I think that WWIII is extremely possible, and might take place in my lifetime. The middle east is already a hotbed for conflict, with many opposing ideas. The new idea of fighting for a religion has taken root there, creating extremist behaviour. There is also the threat of deadly weapons like nuclear and biological ones. I believe that the war is going to start with a major terrorist attack on American soil that will susequently cause the collapse of the middle eastern situation. America will join teams with all the european countries, and wage war against the middle east. This war will be economically exhausting, draining the resources of many countries not prepared to fight in the war. Act two will be China increasing it's agression, dominating Taiwan, and eventually Japan. Over the period of the war, the economic centers of power will shift, like they did in WWII, to the Far East manufacturing powers, ie. China. The net effect will be an immense loss of life, an economic collapse, and eventually, the creation of a stronger U.N type governing system to make completely sure that WWIV will never happen.
The scary part is, the precoursers to this war have already started. The world is in economic collapse, and power is shifting rapidly. Nuclear threats and war-alliances are already being forged through trade deals and negotiations. Rouge nations like North Korea, and other dictators who don't garuntee civil liberites are on the rise. So what is acutally going to trigger WWIII? Let's wait and see.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Feedback Feb 16-20. WWIII. Can it happen?
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Graphs and info
| State-wise Present Rate of Malnutrition in India | |||||
| (Percentage) | |||||
| States/UTs | Children under | Women (15-49) | Eleventh | ||
| Underweight | Anaemia | Body Mass Index | Anaemia | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 36.5 | 79.0 | 30.8 | 62.0 | 18.3 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 36.9 | 66.3 | 15.5 | 48.9 | 18.5 |
| Assam | 40.4 | 76.7 | 26.5 | 69.0 | 20.2 |
| Bihar | 58.4 | 87.6 | 43.0 | 68.3 | 29.2 |
| Jharkhand | 59.2 | 77.7 | 32.6 | 70.4 | 29.6 |
| Goa | 29.3 | 49.3 | 20.5 | 38.9 | 14.7 |
| Gujarat | 47.4 | 80.1 | 32.3 | 55.5 | 23.7 |
| Haryana | 41.9 | 82.5 | 27.8 | 56.5 | 21.0 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 36.2 | 58.8 | 24.3 | 40.9 | 18.1 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 29.4 | 68.1 | 21.3 | 53.0 | 14.7 |
| Karnataka | 41.1 | 82.7 | 31.4 | 50.3 | 20.6 |
| Kerala | 28.8 | 55.7 | 12.5 | 32.3 | 14.4 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 60.3 | 82.6 | 40.1 | 57.6 | 30.2 |
| Chhattisgarh | 52.1 | 81.0 | 41.0 | 57.6 | 26.1 |
| Maharashtra | 39.7 | 71.9 | 32.6 | 49.0 | 19.9 |
| Manipur | 23.8 | 52.8 | 13.9 | 39.3 | 11.9 |
| Meghalaya | 46.3 | 68.7 | 14.7 | 45.4 | 23.2 |
| Mizoram | 21.6 | 51.7 | 15.3 | 38.2 | 10.8 |
| Nagaland | 29.7 | NA | 15.9 | NA | 14.9 |
| Orissa | 44.0 | 74.2 | 40.5 | 62.0 | 22.0 |
| Punjab | 27.0 | 80.2 | 13.5 | 38.4 | 13.5 |
| Rajasthan | 44.0 | 79.6 | 33.6 | 53.1 | 22.0 |
| Sikkim | 22.6 | 56.9 | 9.6 | 46.8 | 11.3 |
| Tamil Nadu | 33.2 | 72.5 | 23.5 | 53.3 | 16.6 |
| Tripura | 39.0 | 67.9 | 35.1 | 64.4 | 19.5 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 47.3 | 85.1 | 34.1 | 50.8 | 23.7 |
| Uttaranchal | 38.0 | 61.5 | 25.7 | 47.6 | 19.0 |
| West Bengal | 43.5 | 69.4 | 37.7 | 63.0 | 21.8 |
| Delhi | 33.1 | 63.2 | 10.6 | 43.4 | 16.6 |
| India | 45.9 | 79.2 | 33.0 | 56.2 | 23.0 |
State-wise Allocation of Foodgrains and Number of Student Benefited | ||||||
| States | Allocation of Foodgrains (in MTs) | No. of Students Covered | ||||
| Wheat | Rice | Total | Total | SC | ST | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0 | 2134105.27 | 2134105.27 | 9081299 | 544878 | 1362195 |
| Arunchal Pradesh | 0 | 35596.8 | 35596.8 | 177984 | 0 | 135870 |
