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My labor with ds was only 5/5.5 hrs in total (he's my first). I had very hard, long, intense contractions that I was totally unprepared for, and the L&D nurses wouldn't let me move around or lay on my side. I was in so much pain I was basically non-verbal and did whatever I was told. I felt like pushing only an hour or two in but I wasn't fully dilated and ended up having an epidural just so I could last until pushing. Please no comments on how I should have prepared better, this I already know.
I am expecting dd in May, and we are trying to prepare for the possibility that it might be even shorter this time, based on my mom's experience. I want to go natural, but I'm afraid I won't be able to handle it. I've been doing Bradley exercises, improving my diet, doing meditations and relaxation, but I'm still really scared of birth again. My husband is loving and supportive, but if he sees me in pain he's going to tell me to get the epidural.
Those of you who had very fast labors, do you have any advice for me? Are the contractions and fast dilation easier to handle the second time?
My advice: homebirth! My labors are also 5 hours long and VERY intense. But - nobody will tell you not to move around, that is just plain abuse iMO! Moving helps with the pain.
I wish I could have a homebirth; my husband would never go for it, though. The HMO pays for everything if you play the game and go to the hospital. We have very limited options and not a lot of time or money to switch to a midwife. I was thinking of taking ds to mom's house, waiting to go into labor, then laboring in the shower until it's time to go. But with a fast labor, when is it time to go? I'll have the baby in the car if I wait till I feel like pushing!
My 5 hours were too intense for a car ride.
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My first baby was 16 hours long, my second was only 4 hours. I'm wondering if your labor may be even shorter this time around too. With my four hour labor I never would have made it to the hospital (we did a planned homebirth). By time I realized I was in transition it was too late and not even my midwife was there yet. My baby was born very quickly with minimal pushing and my DH delivered him.
With that said, I dealt with the contractions mainly on all fours to try to lengthen it out so the midwife would make it. When I got into the birthing tub I had two very mild contractions then by the third one the baby was coming. If you get into a tub or water early on it can stall labor so maybe try that if it gets too intense. I yelled alot and made my DH stay by my side with every contraction rubbing my lower back. I also leaned on him and squeezed his hand.
Basicaly all I can say is if your labor is that short again, I know the pain is hard and seems unbearable, but just keep reminding yourself it is short, you can do it. To be totally honest I'm surprised a doc or nuse would give you pain medication with such a short labor because it may not kick in before baby is born.
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With DD, I woke up around 3.30 with mild labor, left the house at 5.05 and she was born at 8.08 (yes really). Out of that time, I would say that only 45 min were intense. But man, those 45 min were something. If anyone had tried to stop me moving around during a contraction, I would have creamed them. I had a hard time not to rip off the portable monitor and cream someone with that as it was. I remember hanging on to the roma birthwheel screaming and rattling it with all my strength, wondering if someone would try to stop me. When I collapsed on all fours because I couldn't keep moving anymore the midwife told me I was ready to push. Except for some coaching during pushing, at no time did anyone tell me to stop what I was doing or to assume any position I did not want. That was all I needed to get through it.
DS was a preemie and in fetal distress, so they told me I had to stop moving, stop screaming and lie still on my left side so he'd get the oxygen he needed, otherwise it was going to be an emergency c-section. So I told them I'd need an epidural to do all that, and that's what I got. Sometimes they are necessary to save the baby, period.
There may have been a reason why you were told to lie still, or they may have been just crap in that particular hospital. It does not have to be that way the second time!
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I have fast labors, most under 4 hours. All at home. I think your issue wasn't w/ how fast your labor progressed, but w/ the confinement to bed. I would insist on freedom of movement and if possible access to water, either a shower or more optimal a birth pool. Know way could I manage w/o the water.
Oh honey, this makes me so sad. Fast labors are HARD, even for mamas who have "properly" prepared. Many women who go in "fully" prepared, when faced with a fast labor, will end up throwing in the towel, or at the very least have a pretty scary picture of birth. Fast labor is intense! No breaks! Ooof!! But, I think it really helps to have an extra support person if you know this about yourself. But don't be so hard on yourself!! My first labor was about 5 hours of hard labor, and that was not at all what I was expecting!!
You mentioned that finances are tight (I hear ya!!!), but would maybe a doula be an option? She could help to calm you and keep you focused on natural birth, and she can help to redirect and remind your DH that pain is normal and okay, and maybe help him to support you through that pain... I think she could also help to advocate for some movement on your part. I agree, that stillness would be TORTURE!! There are a lot of doulas in training who work for reduced rates, or no rates even, to get more experience, but who would still be confident in your ability to birth naturally. I'd poke around in your tribal area to see if it's a possibility for you.
