diaspora

• Question:-How much money Armenian diaspora will be paying to historians, parlements in 2011?
  Why they don't help their country?
  How many more illegal immigrants in Turkey?
  When will diaspora accept Armenians killed numerous Turks?
  
  Answer:-Diaspora only look for their own benefit, they dont really care about their own people. And other countries who support them already looking for weak point of Turkey to punch. It has never discussed by historians, only by politicians who are going for vote.
• Question:-What types of documents are useful to explain the Jewish diaspora and why?
  Can someone tell me what types of documents are good enough to explain the Jewish diaspora and why they are good sources? For example, I know that the Quran must be a good document to refer to, but why? I also need a few more. I would appreciate it and thank you.
  
  Answer:-To start, it is told of in the Torah in several references.
  
  Your question is a bit hard to follow. Are you looking for source documents to explain the progression of the diaspora, or looking to explain the reasons for the diaspora, or maybe even trying to find information on the similarities and differences of the diasporic communities? There is a lot of material, and I need clarification to help point you in the right direction.
  
  The Quaran has an interesting point of view on the subject, but it is not what I might call a scholarly source document. Paul was right to suggest you may want to stick to Josephus in the beginning and branch out form there.
• Question:-What is the exact number of the Lebanese diaspora in the world?
  They say there are 3 to 4 million, some 12 to 13,million over the world? sometimes even 13 or 15 million? So we don't know. I want only the diaspora who are fully Lebanese and not mixed Lebanese or with ancestors. Thank you.
  
  Answer:-Lebanese diaspora refers to Lebanese migrants and their descendants who by choice or coercion emigrated from Lebanon and now reside in other countries.
  The diaspora is estimated from 12 million people to more than 15 million people - far more than the internal population of Lebanon itself(which is estimated at 4 million
• Question:-When is Diaspora set to launch to the public?
  I am sick of using Facebook but I love to connect with my friend easily. I've heard Diaspora will be pretty similar but give you more privacy, but when does it launch? I've been reading articles that said it was launched on September 15th, but there's no address link or anything. Could someone please clarify this
  
  Answer:-That was a developer preview on that day, basically an pre-alpha stage release.
  
  In otherwords, they finished the most of the initial development, but now there is a lot of bug hunting and fixing before it is completed and released to public.
  
  An alpha release, (somewhat usable, but very buggy) is to released this month. However, I do not know when the final release will be released.
  
  The developer preview is found here: http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora
  PLEASE remember, it is not completed yet.
• Question:-How far is the african diaspora only an intellectual creation?
  I WOULD LIKE ANYBODY WITH ANY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA TO GIVE ME A DETAILED ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, I WANT TO KNOW IF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA ONLY EXISTS IN MERE THOUGHT ALONE OR IS IT MORE THAN THAT
  . IT WOULD REALLY BE APPECIATED. THANKS IN ADVANCE.
  
  Answer:-I'm not really sure what you mean by your question. If you are asking if there is a true "diaspora," meaning a dispersion of people from their homeland, of Africans, then I would say that there certainly is. Africans were brought to the Americas and the Caribbean, and to a lesser extent to Europe through the slave trade, and their decendents remain spead accross these continents. Currently there is a more focused migration of Africans into the European Union.
  
  However, if your question is based on a more specific definition of African, or of diaspora, there is obviously room for intellectual debate. The word diaspora initially referred to the dispersion of the Jews leaving Israel. In this case Israel ceased to exist as the center of the Jewish culture for milenia. This is obviously not the case in Africa which was never depopulated by Africans and repopulated by another group. However in modern day the term diaspora often refers to a forced dispersion of people, either through expulsion as was the case with the Jews, or through kidnapping which was the case with Africans. Therefore, although Europeans have also spread accross the globe, there is little discussion of a "European diaspora." In this way the spread of Africans and their decendents can be differentiated from the spread of other peoples by calling it a diaspora as opposed to emigration or exploration.
  
