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Magna Carta: Tears of Blood
Battle System Guide by BloodOfSin
Version: 1.63 | Updated: 11/18/05 | Search Guide | Bookmark Guide
Magna Carta: Tears of Blood
-Battle System Guide-
Version History & Copyright
Version 1.01 - This is the good to go initial release
from here it can only get better, I hope *swear drop*!
Version 1.51 - This version has corrected some mistakes
made in the guide, added a whole new section, and made
more elaboration on Chi Lanterns and Status Effects!
Version 1.61 - Added a few new tips to combat and added
an interesting secondary opening trying to explain what
the battle system is like!
Version 1.63 - Updated the 'Table of Contents' and added
a few notes.
Author: Phillip Woodward (BeyondSpectrality/BloodOfSin)
© Copyright 2005 Phillip Woodward. All rights reserved.
To Open I would like to say that this is my first FAQ/Guide ever, so
I hope it meets your expectations and helps you out! If you see
anything that is incorrect or a spelling error or just something you
would like to add/ask please notify me at email@example.com
thanks! Now that we're by that all references in this are written by
me and copyright to SoftMax, those who help will be credited
accordingly. Okay, now on to the guide before I get flamed for such a
stupid opening!
Table of Contents
I. Section 1: Before the Battle
-Dash Mode
-Detect Mode
-Rest Mode
-Chi Lanterns
-Normal Attack
-Suprise Attack
-First Attack
II. Section 2: Battle Break-Down
-Leader bar
-Trinity Ring
-Trinity Drive
-Selected Player
-Player Name
-HP Bar
-Shield Meter
-Mode Indicator
-Style Indicator
-Idle Players
-Battle Menu
III. Section 3: End of Battle Break-Down
-Record & Max Damage
-Items Obtained
-EXP Display
-Name & Avatar
-Level Up
IV. Section 4: Miscellaneous
-General Battle Notes
-Battle Movement
-Switching Players in Battle
-Switching Targets
-Gaining New Styles
-Satus Effects
-The Status Effects
-Power Up
-Defense Up
V: Section 5: Special Thanks!
You know, I already did one introduction but I figured after reading over
everything there's one thing I didn't do. What's that? I never told you
what the battle system was like (If you know what it's like skip this and
get right down below to the technical stuff...When you look at the battle
system you think, "Wow that ring reminds me of Shadow Hearts." Well I'll
tell you right now it really isn't. It's more like Legend of Dragoon...but
then again its not...this system really is different. It utilizes a type
of turn based system with a mix of real-time. Then it adds a battle menu
and something like the Destiny Ring from Shadow Hearts but it works like
Legend of Dragoon (if you miss the button you don't attack sort of thing).
The way you attack and do different attacks is much different from other
RPGs and where you get your power from is the energies surrounding the
world around you...truly an interesting system that I consider the best
in RPG gaming today! Anyways...on with the guide...I hope this is a
good explanation to those who wonder what the system is like...
I. Section 1: Before the Battle
In this section we'll over-view ways to prepare for battle. Before anything
else remember to save often and always remember to equip your best items!
Try to balance your character's levels and keep their Style's up to date
(for reasons you'll find later)! Always try and check the Blacksmiths for
Quests, equipment, upgrade weapons, and new weapons. always check Fortune
Tellers for Fortunes, Talismans and Talisman Combine...And um...well that's
all the easy to remember stuff; lets get to the more technical things!
Okay!? Let's go!
Dash Mode - Dash Mode allows you to move across combat areas with good
speed but you have an extremely small detect area leaves you vulnerable to
getting 'Surprise Attacked' which I will explain later. This is default
change it by pressing R1 or Square.
Detect Mode - Detect Mode draws your sword and makes you significantly
slower than when in Dash Mode (some people think it's too slow and complain
about it o-o;). While in Detect mode your area of detect is extremely larger
than when in Dash Mode making it much easier to surprise enemies and find
chests in this mode. To surprise an enemy you have to press X to slash at
them which initiates 'First Strike' (which we'll talk about later). To sneak
up on an enemy you have to get to the side or behind them, but don't get
too close or they'll detect you. If you can't see them but they are in your
detection area or you can't tell which way they are facing, use your map to
look at their field of vision which loose something like, .< the . being them
and the < being their field of vision. Toggle between Dash and Detect with
Rest Mode - In Rest Mode you go into a kneeling position, you're detection
radius is the same as if you were in Dash Mode and you sit in one spot while
your characters gain HP. You can also access the menu while like this, but
you won't gain HP for your Characters while in the menu. If you happen to
be attacked in this mode it will initiate a Surprise Attack. Toggling
between Rest Mode and your previous mode is done with Square.
Chi Lanterns - Chi Lanterns are expressed as white squarish blips on your
map and are spread out through combat zones to effect Chi. To check what
Chi it is walk up to it and press X it will tell you what type of Chi Area
the Lantern is and then will bring up a Talisman menu I recommend saving and
checking out all of the different effects that talismans have on the Lantern.
If you don't need to change anything press Circle to cancel out. Make sure
to either arrange the Lanterns to help your current party or arrange your
party so that the lanterns help you. Remember whatever Chi is expressed by
the lanterns there will be more of that type Chi when in combat. But not
only does it change the element, whatever the previous element was it will
have different effect. Sometimes you can accidentally destroy a Chi Lantern
if you put an element in it that is on the opposite side of the spectrum.
Like if you put Earth into a Celestial Lantern it could blow up.
(Note: The Chi of a Talisman can be noted by what letter it has next to it
before it says the name of the Talisman. You can note what elements these
are in the Chi Section of the FAQ.)
The different effects I was talking about are something like this:
___________________________ ___________________________
| Effects of Using An Earth | | Effects of Using A |
| Talisman on an Earth | | Celestial Talisman on an |
| Lantern | | Earth Lantern |
|___________________________| |___________________________|
| | | |
| -Earth Chi increases. | | -Celestial Chi increases. |
| | | |
| -Strengthens Earth-based | | -Weakens Earth-based |
| enemy powers. | | enemy powers. |
| | | |
| -Strengthens Earth-based | | -Earth Chi decreases. |
| attack powers. | | |
| | | -Strengthens Celestial |
| | | based attack powers. |
| | | |
| | | -The Lantern explodes. |
|___________________________| |___________________________|
Normal Attack - Normal attack is when you encounter an enemy and you bring
up your sword to deflect the enemy's strike. Once in battle there are no
special effects to the battle and your 'Leader Bar' 9we'll talk about this
later) runs normally.
Surprise Attack - This happens when you're not careful and the enemy
attacks you, allowing them to get usually two or more attacks before
your Leader Bar even starts to fill. Your Leader bar will fill slower
than usual until the 'Conditions of Battle' (we'll brush more on this
later) are turned.
First Strike - This happens when you surprise the enemy by sneaking up on
them and pressing X slashing the enemy and starting battle. This allows
you to do two or more attacks with any character or characters before
their Leader bar Starts to gain. This also effects the Leader Bar in your
favor making it gain faster unless the Conditions of battle are turned.
I think that's all you really need to know about 'Before the Battle',
let us move on. If you feel something should be added here contact
II. Section 2: Battle Break-Down
In this section I will be explaining the break-down of the in-game
battle system ^^; Shall we begin?
Battle Chart:
|1. Chi 2. Leader Bar |
| |
| |
| / + 15%[] |
| 3.Trinity Ring |4. Trinity Drive |
|7. Battle Menu O |
| _____ / \ |
| |Style| | | |
| |Run | \ / |
| |Item | O___X |
| |_____| |
| |
|5. Selected Player |
| ________________________ 6. Idle Players |
| |Eonis Style | Azel Chris |
| |_________ Strd. | _______ _______ |
| |.. HP 369 1 ooo | . HP560 . HP367 |
| |________________________| |
Reference: http://www.got-next.com/media_ps2/magna_carta/magna_carta2.jpg
Battle Chart Numbers:
1. Chi-
From left to right, top then bottom.
