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October 2013 Mystery Plane – de Bothezat GB-5
by Vintage Aircraft Association | Dec 15, 2013 | Mystery Airplane
de Bothezat GB-5
by Wes Smith
The GB-5 known as THE BUG had twin co-axial rotors operating in opposite directions through gearing at both ends of the engine crankcase.
Georghe Bothezatu (Georgii Ivanovich Botezat–one source states his middle name was Aleksandrovich), was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on 7 June 1882. According to a Romanian source, he was born in N. Bassarabia, which was than under Russian occupation. The source goes on to state that he was born into a Romanian peasant family, with part of the family moving to Lasi, while the remainder stayed in Bessarabia. A differing account (www.wikipedia.com) states that he was the son of Bessarabian landlords of Romanian extraction.
He graduated from school in Chrisian in 1902 and from 1905 to 1907 attended the Electro-Mechanical Institute in Belgium. In 1908 he graduated from Kharkov Polytechnik before pursuing graduate studies at Gottingen and Berlin. Later, after two years of study he earned his Ph.D. from the Universitaire de Sorbonne in Paris with a dissertation on aircraft stability. In 1911 he joined the faculty of St. Petersburg Polytechnical University to pursue advanced studies in stability. At St. Petersburg he worked with Aleksei Lebedev, Stephen Timoshenko and Alexander Vanderfleet, his area of interest shifting to propeller theory.
During 1914, Georgii Botezat became Director of the Polytechnical Institute at Novocherkassk. After the outbreak of the First World War, Botezat joined the technical commission of the Imperial Russian Air Service (IRAS), and published the standard bomb aiming tables for the IRAS in 1915. These tables are said to have had a far-reaching effect, as they are considered to have been the basis for some of the moon landing calculations made during the US luner program of the 1960s.
In 1916 he was appointed chief of the St. Petersburg airfield and managed the DEKA Stock Company, (Duflon, Konstantinovich and Co.) aircraft plant. The following year he is credited with the design of two single-engined aircraft. First proposed in the summer of 1915, only a single example of the military aircraft was built. It was a large three-place pusher biplane powered by a 220hp Renault. The nacelle carried a 37mm gun (presumably a Hotchkiss), and the empennage was similar to that of a Voisin. The first and only test of the two-bay biplane took place on 20 December 1917. However, it crashed due to the inexperience of the (unknown) pilot. Apparently there was a second aircraft, a twenty-place enclosed cabin pusher, again powered by a 220hp engine and incorporating "automatic stability" in the form of a gyroscope, possibly added to the control system (speculation on my part). It was built concurrently with the military machine and cost 26,000 rubles. Completed in October 1917 the aircraft suffered serious undercarriage damage on the first flight, and was abandoned. In any case, the company was taken over by the military, and with the revolution of 25 October little more was heard of either Botezat airplanes. It was apparently proposed to rebuild the military aircraft in 1919, but this was not done.
While Botezat was initially accepted by the Bolsheviks, he immigrated first to France, and then to America with the aid of the American Embassy in May of 1918. The following month, Botezat, now with the revised name of "George de Bothezat", was hired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). He went on to lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Columbia University. In 1920 he published his first NACA Report (No. 28), titled "An Introduction to the Study of the Laws of Air Resistance on Aerofoils." This was followed by a second paper "Airplane Performance as Influenced by the Use of a Super Charged Engine" (NACA Technical Notes No. 2). His third NACA paper "General Theory of the Steady Motion of an Airplane" (NACA Report No. 97) followed in 1921. de Bothezat was also active in the aeronautical press. His super charger article was reprinted in Aerial Age Weekly (V12 N6, Oct. 18, 1920, pp 174—179). Also in UK periodicals Aeronautics and Flight.
During 1921 he visited McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio where he became acquainted with Major (later Col.) Thurman H. Bane, Chief of the US Air Service Engineering Division. The exact sequence of events are unclear, but de Bothezat was subsequently retained to build a helicopter, apparently based on a US Air Service specification. In May of 1921 de Bothezat published another technical paper titled "The Actual State of the Helicopter Problem." (Aerial Age Weekly V13 N11, May 23,1921, pp 247—249). Indeed, the idea of a man-carrying helicopter was far from new, and was not entirely without prior limited success. There was the second Newton-Williams Helicopter that had lifted from the ground at Emile Berliner's farm outside Washington, D.C. in June of 1909. Abroad there were many other claims, some of which predate the Newton-Williams.
Upon retaining de Bothezat, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Special Engineering Research Division. Construction of the helicopter was begun in July of 1921, without prior testing of models or the use of wind tunnels. The work was done by de Bothezat and Ivan Jerome in the hangars at McCook (later Wright Field), and relied solely on the theoretical calculation of de Bothezat. The machine was completed early December of 1922 and the first flight took place on 18 December with Maj. Bane at the controls thus making him the first US Army helicopter pilot. This flight was also 19 years and one day after the four flights of the 1903 Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk. Although this flight was nothing more than a hover in ground effect, the maximum altitude being about 10 ft., and the duration lasting 1 min. 42 sec.with the machine drifting about 500 ft. from its original staring point. The flight was 43 seconds longer than the longest Wright flight on 17 December 1903. Nevertheless the helicopter was considered a success. The following day a second flight was made with de Bothezat at the controls, and this time carrying a passenger. The altitude reached was slightly higher and on 21 February 1923 the "Flying X" carried four people hanging from the four rotor outrigger booms for two full minutes,, reaching an altitude of about 15 ft.
As originally built, the de Bothezat helicopter had a complex set of controls. The four rotors, arranged in an "X" pattern had six-bladed rotors at each tip, each having an individual collective pitch control. Two small horizontal propellers were fitted to provide some horizontal thrust, The maximum distance from rotor tip-to-tip was about 65 ft., and the overall height was approximately 10 ft. The two-spar rotor blades when fitted to the central hub had a maximum diameter of about 23 ft., each blade having approximately 37.5 sq. ft. of area, the total disc area being 2,204.66 sq. ft. The empty weight of the de Bothezat was 3,306 lbs., the initial take-off weight being 3,600 lbs., then increasing to 3,693 lbs. and finally to 3,803 lbs. The maximum weight lifted on any flight was 4,851 lbs. The transmission system of the machine was highly complex, and was constructed by Allison. Unsurprising, de Bothezat was a difficult person to work with. For years stories of his secretive behavior and tantrums have been repeated in various forms. Yet, a plaque in the corner of the Allison library commemorates his accomplishments. He obtained two US patents on his 1921-22 helicopter, No. 1,573,228 (1923), and 1,749,471 (1924). Interestingly the "X" configuration has been revived at least twice. First by the Germans and second by today's miniature remotely piloted vehicles. The reason being the high stability of the design.
As originally constructed, the "Flying Octopus" was fitted with the comparatively rare LeRhone Model R. This engine was developed during the first World War, and the nine-cylinder air-cooled rotary radial developed 170hp (normal) at 1,360 rpm, with a maximum output of 180hp, thus accounting for the two figures seen in different sources. The high compression ratio of 5.65:1 was comparatively new as were aluminum pistons, a revised induction system and auxiliary cooling intakes on the front of the crankcase. At a later date the LeRhone was replaced with a 230hp Bentley R.R.2. Initially rated at 200hp the Bentley could actually produce 230 to 250hp at 1,300 rpm. The gear reduction system of the de Bothezat lowered the maximum multi-rotor rpm to 70—90 rpm, roughly half of modern helicopters.
After about 100 test flights little had been accomplished despite the ability to hover in an extremely stable mode. After having spent $200,000.00 since 1921, the cash strapped USAS ordered an end to the tests, and this historic machine was scrapped. During the flight tests, a maximum altitude of about 30 ft. had been obtained, with a maximum horizontal speed of about 31 mph. De Bothezat had been one of the first to address the problem of auto-rotation in his Aerial Age article. This, along with the dynamics of the rotor blades in flight make it something of a seminal work. However, de Bothezat was not the first to understand the concept of a thrust component in lift. That honor belongs to Wilbur Wright, and was discovered by this author in 1998 while conducting research at the Library of Congress. Subsequently Juan de La Cierva would take this idea to create the C-4 autogiro. First tested on 9 January 1923 with Lt. Alejandro Gomez Spencer as pilot. In February 1923 de Bothezat sent a photo of his helicopter in flight to Thomas Alva Edison, one of the prophets of rotary winged flight. Edison responded: "You have certainly made a great advance, in fact, as far as I know, the first successful helicopter." Two final points of interest, according to a 1943 Mechanix Illustrated article by Boris Sergievsky (as told to George Daniels), sand was poured into the crankcase of one of the engines. Even more disturbing, de Bothezat was mailed a very cleverly disguised poisonous snake, which he apparently avoided. Just who, and why this was done (if true), remains a mystery.