  Another reason some people do not recognize the forced dispersion of Africans as a Diaspora is that Africa was never one cultural unit. Therefore, one might accept the idea of a diaspora of the Yoruba and Igbo people for example, who were heavily hit by the slave trade, while maintaining that the Berbers and Khosa have not experienced that phenomenon. However the strong Pan-Africanist movements that have developed over the 20th century identify Africa as having important cultural unity and includes those decendents of slaves living in the Americas and the Caribbean. If one accepts the idea that a culture is self-defining (meaning that a culture is defined by the people that culture includes and excludes as being a part of it) then one must accept that Africa does have a level of cultural unity that allows for the application of the word diaspora.
• Question:-What was the diaspora and how did it begin?
  What was the diaspora and how did it begin?
  
  Answer:-The first significant Jewish Diaspora was the result of the Babylonian Exile of 586 BC. After the Babylonians conquered the Kingdom of Judah, part of the Jewish population was deported into slavery. Although Cyrus the Great, the Persian conqueror of Babylonia, permitted the Jews to return to their homeland in 538 BC, part of the Jewish community voluntarily remained behind.
  
  The term 'Diaspora ' has since been used to describe other substantial movements of population.
• Question:-Do you think there is really a big physical difference between africans anf african diaspora?
  By african diaspora, i am talking about the ones who were taken out of africa by force to the western hemisphere.
  
  Answer:-You know, it really just depends on the person. the ancestry. whether there is a lot- or a little admixtutre. I usually feel I can tell the difference between born W. or Central Africans vs. AA people- but, other blacks from other countries, their resemblance is closer. But, there have been times where I've seen a AA or an African person who I could never know the difference until they began to talk.
  
  lol @ Digga- 'washed up" features. thanks. - and just so people can really stop pretending like African women dont wear weaves and makeup. yes they do. I know many.
• Question:-How did the Jewish Diaspora come about?
  Hey, I've been wondering how the Jews of ancient Israel came to be dispersed throughout the world? For example, how did substantial populations of Jews come to live in France, Germany, Poland, etc.?
  Was the Diaspora a gradual or rapid process?
  
  Answer:-The Babylonians, The Greeks and Romans and others that oppressed the Jews helped to bring it about, forcing Jews into exile in various ways
• Question:-Can someone please explain the Jewish diaspora from the Romans?
  There are a lot of sources confusing me with dates and how it started.
  
  I just want to know what the Romans did to the Jewish people around what time (around 70 CE I believe) and why.
  
  I just want to understand this diaspora that actually influenced the Israeli National Anthem, 'Hatikva'.
  
  Thank you.
  I appreciate all your help
  
  Answer:-Rome and the Romans sacked Jerusalem and most of Judea in 70 AD sedition and the temple high priests flagrant disregard to the pagan traditions. They failed to pay their tribute and revolted against Roman rule. The seige at Masada in 73 AD was one of the last great acts of defiance by the Jews against the Romans.
  This was the start of the diaspora with some of the population run off their land. The main diaspora would not be until around 135 AD after the Bar Kochba revolt where the remaining jewish population fled to Mesopotamia, Armenia and Eastern Europe.
• Question:-Do you have a topic idea that involves the African American Diaspora?
  I have this 8 page research paper to do. Somehow it has to involve the African American Diaspora. Do you have an idea for this topic? Please let it be a topic that I can find plenty of information about.
  
  Answer:-The railroad system. Without it, the diaspora would not have been as dramatic.

chanukah

• Question:-What is the difference between Hanukkah and Chanukah?
  Everytime I look up Hanukkah I also see Chanukah, are they the same thing or is there a difference between the two?
  
  Answer:-Same day...different spellings. That's all.
  "Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights or Festival of Rededication, is an eight day Jewish holiday that starts on the 25th day of Kislev, which may be in December, late November, or, while very rare in occasion, early January (as was the case for the Hannukkah of 2005–2006). The festival is observed in Jewish homes by the kindling of lights on each of the festival's eight nights, one on the first night, two on the second night and so on.
  
