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NEW YORK, May 17 — The sharp lines and geometric, light-filled forms of Chinese-American architect IM Pei's designs have created some of the landmarks of the world.
Here is a selection of five.
US: National Gallery of Art (1978)
A "study in triangles" is how Architecture Week magazine describes Pei's East Building addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
The concrete and glass structure features huge mirrored pyramids and a 15-metre (50-foot) waterfall.
The Washington Post wrote at its opening in 1978 that it was "an architectonic symphony of light and marble, colour and glass, painting and sculpture."
"This building helped to shape attitudes to museum building throughout the United States in the 1970s and later," architect Dennis Sharp wrote in Twentieth Century Architecture: A Visual History (2006).
France: Louvre pyramid (1989)
Pei's addition of a giant glass pyramid to the courtyard of the historic Louvre palace, today the world's most visited museum, was highly controversial and hotly rejected by many in France.
It has since become celebrated as "a symbol of the modernity of the museum and an emblem of Paris across the world," Louvre president Jean-Luc Martinez said in 2017.
Opened to the public in 1989, the giant structure essentially provided a new entrance for the growing number of visitors.
Pei's masterstroke was to link the three wings of the museum with vast underground galleries bathed in light streaming in through the glass and steel pyramid.
"Pei had imagined the hall under the pyramid as a space between the city and the collections, an interface between the outside and the works," Martinez said.
China: Bank of China Tower (1989)
This 367.4-metre skyscraper, which appears to be made up of triangles, is one of the tallest office buildings in Hong Kong and arguably one of the most striking on the skyline.
Its four shafts, clad in glass and aluminium, form a prism that reflects the sun and the movement of the sky.
"The diagonal cuts that generate the prism create a sequence of atrium spaces that flood the tower with natural light," says the website of Pei Cobb Freed and Partners, the firm from which Pei retired in 1990.
The 72-storey building was met with some controversy after claims that its sharp, triangular design exerts bad feng shui on surrounding structures.
Japan: Miho Museum (1997)
Located on a mountainside in a nature preserve near the Japanese town of Shigaraki, near Kyoto, around 80 per cent of the Miho art museum is underground to preserve its scenic setting.
Visitors are led down a walkway enveloped by cherry trees and pass through an arching tunnel and over a suspension bridge before arriving at the collection of Asian and Western antiques.
Opened in 1997, the museum's glass roof is made up of geometric combinations of triangles.
"I think you can see a very conscious attempt on my part to make the silhouette of the building comfortable in the natural landscape," Pei is quoted as saying on the museum's website.
Qatar: Museum of Islamic Art (2008)
"Traditional Islamic architecture meets the 21st century," is the museum's description of the building which incorporates geometric patterns and is lit by reflected light entering from above.
Pei told The New York Times in 2008 that he wanted the museum to embody the "essence of Islamic architecture" and spent months travelling the region for inspiration.
"Islam was one religion I did not know," he said. "So I studied the life of Muhammad. I went to Egypt and Tunisia."
"The museum is an object," he said. "It should be treated as a piece of sculpture." — AFP


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Sarah Tod Smith
Sarah Tod Smith
March 30, 1926 to June 6, 2017
Sarah Tod Smith, known to her friends as Sally, died at home in New York City on June 6, 2017. She was 91.
Sally was born Sarah Tod Lohmann in New Haven, Conn., where she attended the Foote School. She graduated from St. Timothy's School in 1943 and received a BA from Vassar College in 1946.
After college she moved to New York City and worked for several years at the Museum of Modern Art. She lived in Manhattan for the rest of her life, raising four children and seven grandchildren there, but her New England roots ran deep: she never stopped rooting for the Red Sox.
She loved to sing choral music – primarily with the Canterbury Choral Society, with whom she sang for almost fifty years – and she became a skilled recorder player. She particularly loved baroque and renaissance music, and was an enthusiastic supporter of the early music movement in New York from its beginning.
Sally spoke Italian well and travelled to Italy regularly. On her first trip there she met her future husband, J. Kellum Smith, Jr. They were divorced after a long marriage.
In her late forties, with carpentry skills she had learned from her father, Sally joined the York Theatre Company as a set carpenter and all-around backstage hand, eventually becoming the company's Technical Director for several years and serving on its board of directors until her death. In the last year of her life she received the Founders Award from the York, sharing the stage with Joel Grey. She also served for decades on the board of the Interschool Orchestras of New York. She was a member of the Cosmopolitan Club in New York for fifty-nine years.
Sally spent every summer of her life in Chatham, on the property her parents had bought in the Old Village. A large part of her heart was in Chatham: she read and re-read books by Phoebe Atwood Taylor and Joseph C. Lincoln every summer, and was proud of her matchless knowledge of the area's back roads. She loved to sail and taught her children and grandchildren the elements of seamanship with a stern eye. She and her husband commissioned one of Spaulding Dunbar's larger boats, the ketch Nonesuch, and cruised in her every summer for many years. She was also an athlete, having played basketball in college and tennis as an adult. She was a member of both the Stage Harbor Yacht Club and the Chatham Beach and Tennis Club for nearly fifty years, and a lifelong supporter of the Eldredge Public Library.
She is survived by her children, Alison Smith (of Brooklyn, N.Y.), Timothy Smith (of Madison, Conn.), Jennifer Hayden (of Hopewell, N.J.), and Christopher Smith (of New York, N.Y.), and by seven grandchildren: Helena and Julia Anrather, Anthony, Isabel and Lucy Smith, and Christopher and Charlotte Hayden.
Contributions in Sally's memory can be made to the Eldredge Public Library and the Friends of Chatham Waterways. A memorial service will be held for her in New York in September.

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Very rarely and against their better judgement, somebody will engage me in conversation on the subjects of literature or creative work. When they do, I'll post links to those exchanges here.
Open Mic, Bailrigg FM
February 2019
I joined my friend Alex George for the debut episode of his latest show, Open Mic, a platform to showcase and explore the creative processes of local writers in Lancaster. Alex has since had some genuinely spectacular guests join him on the air, so it was a pleasure being able to road-test theformat with him. This interview includes readings of three draft poems – currently unpublished! – as well as a writing exercise you can participate in while you listen.
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Beirut, June 3, 2018. Standard Chartered, has appointed Cynthia El Asmar as Chief Representative Lebanon starting 3rd June 2018.
With more than 20 years experience in the banking sector, Cynthia has held several important positions in commercial and Financial Institutions Banking. Cynthia has a vast experience in strategy development, business growth and relationship management.
