Midday open Link

So I accidentally deleted this midday open thread. The only stuff that merits energy in recreating was:

• Avoid charity scams with Charity Navigator.
• And speaking of charities, I just gave money to Partners in Health. They were discussed in a NY Times writeup:

  But there are effective aid organizations working in Haiti. At least one has not been crippled by the earthquake. Partners in Health, or in Haitian Creole Zanmi Lasante, has been the largest health care provider in rural Haiti. (I serve on this organization’s development committee.) It operates, in partnership with the Haitian Ministry of Health, some 10 hospitals and clinics, all far from the capital and all still intact. As a result of this calamity, Partners in Health probably just became the largest health care provider still standing in all Haiti.

  Fortunately, it also offers a solid model for independence — a model where only a handful of Americans are involved in day-to-day operations, and Haitians run the show. Efforts like this could provide one way for Haiti, as it rebuilds, to renew the promise of its revolution.

I also talked about how much I love my Kindle, because I don't get tingly at the smell of dead trees. A bunch of other stuff I already forgot, and that was it. I'll be more careful in the future. Apparently, I'm out of practice doing this shit.