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When you shower or wash your hands, your skin comes into prolonged contact not only with tap water, but also any of the contaminants inside of that water. Some of these contaminants, such as the minerals found in hard water, can affect the look, feel and overall health of your skin. Today we're going to… Read more »
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How Does Storm Runoff Affect Tap Water Quality in New Hampshire Homes?
All tap water comes from some body of water outdoors, whether that's a lake, a river or an underground water supply. When it rains, those water supplies can be contaminated by the rainwater that flows into them. This rainwater is known as storm runoff, and it can be a major source of water quality issues… Read more »
Does Your Tap Water Taste Metallic? Here's what it Might Mean about Your Home's Water Quality
There are some water quality issues that are hard to ignore, especially those that affect the taste of your tap water. When your tap water tastes strange, it can be difficult to drink and you might start to worry about whether or not it's safe to consume. One common complaint about the flavor of tap… Read more »
How Installing a Water Softener can improve Your Home's Efficiency Levels
There are many benefits of installing a water softener in your home, and some of them are more well-known than others. For example, some of the most popular reasons why people install water softeners are to eliminate limescale, protect plumbing systems and improve the effectiveness of dishwashers and washing machines. One benefit of water softeners… Read more »
Can Unfiltered Tap Water Have Negative Effects on Your Immune System?
There are many different types of contaminants that show up in New Hampshire's tap water, and different contaminants interact with our bodies in different ways. For example, some contaminants can be damaging to our immune systems, and exposure to these contaminants can impair our bodies' ability to fight off illnesses and diseases. Today we're going… Read more »
What Does it Mean When Your New Hampshire Home has Cloudy Tap Water?
Water is supposed to be a perfectly clear liquid. So when the water that comes out of your taps looks cloudy, it's natural to wonder whether or not it's safe to drink. The truth is that cloudy tap water can be caused both by natural processes that are perfectly harmless as well as by contaminants… Read more »
What is a Water Softener Regeneration Cycle and Why is it Needed?
Water softeners remove hardness minerals from tap water all day long, and they reach a point where they need to do something with all of the minerals that they have collected. The process of draining out those minerals is known as a regeneration cycle. Today we're going to talk about the purpose of a water… Read more »
What are the Effects of Manganese in New Hampshire's Well Water?
One of the problems with getting your water from a private well is that the water is susceptible to contamination from any of the elements that are present in the ground where the well is dug. Manganese, for example, shows up naturally underground and is often found in elevated concentrations in well water. Today we're… Read more »
What Effects Does Your Home's Water Quality Have on Your Hair?
One aspect of water quality that often gets overlooked is how it can affect you in the shower. But when you think about the fact that the shower is when your body is exposed to tap water for 5-10 minutes every day, it's easy to see how poor water quality might start to take its… Read more »
What are Chlorine's Effects on the Water Softener in Your New Hampshire Home?
Poor water quality isn't just bad for your health; it can also cause problems for any of the water-using appliances in your home. That's because the contaminants in your tap water interact with the internal components of many of your appliances, which can cause those devices to malfunction and often shorten their operating lives. One… Read more »
What Are the Effects of Cooking With Unfiltered Tap Water in Your New Hampshire Home?
Water is used in nearly every single food or beverage that you make at home. As a result, the quality of your home's tap water can have a direct impact on a wide variety of things that you make in the kitchen on a daily basis. Today we're going to talk about the effects of… Read more »
How Do Water Pitcher Filters Compare to Residential Water Treatment Systems?
Many people use water pitcher filters as their primary source of filtered drinking water. In comparison to residential water filtration systems, water pitcher filters are cheaper and don't require any professional installation or maintenance. However, the quality of water that you get from water pitcher filters is not nearly as good as the water that… Read more »
How do Nitrates Get into New Hampshire Drinking Water and How Can You Remove Them?
Tap water can get contaminated in a number of different ways. Sometimes contaminants originate in the source water itself, while other times they can infiltrate water supplies due to outside forces. One example of a contaminant that falls into the latter category is nitrates. Today we're going to talk about what nitrates are, how they… Read more »
Why Do Water Softeners Use Salt and Does it Cause Any Health Effects in Your Drinking Water?
Water softeners can provide your home with some amazing benefits. But when some homeowners learn that salt is used as part of the softening process, they become concerned about the amount of salt that a softener will add to their daily diet. Today we want to help clear the air about this issue by talking… Read more »
When Should I Retest My Home's Tap Water?
The best way to know what's in your home's tap water is to have it tested. That's why McBride's offers water testing services to New Hampshire homeowners during which we measure for a wide-range of common contaminants and quality issues. Sometimes, getting your water tested once is all you need to figure out what quality… Read more »
7 Great Benefits of Installing a Water Softener in Your New Hampshire Home
New Hampshire homeowners choose to install water softeners for a number of different reasons. That's because hard water can affect your home in many different ways, so softening your home's water can lead to all kinds of improvements. In fact, you might have problems in your home that you didn't even realize were caused by… Read more »
What to Do With the Test Results from the Water in Your Home or City
Did you recently receive the results from a tap water test? Looking through all of the different types of contaminants and contamination levels can be a lot of information to digest, and your next course of action will depend on what kind of test was performed and what showed up in your results. Today we're… Read more »
How Does Copper Contaminate Tap Water and What Are Its Effects in New Hampshire Homes?
The effects of poor water quality can reach much farther than you might first expect. Sure, many contaminants are harmful on their own, but some quality issues can kick off a domino effect of other problems that can be damaging to your health and your home. One example of this is having corrosive tap water,… Read more »
What Should You Do If Your New Hampshire Tap Water Smells Bad?
Clean water is not supposed to give off any particular smells. So if the water that comes out of the taps in your New Hampshire home has a strange odor, that's an almost certain indication that it suffers from some sort of quality issue. Some odors simply make it difficult to drink your water, while… Read more »
Pharmaceutical Drugs in Drinking Water: Where They Come from and How to Remove Them
When you start to look into all of the types of contaminants that can show up in the average glass of tap water, you'll be surprised at what you find. Sure, there are contaminants you'd expect to find like chlorine and hardness minerals, but you'll also find some strange things like pharmaceutical drugs. The effects… Read more »
What are Total Dissolved Solids in Water and What Does it Mean About Your Home's Water Quality?
There are two broad categories of water contaminants: those that are suspended in water and those that are dissolved in water. Many of the suspended water contaminants are visible to the naked eye and can be removed by sediment filters. Dissolved contaminants, on the other hand, are much smaller and are often hard to detect…. Read more »
Why Is Well Water Testing So Important for New Hampshire Homeowners?
One of the advantages of having municipal tap water is that the water is regularly tested and regulated by the EPA. Although we still suggest that New Hampshire homeowners get their city water tested independently, the EPA is able to provide a first line of defense and can notify homeowners when there is some kind… Read more »
Water Softeners vs. Water Filters: What Purpose Does Each Provide and Which One Should You Install?
There are many different types of water treatment systems, and each can serve a different purpose for your home. Although there is certainly some overlap between the services that different types of water treatment systems provide, there is a clear distinction between two categories of systems: water softeners and water filters. Today we're going to… Read more »
How Does Poor Water Quality Affect Doing Laundry in Your New Hampshire Home?
Water quality is often associated with the water that we use for drinking. If your water contains contaminants, it can negatively affect the health of you and your family. But the effects of poor water quality reach beyond just drinking water. For example, if your home has bad water quality, it can damage your washing… Read more »
How Does a Water Pressure Tank Work in New Hampshire Homes?
