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Author's Notes: When I first got the idea for a sequel for Wrong Place, Wrong Time, it was going to be just to have Stella and Brady get married. Then it kind of branched out to the case fic with the wedding in the background. Now with the case solved, the wedding festivities I originally planned can commence. Portions of this chapter were inspired by getting to watch some late season 3 episodes this week on Spike. I'm sure you'll catch the references. Probably two or three more chapters to get the nuptials complete. Hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: CBS, Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, and Ann Donahue own all rights to the characters and premise of the show. I am making no money off this story and it is for entertainment purposes only. However, this particular story is my creation and should not be used without my express written permission.
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Chapter 22
Lindsay stood in the middle of the visitor area of the airport, straining to see over the heads of everyone gathered around. She cursed, not for the first time, her small stature as she watched for the arrival of her dearest friend. She'd checked the board several times and she knew Stella and Brady's plane had landed twenty minutes earlier. How long did it take to retrieve bags from the baggage claim and make your way up? She looked down at her phone to make sure she hadn't missed them somehow.
"Lindsay!" The familiar voice cut over the buzz of chatter in the airport causing Lindsay's head to snap up and a wide smile to overspread her features. Stella practically threw a large garment bag at the handsome man beside her and ran the rest of the way to hug her dearest friend.
After enthusiastic greetings between the two women, Lindsay finally released her hold on Stella and turned to Brady. She hugged him warmly as well. "Welcome to New York, Brady."
"Glad to be here. Where are Danny and Lucy?"
"At the house. I should warn both of you that as soon as everyone at the lab discovered the two of you were coming in this afternoon, plans were made. I hope the two of you aren't worn out from the flight because you'll maybe get a couple of hours to rest before everyone starts dropping by."
"I wouldn't want it any other way." Stella assured her friend. She took the garment bag back from Brady since his hands were full pulling their other luggage and then linked arms with Lindsay as they headed out of the airport. "I can't wait to see your house. From the pictures you sent me it sounds like a dream."
"It is." Lindsay agreed. "Some days I come home from the lab and I just look around and can't believe that it's actually ours. I don't think I loved the house I grew up in as much as I do this one. It's perfect for us."
"Are you sure it's not an imposition having Stella and I stay with the three of you until the wedding?" Brady probed gently. "We appreciate it, believe me, but we don't want to put you and Danny out."
Lindsay rolled her eyes. "Please, our feelings would be hurt if you didn't stay with us. Everything is all set up. Now, no more talk about being an imposition. Got it?"
"Yes, Ma'am; not another word about it." Brady leaned over and kissed Stella's cheek as they walked.
It didn't take long to load their luggage in the back of the Avalanche. Lindsay looked at the garment bad that Stella carefully placed in the back. "Are those our dresses? I can't wait to see what you picked out for my maid of honor dress. I've been going crazy with curiosity. I know you sent me the link for the dress but a picture can't do it justice. Can I take a quick peek?"
"NO!" Stella almost shouted stepping between Lindsay and the garment bag. Lindsay gave her an odd look and the older woman quickly explained. "I want it to be a surprise. Besides, Brady's been trying to sneak a peek at my wedding gown and you know it's bad luck for him to see it before the wedding."
Still curious but satisfied with the answer, Lindsay let the matter drop - at least momentarily. Once everyone was buckled in, she pulled the truck from its space and headed out of the airport garage. As Lindsay drove, Stella pointed out different sights to Brady, feeling as if she'd never left. The atmosphere inside the vehicle was relaxed, friendly, and bordering on noisy. So noisy in fact that Lindsay almost didn't hear her phone beep with an incoming text message.
Almost as if no time had passed since the two had ridden together to a crime scene, Stella reached over and retrieved Lindsay's cell phone. She read the message, not trying to be nosey but knowing Lindsay couldn't do so while driving. She smiled. "It's from Danny. He says there is an 'egg-mergency' at home."
Lindsay smiled as well. "He and Lucy were going to make cupcakes for tonight while I was picking the two of you up. It was a consolation prize since Lucy wasn't going with me. Apparently the eggs didn't survive the attempt. If you don't mind, I'll stop at the bodega and pick up a carton on the way."
"Go ahead. I really hope you aren't going to too much trouble." Stella insisted but knowing it was a battle she had no chance of winning.
"Are you kidding? Now that we've got a full size kitchen I'm discovering I secretly married a cross between Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay, and Betty Crocker. Who knew?"
A few minutes later, Lindsay pulled into a space right in front of the corner store and promised to be right back. Brady unbuckled his seat belt and leaned forward to kiss Stella. "Have I told you lately how much I love you Ms. Bonasera?
She returned his kiss with one of her own. "Not since we arrived in New York. I love you too, Mr. McWilliams. Have I told you how much I'm looking forward to being your wife?"
Brady grinned back at her. "Not since we arrived in New York. You've missed being here; I can tell. You're happy to be back here, aren't you?"
Stella nodded. "Yeah, I've missed being here; missed my friends but I wouldn't trade it for what I have now. I love my life in New Orleans. I love my life with you. I'm happy to be here but only because you are here with me."
They kissed again. Brady pulled back slightly, caressing Stella's cheek with his finger. "I'm sure it helps you to see Lindsay so happy. I know how much you've worried about her."
"She was getting back to herself when the attacks against the department happened. It's been weeks but I know everyone is still trying to deal with the emotional aftermath. I was afraid it was going to send her right back to that dark place she was in after the kidnapping. She sounded better but I couldn't be sure. I guess I worried about nothing. She's seems happy and centered."
"I know. It's amazing really. She's not the same woman she was when she and Danny came to visit in New Orleans."
"She's Lindsay again. The same Lindsay she was before the kidnapping. I'm sure she still has moments but it's like it never happened."
Brady took a glance to the back of the vehicle where their bags, especially the garment bag that held the dresses for the wedding, currently resided. "What do you think she's going to say when she sees her dress for the wedding?"
"She's going to flip her lid but she'll love it."
Lindsay emerged from the store and Brady sat back and refastened his seat belt. She set the bag to one side and looked at her two friends. "Sorry, there was a line. Apparently there's been a rash of 'egg-mergencies' tonight. Let's get you two to the house."
As soon as she turned into the driveway, the front door of the house opened and both Lucy and Danny stepped out on the front porch. The youngest Messer was jumping up and down in excitement, an excitement that was apparently shared by Stella who had her seatbelt off and door open before Lindsay could even put the Avalanche in park.
"Aunt Stella!" They met halfway and Stella scooped Lucy into her arms for welcoming hugs and kisses. It was an even noisier reunion than the one she had shared with Lindsay earlier at the airport.
"I think they are happy to see each other." Lindsay comment wryly as she opened the back of the truck to help Brady get the luggage out. Brady laughed and shook his head.
"I know she loves being in charge of the crime lab in New Orleans and I know she loves being with me but seeing how much she misses everyone here makes me wonder sometimes if she'd be happier if we moved here. It would be hard but I'd do it if it was what she wanted."
Lindsay reached over and squeezed his arm. "Whenever I go visit my family in Montana, my reactions are much more extreme than Stella's. However, as much as I miss everyone there and am glad to see them, it's not home any more. Even if Danny and Lucy agreed to move back there with me, I wouldn't go. Montana is my past and for the most part a great past but New York is my present and it's my future. It's the same way with Stella. Don't worry about her, Brady."
Brady ducked his head a little. "She pretty much told me the same thing while you were buying the eggs. I just want the very best for her. She's that important to me."
"You are the very best for her." Lindsay assured him. "Trust me, she wouldn't be marrying you if she didn't think so and those of us who love her here wouldn't be supporting the marriage if we didn't think so. Now, let's get your stuff inside; Lucy is going to want to greet her Uncle Brady next. Want me to carry the garment bag?"
