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One of the few brick buildings in Key West. This building was built in a time when Key West was one of the richest cities in the US. The city architecture is frozen in time due to the bad economy . Shipping was no longer the main industry. The reason Key West has so few brick building is that the city had few bricklayers. You will see beautiful wooden buildings but few brick.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.

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It is a very unfortunate fact that, still to this very day, cycling is seen as either a "choosing the right bike" thing or "individual freedom/choice/civil right" issue. Not many have made the connection between cycling rates and cycling infrastructures, even though the lack thereof is the single reason for low cycling rates in North America, along with the worship of automobiles.
For years, I have been bitching and complaining about the de Maisonneuve bike path inaugurated in 2008 for being poorly planned and, barely 4 years later, already totally congested.
In the name of design, the stupid planners in charge of this project incorporated the bike path on what was, is, and will always be a sidewalk as you can see above. For information, there is AMPLE road space right on the side. It is not clear on the picture but what we see on the left is not a sidewalk but a "design" road separator with yet another road on its left.
They could have simply blasted that useless "structure" and organised a real road infrastructure including a real cycling path that does not reduce the pedestrian's share of the road to a joke. This, by the way being the main reason why pedestrians keep walking on the path; just look above and below at how much space is left for them!
But worst, and this is where the issue transforms from mere stupidity to a major scandal, those dumb asses didn't take into account the fact that the area is ALWAYS hosting all kinds of festivals, starting at the end of May to mid-September, i.e. during a period covering the entire core of the bike season.
How much of taxpayers' money got wasted in this entire mess?
Surprise, surprise!!!
Someone must have kissed the moronic princess awake from her lethargy and suggested they built an alternative path to this bullshit.
Of course, it didn't exactly happen, right? Would require too much brain. Instead of reworking the entire path, they only created a "temporary detour" around the festival area. Not quite "it" yet, but better than nothing.
There we go, it starts on St Dominique St.
Below, the beginning of the "detoured" area with all the festival preparation in the background.
On the left of the image below, a concert scene being set up. As you can see, the festival really takes place smack along the bike path.
The bike path, inaugurated in 2008, condemned to being condemned every summer because some dumb asses cannot take into account that on the "Place des Arts" area, the piazza where most of Montreal's festivals have been taking place for ages, there will be well... ahem... festivals every year....
The "detoured" path continued. Notice the decrease in standard from a fully segregated bike path to mere bollard-ed paint on the road.
End of the detour.
Regular path starts again.
A real, fully segregated path.
The only reason the authorities proceeded with the detour is because cyclists resisted the administration's attempt to have them cycling into traffic without any protection. They improvised alternative routes that tried to get cyclists to run with the bull-shit.
We never accepted that. So most cyclists kept going onto the blocked path, forcing their way into the forbidden area, rolling over the security agents who tried to block them. More than once, there were riot-like movements with cyclists waiting on the side until the group got big enough to over-roll security: just like in political riots, someone would give a "go!" and all the sudden, everybody moves onto the target, i.e. our bike path, the access to which is a RIGHT, and seeing security agents first gather, and then run away when they realise we wouldn't stop was a real joy.
It seems that they kind of got the message this year. Let's hope it lasts...


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Keys can be generated by client software or generated centrally by the CA and distributed to users via an LDAP directory. There are trade-offs involved in choosing between local and centralized key generation. For example, local key generation provides maximum nonrepudiation, but may involve more participation by the user in the issuing process. Flexible key management capabilities are essential for most organizations.
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D.J. Fontana
Drummer D.J. Fontana was a rockabilly icon at a time when country music was cutting drums completely.
For fourteen years he was the pulse at the center of Elvis Presley's music. Together they recorded hundreds of songs and blew audiences away with rollicking, fun-loving, informal jams.
D.J. Fontana was hired in 1955 as Elvis Presley's drummer, expanding the group to a four-piece and becoming the first rockabilly drummer in the bargain.
At the time, Fontana was the house drummer for the Louisiana Hayride, a radio show out of Shreveport, LA, and he backed up Presley and bandmates Bill Black and Scotty Moore when they came to play. It worked so well he was asked to join the group a few months later.
As a drummer, Fontana's laid-back, straight-ahead style ideally suited Presley, Black and Moore, complementing rather than overwhelming their sound. "I just learned how to stay out of their way and let them do what they had to," Fontana noted in a 1987 interview. "It sounded better to me that way." His influences were mainly big-band jazz drummers like Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa.