Commenting on the appointment, Ahmed Abu Eideh, Middle East Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank (Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon) said: "I am pleased to welcome Cynthia El Asmar as Chief Representative for our Lebanon business. Cynthia will work on strengthening and deepening our relationship with partners and regulators and will be responsible for a very important business for the Group.
Cynthia El Asmar, Chief Representative of Standard Chartered Bank Lebanon, said: "I am very proud to be appointed as Chief Representative and look forward to working closely with management and with partners on the ground, to deepen our relationships and to continue the growth and success of the business.


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Know what a paradise looks like? No? Surrounded by breathtaking views, mind-blowing attractions, and surreal experiences, this place is a gem located in the south of Karnataka.
Just 60 km from Bengaluru, Nandi Hills is the city's very own hill-station. Located at a height of 1455 metres above sea level, the serene environment and bracing air saw Tipu Sultan as well as the British use it as a summer retreat. Nandi Hills is a perfect quick getaway and also a long refreshing escape. Two ancient Shiva temples, one at the foot and the other at the peak, add grace to the hill.
Hotel Mayura Pine Top Nandi Hills owns a secret spot on top of the hill and gives its guests a total of 17 rooms. Deluxe room (Gandhi Nilaya) and Double room (Gandhi Nilaya New Block). It also has a restaurant with a bar to help you chill after a long day of sightseeing. Note: Check-in before 6 PM
Please Note: Reservation once amended cannot be further amended or cancelled; also the amendment to reservation would be only for date and room type and shall include change of Hotel, within the KSTDC's Mayura Group of Hotels.
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New Lingokids Characters Released April 2019!
Did you hear about our biggest update yet?
The Lingokids characters have a new look. We've been redesigning them for months, and they're ready for their debut! Want a sneak peek?
Check it out here:
And that's not all, their adventures are evolving too! Here's a little clue of what's in store: does your child have a favorite character? Soon, you'll be able to use them as your child's character icon.
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The Digital Controller Extension Cable (40305) gives you plenty of room to move around, rather than being restricted by the short Controller cable. I didn't find the standard length Controller cable to be a problem, but four or more drivers need to spread out a bit, and this accessory makes that possible.
NINCO designed a new Digital Power Supply (40303) for the system (picture below). One comes with the Digital Mastertrack Set and with the Digital Extension Kit. This 3-Amp, 14V power supply is made to handle four cars, Control Tower, etc. If you're going to run more than four cars or are using high revving motors, NINCO recommends a second power supply. There's a 2nd input jack on the Control Console.
The Multi-Connector Jack (40306) is needed when you add an additional two lanes or a secondary pit lane. The Control Console has a single input socket. This accessory doubles the input sockets that you have. If you have multi-lane system with more than one pit lane and more than one Sensor Track, the Multi-Connector Jacks can be "daisy-chained" for as many inputs as you need. It wasn't easy spending all that time in Barcelona working my fingers to the bone for hours... but
somebody had to do it!
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With Gov't Deadline Looming, AAP Outlines Public Access Plans
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Notably, the directive, which public access supporters have officials have called 'historic,' came just days after Congress introduced The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), a bill that would also mandate public access to publicly-funded federal research. But while the AAP supports the White House directive to open up federal research, it strongly opposes the passage of FASTR. AAP officials say, the language of the White House directive 'recognizes that publishers provide valuable services,' and encourages 'public-private partnerships.' On the other hand, AAP officials have labeled FASTR, a wasteful government program that would impose a nightmare of regulatory burden on researchers and duplicate activity from publishers, and 'would threaten the role publishers play in vetting, producing, establishing and preserving the integrity of scientific works.' While supoprting the White House directive, Public Access advocates also continue to support FASTR which extends previous legislative efforts, like FRPAA, by seeking to enable data mining across the 'full range of articles' funded by federal tax dollars. This is a crucial step, FASTR supporters say, noting that enabling computers to "highlight patterns, links, and associations that would otherwise go undiscovered" could add value to and revolutionize the research process. In a statement this week, AAP officials reiterated their support for the White House directive. 'AAP remains supportive of [the White House OSTP] work to expand public access to federally-funded research and we look forward to continuing our ongoing involvement in this thoughtful process,' reads an AAP statement. 'The publishing community welcomes renewed opportunities to work with OSTP and all stakeholders in moving these shared goals forward.'
AAP officials add that they believe CHORUS will provide 'a full solution' for agencies to comply with the provisions of the White House directive, 'while building on publishers' existing, proven infrastructure; avoiding duplication of effort; minimizing taxpayer cost; and ensuring the critical sustainability of the scholarly communication system.' A 'Proof of Concept' will be released on August 30, AAP adds, and a pilot could be underway by the end of September."


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"Keep your target firmly in your mind", or "Big Goals, small steps" are the kind of things I read in passing or hear on the radio or wherever all the time. You cannot fault them. Both of them ring true and make perfect sense.
There is another cultural perspective evident all over the world which talks of the quality of the moment and treasuring each minute of your day. Of course that rings true as well. One person might say that life is an assault on a mountain range, and equipping yourself with the right materials, and showing dogged determination will get up to, or near, your chosen peak. Another perspective will say you are already in a desired location, and it is the appreciation of this you need to develop rather than staring at any career maps. These are often cultural divides. Both of them hold truths.
In Hollywood much of the output is to do with action: good against evil and "goal driven" plots where the villain is finally vanquished or exposed. I love all that together with some popcorn or a hot dog of my choice. There is another kind of film, where events and plotlines are hard to discern and they are more about the growth of awareness, sense of moment, or a change of relationship fuelled by the smallest glance. I love those too, and they nourish me long after the titles have scrolled up the screen.
I saw an Argentinian film recently called "Las Acasias" . Long passages were spent without dialogue and with just the lorry driver holding the wheel. I thought as I watched it, that Hollywood could never make that film because such a scene would be too expensive: they fear the audience's attention span is too small, and they like to underline each point with several colours of a ball point pen. Perhaps I am being unfair but that is my prerogative (he he he ). Oops better start another paragraph.
At the same time we have all seen the man standing dazed on the path, whose eyes were firmly set on some horizon so that he did not see the lorry of circumstance coming down the road as he crossed it. The man who believed in faith or destiny then lived to reflect on his lack of foresight. The tragedy of those who mistakenly believed that salvation is necessarily just round the corner.
The point is that having your goal in focus is a powerful weapon for strategically navigating your life, and focusing on your goals too much is a great way to waste it.. It is not the obstacles before him which define a man, but his manner in facing them. With the passage of each day I reflect on this. The beauty of a moment is often in its passing. The secret of balance hides behind a curtain hard to draw, but I am attracted by the task of drawing it.


