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Voting Question: Why do people like to claim the DNA found means Hitler was Jewish and African? It's a hoax!?

Let's start with the 'African ancestry' bit. All members of Homo Sapiens Sapiens can trace their ancestry back to Africa, where the human species originated. Next: Mulders and Vermeeren suggest that, because Jews have more of the E1B1B1 gene, Hitler may have had Jewish ancestors. But Hitler's family was Austrian and it turns out that 9% of Austrians currently carry the E1B1B1 gene. We can safely presume the gene was also common in 19th Century Austria among non-Jewish citizens. For that matter, E1B1B1 is also common in Europe, especially in Southern Europe. So Hitler's close ancestors might have been Northern Italian, Greek or Albanian too. And the historical case for Hitler's alleged "Jewish ancestry" is vanishingly thin but that hasn't stopped several media outlets carrying this story from tacking on an anti-Jewish conspiracy yarn, discredited over a decade ago, which claims that Hitler's grandmother was impregnated by a Jewish man from Graz. Well, about 9% of the population of Austria carries the E1B1B1 gene (source) so Occam's Razor would suggest the simplest explanation - that Hitler got the E1B1B1 Y-chromosome from an ethnically non-Jewish Austrian ancestor: almost a 1/10 chance. IN fact, the E1B1B1 gene is relatively common in Europe. Here's the incidence in major European countries: France - 8%, Germany 4% Italy 11% (Northern Italy 24%) Portugal 17% Switzerland 9% Spain 6% Slovakia 11% Greece 27% [note: at the tip of Southern Greece E1B1B1 reaches up to 40%, incidence and there's a 40% pocket around Montenegro too.] Unfortunately, the "Jewish ancestry" meme plays into a discredited (for a quick, pithy writeup see Cecil Adam's The Straight Dope) but widely cited claim that Hitler's alleged Jewish ancestor was a Jew from the city of Graz who impregnated Hitler's grandmother, Maria Schicklgruber. Variants of the Schicklgruber/Jewish grandfather claim pop up in four stories covering the "Hitler's Jewish and African ancestry" hoax (The UK Telegraph, the Jewish Daily Forward, JTA News and New York Magazine) and that's rather unfortunate given that the story was on the way out by 1976, when Pulitzer Prize winning historian John Toland wrote, on page 4 of his landmark 1976 book Adolf Hitler, "There is the slight possibility that Hitler's grandfather was a wealthy Jew named Frankenberger or Frankenreither; that Maria Anna [Hitler's grandmother] had been a domestic in the Jewish household at Graz and the young son had gotten her pregnant." A few decades later, another prominent Hitler biographer and historian, Ian Kershaw, definitively debunked the claim in his 1998 book Hitler 1889-1936 Hubris. On page 8 Kershaw writes, "There was no Jewish family called Frankenberger in Graz during the 1830s. In fact, there were no Jews at all in the whole of Styria at the time, since Jews were not permitted in that part of Austria until the 1860s. A family named Frankenreiter did live there but was not Jewish. There is no evidence that Anna Maria was ever in Graz, let alone was employed by the butcher Leopold Frankereiter."

Resolved Question: Should i give up on my favorite sport?

