Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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Arts
Ten best book adaptations of 2012
December 17, 2012One underestimates just how much books - ranging from paperbacks to comics to graphic novels - have an influence on what is seen on television and in film.
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Environment
Top ten environmental wins of 2012
December 14, 2012It's high time to look at the good points of the environmental struggle this year.
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Arts
Jedi creed, Paganism among top alternative beliefs in UK
December 13, 2012The branching out of other faiths, and the increase in people who choose to abstain from religion, could be seen as an example of growing diversity in the UK.
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U.S.
Judge orders halt on Keystone XL
December 12, 2012In eastern Texas, residents and activists have achieved a temporary reprieve after a Texas landowner filed a lawsuit against the company.
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Environment
Costa Rica bans hunting, but what about shark finning?
December 11, 2012Costa Rica officially banned hunting on December 10, becoming the first Latin American country to outlaw the sport.
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Environment
N.J. chemical spill goes airborne, forces hundreds of evacuations
December 5, 2012When a train derailment in Paulsboro, N.J., sent two tanker cars hurtling into a nearby creek, the water became polluted with vinyl chloride.
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Environment
South Africa deploys anti-poaching plane
December 5, 2012"This is a war. You cannot take a stick to a gunfight."
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World
The end of Internet freedom: Coming soon to a computer near you
December 4, 2012The International Telecommunications Union is convening a conference that would give the group (a part of the United Nations) crippling new powers over the Internet.
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