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HOBART, Ind. (AP) — A conservation group that works to protect Indiana's unique dunes habitat along Lake Michigan has acquired acreage along the lake's shoreline.
Save the Dunes announced Thursday that it's acquired tracts of land totaling nearly 100 acres in Hobart, about five miles southeast of Gary. The Michigan City-based group plans to eventually donate that land to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which covers 15 miles of coastline.
Save the Dunes Executive Director Nicole Barker says few realize the National Park Service hasn't been able to secure the last 10 percent of land within the national lakeshore's 15,000-acre boundary.
Barker says about 35 acres of the newly acquired land is within the national lakeshore and Save the Dunes "is working hard to get the best of what's left" within the lakeshore.
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Voices of the University
December 2015 - Best of the collection
The Voices of the University project has given us a fascinating and heart-warming insight into life at Warwick, and has also unearthed a wealth of knowledge about social and cultural history after 1945. In this final blog post for 2015, we've compiled seven of the best interviews from the collection from individuals who have some of the best stories to tell.
Geseke Clarke came to Warwick in 1965 with her husband, Malcolm Clark, a founding professor of Inorganic Chemistry. She taught German in the language laboratory, and at evening classes. Born in Hamburg in 1934, Geseke vividly describes life in Germany during the Second World War, her evacuation, and even fleeing from the Russian army during the freezing winter of 1945, as the family returned to Germany. "I remember when the western forces came marching towards Hamburg, and Hamburg's Burgermeister, Kaufman, risked his life surrendering to the British forces, because he could see there would be fighting, and Hamburg would lose, and it would not be good for the inhabitants. So, he surrendered, and the English forces marched into Hamburg. I remember flattening my nose against the window and looking at the forces coming from the right, past our window." Geseke also describes life following the war; a younger sibling crossing the Green Frontier between Russian and Allied-controlled Germany in the dead of night, the German black market, and the relationship between the inhabitants of Hamburg and British Forces after 1945. The story of how Geseke and her husband Malcolm met is particularly moving.
Debjani Ganguli studied for a Master of Arts in Global Media and Communication at the Centre for Cultural Policy in 2013. Debjani shares the story of her childhood growing up in Abu Dhabi. "I had friends from all over India, and in my school there were a few foreign nationalities as well, from Afghanistan, Bangladesh. That was great. I'm not a Christian myself, but the first school I did go had nuns and priests teaching us, we had lots of Egyptians and Lebanese people also studying with us for some time. So, I guess there was a lot of exposure to different nationalities, and that's where my respect of other nationalities comes from. I'm eager to mingle with other people from different cultural backgrounds, and very excited to meet them when I do!"
Frank Devine came to Warwick as a student in 1987 and was an SU sabbatical officer for two years. Frank was born in Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland in 1954, and describes moving with his mother to Belfast to get away from the stigma of single-motherhood in Ireland. His mother bought a shop in a Loyalist area of Belfast, but was sent an ultimatum to leave or face being burnt out, since she was Catholic. Frank gives an insightful look into the political situation in England and Ireland during the 70s and 80s and during his years as a sabbatical officer, including inviting Glenn Barr of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and former Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, to campus. "I just rang up, got straight through to him, asked him to speak at a Warwick debate, and he said, 'yeah, sure'. He just arrived at Birmingham airport, the ex and future President of Ireland, and I picked him up with a friend who could drive! There was no foreign office involvement, no security. It was amazing that a person of that calibre would just come without any fuss."
At 67, Geoffrey Gibbons retired from his legal practice and embarked upon an MA and PhD in History at Warwick. Geoffrey was born in Greater Birmingham in 1927 and he describes life during the war. "Throughout the time Birmingham was being bombed, most nights during the winter months were spent in an air-raid shelter on the [Moseley Grammar] school site. The local residents poured into the shelters. There were bombs dropping and incendiaries everywhere all night from the beginning of November until the end of February. I did all my school work there. Food rationing was a great problem and continued for five or six years after the war." Dr Gibbons describes army life for a National Service conscript as second-in-command of a supply platoon in Moascar, Egypt, and then in command of a supply platoon in El Ballah on the Suez Canal.
Salvador Ortiz Carbonarez is a retired Spanish teacher and translator and Honorary Fellow of Warwick. Salvador was born in Franco's Spain in a rural town in Valencia and describes life at that time. "If you didn't do anything against Franco, you were all right. But, of course, people who didn't agree with him, they were not free. So you could feel always there was a shadow hanging over you. And there were the police 'the grey' we used to call them, because they were dressed in grey. Because my mother's family were rich farmers, my grandfather was put in prison and my grandmother was taken to be shot. And my mother had to be on the run from that time because they also wanted to take her to prison. So when I came to England, I felt very free because I could talk about everything without any fear."
Warwick Post-room supervisor Brendon Cassidy was born in Earlsdon in 1949 and describes his life in Coventry as a youngster. Brendon's parents came to England from Ireland and his father worked in Coventry's factories. "We'd nothing at all and life was tough. We had no central heating, no television. Outside toilet. In the winter the ice stood inside. Four in a bed. We had plenty of love though. We lived in a two up, two down in Earlsdon. There was a big Irish community in Earlsdon, and also Polish as well and most of the people who lived in the street were factory workers." Brendon's tales of his time in the police service in Coventry from 1966 to 1998 are heart-warming, nail-biting and amusing in turns.
Omar Shubeilat studied for a postgraduate degree in MSc Management from 2006 to 2007. Omar was born in Oman, Jordan, into a large family of 10 siblings. "My childhood is full of nice memories because there were so many people around, always someone to talk to. We're a close family, there are some age differences between the siblings, but we're still close. I had a close relationship with my grandfather. We were brought up in a typical Muslim family, with ethical, Islamic values being a strong influence. My father also insisted on being courageous, that we should speak the truth, which is the one trait I can always remember." Omar describes his childhood, the educational system and university in Jordan, and the experience of coming to England as a student, aged 23.
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Movie of the Year: 1982 – State of the Franchise
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Movie of the Year: 1982 State of the Franchise Let's check in on the state of the franchise in 1982! Film franchises weren't as big in 1982 as they are now, but they did exist. By 1982 we were already pretty deep into Friday the 13th, Halloween, and the Rocky franchises. Heck, the Greaseaverse was nearly launched in…
Movie of the Year: 1982 – The Elite Eight Are Chosen
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Movie of the Year: 1982 The Elite Eight Are Chosen It's the second part of the intro to 1982 season of Movie of the Year! It's second part of the intro to 1982 season, and by the time this episode is done filling your ears, you'll know the eight movies that will make up our…
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Movie of the Year: 1982 Let's Get This Party Started It's the intro to 1982 season of Movie of the Year! It's time to start a new season of Movie of the Year, and what better year to turn our attention to than 1982? According to my calendar, that was 40 years ago, but —…
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Is it too late to play Dota 2?
Gaming is massive, with a bigger community of players globally getting involved across thousands of different games on a daily basis. Across the world we're much more connected than ever before which has allowed for the development of a gaming culture. This gaming culture has been created and enhanced through streaming, forums and other gaming tools. These have brought us all together and led to some incredible multiplayer action.