With the end of the flights of de Bothezat's helicopter, he returned to New York in 1926 to establish the de Bothezat Impeller Company, Inc. He wrote extensively on various subjects ranging from flight dynamics to the economic causes of the Great Depression. He even did special effects for the movie "The Love of Sunya" by Dudley Murphy in 1927. In 1936 he wrote the book "Back to Newton" in which he declared Albert Einstein's work to be invalid. Einstein personally defended his theories in a debate at Princeton, refuting de Bothezat's claims that Einstein's space-time theories were in error. Inadvertently an anti-semitic audience member spoke to de Bothezat after the encounter and may have potentially set the stage for the Nazi rejection of "Jewish physics" thus possibly costing Nazi Germany the opportunity to construct a nuclear weapon in advance of the United States. (A lack of highly enriched uranium and heavy water undoubtedly made construction impossible. Nevertheless, there is an unconfirmed story that a dirty bomb, or radiologic device was actually tested at the end of the war).
After World War II Prof. Werner Heisenberg explained precisely how to build a working atomic bomb in a secretly recorded discussion. His failure to act on this knowledge has never been fully explained. Could de Bothezat inadvertently caused Nazi scientists to reject Einstein's equations in the same way Stalin negatively influenced genetic studies in the Soviet Union?
de Bothezat married in 1926 and after the debacle at Princeton 10 years later, he established the "Air Screw Research Syndicate." The Axial Impeller Company continued to thrive, the devices being fitted to USN cruisers for ventilation. A year later de Bothezat renamed the company The Helicopter Corporation of America. He hired Boris Sergievsky a colorful World War I Russian ace who had previously flown for Sikorsky until the orders for flying boats began to decline. Sergievsky was born near St. Petersburg at Gatchina, site of one of the most prominent airfields in Russia. Years later, while attending the Polytechnik College at Kiev, Sergievsky became acquainted with Igor Ivanovick Sikorsky, and during his second year there an aviation club was formed, in which he took great interest. While still at school Sergievsky married and had a son. He then entered mandatory military service, becoming an officer before returning to his studies. Following graduation he was assigned to the 129th Bessarabian Infantry Regiment as a Paporchik (Ensign). He was called to arms in early August 1914 and soon saw heavy combat. Kaptain Petr Nesterov landed near his regimental headquarters and used some colorful language after having been fired upon by Russian troops.
Sergievsky's military service continued unabated and was awarded the Order of St. George Fourth Class and earned a promotion to Podporuchik (2nd Lt.). He suffered a serious head wound which caused temporary blindness in his left eye. This was corrected by surgery and he continued fighting throughout 1915. He was again severely wounded in his right ankle, and during while recouperating heard that volunteers were being asked to serve in the Imperial Russian Air Service. On 15 March 1916 he was assigned as officer/observer with the 25th Corps., assigned to Voisin Type LA pushers. He was promoted to Poruchik (Lt.) and by mid-July had flown 15 missions, with 26 hours in the air. On 20 June his aircraft was attacked and the pilot severely injured. Sergievsky managed to land the heavily damaged Voisin.
Sergievsky served throughout the Brusillov offensive of 1916 before finally being sent to flight school. By 1 June 1917 he was assigned to the 2nd fighter detachment at Radzivilov. The squadron consisted of nine pilots, flying ten airplanes of six different types. He was assigned a Nieuport 21 to fly. Soon he encountered an Imperial German Air Service Roland D.II and with the end of his ammunition was able to hit the German's engine causing a forced landing. Requisitioning a car, Sergievsky arrived at the trenches to learn that the German aviator had fled, having thrown off his heavy flying clothes in order to outrun his Russian pursuers. Sergievsky was promoted to Stabs-Kaptain 26 October 1917. His final aerial battle took place when he and two other pilots shot down a Brandenburg D.I over Smolino. After the Russian armistice 15 December, Sergievsky returned to Kiev, to offer his services to the White Army.
He next worked for the Inter-Allied Commission for re-evacuation of prisoners of war at Berlin. He and his wife had fled Kiev, leaving behind his son and mother. They next went to England where Sergievsky served as instructor at the Netheravon Flying School. In October 1919, he and his wife returned to Russia to fight for the White Army flying the R.E.8 in Estonia. With the collapse of the White Army, Sergievsky and his wife retreated to Poland where their former allies disarmed them. While working at an American YMCA helping ex-POWs, Sergievsky realized they could never return to Russia, so they headed for America.
He first worked as a manual laborer on the Holland Tunnel before becoming re-acquainted with Igor Sikorsky where he worked as a test pilot. Eventually he took a job with the Andean National Corporation in South America which was building a pipeline. In 1927 Sergievsky was reunited with his mother and son after nearly 10 years and was fortunate in obtaining permission for them to immigrate to the United States. He learned that his two brothers had been killed by Bolsheviks. He rejoined Sikorsky as a test pilot in 1932 and also served as chief pilot for the Martin and Osa Johnson African Expedition flying S-38 and S-39 amphibians. In 1933 he flew passengers in an S-38 at the Chicago World's Fair. One particularly interesting passenger was a 95 year old Confederate Civil war veteran who had never experienced the magic of flight. He was enthralled following the ride!
Sergievsky's next job with Sikorsky was flying the Prince of Wales on a South American tour. He delivered a twin engined Sikorski amphibian to Hollywood for Howard Hughes, and is known to have flown with Charles Lindbergh. He also set many world records for seaplanes and amphibians while working for Sikorsky.
Between 1938 and 1944 he served as test pilot and vice-president for de Bothezat's Helicopter Corporation of America, later in 1944 joining the Office of Strategic Services.
de Bothezat had designed a co-axial helicopter known as the GB-3-4 during the 1930s. It was a new concept. It incorporated twin co-axial rotors with the engine placed between the rotors driving them in opposite directions through gearing at both ends of the crankshaft. Corporation headquarters were located at 31-45 Davis Street on Long Island, and as was the case with most companies during these depression days was always short of funds to carry out operations.
Powered with an 85hp Franklin (possibility a 4AC-199-D2, four cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally opposed engine) "The Bug" as the GB-5 was known as, was first test flown by Sergievsky on 9 May 1940. Unfortunately Dr. de Bothezat had passed away at a Boston hospital on 1 February 1940 of "an old and untreated illness" at age 58. The GB-5 was tested in various configurations, but de Bothezat's successor, Watson M. Washburn was unequal to the task as set forth by de Bothezat. The tests were moved to Roosevelt Field where they continued into the summer of 1940. The aircraft was unable to climb higher that 5 ft. A crash put an end to the GB-5, and very little is known about its eventual disposal.
The rotor diameter was approximately 28ft. And the total weight was 606.375 lbs. An article on the internet doubts that the helicopter could have auto-rotated. Certainly this seems quite likely.
Before de Bothezat passed away he came up with the concept of the "Heli-Hop" a one man helicopter intended for use by the military. Two designations are used in Sergievsky's 1943 article, the GV-2 and GV-5. Romanian Aeronautical Constructions does show two different versions, however, the unexplained GB-3-4 test rig is another possibility. The Wikipedia article seems to imply that the GB-3-4 was the SV-2, and the
GB-5 "The Bug" was the SV-5. In 1948 the de Bothezat Impeller Company, Inc., was involved in a lawsuit.
An air charter service operating out of New York City was started by Boris Sergievsky after World War II flying a Grumman Mallard amphibian. He died at age 83 having flown for 53 years.
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Get excited for spring at Dubai World Trade Centre
It's a busy season at Dubai World Trade Centre, which will host some of the region's most prestigious events in the coming weeks. From stars of Game of Thrones to affordable art and the Middle East's largest travel show, it's all happening here at DWTC.
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April – peak geek, affordable art and connected travel
Some of Disney's most beloved cartoon characters will be taking to the rink for Disney on Ice – see familiar faces from The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan and Frozen entertain families from 4-7 April.
Excitement is already building for Middle East Film & Comic Con (5-7 April), a chance to hear the latest from entertainment giants including Netflix and Warner Bros, be inspired by local cartoonists, and indulge in some casual celebrity spotting. Karl Urban from Star Trek and Thor: Ragnarok, Natalia Dyer from Stranger Things, Kristian Nairn (Hodor) from Game of Thrones and Karen Gillan from Guardians of the Galaxy are all confirmed attendees, and there'll be some serious cosplay to enjoy as well.
At World Art Dubai (18-21 April) there's a similar mix of local and international, with both UAE-based galleries and up-and-coming international artists offering their wares. This is your chance to invest in some truly affordable art, whether drawings, paintings, sculptures or even wearable art.
Celebrating its 25th year, Arabian Travel Market (22-25 April) is one of Dubai World Trade Centre's most renowned mega-events, an unmatched platform for inbound and outbound tourism professionals to unlock the business potential of the sector in the region.
The rest of April's fairs are trade-only and span construction, leisure, healthcare and property. Starting from 2-4 April, Hardware & Tools Middle East is specifically equipped to cater to the construction, fabrication and technical industries, and offers the latest tools and machinery.
From 9-11 April there are four shows running simultaneously: Dubai Entertainment, Amusement & Leisure Expo (DEAL), the largest amusement and leisure trade show in the world outside of the US; International Property Show, where property investors can capitalise on projects direct from developers; Annual Investment Meeting, a gathering of the international investment community to discuss and encourage Foreign Direct Investment; and Emirates International Forensic Conference & Exhibition, which sees experts from Asia, Africa, Europe and the US come together to support the development in forensic science.
Another, more specialised, property show is up next from 12-14 April: the Egypt Property Show. Aimed primarily at showcasing the potential of the country to Egyptian expats and other investors, the show will be taken to the US, UK and Kuwait after it closes in Dubai.
