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Getting old? Get over it, columnist says
Don Stevenson
Herald-Mail columnist
"I am a foreigner in the land of old age, and have tried to learn its language."
I get what poet May Sarton says. I too sometimes feel like an alien as I seek to learn this century's new speech and try to remain relevant, the latter of which is a laugher.
Frustratingly, I quest to keep up with the slaughter that change keeps delivering, learning something new, later discovering that the new I learned was becoming obsolete as I learned it.
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Yes, years ago I ditched the old Smith-Corona typewriter I was given upon graduation from high school, and there are some days when I crave a retrieving of the old relic. I now understand that the Dell computer, which I purchased less than a year ago, will soon be replaced by a new generation. This "getting old" guy needs more time to process what is happening.
As I critique the rapidity of change, I am amazed with the technological world and marvel at its incredible ability to alter organizational patterns and accelerate the pace of human life.
As I write these words, Jeff Bezoff, currently the richest man in modern history, will casually lift off into space, entrepreneurially making dents in another sphere with the hope of financial enterprising.
OK, that's well and good, but where in the heck are we ultimately proceeding? We are blasting away at so much and staying knowledgeably current is a dream. Will the utopia we crave be known if we finally arrive?
The real axe I am grinding is, what are we claiming? What we are racing toward needs answering. That's why I am vulnerable to being labeled a "has been." Comedienne Lily Tomlin correctly said: "The trouble with the rat race is that when you have finished the race, you are still a rat."
Soaked in an abundance of information, we are woefully weak in knowledge and wisdom. Another accurate piece of wisdom comes from Sarton, who writes: "A life extended in a thousand directions risks dispersion and madness."
And such is where I think our human racing is. The older man I see in the mirror — the one who, as someone said, is "due for disposal" — reflects age spots and ripples on the skin, causing the observer to recall how clear and smooth the surfaces were in earlier years.
But humor enters this saga when I recall the lines of author William Saroyan who prayed: "O God, I know everyone is supposed to die, but I wondered if in my case you would make an exception." (Go ahead and laugh, God. You have my permission.)
The Rev. William Sloane Coffin comically said that "clearly, the trick in life is to die young as late as possible." I'm for that. It gives me more time to grind about how irrelevant and behind the times I am.
Getting old is a surprising event, an ambush, so to speak. It gifts us with good things accidentally and the adverse as well. After many years, you suddenly realize you are old.
I would warn those that are coming up on me from the rear, age-wise, get ready for a kayak experience. Get ready to bob and weave, experience currents, undertows, and some hard knocks from the rocks that life's river holds.
Gerontologists tell us that there are three stages of oldness, i.e., the "young-old" who are 65 to 74 years of age, the "old-old" who are 75 to 84 years of age, and the "oldest-old" who are at 85 years and older.
But I like what I hear from gurus who suggest that we seek a new language for getting old, embrace a new sense of what it means to be human in senior years, and consider wisdom-ing or sage-ing as an alternative designation for age advancing.
To describe getting old in this way is less metered and does not imply the inevitable, i.e., diminishment. Getting old? Get over it.
Seriously, my yesterdays are piling up and my tomorrows are becoming less. I must be present to whatever time gives me and not mourn a perceived future that is quickened by death.
Don Stevenson is an adjunct instructor of philosophy, world religion and ethics at Hagerstown Community College and is a retired, part-time minister of the United Church of Christ. His email address is ionadon1@verizon.net.


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Angela Paxton, Texas attorney general's wife, eyes Texas Senate run
Angela Paxton, a guidance counselor and the wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is considering a run for state Senate, according to people familiar with her thinking.
by Patrick Svitek Aug. 22, 2017 Updated: 2 PM
Angela Paxton, wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, sings "Pistol Packin' Mama" at a NE Tarrant Tea Party gathering in 2016. Ken Paxton Campaign
Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.
Angela Paxton, the wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is considering a run for state Senate, according to people familiar with her thinking.
Paxton has her sights set on Senate District 8, which is currently held by Van Taylor, R-Plano. He's expected to give up the seat to run for Congress in 2018, and he filed paperwork Tuesday to start that process.
Paxton is a guidance counselor at Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco. She's also been active in state Republican politics, appearing at events with her husband and on her own. At GOP gatherings, she often performs a song that includes the line, "I'm a pistol-packin' mama, and my husband sues Obama."
A Paxton candidacy would shake up the current race to replace Taylor. Phillip Huffines, the chairman of the Dallas County GOP, has emerged as a frontrunner after two Republican state representatives from Plano, Jeff Leach and Matt Shaheen, considered running but ultimately took a pass. Shaheen announced Friday he'd instead run for re-election to the House.
"Phillip Huffines is taking his conservative message to the voters and is looking forward to a vibrant discussion on the campaign," Huffines spokesman Matt Langston said in a statement. "Mrs. Ken Paxton will make an interesting opponent. Phillip will work hard to earn every vote."
Four state representatives from the area said Tuesday that Paxton would have their support if she ran: Leach, Shaheen, Jodie Laubenberg of Parker and Scott Sanford of McKinney. Some of them said Paxton would provide a clear contrast to Huffines, who is not originally from Collin County. It makes up a large part of the district, which her husband represented from 2013-2015 before becoming attorney general.
"We need to have a hometown person for that Senate district," Sanford said. Paxton, he added, "already is up to speed. She doesn't have a learning curve for learning the community."
Laubenberg put it more simply: "She's Collin County."
Huffines, the twin brother of Republican state Sen. Don Huffines of Dallas, has argued his family's business ventures — dating back over 90 years — have made him a familiar face in Collin County. The family's long been involved in selling cars and building homes in North Texas.
"We're not new to Collin County," Phillip Huffines told reporters in June. "Collin County is part of our home. It's our backyard."