Keep in mind, too, that you can just flat out refuse to be still. They aren't going to tackle you and tie you to the bed. Hospital policy is policy, but you can decline anything and everything. That's hard to do though, I know, and a doula could probably help a lot in just being an advocate for the birth that you want.
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^^And my friend is a doula and just started being able to do it on clients insurance, so you may be able to find one that your insurance will cover.
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Wow, I totally agree with the others that most likely moving around will help IMMENSELY. Maybe try to educate your DH on natural pain management techniques so that he can give you some options when you are in labour. Make a list & get him to help you try some of the options.
If you're not hooked up to anything in the hospital you don't need to lie in bed & you and your DH should feel comfortable & confident in telling the nurses so. Standing, squattting, on all fours, or put the back of the bed up and lean forward on it. Long slow deep breathing & moaning helped me cope.
A birth ball was comfortable to me during my one fast labour (my 2nd- the other 2 were long & drawn out. I would take the fast, intense one over the long ones. At least you know you're getting somewhere. It was also my only unmedicated. I digress....) A shower also felt great, personally I didn't like the tub.
Hiring a doula is a great idea. Sounds like you're going to need someone to advocate for you in hospital.
Have you considered Hypnobabies? I'm studying it at the moment (due in June) and there's a lot of emphasis on "fear release" - working through your dread of a(nother) painful/nasty birth experience - as well as mental techniques for coping with and maybe even eliminating the pain. Interestingly, the CDs keep telling me to visualise a "fast, easy, comfortable birthing time" - so clearly the makers of the program don't feel that a fast labour necessarily equals a dreadful one. Also, remember that a LOT of women find birth easier the second time around.
I don't think epidurals are always a bad option, but I think you should make up your mind whether you definitely want to avoid one or not. If you do, you need to speak firmly to your DH about NOT offering you one during labour, even if you're in pain (and remind him you'll still be capable of asking for one yourself, should you change your mind). I know there's a "guy mindset" out there that offering pain relief is helpful and supportive, but depending on the couple in question, what the woman wants out of labour etc, it can actually be unhelpful and demoralising. I would have been peeved as heck if DH had trying to push one on me during labour with DD, even during my "I can't do this" moments.
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Thank you so much for the responses! Moving around would be great, but I'm GBS positive so I'll be hooked up to the antibiotics and the EFM...again. I guess that's why I would want to stay at home as long as possible. My hospital doesn't have birthing tubs or squatting bars or showers in the L&D rooms. Someone mentioned hypnobabies, I have been doing some guided imagery and meditations on labor and birth, this may be helpful if I stick with it. I will look into student doulas!
My first labor was a big longer (7) hours but my second labor was totally different and even longer. I think that a lot of it will have to do with the baby's position when labor starts. With one of mine had dh time the first 30 seconds of a contraction (you'd be shocked at how long it lasts) and after that I knew that it wouldn't get any worse and seemed to help. See if you can find something like that to focus on and look forward to.
They did your gbs screening for this pregnancy already? Isn't that normally checked much closer to the due date? It has a short-ish cycle (2 weeks if I remember right) so I would ask to have the test run again when you are closer to your due date.
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Absolutely agreed! It is WAY too soon to be testing for GBS. Between now and May it's something that you could absolutely work on tackling. No guarantees, but search GBS in the threads here. There are a lot of things you can do to pass that test and avoid antibiotics and EFM. I would try some of the things mentioned on the boards, and then demand a test 4 weeks from your due date. There is NO reason to test for GBS now... Even without doing anything, it's very possible that a test closer to your due date would come back negative for GBS. Other mamas weigh in on this, maybe in mainstream obstetrics it's common to do it 3 months before? But that seems silly. A woman who was GBS+ 3 months ago could very well not be GBS positive now... A GBS test so far ahead of a due date wouldn't give valid info...
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I do not have short labors. But, I find moving around helps soooo much. You need to move around. You need to make it very clear that you want to move. My first birth I had pit and an epidural and basically stayed confined to my bed. My recent natural birth I wanted to be more aware/in control of my body and I really noticed a huge difference in being able to get thru contractions by moving into different positions. I was so sad when I ended up having this strange unrelenting pain in my side and I had to lie down for long periods of time because that is the only thing that would make it stops, but it made contractions really uncomfortable compared to contractions I would face on my hands and knees or whatever. I know you say you will be hooked up because you are GBS positive, but if I were in your position I would look into options that would allow me movement. You NEED to be able to move.
