the independent Review to ensure buy-in from all sides?
Area 2: What are the implications of the disclosures for the integrity of scientific research?
Would you agree that you have let science down?
Would you agree your mishandling of emails/security has let science down?
Would you agree your handling of data has let science down?
Would you agree your FOIA failures have given rise to scandal that has damaged confidence in science?
Don't you think you reacted too slowly to the allegations arising from the emails?
Should you not have organised instant rebuttal?
Would you agree that the University made errors/mistakes?
What would you do differently in retrospect?
What lessons have been learned at UEA?
What action have you taken to ensure there is no second breach of IT security at UEA?
Have you or your colleagues in CRU ever lost important data?
Have you ever destroyed important data?
Have you ever manipulated any data?
Has CRU kept all raw data relating to its key scientific papers? If not, why not?
Has CRU kept all of its own datasets relating to its publications? If not, why not?
How transparent were you in terms of your data?
You have been criticised for being extremely disorganised – to the extent that your science is compromised. is this the case?
Why are you so unwilling to share your data with others? Isn't this part of good science?
What were your reasons for being so vehement in not wishing to share data with 'sceptics'?
Why did you want to "hide behind" agreements with NMSs – as you state in your emails?
Have the NMSs now all agreed to the release of their data?
Why has the university refused to respond to FOI requests?
The Information Commissioner has said you contravened the FOIA. Do you agree?
Why did you urge colleagues to delete certain emails?
Did you actually delete emails, as you said you would?
Did your colleagues delete emails, as you urged them to?
Did your university encourage you to withhold data and frustrate the efforts of FOI requesters?
Were, as is implied in the emails, all those directly involved in handling FOIA requests part of an agreement to frustrate requests for data?
Do you accept that the attitude expressed in the emails is inconsistent with the spirit of the Act as well as against the need for transparency in science?
You have admitted in recent media interviews that you did not conduct FOI requests properly. in what way were the requests wrongly handled?
It looks plain from your emails that you attempted to manipulate the peer~review process by obstructing articles that you did not agree with. Is that correct?
Do you agree there has been harmful 'tribalism' and a 'bunker mentality' in climate science?
You say that you stand by your science which has been peer-reviewed, but you have subverted peer review, so why should we believe that the science is correct?
The community of scientists working in elements of climate change – particularly those working with temperature and tree rings – is very small. How can you ensure that peer review is not a cosy club?
Should peer-review be overhauled? How?
Should the IPCC be overhauled? How?
Should bloggers/sceptics now be brought into the mainstream scientific debate more? if so, how?
What do you say to those who claim you cherry-picked data to fit your theories?
Is it ever right to cherry-pick data?
How can you justify the use by CRU of samples from just a handful of trees to support major theories of global warming?
How do you respond to claims that your 1990 Nature paper was flawed, misleading and even fraudulent – because it did not take proper account of the urban heat island effect on Chinese weather stations?
Why did the paper state there were "few if any changes" in stations, when many were moved, including one which moved five times over a distance of 41 kilometres?
Why was it necessary to 'hide the decline' (or 'divergence' between proxy data and temperature data) in the famous hockey-stick graph?
Why not just show the divergence clearly?
If proxy tree-ring data cannot be trusted for the 1960s, why trust it for earlier periods?
1 Have you changed your views on the Medieval Warm Period?
Have you changed any of your views on AGW?
Has Prof Jones personal integrity been damaged by the emails released?
Will you be releasing your code as well as data?
How do you respond to severe criticisms of your computer code?
How can you separate the quality of your code and of your data security from 'the science'; surely it is at the heart of the integrity of your research.
Personal attacks:
Why do you think somebody 'stole' your emails and released them on the internet?
How do you feel about climate sceptics and bloggers like Steve McIntyre?
Do you feel your treatment of people who do not share you views has been acceptable?
Can it ever be acceptable – even as a joke – to express pleasure at the death of someone who does not agree with you?
Would you agree that many of the emails suggest a small and privileged group of insiders acting in concert to deride and exclude people with genuine interest in climate change?