Gaming has always been competitive but not on the scale we're seeing these days. Mass multiplayer games allow you not just to compete against your friends, but to match with people from around the world. This lets the best play the best and has lead to some intense showdowns.
With new games being released so often it can sometimes feel like you've missed the trend. Often a game will come out but the hype will die down after a year and the players will move on to the next big hit. On the other end of the spectrum some games are just so playable that they still have a big following even years later.
Dota 2 is one of the highest rated and most played games around, with regular online tournaments hosted globally. It's one of those games that is timeless and once you learn more you'll probably agree it's never too late to play Dota 2.
Dota is the commonly used slang for Defence of the Ancients. There are two different games that people refer to, first is DotA and that's the original. This game was developed as a Mod for World of Warcraft III as a pure battle arena. DotA was the first game to kick start the multiplayer online battlefield arena (MOBA) type of game. This style of game went on to dominate the early 2000s.
Dota 2 is the other game people will refer to. This is the sequel to the original which was developed by Valve, one of the most respected game developers around. This game incorporated all the same type of game play as the first release but added a lot of different features. These included new heroes, advanced maps and some other multiplayer features that really added to the experience.
The best feature of Dota? It's free to play and that includes characters and maps. Everything can be unlocked just by playing and gathering experience which is very rare in today's game market.
Dota 2 is a top down multiplayer where you play team vs team. Each team has an 'ancient'. This is a large structure and to win you will need to destroy the opponents ancient. You'll also need to protect your own.
To do this you'll each control a custom hero and for anyone that's familiar with World of Warcraft this won't really be anything new. There are over 100 different heroes to choose from with various abilities ranging from strength to agility. While you are controlling your heroes enemy units will spawn and you'll have to face them to protect your tower.
As you play through you'll gain experience and pick up items, much like World of Warcraft again. These will let you develop your heroes and customise them exactly how you like them. This character development is a huge part of the game and integral to improving and moving up, again a concept most WoW players will be very familiar with.
Dota 2 itself is quite a simple game in terms of concept but there's a lot going on. You'll find there are lots of maps, loads of heroes and a variety of ways to play to keep it fresh and enjoyable.
Dota 2 is not just one of the most popular games of all time, it's also one of the most competitive. Even though the game was released years ago you'll still see regular tournaments running for players of all levels. This let's players test their skill and see how they rank compared to other players. It also give spectators a chance to watch some of the elite in action and maybe learn a thing of two.
Is it too late for Dota 2?
Dota 2 is not the most recent game out there as it came out in 2013, but that certainly doesn't mean it's too late to play it. In fact in a lot of ways Dota 2 has more to offer than modern equivalents even though it's over 5 years old.
Dota 2 has millions of players around the world and it's especially popular in North America and parts of Asia. It's on of the most streamed games ever with record viewership plus even today is has an extremely high player count.
If you like to compete then Dota 2 still has a lot to offer. Even now there are regular online tournaments for all skill levels and there are even live events where the famous teams play in real life at the highest level. Of course if you're looking to play at this level you're going to have to make up the hours.
Dota 2 is still as relevant today as it ever was and it's never too late to get involved. It's well made, and in a lot of ways unique but the true strength of Dota is just it's really enjoyable and playable nature. For us Dota was the original in this genre and it's yet to be beaten and it's still one of the best multiplayers out there.
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Creationists believe in evolution as well...but not as we know it.
The joy of being an atheist who still goes to church is that you have friends who gravitate towards the Young Earth Creationist (YEC) worldview - both the earth and the universe are 6000 years old and evolution is a dirty word. Bishop Ussher got it right, dagnabbit!
For reference, Creation Ministries International have a PDF available which demonstrates the chronology of the earth according to the Bible.
So why is having YEC friends a joy? Because you can do what I do and constantly probe them with real-world counter-examples to show them how their worldview doesn't line up with what we know about reality.
One question I have thrown out recently is this: If the universe is 6'000 years old and started out at a central point, how come there are galaxies and stars 13'000'000'000 light years away? If those stars travelled 13'000'000'000 light years in the space of 6'000 years, then they travelled 2.16 million times faster than the speed of light, which has some very unfortunate effects on different aspects of physics and cosmology.
The unfortunate fall-out of the YEC worldview is that it makes a person either intellectually honest at best, or hypocritical at worst.
A YEC will accept the findings of, and use the knowledge gained by, sciences such as electrical science (even YECs have to turn a light switch on at some stage in their life), mechanical/industrial science (all the YECs I know drive cars and fly on aeroplanes), geo-engineering science (I've never met a YEC who is afraid to cross a bridge over a river!), medical science (all YECs go to hospital at some stage, for some reason), nutrition and dietetic science (you know, to know how to eat a healthy diet), and every single other field of science except for the three that hit hardest at the YEC worldview:
Paleoecology, cosmology and biology.
Here I want to highlight how, for the YEC worldview to be correct, they need to rely on either magic or on a version of evolution that not even evolutionists recognise.
Disclaimer: while I don't fully understand the theory of evolution or the exact mechanisms of how it works, I accept that the scientists that have studied the theory accept it.
Evolution has been tested, observed, verified, which meets the fundamental criteria of science.
There are challenges to Darwinian Evolution, just like in any field of science, and every theory, bad or good, should be challenged. But we don't challenge science with pseudoscience - we challenge science with better science, and YECs are yet to produce better science. If they did, it would be science and the argument would be over something else.
Before I get to the crux of this post, I want to challenge those who may think that I am accepting evolution by faith:
If I want to consider and accept any scientific hypothesis, do I have to go to university, get a undergraduate degree, get an Honours degree, a masters, then spend another four years writing a thesis in order to get a PhD, just so I can say I am suitably informed to have an opinion on a subject?
You probably haven't studied microbiology, yet even people who have no tertiary education still know that viruses cause colds and flu and that eating raw chicken is a really bad idea.
Nature.com report, quoting an academic article from PLoS Biology, that there are approximately 8.7 million species of life on the earth today, which incorporates millions of species of animal. This, bear in mind, is not a forensically accurate figure, but it's the best and most recent answer the Google machine spat back at me - as well as being the one with the most references to actual people at actual universities.
What I want to stress is that the idea of there being millions of species of animal in existence should not be in dispute.
So, time to do some maths:
Based on the chronology provided by CMI, the flood of Noah happened approximately 5000 years ago.
5000 years x 365 days = 1'825'000 days. Let's keep this figure in the back of our head.
How many animals were on the ark? This is a hard one because the Bible uses the vague word 'kind':
They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.
- Genesis 7:14
This to me is more a representation of function (does it walk or fly, how many legs does it have, does it lay eggs or give birth, etc.) rather than taxonomic rank or classification.
How many animals can eight people without professional veterinary experience look after for a year, on a boat with no proper ventilation, plumbing or professional medical assistance? This is a vexed question, so I'm going to be over-generous (and I mean over-generous) and say that there were 2'000'000 animals on the ark, representing 1'000'000 species (two of each animal, thus two of each kind).