Brady shook his head. "Not a chance. Stella would have my hide if she thought I was giving you a chance to take a peek."
"How about I help with the luggage and you, my beautiful wife, can see if you can extract our daughter from Stella." Danny greeted his wife with a kiss and then shook Brady's hand. "Good to see ya again.. Those two might be sayin' their hello's for another hour if we don't do something. Lucy is the only person I know of that can talk to Stella longer than Linds can without saying anything at all." He laughed as Lindsay swatted his arm but proceeded to get the luggage out of the truck.
As Brady followed the married couple up the walk, Lucy did break free of Stella as soon as she saw him. She launched herself at his legs hugging him tightly. "U'nca Brady, you came too?"
Releasing the luggage, he knelt down to her level and gave her a proper hug. "Of course I did, Miss Lucy. Couldn't let Stella come all the way to New York to see you by herself."
Lucy looked behind him. "Where's Roscoe?"
Roscoe was Brady's German Shepherd whom Lucy had fallen head over heels in love with when the small family had visited Stella in New Orleans. Brady ruffled her hair slightly. "Roscoe had to stay back in New Orleans to take care of the house. Besides, I hear you have a puppy of your own. Think you can introduce me to her?"
With the chance to introduce the newcomers to the fourth member of the Messer family, Lucy led the way into the house. The next few minutes were spent with Stella and Brady appropriately oohing and ahhing over Reese's. Then Danny was able to lure Lucy away with the reminder of making cupcakes now that Lindsay had brought more eggs. The toddler happily skipped her way to the kitchen for a thorough hand washing before cooking. Lindsay offered to give Stella and Brady the tour of the house.
After looking at the upstairs and the main floor, Stella turned to Lindsay. "This place is perfect for the three of you. And any more of you that comes along. And for such a reasonable price."
Lindsay smiled as she started to lead them to the basement to show them Danny's pride and joy. "Well, there are a lot of updates the house needs but nothing that we felt was truly pressing. So when we got the home loan we factored in those expenses but decided to use the extra money on some splurges instead of some of the less necessary updates. I gave Danny free reign to do whatever he wanted to the basement. I should warn you, Brady; your bachelor party will be held down there because it is the team's newest favorite hangout. Stella, Jo and I are taking you out on the town for your bachelorette party the same night."
"As long as I don't have to get John McEnroe to lick a lifesaver off a necklace and then ask him to buy me a condom, I'm okay with that."
Brady looked confused and a little horrified at the notion but the two girls just laughed remembering the crime scene that had vexed them all those years ago. Lindsay had almost completely forgotten about that case as so much had been going on at that time like her burgeoning relationship with Danny. "I promise we will not do anything that will cause your husband to be to be impaled on a condom machine.
Brady shook his head. "This conversation is getting a little to weird and way too painful sounding to me. Maybe I should go up and help Danny and Lucy make cupcakes."
Stella looped her arm around his waist and held him in place. "No way. Sounds like Danny's man cave might become your favorite room as well. You should see it."
Lindsay led the rest of the way down the stairs to the basement, flipping on a light as she did. The three adults stood at the base of the stairs, Lindsay with a proud smile on her lips as she saw the surprise and admiration on Stella's and Brady's.
One corner of the room was a large entertainment center complete with a large screen tv - much larger than the one upstairs in the living room. Several old couches that looked very comfortable for watching the game or whatever else might be going on. Behind that was a set-up for an in-home bar. Stella pointed out one piece of equipment that was proudly displayed on the back counter.
"Is that a kegerator?"
Lindsay nodded. "Triple tap. Danny figured why give Sullivan's all our money when we could have our own set-up right here at the house. Danny's gotten quite good at the bartending duties since we've moved in. If he ever needs to moonlight or quit the crime lab, he's got a second career all lined up."
Stella scanned the rest of the room. With the exception of the comfortable couches she did feel like she'd walked right into a sports bar. There was a dart board on one wall and on the other side of the room, a pool table. She smiled. "Danny got a new pool table. That's great. I know how much he hated to get rid of the one he had when the two of you got married."
Lindsay smiled softly. To the normal eye, it did look just like any other pool table, no different than any of the thousands of other pool tables in the city. However, Lindsay had recognized right away that this was no ordinary pool table. For a moment she allowed herself to be swept back to the memory of the day, right as they were moving into their new home, that Danny had showed her his surprise.
Lindsay sank into the living room couch wearily. It had been a long day of hauling boxes from the apartment to the house and then unpacking them. It had helped that all of their friends had been there to help. Mac had even given Sheldon and Jo who were technically on duty to help out provided they didn't pull a crime scene. The work had been hard but at long last everything that had once resided in their apartment was now in the house even if there were still more boxes that needed to be unpacked. Danny sat down next to her and pulled her close. She burrowed her head into his inviting chest.
"I'm glad to have had the help today cause I really don't know how we would have gotten everything done that we did." She admitted softly, her eyes were half-closed and the rhythmic sound of Danny's heart beat under her ear was quickly lulling her into an exhausted sleep.
"I hear a but in there. Babe, it's only eight o'clock. You aren't flaking out on me already are you?"
"Just resting my eyes." Lindsay argued then continued. "But I'm glad they didn't want to stick around tonight after the pizza ran out. I want everyone to feel welcomed here and it's going to be great having the space to entertain but I'm not feeling it tonight."
"To be fair, you are still recovering from what happened." Danny lightly raked his fingernails up and down Lindsay's arm not really wanting to relax her further into sleep but unable to keep his hands off his beautiful wife. She sighed contentedly.
"So are you. How's your back?"
"It's fine. None of the guys would let me even think about lifting any box heavier than ten pounds. I have a surprise for you."
Her eyes opened and she sat up, thoughts of sleep disappearing. "What kind of surprise? We've been so busy with the move you haven't had time to do anything but pack boxes."
Danny grinned, looking boyish and eager. "It's downstairs in the game room. Can I show you?"
The game room was probably the one room she hadn't been in at all that day. Now, looking back she wondered if that had been by design rather than accident. She shook her head confused. "A surprise for me? In the game room?"
Danny nodded and stood, holding his hand out to help her up. She let him pull her up and then lead her to the narrow staircase that led down to the basement. At the top of the stairs though, Danny stopped her and held up a black sleep mask one she hadn't seen since their early days of dating and he'd made a game of surprising her with things. "Can I? I don't want you to see it until I'm ready."
She trusted him with all of her heart. She knew he would never hurt her. In the past whenever he'd put the blindfold on her, it had led to some wonderful surprise or very pleasurable experience. But despite knowing all of that, her heart beat quickened and her breath caught in her throat at the thought of putting on a blindfold. Danny immediately sensed the change in her and tossed the sleep mask aside and pulled her close. "Aw Babe. I'm sorry I didn't think. Dammit."
Lindsay let him hold her for just a moment and then rose on her tiptoes to kiss him. "It's okay. Just one of those things. How about I promise to close my eyes instead? Once we get to the bottom of the stairs though. I know you would never let me fall but those stairs are so narrow you'd have to be behind me."
"Agreed." Danny instead led the way stopping on the bottom step to look back at Lindsay. "Okay, eyes closed, Babe." Satisfied that her eyes were closed he led her the rest of the way into the room. He wrapped his arms around her waist as he guided her into position. "Open your eyes, Montana."
She did and was surprised to see the pool table. She didn't have to ask to know that it was the same one that had once resided in a prominent place in Danny's apartment. But how had he gotten it back? In the days she'd spent in Montana after her surprise wedding to Danny, the task of packing up and moving his stuff to her apartment which was slightly bigger had fallen to him. She hated that he was having to sell the pool table because it meant so much to the both of them but it just didn't make sense to keep it with a baby on the way. She twisted and looked at him.
