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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for March 2009

Poem sent in by Luciole Press Contributor/friend Scott Wannberg: "People Just Aren’t ~ for Charles Bukowski"

From the ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press Contributor/friend Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS -80- AN AUSSIE FIGHTS THE TSUNAMI (firefighter Scott Pearson)

Photo: a South Korean worker attaches name cards on lanterns to celebrate the upcoming birthday of Buddha on May 2 at the Chogye Temple in Seoul

Mars' seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as it transforms from ice to vapour

Gorgeous photo of daffodils in York, UK, sent in by Luciole Press Contributor/friend Martyn Clayton!

New Book: 'Pride And Prejudice and Zombies' -- Heroines Battle The Undead. "The Classic Regency Romance — Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!"

Photo: a Chinese Arch or 'paifang', built in 2005, in close proximity to 13th century West Walls in England

'Worse than the Taliban' - new law rolls back rights for Afghan women. President Karzai accused of trying to win votes by backing law that effectively legalises rape within marriage, and more

Introducing Luciole Press Contributor Mafy Golubtsova of Russia: see her photos taken at her family's dacha

Super-chemo targets cancer spreading to the liver

New law protects wild areas, setting aside more than 2 million acres in 9 states "to protect, preserve and pass down our nation's most treasured landscapes to future generations"

Photo: an ice formation on a tree indicates the height floodwaters reached on the Red River in Fargo

They're the soundtrack to spring, but their numbers are dwindling. What is to blame for the vanishing cuckoo?

Editor's Note from Karen Bowles: LUCIOLE PRESS SPRING / SUMMER ISSUE 2009

NEW ISSUE of Luciole Press up early!! Double Issue, SPRING/SUMMER 2009. Jam-packed with artistic riches!

Environmentalists hail Earth Hour as a big success: "probably the largest public demonstration on climate change ever... (and) first-ever global vote about the future of our planet"

Tax havens (such as Liechtenstein) eye uncertain future after concessions

Photo: a stunning rainbow forms as rain hits La Paz, Bolivia

Most European countries favor total ban on importing seal-related products

Rihanna Police Photo as...Art?! L.A.-based pop artist Sham Ibrahim's "intent is not to raise awareness about domestic violence." Does it glorify it?

Photo: people wave their glow sticks after switching off the lights in honor of Earth Hour... (Manila)

Poem: Gwendolyn Brooks, "To Be In Love"

Hungry leopard rescued after falling into a well (India)

VP Biden: "no plans to scrap Cuba embargo"

Spanish court considers trying former US officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, over allegations they gave legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay

Photo: two Mission golden-eyed tree frogs sit on a leaf in their tank at Chester Zoo. The frogs are native to the Amazonian regions of South America

A new poem sent in by Luciole Press contributor/friend Scott Wannberg: "just a midnight room"

"We're not handing over the Falklands" UK PM Brown vows as he meets Argentine President Cristina Kirchner. 255 British servicemen, more than 650 Argentines and three islanders were killed during the Falklands war in 1982

Photo: three Sumatran tiger cubs play in the tiger exhibit at San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park

Surprise supernova: Massive star explodes despite being "too immature" to self-destruct

Photo: a black bird (not sure what kind) hitches a ride on the back of an eagle in flight

Another part of the ongoing series sent in by Luciole Press Contributor/friend and author Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER’S WORDS -78- WHY I AM ANGRY

Artist David Hockney's horror after trees he was half-way through painting are 'massacred'

Photo: a Turkish man throws a fish to a seagull during a sunset in Istanbul

Study shows: not only do crabs suffer pain, but they retain a memory of it

Red River breaks 112-year flood record in Fargo; region braces

Photo: Hundreds of fish swim with a turtle in a pond at the Sleeping Buddha Temple in Beijing, China

Photo: a dog stands on ground beside a flooded building as the Red River continues to rise in Fargo, North Dakota

Interviews support Israeli army misconduct in Gaza

Photo: Buds are seen on the cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial

Photo: a sculpture by New York artist Padraig Tarrant called Castrobama, at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana

Another poem sent in by Luciole Press Contributor/friend Scott Wannberg: "jehovah, get thee to the witness box"

Adorable rare clouded leopard cubs beat the odds to survive at the National Zoo (US)

From the ongoing series sent in by Luciole Press Contributor/friend and author Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS -73- INVENTIONS TO SAVE LIVES

(Travel) -- Ruins of Ephesus: From goddess Nike to St. Paul

(PLEASE READ) -- Why the credit crunch is killing thousands of pet horses whose cash-strapped owners can no longer afford to keep them

Christian Science Monitor prints its final edition on Friday, ending 100-year run as a daily newspaper, but beginning a new era as an online publication

Photo: Elke, a five-day-old Francois Langur, makes her media debut at Taronga Zoo's Wildlife Hospital in Sydney

Video: Ralph Vaughan Williams, "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis"

Scientists are reconstructing Queen Hatshepsut's perfume: "What Does an Egyptian Pharaoh Smell Like?"