Fontana remained with Presley throughout the Fifties. During the Sixties, when Presley turned his attention to movie-making, Fontana was still present at many of his Nashville recording sessions. Fontana also did session work for others in the Sixties. He and Scotty Moore both appeared at Presley's side on his landmark Christmas 1968 TV special. It was the King's celebrated comeback from B-movie purgatory and re-embrace of rock and roll. The highlight was an unscripted hootenanny during which the old bandmates revisited vintage rockabilly highlights and shared reminiscences from the Fifties. In retrospect, this "informal segment" was Unplugged about twenty years before MTV came up with that name and format.
Despite an offer in 1969 to join Presley's band in Las Vegas, Fontana and Moore never played with their old boss again. Fontana last saw Presley in the mid-Seventies, while he was recording in Nashville.
Revered as rockabilly icons, Moore and Fontana reunited to cut an album—with assistance from famous fans like the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards—entitled All the King's Men, released in 1997. Fontana and Moore also backed Paul McCartney on a remake of "That's All Right" for the 2000 release, Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records.
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AKB48's Kojima Haruna has been chosen as the main character for women's lingerie brand 'PEACH JOHN' and will be appearing in their latest CM starting February 20th.
In the CM, the hem of Kojima's dress gets caught in the door of a car when she gets out to attend a party. This causes her dress to unravel, leaving her in just her lingerie.
Aside from the CMs, there is also a short movie called 'Red Carpet'. This features Kojima picking out her dress in lingerie and reciting lines in French.�Kojima will also be featured on the of PEACH JOHN's latest catalog.
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Batches of smoked salmon have been withdrawn from sale owing to possible Listeria contamination.
The Essex-based Scotch Smoked Salmon Co. Ltd has recalled two of its smoked salmon products because the bacterium known as Listeria monocytogenes has been found in them.
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause foodborne illness - particularly among pregnant women, unborn and newborn babies, those over 60 years old, and anyone with reduced immunity.
The products affected by the recall are:
Products: Smoked Scottish Salmon and Smoked Scotch Salmon
Pack sizes: 100g, 200g and 400g
Batch code: 219ds
Date code: 14 March 2016
Anyone who has purchased either of the named products, should not consume them, instead returning them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.


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text: Blog Smart Home Technology: Convenience at Your Fingertips Coming Soon to Your Local Pella Showroom in Paducah, Kentucky October 13, 2014 Convenience is something that we are nearly always interested in because of its savings. Whether it's saving time, money, or hassle, convenience takes on a large role in our lives. So what would you think if you could control all of the electronics in your home with the convenience of a remote? Sure, it may sound a bit far out, but it's a tad more realistic than you may think. Home automation has been a part of our lives for years now, but only recently has it become so widely used. It's not strictly for the tech geeks either. Home automation is a multi-billion dollar industry that has grown quickly over the last few years and with that growth, demand has been up as well. Brief History It's really not too shocking either, because home automation isn't something that has just recently come around in the last few years with wireless thermostats. In one of its initial forms, home automation was limited to sound activated switches that were set off by the clap of hands or other noises. While the technology wasn't perfect, it was one of the most well received products of the time time. Controlling your devices via the internet is no longer confined to your smartphone or computer. Practically everything in your home can now be controlled through your Wi-Fi signal or an app, and the number of products that can be controlled will only continue to grow as the technology evolves. Obviously, there has been great development in home automation since then, and it has just taken another step forward with the upcoming introduction of the Pella® Insynctive™ smart family of products that can sync to a compatible home automation system. Beginning in 2015, Insynctive™ smart home technology will let you integrate various compatible security and convenience tools so that you can have more control over the safety and comfort of your Paducah area home no matter if you're there or on the go.* Additional Benefits Having home automation isn't just a convenience either. When operated properly, you can also make your home more comfortable. Adjusting your blinds or shades and thermostat alone will let you make the most of the technology, letting you keep your home comfortable when you're home and giving it a break when you're gone. Achieving whole home comfort is something we all wish we had, so just think about how nice it would be to tilt your blinds with the touch of a remote so you could help protect your eyes from the sun. It's possible with Insynctive™ products. When you decide you're ready to take the next step by adding smart home technology, let us fill you in on Insynctive™ products. The local Pella® showroom in Paducah will have a system for you to view so you know which products are perfect for your home and budget. Hear more about home automation and our Insynctive™ technology from your Paducah Pella Showroom today. *Requires connection via the Pella Insynctive Bridge to a compatible home automation system. Back to Blog


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Saracens' rugby player Jackson Wray has helped Thomas International to adapt psychometric assessment reports for a sports audience and has also used the tools to improve his own performance.