"How? You said you had a guy ready to buy it while I was in Montana."
He nodded. "I did. I even showed it to him. He was a nice kid; reminded me of myself when I first bought the table. I could imagine him and his buddies gathered around it, drinking beer, making bets, talking about girls. Everything I used to do. I couldn't sell it to him. Couldn't stand the idea that other guys would play pool on the same surface where I first made love to you. So I told him I changed my mind about selling; turned down better offer after better offer until he finally realized I wasn't haggling for a bigger price. Then I asked Ma and Pop if I could store it at their house along with my bike."
He laughed self-depreciatingly. "Ma accused me of trying to hang on to my bachelorhood days. I let her think she was right; couldn't exactly tell her what we'd done on the table. I mean you were big-as-a-house pregnant…" he dodged her sudden swat and continued. "So Ma kind of knew we'd you know…"
"Had sex? Admit it, you can't say sex within fifty words of mentioning your mom."
He blushed slightly. "So, can you?" Lindsay laughed but didn't deny it. "Are you mad? That I kept it?"
Lindsay kissed him once more. "Are you kidding me? I felt so bad that you were selling it. I wanted to tell you that we'd figure out a way to keep it but I didn't see how it would fit in our apartment with all the baby stuff. I didn't say anything because I figured you think I was just being silly and sentimental."
"You silly and sentimental? Never." He pulled her closer, his arms wrapped securely around her waist as she clasped her own hands behind his neck. "So Lucy is with my parents all night and the gang won't be back until late tomorrow morning to help us finish unpacking. What do you say we play a round or two."
Lindsay pulled Danny's head closer so that she could kiss him deeply. Then she started stepping backward, pulling him closer and closer to the pool table. Danny was almost instantly transported back to that night in his apartment, the night he finally discovered how wonderful loving Lindsay could be. Her hair was shorter and being a mom had rounded out all her curves in just the right places making her sexier than ever and they were both as sober as could be. But everything else seemed the same. The look in her eyes mirrored the lustful look she'd given him that night all those years ago. The way she almost seductively chewed at her bottom lip had him fully aroused. As her rear end bumped into the table, she rose up on her tip toes to nibble at his ear lobe. "I'd love to play around with you, Mr. Messer."
Danny obligingly lifted her up to sit on the edge of the pool table, his hands untucking her shirt from her waistband. His mouth blazed a trail from the top of her jawbone down to her slender neck. "I thought you were tired."
"We can sleep later. The pool table makes a pretty good bed."
The young mother jumped slightly as Stella's voice drew her back to the present. She blushed slightly. "Sorry."
Stella gave her arm a squeeze. "It's okay. I'm not sure where you went but it definitely seemed like a happy place. I hated to interrupt whatever you were remembering but Danny called down to say the gang was arriving. Brady's already headed back upstairs."
"Danny's really in his element, isn't he?" Stella commented an hour later as everyone gathered in the backyard. Danny was holding court around the grill, a housewarming gift that everyone in the lab had contributed to, demonstrating to the guys his best grilling techniques.
"I'm not going to complain," Lindsay answered. "At this rate, I may never have to cook again." The doorbell chimed and Lindsay rose from her spot at the patio table that had been left behind by Mrs. Goldberg when she moved. "Let me get that. It's probably Jo. She's about the only one who still rings the bell when everyone gathers here."
Stella watched her friend go and then looked back out across the yard. Danny was busy at the grill and Lucy was on the other side of the yard having talked Brady into trying to teach Reese's how to fetch. She was taken back to the first day her friends had arrived n New Orleans and she and Lindsay had talked about just this very moment.
The sliding door leading out to the back yard slid open and Danny stepped back in. Lucy's laughter could be heard as she ran around the backyard playing with toys that Stella had also borrowed from her friend at work. "The grill is finally hot enough. You got the steaks ready?"
Stella nodded and started to get up but Danny waved her back to her seat and retrieved the meat from the kitchen before returning to the porch. Once the door slid shut again, Stella looked out to where he was carefully putting the steaks on the grill. "I feel bad. You three are my guests and he's out there cooking supper. I'm going to go take over."
Lindsay smiled and shook her head grabbing Stella's arm keeping her to her seat. "Don't you dare. Danny's feelings would be horribly hurt if you did. The only time he gets to grill is when we go to his parents house and he manages to wrestle grill duties away from his dad. Want to talk about fun fights to watch? Danny has made me promise that if we ever decide to buy a house, the first thing we have to buy for it is a grill. I'm all for it because I may never have to cook again."
It was times like this that Stella missed being in New York the most. "Are the two of you seriously considering getting a house? I know how much you both love being in the heart of the city."
Lindsay shrugged. "Maybe one day. Lucy would love having a backyard to play in all the time. Danny really wants us to have another baby and despite some of the not so great parts of pregnancy and labor I would too. However another child would mean we would need more room and a small house would make more sense than trying to find a bigger apartment. Sometimes looking into getting a house makes a lot of sense."
Stella knew her friend well even if she had been away for awhile. "I'm sensing a but in there."
"I don't want every emotional event of my adult life to mean a move. I get my dream job and I have to leave Montana to move to New York. When I got pregnant with Lucy and Danny and I decided to move in together we moved into a bigger apartment. Then Shane Casey breaks into that apartment and threatens my husband and daughter and once again, another move. Even if what happened to me didn't prompt the move to a house, I think I need more time to get past it before I seriously consider another move. Otherwise I'm afraid I'll always connect the house with the kidnapping and rape. Does that sound bad?"
"Not at all." Stella assured her. "Trust me, I know all about those emotional necessary moves. After what happened with Frankie there was no way I could stay in that apartment. It devastated me when I had to find a new place to live when that apartment was destroyed by the fire. When I moved here, the idea of finding a new place to live was terrifying. I didn't want to settle for the first thing that came along because I was in some sort of hurry to find something. I put my stuff in storage and got an extended stay suite for a month where I could look at my leisure. I felt really good when I found this townhouse. I was amazed that I was able to find something this big with a backyard for less than half of what I was paying in New York."
Lindsay's eyes bugged out. "Less than half? If I thought I could ever get Danny to agree to leave New York, I'd ask if you had openings in your lab for both us and we'd move in a heartbeat. This place is great."
With Danny's help with the door, Lucy came running into the living room and threw herself into her mother's lap. Her face was red from the exertion of playing and her little chest was fairly pounding from the humidity she wasn't used to. Stella pushed a couple of tendrils of her sweat laden hair out of the little girls eyes. "You having fun out there, Lucy?"
Lucy nodded and looked up at her mother. "I thirsy, Mommy. It's hot out there."
Laughing Stella got up to fix her something cold to drink. She gave the cup to Lucy who drank half of it in one long swallow. Then the little girl looked at Stella. "Aunt Stella, your yard needs a doggie."
Lindsay laughed. "Better watch it Stel, she'll have you talked into one before we leave if you give her half a chance. A grill is on the top of Danny's list for a house and a d-o-g is on the top of Lucy's."
Lucy drained her cup and then ran back outside to play some more. Stella waited until the door closed behind the little girl before turning her attention back to her friend. "So a grill for Danny and a pet for Lucy. What's on the top of your list?"
"Are you kidding? I have the absolute best husband in the whole wide world and a little girl who makes my heart almost burst with love every single day. Getting to come home to them is the only thing on my list."
It seemed like all their dreams were finally coming true. Stella couldn't help but think there was no family more deserving. The back door opened and Jo Danville stepped out. Stella rose and greeted the woman she'd become friends with while Lindsay was recovering from the kidnapping. Jo took a seat at the table. "Okay, I want to see the rock and the fiancé."