Water wells are pretty amazing systems. They take water that's already available underground and bring it up to your home for use in all of your taps. But water doesn't naturally shoot up from underground with enough force to travel through your home's pipes. To do that, your well needs a water pressure tank. Today… Read more »
Is Well Water Safe? Common Issues with New Hampshire's Well Water and How You Can Avoid Them
Unlike municipal tap water, which is treated and regulated by the EPA, the quality of well water is not monitored by any governmental agency. In addition, well water comes from under the ground, which exposes it to a different set of contaminants than water that comes from surface water supplies. This can leave some homeowners… Read more »
What Are the Possible Health Effects of Fluoride in Drinking Water and How Can You Remove It?
Fluoride in drinking water is a controversial subject. Whereas some people believe that the mineral is perfectly safe (and even beneficial) to consume, others are convinced that exposure to too much fluoride can have serious consequences on a person's health. Either way, it's important for people to know why the mineral is in their drinking… Read more »
When Should I Get My Tap Water Tested in My New Hampshire Home?
Do you know what's in your home's water? There are all kinds of contaminants that can pollute the tap water in New Hampshire homes. Some of those contaminants are detectable by the human senses or the stains they leave behind on your home's surfaces, while others are virtually invisible and have no taste or smell…. Read more »
How Does Hard Water Affect the Performance of Your Water Heater?
One of the worst things about having hard water in your home is that it can wreak havoc in all sorts of different places. In fact, any pipe, appliance or surface in your home that comes into contact with hard water is at risk of damage. One appliance that is notoriously affected by hard water… Read more »
What is an Activated Carbon Water Filter and What Water Quality Problems Does It Address?
There are many different ways to treat water, and each method can be used for a different purpose. The type of water treatment system that's right for your home depends on the specific quality issues that your water faces, which can be uncovered by having your water tested by McBride's Water Advantage. One type of… Read more »
How Does Lead Get into New Hampshire Drinking Water and How Can You Remove It?
Lead is one of the most dangerous contaminants that can be found in the water in New Hampshire homes. The metal can affect your health even at small doses, and it is especially problematic for young children and infants. We want to ensure you have all the information you need about protecting your family from… Read more »
Want to Know Exactly What's In Your Water? Get it Tested by a Certified Drinking Water Testing Lab!
Every home's water is different. That's why we here at McBride's Water Advantage believe that the best way to know whether or not your home could benefit from a water treatment system is to have your water tested. By testing your water, we can determine what specific problems your water faces and provide you with… Read more »
Plumbing Problems Caused by Poor Water Quality in New Hampshire
If tap water was perfectly pure, you would never have to worry about it flowing through your home's pipes and being used by your plumbing appliances. Unfortunately, that's not the case. The tap water in many New Hampshire homes contains contaminants that can cause expensive plumbing problems and increase your utility bills. Today we're going… Read more »
What is an Acid Neutralizer and How Does It Fix Tap Water with Low pH Levels?
When water is pure, its pH levels are perfectly neutral. But residential tap water contains a variety of different minerals, particles and contaminants that have their own pH levels, which can alter the pH level of your home's water. That's why many homes in New Hampshire suffer from acidic water, which can damage plumbing systems… Read more »
How Does E. coli Get Into Tap Water and How Can You Protect Your Home's Water From the Bacteria?
Out of all of the different contaminants that can affect the quality of your tap water, E. coli is one of the most talked-about. If you ever see a news story about a "boil-water advisory" in a town, more often than not the reason for the advisory is that E. coli was found in the… Read more »
Why Should You Consider Filtering the Shower Water in Your New Hampshire Home?
People install water treatment systems in their homes for many different reasons. They might want to improve their water's taste and smell, avoid plumbing problems, ensure their drinking water is healthy, or prevent stains in their homes, just to name a few. But one benefit of water treatment systems that's often overlooked is how they… Read more »
10 Signs You Need a Water Treatment System in Your New Hampshire Home
The quality of your home's tap water depends on many different factors, including where your water comes from, how your water is disinfected, the condition of your city's water delivery pipes and more. In fact, two homes in the same city can even have different levels of water quality. So how are you supposed to… Read more »
How Can Your Kitchen Benefit from Installing a Water Filter?
One of the great things about water filtration systems is that they can benefit different rooms in your home in different ways. Your kitchen, in particular, is one room that can experience a wide-variety of benefits from adding a water filtration system. Today we're going to talk about why it's important to filter the water… Read more »
What is a Reverse Osmosis Water Filter and How Does it Work?
Water filtration systems can use a number of different methods to remove contaminants from tap water. The type of filter that's right for your home will depend on what's in your water, because different techniques are designed to address different types of problems. But one type of filtration method that can address nearly any type… Read more »
What Alters the Taste of Tap Water and How Can You Improve the Taste of Your Water at Home?
There are many reasons why people choose to install water filtration systems in their homes, but one of the most common reasons is that they want to improve the taste of their water. We all know how healthy it is to drink water on a daily basis, but it is much more difficult to drink… Read more »
What is a Point of Use Water Filter and When Does it Make Sense to Install One in Your Home?
When you're deciding on the best type of water filter for your New Hampshire home, one decision you'll have to make is whether you want to install a whole house or point-of-use system. There are advantages to both types of systems, and the one that's right for you will depend on factors like your budget… Read more »
What are the Effects of Hard Water on Your New Hampshire Home?
Hard water is one of the most common water quality issues in New Hampshire. Although hard water is not a health hazard like some other water contaminants, it can cause all sorts of problems in your home. These problems extend everywhere from your kitchen to your bathroom to your laundry room and more. Today we're… Read more »
How Does Iron Get into New Hampshire Well Water and What Are its Effects?
Given the fact that approximately 50 percent of New Hampshire residents get their water from a private well, it's important for homeowners in our area to know about the potential issues that often plague well water. By far, one of the most commonly found contaminants in well water is iron. Today we're going to talk… Read more »
What is Ultraviolet Water Purification and What Are Its Advantages in New Hampshire Homes?
Nowadays, homeowners have many different options available to them to treat their home's tap water. Different water systems use different techniques to remove contaminants from water, and each technique has its own particular advantages. One type of water treatment technique that is extremely effective in New Hampshire homes is ultraviolet water purification. Today we're going… Read more »
How Does a Water Softener Work? A Guide for New Hampshire Homeowners
Hard water can cause all sorts of problems in your home, including limescale buildup, clogged pipes, inefficient water heaters, dry hair and skin and more. That's why many homeowners install water softeners in order to remove problematic hardness minerals from their water. If you're unsure whether or not you want to install a water softener… Read more »
Arsenic in New Hampshire's Drinking Water: Where Does it Come From and How Can it Be Removed?
Over the past few years, an increasing amount of attention has been paid to the levels of arsenic in our nation's drinking water. Although low-level exposure to the contaminant used to be considered relatively harmless, new research has shown that long-term exposure to low levels of arsenic can be the cause of a variety of… Read more »
What Are the Risks of Tap Water with Low pH Levels and How Can You Neutralize Your Home's Water?
You might remember learning about pH levels back in high school chemistry class, but have you ever heard about the effects of pH levels on the water that comes out of your taps at home? Although low pH levels are often overshadowed by other water quality issues like chlorine contamination and hard water, they can… Read more »
Bottled Water vs. Tap Water: Differences in Regulations, Quality and Environmental Impacts
The growth of the bottled water industry is one of the strangest trends of the last few decades. Why would people spend money on bottled water when they can get it at home for a tiny fraction of the cost? One of the biggest reasons is that bottled water companies market their products as a… Read more »
Want to Know What's in Your New Hampshire Home's Water? Get it Tested By McBride's!