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CS3201 and CS3202 focus on practice of software engineering in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). These two modules together provide students with hands-on experience in working in project groups through a complete SDLC to develop a well-designed, well-tested, large-scale software system. This first part focuses on applying best software engineering practices on the analysis and design of software systems. The students will practice the analysis of user's needs, formulation of computing requirements to meet the user's needs, modeling and design of the computer system according to the requirements, and evaluation of the design.
You will find here all the needed information for CS3201 and CS3202. Please do not check CS3202 IVLE page.
You can quickly find out about the approach taken in this project course, and about experiences teaching it in the paper "Teaching an Advanced Design, Team-oriented Software Project Course", published in the Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (2013).
CS3201/CS3202 replaces the former CS3215 that was offered in a single term and was worth 8 modular credits. CS3201 and CS3202 are each worth 4 modular credits. The two modules, taken in the same semester, look deeper into software architecture issues, and to do team work with elements of individual assessment during requirements analysis and architecture design.
The essence of this course is advanced software design in action. Students learn to apply design principles and "best development practices" in practice. Architectural design, design specifications and evaluation of alternative design solutions that lead to quality code are emphasized throughout the course. The problem students work on is carefully selected to demonstrate the application of design principles. The size of the problem and iterative development style make it difficult to succeed in the project without applying a principled and systematic approach to design, documentation, development and testing.
Specific objectives are:
In CS3201 and CS3202, students do requirements analysis, architecture design, prototyping, iterative development.
Students typically work in teams of six. Students will get assigned to a team during before the second lecture.
CS3201 and CS3202 involve lectures, tutorials, consultations, assignments, two tests, project development, and final presentation.
A software team needs a set of good tools to build a product. For CS3201 we recommend the following tools:
Our tutorials used for Tools lecture can be found under Files->Tools:
SPA implementations submitted by students will be tested using the AutoTester. Teams should ensure that their submissions work with Autotester without any failures.
The Automatic Project Testing offers a start-up point for your project development and testing. You may use the sample Visual Studio 2015 solution as an example on how to structure your code and testing files. Also, this solution can be used as the base to start the project that can be modified according to your need. In the final states of the development, the sample script can be used to automatically run the complete set of tests.
You should either use this sample or the AutoTester. This sample solution already contains the AutoTester library, so you do not need to download the AutoTester package from the website. However, you need to read the documentation about the AutoTester to be able to integrate your code with the AutoTester.


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South Sound Pride
Cheney Stadium, March 16. The Seattle Sounders FC 2 walked onto their new home field to a sold-out stadium filled with the cheers of their loyal supporters. Resounding game chants accompanied by waving flags and over 6,000 green-and-blue-clad fans signaled a warm welcome to the South Sound.
In a winning match against rivals Portland Timbers 2, the home team set the tone for their 2018 season. With a strong start, the S2 is bound to see more wins on their new home turf.
March 16's season opener was the first of 17 S2 home games at Cheney Stadium, which wraps up in mid-October. If you missed the excitement of the inaugural Tacoma match, you've still got plenty of opportunities to stop by the team store for green and blue gear and join the S2's fan section.
Mark Your Calendar:
March 16-October 10: Sounders FC 2, Cheney Stadium
Spring Season: Tacoma Comeback Sports Soccer Leagues, various fields and game dates
Fridays: Tacoma Soccer Center Indoor Soccer pickup games, 10 p.m.


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Academic Advising
We are here to help! The College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) professional advisors assist transient/transfer students or students in at least their third semester in developing academic plans that are relevant to their degree programs and life goals. The advisors act as a referral resource for students as they navigate their academic career at UTC. Due to the importance of correct course selection and sequencing, all students must meet with an academic advisor prior to course registration each semester.
CECS Advising CoordinatorAdvisor for students majoring in the following
(beginning their 3rd semester):
Civil Engineering, BSCE
Appointment Hours:Monday-Thursday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Walk in hours:
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Mon-Thursday
Advisor for students majoring in the following
(beginning their 3rd semester):
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Mechatronics, BAS-MET
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Students beginning 3rd semester and beyond, including transfer students: Advising occurs in the Center for Student Success located in 344 of the EMCS building.
Your MyMocsNet account includes a link to your MyMocsDegree – degree audit. Your advisor should be listed in the top section titled Comprehensive Checklist where you will find your name, UTC ID, classification and Advisor's name. Should your MyMocsDegree not have an advisor listed, please call the CECS Center for Student Success at 423-425-5465 or email email@example.com
Individual appointments* are for:
- long-term planning
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Students must make an appointment online, schedule in advance, meet with their assigned academic advisor and contact the Success Center should they need to cancel or reschedule their appointment. (423-425-5465 or firstname.lastname@example.com)
Appointments last 20-30 minutes. Students should arrive early and sign in with the front desk.
How to schedule your advising appointment
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*Appointments are not available during the first week of classes, on holidays or when the University is closed.
CECS Advisors are working through email, Zoom and the telephone to assist students for the remainder of the term. We request you continue to use Navigate to schedule appointments.
How to Schedule Your Advising Appointment
From the gold bar at the top of utc.edu, log in to your My MocsNet, click on the Academics tab, then click on Navigate in the Academic Quicklinks column on the right.
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- From drop-down menu, select the service that you would like, then click "Next."
- Select my location, College of Engineering and Computer Science Center for Student Success, EMCS 344.
- Select your assigned advisor
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- List specific information you wish to discuss in the "comments" box. Please include details to assist your advisor in preparing for your meeting. This may include: The major you will be advised under (if different from the major on your MyMocsDegree), The major you are changing to, Your second major, if you are a double major, Your minor (if applicable), Your anticipated graduation date, How many hours, if any, you plan to take in the summer
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Princess Eugenie wedding 2018: Brides will continue to take inspiration from Royal Wedding
EXCLUSIVE: PRINCESS EUGENIE today weds fiancé Jack Brooksbank in the second Royal Wedding of the year after Harry and Meghan's wedding in May. And it seems the royal wedding bug has caught on, with brides across the globe taking inspiration from the royal family's big days.
Princess Eugenie will marry wine-merchant Jack Brooksbank today at St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle.
As with all royal events, today's nuptials will have been planned meticulously with events running with clockwork precision.
Most brides dream of a wedding planned with such intricacy, as well as wishing for the fairytale castle which Eugenie has for her reception.