Obligingly, Stella held out her left hand. Jo gushed over the ring and then scanned the backyard for the unfamiliar face. She nodded toward the ring. "I approve." Then she nodded toward where Brady had given up trying to teach Reese's to catch and had allowed Lucy and the dog to tackle him to the ground. "And I definitely approve."
Stella looked back toward the house. "Where's Lindsay?"
"She'll be out in a moment. Danny's cell phone was beeping as we came through the house so she decided to check it real quick."
"Danville, glad you could make it. Where's Ellie?" Danny, carrying a platter of cooked chickens, stopped at the table to greet Jo with a quick kiss to the cheek.
"She and Tyler are sharing a brother/sister night. They don't get to do that much any more so she enjoys the opportunity when it presents itself."
Danny nodded. "I gotta get these inside and get the burgers and dogs to put on the grill. There's sodas and beers in the cooler over there."
"What, not using the kegerator?" Jo teased.
Danny simply shrugged. "I was all for it but Lindsay figured it was asking too much for everyone to be running up and down the stairs to the game room every time someone wanted a beer. I'll be right back."
Jo got up long enough to open the back door for him before returning to her seat. Danny carried the food into the kitchen and set the platter on the counter. He could see Lindsay sitting at the dining room table staring at a cell phone. Concerned by the look of bewilderment on her face, he stepped into the room. "Something wrong, Babe?"
She looked up at him. "My mom sent you a text message. Why are my parents coming to New York and why didn't I know about it? Is something wrong? Is someone sick?"
"Nothing's wrong. They're coming to the wedding, that's all."
Lindsay shook her head. "Why would my parents come all the way from Montana for Stella's wedding. They've never even met Stella. Danny, there's something you aren't telling me."
"Danny, need some help with the food?" Stella skidded to a stop as she could feel the tension in the room. Danny looked back at her.
"I think it's time." He didn't elaborate but Stella nodded her understanding and left the room. Danny knelt beside the table and took the phone away from his wife. "Babe, remember when you were getting ready to head to Montana before you had Lucy? I was torn up inside, not knowing what to do. I knew I loved you but I wasn't sure if that was enough. Mac had a long talk with me and he finally told me that I could either live in a place of fear or believe in the best possible version of myself. So I took a chance and asked you to marry me."
Lindsay shook her head, confused. "I know all this, Danny. What I don't know is why my parents are coming to New York."
"See, I tried to convince myself that I was choosing to believe in the best version of myself but really, I was still living in a place of fear. I was afraid you were going to get to Montana and decide you didn't want to come back. That you'd rather raise our child with your family close." Seeing she was about to protest, he held up his hand and continued. "I know you wouldn't have kept me away from my child but I was a mess back then. So in that place of fear I thought that if I married you before you went you'd have to come back to me."
"Danny…" Lindsay tried to break in but Danny hushed her with a quick kiss.
"I don't regret marrying you and I know you don't regret it either. But marrying you like that, in the clerk's office with only Stella and Mac to witness it, wasn't right. You deserve so much more. Your parents deserved more. WE deserved more. I don't think I ever really thought about it until you went missing. There were moments when I worried we wouldn't find you in time and that I'd have to raise Lucy alone. I could see this teenaged version of our daughter asking about you and our wedding and it didn't feel right to me. When we were in New Orleans, you told me about your childhood wedding dreams and I felt like a heel cause I robbed you of that opportunity. Then I saw the dress you were looking at and I knew I had to do something."
Lindsay shook her head. "Dress? What dress?"
"This one." Stella stepped back into the kitchen holding a beautiful white gown. The same white gown that Danny had pulled up after Lindsay had left the office that day she'd claimed to be looking at the gown Stella had picked for herself. It was even more beautiful in person.
Lindsay swiped at the tears that had slipped down her cheeks. She couldn't believe she was looking at her dream dress. The one she'd go to anytime someone she knew was getting married. The dress she'd known she'd never where but could imagine that she was the model on the computer screen. She looked back at Danny who took her hand in his and brushed his lips against her knuckles.
"Lindsay Monroe-Messer, will you marry me again?"


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New URL: Poss.Conn/Src of Terhune surname???
I posted a msg in October providing a link to the HUNEBEDDEN web page...large
monoliths found in the Netherlands - that just *might* have contributed to
our Terhune surname...
Ter = at or by
Hune = a town?a mound???
That is, of course, pure conjecture and subject to a GREAT deal of debate.
In any event - the URL has apparently been changed.
The old one doesn't work.
THIS is the new one:
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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Shares of Crown Media Holdings (Nasdaq: CRWN) have taken a tremendous swing upward. The stock is trading at $1.70 as of 9:31 a.m. ET, 42.9% above Friday's closing price of $1.19. Volume is at 13,873, 0.1 times the daily average of 125,600. Crown Media has a market cap of $435.2 million and is part of the services sector and media industry. Shares are down 54.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Crown Media Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Crown Media United States, LLC, owns and operates pay television channels in the United States and Puerto Rico. TheStreet Ratings rates Crown Media as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally poor debt management, weak operating cash flow and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. You can view the full Crown Media Ratings Report. See our top % gaining stocks list for other stocks that are soaring today, or get investment ideas from our investment research center. Interested in other stocks that are soaring? Get free SMS text alerts sent to you when the action happens by texting SOAR to 95370 or select from multiple alert options.


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The Ebenezer Church declares "Moss Point shall live and NOT die!"
In spite of the rain, 150+ persons showed-up at The Moss Point Mississippi community service ministry event which included fun and games for the children. On Sunday, August 21st, we shared the 2nd Annual City-wide Fest! We gave school supplies for youth and Disaster Starter Kits for Special Needs children. Our South Central Conference community services co-director, Lillie Buckingham, and disability ministries director, Nettie Henderson where there with their booths and shared a myriad of resources with the community that day.
This event had shared support of city officials: Mayor Billy Broomfield, Economic Development Director Susan White, Aldermen Houston Cunningham, Community Development Director, Kathy Keaton, Police Chief Art McClung, Superintendent Shannon Vincent, Fire Chief Tommie Posey, and other guests included many local pastors who offered their support.
The week of August 21 – 27, 2016 was filled with activity as nightly services began on Sunday and continued to the following Sabbath. Prentice Sorrells, pastor, Harvest Seventh-day Adventist Church, Harvest, Alabama preached Spirit-breathed messages echoing the theme, "Moss Point Shall Live and Not Die." Church members were inspired and reminded that Jesus has a specific desire to see those in Moss Point abundantly blessed and filled with His power. In addition to the blessed services, the Lord increased His kingdom with 3 decisions for baptism. Candidates Alice Jefferson, Sheila Scott, and David Patton were the fruits of the harvest. They studied the Amazing Facts Bible Study course and were later baptized by Pastor David K. Jones, DD.


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Great job on the update.
I have a query though, I'm not getting the entire network Windows OS Product Key. There are few listed and the field it is showing for the OS is Microsoft Windows XP. What I did was check the computers that doesn't show its product key and found out that field for the OS is Win XP Pro, SP 2.0, even at Inventory>Software i only have 7 Microsoft Windows XP product key showing. Workstation is about 90 units with at least 75 units running in XP. If I click Not Installed it shows other computers with Win XP Pro, as their OS.
Is there a setting or procedure I should do to make the others register their product key?
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The Gaston County Register of Deeds, Susan S. Lockridge would like to remind all Veterans that they have the option of filing a copy of their DD Form 214, Report of Separation with their county Register of Deeds office. This service is offered as a convenience to former service members and there is no fee. Original copy of document required for filing. As a way to encourage veterans to register their military discharge papers with us, we have initiated a new program – "Thank You for Your Service" Veterans discount program. We are partnering with our local businesses to honor and celebrate our veterans by showing them we appreciate their service to our Country. We are happy to announce that we have over 60 business partners as of today. Any business can sign up by contacting the Register of Deeds office at 704-869-7372.
