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The Truth About 'Lesbian Bed Death': It's ComplicatedDecember 10, 2013 • By Margaret Nichols, PhD, LGBT Issues (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Topic Expert Contributor
In 1982, sociologists Pepper Schwartz and Philip Blumstein published American Couples: Money, Work, Sex, the first major study of its kind to compare gay male, lesbian, and heterosexual couples on basic issues such as sex, communication, and money. Among many other findings, their research showed that lesbian couples had less frequent sex than anyone else. And thus was born the trope of "lesbian bed death." A majority of comparative studies in the past 30 years have replicated these results, although a few have found no differences between lesbian and heterosexual couples.
Over the decades, though, those of us who first publicized the American Couples findings have come to doubt them. More specifically, we have questioned whether "sexual frequency" is the most valuable measure of the sexual health of a relationship, whether our views and definitions of sex may be inherently heterocentric, even phallocentric. However, until recently we had nothing but our theories—and the incontrovertible data showing that female couples have less sex. The stereotype of "lesbian sex" became … cuddling, even the stereotypes that lesbians have of themselves. Never mind that the frontiers of BDSM, polyamory, and erotic gender bending were explored by lesbian and bisexual women long before most heterosexual women had a clue. Let's forget the gay and bisexual female sex radicals, from Virginia Masters to Betty Dodson to Tristan Taormino. Lesbian sex, when not thought of as entertainment for men, has come to be seen as tepid and a little bit boring.
But now, finally, someone has done the research that explores the questions raised by feminist sexologists. At the annual conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex (SSSS), which I attended for the first time in many years, I discovered that an abundance of the smartest young researchers in sexology are women, many of them queer women. One of them, Dr. Karen Blair, presented research that tested several measures of "sexual well-being," not just frequency. She compared more than 800 men and women in relationships, about equal numbers of lesbians, gay men, heterosexual men, and heterosexual women, and asked questions about sexual frequency, duration of each sexual encounter, types of sexual acts, and orgasms.
Sure enough, as measured by frequency lesbians fell behind the others. Only about 15% of the lesbians had sex more than twice a week, compared to 50% or more of the others, and about 40% said there were weeks when they had no sex at all, compared to less than 20% of the rest of the sample. But if you looked at how long each sexual encounter lasted, women in same-sex relationships were champs. Gay men and especially male and female heterosexuals reported typical sexual encounters of a half hour or less, often much less. Lesbians, on the other hand, described sexual sessions lasting upward of 30 minutes, and nearly 10% reported encounters of two hours or more. This is our first hint that the measure of "sexual frequency" is inadequate. Perhaps lesbians have lower frequency because if each sexual encounter involves extended periods of sensual and sexual activity, it is harder to find time for sex. And if sex is that intense, maybe you don't need or desire it as frequently. Maybe some of the other needs that genital sex fills—such as the need for intimacy and closeness—CAN be fulfilled by cuddling.
Blair's other results are also food for thought. Not surprisingly, the most frequent sexual activity engaged in by heterosexual men and women was penile-vaginal intercourse, with the most common among gay men and lesbians being giving and receiving oral sex. More surprising was the finding that heterosexual women were most likely to say they did not always have an orgasm during partner sex—and lesbians, of all four groups, most frequently reported not only orgasms but multiple orgasms most frequently. Perhaps lesbians have sex less frequently because—due to those extended sessions and an abundance of oral sex—they tend to not only climax, but climax repeatedly on a regular basis. Looked at from this perspective, the "lesbian bed death" trope is clearly inappropriate and grossly misleading.
All participants in Blair's study reported similar levels of sexual satisfaction, regardless of their orientation, and other comparison studies have shown a similar result. This is an interesting finding, considering that heterosexual women report fewer orgasms than lesbians, and that a common complaint of heterosexual women is that their partners do not spend enough time on foreplay. Do heterosexual women trade consistent orgasm for frequency? Do they care? The neuroscientist Sari van Anders, who rocked a plenary at SSSS with her research on hormones and neurotransmitters, provided a clue to the last question. Van Anders included both lesbians and heterosexual women in her research on the relationship of hormones to sexual behavior, and she found that heterosexual women did not expect orgasm during sex, while lesbians took having an orgasm in partnered sex for granted. Perhaps our expectations are shaped by our experiences, and "satisfaction" may have more to do with what we think is realistic than what is ideal.
So what does this mean about "lesbian bed death"? Sexual frequency declines in all long-term relationships, just a bit more drastically for women with women. Is frequency the only measure we should be looking at? Blair's research suggests not. For lesbians, it seems just as satisfying to have fewer sexual encounters, to spend more time on each one, and to know that both partners will have at least one orgasm when they do choose to have sex. For many women, exchanging quantity for quality may seem an exchange worth making. What's so bad about that?