Speaking exclusively to express.co.uk wedding planner Michelle Jacobs from Elegante by Michelle J explains how brides are taking inspiration from the Royals when it comes to planning the big day.
Ms Jacobs said: "We're still riding high on Meghan and Harry's wedding.
"And it's not only the dresses that I'm seeing brides emulate, but it's also the flowers, the hair, the make-up and also the general style of weddings, including brides doing their own speeches."
Meghan bucked the trend at her wedding, giving a speech to her wedding party in the place of her father Thomas Markle who couldn't attend for health reasons.
The modern pair also removed the word 'obey' from their vows and in a nod to Meghan's heritage included a gospel choir at the ceremony.
Royal weddings are inspiring brides the world over
It's not just the style that brides are emulating, but also the food and design of their venue.
"This summer I've seen brides swap the traditional wedding breakfast in favour of bowl food, enjoyed the splendour of flowered archways and witnessed much more 'natural' make up a la Meghan."
Meghan is known for allowing her freckles to show through her makeup, and her wedding day was no exception.
When planning weddings, some brides are still taking inspiration from nearly ten years ago.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were wed on April 29, 2011, in an extravagant ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
Ms Jacobs said: "Kate and William's wedding was, of course, the first big royal wedding we all watched with anticipation almost a decade ago – and I'm still seeing echoes of that wedding today.
"Very quickly I saw brides wanting high-necked lace wedding gowns after what had seemed like decades of off the shoulder numbers – and those very dresses are still in demand today."
Kate wore an ivory satin dress with lace sleeves and slightly padded hips in an Alexander McQueen style look.
The iconic dress was designed by British designer Sarah Burton and incorporated hand-cut Chantilly lace.
Ms Jacobs believes that royal weddings will continue to inspire and awe people.
She said: "The Royals are now very much celebrities today and our obsession with every minute detail of their weddings and lives will no doubt continue."


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December 1, 2016
When free agent center Dwight Howard left the Lakers after the 2012-'13 season fans were very angry.
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It happened again Sunday night when the Lakers erased an early deficit to defeat the Atlanta Hawks.
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Howard rarely got the ball in his only season here when Mike D'Antoni was the coach.
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|Danny Fenton
|12/02/2019 19:06:47
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Right centre section done, well as far as I can go without some wing panels.
Its on to the port wing:
I am showing the steps for those that haven't figured it out for themselves yet and as a guide to any subsequent builders. The aileron area is supposed to be tricky, so stand by for some errors Andy and Tony have done these bits so hopefully they will keep an eye on me.
I layed down the spars on top of 1/8 shims, positioned the ribs, then layed the upper spars. Then staring at the root I positioned the ribs using my lego "true" up against the spar and the rib, and flat on the board. This gets everything accurate. Then maintain downward pressure on the upper spar to hold the rib still while you shift the lego, and CA the joint. Then move on to the next. Once they are done then swing on to the rear spars and do the same.
The rear edge of the ribs are supported with 1/4 sq packer, this is wrapped in sellotape to stop it sticking to the trailing edge when its fitted. Once that's done then the false trailing edge 9/16 x 1/8 piece can be fitted. it runs from the last inboard rib, out to S1.
I thought it would also be useful to show you how I apply tiny amounts of thin CA to my joints. CA can make a brittle joint so you mustn't soak the whole area. I will leave the decision on glue to you, each to their own. I use CA and that's my choice
Anyway these 5ml pippetes are about £3 for 100, the Zap flexi tips are about £4 for 10. I suck up a full squeese of CA into the pipette bulb (having fitted the flexi tip) and lay it tip raised in a curry tray. A tap on the bulb will knock the glue back into the bulb and stop clogs.
Okay time for stir fry, maybe more later......
|Danny Fenton
|12/02/2019 21:46:42
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Did a little more, again appologies for the guys that have already done this, but there were a lot of modellers that are taking part and either keeping their powder dry or just keeping quiet.
Thought I would sort the wing tips, a quick chat with Andy confirmed that 1/4 under the entire tip will see it centred niceley.
On the lower wing I slid the three tip ribs over the spar extensions, and boy does that create a rod for your own back. More of that when I fit them, don't despair there is an easy way.
So shape the spar extensions, you will have to angle the step under the forward spar extension to match the curve of the ply tip. Otherwise it is fairly straightforward. I was missing the 1/8th S1 from my parts, so had to make one.
All seems to be going okay at the moment, I must keep in mind the hinges, some areas may need opening up to allow them to attach to the wing.
I am thinking of using a length of piano wire to hinge the ailerons. And RDS to operate the ailerons.
Using RDS means I can have a moving disc on the wing underside with a pushrod.
|Colin Leighfield
|12/02/2019 22:21:53
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Where did you get the pipettes from Danny? I have just got in from the shed, working on the upper wing centre section first, as usual a bit slow while I get my head around it! Nothing worth a photo yet though.
|Danny Fenton
|12/02/2019 23:00:05
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Hi Colin, interestingly I was asked the same question in one of the modelling FaceBook groups I am in.
Just search on 5ml pipettes on Ebay, they vary in price from about £3 to £5 for a hundred.
The ends are Zap Flexi Ends, not as cheap but work really well.
Glad you are getting shed time, though I don't like the cold!
|Danny Fenton
|13/02/2019 16:37:55
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Spar webbing next:
I set my stripping tool, set to the depth of the webs, then used it to just nick the balsa sheet. Alligned the set square with the nick and saw across the sheet gently.
Voila, do this another half dozen times and you have enough to do the wing.
Trim to size and slot into place. It has taken longer to document than to do
Now the wing has some rigidity I will lift the panel and fit the tip ribs.
|Colin Leighfield
|13/02/2019 17:58:58
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Thanks for the advice Danny, I have ordered them on eBay. Worth a try because I waste a lot of cyano.
|Danny Fenton
|13/02/2019 18:16:25
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No Probs Colin, I wish I could find a cheaper source of the flexi tips as one only usually last 2 or three days of serious building.
Okay onto the tip ribs. These need the 1/4 balsa spar extensions to be correct. They seem fine as lasered, but make sure none of your tapered upper spar interferes.
The easy way to do these tip ribs is to fit them after all the outer tip is fitted as I have done above.
Open up the slot at the bottom of the rib adjacent to the spar cutouts. You will see the rear spar slots needs moving forward a 1/16. Also cut the bottom of the nose of the rib. The back of the rib will need trimming to length. This will allow the rib to sit down on the two spar extensions.
It is probably worth saying here that you have to check all this by eye, and is best done with the wing off the board so you can give the old Mk 1 eyeballs a fair chance. The upper wing has definitely gone better than the lower that's for sure. A quick message to Andy and he confirms that to be his thoughts too.
