The story of the "ecocide" and collapse of the civilization on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui in the native language, became very popular with the film "Rapa Nui" (1994) and the book by American biologist Jared Diamond "Collapse - How societies choose to fail or survive" (2005). After the proposed scenario shown in both film and book, the human population grow too large and a fierce overexploitation of the limited natural resources of the island started. Especially wood was needed for the construction of the moai - large statues that impersonate the forefathers and became a symbol of power and prestige on the small island. However after clearing completely the forest of large grown palm trees, the soil was quickly eroded by the heavy rain falls that periodically occur. The barren volcanic rocks could no longer sustain agriculture production and soon the farmers were no longer able to feed the population - without timber no one was able to build boats to escape the impending doom. In the resulting famine, chaos and civil wars one of the highest developed cultures in the Pacific Ocean, with an own scripture and astonishing construction skills, rapidly collapsed. We can face somewhat comparable problems in the future if population growth won’t stop soon. We can prevent huge overpopulation problems if we take the problem more seriously. Here you can read the entire artice: https://blogs.scientificamerican.co...erpopulation-environment-the-rapa-nui-debate/
Most recent total fertility rate figures: Country - Total fertility rate - +10 million population Niger 5.9 Yes Mali 5.5 Yes Somalia 5.5 Yes Burundi 4.9 Yes South Sudan 4.9 Yes Uganda 4.9 Yes Angola 4.8 Yes Burkina Faso 4.5 Yes Guinea 4.5 Yes Benin 4.4 Yes Zambia 4.4 Yes Mozambique 4.1 Yes Nigeria 4.1 Yes Afghanistan 3.9 Yes DR Congo 3.9 Yes Senegal 3.9 Yes Timor-Leste 3.9 No Chad 3.8 Yes Equatorial Guinea 3.8 No Eritrea 3.8 No Guinea-Bissau 3.8 No São Tomé and Príncipe 3.8 No Madagascar 3.7 Yes Togo 3.7 No Liberia 3.6 No Mauritania 3.6 No Central African Republic 3.5 No Rwanda 3.5 Yes Sierra Leone 3.5 No Sudan 3.5 Yes Cameroon 3.4 Yes Zimbabwe 3.4 Yes Malawi 3.3 Yes Comoros 3.2 No Congo 3.2 No Ethiopia 3.2 Yes The Gambia 3.2 No Yemen 3.2 Yes Côte d’Ivoire 3.1 Yes Jordan 3.1 No Tanzania 3.0 Yes Iraq 2.9 Yes Marshall Islands 2.9 No Solomon Islands 2.9 No Tonga 2.9 No Tuvalu 2.9 No Vanuatu 2.9 No Papua New Guinea 2.8 No Gabon 2.7 No Ghana 2.7 Yes Nauru 2.7 No Philippines 2.7 Yes Egypt 2.6 Yes Samoa 2.6 No Belize 2.5 No Eswatini 2.5 No Guatemala 2.5 Yes Honduras 2.5 No Kyrgyz Republic 2.5 No Lao PDR 2.5 No Lesotho 2.5 No Oman 2.5 No Tajikistan 2.5 No Bolivia 2.4 No Haiti 2.4 Yes Israel 2.4 No Pakistan 2.4 Yes Cambodia 2.3 Yes Fiji 2.3 No Kenya 2.3 Yes Kiribati 