To go a little deeper, if we throw out 'frequency' as the sole or even most important measure of sexual health, we see differences in sexual style that vary by sexual orientation but also by gender, and contrasting these dimensions gives us new insights. Lesbian sexuality could be thought of as what women do when they construct sexual scripts without male influence, while the sexual styles of women who have sex with men reflect how sex is constructed when there is a need to balance both male and female sexual styles. Lesbians construct sex as less frequent but more prolonged, intense, and orgasmic. Heterosexual women are content with fewer orgasms and more frequent genital encounters. Many heterosexual women dream of what in heterosexual terms is called "foreplay" but for lesbians is a routine part of sex—a lot of touching and oral genital contact. Do lesbians dream of quickies and sexual encounters where you go straight for the crotch?
There is tremendous variety, of course, in women's sexual preferences, and the stereotypes I've created based on Blair's study are grossly reductionistic. But there is something to be looked at here, something involving gender, the purposes served by genital sexual contact, clues that will help us learn more about human sexuality in gender.
But we will only learn it when we stop using terms such as "lesbian bed death" and start to look at all sexual styles as equal but different, instead of privileging certain types of sex over others. Sex is not a competition; it's a rich and diverse activity whose mystery we have only begun to comprehend.
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GloriaDecember 10th, 2013 at 3:29 PM
So maybe this isn't as important to lesbian couples as it is to others? Who cares? If someone is happy and content in their relationship do I really care how much they have sex? And do they care how much I do?
AlanAugust 31st, 2014 at 12:14 PM
On a personal level, no, I don't care, nor should I; it's none of my business. On a general, scientific level, it's interesting like any other aspect of behaviour. It's a pity to confuse the two.
rudiDecember 11th, 2013 at 3:43 AM
I have thought a lot about this, and mainly because I am friends with several lesbian couples. What I mostly see among this group of friends is a level of comfort that does not exist among my heterosexual friends. But I think that for many of them this comfort does start to translate into the relationship becoming less sexual than it may have once been… but that doesn't mean that the women are not happy with this. I don't know if they are or not. But the long and short is that we don't know what makes anyone's relationship tick, and what goes on behind closed doors is for the couple to determine, not us. If this makes them happy, then it does and I applaud anyone staying together these days and defying the odds.
Andrew cDecember 12th, 2013 at 3:41 AM
Guess that kind of shoots down what straight men have always thought about lesbians!!
paulDecember 13th, 2013 at 3:47 AM
Is this really only something that happens in women/women relationships? No. Anytime a couple becomes comfortable with each other I think that it is natural that sex dies away a little bit. Right?
margaret nichol, ph.d.December 13th, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Paul – yes, this is something that happens in all couples, but the data has pretty consistently shown that frequency declines more for lesbian couples. But as others have commented – if they don't care, why should we?
MegDecember 14th, 2013 at 6:14 AM
I have to wonder who is doing the reserach, men or women, and if it is men then are they making a bigger deal out of this than the couples actually are? I don't know, I just know that there are times when I want to have sex with my husband not because I want anything in return but just because I could be missing that feeling of intimacy that having sex brings us. It isn't always about the end result, it is that closeness that having sex with each other brings and I think that couples miss out on a whole lot when they choose not to make that part of their relationship a priority.
Erika BischoffJanuary 28th, 2014 at 6:10 AM
Maybe sex isnt that much of an issue to a lesbian couple as it is to a heterosexual. Sex is about being close to one person so how many times you have sex a week really shouldn' be an issue.
AnonMay 10th, 2014 at 6:11 PM
Why is this so heavily deffended. It might be a real issue. While some may think intimacy is the only thing required. We come preprogrammed to desire sex (with insertion). Maybe a new test could be run by a lesbian and a straight person, both inventing the questions and interpreting the results.
ReeAugust 7th, 2014 at 12:18 PM
Its makes sense that two women would have less sex….I wouldn't be surprised if two men have the most sex… if it of was up to women in a hetero relationship they wouldn't have that much sex…but men will beg!
shelbySeptember 18th, 2014 at 8:46 AM
My wife and I have found from lesbian groups on Facebook that lesbian death bed is very common. I'm not just talking about older couples who have been together for years but also younger couples. We have seen a lot where one person will want intimacy and the other person won't.
My wife and I really feel like the odd couple because we have such a loving and intimate relationship. We connect in every level.
bossSeptember 22nd, 2014 at 1:13 PM
Man I love my girl.
Karen BlairSeptember 22nd, 2014 at 5:03 PM
What a great summary of the topic!! Thanks for including my research from SSSS! Some of the data from that talk have now been published and you can find the article here: academia.edu/2377768/_The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare_Sexual_Orientation_and_Gender_Differences_in_the_Duration_of_Sexual_Activity_within_Same-Sex_and_Mixed-Sex_Relationships
I'm in the process of working on the paper that compares orgasms among the same groups ;-)
margie nichols, ph.d.September 24th, 2014 at 5:21 PM
Thanks, Karen! I downloaded, printed, read, and have distributed to colleagues that article…..i got an email about it when it was first online. love your work, so glad you are doing it. can't wait to see your new paper.