Coaches often rely on gut instinct when picking the formation of a winning team, but some clubs are looking at a more scientific way of approaching the problem.
Wray has played for Saracens since 2006. He turned to psychometrics in 2013 after a psychologist at Saracens introduced him to the MD of Thomas International Sport.
At that time Thomas was in the process of developing its specialist PPA tool for sportsmen and women. PPAs are eight minute questionnaires designed to help people find out how they are likely to interact with colleagues. Wray met with Thomas Sport to discuss how together, they could develop a sports-specific tool using its existing framework. For Wray, who holds a psychology degree, it was right up his street.
"I had just finished a psychology degree and was looking to further my off-field development. I was offered the chance to do some work-based placements at Thomas – every month or six weeks I went into the London office or my office and helped where I could with the PPA rewrites."
Once Wray was on board, it was only a matter of time before the whole team got involved. Around 50 players have now completed a PPA and TEIQue as directed by personal development coach, Dave Jones. A few of the coaches at the club have been trained by Thomas to give feedback to the players.
Anything that enables you to understand yourself better, your coach better, or for a coach to understand a player better is a must do task for me.
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Anything that enables you to understand yourself better, your coach better, or for a coach to understand a player better is a must do task for me.
Jackson Wray
Wray's work placement will also prepare him for the world outside sport – though that is a long way off yet.
"I've been with [Thomas] for about a year and a half now and it's been a gradual process where I'm learning and then trying to implement it where I can, and keep developing the relationship between us."
On a personal level, he's been able to hone his communication skills, something that helps at home as well as on the pitch. "My profile says I'm not too good at seeing when someone is feeling a certain way so I've tried to be more aware of that. How you interact with your coaches is crucial in sport. That was a good [thing to learn], how to deal with information coming in and how to react to it."
For Wray, who was picked to join the England training squad in summer 2014, the proof is in the pudding. "It's a no-brainer," he says, "the use of psychometrics in sport will only rise."
"It's the perfect tool for athletes and coaches in any sport to get a better understanding of each other, so their relationship grows stronger and as a result their performance improves. Sometimes there are problems [in teams] that aren't highlighted quickly enough, certain areas where things aren't working and people aren't sure why. Interactions between players and coaches can be improved with these tools and the fact they're specifically designed is even better."
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British holidaymakers have told how they have been offered the chance to pay up to £20 to skip queues and bag checks at Sharm el-Sheikh airport.
The Government suspended air links on Wednesday amid fears a bomb was used to down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt, killing 224 people.
Dale Parkyn, who visited the Red Sea resort with his wife earlier this year, said they were approached by a man in military uniform and asked if they would like to avoid the long queues.
The 47 year old said: "What we did is we discussed it and he then produced a £20 note and said, 'Have you one of these' and you can avoid the queue.
"We walked right through the security gates and security procedure, straight through the airport, avoided all the queues, and then he put the case on the conveyor belt and the girl checked us in. At no point did my luggage go through any scanner. When I think now, it was bizarre.
"At the time it was quite amusing that for us, for £20, we'd avoided all the queues."
He said he realised the "gravity" of the situation after seeing news of the Government's announcement.
Brendan De Garis said that razors were missed in one queue-jumper's luggage.
He said: "David Cameron did the right thing. The airport's not safe. The staff I saw were arrogant, complacent, and a danger to the public.
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The RED Dragon sensor needs to be directly compared to 65mm film.
The Dragon has more resolution than 65mm film when scanned at 4K.
The Dragon has more dynamic range than film... by a lot. 65mm film has about 14.5 stops. The Dragon has an easy 16 stops... without sweating.
The EPIC Dragon will shoot nearly 100fps. 65mm film cameras... not so much.
Cost to shoot the RED Dragon vs. 65mm film... ridiculously not close.
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You'd have to do a lot of man-on-the-street interviews before you'd find someone who could explain the difference between a patent and a trademark. And even the relatively savvy participants in the Ars forums have been known to mangle copyright's fair use doctrine, misunderstand key provisions of the GPL, or foolishly assume that the law must track their own notions of common sense.
Yet the complex and esoteric legal regimes collectively known as "intellectual property"—copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets—have never been more important in the lives of software developers. Failure to understand the implications of key legal documents can prevent programmers from doing their jobs and enjoying the fruits of their labor. And because the free software community has learned to leverage the power of copyright law to protect end-users' freedom, understanding copyright law is especially important to developers of free software.