GETEX Spring (12-14 April) is the leading student recruitment event in the region and an effective platform for all education providers to achieve their student admission targets and enrolment quotas. Only in its 2nd year the Middle East Psychological Association (13-14 April), meanwhile, is proving to be a vital conference for the region with its aim of raising awareness around mental health.
Seamless (15-16 April) has separate conference agendas covering the world of Payments, Fintech, Ecommerce and Retail, with one shared free-to-attend exhibition hosting 300 of the region's leading technology providers. Expect useful discussions on the slow takeup of fintech in the Middle East, the validity of blockchain, penetration of online payments and much, much more.
Think Science (16-18 April) will showcase the exciting innovations of hundreds of competing students from across the UAE, as well as allow companies from different sectors to present scientific hands-on activities aimed at building public knowledge and understanding of the subject.
The end of April sees a plethora of congresses ranging from transport to property. From 21-26 April is the World Tunnel Congress, the foremost international conference on tunnelling and underground space. The UITP Middle East & North Africa Transport Congress & Exhibition (23-25 April) is recognised for its drive of sustainable urban mobility, and rounding the month off, is the FIABCI World Congress of the International Real Estate Federation (27 April-2 May), expected to attract more than 1,000 real estate professionals from 60 countries.
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Complex tech and vehicle after-care are on the cards as May begins. Future Tech Week (1 May-3 May), billed as 'where innovators dare to try', will introduce cutting-edge concepts in the fields of robotics and mobility, as well as a two-day Blockchain Summit (2-3 May) that sits within the main week.
Automechanika Dubai (1-3 May) last year saw 30,322 trade visitors from 136 countries come together to discuss the value of robust after-care sales in a challenging market – and similar numbers are expected this year.
From 6-9 May, auditors will gather at The Institute of Internal Auditors International Conference to discuss industry topics under the 2018 theme 'Connecting the World Through Innovation'.
The Airport Show (7-9 May) is a B2B exhibition where MEASA aviation authorities can gain first-hand knowledge about emerging aviation trends, network with global industry leaders and source the latest technologies.
Beautyworld Middle East (8-10 May) is where makeup gets serious: as the largest international trade fair for beauty in the region, attracting more than 1,500 exhibitors, and a very lucrative opportunity for those in the wholesale business.
From mid-May, conferences and events wrap up for the summer but Dubai World Trade Centre isn't slowing down. Our month-long Majlis (16 May-17 June) sees Za'abeel Hall 6 transformed into a traditional Arabian setting for guests as they enjoy delicious Iftars and Suhours prepared by award-winning chefs. Our world-class hospitality team can also cater to off-site dining experiences for both large scale corporate clients and for more intimate, private gatherings.
For those looking to work off their dinner, Dubai Sports World (17 May-8 September) offers something for sport lovers of every kind. Whether you're looking to socialise as part of a team (cricket, football, rugby and basketball), are more of a racquet-sports fan (tennis, ping pong, badminton), or see yourself as aerially-inclined (the 'ninja warrior cause', gymnastics), come on down to beat the heat – and get fit!

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Rice & Shine: 5 Popular Rice Varieties In Asia
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There is no escaping from rice when one is in Asia. From rice bowls and rice rolls to rice noodles and rice puddings, the humble grain is synonymous with cuisines in the region, including Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese and Indian.
According to The Economist, around 90% of the world's rice is consumed in Asia — 60% of it in China, India and Indonesia alone. Many Asian dishes, such as curries, stews, meat and vegetables, are best wolfed down with a piping hot bowl of rice, and rice can also be fried with a gamut of ingredients.
Here's the scoop on five popular varieties of rice in Asia.
Jasmine rice gets its name from the gentle floral aroma that wafts out from the cooked grains. (Credit: Shuttlestock)
1. Jasmine Rice From Thailand
Arguably the most common rice variety across Asia, the medium-grain rice stands out for its distinctive floral fragrance, which alludes to its sweet-smelling jasmine flower. Native to Thailand, the rice species is known as "khao daw mali" in Thai, which is a literal translation to its English name. The white rice grains have a fluffy and slightly moist and sticky texture, which soaks up the spices and flavours of Asian stir-fried dishes and curries. The chemical compounds, which give off a pandan-like aroma, break down quickly so its flavour fades over time.
Koshihikari rice is commonly used in sushi and Japanese rice bowls. (Credit: Shuttlestock)
2. Koshihikari Rice From Japan
The Japanese are known for being voracious rice-eaters. So much so that there are about 300 varieties of Japanese rice. The most common variety is the Koshihikari rice (or koshi rice), a white, polished short grain which is used in almost everything from sushi to chirashi bowls.
The rice grain, which has a shiny sheen, is more sticky than other varieties as it has a higher starch content. This makes it easier for the rice to be gently pushed and sculpted into sushi rolls and onigiri (Japanese rice parcels). Koshihikari rice has a firm consistency with a naturally sweet and nutty flavour and aroma.
Broken rice is a by-product from the rice milling process. (Credit: Shuttlestock)
3. Broken Rice (Com Tam) From Vietnam
Most people consume whole and complete rice grains. Not the Vietnamese, who have found novel ways of using broken, imperfect grains of leftover white rice from the drying and milling processes of rice production.
Instead of throwing away these smaller grains, they have made the Com Tam a essential part of their cuisine. The broken rice was considered a staple among poor labourers as they were made available cheaply. These days, the rice is widely eaten by all Vietnamese. Its taste and texture is similar to normal rice, just that its size is smaller. Com Tam is served with dishes such as marinated grilled pork chop (suon nuong), cha ca (deep-fried fish patty) and cha trung (steamed egg with pork).
Basmati rice, which originates from India and Pakistan, can be commonly found in briyani. (Credit: Shuttlestock)
4. Basmati Rice From India
This long-grain white rice from India and Pakistan is commonly found in biryani and pilaf dishes, and it is also a trusty sidekick of curries. Basmati, which derives from the Sanskrit word for "fragrant", is also known for its fluffy texture. This is because each of the skinny grain remains separate from each other, allowing curries and sauces to coat each grain more extensively. Flavours-wise, basmati rice is light and nutty.
Black rice is chock-full of nutrients such as antioxidants, vitamins and iron. (Credit: Shuttlestock)
5. Black Rice From Across Asia
Known as "forbidden rice" in Chinese, the naturally jet black rice started out as an antidote for kidney, stomach and liver problems until noblemen in ancient China seized control of the rice. The revered grains were later made available only to the royal family and the upper crust of society. Denser and plumper than brown rice, the grains have a nutty and slightly sweet flavour.
Black rice is chock-full of nutrients — the bran hull of grain is high in antioxidants and it contains anthocyanins that maintain healthy cholesterol levels and is a good source of fibre, iron and vitamins. Some popular black rice dishes include black rice pudding and Chinese black rice cake. Black rice is also eaten with greens and meat.
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Let's get this out the way at the beginning because it is so distasteful to write ….. Pulis is doing a fine job at Palace. Who would have thought it?
And now for another unpleasant chore, a retrospective of Arsenal's January Transfer window. I will be brief, in my opinion it was …….. how can I put this? Dire.
I know there are extenuating circumstances but the Draxler Affair was a comedy which ended with the player himself stating (I say "stating" but who knows if he did) that he wanted to come but Schalke refused to sell. AW saying it was all a media sham and Shalke winning all round. But who knows what is true? The club have never been open in their dealings and as we all know tradition is paramount at THOF. Any long-term fan knows that until a transfer is announced by the club everything you read and hear is supposition and gossip.
Crystal Palace on the other hand have been very active, bringing in 5 players. At least one will start today, Jason Puncheon, who is in excellent form following his joke penalty at Shite Hart Lane. And of course today heralds "The Return of the Chamakh" ( whatever happened to that Mark Morrison?). I always liked Chamakh but he is at his level now; an inability to reach the standard required by Arsenal was not down to lack of effort but lack of talent and he cannot be blamed for that. Bet he scores now!!
I have already sullied my keyboard with my first sentence so will not linger on their manager. Suffice to say, he is an odious fellow who will hopefully return to South London pointless and humiliated.
Arsenal: Usual stuff – who starts given our mounting injury list (which thanks to our bizarre TW signing now has a Swede in the treatment room).
Please Mr Wenger can we see more than 60 seconds of Podolski? Whilst I understand the need to balance the team by playing Gnabry on the right and Santi on the left I would much prefer to see (for the final 30 mins) Ozil go right, Santi central and Poldi on the left.
Can we go into a game which is likely to be a midfield battleground with only Arteta to put his "foot in"? Micky suggests playing Vermaelen a in midfield and this makes much sense to me – won't happen though.
I expect Rosicky to start. He has been a major plus this season. I recall a conversation with kelsey a few seasons ago when we both wrote off Tomas's career and questioned why AFC didn't pay him off ! I am excited to see whether Rosicky plays in a Mask. Would he be the first Masked Gooner?
The recurrence of Ramsey's thigh knack is hugely annoying but it gives The Ox a chance to show us why he will be so integral to the team in future years. Important games ahead and his work will be under scrutiny.
This should be enough to win today. We have quality on the bench which has been further strengthened by the absence of Park.
