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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for November 2009

Few call Venice home, but it's not history, either

Posted by kluciole at 11/14/2009 4:20 PM | Add Comment

New finding may help understanding of language evolution

Posted by kluciole at 11/14/2009 4:00 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a newborn baby white rhinoceros with her mother Mlaleni at Busch Gardens

Posted by kluciole at 11/14/2009 3:55 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: fog is seen in the Feather River Canyon near Yankee Hill, California

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2009 7:03 PM | Add Comment

Cat's demise prompts rumors of Thatcher's death

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2009 7:00 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a worker tries to clear a great deal of rubbish from a river in Jakarta

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2009 6:54 PM | Add Comment

New literary star Marie NDiaye takes on France's old guard; she is the author of "Trois femmes puissantes" ("Three Powerful Women")

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2009 6:52 PM | Add Comment

India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2009 6:34 PM | Add Comment

Fact check: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts -- "Going Rogue" has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto"

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2009 6:19 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the Chocolate Room, by artist Edward Ruscha; at MOCA Grand Avenue in Los Angeles

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2009 6:17 PM | Add Comment

Stunning New Photograph of Earth from Space

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 3:27 PM | Add Comment

The giant iceberg that went walkabout... towards Macquarie Island, which is about halfway between Antarctica and Australia

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 3:14 PM | Add Comment

One Key Found for Living to 100: an inherited cellular repair mechanism that thwarts aging

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 3:02 PM | Add Comment

Women face tough choices on abortion coverage if restrictions in the House health care bill become law

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 2:56 PM | Add Comment

Milky Way: the colorful center of our galaxy in all its glory

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 1:23 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Love the imagery in this video: "Meet Me Halfway" by the Black Eyed Peas

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 1:21 AM | Add Comment

Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 1:17 AM | Add Comment

Report: Chinese who complain to government risk being kidnapped

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 1:13 AM | Add Comment

MIA bomb-sniffing dog found in Afghanistan after 14 months

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 1:08 AM | Add Comment

Photo: kittens learning to socialize and play with other cats during a kitten kindergarten class

Posted by kluciole at 11/11/2009 10:05 AM | Add Comment

Poem: "Go Plant a Tree" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Posted by kluciole at 11/11/2009 9:54 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Happy Veteran's Day... Photo: President Obama at Arlington National Cemetery

Posted by kluciole at 11/11/2009 9:49 AM | Add Comment

Happy tales for some former fighting dogs

Posted by kluciole at 11/11/2009 9:40 AM | Add Comment

Photo: manta's feed at Landaa Lagoon, a new marine reserve in the Maldives

Posted by kluciole at 11/11/2009 9:37 AM | Add Comment

Asteroid passes just 8,700 miles from Earth

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 12:07 PM | Add Comment

Women More Loyal When Cancer Diagnosis Strikes: study shows "if wife gets news of life-threatening illness, her husband is six times more likely to leave her than if the tables were turned"

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:48 AM | Add Comment

Kenya's wind power project snagged

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:43 AM | Add Comment

Koalas could be extinct in 30 years, say conservationists

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:38 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: a seagull flies along the Alabama Gulf Coast at sunrise as Tropical Storm Ida makes landfall in Gulf Shores

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:33 AM | Add Comment

TIME article: "Teen Obesity: Lack of Exercise May Not Be to Blame"

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:28 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a parka-wearing bartender makes a drink at India's first permanent bar made of ice, '21 Fahrenheit' in Mumbai

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:25 AM | Add Comment

Is this the only white tiger cub in the wild? Newborn gets a bath from Mom in South Africa

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:33 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the sun sets behind the Statue of Liberty in New York

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:31 PM | Add Comment

NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:24 PM | Add Comment

UK starts study on using human DNA in animals

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:21 PM | Add Comment

Article: "Cervical cancer wiped out by pioneering use of 'amazing' osteoporosis and breast cancer drugs"

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:14 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Female Iraqi police officers during their graduation ceremony at the Baghdad Police College

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:11 PM | Add Comment

Blueprint of horse genetic code reveals remarkable similarity to humans

Posted by kluciole at 11/8/2009 2:54 PM | Add Comment

Quote from Oscar Wilde

Posted by kluciole at 11/8/2009 2:50 PM | Add Comment

Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban

Posted by kluciole at 11/8/2009 2:32 PM | Add Comment

University student in Brazil expelled after wearing mini-dress to class; 20-year-old Geisy Arruda had to be escorted off campus as pandemonium broke out (though people wear far, far less at Carnival)

Posted by kluciole at 11/8/2009 2:20 PM | Add Comment

Student Mahmoud Vahidnia hailed a hero as he takes on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei -- but some ask "was it all a set up?"

