Новости за 08.08.2012

It’s been an exciting week here on San Juan Island, with orcas and a few humpbacks making appearances off the coast of San Juan! This past Saturday, August 5, visitors to the west side of the island were treated to a rare showing by a humpback whale headed north through Haro Strait. One of our groups of kayakers, who had launched from the San Juan County Park early on Saturday morning for the first day of a two-day whale camp, saw the whale just before noon on Saturday as it came close to shore around Hannah Heights. Читать дальше...

By Keith Kloor, a freelance journalist whose stories have appeared in a range of publications, from Science to Smithsonian. Since 2004, he’s been an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University. You can find him on Twitter here. Last year, after Al Gore said in a speech that climate change was responsible for various extreme weather events around the globe, he got spanked by Oxford climate scientist Myles Allen, who wrote a column in the Guardian entitled, "Al Gore is doing a disservi

Serena Williams broke out into a celebratory jig after winning the gold medal at the Olympics. However, that little jig is more commonly known as a C-walk in referencing the Crip gang members who created the moves in the 1970’s. Some people thought this was in bad taste including Tennis Now’s Ted LePak, while others like Blair Henley thought it was totally blown out of proportion. Let us know what you think on Facebook and Twitter!

Lawrence – The Haskell Indian Nations University football team continues its fall camp this week and have enjoyed a few days of reasonable weather as the Indians got a chance to work out in shorts at the south practice fields.

Living in a deeply religious, overwhelmingly Muslim nation, Afghan Sikhs and Hindus have suffered their share of hardships: taunts, attacks, desecration of cremation sites, marginalization and poverty. Many possess a bottomless collection of grim tales.

THE  SPEAKER’S office has not disciplined a Mana Party staffer who filmed a music video on Parliament grounds without permission. The  three-minute film features transsexual Georgina Beyer dressed as the pope while marrying two men. It was released by Jevan Goulter, who is employed by Parliamentary Services as executive assistant to Hone Harawira. Mr Goulter, 23, also ran […]