Penge was another of the towns established by those hardy travellers the Anglo-Saxons. It was original called Penceat which means edge of the wood thanks to it being on the periphery of a dense forest.
It burned down in 1936.
On paper this should be a win for the good guys, but who knows? We haven't been playing our fluent brand of Wengerball in recent weeks – perhaps not since the Ramsey injury. This is the last "easy" game before the "Death Cluster" (™ RL) we must take three points and return to our rightful place at the Top of the League.
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"We have quality on the bench which has been further strengthened by the absence of Park." hahaha I could have written that.
I think you have got the team spot on Raddy and I actually think we might get one of those days when we win comfortably.
If Chamakh and Arteta clash in the air there will be a mass of gel on the pitch.
Raddy I tried to say that Pulis was doing a good job at Palace the other day…..I tripped over at Tony I couldn't even start the surname so well done for getting the first line out in the open early doors.
Hasn't Puncheon been there all season? Just now converted to permanent so as to free another loan berth?
They have done some good work in the window but I expect us to have too much for them.
Ox in with Arteta will be fine, has done a good job there on occasion.
Also reading twitter there appears to be a story in the Mail (must be true) that BSR wants to come home……..I'd really struggle with this!
These are the games Arsenal need/must win if they want to be champs.Failure to get 3 points could be fatal.A draw aint good enough.
I suspect Pulis will play on the break. That is where the gunners need to be careful. Remember Hull's 2-1 win. The tigers were pulverised and shot to pieces but somehow survived to win.
It could happen if the gunners carry their passing to a frenzy instead of shooting.
'morning AAers, well done, yet again, BR.
I won't try to second guess Wenger on the team, but just for once couldn't we play Podolski and Giroud as twin strikers?
BR, you're forgetting Penge's other claim to fame, It was the site of The Penge Bungalow Murders, which brought about the greatest triumph of his career when Rumpole of the Bailey won the acquittal of the accused.
NG. Don't spoil it, Of course, it was in HP which is why so many visited. It cost more to move to Sydenham Hill than it cost to build.
I expect a Arsenal 1 Crystal Pulis 0 thrashing !.
Podolski and Giroud look nothing like each other, how can they be twins ?
Lovely PM Raddy. Crystal Palace burning down was supposed to be as unlikely as the Titanic being sunk by an iceberg. It was all glass and steel and yet it burned down – how did that happen?
Of course this is a must win. Although some of the chasing pack had unexpected results yesterday, the fate of the title will be decided by the consistency of the current top four.
It's rich that Maureen is having a moan about city's manipulation of FFP. I still can't see UEFA banning any of the top teams from the CL. If city have broken the rules and don't get banned then FFP will have to be consigned to the bin.
We've not been playing that well recently. We need to be patient and produce a confident controlled performance (with no injuries) and victory should be ours. I cannot even begin to predict a score – it depends which Palace and which Arsenal turn up.
Even if I find the Källström situation bemusing, isn't many people's preferred signing, Draxler, also injured?
Very quiet this morning. Probably the post.
Or perhaps it's just Sunday.
Definitely not the post, BR!
It's difficult to know what to say, as you have covered the most important points.
Really a question of fingers crossed and being glad at what we have achieved.
Thank you for your pre-match, I thought you were supposed to be on your holiday's?
I cannot see past a win today, Palace even with a TP "conditioned" team will not have enough gas in the tank to beat us. Chamakh may be in for his own private boo fest today – which will make him revert to his performance levels with us.
A win will put us on top again and if Chelsea and MC tie on Monday we will stay there for at least another week.
Your post at 6:46am was in extremely poor taste and your comments regarding dandan and GIE were also out of line.
You continue to beat your well worn drum of discontent – why not give it a rest – it's both upsetting and boring.
Wow! Your comment at 8:02am was outstanding, it reflected my own thought perfectly. The only difference is that I could never have written my views with such clarity – thank you.
I hope Chamakh doesn't get booed but I fear he will. He was not good enough in the end, but he never bad-mouthed the club and has not done so since leaving.
The Kallstrom deal does seem odd to me at the moment, but as always, I trust AW must have had his reasons.
With regard to the Draxler 'negotiations' (and you can take your pick of the rumours as to whether or not there was even a bid), I would compare that to the situation where if I were personally offered an item that I wanted, (say in a shop), at a price I did not like – I would not buy it.
There is a difference between cost and value in my private life, and I would expect no less from the club.
If Arsene (and we are talking hypothetically here) was told that Schalke would only accept 'x' for Draxler, but AW thought he was worth 'y', I could not criticise him for refusing to pay 'x', if he thought it was not value for money, even if, as a fan, I was disappointed.
But none of us know what, if anything, went on, so I guess it is all moot.
Having explained the above, where I would still question the club, as I said yesterday, is in their apparently blinkered pursuit of Suarez last summer, when it became clear to nearly all of us that 'Pool's owners would never sell to Arsenal, and the club did not appear to have a fall back plan to buy another CF, which AW clearly felt he needed.
That was a mistake, in my opinion, and will need correction in the summer (by which time it will be too late to change the outcome of this season's Premier League challenge), but better late than never, I suppose.
Hi Redders, the cost of strikers next summer is likely to be sky high. As usual, there will no doubt be several whose price will rocket on the basis of their WC performances. We will be competing with the chavs who it is reported already have their sights on Costa. I'm still reasonably confident on Draxler, but he could also go out of our range if he has a good WC.
Pulis and Fat Sam are cut from the same cloth, and I expect similar tactics today to those used by the open mouthed gum chewer to facilitate the Whammers draw against the Chavs.
It's football, anything can happen, but after a TW that has disappointed many fans, neither the club nor Arsene personally will want a poor result like the Chelsea one — and neither will we the fans.
We definately need a striker but i do worry about who we could actually get in the summer. If theres not one available now, then whos going to emerge in the next 6 months?
There seems to be a real shortage out there.
Maybe the thinking behind Draxler is that he can convert him into a CF, as has been suggested in the press.
That is another reason why the failure to buy Higuain (or similar) and giving up earlier than we did in the pursuit of Suarez last summer could be very expensive for us in more ways than one.
I agree, affordable strikers are scarce. It would not surprise me at all if AW had it in mind to turn Draxler into a striker of sorts – I think he prefers to attack from midfield.
Again, I am in complete agreement with you regarding the likelihood of the cost of the best players going up after the showcase of the WC. Another reason why the failure to get someone last year was a costly mistake in my opinion.
I do not believe for one second that we will ever see Draxler at Arsenal. If Wenger saw a discrepancy between cost and value this January, it is not likely to change after the world cup — and his cost is more likely to rocket and anyway there will be others with deeper pockets prepared to take him.
As I really don't want this spilling over into BR's Pre-Match Post, GunnerN5, I'll try to keep this brief.
Firstly, it is only 'poor taste' if you take it out of the context with which it was meant, as you obviously have.
It's called passion, and just because people on here have Arsene Wenger up among the pantheons of God's, it doesn't mean we all slavishly fall into line and become 'yes' men. I don't ask people to agree or disagree, nevertheless, it is my opinion. I don't jump on here everytime people go over the top with their lavish praise of our manager, I don't swear at people or call them childish names just because I don't agree with their opinion, in fact I'm not on here that often. We're talking about a football club, not life and death, and some people should hang their head in shame for the way they behave.
With regard to Dandan and GIE, there was no need to respond in the manner that they did, but my responses were far more polite than theirs, and your address to me.
As for the accusation of being 'boring', only if you have a one-dimensional unintelligent mind-set that closes off all avenues of potential debate. Whether you choose to believe it or not, just as there are many Arsenal supporters that are content, there are equally as many who aren't, just pop over to 'Le Grove' and see for yourself how many there are. I think you'll find they use far more industrial and vitriolic language than I'm comfortable with.
You don't need to tell me I'm the bad apple, many have beaten you to it. Over and out.
Sincere apologies to you Big Raddy for disturbing your excellent pre-match, here's hoping Arsenal get the job done today, I have this nagging doubt that says 1-1, but I'll be happy to be proved wrong to see us back at the top of the PL.
Thanks guys. He's been an angel so far so can't complain, just hope it continues (it definitely won't!).
I can't think of a striker that would be available that would greatly improve our team. Fingers crossed Wenger can pull something out of the hat.
Now you are getting really offensive. In the future I will not be upset by your comments as I will no longer read them.
This is the end of my communication with you.
Hi WATA, I hope you agree that we've said all that needs to be said on that subject.
The rumour that Brave Sir Robin is disenchanted and would like to return to Arsenal seems entirely without merit and after all that has gone on, I for one think his time has come and gone.
There are always other fish in the sea, my mom used to say (and I have lived by that truism all my adult life — and I am still looking for one to marry me!) but that aside, the same applies to footballers, especially CFs.
Arsène Wenger says Laurent Koscielny and Wojciech Szczesny's progress since the 2011 League Cup final show the benefits of patience.
The Arsenal pair's mix-up in that game allowed Obafemi Martins to score a last-minute winner for Birmingham City.
But Wenger says the huge strides Koscielny and Szczesny have made since then prove the importance of not rushing to conclusions.
