Don't you have any independent seals of quality in the US?
In Europe seals of quality exist, which guarantee that 100% of the donation is transferred to the relief projects. This way you could be sure, that no money is wasted.

Another possibility is to directly donate food or clothes.

According to this study, reading requires approximately a field of 3 by 5 degrees. With the retinal implant used (38x40 pixels) a field of view of 11 x 11 degrees was restored.
I do not think that the number of electrodes is the limiting factor. I guess the size of the electrodes and therefore the resolution achieved is really important. Another thing is that the contrast has to be sufficient to be able to detect things.

I lately had to present a paper dealing with these retina implants from Germany. It is quite amazing what can be done.
To have a quick view on what was possible there are some videos as additional material: Videos

Google has officially asked the EU regulation commission on its statement to the merger.
Even though the commission could not stop them from merging, there could be serious consequences after the merger in the EU member states.
So it is in Google's best interest, to get an OK by the EU.

To be honest I like the current skype version of linux more than the newest windows version. I can video chat, call and write messages. My webcam is supported an works well.
Who needs all that facebook connect crap, games, ...

Skype on windows for me definitely crashed more often than on linux.

The technique is nothing new. Already 3 years ago there was an article about this.
I fear this is already widely used in some countries without people even knowing.

I for one would think that online shops which are open 24/7 are worse for people suffering from shopping addiction. An online shops seems much more tempting than a physical store which is even closed. If you are dependent on shopping, simply getting information about a product will not satisfy your needs.

I would guess .shop

Honestly, who modded this post insightful?

it should be 25% OSX users * 58% liberal among OSX, but your outcome of 14.5% is calculated with these numbers anyway.

this would bring data piracy to a whole new level.

I don't think think they did. Otherwise I would be legend.

Well Hot or Not is mainly about breasts and not about fashion. This is what might differ.