AsiaNovember 18th, 2014 at 12:30 PM
I am a lesbian woman and I am in a relationship. She and I started out having sex every day and it was awesome! I mean we both experienced multiple orgasms and we usually had sex for several hours at a time. Even when one of us was unable to have sex (due to menstrual cycles or for other reasons) we equally took pleasure in satisfying the other partner who was able to have sex. Satisfying eachother was equal to experiencing an orgasm ourself. Now that our relationship has become more seasoned, we have sex maybe every other day. We still make love for several hours at a time and we still experience multiple orgasms. I feel as though the sex has decreased simple because our love for eachother has increased. We appreciate quality time with eachother, sex just comes along with it. Non the less,it has not had a negative impact on our relationship. I think we have just matured and we have fullfilled our intamate needs through our closeness, be it through deep convesations, quality time, or cuddling.
RayNovember 23rd, 2014 at 11:41 AM
Hello. I've been exclusively lesbian for 30 years and completely concur with the author's assessments in this article. Particularly when I was in my 20s and early 30s, my & my partners' preference was for very long, intense sessions lasting many hours. That's unsustainable night after night, particularly when you're holding down a busy job. Of course the sessions have to become shorter and/or less frequent, although by shorter, I can't remember many sessions that've lasted less than an hour, except under stressful circumstances or with women whose relationships were primarily with men and preferred, or had been conditioned to prefer, short relatively frantic sessions. I have to say that those short, busy but mostly unsatisfying sessions didn't make me want to have more of them. Quite the contrary. I'd take one good, long session a month over 30 short, fast sessions any day, and I wonder whether the compromises straight women seem to make work for them at all or whether their interest in pleasing the man they're with means many never truly learn to enjoy sex for its own sake at all.
RayNovember 23rd, 2014 at 11:43 AM
Ps: Thank you, Margaret Nichols, for writing such a thoughtful piece. It's really good to read misogynistic old presumptions debunked like this.
fayeDecember 12th, 2014 at 2:50 PM
What if one is a lesbian, whose lesbian partner acts like a typical heterosexual male? What then? Then i suppose Yes bed death exists and there is a loss of cuddling and loving behavior. In at least my case. I know it's not typical; compared to exes.
MariaFebruary 3rd, 2015 at 12:34 PM
I just don't understand. I was married for 10 years to a man. Sex was almost every night, and I had an orgasm every time. Now that I have been in several relationships with women, I see they are all talk. I have a high libido and to me, sex is a way of sealing the deal.. It's a way of saying "I'll never leave." It has nothing to do with the orgasm or lack of one. It hurts to be rejected when you're trying to bond with someone, trying to SHOW them that you love them. I would never declined my girlfriend, unfortunately she always does. It's not the orgasm I want…it's her. I love her and yes there is alot of intimacy. I give foot rubs, massages, make dinner, clean, we cuddle every day. There's just something about making love to the person you love… It's like you both become one, nothing compares to that. People have taken the beauty of making love and turned it into having sex. Lovemaking isn't about receiving, it's about giving, because you can't give anything more than your body… There's no price tag on that. I can give myself an orgasm but I can't give myself the feeling I get when I touch her, it's a feeling that melts me every time…it's a feeling I long for, a feeling of oneness. Lets face it, most people don't see lesbianism as normal, so you go through the looks and chatter together and when you cuddle up in bed you know it's right. Lovemaking should never be a chore…it's a gift from God, a way to express yourself in the deepest levels. Unfortunately people turned it into sex, self gratifying, something it was never supposed to be and it ruined it for the few that don't see it that way.
soniaMarch 12th, 2015 at 4:09 AM
maria i can relate to what youre saying, email me at email@example.com
JulieMay 29th, 2015 at 7:05 AM
And thus we've been led here
debJune 18th, 2015 at 12:09 PM
I understand what your saying Maria and I agree with you. Hooray,someone that gets it.
LonelyJuly 31st, 2015 at 10:29 PM
Maria! You simply described the way I feel.. We are a young couple and I'm desperate, apparently I have an abnormal high libido (insert sarcasm tone here) and my partner is all about cuddles. I'm to the point where I question my self if it's worth staying in this marriage. To me bonding comes from intimacy and cuddles do nothing for me so instead of feeling close to my partner It feels like I'm drifting apart. I love her to pieces but this situation is destroying me and the constant rejection makes me feel worthless.