Hi I am 18 years old and I have practiced MMA/Cage Fighting since March 2010 but I still get thrown around by people half my size who have only done the sport for a few months. I think i know why this is though, I have something called dyspraxia and i will list the symptoms below and i want somebody to tell me what they think. Gross motor co-ordination skills (large movements): * Poor balance. Difficulty in riding a bicycle, going up and down hills * Poor posture and fatigue. Difficulty in standing for a long time as a result of weak muscle tone. Floppy, unstable round the joints. Some people with dyspraxia may have flat feet * Poor integration of the two sides of the body. Difficulty with some sports involving jumping and cycling * Poor hand-eye co-ordination. Difficulty with team sports especially those which involve catching a ball and batting. Difficulties with driving a car * Lack of rhythm when dancing, doing aerobics * Clumsy gait and movement. Difficulty changing direction, stopping and starting actions * Exaggerated 'accessory movements' such as flapping arms when running * Tendency to fall, trip, bump into things and people Fine motor co-ordination skills (small movements): * Lack of manual dexterity. Poor at two-handed tasks, causing problems with using cutlery, cleaning, cooking, ironing, craft work, playing musical instruments * Poor manipulative skills. Difficulty with typing, handwriting and drawing. May have a poor pen grip, press too hard when writing and have difficulty when writing along a line * Inadequate grasp. Difficulty using tools and domestic implements, locks and keys * Difficulty with dressing and grooming activities, such as putting on makeup, shaving, doing hair, fastening clothes and tying shoelaces Poorly established hand dominance: * May use either hand for different tasks at different times Speech and language: * May talk continuously and repeat themselves. Some people with dyspraxia have difficulty with organising the content and sequence of their language * May have unclear speech and be unable to pronounce some words * Speech may have uncontrolled pitch, volume and rate Eye movements: * Tracking. Difficulty in following a moving object smoothly with eyes without moving head excessively. Tendency to lose the place while reading * Poor relocating. Cannot look quickly and effectively from one object to another (for example, looking from a TV to a magazine) Perception (interpretation of the different senses): * Poor visual perception * Over-sensitive to light * Difficulty in distinguishing sounds from background noise. Tendency to be over-sensitive to noise * Over- or under-sensitive to touch. Can result in dislike of being touched and/or aversion to over-loose or tight clothing - tactile defensiveness * Over- or under-sensitive to smell and taste, temperature and pain * Lack of awareness of body position in space and spatial relationships. Can result in bumping into and tripping over things and people, dropping and spilling things * Little sense of time, speed, distance or weight. Leading to difficulties driving, cooking * Inadequate sense of direction. Difficulty distinguishing right from left means map reading skills are poor Learning, thought and memory: * Difficulty in planning and organising thought * Poor memory, especially short-term memory. May forget and lose things * Unfocused and erratic. Can be messy and cluttered * Poor sequencing causes problems with maths, reading and spelling and writing reports at work * Accuracy problems. Difficulty with copying sounds, writing, movements, proofreading * Difficulty in following instructions, especially more than one at a time * Difficulty with concentration. May be easily distracted * May do only one thing at a time properly, though may try to do many things at once * Slow to finish a task. May daydream and wander about aimlessly Emotion and behaviour: * Difficulty in listening to people, especially in large groups. Can be tactless, interrupt frequently. Problems with team work * Difficulty in picking up non-verbal signals or in judging tone or pitch of voice in themselves and or others. Tendency to take things literally. May listen but not understand * Slow to adapt to new or unpredictable situations. Sometimes avoids them altogether * Impulsive. Tendency to be easily frustrated, wanting immediate gratification * Tendency to be erratic ñ have 'good and bad days' * Tendency to opt out of things that are too difficult Emotions as a result of difficulties experienced: * Tend to get stressed, depressed and anxious easily * May have difficulty sleeping * Prone to low self-esteem, emotional outbursts, phobias, fears, obsessions, compulsions and addicti

Voting Question: What's the cheapest way to send magazine to India?

I have a 65 page softcover program booklet from a non-profit event. It's a standard 8 1/2 x11 in size. It's weights 7 ounces. I checked USPS.COM and learned that they do not offer "Media Mail" rates for Internationl. Media mail rates are for domestic mailing only. I would hate to pay $6.30 or so for postage for what its worth. I have no problem sending this without any large envelope. i can just put a piece of tape so that magazine doesn't open and slap an address label and stamp on the back cover. I have no problem covering the writing on the back cover with stamps and labels. Please help. Thanks

Voting Question: Is my resume ok or does it need work?

Skills Summary 
A fast learner with the ability to multitask. An experienced computer user with strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer and Excel. I can type 36 words per minute. Excellent writing, spelling, and grammar skills. Can lift up to 30 lbs.
 Objective
Rewarding full time employment where I can apply my skills and interests. 
Education Danbury High School, graduated June, 2001 
Work Experience Jan. 2010-March 2010 Temp. Position Danbury Visiting Nurse Danbury, CT Billing/Filing Clerk Filing and billing for flu clinics. Oct. 2006-July 2009 The Pet Company Danbury, CT Animal Care Tech. Feeding and administering medication to animals, and maintaining clean and safe environments for them. 
 Jul 2003- Feb 2012 Digital Dynamics
 Danbury, CT Office Assistant Filling customer orders, preparing small shipments, assembling parts kits, typing, and filing. 
 June 1995-Present Jen's Pet Sitting Danbury, CT Self employed Pet Sitter In home care of domestic animals including feeding them according to schedule, providing adequate exercise for them, and giving their medication. May. 2006-Oct. 2006 Stop & Shop Ridgefield, CT Courtesy Clerk 
Sept. 2003-Jun 2004 Temp. Position
 Community Health Center 
 Danbury, CT File Clerk 
 Sept 2001-Jan 2004 Danbury Family Pet Center Danbury, CT Animal Care Tech Responsible for feeding and administering medication to animals, and maintaining clean and safe environments for them. 
 Jan 2002- Dec 2002 Temp. Position The News Times Danbury, CT
 Clerical Worker Compiling and writing short articles, answering phones, sorting and delivering mail. 
 Community Service Almost Family Danbury, CT
 Assisted with food service and provided companionship for elderly residents. 
 Danbury Public Library
 Danbury, CT Library Assistant Duties included re-sensitizing, cleaning, and re-shelving books, CDs, DVDs, and video tapes. 
 American Red Cross Danbury, CT
 Clerical Worker Assisted in preparation of class materials, answered phones, performed data entry, sorted and delivered mail.
 Bethel Health Care
 Bethel, CT Assisted with transportation of patients to and from therapy.
 Long Ridge Library
 Library Assistant Cleaning and re-shelving books and magazines. 