  In Hebrew script, the word Hanukkah is written חנכה or חנוכה. It is most commonly transliterated to English as Hanukkah or Chanukah. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanukah
• Question:-For all the Jewish Chanukah kids, What did your Mom cook for Chanukah dinner when you were young?
  I'm Bar Mitzvahd and grew up reformed Jewish in NY and had stuffed cabbage in tomatoes for Chanukah's first night. Latkes, Sweets, Marzupan, Matzo, etc...What did your Mom feed you on Chanukah?
  
  Answer:-chicken , latkes, sweet potato pie, matza ball soup
• Question:-Would any Jew on here be willing to help me figure out how to properly celebrate Chanukah?
  My brother and I want to start a tradition of celebrating Chanukah, but we don't know where to start and would like a real Jew's help in making sure we get it right.
  
  Answer:-http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm
  
  it says everything you need to know. Chanukah is not a very complicated holiday. you only have to do one thing: lighting the candles the rest is just optional.
• Question:-How do people in France celebrate Chanukah?
  is it the same way Americans celebrate Chanukah?
  
  Answer:-It is celebrated world wide the same way. How kwel is that?
• Question:-What is the difference between Chanukah and Hanukkah?
  Are they just two different spellings for the same thing? What is the reason for the two spellings? thanks!
  
  Answer:-Two different spellings, that's all. They are the same thing: an eight night long holiday that honors the rededication of the Temple. The reason for the two different spellings:
  
  It is originally Chanukah, or Chanukkah. Hanukah or Hanukkah is the Americanized version. In Hebrew, "ch" makes a kind of and "h"- ish sound, like saying the h sound and trying to scrape a piece of popcorn along your thorught at the same time.
  
  Hope this cleared up some of the confusion that Americans have about the Chanukah/Hanukah thing!
• Question:-Can someone tell me what Chanukah is?
  I need to know what Chanukah is for a report im doing in school. Can anyone help?
  Please only logical, educated answers.
  
  Answer:-The festival of lights. To celebrate and remember the Maccabean revolt against Antiochus Epiphanes of Greece. Pax Christi
• Question:-Is Chanukah as big a holiday for the Jews as Christmas is for the Christians? ?
  What is the biggest Jewish holiday? And also, why are Chanukah and Christmas celebrated around the same time every year?
  
  Answer:-No, Channukah is actually a minor holiday for us, though still important. Our major holidays, what we call the High Holy Days, are Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Passover/Pesach (the holiday remembering our exodus from Egypt).
  
  Channukah occurs on the 25th of Kislev (a month on the Jewish calendar). The Jewish calendar is lunar based, so there are 12-13 months due to the 12.4 month solar cycle...when putting Channukah on the Christian calendar the date changes each year since there are only 12 months on that calendar. But Kislev is always around December, so Channukah can fall on the end of November through around Christmas. Hope that wasn't too confusing lol...it's hard to explain :) Here is a wikipedia article explaining it more thoroughly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar
  
  Hope that helps :)
• Question:-A Messianic Jewish family puts a Menorah in their window at Chanukah - is this wrong?
  I live in an area with a mix of religions, races and creeds. I read here that Messianic Jews shouldn't use Jewish things. Is it wrong for these Messianic Jews to put a menorah in their window? They light Shabbat candles too.
  
  Is this wrong for them to do?
  To answer that asked if I asked "Why can't people get along", I did NOT ask that question.
  