H:Celestial A:Air I:Ice W:Water
M:Mountain E:Earth F:Fire L:Lightning
Chi is the energy of your surroundings; different areas have different Chi,
like a mountain area as more Mountain Chi than a low water area. This can be
altered by using Chi lanterns found throughout the landscape. Changing them
will aid your characters in their area of Chi, but be careful changing the
lantern can also hurt your other characters in Chi and help the enemy. The
power of Chi is noted by how bright its icon is, the brighter the better, not
only does it mean you can use the attack longer, but it also makes the attack
you use stronger or weaker depending on the power of that Chi Area. If the
symbol has nothing around it, you're out of Chi and need to switch styles or
characters. Chi is drained by using skills. The more powerful the skill, the
more Chi the attack uses, thus skill 1 uses less Chi than skill 4. What area
of Chi your character is using can be seen by pressing Triangle to open the
'Battle Menu' and selecting Style. There you can see the current style you're
using and the attacks you have learned for it. Next to the name you see the
letter/symbol for what area of Chi it uses. Different Characters and Styles
use different areas of Chi, utilize them.
The enemy also uses up Chi and attacks on the same Chi energy you do. To
better serve your attack strategy it is nice to know what area of Chi your
enemy is using. This can be identified by either looking at what Chi symbol
is drained when the enemy attacks or by the color of the enemy's aura before
it attacks. Obvious Aura colors, blue is water, red is fire, but other than
that I don't know the other ones. If someone does it'd be nice to make a
chart! Anyway, that concludes our portion about Chi.
2. Leader Bar-The Leader Bar regulates how often you can attack and fills
over time. The ^ (which in-game are pointing down) are what I call 'Attack
Points' When the Leader Bar reaches one of these points it means you or the
enemy can attack. There are two Leader Bars, the one labeled E is the
enemy's and the one labeled P is yours. The leader Bar is affected by
various things such as; Party Trust, Conditions of Battle, and Odds of
Battle. How much your party trusts you will effect the leader bar, the more
trust you have with your party members the faster the bar will gain. The
less trust you have, the slower it will gain for you. Conditions of battle,
like Surprise attack compared to First Attack, also affects the rate of the
Leader Bar. Surprise Attack making it much slower for you and faster for
the enemy, Normal is well...normal for both parties, and First Attack makes
it gain faster for you, slower of the enemy. Odds of Battle is a simple
equation of your characters plus the number of enemies. If there are two
characters and three enemies the leader bar will gain faster for the enemy
and slower for you and vice-versa. Odds can be changed through the duration
of battle however, like if one of your characters dies the bar gains even
more slowly, but if you kill one of the enemy it gains faster for you.
Things like these can decide the results of battle. I think this conclude
the leader bar section of the guide.
(Note: Trust is gained and lost by giving party members items or talking
to them at Save points/Inns.)
(Another Note: 'Status Effects' can affect the Leader bar as well, like
if a character is paralyzed it acts the same to the Leader bar as if one
of your characters died. Mind you your character doesn't actually die
and the effect will wear off/can be cured. But the effect can be fairly
devastating none the less.)
3. Trinity Ring-
I'm not sure how much explanation this needs, but here we go. The 'Trinity
Ring' is how you activate and succeed in the execution of attacks. You
activate it by pressing he designated button at the top of the ring which
is either O or X. Once activated the next parts in the succession will come
up to the top of where the original designated button was, from here timing
is everything. Mess up and you don't get an attack boyo. But as a counter
to this, you never miss...so you take your chances...I like it better this
way, it takes away the random miss percentages. There are three modes of
combat for the Trinity Ring:
Standard - Standard combat mode is the basic set for all Styles and makes
it so you use one basic attack and makes you do a succession of three button
presses designated and two more. The succession of your attacks brings up
your skill from 1 to 2 to 3 and so on. This Once you reach a certain
skill or skill 4 you can press left or right to cycle through all of them,
but you can only use those you have done in succession. Standard is default
but can be changed or changed back to by pressing up or down on the d-pad
(look in the bottom left at your 'Selected Player' info and look for a blue
'Strd.' icon), but not all Styles have more than just Standard. What
modes a Style has can be seen by pressing Triangle and entering the Battle
Menu, then select Style and you will see the attack modes for your current
Style. (Note: This mode is great for basic maneuvers.)
Combo - To use this you need to make sure your Style has it (again press
Triangle to open the Battle Menu and choose Style to check). Once you know
if it does note that you have to have the style mastered. If so,
switch to it, this sets you up for your basic skill 1 Trinity Ring which
once completed sends you through a constant rotation of the rest of your
skills 2-4 and once finished it performs a special attack. For Calintz'
Fuget Style it goes like this; change to Combo use it X, O, O - then the
Ring will reform and the constant flow of skills 2-4 will begin like so
O, O, O, X, O, O, O, O, O. if you do this without messing up Calintz will
perform 'Air Rush', a very powerful attack combo (Note: if you mess up you
will not attack at all). You also do not have a shield in this mode so you
will take a lot more damage. You can change to this mode by pressing up or
down on the d-pad (look in the bottom left at your 'Selected Player' info
and look for a orange 'Combo' icon). (Note: This mode is generally best
suited for taking out one or two enemies quickly.)
Counter - This is very hard to use you have to get the enemy to attack
you with this mode on and then you have to guess the enemy's attack combo
in a Trinity Ring with the buttons covered by '?'. The result is just like
Standard, you go through the progression of skills 1-4, the difference is
you waste an enemies attack and then do your own attack. You can change to
this mode by pressing up or down on the d-pad (look in the bottom left at
your 'Selected Player' info and look for a purple 'Cntr.' icon).
You do not have a shield in Counter Mode. (Note: This mode really isn't
recommended and shouldn't be used by beginners.)
Okay, now onto damage variants for the Trinity Ring...of course we know
the amount of Chi you use affects how much damage you deal, but this is
not the only factor. The amount of Goods and Greats you get when
pressing the buttons for the Trinity Ring also affect damage. If you get
three Goods the damage would be lower than if you got three Greats.
Another benefit to getting three Greats is one it raises your Trinity
Drive (which we'll talk about later. And it also can gain you your next
skill for your current Style, in-turn eventually mastering that Style.
I've noticed that it is kind of random as to how many three Greats you
have to get before it gains you a new skill. But it always seems to be
harder to get that first new skill of a Style. The benefits of gaining
new skills is obvious.....Anyway, I think this concludes the explanation
on the Trinity Ring (which turned out to be longer than the other two
4. Trinity Drive - The Trinity Drive is a battle aid that is sometimes
a really annoying/hard thing to achieve. It goes up by 5% every time you
get 3 Greats, it doesn't go up at all if you get a good, and if you miss
at all the whole gauge is depleted and goes back to 0%. You can use the
Trinity Drive by pressing Square once it has reached 30% or above. Using
it makes one attack more powerful based on the percentage you use it at,
so at 30% it does 1/3 more damage, 50% it does 1/2 more damage, and 100%
it does twice the damage (just to use as some small examples. I think
that's all you really need to know about trinity Drive.
5. Selected Player-This shows the player you currently have selected
and are using for combat and can be changed with R1.The 'Selected Player'
box shows more information than the Idle Player boxes such as:
Player Name - Displays Selected Player's name.
HP Bar - Shows an HP Bar and how much HP your character has.
Shield Meter - The little dots under the HP bar are the shield mere and
are there in Modes like Standard. What a shield does is protect you from
a certain amount of damage. For every one hit you take one dot is
taken away and once these run out you will take more damage. The
recharge instantly after the enemy finishes its attack. Magic goes
through the shield and does full damage. (Note: As soon as the enemy's
attack is over the character's Shield Meter recharges.)