"Koscielny is one of the best in Premier League, without any hesitation," the manager said. "He has combination of qualities. Good reading of game, good anticipation, great commitment, great speed and [he is] quick on the turn.
"He is good on ball but he has improved a lot in that he now has better control of himself. He is more serene and calm, one of the very best for sure.
"He had a tough spell after [the League Cup final] and last year I took him out of the team for a while. That's where I give him great credit because he came back in convincing way and took being left out in a positive way.
Wenger insists he never considered signing replacements for either player – and he has been fully vindicated.
Hi Rasp, people just have a different criteria for what qualifies as success, but that's fine. I promise not to ruffle any more feathers. We obviously all want the same thing for Arsenal, and hopefully Arsene Wenger still has a big role to play in taking us there.
Now you are skating on thin ice.
A report written on Rasp's nuts will get to the crux of it.
You are in trouble now Kelsey – he has you by the short and curly's.
That's all very well, GN5, but I have often been described, by dopey students, as being a cross between a math teacher and an angry crab — it seems I give snappy answers.
Raddy, I love your idea for the last thirty minutes. It's better because we get two of our best scorers on the pitch together. Santi tries to score allot more aggressively from the middle than ozil.
I still don't know why arsene couldn't get lukas on longer last week. Frustrating.
GIE, good link on ffp. Liverpools owners can be a good ally for us in this. But I just can't imagine uefa doing anything about the owners pouring money into their teams through other businesses they own. Even though it's obvious. We haven't heard them address that aspect publicly.
That affects Chelsea also in a big way, so we lose mourihno as a mouthpiece on that one. As much as I hate him, he is very effective at drawing the media attention that might help..
Wasn't there some talk about a separate English ffp, favored by a majority of clubs?
Got to go and get breakfast sorted before watching the game.
If you could send it to my nuts for now please 😕 I've spoken to peaches, I think she's going to email you later.
Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Ozil, Podolski, Giroud played very well.
As regards the team, it will be interesting to see the formation. We are going to need Rosicky in the big matches so giving him another week to recover is a good idea….. maybe he'll come on from the bench.
Nacho for Gibbs is intriguing – is Gibbs fully fit I wonder?
Subs: Rosicky, Fabianski, Bendtner, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Gnabry, Zelalem.
Can I say that I like this theme of yours so much. Second week on the trot I've shot off and told the family how clever I am. This time origins of "spending a penny", followed up by the brilliant connect to football with "remarkable because you could buy a decent central midfielder for a penny in those days".
Brilliant stuff, thank you very much.
well its an attacking line up. Im surprised Wenger hasnt opted for Gibbs after Monreal's poor game against Southampton. Maybe hes saving him for the bigger games.
Good to see TR7 on the bench.
Podolski in the team!!!! Thank God!!!
Ahhhh, at last. Mesut, Santi and Lucas together. That is very exciting.
BR. Great pre match right up as usual. I for one am very happy to see Podolski in the starting line up. I think his shooting skills are what we may have been missing in the past few games. He just needs to take the chances when they come his way. After the past few performances the entire team need to up their game and take this opportunity to put a few goals in the back of the net!
Gibbs carrying a knock? Can't see why else Monreal keeps place and as FGG says big games to come.
Like the three man combo of Ozil, Pod and Santi, if it were me I might even be inclined to start 4-4-2, good shooting distance in the midfield line.
No Vermaelen? Injury or manager's decision?
1st to grab a starting place for Arsenal in the absence of Flamini as well as Maelstrom, but also to prove to Roy Hodgson what a versatile player he is, and those are very handy in any WC Squad.
Someone mentioned an injury earlier this morning. I think.
Other results, and with City v Chelsea tomorrow, suddenley means that 3 points here would be a massive boost.
Ox and Pods inclusion could be key as it means we have a very real threat from outside the box. This will force Palace defenders to close down rather than backing off and that could create space in behind for other players.
Like others I prefer Gibbs.
The bus is well and truly parked. No surprise there.
Oxo is trying too many Hollywood passes, a bit like Ramsey used to before he settled down.
a foreigner I can confirm that I had no idea where the 'spend a penny' expression came from.
I am not sure why you think that Crystal Palace under Pullis play well, but we have 60 more mins to find out. The commentators here said that Pullis' greatest achievement in his 21year career is the fact that he was never relegated. Great!
Ginga – Jack is loooooooovely, what a little beauty! My granddaughter is very lucky to be in such good company – George and Jack, and Nicole 🙂 They are the future!
The ref is way too lenient.
Pulis's clear plan is to break up our play with lots of petty fouls – and he's being allowed to get away with it.
I know these games are frustrating (well, until you get the first goal), but I find them fascinating. Trying to probe and skill your way around a packed defence.
Usual thing, the first goal, then the space opens up.
Game going as expected. Pulis tactics have been the same everytime he comes to THOF. Dull,dull, dull.
We have tried letting them attack looking for some space but no luck so far.
Let's hope CP tire and we can open them up.
Speroni looks solid. Why buy Hennesey?
Seems to be a couple if different paces on the pitch from us.
Could do with TR7 in the middle gives a bit more directness with his movement, too many ball movers than runners at the moment.
Monreal having a good game, Pod looks hungry, Ozil is a genius on the ball but he needs more movement from those close by.
Think the ref should have booked Jedinak for his foul on Ox in our half, that's the only one I thought he got wrong so far.
Oli needs to stop backing into the centre backs, Pulis has schooled them well, push into the forward then as soon as you feel his weight shift onto you take two steps back and put your arms by your side, result looks like forward is looking for foul. Dark arts but sometimes like to see a bit of that from us or at least a bit of recognition that it's going to happen and get wise to it.
Palace also looking to win free kicks, Ox guilty once of giving it to them when he could have let centre backs deal with.
Need width width and more width, problem is it only seems to be coming from Bac and Monreal which will leave us open to the counter. Few balls into the box from deeper will force Palace to press higher which should then open a few more gaps for runners.
I am in danger of being repetitive, but the lack of pace is evident, because it is like our guys are giving a training ground demonstration or exhibition of keep ball, with very few real bursts of pace – Sagna was an exception but even then he collided with the 'keeper.
Open a bottle of red wine, cut a slice of chocolate cake and we score.
If Gibbs is fit I would put him on for Monreal and bring Rosicky on for surprisingly Giroud he looks off the pace.
We need something Kelsey. The team and in particular the midfield has gone to sleep.
I'd get Ollie off now.
Time to take off OG who has taken a battering, and Ox looks tired.
Don't bother with the match report Kelsey, i wrote it this morning at 8.12am!
Job done! Here's to a draw tomorrow.
FGG. guess your little fellow has only seen AFC off the top of the table for one week in his life!
I was mildly impressed with CP. Well organised and hard working.
Job done! Another clean sheet, three points and back to the top of the league. CP parked the bus and made it difficult for us to break them down but with patience we did the job. Ox was outstanding, hopefully at the end that was just a touch of cramp and nothing more serious. Good all round performance from the boys today even though at times our midfield struggled a little even though we had 73% possession. Now here is my question to all of you, do we want city to beat Chelsea and put Chelsea 5 points behind us or is a tie the best outcome? Your thoughts?
I did not mean that I would be content with coming second. My path of thought that it would then be a 5 point gap between us and Chelsea and in turn we would then battle with City for the Championship. I am convinced City will drop points and I am certain so will Chelsea.
Good win, little bit of sleepy time after our first goal .
I'm one of Arteta's biggest fans….only thing he does that annoys me is play others into trouble when tight in.
Almost two thirds of the season gone and we are 15 points ahead of MU. Moyes in!!
Isn't there also an argument that a Chelsea win is good as it means we are 2 points clear and it could cause City to wobble.
I think we are golden no matter what because we've won our game. That's all that matters.
We could be the only team in the top 4 to win this weekend.
Good win. Ox is my man. Brought energy to the midfield that reminded me of Rambo. Both of them could offer a lot of energy in the central area if played together. Arteta was off his game.He's had bad days but today seemed like nothing worked for him. I think that's the replacement we desperately need. I wonder if he's injured how we'll pack up at the back? if Rambo is fit, I would play Rambo Jack and the Ox in front of the CB.
Time you learn't to sleep through first halves, that way you won't miss the good stuff and still feel refreshed.
Mickey. There are so many scenarios and what ifs! I guess at the end of the day all you can do is win our games. However, I would like to see that little bit of breathing space behind us.
On a different note, lots' of articles in the German press that Klose is really upset with his Italian club. He really wanted the loan move to Arsenal to challenge himself in the EPL and play along side his German team mates, especially as he is not getting much playing time in Italy and he wants to earn his spot in the German National team for the WC. At 35 Klose is fitter than most younger players and is fox in the box. With the chances our boys create I think he would have been a great help to us.
Two goals, another clean sheet, three points and back to the top of the league. MotM Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
I've always had a sneaking respect for Palace, they played good football in the past but now that they have sunk to the lowest level of Pulisball I hope I never have to watch them again. 11 0 0 for much of the game, that'll keep the crowds rolling in!
Another fine performance by The Gunners, another tactical triumph for Le Boss, he really has no equal. WATAbout that!
We'll find the silver lining in tomorrow's result. No need to worry about that.
So often to make those saves when you have next to nothing to do all game is so much harder than when you are bombarded..
