A series of numbers leaped out of the media this week, both of which represent disasters -- yet neither of which was reported in a way that would elicit compassion or a fundraising campaign with or without a media event.
Indeed, the concept of a 'disaster cycle' has been heavily criticised by social scientists for representing disasters as temporary interruptions of a linear development process and governance systems, after which society returns to normal (Christoplos et al. 2001; Hewitt 1983; Twigg 2004).
Why else would Tracey Moffatt represent human disaster by a film which consists of a splicing together of disaster scenes from films?
The Resource Constraints research report, published by the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University, concluded: The more extreme scenarios modelled represent financial disaster; the assets of pension schemes will effectively be wiped out and pensions will be reduced to negligible levels.
The bad news is that the number and proportion of Americans who lack health insurance continued to climb, from 44.8m (15.3%) to 47m (15.8%).Together, these numbers hardly represent the disaster leading Democrats say they do, but neither are they cause for unrestrained glee.
Hence, it would represent either disaster for the educational approach, or perhaps humour on the part of pupils, if pupils tended to agree more with "I cannot program a computer" after the event than before.
Her space, with its flowered curtains, sewing box and collection of tiny enameled spoons, has the cluttered charm of a little girl's room, although few such rooms would also feature figurines clustered to represent such disasters as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, along with half a dozen ukuleles, which Ms. Norton plays when she performs.
The result represents a disaster for Croatia and a triumphant vindication for Serbia.
Students might add another aspect of the game that represents available disaster preparedness measures.
In May, I received an offer to go to an international race representing the disaster area.