There are plenty of books that make policy arguments about how copyright or patent law ought to be changed. But there are few books that help the reader understand the current state of the law. Too often, a programmer who wants to understand the "rules of the road" with regard to copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets has to either wade through hundreds of pages of dense legalese, or pay a lawyer hundreds of dollars an hour to explain it to him.
Into this void steps Van Lindberg, a former software engineer and now a lawyer who specializes in the legal issues surrounding the free software community. Lindberg starts with the basics, explaining how copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets work. He then dives into the details that are most likely to be of interest to software developers: employment agreements, software licenses, copyleft, reverse engineering, and formalizing a project by creating a non-profit organization. No book could replace the advice of competent legal counsel, but reading Intellectual Property and Open Source from cover to cover will give the average free software developer a clear understanding of the legal terrain she will have to navigate as she creates, improves, or uses free software.
Nuts and bolts
Although it's officially focused on open source developers, there's plenty here that will be of interest to anyone who writes software for a living. There's an extensive discussion of proprietary information agreements, invention declarations, patent assignment, and other annoying paperwork you have to deal with when you're writing software for an employer. The basic concepts are common sense—read what you sign and talk to your employer early and often—but understanding the details will help you avoid costly mistakes. Lindberg describes several cases in which employees left companies in order to commercialize an idea, only to face massive lawsuits from the former employers, claiming they were the rightful owner of the employee's technology. Getting the paperwork right when you start a job will help to ensure you don't get tangled up in litigation when you leave it.
There's an extensive discussion of various free and open source software licenses. There are dozens of licenses out there, but Lindberg narrows it down to six—the GPL and LGPL, the BSD license, the Apache License 2.0, the Mozilla Public License, and the Open Software License Version 3.0—that are legally sound, widely supported, and serve a variety of projects with different needs and priorities. And perhaps the most important point Lindberg emphasizes about licenses is this: don't write your own. As the confusion over the Artistic License (which was written by Perl creator and non-lawyer, Larry Wall) demonstrates, the uncertainty generated by a poorly-written license can create years of unnecessary headaches for free software projects. Don't do it.
A particularly confusing topic is legal status of derivative works when free software written by different people is combined: If you link your software to a GPLed library, do you have to release your own source code under the GPL? The answer is: it depends. For example, static linking is more likely to create obligations under the GPL than dynamic linking. However, the answer won't be clear until the issue ends up in court. In any event, Lindberg clearly and concisely explains the arguments on both sides so you'll have a clear idea of the legal risks you'll face in any given situation.
Conservative approach
Pushing the technological envelope often requires pushing the legal envelope as well. Indeed, it's only a slight exaggeration to say that every significant breakthrough in digital media technology has been greeted with a lawsuit. The VCR, the MP3 player, peer-to-peer file sharing, web search engines, book search engines, digital video recorders, and video-sharing websites have all faced lawsuits by incumbent copyright holders seeking to prevent their appearance on the market. If you think you've got a groundbreaking new media technology, but you haven't been sued by Hollywood or the RIAA, your technology probably isn't so revolutionary after all.
Had developers consistently followed Lindberg's advice over the last decade, many of the technologies we now take for granted would never have been created. Lindberg advises readers that "the easiest way to reason about copyright is assume that any use of a copyrightable work is legally reserved to the copyright owner" (emphasis in original). This is certainly the easiest way to reason about copyright, and it may also be the safest way. But a lot of progress over the last three decades has come because people have not followed this advice.
To be fair to Lindberg, his book isn't intended to be a handbook for pushing the boundaries of copyright law. As Lindberg tells Ars in our exclusive interview, he wanted to provide a baseline of understanding about what the law allows. If you just want to be sure you won't get sued, this is the book for you. But there are many software developers—especially in the free software community—who want to do more than just avoid lawsuits and collect paychecks. They want to introduce cool new technology, revolutionize industries, and change the world. Doing that often means disrupting the business models of technological incumbents. And when those incumbents can't compete on the merits, they're inclined to bring in the lawyers.
The book pays scant attention to the hot-button issues—fair use, the DMCA, the first sale doctrine, and software patents—that have sparked a thousand flamewars in the Ars forums. The section on fair use is barely a page long, and it ignores the recent fair use decisions that have been most important to the technology industry. There is no mention of the Supreme Court's famous 1984 Sony decision that confirmed that time-shifting with a VCR was fair use. Nor does it mention the 1998 Diamond decision, which found that the fair use doctrine allowed space-shifting with an MP3 player. Nor does it mention recent decisions allowing the use of image thumbnails in search engines on fair use grounds.