Mode Indicator - This shows what attack mode you are currently using
and which way to press up or down to change to a different attack mode.
Style Indicator - This shows what Style you're using and what part of
the skill succession you are on for that Style, each time you use a
successive move it will light up the next skill. If you have not
mastered the Style it will only show dots for which ones you have gained.
once you have gone through the necessary skill succession to light all
of the dots up you can cycle through them by using left and right on
the d-pad.
I think that's all you need to know about the Select Player Box...
6. Idle Players-
The Idle Player Box shows minimal things such as the character's
name, HP Bar and how much HP they have, and their Shield Meter.
7. Battle Menu-
The Battle Menu is opened during combat by pressing Triangle and once
open you'll notice three options to open their sub-menu press X. to back
out of the menu without doing anything press O. Here are the three
Style - You can change Styles whenever you want with this option by
pressing Triangle and pressing left or right on the d-pad, note that you
can only change Styles when you have reached an attack point on your
Leader bar. Changing Styles does not interrupt or deplete your current
1-4 skill succession on the Style you're changing from, so don't be afraid
to change. This also shows you various information about the Styles you
have as stated in previous sections.
Run - Well kind of obvious, but this lets you run away from battle. I'm
not sure if you need to reach an attack point on your Leader bar or not
because I've never had to use it.
Item - This allows you to use Talismans to affect the tide of battle.
Once you open it, it will bring you to a menu showing all your talismans
and will give you a description of each. use them to do such things as
add Wind Chi or heal/resurrect a party member. Note that you have to
have reached an attack point on your Leader Bar to use a Talisman. To
switch the target you have for your item try pressing R2.
Besides these the battle menu also pauses the battle...so with that in
mind I think that will conclude the Battle Menu portion of this guide.
And with that we have concluded Section 2: Battle Break-Down.
III. Section 3: End of Battle Break-Down
This hopefully won't be a long and drawn out section, but there will
be some interesting information in it! Most of which you probably
already know, but I thought it might be worthy of a new section! K?
Let's move it out!
End of Battle Chart:
|1. R e s u l t s |
| ----------------------------------------- |
|2. Record Calintz |
| --------------- _____ |
|2. Max Damage | |EXP _____^__ |
| 174 |
| Eonis |
| _____ |
|3. Items Obtained |
| ----------------- Haren |
| & H:Thank You 1 _____ |
| % Iron Ore 1 ^| |LV 8 |
| Level | |EXP _^______ |
| + 108 Sid Up |_____|GOT ___^____ |
| O 6366 Sid 4. EXP Display |
Reference: http://www.got-next.com/media_ps2/magna_carta/magna_carta3.jpg
End of Battle Chart Numbers:
1. Results-
A display of the out come of the end battle.
2. Record & Max Damage-
These to displays go hand in hand. One is a
record of your highest damage and the other is the Max Damage you made
in this last battle. Why is this important? Because breaking your Max
Damage Record results in a New Record. Why is this important? Because
when you break your old record you get bonus experience and I believe
you all know why this is important. Now there are two interesting things
to learn from this. One is that you don't want to break your record
with something like 223 to 567, that's no good. We want to make it
something like 223 to 257, milk all of that extra experience. Now the
second thing is that the exp you gain negates your level. What it shows
is how much your characters exp bar goes up. So it kind of sucks for
lower level characters but it's great for higher levels. Ahem, anyway
let's move on.
3. Items Obtained-
Kind of simple, this shows you what items and how
much Sid you gained for the battle....it also shows your total Sid.
You can gain anything from Talismans to 'Gift Items' to Blacksmith
Upgrade/Quest items.
4. EXP Display-
This shows the three characters you have in your
active battle party with an avatar, their level, their exp (before
and after, I'll explain in a minute), their 'GOT' exp, and if they
leveled up. To go into more detail:
Name and Avatar - Just displays the name and picture of the
characters in your active battle party.
Level - Shows what level your character is before and after
a level up.
EXP - This shows how much EXP your character has until leveling and
it shows how much experience gained after adding your GOT exp, which
could result in a level up.
GOT - This displays the exp that you gained from your battle and is
then added to your exp bar. Extra GOT is obtained by breaking
your last Max Damage record but is shown on a different bar from the
Level Up - This icon is displayed if your character levels up from
experience gained in the battle.
I think that concludes this section of the guide...remember to contact
me if I need to change or add anything!
IV. Section 4: Miscellaneous
This section just kind of touches on the other little things that
might aid you in battle...
General Battle Notes-
These could have gone elsewhere and maybe they should of, but I think
that I needed to make a new section to accentuate their importance.
here we go:
Battle Movement - You can move freely in the battle 'arena' and go
where you want. This can be used to strategically confuse enemies
(i.e. get a First Strike and then go up and attack twice, once they
get their leader bar run back behind a team-mate. While there the
enemy will usually bring all of the foes forward allowing you to
gain more of your Leader bar. This tactic has gained me 4 attacks
before the enemy had 1). Note that your Leader Bar does not gain
while moving, and the enemy's Leader Bar doesn't gain when they
are moving.
Switching Players in Battle - To switch between characters in
battle use L1 or R1.
Switching Targets - When you have enemies in range or are using a
Talisman on a certain party member but it doesn't auto-lock on the
one you want use L2 and R2 to switch between the targets.
Gaining New Styles-
You gain other Styles from Style Scrolls, these
are received from Trigger items you find in-game (i.e. *Minor Spoiler*
The scroll you find in Reith's cave), after certain training events,
and after some boss battles. These scrolls are used by going to your
out of battle interface menu (press Triangle when not in a battle) and
go to Items. Find the scroll you received and then use it on a usable
character (as far as I've seen scrolls have designated characters they
go to). Once used go to the Style portion of the menu and make sure it
is equipped on the character you used the scroll on (it'll be
highlighted in blue if equipped and dimmed in a dark blue if not
equipped). Note that you can only have 4 different Styles equipped
at one time.
Status Effects-
This probably should have been in Battle Break-Down
but oh well. You can give or receive status Affects by getting hit or
using certain moves in battle. The status effect is either shown by
your character model changing color or having a symbol appear next
to them. Most status effects can be cured with Talismans. I recommend
you cure your party member fast, because some of the status effects
are pretty damaging and some like paralyze affect the rate of the
Leader Bar. If a character is Paralyzed it will act as though your
character has died (only on the leader Bar because the status effect
will wear off or can be cured). (Note: Not all Sates Effects are
The Status Effects:
Poison - This is shown by a little green bubbling type icon and your
character's model turns green. With this status effect your
character will take damage in intervals.
Paralysis - Displayed by a little web icon, this makes your character
have the inability to move.
Stone - Shown by an icon of a little stone and I believe your
character model turns gray (like stone, lol, but don't quote me
on that). With this ailment your character is turned to stone
and is easily targeted by the enemy.
Confusion - Displayed by an icon of two question marks, this Status
Effect turns the commands on the Trinity Ring into question marks.
Power Up - Displayed by what looks like evil eyes this makes your
attack power increase by 50%.
Defense Up - Shown by a little white dude flexing is muscles this
raises your defense by 50% but makes you more easily targeted
by the enemy.
Death - When your character reaches an HP count of 0 he or she will
say a really cheesy line like, 'I never thought this could happen.'
and then flop over. They can be revived with certain Talismans but
if your whole battle party reaches 0 the game is over!
The enemies work off of the same system you do. They don't
gain on their Leader Bar when moving and only one chosen enemy can
attack. The elements they are using can be seen by the color of
their aura before they attack or by what Chi symbol drains when they
attack. They also use the same Chi as you so watch out to what the
Chi Area they use and what Chi Area you use (yes this is kind of
repeated information but oh well).
I think, unless more is added later, that will conclude this section
of the guide.