The other two ribs really only need trimming for length to make fit. I added nose and tail notches to sit over the ply tip shaper.
Next I looked at the optional riblets. The upper wing nose ribs are 1/16th shorter than the lower wing, so the universal riblets will need trimming a bit. I did this by adjusting 1 and using it as a pattern to adjust them all, just by holding as a block and sanding to the lines.
They all fitted, and appologies if some are crooked, they are on the full size!
|14/02/2019 15:21:42
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Hi Danny, good to see you back in action. A few points,
1 What is the bar across the front of the instrument panel, with the wood handles
2 I've worked out a cockpit layout, but if the top of the pilots seat matches the top of the cockpit opening, then the sitting part is quite a way above the lower wing Is this right
3 I've covered the tail parts, and added rib tapes from strips of solartex. They seem a bit too prominent. Any thoughts?
Finally, I'm getting some stencils cut for K3736 (the yellow one) If anyone needs the artwork, I can post it
|Tony Bennett
|14/02/2019 16:55:29
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that would be the gun support bar, the wooden handles are part of the guns.
Tony B
|Danny Fenton
|14/02/2019 18:35:47
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Thanks Tony
A couple of pics from yesterday that I forgot to post.
Firstly i dug a tunnel through the ribs for my servo lead, used a permagrit rat tail as a mole.
Next I added an offcut of fals wing trailing edge to act as a support for the capping strips, surrounding the ailerons.
Well I didn't get as much done today as I wanted, but most of the starboard wing is now done, at least to the same stage as the port. Wing joining next, then some sheeting and capping. I will save the ailerons until last
|Colin Leighfield
|14/02/2019 21:50:28
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All very helpful chaps!
|Danny Fenton
|14/02/2019 23:25:58
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Hi Ernie:
3 I've covered the tail parts, and added rib tapes from strips of solartex. They seem a bit too prominent. Any thoughts?
I have indeed, Solartex (in my oppinion) looks way to prominent applied and then painted. I apply a couple of coats of Celulose dope, a quick sand with a fine grade paper to 1. Seal the edges of the the torn Solartex, and 2. Soften the ridge between the tape and the surface below.
If you don't do this when you put paint over the top it can seep under the tape and a clear line be seen. this is not terribly scale.
A coat or two of dope will see you right, you can also add a coat of primer if it is still too much.
Remember Dave Platt "less is more"
Just an observation, but why aren't people documenting their progress?
|Danny Fenton
|15/02/2019 21:51:41
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Very busy day today and not really any time for modelling.
But the good thing is the MoJo is still okay.
Joined a wing to a centre section, seems fairly straight anyway.
The centre section trailing edge is packed with 1/4" strip, the spars are packed with 1/8" scraps
a piece of balsa was cut to 22.25mm (sorry for the mixed units) (don't forget to pack it up an additional 1/8" to allow for the centre section packing
Not sure if you can spot the spar support up against the rib? this was placed to get that tip height, and makes sure the spars are lifting parrallel.
The ply doublers are clamped
I used two heavy lumps of corned beef to hold the centre section down, for the whole process.
Oh and the alloy angle section runs along the front of the centre section false leading edge to ensure the panel false leading edge is true.
More soon
|Martin Fane
|16/02/2019 00:01:22
|343 forum posts
368 photos
Hi Danny
Great to see your build back on track.
What's your method for upper wing joiners ?
I didn't see how the carbon tube goes.....
|Danny Fenton
|16/02/2019 10:23:14
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Hi Martin, and thx it is good to be back on the build. How is yours coming along?
I piece of roughed G10 (fibreglass sheet) is added to get the thickness to match the spars.
Hopefully the pics show what I have done? The dihedral is shallow so the carbon tube will fit inside the boundaries of the spars. The lower wing was more awkward.
I have also not worried about alignment and just built the wing as standard, (with buried carbon) I will saw the wing sections at the end. (not sure how yet!)
Edited By Danny Fenton on 16/02/2019 10:26:26
|Martin Fane
|16/02/2019 16:52:42
|343 forum posts
368 photos
Thanks, a picture us worth a thousand words
|Danny Fenton
|16/02/2019 18:21:17
9648 forum posts
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Managed to join the other panel, I had been dreading the next bit so picked up an old razor saw and cut the wings apart again, did remarkably well, just by eye. The carbon/ply sections probably killed the blade but it's only a cheapo (not a Kona!!!)
Added the riblets and the floating ribs to the root area. Need to add the tip doublers and do a bit of sanding in preparation for the leading edge sheeting next.
My plans for a piano wire rod through all the hinges is scuppered having thought it through. The RDS needs to pass through the hinge line and the piano wire will be in the way. Have to think again.....
|Danny Fenton
|17/02/2019 18:23:00
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Okay unfortunately the carbon tube that is meant to slide in the square section is tight, too tight to use. Not sure what has happened but Graham at Bucks Composites has suggested I spin the rod in the lathe and wrap emery paper around it to turn it to fit. I am sure this will work, but I will leave it until I need the rods. I tried sanding the carbon and ended up with splinters, so at least I know the stuff really is carbon!
Cracked on with the wing panels, adding the upper and lower leading edge sheeting.
I then turned my attention to the aileron hinging. I really want to use RDS for aileron control so I need to keep the hinge line clear, that rules out a continuos piano wire pin to line up and retain all the hinges. Having suggested alloy tube extensions to Andy, not thinking I would do the same then re-considered. I made a few measurements and mad a jig to align the alloy tubes and glued them through holes in the false trailing edge, they also attach to the ribs. I added a packing piece for even more piece of mind.
Next up was some 1/4 triangle section. I planed/sanded the edge os some very soft 1/4 stock, then using my stripping tool cut the 1/4 chamfered edge off. Worked a treat.
|Danny Fenton
|17/02/2019 18:52:47
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Added the cross grain aileron shroud
And the view from the underside......
|Colin Leighfield
|17/02/2019 18:56:02
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When I have tried to shape or reduce the diameter of carbon fibre tube I find that it breaks up however I try, the resin is too brittle. There might be a way to do it but I haven't found it yet.
Edited By Colin Leighfield on 17/02/2019 18:56:29
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VENTURES AFRICA –. Ethiopia is Africa's fastest growing non-oil economy. Once poverty ridden. It is growing fast to become Africa's lion economy, attracting investment and creating jobs in Africa. Modernity has brought with it interesting careers in Africa.