Although many homes in New Hampshire share similar quality issues, no two homes' water are the same. There are many different factors that contribute to what kinds of contaminants might be in your water, and the only way to know for sure is to have it tested by a professional. Today we're going to talk… Read more »
Why are Chlorine and Chloramine Added to Water Supplies in New Hampshire?
Whether or not you realize it, you've likely consumed water that contains chlorine, chloramine or a combination of both of them. That's because chlorine and chloramine are the two disinfectants that are most commonly used by water treatment plants across the country. Although these chemicals are effective at what they do, they are still chemicals… Read more »
What is Hard Water? A Guide for New Hampshire Homeowners
Hard water is one of the most common water quality problems found in homes all across the country. In fact, according to a study performed by the U.S. Geological Survey, approximately 85 percent of homes in the United States have water that is considered hard. Given that this problem is so pervasive, you're probably interested… Read more »
Well Water vs. City Water: What Every New Hampshire Homeowner Should Know
Here in New Hampshire, 50 percent of homes get their water from a private well while the other 50 percent have water provided to them by their city. As it turns out, the source of a home's tap water plays a significant role in how it should be treated and tested. We want to make… Read more »
How to Remove Radon from the Water in Your New Hampshire Home
Radon contamination is one of the biggest water quality issues that we face here in New Hampshire. Unfortunately, it's also one of the contaminants that poses the biggest health risks to the people who are exposed to it. If your home's water contains high levels of radon, it's important to filter it out so that… Read more »
What is a Whole House Water Filter and How Can Your New Hampshire Home Benefit from One?
If you want to improve the quality of the water in your home, you have many options to choose from. A water filter can be as small as a pitcher that you stick inside of your refrigerator and as large as a standalone appliance that's attached to your home's plumbing system. A whole house water… Read more »


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We aim to provide you with the best service possible and the right instrument for you. Below is a set of guides to help insure that this happens.
Purchase Policy
•To HOLD any item, we require a 10% deposit, refundable as store credit only.
•48 Hour Approval Period on Guitars only. Or by prior agreed arrangement.
•All Used Amps, Effects and Keyboard sales are Final.
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Return Policy
• Any Guitar Returns must be authorized by the store.
• Guitars returned within the 48 hr/ agreed approval period are refunded in full, MINUS shipping charges.
• Any Guitars returned after the 48 hr/ agreed Approval Period, and not exceeding more than two weeks, are subject to a 20% re-stocking fee.
• Instrument must be returned in same condition as shipped.
• Buyer is responsible for the instrument during approval period.
• Shipping and related expenses are non-refundable.
• Buyer pays for prompt return shipping.
• Item must be shipped back via a service comparable with which it was delivered, immediately upon return authorization.
• We ship UPS next day insured exclusively for Domestic Shipping, a *fixed* cost of £25 for guitars.
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The friendship between Maya Matlin and Tori Santamaria is known as Mori (Maya/Tori) or Taya (Tori/Maya). They became friends in Season 11. After being rivals at the start of New Beginnings, they soon became close. However, after Tori found out Maya kissed Zig, their friendship ends, although, they have made up again after the death of Campbell Saunders.
Friendship History
Maya Matlin and Tori Santamaria met in music class on the first day of grade 9 at Degrassi. The girls however, quickly became rivals when they both expressed interest in fellow grade 9 student Zig Novak. After a physical fight between the two led to a trip to the principal's office, they were forced to sort out their differences by Mr. Simpson. Tori maintained a civil, if cautious friendship with Maya throughout the second half of season 11, as Maya continued to carry a torch for Zig. However, Maya's crush on Zig seems to have waned, and the girls have developed a sincere, strong friendship. After Zig began pursuing Maya and Tori found out about the kiss between Zig and Maya, the two were no longer friends. After Campbell Saunders committed suicide, Tori sought out Maya to try and comfort her, and the two made up.
Season 11
In Underneath It All, Maya overhears Tori and Tristan talking about Zig and asks if they are friends. The two reply and tell Maya to stay away from Zig. Maya is then left confused. While waiting for Katie to pick her up, Maya is on Zig's Facerange page and closes it when Katie notices. Katie tells her not to listen to the gossip and give Zig a chance. At The Dot, Maya asks Zig about the rumors and he tells her about his relationship with Tori. In music class the next day, Maya is confronted by Tori, who spits on her from her trombone. Maya and Tori get into a fight and are sent to Principal Simpson. Maya tells Mr. Simpson that Tori is just jealous. Maya then agrees to help Tori, unknowingly getting them back together. Maya then realizes how much she may actually like Zig.
In Need You Now (1), Tori is walking down the hall with Zig and Maya. She is upset about not making the Power Squad, and Maya asks if she really wants to shake pom-poms at a football game. Tori lists off the benefits of being on the squad, and the three arrive at their lockers together. Tori mainly talks to Zig, but Maya looks over at them when Tori hugs Zig after Marisol tells her that she is now on the squad. Later, when Tori has to leave and can't film Zig skateboarding anymore, Zig suggests that Maya can do it instead. However, Tori does not like the idea, and says she can only film him for 10 more minutes.In Need You Now (2), Tori is halfheartedly "roaring" as the mascot, which amuses Maya as she asks if this is a bizarre initiation for Tori into the squad. Tori tells her that she was late for practice because she was filming Zig and was kicked off of the squad by Marisol. Maya asks why isn't Zig there for her when she was there for Zig, but Tori tells her that Zig already had plans. Maya tells her that she thought it was cool when Tori stood up to Marisol, and asks how she can stand up to Marisol, but not her own boyfriend. Tori says that Maya is just jealous because she has a boyfriend and she doesn't, which earns a "Yeah, that must be it" sarcastic response from Maya, saying as long as she is happy. Maya gets up and leaves Tori sitting alone on the bench.
In In the Cold, Cold Night (1), Tori can be seen with Tristan making sarcastic expressions due to Maya sitting out of their band rehearsal.
In In the Cold, Cold Night (2), Tori offers advice to Maya on how to be promiscuously attractive for Maya's Indie band audition that evening. When Maya shows up to the Frostival, Tori is welcoming and understanding and seems to find it funny when Maya fails at playing the trumpet.
Season 12
In Come As You Are (1), Tori, Maya, and Tristan are all excited for the new term. When Maya tells the two that she is auditioning for a rock band, they are excited for her, yet decline her offer when she asks them to join her. When Maya is called flat chested by Mike Dallas, Tori is very supportive of Maya's problem with her self-image, and helps her find rubber implants for Maya to help her appear bigger.
In Come As You Are (2), Tori tells Maya that the she stayed up all night writing music for Mo's band that she wants to join. Maya unveils her chest to Tori, saying that she used the chicken cutlets to give her the appearance of bigger breasts, but Tori tells her that it looks like Maya has a "uniboob," instead of two. Tori awkwardly tries to fix it for Maya, but stops when Tristan approaches the two, asking what they are doing. The two deny doing anything, and Maya checks out her bigger appearance in a mirror.
After the audition, Tori approaches Maya at her locker, saying that she heard about Maya losing her one chicken cutlet, and tells her that everyone is calling her "Chicken Cutlet." Tori tells Maya that she admires that Maya kept playing her song, as she would have run out of the room mortified. Maya says that she wishes she could hide from Mo and the hockey guys until she grows real boobs, and Tori tells her that she is perfect as she is, saying to wait a year. Maya asks her why Tori doesn't have to wait a year, and Tori reveals that she failed fourth grade, which would make her a year older than everyone. She tells Maya that if she could she would trade her boobs for Maya's musical talent any day. Feeling better, Maya asks how she will ever make out of the day alive, and Tori says she will look out for her.