Thank you so much for the responses! Moving around would be great, but I'm GBS positive so I'll be hooked up to the antibiotics and the EFM...again. I guess that's why I would want to stay at home as long as possible. My hospital doesn't have birthing tubs or squatting bars or showers in the L&D rooms. Someone mentioned hypnobabies, I have been doing some guided imagery and meditations on labor and birth, this may be helpful if I stick with it. I will look into student doulas!
No reason you can't move around with IV and EFM! Just stand up next to the bed, get on hands and knees, kneel over the back of the bed, whatever you feel will work for you. You may not be able to actually walk around the room if they don't have telemetry, but you can still MOVE! Every single client I've had get induced has had continuous monitoring and an IV and they have all been able to move around and have had unmedicated births. You can do it! Your husband needs to know how to advocate for you. There is no reason for you to have to stay still in the bed. If they can't get the heartrate on the monitor, the nurse needs to sit there and hold it on.
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No reason you can't move around with IV and EFM! Just stand up next to the bed, get on hands and knees, kneel over the back of the bed, whatever you feel will work for you. You may not be able to actually walk around the room if they don't have telemetry, but you can still MOVE! Every single client I've had get induced has had continuous monitoring and an IV and they have all been able to move around and have had unmedicated births. You can do it! Your husband needs to know how to advocate for you. There is no reason for you to have to stay still in the bed. If they can't get the heartrate on the monitor, the nurse needs to sit there and hold it on.
ITA. I kept running around the room with the portable monitor. At one point I couldn't stand the shoulder loop anymore and DH grabbed the little box and just ran beside me. I am sure you could move around even with an IV, though I suppose it might restrict the range and speed somewhat. After all it won't be for long! Just being able to get on all fours and rock will help. There is no reason whatsoever to lie flat on your back, unless the baby is in distress unless you do so. And maybe you can even get rid of the IV - wouldn't you have to take antibiotics now?
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I have short, intense labors, too. They are a roller coaster ride. And I was in the hospital but things went very well. My Bradley trained dh and my CNM kept the hospital nurse busy with silly tasks so that she didn't get in my way. Also, if you have to go to the bathroom, they have to let you out of bed to get there. I don't see how the nurses can insist you stay in bed like that. And if you get a bad nurse.. ask for another.You are the /boss here.
And to the previous poster with the "homebirth" comments. Not everyone feels comfortable at home. Homebirth is not the be all, end all for many of us.
I thought that once you test positive for GBS, that's it. They haven't tested me yet this pregnancy, so maybe there's hope on that front.
I just had my second fast labor (my first labor was fairly quick for a first timer, but not super quick) and I ended up with my third epidural. While I know that MDC is more natural-birth friendly, and honestly, that was my intention going in, I just was not able to handle the intensity of my labor, and I'm okay with that. I probably could have been better prepared, and I know there are people that have labors like mine and make it through without medication. If you really want that, I'd do a lot of research and preparation in whatever method sits best with you philosophically.
I will also say that the good thing about fast labors is that if you do end up opting for pain medication, there is less likelihood of the "cascade of interventions" happening in my opinion when your labor is progressing at a mile a minute. I ended up dilating from a 5 to complete in about an hour, possibly a little less, and gave birth about 40 minutes later.
Also I wanted to say about staying home as long as possible while GBS + that if you are giving birth in a hospital, it might mean that they will want to keep you and the baby longer after birth or run additional tests to monitor the GBS. Since my labor was really fast and started with my water breaking, and I was GBS +, they didn't get the full dosage of antibiotics into me. Fortunately they didn't keep us there that long (gave birth at quarter to 12 on Wednesday night and was released Friday morning at 11) , but they did do a blood test on me and two blood tests on the baby 12 hours apart to check our blood counts.
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When season five ended for "Sons of Anarchy," a lot was left up in the air. One of the show's main stories was Clay ( Ron Perlman) being framed for murder by his fellow club members, Jax ( Charlie Hunnam) and Tig ( Kim Coates). When the new season begins, it will find Clay in jail for the crime, which is something Perlman is having difficulty coming to terms with.
While promoting the new season of "Sons of Anarchy" at Comic-Con, the case, including Perlman, sat down some some members of the media to talk about the show. Perlman was especially candid on Clay and his feelings about where the character is headed.
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After such a pro-citrix/Xen post I figured I'd post my (admittedly
vague) recollection of the Xen history.
I was an early supporter of Xen. I started a couple servers on campus
and off and was pretty pleased with the result. Xen related
talks/discussions resulted in numerous other departments/organizations
using Xen. At the time it was very straight forward to get the source
and patches required for Xen to run on a current linux distro. Install
directions often included a turn key script for downloads of Xen source.
Then it got harder to find/download, you had to fill out a form, create
an account, etc.