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Terrifying minutes in Santa Fe class room changed lives forever
SANTA FE — Travis Stanich smoked a Marlboro behind his house in the predawn darkness Friday as his stepson slipped out the back door.
"I've just got to get through one more day," Jared Black said to Stanich, looking forward to his birthday party on Saturday.
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Her blue eyes met his.
His shotgun was pointed straight at her.
Galveston County Precinct 2 Constable Jimmy Fullen, 54, was driving to the hospital to spend the day with his dad when he heard the alert across the police radio. There is an active shooter at Santa Fe High School.
A deputy from his office flew by him, siren and lights on. Fullen called him to ask if he had understood the radio correctly.
Fullen swung a U-turn. He raced to the school, listening as the radio traffic increased. The shooter was in the arts hallway. An officer was down.
The constable pulled up to the school and rushed into the building from the front with the first group of responders.
There was no time for a formal plan; they moved together toward the art rooms in the back of the school.
Fullen saw the injured officer, John Barnes, a Houston Police veteran who had spent four months working for the school district after his retirement, being pulled down the hallway where the art rooms are located. He was hit once by a shotgun blast that passed through his right elbow and arteries, prompting a spray of blood.
He saw another team that entered from the back engage gunfire with the shooter, who was in a classroom Fullen could not see.
Fullen was afraid Barnes was going to die there and, with the help of others, carried him out to the paramedics. They tried twice on the way out to apply a tourniquet. The blood stopped after their third try.
Marshall wanted him to let go, to run through the closet, into the adjoining room, and away. She whispered into her classmate's ear. We've got to go. We've got to go.
On the other side of the door, she heard the gunman cock his shotgun. Or reload, maybe.
Then the gun roared, blasting through the closet door. The student between her and the shooter, holding the door shut, fell down. The door swung open.
Marshall turned and ran, through the closet and toward the other room.
As she ran, a blast hit her teacher, who was behind her in the closet. Another shot struck cans of paint on the closet shelves right next to her, exploding the cans and splattering gold-glittered acrylic all over the back of her long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans.
Marshall kept running. Just outside of the closet, now in the adjacent room, she jumped over a body. She turned and headed for the hallway. Her classmates were about 50 feet ahead, running toward the high school stadium.
Behind her, she kept hearing shots.
She sprinted for the field, her cowboy boots tracking blood.
He saw a friend lying on the ground behind a car and stopped to check on him.
Shubert looked down, confused.
His lucky shirt was covered in blood.
A bullet had entered the back of Shubert's head, near the top vertebrae, and exited beneath his left ear.
"There's a shooting at school," her son, Adrian, a 17-year-old junior, said.
He sounded calm.
"I'm outside," he said, and walking toward a metal building. He wasn't sure exactly where he was headed.
"Stay safe. I'm on my way to get you," she said.
They'd been through something like this before, in February. Someone thought they'd heard gunshots at school and it turned out to be nothing. She logged onto Facebook, thinking if something was going on, it would be on the Santa Fe Chat page. Sure enough, someone had posted that police vehicles were headed down Highway 6 toward the high school.
"Son just called," Arriaga wrote quickly. "Shots heard."
Adrian texted his mom again: There's a perimeter, he warned. You can't get close.
She went anyway, hoping to be nearby as soon as he was allowed to leave.
"Ms. Sheri," Blake said, "there's been a shooting at the school, and I can't find Rome."
Other moms started texting. They had found their sons.
Sheri Shubert, 48, got in her car. She drove as close as she could to the school.
Blake called again. Another girl had seen Shubert get into an ambulance.
Not my kid, the mother thought. Not us.
Shubert wasn't responding to his girlfriend's texts. His baseball photo was tucked in the back of her polka-dot phone case. She wore his name on a necklace.
At 7:55 a.m., she wrote to him: "Text me back please"
She waited. She texted him again: "I love you."
Inside the school, a DPS trooper fired off a shot. Many details of that moment remain clouded. DPS has provided few details or identified the trooper or described how that moment unfolded.
What is known: At 8:02 a.m., the gunman, outfitted in a trench coat and combat boots, walked out of the art lab and surrendered.
Dimitrios Pagourtzis Jr., a 17-year-old student at the school, was taken to the Santa Fe Police Department. Pagourtzis waived his Miranda rights, according to court records, and told investigators he didn't shoot students he liked, "so he could have his story told."
He called his wife, Pamela, 43, from his phone. She sat in the living room.
He heard the front door slam before he even got out of the bathroom.
Stanich flipped on the news, but nobody was covering the high school then. He opened a police scanner app on his phone. They were talking about pipe bombs and the bomb squad at the school, he said.
Stanich woke up his younger stepson, Houston, 13. They sat down in front of the television. News trucks began to arrive at the high school. Stanich and Houston stared at the footage, straining to catch a glimpse of Jared.
She hugged him, and loaded him into the Suburban around 8:30 a.m.
"Are you OK?" she asked Adrian.
He said yes.
The kids were saying the shooter was dressed in a trench coat and black combat boots.
Adrian told his mom Pagourtzis wore that all the time. They had second period together, he said. It was a forensic sciences class.
There, other parents with missing kids waited, too.
Stanich, a welder and maintenance manager for a crane rental facility in Texas City, got into his gray Ford pickup, dusty and muddy from the crane lot, and headed to meet her.
He found his wife immediately. She stood up straight at first, holding her emotions together. Then she started to sob.
No one would tell them — or no one knew — where Jared was.
A grim vigil had begun.
She was crying. An ICU nurse at Texas Children's Hospital, she knew what trauma could look like.
Shubert could walk. He could talk. If the bullet had entered his head slightly differently, the baseball star could have been killed or paralyzed.
The doctor told him how lucky he was.
Shubert walked out of his hospital room wearing a backward hospital gown and blood-spattered shorts. Gauze was taped to his strawberry blonde curls. His waiting teammates hugged him one by one.
It was 11:38 a.m., four hours after the shooting.
His lucky shirt was in a plastic hospital bag. He had used it to stanch the blood.
They arrived at the hospital and rushed him into surgery. His heart stopped again on the operating table.
The doctors brought him back. After surgery, he remained in intensive care in critical condition.
Olinde was hoping to find out that her aunt, Cynthia Tisdale, a substitute teacher, was OK. Tisdale's husband of nearly 40 years couldn't reach her on her cellphone. They were afraid she might have been subbing at the high school that day.
So Olinde and her fiance, Eric Sanders, sat in the shade of their Chevy Tahoe with the couple's 4-year-old son, Braeden, waiting for word. With long eyelashes and tiny eyeglasses, Braeden charmed strangers in the parking lot.
