In this world where every object was thrown away at the slightest sign of breakage or aging, at the first dent or stain, and replaced with a new and perfect substitute, there was just one false note, one shadow: the moon.

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If necessary, the Lithium-Ion battery will be replaced with either a new or remanufactured Lithium-Ion battery.

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It can also be removed and replaced with a new stub (if damaged) or with Ericsson's "high performance antenna IAT-10" for an even stronger signal in problem reception areas.

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"We are always concerned when older and more or less intact buildings are getting torn down to be replaced with something new on a block that has a lot of character, " said Tara Kelly, the executive director of Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts.

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Instead, new medical devices allow valves to be fixed or replaced with tiny catheters that are snaked up from the groin, similar to the way stents are implanted in the heart to open clogged arteries when people have heart attacks or pain from a lack of good circulation in the heart muscle.

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Five libraries - at Burnage, Fallowfield, Miles Platting, New Moston and Northenden - will be replaced with "outreach libraries or community book collections", while Levenshulme Library will be moved into the same building as the new swimming pool.

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There are also simpler ways to improve reliability: most pinball machines have more than 100 or so incandescent bulbs that need to be replaced regularly, but new machines like The Wizard of Oz are equipped with LED lighting that should last longer than the machine itself.

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