On that note, I feel weak and hungry.
Did you see the Arsene interview?
On kallstrom, he set the record straight regarding the loan transfer deal.
— We got KK for nothing – no payment for 'borrowing' him.
— We will only pay his salary after he recovers from his injury.
— Spartak will pay his salary in the meantime.
— KK will have recovered from his injury by mid-March, at the latest.
So, we did know he had a pre-existing injury, and the medical check showed it was a micro fracture.
If he does not recover – we pay nothing and it will be as if the deal had not happened.
If he is back at the end of February or mid-March he will be available to cover for our midfielders during the run in to the title.
Look at the amount of strapping on Kozzers ankles!!!
So RA, no media conspiracy against the Arsenal, however, the deal is not as suspect as the media would like it to be.
Note run in to the title, not CL qualification.
Right up to the last minute on Dead Line Day, Arsene was looking for more loan deals closer to home !.
Am I missing something? Man City appeal Kompany's red card 2 footed tackle v Arsenal…and WIN but the Flamini identical tackle red card still stands? FA+ FECKARSENAL?
I really like your style, I definitely enjoyed reading this!
Where is everyone? 2-0 win back top of the league Ox scores two, Pod plays with Santi and Ozil. Szczesny doing what every Championship contender's goalie should, stop the one chance that's given.
Or is everyone having a nap before watching Super Bowl?
The AA crèche is looking a fine bunch now….so when do we place bets that they'll end up playing for Arsenal?
Gie, you are most observant I read the same BBC report by Michael Emons and skipped right over that.
Interesting to see the explanation behind Kallstrom. It all makes sense in football terms, but it really is a PR screw-up: the club had all the information ahead of time, so why didn't they manage expectations by saying it up-front, and not wait for it to come out afterwards? I'm not one who says that the club communicates badly with the fans generally (they do a better job than pretty much all other clubs, as far as I can see) but this is a bit of a Mickey Mouse level mistake.
GIE will the blast make it for next week?
JanMan, I want a draw tomorrow because both competitors would drop points. Chelsea has it easier the rest of the way, so it might be better if they lose. On the other hand, City is looking so tough, that I think the sooner they stumble in their march, the better.
You expressed wanting Chelsea 5 pts behind, but a draw leaves them 4 pts behind, which seems almost as good. In addition, City would be 1 pt behind instead of 1 pt ahead.
I thought we really missed Wilshere and Ramsey today – the passing needed speeding up, and LJ would've done the business on that front, and in the first half we needed more running into the box. That said, the Ox's attacking running certainly warmed up in the second half.
My impression is that The Ox played further up in the second, and this made a big difference.
After spending the first 45 minutes trying to get through ten men, i and those around me wondered how we would unlock the Palace defence. It didn't take long and wow wasn't Oxlade-Chamberlain an exciting sight for sore eyes.
Yup, my impression too, arnie. Not that I've had the chance to watch any TV coverage to check my impressions yet.
Gn5 – your 3rd blast from the past will definitely be used next week either Wednesday or Thursday.
Until things more clearly sort themselves out at the end of the season, 4 points dropped is better than 3 points dropped. So a draw is what we hope for tomorrow.
As awful as it is to watch Palace playing Pubis style of football, they are organized, physical and difficult to break down, plus they still have matches at Selhurst Park against City, Chelsea and Liverpool. So some successful doses of 19th century football against those sides would be welcome.
I think the whole team played higher up at the beginning of the 2nd half.
Watching Pod collecting the ball just over half way was doing my head in during the first 45. We were far too deep and blocking each other's space.
I thought Özil was much more assured today and Mertersacker was unbelievable. Never missed a tackle. I'm worried about Arteta who just seems to have lost something, and I've got a feeling it might be to do with a certain Welshman who keeps his discipline better than some of his other midfield partners.
Rosicky was great when he came on too. Glad he's back.
TOTL, 14 games left. If we can beat Liverpool, then I think we will beat United and Liverpool again, so the next match could be key to this tough run of games.
With the pressure of the PL and FA cup building, I think the lads should use the CL as a bit of a release. It's the perfect competition to play attractive passing football and nobody really expects us to get past Bayern (although I think we can).
Who knows what can happen if we get through.
I don't begrudge for one minute a club of Palace's limited resources playing Pulis-style. They looked dead and buried before he arrived, now they look organised and solid. Difficult to predict who'll be making the drop this season, but I think Palace will escape.
My problem with Pulis is almost entirely the result of the Ramsey episode. Organised, narrow football is one thing, but for a while at least, the likes of Shawcross and Huth were commissioned to play with a degree of physicality and recklessness that, with the game played at the pace it is today, ran the risk of an accident like Rambo's. Stoke eased off that style in the last couple of years under Pulis, and Palace aren't doing it now.
it's up to us to break down these sides, and so far, we've been pretty bloody good at it.
There are some interesting comments last night after the game and for copyright reasons 🙂 I wish to inform you that I submitted my post an hour and a half after the game finished before these comments were made.
With regards to the KK deal it's amazing these days how pundits and the media find out every single detail in the minutest detail and at the end of the day it comes across at mocking Wenger and the club.Pity it couldn't have all been kept under wraps however bizarre this deal was.
I think Maelstrom will start zero matches. Back injury, or not, it'll take him too long to get up to prem speed. He's played something like 30 games in the last 18 months.
Reading through comments, I guess there was nothing too bad with Arteta.
As I mentioned the other day, I think Pool away could be our Bayern away moment. The point where we cement the belief in ourselves, continue to beat the "lesser" teams, wollop Utd at home, and do just enough against City and Chavs.
Did Chas "park" at Evonne's yesterday?
Could you let us know if you still need posts this week, and for when?
Lol Micky he has been quiet……..
Ox does look good in that central role .
What I thought we did very well yesterday was press to get the ball back in their half.
Couple of things not so good Arteta's passes to feet under pressure, he sometimes passes on responsibility similar to the gifted goal against Bayern at home which Rambo took a lot of stick for but wouldn't have happened ifArteta just put it in row Z.
Micky, this is a tough game. I have been thinking for a while now, but cannot find anything much to say.
Yes Evonne, I do love The Ox.
Remember me doing me nine hour round trip just to see his full debut? It was Shrewsbury in the League Cup. Sat North Bank Upper, with an Evonne and a Peaches. Me and two hot birds. Tidy.
I've already written one post on him, albeit a couple of years ago, but very happy to do The Ox II.
I'm happy to talk about Lesbians, but not so much adoption, as given that I have two adopted children, the whole process makes me more angry than anything.
Adoption is a very emotive subject and things have changed dramatically since I was born and subsequently adopted.
I listened to an interview with him soon after joining us, and remember clearly thinking what a great attitude he had. Not only his charm and humour, but there was a clear intelligence, humility and obvious professional determination.
The fact that he is also so naturally talented, strong and quick on top of that attitude is what will make him great.
What does the Arsenal Gentleman call The Ox? I'll see if I can unearth it, as unsurprisingly it was brilliant. Very early 1900's as you say.
Can't find the pic. Must dash. School running this morning.
Well done to you, Micky, I was taken into Welfare Care in the 1960's and had a nightmare of a childhood.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned much about Ox's first goal yesterday was that sublime first touch with the outside of the right boot.
Killed the pace, controlled it and set up his second touch in one sweet motion….and that stuff you can't teach.
You can teach kids where to run, you can teach finishing and passing, but instant flashes of brilliance like that or the way Santi controlled the wayward pass in the first half are from reactions that can't be coached, but can be encouraged.
At too many clubs in the PL moments of individuality like that would be coached out of players as they are high risk.
Would anyone like to come up with some player ratings to add to kelsey's match report?
I always wondered if I was adopted? I am much better looking than my parents. They could have played the Banjo for a living.
I have been friends with a lesbian couple for near on 20 years. It started as a love triangle but I lost out. How can you compete with some one that not only offers another women all the sensitivity and feelings of another women and yet can perform DIY better than you.
Advice to other men. If your other half starts seeing another women, dont fight it. Just pack your bags and take up train spotting instead.
Mickey,I too have adopted two children and one of those has adopted two children from the States, so we are well versed in the ways of the authorities they are a disgrace and yet another way for government to bolster their finances. That having been said our kids have been worth every penny of the substantial tax the gov. Has seen fit to charge for our families love. By far the best investment We have ever made.
Kelsey fine point about Santi switching foot.
The simple beauty of a two footed player is joyous, the fact that a defender can be befuddled so easily , let's be honest if Gibbs, Sagna, Theo etc shaped to go on to their wrong foot most defenders wouldn't change their body position as they don't fear them on that foot and they expect them to trying a dummy, facing a two footer like Santi they have to respect he can go either way and are scared by the prospect.
Also G Neville made a great comparison of BFG to Tone yesterday, discussing how BFG doesn't back off just lets the forward come at him and backs Harold to win the challenge, the difference this makes when holding a high line is one of the key elements of our better defending this term.
I senbt the ratings peaches ,must have got lost but have sent them again.
Here's to Micky: Alana Blanchard.
Firstly during the baby boom many children were adopted and in most cases wherever known they would try and match the physique of the blood parents or parent to the proposed adopters.
