US: Don't Expect Too Much From 2,5 For Education

And your tax money goes to ....

http://www.accuracy.org/release/where-did-your-taxes-go/

 ... the military! Big surprise! Well, hegemony is costly. But spending ten times more for the military-industrial complex than for education of your children might show other unexpected consequences one day ... (or does it already?) 

Wonderful Northern Lights of January 23-24

Here's the cause: the solar flare as seen by the ESA/NASA Soho satellite on January 23th

CLick HERE to watch the ESA/NASA video

And here you've got the outcome as seen on earth, wonderful pictures taken by Alister Chapman:

The Aurora Borealis was even visible in England and Scotland, watch here:

"Help Solve an Open Murder Case"

It's certainly a good idea to ask the public for help if specialists (in this case cryptologists) can't get on with a solution to a problem.

On June 30, 1999, Ricky McCormick was found dead. He had been murdered and dumped in a field in Missouri. The only clues regarding this incident were two encrypted notes found with the victim. The FBI is asking the public for help (click here).

Also in science it is not unusual to ask for help: see Foldit - Solve Puzzles for Science. Only in the realm of politics it is still kind of "against the rules" to ask the public for help ...