Earthquakes and Manual Relief
As I'm sure you've by now heard, there was a powerful earthquake on Saturday in South Asia, killing at least 18,000 and injuring over 40,000. Whenever there's news of a big earthquake or other natural disaster I like to jump in and play professor in a vain effort to prove that I'm not ignorant on all subjects (natural disasters being one of the shrinkingly few things I can claim some sort of education in), but I was sorely disappointed this time around.
First, it seems, I've misplaced my dissertation on the gap in emergency aid following major earthquakes between MEDC's and LEDC's (rich and poor countries). I actually noticed I'd lost it on Boxing Day of last year after the tsunami, but I'd hoped it may have magically rematerialised. Alas, no.
So I go hunting around Google for some supporting literature on a post about earthquake aid, when I found this. It turns out that my dissertation subject, a work of art that went on for God only knows how many thousands of words and was supported by statistics culled from all the corners of the world, is now in the UK syllabus for 15-year old geography students. When I was 15 they had us colour in maps of the world. We got an 'A' if we could stay inside the lines. Oh, how the world is changing.
Anyway, I give up. When a 15-year old can equal me in his mastery of a subject other than furious masturbation then I don't see the point in trying.
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