They the supply completely stopped, no new kernel patches/source were
At this time I had 6 or so Dom0/hosts, and wanted to roll out a new 16
disk Dom0 and wanted a semi-recent kernel so I could get raid-scrubbing.
This was before Redhat back ported RAID scrubbing which at the time
required something newer than 2.6.20.
Some grad student in Italy was doing some research into virtualization.
He contributed some patches where were picked up by someone who tried
to get them to apply to fedora's kernel. Suse worked from them for
awhile, as did ubuntu. Forums were filled with issues related to them,
death under heavy network loads, problems with larger disk arrays,
various ugly side effects were pretty well known. Xen also had numerous
ugly warts at the time, stealing the serial driver
for use with consoles was a particularly painful one for me. I had to
try dozens of kernels to find one that worked with my network, raid
controller, and kernel.
At that point I think it had been over a year since a single line of
kernel code came out of Xen. Various virtualization products were
lobbying for mainline kernel changes. Said community said propose
changes that will mean all of your needs and they will be considered.
My memory is KVM played nice and got changes submitted, Xen did not and
complained rather loudly.
After *ANOTHER* year of no new patches/kernels from Xen all 3 big linux
companies (Redhat, Ubuntu, and SUSE) decide to abandon Xen in favor of
KVM. Oracle decided to stick with Xen but I'll let Oracle's record with
open source speak for itself. Thank god for the ability to fork open
source projects.
The good news is that Xen now seems to be playing nicely with the
kernel, contributing patches, and generally working better with the
linux community. I was pretty shocked it took 3 of the biggest linux
companies's defections to trigger it.
So while Citrix has been financially successful and at least for awhile
they seemed to be focusing all their efforts on integration and
marketing and none on their core technologies. Sure that's good for
stock prices in the short term, but seems like a poor long term plan.
Granted they had an early lead in virtualization, which from a technical
perspective (IMO) they lost.
It will be interesting to see what Amazon (which runs on RHEL + Xen
today) and various cloud providers (often using KVM) do over the next
year. Especially with RHEL 6 not supporting Xen and Amazon offering
Oracle's virtualization (in addition to Xen).
More recently in 3 different organizations that used to run Xen now run
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Rod Stewart Releases New Version Of 'Maggie May'
Rod Stewart has released a two disc set called Rarities, featuring alternative cuts from his extensive catalog. Among the songs is a version of "Maggie May," which Stewart laid down during a performance on BBC Radio One.
Rolling Stone magazine says the previously unreleased version is more intense than the mid tempo original:
"Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood translates the song's famous mandolin break into a ragged guitar line on a blistering performance as the distorted guitars and Stewart's gravelly wail crash around the studio space."
Other tracks on the set include Stewart's versions of "Pinball Wizard" (the Who) and "Girl from the North Country" (Bob Dylan), along with non LP singles, b-sides and studio outtakes.
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John Wheat, interim director of Tampa International Airportâs board, told Council that a light rail link makes more sense at the airport.
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A pastor shot by a thug on Tuesday night at his home is fighting for his life at Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret. Suleiman Kimani, a World Wide Gospel Churches of Kenya Reverend was shot in the chest as he entered his home in Baringo near Maili Nne at 11pm.
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I just received notice that I have been granted a patent. I was notified by the Patent Awards company of Warsaw Indiana. The patent was issued on January 10th and I received the letter on the 15th. I have gotten patents while employed at three different companies and old P.A. has always been the first to notify me. Three cheers for the profit motive. They only make money when people get patents and want a plaque. They sent me a very nice letter and suggested I may want to commemorate this experience with a plaque. I remember how excited I was getting the first and now I couldn t say how many I have without checking the Patent office. Some people display their patents on their office walls. I never cared to do that as I am intimidating enough in person. I gave one plaque to my son, one to my daughter and I am saving a couple for the grandkids whenever they come along. A couple of the plaques were mounted on very nice pieces of black American walnut. Not anymore! They are now commemorative brassy plates. Instead of giving me another plaque I wish the company would give me about eight board feet of French Oak. I ll make my own plaque!
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Should regular people have someone looking out for their best interests in the halls of government? We'd all probably agree that the answer is "Yes." But what about having a government agency whose sole purpose is to police financial companies to make sure they are not taking advantage of consumers? Sounds like a pretty good idea, right?
It turns out we already have such a thing: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (aka the CFPB) which was created in 2010 in direct response to the financial crisis of 2008.
Who Created the CFPB and Why?
As you probably remember, the crisis was set off by a powder keg of problems in the subprime mortgage market. Lenders were persuading prospective homeowners to take on loans that were destined to crush them because the amount of the loans was bigger than they could afford and the type of loans (Adjustable Rate Mortgages) meant that interest rates on them would skyrocket after just a few years.
