It's pretty widely known that Americans are becoming increasingly more obese...but there is a geographic context to this phenomenon. These maps help students explore these factors.
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Global news with a spatial perspective: Interesting, current supplemental materials for geography students and teachers. http://geographyeducation.org
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Joshua Choiniere's comment,
September 18, 2012 3:01 PM
According to this map obesity occurs all over but is more highly concentrated in the South and Mid West area such as Illinios and Michican. While states in the heartland have no "recorded data" and thus there trying to say they are not obese. I think this map is biased and not accurate because it's implied message is that Americans are not truly obese.
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2012 has had many stories around the globe have grabbed the headlines with their shocking tales. Some of the most important shifts in the world however are incremental processes that happen slowly... This article from Foreign Policy shares some great global stories that may end up impacting the coming years as well: 1) India and Pakistan start trading more 2) Brazil becomes an immigration destination 3) Inuits strike it rich 4) A tropical disease nearly eradicated 5) The copyright wars go 3-D 6) The end of the Indian call center (Philippines) 7) Hong Kong fights back 8) Moscow on the Med (Cyprus) 9) Oil discoveries in Central Africa 10) Island dispute between Iran and UAE 
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January 4, 9:57 AM
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In the dusty triangle where Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan meet, there is more than one war going on. Geopolitically, there is a fascinating confluence of competing interests at this border. This is "the scariest little corner of the world." It's a dangerous place that is often beyond the authority of any of state. It also represents (depending on how you divide the world up) at the intersection of the three major regions in the area: Central Asia, the Middle East and South Asia. Tags: Afghanistan, political, borders, MiddleEast, SouthAsia, Central Asia, unit 4 political. Delete the scoop?
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"The name of the country Pakistan has a fascinating history - it is essentially an acronym! Prior to 1947, the country now known as Pakistan was a British colony. In 1947 the United Kingdom granted independence to the region under a new name, Pakistan. The name had been developed by a group of students at Cambridge University who issued a pamphlet in 1933 called Now or Never." In a country with such great ethnic divisions, a common religion is a powerful nationalizing force. As the capital city of Islamabad's toponym powerfully states (the house or abode of Islam), religion remains an important element of national identity for Pakistanis. 
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Fact is stranger than fiction...that is crazy.
Matt Mallinson's comment,
November 7, 2012 3:27 PM
I can't believe this is actually how Pakistan got its name. Mine as well close your eyes and type on the keyboard and see what you get.
Crissy Borton's curator insight,
December 11, 2012 10:19 PM
I have huge doubts about if this is how Pakistan got it’s name. About.com is just that a .com anyone can own one and say what they wish. I am not sure how legitimate the site is. If is true that it crazy Delete the scoop?
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Pakistan’s monsoon floods have devastated millions of lives, but one month on, the international response remains sluggish, raising fears of a worsening humanitarian situation.
With the strong concentration of the population living in floodplains, the seasonal monsoons will always be a major struggle for South Asia. Via CGIAR Climate Delete the scoop?
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A newly issued Chinese passport featuring a map that lays claim to disputed territory with several neighboring countries is only the latest case of cartographic aggression. "Maps, like statistics, can lie — or at least tell only one side of the story. As often as not, they can belie the level of actual governmental control or the ethnic and social realities on the ground. And competing views over 'who owns what' invariably fuel nationalistic fervor." Delete the scoop?
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The weird, violent history of the Indo-Pakistani border.
Geography rarely makes sense without the added lens of history. This fantastic article chonicles the history of the geopolitical conflict between India and Pakistan, centering on the disputed Kashmir region. This border is tied into colonial, cultural, political and religious layers of identity. As one of the great unresolved issues of the colonial era, this standoff may loom large as India becomes increasingly significant on the global scale. Delete the scoop?
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Documented by an aid worker, millions of spiders took to the trees to spin their webs after heavy floods inundated Pakistan in 2010.
Besides being an aesthetic wonder, this image is a great way to start a discussion about so many distinct issues. The floods of 2010 devastated the human population, killing over 2,000. These same floods also altered the ecosystem as spiders have needed to adapt to their new inundated landscape as well. For the human population, this has had the shocking benefit of lowering the incidents of malaria since the spiders have more effectively limited the mosquito population. Interconnections...geographic information are a spider web of interconnections between nature and humanity. 
Lisa Fonseca's comment,
November 8, 2011 10:20 PM
The images on that website are astonishing! I had a hard time believing that was a real life image. These floods took many peoples lives and altered the ecosystem but, didn't is also change something for the better? For example the millions of spiders spinning webs on the trees lowered the mosquito population which then limited the cases of malaria so in a sense this helps the human population. Now another question since these spiders have now moved to spinning webs on these trees will they continue to do this?
Matt Mallinson's comment,
November 7, 2012 3:29 PM
This is crazy! It's a great thing that the spiders help by eating the disease filled mosquitos....but i still hate spiders.
Crissy Borton's curator insight,
December 11, 2012 10:28 PM
I thought that was such a beautiful picture until I learned the tree was covered in spider webs and then it creeped me out. However it is such a good thing for the people there. Those webs will help trap the diseased mesquites. Delete the scoop?
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