Public trust/PR disaster:
A recent polled showed the public are beginning to lose faith in the idea of AGW.
How much responsibility do you accept for the weakening of public trust in science – and in the IPCC?
What will you – and others – do to help reinstate public trust?
With the benefit of hindsight, what – if anything – would you have done differently?
Why did UEA/CRU put their 'head in the sand' when the story first broke?
Have you at any time felt gagged by the university?
How do you feel the university has handled this whole issue?
Do you understand why there has been so much interest, controversy and anger? Why didn't the University get on the front foot more quickly to protect its integrity and that of the science – the head of the Science Media Centre has said that they would have got scientists out and talking much more quickly?
We have seen a recent spate of interviews with Prof Jones – why now?
Given the global impact of this and it impact on UK science what have you done to manage the story globally?
Has this matter fatally undermined the reputation of CRU and the University?
Would you agree this affair has damaged the University's reputation?
How is public con?dence in climate science to be restored/strengthened?
In your opinion, why has there been such a furore since the email disclosures?
Have you paid for professional advice on how best to give evidence before the Select Cttee?
What did the VC know about this issue and when?
Given what the ICO calls 'prima facts' evidence of illegal acts and the evident seriousness of several allegation why were Prof Jones and others not suspended pending enquiry?
Was the University's Council consulted on the response to this issue?
What other advice has been taken in handling this matter?
How do you know your academics comply with the codes of good conduct governing research?
How will you deal with it if it is established that (a) individuals and/or (b) the University contravened the FOIA?
Collaboration is based on trust – how have colleagues and institutions responded to the security breach that has compromised personal details and comments as well as data?
Would stakeholders, including funding councils, be right to think twice before trusting UEA with information in the future?
What assurances can you give that this breach of security will never be repeated?
Have any of your current collaborators indicated their concerns about the security issues involved?
Has the University lost any research funding as a result of this incident?
What has the University done to improve data security since this incident?
What does the future hold for you and for CRU?
How do you think history will judge you?
Can you continue as Director of CRU?
Area 3: How independent are the other two international datasets?
Can you explain the key differences and the key similarities between the three data-sets?
Have the GISS and NCDC data sets been manipulated in any way?
How can GISS, NCDC and CRUTEM be independent when they overlap to such an extent?
How do you respond to claims that all three data sets have been assembled by a small cabal of like-minded 'warmists'?
Should GRUTEM now be abandoned?
Should CRUTEM be removed from CRU and transferred to the Met Office


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Five-year-old Aliya thinks it is a game she must master quickly to be a winner. From the time she wakes up, until she goes to bed, Aliya watches her mother and all the girls and women in her neighborhood consumed in a frantic race: Making beedis - traditional hand-rolled Indian cigarettes.
To create each beedi, the maker painstakingly places tobacco inside a dried leaf sourced from a local ebony tree; tightly rolls and secures it with a thread; and then closes the tips using a sharp knife.
For anything between 10 and 14 hours, regardless of how long it takes, Aliya's mother and others must all roll at least 1,000 beedis to earn a paltry sum of less than $2 a day, paid by the middleman. FULL POST


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Today we announced vSphere 6.0 and the vExpert community has some excellent insight into what this release is about. The articles below are written by VMware vExperts who are the best IT professionals in virtualization.
There are several in depth single as well as multipart articles to help understand this release. Throughout the day we will update this blog with new highlighted blog articles from additional vExperts. Most of the articles are in English but there are several in international languages as well. Be sure to keep an eye on #VMW28days on Twitter. Be sure to also try vSphere 6 and VSAN today online over at labs online.
Here are some of the highlight topics covered in the articles:
- What's new in vSphere 6
- VMware AppVolumes
- Install Walkthrough (vSphere & vCenter)
- Server Design & installation
- Features & Enhancements of vSphere 6 Web Client
- Multi-Processor Fault Tolerance
- How to Install and Configure vSphere 6 Hypervisor
- vSphere 6 Certificate Authority & Design Decisions
- VVOL's
- What's new in VSAN
- vMotion Enhancements & Long Distance vMotion
- Managing your vSphere 6 Environment
vExpert Blog Articles
Adam Eckerle – Is a TAM for VMware, vExpert, 3xVCAP holder (DCA/DCD/DTD), and passionate about Data Center virtualization technology.