As the two are walking in the hall, they pass Mo, and quickly try to walk away, as Maya is still embarrassed, but Mo chases after them. He tells Maya that he found her sheet music, and wants her in his band, much to Maya's delight. As Owen Milligan walks by Maya, saying loudly that he is hungry and could go for a chicken cutlet, Maya takes out her remaining cutlet, and throws it at the back of Owen's head. Owen tells her that she is probably going to want it back, but Maya tells him to keep it, as it is the most action he'll get all year, which causes Tori and others to laugh. Maya apologizes to Tori, promising to buy her new ones, but Tori tells her to not bother, and that Maya is her new hero.
In Gives You Hell (2), after her audition, Tori sits down next to Maya.
In Got Your Money (1), Maya is a supportive friend to both Tori and Zig during the course of the episode. When Tori is upset with Zig over cancelling their anniversary, during class when Zig wants to partner up with Tori, Maya tells him that he should find another group. Later, Zig asks Maya for help with Tori, who won't talk to him, and she agrees after he persuades her. Maya takes Tori to Little Miss Steaks on a set-up to meet Zig.
In Got Your Money (2), Maya eagerly announces to Zig and Tori that WhisperHug is playing at the upcoming school dance. Maya is excited for her band's first gig, and Tori is excited for her first dance. When the bell rings, the two head to their French class. Later, the two are standing together when Zig's locker is being searched for the missing dance ticket money, and they notice his suspicious behavior. They follow him into the classroom and find him counting the stolen money. They're shocked, but promise not to turn him in when he returns the money, though Tori is pissed at him. Backstage before WhisperHug performs, Tori does Maya's hair for the show.
In Waterfalls (1), Maya tells Tori that Campbell Saunders asked her out on a date, and Tori urges her to go after him. After Maya's disastrous date with Campbell, Maya retells her date to Tori. Tori tells her that he didn't kiss her because boys like to be in charge, and Maya wonders how she can get another date with him.
In Waterfalls (2), Tori tells Maya that Mo meant that Maya wasn't the type of a "puck bunny," a girl that flocks around the hockey players. Tori tells her that Campbell could have chosen anyone, but he chose her, though Maya says he hasn't chosen her yet. Later in class, Tori, Maya, and Tristan are texting and wanting to know about Maya's date, though the teacher catches them texting and reads their conversation out loud to the class, which embarrasses Campbell.
In Rusty Cage (1), Tristan, Maya, and Tori all tease Campbell about what his hockey nickname is. Later, Tristan, Maya, Tori, Zig, and Campbell are all hanging out at Little Miss Steaks. When Campbell and Maya begin to sing, Tori and Tristan dance to their song.
In Scream (1), Tristan tells Tori and Maya about the moment he shared with Fab at play rehearsal. Maya is happy for him, but Tori is more reserved, knowing that Tristan is not good at talking to attractive guys and that she doesn't want him to get hurt.
In Scream (2), Tori is hunting down Tristan for rehearsal, and makes Maya and Zig search with her. Maya tells Tori about Tristan's secret admirer, which angers Tori that he might be kissing a guy while she is worrying over him.
In Doll Parts (1), Maya doesn't understand why Tori is into pageants, but talks to Tori about why her and Campbell are having problems. She tells her that she took off her shirt and was wearing a sport bra, and Tori suggests that she make more of an effort appearance-wise. Tori offers to give Maya a makeover and to let her do the pageant with her. Tristan and Tori give Maya a makeover, and she seems to like it until Campbell laughs at it.
Maya decides to participate in the pageant, and Tori comforts Maya, who is nervous about the crowd, by telling her to just have fun and to not worry about other girls. She tells Maya that she only has to walk, but Maya also states that she needs to talk as well. Later, Maya and Tori hold hands awaiting to hear the results, and they both advance to the next round. Maya is excited about advancing, but looks down awkwardly when Tori and Zig kiss in front of her. After the pageant, Tori sits with Maya while she breaks up with Campbell.
In Doll Parts (2), Maya plays her song for Maya and Tristan, but Tori is less than happy that Maya is playing the guitar now instead of the cello. She harshly tells Maya that she has no chance in winning the pageant, despite Maya's hopes for it, and Maya figures out that Tori doesn't think that she's pretty enough. Tori says that she is adorable, but not pageant material. Maya is offended, and is motivated to win over Tori. She asks Zig to play lead guitar with her for her song in the talent portion of the contest, which he agrees to. Tori finds out about this, and accuses Maya of using Zig, saying Maya should have asked for her permission first. Maya doesn't listen to her, and says that Tori made it clear that Maya wasn't worth being jealous of, so she shouldn't be. Tori walks off, and both girls are highly upset with each other at this point.
Behind Tori's back, Zig and Maya have been acting increasingly flirty with one another. After Maya performs on stage with Zig, the two kiss one another, but are caught by Katie, Maya's older sister. She lectures Maya that she is too good for Zig, a boy who kisses girls that aren't his girlfriend, and that she shouldn't let a boy come between her and her best friend, Tori. When Tori and Maya are back on stage, Tori gives a beautiful speech as an apology about how she is careless with words, and about how Maya has helped make her less superficial, calling her the most beautiful person she has ever met, which leaves Maya feeling guilty. Maya admits that her greatest flaw is that she is a "huge bitch", as she is feeling guilty about having kissed her best friend's boyfriend, and she runs out on the pageant, much to Zig's astonishment and Tori's confusion.
The next day at school, Tori and Maya are on good terms again, but Maya has chosen not to tell Tori about her kiss with Zig. Tori is happy for Maya that she and Campbell have gotten back together, and tells Maya that she should have won the talent portion with her song.
In I Want It That Way (1), Tristan, Tori, and Maya are all taking a yoga class together. Tristan expresses interest in Fab Juarez to the two girls. Later, the three of them go shopping together. Tristan expresses his unhappiness with his weight, saying that Fab basically called him fat during yoga. He says that he wants love and thinks that maybe he isn't finding it because of his weight. Tori suggests that he goes on a diet, but Maya disapproves of her suggestion. Tori and Maya try to get him to try on a shirt to make him feel better, but he says that not even retail therapy could help him. The next day, Tristan tells Tori and Maya that he plans to go on a cleanse diet. Maya protests the idea, but Tori decides to do the diet with him.
In I Want It That Way (2), Maya and Tori throw Tristan a celebratory lunch for kicking the cleanse diet and scoring a date with Fab. Tristan refuses to eat the food, and continues to do the cleanse diet. Tori and Maya tell him that he can't survive without food, but Maya gets Tristan to agree to at least eat her yogurt with granola.
In Tonight, Tonight, Tori confesses to Maya that she thinks she is losing Zig, but Maya reassures her that she isn't and that she is just overreacting. This prompts Maya to beg Zig to be nice to Tori, which he reluctantly agrees to. Later, Tori, Maya, and Campbell are studying for their French exam together. Tori is on her phone and says that Zig isn't texting her back, and Maya tells her that she talked to Zig. Maya lies to her best friend, saying that Zig said that nothing was wrong and that he was just busy. At that moment, Zig shows up to Maya's house unannounced, and they are all confused to see him. Maya plays it off to Tori that she told Zig that she was here, and Tori tells Zig to sit next to her. Zig does not talk to Tori directly, and he and Maya go and talk in the kitchen. Zig confesses to her that after the Battle of the Bands, he is going to break up with Tori.
After their French exam, Tori tells Maya that her and Tristan will be at the Battle of the Bands to support her. At the competition, Tori walks in on Zig and Maya talking about when they kissed, and throws the drinks she got for them on the ground in front of Maya. She angrily storms out, and neither Maya or Zig follow her.