2.3 No Micronesia 2.3 No Syria 2.3 Yes Botswana 2.2 No Djibouti 2.2 No Dominican Republic 2.2 Yes Kuwait 2.2 No Panama 2.2 No Venezuela 2.2 Yes Argentina 2.1 Yes Bhutan 2.1 No Cabo Verde 2.1 No Ecuador 2.1 Yes India 2.1 Yes Kazakhstan 2.1 Yes Mexico 2.1 Yes Myanmar 2.1 Yes South Africa 2.1 Yes St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.1 No Turkey 2.1 Yes Bangladesh 2.0 Yes Brazil 2.0 Yes Dominica 2.0 No France 2.0 Yes Grenada 2.0 No Indonesia 2.0 Yes Libya 2.0 No Malaysia 2.0 Yes Mongolia 2.0 No Morocco 2.0 Yes Nepal 2.0 Yes New Zealand 2.0 No Palau 2.0 No Peru 2.0 Yes Saudi Arabia 2.0 Yes Sri Lanka 2.0 Yes Turkmenistan 2.0 No United States 2.0 Yes Uruguay 2.0 No Antigua and Barbuda 1.9 No Colombia 1.9 Yes DPR Korea 1.9 Yes Guyana 1.9 No Iceland 1.9 No Ireland 1.9 No Jamaica 1.9 No Namibia 1.9 No Paraguay 1.9 No Suriname 1.9 No Sweden 1.9 Yes The Bahamas 1.9 No Tunisia 1.9 Yes Azerbaijan 1.8 Yes Costa Rica 1.8 No Denmark 1.8 No El Salvador 1.8 No Iran 1.8 Yes Nicaragua 1.8 No Norway 1.8 No Qatar 1.8 No Russia 1.8 Yes Seychelles 1.8 No St. Kitts and Nevis 1.8 No United Kingdom 1.8 Yes Algeria 1.7 Yes Australia 1.7 Yes Bahrain 1.7 No Belgium 1.7 Yes Brunei 1.7 No Chile 1.7 Yes Cuba 1.7 Yes Czech Republic 1.7 Yes Finland 1.7 No Georgia 1.7 No Latvia 1.7 No Lebanon 1.7 No Maldives 1.7 No Netherlands 1.7 Yes St. Lucia 1.7 No Trinidad and Tobago 1.7 No United Arab Emirates 1.7 No Uzbekistan 1.7 No Vietnam 1.7 Yes Armenia 1.6 No Barbados 1.6 No Bulgaria 1.6 No Canada 1.6 Yes Estonia 1.6 No Germany 1.6 Yes Liechtenstein 1.6 No Lithuania 1.6 No Luxembourg 1.6 No Montenegro 1.6 No Romania 1.6 Yes Slovenia 1.6 No Albania 1.5 No Austria 1.5 No China 1.5 Yes Moldova 1.5 No Monaco 1.5 No North Macedonia 1.5 No San Marino 1.5 No Serbia 1.5 No Spain 1.5 Yes Switzerland 1.5 No Thailand 1.5 Yes Ukraine 1.5 Yes Andorra 1.4 No Belarus 1.4 No Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.4 No Croatia 1.4 No Cyprus 1.4 No Greece 1.4 Yes Hungary 1.4 No Italy 1.4 Yes Japan 1.4 Yes Malta 1.4 No Mauritius 1.4 No Poland 1.4 Yes Portugal 1.4 Yes Slovak Republic 1.4 No Korea 1.2 Yes Singapore 1.2 No Only a small number of countries are still having very high fertility rates.
The most recent list, fertility estimates vary though (WHO, UN, CIA and so on): Niger 5.9 Yes Somalia 5.5 Yes Mali 5.4 Yes Burundi 4.9 Yes Angola 4.8 Yes Burkina Faso 4.5 Yes Benin 4.4 Yes Uganda 4.4 Yes Guinea 4.3 Yes South Sudan 4.3 Yes Zambia 4.3 Yes Mozambique 4.1 Yes Nigeria 4.1 Yes DR Congo 3.9 Yes Senegal 3.9 Yes Afghanistan 3.8 Yes Chad 3.8 Yes Equatorial Guinea 3.8 No Guinea-Bissau 3.8 No São Tomé and Príncipe 3.8 No Eritrea 3.7 No Madagascar 3.7 Yes Togo 3.7 No Liberia 3.6 No Mauritania 3.6 No Timor-Leste 3.6 No Central African Republic 3.5 No Rwanda 3.5 Yes