V. Section 5: Special Thanks!
Hhhhmmm not much to say here yet other than I hope I addressed
most of your concerns and questions. A special thanks to SoftMax
for developing this wonderful game and a special thanks to Atlus
for releasing the game to us Americans! Oh, I finally get to add
someone to my special thanks besides developers! Thank you to 'Ulala
Rules' for helping me with the Copyrighting of this Guide! And um
yeah, thank you for reading. If you need to get in contact with me
for any reason my email address is email@example.com
and my AIM is Spectrality1928. Bye now! Hope this helped!
Last Updated - November 18, 2005
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 25.053 Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Date: January 28, 2014 at 10:48:43 AM EST
Subject: Terry Hawkes
Dear Hardy,
You might like to announce over the SHAKSPER network the sad death of Terry Hawkes. Here is a form of words:
Terence Hawkes was emeritus professor of English at the University of Cardiff, and for some 50 years he was a leading world expert on Shakespeare. Between 1959 and 2007 he produced a series of books and collections of essays on Shakespeare, and from 1977 he was the general editor (and contributor to) The Methuen/Routledge New Accents series, that was instrumental in changing the direction of English Studies in British universities. He was also the founding editor of the influential journal 'Textual Practice', and the general editor and contributor to the 'Accents on Shakespeare' series. He broadcast on BBC radio in Wales and was a formative influence on a radical theoretical turn in Shakespeare scholarship that has now come to be regarded as central. He was also an inspirational lecturer and many of his former students now occupy chairs in universities across the world. He was a proficient jazz drummer who had played with musicians such as Acker Bilk and Digby Fairweather, he was a keen football supporter, and he was also active in local politics. The legacy of his scholarly work continues to be felt across the world, and his witty, perceptive, and erudite contributions will be sorely missed on the SHAKSPER network.
John Drakakis


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Job Number: 20016157
Date Posted: 7-22-2017
Job Title: Director, Oncolytic Sales - New England
Position Summary
Under direction of the National Director of Sales, this role promotes the use of and consultatively sells Cardinal Health's Specialty Services and Solutions within a specific geographic area, appropriately increasing volume growth, market share and profitability in target accounts. In addition to creating appropriate product demand, this sales leader will build long-term, executive level relationships with physicians, physician practices leaders, hospital and health system administrators and group purchasing organizations.
Due to the complexity of the sales cycle, this role requires an enhanced "sales" skill set; it is critical this individual has the ability to identify opportunities, link and deliver resources/solutions and manage projects through stakeholder and customer coordination.
As the lead contract negotiator and relationship builder, this sales leader will use his/her acumen, demonstrated persuasive communication ability and strategic, solution-oriented approach to maintain, develop and grow Cardinal Health's Specialty Solutions footprint.
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Cardinal Health is making peoples' lives better with all of the research it does to cure certain diseases.
We have good benefits and the company values its associates. Something is always changing within the business and the technology.
I like the fact that I learn something every day in this career.
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Is 'Mad Men' Greed Killing 'Breaking Bad' and 'The Walking Dead'?
It's been a really, rough week for AMC. First The Hollywood Reporter released a pretty shocking article entitled 'The Walking Dead': What Really Happened to Fired Showrunner Frank Darabont,' which put a harsh light on the troubles the network is having juggling the rising costs of television's most critically successful and expensive lineup.
"The cast is 'scared,' the crew is crushed after Darabont is canned while working to fix an episode that a director turned in with unusable footage," starts the THR article, and really it's pretty much a searing indictment of AMC from that point forward.
As we reported in July, popular showrunner Frank Darabont was fired just days after promoting the series for AMC at ComicCon. And "Breaking Bad" series creator Vince Gilligan said season five is likely to be the last for the show, and that he may look for another network to run the final season.
'Anarchy' Unleashed
Then last night, the always opinionated Kurt Sutter (showrunner and writer/creator for "Sons of Anarchy") let loose with a series of accusations at AMC (his award-winning show is on FX), basically blaming the network's problems on their willingness to slash the budgets of "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead" in order to meet the increased demands of "Mad Men" and its show creator Matthew Weiner.
"why darabont got fired — weiner. he held AMC hostage, broke their bank, budgets were slashed, s— rolled down hill onto [Breaking Bad showrunner Vince] Gilligan and Frank," Tweeted Sutter. "no one else wants to f—ing say it, but the greed of Mad Men is killing the other two best shows on tv — breaking bad and walking dead."
As we reported back in March, Matthew Weiner fought for and got a $30 million dollar deal to return to "Mad Men," making him one of the highest paid talents in television.
Then in late June, Jon Hamm closed an eight-figure deal with Lionsgate TV and AMC to come back to his pivotal role as everybody's favorite fraudulent alpha-male ad man for three more years. According to Variety, the new deal gives him up to $250,000 per episode during a 39 episode deal.
Sutter apparently believes the decision to move forward with the "Mad Men" deals meant certain peril for the other two shows, and particularly "Walking Dead" showrunner Frank Darabont.
The "Sons of Anarchy" creator continued his Tweet-rant (isn't there a better word for this sort of thing yet?), saying:
"Darabont reacted strongly to slashed budgets. he made mistakes, he was fired. no creative in town will trust AMC to back up their artists…i don't know MW, got no beef with him. just hate that Darabont is being demonized. no one has the balls to tell the truth. MM gutted AMC."
After clarifying his remarks this morning to say that he was pissed at AMC and not Weiner, Sutter took things a step further.
"Apparently speaking one's mind is outrageous, troublesome and self-indulgent. Man, this is a town full of silent, terrified d**ksuckers. Did I cross the line?"
So put THAT in your pipe and smoke it, AMC.
AMC's President Charlie Collier said in an interview with Deadline Hollywood that "the 'Mad Men' negotiation had nothing to do with our other programming. Going into 'Mad Men,' we knew that right behind it would be negotiations on 'Breaking Bad,' 'The Killing' and others. The negotiations for 'Mad Men' were factored into our plans. Some have reported that the 'Mad Men' deal has affected our assessment of other programming and nothing could be further from the truth.
To be frank, though, and to Sutter's point, you really do have to wonder what kind of serious mismanagement is afoot at AMC right now. The network was able to take a really pioneering concept and approach to adult serial drama and birth an entire new wave of truly quality cable programming that has been successfully copied by much bigger and much more well-funded cable networks.
To go from that strong leadership position to months of highly publicized failure in negotiations speaks to a leadership failure somewhere.
While production costs have certainly gone up, and talent demands are clearly rising, AMC execs should be quite easily able to leverage their considerable success in creating popular, critically acclaimed shows to make a healthy profit and still keep their talent happy. If the current AMC leadership can't, I'd bet good money that there's a whole host of proven, competent American entertainment executives who'd kill for the chance to do so.
In Fact Some of Those Executives May Wear Mouse Ears
Of course, there is one other very real possibility - that AMC leadership (and particularly its MBA-trained President Collier) are simply cleaning up the books and tightening up the financial ship to make themselves more attractive for a potential buyout.
Crain's New York recently reported that AMC may be potentially ripe for a buyout, and the business pub mentioned Disney or NewsCorp as potential bidder.
"AMC Networks Inc., the cable-television channel owner spun off last week from Cablevision Systems Corp., may lure buyers from News Corp. to Disney and Time Warner Inc., according to Gamco Investors Inc. If an acquisition fetches $42 a share as Collins Stewart estimates, AMC would be valued at 25 times this year's projected earnings, making it the most expensive U.S. media takeover greater than $500 million since 2006, according to data compiled by Bloomberg."
Don Draper owned by the Mouse Mafia? That's more frightening than a street full of zombies and a meth dealer with a box cutter combined.
Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead , Sons of Anarchy , The Killing


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Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) - Amid U.S. concerns and protests by pro-democracy campaigners, a top lawmaking body in China is meeting to rule on whether and how the people of Hong Kong should select their future leaders.
