Every six months, or sooner if needed, the Unknowncountry.com Climate Watch section is updated. This update shows something that I consider both sad and ironic. It is that the southwestern US, which is arguably the world center of climate change denial, is experiencing what now appears to be the worst drought ever recorded in the region. Of course, I’m from Texas and have many friends there in all walks of life, including farming and ranching. One rancher I know is going to slaughter his whole herd soon because he cannot water them, and he’s saying that this is happening all over the state. In Austin and San Antonio, temperatures have risen above a hundred for weeks.
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The Master of the Key warned about it. Whitley Strieber wrote about it in Hybrids. Now US scientists say that they’re on the point of creating memories that can be implanted into the human brain.

To construct the memory circuits, the scientists use a liquid alloy of gallium and indium, set in water-based gels that can be implanted into the brain. On the Register website, Rik Myslewski quotes researcher Michael Dickey as saying, "We’ve created a memory device with the physical properties of Jell-O. Our memory device is soft and pliable, and functions extremely well in wet environments–similar to the human brain." This would be a CURE for Alzheimer’s.
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When it comes to appearance, we are sometimes informally issued a number from one to ten. What if we lived in a world in which everyone is assigned a number that tells everyone ELSE how influential we are, and this number determined whether or not you got a job, a hotel room upgrade or free samples at the supermarket? This is really happening to millions of social network users.read more

This video from Glasgow appears to be real. It is not diamond shaped, however, as it appears. This is due to the camera’s autofocus reading the nearby power lines. In one frame, however, the camera did focus on the object, and one of our experts was kind enough to provide us with a still. We are unable to run the video directly from our site, so watch it here. See the in-focus frame in the commetary section.
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