Sierra Leone 3.5 No Sudan 3.5 Yes Cameroon 3.4 Yes Malawi 3.3 Yes Zimbabwe 3.3 Yes Comoros 3.2 No Congo 3.2 No Ethiopia 3.2 Yes The Gambia 3.2 No Yemen 3.2 Yes Côte d’Ivoire 3.1 Yes Jordan 3.1 No Tanzania 3.0 Yes Iraq 2.9 Yes Marshall Islands 2.9 No Solomon Islands 2.9 No Tonga 2.9 No Tuvalu 2.9 No Vanuatu 2.9 No Papua New Guinea 2.8 No Gabon 2.7 No Ghana 2.7 Yes Nauru 2.7 No Egypt 2.6 Yes Samoa 2.6 No Eswatini 2.5 No Guatemala 2.5 Yes Kyrgyz Republic 2.5 No Lesotho 2.5 No Oman 2.5 No Tajikistan 2.5 No Bolivia 2.4 No Haiti 2.4 Yes Israel 2.4 No Lao PDR 2.4 No Pakistan 2.4 Yes Philippines 2.4 Yes Cambodia 2.3 Yes Fiji 2.3 No Honduras 2.3 No Kenya 2.3 Yes Kiribati 2.3 No Micronesia 2.3 No Syria 2.3 Yes Botswana 2.2 No Djibouti 2.2 No Dominican Republic 2.2 Yes Panama 2.2 No Argentina 2.1 Yes Belize 2.1 No Bhutan 2.1 No Cabo Verde 2.1 No Ecuador 2.1 Yes India 2.1 Yes Kazakhstan 2.1 Yes Mexico 2.1 Yes Myanmar 2.1 Yes South Africa 2.1 Yes St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.1 No Turkey 2.1 Yes Venezuela 2.1 Yes Bangladesh 2.0 Yes Brazil 2.0 Yes Dominica 2.0 No France 2.0 Yes Grenada 2.0 No Indonesia 2.0 Yes Kuwait 2.0 No Libya 2.0 No Malaysia 2.0 Yes Mongolia 2.0 No Morocco 2.0 Yes Nepal 2.0 Yes New Zealand 2.0 No Palau 2.0 No Peru 2.0 Yes Saudi Arabia 2.0 Yes Sri Lanka 2.0 Yes Turkmenistan 2.0 No United States 2.0 Yes Uruguay 2.0 No Antigua and Barbuda 1.9 No Colombia 1.9 Yes DPR Korea 1.9 Yes Guyana 1.9 No Iceland 1.9 No Ireland 1.9 No Jamaica 1.9 No Namibia 1.9 No Paraguay 1.9 No Suriname 1.9 No Sweden 1.9 Yes The Bahamas 1.9 No Tunisia 1.9 Yes Azerbaijan 1.8 Yes Costa Rica 1.8 No Denmark 1.8 No El Salvador 1.8 No Iran 1.8 Yes Nicaragua 1.8 No Norway 1.8 No Qatar 1.8 No Russia 1.8 Yes Seychelles 1.8 No St. Kitts and Nevis 1.8 No United Kingdom 1.8 Yes Algeria 1.7 Yes Australia 1.7 Yes Bahrain 1.7 No Belgium 1.7 Yes Brunei 1.7 No Chile 1.7 Yes Cuba 1.7 Yes Czech Republic 1.7 Yes Finland 1.7 No Georgia 1.7 No Latvia 1.7 No Lebanon 1.7 No Maldives 1.7 No Netherlands 1.7 Yes St. Lucia 1.7 No Trinidad and Tobago 1.7 No United Arab Emirates 1.7 No Uzbekistan 1.7 No Vietnam 1.7 Yes Armenia 1.6 No Barbados 1.6 No Bulgaria 1.6 No Canada 1.6 Yes Estonia 1.6 No Germany 1.6 Yes Liechtenstein 1.6 No Lithuania 1.6 No Luxembourg 1.6 No Montenegro 1.6 No Romania 1.6 Yes Slovenia 1.6 No Albania 1.5 No Austria 1.5 No China 1.5 Yes Moldova 1.5 No Monaco 1.5 No North Macedonia 1.5 No San Marino 1.5 No Serbia 1.5 No Spain 1.5 Yes Switzerland 1.5 No Thailand 1.5 Yes Ukraine 1.5 Yes Andorra 1.4 No Belarus 1.4 No Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.4 No Croatia 1.4 No Cyprus 1.4 No Greece 1.4 Yes Hungary 1.4 No Italy 1.4 Yes Japan 1.4 Yes Malta 1.4 No Mauritius 1.4 No Poland 1.4 Yes Portugal 1.4 Yes Slovak Republic 1.4 No Korea 1.2 Yes Singapore 1.2 No Here's the UN page about population projections: https://population.un.org/wpp/
