With rare bipartisan momentum‚ the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine‚ Israel‚ Taiwan and humanitarian support as a coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend.

WASHINGTON‚ DC—In a shocking twist of events‚ several January 6 defendants have been released from custody after claiming that they were actually protesting for Gaza. The defendants‚ who were initially charged with various offenses related to the Capitol riot‚ now argue that their actions were simply a part of a larger protest in support of the Palestinian cause.  The surprising revelation has left law enforcement officials scrambling to understand the true motivations behind the January 6 protests. Many are now questioning whether the Capitol riot was actually a well-coordinated effort to raise awareness for Gaza’s plight or simply a case of misguided patriotism.  In an exclusive interview‚ one of the released defendants explained that they had been inspired to take action after watching footage of the violence in Gaza. “I just couldn’t sit back and watch as innocent civilians were being killed‚” the defendant said. “I had to do something to show my support for their cause.”  Another defendant echoed this sentiment‚ stating that they had been motivated by a desire to draw attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “We may have made some mistakes along the way‚ but our hearts were in the right place‚” the defendant said.  Despite the defendants’ claims of innocence‚ some legal experts remain skeptical. “It’s a clever defense‚ but it doesn’t change the fact that these individuals broke the law‚” one attorney said. “We can’t just let people off the hook because they say they were protesting for a good cause.”  As the debate continues‚ it remains to be seen whether the January 6 defendants will be able to convince the courts that their actions were motivated by a desire to support Gaza. However‚ one thing is clear: their unexpected defense has sparked a heated debate about the nature of protest and the role of activism in modern society. The post BREAKING: January 6 defendants released after claiming they were ‘just protesting for Gaza’ appeared first on Genesius Times.

Visitors at Ranthambore National Park in India captured rare footage and images of a tigress and her three 1-year-old cubs feasting on the carcass of a crocodile after killing it.

John Travolta is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pulp Fiction‚ and for the big milestone‚ he’s able to do so with his daughter Ella. The father-daughter duo made a night-long party out of the 30th-anniversary screening‚ making for an experience Ella called “surreal” in the best way. The Quentin Tarantino-directed crime film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May before hitting theaters in the U.S. on October 14‚ 1994. In addition to Travolta‚ the star-studded cast included Samuel L. Jackson‚ Uma Thurman‚ Bruce Willis‚ and Tim Roth. The film‚ considered by many to be the magnum opus in Tarantino’s extensive filmography‚ was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Ella Travolta joins dad John for the 30th-anniversary screening of ‘Pulp Fiction’ Ella Travolta joined her dad John on the red carpet to celebrate Pulp Fiction on its 30th anniversary / YouTube screenshot An already joyful night was particularly magical for Ella and John as the two set off for the red carpet event on Thursday. Travolta was seen wearing a dark jacket over a matching‚ formal button-up shirt. At his side was 24-year-old Ella‚ wearing a flouncy dress with splotchy patterns of brown‚ red‚ and gold‚ keeping her newly-cut hair flowing in gentle waves around her face. RELATED: Check Out The ‘Pulp Fiction’ Cast Reunion From The 2022 Oscars—Plus Their Iconic Dance Speaking with ET‚ Ella had nothing but praise for the atmosphere of the entire evening. “Oh my gosh‚ it’s surreal‚” she gushed. “It’s amazing. We’ve been having fun the whole ride over here‚ so it’s gonna be really nice.” Ella Travolta had to wait to see John in ‘Pulp Fiction’ John Travolta is joined by daughter Ella Bleu to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of his classic Pulp Fiction at the 2024 TCM Film Festival https://t.co/n5D5AVYv9z https://t.co/HxWFe63XIF pic.twitter.com/hJaUVAzZkH — Breaking News (@FreebieNinja1) April 19‚ 2024 Ella had to wait until she was 18 to see the movie for herself for the first time. When she finally got to see Pulp Fiction‚ Ella was impressed with Travolta’s performance‚ especially his dancing. “Amazing‚” she praised‚ “11 out of 10.” “Obviously‚ I spent my whole life hearing about it and seeing clips of it‚” she mused. “but then when I saw it‚ it’s a perfect movie. It’s the definition of a perfect movie. It’s inspiring for someone who is aspiring to be an actress.” PULP FICTION‚ John Travolta‚ 1994‚ © Miramax/courtesy Everett Collection The rest of the film got similar positive feedback from her. Travolta proudly shared‚ “She loved all of it. She’s a film buff. She has good taste in film. She’s got it.” What is your favorite film from Tarantino and from Travolta&;#63; Ella had to wait until she was 18 to see the film / Instagram RELATED: John Travolta’s Fans Gush Over Daughter Ella’s Stunning Appearance At Fashion Show Click for next Article The post John Travolta Joined By Daughter Ella For ‘Pulp Fiction’ 30th Anniversary Screening appeared first on DoYouRemember&;#63; - The Home of Nostalgia. Author‚ Dana Daly

