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Explanation: Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is 15,000 light-years away. The cluster is packed with about 10 million stars much older than the Sun within a volume about 150 light-years in diameter. It's the largest and brightest of 200 or so known globular clusters that roam the halo of our Milky Way galaxy. Though most star clusters consist of stars with the same age and composition, the enigmatic Omega Cen exhibits the presence of different stellar populations with a spread of ages and chemical abundances. In fact, Omega Cen may be the remnant core of...

The state already pays some legal bills in immigration court – but not for those with serious or violent felony records. If they can’t afford a lawyer, they face deportation alone. Assembly member Reggie Jones-Sawyer says that’s not due process.

Christian Music Artist Natasha Owens Releases New Single, “Trump Won” – Already Has Nearly One Million Views on Social Media – FBI Perplexed On How to Retaliate (VIDEO) By Jim Hoft Mar. 15, 2023 4:45 pm What’s not to love? Award-winning Christian music artist Natasha Owens recently released her powerful new anthem titled, “Trump Won.” Already the single has over 1 million views on YouTube. And it is yet to be labeled with a warning for viewers. Natasha’s latest release highlights the popular belief that the 2020 election was stolen and Joe Biden is an imposter. Natasha mixed her belief...

The near-Earth object, called 2023 EY, has been posted on NASA’s asteroid database and listed as one of the next five asteroid approaches. Scientists estimate it is about 54 feet wide. A near-Earth object is classified as any space object that can come within 30 million miles of Earth. This asteroid’s closest Earth approach is roughly 149,000 miles.

March is going to be a great time to planet gaze. Five planets will be visible on March 28: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Uranus. Venus will be one of the easier ones to see. It will be the biggest planet in the sky. Look to the west to see Venus after sunset. Mars will also be easier to identify. It will appear red and bright, high in the southwest sky.

This Grown Liberal Man had a Temper Tantrum because his Dad told him to Grow Up and Leave.

"And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven." "For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. "Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or...

Gov. Ron DeSantis praised Florida's actions three years into COVID for helping to avoid what he called a "Faucian dystopia," while harshly criticizing the federal response and claiming it led to an uncertain economic climate. "We are here looking at this three years out and it's important to say the experts that designed these policies and that were hampering everybody — they were wrong about almost everything," DeSantis said Thursday during a choreographed event at The Fire restaurant in Winter Haven in advance of a widely-expected Republican presidential bid. "Florida, we played an important role over the last three years....

Bavaria's bishops are examining right-wing tendencies in the Catholic Church. The Competence Centre for Democracy and Human Dignity (KDM) pays attention "to the actions of the radical right in church circles," it said on Thursday in a statement at the end of the spring plenary assembly of the Freising Bishops' Conference in the Münsterschwarzach Abbey in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) testified under oath and admitted how farfetched former President Donald Trump's voter fraud claims really were. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaking at the 2015 Iowa Growth & Opportunity Party at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, Gage Skidmore Sen. Lindsey Graham speaking at the 2015 Iowa Growth & Opportunity Party at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, Gage Skidmore © provided by AlterNet In fact, the Republican lawmaker likened Trump's outlandish conspiracy theories to aliens coming down and stealing the former president's ballots. During a recent interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, multiple jurors...

A shocking new video out of Crimea shows Russian efforts to recruit and indoctrinate kids by forcing them through military training exercises, including martial arts lessons and rifle-handling classes. Shared by Russian state media, the disturbing recording shows a young boy and girl in Simferopol, the peninsula’s second-largest city, racing to assemble Kalashnikov-style rifles at their desks, according to a report from Business Insider. When the two finish — within moments of each other — another student asks, “Who won?” Then the video cuts to a group of Crimean schoolchildren toting rifles in what looks like the lobby of a...

On Thursday, Florida House and Senate committees endorsed legislation that would introduce a series of contentious amendments affecting public employee unions. The Senate bill (SB 256), greenlit by the Fiscal Policy Committee, is now prepared for consideration by the entire Senate. The House Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee approved the House version of the bill (HB 1445) with a 10-5 vote. Republican House sponsor Dean Black echoed talking points that the bill allows employees to know up front that their money is going to support union political causes. In December 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced...