In Bitter Sweet Symphony (1), Tori and Maya are no longer friends. Tori glares at Maya as she walks past prompts Campbell to ask if Tori still isn't talking to her, which causes Maya to say that is the reason she is so glad that he is back, because she has no other friends now.
In Bitter Sweet Symphony (2), Tori comes to Maya while she's writing her speech for Campbell's candle light vigil. Maya thinks that Tori came to Maya just because Cam committed suicide, so she gets mad and tells her to go away. Afterwards, Tori could be seen attending Campbell's candle light, listening to Maya's speech. Later on, Tori says that she wanted to become friends with Maya before Campbell committed suicide; Maya admits she did too. They make up and become friends again.
In Ray of Light (1), Tristan, Tori, and Maya are sitting together at lunch when Katie sits down with them. Katie asks what they're doing that night, and Tori says that they're going to Little Miss Steaks to hear Maya sing on open-mic, causing Maya to give Tori a look. Later at the restaurant, Tori listens to her song and compliments her on it once she had finished singing. When Katie tells Maya they need to leave, Tristan and Tori watch as they fight.
In Karma Police (1), she watches Tori as she makes her presentation on how she would like to go back in time and help Cam before he committed suicide, which seems to sadden Maya. She then watches Tori, Tristan, and Zig argue over the events that happened before Cam passed away.
In Karma Police (2), Maya and Tori are in French class when Zig gives his time travelling presentation. Zig admits he would have gone back before he hurt any of his friends and apologizes to Tori, Tristan, and Maya. They forgive him, and Maya invites Zig and Damon to be extras in Eli's zombie movie with her, Tristan, and Tori.
In Zombie (1), when Maya asks Zig to a movie, Zig asks her if she's already asked Tori and Tristan.
- First Friendship:
- Start: Underneath It All (2) (1133)
- End: Tonight, Tonight (1228)
- Reason: Tori finds out that Maya and Zig kissed behind her back.
- Second Friendship:
- Start: Bitter Sweet Symphony (2) (1232)
- They got into a fight in the first episode that they met.
- Both girls have dated Zig Novak.
- Maya is the only person that Tori has told about her failing the fourth grade (that is shown on screen).
- They are both best friends with Tristan Milligan.
- Their friendship ended the same way the Alli Bhandari and Clare Edwards Friendship did.
- Except Zig is not related to any of them the way Jake was to Clare.
- They were both involved in a love triangle with Zig.
- They have both kissed Tristan but neither dated him.
- They have both competed in the same beauty pageant.
- Tori was supportive of Maya after Cam's death, though before that they were at odds with each other.
- Tori has since moved, but they are most likely still friends.
- Tristan considered them both his BFFs until he severed his friendship with Maya in Out of My Head. Him and Maya later did make up in Get It Together.
- They were both members of the Yoga Club and the French Club.
- They both made their first appearances in Underneath It All (1).
- They both have been cheated on by Zig Novak.


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EDINBURGH's dream of building an internationally important opera house was dashed after civil servants dubbed blueprints an "expensive fiasco" waiting to happen, documents kept secret for 30 years have now revealed.
Just weeks after the Government gave its public backing to Edinburgh Corporation's designs for a 4.5 million opera house to be built in Castle Terrace, voices within the Scottish Office were already privately warning of a political disaster if it were followed through.
It had taken ten years for Edinburgh's opera house plans to be accepted - and just a few months for government civil servants to sow the seeds of doubt which eventually led to the whole idea being scrapped.
Now government records of the fiasco, released under the 30-year rule, finally show how claims by the scheme's official architect Sir William Kinninmonth that he was the victim of a "clever and unscrupulous" campaign by Scottish Office mandarins and city corporation officials to have him ousted and his vision scrapped, were not as far fetched and bitter as they may have seemed at the time.
The opera house deal between the government and the corporation was trumpeted in 1971 as a new dawn for Scottish culture and a watershed which would allow Edinburgh to take its rightful place among Europe's capital cities. Yet less than a year later the whole plan had collapsed in acrimony and allegation when revised costs surged to an estimated 12m.
Despite successive half-hearted attempts to revive the opera house dream, the events of 1972 were to prove a fatal blow to Edinburgh's dreams of a custom-built opera venue at the Castle Terrace site. Indeed, that site was to lie derelict for almost another 20 years and become notorious as the Edinburgh's own hole in the ground - an all too visible sign of failed ambition.
The papers show possibly one of the quickest disintegrations of Scottish Office policy ever seen - and the desperate desire of officialdom to extricate itself from a political pledge.
Throughout the 1960s the aspirations of Edinburgh's city leaders to build Scotland's first opera house - a building which would live up to the Capital's growing worldwide status as the home of the International Festival - had already taken on the air of a tragi-comedy. For years, visiting opera companies, lured by the prospect of performing at the ever-growing Festival, had put up with the only other barely appropriate venue, the King's. It was even labelled by one German company boss as "the worst theatre in the world for opera."
Sir William Kinninmonth, one of Scotland's most accomplished architects and President of the Royal Scottish Academy, had been taken on by city leaders as early as 1963 to work up plans for a suitable alternative in line with Edinburgh's growing status as a cultural mecca.
The opera house would be the first in Scotland, and the first in Britain in more than 50 years, and a site at Castle Terrace was finally pinpointed, close to the Usher Hall and Royal Lyceum Theatre.
Lord Provost Duncan Weatherstone thought he had reached an agreement with the government for its redevelopment in the late 1960s. The Synod Hall was demolished to make way for the Opera House, but still the deal never materialised.
Designs had been drawn and re-drawn and successive governments made positive noises over financial backing without actually formally pledging themselves to anything. In 1968, the then Labour arts minister Jennie Lee had given moral - if not financial - support.
But the intervening change of government spelled even more uncertainty.
It was after years of lobbying that Ted Heath's Scottish Secretary Gordon Campbell finally confirmed on the eve of the 25th International Festival in August 1971 that the government would "go halves" with Edinburgh Corporation in the 4.5m project for a 1400-seat venue.
The new opera house, to be followed by 1m revamp of the neighbouring Lyceum, was, said Provost of the time Sir James Mackay, "the finest birthday present that could have been given to the city".
But the secret papers reveal that just three months after the government had pledged to hand 2.25m to fund Sir William's design, voices of dissent were already emerging. Experts at the Scottish Office believed the scheme was already out of date and in danger of becoming a white elephant - while still on the drawing board.
In a harshly-worded joint memo dated November 12, 1971, both Bruce Beckett, chief architect at the Scottish Development Agency and BE Drake, chief surveyor at the Scottish Education Department, warned senior civil service colleagues of impending disaster.
"It is evident that Mr Kinninmonth has no knowledge of modern approaches to cost control and it is also clear that this difficult and complicated project lacks any system of project management whatsoever," they claimed.
"We are concerned that if the present policies are pursued there is every prospect of an expensive fiasco. Quite certainly the design which Mr Kinninmonth has produced is poorly planned, dull, pedestrian and totally unworthy of such a prestigious building and site.
"This view is also held by influential members of the lay and technical press who will ensure a great deal of embarrassment for the Secretary of State unless an alternative approach is adopted."
Not only did they believe Sir William's blueprints were hopelessly dated, but they feared his city-based firm Rowand, Anderson, Kinninmonth and Paul did not have enough staff for such a major undertaking.
Their view was privately backed by the city corporation's own official architect, Brian Annable, who briefed them continually on the progress of the scheme.
They advised getting rid of Sir William and opening up the whole scheme to a competition as well as appointing a project manager. But senior Scottish Office colleagues warned that it would cause severe embarrassment for everybody concerned if the government was to drop Sir William so quickly after the announcement.
