On this day:
2002 - This is a puzzler. My journal said I had to be to work at 7 am because the Boss went to Cedar Pointe. I can't imagine any circumstance, under the sun, that would have convinced him to go there. I am baffled. If you knew him, and how much he loved his work and his picnic table desk in that backroom truck scale you would understand what I mean. Way out of his comfort zone. Wish I had added more info now.
1985 - North and South Korea opened their borders for their family reunion program. awww!
Parenting - We were talking at Melissa's the other night about the controversy regarding beating children for punishment. I, personally think that any kind physical contact to punish a child is a failure on the parents part to deal properly with a behavior situation. My friend Don said that he had been beat with a razor strap a number of times. He didn't think he deserved it, and he had in turn spanked his daughters and, they didn't think they deserved it, either. Does it work? If you have to beat a child again, even a second time, obviously no. I was hit by my mother, not for punishment, but because she was mad at my father. My brother was punished with a belt, which they found out later he was innocent of the crime he was punished for. I did not lay hands on my kids that I ever remember. They hated sitting quietly (no talking ) on the couch for long periods so much that it was very effective. Maybe the next generation will think that is mental cruelty.
Damascus - religion:
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Religion in Syria
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Membership of a religious community in Syria is ordinarily determined by birth. Based on statistical analyses from 2006, Muslims were estimated as constituting 87% to 90% (depending on whether Druze were included or not)[1] of the total population, although their proportion was possibly greater and was certainly growing. The Muslim birthrate reportedly was higher than that of the minorities, and proportionately fewer Muslims were emigrates. Of the Syrian population, 74 to 64%[1] were Sunnis (including Sufis[2]), whereas 13 to 21% were Shias, either Alawites (18.0%) from which about 2% are called Mershdis and they are the followers of Sulayman al-Murshid, Twelvers (3%), or Ismailis (0.1%).[1] 5% were Druze,[1] while the remaining 10-15% were Christians.[1] Not all the Sunnis are Arabs. Most of the Kurds, who make up 9% of the population[3] are officially Sunni, as are the Turkmens who encompass 1%.
A striking feature of religious life in Syria is the geographic distribution of the religious minorities. Most Christians live in Damascus, Aleppo and Homs, although significant numbers live in Al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, Tartus and Latakia. Nearly 90 percent of the Alawis live in the coastal area of the country, namely in Latakia Governorate and in Tartus Governorate in the rural areas of the Jabal an Nusayriyah; they constitute over 80 percent of the rural population of the coastal area. The Jabal al-Arab/Jabal al-Druze, a rugged and mountainous region in the southwest of the country, is more than 90 percent Druze inhabited; some 120 villages are exclusively so. The Twelvers Shia's are concentrated in the rural areas of Homs, in addition to two rural towns in Aleppo Governorate, plus some living in Damascus. The Ismaili Shias are concentrated between the Salamiyah region and Masyaf region in Hamah Governorate; approximately 10,000 more inhabit the mountains of Tartus Governorate in a small city called Kadmous. The Jewish community has declined dramatically in the last 20 years. Some estimates that in Damascus remained fewer than 100 Jewish people. But there are some others also in the Aleppo area, as are the Yazidis, some of whom inhabit the Jabal Sam'an and about half of whom live in the vicinity of Amuda in the Al-Jazira.
A striking feature of religious life in Syria is the geographic distribution of the religious minorities. Most Christians live in Damascus, Aleppo and Homs, although significant numbers live in Al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, Tartus and Latakia. Nearly 90 percent of the Alawis live in the coastal area of the country, namely in Latakia Governorate and in Tartus Governorate in the rural areas of the Jabal an Nusayriyah; they constitute over 80 percent of the rural population of the coastal area. The Jabal al-Arab/Jabal al-Druze, a rugged and mountainous region in the southwest of the country, is more than 90 percent Druze inhabited; some 120 villages are exclusively so. The Twelvers Shia's are concentrated in the rural areas of Homs, in addition to two rural towns in Aleppo Governorate, plus some living in Damascus. The Ismaili Shias are concentrated between the Salamiyah region and Masyaf region in Hamah Governorate; approximately 10,000 more inhabit the mountains of Tartus Governorate in a small city called Kadmous. The Jewish community has declined dramatically in the last 20 years. Some estimates that in Damascus remained fewer than 100 Jewish people. But there are some others also in the Aleppo area, as are the Yazidis, some of whom inhabit the Jabal Sam'an and about half of whom live in the vicinity of Amuda in the Al-Jazira.
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