To do this, I have strictly equated: 1 pair of animals = 1 kind = 1 species, and have disregarded the seven of each clean animal taken on board for sacrificing, as they were going to be killed at the end of the flood anyway (as per Genesis 8:20).
One, this makes the maths easier, two, if one kind represents more than one species, then this breaks the classification system for species - the goalpost of 'kind' moves to wherever you want it, creating an equivocation fallacy (you have to be consistent with your terminology to make your argument coherent) and three, if one kind represents less than one of each species (i.e. two million animals represents 10'000 species rather than 1'000'000) then the number of species on board the ark goes down, which makes the conundrum I am about to throw out to you even harder for YEC to stand.
Other assumption I have made:
1. There was no procreation while on the ark.
2. No animals died while on the ark (either by sickness, attack from other animals, accidental death or old age).
The same 2'000'000 animals that went in to the boat are the same 2'000'000 that went out.
So, at the end of the flood in 3000BC, a boatload of 2'000'000 animals, representing 1'000'000 species, goes out, finds their own patch of turf and get procreating.
Thus, begins the conundrum.
1'825'000 days ago, we had 1'000'000 species. We now have 8'700'000 species.
To explain this, there are only two hypotheses available to the YEC apologist as to why the number of new species has increased markedly since the end of the flood:
1. God-did-it.
Under this hypothesis, God created millions upon millions of new species after the flood, just as he had created the first million species before the flood.
2. Nature-did-it.
Under this hypothesis, it was nature itself that used a mechanism inherent to all reproductive life on earth to create all the varieties of animals into their species. Not their kinds (I prefer not to use kind because it is such a loosely defined word), but their species.
So now, to answer the question, which hypothesis makes more sense?
Let's consider first, the God-did-it Hypothesis.
Under this hypothesis, we have to think not only how, but why God created millions upon millions of new species after the Noachian flood.
Because this exposes one of the biggest traps that when defending not only Creationism, but Christianity as a whole - in anything and everything that happens, as well as asking the how question, you also have to find a why component and add it (if it can be found) to every answer - Christians are the ones claiming an intelligent force is either controlling everything, or at the very least is mindful of everything, so an intelligent why has to be added to every explanation from the Christian worldview - if an intelligent why cannot be found, then it defeats the purpose of having an intelligent God.
How? There is only real one option available here to the Christian, which is magic. If God uses special words or special actions to make something exist when that thing didn't exist before, then this is the very definition of magic. And if God uses words to give life to something inanimate (such as dust or clay), then this is the definition of a golem spell.
(And remember, what is a miracle in your religion is just magic in the eyes of another religion).
Why? I'm stumped. Why would an intelligent God create 1'000'000 species of animals, tell Noah to build a custom-design boat to for the sole purpose of keeping alive one pair of those species so they can repopulate the earth after a cataclysmic flood, then just go ahead and create new species anyway? And not just a handful here and there, but seven new species for every one already in existence!
If God was just going to magically create new species after the flood, then why did he tell Noah to build a large boat to keep the species alive when he was just going to magically create new species anyway? Couldn't God have told Noah to build a boat just large enough for his family to survive, and not need to take along animals as well?
The Nature-did-it Hypothesis:
How? Biology has observed a mechanism by which new species are created, which is called speciation.
You, the reader, are free to come up with an alternative explanatory mechanism, but then you start distancing yourself from the best available science.
Speciation occurs via a number of methods, but there should be no doubt that speciation not only has happened, but is happening.
Why? Great question. The simple answer is that whatever lives and has the capacity to reproduce also finds ways to adapt to their environment, to acquire traits, and to pass those traits on to their offspring.
Hang on a second - what is the ability of organisms to inherit and acquire traits and pass those traits on to their offspring called? Evolution!
Now, the kicker - how do we get 7.7 million new species to be created in 5000 years?
We have either God-did-it using magic, or Nature-did-it using evolution.
Now, magic sounds pretty lame, doesn't it? So the only hypothesis left, even by virtue of sanity and logic alone (let alone actual real-world scientific data) is Nature-did-it.
[The biggest reason I sour to the idea of magic is lies in the answer to this question:
In what field of life (other than religion) does magic explain something better than what a naturalistic theory does?
"I don't know how jumbo jets fly!" - magic!
"I don't know why I have the flu!" - magic!
"I don't know why Port Adelaide lost the 2007 Grand Final to Geelong by a record margin!" - magic!
You wouldn't accept magic as an explanation for anything else in life, so why accept it here?]
Now, it turns out that most YECs accept microevolution (you know, the good evolution). Good, so let's work with that.
But what about those numbers? How do we get 7'700'000 new species in 5000 years?
To crunch the numbers:
8'700'000 species today minus 1'000'000 species on the ark 5000 years ago = 7'700'000 species in the course of 5000 years.
7'700'000 species / 5000 years = 1'540 species per year = 4.219 species a day.
4.219 species a day, every day, for the last 5'000 years. By the end of each and every week, 30 new species will have formed.
You know how earlier I gave the figure of 1'000'000 species on Noah's Ark? Let's drop that down to 10'000 and see what numbers we get.
8.7 million species - 10'000 species = 8.69 million species.
8.69 million species / 5'000 years = 1'738 species a year = 4.76 species a day.
What happens if we increase the number of species on Noah's Ark to 2'000'000?
8.7 million - 2 million = 6.7 million.
6.7 million species / 5000 years = 1'340 species per year = 3.67 species per day.
(Also, how do 8 people look after 4 million animals for a year?)
So whichever way you look at it, Noah's Flood creates a big problem for Young Earth Creationists.
The Bible tells us that 8 people with no professional qualifications (their only qualification was that Noah was righteous) looked after 10'000, 100'000, 2 million or maybe even 4 million animals, in the space the size of a boat, with no external food supply, for a year.
The real-world tells us that teams of zookeepers (people with minimum three years university qualification) look after roughly 5'000 animals, over the space of hectares, using sophisticated supply chains.
Belief in a literal reading of the Bible requires you to believe that after the flood, to concord with what science tells us, new species are generated at the rate of 3.67 to 4.76 a day.
The real world tells us that species form in the space of anything to 10 years up to 1'000'000 years.
Something isn't right here.
Young Earth Creationists could be irrational and say God using magic is the best explanation, but then magic is not a rational explanation.
So the only rational option left is to accept evolution - but accept a version of evolution that is so much faster and rapid than anything observed or reported by actual biological scientists.
But this then leads us to a fatal trilemma for YEC:
either the science is wrong, the explanatory mechanism is wrong, or the Bible is wrong.
Until next time, stay cool, stay healthy, stay rational.
And if you find those 30 new species by next week, let me know.
-Damien
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Salvador Dalí illustrated some of the most beautiful literary, mythological and religious texts, paying homage to Dante, Rabelais, Cervantes, Lewis Carroll, Malraux, and many other masterpieces of the literature.
Dalí produced his first illustrations in Paris for the literary publications of the surrealists. In 1934 he illustrates the new edition of Chants de Maldoror. This was one of the highlights of his career as an illustrator.
In 1956 the publisher Joseph Forêt commissioned Dalí to create lithographs to illustrate Cervantes' novel, Don Quixote. True to form, Dalí took an experimental approach, shooting bullets of colour at the lithographic stone at point blank range, and dipping snails into the paint so that they would then leave trails as they crawled over the stone.
Salvador Dalí expressed his own surrealist vision of the universal themes of poetry and literature through this vast collection of images, characters and allegories. Dalí revealed himself as a consummate master of the graphic arts, constantly developing his technique, his drawing and his colours.