- New Features in vSphere 6 – VMware vSphere 6 is another step forward to enabling the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC). There are some very exciting new features that have just been announced so here is a (non-exhaustive) list broken down by area.
Alex Muetstege
- Whats's new in vSphere 6 covering scalability, availability. vCenter Server, vMotion enhancements, Storage, vSphere 6 Pricing
Andrea Casini – I've been working in the IT industry for over 14 years designing, implementing and managing IT infrastructures. All the technology I'm passionate about is somehow related to VMware and the revolution they started with virtualization.
- vSphere 6 Certificate Lifecycle Management – Since the introduction of SSO, managing certificates have became more and more difficult and problematic. With the introduction of VMCA and VECS VMware is giving us the tools to make this process more streamlined and less cumbersome, making it easy for companies of all sizes to move away from unmanaged self-signed certificates and deploy internal or 3rd party certificates including all vSphere components in the corporate security policy.
Andrea Mauro – Works in IT since 1996 and held several technical certifications (VCP, VCAP, VCDX, MCITP, MCSA, MCSE, CCA). And he's also a VMware vExpert (2010/2011/2012/2013/2014).
- VMware vCenter Server 6 design – This post describe the step by step installation procedure for VMware vSphere 6.0
- VMware vSphere 6 Client
- VMware vCenter Server 6 adds more cloud features – In this new version vCenter Server has been extended with some new interesting features (partially from vCloud Director capabilities) to make it more cloud oriented.
Andreas Lesslhumer – 16 years in IT, specializing in virtualization and server infrastructure. Virtualization Evangelist and Blogger at Running-System.com
- Features and Enhancements of the new vSphere 6 Web Client – Features and Enhancements of the new vSphere 6 Web Client" waiting for the launch.
- vSphere 6 Fault Tolerance highlights and improvements – vSphere 6 brings some great enhancements to Fault Tolerance. Read more in the article about topics like multi processor VM support and other improvements you can expect.
Andreas Peetz – Virtualization Engineer and Evangelist, Blogger and Tool author, Maintainer of the V-Front Online Depot for ESXi, vExpert since 2012
- What's in ESXi 6.0 for free license and white box users? – Read what the new vSphere version brings for users of the free ESXi license and white box hardware, and how it behaves with community supported drivers and tools.
Ather Beg – Ather Beg is a technology blogger, vExpert and Chief Virtualogist at Virtualogists.com.
- vSphere 6: Platform Services Controller (PSC): Design Decisions – This article discusses the new vSphere 6 architecture component Platform Services Controller (PSC), possible configurations, design decisions and their impact for a vSphere install or upgrade.
- vSphere 6: VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA): Design Decisions – This article discusses the new vSphere 6 component "VMware Certificate Authority", deployment configurations, design decisions and their impact for a vSphere install or upgrade.
- vSphere 6: Upgrade Considerations – This article discusses the various vSphere 6 upgrade scenarios and paths, points to consider before embarking on an upgrade program and the design decisions involved.
Benjamin Troch – is a seasoned IT veteran with 15 years+ experience providing (virtual) infrastructure consulting services for some of the largest financial institutions in the world. vExpert 2013/2014, VMware User Group (VMUG) leader for Singapore and SME on VMware technologies Benjamin holds VCAP DCD and DCA certifications alongside MCITP and Citrix CCA certs
Benjamin Ulsamer – Planning, designing and realising VMware & NetApp projects since 10 years as Senior Consultant, Architect, Systems Engineer and Trainer
- The easy way to vSphere 6 – Part 01a – Install vCenter 6 on Windows
- The easy way to vSphere 6 – Part 01b – Deploy the vCenter Appliance 6
- The easy way to vSphere 6 – Part 02 – Install vSphere Client 6 to connect ESXi Hosts
- The easy way to vSphere 6 – Part 03 – Install Update Manager 6
- The easy way to vSphere 6 – Part 04 – Install Update Manager Client 6
- The easy way to vSphere 6 – Part 05 – Update ESXi 5.x Hosts to version 6 via Update Manager 6
Bob Plankers – IT Generalist specializing in systems management, virtualization, and cloud design & operations.