I believe today it is nearly impossible to adopt a new born baby at least in the UK for many reasons one being the fact that a single mother gets plenty of hand outs from the state system.
I know of a number of cases where adoption has gone terribly wrong In most cases these were children as opposed to babies, but of course many many adoptions are beneficial to all concerned.


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Ep54 - Ridley Scott / "All the Money in the World" 0
Director Ridley Scott discusses the whirlwind reshoots on his latest film in the wake of actor Kevin Spacey's fall from grace.
Ep53 - Christian Bale / "Hostiles" 0
Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale on how Batman changed his life and his work in Scott Cooper's dark western "Hostiles."
Ep52 - Rian Johnson / "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" 0
This week director Rian Johnson stops by to divulge all the secrets from "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" — well, not really. It's a spoiler-free conversation about the new, sure-to-be global hit.
Ep51 - Aaron Sorkin / "Molly's Game" 0
Oscar- and Grammy-winning writer Aaron Sorkin stops by to discuss his first stab at the director's chair: "Molly's Game," starring Jessica Chastain.
Ep50 - James Franco / "The Disaster Artist" 0
This week James Franco drops by to discuss his new film "The Disaster Artist" about the making of Tommy Wiseau's infamous disaster piece "The Room."
Ep49 - Greta Gerwig & Saoirse Ronan / "Lady Bird" 0
This week a special Thanksgiving conversation as writer-director Greta Gerwig and actress Saoirse Ronan drop in to discuss their new film "Lady Bird."
Ep48 - Patty Jenkins / "Wonder Woman" 0
This week "Wonder Woman" director Patty Jenkins drops by to discuss her work in the ongoing DC Comics movie universe and a whole lot more.
Ep47 - Donald Sutherland / Honorary Oscar Recipient 0
This week actor Donald Sutherland discusses his new film "The Leisure Seeker" and a legendary career that culminates with an honorary Oscar this weekend.
Ep46 - Taika Waititi / "Thor: Ragnarok" 0
Director Taika Waititi discusses his contribution to the Marvel movie universe, "Thor: Ragnarok."
Ep45 - Sam Rockwell / "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" 0
This week Sam Rockwell discusses his new film "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri." Also some shop talk with Oscar season on the march.
Ep44 - Andy Serkis / "Breathe" and "War for the Planet of the Apes" 0
Andy Serkis stops by to discuss his directorial debut "Breathe" and other projects, from "War for the Planet of the Apes" to "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."
Ep43 - Willem Dafoe / "The Florida Project" 0
This week Willem Dafoe discusses his work in indie sensation "The Florida Project" and highlights from his 30-year career.
Ep42 - Dustin Hoffman / "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)" 0
Two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman drops in to discuss Trump, the media, and his new film, "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)."
Ep41 - Bryan Cranston / "Last Flag Flying" 0
Bryan Cranston stops by to discuss his new film "Last Flag Flying," from director Richard Linklater, opening the New York Film Festival Sept. 28.
Ep40 - Bill Skarsgard / "It" 0
This week actor Bill Skarsgard discusses his creepy performance as Pennywise the clown in the new Stephen King adaptation "It."
Ep39 - Emma Stone / "Battle of the Sexes" 0
Academy Award-winning actress Emma Stone discusses her roller-coaster Oscar night, 10 years of "Superbad" and her new film "Battle of the Sexes."
Ep38 - Scott Cooper / "Hostiles" 0
Director Scott Cooper ("Crazy Heart," "Black Mass") stops by to discuss his western "Hostiles," starring Christian Bale and set to play the Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals this month.
Ep37 - Luc Besson / "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" 0
Visionary filmmaker Luc Besson stops by to discuss his eye-popping new film "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets."
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This week filmmaker David Lowery ("Pete's Dragon") stops by to discuss his micro-budgeted new drama "A Ghost Story," with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.
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This week, director Matt Reeves digs in on his latest film in the on-going "Planet of the Apes" franchise, and talks a little bit about where he plans to go with the next Batman movie.
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This week filmmaker Edgar Wright recalls lessons learned on movies like "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" and "Ant-Man" and discusses his exciting new film "Baby Driver."
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This week Kumail Nanjiani, star of HBO's "Silicon Valley," stops by to discuss his very personal new film "The Big Sick."
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This week iconic actor Sam Elliott stops by to discuss a career nearly 50 years on and his work in the new film "The Hero."
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This week director Trey Edward Shults stops by to discuss his sophomore effort, filmmaking inspirations and how the heaviest of emotions finds its way into his work.
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This week actor Geoffrey Rush stops by to discuss his work on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, as well as his performance as Albert Einstein in TV's "Genius."


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» Doug Carriger
» Stephanie Aretz
» John Laing
» Inge Laing
» Edward C. Nixon
Doug Carriger
As President and CEO, Doug Carriger is responsible for all aspects of corporate and strategic development for Pyron Solar. In addition to his role as CEO, Doug serves as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Prior to his position with Pyron Solar, Doug was the Program Manager for Boeing's Future Energy Systems, a component of Boeing Phantom Works' advanced research and development group. He was responsible for leading the development and implementation of the terrestrial solar energy business strategy, managing R&D investments in Spectrolab cell development, and customer development for utility scale solar energy projects. Prior to that, Doug incubated a portfolio of spin out businesses within Boeing's venture capital group where a broad range of entrepreneurial skills were utilized to create high value business investments. Doug also spent many years managing the development and testing of complex mechanical and optical systems on Boeing's Delta Rocket program. Doug holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson, and a BS in Civil Engineering from University of Florida. Doug is a registered civil engineer in California.
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Stephanie Aretz
International Chief Operating Officer
Stephanie joined Pyron Solar in January 2008, and is responsible for International Operations Management. She oversees the design, implementation, and operation of the company's production facilities, and is also responsible for quality management. Stephanie has over 15 years experience in European mid-market companies where her roles have ranged from the production of capital-goods to brand management and marketing. Before Pyron Solar, Stephanie held a variety of positions with JK-Holding Group (Windhagen, Germany) where she lead the development of efficient, high quality and low cost production methods of premium quality commercial UV-radiation systems. She managed international projects while moving new products from research to production and then into market. Earlier in her career, Stephanie worked for four years as a procurement manager for Babor GmbH (Aachen, Germany). Stephanie is a graduate of Verwaltungs- und Wirtschafts-Akademie (BA in Economics, Aachen, Germany), German Chamber of Industry and Commerce and Professional College of Business Administration (BA, Aachen, Germany).
Mr. Laing is a company co-founder and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of R&D experience within the solar field. An accomplished physicist, Mr. Laing holds more than 300 patents worldwide on products ranging from dual axis tracking systems for concentrated PV to systems of efficient, long life pumps. Together with his wife, the Laing's have founded many international companies and have become a key supplier to world class companies such as GE, Gillette, and Mitsubishi. The Laing's developed and patented the innovative Pyron Solar electrical generating system. Prior to moving to the US, Mr. Laing founded and directed operations at PTEL R&D Institute in Aldingen, Germany during the 1960's. The institute concentrated on fluid mechanics, electric motors, and energy projects. Eventually, the Laings immigrated to the US to pursue many business opportunities relating to their patent portfolio. Mr. Laing collaborated with Mrs. Laing in the lab in Aldingen on many R&D projects within their respective fields, and he studied physics and mechanical engineering at the universities of Delft (Netherlands), Göttingen and Karlsruhe (Germany).
Inge Laing
Mrs. Laing is a company co-founder and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of R&D experience within the solar field. An accomplished physicist with expertise in semiconductor soldering processes, Mrs. Laing has independently developed the current cell soldering process that forms the baseline of Pyron Solar's production process. In addition to her numerous contributions to the company's solar patents, Mrs. Laing is responsible for many key innovations in materials science - particularly within the realm of material wear and durability. Furthermore, Mrs. Laing is an expert in latent energy storage devices. She conducted her studies of physics at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
Edward C. Nixon
Chairman, Pyron Solar Advisory Board
Edward Nixon began his international consulting service in 1971 working initially under the name Global Access until the incorporation of Nixon World Enterprises in the State of Washington in May 1980.
In addition to his technical evaluation projects, Mr. Nixon has been able to offer his clients extraordinary worldwide access to decision makers, both political and industrial.
Most of his earlier work involved studies of exploration and discovery, extraction and marketing of mineral resources outside the United States. In 1973, following the second inauguration of his brother, President Richard Nixon, and with growing concern about our own diminishing reserves of fossil fuel, he decided to reorient his business interests toward potential solutions to our increasing reliance on foreign suppliers.
Foreign travel and especially his work in lesser-developed countries had already inspired his search for alternative energy sources. He concluded that we should continue developing geothermal and wind energy even though they are too limited to make a significant impact on global needs for alternatives. This eventually led to his fulltime consulting work on several wind energy development projects in California and the Caribbean.
In 1983, Mr. Nixon's first meetings with the prolific German inventor, John Laing, focused mostly on energy efficiency devices and possibilities for improving wind energy conversion suitable for utility-grade electric power. Subsequent cooperation revealed that Mr. Laing had much more to offer with his Pyron Solar concept. Thus, Mr. Nixon has devoted increasing personal attention to the development of new methods for solar electric power generation – techniques that now appear certain to provide the breakthrough needed to compete successfully with any and all conventional producers.