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India–Philippines relations (; ), also knows as Indian-Filipino relations or Indo-Filipino relations, are the bilateral relations between the India and the Philippines. Diplomatic relations between India and the Philippines was established in 1949. India maintains an embassy in Manila, whilst the Philippines maintains one in New Delhi. A Treaty of Friendship was signed between the Philippines and India on 11 July 1952.

History

Early history

Indian elements in Philippine culture point to early relations between the two societies. However, some works posit that the influx of Indian cultural elements into the Philippines is understood only in terms of the developments in the intervening regions between these two areas, the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian Archipelago, where there was an intensified process of Indian influences from the 2nd through the late 14th centuries CE.

Through the Srivijaya and Majapahit empires, Indian influences would have reached the Philippines from the 10th through the early 14th centuries, based on the events in these two regions, and through direct migration from the Indian subcontinent to the Philippines.  Artifacts of Indian orientation have been found in a lot of islands in the Philippines.
The golden image of the female Bodhisattva which was found in Agusan, was related to the development of Buddhism in Southeast Asia dating back to the late 13th and 14th centuries.  The introduction of Sanskrit words and literature may be dated to the 10th and 12th centuries.  Until now, Sanskrit words are still found in abundance in various Philippine languages.  Then there is the folk narrative among the Maranao, known as Maharadia Lawana which shows an Indian character and whose story is very similar to the Indian epic Ramayana. The existence of rajanates in Philippine classic history, especially in Cebu, Butuan, and Sanmalan, show Indian influence, Cebu had a half Indian half Malay founder and ruler Sri Lumay and according to researcher Eric Casino, he believes the name of the first mentioned ruler of Butuan, Rajah Kiling is not Visayan in origin but rather, Indian, because Kiling is a local label for people coming from India. The Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals) of the nearby country of Malaysia, refers to the similarly worded Keling as immigrant people from India. Sanmalan was ruled by a Rajah with the name of Chulan, the Malay pronunciation of the Tamil Chola. These point to heavy influence from Indian cultures. Hinduism was also prevalent in various societies in the Philippines, notably in central and southern islands, along with the banks of Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. Genetic studies also show a migration of South Asians to the Philippines which is most evident among the Sama-Bajau ethnic group.

Colonial era
This era witnessed great demand in the Philippines for South Asian slaves captured from the Dravidian speaking South India area and Indo-European speaking Bengal Coast.

During the period 1762–1764, during the various Anglo-Spanish wars, 600 Sepoy (or native Indian) troops arrived in the Philippines as part of the military expedition of the East India Company.  When the British troops withdrew, many of the Sepoys mutinied and refused to leave. They settled in what is now Cainta, Rizal.  The region in and around Cainta still has many Sepoy descendants.

During the 18th century, there was robust trade between Manila and the Coromandel Coast of Bengal, involving Philippine exports of tobacco, silk, cotton, indigo, sugar cane and coffee.

Post World War II era
The Philippines established diplomatic relations with India on 26 November 1949. The first Philippine envoy to India was the late Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos.

Five years after India's independence in 1947, the Philippines and India signed a Treaty of Friendship on 11 July 1952 in Manila to strengthen the friendly relations existing between the two countries.  Soon after, the Philippine Legation in New Delhi was established and then elevated to an embassy.

However, due to foreign policy differences as a result of the bipolar alliance structure of the Cold War, the development of bilateral relations was stunted.  It was only in 1976 that relations started to normalize when Aditya Vikram Birla, one of India's successful industrialists, met with then President Ferdinand E. Marcos to explore possibilities of setting up joint ventures in the Philippines.  This resulted in the establishment of Indo-Philippine Textile Mills, Inc. (Indo-Phil), then the largest Indian investment in the country.  Indo-Phil currently employs 2,000 Filipino workers and supplies 40% of Philippine domestic demand for yarn.