The move has sparked concerns and protests in the semi-autonomous territory, where a growing democracy movement had hoped voters would be able to directly elect their chief executive and lawmakers in the 2007-8 electoral cycle.
The standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) is expected to deliver by Tuesday its interpretation of two clauses in Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the Basic Law.
The former British colony reverted to Chinese rule in 1997, under an agreement promising significant autonomy and no threat to Hong Kong's capitalist way of life for 50 years.
The "one country, two systems" formula sought to allay concerns that the vibrant, prosperous territory would be swallowed up by the communist mainland.
In the years since, Hong Kong's chief executive has been selected by an 800-member electoral college loyal to Beijing, and fewer than half of the lawmakers in the territory's Legislative Council (LegCo) have been democratically elected.
The Basic Law provides for unspecified changes - if they are needed - to the way the chief executive position and LegCo seats can be filled after 2007 and 2008 respectively, and democrats had hoped the authorities would allow universal franchise at that time.
The central government in Beijing has in recent weeks made it clear, however, that it does not envisage democratization happening that quickly, culminating in the announcement that the NPC standing committee would review and interpret the clauses.
The Basic Law provides for the NPC committee to be the deciding authority in constitutional questions relating to Hong Kong.
At the weekend, the official Xinhua news agency stated that the committee's interpretations would be "fair, reasonable, in line with the law and consistent with the pace of constitutional development in Hong Kong."
Democracy campaigners have been staging demonstrations since the committee's session began late last week. An overnight sit-in Friday at Hong Kong government offices ended in scuffles with police.
Also on Friday, the U.S. State Department voiced concern that China had decided to issue an interpretation on an important matter in the Basic Law "before the Hong Kong people have fully aired the issues."
The concern came in a statement accompanying the release of a report to Congress, mandated by the 1992 U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act.
Spokesman Adam Ereli said that a fully autonomous and open society, governed by the rule of law, was essential for Hong Kong's stability and prosperity.
He said the U.S. strongly supported "the Hong Kong people's desire for democracy, electoral reform and universal suffrage."
"It is important that the people of Hong Kong be permitted to determine the pace and scope of constitutional developments."
He expressed concern that the standing committee's interpretation of the Basic Law may affect the international community's confidence in Hong Kong.
Coming as it did at a sensitive time, the statement drew a strong response in Beijing and in Hong Kong itself.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted by Xinhua as reiterating Beijing's "sovereign right over Hong Kong," and saying that the U.S. remarks were "unacceptable."
Hong Kong's constitutional affairs secretary Stephen Lam responded by saying the territory's constitutional development was an "internal" matter for China.
Hong Kong's government, headed by chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, has supported China's decision to rule on the Basic Law.
Tung's popularity levels continue to be low. The latest regular survey by the Public Opinion Program at the University of Hong Kong found 63 percent of respondents did not support him as chief executive, while 18 percent did.
Martin Lee, Hong Kong's best-known pro-democracy lawmaker, said the "one country, two systems" formula was under threat.
Echoing other critics, he attributed China's decision to give an official interpretation of the two Basic Law clauses to fears that pro-Beijing lawmakers will lose control of the LegCo in elections scheduled for September 12.
For the first time, a full half of the legislature's 60 seats will be elected through universal suffrage, raising the possibility that democrats may win a majority.
In the last LegCo election, only 24 seats were directly elected. The remainder are filled by interest groups known as "functional constituencies."
See earlier story:
Hong Kong Democrats Fume as Beijing Moves to Slow Reform (March 29, 2004)
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|Coal mining is associated with lung cancer risk in Xuanwei, China.
|Hosgood HD 3rd, Chapman RS, Wei H, He X, Tian L, Liu LZ, Lai H, Engel LS, Chen W, Rothman N, Lan Q
|Am J Ind Med
|2012 Jan
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|BACKGROUND: Xuanwei, China, experiences some of the highest rates of lung cancer in China. While lung cancer risk has been linked to the household use of bituminous coal, no study has comprehensively evaluated the risk of lung cancer associated with the mining of this coal in Xuanwei. In Xuanwei, coal is typically extracted from underground mines, without ventilation, and transported to the surface using carts powered by manpower or electricity. METHODS: We evaluated the risk of lung cancer and working as a coal miner, in the absence of diesel exhaust exposure, in a population-based case-control study of 260 male lung cancer cases and 260 age-matched male controls with information on occupational histories. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for working as a coal miner and years of working as a coal miner were calculated by conditional logistic regression, adjusting for potential confounders, such as smoking and household coal use. RESULTS: We observed an increased risk of lung cancer among coal miners (OR = 2.7; 95%CI = 1.3-5.6) compared to noncoal miners. Further, a dose-response relationship was observed for the risk of lung cancer and the number of years working as a coal miner (P(trend) = 0.02), with those working as miners for more than 10 years experiencing an almost fourfold increased risk (OR = 3.8; 95%CI = 1.4-10.3) compared to noncoal miners. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that coal mining in Xuanwei may be a risk factor for lung cancer.


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Welcome back! Today we have the second part of our interview with author Mary Ellis.
Mary Ellis has written twelve bestselling novels set in the Amish community. Before "retiring" to write full-time, Mary taught middle school and worked as a sales rep for Hershey Chocolate. She has enjoyed a lifelong passion for American history and is an active member of the local historical society. She is currently working on several romances set during the Civil War. The Lady and the Officer is her current release.
Describe your workspace for us.
I work outdoors in my screened gazebo in good weather and in my office in bad weather.
|Mary Ellis's home office
|Mary Ellis's writing porch.
If you could be a character from your favorite historical novel, who would you be?
It would be Jo March from Little Women. She was so kind and courageous, besides being a devout Christian.
What is the biggest misconception the general public has about authors?
That we all make the same advances as Karen Kingsbury or J. K. Rowling. Money isn't everything.
That once your first book is published, life gets easier. Writing is hard work, just like any other job. I put in long hours, but there is nothing else I would rather do.
What would you like readers to gain from reading your book(s)?
I would like them to gain an understanding that there are no easy answers to life's problems, not now and not for those who lived in bygone eras.
Thanks for joining us here on Favorite PASTimes. Any final words for readers or writers?
Please look for me at:
To be entered into the drawing to win a copy of The Lady and the Officer, leave your answer to the following question along with your email (name at domain name dot com) by this Friday at 8:30AM EDT.
Have you ever had to make a choice between family loyalty and political convictions?


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← Back to Plight of the Ice Bear
Polar bear cubs are born inside a snow den, and are tiny and helpless at birth. They remain sealed in the den with their mother for about three months, nursing and growing until they are strong enough to venture outside and accompany their mother when she resumes traveling and hunting on the sea ice.
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A classicist watches Britain's Got Talent
Yes, I confess. The husband is away and I am catching up on stuff -- and I couldn't resist watching the final of BGT. I hadn't seen any of the previous parts, but I had heard of the Susan Boyle phenomenon, and just today I had caught up with Hollie Steel, aged 10, crying on stage in the semi-finals.
I had a pretty clear view of the whole process, Not so very different from the display of 'cripples', 'freaks' or 'exotic foreigners' in nineteenth-century spectacles (or from gladiatorial shows, for that matter), this was another version of mass-market exploitation of the disadvantaged. How could people -- or a parent -- subject a 10 year old child to that?
So it was with the intention of enjoying some righteous indignation that I switched on.
By the end of the show, I decided I would vote.
Some acts were ruled out. I wasn't going to vote for a solo child, which eliminated a good number. And I wasn't all that keen on the trans-generational bonding that some acts seemed to parade. Could a young girl REALLY want to sing with her grand-dad?
So I came down to a final three for my vote: "Diversity" because they seemed very slick and supple (and because I fell for the multi-ethnic image and title); Susan Boyle because I couldn't bear to think how awful it would be for her NOT to win; and Julian Smith because I liked the hard luck story and because playing the sax did at least mean learning a real musical skill (not just singing cutely).