Veterans' can receive their "Thank You for Your Service" Veterans Photo ID Card, by coming to our office and filing their Discharge papers, with a government ID. We will host an "After Hours" event on April 25th, 2017 from 4:00 – 7:00pm.
Lockridge stated: "We are excited to offer this "After hours" event in an effort to reach our working veterans. If you are not able to attend during this event, this service is available Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm.
The Register of Deeds is elected by the people for a four-year term and is responsible for providing the proper and safe repository of deeds and other instruments affecting property or personal status (for example, birth certificates). The Register of Deeds reports to the County Manager and Board of County Commissioners after his/her election. If a vacancy should occur in the office, the Board of Commissioners appoints a successor for the unexpired term.
It is the duty of the Register to record and index all real estate deeds, plats and maps, deeds of trust, mortgages, financial statements, conditional sale agreements, and other personal property. Because these records are so important, they are kept in vaults in the courthouse.
In addition to the preceding duties, other papers are recorded and indexed, such as discharge certificates of persons who have served in the armed forces. Moreover, cancellations of mortgages, involving real and personal property, and cancellations of other claims previously recorded are entered on the recorded copies of the mortgages and claims. Finally, the Register of Deeds assists the public in finding records in which they are interested and makes certified copies of deeds, instruments, and other papers upon request.
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Morning Quickies: Was Pippa Middleton's Butt Padded At The Royal Wedding?
- Vicious gossips say Pippa Middleton's butt was padded at Kate Middleton's wedding. Pilates? Feh! [Jezebel]
- Just in case you thought Ronnie and Sammi might have matured a bit: the previews of tonight's "Jersey Shore" reveal — surprise! — they're fighting like (drunk) cats and dogs in Italy as well. [US Weekly]
- It's a "Mad Men"-inspired summer reading list! [AMCTV.com]
- "True Blood"'s Sam Trammell and his girlfriend, actress Missy Yaeger, gave birth to twin boys earlier this month. Mazel tov! [Celebitchy]
- BET will air a special about Aaliyah on August 25th, which will be the 10 year anniversary of her death. The singer died in a plane crash at age 22. [Bossip]
- Kate Moss's exclusive wedding pics will be in the September issue of Vogue, shot by Mario Testino. [PopSugar]
- An hour-by-hour breakdown of Kim Kardashian's four-hour televised wedding. [Vanity Fair]
- Plot spoilers might actually increase your enjoyment of a book, according to a study conducted by U.C. San Diego. Do you believe this? [The Mary Sue]
- Mark Paul Gosselar proposed to his girlfriend three months after divorcing his ex-wife. That's a little awkward. [The Superficial]
- Tales of a 200 lb. beauty queen. [The Hairpin]
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Pepper bombs were an improvised weapon used in Loamhedge in defense of Redwall Abbey against the gang of Badredd, and later against Raga Bol and his crew. They consist of a small sack of hotroot pepper, which is thrown either by hand, with a sling, or by tying two sacks together with rope and using a pole like a catapult to fling them. On impact, the bomb releases pepper, temporarily blinding opponents and sending them into coughing fits - a sustained bombardment caused much disarray among its targets. However, the weapon does have the drawback that if one is dropped, it can cause intense burning and sneezing among its throwers as well, as the Redwallers found out to their cost.
The pepper bombs were the brainchild of the shrewbabe Buffle and Gurvel molecook.


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Podcast-leader Wizzard Software (WZE) will soon close its acquisition of Beijing-based Digital Entertainment International (a.k.a. FAB) in a move that we expect will transform the company's stock.
In one transaction, Wizzard will become a three and a half dollar stock earning 43 cents a share. Its revenues will jump to almost $80 million, and Wizzard will gain access to the world's largest consumer market.
It is projected that for the full year 2012 the revenue will be at least $90 million and per share earnings are estimated to be $1.00 per share. Here's the story:
Wizzard Software (As of market close on July 27, 2012)
- Market cap: $30.85M
- Share price: $3.55
- Share Float: 8.36M
- Short Float: 1.74%
- 2011 Revenue: $6.54M
- 2011 Net Income: -$9.98M
- 2012 Revenue Estimate: $90M
Wizzard Software is the world's leading podcast network. They offer their 14,000+ clients "everything podcasting" -- from publishing and delivery to monetization. They have a customizable flash player, new ad insertion technology, verifiable reporting statistics, and they can even turn a client's show into an App.
Wizzard's clients include Microsoft, National Geographic, Harvard Business Review, and NPR. The Pittsburgh-based company received over 1.64 billion podcast requests in 2010 from approx. 20 million monthly users worldwide. Their publishing platforms, Libsyn Indie & Libsyn Pro, host over 1 million audio and video episodes.
After Wizzard helps its clients get podcasts onto iTunes and elsewhere, their monetization services come in. Through their ad insertion technology, revenue sharing agreements with ad networks, and its Smartphone App, Wizzard helps its clients monetize podcasting. Their services are truly end-to-end.
The Acquisition
Digital Entertainment International (NASDAQ:FAB) is China's version of Coinstar's RedBox, but on steroids. The Beijing company offers expansive retail stores, 4,000 kiosks throughout China, and an online marketplace to purchase CDs, DVDs, blue-ray disks, games, magazines and books as well as software and movie downloads.
Total revenues for FAB's fiscal 2011 were $70.9 million with $15.3 million in net income, representing 28% sales growth and 32% earnings growth year-over-year.
On April 10 Wizzard Software and FAB agreed to a share-exchange deal in which Wizzard would buy 100% of FAB's shares by issuing 49% of Wizzard's outstanding shares plus giving two seats on Wizzard's board of directors.
Under certain conditions and after 2 years, FAB could own 78% of Wizzard Software.
In its acquisition, Wizzard is gaining an international partner in a quest to expand their digital media distribution into the world's larger consumer market. Wizzard is also spinning off its healthcare unit into its own public company after the merger. This should work to consolidate the company's focus on digital media.
But looking at the hard numbers really shows how much the acquisition of FAB benefits WZE. With this transaction, the company will immediately be operating well into the black and taking in annual revenues of almost $80 million. The stock, which is currently trading around 3 and a half dollars, will be earning 43 cents a share based on 2011 earnings for both WZE and FAB.
After the acquisition, its price-to-sales ratio (based on Friday's price of $3.55 a share) will stand at an attractive 0.57. Compare that to Coinstar's 0.79. Its trailing P/E after the acquisition will be 8.31 - considerably lower than Coinstar's 10.64.
After Wizzard Acquires FAB
- Share float after acquisition: 12.456M (49% growth)
- 2011 revenue (combined): $77.44M (1084% growth)
- 2011 net income (combined): $5.32M
- 2011 EPS after acquisition: $0.43
- 2012 EPS estimate: $1.00
- 2012 Revenue est: $90M
This deal is just the beginning for Wizzard. Not only will they gain access to the world's largest consumer market by acquiring FAB, they could also enter into virtually any type of digital media. This deal will transform the company's top and bottom lines and immediately make its stock worthy of a much higher premium.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
Additional disclosure: It should be noted that Contextuall investors do hold a position in WZE.


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Guitarist Richie Sambora Joins Fight To End Heroin Addiction
Heroin addiction and opiate addiction continues to be one of the most serious and rapidly growing problems facing communities across the entire country. Heroin is perhaps the most addictive narcotic known to substance abuse experts, and it also causes severe damage to the body and places users at an alarmingly high risk for death by overdose. Sadly, communities everywhere are witnessing a rise in the number of heroin overdose deaths in their area, and Ocean County in New Jersey is one of the many areas struggling with this devastating problem. In light of recent spikes in deaths in the Ocean County area, where fatalities related to heroin overdose have doubled in the last year, local law enforcement and public health officials organized an event aimed at speaking about the dangers of heroin. This event was headlined by music legend Richie Sambora, who spoke with optimism about the fact that he believes deaths related to heroine abuse can be prevented.