SandyDecember 31st, 2015 at 8:14 PM
I am in the same boat as you. I am actually leaving my partner who I love with all my heart because of lack of sex. A lot of people think it's not the most important thing in a relationship but I disagree. Without it you are just roommates and that's not what I signed on for. It is the one thing you do with your partner that you don't do with anyone else. The longer you go without that connection the farther apart you drift. I just can't take it anymore. :-(
MonaJune 16th, 2015 at 10:45 AM
I think it's all personal. I was married for 13 years to a man, who managed to completely turn me off in regards of having sex. I would change in a heartbeat those pitiful 2 minutes of "sex" 2-3 times a week to twice a month of 30+ minutes of sensual and satisfying lovemaking. I think majority of married men use women as in "that's why I married you for". I understand: kids, jobs, money issue, overall depression eats away the desire and the real intimacy, but as a woman I can tell you that there are days when your body and hormones are screaming "no, not today… anything but this…". But most of the time, that would be the day a man wants and demands sex, and if you would finally cave in to that demand, chances that you will be left unsatisafying and bitter. And I also understand when two women have less sex (double hormones) – cuddling sometimes is all one wants. But above all, why is this such an issue?
DestinyJune 21st, 2015 at 2:32 PM
One thing I think should be taken into account is periods. Plus I feel like guys usually have a higher sex drive than women. If women have lower sex drives it could cause them to want sex less often… but when they do have sex they go all out. Dunno but I found this interesting :) I'd like to know what bisexual women think of the differences between hetero and lesbian sex.
PhilJune 22nd, 2015 at 10:18 PM
If I am with a woman I don't really care about or are attracted to then sure your data makes sense. People who can't find a partner worth 2-5 hours/day shouldn't try to have sex anyway. My own family, fat women, and dudes don't have reason to be with a rockstar like me, so of course they will be frustrated enough to feel sex is like being on the rag. A healthy relationship usually involves having sex maybe 5 times every single day(off days). Of course my idea of sex doesn't involve defecation, degradation, or any other form of humiliation. I can give oral pleasure for maybe 2 hours, so I understand why lesbians have a hard time keeping it up. It is important to repress one's public social life, and of course have a life of one's own because other people usually have pathetic ideas to enforce.
ElizabethDecember 27th, 2015 at 4:06 PM
I'm a 16 year old virgin who is a lesbian. I don't think that sex is what the most important thing between lesbian women, but rather being in love and knowing that the other person feels that way towards you. In a marriage personally, I'd just want to be with the right woman, despite the number of times she and I have sex.
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International House's mission is to promote international understanding and help immigrants integrate fully into our community. The Fellow taught an Adult ESL class and supported other programs such as a summer reading program, conversation hours and donor relations.
MYM Services
Market Your Mind exists to encourage, exemplify, and equip young women to market their minds and not their bodies in this highly sexualized society. The Fellow updated the organization website and built social media platforms to communicate the message of MYM. In addition, the Fellow helped with setting up new office space and responding to referrals.
Our Towns Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. The Fellow focused on developing faith and youth partnerships, created a youth program at the library and contributed to publications.
Safe Alliance
The mission of Safe Alliance is to provide hope and healing for people in crisis. The Fellow created video trainings for volunteers, assisted in fundraiser planning and was trained to be on-call for the support hotline.
Town of Davidson
The town's sense of community is rooted in citizens who respect each other; in racial and socioeconomic diversity; in pedestrian orientation; and in the presence of a liberal arts college. The Fellow was able to explore that mission while updating the website, creating marketing materials for summer programs and assisting the rollout of a new emergency system.
Cook Family Fellow Placements
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Charlotte Rescue Mission
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Crossroads Corporation, Inc.
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More than half of the maternity apparel retailer's online traffic comes from mobile shoppers.
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More than half of the maternity apparel retailer's online traffic comes from mobile shoppers.
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There's so much technology can do to make store shopping more fun. How long before retailers catch on?
In my world, this is shopping perfected: I'm walking down the street and Ding, a coupon pops up on my iPhone for 75% off a super-cute, green A-line dress at Bloomingdale's. (Gentlemen, feel free to picture a blowout sale on flat-screen TVs, power tools, or whatever it is you get excited about.)
Of course, Bloomingdale's is my most favorite store and just so happens to be right around the corner. "Cool," I say to myself. "I don't necessarily need a new dress (or monster TV), but, heck, I should really check this out."
So I tap the coupon on my iPhone, am promptly shown a map reminding me where the store is located and I walk in. The retailer's app then directs me to the exact shelf where the dress is situated—in the back, around to the left. Ah! I love it, simply must have it, but, of course, they don't have my size. So a sales clerk walks up, "May I help you?" she asks. I tell her I'm crushed that they don't have my size.
"Hang on," the woman says, and pulls out her mobile device. "We have your size in our store on State Street, two more at the store on Halsted and one more in our distribution center. Would you like to walk the mile to State Street and pick it up, or shall we ship it to you at home for no charge?"
I opt for home shipping, so the sales clerk scans the coupon on my smartphone with her mobile device, touches my phone again with hers to grab my e-wallet info, and my purchase is complete. She e-mails me my receipt and I am in and out in about three minutes.
Kevin Conway over at web hosting provider Savvis, who presented me with a version of this scenario last week, thinks it will be about five years before a healthy chunk of retailers will be able to let consumers shop this way. From locking in to their most loyal customers' locations, to aligning inventories across all channels, to e-wallets, to training sales clerks on mobile devices—it's a serious undertaking for any retailer, no matter how large they might be.