The Trade Agreement between the Philippines and India was signed on 29 May 1979. In 1995, following the first Philippine Trade Mission to India, a Joint Working Group and a Joint Business Council were set up to assess and identify potentials for trade as well as identify new areas for collaboration.  Since then, bilateral meetings have been held regularly.

21st Century relations
Policy Consultation Talks between the two countries were established in 2000. The talks, which are held annually and conducted by senior officials of the foreign ministries of the two countries, aimed at discussing bilateral issues and regional and international issues of common concern.

Both countries signed a Joint Declaration for Co-operation to Combat International Terrorism to complement the ASEAN-India Joint Declaration to Combat International Terrorism which was adopted by the Heads of Government and States of ASEAN and India on 8 October 2003 in Bali, Indonesia. The declaration seeks to enhance intelligence and information sharing on counter-terrorism measures, strengthen capacity-building efforts through training and education, capability and readiness, including training and technical assistance; and to continue working together in the fight against the cyber crime and terrorist misuse of cyber space.

The first RP–India Security Dialogue was held in Manila on 12 March 2004. The Philippines and India agreed to establish a security dialogue that would serve as a policy forum for sharing security assessments and for reviewing and giving direction to co-operation in bilateral/regional security and defence matters.

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Philippines–India diplomatic relations, and pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 1924, the month of November 2009 was proclaimed as Philippines–India Friendship Month by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

The ASEAN–India Free Trade Area agreement signed by India in 2009 also includes the Philippines as signatory.

Joint Commission on Bilateral Co-operation

The agreement to establish a Joint Commission on Bilateral Co-operation was signed during the State Visit to India of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on 5 October 2007. The establishment of the Joint Commission on Bilateral Co-operation aims to further strengthen and develop the co-operation in the field of trade, economic, scientific, technological and other fields of co-operation.  The meeting of the Joint Commission will be co-chaired by the two countries' Ministers for Foreign Affairs who will meet once every two years.

The inaugural session of the Joint Commission was held on 15 March 2011, co-chaired by Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. Del Rosario, and was held in New Delhi. During the meeting both sides agreed to move forward on co-operative initiatives in various fronts (trade, agriculture, defence).

During the 2018 ASEAN–India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi, where the Delhi Declaration was signed, Philippines-India relations was one of the two most focal bilateral discussions made. India is targeting billions of investments in Philippine markets, notably in the pharmaceutical, information technology, energy, and transportation which would lead to the creation of 10,000 jobs.

Cultural relations
Filipino culture had Indian influences. About 30 percent of the Tagalog language were loanwords from Sanskrit

. The use of brass, bronze, copper and tin in Philippine decorative arts and metal works also had Indian origin. Early Filipino literature and folklore also had Indian influences such as the Maranao epic of Darangan and the Ifugao tale of Balituk. The Philippine folk belief regarding eclipses, where some narrates that the dragon called laho bites the moon or sun to cause the phenomenon is related to the Indian belief regarding the being Rahu from Hindu tradition.

Military relations

The Philippines supported India's candidature for the non-permanent
membership of the UN Security Council for the term 2011-12 and there is regular
consultation between delegations of both countries in the UN and other multilateral fora.
Several Foreign Service officers from the Philippines have attended the ASEAN
diplomats' course that is held at the Foreign Service Institute in India.
Indian navy and coast guard ships regularly visit the Philippines and hold
consultations with their counterparts. INS Satpura and INS Kadmatt visited Manila from
3-6 October 2017, Indian Coast guard Ship ICGS Samarth visited Manila from 7-10
January 2017, INS Sahyadri and INS Shakti visited Manila on a goodwill visit to Subic
Bay from 30 May -2 June 2016; INS Sahyadri visited Manila from 1–4 November 2015;
and from 20 to 23 August 2014; ICGS Samudra Paheredar visited Manila from 19 to 22
September 2014; a flotilla of four Indian ships from the Eastern Fleet, namely INS Shakti, INS Satpura, INS Ranjit and INS Kirch visited Manila on a goodwill visit from 12 to 16 June 2013. The participation of officers of the armed forces of both countries in
various specialized training courses in each other's countries has intensified, as have
visits by National Defence College (NDC) delegations, including the first-ever NDC visit
from the Philippines to India. A delegation from the College of Defence Management of
India visited the Philippines from 23 to 31 October 2015; a delegation from Army High
Command Course of India visited the Philippines from 10 to 14 November 2014.

Government of India sent an Indian Air Force flight with relief material for the
victims of super typhoon 'Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on 7–8 November 2013.
Following the tragic loss of life, livelihood and property as a result of the typhoon
Pablo/Bopha, which struck the southern Philippines in December 2012, the Government of
India provided disaster relief assistance of $200,000 to the Philippines Government and
$100,000 as disaster relief assistance following the October 2013 earthquake in Bohol.
India announced an immediate relief assistance of $500,000(equivalent to 25 million
pesos) on 11 July 2017 for the relief and rehabilitation efforts underway in the city of
Marawi which had come under siege on May 23, 2017, after armed terrorists belonging
to the Maute group, owing allegiance to ISIS took over the city.

Ships from the Indian Navy and Coast Guard regularly visits the Philippines.
In January 2022 the Philippines has finalised a deal to acquire a shore-based anti-ship missile system from India for nearly $375 million to beef up its navy, the Philippines defence minister said.

Trade Relations
According to India's Ministry of External Affairs, India-Philippines trade is at around $1.6 billion.
Economic relations have grown gradually over the years.
Despite the impact of the India-ASEAN FTA in Goods, the India-Philippines trade has,
so far, been at around $1.981 billion in 2016–17. In the year 2016–17, India's exports
amounted to worth US$1487 million and imports worth US$494 million. India-Philippines trade in 2018-19 has been at around US$2.32 billion (Exports from India to Philippines-US $1743 million and Imports from Philippines by India- US $581 million). However, a
number of growth drivers suggest a major and sustained growth in two-way trade and
investment, helped by the conclusion of the India-ASEAN Trade in Services and
Investment Agreements. Indian investment in the Philippines is mainly in the areas of
textiles, garments, IT&ITes, steel, Airports, chemicals, Automobiles and
pharmaceuticals.

