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ENGLISH soccer team Manchester United set the terms for its US initial public offering (IPO) on Monday, saying it will offer 16,67-million shares at between $16 and $20 each, which values the club at $3,3bn at the top of the range.
Manchester United has been struggling with a hefty debt burden ever since being acquired by the family of Florida-based businessman Malcolm Glazer in 2005.
The club and the Glazers each will be selling half the IPO shares in an offering that will raise as much as $333m. The club's proceeds from the IPO will be used to reduce its debt. The Glazers will remain in a dominant position after the offering with 89,8% of the combined class A and B shares.
The IPO may be a tough sell in the US given the lack of US publicly traded sports teams to compare Manchester United against, and given that many Americans do not regard soccer as a top sport.
The company's latest financials may also give investors pause. Revenue for the fiscal year 2012 is expected to come in at £315m-£320m, down 3%-5% from the previous year, the company said.
Operating expenses also increased 4%-5% as a result of a jump in player and staff compensation.
Shares are highly priced, based on earnings of a range of £21m-£23m in the year just ended. This makes the price-earnings ratio based on both A and B shares a very steep 95 times.
"It could be challenging to justify such strong multiples for a company that needs to spend a lot of money to generate success," Ken Perkins, an analyst with Morningstar, said. "Even if their performance is good, their price may be a bit high."
The details of the sale were announced just as it was revealed that the club had signed a seven-year sponsorship deal with General Motors to have the Chevrolet brand on their shirts, starting in 2014. The deal is worth roughly $600m, Reuters reported.
The club had filed to raise up to $100m in its IPO of Class A stock earlier this month.
Manchester United will kick off a two-week investor roadshow on Wednesday, with stops expected in the US, Europe and Asia, according to a source familiar with the company's plans, who was not authorised to speak publicly about them.
The roadshow stops will be done concurrently, with two separate management teams covering different geographies. One will be responsible for meeting investors in the US and the other will meet investors in Europe and Asia. Pricing is expected on August 9.
The team chose to list in the US after scrapping listings in Singapore and Hong Kong. It had originally looked to raise as much as $1bn in Singapore.
"I'm a little concerned that the offering couldn't be done initially and now all of a sudden it has a heartbeat," said David Menlow, president of IPO Financial, which tracks IPOs. "The mentality with sports teams is that people like owning a piece as a trophy investment, but will it live up to expectations?"
The Glazers also own the US football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
They will retain control of Manchester United after the sale because their Class B shares will have 10 times the voting power of average investors' Class A shares.
Jefferies Group is the lead book runner in the syndicate, which also includes Credit Suisse, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. The company will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "MANU".
Morgan Stanley bowed out of bringing the deal to market when Manchester United decided to list in the US.


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At a recent White House gathering honoring small business owners, President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a $30 billion jobs package for small businesses.
The money would be used to boost lending to small businesses planning to expand. The measure will also give relief to small community banks.
"The problem is, small business owners have also been some of the hardest hit by this recession," Obama said. "From the middle of 2007 through the end of 2008, small businesses lost 2.4 million jobs."
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The president is also calling on Congress to cut taxes for U.S. companies hit hardest by the recession. Small businesses lost an estimated 2.4 million jobs during that period.
"The government can't create jobs, but it can help create the conditions for small businesses to grow and thrive and hire more workers," Obama said during his remarks. "This legislation should ensure that credit worthy small business owners can get the capital they need to expand and create jobs."
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About 1,500 Liquid Motion waterslides made by Sportspower Ltd. of Hong Kong; sold from April through July 2010. Consumers inflate the Sportspower Liquid Motion waterslides with air and spray it with water for sliding. They are used on the ground, not at the pool. The waterslides are blue and yellow and measure about 18-feet long-by 9-feet high-by 5-feet wide. A "Liquid Motion by Sportspower" logo is printed on the side.
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I actually think that Phil Larder's column is far better written and more interesting than most articles on tactics/analysis. Certainly for a more general audience, ie. people without an incredibly deep knowledge of the game ,they are pretty good.
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Before The Carol Burnett Show, the Chicago-born Korman, who died at 81 on May 29 from complications of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, knocked around Hollywood, doing voice-overs and bit parts. But the beloved 1967-1978 series made him a star. With his gift for parody, Korman's comic gallery included a pseudo-Rhett Butler and shifty Hedley ("not Hedy") Lamarr in Mel Brooks' 1974 Blazing Saddles. "His timing was impeccable—he was the best," says Brooks. Korman long partnered with pal and Burnett alum Tim Conway. For years they toured, reprising old bits. Inevitably a Conway ad-lib cracked up Korman. "Whatever I said, he'd fall down," Conway says.
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Canada, ON, Owen Sound
Joined Mar 2012
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You guys are great.
Also I got the mSRx it's mCPx tailboom and rotor. WOW!!!! I does make a HUGE difference. I say with the mSRx V2 if it ever makes it needs to go back to the longer tail boom. PLUS have all the fixes made to the issues we ALL have with the bird. But these tweeks make a big difference.
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Good idea - here's my retest
Initialise flat, spool up
On a flat table top with a flat picture frame laying down, the frame has a raised edge of about 10mm
Tipped the back of the skids onto the raised frame and then gave forward stick until the swash came to 90' to the main shaft
It'll stay like that all day
Now I rotated the whole picture frame and heli assembly by about 90' in yaw, left the heli exactly as positioned before
The swash made a noticable roll and started to come back up to lift the nose
Using this test doesn't show how much the body would roll as the fbl would interact as soon as I rolled it
The swash didn't come fully back up with respect to the nose
In this basic test, I'd say that after 90 of yaw the roll had come on and the nose had come off by a similar amount
The rudder test really would need an extra pair of hands as I was holding the heli down with one and twisting the frame with the other
In case anyone hasn't been following, this is the mcpx, trying to understand why the cyclic control is different to the msrx
United States, MO, Columbia
Joined Dec 2011
330 Posts
.2 should be about 40 minutes or so for a battery that hasnt been overly discharged.