Over the winter of 1971/72 various schemes to gently sideline Sir William were discussed, but still some experts counselled his complete removal.
In a gently worded letter to Lord Provost Sir James Mackay, the Scottish Office admitted the government "would welcome improvements and modifications" on Sir William's plans.
Meanwhile because of steadily mounting costs, the corporation decided to change the brief and instigate a fresh project amalgamating the Opera House and the Lyceum refurbishment. Whether this was simply a ruse to make sure there needed to be fresh architects' plans - and thus clear the way to get rid of Sir William - is not clear.
But the crunch came on August 11, 1972, when there was a meeting between the Scottish Office, city leaders and Sir William.
Mr Drake writes: "The Lord Provost invited Mr Kinninmonth to express any views he wished on the question of the selection of an architect for the [new and revised] project. There followed a lengthy whine punctuated by dark references to plots. I said that we had been surprised that Mr Kinninmonth had found it possible to produce drawings and models for a project for which a brief did not exist, and that furthermore informed opinion seemed almost unanimously to condemn the design offered as far below the standards required of such an important project."
But Sir William was not willing to leave the lucrative and prestigious contract without a fight.
Another memo dated August 17, 1972, penned by an un-named official states: "It seems plain enough that he [Sir William] is not willing to contemplate any voluntary withdrawal from the project."
The memo adds: "They [Edinburgh Corporation] cannot hope to escape criticism because they chose Sir William in the first place and they allowed him to proceed for a long time without a proper brief."
By August 28 the records were showing that Scottish Secretary Gordon Campbell was now recording his own misgivings. One memo between officials said that even then he had decided it would be better to face the adverse publicity of getting rid of Sir William than allowing him to continue. In the event no such hard political decision had to be made.
The real death knell for the opera house plans came in October when Mr Annable and colleagues within the Corporation's architects department reviewed the costs and discovered the price had been vastly underestimated.
Instead of a 4.5m opera house, they were looking at a bill for 12m. The revised cost of more than 6m for the opera house alone was 64 per cent higher than Sir William had estimated. The revised figure for architects fees was 1.2m - three times Sir William's first quoted figure. The architect responded immediately and very publicly.
On October 21 a bombshell letter from Sir William to the new Lord Provost Jack Kane was copied to grateful Scottish newspapers. In it, he complained he had been the victim of a "clever and unscrupulous" plot to have him ousted.
"I believe that under the cloak of anonymity and knowing that the final responsibility for appointment lies with the corporation, this reprehensible scheme originated in St Andrew's house," he wrote. "Although very considerable fees are at stake, the principles involved are more important. There is limit of professional humiliation beyond which neither I nor my partners are willing to go."
The combination of the massive rise in figures, combined with the suggestion of behind-the-scenes skullduggery proved to be the final act in the saga of Edinburgh's Opera House and Sir William's scheme was shelved. Later years saw limp attempts to have the dream revived but in 1976 the idea was finally put out of its misery when a 20m alternative was booted out.
Sir William Kinninmonth died in 1988, still hurt, says his son-in-law Richard Ewing, by the episode. "He always said there was a lot more to it than any of us knew at the time," he says.
As for the Castle Terrace hole in the ground, it remained there until the site was eventually put on the market in 1987 and developed by Scottish Metropolitan as Saltire Court office complex. The gap in the city's arts facilities was eventually filled by the Festival Theatre and Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
But Edinburgh's dream of a custom-built opera house, the jewel in the city's International Festival crown remains just that - a dream, that for some of those involved became a nightmare.
History in the making
THOUSANDS of documents and confidential minutes kept secret for 30 years and only now released reveal a fascinating snapshot of behind the scenes debate and discussions at the highest level.
And they cast light on official thinking over burning issues of the day - from British entry into the Common Market and its effect on Scottish fishermen to Scottish Office ministers' caution over the funding of Scotland's national football stadium at Hampden Park.
Even the right of Scottish sporting teams to fly the Saltire and play Scotland The Brave at international events was fought out between civil servants.
The records show Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath ran into fierce Cabinet resistance when he floated the idea of the Scottish economy benefiting directly from North Sea oil wealth.
Similar documents released to the Public Record Office in England reveal plans to forcibly expel hundreds of thousands of Catholics from Northern Ireland and redraw the border to create a Protestant-only province. Up to half a million people would have been forced to leave their homes in the establishment of what officials described as an "avowedly sectarian statelet".
Yet another paper reveals that Gerry Adams, the future Sinn Fein leader, made a surprisingly favourable impression when he met representatives of the government for the first time. He was polite, respectful and when he spoke to British government officials he addressed them as "sir".
Other documents show officials' concern over the Queen's visit to Nairobi in 1972 in which the royal motorcade resemembed a "nightmarish motor rally" with cars racing three abreast jockeying for positions.
Meanwhile, as Heath was being warned by police that his Tory government would face "great violence" and even deaths if it tried to use force to break the picket lines in the 1972 miners strike, other records shows that the Queen's private fortune was giving cause for concern.
"It is quite clear that, far from being "the richest woman in the world", the Queen is not, in terms of disposable assets, even the richest person in the UK," say the papers.
"Her 'private wealth' would form only a fraction of that disclosed recently in the courts as the collective assets of the Beatles."


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The Manager's Guide to Making Decisions About IS first focuses on big picture issues, such as hardware, software, and the Internet; strategic uses of IS; aligning IS with the business; types of applications; and inter-organizational systems. Gray then provides you with essential knowledge that will help you make informed decisions on big-ticket applications, including electronic commerce, enterprise requirements planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), data warehousing, knowledge management, and business intelligence. Finally, the Manager's Guide to Making Decisions About IS examines the IS issues that managers are currently facing in today's business, including outsourcing, systems integration, supply chain, people issues, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure, and privacy, security, and ethics.
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Chapter 2. The Big Picture: IT and Business.
Chapter 3. Electronic Commerce.
Chapter 4. Enterprise Requirements Planning.
Chapter 5. Data Warehousing.
Chapter 6. Customer Relationship Management.
Chapter 7. Knowledge Management.
Chapter 8. Business Intelligence.
Chapter 9. Outsourcing and Its Variations.
Chapter 10. Working Together: Systems Integration, Inter-Organizational Systems, Alliances, and Globalization.
Chapter 11. Is in Managing Business Operations: The Supply Chain.
Chapter 12. The Chief Information Officer, People Issues, Project Management, Change Management,
Chapter 13. Information Systems in Mergers and Acquistions.
Chapter 14. Work Systems and Infrastructure.
Chapter 15. Privacy, Security, Copyright, Patents, and Other Legal and Ethical Issues.
Appendix: The Computer Industry.
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow!
But tomorrow? Mostly sunny and 43°? I will be OUTTAHERE! I think I could actually be outtahere every day except Wednesday. Usually when the forecast calls for rain there's a little dry time – enough for a three- or four-miler, anyway.
Spring is taking her sweet time this year. Everyone I know is ready for winter to be done and dusted. I can't really say that March has come in like a lion, but she sure hasn't shown up like a lamb, either!
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The Raptors didn't have much of a training camp because the league tried to get things rolling as quickly as possible following the lockout.
Since then, days off have been scarce as well.
Now, almost exactly halfway through the condensed schedule, things have changed.
After all the zaniness the team has had to put up with (back-to-backs, seven games in nine nights and so on) the schedule-maker, that unnamed, humourless person or computer program is at it again. Monday was the third of four days off between games for Dwane Casey's squad, or, four times longer than their previous longest streak of non-game days. Thanks to the all-star break, following Wednesday's home tilt with Detroit, the squad will have another five days off before taking on Houston in Texas on Feb. 28. Unlike in past years, each player will have the full all-star break off, since Toronto is one of just four teams without a representative at the various events in Orlando — believed to be the first time that has happened in franchise history.