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Genetic Enablers Underlying the Clustered Evolutionary Origins of C-4 Photosynthesis in Angiosperms
Christin, P-A., Arakaki, M., Osborne, C.P. et al. (1 more author) (2015) Genetic Enablers Underlying the Clustered Evolutionary Origins of C-4 Photosynthesis in Angiosperms. Molecular Biology and Evolution , 32 (4). pp. 846-858. ISSN 0737-4038
The evolutionary accessibility of novel adaptations varies among lineages, depending in part on the genetic elements present in each group. However, the factors determining the evolutionary potential of closely related genes remain largely unknown. In plants, CO2-concentrating mechanisms such as C4 and crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis have evolved numerous times in distantly related groups of species, and constitute excellent systems to study constraints and enablers of evolution. It has been previously shown for multiple proteins that grasses preferentially co-opted the same gene lineage for C4 photosynthesis, when multiple copies were present. In this work, we use comparative transcriptomics to show that this bias also exists within Caryophyllales, a distantly related group with multiple C4 origins. However, the bias is not the same as in grasses and, when all angiosperms are considered jointly, the number of distinct gene lineages co-opted is not smaller than that expected by chance. These results show that most gene lineages present in the common ancestor of monocots and eudicots produced gene descendants that were recruited into C4 photosynthesis, but that C4-suitability changed during the diversification of angiosperms. When selective pressures drove C4 evolution, some copies were preferentially co-opted, probably because they already possessed C4-like expression patterns. However, the identity of these C4-suitable genes varies among clades of angiosperms, and C4 phenotypes in distant angiosperm groups thus represent genuinely independent realizations, based on different genetic precursors.
Christin, P-A.
Arakaki, M.
Osborne, C.P.
Edwards, E.J.
© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Molecular Biology and Evolution. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
C-4 photosynthesis; crassulacean acid metabolism; transcriptomics; phylogenetics; co-option; evolvability
https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu410
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Southampton: Leicester City went into the Premier League record books on Friday with a 9-0 hammering of Southampton that equalled the biggest ever win in the history of the division.
Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy both hit hat-tricks as Brendan Rodgers' side moved second with a huge win that continued their superb start to the season. The rout equalled Manchester United's 9-0 demolition of Ipswich at Old Trafford in March 1995.
Leicester are just five points behind league leaders Liverpool, who host Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, after a historic display that sank the Saints, who drop into the relegation zone on goal difference, at a soaking wet St Mary's Stadium.
However, despite the massive margin of victory they can still be caught by reigning champions Manchester City, who will retake second spot should they win as expected against Aston Villa on Saturday.
"We said at half time, keep your speed in the game and we have to punish them," said Rodgers. "This is part of our education. We have to come out of the boy zone and play like men and respect the game. They are very talented and learning to be ruthless."
Ben Chilwell began the destruction in the 10th minute when he tapped in on the rebound, and Ryan Bertrand's red card — awarded via VAR for a late tackle on Ayoze Perez in the build-up to the opener — helped the away side open the floodgates. Quickfire strikes from Youri Tielemans and Perez put Leicester three goals to the good with less than 20 minutes gone amid a downpour on the south coast.
Perez struck again seven minutes before the break from a Chilwell cross to make it four before Vardy scored his first of the evening as Leicester racked up five goals in the first half of a league match for the first time since 1984.
It was also the first time that a side had crashed home that many goals in the opening period of a Premier League game since Manchester City beat Burnley 6-1 in April 2010. That didn't stop Leicester from raining down goals on Southampton however, with two coming within a minute just before the hour mark.
First Perez completed his treble after collecting Hervey Barnes' superb lofted through ball in the 57th minute, and Vardy headed home from another precise Chilwell cross seconds later. James Maddison made it a record-breaking away scoreline with five minutes remaining when he swung home a perfect free-kick that zipped past the desperate Angus Gunn. And Vardy sealed Leicester's place in the record books with his ninth of the season deep into stoppage, firing home a penalty that also took him top of the Premier League scoring charts with nine goals after he
was brought down by Jan Bednarek. "It was an embarrassing performance, the stuff of nightmare and especially playing at home," Saints' Nathan Redmond told Sky Sports.
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async editItem(item:any, index:number) {
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Within my custom component, I am using a Input() decorator to receive the componentProps from the modal.
I have been unable to bind the data in my component to a [(ngModel)]. I am using an <ion-input> to display some of the data inside my data object and nothing will appear in the layout.
export class EditItemComponent implements OnInit {

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Decrease in taxable sales due to glitch
Business | October 10, 2019
Kurt Hildebrand
khildebrand@recordcourier.com
It's been a while since Douglas County has seen a double digit decrease in taxable sales.
County merchants reported $65.4 million in taxable sales a 12.1 percent decrease in July compared to July 2018, which saw $74.4 million.
The decrease can mostly be attributed to a $11.17 million clawback in the chemical manufacturing sector during the month. Douglas was credited for $11.2 million in taxable sales in the sector in April. Typically, Douglas chemical manufacturers do less than $100,000 a month in business.
The county's largest sector, food services and drinking establishments brought in $13.2 million in the month. Separating accounting for the Stateline casinos that separated out accommodations and amusement, gambling and recreation confused the issue. Accommodations brought in $4.6 million, while amusement brought in $4.5 million.
General merchandise stores, which include the county's two Walmarts and the Target posted a good month, bringing in $9.5 million, a 5.8 percent increase over July 2018.
Douglas unemployment was down to 3.9 percent for the month of August, according to the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. There were 22,777 people employed in the county, while 919 were jobless.
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hello friends today i will show you how to make a snake game in c.
int gamedelay;//Lower the game delay faster is the game speed.
void gameengine ()//Soul of our game.
void initscreen ( ) //Draws Intial Screen.
gamedelay = 1000; // Should be change according to game speed need.


Because these muffins are so moist' it's best to store them in the fridge.
Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice and salt. In a separate bowl, combine squash, vegetable oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla and ginger. Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Fold in walnuts. Divide muffins among 12 prepared muffin cups.
Combine oats,sugar and oil in a small bowl. Divide mixture among the tops of muffin batter. Bake for about 22 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Let cool before unmolding.