This is not a book for legal scholars, so of course there's no reason to expect these cases to be covered in depth. But a brief discussion of these cases—with appropriate caveats—would have at least alerted entrepreneurs to the existence of these decisions so that they could decide for themselves whether to take the risk of building a business around a controversial fair use claim. Because these topics are omitted entirely, the reader could be left with the erroneous impression that the law is settled in these areas and she is better off not developing a technology that could anger Hollywood.
Intellectual Property and Open Source will be a valuable addition to the bookshelf of any developer—open source or otherwise—who contributes to large-scale software projects. It offers a solid foundation for understanding the major legal regimes that govern the software industry, and it clearly marks a variety of legal traps that might otherwise ensnare software developers. Developers should not take it as the final word on what the law allows, but it's an excellent starting point for understanding how to write code without winding up in court.


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Emotions ran high Sunday evening as dozens gathered at St. John's Episcopal Church in Newtown, Conn., to discuss violence prevention and gun control.
People there were still reeling from the deadly shooting at the elementary school that killed 20 children.
Some at the meeting called for increased controls on guns, but others said taking them away from law-abiding citizens was not the answer.
"I'm horrified at what has happened in Newtown," said Rev. Joseph Pace. "I certainly support a ban on assault weapons and also much more attention, funds and support given to those who are mentally ill."
NRA chief: If putting armed police in schools is crazy, 'then call me crazy'
For the first time since the Connecticut shootings, NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre answers questions from NBC's David Gregory about his organization's stance on gun violence in America.
Rep. John B. Larson, (D-Conn.) who hosted the forum, is co-sponsoring a bill that would ban assault weapons and high-capacity clips.
"We will persist in making sure that we stay after this legislation in a comprehensive manner," Larson said.
Obama on gun control petition: 'We hear you'
Children growing up in the U.S. witnesses 16,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence by the time they reach their 18 birthday. Hollywood knows the body count is high – but also profitable. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.
Some thought mitigating violence lies with stricter gun control laws and more mental health services.
"Guns kill people. Access to guns will allow somebody to kill people," Alberto Cohen-Abbo said.
Cardinal: Teacher who gave her life is 'like Jesus'
Others disagreed. "If you want to prevent crime, get the criminals off the street and keep them off the street," said Ed Peruta.
"The root cause of why [Adam Lanza] did this, had nothing to do with assault rifles. He would have found another way to do this," said another man.
Read more from NBCConnecticut.com
But Larson said lawmakers must act to make sure mass shootings don't happen again.
"If we don't stand up now … whether you're a member of congress or you're a member of any community … aren't we then complicit for not having done [anything]?"


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BMW 650i Gran Coupe Head Gasket Replacement Cost
Know what price you should pay to get your vehicle fixed.
What is a head gasket?
The head gasket maintains a seal between the engine block and cylinder head. It prevents oil, coolant and combustion gases from escaping the engine.
How does the head gasket work?
Most engines have two major components: the engine block and the cylinder head. These two halves must seal to one another and act as one piece, or the engine will fail.
The head gasket is a sealing layer of durable material that is sandwiched between the cylinder head and engine block. When tightened down, the cylinder head crushes the head gasket into the cylinder block, causing any imperfections to be sealed by force.
What are the symptoms related to a bad head gasket?
When the head gasket begins to fail, the engine may have no symptoms at all. They only begin to occur when the leak has reached an engine oil passage, engine coolant passage or the engine cylinder.
When that happens, the engine may be very difficult to start, and run roughly when idling. There may be oil or coolant leaking, and the engine may begin to overheat, or at least run hot. At this point, there may be coolant in the engine oil pan — this will look creamy and lighter in color than the oil. Also, the radiator or engine coolant reservoir may have a gurgling sound, the presence engine oil, or smell of combustion. And the check engine light will come on.
The coolant being burned in the engine will produce white exhaust that smells sweet, like engine coolant. When the head gasket fails completely, the engine will overheat within minutes of starting, will stall and then won't restart.
Can I drive with a head gasket problem?
Driving with a bad head gasket is hazardous to the engine, and may even be impossible. A failing head gasket typically will lead to your engine overheating and will eventually ruin the engine block, cylinder head, or both.
A car with a blown or leaking head gasket should both be towed to a repair facility.
How often do head gaskets need to be replaced?
