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State-wise Present Rate of Malnutrition in India (NFHS-III, 2005-2006 and 2007-2012)
(Percentage)
States/UTs	Children under 3 Years		Women (15-49) Years With BMI Below Normal (18.5)		Eleventh Plan Goal- Redn by 50%
	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 under National Nutritional Programme in India (2004-2005)
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 (2000-01)
(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.

WWII Letter Home

                          February 27, 1945                                                                Fifth Marine Outpost, Iwo JIma

My Dearest Mummy,

            I cannot write much to you, not knowing if this letter will ever reach you. I was shot today, Mummy, and it hurts so much. But please do not worry, as I am relatively fine and the medic says he will patch my ribs up good and proper. I’m coming home mother, I hope you and Ms. Potter will be there to pick me up.

   Are you attending the church seminars everyday? Reverend Charlie says you must save your eternal soul. I think that the Japs are soulless demons, the way they march around their bunkers. Do you remember Jack, the Reverends son? The machine gun rounds tore his body to shreds on the rocks of the beach. I hope his immortal soul goes to heaven. The medic tent is on muddy ground, and the pristine white flag has now faded to grey. The Japs were waving that flag today atop Mount Sirubachi and it looked like Ms. Potter’s curtains. I killed them Mummy, ran my knife through their black hearts. His blood was hot and sticky on my face, like the ice-cones we used to share in summer. It tasted like cherry. The remaining one pulled the string out of grenade and ate it. He died about three seconds later…The doctor has just injected me with a clear liquid. He says it will make me feel better, but the only thing that will is seeing you and Winston, Alabama again. Maybe it was wrong to lie about my age. I wanted to fight so badly. The battleship guns were deafening, and then the airplanes came in dropping giant craters in the earth. I wore a flamethrower, spewing fire like little Timmy’s dragon toy. I ate the heroes with fire, and left a path of destruction

  I am getting sleepy. Very sleepy. I want to put in the picture they took of me. We had to take the camera from the photographer’s dead body as he lay huddled on the volcanic sand. His dog tag named him Joe Rosenthall. There was a picture of men raising a flag on it. I am getting numb all over, and the medic is back, he wants to take my pencil. There is so much to write about here, the green grass, the blue sky, the death and destru…

____________________________________________________________________

Dear Ms. Di Angelo

            Your son, Mike Di Angelo died at 10:01 PM CST from three bullet wounds sustained in the chest and third degree burns. I am extremely sorry for his death. He died with an honorable discharge. The photo he requested is attached.

 

                                                                        Regrettably Yours

                                                            John Grisham of 3^rd Medical Corps

 

Anne Frank Discussion Reflection

"In her diary Anne opined: “…if you’re wondering if it’s harder for the adults here than for the children, the answer is no…Older people have an opinion about everything and are sure of themselves and their actions. It’s twice as hard for us young people to hold on to our opinions at a time when ideals are being shattered…” (July 15, 1944.) Do you agree or disagree with this quote? When was the last time that you experienced the “shattering” of an ideal?"

My Response: I disagree with Anne Frank's opinion for a few basic reasons. First of all, it was harder for the adult victims of concentration camps like Auschwitz simply becuase they had to preform backbreaking phsyical labor, and provide food for themselves and their children. However, Anne Frank only deals with the psychological half of a concentration camp, not the realistic part like manual labor or the twisted version of natural selection they had to endure. On the topic of psychology of a prison camp, it probably was harder for the children. It is very tough to adapt to completely unfamiliar and dangerous surroudings as an adult, but as a kid, where you cannont know nearly as much about the environment, the difficulty level goes through the roof. The thin and flimsly notions a child may have of the world can be shattered by the commonest thing at Auschwitz; Death. In fact, that is what first shattered my ideals, watching how James Bond shot down anyone in his way. So overall, I have conflicting opinions on the above quote. It may have been harder for the adults physically, but it was unrealisticially hard for children psychologically.

Recipe for War

Recipe for WWII

Take a worn out piece of fading parchment

with words with no power or meaning

and chop it up into small, thin

slices

Using a hammer, smash up a seat

of no power

located in Geneva, Switzerland

and pour

in two smiling white men

who love pandering to

others

knead slowly while

adding three angry revolutionaries

screaming for war

Next, mix

in tanks, airplanes and

blitzkrieg.

don’t forget to add

a aggressive and relentless

island nation.

Place in an oven for twenty one years

when complete, sprinkle with

the National Socialist German Worker’s Party.

 

Sit back and enjoy the carnage.

Which Character Do I Most Closely Identify with in Animal Farm

The book Animal Farm by George Orwell contains many diverse and interesting characters with many steadfast beliefs and ideas. Since the whole book is an allegory of the Russian Revolution, each one of the characters really represents a key figure in the Revolution. In my case, taking a look at the wide range of options, I'd have to call myself a "Snowball." Throughout the entire book, there are many examples and actions that help me relate to Snowball. The earliest example is on page 17 when he writes down the seven commandments of Animalism, to make absolutely sure the equality of animals is kept. I may not be writing down commandments, but I do make decisions that are best for the people or the "animals" as a whole. Snowball is a visionary, who focuses on improvement and development. Just like him, when I'm working on a project and I have idea's, but it's sometimes hard to put them into action.  The above statements are "good" traits I share with Snowball, but we also share a flaw. Snowball is a super-optimist, meaning, while he has great plans for the future, he usually fails to consider the present, and the actions needed to achieve the vision, just like me. Therefore he was unable to for-see his own downfall. So, overall, while Snowball and I are visionaries and decision makers, we both focus too much on the future and not enough on the present.

Feedback January 19-23 Tyranny, Injustice, and self determination

It's best to start off this post by locating where these terms exist. They are key words that relate immensely to the cycle of power in Animal Farm by George Orwell. Let's start by defining the words we're dealing with. What exactly is tyranny, well, it's defined by merriam-webster dictionary as, "oppressive power exerted by the government." Pretty much, it's when the government has total control over the people and resources so that all development is diverted to the small group of rulers instead of for the people. The main example in the book is Farmer Jones, the character who represents Tzar Nikolas II. While he may seem like a normal farmer, in truth, he abuses the animals for their resources like milk, meat, and manpower, which acurately fits the description of a tyrant. They next term, injustice, can be defined as, "an unjust act that violates one's rights." Many animals suffered many injustices like slaughter, slavery, and suppression of basic humane rights under the reign of Farmer Jones. This leads to the third and final term, Self-determination. This can be defined as, "determination by the people of a territory over their own future." Because the animals were treated unjustly in Farmer Jones' tyranny, they sought their own freedom through a revolution. The above paragraphs can be summed up by a simple process. A tyrant rules unjustly resulting in self determination through revoution. This process of power that involves the three words repeats itself over again later in the book. Similar to Farmer Jones, Napoleon becomes a tyrant and rules unjustly, abusing the animals for resources. Because the animals suffer, and understand why they are suffering, the prepare to seek self determination near the end of the book. However, it finishes before the next revolution.