At the Nashville premiere of her new movie Unsung Hero‚ Candace Cameron Bure showed up looking chic in a white mini-dress with a sweetheart neckline‚ and an extended sheer lace skirt to match. She also accessorized with white pointed pumps‚ a necklace with a matching bracelet‚ and subtle makeup to go with the look. Bure let her long blonde hair down in a center part‚ as she posed on the red carpet while celebrating her recent project‚ which portrays the global family move of Christian band For King &; Country members‚ Joel and Luke Smallbone‚ from Australia to the United States. Candace Cameron Bure goes bridal-themed in white mini dress with sheer lace skirt Instagram Bure played the role of Kay Albright in Unsung Heroes‚ which she also executive-produced alongside Luke. The Smallbone brothers sent over the script‚ which she facilitated for production after having “devoured” it. The mother of three had told Luke and Joel she would “love to be a part of it‚ whether it is as a producer or an actress.” RELATED: Candace Cameron Bure Shows Off Curves In Figure-Hugging Dress While speaking about the project on The View‚ Bure said she found Luke and Joel’s story “unbelievable.” “They immigrated here and had absolutely nothing‚ like a jar of a few dollars‚ and so this story is how it’s about miracles‚” she said‚ noting that the “unsung hero” in question “is their mom‚ Helen‚ who really kept the pieces together of their family.” Instagram Bure is famously known for her evangelical Christian beliefs‚ which cut across most of her choices including fashion. During her time on Dancing With the Stars‚ she ensured to only dance with fully clothed partners‚ including Mark Ballas‚ who badly wanted to show off his toned abs. “They didn’t show it on the show but the only reason was because I thought it might be a little uncomfortable for my children‚” she explained in her defense. Instagram Bure received backlash on social media for her rules on the dance show‚ however she remained unfazed. “I’ve been working on understanding that not everybody is going to like me or agree with my point of view and it is okay‚” she conceded‚ noting that she often stays off social media “because there can be so much negativity.” Click for next Article The post Candace Cameron Bure Stuns On The Red Carpet In White Mini Dress With Sheer Lace Skirt appeared first on DoYouRemember&;#63; - The Home of Nostalgia. Author‚ Peace A