Head gaskets can fail at any time, but they typically last at least 100,000 miles, especially if the oil and coolant are properly maintained.
In order to keep the gasket in good condition, dirty or contaminated fluids should be replaced on schedule, and the engine must run at the proper temperature. This is the best way to help prevent head gasket failure, along with avoiding aggressive driving.
How are head gasket issues diagnosed?
In general, there are a few signs that will point to head gasket failure. If engine oil and coolant are found mixed together, either in the engine or in the cooling system, the gasket is often the culprit.
Further testing will be done, and a machine shop will try to confirm whether the head gasket is the problem.
Head Gasket Replacement Cost Estimates
The average cost for a Head Gasket Replacement is between $3725 and $4450 but can vary from car to car.
How is a head gasket replaced?
Replacing a head gasket is a labor-intensive process and requires disassembly of several under-hood parts before even reaching the engine. Then, parts of the engine will be taken apart in order to inspect and clean the areas touching the head gasket, and to replace the failed gasket. Then everything must be put back together. This process will take several days, typically.
If any of the removed components are found to be worn or failing, it may be best to replace them at this time, as well.
RepairPal recommendations for head gasket issues
If many components are recommended for replacement, or an engine rebuild or replacement is necessary, consider the cost of rebuilding versus getting a new car.
Additives that claim to stop leaks or reseal the head gasket from the engine coolant passages are dangerous. They can clog the radiator or damage the water pump.
Can I replace the head gasket myself?
This is not a DIY project. There's a lot of disassembly to be done, and many factors to consider while repairing a head gasket. If you decide to have the repair done as opposed to getting a new vehicle, it's best to let a professional mechanic.
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Iron deficiency in children can affect development and lead to anemia. Find out how much iron your child needs, the best sources of iron and more.
Is your child getting enough iron in his or her diet? Find out what causes iron deficiency in children, how to recognize it and how to prevent it.
Iron is a nutrient that's essential to your child's growth and development. Iron helps move oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body and helps muscles store and use oxygen. If your child's diet lacks iron, he or she might develop a condition called iron deficiency.
Iron deficiency in children can occur at many levels, from depleted iron stores to anemia — a condition in which blood lacks adequate healthy red blood cells. Untreated iron deficiency can affect a child's growth and development.
Babies are born with iron stored in their bodies, but a steady amount of additional iron is needed to fuel a child's rapid growth and development. Here's a guide to iron needs at different ages:
Infants and children at highest risk of iron deficiency include:
Adolescent girls also are at higher risk of iron deficiency because their bodies lose iron during menstruation.
Too little iron can impair your child's ability to function. However, most signs and symptoms of iron deficiency in children don't appear until iron deficiency anemia occurs. If your child has risk factors for iron deficiency, talk to his or her doctor.
Signs and symptoms of iron deficiency anemia might include:
If you're feeding your baby iron-fortified formula, he or she is likely getting the recommended amount of iron. If you're breast-feeding your baby, follow these supplementation recommendations:
Other steps you can take to prevent iron deficiency include:
Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are typically diagnosed through blood tests. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all infants be tested for iron deficiency anemia starting between ages 9 months and 12 months and, for those who have risk factors for iron deficiency, again at later ages. Depending on the screening results, your child's doctor might recommend an oral iron supplement or a daily multivitamin or further testing.
Iron deficiency in children can be prevented. To keep your child's growth and development on track, offer iron-rich foods at meals and snacks and talk to your child's doctor about the need for screenings and iron supplements.
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/in-depth/iron-deficiency/art-20045634
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Folic acid deficiency anemia results from lower-than-normal levels
of folic acid in the body. It causes symptoms such as weakness, fatigue, and lightheadedness.
Causes of folic acid deficiency anemia include:
acid deficiency anemia is treated by increasing a person's intake of folic acid
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Amazon Catalog Updates
Did you know that Amazon offers a facility to make corrections to its catalog? Somewhere in the past few months someone mentioned this to me and I tried it out. (
Unfortunately, it has been long enough now that I've forgotten who told me; if you are the one, please fess up in this post's comments section. ) And it works! Is this a model for crowdsourced corrections to library data?
Here is how it looks from a user's perspective.