Lets say you had a 500 mah battery
1c charge rate would be 500 mah which is .5 for your settings
This would take one hour if it was completely flat..actually a little longer as the charger will slow down at the end of the charge to keep checking the battery as it approached the full charge.
If ever in doubt just stick with 1c or under
In this case 150 mah would be .15
In your case the next lowest setting is .1
Good choice.
Now on to that boom
Did you have to re adjust your servo linkages after the new tail{did it become tail heavy?}..or drift right in hover with mild rudder?
Joined May 2006
210 Posts
My test was at the lhs only by hand, your test seems more proper
If it pans out then it might explain some things
Can u try it with motor unplugged or initialize the heli with part throttle , that trick works with msrx to keep the motor from spinning
And rotate 180'
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210 Posts
Well u wrote that post long before my light came on....and I think I skimmed it too
Also u were ahead of where my thinking was at the time...u are the 'swash centering' pioneer I'm just pulling up the middle lol
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330 Posts
You ended up with roll on the 90 which is understandable is there was absolute positioning..but shouldn't cause the pitch to change.
I could understand this behavior if we had an unintentional tail movement such as a strong gust..lets say you are in fff and the wind knocks the tail 45 degrees for s second..it would be beneficial if the for the swash to continue its path and disregard this false heading.
But if we moved the rudder with the stick to change our heading and absolute positioning occurred...this would cause fff to change to sideways {pitched} flight until we changed the cyclic.
I wish you had more hands or something you could sit inside the skids for weight..so you could check it with manual rudder application.
6 or 8 spoons should keep it down..if it doesnt...I will buy it from you
Or just unhook as per jbb suggestion
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341 Posts
Same as before this time with main motor disconnected, tail blade off
Interesting results
Without lots more testing
The more I play with it, the more that I see that the swash isn't moving nose up/down when I manually yaw it (or hardly moving)
But it is rolling, it rolls right with counter clockwise yaw and visa versa
The strange thing is that it keeps adding yaw the more that I rotate it, taking approx 360 before the roll servos max
So only half way like the beastx
Looks like it may be a poor mans yaw comp?
I must stress that these tests aren't realistic as I'm not simulating the resulant effects on the heli, maybe it would act differently again if I did
For fun I'll do it with my Trex450 BX tomorrow and I'll try again with the mcpx and rudder
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210 Posts
Yeah try that stuff I'm very interested in how these work
Just to stay as basic as possible, could you throw this test in
Keep the heli flat on the skids , give fwd swash and then spin the heli yaw while it's still horizontal (don't tilt the heli to make the swash level)....compare the msrx mcpx and the bigger stuff....very interested in that.
This is actually how I tested my msrx and the lhs mcpx
This is also the pg 41 in the beastx manual...
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Joined Mar 2012
251 Posts
As for the tail boom I personally did not really see a shift in the balance but I only flew for about 5 min. I will continue to test. Just not tonight. There was no real shift in flight from take off. I will though have to try it indoors, I had flown it outdoors. I will let you know.
I may try a short flight indoors tonight still. If not I definitely will tomorrow.
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I have noticed one thing but not sure if it is because of my livingrooms size and the air flow in it, but I did notice it tended to do some swaying forwards and back. Reason I don't know is because the 120SR did the same thing. I will continue the testing and keep you informed.
United States, MO, Columbia
Joined Dec 2011
330 Posts
It shouldnt sway unless it is in rate mode {rudder trim not on zero}
The software prevents "sway and settle" unless the rudder is on.
Its easy to check with the stock radio...just be sure all trims are on zero...some people have had a little more trouble with other radios getting the trims at zero as they can be a little more complicated
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Joined Mar 2012
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I have also discussed the aluminum blade grips with some guys in my area and they all said once you start there you will end up breaking more down the chain (ie swash plate, shaft...) Then you replace everything and in the end the hardest impact goes to the motor. So for the few bucks the plastic blade grips are I will stay with them but make sure I have 2-3 sets on hand! LOL
Cheers and happy flying!
United States, MO, Columbia
Joined Dec 2011
330 Posts
I am going to sell mine...they just gave me a new one{with documentation} due to all the issues I was having.
I checked it in my hand for the swash issue/ it still does it.
I just ran it for 3 and half minutes to see what happened in the air...same thing..still does it.....but didnt do a sudden tail drop..Links were set properly..I dont know if they are coming that way now or if the tech did it.
They had tried new boards prior..but didnt work..new ones did it as well
So I have for sale a new msrx with an extra board..and extra tail..the boom is cracked rather well though on the spare tail
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And a pox on your dog! A brief history of book curses.Posted Monday, January 16, 2012, at 10:11 AM
In the course of doing some homework related to library history, I came across information about early efforts to prevent loss of library materials to insects and theft. I have to confess, they gave me a chuckle and I thought that perhaps some of our dear readers would enjoy the information, also.
Ancient Egyptians: the dung beetle was considered the protector of the written word. That is how the scarab(just a fancy name for the dung beetle)and its image came to be associated with name and title seals. Why dung beetles were in charge of written materials, I'll never know. Perhaps tabloid journalism has older roots than previously thought.
Ancient Babylon: Nabu was the patron god of clay tablets. (I have to confess, Nabu immediately made me think of Naboo, home of Queen Amidala of Star Wars fame. Coincidence or a stealthy bit of symbolism on the part of George Lucas, for those who are knowledgeable enough to get it? You decide.) Anyway, Nabu was the god of wisdom and writing; was the patron of scribes, librarians, and archivists. Originally, all of these professions were associated with the priesthood. Nabu also decided the fate of each person. You didn't want to cross Nabu. His image is currently inscribed on the John Adams Building of the Library of Congress.