The effective d33 of sub-micron piezoelectric polymer films, deposited on glass substrates, has been measured using an optical interferometer. The polymers used were polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and copolymers of PVDF with trifluoroethylene (TrFE). The interferometer measures movement of the polymer surface, in response to an applied electric field, and is easily able to detect motion of 0.1 nm. In this situation, the rigid glass substrate effectively clamps the soft polymer film in the lateral direction. Nevertheless, effective d33 values approaching 10 pmV-1 have been observed. One advantage of such thin films, is the ability to pole them with quite low voltages. For example a 100 nm film can be poled by 10 volts. The low voltage required to achieve poling in such thin films, means that the poling voltage can be left permanently connected, thus maintaining the piezoelectric activity. By adding a periodic bias voltage to the driving signal, it is possible to observe hysteresis in the piezoelectric coefficient, corresponding to the polarization hysteresis loop. The piezoelectric coefficient shows an abrupt change in sign at the coercive field, corresponding to the reversal of the net polarization.


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Drama As Slovenian Club Sacks Nigerian Footballer For Impregnating The Club President's Daughter
Posted by Samuel on Tue 10th Dec, 2019 - tori.ng
A Slovenian football club has reportedly sacked a Nigerian player for getting the club president's daughter pregnant.
It has been reported that an unnamed Nigerian football player in Slovenia has been fired by his club for impregnating the daughter of the president of the second division outfit just six months after he joined them.
According to Ghana Soccernet, the player whose name has been withheld, was fired for 'gross misconduct and indiscipline' over the pregnancy which he has claimed full responsibility.
The publication also reports that there are four Nigerians players (Bede Osuji, Temitope Nelson, Gerald Chiyoke and Sulaiman Adedoja) registered with second-tier clubs in Slovenia, but it's unclear which of them is involved in the pregnancy scandal.
The player involved in the pregnancy scandal is said to have returned to Nigeria and he is worried about the well-being of his girlfriend and her pregnancy. He is now considering involving FIFA into the situation following the club's decision to sack him after only joining them in May 2019.
Narrating his ordeal, he said: " I signed a three year deal with the option of another year but last month I ran into trouble when my girlfriend who happens to be the daughter of the president said she was pregnant for me", he said.
" The club got to know about it and summoned me for a meeting. I got there and admitted that I am responsible for the pregnancy and I was told to stay at home and not to be seen around the club premises until I am instructed to return.
" A week later I was called to the office and told that my agent has been informed about their plans to terminate my contract for gross misconduct and indiscipline. The news came to me as a surprise because I have not been found wanting in any area since I arrived the club six months ago".
" My agent called me up and said we should file a case with FIFA that he has a recording of the president saying my contract was terminated for having an affair with his daughter. She's an adult for God sake, we both love each other and decided to have a child.
" Now I don't know what will happen to her and the child since I'm back in Nigeria. They have forced her to block me on all social media platforms so we have not been communicating. The few friends I made at the club are also scared of speaking to me about her apparently they don't want to run into trouble with the team. I'm confused right now", he concluded.
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Tables turn on Chiefs in edgy finale
Mark Gleeson Author
Orlando Pirates coach Vladimir Vermesovic will face his former employers Kaizer Chiefs in Saturday's Soweto derby.
Just one negative result, and suddenly the emphasis of Saturday's derby shifts dramatically. It should have been about Orlando Pirates' ability to keep alive their faint title hopes as they battle through a congested programme, nearing exhaustion, stumbling towards the finish.
Instead, the focus now turns starkly to Kaizer Chiefs, and the growing possibility their runaway lead in the league is going to be hauled in and a dramatic finish set up for the championship chase.
It seems almost incredible, given that less than a fortnight ago Chiefs looked as if they were cruising to a second successive title with a nine-point lead over the pack.
Their midweek setback against Platinum Stars suddenly piles pressure firmly on to a club that was coasting along, seemingly destined to leave the rest to battle over the scraps.
Chiefs are now in a tenuous position as that runaway lead has dissipated overnight, and they will go into the game at Soccer City acutely aware that another loss will blow the Premier Soccer League battle wide open.
Bogey team
Chiefs had not lost a league game in 11 outings before the 2-0 defeat at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on Wednesday, but Platinum Stars have become a bogey team for many.
Chiefs play again three days later, while their two closest challengers, Mamelodi Sundowns and Wits, both have a seven-day hiatus between games. At this stage of the energy-sapping season, that is a massive boon.
Straight after Saturday's derby (kick-off is at 3.30pm), both Sundowns and Wits host relegation-threatened opponents in night matches they are expected to win.
Sundowns play Polokwane City, who have garnered but a single point on the road all season long (10 away games played), and Wits take on Free State Stars, with eight defeats from their 11 outings.
It means, therefore, that if Chiefs are beaten in the derby  and Sundowns and Wits win just a few hours later – the standings will reflect a scant three-point lead for Chiefs, with Wits having a game in hand. That would throw the proverbial cat among the pigeons.
Winning ways
It is therefore, bragging rights and other rivalries aside, essential for Chiefs to return to their winning ways if they are to keep up a psychological buffer.
But they have not beaten Pirates in the past six derbies, cup ties included.
The intrigue created by the league race has ensured a sell-out crowd. The house-full signs went up on Tuesday already, and the derbies only ever sell out if at last one of the two teams are genuine title contenders. Pirates sit fourth in the race, mathematically still entitled to believe they could turn out to be champions.
It seems almost bizarre that just more than 50 000 went to watch Brazil last week, but close on double that turn up for the derby.
It does emphasise the unique position this meeting of two Soweto clubs on the South African sporting calendar holds, arguably being the fixture of the year.
Coach debut
Adding to the spice this time round is the return of Vladimir Vermezovic, whose debut as Pirates coach started with a win on Wednesday night away at Moroka Swallows, albeit somewhat luckily.
Chiefs fired the Serbian after almost three full seasons at the helm, during which time he had success in the knockout trophies, but never got Chiefs past third place in the league. One year on, and they were champions under his successor, Stuart Baxter.
Vermezovic seemed almost contrite on Wednesday, trying hard to project a calmer, gentler image and talking about being a little less arrogant and taciturn as he begins a second spell in South African soccer.
It will be interesting to see what sort of reception he gets from Chiefs' fans who will make up the majority of tomorrow's audience. It is not as though it has been a major betrayal on his part to cross the divide, and most Chiefs' fans, one suspects, rather enjoy the fact Pirates have picked up their cast-off.