I then ruled out Boyle because the exploitation of a women with learning difficulties didnt seem that much different from exploiting a 10 year old. And when it came to the choice between Diversity and the sax player -- I went with the sax player on grounds of LEARNING.
A very academic choice I thought. And I turned on to see who the great British public had voted for. And, believe it or not, the top three in the phone in poll were exactly mine, even if the final order was a bit different (Diversity followed by Boyle, followed by Smith).
I wasn't being academic at all, it turned out -- that was how the whole voting country had thought.
And talking of voting, not more Euro election stuff has come, so I have ushed my ballot papers in their envelope, And, yes, I have spoiled my Euro ballot. I wrote across the very large ballot paper words to the effect of "As I have received no information about any of these apart for the Greens and UKIP, I cannot exercise my vote responsibly".
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Homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of a father and son who were gunned down in Golden Hill Sunday night.
Officers were called to C and 30th streets about 8:45 p.m. where they found 49-year-old Darryl Hunter suffering from a gun shot wound lying in the street, homicide Lt. Kevin Rooney said.
His 30-year-old son Keith Butler was found wounded inside an apartment, Rooney said.
Both were hospitalized and died a short time later.
The men had been at Butler's girlfriend's apartment on C Street for about an hour prior to the shooting.
When Hunter decided to leave his son walked with him to a nearby bus stop and shots were heard about 20 minutes later, Rooney said.
Butler ran back to his girlfriend's home, where he told her to call 911 before collapsing.
The motive for the shooting is unknown and police have no suspects, the lieutenant said.
Police asked anyone with information is asked to call them at (619) 531-2293 or San Diego County Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477, where tipsters may remain anonymous.


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e39 M5 stalls out
I'm hoping somebody else had this problem and was able to find the solution. I have a 2000 bmw m5. About a week ago, I started up my car and it was idling rough and when I started to drive it, it was somewhat under powered and running rough; I could hear it in the exhaust as well. Then, after a few minutes of driving the car ran fine. This happened again today while driving it. In the evening, when I pulled out of my parking lot, the car felt like it wasn't getting gas, like it was about to stall, and when I gave it gas there was no power and it stalled out after a few seconds. Now, every time I start it it idles rough, like it isn't getting gas, and then stalls out. When I press on the gas it stalls out immediately. The CEL wasn't on and still isn't on. Any one have a clue?
Was the exhaust note "blatty"? Classic exhaust CPS.
Or fuel issue...fuel filter? When was it last replaced? Could also be a fuel pump dying...
Thanks for the reply.
did you ask what they would charge before they did the work? sensors are $300 retail, 4 hrs total is very generous.
I had the same problem due to milage mine is around 105k mile replaced the cats with 200 cel high performance magna flows and now my car sound better and runs so smooth.
'due to mileage' is not a reason.
And the magnaflo "high performance" cats are just cheap thin walled converters that will not touch OE in terms of longevity or performance...
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The expansion ambitions of France's Total, Italy's Eni and other foreign oil majors are opening up opportunities for the plentiful natural gas resources sitting off Australia's north coast, some of which have lain fallow for years.
Total has declared its intention to aggressively grow its presence in Australia after giving the go-ahead last week for the Inpex-operated $US34 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Darwin.
Eni is pouring up to $US350 million in the undeveloped Evans Shoal gasfield in the Bonaparte Basin in Western Australia, where Royal Dutch Shell is leading a renewed effort to develop the resource for LNG.
Thailand's PTTEP has meanwhile advanced its plans to develop a floating LNG project at the Cash-Maple fields in the Timor Sea, while GDF Suez and Santos are carrying out initial design studies for their Bonaparte floating LNG project at the Petrel and Tern gas fields.
"Certainly in northern Australia it's a case of the major companies putting their money where their mouth is," said Graeme Bethune, chief executive of Adelaide-based consultancy EnergyQuest.
"Some of these resources would have been regarded as sub-commercial but you've got these international companies coming in who believe they can make them work."
For Total and Eni, growth in Australia is important because it can help spread the risk inherent in their global portfolio from heavy investments in less stable regions such as Africa and the Middle East.
"Australia for us is a focus country: we focus on Australia for the gas but there is also another impact, which is that Australia is an OECD country," said Jean-Marie Guillermou, Total's senior vice-president for exploration and production in Asia-Pacific.
"Previously at Total we had a high share of interests in non-OECD countries and the fact that we are now developing in Australia as well as in Canada we find a much better balance between OECD and non-OECD interests."
Eni, which bought
"The Timor Sea area is both a proven and promising hydrocarbon province that is close to markets in the Asian region, has supportive governments in Australia and Timor-Leste and has the existing and planned future infrastructure to support major developments," Eni said.
The step-up in activity in northern gas comes as
New chief executive Peter Coleman is trying to repair relations with the East Timor government, which fiercely opposes the Sunrise venture's decision to build a floating LNG project at the offshore site. Both the Australian and East Timorese governments need to approve the project, which lies in waters jointly administered by both nations.
While few public statements have been made on developments between East Timor and the Sunrise venture, expectations are growing of early progress towards a breakthrough.
"I would imagine Woodside is working hard behind the scenes to repair things," Mr Bethune said.
Total's determination to expand in Australia could see it taking a look at ventures such as Evans Shoal, Bonaparte, Nexus Energy's Echuca Shoals gas asset or even the Scarborough resource currently held between ExxonMobil and BHP Billiton, suggested Tony Regan, an LNG expert at Tri-Zen International in Singapore.
ConocoPhillips and Santos, meanwhile, have been considering options for their Caldita-Barossa gas resource in the Timor Sea, with Santos signalling yesterday that the focus was on feeding gas into Conoco's existing Darwin LNG project.
The Darwin LNG venture, in which Santos, Eni and Inpex all have stakes, has environmental approval in place to expand to up to 10 million tonnes per year, which is almost triple current capacity.
Inpex's Ichthys site has space for four more LNG trains on top of the two in the initial project.
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Infusionsoft Leads the Industry in Marketing Automation Implementations
The small business category leader surpasses 7,000 customers in Q2
Gilbert, AZ -- August 03, 2011 -- Infusionsoft, the leading marketing automation software for small businesses, today announced it has exceeded the 7,000-customer mark. Infusionsoft now leads the industry with more customers than any other marketing automation vendor.
More than 7,000 entrepreneurial businesses use Infusionsoft over other solutions because it's the only marketing automation software to combine CRM, email marketing and e-commerce with automation into one system that's designed and priced to meet the unique needs of small businesses.
"Small businesses using simple web marketing tools, like email, contact management and online shopping carts quickly run into problems when they grow," says Infusionsoft Chief Marketing Officer Greg Head. "They try to stitch these disparate tools together and end up updating data in each system manually, since these systems were not designed to work together. They quickly realize only Infusionsoft is 100 percent focused on small business and the other vendors don't offer the integrated, automated web marketing system that small businesses need."
Other highlights in Q2 2011:
--Infusionsoft customer count totaled more than 7,000 businesses and 23,000 users
--Infusionsoft customers sent nearly 600 million emails, bringing the total number of emails sent using Infusionsoft to 4.5 billion
--Infusionsoft helped over 1,000 small businesses launch their first marketing automation campaign
--Infusionsoft customers captured 7.5 million leads, bringing the total number of leads captured to date using Infusionsoft to 58 million
--Over 130 million contacts now managed across all customers
--Infusionsoft processed $270 million in transactions across all customers, bringing the total amount of e-commerce transactions processed to date to $2.7 billion
Business-to-business marketers are projected to spend $325 million on marketing automation in 2011, according to David Raab of Raab Associates. While midsize businesses account for most of the investment spend, small business leads in the number of marketing automation implementations with Raab projecting 12,000 by the end of the year. Focus Research recently published an infographic highlighting the same trend that small business is the fastest growing sector in the marketing automation industry.
