Major Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun

The sun unleased a powerful solar flare late Monday (Oct. 22), releasing waves of radiation into space that have already caused a short radio blackout on Earth.
The flare erupted from the sunspot AR 11598 (short for Active Region 11598), and reached peak brightness at 11:22 p.m. EDT (0322 GMT this morning, Oct. 23), according to scientists working on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a space telescope that constantly monitors the sun with high-definition cameras. It ranked as an X1.8 solar flare, one of the strongest types of solar flares, according to the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) run by NOAA and the National Weather Service.

25 Cutting Edge Firms Funded By The CIA

It's no secret the Central Intelligence Agency has an investment firm that funds startups that could have a big impact for the Agency. 
If there is a company out there doing intelligence research, it's likely that In-Q-Tel, the CIA's personal investor, either looked them up or made a check out to them. 
It's all to ensure that the Agency remains on the forefront of tech. Not long ago, In-Q-Tel invested heavily in a company called Keyhole. Never heard of them? Maybe you know their work, a little project eventually known as Google Earth. 
So, want to know what's next for technology? Keep an eye on these 25 companies. 

 http://www.businessinsider.com/25-cutting-edge-companies-funded-by-the-central-intelligence-agency-2012-8?op=1

Cloudera helps organizations do large-scale data storage

The CIA has massive databases of information. Controlling and sustaining these digital archives is just as important for the CIA as it is for technology companies. 
Cloudera Enterprises is one of the most cost-effective ways for companies to securely carry out large-scale data analysis and storage. 
The group specializes in helping groups use Google, Facebook, and Yahoo! software. In-Q-Tel has been invested in Cloudera since 2010.

In-Q-Tel

In-Q-Tel of Arlington, Virginia, United States is a not-for-profit venture capital firm that invests in high-tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with the latest in information technology in support of United States intelligence capability.[4]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Q-Tel

Bloody fingerprint key to pregnant bride's murder

A BLOODY fingerprint left on a note found under the body of a dead expectant bride suggesting pregnant women are at risk from a serial killer, may help solve the case. 
 
The bizarre note found under the body of Brooklyn woman Vindalee Smith warns that a pregnant woman will be killed each month until Washington Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo is released from jail.
The 38-year-old bride, who was eight and a half months pregnant, was found dead by her landlord in her East Flatbush apartment the day before her wedding at the Dimensions Church in Brooklyn. Her throat had been slashed, she had puncture wounds on her neck and her unborn child also died in the horrific attack.

http://www.news.com.au/world/bloody-fingerprint-key-to-pregnant-brides-murder/story-fndir2ev-1226502037363 

 

 

IMF's epic plan to conjure away debt and dethrone bankers

So there is a magic wand after all. A revolutionary paper by the International Monetary Fund claims that one could eliminate the net public debt of the US at a stroke, and by implication do the same for Britain, Germany, Italy, or Japan. 

One could slash private debt by 100pc of GDP, boost growth, stabilize prices, and dethrone bankers all at the same time. It could be done cleanly and painlessly, by legislative command, far more quickly than anybody imagined.  

 The conjuring trick is to replace our system of private bank-created money -- roughly 97pc of the money supply -- with state-created money. We return to the historical norm, before Charles II placed control of the money supply in private hands with the English Free Coinage Act of 1666. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/9623863/IMFs-epic-plan-to-conjure-away-debt-and-dethrone-bankers.html

Drug From Chinese ‘Thunder God Vine’ Slays Tumors in Mice

A drug made from a plant known as “thunder god vine,” or lei gong teng, that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine, wiped out pancreatic tumors in mice, researchers said, and may soon be tested in humans.

Mice treated with the compound showed no signs of tumors after 40 days or after discontinuing the treatment, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center. The research, funded by the university and the National Institutes of Health. was published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine...

 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-17/drug-from-chinese-thunder-god-vine-slays-tumors-in-mice

Almost 50 children's bodies found in unmarked graveyard at Florida school

"Besides the fact that none of the bodies have been identified, now scary details about the potential causes behind their deaths are being revealed by the victim's former peers, who say that brutal beatings and whippings at the hands of teachers were common in the 1960s."

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/optical-illusion/

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/optical-illusion/

Home schooling student, 17, tells 911 dispatcher that he shot dead his mother and 15-year-old sister

A 17-year-old student phoned a 911 operator early Friday morning and calmly told her over the next 20 minutes how he shot dead his mother and sister. 

Jake Evans called the emergency number at around 12:30am to explain that he used a .22-calibre revolver to kill his 48-year-old mother, Jamie Evans, and his 15-year-old sister, Mallory, in their home within an exclusive gated community.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213425/Jake-Evans-Home-schooling-student-tells-911-dispatcher-shot-dead-mother-sister.html#ixzz28SLoQqKA

Russia says it will not renew arms agreement with U.S.

(Reuters) - Russia will not renew a decades-old agreement with Washington on dismantling nuclear and chemical weapons when it expires next year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

The death of the 1991 agreement, which had been renewed twice, is the latest in a series of hitches in relations between the United States and Russia and casts doubt on the future of the much-vaunted "reset" in relations between the Cold War-era foes.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/10/us-russia-usa-weapons-idUSBRE8991K020121010