Cheese Saturated Fat (grams per ounce) Cholesterol (mg per ounce) Cream cheese 5.7 29 Muenster cheese 5.4 27 Cheddar cheese 5.3 28 Mexican cheese (queso chihuahua) 5.3 30 Blue cheese 5.3 21 Swiss cheese 5.2 26 American cheese (processed) 5.1 28 Provolone cheese 4.8 20 Swiss cheese (processed) 4.5 24 Parmesan cheese (grated) 4.4 24 Camembert cheese 4.3 20 American cheese food (processed) 4.3 28 Feta cheese 4.2 25 American cheese spread (processed) 3.8 16 Mozzarella, whole milk 3.7 22 Neufchatel cheese 3.6 21 Mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim 3.2 18 Ricotta, whole milk 2.4 14 Ricotta, part skim milk 1.4 9 Mozzarella cheese substitute 1.1 0 Parmesan cheese topping, fat-free 0.9 6 Cottage cheese, creamed 0.5 5 Cottage cheese, low-fat, 2 percent milkfat 0.4 3 Cottage cheese, low-fat, 1 percent milkfat 0.2 1 Cottage cheese, nonfat 0.0 2 American cheese, nonfat or fat-free 0.0 7
Popular Types of Cheese (1 slice or 1 oz serving) Fat(g) Carbs(g) Prot(g) Calories American Cheese 7.39 1.97 5.37 96 Low Fat American Cheese 1.98 0.99 6.97 51 Asiago Cheese 7.32 0.91 10.14 111 Blue Cheese 8.15 0.66 6.07 100 Brie Cheese 7.85 0.13 5.88 95 Camembert Cheese 6.88 0.13 5.61 85 Cheddar Cheese 9.28 0.36 6.97 113 Colby Cheese 8.99 0.72 6.65 110 Edam Cheese 7.88 0.41 7.08 101 Feta Cheese 6.03 1.16 4.03 75 Fontina Cheese 8.72 0.43 7.17 109 Gjetost Cheese 8.37 12.09 2.74 132 Goats Cheese 10.09 0.62 8.65 128 Gouda Cheese 7.78 0.63 7.07 101 Gruyere Cheese 9.06 0.10 8.35 116 Havarti Cheese 8.41 0.79 6.59 105 Mexican Blend Cheese 8.50 0.54 6.70 105 Monterey Cheese 8.48 0.19 6.85 104 Mozzarella Cheese 6.34 0.62 6.29 85 Mozzarella Cheese (Part Skim) 4.51 0.79 6.88 72 Muenster Cheese 8.41 0.31 6.55 103 Neufchatel Cheese 6.64 0.83 2.82 74 Parmesan Cheese 7.32 0.91 10.14 111 Pizza Cheese 5.68 1.09 7.36 86 Provolone Cheese 7.45 0.60 7.16 98 Ricotta Cheese 3.68 0.86 3.19 49 Romano Cheese 7.64 1.03 9.02 110 Swiss Cheese 7.78 1.51 7.54 106
A timely tip for those of you needing to get out of a souring relationship. I always munched a Limburger cheese sandwich before a date. Worked every time!
The only pressing problem at the moment is that we need at least 11 decent players for the USMNT. The gaggle we have now is pretty cheesy!
I doubt it...would be like rubbing salt in the wound. I was encouraged that the guys were able to overcome Curacao! Ps...props for your courage of moderating a WWC thread. I gotta lotta laughs especially the fan's interpretation of the rules laws.
I actually like the WWC forum. Much less ego, much more respectful than most places. And very knowledgeable about the women's game across the board, not just in the US.
