Martha Stewart Living in Jail
Stewart stared straight ahead at the jury, and the blood appeared to drain from her face as U.S. District Court Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum read the verdict on Stewart to the packed courtroom.
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Five Planets Parade Across Evening Sky
With a single sweep across the evening sky in March, you can see all five of the planets that are visible with the unaided eye.
Venus, the brightest planet of all, will be a gorgeous "evening star" high in the west at sunset, easy to spot even in bright twilight. Venus will reach its highest point above the horizon in late March, setting four hours after the sun. This is the highest Venus has been in the evening since 1996. It won't happen again until 2012, so enjoy it while you can.
Moving eastward across the sky, the next planet in line will be Mars, where the Spirit and Opportunity rovers are exploring the surface. The red planet will appear as a faint orange dot to the upper left (south) of Venus. Mars and Venus will move toward each other as the month passes, with the Pleiades star cluster between them until Mars passes it on March 19.
Farther eastward, Saturn will be high in the south-southeast by the end of evening twilight. The bright yellow planet will be in the constellation Gemini the Twins, high above the familiar bright stars of the constellation Orion the Hunter and well-placed for viewing with a telescope for several hours after sunset. This winter is the best time in 30 years to see Saturn with a telescope. The planet is closest to us in its orbit, and its rings are tilted toward us almost the maximum amount.
Jupiter, the largest planet and second only to Venus in brightness, will be low in the east as darkness falls, as if to offset Venus high in the west. Jupiter will be at opposition (opposite the sun) and therefore biggest and brightest on the night of March 3-4, rising at sunset and remaining visible all night. This is the best time of the year to see Jupiter's four largest moons with binoculars, when it is high in the southern sky, and also the best time for viewing its surface with a telescope.
To Jupiter's lower right (south) will be Sirius, the brightest actual star in the sky of the Northern Hemisphere. The line of three bright stars in Orion's belt always points almost directly to Sirius to the left (east). If you watch Sirius carefully on a clear night, you can see it twinkle in different colors in addition to its usual brilliant white.
Mercury will join the parade of planets after mid-month, when it will be to the lower right (west) of Venus close to the western horizon a half hour after sunset. The small planet will quickly move higher as the days pass, reaching its greatest elevation near the end of the month on the same day that Venus peaks. This will be Mercury's best evening appearance of the year for viewers in the Northern Hemisphere, and it will be easy to find below brilliant Venus.
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Change has happened, for the thunder is a warning.
The shift has begun. Do you see it, do you feel it.... ?
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Blackhawk
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VOTE!
No on 55!
Budget Priorities: Who Needs ‘em?
Prop. 55 asks, “Should the state sell $12.3 billion in bonds..."
No on 56!
Lowers from 2/3rds to 55% the legislative vote required to raise taxes!
Aptly nicknamed the “Blank Check Initiative”
No on 57!
Allows the state to borrow to finance budget deficit, by issuing $15 billion in bonds.
This would replace the deficit-financing bond of $10.7 billion the legislature authorized last year.
No on 58!
Allows short-term bollowing to finance the state the budget. It does not limit spending! The budget reserve is largely unprotected;and the door is wide open for massive spending increases and higher taxes!
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One Ring 11 Oscars.
Near the end of "The Return of the King," the conclusion of filmmaker Peter Jackson's ambitious trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien adaptations, the heroes relinquish possession of the most treasured prize in Middle Earth, the One Ring.
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Leap year babies are partying today!
For Earth to make one cycle around the sun, it takes precisely 365.24219 days. Before Leap Year was established, the calendars and the seasons were askew. Over the course of several years, birthdays and other important dates showed up in different seasons.
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