Step 1. Finding something to correct
Amazon has a pretty good catalog, so for the purposes of demonstrating this feature it took a while to find a record to correct. I used the suggestions from Typo of the Day for Librarians for ideas of errors to look for in the Amazon catalog. One of the suggested typos was Sucess*, etc. (for Success , etc.), and I found a record for How to Talk to Anyone: 62 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships in audio CD format with this misspelling. As this image shows, the original title was "How to Talk to Anyone: 62 Little Tricks for Big Sucess in Relationships"
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Step 2. Making the Correction
In the "Product Details" section of the Amazon catalog page is a link to "update product info"
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Following that link takes you to a form that is prefilled with all of the information from the Amazon catalog. You can make your corrections here and provide citation URLs to reference the source of the correct information. (In the excerpt of the form on this page only the Title and Reference sections are show. Click through the image to see the full version of the form.)
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You are given a chance to preview your changes before submitting them. Note in this case that the reference URL I'm using is actually a link to the cover image for this item at Amazon. A bit of neat symmetry there, I figure.
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After submitting the changes, you get a nice "thank you" from Amazon for making their service better.
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Step 3. Getting Confirmation from Amazon
After a bit -- mere hours in my case -- Amazon will send you a confirmation back that the correction has been accepted.
From: "firstname.lastname@example.com"
To: "firstname.lastname@example.com"
Subject: Your Amazon.com Catalog Update Request
==== This is an automated response message - please do not reply ====
Thank you for using the Catalog Update Form to send suggestions for
How to Talk to Anyone: 62 Little Tricks for Big Sucess in Relationships (ASIN 1593160267)
Your update has been accepted and processed. It will appear online within the next two to three business days.
Attribute: Title
Current value:
How to Talk to Anyone: 62 Little Tricks for Big Sucess in Relationships
Your suggestion:
How to Talk to Anyone: 62 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
Data accuracy is highly important to us. We appreciate the time you have taken to submit your updates to us.
Best regards,
Catalog Department
And if you go to this product page now you'll see the title has been corrected.
Would this Work for Libraries?
Now Amazon must have some resources backing up this service to do the verification of submissions. And it makes sense for them because corrected metadata makes it easier for their products to be found and purchased. If libraries were to consider providing an equivalent service for our metadata, could we justify the costs? Is this a good use of our time and effort?
If we were to do it, I think it might have to be done by a bibliographic utility like OCLC who has ways to push the updated records to member libraries. Otherwise we run the risk of diluting the corrections across many individual library catalogs. Interestingly, this sort of user-generated correction facility one that the Open Library already provides. (Open Library is a wiki-like service that offers the ability for anyone to make changes to its records, much like how anyone can edit articles on Wikipedia.) So between Amazon and Open Library there is a continuum of workflows of mediated corrections to unmediated corrections for us to consider. This scheme, of course, begs us to consider the notion of distributed version control systems for handling our bibliographic data so that changes can be merged across many sources.
Lots to think about...


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A Kiwi teenager has died after drinking a methanol-laced drink while celebrating New Year in Indonesia - and his grandfather says the death is "murder, really".
Taranaki-born Liam Davies was on the island of Lombok with friends, and became ill on January 1.
After several days in a local hospital, he was flown to Perth for specialist treatment, but died yesterday.
Liam's death has sparked warnings from health experts for Kiwi travellers to be wary.
His grandfather, Terry Prentice, told the Herald news of the 19-year-old's death was a terrible shock.
"We're not doing very well. It's not every day you lose a grandchild," he said.
"He was a good kid, a great kid. He was good to have around, a joy to be around.
"I think people need to be aware if they're going to go away and drink spirits ... I wouldn't trust them. I'm not too keen on this at all. It's murder, really."
Liam went to a New Year party, and fell ill the following day.
He was taken to a local hospital, where it was established he had been poisoned by a methanol-laced drink.
Methanol is a toxic chemical sometimes added to cheap drinks to make them more alcoholic.
Effects of methanol poisoning include vomiting, gastric pain, liver failure, comas and sometimes blindness and death.
After consultation with Australian specialists, Liam was airlifted last Thursday from Denpasar in Bali to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth - where he had been living with his parents, Lhani and Tim, and two brothers since he was about 6 - and put on life support.
Mr Prentice said Liam was an apprentice in the building industry and had had a bright future.
He was also a talented sportsman who had been in the Australian under-18 lacrosse team.
Mr Prentice wanted something done to prevent more deaths. "But that will never happen; it's pie in the sky. I feel like going across there and doing something myself ... especially after the other two - the footy player and the nurse who were poisoned."
Liam is the second New Zealander to die from methanol poisoning in Indonesia in five months.
In September 2011, former Dunedin man Michael Denton, 30, died in Bali while on a trip with his Perth rugby team after consuming arak, a potent local drink, which was thought to have been methanol-contaminated.