Sure enough, after several years of these aggressive – and in some cases, fraudulent – lending practices, homeowners began to default on their loans at an alarming pace. To make matters worse, many longstanding corporate entities (like the insurance giant AIG), had made wildly irresponsible bets on these mortgages.
As the subprime market crashed, the companies like AIG that were on the wrong side of the bet got in deeper and deeper trouble and eventually many of them had to be bailed out by the government. The stock market crash (in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost almost half its value) also decimated many Americans retirement accounts. In 2009 there were stories in local newspapers about formerly retired people going back to work as grocery baggers or store greeters in order to make some income since their retirement account was no longer enough to rely on.
With the results of the financial crisis fresh in the minds of lawmakers and newly elected President Obama, the CFPB was created in 2008 to be a "watchdog" for consumers against the potential predatory actions of financial companies.
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Currently the funding for the CFPB comes from the Federal Reserve, and that funding is unlikely to be diverted for any other purpose. It's considered a solid source of funding. However, the House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would instead make CFPB dependent on funding from Congress, in which case the funding could be reduced (or eliminated entirely) in any given year.
One of the proponents of the bill, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, said that "the CFPB is perhaps the single most powerful and least accountable federal agency in all of Washington." His explanation for supporting the bill actually is a good case for why the CFPB is necessary. As we saw in the financial crisis of 2008, many companies within the financial industry have the power to affect our lives (in positive or negative ways) and if there is no oversight from an empowered regulatory agency like the CFPB, then we cannot be sure that incidents like the ones we saw in 2008 will not occur again in the future.
What Good Has the CFPB Done?
In many ways, the CFPB can be considered a great success so far. A few recent news items make that clear. Yesterday, the CFPB announced that it had recovered more than $1 million for military service members and veterans (and their families). The $1 million includes money returned to military members because of unlawful or fraudulent practices by credit card companies, lenders, and debt collectors. (You can read the full report here)
Other industries where the CFPB has made progress in curtailing consumer abuses include:
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- Auto lending
- For-profit higher education
These efforts will have long-lasting positive effects for American consumers. And the good news is that the good actors – that is, the companies who are abiding by the law and treating customers with respect – appreciate the CFPB's efforts to curtail the bad actors. This is a win-win for companies following the law and for consumers.
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If you find yourself dealing with a financial company that is engaging in fraudulent or predatory practices, the CFPB may be able to help. They have a robust complaint input system that will allow you to file complaints related to any of these products/industries:
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Once Upon a Time Spoilers: New Character Named Helena to Appear in [SPOILER] Episode
We always get excited when a new role on Once Upon a Time is announced. This time, the new casting announcement is for a woman named Helena, who appears in an episode deep into the middle of Season 2.
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According to SpoilerTV, the "guest role of Helena is being cast." Helena will reportedly appear in Season 2, Episode 13, which will air in early 2013.
A casting notice describes Helena as "a 30-year-old brunette who is a sophisticated lady and also a fierce hunter of deadly creatures."
Who could Helena be, and whose storyline could she impact? It's a bit strange that her age is so specific, but then again, so is Emma's (Jennifer Morrison). Emma could only break The Evil Queen's (Lana Parrilla) curse after her 28th birthday. So Helena will be quite close to Emma in age. We're also wondering if Helena could be Jefferson's (Sebastian Stan) daughter Grace's mother in Storybrooke.
It's also possible that Helena is a sophisticated lady in Storybrooke, and a fierce hunter in Fairytale Land. We should also consider her mythological name; in Greek mythology, Helena was the most beautiful woman in the world, and the cause of the Trojan war. Since we know we're entering new worlds, why not introduce characters from mythology?
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The "Shannaz read" is a term coined in the industry some time ago, and refers to a natural, casual delivery which has since been the cornerstone to a vast array of campaigns, from cars to telcos, banks to station-promos … just to name a few. It's why Shannaz has long been "the voiceover you book when you don't want your script to sound like a voiceover". It also explains his success in another area of VO's … Voice Acting. if you're looking for a sense of realism or a natural comic touch, his acclaimed acting skills will bring your scripts to life. That ability to make a script sound natural and relatable also lends itself to corporate, training and documentary narration.
Steve is one of the country's most sought after animation voices, with credits including the Logie-Award winning "Tracey McBean", the AFI-Award winning "Bottletop Bill", the ABC hit "CJ The DJ", and now the plum role of B1 in the recent ABC series of "Bananas In Pyjamas".
Since graduating from WAAPA in 1992, Steve has worked extensively for camera and stage, taking out the award for Best Actor at the 2003 Festival of Perth for his role in David Mamet's "The Duck Variations".
