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They take it off for document pictures and when there is a safety requirement to do so (showing face for police officer and so on) 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Yeah, I have always been told that variety in diet is far better than always having the same intake. I would love to only have to eat this one thing again, but it's not looking that way. I'm going to have to go back to cooking. get yourself a multicooker, there is an awesome canadian brand called Instant Pot. they are available on Amazon. perfect for so many things and you don't need to waste time by standing by the oven. toddler mom approved :D meat+onion+spices+ghee throw it into the multicooker, cover with washed rice, add some water and enjoy a proper healthy meal in 30 min. you can also cook many batches of meat, steam some good old veggies, a bit of carbs (quinoa is fantastic just wash it well before cooking) then let it all cool, put in ziplock bags and freeze for entire week. viola. get out of the freezer, defrost and eat. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

To quote from your article: Why would the women be forced to stay at home? If they do, I see very rigid religious beliefs as a possible problem -- not the laws of France. How about this as an interpretation of France's law: the country wants all of its citizens to have a fair chance. Do you think someone who goes for a job interview in France (Muslim population - 5-10%) in a niqab will successfully compete against someone with the same qualifications as her, sans niqab? Example: if you owned a French bakery, would you want someone who deals with customers showing her face or wearing a niqab? What do you think would be better for the success of your business in a place like France? Perhaps in this context the purpose of the law becomes clearer to you, keeping in mind that France has a vastly different culture than countries that enforce Sharia law? they won't be forced by religious law, they will be forced by circumstances that government of France creates for these women. some will take off their niqab but some won't, take it as a personal protest. now Saudi Arabia is not calling itself a democratic country, cradle of democratic values that cherishes all sorts of freedom of its citizens, you know? they are what they are, a monarchy with their own culture and laws. France of the other hand is claiming all of the above but in fact is NO different from Saudi Arabia. the only chance to create an equal opportunities for its citizens it making sure they are not discriminated against their choices of clothes, religion and so on. no the other way around. its not democracy. France is proud of its democratic european culture, by definition its a "free society where no one is discriminated based on their faith or other lifestyle choices including sexual orientation, clothing etc". what we see it very different from those claims. me? i used to buy coffee in a Starbucks in London with a niqabi cashier girl working there. to me personally that was the best example of democratic society. a hipsterish looking guy with awesome haircut making coffee and a niqabi cashier. :) 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Both of my grandchildren were born this way. It was a last minute decision by the doctor(s). ***They can lose sight that the goal is a healthy baby and mother. ^^^^^ This. Jerry Baumchen true, all true, i agree with you. emergencies are real and they do happen, no doubt about it and balanced approach is what i'm talking about. but trending fashion of elective c-section being an "easy" alternative to natural birth is not healthy. and i don't blame women for that either, most of them face the situation when post-surgery recovery turns to be not so easy after all. they also usually need more help with establishing breastfeeding after the surgery as well. and its not just happening in US, there a whole epidemic of obgyns not informing women of possible complications of their decisions. after all a first time mother has little idea of how its like and its doctor's duty to help her to make an informed decision 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

i wholeheartedly agree with you. preeclampsia is a serious complication that strikes at the very end and it hits hard. every woman that is getting ready and is so hopeful of natural birth goes through multiple stages of a real grief when all her plans are ruined because of what she thinks is her body failing her. support is so important and understanding partner plays huge role in all this. no matter how prepared woman is, no matter how realistic her expectations are it takes time to accept the reality, to love yourself again and to move on. it also adds to postpartum stress and may lead to depression. what I'm trying to say that "c-section is not a big deal" is not that kind of attitude that makes things easier for a woman who expected a different finale, you know? its not just theoretical i lived through that myself as well. not a c-section, it was too late. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

...after we make you all sandwiches :D 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

i'm forever thankful to spanish, russian and dutch skydivers whose super friendly attitude and answers to my annoying stupid questions contributed to my skydiving obsession. everything would've been different if they were rude and arrogant to me. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

...says yet another MAN to me brother, you should understand that women don't want any men to tell her how she should feel or what should she wear. You, Sarkozy, Khomeini, and bunch of Saudi clerics should mind their own clothes and business, with all my respect to all of you :) 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Cool. I've had friends and family go on tandems and ask me if I could come along, but I'm not even going to ask at this point in my skydiving career. I just tell them they'll be busy enough without me tagging along. It's not like it's really any less of an experience if I'm not there, after all. I have kept several of them company on the plane, which is kind of fun. My niece's TI asked her who her emergency contact was and she said "My mom!" and pointed to my sister a few seats ahead of her. My sister said "My brother!" and pointed to me. And I said "Well, I'd rather die in a fiery plane crash than have to explain to mom how I lost her daughter and grand daughter when I took them both skydiving!" They both had a blast on their jumps, and I made sure they got video. Funnily I'd been posting about my skydives and wind tunnel time for about a year at that point, on Google+. Had a couple videos from AFF up, and a bunch of video from the tunnel. Thought the parents were following me. My sister posts her tandem video on facebook and 10 minutes later I get a call from mom, "WHAT DID YOU DO?!" That's pretty much why I maintain no presence on Facebook, right there. I'm sorry but this is too funny! You made me laugh out loud :) my mom went crazy after I did my first tandem (that was my husband's gift to me) and I had to delete my fb and she will never know about my hobby. I really hope I won't die doing this. Talk about stress level :D 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Okay, so with that in mind, do you apply the same standard to Saudi Arabia or Iran? Think of a non-Muslim woman living in those countries. Do you think she should have the right to wear a miniskirt without government intrusion? Nice. However, some members of societies where people normally show their faces and don't hide their identities find the niqab or burqa offensive. In a way it represents a rejection of the freedom of that society, which is one of the reasons why a country like France outlaws such garb. 1. of course, SA and Iran have lots of weird laws that have no basis in Islam. but actually, foreigners can not cover their head in SA, if I'm not mistaken. but yeah, i hope you get my point. 2. thats just an assumption of politicians forced upon those women. how can you make someone forcefully free if those women's definition of freedom is to practice niqab/hijab? no one is forcing her to wear it, how is it a freedom to forbid her from doing something she was free to do? :) plus the % of niqabi women in France is minuscule. and those women will still wear their niqabs its just they will be alienated and denied social life and carrier possibilities which in my book is discrimination. p.s. here a good read, European woman's view on the French ban, i fully agree with her http://mashable.com/2014/07/01/french-ban-veils-op-ed/ 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