His inquest was held in Dunedin, and coroner David Crerar said foreign ministries should warn citizens about the dangers of drinking arak, which also blinded an 18-year-old Australian school leaver in Bali last month.
Three days before Mr Denton's death, Sydney nurse Jamie Johnston, 26, collapsed in Bali after drinking a cocktail spiked with methanol.
She had brain damage and kidney failure, but survived.
Mr Prentice urged holidaymakers to think twice before touching any locally brewed alcoholic drinks in countries such as Indonesia.
"Apparently the beer's okay, but if you're going to drink spirits, buy your own at the duty-free shop and stick with that."
Lhani and Tim Davies issued a statement after Liam's death, urging people to be careful when drinking overseas.
It is understood the family were at Liam's side when he died.
"We would like to make people aware of the risks associated with consuming locally brewed drinks where you cannot be certain of the quality," the grieving parents said.


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Women Sexual Arousala lot more women think about their body, the faster they become sexually aroused. The experienced experts and therapists is already known, but now it is also demonstrated for the first time in a real scientific research. The study by psychologists from the University of Texas at Austin will appear in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
The relationship between body image and interest in sex is not a completely unexplored area. The existing studies relate to women who have undergone operations which doctors believe they reduce interest in sex. Those studies show that women are more beautiful, the easier they get meaning in sex. Although websites, magazines and newspapers bulge of documents on sex, there has never been a study similar to ordinary women.
The researchers did a test with 85 students, all sexually active. Half of them had a serious relationship.
With questionnaires, the researchers determined how the students thought about their bodies. They asked the women how long and heavy they were, and determined their BMI.
Then the researchers showed the women an erotic story to read. That story was "developed in our laboratory, specifically written for female readers, and described a man and a woman engaging in consensual foreplay and intercourse. [Go ahead. "Developed in our laboratory. That must have been a terrible story horny.]


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What are you doing when your soul is deeply glad?/
This is a post is part of a series based on questions from Steve Wiens' book Beginnings. To learn more, check out this post. I love for you to join me by linking up with your own post, or commenting below.
Today's question comes from page 76, at the end of the chapter called "Seeds." It is a chapter that asks about what gifts within us are longing to be born.
Last year, my One Word 365 was TOV. That's what this chapter is all about.
Questions about gifts and purpose and calling and "what is God's will for our lives" tend to loom large in Christian circles. Naming our gifts can feel like standing in the street naked... in the winter... with a crowd looking on. Is the vulnerability worth it? Meanwhile, the idea of God's will can feel like a frantic search for the x on a treasure map. If we don't get to just the right spot, will we miss it?
All this leads to a tension. On the one hand, we feel the pull to live a life of purpose and meaning. We long to use the gifts within us to bring good things to the world. On the other hand, we feel the pull to avoid the questions that feel too big and risky to answer.
Which is why I love turning questions of calling into questions of delight. We may not be able to articulate our best gifts, but we can often name what brings us joy. What if reflecting on the things that delight us is what opens the door to learn more about our truest selves? What if it shrinks the big questions into pieces we can move towards one step at a time?
Here's my challenge for all of us today. Let's make a list- What are the big and small things we do that bring our souls gladness, joy, and fulfillment? Here are some of mine:
- Engaging in deep, meandering conversations in which no one notices how much time has passed.
- Eating delicious food.
- Teaching the Scriptures and helping people see their relevance.
- Helping people unlock their potential.
- Listening to music I love.
- Cooking.
- Traveling.
- Running through the woods on a beautiful day.
- Watching people's eyes light up with the reality of learning something new at just the right moment.
- Leading a meeting. (Seriously. I have so much fun leading engaging meetings, and I hate sitting through boring ones.)
- Hosting people at my house.
- Laughing with my children.
- Snuggling with my husband.
Now, let's look through our lists- Are there any threads connecting pieces? How might those threads lead us?
For me, the most noticeable thread is people. I am a people-person through and through. This tells me something important about how God has wired me and what kinds of seeds I may be designed to plant in this world.
Maybe with lists like these, the question of calling can feel a little less scary... and a lot more fun.
- Steph
Your turn: What are you doing when your soul is deeply glad?
If you are a blogger, link up with your post below. If you are not a blogger, you can also link up to an Instagram post, how cool is that? Or, maybe now is the the time to step out of the shadows and respond with a comment. I promised I will reply to all comments left.
Now it's time for next week's question, from page 109 of Beginnings, "How would you describe the season you find yourself in these days?"
Come back next week to link up and respond.