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Untangling what happened in our Solar System tens or hundreds of millions of years ago is challenging. Millions of objects of wildly different masses interacted for billions of years‚ seeking natural stability. But its history—including the migration of the giant planets—explains what we see today in our Solar System and maybe in other‚ distant solar systems. New research shows that giant planet migration began shortly after the Solar System formed. Planetary migration is a well-established idea. The Grand-Tack Hypothesis says that Jupiter formed at 3.5 AU‚ migrated inward to 1.5 AU‚ and then back out again to 5.2 AU‚ where it resides today. Saturn was involved‚ too. Migration can also explain the Hot Jupiters we see orbiting extremely close to their stars in other solar systems. They couldn’t have formed there‚ so they must have migrated there. Even rocky planets can migrate early in a solar system’s history. New research in the journal Science establishes dates for giant planet migration in our Solar System. Its title is “Dating the Solar System’s giant planet orbital instability using enstatite meteorites.” The lead author is Dr. Chrysa Avdellidou from the University of Leicester’s School of Physics and Astronomy. “The question is‚ when did it happen&;#63;” Dr. Avdellidou asked. “The orbits of these planets destabilised due to some dynamical processes and then took their final positions that we see today. Each timing has a different implication‚ and it has been a great matter of debate in the community.” “What we have tried to do with this work is to not only do a pure dynamical study‚ but combine different types of studies‚ linking observations‚ dynamical simulations‚ and studies of meteorites.” The meteorites in this study are enstatites or E-type asteroids. E-type asteroids have enstatite (MgSiO3) achondrite surfaces. Achondrite means they lack chondrules‚ grains of rock that were once molten before being accreted to their parent body. Specifically‚ this group of meteorites are the low-iron chondrites called ELs. When giant planets move‚ everything else responds. Tiny asteroids are insignificant compared to Jupiter’s mass. Scientists think E-type asteroids were dispersed during the gas giants’ outward migration. They may even have been the impactors in the hypothetical Late Heavy Bombardment. Artist concept of Earth during the Late Heavy Bombardment period. Scientists have wondered if E-type asteroids disturbed during giant planet migration could’ve been responsible for the Bombardment‚ but the authors of this research don’t favour that explanation. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab. Enstatite achondrites that have struck Earth have similar compositions and isotope ratios as Earth. This signals that they formed in the same part of the protoplanetary disk around the young Sun. Previous research by Dr. Avdellidou and others has linked the meteorites to a population of fragments in the asteroid belt named Athor. This work hinges on linking meteorites to parent asteroids and measuring the isotopic ratios. “If a meteorite type can be linked to a specific parent asteroid‚ it provides insight into the asteroid’s composition‚ time of formation‚ temperature evolution‚ and original size‚” the authors explain. When it comes to composition‚ isotopic abundances are particularly important. Different isotopes decay at different rates‚ so analyzing their ratio tells researchers when each meteorite closed‚ meaning when it became cool enough that there was no more significant diffusion of isotopes. “Therefore‚ thermochronometers in meteorites can constrain the epoch at which major collisional events disturbed the cooling curves of the parent asteroid‚” the authors explain. The team’s research shows that Athor is a part of a once much larger parent body that formed closer to the Sun. It also suffered from a collision that reduced its size out of the asteroid belt. Athor found its way back when the giant planets migrated. Athor was at the mercy of all that shifting mass and underwent its own migration back into the asteroid belt. Analysis of the meteorites showed that this couldn’t have happened earlier than 60 million years ago. Other research into asteroids in Jupiter’s orbit showed it couldn’t have happened later than 100 million years ago. Since the Solar System formed about 4.56 billion years ago‚ the giant planet migration happened between 4.5 and 4.46 billion years ago. This schematic from the research shows what the researchers think happened. Red circles are planetesimals (and their fragments) from the terrestrial planet region. The black solid curves roughly denote the boundary of the current asteroid inner main belt. Eccentricity increases from bottom to top. A shows the formation and cooling of the EL parent planetesimal in the terrestrial planet region before 60 Myr after Solar System formation. In this period‚ the terrestrial planets began scattering planetesimals to orbits with high eccentricity and semimajor axes corresponding to the asteroid main belt. B shows that between 60 and 100 Myr‚ the EL planetesimal was destroyed by an impact in the terrestrial planet region. At least one fragment (the Athor family progenitor) was scattered by the terrestrial planets into the scattered disk‚ as in (A). Then the giant planet instability implanted it into the inner main belt by decreasing its eccentricity. C shows that a few tens of millions of years after the giant planet instability occurred‚ a giant impact between the planetary embryo Theia and proto-Earth formed the Moon. D shows that the Athor family progenitor experienced another impact event that formed the Athor family at ~1500 Myr. Image Credit: Avdellidou et al. 2024. Another important event happened right around the same time. About 4.5 billion years ago‚ a protoplanet named Theia smashed into Earth‚ creating the Moon. Could it all be related&;#63; “The formation of the Moon also occurred within the range that we determined for the giant planet instability‚” the authors write in their research. “This might be a coincidence‚ or there might be a causal relationship between the two events.” “It’s like you have a puzzle‚ you understand that something should have happened‚ and you try to put events in the correct order to make the picture that you see today‚” Dr. Avdellidou said. “The novelty with the study is that we are not only doing pure dynamical simulations‚ or only experiments‚ or only telescopic observations.” “There were once five inner planets in our Solar System and not four‚ so that could have implications for other things‚ like how we form habitable planets. Questions like‚ when exactly objects came delivering volatile and organics to our planet to Earth and Mars&;#63;” Artist’s impression of the impact that caused the formation of the Moon. Could giant planet migration have caused that impact&;#63; Credit: NASA/GSFC The Solar System’s history is a convoluted‚ beautiful puzzle that somehow led to us. Everything had to work out for life to arise on Earth‚ sustain itself‚ and evolve for so long. The epic migration of the gas giants must have played a role‚ and this research brings its role into focus. Never mind habitability‚ complex life‚ and civilization‚ the migration may have allowed Earth to form in the first place. “The timing is very important because our Solar System at the beginning was populated by a lot of planetesimals‚” said study co-author Marco Delbo‚ Director of Research at France’s Nice Observatory. “And the instability clears them‚ so if that happens 10 million years after the beginning of the Solar System‚ you clear the planetesimals immediately‚ whereas if you do it after 60 million years you have more time to bring materials to Earth and Mars.” The post The Giant Planets Migrated Between 60-100 Million Years After the Solar System Formed appeared first on Universe Today.

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