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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for December 2009

Protesters damage UC Berkeley chancellor Birgeneau's home; demonstrations at many schools against state funding cuts

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Photo: polluted water released into the Sabarmati river in India for farmers to use in the absence of monsoon rains

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Photo: students in Massachussets light luminary candles to celebrate 2009 and offer hope for 2010

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The Robin Hood Food Bank for New York City -- (4 million NYC residents experience difficulty affording food)

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Under one Danish roof, humanity talks climate

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Saturn's mysterious hexagon crown lit up as 30-year winter ends

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Photo: Daniela, the daughter of a fisherman, watches a pelican at a fish market at Chorrillos beach in Lima

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The Alida Ivanov Gallery of Stockholm presents a new exhibit: John Rydberg "Ett bättre liv"/ "A Better Life" ... the Alida Ivanov Gallery will be featured in the Winter Issue of Luciole Press

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Photo: two people look at ice-coated Multnomah Falls near Bridal Veil, Oregon

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Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace

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Photo: Snow on the Sandia Mountains, seen from Rio Rancho, New Mexico

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Quote from Luciole friend/contributor Ellyn Maybe (I posted it on LP's facebook page awhile ago)

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Germ-free kids may risk more adult illnesses, study shows

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Photos (Art): Copenhagen's statue of the Little Mermaid is backdropped by "The Survival of the Fattest," a sculpture created by Danish artist Jens Galschiot

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Photo: a dog survives the Baghdad bomb blast while chained to the Finance Ministry, but its owner is killed

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WWII vet returns art book he stole from Hitler's home

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Photo: workers in a salt field near Ohn-chaung in Burma's Ayeyarwady Delta

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Two poems by Margaret Atwood: "The Moment" and "Night Poem"

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More than 10,000 starfish carpet Norfolk beach as storm throws them from the sea

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Photo: a sculpture of an iceberg with a stranded polar bear on the River Thames, to raise awareness of melting ice caps

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Killer Petunias and Murderous Potatoes Revealed

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Iran says will show no mercy to opposition protesters

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The awe-inspiring night sky that makes even Mount Everest look small

Posted by kluciole at 12/7/2009 5:08 PM | Add Comment

A lonely lioness, whose pride was killed by poachers, adopts human companions (who successfully find her some lions to love)

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Exceptional artist Pär Strömberg: check out his blog and a wonderful interview. Pär will be featured in the Spring Issue of Luciole Press

Posted by kluciole at 12/7/2009 5:00 PM | Add Comment

From Luciole friend/contributor Geraldine Green: ~ Poetry In Aid of Cumbria Flood Recovery ~

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Famous Miranda rights warning could get rewrite

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Supreme Court takes up 'honest services' (anti-corruption) law

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Historic EPA finding: Greenhouse gases harm humans

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Pearl Harbor attack remembered 68 years later

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Hottest star in the galaxy pictured for the first time, in the Bug Nebula

Posted by kluciole at 12/6/2009 8:42 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a gorgeous cheetah; there are only between 10,000 and 15,000 of these cats left in the world.

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Poem: "This Side Of The Truth" by Dylan Thomas

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Iraqi reunited with mother 20 years after Halabja gas attack massacre

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Photo: traditional holiday lights illuminate the Denver City/County Building in downtown Denver

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Lines of art blur between Rembrandt and his pupils, as experts contend many works credited to him were actually done by his students

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New branch of the Louvre Museum, the Louvre-Lens, inaugurated at an abandoned coal mining site

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Photo: a man riding a horse, with his eagle, during an annual hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, Kazakhstan

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Health Tip: Women Who Have GBS During Pregnancy

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Photo: a drop of rain hangs on a leaf during a downpour in Washington, DC

Posted by kluciole at 12/5/2009 6:30 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Swedish store pulls plug on N. Korean jeans

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Iran bans foreign media cover as student rally nears

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Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes

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Photo: Flamenco dancer Sara Baras performs during the filming of "Flamenco, Flamenco", directed by Carlos Saura

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The tornado destroyed town of Greensburg, Kansas is a model of eco-living as it rebuilds

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Italian police seize secret stash of masterpieces "by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other giants of art"

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Photo: the moon sets behind a mountain at sunrise in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

Posted by kluciole at 12/4/2009 6:59 PM | Add Comment

Rare copy of Poe's first book "Tamerlane and Other Poems" sells for $662,500 in NYC

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Monkeys Recognize Their Pals in Photos

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Ex-Files: British military ends its UFO hot line

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Incredible photo: Fog covers the hills in the historical city centre of Perugia

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Project C.U.R.E.: Delivering Health & Hope to the World (sending donated medical supplies and equipment to developing countries)

Posted by kluciole at 12/4/2009 6:30 PM | Add Comment

Photo: the world's largest fingerpainting, created on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in India

Posted by kluciole at 12/4/2009 6:23 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a tiger hurtles towards the camera at a wildlife sanctuary in Canada

Posted by kluciole at 12/3/2009 8:05 PM | Add Comment

Poem: "An Autumn Evening" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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From Luciole contributor/friend S.A. Griffin: Submit to The Poetry Bomb!!

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From Amanda Oaks: "words dance is open for submissions!"

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Photo: a woman walks under the snow-encrusted trees of a Moscow park

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Smallest orchid in the world found by accident in Ecuador (it is only 2mm wide)

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Photo: How rings form around the moon, like this one above Skopje, Macedonia

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From catwalk to laptop, fashion houses embrace web

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Homeless S. Africans complain ahead of World Cup that they are being forced from the streets to make way for "glamorous events"

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Global warming may require higher dams, stilts; experts warn "humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die"

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Huge Explosion Reveals the Most Massive Star Known

Posted by kluciole at 12/2/2009 11:22 AM | Add Comment

DNA Reveals Origins of Shark Fin Soup (every year, millions of shark fins are sold at Chinese markets to satisfy demand)

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Germany still paying off reparations following WWI -- more than 90 years on

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Iran whistleblower, 26-year-old Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani, died from drug-laced salad

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Photo: the glorious Crab Nebula; this mighty cosmic 'generator' produces energy at the rate of 100,000 suns

Posted by kluciole at 12/1/2009 3:57 PM | Add Comment

Swahili Fashion Week celebrates Tanzania's kanga fabric: "Just as India has saris and Japan has the kimono, we have the kanga"

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"Vivid pink" diamond sells for record $10.8 million

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Latin America's first gay marriage blocked by judge

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Flash mob ballet for charity: 50 dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet astound Louvre museum-goers, leave behind slippers with children's medical charity address

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South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

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