AmaKhosi play without injured goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune, another talking point in the brief build-up to the game. Just how influential the assurance the Bafana Bafana skipper usually brings to the Chiefs' camp could be made abundantly clear.
His replacement, Reyaad Pieterse, is a real prospect, but massively inexperienced. Pirates would be well advised to test him out thoroughly as quickly as they can.
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A good dorm room rug is more than just an accessory for college. It's the dorm item that gives your college living space a boost of comfort (as any rug beats cold dorm floor!) and also provides a great addition your dorm decor. Decorating your college dorm is all about the details. If you've already tossed up a couple posters or other dorm wall decorations, your college decor just isn't complete until you've added a rug for college like this Basic Black College Rug. That floor just provides too much open and empty dorm decoration space to go unused!
No matter the size of your college rug, you'll find plenty of use for it, whether it's near your bedside or is the centerpiece in your dorm floor. A simple vacuuming really helps make a rug look great after it's been used, meaning this is one item for college that you can use throughout your college career. It'll be more than just a dorm supply; it'll be a college supply. Rugs, therefore are smart college supplies that can be useful throughout your college career. That makes them an even better buy for college!


Huacheng Square (花城广场) also name flower city square, located in Zhujiang New Town's CBD, is now the largest square and a famous sightseeing and shopping destination in Guangzhou. This square is 250 meters width, with a total area of around 560,000 square meters. Taking a stroll at the Huacheng Square one can appreciate the idyllic-like surroundings and the splendid and grand view of the Canton Tower that along the Pearl River.
Underneath Huacheng Square is a 150,000 square-meter underground shopping mall, the "Mall of the World" (花城汇), run by Hong Kong group Lan Kwai Fong. The three-leveled underground network also contains a large parking lot and grants access to Metro lines 3 and 5.
Designed by English architect Zaha Hadid, Guangzhou Opera House features a Round Double- Gravels style. It is steel-structured and stands out prominently along the Pearl River. The glorious opera house is composed of a grand theater, ante hall, multi-functional hall, underground garage, and numerous supporting facilities.
Situated on the edge of the river in Zhujiang New Town, the new Guangdong Museum, which opened last week, has been a triumphant success. Thousands of visitors have already flocked to witness the impressive building, with its fascinating exhibitions.
The museum has on display over 166,000 items arranged across more than 20,000-square-meters of exhibition area. Like the previous Guangdong Museum, access is free to all three parts of the museum – Lingnan history, natural history and art. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm.
The Guangzhou Library, established by the Guangzhou Municipal Government (GMG), was created for the benefit of the public's welfare, and to serve as a cultural and educational institution. The Library's services are based on collecting, organizing, and housing all categories of written knowledge and information including paper-based materials, audio-visual materials, and digital materials. The library offers lending materials, reference and information services, exhibitions and lectures, art appreciation, cultural exhibits, Internet services, public education services, research, and spaces for communication.
The Second Children's Palace of Guangzhou covers an area of 16,530 square meters with a construction area of 46,008 square meters, and has 7 stories with a total of over 140 rooms; the first story functions as an entrance hall. Then, the 2nd to the 6th stories function as educational classrooms, including a computer room, art room, calligraphic room, chorus room, and dancing room. The 7th and final story serves as an international communication hall which can hold up t 20,000 visitors at the same time.
A new landmark in Guangzhou, the Guangzhou International Financing Center has 103 stories and stands 440 meters high above the ground. It infuses offices, hotels, recreation, and entertainment as one, and it has becomes the totem of Guangzhou commerce.
Haixinsha Asian Games Park hosted the prestigious opening and closing ceremonies of the Guangzhou Asian Games. It was officially opened to visitors on January 1, 2011.
On the surface, it is car and bike free pedestrian area with parks, ponds and fountain, making it a popular destination area for locals and tourists. Especially in the evening, the view of the Canton Tower and the other buildings in the Zhujiang New Town CBD with all the lights decoration is remarkable.
Zhujiang New Town Automated People Mover System (Chinese: 珠江新城旅客自动输送系统), or APM line, is an automated people mover (APM) system mainly serving the Zhujiang New Town area in Guangzhou, the new CBD of the city. It is an underground and automatic operating system. In terms of construction cost per kilometre, it is the most expensive people mover system in the world, yet it is the shortest and least used line in the Guangzhou Metro network. The whole line began service before the Asian Games on 8 November 2010 with the exception of Haixinsha and Canton Tower. This was due to the two stations being located close to the opening and closing ceremony venue.


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Brachioplasty, also known as arm lift or arm tuck, is a plastic surgery procedure designed to remove redundant, flabby, and sagging skin folds of the upper arms. Hanging arm skin folds are not only unsightly, but also interfere with one's ability to fit in sleeved tops, as well as causing underarm skin rash and irritation.
Brachioplasty can now offer patients the freedom of a lifestyle that they couldn't enjoy previously. In fact, the popularity of arm lift surgery has soared to a point that according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of Brachioplasty surgeries has tripled since 1997, with nearly 15,000 procedures being performed in 2005. Brachioplasty is not exclusive to women. Actually, many men also undergo brachioplasty.
The majority of candidates for brachioplasty are those have lost massive weight following Bariatric Surgery, also known as "stomach stapling" or "lap banding." While these patients reap many health and psychological benefits from this weight loss, one of its after effects is sagging skin that hangs from the arms and other parts of the body. Because the skin has lost its elasticity following years of obesity, no amount of diet or exercise can restore firmness and tone to the arms.
Another group of arm tuck candidates are those who have developed upper arm flabbiness, simply due to the loss of elasticity that accompanies aging or chronic tanning.
Fortunately, brachioplasty can help restore a person's ability to wear blouses and shirts comfortably, to show their arms without feeling self-conscious, and to conduct their lives with greater freedom and confidence.
Men and women who are not good candidates for brachioplasty include those who predominantly have excess fat, which are better served with first undergoing liposuction. Also, people with Hidradenitis Suppurativa — a persistent ongoing infection of the sweat glands in their armpits, should not undergo Brachioplasty until treated appropriately. Finally, women who have had Radical Mastectomy or extensive breast cancer surgery are at risk of developing chronic arm swelling after undergoing brachioplasty.