  Answer:-No. From a Christian viewpoint, Jews practicing Jewish Customs and following the Jewish Messiah is what God desires. Messianic Jews continue traditional practices and celebrate Christ in the Passover next week. Please bear with some background:
  Israel as a nation rejects Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah prophesied by Moses, Prophets and the Writings. But there are many individual Jews who believe the Prophet Isaiah who said that the Messiah must suffer and die and would return as a glorious King - (Isaiah 53) (King David in Psalms 22:1 suffering Messiah) Zechariah 11:1 Two Shepherds....there are hundreds. This was actually taught by the Midrash Cohen in the Talmudic Period but later dropped as Christianity threatened Judaism. All the first century followers of Jesus were Jewish and continued in the Jewish customs and laws.
• Question:-When exactly does chanukah start this year?
  Please excuse my ignorance, but i"m not Jewish. I just don't want to wish my the Jewish people I know a Happy Chanukah too early or to late.
  
  Answer:-Hanukkah begins on December 16th, this coming Saturday, with the first candle being lighted Friday evening evening at sundown; the Jewish day goes from sunset to sunset, rather than from midnight to midnight.
  
  Happy Holidays, whatever yours may be!
• Question:-Is there a scriptual reason Jewish give gifts on Chanukah.?
  The background of CHRISTMAS gifts came from the Bible story of the three wise men or Magi, bringing Gold, Frankencense and Myrrh to the new born Christ.
  
  Where did the tradition of giving gifts on CHANUKAH come from?
  
  Answer:-The custom of giving Christmas gifts does not come from the Bible story of the wise men. That's absurd. Gift-giving at the Winter Solstice and New Year feasts was customary in both Republican and Imperial Rome and long pre-dated any Christmas celebrations. No doubt, since the Wise Men story is there, and a good story, it offers religious encouragement and justification for gift-giving ... but we give gifts to one another because we gain pleasure from doing it, and because it adds to the seasonal merriment ... and that is sufficient reason.

tay sachs

• Question:-How rare is it for Tay Sachs disease to start to manifest later in life?
  My sister was tested positive for Tay Sachs and my mother decided to carry her to term and but for some reason she never began to show the symptoms of it as a small child like everyone expected. She's 17 now and very bright and seems perfectly normal. The doctors think the symptoms will probably start up eventually though. How rare is late onset Tay Sachs disease and does anyone who has it ever not start to show symptoms at all?
  
  Answer:-She just doesn't have the infantile form of it. The late onset type is nonfatal (great news there!) but often these people have neurodegenerative issues... so she will probably end up not being able to walk on her own. And there are a whole slew of neurological issues that are not great that go along with it (cognitive decline, psychological issues, speech and swallowing issues, etc).
  
  Either way, she really needs to consider getting genetic testing done on her partner if she ever decides to have children. Although it's very uncommon, if her partner is a carrier, they have a 25% chance of having a child with the disorder. She's young, but she needs to think about this NOW.
  
  EDIT - btw, it's VERY rare to get the non-infantile forms of it. The disease is rare to begin with, but her form is even more rare.
• Question:-What should be a bio ethical decision for parents to make if their child has Tay Sachs disease?
  Tay Sachs has no cure and a child could die when they are around 4 or 5. what are some possible decisions for me as a parent to make?
  
  Answer:-http://www.djhomepage.com/
  
  This disease is awful and I am sorry you are and your family are going through this. If the baby is already here you just have to give it the best life possible. If the baby is still a fetus you can terminate. No one can make that decision other than you and your spouse because children with this horrible disease go blind, deaf, can't swallow, eat and are in severe pain. It is an ethical decision because is it right to make a child suffer.
  
  The website listed above is a true story and how I first heard of the disease. I personally have not had any experience with it.
• Question:-What kinds of tests are available to check for Tay-Sachs disease?
  My husband is of eastern european jewish decent... I am not. Do both parents have to be carriers for this to be a concern? Has anyone gone through the testing for Tay-Sachs? What does it involve? Thanks!
  