For Casey, who believes his team has slipped defensively due to a lack of practice time, this stretch is a long-awaited gift. Casey said he and his staff "cherish" these days.
The focus on Monday was performing better in big moments and closing out winnable contests, something the Raptors have had immense difficulty with so far this season.
"Our biggest bugaboo has been the execution the last two and a half minutes, especially the last three, four games," Casey explained.
"We didn't execute properly. Have to make sure we are on time, on target in those situations."
Not having leading scorer Andrea Bargnani — who will not play on Wednesday — has been a major reason why things have gone wrong down the stretch, along with the lack of a guard who can break down defences, an age-old problem in Raptor-land.
Even without those weapons, as always, Casey is looking for 48 solid minutes, after too often seeing invisible first quarters and poor finishes.
"I don't know if we've really put together four quality, big-time quarters," he said.
"Our job is to try to be consistent and for the most part what we've gotten is a lot of inconsistent play, some good, some bad."
Forward James Johnson took a more glass-half-full perspective.
"A lot of games we beat ourselves on fourth quarter execution. Really, we beat ourselves," Johnson said, repeating himself for emphasis.
"If we play a hard first quarter and finish games out, we're going to be a real tough team to beat."
Johnson feels the team is better than its 9-23 record and his coach believes strides have been taken in terms of stopping opponents.
"We have grown defensively. Guys know and understand that one of our identities is going to be a defensive identity," Casey said.
After finishing 2011-12 a league-worst 30th with a defensive rating (points allowed per 100 possessions) of 112.7, Toronto has vaulted up to 17th (104.0).
Minus Bargnani and at times Linas Kleiza and Jerryd Bayless (both expected to play against Detroit), Toronto's offensive rating has plummeted to 97.9, better than only two teams (compared to a 21st rating of 105.9 a season ago).
Those numbers will improve whenever Bargnani returns, but it is unclear just when that date might be.
In the meantime, his teammates will get in some crucial time on the practice court and an equally precious recuperation period.
"It's well needed, we work our bodies down to the dirt," Johnson said.
"You can lift (weights) all you want, but at the end of the day, you're still going to need a break sometime."
Perhaps nobody needs one more than Bayless, who has battled ankle issues for weeks.
What will the Arizona native be doing between the Detroit and Houston tilts?
"Sit down, relax ... I'm not doing nothing," Bayless said.
He better enjoy the rest, because things will return to normal shortly.
The Raptors end February and kick off March with four games in five nights.


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Patients who received the original version of Edwards Lifesciences Corp's non-invasive heart valve replacement system had a nearly identical death rate after three years as those who had open-heart surgery, with no increased risk of stroke, according to results from a clinical trial.
The data, presented on Monday at the American College of Cardiology scientific meeting in San Francisco, should provide doctors with some reassurance about the durability of the Edwards transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), known as Sapien.
Three years after implantation, the death rates for any reason in high-risk patients deemed eligible for surgery was nearly identical at 44.2 percent for Sapien and 44.8 percent for those who got new valves via standard open-heart surgery.
Heart related death rates also mirrored each other at three years - 30.1 percent for Sapien versus 30.2 percent for surgery.
"It gives me a level of comfort that ... the late mortality is largely associated not with the device implanted, but with the intrinsic patient co-morbidities," said Dr. Martin Leon, a co-lead investigator of the trial.
TAVR allow surgeons to replace diseased heart valves by threading the new valve into place through an artery, sparing patients the chest cracking, open-heart surgery. The Sapien and newer generations of the valve system is widely considered to be Edwards' most important product line.
Because it is relatively new and there were concerns about a high number of strokes seen shortly after the procedure early in the 699-patient study, the big unanswered questions around Sapien were how it would hold up long after implantation and whether a higher stroke rate would persist after 30 days.
The three-year follow-up data should help to answer those questions.
"There seems to be no structural deterioration thus far," said Dr. Vinod Thourani, co-lead researcher of the Partner study, who presented the findings at the meeting.
The stroke data was also encouraging. At three years, the Sapien stroke rate was 8.2 percent compared with 9.3 percent for the surgical group.
The stroke rate with Sapien had been higher at two years. But between two and three years there were nine strokes in the surgical arm and only one in the Sapien arm.
"So whatever early tendency that was observed that indicated a higher stroke frequency with TAVR has been more than negated with the late follow-up," Leon, director of the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, said in an interview.
"The main message is there really is no constant hazard related to TAVR that suggests that stroke rates will be higher over time," said Leon, who earlier at the meeting presented data that compared a newer, smaller and easier-to-use version of the Sapien already available in Europe with the original.
A problem of blood leakage around the valve was overwhelmingly higher with Sapien than with the surgical group, researchers said.
Thourani, co-director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, said even mild leakage is associated with higher death rates after valve replacement.
However, Leon said, "If you look at sub group of patients who had none or trace valvular leak, they had an extraordinarily low mortality - half that of surgery."
Edwards is attempting to address the problem with newer valves in its developmental pipeline that include a skirt or cuff around the valve designed to prevent leakage.
The Sapien, which has been supplanted in Europe and elsewhere by the newer Sapien XT, was first approved in the United States in late 2011, only for patients considered too frail to survive open-heart surgery. That was expanded last autumn for a wider group of high-risk patients of the type included in this study.
But for U.S. approval to be expanded into younger and lower-risk patients, Edwards much continue to demonstrate the long-term safety and durability of the system.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked for five years of follow-up data and Edwards plans to follow these patients forever, Leon explained.
Of the latest findings, Leon said: "From as much as you can determine from an additional year of follow-up, these are all encouraging signs."


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Molly Sims has been rather candid about how tough it is to lose weight post-baby, but it seems now she is ready to show off the result of her hard work. The model mama shared a photo of her bikini body while she enjoyed a baby-free getaway with girlfriends.
"Finally bikini ready & pulling out those @SI_Swimsuit poses, just in time for my bestie Lauren Kucerak's big bday!" Sims tweeted along with a picture of her impressive body just seven months after the birth of her son, Brooks.
Yet, it was only last week that the Hollywood mom was bemoaning the pressure to look thin after baby. In fact, Sims joked she was jealous of stars like Claire Danes who seem to spring back into shape right after giving birth.
For Sims, the road to her bikini body has been a little longer. She has admitted to following a strict diet and exercise plan to shed the 65 pounds she packed on while carrying Brooks. Still, seven months is no time at all for the average mom when it comes to fitting back into her pre-pregnancy jeans!
Luckily, Molly Sims seemed to be focusing on enjoying her vacation rather than obsessing over any final pounds she is looking to lose. "Girls weekend, so fun! Love the sun. Love the beach," the model tweeted while soaking up some sun with some pals.
Still, Sims confessed that saying goodbye to her little guy was no easy task, despite the fact that a girls' weekend may have been just what she needed. "Leaving Brooks for the first time ever for a girls weekend. So, so, so sad!" the star mom shared via Twitter en route to her getaway.
Here's hoping the reunion with Brooks was beyond sweet!
Should Sims stop being so hard on herself for not having the perfect body so soon after baby?
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Danger Den Maze 5 GPU waterblock ReviewPerformance »
The water block
The water block is quite large (Danger Den also offers a low-profile version), utilizes a copper base with a Delrin/Acetal top. This is an ideal combination that prevents corrosion, as well as keeping the total weight of the block down. The top is beautifully machined with a "DD" logo engraved into it. On two sides of the block, a "Warranty void if removed" sticker is present. This does not refer to the complete refund warranty, but to the fact that the block has been leak tested before it left the factory.