The type of brachioplasty performed by your plastic surgeon depends upon the amount and location of your excess skin. If excess hanging skin is located within two inches from the armpit, your cosmetic surgeon can potentially pull up and tuck this excess skin into the armpit with an axillary brachioplasty or mini arm tuck. For those whose excess skin extends like a "Bat Wing" from the armpit to the elbow, the only option is the complete removal of the arm flab in a standard brachioplasty or standard arm lift.


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How the 'Presidential Coalition' Has Capitalized on its Leader's Ties to the President and Misled Donors
Photo from Presidential Coalition Facebook page fundraising petition, posted on October 23, 2018.
After Donald Trump was elected President in 2016, his Deputy Campaign Manager David Bossie urged the president's supporters to donate to an organization called the Presidential Coalition. Capitalizing on Bossie's ties to the President, the group consistently told supporters that it would use their money to bolster state and local candidates that support the Trump agenda. These appeals appear to have worked: the group enjoyed a dramatic rise in fundraising after Trump's victory – going from under $1 million in 2016, to $5 million in 2017 and $13 million in 2018.
But despite telling donors that it would support conservative candidates with the funds raised, only three percent of Presidential Coalition's 2017 and 2018 spending went towards the direct political activity, according to a CLC research report released today in collaboration with Axios.
Instead, the group directed the vast majority of the funds raised towards more fundraising and administrative costs, including salary payments to Bossie. CLC's analysis shows that the Presidential Coalition is fundraising by capitalizing on Bossie's ties to President Trump and collecting the majority of its funds from retired and small-dollar donors.
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https://www.nist.gov/pao/what-others-say-about-nist
What Others Say About NIST
Through its major programs, NIST works with U.S. companies, universities, and other organizations to build the infrastructure—the technical support system—vital to the nation's technological capabilities and its long-term economic competitiveness. Here's a sampling of what customers and commentators have said about the agency's research, services, outreach activities, and partnerships.
NIST Laboratories
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Provide technical leadership for vital components of the nation's technology infrastructure by developing high-accuracy measurements and other broadly useful tools that grow in value as they are diffused as standards across companies, industries, and nations.
" [T]he National Institute of Standards and Technology remains the steward of the United States measurement system and is known for its achievements in physical measurements, standards developments, test methods, and basic scientific and technical research. The work of this small agency is remarkably broad and has touched the lives of countless Americans, including business officials, homeowners, firefighters, medical and health-care workers, scientists, engineers, and the military."
— President George W. Bush
"NIST's work underpins most of today's top science and technology challenges, such as cyber-security, biometrics, voting equipment standards, and nanotechnology, just to name an important few."
— New York Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, Chairman of the House Science Committee
"One of the biggest barriers to continued miniaturization of semiconductor circuits is the inability to measure many of the critical dimensions at the desired feature size. Consequently, additional research in metrology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is critical to future chip development."
— Semiconductor Industry Association
"The result of almost every laboratory or field experiment rests on the quality of a measurement. Excellence in measurement science, driven by NIST, positions U.S. industry and universities to more quickly solve problems. Just as important, increased precision and sensitivity enable significant observations of previously unseen phenomena, often initiating basic studies leading to practical applications of high value for the citizens of the U.S."
— F.M. Ross Armbrecht, Jr., President, Industrial Research Institute
"NIST has played and continues to play a somewhat unglamorous role that is crucial to advancing the nation's technology and manufacturing infrastructure. We know that scientific and engineering advances are much less likely to translate to economic advantage without the careful work required in establishing standards and measurement techniques. NIST has also played a vital role in making scientific and engineering advances available to the nation's manufacturing community."
— James Harrington, Engineering, Science, and Technology Policy Chair, and Eugene Arthurs, Executive Director, SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering
" At the dawn of the 20th century there were still a few respected scientists who doubted that atoms existed. One hundred years later we are rapidly expanding our knowledge of subatomic particles and probing the complex mysteries of matter itself. An impressive part of that effort has occurred at the NIST Center for Neutron Research."
— Rita Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation
"A vital component of the nation's research infrastructure, NIST's core laboratory programs have assisted industry and researchers for more than 100 years in developing the technology needed to improve product quality, modernize manufacturing processes, ensure product reliability, and facilitate product commercialization."
— American Chemical Society
"These are exciting times for biotechnologies and the Association is very fortunate to have NIST as a partner as it continues to bring new technologies to practice."
— James B. Bramson, Executive Director, American Dental Association
"I consider your [NIST Metallurgy Division] group a key asset to industry in making these decisions [on new electrodeposition processes] on the soundest possible scientific basis. There is no comparable body of expertise anywhere in the world that matches that found in your group."
— George T. Galyon, Chairman, Tin Whisker Modeling Committee, National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative
"As a small business, having the resources to compete globally is often quite a challenge. I would not hesitate to say that without the assistance of the people at NIST, it would not have been feasible for me to develop the processes and equipment designs and I would not now be producing either the mercury or argon triple point cells, leaving only foreign suppliers. ..."
— Stanley Pond, President, Pond Engineering Laboratories
" The value of the assistance provided to industry by the "Wizards" at NIST can't be overstated. I cannot think of a better use of government-funded research than to funnel this knowledge back in to U.S. industry to improve our competitive position in a world economy."
— Michael Taylor, Principal EMC Compliance Engineer, Hach Company
"I have interacted with many scientists in my career, but this kind of treatment is extraordinary and I felt impressed to bring this to someone's attention at NIST. Please accept my thanks for providing a small company with excellent help in a very timely fashion."
— Raymond A. Cutler, Senior Research Scientist, Ceramatec, Inc.
"As a small company we could not have afforded the skills or the equipment to do such work, so being able to obtain the data through NIST was a big help."
— Janet Rice, Manager, Packaging, Teravicta Technologies
"The technical challenges facing the data storage industry in the next 10 years are so broad and so deep that the industry cannot do it alone. We need researchers like you at NIST to help us."