Indian Community in the Philippines
The Indian community in the Philippines, according to the Bureau
of Immigration, is estimated to be about 1,20,000. Around 5,000 persons of Indian
origin have acquired Filipino citizenship. Punjabis and Sindhis, constitute the bulk of the
community. Since the last ten years, there are a growing number of professionals,
estimated in the range of about 1500 persons, who are working in the Philippines, in
organizations such as the Asian Development Bank, International Rice Research
Institute, UN agencies, as also in multinational corporations, BPOs and with Indian joint
ventures in the country.
The Philippines is also beginning to emerge as a destination for Indian students.
There are more than 10,000 Indian students pursuing medical courses in various
universities in the Philippines. Currently nearly, 50 per cent of the students at the
prestigious Asian Institute of Management in Manila are from India. The flying schools
are also attractive as instructions are in English and students do not have to learn the
local language. Several universities in the Philippines, such as the University of Santo
Tomas, the University of the Philippines, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES, the University of the Visayas, Adamson
University, the University of Mindanao and others have opened special 'India chapters'
in their prestigious libraries, which houses the collection of books on India [gifted through
the Public Diplomacy division of the Ministry of External Affairs]. A bust of Mother
Teresa has been installed in the University of Santo Tomas, gifted by the Indian Council
for Cultural Relations.

See also
 List of India-related topics in the Philippines
 Indian settlement in the Philippines
 Filipinos in India

References

External links

 Shekhar, Vibhanshu India-Philippines Relations: An Overview, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, India.

Philippines
Bilateral relations of the Philippines

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Marisol Inzunza
Program Officer
Marisol Inzunza is a program officer for the Leading for Power and Change portfolio. She brings more than 17 years' experience in philanthropy. Most recently, she was the Program Officer/Manager of Grants Operations and Evaluation for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, where she led a philanthropic portfolio of more than 400 grants, oversaw a $35 million annual budget and supported the areas of arts, culture, health and economic development. Prior to that, she worked as the Public Affairs Representative for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
As a proud daughter of Mexican immigrants, Inzunza has a personal commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. She has chosen to serve marginalized communities because she knows firsthand the struggles low-income communities have with language, achieving equitable education and access to healthcare. Throughout her career, she has dedicated close to two decades of being an advocate for Native American communities and Inland Empire nonprofits.
Inzunza also serves on the Board of the San Bernardino Symphony, where she hopes to make music more accessible to underserved communities. She is a graduate of Cal State Los Angeles and earned a management certificate in tribal government administration from Claremont Graduate University.


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Q: Sybase Login Failed Count I am new to Sybase and I need help with few things.
I need to find failed login attempts for an user before successful login.
Wherever I search I get only about Setting Maximum failed logins.
I need to know the number of attempts the user made before successful login.
And I would also like to know how to check the code of system procedures.
sp_helptext but I dont see any output in result area, I see just the execution time

A: Welcome Sunil to SO.
to find the login attempts a user made you can use the following sp_displaylogin stored procedure. it will give you a lot of information about a specific user. check out the "current failed login attempts" field below:
1> sp_displaylogin 'sa'
2> go
Suid: 1
Loginame: sa
Fullname:
Default Database: master
Default Language:
Auto Login Script:
Configured Authorization:
    sa_role (default ON)
    sso_role (default ON)
    oper_role (default ON)
    sybase_ts_role (default ON)
Locked: NO
Date of Last Password Change: Jul 26 2005 10:42AM
Password expiration interval: 0
Password expired: NO
Minimum password length: 6
Maximum failed logins: 0
Current failed login attempts:
Authenticate with: NONE

To see all system procedures you most likely will first have to switch to the sybsystemprocs database and execute the sp_helptext procedure there:
1> use sybsystemprocs
2> go
1> sp_helptext sp_who
2> go

Hope that helps.

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PORTSMOUTH — Armored and armed officers from the Seacoast Emergency Response Team and federal Drug Enforcement Agency were backed by local police at a Home Depot store Thursday evening for what is being described as a narcotics bust.
At approximately 8:30 p.m., dozens of police officers in multiple unmarked vehicles converged on the Woodbury Avenue home goods store, some in plain clothes, others wearing SWAT gear. Two men were handcuffed against a black sport utility vehicle in a far end of the store parking lot, and local police were asked to provide three cruisers to transport prisoners.


The JK Super Bike Cup was introduced in 2014 and has got a tremendous response. The two-wheeler bike event features 600 and 1000cc engines that go head on in a special category as part of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship, which otherwise features only cars. In addition to the high-speed racing action, riders pack a punch by performing breath-taking maneuvers on their machines.


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First look at proposed new construction of Wadsworth Central Intermediate School if levy passes
JANAE JOACHIM|October 1, 2021
BY JANAE JOACHIM
Voters of the city of Wadsworth will have the opportunity on November 2 to vote on a two-part levy, one part of which will fund the construction of a new Central Intermediate School (CIS) building. The second part is a typical operations levy, something Wadsworth has not had in ten years.
If the levy is passed, the new CIS will be built where the three houses and empty land to the east of where the entrance of the high school is now located.
The yellow on the map indicates the proposed location for the new Central Intermediate School in Wadsworth, Ohio.
"Those three houses would all be torn down and combined with the land we already own there, and the plan would be to build a new intermediate school there," said Douglas Beeman, Treasurer of Wadsworth City Schools.
Outside view of the proposed plans for the new Central Intermediate School in Wadsworth Ohio.
The current CIS building was renovated in 2000. This renovation included infrastructure, HVAC, plumbing and general upgrades. These renovations were projected to last 20-25 years.
The plan is for the auditorium to be preserved for future use, but the rest of the building will be torn down.
Proposed newly constructed auditorium plans for the new Central Intermediate School in Wadsworth Ohio.
Beeman and the rest of the school board are confident that this combination levy will pass because it has been such a significant amount of time since the last one and there is both an operating and bond levy fitting within the typical mill range.
Proposed classroom layout plans for the new Central Intermediate School in Wadsworth Ohio.
"The last time that we passed an operating levy was in 2011. Typically, we go five to seven years between operating levies," Beeman said.
A mill is how taxes are accessed on a property owner. One mill on a $100,000 house will cost the homeowner $35 per year.
Proposed lunch room plans for the new Central Intermediate School in Wadsworth Ohio.
For a typical levy, the board asks between 4.5-5.5 mills for a bond levy OR an operating levy. For this combination levy, the bond issue will be 2.4 mills and the operating portion will be 6.7 mills.
"We also have some millage from the construction of Lincoln, Franklin and the current middle school coming off the tax duplicate," Beeman said.
In the end, the net tax increase will be 5.9 mills.
To see the entire Community Levy Information slideshow, click here.
To watch the the Community Levy Information concept animated tour of the new CIS, click here.
Mark • Oct 2, 2021 at 11:26 pm
Great location, we are differently in need of one
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import cd4017be.automation.Automation;
import cd4017be.automation.Config;
import cd4017be.lib.DefaultItem;
import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
import net.minecraft.init.Items;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
import net.minecraft.world.World;

public class ItemLiquidAir extends DefaultItem {

	public ItemLiquidAir(String id) {
		super(id);
		this.setCreativeTab(Automation.tabAutomation);
		this.setMaxDamage(Config.data.getInt("Tool.AirTank.dur", 600));
		this.setMaxStackSize(1);
	}