Sambora's Own Struggles With Addiction
Perhaps one reason that Sambora was so eager to discuss the topic of drug abuse and addiction is that it is a disease he himself struggles with. The musician entered rehab in 2011 in the midst of a tour and thus missed performances due to his struggles with addiction. He has also been arrested for drunk driving and has spoken candidly about his prior addiction to pain killers. Sambora has expressed gratitude for the lease on life that he has gained from sobriety, saying that he "was lucky enough to survive."
Hope for Children
Aside from feeling compelled to push for change because of the positive impact recovery has had on his own life, Sambora voiced the opinion, shared by many parents in the audience, that it is vital that the epidemic of heroin and opiate addiction be stopped because they owe their children a chance at a healthy future. Teens are among the population that has been hardest hit by recent spikes in heroin deaths. One mother in the crowd watching Sambora spoke out about her own child's devastating brush with heroin. Her teen son had been rendered unable to speak or feed himself after losing oxygen to the brain while choking on his own vomit during a heroin overdose. Stories like these have tragically been echoed by many parents and teachers across the country, and activists like Sambora and the law enforcement agency who helped organize the event have been pressing to find ways to keep children out of harm's way by educating them about the dangers of drugs and working to eradicate the existence of heroin on the black market.
Heroin Addiction is a Complicated Problem
The process of making the world a safe place by eliminating the availability of deadly narcotics is a very complicated one and will require the cooperation of people from all walks of life. Parents like Sambora who are intent on keeping their teens safe can help by speaking frankly about the dangerous nature of the drug and working to make sure that their child has a high self image and feels a sense of confidence and security at home. Law enforcement agents are working to find the dealers and distributers who are bringing narcotics into their neighborhoods, and doctors and pharmacists are working to make sure that all physicians and pharmacists have the information they need to assess whether a patient is potentially addicted to opiates. It is also vital that society as a whole views addiction as the serious disease that it is, so that policy and public perspective encourage addicts to seek the help they need.


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Oberwalder M, Dinnewitzer A, Baig MK, Thaler K, Cotman K, Nogueras JJ, Weiss EG, Efron J, Vernava III AM, Wexner SD. The Association Between Late-Onset Fecal Incontinence and Obstetric Anal Sphincter Defects. Arch Surg. 2004;139(4):429-432. doi:10.1001/archsurg.139.4.429
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Endoanal ultrasonographic results have demonstrated that clinically occult anal sphincter damage during vaginal delivery is common. This may or may not be associated with postpartum fecal incontinence (FI). Bayesian meta-analysis of the literature revealed that at least two thirds of obstetric sphincter disruptions are asymptomatic in the postpartum period. Women with postpartum asymptomatic sphincter damage may be at increased risk for FI with aging compared with those without sphincter injury.
Case series.
Tertiary referral center.
After excluding patients with other possible causes of FI, the histories of 124 consecutive women with late-onset FI after vaginal delivery were analyzed.
Main Outcome Measures
Endoanal ultrasonographic findings, pudendal nerve terminal motor latency assessment, and anal manometric results.
Eighty-eight women (71%) with a median of 3 vaginal deliveries had sphincter defects on endoanal ultrasonographic results. The mean incontinence score, squeeze and resting pressures, median age at last delivery, and median duration of FI were not significantly different between patients with and without sphincter defects. Pudendal neuropathy was more frequent in patients without sphincter defects (10 [30.3%], left side; 12 [36.4%], right side) than in patients with sphincter defects (12 [14.3%] and 16 [19.3%], respectively), with the difference nearly reaching statistical significance (P = .054 and P = .059, respectively). The median age at onset of FI in patients with a sphincter defect was 61.5 years vs 68.0 years in those without a sphincter defect, which was not statistically significant (P = .08).
Analysis of the current patient population revealed that 88 women (71%) with late-onset FI after vaginal delivery had an anatomical sphincter defect. Thus, FI related to anal sphincter defects is likely to occur even in an elderly population who had experienced vaginal deliveries earlier in life.
Vaginal delivery with resultant occult anal sphincter damage is believed to be a principal cause of fecal incontinence (FI) in women.1- 8 Its exact incidence was unknown until a series published by Sultan et al4 in 1993 reviewed endoanal ultrasound (EAUS) findings before and after vaginal delivery and found sphincter defects in 35% of primiparous and 44% of multiparous women. In these women, only 20% reported symptoms of FI.
There is wide variation4- 8 in the incidence of clinically occult anal sphincter injuries diagnosed by EAUS (11%-35%) after the first vaginal delivery. Other ranges include the incidence of de novo injuries (3%-12%) after subsequent deliveries and disruptions associated with subsequent FI (0%-68%). A Bayesian meta-analysis9 of the literature was used to produce 1 inference from 5 studies while accounting for the potential heterogeneity among the study populations. The meta-analysis included 717 vaginal deliveries4- 8 and revealed a 27% incidence (95% confidence interval [CI], 22%-31%) of sphincter defects in primiparous women, an 8% incidence (95% CI, 5%-13%) of new sphincter defects in multiparous women, and a 30% incidence (95% CI, 23%-36%) of symptomatic defects (M.O. and S.D.W., unpublished data, August 2002).
To our knowledge, there are no published data regarding women living with occult postpartum asymptomatic sphincter disruptions. These women may be at an increased risk of developing FI with increasing age compared with women without sphincter injury. This study sought to assess an association between late-onset FI and sphincter defects in women.
Between January 1996 and December 2000, 333 consecutive female patients were initially seen with complaints of FI and underwent EAUS. Data from EAUS, anal manometry, and pudendal nerve terminal motor latency (PNTML) measurement were retrospectively retrieved from the patients' medical records. The medical, surgical, and obstetric histories were thoroughly evaluated. The number of previous vaginal deliveries and the date of onset of symptoms of FI were documented.
Forty-four patients were excluded owing to immediate onset of FI occurring within 1 year after vaginal delivery, representing a group of patients with primarily symptomatic obstetric injuries. Additional exclusion criteria were congenital and neurological defects including prior operations for imperforate anus, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, and stroke (n = 8). Patients with rectal prolapse (n = 12) and patients with a history of surgery for prolapse, abscess, fistula in a'no, sphincterotomy, and any bowel resection with anastomosis in the pelvis were excluded (n = 81), as were 5 patients with various known possible etiologies for FI such as inflammatory bowel disease, scleroderma, having undergone irradiation, or external trauma. Finally, we excluded 40 patients who had no specific data available regarding the date of onset of symptoms of FI and 19 patients with no history of vaginal delivery or other obvious etiologic factors for FI; thus, 124 patients were available for evaluation.
Fecal incontinence was measured using the Cleveland Clinic Florida Incontinence Grading Scale (CCFIS),10 with a range of 0 representing perfect continence and 20 representing complete incontinence.
Two investigators (J.J.N. and E.G.W.) performed EAUS using a scanner with a rotating endoprobe (Bruel & Kjaer, Naerum, Denmark) and a 7- or 10-MHz transducer. The technique of EAUS has been described in detail elsewhere.11
Anal manometry was performed using a 4-channel water-perfused catheter with a pull-through technique.12 Mean resting and squeeze pressures were recorded. We performed PNTML studies using an electromyography apparatus (Nicolet Viking II, Madison, Wis). A disposable stimulating electrode (St Mark's; Dantek, Skovlund, Denmark) was used for measurement of PNTML13; latencies of more than 2.4 milliseconds were interpreted as pathologic.