- 9 Things You'll Love About vSphere 6.0 – vSphere 6.0 has major advancements in many areas, with the addition of major functionality and thousands of minor improvements. Here are 9 big & small things that vSphere users will really enjoy.
Brian Trainor – Is a consulting engineer with UNICOM Systems and has experience in data center management, infrastructure and operations management, and virtual infrastructure design.
- The New vSphere 6.0 Web Client – A quick overview of the new and enhanced vSphere Web Client 6.0. This might be one of the most welcome upgrades offered in vSphere 6.0 as significant improvements have been made in performance and user experience.
Chris Nickl – Chris is a Datacenter Architect/Engineer for World Wide Technology's Professional Services.
- What's cool in vSphere 6? – VMware has finally released version 6.0 of their vSphere Environment. What are largest new features and enhancements.
- VVOLs What are they? – VMware has been talking about VVOLS for over two years. What are they and how do they help us?
- vSphere 6 : vSphere Client is ALIVE!! – The long standing VI-Client that was rumored to be killed off, is in fact still around and works with vSphere 6.
- vSphere 6 now supports NFS v4.1 with Authentication – vSphere 6 finally supports NFS version 4.1 and even allows Kerberos authentication. This will allow NFS Multi-pathing and better authentication.
- vSphere 6: Multi-Processor Fault Tolerance – With the announcement of vSphere 6.0, one very cool feature that is new is Multi-Processor Fault Tolerance. You can now turn FT on for VMs with up to 4 vCPUs.
- Installing the new vCenter 6.0 Appliance – VMware has released the new 6.0 vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). This will detail how to exactly install it so that you can get your environment running.
Dave Morera – Is an experienced virtualization and storage Architect, with breadth of knowledge in other areas as well.
- vSphere 6 Web Client: Let's go there… – This article highlights the new features of the new vSphere 6 Web Client. The most noticeable features are highlighted based on customer feedback via social media and VMUG meetings.
- vSphere 6 Availability Enhancements – This article highlights the new availability enhancements provided in vSphere6. Such enhancements play an important role in maintaining HA and a DR strategy.
- VVols: Go for Launch – This article provides a high level view of VVols as well as its requirements. VVols allow for a better management and integration of storage and vSphere 6.
Derek Seaman – Is VMware VCDX #125, and a Senior Solutions and Performance engineer at Nutanix. He specializes in Microsoft enterprise software, and detailed how-to articles for a variety of enterprise products.
- vSphere 6.0 Install Pt. 1: Introduction – Back by popular demand and following in the vSphere 5.5 footsteps, this is the first article in a long series of how-to install and upgrade to vSphere 6.0.
- vSphere 6.0 Install Pt 2: PSC
- PEX 2015: VVOL Overview
- What's new in vSphere 6.0
Edward Haletky
Emad Younis
- vCenter Appliance (vCSA) 6.0 – New & Improved – vSphere 5.0 introduced us to the vCenter appliance (vCSA). The vCSA continues to evolve with each release and this one is no exception.
Filip Verloy – Is an NSX SE at VMware based in Belgium and has been blogging about virtualization and networking since 2012.
- The vSphere 6 blog post focusses on what's new related to vMotion, including cross vCenter- and long distance vMotion and the new use cases it enables.
Florian Grehl – Is a Hosting Engineer working for a managed services provider in Germany.
- vSphere 6 vMotion Enhancements – This article introduces cross vSwitch and cross vCenter vMotion. It also analyses what's geographically possible with the increased supported RTT of 100ms.
- vSphere 6 Web Client Enhancements – This article highlights the changes in the vSphere Web Client and presents a performance analysis compared to the previous version.