But I can tell you, retailers out there, if I can shop your stores this way, I'll be spending a heck of a lot more money with you. I'll carve out more money in the budget each month for you, in fact, and I'll tell everybody I know how fabulous you are because you'll be making the process of spending money fun, adventurous and too alluring to pass up. You'll be tricking me into believing that it was me who found 70% off of a to-die-for green dress because I was a tech-savvy, bargain-hunting dynamo. But really, all the while, it was you, luring me in with your push notifications and cross-channel fulfillment capabilities and well-trained staffers.
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CORAL GABLES — We're never able to get everything we hope from the 10 to 15 minutes at the start of practice we're allowed to watch as media, but I am thankful for what is available to us. That said, here are a few notes from this morning's Hurricanes practice:
— RT Joel Figueroa, who was one of the players Coach Randy Shannon said sat out Wednesday's scrimmage because they were nicked, isn't practicing. DB Keion Payne, who also sat out the scrimmage, did practice.
— WR LaRon Byrd (knee) was walking around without crutches, but doing so gingerly with a little limp. He's still wearing a brace on his left leg. Shannon said after practice that Byrd "probably" will be back sometime next week, perhaps Monday or Tuesday. I'd be surprised if he does return that soon, but let's see. Shannon said is doing some strength and conditioning.
— CBs Ryan Hill and Brandon McGee and LB Tyrone Cornelius practiced wearing green non-contact jerseys. WR Allen Hurns (hamstring) practiced in a regular jersey.
— Colin McCarthy was working at middle linebacker with the first team early in 7-on-7 – haven't noticed that before. Not sure if there's anything to it or not. If so, Kylan Robinson must not have been too impressive in the scrimmage. With McCarthy inside this morning, Ramon Buchanan was first team on the outside.
— The grind of training camp seems to be affecting freshman OT Seantrel Henderson some. He was winded doing the individual drills.
— S Jamal Reid was working with the first team in 7-on-7 drills. Ray-Ray Armstrong was second team.


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This phone is one of the best phones around mainly because of its design. Not only is it a candy bar designed phone on the outside, open the phone up like a claw and a second display and QWERTY keyboard. I love to text, so this phone is perfect and very practical.
With the VX 9900, I was concerned about the user interface and be able to navigate and work with my phone, but its interface is extremely easy to use and I was able to use all its resources in minutes. For those who like a standard cell phone keypad, you can continue using the text alpha numeric keypad on the outside, but since I text a lot, I like the QWERTY design.
Another important characteristic is its high-quality 2 mega pixel camera. If you are looking for a replacement real digital camera, this one definitely impresses. Print a 4 x 6 pic I took with the camera and it looked great. The VX 9900 has Bluetooth, as well synchronized. I had absolutely no problems with Bluetooth.
Two other things worth mentioning is that it plays MP3's and also has a slot to add a memory card. The quality of the sound was very good and downloading music was super fast with EVDO technology.
The Pros
- Great design and functionality.
- 2 mega pixel camera is a real digital camera replacement because of its high image quality that it takes.
- MP3 player works well, but the layout of the display can be improved.
- No problems with Bluetooth.
- EVDO is super fast and worked well.
The Cons
- Outdoor display could be a little more.
- Speakerphone needs to drop a more powerful.
A phone that has a wealth of resources and an innovative design for heavy texters. It is also a good option for those who want an MP3 player and a quality integrated digital camera on your phone.


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Update on Maria AuxiliadoraMaría is a humble country dweller. She resides in the region of La Ceiba, which is located on the outskirts of León. Thanks to her first Kiva loan, she was able to buy animals and raise them in a healthy manner. Eventually she was able to sell the piglets at a good price.
María is very proud of what she has achieved and that she was able to repay her loan on time. This encouraged her to continue improving so that she could have a pig breeding farm and better living conditions.
She is requesting this loan so that she can buy pigs for breeding.
Está solicitando este financiamiento para comprar cerdos reproductores.
Previous Loan DetailsMaría is originally from La Ceiba, a small region situated on the outskirts of Leon. She has two children. She is a merchant, and she makes a living raising pigs. She has worked in this activity for the past five years. She set up this business when she was 25 years old. She learned this business... More from Maria Auxiliadora's previous loan »
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I had sex 3 weeks ago at 1am and the condom broke right before ejaculation. I took Plan B One Step at about 11am when I woke up. I went to the doctor the next day and found out I had strep throat. I was prescribed medicines and antibiotics a few days later that I began taking. Could the antibiotics have made the Plan B One Step ineffective, even days later? I've been showing really no symptoms of pregnancy besides a little breast tenderness. I'm hoping that along with my appetite increasing is due to my period starting. I still has not come yet and it has me a little worried. Any suggestions?
Am I pregnant?