Cheese according to the UN: http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=PopDiv&f=variableID:54 Niger 6.5 Somalia 5.6 DR Congo 5.4 Mali 5.4 Chad 5.3 Angola 5.2 Burundi 5.0 Nigeria 5.0 The Gambia 4.9 Burkina Faso 4.8 Tanzania 4.6 Benin 4.5 Mozambique 4.5 Uganda 4.4 Central African Republic 4.3 Côte d'Ivoire 4.3 Guinea 4.3 Mauritania 4.3 Senegal 4.3 South Sudan 4.3 Zambia 4.3 Cameroon 4.2 Congo 4.1 Equatorial Guinea 4.1 Guinea-Bissau 4.1 Marshall Islands 4.1 Solomon Islands 4.1 Sudan 4.1 Liberia 4.0 São Tomé and Príncipe 4.0 Togo 4.0 Comoros 3.9 Malawi 3.9 Nauru 3.9 Afghanistan 3.8 Ethiopia 3.8 Madagascar 3.8 Sierra Leone 3.8 Eritrea 3.7 Gabon 3.7 Rwanda 3.7 Ghana 3.6 Samoa 3.6 Tuvalu 3.6 Vanuatu 3.6 Timor-Leste 3.5 Iraq 3.4 Kiribati 3.4 Tajikistan 3.4 Yemen 3.4 Papua New Guinea 3.3 Tonga 3.3 Zimbabwe 3.3 Kenya 3.2 Pakistan 3.2 Egypt 3.1 Namibia 3.1 Israel 2.9 Lesotho 2.9 Eswatini 2.8 Kyrgyz Republic 2.8 Micronesia 2.8 Algeria 2.7 Haiti 2.7 Mongolia 2.7 Botswana 2.6 Fiji 2.6 Guatemala 2.6 Kazakhstan 2.6 Syria 2.6 Turkmenistan 2.6 Bolivia 2.5 Djibouti 2.5 Jordan 2.5 Oman 2.5 Lao PDR 2.4 Philippines 2.4 Cambodia 2.3 Ecuador 2.3 Guyana 2.3 Honduras 2.3 Panama 2.3 Paraguay 2.3 Seychelles 2.3 South Africa 2.3 Suriname 2.3 Uzbekistan 2.3 Dominican Republic 2.2 Indonesia 2.2 Morocco 2.2 Nicaragua 2.2 Argentina 2.1 Belize 2.1 Cabo Verde 2.1 India 2.1 Libya 2.1 Peru 2.1 Saudi Arabia 2.1 Sri Lanka 2.1 Venezuela 2.1 Georgia 2.0 Iran 2.0 Kuwait 2.0 Lebanon 2.0 Mexico 2.0 Myanmar 2.0 Tunisia 2.0 Vietnam 2.0 Antigua and Barbuda 1.9 Azerbaijan 1.9 Bangladesh 1.9 El Salvador 1.9 Grenada 1.9 Jamaica 1.9 Malaysia 1.9 Turkey 1.9 Uruguay 1.9 Aruba 1.8 Bahrain 1.8 Bhutan 1.8 Dominica 1.8 DPR Korea 1.8 France 1.8 New Zealand 1.8 St. Kitts and Nevis 1.8 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8 Russia 1.8 Sweden 1.8 Armenia 1.7 Australia 1.7 Belarus 1.7 Belgium 1.7 Brunei 1.7 China 1.7 Colombia 1.7 Denmark 1.7 Ireland 1.7 Iceland 1.7 Latvia 1.7 Lithuania 1.7 Maldives 1.7 Montenegro 1.7 Nepal 1.7 Norway 1.7 Qatar 1.7 The Bahamas 1.7 United Kingdom 1.7 United States 1.7 Barbados 1.6 Brazil 1.6 Bulgaria 1.6 Costa Rica 1.6 Czech Republic 1.6 Estonia 1.6 Germany 1.6 Liechtenstein 1.6 Netherlands 1.6 Romania 1.6 Slovenia 1.6 Trinidad and Tobago 1.6 Albania 1.5 Austria 1.5 Chile 1.5 Cuba 1.5 Hungary 1.5 Malta 1.5 Monaco 1.5 Slovak Republic 1.5 Switzerland 1.5 Canada 1.4 Croatia 1.4 Finland 1.4 Luxembourg 1.4 North Macedonia 1.4 Poland 1.4 Serbia 1.4 Thailand 1.4 Ukraine 1.4 Japan 1.3 Mauritius 1.3 Moldova 1.3 Portugal 1.3 Spain 1.3 St. Lucia 1.3 United Arab Emirates 1.3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.2 Cyprus 1.2 Greece 1.2 Italy 1.2 Singapore 1.2 Andorra 1.1 Korea 1.0 San Marino 1.0
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