About Infusionsoft
Infusionsoft is the leading marketing automation software for a new breed of small businesses that are growing fast using automated and personalized marketing on the internet. Designed for marketers who have outgrown basic email autoresponder or contact management systems, Infusionsoft is powerful software that combines CRM, email marketing and ecommerce with automated follow up into one efficient system to nurture and convert leads, grow sales and save time. More than 7,000 small businesses worldwide use Infusionsoft to nurture and convert more leads, grow sales and save time. For more information, visit http://www.infusionsoft.com.


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Get Mr. Ruffles! is the Zeppelin of Consequence - Bonus Challenge. It is available immediately after completing the Zeppelin of Consequence Adventure.
Just up from the Summit Room three bullies have taken Mr. Ruffles from young Thad, and he would like Charlie's help in getting his bear back.
There are three solutions to the challenge, each offering a unique way to determine which bully has the bear.
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Watch closely as the bullies shuffle, then speak to the bully who has the bear.
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Species: Wollemia nobilis
Common Name: Wollemi pine
Status: Critically Endangered, IUCN Red List; Endangered, Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
Range: Australia
Artist: Allen Beverly
Artist Home Country: Australia
Medium: Watercolor
Discovered in 1994 along a narrow canyon in Australia's Wollemi National Park, fewer than 100 trees exist in the wild. Fossil remains of this tree, which was long thought extinct, are believed to date to the Mesozoic era.


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Acquisition of more weapons by India
PATRON Lt Gen (Retd) SARDAR FS LODI discusses the procurement of more nuclear weapons by India.
continues to purchase large quantities of modern and sophisticated arms from abroad. The
latest cause for anxiety and alarm is India's defence agreement signed with Russia,
during Russian Prime Minister Primakov's recent visit to India. Under the agreement India
will spend a staggering amount of US $ 15 billion to purchase latest arms and weapon
systems from Russia which includes the new anti-missile system S-300, the latest T-90
tanks, additional SU-30 state-of-the-art fighter aircraft, three modern frigates, one
nuclear submarine and the updating of India's large fleet of MIG-21 aircraft.
The induction of S-300 anti-missile system into the already bloated, Indian arms arsenal, is an attempt to neutralize Pakistan's ballistic missile capability. This would add a new and dangerous dimension to the arms proliferation in South Asia as the strategic balance would again have been disturbed in favour of India. Pakistan would consequently have to adopt appropriate measures to safeguard its military and strategic options.
By India forging new defence ties with Russia and making heavy purchases of modern weapons, her real and aggressive intentions in the region become apparent. If she wants peace in the area on the basis of sovereign equality of nations this is the time, while there is defence parity between India and Pakistan. But it seems India wants peace on her own terms by the threat or use of force, which can never be durable. Since May 1998 when India and Pakistan became overt nuclear powers both have maintained an undeployed nuclear deterrent for their own national security. This' it was hoped would help to maintain peace in the region. Both sides were coming around to the idea of a minimum deterrent in terms of missiles and warheads. This mutual understanding would avoid a nuclear arms race in South Asia.
With the induction of an anti-missile system it is evident that India is planning to change the defence equilibrium in her favour by depriving Pakistan of its missile capability. This requirement could only arise when India's intentions were far from honourable and in fact offensive in nature. Pakistan will have to take effective counter-measures, which would have to be offensive and defensive in nature. In the offensive one, more missiles will need to be stockpiled and fired from dispersed locations to dispersed targets. It is estimated by experts that over 60 per cent of the attacking ballistic missiles should get through to their targets, inspite of an anti-missile system being deployed by the defence. As for the defensive measures, there are only two countries in the world who are developing anti-missile systems at present, with some measure of success, these are the United States and Russia and both will not help Pakistan. China is, however, likely to help Pakistan when it develops an anti-missile system of its own.
How accurate and effective would be the Russian S-300 anti-missile system, being planned for deployment by India, prove to be, is still a matter of conjecture although press reports indicate that the system shot down 60 tactical ballistic missiles at a demonstration in Russia, showing a single-shot probability of 40 to 70 per cent. Although the United States with a much more advanced technical base has not been able to perfect an anti-missile system yet owing to the high speed of re-entry of a ballistic missile. The Patriot missile used in the Gulf War was designed as a high altitude air defence missile system and its use against Iraqi SCUD missiles was an effort to diversify its role. Which it was hoped would boost public and military morale with the confidence that a weapon was available to provide protection against the incoming SCUD missile. At present also the United States does not possess a satisfactory answer to a missile threat.
The International Herald Tribune reported in its issue of Wednesday, May 13, 1998 that 'The Pentagon's missile defence system failed a fifth attempt to intercept a target on Tuesday (May 12). The Theatre High Altitude Area Defence or THAAD system, built by Lockheed Martin Corp, failed to intercept a target in flight test at white Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the Pentagon said. It appeared to be caused by a booster rocket problem. Preliminary investigation indicates that the THAAD missile lost control shortly after launch, the statement said. Analysis of the flight data is underway to determine the cause of the malfunction. This failure is a major blow to the THAAD programme, which has been struggling to prove it could be used to defend US troops in the field against missile attack'.
The report goes on to say that, 'The THAAD system is designed to provide US forces in the field protection from attack by SCUD and other short and medium-range missiles. Its technology involves 'hitting a bullet with a bullet', a technical challenge the programme's designers and managers have so far failed to meet. THAAD is designed to provide broader defence coverage than the PATRIOT missile system first used in the 1991 Gulf War. The failure could have implications beyond theatre missile defences and affect debate over development of a national missile defence shield'.
The report concludes by saying that 'Senate Republicans impatient with the pace of the Pentagon's efforts to develop a national missile defence system, are pressing to commit the nation to such a shield even before the technology is fully developed. The administration's present programme requires identifying an emerging ballistic missile threat first; then, if necessary, three years would be provided to put the programme into effect'.
From the foregoing account it is evident that even eight years after the Gulf War the West does not have a satisfactory answer to the Russian designed SCUD missiles used by Iraq during the Gulf War in 1991. The answer is of course in an adequate second strike capability or even a preemptive one. The question is, why is India keen to invest a large amount in acquiring the Russian S-300 anti-missile system, which Europe refers to as the 'Grumble missiles'. Each missile system costs over Rs. 800 crore and consists of target tracking missile and radar, and four launchers with missiles. India's problem could well be that the Pakistani missiles are more accurate and reliable in the launch and flight. As Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistan's top nuclear scientist said in November 1998 that the Ghauri missile has an accuracy rate of 99.94 per cent. In January 1999 Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan said that the missile could hit any Indian city within 10 to 15 minutes at a speed of three kilometres per second. He reiterated that Pakistani missiles could not be neutralized or destroyed once they were launched.
Another reassuring aspect of the nuclear deterrent is, that Pakistan has an assured second strike capability that cannot be neutralized or destroyed. In other words if India was to launch a nuclear strike against Pakistan, it could face massive retaliation as Pakistan's counter-strike capability would, by and large be intact. India is aware of this contention as it was also publicly hinted at, by their outgoing Naval Chief Admiral Vishna Bhagwat. India does not seem to reconcile itself with defence parity in South Asia brought about by the nuclear deterrent creating equilibrium of forces, essential for lasting peace in South Asia. India is attempting to regain military ascendancy in her stance towards Pakistan, by inducting superior arms and equipment into her forces. This is bound to increase, to a certain amount a form of nuclear arms race in the region, at a time when attempts are being made to foster some understanding between the two countries.