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It is a possibility. Plan B is not always effective and the antibiotics could have affected it too. Plan b can give you pregnancy type symptoms though and it can also delay your period. Best thing for you to do is to do a home pregnancy test. If your period is due, it should pick up if you are pregnant. If it is negative, wait a week or so and do another. If it is negative also then it is likely just Plan b throwing you off schedule. Breast tenderness is often an early sign of pregancy but it could also be a sign of approaching cycle too. If you ARE determined to be pregnant by the tests, dont worry, Plan b wont affect the babe.
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When you have the unique sound and instrumentation 3 Leg Torso does, it can be somewhat challenging to come up with a description of your music, say the leaders of the Portland quintet.
"The short tag is that it's 'world chamber music,'" responded accordion player Courtney Von Drehle, who co-founded the band with violinist and trumpeter Béla Balogh in 1996.
"Oftentimes, because of the nature of our musical narrative arc — it tells a story, and we match it to film — so sometimes, it's 'cinematic world chamber music,'" Von Drehle continued. "It gets used in a bunch of films, too, so that's kind of a fair description."
However you describe their inventive, exotic sound, the band — which includes percussionists and mallet players Gary Irvine and T.J. Arko and acoustic bass player Mike Murphy — may just leave you feeling you're sitting in a Parisian cafe rather than Summit High School auditorium when it performs there Saturday (see "If you go").
The concert is a benefit for Summit High School's various music programs. "They had seen us performing with Central Oregon Symphony," explained Balogh, referring to 3 Leg Torso's collaboration with the orchestra during its winter 2011 concert in Bend.
"That was a super show (with the symphony) ... and then Summit High School got a hold of us and said, 'We saw you, we really liked what you did (and) we'd like you to be part of our fundraising effort.'
"Well, at first I said, 'No,'" Balogh continued, chuckling. "I'm kidding. I said, 'Of course.' We love doing benefits for causes, especially geared toward music."
The concert will help the school's music programs with travel and registration expenses, uniforms and more. "Music programs suffer, unfortunately, all over the state and country. This is something great that they're doing for their program," Balogh said.
"They're being really proactive by trying to raise money for it. This is all across the board, for their orchestra, band and choir programs," Balogh added.
That cinematic sound Von Drehle mentioned has been lent to such films as the UNICEF-funded documentary "With Hope and Help," about living with AIDS in Thailand. They've also shared their music with filmmakers including Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me"), Teller (of Penn & Teller fame) and animator Joan Gratz ("The Dowager's Feast"). Their music has also turned up everywhere from a Bosnian TV series and a 2012 National Geographic special about preparing for the apocalypse.
"Our influences are diverse," Von Drehle said. "There's a lot of Eastern European influence, and a lot of that (comes) directly through Béla," a first-generation Hungarian-American whose father and grandfather were both violinists. 3 Leg Torso is also influenced by tango, Middle-Eastern, Americana and modern classical music, Von Drehle said.
And don't leave out "cartoon music," he continued, referring to the manic tunes that lent atmosphere to the mischief of Bugs Bunny and other cartoon critters of the mid-20th century.
Cartoon music, Von Drehle said, is rich in texture and narrative. "One of our riches in our band is having a great percussion section with mallets, vibraphone, xylophone and glockenspiel. Instruments like that are also some of the principle color instruments in a lot of cartoon scores, too."
Balogh said that they grew up hearing the work of cartoon composer Carl Stalling, who wrote for "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies," averaging a score a week for 22 years, according to Wikipedia.
"We grew up watching that stuff," Balogh said. "It really got itself into our minds. Courtney has a great tune called 'Giant Stomp' that's definitely reflective of the Carl Stalling music."
"Driving Along with My Cow in My Volga," from their most recent album, "Animals & Cannibals," also calls to mind Stalling's work through the liberal use of xylophone.
"But kind of an Eastern European Carl Stalling," said Balogh.
Meanwhile, tomorrow at Summit, they'll perform two sets.
"We won't have any symphonic accompaniment this time, but we've got our array of sounds to bring down," Von Drehle said. "We'll also have guest percussionist Joe Janiga," who was a member of the band until 2002 and has been a frequent occasional member. "He's a dynamic groove player. The band will be grooving hard is essentially what I'm saying."


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BREST, France (AP) — Corinne Diacre (dee-OCK) became the first woman to coach a men's professional soccer team in a competitive match in France when her Clermont team lost 2-1 Monday at Brest in the second division.
Diacre's managerial stint in men's soccer got off to a perfect start when Souleymane Sawadogo finished off a counterattack in the ninth minute, prompting only a small smile from his coach in celebration. But Bruno Grougi converted a second-half penalty for Brest in the second half , and Alexandre Alphonse later scored the winner for the home side.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Remember that yesterday I got a hair cut. It is an important point for me, although still coincidental.
It started out like a normal day. As far as I knew nothing was going to happen besides my Amazon boxes showing up for the few things I ordered. (Steam mop! Yay!)