The bottom of the water block has several features. First, four big screws that hold the block together can be seen. Next, the area that makes direct contact with the core is raised above the level of its surroundings and is lapped (the rest of the copper is rough). Lastly, several holes are present for the mounting mechanism.
InstallationAt first, I was going to install the block on a GeForce 6800 Ultra, but because I had done previous testing on a Radeon X800 GT, I decided to use that instead.
As the very first step, I removed the original heatsink from the X800GT, and cleaned up the thermal paste. I also removed the cellotape protecting the base of the block, and cleaned that too.
Next, I screwed the threaded rods into the block. I tightened them by hand, and then using a pair of pliers. I applied a thin layer of Arctic Silver Ceramique to the Radeon X800GT core. Lastly, I slid the block onto the core, clamped it down with the provided springs and nuts.
The mounting mechanism used is a very good one. As you can see from the pictures, I decided to reverse the brace. I did this just to make sure that it would not prevent the card from being fully inserted into the PCI-E slot.
I had to integrate the GPU block into my water cooling loop. Since my water cooling setup uses 3/8" tubing, I had to muscle it onto the ½" barbs. With everything in place, I filled the system, let it bleed, and observed it for 24 hours to check for leaks.


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Youk won't appeal five-game suspension
Discipline stems from benches-clearing fracas on Tuesday
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
Youkilis, who charged the mound after being hit in the back by a Rick Porcello pitch in the second inning of Tuesday's game, began his punishment on Wednesday, just hours after the discipline had been handed down.
The star corner infielder is eligible to return on Aug. 18, when the Sox open a three-game series at Toronto. By appealing, Youkilis could have risked missing some more crucial games down the stretch, particularly when Boston hosts the Yankees for a three-game set that starts on Aug. 21.
"I think we just decided to take our medicine and move on," said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. "We seem to be healthy right now. There's always the idea that you could get it reduced. There's also the idea that it could come at a worse time. So take our medicine and do the best we can and move on."
The Red Sox have Mike Lowell, Victor Martinez and Casey Kotchman available in the corner infield. Lowell has been on fire of late, so he figures to get more at-bats while Youkilis is out of the mix.
"Basically I left everything in the hands of Tito and the front office and all them, and whatever they thought was best for the team is good for me," said Youkilis.
Did he think five games was a fair punishment?
"I don't really have an opinion on it," Youkilis said. "It is what it is and you just have to move forward, and hopefully the next couple of days will be quick."
Porcello also got a five-game suspension, and he dropped his appeal as well.
Youkilis had never charged the mound before in his career. But in this case, after the Tigers hit him Monday and again on Tuesday, he felt like there was intent.
"I don't have any regrets, other than like I said before, about the kids -- the kids I work with and my charity and stuff like that," said Youkilis. "[I was] just telling them that it's not the right thing to do. There comes a point in your life when people don't do things in the right manner, then you get kind of fed up with it and you have to do what you have to do in life to protect yourself. I take one ball off the eye or anything like that and my career could be over, and I take a lot of pride in this career."
Youkilis is hitting .311 with 20 homers and 66 RBIs.
MLB also announced that Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson has been fined for his "aggressive actions" during the incident.
According to the MLB release, Porcello's suspension is for "intentionally throwing pitches" at Boston's Victor Martinez and Youkilis, who was suspended for "charging the mound, throwing his helmet at Porcello and inciting the bench-clearing incident."
Tensions were high early in Tuesday's game when Miguel Cabrera was struck in the left hand by a pitch from first-time Red Sox starter Junichi Tazawa.
Porcello threw a pitch up and in to Martinez in the bottom half of the first, which Martinez made clear he didn't appreciate. Cabrera would leave the game during his second at-bat in the second inning with pain in his left hand.
Porcello hit Youkilis with a pitch in the bottom half of the inning.
Youkilis immediately charged the mound and threw his helmet toward Porcello. Youkilis and Porcello then dragged each other to the ground. From there, both benches and bullpens emptied in a game the Red Sox went on to win, 7-5. Afterward, Porcello denied throwing at the Red Sox's slugger intentionally.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hey Folks. This we we have Erik Carl riding into the Misdirected Mark on the most marvelous Prismatic Tsunami to chat with us about his convention Tsunami Con and character development in games in our workshop, don't mind the bloody chains in the corner. So I hope you enjoy this longer show and let us know what you're thinking and feeling. I meant about the show. If you want to tell us how you're feeling and what you're just thinking in general feel free. We might even give our thoughts on your feelings.
Show Notes
1:27 – Intro – Erik Carl from Metagamers Anonymous and Prismatic Tsunami
10:55 – Bar
- Q2 Sales Numbers: A New Robot's In Town
- Minion's of the Source and Return of Dragons
- If you'd like to become a sponsor of the show you can check out our Rate Sheet at misdirectedmark.com.
- Under the hood for Steamscapes
- BobCon 2014
Rapid Fires
- A Game as a Literary Tutorial
- Mad Wizard Merwin talks about Breaking D&D
- Corporia PDF Pay What You Want on DriveThruRPG until Aug 11.
23:28 – TsunamiCon 2014
55:53 – Gameroom
- Zeitgeist
- Sentinels of The Multiverse Enhanced Card Game (2nd Edition)
- Once Upon A Time, 3rd Edition
- The Hood
- Savage Elhal
- Lords of Waterdeep
- Fiasco – Channel 6
- CoD – Modern Warfare 2
- Star Realms
- Minecraft – Xbox 360
1:17:17 – Workshop – GMing Character Development scenes
1:59:33 – Geekery
Captain Carl's Tuesday Night Blues Band
Weird Al – Word Crimes


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Man Utd boss Louis Van Gaal poised to make £17m offer for Dutch international Daley Blind
MANCHESTER UNITED are preparing to offer Ajax £17m for Dutch international Daley Blind.
According to Italian sources, Louis Van Gaal is ready to step up his interest in the versatile 24-year-old, and make Blind his third significant signing of the summer.
In light of the breaking news, it is no wonder that Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward has left the tour of America to supervise transfer proceedings.
The Red Devils have frequently been linked with Dutch internationals, Memphis Depay and Arjen Robben to name a few - however it is Blind who is now most likely to arrive at Old Trafford.
Blind's versatility makes him an ideal candidate for Van Gaal to acquire, especially considering the departures of left-backs Alexander Büttner and Patrice Evra.
He will either battle United's £30m starlet Luke Shaw for a starting spot, or be deployed as a defensive midfielder.
The 24-year-old has been a key figure in helping Ajax win their fourth consecutive domestic league title, and has received universal plaudits for his performances at the World Cup.
He was named the Dutch Footballer of the Year 2014 - an award won by his legendary father Danny Blind, as well as a host of illustrious names including Luis Suarez, Wilfried Bony and Jaap Stam.
Manchester United fans are likely to be pleased with the signing of Blind, however many still yearn for a marquee signing in the shape of Arturo Vidal, Angel Di Maria, Kevin Strootman or Sami Khedira.


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'Sounds of Christmas' multi-chorus concert
The St. Croix Valley barbershop chorus The "Croix Chordsmen" is combining with the Vallee de Croix chorus for the groups' 12th annual Christmas Concert on Dec. 6.
A 2 p.m. performance in Stillwater has reportedly already sold out.
A second performance will be held at Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Oakdale at 7:30 p.m.
Purchasing tickets in advance is recommended.
Tickets are $ 9 in advance or $12 at the door. For a limited time, group tickets rates for 20 or more are $7 each.
For tickets or more information, call (651) 439-4527 or visit www.stcroixvalleychapter.com.


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