Hindu belief: Ganesh is the elephant-headed god of learning. He knows all and forgets nothing. He is credited with inventing the Sanskrit alphabet and broke off his tusk to make the first writing utensil. He is the patron of libraries, librarians, and book sellers.
The Arabic world: The idea here is to go straight to the source of potential book damage. "Kabi:Kaj" means King of the Cockroaches. The idea was that if the King of the Cockroaches was asked to protect a manuscript, lesser insects would not dare to touch it. In Syria, a work was often dedicated in writing to the King of the Cockroaches, so that all the other bugs were clear about who was in charge. Inscriptions to the King of Cockroaches include, "Save the paper, do not eat!" and "Save this book from the worms!"
Christian world: I always knew there was a reason that I loved tales about ancient scribes and saints. They really were a creative group! I'm not going to list the various saints and their heroic acts related to books and libraries here; I want to concentrate on the curses. Yes, the curses. They are marvelous. So here's the scoop: In some Christian monasteries, prayers and curses were placed in the books for protection. Here are some of my favorites:
"For him that stealeth a book from this library, may it change into a serpent in his hand and rend him."
"May you be struck with palsy and all your members blasted" (Would certainly make it easier to identify thieves in the library, wouldn't it?)
"May bookworms gnaw your entrails and the flames of hell consume you forever." (My personal favorite. Death by bookworm seems rather....just, does it not?)
And finally, the curse in rhyme: "Christ's curse upon the crook who takes away this book."
Of course, all of these things happened in a time when books were so precious that they were not removed from the repository in which they resided. Thankfully, that is not the case today. And really, why would anyone want to steal books from Spencer Public Library? We encourage you to take them! For free! Just please bring them back because they don't belong to us, they belong to every taxpaying citizen in the city and county. Remember kindergarten? Everybody shares. Much better than internal consumption by bookworms.
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Artwork by London College of Communication (LCC) graphic design student Samuel Mensah-Bonsu has been selected to publicise the British Film Institute's (BFI's) 5th Future Film Festival taking place from 18 –19 February 2012 at BFI Southbank.
Displayed both digitally and in print, the photographic designs are the result of a student project led by LCC BA Graphic and Media Design tutor Sian Cook and BFI designer Piccia Neri. Eight students from the College's BA Graphic & Media Design course were invited to develop a new brand and identity for the festival before pitching their ideas to the BFI marketing team.
Samuel, a second year on LCC's BA Graphic & Media Design course, says: "My inspiration for the idea came from old Sci-Fi movies from the 1950s & 60s where characters would get disintegrated or be teleported somewhere and be left as just a pile of clothes. I wanted to make a concept that reflected that never-ending magical effect that film has. Working at the BFI was a massive honour. It's given me an insight of the real creative world and how important it is to make a good idea stay good from beginning to end."
All eight students will exhibit their designs and work-in-progress in the BFI Project Space Gallery throughout the festival. Students exhibiting are: Daniel Montgomery, Anisha Swali, Margarida Barbosa Fernandes, Samuel Mensah-Bonsu, Pedro Coitinho, Caitlyn Hernandez, Blaise Daldin and Lauren Messervy.
Aimed at 15 – 25 year olds, the BFI Future Film Festival is a weekend of film workshops, industry Q&As, screenings and a chance to network. Tickets are £5 for a one day pass for 15-18 year olds and £10 for a one day pass for 19-25 year olds.
Stay up to date with Samuel's work on Twitter and take a look at his Tumblr


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I hate playing Everton. Two games this season = two games which we have lost by goals right at the death when we should have won. Well, let's put that behind us now because our new signing Victor Moses will lead us into the promised land of...erm....mid table safety.
As much as it pains me to write this clubs like Wigan are probably never going to be a glamorous Northern club in the shape of a Manchester United or even the on-going soap opera that is Newcastle United, for us to compete amongst the big boys we have to be a little bit smarter then the rest. Signing an unheard of Paraguyan might not capture the imagination but who knows what can happen if we can continue unearthing the likes of Antonio Valencia and Wilson Palacios. With this in mind I thought I'd explore some signings from outside the Premier League......yes, outside the Premier League.....Scary eh ?
With the dust finally settling on the Steve Bruce era at Wigan it's time to stop reminiscing and look to the future !
It's a case of out with the old and in with the new at the JJB Stadium. Wigan have probably the most talented lower league manager on board in Roberto Martinez which is a really positive appointment. Hopefully he is going to set about buying players which are today unknown but by January will be coveted by the likes of Manchester United !
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Organized closet, good life?
Don't roll your eyes at an organized closet. I know that I did for years, and now I realize how very wrong and naive I was. An organized closet can change your life for the better.
Does this seem too simplistic? Well, it's not. Someone once told me that spontaneity could only be achieved by organization. I scoffed at this back then, but 20-plus years later I have done an about face.
Bad closet, bad life
There's a very good reason why the closet is often used as a metaphor for secrets, fears and repression. Closets are small, dark, messy spaces holding our deepest personal stuff: our masks, the fat clothes, the hole-riddled shoes, the bags that stash our hidden packs of cigarettes and much more.
It's time to come clean and dump all of our past stuff and secrets. Take every single thing, including hooks and nails, out of there and scrub the closet clean. When you're facing the clean slate of your future, be particular about what things you let stay in your world.
Should it stay or should it go?
Seventy percent of your stuff should not return to that closet. That's right, 70 percent. There is only one way to execute this purge successfully. Grab large trash bags and some boxes and start tossing. Here's the criteria:
- Does the clothing fit you perfectly? No? Toss it. And I don't care about your promise to lose 5 pounds.
