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Am 19. September soll sich – wie außerdem zu lesen ist – wie in jedem Jahr das ›Blut‹ des Märtyrerbischofs San Gennaro verflüssigen; das hoffen zumindest die gläubigen Neapolitaner. Größtes Glück verspricht es, wenn man die Reliquie küsst. Der Erzbischof überlegt, diesen Brauch angesichts der Grippe zu untersagen. Als sich später – im November – zeigt, dass die meisten italienischen Grippeopfer in der Tat in Neapel zu verzeichnen sind, machen sich die Menschen ihren eigenen Reim darauf: Das mafiöse Müllentsorgungs-Chaos verseuche die Böden mit Giften, die den Menschen zu schaffen machten.
Tollkirschen Und Quarantäne
Wilfried Witte
Feld rarely addresses Silberman's points directly (she doesn't even link to his article), choosing instead to writing a promotional piece about all the good she thinks her organization does -- based on its own yardsticks. And she completely ignores Silberman's observations about exclusion and representation, such as, "Imagine a world in which the leadership of the NAACP was all-white; now
consider that not a single autistic person serves on the board of Autism
Speaks. This absence makes itself felt."
THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM: Liz Feld and Autism Speaks: No, Really,
thinkingautismguide.com
We then further group other disciplines into three clusters. These disciplines, while not having clearly corresponding professions, share methods and core concerns (and often buildings): math and science; social and psychological sciences; and humanities. Unlike the “big four,” these disciplines, albeit with greater or lesser rigor, focus on creating knowledge rather than learning how to apply it.
Engineers of Jihad
Diego Gambetta, Steffen Hertog
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