— Sining Mao, Senior Manager, Recording Heads Division, Seagate Technology
"We all have benefited significantly from the strong collaborative relationship with NIST, and are most appreciative of the contributions that several NIST scientists have made toward achieving basic understanding of technical challenges... NIST's support has been invaluable to our project team...."
— Chung-Yeh Sa, U.S. Council for Automotive Research (USCAR) and General Motors Technical Center, and Edmund W. Chu, USCAR and Alcoa Inc.
"I very much appreciate the work done by the [NIST] Advanced Optics Metrology group. In this instance, they have critically helped expand industry's capabilities at the boundaries of current measurement technology—a basic goal of a national standards institute."
— Sam Richman, Metrology Laboratory Manager, Research Electro-Optics, Inc.
"Thanks to the [NIST-developed] Expect tool, WorldCom [now, MCI] managed to save approximately 47 minutes of manual work per customer location on this project. Multiplying that savings by the [customer's] 1,850 sites meant 1,449 saved hours of work, or about 8.6 engineering months. In addition to these gained efficiencies, we also managed to increase the requested number of site turn-ups on a number of occasions by a factor of two [to more than 50 sites per day].... Thanks again to ... the National Institute of Standards and Technology for creating such a high-quality tool and placing it in the public domain."
— Heiko Rath, Engineering Manager, Customer Network Engineering, MCI
"We want to thank DOC [Department of Commerce] and NIST for their tremendous efforts in the July 2003 Standards in Trade Workshop for the Persian Gulf countries on electrical safety standards. These education programs are important to highlight the movement toward harmonization and the worth of U.S. standards to the world community. These types of collaborative efforts between industry and government are much needed and appreciated."
— Larry Wethje, Vice President, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
"NIST is the ultimate organization for quality in measurement, standards, and technology around the world. Combining NIST's reputation with their very successful chemistry Web book made Dow's decision on a partner an easy one."
— Richard M. Gross, Vice President, Research and Development and New Business Growth, Dow Chemical Company
" The superb scientists in your organization continue to push the state of the art in measurement science, helping develop the advanced technologies needed to operate the United States Atomic Energy Detection System.... You and your staff should take great pride in your irreplaceable contributions to AFTAC [Air Force Technical Applications Center] and our Nation's security."
— Charles F. McBrearty, Jr., Director, Materials Technology, Department of the Air Force
"For more than 30 years, OLES [the NIST Office of Law Enforcement Standards] has acted as NIJ's [National Institute of Justice] technical agent by conducting research into new and emerging technologies, developing minimum performance standards for commercially available equipment, producing guides on the identification, implementation and evaluation of public safety products, and creating standard reference materials for the forensic community. The relationship between NIJ and NIST has increased NIJ's visibility and stature as a prominent science research agency for the public safety community."
— David G. Boyd, Director, Office of Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Justice
"[M]y compliments on the efforts of the Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse and other NIST information security efforts. I've been in this field many years and have long admired the work done and products issued by NIST. Way back in the 'dark ages,' I always valued NIST guidance, with its practicality and real-world focus.... Of late, however, you guys are surpassing yourselves. The number of products issued is simply mind-
boggling."
— Harlan Course, Information Security Specialist, National Information Technology Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture
A nationwide network of technical and business assistance centers that helps smaller manufacturers to identify and implement modern production techniques, innovative workforce practices, and other technologies crucial to their competitiveness.
"As our economy struggles to recover, MEP is needed more than ever. It plays an important role in our state and national economies that no other entity is likely to fulfill."
— National Governors Association
"The MEP is the only federally funded program that provides direct assistance to America's small- and medium-sized manufacturers, demonstrably boosting productivity, sales, investment, employment, and overall competitiveness."
— Rusty Patterson, Chairman, and Leo Reddy, CEO, National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing
"MEP is a cost-effective, public-private partnership, with MEP clients experiencing productivity increases four times greater than comparable non-MEP clients."
— Jerry Jasinowski, President, National Association of Manufacturers
"MEP is a potential gold mine for small manufacturers. The sole purpose of this national network of 400 not-for profit centers is to help small manufacturing firms become more productive, tech-savvy, and competitive. BizBest has tracked this program for nearly 10 years and has found it to be well-run and highly beneficial for biz owners who have used it. You can tap MEP's army of experts for help in many areas, from improving plant layout to getting your shop floor in shape to restructuring your finances, designing a web site or entering e-commerce."
— The 100 Best Resources for Small Businesses, 2004 BizBest Special Report
" MEP and SCMEP (South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership), in particular, are the best things going for small to mid-sized manufacturers. My experiences with SCMEP have been most satisfying. The organization has consistently brought talented people to my company, and the results have been outstanding. I could not have made the level of improvements my business has achieved in the past 10 years without its help."
— Robert Hurst, President, Phoenix Specialty Manufacturing
"The Manufacturers Resource Center (an MEP affiliate) is trying to help manufacturers in the industry save jobs and keep industry and jobs in the area. Technologically, they give companies the assets they need to stay in business and pursue other avenues."
— Ray Harries, President, Bally Ribbon Mills Inc.
"The Mohawk Valley Applied Technology Corporation (an MEP affiliate) has become our partner in success. As a result of its work, we are now prepared to double our business in the next three years and expand into new markets."
— Michael J. Fitzgerald, President, Oriskany Manufacturing Tech
"I would recommend the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center's (TMAC—an MEP affiliate) services to any business that wants to up the bottom line, which is why we are all in business. TMAC showed us how to be much more cost effective and guided us so we could be more competitive in today's market."
— Diana Hartmann, CEO, TORCO
"This project was a model of lean in action. Because of the (MEP affiliate) Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center's assistance, our operators are now routinely looking for opportunities to streamline a process and reduce waste."
— Sam Lewis, General Manager, Homeshield Fabricated Products
" When we start looking for help in a new area, the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (an MEP affiliate) is one of the first resources we contact. If their staff can't help us, they'll know who can."
— Don Crowther, General Manager, Aztec Manufacturing Corp.
