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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for January 2009

Photo: Dew drops form on the underneath of a Flame Lily in a valley of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 4:33 PM | Add Comment

The first steam train built in Britain for 50 years makes its maiden journey

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 4:28 PM | Add Comment

Violent clashes in Russia as angry protesters, marching with Soviet-style red flags and banners, call for Putin to resign over economy

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 4:21 PM | Add Comment

Powerful new article about the death of Anastasia Baburova: Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta mourns another murdered reporter, in a country considered "one of the most dangerous for journalists"

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 4:02 PM | Add Comment

From the ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press contributor Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS -59- DEATH OF A DISPATCHER

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 3:55 PM | Add Comment

Photo: an Acraea butterfly sucks nectar from a mint flower in a valley of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. The park is believed to have the richest diversity of flora and fauna in the world

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 12:24 AM | Add Comment

Heavy horses like the Suffolk Punch and Clydesdales are "rarer than pandas" and facing extinction, breeders warn

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 12:11 AM | Add Comment

Andrew Wyeth's final painting and one of his most famous works, "Christina's World," will be on display this weekend at the Brandywine River Museum in Pa.

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 12:05 AM | Add Comment

Its a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 12:02 AM | Add Comment

Ach, nein! Swiss village fights back after invasion of naked German hikers

Posted by kluciole at 1/31/2009 12:00 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Silhouette of the Tyrannosaurus Rex called STAN. It was excavated and prepared by the Black Hills Institute, and is the largest and most complete (65 per cent real bone) T. Rex available to science

Posted by kluciole at 1/30/2009 5:02 AM | Add Comment

Hamas dispenses politics along with aid to Gazans, making them listen to a political speech before they receive any money

Posted by kluciole at 1/30/2009 4:53 AM | Add Comment

Photo: the astronomy observatories atop the snow-capped mountain of Mauna Kea

Posted by kluciole at 1/30/2009 4:51 AM | Add Comment

Alaskans brace for 10,200-foot Mount Redoubt volcanic eruption

Posted by kluciole at 1/30/2009 4:42 AM | Add Comment

Three lionesses take pride in a surprising early bath in the Chobe National Park in Botswana

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 8:44 PM | Add Comment

Common brain chemical serotonin causes locusts to swarm

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 8:41 PM | Add Comment

Iraqi shoe hurler Muntadhar al-Zeidi inspires sculpture in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit; Baghdad-based artist Laith al-Amari says the work is not political

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 8:32 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Sculptor Antony Gormley is seen with his sculpture Filter, which has recently been acquired by Manchester Art Gallery

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 8:28 PM | Add Comment

"Simply purrfect: Wildlife photographer Jane Burton's last labour of love"... she was one of the early women wildlife photographers to leave Britain for West Africa; here are some of her domestic shots of animals

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 8:18 PM | Add Comment

Astronomers have found a planet with a galactic case of hot flashes: normally "a toasty 980 degrees or so, it reaches highs of 2240 degrees when it whips around its sun"

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 2:49 AM | Add Comment

Battle scarred: Triceratops banged horns together like stags, say experts

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 2:43 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Lomond the rescued seal pup is released into his natural habitat at Silver Sands beach in Aberdour, Fife

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 2:40 AM | Add Comment

Emperor penguins are "marching towards extinction... (and) on the verge of being wiped out before the end of the century"

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 2:36 AM | Add Comment

From the ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press contributor Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS -58- SMALL TOWN 911

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2009 2:30 AM | Add Comment

American Indians could reap almost $3B in stimulus: "It really has the potential to lift our communities out of poverty"

Posted by kluciole at 1/28/2009 12:23 PM | Add Comment

Iceland set to appoint Johanna Sigurdardottir as interim prime minister, "an openly gay former flight attendant who has parlayed her experience as a union organizer into a decades-long political career"

Posted by kluciole at 1/28/2009 12:20 PM | Add Comment

Winds topple Marie Antoinette's tree at Versaille; will be cut up and sold to paper makers

Posted by kluciole at 1/28/2009 12:19 PM | Add Comment

Photo:Young lions make paw prints in the snow as they play at Dyreparken zoo in Kristiansand, Norway

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 6:42 PM | Add Comment

Astronauts at risk of hip fractures later in life as space "damages bone strength"

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 6:37 PM | Add Comment

Photo: workers excavate steps; team of Egyptian archaeologists say they lead to an ancient dam near the temple of Karnak in Luxor, and are made from water resistant Nubian sandstone

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 6:23 PM | Add Comment

Rare 1,800-year-old figurine found in Jerusalem

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 6:20 PM | Add Comment

Prosecutor tells jurors: slain toddler Riley Ann Sawyers tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, "I love you"