Steve got his start in radio writing and presenting comedy for ABC National, then spent 2005 as writer and presenter on the Breakfast Show at Perth's 96FM (he has created a TV series based on that experience, so "don't touch that dial"). He has also written, directed and appeared in his own short films, two of which were shortlisted for Tropfest in their respective years.
Steve writes, plays and records music, and has played in bands in both Perth and Sydney. His latest projrct is kids' band ELECTRIC LUNCHBOX, which he started with his wife in 2010, and are now a 5-piece band with 4 dancers… the kind of thing he thought he'd never do, which is exactly why he is. And just to restore the balance, he now has an instrumental surfband, which is more of a "simply mental" surfand that plays at deafening volumes. Aaaahhhh., that's better…
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I am going up to the camp today to talk with the director of the camp. I haven't seen him since I was a child lol! So I am very nervous.
Because this is a christian camp I have to either write a testomony out or give it to him personally. So I choose to go the professional way and give it to him directly.
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"RECONS" was conceived in India and initially manufactured rectifier equipment. Over the last 25 years, we have grown to become one of the most trusted and admired vendors of automatic servo voltage stabilizers. Our package transformers have helped companies all over Ethiopia, and especially in Addis Ababa, operate their high voltage equipment in complete safety at sub stations.
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Popcorn Trivia
|January 19 is National Popcorn Day
|Corn was first grown about 7,000 years ago in the highlands of central Mexico, and by the first century B.C. was a staple crop of all the agricultural peoples in the Americas. One of the first uses of corn kernels was for popping.
|Some Native American tribes popped corn right on the cob, by spearing the corn cob with a stick and holding it near the fire. The kernels would pop and stay attached to the cob.
|Popcorn was actually the first food to be microwaved deliberately. In 1946 Dr. Percy Spencer of the Raytheon Corporation was experimenting with a magnetron (a new type of vacuum tube) when he noticed that the chocolate candy bar in his pocket had melted. He was curious, so he placed some popcorn kernels next to the magnetron and turned it on - the popcorn popped. After experimenting with various other food items (including an egg that exploded!), he and Ratheon realized they were on to something and continued on to develop the first microwave oven.
In an average bag of popcorn, the number of yellow kernels will outnumber the white ones by 9 to 1.
It is believed that popcorn was the very first form of corn to be cultivated.
The oldest ears of popcorn ever found were discovered in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico in 1948 and 1950. Ranging from smaller than a penny to about 2 inches, the oldest Bat Cave ears are about 5,600 years old.
In southwestern Utah, a 1,000-year-old popped kernel of popcorn was found in a dry cave inhabited by predecessors of the Pueblo Indians. (There may be older ones than that under a cushion of my sofa.)
Americans today consume 17.3 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year. The average American eats about 68 quarts.
The ancient way to popcorn was to heat sand in a fire and stir kernels of popcorn in when the sand was fully heated.
Why Popcorn Pops!
Each kernel contains a small drop of water inside a circle of soft starch surrounded by the hard outer surface. As the kernel heats, the drop of water expands and pressure starts to build up. When the hard surface eventually gives way, the popcorn explodes. During the explosion, the soft starch inside the kernel inflates and bursts, turning the entire kernel inside out.
Varieties of popcorn are grown to pop into two distinctive shapes: "snowflake," the large popcorn sold in theaters and ball parks; and mushroom, the smaller variety used in popcorn candies and snacks.


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Hog hunts scheduled on WMA, Forest Service lands
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) are initiating efforts to remove feral hogs from their respective properties. Feral hogs cause significant damage to roads, wildlife openings and dikes, as well as compete for the same food sources as many game species including squirrels, deer, and wild turkeys. Not only do feral hogs compete for food resources, they also destroy the nests of many ground nesting bird species including the wild turkey and quail.
A special feral hog removal effort will take place on the Wambaw Wildlife Management Area (WMA) of the Francis Marion National Forest. This will be a still and stalk hog hunt (no dogs) beginning March 9 and continuing until March 21. Weapons allowed include: archery, crossbow, centerfire rifles, muzzleloaders, centerfire handguns, and shotguns with slugs. Hunting occurs from one hour before legal sunrise to one hour past legal sunset. Hunters must obtain a hangtag for each vehicle daily from the Honey Hill Lookout Tower, Awendaw Check Station on Highway 17, or the U.S. Forest Service Wambaw Ranger Station in McClellanville. The hangtag must be accurately completed prior to and after each hunt and then deposited into the receptacle at one of the above listed locations.