"What was accomplished here in one week with support from (MEP affiliate) Manex is extremely valuable and worthwhile. In all my years of manufacturing, I do not recall output as tangible as what we just experienced. We are seeing visible, very positive changes in our staff and in the quality of our products."
— Rick Brown, Vice President of Operations, Westcor
"The MEP Program ... is the only federal program designed specifically to help small manufacturers, and positioned to help create an infrastructure for providing support to these firms as the U.S. economy moves through enormous economic transition."
— National Academy of Public Administration
"MEP is a popular program because it is a valuable program. It delivers results for America and its small manufacturers in 50 states and Puerto Rico. MEP increases employment and tax revenue, creates greater productivity and profits, fosters a more secure supply chain for national defense, and bolsters our manufacturing trade balance."
— Michael J. Wojcicki, President, Modernization Forum
Encourages and assists U.S. organizations in their performance and quality improvement efforts through its management, with the private sector, of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and through its active dissemination of the award program's framework, core values, criteria, and assessment methods.
"The Baldrige Award Criteria project an exacting standard and encourage companies to strive for excellence by seeing themselves through the eyes of the customers and the marketplace. This Award is becoming a global standard, and one measure of its importance is the growing number of similar programs throughout the world."
"To win a Baldrige Award, just being 'good' isn't good enough. You must be great. You must demonstrate a world-class commitment to excellence. Your organization must show continuous quality and performance improvement. And your managers and officers must maintain the highest ethical standards of corporate governance."
— Vice President Dick Cheney
"For us, Baldrige has provided the best consulting services we've ever received and the least expensive. Over the four years that we applied, we received more than 200 pages of feedback from highly trained, experienced, and professional examiners, who spent literally hundreds of hours with our application and on site visits. To sum up, Baldrige is the best way to get better faster."
— Sr. Mary Jean Ryan, FSM, President/Chief Executive Officer, SSM Health Care
"We applied for the Award, not with the idea of winning, but with the goal of receiving the evaluation of the Baldrige examiners. That evaluation was comprehensive, professional, and insightful. It reinforced where we were strong, and provided valuable information on areas where we could improve—making it perhaps the most cost-effective, value-added business consultation available anywhere in the world today."
— Bob Barnett, Executive Vice President, Motorola, Inc.
"While we had a successful business, it was not until we set our sights on the Baldrige Award that we really began to understand the magnitude of change necessary to achieve world-class performance."
— Charles L. Korbell, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Clarke American Checks, Inc.
"Branch-Smith Printing has nearly 10 years of experience using the Baldrige Criteria and benefiting from both the Criteria and the Award process.... Over the years, we have found one of the greatest benefits of applying is maintaining a performance improvement discipline based on a system that is both highly regarded and works."
— David C. Branch, President, Branch-Smith Printing Division
"We realized better results almost from day one of our entry into the Baldrige program. While we were sometimes skeptical of the opportunities for improvement, when we did respond, we again realized higher performance results."
— Frank Auriemma, Superintendent, Pearl River School District
"When we officially adopted the Baldrige criteria in 1999, we did so because they offered the opportunity to demonstrate that we practiced performance excellence, and to demonstrate that public higher education could and must be accountable."
— Charles W. Sorensen, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Stout
" [I]t is the lessons learned during the Baldrige process that are the real return on investment. Even for those who do not win the award, going through the application process and working with the examiners during their site visits teaches a company more than any MBA course could ever accomplish."
— Horst H. Shulze, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.
"The Baldrige Quality Award program is a vital national asset, setting the highest standards for excellence making American businesses and organizations more robust and competitive."
— Thom Crosby, President and CEO, Pal's Sudden Service
"Sunny Fresh continues to use Baldrige-based criteria because they address all aspects of our business. They continue to have a far-reaching impact on our 'customer-solutions' focus—to delight and bring value to the customers we serve."
— Mike Luker, President, Sunny Fresh Foods
"The best way to organize that growth was to build around quality and service to our customers and our associates. The Baldrige criteria set out a way to do that, and our associates benefited because they could understand their jobs, their purpose, and the direction of the company."
— Don Evans, President and CEO, Operations Management International, Inc.
"To better achieve the level of quality demanded by the company and its customers, Solectron has combined the focus of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria on customer-driven results with the procedural discipline of the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9000 standards. With this combination, the company has put in place a quality system that is woven throughout the entire organization, from the associates on the assembly line to executive management."
— Solectron Quality Commitment
"What is needed is ONE business improvement model that helps improve performance in EVERY aspect of the organization—unifying strategy from top to bottom.
The good news is there is an excellent process available and even better—it is free of charge. The name of the process is the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award."
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Doodle Jump is a platforming video game developed and published by Lima Sky, for Windows Phone, iOS, BlackBerry, Android, Java Mobile (J2ME), Nokia Symbian, and Xbox 360 for the Kinect platform. It was released worldwide for iOS on April 6, 2009, and was later released for Android and Blackberry on March 2, 2010, Symbian on May 1, 2010, and Windows Phone 7 on June 1, 2011 (Re-Released August 21, 2013 Windows Phone 8). It was released for the iPad on September 1, 2011. Since its release, the game has been generally well received. The game PapiJump by Sunflat Games inspired the gameplay of Doodle Jump, and characters featured in Doodle Jump were based on Elise Gravel's illustrations. The game is currently available on nine platforms.
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'Sweet Girl': Why You Recognize Isabela Merced
By Q.V. Hough on August 20, 2021
How do you know Isabela Merced, the co-star of Sweet Girl? In this info article, Q.V. Hough provides details about the American actress' filmography. Warning — spoilers below for the August 2021 Netflix release Sweet Girl.
Now streaming on Netflix, Sweet Girl includes a final act twist that will boost Isabela Merced's global pop culture status. Brian Andrew Mendoza's 2021 movie stars Jason Momoa (the DCEU's Aquaman) as a Pittsburgh local who seeks revenge against a Big Pharma company. Merced co-headlines the film as Rachel Cooper, an 18-year-old who seems to be a follower more than a leader, even if she's fully capable of defending herself when necessary. Momoa carries the majority of Sweet Girl, but the last act belongs entirely to Merced. Here's a briefing on her past roles.