I stepped on the scale and it told me I was down a couple of pounds since last week. This is even despite the obvious salt bloat from the stuff I had starting Friday. It would have been an even 186, but that bloat brought it up to the .4 more. Perhaps Monday isn't the best day to step on the scale?
I started out with my regular breakfast, thinking the worst of my day would be through my friend and her husband being hooked up to tubes because of having surgery for that second stroke. They're still keeping an eye on him and she is taking unpaid leave to be with him.
I managed some lunch in-between boxes being delivered. I just made a cheese quesadilla with spicy cheese, along with some sour cream and organic salsa (I'm still glad I found the organic stuff, working more organics into my life every day).
I managed some laundry, having to go to the farther laundry room to get both loads done since someone was using one of the driers in the laundry room I usually go to.
Then dinner happened. I was going to use the brats in another pasta dish, but I was lazy and had my husband pick up some buns so I could just throw them on buns like they're supposed to. These ones happen to be turkey brats, with fewer disgusting ingredients in them than some brats, but still had one of them (nitrates, I think?). It's so hard to find good sausages without all the nasties in them short of making them myself. He also picked up fries and I had an apple to offset the grease in this meal.
My husband also brought me home some chocolates. Aaw. I was able to only eat a few. This container had 2 servings. I would like to know how you divide 7 into 2 servings? Who eats half a chocolate? I ate 3 of them, my husband had 2 and I still have 2 to eat later.
You'd think that would have been my day. Remember that I had a haircut on Sunday? Well, my Dad was admitted to the hospital later in the evening. Mom knew he wasn't feeling well all week and finally convinced him to go to the doctor, who told him they couldn't diagnose him there, so they told him to go to the ER. Apparently because of his diet that consists of no fruits or veggies, and only hot dogs, burgers, waffles, chips, and nuts (primarily, I could name about 3 other things that are consistent in his diet), his intestines aren't working as well. I'm not sure if a colonoscopy could cause harm to intestines too? He had one of those a couple of years back. It's possible he may need surgery.
Now I know a hair cut has nothing to do with people ending up in the ER, but this is the second haircut in a row that ended up near a day that a loved one ended up in the hospital! I'm getting tired of the hospital. Sleep will be tough this week.
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If you thought the next Transformers film would feature robots with testicles made of wrecking-balls, think again! According to director Michael Bay, that kind of "goofiness" will be completely wiped away from next summer's Transformers: Age of Extinction.
"I wanted the first Transformers to be very suburban and less cool," he told Yahoo. "This is a much more cinematic one. I focused on keeping this one slick. There won't be any goofiness in this one. We went a bit too goofy [on the last one]."
"It feels like a new chapter, this movie," he continued. "But it's not a reboot. This movie lives in the history of the Transformers movies, and this one starts three years after the last. It feels fresh… I'm feeling really good about this one. I love my cast. There's a huge scale to this, but also huge soul."
Read the full story for more on Bay's reliance on practical effects in the film, as well as some details from Mark Wahlberg on his role as the series' new leading man.
Transformers: Age of Extinction hits theaters on June 27, 2014.
Let's just cut down on Optimus Prime coldly executing helpless enemies as well, yeah?
Looks like Wahlberg has gas.
No, more of that. Waaaaaay more! Yeah? But wait, when has he ever executed anyone "helpless"? Yeah?
Remember how that Decepticon at the start of the second movie is saying 'The Fallen shall rise'? Rather than ask him what he's on about, Optimus shoots him dead. Great plan, there.
And Optimus just cold executes Megatron at the end of the third movie. No. That's just as out of character as anything that happened in 'Man of Steel'.
How did Optimus execute Megatron? Megatron was armed and was taken down by a one armed Optimus.
"I wanted the first Transformers to be very suburban and less cool," he told Yahoo. Congratulations, Mr. Bay, the first Transformers was certainly "less cool".
Actually, if you've ever read Superman comics, he has to kill the Phantom Zone Criminals with Kryptonite which is when he vows to never kill again. Man of Steel was full of Phantom Zone Criminals so it was just following the comic. Perhaps Supes could have talked him into playing hopscotch but that didn't happen. Optimus didn't cold blooded kill Megatron. The dude had been terrorizing and killing humans for the past three movies, so he ended him to preserve human life. After their fight though, and Sentinel was defeated, he did cold bloodedly kill him, but he deserved it.
Hate to break it to you pal, but when you're at war for 10 million years, you execute your enemies, especially if you're on a planet full of inferior beings with no place to hold them. The Transformers don't have the same society as we do. Think more Judge Dredd than whatever hippie commune you live in. Making the hard decisions is totally in character for Prime and one of the few good things about those awful movies.
Michael Bay has a soul? I'm shockwaved.
That's such a bizarre phrase, "very suburban, less cool". I don't even know what that means when applied to a movie. Is that his way of saying the movie was intended for young white kids?
