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Luciole Press Blog: Monthly Archives for November 2010

I love this photo from Luciole friend/contributor Dena Rash Guzman

Beautiful, Scott. New poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "i'd like to thank the following people...my so called 'thanksgiving' riff 2010"

Check out Luciole friend/contributor Ellyn Maybe and her band at the Poetry Rodeo at Beyond Baroque Dec. 2!

Having children abroad? Your country may not want them

Caged and bound for Britain: Factory-farmed monkeys are being shipped in the thousands to UK laboratories

Thank you to all my dear friends and readers of Luciole; I am grateful! (Photo by Johanna Bergh)

Einstein's 'Biggest Blunder' Turns Out to Be Right

Photo: Buddhist monks light candles during the annual Loy Krathong festival

Many preventable cancers caught at late stage: CDC

Photo: the very adorable endangered pygmy rabbit

Autumn in Stockholm. Gorgeous photo by Luciole friend/contributor artist Johanna Bergh

3rd eye: NYU artist gets camera implanted in head

Photo: a woman crosses a polluted gutter in the main outdoor food market in Haiti

Health Tip: Latex Is Everywhere

Aidan Reed, 5, Raises His Spirits and Funds His Fight Against Leukemia by Selling Monster Drawings to 4,000 Fans

Photo: the Hot Air Balloons Festival in Leon, Mexico

The story of Sumiati, the Indonesian maid who suffered the plight of many immigrant maids: lips cut off, burns all over her body and broken bones

Please support the beautiful and talented Native American actress Irene Bedard

Photo: Mick Fanning surfs Haleiwa (Reef Hawaiian Pro contest)

Tigers could be extinct in 12 years if unprotected

Dutch artists stage nationwide protests against cuts

Avedon auction in Paris reaps $7.5 million

Love this photo! Ice crystals on frozen leaf mimic shining stars in background (Japan)

New poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "when the street cleaning urchins come singing your secret tune"

Shoppers shrug off fears about toxic reusable bags

Piggy bank made with real piglet causes outrage among animal rights groups

Senate approves $4.6B for black farmers, Indians

Autistic boy trapped in his own world refused to even smile... until a stray cat changed his life

Photo: Parahawking -- Kevin the hawk helps paragliders near Kathmandu

New poem from Luciole friend/contributor Heather Ann Schmidt: "Loss of Silence"

Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's remains exhumed in Prague

Ukraine's topless group Femen widens political role

Baby photos from the ultimate edge — a black hole

Whales suffering burn blisters 'because of holes in the ozone layer'

Photo: a new species of carnivorous pitcher plant, in the Cardamom Mountains

November 14th would've been my mother Rosetta's 71st birthday

The Desperate Romantics – as never seen before

Loved this! :) "Beware, you townies in the country"

Ancient tree to help turn Jericho into tourism hub

Artist David Hockney applies brush to dog bowls

Diabetes Research Made Significant Strides in Past Year

Photo: a farmer walks across a paddy field as heat clouds of ash spew out of Mount Merapi

Catholic priests overwhelmed with requests for exorcists

Chubby Galaxy Cluster Suggests Dark Energy Was Stronger Long Ago

Low Vitamin D Linked to Deterioration in Certain Leukemia Patients

Chinese workers build 15-story hotel in just six days

US researchers explain how cats lap liquids with elegance

New Book: Fire in the Marrow, by Luciole friend/contributor William Crawford. Read my blurb at the bottom of the page :)

Night owls vs. morning people: Who's smarter?

New at Whitney Museum: Edward Hopper and friends

How Kids are Immune to Information Overload

Amazon no longer selling guide for pedophiles

New poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "the brokedown people"

Today, Mongolian nomads are on motorcycles, not horses

Lung Cancer in Smokers, Nonsmokers May Be a Different Disease

Family health history a powerful, underused tool

Art believed destroyed by Nazis found in Berlin

Tarantulas help scientists break down human fear

Stunning new image of sun's surface covered in fiery 'tubes' of plasma

Is Death the End? Experiments Suggest You Create Time

Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson for the day

Mallard Monroe! Pond bombshell duck is a ringer for movie legend Marilyn

Biologist: Space Travelers Can Benefit From Genetic Engineering

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei under house arrest

Russian reporter in coma after beating in Moscow

Exhibition brings ancient Book of the Dead to life

Americans sicker but English die quicker, says study

Review: National Park Field Guides application

Photo: a young girl jumps over bale of straw in front of the Alps

Great first line Scott :) New poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "anti-climax seeks viable end game"

Introducing Andrew Hall, a guest blogger from "An Apple a Day." His fresh-for-Luciole entry is: "Chupacabra: From Myth to Mainstream"

Halloween ghost hunters seek old soldiers in Gettysburg

Photo: the Nile is captured by an astronaut on board the International Space Station at night

Study: Brain energy crisis may spark Parkinson's