 References
Available upon request Ok then mine is good then.

Resolved Question: Don't these quotes speak volumes about women's savior feminism?

"The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness...can be trained to do most things." -- Jilly Cooper, SCUM (Society For Cutting Up Men, started by Valerie Solanas) "If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination of the Earth. I think this will be accompanied by an evolutionary process that will result in a drastic reduction of the population of males." --Mary Daly, former Professor at Boston College, 2001. "All men are rapists and that's all they are" -- Marilyn French, Authoress; (later, advisoress to Al Gore's Presidential Campaign.) "The proportion of men must be reduced to and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race." -- Sally Miller Gearhart, in The Future - If There Is One - Is Female. "The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness...can be trained to do most things." -- Jilly Cooper, SCUM (Society For Cutting Up Men, started by Valerie Solanas) "If life is to survive on this planet, there must be a decontamination of the Earth. I think this will be accompanied by an evolutionary process that will result in a drastic reduction of the population of males." --Mary Daly, former Professor at Boston College, 2001. "All men are rapists and that's all they are" -- Marilyn French, Authoress; (later, advisoress to Al Gore's Presidential Campaign.) "The proportion of men must be reduced to and maintained at approximately 10% of the human race." -- Sally Miller Gearhart, in The Future - If There Is One - Is Female. "I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them." -- Robin Morgan, Ms. Magazine Editor. "Colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated." Margaret Sanger “Feminism, Socialism, and Communism are one in the same, and Socialist/Communist government is the goal of feminism.” - Catharine A. MacKinnon "I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them." -- Robin Morgan, Ms. Magazine Editor. "Colored people are like human weeds and are to be exterminated." Margaret Sanger “Feminism, Socialism, and Communism are one in the same, and Socialist/Communist government is the goal of feminism.” - Catharine A. MacKinnon

Voting Question: Do Australian Customs Check For Porn?

I'm on a domestic flight in australia and i have packed a porn magazine. I'm just wondering if they check? And if it pops up under their radar, what will they do? I'm 15 years old..

Resolved Question: 28th Amendment ideas?

So if we were to ever add a 28th amendment what do you think it should be? My ideas Marriage: marriage is only legal between two people older than 18 with no past record of violence or domestic abuse, regardless of race and gender of both spouses (which would allow gays to marry) A press law that would involve celebrities: The faces of any person under the age of 18 cannot be pubilcy printed and shown anywhere in the country. Including magazines, news, tv, newpapers. w/out the childs signature and their parents or guardians.

Voting Question: PLEASE GUYS I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP?

-Mandatory drug testing (for jobs,athletes etc.) -Banning books,music,magazines,radio shows, etc. for "indecency"etc. -Religious freedoms -Civil rights -School prayer -Death penalty -Gun control laws -School violence and means of prevention -Animal rights/testing -Immigration policy -Domestic spying -The Patriot Act This is for a civics report on government issues and i have to pick one of the topics listed above and i am STUMPED on which one to choose. I really dont want to get bored with the topic cause I want to do a good job on it and learn stuff to not just sit there and be bored out of my skull cause thats when i do not my best work lol So which topic would be the best pick? And also... if u know some history or have some facts or know any good websites, if u could include them that would be great :) Thank you :)

Resolved Question: Please Guys Help Me Choose?!?!?

-Mandatory drug testing (for jobs,athletes etc.) -Banning books,music,magazines,radio shows, etc. for "indecency"etc. -Religious freedoms -Civil rights -School prayer -Death penalty -Gun control laws -School violence and means of prevention -Animal rights/testing -Immigration policy -Domestic spying -The Patriot Act This is for a civics report on government issues and i have to pick one of the topics listed above and i am STUMPED on which one to choose. I really dont want to get bored with the topic cause I want to do a good job on it and learn stuff to not just sit there and be bored out of my skull cause thats when i do not my best work lol So which topic would be the best pick? And also... if u know some history or have some facts or know any good websites, if u could include them that would be great :) Thank you :)

Resolved Question: which topic should i choose?

-Mandatory drug testing (for jobs,athletes etc.) -Banning books,music,magazines,radio shows, etc. for "indecency"etc. -Religious freedoms -Civil rights -School prayer -Death penalty -Gun control laws -School violence and means of prevention -Animal rights/testing -Immigration policy -Domestic spying -The Patriot Act This is for a civics report on government issues and i have to pick one of the topics listed above and i am STUMPED on which one to choose. I really dont want to get bored with the topic cause I want to do a good job on it and learn stuff to not just sit there and be bored out of my skull cause thats when i do not my best work lol So which topic would be the best pick? And also... if u know some history or have some facts or know any good websites, if u could include them that would be great :) Thank you :) BTW the way this is a research paper not an opinion.. so i want something that will keep my attention and wont be a drag to write