- Have you worn it in the past two months? If not, toss it.
- Does the object remind you of something bad, scary, unhealthy or gross? Toss it.
- Would you wear this to your high school reunion weekend? If not, toss it. You obviously don't feel comfortable or "you" in it, so it must go.
Be you
Let your true colors fly. If you love clothes and fashion, you should seriously consider remodeling your closet into a small office and transforming your second bedroom into a closet. If you're not a fashionista, your small closet will more than suffice. But do not keep clothes in there that you don't actually wear consistently. If you are a dress-down diva, toss those nylons and skirts and high heels and tell the world that you simply will not take it any more. You are who you are, and who you are lives in comfy clothes. If you're a dresses-only gal, donate those jeans and sweats to Goodwill. I hereby announce that you are free to be you.
Be daring
Awhile back there was a viral post about the "One hundred thing challenge," where a blogger was telling people that he was going to simplify his life and get down to owning just 100 things. Many people tried the challenge, and maybe you should too. One article on ZenHabits (http://zenhabits.net/minimalist-fun-the-100-things-challenge) gave some tidbits about why you should try it and how to set some rules to the challenge. If you're up to it, you could start small and aim for having just 100 things in your closet. Or maybe for the more daring, make that number 50. Do you think you could do it? I mean, how many pairs of shoes and jeans do we all need really? And imagine how much less laundry you would have. Or more to the point, don't we all really just wear maybe 10 different outfits in our closets to begin with? Be honest. Be daring.
Your closet is just a scaled-down version of your world: organized or messy, color-coordinated or all combined, too bright or too boring, open or full of secrets. You don't need a life coach to set you on the right path; you need a closet makeover. So get up and go reorganize your closet today -- and watch what happens tomorrow.


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LEWISTOWN - Charles W. "Bill" Benfer Jr., 95, of Chestnut Street, Beaver Springs, passed away early on Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the Golden LivingCenter - William Penn in Lewistown.
He was born on Feb. 6, 1919, in Cleveland, Ohio, a son of the late C.W. and Blanche (Manbeck) Benfer.
Mr. Benfer was a graduate of Beaver Vocational High School.
After school, he served in the Army during World War II in the South Pacific.
Bill worked as a farmer and also had his own milk route. He later worked for many years at Haines Music in Selinsgrove, fixing and repairing instruments.
Mr. Benfer was a member of the Beaver Lutheran Church.
He enjoyed gardening, watching birds, golfing, fishing and was an avid Phillies and Penn State fan.
Bill was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 5640 in Middleburg.
Surviving are: numerous cousins, including Holly Haines, Jo and Allen Henry and Dennis and Frances Herbster; and his special friends, Susan Blazer, John Mitchell, William Mitchell and Allison Mitchell and families.
He was preceded in death by one sister, S. Nerine Benfer, on May 21, 2010.
A funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Pheasant Funeral Home, 316 W. Market St., Beavertown, with the Rev. Nathan Baker-Trinity officiating.
Friends and family will be received from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home.
Burial with military honors will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, at Adamsburg Cemetery in Beaver Springs.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc., 1117 Country Club Road, Camp Hill, PA, 17011 or to the Beaver Springs Fire Co., 1015 Center Ave., Beaver Springs, PA 17812.


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Embrace the complexities of lace as you learn to design shawl patterns that flow logically and organically from one stitch pattern to the next.
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It looks like the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is going to increase the number of locations where limited antlerless deer gun hunting is going to be this year.
This fall, limited antlerless deer firearm hunting will be on eight wildlife management areas, three state forests, three complete counties and five portions of counties.
As I stated last week, all of these limited hunts will be open to residents, non-residents, and lifetime license holders who apply for and receive a permit to hunt in a certain location.
In Randolph County, the DNR will give out 100 permits for the Beaver Dam WMA of Monongahela National Forest and 50 permits for Kumbrabow State Forest. They will also give out 100 permits for the Potomac WMA, which is located in Grant, Pendleton, Randolph and Tucker counties.
A hundred permits will be given out for the Blackwater WMA of the National Forest, located in Tucker and Preston counties, 50 permits for Calvin Price State Forest in Pocahontas County, 250 permits for the Elk River WMA in Braxton County, 50 for the Greenbrier State Forest in Greenbrier County, 25 for the Little Canaan WMA in Tucker County, and 100 permits for the Little River WMA of the National Forest in Pocahontas County. The DNR will give out 500 permits for all of Boone County, 400 for all of Mercer County and 300 for all of Pocahontas County. Only portions of Clay, Fayette, Nicholas and Raleigh counties will be open for the limited antlerless deer gun hunting.
This year in Pendleton County, the area west of the Straight Fork to the junction with the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River will have limited antlerless deer hunting. In this portion of Pendleton County, the DNR will give out 150 hunting permits that must be applied for. All of the area east of this line in Pendleton County will be open to unlimited antlerless gun hunting with a season bag limit of three antlerless deer. Anyone who chooses to antlerless deer gun hunt in Pendleton County needs to study the 2014-2015 hunting regulations for this county.
All applications for the limited antlerless deer gun hunting areas must be signed, dated, completely and legibly filled out. The applications must be received by the DNR Application Section by Aug. 15. An individual's name can only appear on one application. Any violation of these simple rules will disqualify the applicant.
All antlerless deer taken with a firearm must be taken on a Class N or NN stamp, with the exception of landowners, their resident children and resident tenants of such land.
The latest Hunting and Trapping Regulations are available at the Elkins Operations Center. They can also be picked up at the old Western Maryland Railroad Depot Visitors Center. There are some changes that involve black bear, antlerless deer, and wild turkey. I recommend that all hunters start studying these new regulations so they will be fully comprehended.