Categorical variables PNTML left and right (normal and pathologic) and the defect and no defect groups were compared using the likelihood ratio χ2 test. For continuous variables (anal manometry results, CCFIS score, age, intervals, number of deliveries), either t tests or nonparametric Wilcoxon rank sum tests were used depending on the distribution of the data. A significance level of P≤.05 was used throughout. We used SAS statistical software (SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC) for all analyses.
The study group consisted of 124 patients who had 3 (range, 1-11) median vaginal deliveries; 14 patients were primiparous, and 110 were multiparous. The interval to the onset of symptoms was at least 1 year after the last vaginal delivery.
Eighty-eight (71%) of the 124 patients who underwent EAUS had a sphincter defect and became the defect group; 59 had a defect in the external anal sphincter, 6 had a defect in the internal anal sphincter, and 23 had defects in both sphincters. The no defect group consisted of 36 patients (29%) without any defect.
One hundred seventeen patients had PNTML measurements on the left side, and 116 had PNTML measurements on the right side. The number of pathologic PNTML measurements on the left vs the right side between the defect and no defect groups nearly reached statistical significance (P = .054 and P = .059, respectively) (Table 1). The mean CCFIS score was 13.7 in the defect group compared with 12 in the no defect group (P = .13), and the mean squeeze (P = .22) and resting (P = .31) pressures were lower than normal limits in both groups, to a similar degree (Table 2).
Both groups of patients had the last vaginal delivery at approximately the same median age (P = .55) and had FI for approximately the same median time (P = .24) before initial examination. The median age at onset of FI in patients with a defect was 61.5 years vs 68.0 years in those without a defect; this was not statistically significant (P = .08). The median number of prior vaginal deliveries was 3 in the defect group and 2 in the no defect group, which was not statistically significant (P = .08) (Table 2).
Endoanal ultrasound results have demonstrated that clinically occult anal sphincter disruption during vaginal delivery is common and may or may not be associated with postpartum FI.4- 8 Bayesian analysis of the literature estimated that in 26.9% (95% CI, 22.5%-31.4%) of women, a disruption of the anal sphincter occurs with the first vaginal delivery. The risk of acquiring a sphincter defect with subsequent vaginal deliveries was estimated to be 8.5% (95% CI, 4.9%-12.7%). A 29.7% incidence of symptomatic defects and a 3.4% incidence of postpartum FI without a sphincter defect were calculated. Combining all of this information, the probability of postpartum FI due to a sphincter defect is 77% to 83% (M.O. and S.D.W., unpublished data, August 2002).
A specific subset of women with postpartum symptomatic defects may gain back anal continence across time.7 However, it is unknown what subset of women with initially asymptomatic defects develop FI across time.
In the current study group of women who experienced late-onset FI, 71% of the patients had a defect on EAUS results. This finding correlated closely with the 77% to 83% probability of defects in cases of postpartum FI revealed by a meta-analysis of the literature. Moreover, the onset of FI in patients with a defect was at a median age of 61.5 years vs 68.0 years in patients without a defect, although this difference did not reach statistical significance. The mean CCFIS score in the current study was 13, implying severe impairment of continence that may have a deleterious effect on quality of life.
There is some controversy regarding the effect of pudendal nerve injury during vaginal delivery on the development of FI. Sultan et al4 found prolonged PNTML 6 weeks after vaginal delivery in 16% of primiparous and 15% of multiparous women; however, in their study, there was no association between the change of PNTML and the development of symptoms. Moreover, abnormal latencies were significantly associated with a sphincter defect. Additionally, only 3% of multiparous women had abnormal values prior to delivery. In a subsequent study, Sultan et al13 reported that only one third of pathologic PNTML remained prolonged after 6 months.
Conversely, a recent study14 of 80 primiparae and multiparae reported that pathologic postpartum PNTML measurements recover to the predelivery level within 2 months. Furthermore, prior to delivery, PNTML measurements showed no significant difference between primigravidae and multipligravidae.
Another study15 of 168 primiparous women who had vaginal delivery reported that 6 weeks after delivery, 10% of patients had pathologic PNTML measurements and intact anal sphincters on EAUS results, while 9% had both pathologic PNTML measurements and anal sphincter defects. Among the 31% of women who had pudendal latencies of more than 2.4 milliseconds, prolongation persisted until 6 months post partum.
In the current study, pathologic PNTML measurements on both the left and right sides were more frequent in patients with no defect compared with those with a defect. This finding was marginally statistically significant (P = .054 and P = .059, respectively). The origin of the nerve damage in the current study population is unclear. It may have been acquired during vaginal delivery because patients with pathologic PNTML measurements represent a subset of women in whom the pudendal nerves did not fully recover after vaginal delivery. Alternatively, pudendal neuropathy may have been acquired later in life. Finally, the higher median age of the current study population with no defects may partially explain the higher incidence of pathologic PNTML measurements in that group because it has been demonstrated that age is correlated with pudendal neuropathy.16
The current study cannot determine the potential risk for an asymptomatic woman with a sphincter defect to develop FI later in life because no control group of equal parity and age is available. However, the high incidence of defects in patients with late-onset FI in the current study as well as in women with postpartum FI, as demonstrated by the meta-analysis, is remarkable. Thus, after ruling out or treating other possible causes of FI, the anal sphincter should be evaluated with EAUS. Defects can be surgically repaired with functional success rates of up to 60%.17
Analysis of the current patient population revealed that 71% of women with late-onset FI after vaginal delivery had an anatomical sphincter defect. This finding correlated closely with the 77% to 83% probability of defects in cases of postpartum FI in a recent meta-analysis of the literature. Thus, FI related with anal sphincter defects is likely to occur even in an elderly population who had experienced vaginal deliveries earlier in life.
Corresponding author and reprints: Steven Wexner, MD, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331 (e-mail: email@example.com).
Accepted for publication October 13, 2003.
This study was funded in part by research grants from the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust Fund, New York, NY, and the Caporella family, Ft Lauderdale, Fla.
This study was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons; June 7, 2002; Chicago, Ill.


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After entering an abandoned old building with his friends, Greg stumbles upon a strange-looking object that turns out to be a camera. But after snapping a simple shot of his friend, he realizes that his new find is much more than meets the eye. A young Ryan Gosling co-stars in this televised adaptation of R.L. Stine's spine-tingling story that blends elements of the supernatural with everyday life.
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Trial could lead to Scotland's first commercial shellfish hatchery18th November 2015
SAIC and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) are supporting a trial to test the commercial viability of a mussel hatchery in Scotland. The 30-month project could lead to higher productivity in the shellfish industry and support rural businesses and jobs.
Other key partners in the project include the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG), the University of the Highlands and Islands, and the Scottish Government.
The context
Shell production is a growing industry in Scotland, supporting over 500 jobs across the supply chain, many in rural areas. Mussel production in Scotland reached its highest-ever level in 2014.
There is capacity and demand to raise production, if the industry can address issues such as the availability of mussel spat (baby mussels).
The project
There are two main elements to the £1.9 million project:
- establishing a core pilot-scale hatchery at the NAFC Marine Centre UHI in Scalloway, Shetland, and testing the commercial feasibility of spat production
- a programme of R&D to support the development of new technologies and processes aimed at increasing the yield of farmed mussels in Scotland.
The project is supported by the Scottish Government, as well as SAIC, HIE, the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group and the NAFC Marine Centre at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Also involved in the R&D programme are members of the MASTS (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology) academic community.
In addition to the NAFC Marine Centre UHI, this includes researchers at the University of Stirling's Institute of Aquaculture, the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS; also a member of the University of the Highlands and Islands) and Marine Science Scotland, as well as a Scottish research-focused SME, Xelect.
