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Which countries have the highest population density and why?

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Death rate = mortality rate. Comment on which country's stat. is the most shocking to you.

Nigeria's CDR is 13. I think this is considerably high because Nigeria is a developing country whose population pyramid has a wide base. So, more young people, old people make up a smaller percent. I guess that means a lot of young people are dying too?

You got it. Nicely done! Why is the IMR high in Nigeria? Will the IMR improve in this country?

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According to new research it's estimated that global carbon emissions will reach 40 billion tons 2014, a record high in human history. If carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere exceeds 3200 tons then the global temperature average will see a 2 degrees Celsius increase since the Industrial Revolution. The Earth hasn't actually seen any mind-blowing drastic changes in the environment because of climate change but this 2 degree threshold is where things start to change and it might actually be a big threat. carbon-dioxide in the air increases every year not at a linear rate but an exponential one. There's already ~2000 tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and its estimated that another 1200 tons will be emitted in the next 30 years. That's our generation. What can we do to prevent the rise in the global temperature average, and what is already set in stone?

Another great post and excellent question. What do you think, APHUG? Interesting doc. ...http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/11/01/executive-order-preparing-united-states-impacts-climate-change

Current global population of over 7 billion is already two to three times higher than the sustainable level. Several recent studies show that Earth's resources are enough to sustain only about 2 billion people at a European standard of living. An average European consumes far more resources than any of the poorest two billion people in the world. People of the world consume 150% of the resources that the Earth produces. In twelve months we use what it takes the Earth eighteen months to produce.

What would a Neo-Malthusian think about this issue?

Explore new culture through everyone's favorite thing in the whole wide world; food! Delicious recipes can be found here and a video clip showing how these foods are made. Join Ellie Cahill and Sibgha Amin as they venture through the history of foods form other cultures around the world!

I liked how you showed the history of the food you displayed, such as the Austrailian biscuits and how they originated in World War 1. It was well organized and your ideas were well thought out. Good job!

I liked that you wrote on the whiteboard it was very creative. It was interesting to see that the German dish has not diffused further that it did.

This article relates to the religion of Christianity and its belief of disapproval of gay marriage. Why will the magistrates not marry gay couples if it is legal, but even still it is not the magistrates who are gay, it is only the people they are marrying?

Putting personal beliefs aside, if North Carolina were to ban gay marriage like this for religious reasons, it would be a violation of the first amendment. There should not be a conflict if one side violates the rights of people.

In my own opinion, and this is something I fear will happen frequently, is that America is slowly becoming less of a country that has freedom OF religion and more of a country where there is freedom FROM religion. I think the magistrates should be able to practice their own beliefs even if there are some who disagree.

The conflicts have resulted in Nigeria from religious extremist groups whose beliefs may not fall in line with the places they are invading and taking over. Why is the president doing little to help and why has the military collapsed? 

The article specifically relates to why territorial conflicts arise among religious, ethnic, or national groups, in this instance it is more focused on religious groups, because it shows that these conflicts sometimes come from feelings that certain religions attract conflict, so there is a desire for a country to separate themselves from religions associated with conflict. Will any countries place sanctions on Canada, if they feel that Canada is being discriminatory?  This current event connects to a main APHUG concept of asking the why of where.  Why is Canada discriminating against certain groups with certain religions from Syria?

To achieve peace in the Middle East, the European Union voted on a bill presented by Jordan. The bill states that Palestine should be recognized as a 'principle state'. The US and Israel both strongly oppose this bill. The conflict has escalated in the past years. This territorial conflict is occurring because two religious groups want the same sacred holy land. How is the bill going to affect Israel and Palestine in the future?

I only see two possible solutions, both flawed. Somehow, I believe that the two religious groups could find a way to coexist, allowing them both to have access to their holy sites, but this would mean accepting the fact that the other is there. This seems unlikely to happen. Another option is to not let either group have it, and that way neither could be angry that the other possesses it. This, however, is also unlikely seeing how each group strongly refuses to give up its sites. They would fight until death for access. I really don't see this conflict ending any time soon.

Interesting solutions to the conflict. Why do you think the United States government has been pro-Israel since the creation of the state in the 1940s?

There was conflict between the Taliban and the Westerns and those who support the western views, because of the different religious and ethnic views. For example westerns believe women should be educated just like men, but the Taliban is against women education. Why is a school in a home that teaches the same thing that a governmentally funded school less likely to be attacked, since the Taliban is still against those ideas?

I think that as long as the Taliban are in control there will always be violence between the Taliban and the Westerners. Women should be educated just like men, but as long as the Taliban have power, I do not think that will happen. The Taliban showed just how much they are against women getting an education when they shot Malala Yousafzai in the head on her way home from school. Schools in homes are less likely to be attacked than schools run by the government because they have the protection and support of the village and villagers. The Taliban might also target government run schools because they oppose the government.

On november 18th, two muslim Palestinians entered a synagogue and both shot and chopped, with meat cleavers, 3 rabbis, another nearby Jew, and shot a Druze police officer responding to the attack, leaving 5 dead and the 2 Palestinians.

After previous attacks between the IDF and the terrorist group, HAMAS, during Operation Protective Edge left over 2,000 people dead, primarily on the Palestinians, tensions have been higher than ever and revenge is fresh in many people's minds.

Why might Palestinians think that supporting members of a confirmed terrorist group in political office be the solution to their problems?

Sunni extremists, who are supporting ISIS, have launched attacks against Shia Muslims in Australia to bring religious conflict from the Middle East. Why are they launching attacks on groups within the same religion as them? Why do Sunni extremists feel the need to get Australia involved in the religious conflicts from the Middle East after they've managed to avoid conflict for a long time?

The Shiites and Sunnis have been fighting ever since the death of Mohommad over who would be Mohommad's sucessor.

I think that Sunni extremists and Shia Muslims, even though they are both Islamic, have different beliefs, and they each believe that they are correct. The Sunni extremists, are exactly what they say they are...extremists; AKA people who will go to extreme measures to fight for what they believe. If something the Shia Muslims are saying or doing is counteracting what the Sunni extremists believe, they will quickly result to violent action to try to put an end to it. Also, if they can "take over" Australia and make it Islamic, more specifically Sunni, then they will have more money and power...which is the reason this is such a large territorial conflict.

The Pope signed a declaration that unified the once refuting religions, Christianity and Easter Orthodox. Will this unity set a precedent for other refuting religions? 

This article also shows that where there are boarders between countries there is usually fighting. ISIS is an Islamic group and because they have control over Syria and Iraq Christians have been forced to leave. This is similar with what happened with al Qaeda in those areas in the past. I hope that the unity will set a precedent for other religions.

When the Pope made this agreement with the Eastern Orthodox churches it would have assisted in ending religious conflict. Unlike some other religions that face conflict, these two religions are pretty similar, so this probably helped with ending their problems. In addition, the article I posted on the 19th was also about the Orthodox church, so it must be a prominent religion in Europe.

In Kenya, the Muslim extremist group known as Al Shabaab is committing terrorist attacks against those who are not Muslim, attempting to drive them out of Kenya, securing the territory for themselves. How does Kenya's isolation lend itself to these sort of attacks? Who should be intervening to stop this group?