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The youth squirrel season will be Saturday, Sept. 6. The regular squirrel season will start Sept. 13. This is just two months away.
If parents, grandparents, etc., plan on keeping up with the youth, they had better think about getting themselves in shape for this endeavor now. All adults who plan on being outdoors with their children and grandchildren should start trying to cut back on the carbohydrate intake and be exercising for the next few weeks.
The deer archery season will come in on Sept. 27. This is the time for bow hunters to be practicing and getting all of their archery equipment ready for action.


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Somewhat stunned by Tuesday's 53-42 loss to Cardinal Dougherty in a Catholic League North Division opener, St. Hubert's coach Connie Fennell tried to describe what she had witnessed.
Fennell spoke of the attributes - the all-out hustle and determination - that have characterized Bambi basketball over the years. She had seen those qualities put to work once again, but this time it wasn't by her squad.
"Dougherty was playing with so much confidence," Fennell said. "They came out and played our game. I saw my team, but in their uniforms."


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The 12-piece collection includes signature baby dolls, garters and retro panties in nude, navy and red trimmed with black lace. "It's a wonderful way of reaching out to a younger clientele who may be put off by the prices of my main line," says the designer. Scheduled to hit Topshop stores in England, Russia and Sweden on July 20, the line is also available to order online. Retail prices range from 12 pounds for a garter, or $24 at current exchange, to 66 pounds, or $130, for a lace camisole.


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This week's "Huh? Mate – might be time for you to step away from the jet, love" moment came courtesy of X Factor Vader Simon Cowell, who is apparently considering expanding his domestic life and acquiring some pets.
"I'm going to get two dogs," he said. "If any rescue shelters have some who need a home, let me know."
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DARIEN — So just who is this band that has stolen the hearts of your children? Why is it OK to take your children to see them while they swear a blue streak and act out a pantomime of horny male adolescence to the tune of three-or four-chord punk rock? And just why were you there with your 8-year-old, mister? Just what exactly is your problem?
You probably don't really have a problem, actually. Maybe you just love rock 'n' roll, and hoped to pass that love on to your kids, the occasional F-bomb be damned. If so, the Green Day show at Darien Lake Thursday night was the place for you. Before a crowd that appeared to be full, but possibly not, to capacity, the scruffy California punk trio turned "concept album" supergroup reminded the kids why they'd fallen in love with it, and the adults why they'd been suckers for those early garage-punk platters that managed to make their way to Buffalo well before Green Day was "Green Day."


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The Michigan Department of Transportation tested a brand new snow plow in Mackinac County on Thursday.
The new "tow plow" has already been used downstate, but now drivers in Northern Michigan will be trained on how to use it. The new machine is a snow plow attached and towed by a standard plow truck, allowing one driver to do the work of two.
MDOT officials say the plow can clear an area 25 feet wide in one pass.


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A reader of this blog sent me her story on Artie Lange, which I'll repost below. It's a sanitized promotion-oriented piece, true, but I still read it... More.
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63 - time to retire? No way!
I'm 64, and started a new (and hope long-term) position with a major tech company as senior systems engineer at the beginning of this year. I'm certainly not ready to retire! If Chambers thinks he is ready to retire, then he is, but it should be HIS decision! If he leave Cisco, then it should be because he is ready for some new challenges, and NOT because he is "too old" for the position!


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Bacillus stratosphericus made headlines when it was discovered to be a powerful potential workhorse for microbial fuel cells (MFCs). In February 2012 a team of scientists from Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and Yangzhou University in China, working to develop MFCs as low-cost, portable, bacteria-powered batteries which take advantage of catalytic oxidation in anaerobic conditions to convert organic matter into electricity, published their results of "prospecting" for appropriate bacteria in the river Wear, in Sunderland, UK. Bacillus stratosphericus was collected and identified from a consortium of 75 different bacterial strains these scientists collected, and when isolated and tested, proved to be capable of high power generation. Although believed to live primarily in the stratosphere, atmospheric cycling is thought to bring B. stratosphericus (and other stratospheric bacteria) to earth, explaining its presence in the river Wear estuary. Culturing B. stratosphericus along with 25 other bacterial strains also selected for their potential to efficiently generate power allowed the research team to engineer a super biofilm, which nearly doubled the output of the microbial fuel cell they are developing. This strategy of selecting particularly productive bacterial strains may inspire assays of other extreme environments, such as the deep sea, to identify more species with high power-generating capabilities for use in MFCs.
(Gavaghan 2012; Newcastle University Press Office 2012; Shivaji et al. 2006; Wainwright 2012; Zhang et al. 2012)


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Purpose of review: After 100 years of experience with allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT), an issue that is still unresolved is whether SIT can act as a trigger of, or as a risk factor for, autoimmune disease. We searched the literature for evidence on this topic.
Recent findings: Several case reports of autoimmune disease development with plausible relation to SIT have been published. Vasculitis reactions accounted for the majority of case reports retrieved in our literature search. Whether the number of reported cases is higher or lower than what would be expected by chance is not possible to determine from existing data. There are no published data on autoimmune disease development in patients participating in randomized trials of the effects of SIT. One nonrandomized pharmacoepidemiological study did not detect an increased risk of autoimmune disease development during SIT as compared with the risk during conventional allergy treatment.
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Welcome to this week's Geekly, the PGM round-up of all the cool geeky things around the web! Read on for some neat ways to store your books, some of my favorite Kickstarters going on right now, and why the next three months are going to be busy ones for geeks.
I'm an avid reader, so book nooks are a fascinating thing to me, and something I aspire to one day have in my own home. This one is lovely, and I would imagine I'd spend hours folded up inside of it. But for a real masterpiece, check out this wonder. You could actually read by daylight, curled up in the sun! What a dream come true for a book nerd. I also adore this neat bookcase, even if it's not really practical. Whatever!
