diff --git a/src/cpp/leveldb_core.cpp b/src/cpp/leveldb_core.cpp
index 566743ed8..8da5afb45 100644
--- a/src/cpp/leveldb_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/leveldb_core.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 # define LEVELDB_PLATFORM_POSIX
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning (push)
+#pragma warning (disable: 4018) // signed/unsigned mismatch
+#pragma warning (disable: 4244) // conversion, possible loss of data
+#endif
+
 #include "leveldb/db/builder.cc"
 #include "leveldb/db/db_impl.cc"
 #include "leveldb/db/db_iter.cc"
@@ -85,3 +91,8 @@
 
 //#include "leveldb/table/filter_block_test.cc"
 //#include "leveldb/table/table_test.cc"
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning (pop)
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
index c06f56844..d89794e7f 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ void Application::sweep()
 		theApp->stop();
 	}
 
+    // VFALCO: NOTE, Does the order of calls matter?
+    // VFALCO: TODO, fix the dependency inversion using an observer,
+    //         have listeners register for "onSweep ()" notification.
+    //         
 	mMasterTransaction.sweep();
 	mHashedObjectStore.sweep();
 	mLedgerMaster.sweep();
@@ -405,9 +409,10 @@ void Application::sweep()
 	mValidations->sweep();
 	getMasterLedgerAcquire().sweep();
 	mSLECache.sweep();
-	AcceptedLedger::sweep();
-	SHAMap::sweep();
+	AcceptedLedger::sweep(); // VFALCO: NOTE, AcceptedLedger is/has a singleton?
+	SHAMap::sweep(); // VFALCO: NOTE, SHAMap is/has a singleton?
 	mNetOps.sweepFetchPack();
+    // VFALCO: NOTE, does the call to sweep() happen on another thread?
 	mSweepTimer.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::seconds(theConfig.getSize(siSweepInterval)));
 	mSweepTimer.async_wait(boost::bind(&Application::sweep, this));
 }