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 6:12 PM | Add Comment

Photo and video ~~ this photo of a domestic cat led me to a video of German TV weatherman Jörg Kachelmann and a portly cat called Lupin, who "became internet stars after Lupin wandered into a live broadcast"

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 8:30 AM | Add Comment

Auschwitz survivors mark camp's liberation

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 8:25 AM | Add Comment

An older article about John Stuart Mill, author of "The Subjection of Women" ... I have posted it here, in perhaps the longest blog entry ever (certainly my longest ever)

Posted by kluciole at 1/27/2009 1:42 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a masked weaver bird builds his nest hanging from the branch of a tree in Johannesburg, South Africa

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 10:27 PM | Add Comment

Iran: men vs. women soccer game, the first since the 1979 Islamic revolution, draws punishment; the Iranian soccer club said it had suspended three officials involved and handed out fines of up to $5,000

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 10:12 PM | Add Comment

Photo: very self-satisfied looking Amur tigers relax at the Buffalo Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 5:35 PM | Add Comment

Evolution war still rages 200 years after Darwin's birth

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 5:30 PM | Add Comment

Michigan: 93-year-old Marvin E. Schur froze to death inside his home just days after the power company restricted his use of electricity because of unpaid bills

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 5:24 PM | Add Comment

Iceland's government topples amid financial mess

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 5:17 PM | Add Comment

Photos: the spectacular solar eclipse that took place today in Southeast Asia (photos from Indonesia, Singapore, Manila, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Kuala Lumpur)

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 4:58 PM | Add Comment

Report: Some climate damage already irreversible

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 4:52 PM | Add Comment

"The people are watching, Mr. President" ... many websites created to track Obama's promises

Posted by kluciole at 1/26/2009 3:32 PM | Add Comment

I combined the Facebook rage of "25 things about you note" with an important note for all contributors and readers. Please read

Posted by kluciole at 1/25/2009 3:34 PM | View Comments (20) | Add Comment

Seal brain and penguin breasts off Antarctic research base menus (Sarah Palin probably would love this stuff)

Posted by kluciole at 1/25/2009 3:28 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a blanket of snow covers the Jees Mountain in the Gulf emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah

Posted by kluciole at 1/25/2009 3:40 AM | Add Comment

New dynamic in children's health care program debate

Posted by kluciole at 1/25/2009 3:35 AM | Add Comment

Pieter Bruegel the Elder's haunting painting, "Massacre Of The Innocents," conceals a silent historical massacre in Flanders: clues about the true subject were censored for 400 years. It is now part of a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace

Posted by kluciole at 1/25/2009 3:19 AM | Add Comment

TIME article: "By Forgiving Traditionalists, the Pope Offends Jews" ... he has reinstated four bishops from an archconservative breakaway wing of the Roman Catholic Church, including Holocaust denier Bishop Richard Williamson

Posted by kluciole at 1/25/2009 3:13 AM | Add Comment

Photo of winter in Norway, by Luciole Press Contributor Jeaneth Patricia Skauvgold. WINTER ISSUE

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 11:02 PM | Add Comment

Message from Stacy of CAMPAIGN FOR CARE: the MLK distribution of blankets, hats, and more was a great success! Congrats to everyone, well done...

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 10:45 PM | Add Comment

For bruised Caroline Kennedy, what's next? "Rumors abound that, given her early endorsement of now-President Barack Obama, she could land a federal appointment"

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 10:40 PM | Add Comment

BBC condemned by politicians and religious leaders after it was the only major British broadcaster to refuse to transmit a charity appeal for victims of the Gaza crisis

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 10:36 PM | Add Comment

President Evo Morales' quest to transform Bolivia on behalf of its long-suffering indigenous majority is on the line, as voters consider a new constitution that could keep the leftist leader in power through 2014

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 10:33 PM | Add Comment

Sent in by Luciole Press friend and contributor S.A. Griffin: SAG Actors, Please Read & Distribute.

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 5:03 PM | Add Comment

Photo: an underwater shot from the documentary "Earth" of an elephant swimming

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 4:17 PM | Add Comment

College financial aid system facing stiff test

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 4:11 PM | Add Comment

2 articles: "Tasmanian devils threatened by contagious cancer" and "Facts about the endangered Tasmanian devil"

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 4:05 PM | Add Comment

Migrants break out of overcrowded Italian facility

Posted by kluciole at 1/24/2009 3:43 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a group of Greater Adjutant Stork search for food in Deepor Beel bird sanctuary in northeast India

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 10:57 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The real Slumdog Millionaires: Behind the cinema fantasy, mafia gangs are deliberately crippling children for profit

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 10:48 PM | Add Comment

Kentucky the penguin, who's p-p-petrified of cold water

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 10:41 PM | Add Comment

Photos: people ride their horses through flames during the annual Saint Anthony purification ceremony in the village of San Bartolome de los Pinares near Avila, Spain