| Assam | 0 | 1016274.9 | 1016274.9 | 3387583 | 322894 | 572240 |
| Bihar | 0 | 1958352 | 1958352 | 9791760 | 1778580 | 85009 |
| Chattisgarh | 0 | 565716.4 | 565716.4 | 2828582 | 414658 | 890657 |
| Goa | 0 | 12328.02 | 12328.02 | 68489 | 976 | 8 |
| Gujarat | 301766.9 | 301766.9 | 603533.8 | 3017669 | 321816 | 740841 |
| Haryana | 230377.2 | 230377.2 | 460754.4 | 1627834 | 502841 | 0 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0 | 175270.2 | 175270.2 | 590351 | 194827 | 30577 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 0 | 249364.5 | 249364.5 | 831215 | 12178 | 40428 |
| Jharkhand | 0 | 820000.25 | 820000.25 | 3280001 | 448096 | 940848 |
| Karnataka | 56339.13 | 1119241.71 | 1175580.84 | 5126042 | 1139271 | 437249 |
| Kerala | 0 | 423270.8 | 423270.8 | 2116354 | 233618 | 33561 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1209082.2 | 390662.8 | 1599745 | 7649784 | 1479824 | 1833917 |
| Maharashtra | 0 | 2223033.26 | 2223033.26 | 9665362 | 1416494 | 1160544 |
| Manipur | 0 | 91708.5 | 91708.5 | 305695 | 7366 | 158586 |
| Meghalaya | 0 | 100514.6 | 100514.6 | 502573 | N.A. | N.A. |
| Mizoram | 0 | 18263.23 | 18263.23 | 95619 | 0 | 91105 |
| Nagaland | 0 | 34719.6 | 34719.6 | 173598 | 0 | 173598 |
| Orissa | 0 | 1352930.16 | 1352930.16 | 5151346 | 1051628 | 1435962 |
| Punjab | 432223.8 | 0 | 432223.8 | 1498697 | 874903 | 0 |
| Rajasthan | 1659048.16 | 26634.08 | 1685682.24 | 7662192 | 1575546 | 1232137 |
| Sikkim | 0 | 16720.4 | 16720.4 | 83602 | 4009 | 9172 |
| Tamilnadu | 0 | 861186.4 | 861186.4 | 4305932 | 1140228 | 68831 |
| Tripura | 0 | 91604 | 91604 | 458020 | 85156 | 172182 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 0 | 162240.8 | 162240.8 | 811204 | 205636 | 31287 |
| Uttaranchal | 1699691.6 | 3399383.2 | 5099074.8 | 16996916 | 5726035 | 16806 |
| West Bengal | 0 | 3025718.5 | 3025718.5 | 10326600 | 2319204 | 583196 |
| Total | 5588528.99 | 20836984.48 | 26425513.46 | 107612303 | 21800662 | 12236806 |
http://www.indiastat.com/india/ShowDataSec.asp?secid=192&ptid=16
| =18 Year Females (NPNL - Sedentary Work) of Rural Population in India - Part I (2000-01) " height="1"> NL - Sedentary Work) of Rural Population in India - Part I | ||||||||
| (g/day) | ||||||||
| States | Mean/ SD | Cereals | Millets | Puls. & Legu. | Leafy Veg. | Other Veg. | Roots & Tubers | Nuts & Oils |
| Kerala (n=963) | Mean | 293 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 48 | 65 | 62 |
| SD | 71 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 63 | 80 | 35 | |
| Tamil Nadu (n=501) | Mean | 370 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 48 | 38 | 6 |
| SD | 103 | 54 | 29 | 21 | 45 | 43 | 8 | |
| Karnataka (n=712) | Mean | 347 | 87 | 40 | 13 | 25 | 47 | 21 |
| SD | 178 | 126 | 29 | 34 | 46 | 47 | 26 | |
| Andhra Pradesh (n=351) | Mean | 425 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 3 |
| SD | 157 | 56 | 31 | 37 | 54 | 31 | 16 | |
| Maharashtra (n=391) | Mean | 176 | 136 | 28 | 9 | 24 | 21 | 10 |
| SD | 151 | 152 | 26 | 23 | 37 | 28 | 15 | |
| Gujarat (n=345) | Mean | 253 | 223 | 41 | 17 | 69 | 83 | 0 |
| SD | 209 | 257 | 32 | 41 | 75 | 74 | 2 | |
| Madhya Pradesh (n=219) | Mean | 390 | 27 | 31 | 22 | 62 | 47 | 0 |
| SD | 176 | 97 | 33 | 45 | 73 | 51 | 2 | |
| Orissa (n=683) | Mean | 422 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 67 | 110 | 1 |
| SD | 97 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 64 | 64 | 3 | |
| West Bengal (n=634) | Mean | 416 | 0 | 9 | 52 | 70 | 135 | 1 |
| SD | 127 | 4 | 13 | 82 | 85 | 77 | 10 | |
| Pooled (n=4799) | Mean | 346 | 43 | 26 | 18 | 50 | 69 | 17 |
| SD | 155 | 120 | 28 | 45 | 64 | 72 | 31 | |
| RDA | 410 | - | 40 | 100 | 40 | 50 | - | |
Abbr. : SD : Standard Deviation.
RDA : Recommended Dietary Allowances.
NPNL : Non-Pregnant Non-Lactating.
Source : Diet and Nutritional Status of Rural Population, National Institute of
Nutrition, ICMR, 2002.
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