Isabela Merced Starred as Dora in Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Merced is arguably best known for headlining the 2019 film Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Co-produced by Paramount Players and Nickelodeon Movies for $49 million, the live-action adventure production made nearly $120 million at the box office, proving that Merced could not only carry the franchise but also potentially be a viable A-list star. Most importantly, perhaps, Dora and the Lost City of Gold earned favorable critic reviews — a big plus for the film's 18-year-old star.
Isabela Merced Changed Her Name in 2019
Merced changed her stage name in October 2019, approximately two months after Dora and the Lost City of Gold's premiere. The actress-musician had already worked in the entertainment industry for nearly a decade but decided to stop going by "Isabela Moner." On Instagram, Merced teased her upcoming single, "Papi," and explained that her grandmother's legacy affected the name change:
"This has been a very difficult year for my brothers, mom, and me. This is how I say goodbye to that and welcome a new chapter with those who are close to me. Isabela Merced represents everything that has and will continue to define me. It represents the values that were passed on from my grandmother."
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Isabela Merced's Movie and TV Resume
Merced made her feature debut in the 2013 drama The House That Jack Built. Portraying Young Nadia, she appeared alongside actress Melissa Fumero, who is now best known for starring as Amy Santiago in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Merced then portrayed Jenny in the series Growing Up Fisher, and also voiced Kate in the Dora franchise that she'd later headline for the live-action adaptation.
In pop culture, casual movie fans may recognize Merced for her roles as Izabella in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Isabel Reyes in Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) and Lizzy in Instant Family (2018). She also starred in the 2019 Netflix movie Let It Snow as Julie Reyes. If Sweet Girl resonates with international streamers, then Merced will presumably land a multi-film deal (if she hasn't already).
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Y�cel D�nmez�s place in Turkish and American Art History:
Y�cel D�nmez has been continuing his artistic work in Chicago since 1980. He has staged many exhibitions both in Turkey and in the States and was accepted into one of the most influential art encyclopaedias to shape American art history, �Who is Who in American Art� in 2000. His inclusion in the �Biographical Encyclopaedia of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers of the U.S.� in 2002, followed by the �Devonport�s Art Reference� encyclopaedia, D�nmez has secured a permanent place in American art history. Y�cel D�nmez also appears among the 63 artists from Chicago to have entered the renowned art reference book, �Art Diary International�, published every year by the famous �Flash Art� magazine in Italy.
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D�nmez has been recognised by American art critics (Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, 1989) as an artist who has shed new light upon the art of painting with his self-developed painting techniques. He obtained �The National Medal of Art� one of the most important awards in the United States in 1995, for his 11-year-long dedication to bringing art to education working with Urban Gateways.
Other awards Y�cel D�nmez has been given include the following:
1983 �Urban Gateways Award for Painting�. 11 of D�nmez� paintings were given prizes and added to the art collection of 11 schools who have been working with the Organisation for over 25 years.
1993 �Outdoor Art Award�. D�nmez was given the �Outdoor Art Award� for his �snow painting� project in today�s Millennium Park in Chicago, sponsored by five different organisations.
1987 �Chicago�s Very Own�. D�nmez appeared four times on the main news of one of America�s national television channels, WGN. He received the prestigious �Chicago�s Very Own� status in 1987 (other winners of the award in later years included Michael Jordan).
1987 The Art Institute of Chicago. During the 1987 Sultan S�leyman exhibition, D�nmez was awarded the chance to display his artwork at the �Junior Museum�, sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the three biggest museums in the US. He was awarded this by the assessment committee of the museum.
1984 Illinois State Ethnic Heritage Commission Award was given to D�nmez as the representative of Turkish painting....
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The FA Cup Final: Manchester City's Road to Wembley
Two days and counting to the biggest game in the club's history, our second appearance at New Wembley and this time it is the big final. So to start the count down, let's look at Manchester City's trip to the final and how well they have done in this year's cup.
By HeapyLatic May 9, 2013, 3:04pm BST
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City have so far only conceded one goal in this year's competition, that coming in the Semi-final against Chelsea. They have managed to score a few, 15 goals in total they have managed to score with Carlos Tevez scoring five of their goals. So the Argentinian could be the man to watch.
Manchester City 3-0 Watford
Comfortable first round tie for the Premier League champions, as they strolled past a strong Watford team. They rarely got out of third gear and were 2-0 up before half time. By the second half they took their foot of the gas, and managed to get a third in the final minute of the game.
Stoke City 0-1 Manchester City
Premier League opposition followed and a much tougher test away from home for City. They struggled to break down the doors of a very strong Stoke City defence which was stubborn as ever. The Manchester club still was the better side, and in the style of champions they grinded out the win.
It took till the 85th minute with the prospect of a replay looming over the two teams, before Pablo Zabaleta's fine finish book a place for City in the fifth round.
Manchester City 4-0 Leeds United
Another Championship side and another game at home for City. Again it was rarely a struggle as straight from the off it was one way traffic. Yaya Toure scoring in the sixth minute and they didn't look back. Another goal was added before half time, with two more coming in the second half.
Manchester City 5-0 Barnsley
The same recipe and the same result, relegation threatened Barnsley were out to cause an upset. It didn't look likely on paper and all hopes of that were quashed as Carlos Tevez racked up three goals to make him City's leading FA Cup scorer. No looking back for them and they looked like the team to avoid in the cup this season.
Chelsea 1-2 Manchester City
Chelsea then were the unlucky team to have a semi-final match against City. Yet again in the same fashion as there other FA Cup ties this season, City started quickly and didn't look back. Right from the word go they were the better side, and considering this was there hardest opposition, they didn't make it look like they were working very hard.
Samir Nasri eventually managed to get their noses in front, after some solid goal keeping from Petre Cech had kept City at bay. Two minutes into the second half and it was 2-0 with Aquero getting on the score sheet.
There was a fight back from Chelsea and Demba Ba managed to get himself on the score sheet and be the only man so far to score against the Manchester club in this season's competition.
What do we know?
It's going to be hard to score, and even hard to stop this train. Manchester City look intent on getting some silverware and so far have brushed every team aside in this season's competition. Can we stop them? I hope so!
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