Greg Schulz – Five-time VMware vExpert, independent advisory consultant and author of several books, his blog is storageioblog.com and twitter @StorageIO.
- VMware Announces vSphere v6 Virtualization Technologies – VMware has announced version 6 (V6) of its virtualization hypervisor called vSphere aka ESXi, this post looks at the announcement and what it means for implementing a software defined data center including coverage of Virtual Volumes (vVOLs).
Iwan Rahabok – A VMware CTO Ambassador and author, started the user community in ASEAN 6+ years ago. The community Facebook group is one of the largest globally.
- vSphere 6 First Impressions – A tour of the changes in the UI. Web Client is now cool again!
- vSphere 6: Features that are now global – A great enhancements for customers with multiple vCenter Servers. And who doesn't!
- The rise of SDDC Architect – A strategic take on the launch, encouraging VMware professionals to rise up and become the SDDC Architect.
Jason Conine – Virtualization Evangelist, Systems Engineer, MBA, vExpert, VCP5-DCV
Jim Jones – Systems and network administrator working in state government. Jim has over 15 years in the IT industry.
- Managing your vSphere 6 Environment – vSphere 6 provides a great deal of enhancements to its manageability and scale. This article will provide the high points.
John Nicholson – (vExpert 2013-2014) is the manager of Client Services for Synchronet. His focus is on Storage and Virtual Desktop Architecture.
- VMware VSAN : What's new – This article looks at the end management updates to VSAN as well as the implications of the powerful back end updates to the file system.
Josep Ros
Kevin Kelling – Is a 4-time VMware vExpert holding an MBA as well as nearly 20 years of Information Technology experience.
- Top 6 Features of vSphere 6 – vSphere 6 may just be the most significant release in VMware's history. Let's take a quick walk through the 6 biggest features that enable a whole new world of capabilities and opportunity.
Keith Norbie – Sr. Business Development Manager at SolidFire, and works closely with solutions architects, marketing, sales and channel teams to drive forward some of SolidFire's most strategic technology partnerships, including VMware and Citrix Systems. Keith has a strong history of experiences working in different channel and business development roles within the enterprise IT and storage market. He is also an active VMware vExpert and member of VMware's Partner Technical Advisory Board (PTAB).
Leon Scheltema – I am a IT professional for over 14 years specialising in Virtualization and Storage, last couple of years focussing on designing virtual infrastructures, Blogger
- VMware Reveals vSphere 6 – The article highlights the most important enhancements and new features of the latest vSphere release. In addition a high-level overview of the differences between the vCenter components in the previous version and in the latest version, and how this affects deployment of vCenter nodes.
Michael Webster – Is among a small number of VMware Certified Design Experts (VCDX-066), currently the only VCDX in New Zealand, and a vExpert, with deep experience delivering project management, ITIL based VMware operational readiness and technical architecture consulting services to enterprise and service provider clients around the world.
- VMware vSphere Release Revolution for Mobile Cloud Era – For the first time you will be able to live migrate from private cloud to public cloud, a true hybrid cloud and software defined datacenter. Expect to improve qualify of service for all applications, scale to unprecedented levels, and support even higher levels of service. All while reducing management overheads and complexity across the entire ecosystem. This release has been baking for a while and for good reason. There is a big commitment to product qualify, which was evidenced by the first ever public beta for VMware vSphere. This is a major release, and is well deserving of the 6.0 version number.
Mohammed Raffic – A VMware vExpert, VMware Employee and an author of the Book "VMware ESXi CookBook". Independent author and Founder of the blog "www.VMwarearena.com" focusing on VMware Virtualization and Cloud computing. He has more than 7 years of high level knowledge in Remote infrastructure services, consulting, designing, implementing and troubleshooting VMware Virtualization technology.
- vSphere 6.0 – New Configuration Maximums – This article focuses about the New Configuration maximums available with vSphere 6.0. It provides the Comparison table between the configuration maximums of vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.0.
- vSphere 6.0 vMotion Enhancements – vMotion Across vSwitches and vCenter Servers – This article focus about the vMotion enhancements available with vSphere 6.0. It provides detailed information about vMotion across vSwicthes, vMotion across vCenters and Long Distance vMotion.
