Author: Mark D Swartz
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Insulting Autsim Commercial That Ends Hopefully?
Video Starts By Vilifying Autism The video here claims to be the work of #AutismSpeaks, a controversial organization that advocates in the autism realm. The entire first half of the vignette depicts autism as taking delight in ruining lives. For instance, it says “I will make sure your marriage fails,” and “I will bankrupt you…
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Some Reasons Not To Change An Autistic Person
From a concerned mother: RT @mamabegood (Brenda Rothman) “The response to autism has usually been to work on changing the child. If they are highly reactive to noise, we think we need to get them used to it. If they are playing alone and not with others, we think we need to teach them to play with…
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Should Religious Conscience Justify Discrimination Against Gays?
Discrimination. It is supposed to be outlawed by the government and constitution. So should we allow exceptions if your religious beliefs conflict with legal reality? According to the Christian Post, “The #ACLU is busy chipping away at religious freedom in our country again. They have successfully brought suit in the Denver area to force a…
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Are People With Autism An Endangered Species?
Are People With Autism Endangered? The Autism Right To Life Debate – it’s raging now that “cures” and embryo therapy are being developed in earnest. There will come a time in the not too distant future when we’ll have the medical technology to “fix” embryos with genetic markers for Autism Spectrum Condition. What implications does…
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Brief Review of Superb Novel The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini My rating: 5 of 5 stars A beautifully written, evocative novel of growing up in a society riven by war, betrayals and efforts toward redemption. Afghanistan in the mid 1970’s serves as the early backdrop as two young friends, star-crossed by class yet inseparable, fly their kites with an…
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Broke 1,000 Twitter Followers
Hit some important (though not earth shattering) social media landmarks yesterday. As of this morning: FB Friends 885, Page Likes 305. Yesterday morning I broke 1,000 Twitter Followers. But of those, at least 70 were garbage. So I used Unfollow.me and ManageFlitter.com to prune them, forcing “unfollows” of the junk Followers. I Followed another hundred…
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Book Review: “The Hypnotist” by Sarah Sheard
The Hypnotist is the first book I read by Toronto psychotherapist and author Sarah Sheard. It was back in 2001, at a time when I was contemplating becoming a novelist who, like Sheard, would draw upon their professional experience to inform a book’s plot and themes. I ended up focusing on my nonficton writing instead, until recently. A Novel…
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먹튀검증 스타트업 ‘먹튀위크’ 리뷰 (퍼옴)
묵묵하게 먹튀 피해 대응을 이어온 5년, 먹튀위크는 어떤 곳인가? 온라인 사기의 양상이 날로 복잡해지는 가운데, 그 피해를 막아내는 역할은 더 이상 공공기관의 전유물이 아니다. 오히려, 사용자 옆에서 빠르게 대응하고 실질적인 정보를 제공하는 민간 기반 플랫폼의 역할이 커지고 있다. 그 대표적인 사례가 바로 주식회사 먹튀위크다. 서울 중구 서울스퀘어에 위치한 먹튀위크는 5년 전 ‘먹튀 피해자 보호’라는 명확한…
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메이저사이트
스포츠를 사랑하는 이들이라면 누구나 한 번쯤은 느낀다. 경기를 보는 눈이 점점 더 정교해지고 있다는 것을. 화려한 플레이와 환호 너머, 이제 팬들은 ‘왜’에 집중한다. 어떤 전술이 통했고, 누구의 움직임이 판을 바꿨는지를 알고 싶어 한다. 이 복잡한 질문에 답을 제시하는 곳이 있다. 바로 토스플이다. 토스플은 수치와 알고리즘을 통해 경기의 본질을 탐구하는 데이터 기반 스포츠 분석 플랫폼이다. 이…
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Esse Gold Super Slim Sigara
Esse Gold Super Slim Sigara Hakkında Detaylı İnceleme Esse Gold Super Slim Sigara, premium tütün kalitesi ve zarif tasarımıyla tütün tutkunlarına hafif ve sofistike bir deneyim sunan Güney Kore menşeli bir sigaradır. KT