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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for October 2009

Rare images of a sperm whale feasting on a giant squid

Walter Skold, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America, just finished a three-month road trip in which he visited the graves of 150 poets in 23 states

NASA's Fermi telescope "uncovers proof of Einstein's famous space-time theory"

Quote from Auguste Rodin

Luciole friends and contributors David Smith and Scott Wannberg hitting the road for the last time in 2009. Three event dates in NYC. Three dates in Ohio.

Massive oil leak off Australia's northwest coast poses "immediate risk" to dozens of marine species, with many dying and sinking to the Timor Sea floor

October 2009 issue of Pirene's Fountain now available! Note from Luciole friend and contributor Ami Kaye

Photo: Two dogs of starkly different sizes play in the yellow leaves of a central Minsk park in Belarus

Thousands line up for last Big Mac in Iceland

Russia's Millionaire's Fair: a chrome Mercedes, fridges wrapped in snake skin, and more as recession still bites deep for most of the population

Mother bear catches two fish at a time in hunting lesson for hungry cubs in Katmai National Park, Alaska

Photo: a woman walks her dogs on a beautiful snow-covered path in Denver

A worker cleans the glass roof of a tunnel linking a building to a subway station in Chongqing municipality

Genes key in compulsive urge to hoard

Photo: at Walmart's first Sam's Club in China, customers can buy crocodiles in the deli/freezer section

New trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico

Photo: dancers from the eastern Indian state of Orissa perform during India Fashion Week in New Delhi

A new book has collated some of the best - and worst - advice from the 1800s to the Swinging Sixties

Coyotes kill promising young musician Taylor Mitchell, 19, as she hiked in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia

Migraine With Aura Can Double Stroke Risk -- "being female, under 45, smoking and using oral contraceptives that contain estrogen adds to the risk"

Photo: Pedro Barrios-Perez, from Canada, captured this wrinkled photoresist with 200X zoom

Ethel Smyth – a wrecker with a cause. "Jailed for her activities in the Suffragette movement, composer Ethel Smyth had no problem putting her beliefs into action"

Luciole contributor Scott Owens and Poetry Hickory (North Carolina) have a new website

Photo: a newborn Sumatran tiger cub near the paws of its mother at a zoo in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia -- only 250 Sumatran tigers are left in the wild

Winds slow repairs after two rods and a 5,000-pound crossbeam fall into traffic lanes on Bay Bridge

Photo: thousands enjoy the finale of the annual pumpkin festival in County Cavan, Ireland

Toxins Make Halloween Face Paints Scary

Index ranks Finland as place to be for "freedom of expression as much as health, wealth, and prosperity"

Photo: Sightseers walk past the setting sun along a seafront in Mumbai, India

Trailblazers: The early women aviators -- from the Flying Baroness to the Fiancee Of Danger

NY's El Museo del Barrio reopens galleries

Explore Savannah, Georgia, which was founded in 1733 and was one of America's first planned cities

Photo: welders wear improvised protection masks at a construction site in Hefei, eastern China

Thousands eat breakfast on Sydney Harbour Bridge as busy highway becomes grassy picnic ground

Butterfly's Wing Ears May Detect Birds

Ending the silence on 'honour killing' -- those who have escaped violence are speaking out to break the code of silence

Another photo of Prudence the piglet chasing sticks with her canine friends at the Wildlives Centre

Poem by 15-year-old poet from Norway, Svanhild Amdal Telnes

Maine girl with 'mermaid syndrome' dies at 10

How women are changing the face of Japanese politics

Photo: Finland's Tanja Poutiainen competes in the women's giant slalom at the World cup in Soelden, Austria

Poem excerpt: Sylvia Plath - "The Disquieting Muses" (fireflies mentioned)

Women Marines want a chance outside the Afghan wire

Photo: a genetically modified blue rose

"From Byzantium to Istanbul" exhibit seeks to reveal city's soul

Photo: bust believed to be oldest representation of Roman emperor Julius Caesar, exhibited at the Antique Arles Museum

Photo: NASA concept image shows a cloudy Jupiter-like planet that orbits very close to its fiery hot star

Poem: "By Candlelight" by Sylvia Plath

Jack Poole, the man who led Vancouver's Olympic Games bid, dies hours after learning the Olympic flame had begun its journey

TIME article: Are Humans Still Evolving?

Photo: Mercedes, the UK's only polar bear, in her new enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park

Photo: artists of the circus show Cirque du Soleil perform during their show Varekai in Moscow - the first ever in Russia

Luciole's Scott Wannberg and David Smith will have readings in NYC and Ohio. Scott's note: "scott and david's excellent new york adventures....coming soon!!!!"