"Hold me," he said to newcomers, his arms outstretched.
Olinde, flushed from the heat, charged her phone in the Tahoe. It wouldn't stop ringing.
Around 6:30 p.m., families who had congregated inside the gym for hours started filing out in small groups, escorted by police and volunteers to their cars. Some sobbed. Others screamed. The group inside the gym kept getting smaller and smaller, as they learned the missing were dead.
Let's go back in, Olinde said to Sanders. They disappeared inside the gym.
Minutes later, they came back, escorted like the others. They walked around the other side of the Tahoe, where their son couldn't see them.
Sanders punched the truck.
Olinde sobbed.
"Why is Mommy crying?" Braeden asked Sanders.
"We got some bad news, buddy," he said. "Your aunty isn't here anymore. The bad man got her."
The little boy looked at his dad.
"Hold me," he said.
"Yes," Sanders replied, and lifted him up, gently kissing his head.
The last either had seen Jared was 12 hours prior, walking toward the bus stop down the farm road.
His birthday presents arrived in the mail that very day.
Now they knew he'd never come home.
On Saturday, doctors said that Barnes, the injured officer, remained in critical but stable condition at the hospital.
Shubert learned his team will finish the season, but he did not know if he would get to play with them. He attended the team's game Saturday night against Kingwood Park.
Marshall made it to her uncle's pickup truck and was home safe with her mom.
Black's family gathered at his house, a faded American flag out front, the new pool still full.
Instead of celebrating their son's 17th birthday, his parents prepared to bury him.
Staff Writers Mike Morris and St. John Barned-Smith contributed to this report.


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A lawsuit brought by three girls, who alleged they were sold for sex in the "escort" section of the Backpage.com website have secured a settlement agreement. The trial in the case was scheduled to begin this week in Pierce County, Washington.
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The plaintiffs alleged they were between 13 and 15 years old when they were advertised for sex on Backpage.com. Each of the plaintiffs claimed, in the 2012 court filing, that a sex trafficker paid Backpage.com a small fee to post their sex ads in the "escort" section of the website.
The girls alleged their complaint that the website should be held liable because it "knowingly developed a nationwide online marketplace for illicit commercial sex" and did so "because of the millions of dollars that they generated from the website every month." The plaintiffs claimed the website had a practice of "altering ads before publication by deleting words, phrases, and images indicative of criminality" and then "publishing the 'sanitized ads' for a fee."
The lawsuit was the first in the country to defeat the website's argument that it is immune from sex trafficking lawsuits under the Communications Decency Act. Passed in the mid-1990s to promote the growth of the internet, the CDA gives websites immunity from lawsuits for content posted by third parties. Both the trial court and the Washington Supreme Court rejected the website's argument that the CDA protected it from the plaintiffs' allegations.
Erik Bauer, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, said, "I cannot discuss the terms of the settlement because it is confidential. We settled on mutually agreeable terms and our clients are pleased with the result."
One of the plaintiffs, known as J.S., stated, "I hope the evidence we discovered in our case will help other survivors of sex trafficking. The CDA should not be a defense to profiting from child sex trafficking. Children who are sold for sex online should not be told that they are the cost of doing business for technology companies that are older than I am."
Bauer's co-counsel, Seattle attorney Michael Pfau, said, "Backpage tried to have our case thrown out by claiming it was immune under the CDA. They went so far as to claim they had a system for preventing sex trafficking of minors. The Washington courts were the first in the country to rule that we should have a chance to test what the website was claiming. In the end, we believe we showed their system was designed to promote sex trafficking, not prevent it."
Jason Amala, another attorney for the plaintiffs, stated, "A number of their top executives refused to answer nearly all of our questions and invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Even their in-house lawyer could not explain how removing terms like 'amber alert' or 'lolita' helps to fight child sex trafficking. In our view, they were just sanitizing sex ads to reduce the chances that they would have to remove the ads and make less money."
On January 9, 2017, Backpage.com shut down the "escort" section hours after the United States Senate issued a scathing report about the company's alleged role in online sex trafficking. According to the Senate report, the website generated $135 million in revenue in 2014, and the vast majority of that revenue was from sex ads. The website claimed the "escort" section was shut down due to allegations of "censorship" by the United States government.
The attorneys are shifting their focus to other lawsuits they have helped file against the website, including two more cases in Washington, one in California, and one in Texas. The lawsuits include allegations based on evidence obtained in the Washington case that settled.
For example, one of the complaints alleges that Backpage.com's CEO, Carl Ferrer, sent an email where he said it would be "too harsh" to ban advertisements that contained words or images that indicated the ad was for sex. Instead, Ferrer allegedly said it was "[b]etter to edit by removing bad text or removing bad language" so that users could "adjust." The complaint cites the email as evidence that the website intentionally sanitized sex ads so that it could profit from the ads.
Bauer believes many more sex trafficking victims are likely to come forward: "Thousands of children have been sold for sex on that website. They are starting to come forward as they realize people support them, not those who profit from sex trafficking."
The lawsuit featured prominently in a recent documentary about online sex trafficking. Titled "I Am Jane Doe," the documentary premiered earlier this year and chronicles lawsuits by multiple families to hold Backpage.com liable for alleged sex trafficking of minors. All but the Washington case were dismissed because of the CDA.
Two controversial bills have been proposed in Congress in response to the attention generated by the Washington case, the Senate report, and "I Am Jane Doe." Both bills state that the CDA does not provide immunity to entities that knowingly promote sex trafficking. Google's vice president of public policy, Susan Molinari, called the proposed legislation a "disaster" while at the same time saying "Backpage.com can and should be held accountable for its crimes."
Three cases remain pending against Backpage.com in Washington filed on behalf of two teenage girls who are identified as R.O. and K.M., in California filed on behalf of a teenage girl who the complaint identifies as "Jane Doe," and Texas, filed on behalf of a teenage girl who identified as "J.M."


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Although the negotiations between Washington and Tehran regarding the latter's nuclear program have strained US relations with the Gulf, the two sides have many mutual interests that will keep these ties strong.
In general, Arab-Iranian ties have not been harmonious or amicable. Rather, they have always been ruled by the logic of history, ideological struggle and the desire for expansion. What we are witnessing at present is nothing but an aspect of this vehement historic conflict. Although it has a different form now, it is in essence still a struggle for control and influence.
Following the Iran-Iraq War, the conflict between Iran and Arab countries has become a cold war that conceals ideological, ethnic and historical struggles. Each party sees the victory of its rival — be it diplomatically or militarily — as a loss requiring him to exhibit a similar or greater reaction, to restore the balance or imbalance, yet at the detriment of the other party, and so on.