I found a lot of neat geeky parent things on the Internet this week as well. That is, I'm assuming a parent made this snow Tauntaun, because that child looks too small to have made it and then put a harness on it and climbed on top of it. Seriously, best parents ever! Though my friend Matt, who posted this awesome picture of how he Star Wars-ified his son's bedroom, is also in the running for the Dad of the Year award. You, too, could be in the running, especially if you made your kids their very own Hobbit Hole.
Now, for my favorite Kickstarters right now! The first one is Pixel Kingdom, an awesome pixelated video game by a kid who is a sophomore in college. I love everything, from the gameplay videos to the t-shirts! Then there's Cool Mini or Not's Rivet Wars, a miniatures game set in World War I with battle-shaped minis that are adorable. Watch the video to see how their cool plug system works. Finally, our very own Dan Zuccarelli turned me on to the Smallworld 2 Kickstarter, which is something I am very interested in. If only I had the money to back every Kickstarter I liked!
My personal geek of the week award goes to Zack Kopplin, who is making life hell for Louisiana's creationists. Kopplin is fighting to repeal the teaching of Creationism in high school science classes, a fight that began when the Louisiana Science Education Act was first passed. He saw evidence-based science textbooks threatened and about to be thrown out completely, and sprang into action. He's been fighting it since he was 14, and now, at age 19, has had a lot of success, in spite of being called the Anti-Christ and – wait for it – being accused of causing Hurricane Katrina. He's a powerful voice, indeed!
Also awesome to read is this Slashdot article, simply called "The Empire Writes Back About the Failed Death Star Petition." And I had more than a little fun reading Message in a Binary Bottle, which details some of the best secret messages hidden in old PC games.
Ready to be ludicrously busy this year? Well, Wired already has a list of the best comics of 2013. Just reading that made me excited, especially Saga. Rawr! Oh, and don't make any plans for the next three months, because they are going to be ludicrously packed with a ton of great video games. Don't believe me? Check out this amazing Games of Winter post over at Polygon. Ni No Kuni alone is going to destroy the rest of January for me.
My least favorite person of the week? Well, this one is a tie – it's all the people who commented on an article I wrote over at Warp Zoned about that ridiculous bloody torso that comes in the Dead Island: Riptide special edition. Actually, that's not true – the dude who said I was a dweeb and not a gamer was actually pretty funny. He's exempt, bless his little heart.
I'll end this one on a high note and give you some random things to love on. First up: a picture of Ernie Cline's geek jacket, to which he just added a "complete set of vintage Activision Starmaster high score patches." I love that guy! Norman Reedus does some misbehaving, and speaking of misbehavers, somebody made a Serenity cake with the complete crew on cupcakes. I also adore Iron Grapefruit Cat, and the fact that someone took the time to make this scene from Fifth Element out of Legos.
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COLEMAN, MI – For the past two years, Midland's Men of Music has followed its annual spring program at the Midland Center for the Arts with a trip to the Faith United Methodist Church in Coleman, raising money for its building fund.
And at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, the 60-plus voice ensemble founded in 1936 as the Dow Male Chorus performs the first concert in the church's new sanctuary as part of its ongoing Concerts in Coleman series.
"Our new church has wonderful acoustic integrity," said Ann Sigsby. "We can't wait to hear a big group performing there. It's going to be great."
The Men of Music, directed by Grace Marra and accompanied by Jantz Black, will draw selections from its recent "Murder He Wrote" concert in Midland. In that program, the ensemble worked numbers such as "76 Trombones," "Old Man River" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" around the story of a disappearance during a group train trip to Kansas City.
The music begins at 7:30 p.m. at the church at Fifth and Jefferson in Coleman. A reception for the singers and audience members will follow the performance.
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Delphi 7 and SQL Server 2000
How can I connect to a SQL Server database through a Delphi 7 application using ADO?
Which are the steps to follow to link a field from a table from a SQL Server database to a control, like DBEdit. I want to use A general form and a Data Module. What controls should I put on every form and which connections/links should I establish between them.
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may be I have some errors cause I am writing this while I have niether Delphi or SQL SERVER on this computer so it is like writing in the dark
for the form only put a DBEdit
for the Datamodule u have to put
1. ADOConnection
2. ADOTable
3. DataSource
you start with the ADOConnection by clicking on the ConnectionString property so you get a dialogbox on which you choose use connection string and then you click on the button Build
so u get another dialog with 4 pages go to the page of provider which is the default and first page and choose Microsoft SQL SERVER and click next and u will find urself in the page of connection u have 2 select or enter the server name if u r not on a network u can write (local) or if u r on a network u have to choose the name ur SQL Server
if u use winXP u choose Windows NT integrated security or u have to write down ur user name and password then go and select the database from the combobox below which shows all the databases on the chosen server and click on test connection button if the connection succedded then u click ok to return to the first dialog and then another ok
do not forget to set the active property to true and to the login propt to false in the ADOConnection
next step will be with the ADOTable select it and set its connection property to refer to ur ADOConnection
then go to Table Name property and choose the table u want from the Database u have chosen while you were initializing the ADOConnection (u will c a list that shows all the posible tables) choose one
set active property of the table to true
now double click the ADOtable u will have a little form represents the list of field rigth click on it and choose show all fields
this will imports the whole field of ur table close it and get sure that the table still active
now go to the datasource and click on its Dataset property and choose ur ADOTable
now go to the general form add the unit of the Datamodule to the uses and then select the dbEdit
file the DBEdits property Datasource with the name of ur datasource
fill the datafield property with the name of the field u want (u will have a list to choose from)
that is all
I'll be ready for any more qestions about this
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Thank you very much. It works perfect like that.
You are wonderful.