Photo: Art experts believe this painting from 1560 is the world's oldest artwork featuring an image of a watch. The subject is thought to be Cosimo I de Medici, Duke of Florence

Horses for (anatomy) courses... rider Gillian Higgins demonstrates some of the 205 bones and 700 muscles horses have through paint

"Miracle" baby Ali Yakubov, on whose body "verses from the Koran appear and fade every few days," gives hope in Russian Muslim south

Australian town back-flips after cutting ties with its Japanese "sister-city" Taiji over its slaughter of dolphins

Room with a pew: Businessman builds replica of Herefordshire church on 21st floor of Japanese skyscraper

Trio of rare lion cubs unveiled in British zoo -- Pandora, Portia and Phoebe

100,000 women sign petition saying they're offended by Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's sexist behavior

Not smart, people.... Photo: wave overtakes storm watchers as Hurricane Rick approaches Cabo San Lucas

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory finds "New Record For Most Distant Galaxy Cluster"

Thanks to Luciole contributor Bridget Van Loon for this article link about the practices behind large scale dairy farming. "Please educate yourself on what and who you are supporting with your dollars and diet"

Winning pictures in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 contest. Love these!

Divers recover anchor from reputed Blackbeard ship. The "Queen Anne's Revenge" was found within sight of Fort Macon. Photos by Luciole's Mark Lineberger of coastal N.C.

Only 22 countries are paid-in-full members of U.N.

Prudence the runt piglet was saved from death and adopted by 6 puppies; she likes to play fetch with them

I said this before!! "Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Might Increase Lymphoma Risk-- lymphoproliferative disorders (LD) associated with viral infection, particularly those linked to Epstein Barr virus (EBV)"

Kuwait grants women passports without spousal nod

Photo: twin spires of St. Fidelis Church and a water tower are distorted by heat vapours, silhouetted by the setting sun in Victoria, Kansas

Poem: "Fireflies in the Garden" by Robert Frost

Charles Wesley Mumbere, a former nurse's aide in the U.S., becomes Ugandan king

Someone at Ralph Lauren really has a skewed sense of humor, proportions, or both

Supreme Court agrees to hear plea from Uighur inmates in Guantanamo Bay prison to be freed in the United States

Photo: a baby sits in a pumpkin costume, surrounded by pumpkins at Saunders Farm in Munster, Ontario

Luciole friend and contributor Ellyn Maybe was featured on Henry Rollins' radio show on 10/17. Thanks for the link, Ellyn! :)

White House expects thousands on fall garden tours

The Final Olé: Spain's Catalonia Moves to Ban Bullfighting

Start planning for Pacific warming refugees: scientist

Poem: "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats

Maldives government highlights the impact of climate change... by meeting underwater

Churches denounce African children as "witches" -- one child pleads, "Please stop the pastors who hurt us... I believe in God and God knows I am not a witch"

Dracula legend revived by Bram Stoker descendant

Photo: a baby monkey, born two months ago, is unveiled at Xishuangbanna Dai Park in China

Photo: Havi Sarfaty took this close-up of Discus fish scales with 20X zoom

Movie: Natasha Arthy's film "Fighter" (2007, Denmark). I really liked this film! I think the descriptions do not reveal the depth of the rich character/culture relations in this movie. Great action as well.

Artist Shepard Fairey admits using other photo for Barack Obama "Hope" poster

Photo a sightseeing boat takes in spectacular autumnal trees as it cruises around a small cape in Lake Chuzenji, Nikko, Japan

Loma Prieta: 20 years after quake, is the Bay Area safer?

FDA to study negative effects of Lasik eye surgery

Feds deny protection for spotted seals near Alaska

TIME article: Albania Asks India for Mother Teresa's Remains

Photo: a flock of starlings fly over Bosnia-Herzegovina

Photo: a small turtle in a plastic basket, waiting to be released into the water at the natural reserve La Flor

U.N. rights body considers condemning Israel on Gaza

Memorial show for Amy Farris on October 21, 2009 at Austin’s Continental Club

Luciole contributor Kumari de Silva will be reading at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Kern County Library’s new New Frazier Park Branch on November 7th

Diné (Navajo) Nation mourns passing of Code Talker Willard Varnell Oliver

Photo: Santa O Clause runs in bare feet in the heats of the 80-84 year-old class of the men's 100 meters at the Masters Games in Sydney

Bad move for Ralph Lauren: heard about the photoshopping catastrophe in an ad, making the model's head appear bigger than her waist? Has Filippa Hamilton now been fired for being 'too fat' at 5'10" and 120 pounds?