	@Override
	public void onUpdate(ItemStack item, World world, Entity entity, int slot, boolean par5) {
		if (!(entity instanceof EntityPlayer)) return;
		EntityPlayer player = (EntityPlayer)entity;
		int air = player.getAir();
		if (air <= 140) {
			item.setItemDamage(item.getItemDamage() + 1);
			player.setAir(air + 20);
		}
		if (item.getItemDamage() >= item.getMaxDamage())
			player.inventory.setInventorySlotContents(slot, new ItemStack(Items.GLASS_BOTTLE, 4));
	}

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	public String getItemStackDisplayName(ItemStack item) {
		int dmg = item.getItemDamage();
		if (dmg > 0) {
			dmg = this.getMaxDamage() - dmg;
			return super.getItemStackDisplayName(item) + String.format(" (%01d:%02d min)", dmg / 60, dmg % 60);
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Behavioural economics: How to 'nudge' customers and influence people
Behavioural economics posits that all behaviour, including in business, is shaped by irrational and unconscious influences.
Behavioural economics posits that all human behaviour, including in business, is shaped by irrational and unconscious influences, such as bias, social pressure and cognitive inertia. The notion of psychology as a driver of economic action is not new: As an academic discipline behavioural economics dates back to the 1970s, and the foundational principle back at least to Adam Smith'sThe Theory of Moral Sentiments Behavioural economics has, however, only in recent years found widespread currency within the business world, spurred by a plethora of bestsellers, including Thinking Fast and Slow (2011) by Daniel Kahneman and Predictably Irrational (2oo8) by Dan Ariely.
Increased interest from the business community is due to the insights gleaned from the discipline, which have been used to successfully "nudge" customer behaviour in a variety of sectors, such as wealth management, insurance, customer products and retail. Specifically, behavioural economics has been used by product managers to guide consumers toward certain product choices (i.e., "choice design"), by marketers to develop brochures and Web sites that more persuasively communicate marketing messages and by service managers to design better support experiences.
The field can provide hundreds of potential "triggers" to augment behaviour, depending on the business objective, situation and context. Psychologists Robert Cialdini, Noah Goldstein and Steve Martin identify 50 different possible applications in The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence (2014).Three among the list include: Leverage social proof:People will make the same decisions as a group with which they identify. Nudge people to adopt a new behavior by showing them a training video featuring their peers doing the same thing.Invoke first names: Get and keep people's attention by frequently using their first name. A sales representative's repeated use of a prospect's name will cue their attention through the clutter of other sensory inputs and focus attention on the key message.The power of loss avoidance:</strong> Individuals strongly prefer avoiding losses to acquiring gains. Marketing studies have shown that consumers would rather avoid a $5 surcharge then get a $5 discount even though the net effect is the same. Case study: behavioural economics in action.
Source: business.financialpost.com
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Why Emotional Excess is Essential to Writing and Creativity
Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terrors, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them." The third volume of Anaïs Nin's diaries has been on heavy rotation in recent weeks, yielding Nin's thoughtful and timeless meditations on life,mass movements, Paris vs. New York, what makes a great city, and the joy of handcraft. The subsequent installment, The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947 (public library) is an equally rich treasure trove of wisdom on everything from life to love to the art of writing. In fact, Nin's gift shines most powerfully when she addresses all of these subjects and more in just a few ripe sentences. Such is the case with the following exquisite letter of advice she sent to a seventeen-year-old aspiring author by the name of Leonard W., whom she had taken under her wing as creative mentor.
Source: www.brainpickings.org
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Bias cognitivi: cinque modi veloci per ingannarsi da soli
I bias cognitivi sono automatismi mentali che ci portano a giudicare e a decidere in fretta e senza fatica. Peccato che decisioni e giudizi siano sbagliati.
Source: nuovoeutile.it
é dimostrato che questa visione negativa dei bias cognitivi è dovuta solo all'averli rilevati quando sbagliano, gli studiosi che affermano questo non considerano il numero superiore di casi in cui certi bias agiscono in modo corretto.
Alessandro Cerboni's insight:
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Study: Most published results in financial economics are wrong
Harvey says he was inspired by a 2005 study that shook the medical community when it proclaimed that more than half of all medical study findings are wrong. He wanted to know if that was true in the area of finance as well.
He and his co-authors studied 315 papers that examine different factors that might predict returns on stocks. Those papers propose all sorts of different potentially predictive variables, like leverage and price-to-earning ratios.
He uses genetic testing as a way of explaining.Scientists wanting to find the gene that causes or is related to a particular disease might test lots of genes. For any one gene-disease test, the odds that a statistical relationship between the two is a pure coincidence are low. But as you test more and more hypotheses, the odds of finding a "statistically significant" relationship that has no causal basis get higher and higher.
Source: www.vox.com