- vSphere 6.0 – What's New in VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) – This article focus about the VMware vSphere 6.0 Fault Tolerance and its new features. It also provides comparison table between vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.0 Fault Tolerance
- vSphere 6.0 New Features – Content Library – This article focus about one of the New Feature called "Content Library" available with vSphere 6.0. It also provides details about configuring content library and deploying Virtual Machines from Content Library.
- vSphere 6.0 – What's New in vCenter Server 6.0 – This article focus about the new components and pre-requisites for the installation of vCenter Server 6.0. It also provides the details about 2 different components of vCenter Server along with the details about vCenter Server 6.0 deployment models.
- vSphere 6.0 – What's New in vCenter Server Appliance(vCSA) 6.0 – This article focus about the new Installation type, Deployment Model, Appliance Sizing about the vCenter Server Appliance 6.0. It also provides comparison table between Windows Version of vCenter Server and vCenter Server appliance.
- vSphere 6.0 New Features – What is VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols)
Niels Hagoort – I am a virtualization enthusiast with a love for software defined solutions. Working at YaWorks as a Sr. Virtualization Consultant.
Paul Braren – "TinkerTry IT @ home" Founder and IT Professional Paul Braren actually enjoys the bleeding edge of technology, residing happily at the forefront throughout his multi-decade IT career. Paul has done many years of customer trainings and virtualization implementations. He's always been tinkering, but most recently, he's been honing his photography, videography, and writing skills, with over 500 in-depth articles and over 300 how-to videos at TinkerTry.com.
- Getting my mitts on the vSphere 6 bits including ESXi and vCSA, already enhancing my home lab – It's been a long wait for vSphere 6.0, and in the home lab, that likely means ESXi 6.0 coupled with VCSA 6.0. The question for IT Pros/home lab enthusiasts: will my efficient/affordable/unsupported equipment still work with this major new release? Wait no more, catch a good glimpse of all that vSphere 6.0 goodness coming soon to your our home lab.
- Sneak Preview – Build your own vSphere 6 home datacenter in about an hour – Today, the day vSphere 6 is announced, I'm already ready to show you exactly how I just re-built my home lab today, in about an hour…stick with hard-coded IPs, SSO auto-configuration in the vCSA appliance now works very nicely. The video is now available, exclusively at TinkerTry!
René Bos – Technical Consultant at Conclusion FIT, SnowVM blog
Robert Verdam – My main focus is infrastructure (Storage, Networking and Computing), but I'm also very interested in designing and implementing VDI and Server Based Computing-environments.
- vSphere 6: vMotion enhancements – A brief history about vMotion and an overview of new exiting vMotion features. Shows what are use-cases and requirements for these new vMotion features.
Roger Lund – Solutions Architect at Deltaware Data Solutions; Blogger, VMUG leader, Tech Field Day Delegate, and VMware vExpert.
- vCenter Server 6.0 New Features
- vSphere 6.0 Platform New Features
- vSphere 6.0 Fault Tolerance – New Features
- vSphere 6 Configuration of Fault Tolerance
Rutger Kosters – Virtualization Consultant working at YaWorks. Tech Junkie!
- mClock Scheduler & Reservations – A closer look at the mClock scheduler and how it is used in vSphere 6 for reservations in association with Storage IO Controls.
Sittichai Palanisong – Currently a Systems Engineer manager for VMware. Has 22 years of experiences in IT industry. Started with systems programming using C. Spent 18 years of career in the world of UNIX and alike environments. VCP5 and VCAP-DCD5 certified.
Vikas Shitole
- vSphere 6.0 : How SIOC works with Storage IO reservation – Yet another vSphere 6.0 feature which will excite you to move your Tier-1 IO intensive apps to vSphere.
Vipin V.K. – Working for a VMware partner company, in India. vExpert 2014/15
- vSphere 6 enhancements – Let's take a look – Discussing some of the new key features with the new vSphere release, vSphere 6.
