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Women are not particularly more dominant than men. They are just a little more intuitive than men in general and so they don't have a problem sticking to their conviction.

Music is... a teacher. Everything I've learned in life, I've learned from music. Okay, that's not entirely true, but, honestly, I cannot even begin to tell you how much I've learned from music. Before I knew what love was, music taught me about it. Music taught me about pain, heartache, joy...

Music is... a gift. I'm the type of person that spends hours and hours carefully crafting CDs for my friends and family members, taking joy in writing down all of the titles and artists when the final product comes together. As much as I love listening to music, I love sharing it even more...

Music is... a motivator. When I just don't feel like doing something -- going to that party or talking my dog for a walk -- music pushes me along. The right songs can push me in new directions and remind me that I can do it, no matter what my sluggish brain is telling. Music -- the right kind...

Music is so many things to me. A list of what music means to me would be endless, because, in odd ways, music effects almost everything in my life. To save us all a little time, I've chosen to highlight a few of the reasons music has had such a powerfully positive effect on my life. For me...

24. "Happy" Natasha Bedingfield -- "Got my dreams, got my life, got my love/Got my friends, got the sunshine above/Why am I making this hard on myself/When there's so many beautiful reasons I have to be happy" 25. "A Praise Chorus" Jimmy Eat World -- "Things are never gonna be the way you...

19. "I Will Be Grateful For This Day..." Bright Eyes -- "So I am writing my own ending/I let my pen bleed black or blue/And I will color in the meaning/It will be gold and green and true/And I'll learn to love my new discovered proof/I'll be grateful for this day/I will be grateful for each day...

25 Songs For Living Happily Now 1. "Always Love" Nada Surf -- "To make a mountain of your life/Is just a choice/I never learned enough/To listen to the voice that told me/Always love/Hate will get you every time" 2. "Under That Cloud" Adrienne Pierce -- "I used to watch all the dark clouds...

* Burqa ban based on bias of Western cultural superiority Monty Self. "Burqa Ban Will Erode Mutual Understanding." Ethics Daily. April 7, 2010: "Banning the burqa on grounds that it is not French, that it destroys the French ideal, that it is not compatible with French culture, is just as...

* Ban all face-covering masks in public places, including burqas. In 1975, a number of European towns banned the wearing of ski masks and motorcycle helmets in public, specifically because they covered the face, and so posed a security and crime risk. The same logic applies to the burqa. So, the...

* Burqa presents some security/safety risks for others. Some crimes are being committed by individuals wearing burqas (documented in section below). Terrorists have also dawned burqas as a disguise (documented below). Those that wear burqas while driving also present a risk, given the...

"Choice" to wear burqa is driven by oppressive ideology Women that wear the burqa say they are making an "independent choice," but this choice is heavily commanded by a fundamentalist religio-cultural context, in which they are made to believe that wearing the burqa is a requirement by God...

Forcing removal of the burqa damages women's rights "What's threatening about European attacks on Muslim veils." Washington Post Editorial. May 1, 2010: "Those who say they are defending women's rights have it exactly backward: They are violating fundamental rights to free expression and...

Improper use of condoms is to blame for "ineffectiveness" of condoms. While many abstinence-only advocates argue that comprehensive sex ed leads to increased sexuality and that condoms are not effective, the improper use of condoms is the true culprit of many teen pregnancies and the spread of...

Unglamorous sex-ed does not encourage sex. It's ridiculous to think that those teenagers who are not thinking about sex and are unlikely to have an early first sexual experience are going to be rendered horny maniacs just because they are taught the unglamourous facts about sex. Have you been to...

* Abstinence-only is not effective at reducing teen sex rates Veronica Salazar. "Abstinence-only fails to stop early pregnancies, diseases". USA Today. 30 July 2007 - "Teaching abstinence has always had a certain appeal. How many parents disagree with the notion that their teens should postpone...

Sex-ed teaches nothing new in a culture of sex. Increasing rates of teenage STIs, pregnancy and the shocking rise in abortion is more to do with the oft cited decaying fabric of society's values in relationships, family and life. Pop culture is increasingly sexualised. Just watch MTV for five...

* Abstinence-only sometimes encourages oral/anal sex alternatives. "[Teenagers making virginity pledges] were just as likely, the study found, to contract STIs as the teenagers who had sexual education in their history. Not only this, but the pledges were more likely to engage in risky behavior...

* Comprehensive sex ed rightly teaches about sexual pleasure Susan Wilson, a US school teacher, said to a reporter from the Atlantic in 1994, "it is developmentally appropriate for teenagers to learn to give and receive pleasure."[1] * Abstinence-only wrongly teaches suppression of sexual...

Charter schools can unconventionally reward student success Michael Kunzelman. "In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Educators, Students Embrace Charter Schools". Associated Press - "Beignet rewards. Indeed, KIPP schools employ virtually theatrical teaching methods and routines. Teachers and students...