As far as Pakistan is concerned the present government, eversince coming into power has consistently been making efforts to solve all outstanding issues with India peacefully and avoiding any confrontation. Recently on January 9, 1999 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated that 'we are a peaceful country and we do not threaten anyone. We want to have the best of relations with all countries, especially our neighbours'. He went on to say, 'But we are a proud, a self-respecting nation. We refuse to be browbeaten; we reject unfair and unjust efforts to deny us our right to self-defence. On the other hand the Indian Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee while addressing a public meeting in Bangalore on January 4, 1999 had said that the Kashmir territory forcibly occupied by Pakistan would be demanded back in future peace talks. Such statements by responsible leaders do excite public opinion and hamper peace talks. The Indian Army Chief had to add his bit by saying on November 29, 1998 in New Delhi that India needed a nuclear deterrent to keep Pakistan from fuelling more insurgency in its territory. He said Islamabad has intensified its interference in Kashmir. Was he suggesting use of nuclear weapons in Kashmir where he has already moved surface-to-surface missiles.
So it can be seen that the threat emanates from India not Pakistan, yet India continues to arm. While she is purchasing arms at a hectic pace she makes an effort to deny the same weapons to Pakistan. After signing the defence deal with India worth US $ 15 billion the Russian Prime Minister said, no doubt on India's behest that Russia would not provide military equipment or supplies to Pakistan. Similar policy is being attempted in France which is now a major source of Defence supplies for Pakistan. The Indian Defence Minister Mr George Fernandes after returning from a four-day trip to France said in an interview to the Press Trust of India that India and France are seeking to develop their defence cooperation into a long-term military partnership. 'There is already a very close relationship between defence enterprises of the two countries', he said 'besides cooperation between (India's) Defence Research and Development Organization and its French equivalent'. He dangled the carrot by saying that New Delhi would decide soon on the US $ 1.16 billion military jet trainer deal for which Britain, France and Russia are bidding. The French Dassault Aviation recently transferred technology to India to overhaul its Mirage-2000s and offered ten more fighters at the original 1982 prices which New Delhi has reportedly accepted as a 'War reserve'.
The United States Government is making every effort to see that peace prevails in South Asia and the region around it, yet Russia is being allowed to destabilize South Asia by supplying another 15 billion dollars worth of modern equipment. When India has already deployed a one billion dollar air defence artillery system procured from Russia. India's director of Air Defence Artillery Lt. General A. Mukherjee said in New Delhi on January 9, 1999 that the Russian made air defence system called 'Tungushka' was fully inducted into the forces. These have been deployed in Indian-occupied Kashmir and the northern desert state of Rajasthan to 'provide battlefield support to tank regiments' and air cover to attacking artillery formations. The system has twin high velocity machine-guns and eight radar guided missile batteries. It is able to track and attack several targets at the same time, including, helicopters, fighter aircraft and cruise missiles. The system is said to be the most advanced of its kind in the world.
India's acquisition of more weapons is certainly against the spirit of fostering and encouraging confidence building measures in South Asia that would be conducive to and help the peace talks that are going on between India and Pakistan. But India's decision to import 15 billion dollars worth of modern sophisticated arms rings alarm bells in Pakistan. As Pakistan foreign secretary said at a press conference in Islamabad on 28 November 1998 that Pakistan was concerned over the latest defence agreement between Russia and India for supplying sophisticated weapons, which would aggravate the security situation in South Asia. He said Pakistan had noted with disappointment that Russia, one of G-8 group, which are committed to non-proliferation, is becoming a party to arms race in the region.
While briefing the press in Islamabad on 24 December 1998, Foreign Office spokesman Mr Tariq Altaf expressed the government's grave concern and dismay on the Indo-Russian military cooperation agreement signed in New Delhi on 21 December and said it 'would destroy the balance of power in an already precarious and highly volatile security environment' he went on to warn that as a result of this agreement the bilateral Delhi-Islamabad dialogue process will suffer immeasurably. He said that at the turn of the millennium when promotion of peace and economic development are focus of endeavours in other regions, South Asia must bear the burdens of new weaponization for the fulfilment of India's hegemonistic goals. He said South Asia as a region could hardly afford an arms race and added, the agreement will force Pakistan to appropriately augment its defence capabilities by all available means.
Similarly the Foreign Minister Mr Sartaj Aziz while talking to the visiting British Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sir John Kerr, at Islamabad on 28 December 1998, expressed concern over the arms build-up by India and stressed the need for finding a just solution to the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions. This he said was imperative for lasting peace in the region.
In the end India must now realize that the acquisition of additional sophisticated weapons into the region will not serve the cause of peace and economic progress that the peoples of South Asia now desire. Induction of additional weapons will increase tension and eventually lead to a conflict. Source of the on-going dispute and confrontation must be resolved. The core issue of course remains Kashmir which must be accorded the highest priority and settled in accordance with the wishes of its people.


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SIR – I was saddened to learn that York is replacing the historic cobbles in King's Square with modern paving ("Historic cobbled path being ripped up to help disabled", report, September 20) and hope this will not encourage Norwich to look at those in its equally renowned Elm Hill.
I was pleased, however, to be reminded of York's snickelways. These are all the more enjoyable if you explore them with a copy of Mark Jones's delightful book A Walk around the Snickelways of York in hand. As a Sussex man, it's difficult not to call these alleyways "twittens". I expect many other regional names have been coined for them.
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There's no two ways about it, Let's Pretend: Magic Sneakers is a gleeful, brightly-colored, downright whimsical piece of insane evil. A young boy, grime-encrusted as a train hobo, has seemingly been left to fend for himself in a glum warehouse district. He plays with the garbage he can find, all the while smiling and laughing, probably because his brain is collapsing into a vegetative state from going days without food. Among the filth, he discovers the Magic Sneakers, which can dance and move all on their own! Overjoyed at finding intact footwear, the boy follows the sneakers on what's sure to be an uplifting adventure (or at least, a trip to a place where he can get some soup)...but no, the sneakers cruelly lead him through a drainage ditch to the kind of remote wilderness location where people tend to "disappear." Things get even more sinister when a cloaked figure (who looks more like a violent meth addict from Breaking Bad than a playful spirit) appears, his sneaker trap successful!
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Office of New Student and Family Programs
IIn support of becoming a Top 25 university, the Division of Student Life is combining the offices of the Parents Association and Student Orientation to create one office to serve students and their families. The Office of New Student and Family Programs will align goals related to ensuring student transitions to UT as well as parental involvement.
Family Weekend Kicks off Friday
Parents and families of UT Knoxville students will descend on the campus this weekend for Fall Family Weekend, hosted by the Parents Association. Highlights of the weekend include the fourth annual Family Weekend Silent Auction, the Big Orange Tailgate, and a Sunday brunch. Programming on Friday night provided by Student Activities and the Parents Association include the Fall Fest Street Fair and Ben Rector Concert.
UT Knoxville Welcomes 600 Parents, Others for Winter Family Weekend
More than 600 parents and family members of UT students are expected in Knoxville this weekend for the Parents Association's annual Winter Family Weekend. Parents Association members and their students will cheer on the Vols and Lady Vols in a pair of basketball games, as well as enjoying other attractions across the city.
WBIR: UT gameday crowd produces lots of trash that won't end up in landfill
The UT Parents Association's annual Big Orange Tailgate on Saturday was a zero-waste event, and WBIR-TV was on hand to cover what was being done with the plastic bottles, aluminum cans, plates, food, and utensils. All waste from the event was either recycled or composted for the UT organic farm. Between 30 and 40 volunteers
UT Knoxville to Welcome 2,000 Parents, Others for Family Weekend Sept. 25-27
The UT Knoxville Parents Association is expecting more than 2,000 parents and family members of UT students to attend its annual Family Weekend Sept. 25 – 27. Highlights of Family Weekend include entertainment in the UC Down Under, tours of the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and James A. Haslam II Business Building, as well as a historical tour of the campus. The deadline for registering for Family Weekend events is Friday, Sept. 11.