According to Biologist Mark Danaher of the USFS, "Feral hogs are destroying multiple habitat types and competing with wildlife as well as destroying potential habitats for threatened and endangered plants throughout Francis Marion National Forest."
Hog hunts with dogs have been scheduled for both sides (side A & B) of Bonneau Ferry WMA for March 5-6, March 20, and May 7-8. No youth restrictions exist for these hunts. All hunters must sign in and sign out and record harvest at the kiosk located at the main entrance off Highway 402. One shotgun per party (buckshot only) and sidearms are permitted. Hunting occurs from legal sunrise to legal sunset.
Similar habitat destruction is happening on Bonneau Ferry WMA according to DNR biologist Will Carlisle, "Feral hogs are decimating chufa patches planted for turkeys as well as other wildlife crops planted in wildlife openings. They are also causing damage to the dikes," states Carlisle. With the increasing cost of seed and fertilizer as well as high fuel costs, chufa patches will not be planted on Bonneau Ferry WMA this year according to Carlisle.
Hunters on both areas must have in possession a hunting license, a WMA permit and wear a hat, jacket, or vest of solid international orange while hunting. No hogs may be transported alive. All WMA rules and regulations apply.
DNR protects and manages South Carolina's natural resources by making wise and balanced decisions for the benefit of the state's natural resources and its people.


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An erotic thriller in the tradition of "Dressed To Kill" and "Basic Instinct", Brian de Palma's PASSION tells the story of a deadly power struggle between two women in the dog-eat-dog world of international business. Christine possesses the natural elegance and casual ease associated with one who has a healthy relationship with money and power. Innocent, lovely and easily exploited, her admiring protégée Isabelle is full of cutting-edge ideas that Christine has no qualms about stealing. They're on the same team, after all…
Christine takes pleasure in exercising control over the younger woman, leading her one step at a time ever deeper into a game of seduction and manipulation, dominance and humiliation. But when Isabelle falls into bed with one of Christine's lovers, war breaks out. On the night of the murder, Isabelle is at the ballet, while Christine receives an invitation to seduction. From whom? Christine loves surprises. Naked she goes to meet the mystery lover waiting in her bedroom…
|Rachel as:
|Other cast:
|Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson
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|Directed by:
|Brian de Palma
|Written by:
|Brian De Palma, Natalie Carter & Alain Corneau (Love Crime)
|Production Status:
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|World Premiere:
|September 7, 2012 during the Venice Film Festival
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|Entertainment One (US)
|Run time:
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|Production budget:
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|Sylvie Barthet, Saïd Ben Saïd, Alfred Hürmer
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The filming for "Passion" began early March 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Rachel wrapped up filming her scenes early April 2012 but the filming continued for about 4 weeks until May 5, 2012.
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• Rachel and Noomi Rapace co-starred before in "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" but they don't share any scenes in the movie. Paul Anderson also appeared in the film with Rachel and Noomi.
• The movie will be shot entirely in Berlin, Germany on location. It was planned to shoot the movie on location in Londen and studio work in Germany but it was decided to film on location in Berlin. A few locations are Sony Center, Bode Museum and the restaurant Margaux.
• Casting director Anja Dihrberg revealed that director De Palma "prefers actors who come from the theater and mastered their craft accordingly". Both Rachel and Noomi graduated in theater.
• The rumored budget for the movie is $20-30 million.
• "Passion" was selected for the Venice Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival in the fall of 2012.
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"When I got the script and read it I thought I was playing the other character and then I talked to Brian and he said he wanted me to play Christine, which I thought was kind of exciting. I wouldn't have thought of that, so I thought it was a great adjustment that he made. It works the other way too, but this makes it a bit edgier."
–On playing Christine (LA Times)
"[…] I did spend some time in Berlin and I will return soon because I will film a movie with Brian De Palma, a really dark thriller."
–On the movie (Trailerseite)
Quotes from Cast & Crew
"Not since 'Dressed to Kill' have I had a chance to combine eroticism, suspense, mystery and murder into one spell-binding cinematic experience. I can't wait."
–Brian De Palma, director (IndieWire)
"Noomi Rapace is dangerous. She can be scary as Isabelle because you don't know what goes on in that head of hers, and you believe she could kill somebody. Rachel McAdams is sexy and had great fun playing a very evil woman. Actresses don't really like to play manipulative women like Christine, but Rachel went all out for it. Also, Noomi and Rachel had already worked together on "Sherlock Holmes" (Guy Ritchie) and knew each other well enough to leave the comfort zone and venture in dangerous territory. They were unafraid to go anywhere with each other. Which makes their duo very dynamic and compelling to watch."