Mr. Nixon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Duke University and a Master of Science in Geological Engineering from NC State University.


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Purpose: Kanohi ki te kanohi, every second Sunday of the month, 10am sharp, Manukorihi Pa, North Street, Waitara.
Purpose: The people of Manukorihi established a formal body to represent, manage, foster, assist and develop the affairs of Manukorihi hapu, particularly the descendants of those who whakapapa to Manukorihi Pa Reserve.
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Services: For marae locations in New Plymouth District check out our marae map. Taranaki Regional Council has a comprehensive online map of marae and rohe (iwi boundaries) in Taranaki.
Postal Address: 217 Te Arei Road, West Waitara 4320.
Purpose: All enquiries should be sent to both the Chairperson and Secretary.
Postal Address: c/- NPDC Liardet Street, Private Bag 2025, New Plymouth 4342.
Purpose: Tiaki Te Mauri O Parininihi Trust is the administrative body for the Parininihi Project, an ecological protection and restoration project in the Parininihi (White Cliffs), Mt Messenger area in North Taranaki.


This weekend marked the return of our mostly irregular sample sale, for which we took over Roktic on Brick Lane for the weekend, and stashed the entire space full of samples, one offs, surplus and whatever we could find lying around in the warehouse.
It also gave us a chance to not only get out of the office for a few days, but also meet all you guys, the loyal fans of the brand.
Adam (The Daily Street), Chris (House of Hackney) and Sarah (a number of names) came down to visit and show some support.
As did photographer extraordinaire and international man of mystery Mehdi Lacoste.
It was all a bit much for Sales Manager Eden.
We got denim and shorts.
And we got free stickers! Today is our last day, so if you're in the area come say hi, we're at Roktic 214 Brick Lane, London.


An arteriovenous angioma (AV angioma) and an arteriovenous fistula (AV fistula, often also arteriovenous malformation or AV malformation or dural fistula) are vascular malformations. Arteries and veins are connected in this case and enable the blood from the arteries to mingle with the blood from the veins. Given an AV angioma, the vessel is malformed due to its development or tumors. The AV fistula describes an abnormal, direct connection between arteries and veins. Arteriovenous angiomas or fistulas are often found in head, spine and other body parts. They can cause a range of different symptoms.
The symptoms caused by an arteriovenous angioma or an arteriovenous fistula can be very different. These vascular malformations can be responsible for comparatively harmless symptoms like headache, dizziness or tinnitus. But they can also lead to epileptic fits, brain bleeding or neurological symptoms like paralyzations, speech or language disorders, sensation disturbance (paresthesia, numbness) and impaired vision.
The exact cause of an arteriovenous angioma or an arteriovenous fistula is not clear. But it is differentiated between hereditary or acquired shunts between arteries and veins. At the one hand genes may play a role because arteriovenous malformations seem to be frequent in certain families, but are not in others, and defects during the process of vascular development.
The diagnosis arteriovenous angioma or arteriovenous fistula necessitates a comprehensive neurological examination including imaging procedures like the non-invasive MRI or the invasive angiography. MRI enables us to evaluate the vascular condition very well, but it can be necessary to carry out angiography in some cases.
All examinations can be carried out at Beta Klinik. Read more about our diagnostics.
The treatment of an arteriovenous angioma or arteriovenous fistula is minimally invasive, endovascular surgery, meaning surgery within the corresponding vessel. A catheter is inserted through the femoral artery, through which the degenerated vessels are glued (embolized) and, thus, closed. In some cases, it can be necessary to treat an AV angioma or an AV fistula by microsurgery. The arteriovenous malformations are then removed and the damaged vessels closed. Since it is important to stop a vascular malformation to reduce the risk of bleedings, sometimes it is also indicated to combine endovascular surgery and microsurgery. Only in case of inoperable arteriovenous angioma or fistula, radiation therapy does make sense, during which the damaged vessels are irradiated at the center of their malformation.


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Hananiah (official)
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Father of Zedekiah who was an official in Jehoiakim's court (Jer 36:12).
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Hananiah the official
Hananiah the Official (חֲנַנְיָהוּ, chananyahu). Father of Zedekiah who was an official in Jehoiakim's court (Jer 36:12).
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Hananiah (Person)
HANANIAH (PERSON) [Heb ḥănanyāhû (חֲנַנְיָהוּ); ḥănanyâ (חֲנַנְיָה)]. Eleven individuals in the Hebrew Bible bear this name, which means "Yahu is gracious" (Noth IPN, 187). The name is found three times in the Gibeon inscriptions (#'s 22, 32, 51. See TSSI 1: 56). It also occurs in a 2d-century
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Hananiah
Hananiah. 1. Zerubbabel's son and a descendant of David (1 Chr 3:19, 21).2. Benjamite and the son of Shashak (1 Chr 8:24).3. Heman's son and the leader of the 16th of 24 divisions of musicians trained for service in the house of the Lord (1 Chr 25:4, 23).4. One of the commanders of King Uzziah's army
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Hananiah han-e-nīʹe [Heb. ḥananyāhû, ḥananyâ; Gk. Ananias, "Yahweh has been gracious"]. This was a common name in Israel for many centuries.
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
HANANIAH1. Zerubbabel's son and a descendant of David (1 Chr 3:19, 21).2. Benjamite and the son of Shashak (1 Chr 8:24).3. Heman's son and the leader of the 16th of 24 divisions of musicians trained for service in the house of the Lord (1 Chr 25:4, 23).4. One of the commanders of King Uzziah's army
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)
Hananiah (han´uh-ni´uh; Heb., "the Lord has favored me").1 The son of Azur, who died for falsely prophesying against Jeremiah (Jer. 28).2 One of Daniel's three friends, also called Shadrach, who was miraculously saved from the fiery furnace (Dan. 1–3). He was given the name Shadrach by the palace master
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
HANANIAH1. A son of Heman, appointed to blow the horn for temple and royal services (1 Chr 25:4–5), and head of the 16th course of Levite musicians (1 Chr 25:23). See Heman.2. A captain of the army under King Uzziah (2 Chr 26:11).3. The father of Zedekiah, a prince of Judah in the reign of Jehoiakim,
The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
HANANIAH (Heb. 'Yahweh has been gracious'). A Heb. name occurring frequently in the OT and, under its Gk. form *Ananias, in later times also.1. A cult-prophet, son of Azur, whom Jeremiah denounced (Je. 28) for publicly declaring in the Temple that in 2 years' time, in opposition to Jeremiah's prophecy
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Hananiah (Heb. ḥănanyāhû, ḥănanyâ)1. One of the four children of Zerubbabel, son of Pedaiah (1 Chr. 3:19, 21), a descendant of Solomon.2. A postexilic individual associated with the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:24).3. One of the children of Heman; director of the 16th division of David's musicians
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Hananiah [hănˊə nīˊə)] (Heb. ḥananyāhû, ḥananyâ "Yahweh has been gracious").
Catholic Bible Dictionary
HANANIAH (Hebrew, "Yahweh is gracious") The name of three men in the Old Testament.1. The son of Azzur and a false prophet from Gibeon who opposed Jeremiah. Hananiah spoke against Jeremiah's advice that Judah should continue to accept subjugation under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (Jer 28). He even
Hanani´ah (gift of God).1. One of the fourteen sons of Heman, and chief of the sixteenth course of singers. 1 Chron. 25:4, 5, 23. (b.c. 1014.)2. A general in the army of King Uzziah. 2 Chron. 26; 11.3. Father of Zedekiah, in the reign of Jehoiakim. (b.c. before 605.)4. Son of Azur, a Benjamite of
Zedekiah Son


Please to be enjoying some black-and-white aerial photography of the village center under construction, presumably taken by a U2 pilot on his way to a (slightly) more important mission a bit further south. Someone better add some water to the lake before it gums up the jet-age air conditioning system, though.
Here's the "J" Building under construction. Dyno-mite!
The Heron House, rising to the stars, or at least above the treeline.
And finally, a laborer can be seen hard at work on the Children's Fountain, back when kids were allowed to play in it.
Are you sure that's Lake Anne under construction? It still looks like the same barren concrete wasteland today.
Yes, America back in the 1960s used to be a place where kids could roam wild and play free.
Today, however, the only place more dangerous for kids than the Penn State football lockeroom is the Children's Fountain at Lake Anne.
But fear not for idle minds of Reston's children because if they can't play, then they can be put to an ever better use serving as propoganda munchin zombies for Operation Rescue Reston's Aborted Golf Course!
The men raced against time as the menacing edge of Lake Anne came ever closer. Would they finish before the dark waters swallowed them whole?
Looking at the condition of the lake today, I'd say Lake Anne is well on the way to reverting back to primordial ooze.
Isn't the kids fountain pic backwards? Use a graphics program and do a "mirror" on it and you see the fountain, the south end of the village center on the left (where the drug store eatery is) and across the lake to Heron House. Or am I totally mixed up?
It's a great place to live, really great. I realize you folk who can't live here don't realize it, can't realize it, but it's awesome- even with it's weak retail and all the rest of the problems. It's AWESOME. hahahaha!
My God, it was even uglier then than it is now.