Same history, so what's the bet on whether or not we'll see Sam Witwicky, even in a cameo?
If he really manages to keep his abysmal frat boy sense of humor out of it, this could actually be a watchable Transformers film for once. (Not that I have any hope for a sensible plot.) Whodathunkit?
Or suburbanites in general. Just look at Sam's parents in those films; or at Sam himself.
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I think once again the WWF
department struck here. Jim Powers was no way 5'11, maybe 5'9at best. The WWF always added at least 3 inches to everyone, and the wrestlers themselevs believed the WWF
people. If Jim Powers had been 5'11 it would have put him at a legit height at the time. Many superstars were less than 6'0 including Ric Flair (who I know is not 6'0 tall). I am 6'0 tall and I have towered over many of the supposed 6'0 plus guys billed by wreslting companies in the pictures I have taken over the years.
The deeper question here is what constitutes a jobber? I am not arguing Powers was not a jobber, he was. Although we would all admit he was a little better than your typical jobber because he did score lots of wins here and there in the loaded WWF. Lots of guys we would consider WWF and even WCW jobbers had solid careers in the territories.
I think Jimmy Powers would have been a star in some of the territories early in his career, but by the time he left the WWF his lot was cast because of exposure.
Many "classic jobbers" due to WWF television were really treated as main event wrestlers in and managed to get titles in the territories: Guys like Barry Horowitz was a contender in Florida and Memphis. The Italian Stalion perhaps the ultimate jobber in the 80's NWA held titles in the territories. Len Denton, Tony Anthony, even Iron Mike Sharpe served as little more than jobbers in the "big two" but were all headliners throughout their career.
So there is a difference to me in a classic jobber (and Mike I am agreeing with your threads not disagreeing) and a "glorified jobber" who had a gimmick or music, or a "Big Two" jobber who was a star in other areas.
Yeah I agree that his height was fudged by the
dept. I have been close enough to Paul Roma to notice that I was a bit taller. I'm 5'10" on a good day.
I also agree that Powers would likely have been a small territory or indy champ with his look and overall abilities.
My answer to what constitutes a "classic jobber" are guys who lost 90% or more of their matches in a big promotions and most of the time they lose clean. WCW, AWA, and WWE would be the qualified companies for the jobber label to stick. Lesser companies, and NWA territories that were small compared to JCP are not applicable here in regards to how I am defining a jobber.
I should note that I have three levels of jobber in my view:
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2) Credible Jobber - beat squash jobbers, but virtually never beat anyone lower mid card on up. they get to mount some offense even against main eventers.
3) Jobber To The Stars - usually an aged star, still beats lower level jobber types, but almost always loses to midcard on up.
Jim Powers would be a Credible Jobber according to my scale.
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I moved here, near my daughter and her family, and was thrilled that Washington is clean and beautiful.
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Anatomical Sciences Education
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Edited By: Richard L. Drake, PhD and Wojciech Pawlina, MD
Online ISSN: 1935-9780
Associated Title(s): The Anatomical Record, Developmental Dynamics
Virtual Issue: Body Bequest Programs
Regardless of the source, human cadavers have been used in medical science education and research for centuries. Currently, cadavers are primarily obtained through donation programs that provide individuals with a unique opportunity in which they can make a lasting and meaningful contribution to medical science.
This selfless act not only helps train future physicians but also leads to better management and treatment of disease. Throughout the world, however, the donation of bodies is not widely accepted and many medical students are not able to experience this unique educational opportunity. Similarly, physicians do not have the opportunity to use cadavers in the development of new and improved treatment capabilities.
Due to the variety of situations that exist around the world related to the donation of bodies, Anatomical Sciences Education has published articles related to this important topic since its first issue just over 4 years ago. This special virtual issue is a collection of these papers.
Giving ourselves: the ethics of anatomical donation.
Gunderman RB
The wider importance of cadavers: educational and research diversity from a body bequest program.
Cornwall J, Stringer MD
A proposal for a policy on the ethical care and use of cadavers and their tissues.
Champney TH
Age modulates attitudes to whole body donation among medical students.
Perry GF, Ettarh RR
Student attitudes to whole body donation are influenced by dissection.
Cahill KC, Ettarh RR
Promotion of body donation and use of cadavers in anatomical education at the University of Padova.
De Caro R, Macchi V, Porzionato A.
Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding whole body donation among medical professionals in a hospital in India.
Ballala K, Shetty A, Malpe SB
Body donation in India: Social awareness, willingness, and associated factors.
Rokade SA, Gaikawad AP
The trend of body donation for education based on Korean social and religious culture.
Park JT, Jang Y, Park MS, Pae C, Park J, Hu KS, Park JS, Han SH, Koh KS, Kim HJ
Formal body bequest program in Nigerian medical schools: when do we start?
Akinola OB
The reliance on unclaimed cadavers for anatomical teaching by medical schools in Africa.
Gangata H, Ntaba P, Akol P, Louw G