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The aluminum ladder in my swimming pool needs to be replaced. I don't see how I can get the old one out without damaging the inside of the pool. Could you help me on this?
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Hello Alex,
First of all you have to drain the pool to pull the old ladder out which will probably do a little plaster damage, but that is easily repaired.
Once you get that ladder out of there, you'll see brass boots that sit inside the wall and up on top of the deck. The rails of the ladder sit inside these boots and are tightened with set screws. If those boots or set screws are rusted in or look bad, pull them out and replace them.
Use rapid set on the deck boots and hydraulic cement for the underwater boots to set them. Then come in with a skim coat of plaster. This is your water proofing.
The escutcheon ring goes right on top of that. Some people forget to put the escutcheon ring on the ladder rails and after they get everything to bang, they realize the rings are off and have to pull the ladder back out and start over.
Inside the pool, you're going to have to put a coat of patching plaster around the boots because this could be a potential leak. Make sure this is sealed with plaster all the way around. If the pool wall is pigmented, buy some dye and mix in the plaster to match. If you do it neat, the repair will be covered by the escutcheons and you won't see it.
While you have the pool empty, this would be a good time for an acid wash. Make sure you wear the double filtered respirator, have eye protection, long sleeves, long pants, gloves and boots - like you're going to the moon.
Dilute the muriatic acid to 50-50 with water. You don't want the acid to sit in the bottom of the pool because it will leave a nasty stain.
I suggest getting a sump pump down there to discharge it up and out of the pool. Leave the pump and a water hose running. You can brush the acid mixture on or use a Hudson sprayer. Let it set for about 15 minutes then hose it down off of the walls. This will remove any stains or algae you may have on the walls.
When you're ready to start filling up your pool, attach a rag to the end of the hose. Because of the whipping action, this rag will protect the plaster of your pool from the metal on the end of the hose.
Mr. Lamoureux,
I like your column and I like to do things myself when I have the time. I know my way around a tool shed but I haven't done this before and wanted some pointers before I got started.
Our house was built in 1971, so there is probably asbestos in the acoustic ceiling of our bedroom. I know I could have it tested to be sure, but I want a smooth ceiling anyway so I'll just use that money for the materials.
So, here's my questions. How do I safely get the old acoustic ceiling down and what is the best way to make a smooth ceiling? And about how much would it cost to pay for the job on a 15-foot square ceiling?
Brian B.
Hello Brian,
Based on the age of your home there is a good chance that your acoustic ceiling is an ACM, asbestos containing material. If it is in good shape, the APCD, Air Pollution Control District, recommends you leave it alone and keep it in good shape to avoid the release of fibers. These fibers are very small. It takes about 600 of them to equal the width of a human hair. Once they are disturbed, they float around in the air and can get into your lungs.
Since there is no known safe level of asbestos, it is recommended that any exposure should be avoided.
Since you want to scrape off that acoustic, you should first have it tested.
Look for a California state licensed asbestos consultant to come out and take a sample. They will wear an asbestos rated regulator with Hepa filters and will basically wet a small area of the ceiling, take a small sample and place it in an air-tight container. They will then take this sample to the lab for analysis.
If it contains only 1 percent of asbestos fiber, it is considered an ACM.
If so, you would need a state licensed asbestos removal contractor to come out that will use anti-dust emission controls and will treat the material within hazardous waste guidelines.
If your ceiling is safe - non ACM, cover everything in the room with plastic because this is a messy job.
Take a Hudson sprayer and wet the ceiling. I would do half the ceiling at a time. This sprayer will put on a light mist of water that will help keep the dust down. Let it sit for about 15 minutes. This will give enough time for the water to soak in to the texture.
The tool you'll want to use for this job is a paddle scraper about 12 to 18 inches wide that you can attach to a pole. Gently scrape that acoustic texture off of your ceiling. Don't scrape too hard because you don't want to gouge the drywall underneath. If it doesn't come off easily, put another very light coat of water on it, let it soak in, then keep scraping.
Once you get it all scraped, come back with a topping compound and apply a skim coat. Use topping compound, not joint compound. It comes pre-mixed in a bucket. Put it on as thin as you can because this will minimize your sanding later.
Put on the first coat and let it dry. You can even put in a carpet dryer or fan so it will dry faster. Then come back and sand. Wet sanding will keep the dust down. You are going to have highs and lows but you want to smooth out all of the rough spots.
Once you get the ceiling smooth, you're ready for the second and maybe a third coat of the topping compound.
When finished, prime and paint. The procedure for a smooth ceiling is a lot of work. Every imperfection will show and is very difficult to do if you are a first-timer, but it can be done.
You asked about hiring a contractor. This is a very labor intensive job that would take a crew three to four trips to complete. At 225 square feet, you're looking at $2,200.
Robert Lamoureux has 25 years experience as a general contractor, with separate licenses in electrical and plumbing contacting. He owns IMS Construction Inc. in Valencia. His opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of The Signal. Opinions expressed in this column are not meant to replace the recommendations of a qualified contractor, after that contractor has made a thorough visual inspection. Send your questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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DETAILS: In response to several recent violent crimes over the past week, the Oxnard Police Department is responding with a multi-faceted operational and community strategy to assist with the on-going investigations and to strengthen our community partnerships.
Effective immediately, we will have additional officers dedicated to community patrol across the city and will be deploying the Mobile Command Post to continue community outreach in the neighborhoods affected by the recent violence. The Oxnard Police Department Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) will be providing enhanced uniformed gang enforcement and the Traffic Unit will be supporting regular patrol efforts.
In the past few days, investigators have served search warrants and will continue to canvass the affected neighborhoods in an attempt to gather information to help determine motive and suspects in the latest incidents. As always, support from the community will be critical. The Oxnard Police Department needs the community to continue to assist by reporting any and all suspicious activities – if anything does not sound, look, or feel right, please call the non-emergency number at (805) 385-7740 or 9-1-1. Translators are available.