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EU Plans Bank Stress Tests - The European Union is planning a stress test of its banking system to find out if the sector has enough capital, according to a Reuters report citing EU sources Tuesday. The plan isn't for a stress test of individual banks as the U.S. has done, but instead is for an "aggregated stress test" which should show the resilience of the overall sector, the report said.
Bank of Korea Leaves Rates Unchanged - The Bank of Korea left its benchmark policy interest rate unchanged at an all-time low of 2.0% Tuesday. Economists had predicted no change with signs of improvement in South Korea's economy s the reason. Most economists predict the rate will be unchanged through the end of the year at least.
Bernanke Encouraged By Capital Raising - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday evening he is encouraged by the quick response by banks to raise private capital as required by the government after 19 major banks were put through the most thorough and rigorous examination of potential losses in the banking sector ever attempted. Bernanke said the main goal of the stress tests was to increase confidence in the banking system by reducing uncertainty about potential losses if the economy were to suffer an even greater downturn than currently expected. Although the success or failure of the stress tests won't be known for some time, "initial indications are encouraging," Bernanke said.
GM Execs Sold Shares - Six of GM's top executives, including Vice Chairmen Thomas Stephens and Robert Lutz, sold about 200,000 common shares in the company recently, according to regulatory filings submitted Monday. The transactions took place between Friday and Monday and the shares were unwound at a price range of $1.45 to $1.61 a share. The beleaguered auto maker has been surviving on $15.4 billion in federal aid and is trying to offload $27 billion in debt by convincing thousands of creditors to exchange their bonds for 10% in GM stock.
Ford to Offer 300 Million Common Shares - Ford said late Monday it will offer 300 million common shares at a par value of 1 cent a share. The proceeds from the offering are expected to be used for general corporate purposes, including to fund with cash, instead of stock, a portion of the payments Ford is required to make to the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association retiree health care trust with the United Auto Workers. "We continue to make strong progress on our transformation plan - gaining retail market share with great new products, improving quality, reducing costs and positioning Ford for a return to profitability," said CEO Alan Mulally.
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We believe in new talent. New is an annual book series celebrating the 100 best emerging Dutch photographers of the year.
Previous editions are still available for purchase, for more info click the link below.
All upcoming photographers based in The Netherlands (either graduated in 2015 or after, or working as an autodidact photographer for 3 years or fewer) are welcome to send in work for consideration. We now welcome you to send in work for publication in the New Dutch Photography Talent 2019 book.
After deadline GUP editors select the 100 best photographers for publication in the 2019 book. If you are amongst those happy 100 to feature as a New Dutch Photography Talent, we grant you 4 pages (2 spreads) in the book. In good consultation GUP editors will select the images to be published.
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� The Qur�an: Eternal words of Allah. Divine revelation to Muhammad.
c. Polytheists (e.g., Hindus but here Bedouins): deny the sovereignty of Allah, God's revelation via Muhammad, the Last Judgment. Also: denying one's obligation to Allah, being ungrateful.
a. A meaningful life is fully centered on God. The purpose of human existence is to serve God in every sphere of life, and to do God's commands.
Islam = surrender, submission, obedience to God's will.
a. One serves God in one's relationships with other people: the Qur'an is the only reliable basis of personal and social values.
b. Model yourself on God: compassionate, protective of the weak, just, opposed to evil in all forms.
c. Attack on authority of old, ancestral patterns of behavior (the Bedouin sunna). De-emphasized importance of kinship, All human beings created to serve God; all true Muslims are brothers. Religious loyalty takes precedence over family loyalty. Personal accountability.
a. People who pursue worldly ends act as though there is no day of reckoning. Nothing else to hope or fear.
b. Dead resurrected -- all of life past and present will stand before God to be judged.
c. Unbelievers, selfish > eternal damnation in hell. Believers who respond to Allah's revelation > everlasting life in paradise.
d. Body and soul are perishable, but will be resurrected and experience either paradise or hell.
e. God's creation is good, but less valuable than paradise. = a testing ground for eternity. One must be ready to sacrifice all this of this world in the promise of eternal fellowship with Allah.
a. No established orthodoxy, more receptivity to influence of other civilizations. Islam in early formation of intellectual traditions of sciences, theology, history > India had an impact: study of astrology, number systems, decimal system.
a. Mughals (from �Mongols�): in the tradition of the nomadic warrior clans that periodically swooped down from the grasslands and deserts of Central Asia and either plundered and raided the settled agricultural civilizations or succeeded in conquering them. Not only India, but China, Eastern Europe, and the fertile crescents of the Middle East also experienced such attacks and invasions. Since the nomadic hunter clans lacked agricultural territories that could be tapped for their surplus, the only means to wealth in such parts of the globe were raids on settled civilizations or looting or taxation of trade caravans.
Babur (1483-1530) conquered northern India, established the Mughal empire > whose culture left a permanent mark on India.
Initial Muslim invader pursued a harsh policy toward the local population: Hindus and Buddhists were not �true believers�, so Muslim warriors plundered and destroyed many local shrines and killed or drove off the monks and nuns. Buddhism never quite recovered from that blow.
Many conversion to Islam (some forced, some voluntary). Many members of lower castes sought to escape social discrimination through conversion.
In time, Muslim rulers granted more tolerance to Hindus.
Akbar (ruled 1556-1605) Grandson of Babur, extended <Mughal control over most of India. Model of religious tolerance.
In interest of well being of his subjects: Akbar refused to force Hindus to convert, he revokes discriminatory laws, decreed universal religious tolerance. This went far beyond traditional Islamic law pertaining to non-Muslims.
Disestablishing orthodox Islam. Decreed himself as infallible, thus able to disregards any feature of Islamic law that he felt was incompatible with his political requirements.
Illiterate but interested in comparative religion, found value in other traditions. Sponsored discussions in his court between representatives of Hinduism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Christianity.
Decided that a new religious synthesis was needed. Called the new faith the �Divine Faith� - a form of monotheism that combined elements of several traditions. A religion that could appeal to all of the various subjects of his empire. Didn�t have much impact.
Shah Jahan (ruled 1628-1658) (two generatinos later) restored Islam as the state religion.
� His reign regarded as the golden age of Mughal art. Delhi was the seat of his government - palaces, mosques, forts.
� Favorite wife died -- Mumtaz -- Shah Jahan had the Taj Mahal built in Agra as a monument to her.
� Fell ill, led to a struggle for succession between his sons.
Dara Shikoh (died 1659): deeply influenced by Sufism, had several Hindu scriptures translated in to Persian.
� Collected the results of his studies into a book, The Mingling of the Two Seas. Believed that the Sufi path and Hindu mysticism led to the same reality.
� When Aurangzeb came into power, Dara Shikoh was executed for heresy. Considered a lover of Hinduism and enemy of Islam.
Aurangzeb was the victor. Imprisoned his father for the rest of his life.
� Initiated a revival of traditional Islamic practice, champion of orthodox Islam, reintroduced system of discriminating among religious communities in favor of Islam. Poll tax on non-Muslims, mass conversions by force, razed Hindu temples.
� Executed the ninth guru of the Sikh tradition for refusing to convert, earning the enmity of the Sikh community.
Did not deprive them of their land, did not interfere with their religious life.
The result was indifference on the part of Hindus toward the Turks and Mughals.
God is closer to him [man] than his jugular vein.