Vladan Seget – IT Consultant, professional Blogger and owner of vladan.fr ESX Virtualization website.
- vSphere 6 Long Distance vMotion – vSphere 6 breaks the traditional boundaries which is a datacenter – Po. Long distance vMotion is a game changer in DR strategies and architecturing DR solutions.
- vSphere 6 Features – vCenter Server Details – Windows based vCenter or VCSA? The barrier is gone as VCSA 6 scales the same way as Windows vCenter Server 6 – up to 1000 hosts and 10k VMs including support for linked mode…


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Liberia marks anniversary of Charles Taylor's departure
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The ex-wife of former Liberian President Charles Taylor said the convicted war criminal made 'the ultimate sacrifice' by exiting the country 10 years ago Sunday...
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The ex-wife of former Liberian President Charles Taylor said the convicted war criminal made "the ultimate sacrifice" by exiting the country 10 years ago Sunday, an event that effectively ended a brutal 14-year civil war that claimed 250,000 lives.
In an interview with The Associated Press marking the 10th anniversary of her ex-husband's departure, Jewel Taylor, now a powerful senator representing the former president's stronghold of Bong County, said the war may have been a "necessary" chapter in Liberia's history.
"Every country has gone through some crisis," she said. "I believe if you talk to historians as to where we were when the crisis began, there might be some who say the war was necessary."
The senator's comments underscore Liberia's complicated relationship with Taylor 10 years on from war. The former president retains a vocal following despite well-documented abuses committed by his fighters — many of them children — and his plundering of the state's resources after he came to power in 1997.
On Aug. 11, 2003, Jewel and Charles Taylor flew to Nigeria amid intense international pressure and persistent rebel attempts to capture Monrovia. Three years later, not long after Liberia completed its first postwar election, Taylor was arrested and transferred to The Hague, where he faced trial at a United Nations-backed tribunal over crimes committed during Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war.
Last year, Taylor was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Ten years after the end of the civil war, Liberia's current government, headed by 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, still has several challenges to improve the lives of Liberia's 4 million people. Sirleaf's government will mark the 10-year anniversary of the Liberian war's conclusion on Aug. 18, the day a comprehensive peace deal was signed in Accra, Ghana.
At a press briefing last week discussing the plans, cabinet minister Conmany Wesseh encouraged Liberians to use the anniversary "to carry out creative actions to thank themselves and others and renew their dedication to building a peaceful, prosperous and happy Liberia."
Sirleaf's government has made "immeasurable gains" in consolidating peace and promoting reconciliation and development, Wesseh said.
But critics accuse Sirleaf of not going far enough to root out corruption in her administration. And they question how much her government's development projects have improved the lives of ordinary Liberians, taking particular issue with large-scale agricultural and forestry concessions that have dispossessed the rural poor.
Vice President Joseph Boakai acknowledged that large swaths of the population believe they have not benefited from the government's accomplishments. He said there is still a need "to try to touch the lives of people so that they feel the benefits and dividends of peace."
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Seoul pastor Lee Jong-rak has an unusual operation going on in his house. Caring for disabled kids isn't anything out abnormal for a religious charity—but having a literal baby dropbox attached to the side of your home, is.
Lee created the box—an enclosed, mailbox-style bin with a blanket and a lightbulb—after the birth of his own deformed child turned him on to the cause of their protection and upbringing. Now, he cares for 21 disabled kids in his unofficial orphanage, the LA Times reports, funded by government welfare and private donations. It's without doubt a hell of a great cause—but some questions remain open.
Does the box encourage parents to abandon their kids?
Is a guy with no medical training of any sort capable of caring for over twenty seriously disabled patients?
What happens when a baby's already in the box? What happens when five babies are already in the box?
How do the babies breathe in the box?
What's stopping someone from stealing the babies out of the box?
And so forth. The box has a bell to alert Lee when the door's opened, but there still seem to be some technical (and social) questions unresolved.
But beyond that, he seems like a good dude doing good things. Just knock the kinks out, Lee. [via LA Times, Photo: Shutterstock/holbox]