The research will involve five workstreams:
- genetic markers (aiming to gather a set of genetic baseline data of current mussel stocks around Scotland's farming areas)
- live feeds (aiming to assess species suitability and production technologies for microalgae production)
- bacteriology (aiming to assess impacts and improve microbiological control in mussel larvae rearing systems)
- metamorphosis and settlement of mussel larvae (looking at techniques to optimise mussel settlement)
- transfer of settled stock to sea.
"The applied research made possible by this hatchery project will look at aspects the industry considers important to commercial success. As such, the research could make a demonstrable impact on coastal communities and the shellfish industry in Scotland."
Dr Crichton Lang, Deputy Principal, University of the Highlands and Islands
The outcomes
Scottish mussels are grown from wild spat which are brought in by the tides and settle on mussel ropes. This settlement can vary from year to year, which can cause problems for farmers. Spat is currently traded by farmers to help fill gaps in settlement, but a more reliable way to stock farms is sought.
Hatchery spat would be produced from mussels already farmed on sites in Scotland, but doing so in controlled conditions would could provide Scottish producers with a more reliable supply of spat (and potentially other juvenile shellfish).
The establishment of a pilot-scale hatchery in Scalloway will help to gauge the feasibility of a commercial hatchery. The programme of R&D involved in the project could increase the yield and exportability of farmed blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) in Scotland.
"Having a more reliable source of spat will help shellfish producers in Scotland to meet the industry's shellfish production targets of 13,000 tonnes by 2020. In addition, the new technologies and processes permitted by the SAIC-supported research could allow our members to generate increased and more reliable yields, and help them target new export markets."
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Hi-def video seems to be the in thing with DSLR cameras these days. The Nikon D90 can capture 720p, while Panasonic's soon to be launched sort-of-DSLR, the GH1, is fully specced up to snaffle 1080p footage. As is this monster of a camera – the second coming of the Canon EOS 5D.
Canon has updated 2005's 5D in a number of ways, but the ones it's shouting the loudest about are the ability to capture 1080p via Live View and the new 21.1megapixel CMOS sensor.
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Photography purists might dismiss the Mark II's video skills as a mere marketing gimmick, but in the flesh they're very impressive indeed.
Image quality is sharp as a tack, the 30fps speed is perfectly acceptable and just think: you can use any one of Canon's full frame lenses when capturing video, allowing you to achieve the sort of high aperture, low depth of field effects for which you'd normally need a frighteningly expensive movie camera.
The video isn't perfect by any means, mind you. DSLR bodies aren't really designed for handheld video shooting, which leads to lots of movement, and the mono microphone picks up all sorts of unwanted sounds – we could even hear the internals of the lens swishing when zooming in and out.
All about the stills
While the video is certainly a nice touch, the EOS 5D Mark II is clearly a stills camera first and foremost, and in this respect it's brilliant. The new full frame 21.1MP sensor can capture a stunning amount of detail (the maximum resolution is 5616x3744 pixels) and excels even at higher ISO settings. Boost the ISO up to 800 or even 1600 for some low-light or flash-less indoor work and the amount of noise is reasonably acceptable.
The dynamic range at lower ISO settings is fine, but we think the Sony A900 (a similarly priced full frame DSLR) is slightly superior at delivering high-impact, high-contrast images straight out of the camera. The A900's viewfinder is also larger and clearer than the Canon's, and the menu system slightly more user-friendly, but these are pretty minor points.
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Sep 13, 2016 Category: Sensient Flavors
Sometimes the best inspiration is found in unconventional places. And what's more unconventional—not to mention adventurous—than finding food sources from plants, roots and herbs right in your own city?
Taking the "eating local" trend to a whole new level, Sensient Flavors' consumer insights specialists strapped on their hiking boots to forage edible goodies and inspire ideas for the annual 2016 Trends to Taste flavor predictions. Guided by a well-known and respected Chicago-based forager, the group crawled under bushes, trekked around ponds and dug in the dirt to uncover high-quality local produce—the very same items that are popping up on menus of what are arguably the hottest restaurants in the Windy City.
"We were surprised by how many wild, fresh and edible foods—from sassafras root to parsnips, wild mint, juneberries, lamb's quarters and wild mushrooms—we were able to find right in the heart of the city," said Sarah Diedrich, marketing associate at Sensient Flavors -North America, who is one of the consumer insights specialists responsible for predicting flavor trends for Trends to Taste. "Because of increased consumer interest in eating local, renowned restaurants are following suit. Many are using foraged food on their menus, which is affecting consumer eating behavior and preferences."
Urban foraging has picked up momentum from trends in consumer thinking that cause people to infatuate with natural ingredients that stem directly from Mother Earth. Urban foraging produces ingredients that are unparalleled in terms of freshness and quality, which has propelled the practice to growth in a consumer market that desires fresh, quality ingredients. Modern consumers aren't looking for ingredients that have been truck-shipped across the country; they are looking for locally produced, unmodified ingredients that grow in their immediate surroundings.
"During our initial research for the 2016 Trends to Taste flavor predictions, we began to notice a larger, overarching shift in consumer thinking," said Lauren Williams, marketing manager at Sensient Flavors - North America. "Consumers are increasingly interested in connecting with the natural world around them and tasting it is a really engaging element of that understanding. That, combined with consumers' adventurous palates—especially those of Millennials—made the concept of foraging for this year's predictions a natural evolution for our annual research process."
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Jan 12, 2016 Category: Sensient Flavors
Ready-to-drink (RTD) teas and coffees are growing in both the retail and convenience store spaces. Tea brands have an opportunity to incorporate botanical ingredients to offer consumers an exotic flavor experience while boosting nutrition. And coffee brands have an opportunity with cold-brew, as it may very well be the craft beer of coffee. What's really brewing, however, are new flavor fusions. But the question remains, are consumers willing to venture out and try new flavor combinations, or are RTD teas and coffees limited to the basics like chocolate coffee and herbal tea?
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Flavors are finding partners, but not on a romantic match-making website. Food and beverage product developers are combining them in spicy, sweet and zesty ways. Sea salt is being paired with more than just caramel. Coconut water is providing multiple benefits in juice blends. Pumpkin, citrus and cinnamon are other potential partners in flavor formulations.
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Description: In 1949, Beijing still retained nearly all of its time-honored character and magnificence. But when Chairman Mao rejected the proposal to build a new capital for the People's Republic of China and decided to stay in the ancient city, he initiated a long struggle to transform Beijing into a shining beacon of socialism. So began the remaking of the city into a modern metropolis rife with monuments, public squares, exhibition halls, and government offices. Wu Hung grew up in Beijing and experienced much of the city's makeover firsthand. In this lavishly illustrated work, he offers a vivid, often personal account of the struggle over Beijing's reinvention, drawing particular attention to Tiananmen Square—the most sacred space in the People's Republic of China. Remaking Beijing considers the square's transformation from a restricted imperial domain into a public arena for political expression, from an epic symbol of socialism into a holy relic of the Maoist regime, and from an official and monumental complex into a site for unofficial and antigovernment demonstrations. Wu Hung also explores how Tiananmen Square has become a touchstone for official art in modern China—as the site for Mao's monumental portrait, as the location of museums narrating revolutionary history, and as the grounds for extravagant National Day parades celebrating the revolutionary masses. He then shows how in recent years the square has inspired artists working without state sponsorship to create paintings, photographs, and even performances that reflect the spirit of the 1989 uprisings and pose a forceful challenge to official artworks and the sociopolitical system that supports them. Remaking Beijing will reward anyone interested in modern Chinese history, society, and art, or, more generally, in how urban renewal becomes intertwined with cultural and national politics.
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