Charles Schwab’s fortune has gone down considerably after SVB’s collapse. No American billionaire lost more than he did in 2023. Ahh…Charles needs to become less WOKE. “According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which monitors the real-time wealth of the richest people on earth, Schwab has personally lost around $3 billion in the wake of SVB’s failure,” reports Yahoo. Charles Schwab Corp. Yahoo reports, Charles, “who founded discount brokerage Charles Schwab Corp. in 1971, now has a net worth of $9.99 billion, according to Bloomberg’s estimates, making him the 183rd wealthiest person in the world. “The Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows that...

DONETSK OBLAST – Just days before heading back to fight in the Battle of Bakhmut, a Ukrainian soldier Volodymyr, 54, said he felt ill-prepared. "When they drive us to Bakhmut, I already know I'm being sent to death," Volodymyr told the Kyiv Independent during his brief stay in Kramatorsk, a city in Donetsk Oblast some 25 kilometers west of the front line. Volodymyr, an infantryman from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, said he struggled to eat after fighting in Bakhmut for months. He looked shaken as he talked.

Original video: "Tesla S will not charge in the cold. Stranded on Christmas Eve!" https://www.tiktok.com/@domnatishow/video/7180839253562199338"UPDATE: I received several calls today from @Tesla Motors . They have been very accommodating so far, and are towing my car 2 hours away to Richmond to the service center at their own expense. Also, they delivered a loaner in the meantime." https://www.tiktok.com/@domnatishow/video/7181594117112122666"UPDATE: Shocking interaction with Tesla service! They sent an estimate of nearly $2,000 and said my battery heater is broken. The notification on my screen said the battery is heating which was not true and their response regarding this false notification was very...

This article from the Grio starts out with the following:Black patients modify speech, dress up to reduce medical bias, survey showsBlack Californians report adjusting their appearance, changing behavior, minimizing questions and signaling to providers that they are educated to reduce chance of discrimination in hospitals and doctors’ offices.A young mother in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her children and dresses them in neat clothes, making sure they look their very best — at medical appointments. “I brush their teeth before they see the dentist. Just little things like that to protect myself from being treated unfairly,” she told researchers.I always brush...

Listen very carefully to what he asks and what Yellen says starting at the 1:15 mark. He is asking if Oklahoma community banks will get the same special assessment to be made whole. Also worth listening to them spar about how some of the investors in SVB were the CCP!!! Did Joe Biden just backdoor payoff the CCP? 1:40 a bank only gets that treatment if a 1:44 majority of the FDIC board a super 1:48 majority is super majority of the FED 1:51 board and I in consultation with the 1:55 president determine that the failure to 1:59 protect...

Lame duck Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot got a tongue-lashing at a raucous city council meeting Wednesday, with a longtime critic telling the controversial pol to “get the hell out of my city.” Journalist William Kelly, a frequent adversary of Lightfoot, berated the outgoing mayor for her botched leadership, including her response to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a public comment portion of the meeting. “You shut down our schools, you shut down the churches, you shut down the businesses,” Kelly railed, according to a video posted by Forbes. “You did the one thing that I thought could never happen,” he said....

Users report that read speeds from SSD have dramatically reduced after the newest Windows 11 update (Windows 11 Version 22H2 - KB5023706). While the few reported events were thought to be localized to the ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB SSD, the issue is found to plague other manufacturers and can be fixed after uninstalling the update. Windows 11 update slows SSDs during data transfers; Microsoft aware of the problem The newest Windows 11 update, which has the codename "Moment 2," is downloading to PCs starting today, with updates to quality of life and the integration of the ChatGPT-based Bing...

It has emerged that Russia is quickly reconditioning hundreds of old T-62 tanks to serve in Ukraine - a tank design 60 years old! Some are being taken from museums! But Russia is not the only country to plunder museums for vehicles and spare parts, as this videos shows.