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 10:23 PM | Add Comment

Ring of fire: Indian Ocean to see solar eclipse

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 10:20 PM | Add Comment

NASA Aims to Quiet Sonic Booms

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 10:18 PM | Add Comment

Sea smoke rises from the ocean and rivers freeze over as temperatures around the world plummet... (I believe this is a slightly older article, but enjoy the spectacular photographs)

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 5:28 PM | Add Comment

Frogs are being "eaten to extinction" with one billion taken from wild each year: "'Frog's legs are on the menu at school cafeterias in Europe, market stalls and dinner tables across Asia to high end restaurants throughout the world"

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 5:21 PM | Add Comment

Hamas says it's back in control of the Gaza Strip, and delivering relief payments to Gazans whose homes were damaged

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 5:15 PM | Add Comment

Study: Western forests dying at increasing rate

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 5:07 PM | Add Comment

America’s Most Mysterious Places: From UFO hotspots on the West Coast to mystifying castles in Florida, weird and wonderful places await

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 5:02 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: a long night exposure photo shows one of Switzerland's most notable mountains, Eiger Peak, in the Bernese Alps

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 12:20 AM | Add Comment

US approves 1st stem cell study for spinal injury

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 12:15 AM | Add Comment

Spanish police confiscate suspected fake Dalis

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 12:10 AM | Add Comment

Few survivors from mass whale stranding in Australia

Posted by kluciole at 1/23/2009 12:04 AM | Add Comment

Politico: What we don't know about Obama

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 11:59 PM | Add Comment

Photo -- the U.K.'s new generation of double-decker buses: fully equipped with free internet access allowing riders to download music and play computer games

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 11:56 PM | Add Comment

Look at our snazzy new poster I made for Luciole Press' WINTER ISSUE! Artwork by the fabulous Diana Bonebrake!

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 2:44 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the shadow of a frog is seen on a banana leaf at a garden in Kuala Lumpur

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 1:52 PM | Add Comment

Project tells story of Nazi forced labor; 590 audio and video interviews of former forced laborers from 26 countries available online at the German Historical Museum; the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future foundation; and Berlin's Free University

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 1:42 PM | Add Comment

Far side of the moon "once faced Earth before asteroid flipped it around"

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 1:39 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a man looks at a sculpture of a cow which is part of the CowParade exhibition in central Madrid

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 1:36 PM | Add Comment

A new article on a previously featured topic here on Luciole Press Blog -- "Scientists scrutinize Galileo's DNA for vision problems: Is that two moons around Saturn I see?"

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 1:29 PM | Add Comment

Spring is arriving "two days earlier than half a century ago" as global temperatures rise

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 12:44 AM | Add Comment

The great ocean migration... thousands of majestic stingrays swim to new seas

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 12:38 AM | Add Comment

From the ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press contributor Kurt Kamm: WORDS OF FIREFIGHTERS -56- SAVING THE SNAKES!

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 12:33 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a golden retriever puppy yawns during the American Kennel Club's most popular purebred dog in America news conference

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 12:31 AM | Add Comment

Scientist: New fault could mean major Arkansas temblor

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 12:27 AM | Add Comment

Obama takes presidential oath again after stumble

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2009 12:24 AM | Add Comment

Tahina the lemur holds on tight to her teddy bear, a substitute mother, at Besancon Zoo in France

Posted by kluciole at 1/21/2009 12:02 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Dutch MP Geert Wilders in freedom of speech trial for comparing Koran to Mein Kampf

Posted by kluciole at 1/21/2009 11:58 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a satellite picture shows a great hurricane raging on Earth

Posted by kluciole at 1/21/2009 12:01 AM | Add Comment

Poem by Robert Browning: "Porphyria's Lover." Article about porphyria -- "A Dose of Vampire’s Medicine: Disfigured blood cell enzymes may explain away the vampire myth and inspire revolutionary new treatments"

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 11:45 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Northern rockhopper penguins have been disappearing from Gough island, a British island in the Southern Atlantic, at a rate of 100 birds a day

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 10:57 PM | Add Comment

Students protest Hugo Chavez's attempt to end term limits

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Photo: your beautiful stem cells...

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 10:41 PM | Add Comment

Chechens protest killing of prominent Russian human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 10:36 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Visitors in the natural ice grotto at the foot of the Morteratsch glacier in the Swiss alps

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 6:05 PM | Add Comment

TIME article --- Barack Obama's Inaugural Address: Humility, Gratitude, Sacrifice

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 6:01 PM | Add Comment

Obama pledges new start with Muslims

Posted by kluciole at 1/20/2009 5:57 PM | Add Comment
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