  Answer:-Hi! I am a Tay Sachs carrier, so I understand what you are dealing with. 1 in 55-60 Ashkanazi (Eastern European Jews) are carriers of Tay Sachs. This is only becomes a problem if both parents are carriers, as both parents need to give the bad gene (you have 1 good copy and one bad copy if you are a carrier) to the child in order for them to have Tay Sachs. People who are white and are not French Canadian, Cajan, or Ashkanazi Jews have a 1/250 chance of being a carrier of Tay Sachs.
  Your doctor can do a simple blood test to rule out you being a carrier of Tay Sachs, although genitists (doctors who specialize in genetic disorders) will tell you that your partner should be tested as he is the one who is most likely going to be the carrier. Most OB/GYN's test the mother even if it is the father who is the one who is more likely to be a carrier as you are his/her patient and your partner is not. Depending upon your insurance you may choose to be screened for other genetic problems like Cystifc Fibrosis, or Nieman Pic. Even if you and your husband are carriers you can still have children if you use a Reproductive Endocronologist.
• Question:-What are the causes and symptoms of “Tay-Sachs disease”?
  What are the causes and symptoms of “Tay-Sachs disease”?
  Is it common for a particular population?
  What is the Prognosis & Prevention of it?
  
  Answer:-Causes and symptoms:
  Tay-Sachs is caused by a defective gene. Genes are located on chromosomes, and serve to direct specific development / processes within the body. The genetic defect in Tay-Sachs disease results in the lack of an enzyme, called hexosaminidase A. Without this enzyme, gangliosides cannot be degraded. They build up within the brain, interfering with nerve functioning. Because it is a recessive disorder, only people who receive two defective genes (one from the mother and one from the father) will actually have the disease. People who have only one defective gene and one normal gene are called carriers. They carry the defective gene and thus the possibility of passing the gene and / or the disease onto their offspring.
  When a carrier and a non-carrier have children, none of their children will actually have Tay-Sachs. It is likely that 50% of their children will be carriers themselves. When two carriers have children, their children have a 25% chance of having normal genes, a 50% chance of being carriers of the defective gene, and a 25% chance of having two defective genes. The two defective genes cause the disease itself.
  A few variations from this classical progression of Tay-Sachs disease are possible:
  •Juvenile hexosaminidase A deficiency. Symptoms appear between ages two and five; the disease progresses more slowly, with death by about 15 years.
  •Chronic hexosaminidase A deficiency. Symptoms may begin around age five, or may not occur until age 20-30. The disease is milder. Speech becomes slurred. The individual may have difficulty walking due to weakness, muscle cramps, and decreased coordination of movements. Some individuals develop mental illness. Many have changes in intellect, hearing, or vision.
  
  COMMON : Tay-Sachs disease is particularly common among Jewish people of Eastern European and Russian (Ashkenazi) origin. About one out of every 3,600 babies born to Ashkenazi Jewish couples will have the disease.
  
  Prognosis: Sadly, the prognosis for a child with classic Tay-Sachs disease is certain death.
  
  Prevention: Prevention involves identifying carriers of the disease and providing them with appropriate information concerning the chance of their offspring having Tay-Sachs disease. When the levels of hexosaminidase A are half the normal level a person is a carrier of the defective gene. Blood tests of carriers reveals reduction of Hexosaminidase A.
• Question:-Tay-Sachs disease is a recessive genetic disorder that in America predominantly affects people with Eastern ?
  European Jewish ancestry and causes fatal brain damage before the age of five. A man who is heterozygous for Tay-Sachs marries a woman who is also heterozygous for Tay-Sachs. What are the potential genotypes and phenotypes of their offspring? What percentage of their offspring could be expected to suffer from this disease?
  
  Answer:-genotype:TT,2Tt,tt
  phenotype: 1:3
  %=25%
• Question:-Can Tay Sachs disease be detected while a fetus is in utero?
  My friend and I are doing a project for health class and we need to know if the genetic disease Tay Sachs disease can be detected in a baby while it is still in the womb. thanks.
  
  Answer:-Genetic disorders such as Tay-Sachs disease, sickle-cell anemia, and thalassemia meet these criteria, and screening tests are commonly done to identify carriers of these diseases. In addition, screening tests may be done for individuals with family histories of Huntington's disease (a degenerative neurological disease) or hemophilia (a bleeding disorder). Such screening tests can eliminate the need for more invasive tests during a pregnancy.
  