Komodo dragons are fantastic; here is a photo of one in Indonesia

Reprint from an earlier edition of Luciole Press: Contributor and friend Patrick Kawahara's photo essay about Manzanar Relocation Center, a Japanese-American Internment Camp that opened in March of 1942

To be in the next issue: Luciole Press Contributor and friend Scott Wannberg's new poem-- "where'd my travis tritt video link go????" -- mentions Luciole Press and Editor Karen :):)

Video: "Villdans" by Martine Lund Hoel

Photo: visitors walk through the Thunderbolt Passage inside the Meteorologic Popular Science Hall in China

Wislawa Szymborska: 3 poems and a quote

Photo: scientists have recreated the image of Arsinöe, the murdered sister of Cleopatra

Pandora - the horse that's allergic to grass; owner Emily Pearce covers her in protective layers, feeds her a special diet, and gives her anti-histamine tablets

Obama: Anger isn't governing strategy

South Africa bars Dalai Lama from peace conference, saying it does not want to endanger the government's relationship with China. He would be welcome again in the future — but "not now, when the whole world is looking at South Africa"

Photo: Sunset on Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

Luciole Press Winter Issue Column from Esmaa Self -- "Organics: It's a Balance Thing"

The Dictionary of American Regional English: "On to Z! Quirky regional dictionary nears finish"

In this economy, "More women needing cash go from jobless to topless"

GOP predicts doomsday if Obama budget passed

Photo: birds rest on buffaloes in a pond in Hyderabad

One more poem from Banjo Paterson: "Sunrise on the Coast"

I do this routine three times every morning! (kidding) Video: OK Go - "Here It Goes Again"

Photo: This should cut down on pollution! Sign at Hells Gate in Rotorua, New Zealand... "Persons who throw litter or stones into thermal pools may be asked to retrieve them"

Another poem from Banjo Paterson: "Black Swans"

The Baroque (art movement): the senses, the intellect, the heart and the very soul. "Much of what we now take for granted in the arts... developed in that era"

Feinstein to push legislation that would turn donated Mojave Desert land into a national monument, "setting up a potential clash between conservationists and companies seeking to develop renewable energy"

Australian Internet `blacklist' prompts concern

Alaska and Florida consider bans on bestiality: "The act of forcing a living creature to engage in a sexual activity without the ability of consent cannot simply be viewed as a personal choice — no more than forcing a child or an impaired adult would be"

Trophy hunters can go on ‘shoot a polar bear’ holidays in Canada

Photo: Snails! "Mama takes baby for a midnight feast!"

Follow-up on article featured yesterday: "Former Nazi guard Josias Kumpf, involved in massacre of 8,000 Jews, set free after deportation from US as he cannot be prosecuted in Austria"

Photos: the Fallas festival, welcoming Spring and honoring St. Joseph's Day in Valencia; a stairway to the roof of the Imam Al Shafi'i Mosque in Cairo's City of the Dead; and candles at Apostolos Andreas monastery in northern Cyprus

Travel: Struggling to practice Arabic in Egypt

Photo: Russian ad depicts "a smiling, cartoonish black man flashing the victory sign in front of the US capital building, along with the Russian slogan: "Everyone's talking about it: dark inside white!" Obama ice cream, anyone?"

The ongoing series sent in by author and Luciole Press Contributor, Kurt Kamm: Firefighter's Words -74- "Parts Detail"

Photo: a blue-footed booby (bird) is seen on Seymour Island, in the Galapagos National Park

Two poems by John Donne: "The Sun Rising" and "Break of Day"

AP IMPACT: Many Iraqis held by US to go free

Report: Energy production of all types — wind, ethanol and mountaintop coal mining — is contributing to steep drops in bird populations

Former Nazi guard living in Wisconsin deported; 83-year-old Josias Kumpf served as a guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany (and more)

Cutest lizards ever! Tuataras: "Rare baby reptile dating back to dinosaur age is found on New Zealand mainland for first time in 200 years"

Photos: an underwater volcano erupts off the coast of Tonga, in Hunga Ha'apai

Poem: Emily Dickinson's "Crow's Wing"

Mother orangutan catches rope thrown by humans and swims across flooded river to save her baby in Borneo

Poor injured bat 'Brian' hangs on to shuttle Discovery, unable to fly away: "Bat Hung On For a Ride Into Space"

Photo: Arp 261 lies about 70 million light-years distant in the constellation of Libra

Poem: Emily Dickinson’s “A Bird Came Down the Walk”

Cubans applaud rolling back US family travel rules

Health care overhaul may cost about $1.5 trillion

The Havasupai Tribe, who live in a gorge off the Grand Canyon, plan to reopen the flood-damaged area to tourists on May 1

From the ongoing series sent in by Luciole Press contributor, author Kurt Kamm: FIREFIGHTER'S WORDS -71- THREE STORIES

New Mexico State Senate OKs bill to curb wildlife slaughter

Photo: a keeper holds two yowling newborn Siberian tigers in Harbin, north-east China

Poor little guy: "The hog with no hedge; how a mysterious skin condition made Spud's spikes fall out"