The Oxnard Police Department encourages community members to consider being responsible partners for public safety, peace, and security. "The Oxnard Police Department has a long history and tradition of community engagement. We recognize and appreciate the importance of enhanced community engagement," says Jeri Williams, Oxnard Chief of Police.
Investigators encourage anyone who wishes to remain anonymous with any information about recent incidents to call the Violent Crimes Hotline at (805) 982-7070, or Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. Community members can also visit www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org to submit a tip via text or email.
As a reminder, the City of Oxnard offers a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspect(s) in homicide cases.
Moreover, Oxnard Police will continue the "Operation Safer and Stronger" initiative, aimed to inform, engage, and empower community members as partners in public safety. Last week, Oxnard Police launched our "Operation Safer and Stronger: Crime Prevention Seminar Series" with a large group of concerned and committed residents. Crime trends and tips under this umbrella initiative will continue to be released monthly in hopes of sharing information that can prove to be invaluable, including this month's focus on burglary prevention.
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Wednesday, Feb. 29, is Leap Day, the extra day that's added to the calendar every four years.
People born on Feb. 29 are known as "leaplings" and technically their birthdays only come once every four years.
Birth certificates and most government agencies, such as Social Security, use Feb. 28 for those born on Leap Day. But leaplings occasionally encounter bureaucratic difficulties with their true birth dates. Some computerized dropdown menus don't include Feb. 29.
Micah Shaffer, from Texas, is celebrating his seventh birthday.
"It doesn't really bother me. I guess you know 28 years or 7, however you want to say it," he said.
Leap Year was introduced by Roman emperor Julius Caesar and dates back to 46 B.C. It is a corrective measure to keep our calendar matching the four seasons and the earth's alignment with the sun.
"Most civilizations were on a lunar calendar, based on the phases of the moon. And the year was about 355 days long.
"But everybody, even those in grade school, knows that's not the length of the year," explained Dr. Norman Markworth, professor of astronomy at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas.
"So, what they would do would be to add days here and there, every now and again, to try to get the calendar to catch up with the seasons. And sometimes, they'd add whole months, and these can be known as the Years of Confusion," he added.
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Parenting Without a Partner: Is It OK for Men, Too?Jessica Ashley
Just when the world has settled down a bit about the rebellious notion of a woman actively choosing to be a single mother (insert collective gasps here), it seems that some men are opting to have families on their own too (what the — ?). I'm not just basing this TREND WATCH on what I've observed in the pews of my own church (liberals who believe in Jesus!) or heard some guy in the grocery store line talking about (who am I kidding, I don't go to the grocery store). A real, live NPR piece recently aired statistics on "choice fathers," and why men might want to procreate without a partner.
In 2010, the NPR piece reports, there were more than a million men who were never married and parenting children in this country, according to a census conducted by UCLA's Williams Institute, a think tank on same-sex issues. While the institute can't nail down how many of those men were living with or raising kids with an unmarried partner, they do know that the respondents were both heterosexual and homosexual. They also know that this tally is three times more than the number of never-married single dads in 1990.
Is this number great? Positive? Hopeful? Sure. Of course, it is. And, of course, there are people out there, some parents included, who will be outraged at the idea that some men reach a point when a partner or marriage doesn't have to be a part of the parenting formula. The seek surrogates, employ reproductive technologies, adopt, call in a favor from a friend with a womb. Gay or straight, they've got the love and the tolerance for cheap Ikea plastic-wares and the resources and so they find a way to make a family. It's not 1 man + 1 woman + 1 child = a family, but it certainly all still adds up.
But is it new? Of course not. People have been making families without partners, I would guess simply by calling on my anthropology and sociology courses from a zillion years ago, since people have been able to make the babies. Perhaps there wasn't the fancy terminology (like "choice parent") or technology (like in vitro), but there were wars and orphanages and parents who were ill-equipped and children caught in crises and surrogates at many other points in history.
I'm thrilled men want to parent. There are too many men who step away from the responsibilities and joys and heartache and hustle of parenthood as it is. I am also thrilled we live in a time when that is more possible for more men. I feel the same way about women. You want to be someone's mommy? There are many ways to make that happen.
While there is some ridiculousness in segmenting parents and pointing out, "HEY! Look at that dad changing diapers and hoisting a toddler into a Baby Bjorn WITH NO LADY AROUND!," and while this has been going on in some form or another since the way-way-back times (even before blogging and NPR), I think it is pretty important to hear the stories, see the faces and tally the statistics on the people who are parenting in all different ways.
Every time we do, every time we connect (with our hearts or experiences or good wishes), we get closer to some really big and important things — kids getting out of the system and into loving homes, reproductive technology being more accessible and researched and affordable, and (the biggest deal to me) less stigma and discrimination for LGBT families.
Still can't relate to a gay dad who hires a surrogate to bear his two children? Or a straight man who adopts six kids from South America? Or a lesbian couple who ask a friend to help them bring a baby into the world? Or a woman who walks into a fertility clinic to pick out a donor?
That's OK. We can start here: No matter how you have a baby, being a parent is always a choice. Being any kind of parent is a choice. We have that in common. And that is a very good place to begin.
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Arsenal FC were destined to endure heavy transfer speculation after the Gunners' dismal conclusion to their 2010/2011 campaign which ensured a sixth successive campaign without silverware. With the Summer Transfer Window currently in full flight, Arsene Wenger has inevitably been linked with numerous quality players whilst internally there is strong speculation over the future of a number of key squad players.
It is still relatively unclear just who the Frenchman will primarily target, and although some players are destined to depart the Emirates, others have contract issues to sort out. Nonetheless, here are some raging rumours currently surfacing for the North London giants.