  Read more: Genetic Counseling - Definition, Purpose, Precautions, Description, Preparation, Aftercare, Risks, Normal results, Abnormal results http://health.stateuniversity.com/pages/649/Genetic-Counseling.html#ixzz0Z7pPS3TF
• Question:-If Jewish is only a religion,how come only Jewish people get Tay Sachs?
  I wondered about the disease called Tay Sachs and what percentage of the european Jewish population carries the gene?My grandfather was German Jewish and he was born in 1899,before there was any real outside converts to Judaism.Does that make me a carrier of that disorder,or what are the chances that I am?I also heard that prior to the 20th century,Jews did not mix with other people,thus enhancing my belief that they are a race.So,can anyone tell me how this works?
  
  Answer:-First off Jews are not the only ones who get Tay sachs.
  Both my parents are Jewish as am I. I had a test and I am not a carrier.
  
  It's carriers are from a certain part of the world.
  Try a little research.
  http://www.tay-sachs.org/taysachs_disease.php
  
  Many people now get tested and would choose not to give life to a child who will spend several years dying in pain .
• Question:-Tay Sachs....?
  Is this disease cause by a dominant allele , recessive alleles, extra chromosome or is is sex linked?
  What does it do the the affected person?
  
  Answer:-I think it's recessive alleles. Both parents must be a carrier.
  Infants with Tay-Sachs disease appear to develop normally for the first six months of life. Then, as nerve cells become distended with gangliosides, a relentless deterioration of mental and physical abilities occurs. The child becomes blind, deaf, and unable to swallow. Muscles begin to atrophy and paralysis sets in. Death usually occurs before the age of 4 or 5.
  Extremely rare, Juvenile Tay-Sachs disease usually presents itself in children between 2 and 10 years of age. They develop cognitive, motor, speech difficulties (dysarthria), swallowing difficulties (dysphagia), unsteadiness of gait (ataxia), and spasticity. Patients with Juvenile TSD usually die between 5–15 years.
  A rare form of the disorder, known as Adult Onset Tay-Sachs disease or Late Onset Tay-Sachs disease (LOTS), occurs in patients in their 20s and early 30s. LOTS is frequently misdiagnosed, and is usually non-fatal. It is characterized by unsteadiness of gait and progressive neurological deterioration. Symptoms of LOTS, which present in adolescence or early adulthood, include speech and swallowing difficulties, unsteadiness of gait, spasticity, cognitive decline, and psychiatric illness, particularly schizophrenic-like psychosis. Patients with LOTS frequently become full-time wheelchair users in adulthood, but many live full adult lives if psychiatric and physical difficulties are accommodated. Psychiatric symptoms and seizures can be controlled with medications.
• Question:-Tay sachs?
  Who carries this gene and where does it come from?
  
  Answer:-Tay-Sachs disease is caused by mutations on the HEXA gene on chromosome 15. These mutations reach significant frequencies in several populations. It is most common in Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews. Many Cajuns of southern Louisiana carry the same mutation. French Canadians of southeastern Quebec carry a different mutation.
• Question:-Amniocentesis reveals that an embryo has Tay-Sachs disease. What are the genotypes of the parents if they a?
  Amniocentesis reveals that an embryo has Tay-Sachs disease. What are the genotypes of the parents if they appear normal (t = Tay-Sachs)?
  this is college level need help.
  
  Answer:-Sorry it's not a college level answer.
  The problem is caused by an autosomal recessive allele which fails to code for beta-hexosaminidase A.
  If both parents have the normal phenotype, they must both be carriers of the allele, having the genotype Tt
  The Punnett square for this cross yields 1 TT : 2 Tt (carriers) : 1 tt (Tay Sachs sufferer)
  
  John H

Terrorist Israeli Army

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