During this cold war, Iran managed to break through in the diplomatic arena in late 2013 — after they have previously (militarily) settled down in the Arab arena — and earned their first diplomatic victory by announcing a preliminary settlement with the "Great Satan" (the United States) over their nuclear program. The Arab (Saudi) response to this development was a severe admonishment for the US ally, and it insinuated that it would step away from the United States if the latter actually intended to make a deal with Iran at the expense of the Arabs and their interests.
It seems that the Saudi statements are designed to display a clear position that the US-Saudi ties may be affected, if the United States thinks it could ignore the interests of the Arab world, particularly Saudi interests. The issue was aggravated by the Iranian diplomatic breakthrough's coinciding with the Arab Spring and the subsequent fissures in the Arab communities, particularly weakening and distancing Egypt from following up and influencing the events, and the disintegration of the official Arab system in general. Following the Arab Spring, the Arab world had lost its global issue, and stopped being governed by its ideology. Rather, it has become a fragile world that is politically and economically disordered, socially disarticulated, and where the Arab collective ardency is replaced by patriotism that takes precedence over any national or ideological cause.
In light of this reality, for the administration of US President Barack Obama, the Arab world is no longer a priority, in the sense that it no longer poses a real threat to its interests. The region is no longer an influence zone for the United States and the only remaining threat is Iran's nuclear program, which must be addressed in a way that is different from that of former President George W. Bush. Obama considers the solution to this issue will inevitably lead to concluding new understandings on the Iranian expansion in the region, and will in particular pave the way for important settlements between Israel and Iran, which will ultimately lead to a reduced Iranian influence — which threatens the security of Israel, not the security of Arabs — in exchange for a direct recognition of the Iranian role and its legitimate demands in the region.
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Iran does not hide that it has demands, most notably to legitimize its occupation of the Arab Islands, negotiate the future of Bahrain and extend its religious and cultural influence in the Arab region.
It should also be admitted that Iran is aware of this US desire; that is why it does not oppose any negotiations with the United States to discover how it views the region, and to what extent it is willing to approve the Iranian demands that do not affect its interests or threaten the security of Israel. It seems that the United States, following its experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, is aware of Iran's importance and strategic dimension in any of the region's future formulas.
Thus, as John Lambert, the former deputy assistant secretary of state for Iran in the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and a former ambassador, said during a lecture at the London School of Economics, the negotiations on the Iranian file will inevitably include bilateral talks, on the sidelines of the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany) meetings to discuss the region's affairs, and Iran's interests, ties and influence in the region.
In this scenario, the Saudi resentment of the US-Iranian confidential negotiations can be understood, on the grounds that the talks' consequences are harmful to the security of Saudi Arabia and the Arab world.
On the other hand, we can see to what extent Iran is pleased with this breakthrough, and how fast it revealed itself as a rational state that believes in the negotiations and the resolution of differences, by calling on Saudi Arabia to negotiate and discuss the issues of the region, namely terrorism. This Iranian shift toward Saudi Arabia will offer the Iranian leadership the missing legitimacy that it needs at this critical stage. Despite all of the declarations, Iran is suffering from an international diplomatic isolation, economic difficulties, financial exhaustion in Syria and internal popular nervousness.
Iran has enough leads to put a veto on any future vision for a map for the region. It holds the reins of Iraq and is trying to draft this vision according to its national security interests. It is present in Yemen, refuses to let go of [Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad, because if it does, it will lose its way to the Arab world and therefore deprive itself from using Hezbollah as an important card in any future negotiations on the arrangements for the region with the United States and Israel.
Those following up on the news know that the openness of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani toward the West has created a positivity, particularly among Jews, as he acknowledged the Holocaust, and congratulated the Jewish and Christian communities on their holidays. Rouhani's policies oppose those of his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was skeptical of Western intentions. He considers that for Iran to assume a key role, it is required to achieve a historical reconciliation with the United States. Obama is aware of the importance of these cards, which prompt him to think seriously of the possibility of a deal that resolves the problems of the region, even at the expense of the Arab interests. What matters are one's interests, not the friendships!
The Arabs, namely Saudi Arabia and its allies, should not lose hope, because Iran's openness toward the United States stems from an Iranian strategic vision that its interference in the Arab world has been diminishing and awakened the Sunni instinct. Iran is unable to control an extremely hostile region, based on the disparities between Sunnis and Shiites. Therefore, it considers the time is right to seal a reconciliation with the United States as soon as possible.
This requires Arabs to endorse their strategic depth, namely Egypt, in re-assuming a leading role. In addition, Egypt needs to strengthen its social fabric, which requires a Saudi effort to urge the new Egyptian leadership that will take power to bring about a social and political reconciliation that puts an end to the internal division — which will prevent Egypt from assuming its expected role, if it drags. It is no surprise that the solution to the Egyptian crisis will help solve other Arab differences, and will give Arabs a momentum in a number of files, most notably the Syrian file, which is for Iran what Vietnam was for the United States. Iran had a setback in Syria, with further escalation, just as the United States did in Vietnam. Based on that, the Syrian territory will consist of a gaping wound for Iran, and a start to cut the Iranian cord wrapped around the region's neck.
This confrontation with Iran can no longer drag on by relying on the current policies. These policies ought to be changed as they have proven to be futile, both diplomatically and on the ground, over the past years. Should these policies continue to be implemented, they could pose a great threat, which would lead to the collapse of the Syrian state, turning it into another Somalia, draining Arabs before anyone else.
Arabs ought to maintain the alliance with the United States because it is the most effective party in the region, emphasize the convergence of interests and distance themselves from any threat to develop relations with other states, because this is to no avail as the international system is still governed by the United States, so far. Second, any other state will not sacrifice its relations with the United States for the sake of Arabs.
It is important for Arabs to reduce Iranian expansion in this strategy, and to not allow Iran to confiscate the Palestinian cause and use it to serve its own goals. This can only happen through uniting the Palestinian ranks, and therefore the recent reconciliation that has been sponsored by Egypt seems encouraging. This reconciliation should not remain just for show, but should reach the essence of the strategy, which ought to include agreements on tactics.
Arabs need to be aware of the one reason for Iran's power, which is their weakness. Any strategy that does not take into account this weakness, especially in light of the American-Iranian breakthrough, will have great repercussions on them. In today's world, there is no room for the weak. Any deal between Iran and the United States that does not include Arabs, will be done at their expense and they will pay dearly for it.
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