Posted by kluciole at 11/8/2009 2:13 PM | Add Comment

Listen to Luciole friend and contributor Aine MacAodha on a radio show -- Red Writers Live

Posted by kluciole at 11/7/2009 2:29 PM | Add Comment

West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback

Posted by kluciole at 11/7/2009 2:21 PM | Add Comment

To defang Taliban, some look to private schools: "the quality of public education is deteriorating day by day... when there's a vacuum of quality, someone will fill it"

Posted by kluciole at 11/7/2009 2:06 PM | Add Comment

Photo: 2,500 Indian students display their glass-painting artwork during the 'Mega Glass Art' event in Chennai

Posted by kluciole at 11/7/2009 2:04 PM | Add Comment

A neutron star is born: Stellar core just 12 miles across spotted 11,000 light years away

Posted by kluciole at 11/6/2009 6:00 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Carlsbad, New Mexico prepares for salt cavern collapse

Posted by kluciole at 11/6/2009 5:56 PM | Add Comment

Giant Shoebill finds his path blocked by a duck, and instead of eating his friend, he picks him up and gently moves him out of the way

Posted by kluciole at 11/6/2009 5:47 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

International human rights group says Iran covered up rape of detainees

Posted by kluciole at 11/6/2009 5:42 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a woman playing the part of an angel takes part in a dress rehearsal for a piece of rooftop theatre in Berlin to commemorate the 20th annivesary of the Wall coming down

Posted by kluciole at 11/5/2009 6:09 PM | Add Comment

The next issue of Luciole Press will feature the new Alida Ivanov Gallery in Stockholm. The first exhibit, of artist Allen Grubesic's work, will close this weekend

Posted by kluciole at 11/5/2009 5:51 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a fisherman in his small boat at Inle lake in Myanmar

Posted by kluciole at 11/5/2009 5:49 PM | Add Comment

Does your baby cry in French or German?

Posted by kluciole at 11/5/2009 5:45 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

Posted by kluciole at 11/5/2009 5:39 PM | Add Comment

Our thoughts and best wishes are with the families at Fort Hood

Posted by kluciole at 11/5/2009 5:35 PM | Add Comment

Smile! 14ft Great White shark flashes a toothy grin for the camera

Posted by kluciole at 11/4/2009 1:53 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat

Posted by kluciole at 11/4/2009 1:36 PM | Add Comment

Clinton: US wants Israel settlement halt 'forever'

Posted by kluciole at 11/4/2009 1:25 PM | Add Comment

Recent Midwest quakes called aftershocks from 1800s New Madrid quakes -- largest of those was 8.0 in magnitude, powerful enough to temporarily make the Mississippi River flow backwards

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

Belated BIG congratulations to Luciole friend and contributor Graywolf, and the Graywolf Blues Band for winning a NAMMY! (Native American Music Awards)

Posted by kluciole at 11/4/2009 12:53 PM | Add Comment

Human trafficking for the "flesh trade" targets Natives: young Aboriginal women used as a sex commodity in cities across Canada (average age of girls trafficked is 7-12 years old)

Posted by kluciole at 11/4/2009 12:34 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a jellyfish illuminated with coloured lights floats inside a tank at Beijing's Blue Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 11/3/2009 6:17 PM | Add Comment

Luciole Press is now on LinkedIn, if you want to drop us a line and "connect"

Posted by kluciole at 11/3/2009 6:04 PM | Add Comment

Did you see the movie "The Ghost and the Darkness"? New study shows the man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898, much less than previously thought

Posted by kluciole at 11/3/2009 5:57 PM | Add Comment

Snow cap disappearing from Mount Kilimanjaro

Posted by kluciole at 11/3/2009 5:51 PM | Add Comment

TIME article: How Did the Chinese Create Snow? (cloud-seeding causes the earliest snowfall since 1987)

Posted by kluciole at 11/3/2009 5:45 PM | Add Comment

Millions worldwide would like to switch countries: study

Posted by kluciole at 11/3/2009 5:41 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Cpl Casey Liffrig leaps for cover as Taliban fighters ambush U.S. soldiers during a patrol in the Pech Valley in Afghanistan

Posted by kluciole at 11/3/2009 5:38 PM | Add Comment

Photo: surfer Raph Bruhwiler lights his Olympic Torch before surfing along the shores of Pacific Rim National Park just outside Tofino, British Columbia

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 6:19 PM | Add Comment

Luciole contributor and friend Aine MacAodha will be interviewed and read her poetry on a radio show this Thursday!

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 6:01 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Study: ancient South American Nasca civilization may have caused its own demise by clear-cutting huge swaths of forest

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 6:00 PM | Add Comment

Photo: crowds celebrate Loy Krathong festival at Wat Mahathat, one of the most spectacular temples in Thailand's first capital of Suhkothai

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 11:37 AM | Add Comment

Man stopped in Norwegian customs caught carrying a tarantula in his bag, with 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos taped to his body

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 11:27 AM | Add Comment

Battle over face veil brewing in Egypt

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 11:21 AM | Add Comment

Photo: children look for coins and other reusable material amid fancy boats offered by devotees at the Bindu Sagar pond in Bhubaneswar

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 11:18 AM | Add Comment

What Soft Drinks are Doing to Your Body

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 11:12 AM | Add Comment

Photo: pedestrians walk past an installation art piece titled The Public Purse by Simon Perry in central Melbourne

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 11:10 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: Mutley the black-spotted puffer fish has been put on a one-small-squid-a-day diet because he is overweight

Posted by kluciole at 11/1/2009 9:14 PM | Add Comment

Just watched the PBS broadcast of "Born Wild: The First Days of Life"... here is a video clip!

Posted by kluciole at 11/1/2009 9:07 PM | Add Comment

Colorado county copes with methane mystery

Posted by kluciole at 11/1/2009 8:58 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

"Which hand do you want to lose first?" The inspiring story of Mariatu Kamara, who survived Sierra Leone's war

Posted by kluciole at 11/1/2009 8:50 PM | Add Comment

Photos from Halloween night at the White House

Posted by kluciole at 11/1/2009 11:06 AM | Add Comment

Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall -- how Germany has healed the scars

Posted by kluciole at 11/1/2009 10:44 AM | Add Comment
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