–Brian de Palma, director (Press Kit)
"In the original movie, Alain Corneau tip toed around the sexual attraction between the characters. But Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams played it straight out. I did not say to them : "kiss each other and be erotic". They just did it. And it was quite effective."
–Brian de Palma, director (Press Kit)
"I really wanted to work with Rachel and I think she is fantastic and when Brian came with this to me and he mentioned Rachel it felt like: 'Wow this can be such a dream senario' because it's quite unusual to be given that kind of gift of getting the opportunity to step into a relationship between two women that's not going to be a cute relationship or just friend because they are so competitive and they are kind of raising the game and it's kind of a deathly manipulative game between them. "
–Noomi Rapace, co-star (Venice Film Festival Press Conference)
"I was looking at her, I remember one scene, and I was like 'She's too perfect. Ugh, she's too goddamn perfect;. But I really like her and we are friends."
–Noomi Rapace, co-star (Venice Film Festival Press Conference)
Critical Reception
"McAdams does shine brighter than the others because it seems that she is seemingly more conscious of the material she is working with. She manipulates the silly dialogue to its fullest extent. Perfectly coiffed and dressed to the nines, it's hard to buy the very young-looking McAdams as a big time executive, but who cares?"
–Caitlin Hughes (The Film Reject)
|"To The Wonder" was selected, as part of the competition, for Venice Film Festival on September 7, 2012 and premiered a week later during the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2012. The movie was also selected for various film festivals around the world including for the New York Film Festival, Belgrade Film Festival and Ghent Film Festival. Rachel only attended TIFF '12. She walked the red carpet for the premiere (view images) and did a press junket including the Variety Studio (view images) the same day.
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Friday, April 09, 2004
ActionMcFarlane is proud to announce the driver lineup for the upcoming NASCAR Series 3. The third series from our partner company is due in stores this October, featuring two legends, six active Nextel Cup drivers and one
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Gentlemen, start your engines:Dale EarnhardtJamie McMurrayKevin HarvickDarrell WaltripDale Earnhardt Jr.Tony StewartJohn ForceMichael WaltripDale JarrettThis lineup includes three drivers in the current Top 10, as well as the winners of 12 NASCAR championships and eight Daytona 500s. The "wild card" in the NASCAR 3 lineup is legendary funny car driver John Force, the 12-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing champion. The Force figure is the first offering from ActionMcFarlane of a driver from outside the Nextel (formerly Winston) Cup Series.
ActionMcFarlane's NASCAR figures burst into toy aisles last fall and have been warmly received by retailers and fans nationwide. Look for photos of NASCAR 3 in the coming weeks and for the toys to arrive in stores this October.


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I used to think I was the only LGBT person in my family — at least, in recent memory. When I found out that I was wrong, I was both reassured and afraid.
As Spring Break approached, I got more and more nervous. I was plagued by the irrational(?) fear that, regardless of how my family reacted, having told them the truth, I would be unable to live in that truth. To really be myself. I had so many years of practice at not doing that.
We're inspired by the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III's faith-based support of marriage equality and the dignity of all people.
My Catholic faith and my experience of family have taught me that God has more than enough love to go around for everyone, gay or straight.
I was more upset than I expected to be about the passage of Amendment One in North Carolina on Tuesday. I know it was expected to happen, and I wasn't surprised, but nonetheless I felt it very deeply.
As it happens, I had come out to my family once before, many years ago. As an atheist.
I grew up among an unspecified, non-denominational Christianity. While regular attendance at church wasn't on the menu, many other manifestations of belief were. Bibles were read, crosses were worn, God was regularly invoked and beseeched, and if someone was making a difficult decision, He would often directly tell them what to do.
Auburn Seminary was proud to join a coalition of religious women's organizations in congratulating Catholic nuns on their inspiring work to feed the hungry, cloth the poor, and advocate for the least among us, despite recent attacks on their views.


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Side Mirrors Replacement (or M3 Style Upgrade) DIY
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This is a fairly easy DIY and only take like 5 minutes per mirror...
Stuby flat screwdriver
10mm socket wrench
As a warning... BRING WINDOWS DOWN.....
1) Remove the cover, use the stuby screwdriver and put it between the cover and the door, as seen in the picture, then push the screwdriver away from your self, fairly easy there is only two tabs so once you here two "tac" noises it's loose, then just pull it up
here you can see the two tabs in question..
2) Disconnect the mirrors, make sure you pull as much wire out as possible from the door and simply disconnect the mirrors
3) Remove mirrors, the mirrors are held by 3 screws (10mm) just unscrew them but keep in mind that once last screw is loose, mirror might fall so keep holding on to the mirror all the way
here you can see how the mirror was attached easily
From here on it's just the opposite...
I replaced mine with m3 style ones...
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