maybe i wasn't clear enough, sorry. i was talking about elective c-sections, when women decides to have c-section with no medical necessity to do so. these women need to be informed about all the risks involved for both her and her baby. and of course if she decides to go for it, its her right, just like choosing an all natural labour at home with midwife and doula. i'm sorry that it happened, there is still a hope if you decide on 3rd one :) vba2c is possible sometimes. in any case, when there is a complication the scenario changes. no doubt about it. unfortunately lots of women in that 32% rate didn't have any medical reasons to have a c-section 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

It sounds like you are against c sections. Shouldn't it be her choice? I'm against the whole thing of taking the RIGHT of birth away from women. no women properly informed about c-sections or hospital birth full of medical interventions will choose medical interventions or c-section. women are coerced and fooled by medical personnel to have a pitocin, to have an epidural and when the snowball of interventions results in a c-section no women is told that it all happened because of initial unnecessary involvement of an obgyn. midwife delivered childbirth is actually outlawed in certain states. do you have any idea how many women are suffering from PTSD after their hospital births in US? you don't, because you have never been interested in this subject. i'm involved in various groups that try to give the right to give the birth back to a women, where it should belong. do you know that c-section/medical intervention rates significantly increase statistically by the end of the shift time of obgyns? i.e. they are going to stuff you with pitocin wanting to make you pop that baby out asap because they want to go to home. they will give you epidural so you won't feel anything, then your baby's heart rate will go off the roof thanks to all the synthetic crap in your system and then the heroic doctor will save your baby's life but cutting it out of your belly. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

yeah, the whole thing is depressing. instead of wasting their time on stupid bills they should deal with an amazing phenomena of maternity leave that the whole world has accepted many decades ago... and right to have a home birth without being grounded by CPS and so on 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

No, there is not. Data are for the U.S. Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,642,892 Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,284,339 Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 32.7% [Url]http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/delivery.htm[/URl] And read this please:[url]http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10456[/URL] What does that have to do with forced Cesarean and abortion? its not about forced cesarean, i wrote that even without anti-abortion laws/forced cesareans the rate of c-sections in US is alarmingly high (read: medical personnel are to blame). i was implying that it will be even higher IF anti-abortion laws will be accepted in all states all over the US. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Post 315 says nothing about makeup. It answers the question that was asked about tight clothes that some women wear with hijab. The answer about makeup is the same as I wrote in my post #315. Bright attractive make up should not be done with hijab, do some women still do it? Yes. Can we judge them or accuse them of anything because they do it? No. Everyone has their own path and choices. It says nothing about their level of faith or whether they are hypocrite or not. Only God knows what's in the heart of a believer and why he or she does or doesn't do certain things. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

No, there is not. Data are for the U.S. Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,642,892 Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,284,339 Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 32.7% [Url]http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/delivery.htm[/URl] And read this please:[url]http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10456[/URL] 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

I asked the same question of my Bahraini rental agent -- she said it was because when the fabric gets wet (from sweating so much under 120 degrees), black is the color least likely to become see-through. Then again, all the men were wearing white, so I never understood why it was okay to possibly see through their outer clothes. White is a cooler color to wear, so that does make sense to use white. But, her explanation of why she wore a black abaya also seemed reasonable. And yes, it was also of a very light, breezy, breathable fabric. Guess it could be of a much thinner fabric than the men's garments, because again, even when the black garment gets wet, you couldn't see the clothes worn underneath. (note: the women wore very fashionable clothes under their abayas, while the men wore undershirts and shorts. Again, just a personal preference, I guess!) I will also add, BTW, that both men and women there wore an over-garment, and a head covering of some sort. They seemed equivalent. The more modern and younger men wore ball caps, and their female counterparts often went without anything covering their hair. My local friends explained that they didn't want to mess up their hairstyles (though it was also explained that everyone respected each others' personal interpretations of "modest dress"). I've read somewhere (i can't find it, google gives me stupid results) that women and children used to wear black and men were wearing white because of the wars what were going on back in the history. if there was an attack during the night women and children were less noticeable because of the dark cloth hence protected. not sure if its true but it makes sense. arab abayas are super light and comfortable, yes:) and when its hot its hot no matter what you wear anyways. i personally feel less hot in roomy abaya than in jeans for example. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

these are exceptions because thankfully anti-abortion laws are not accepted in each and every state. even without it there is a disastrous c-section/medical intervention rate in US. (32% in US vs 6% in Norway) 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

The proposed law is about late-term abortion...where in the article does it talk about him ever supporting that? Even if he did, his job is to represent his constituents, not his personal self interests. If a lawmaker drives drunk and lies, does that mean his political stance should support such behavior? Should a woman lawmaker who suffered traumatic effects from an abortion be dismissed as a hypocrite if she supports such legislation? Should smokers condone smoking? Overall, this bill has little chance of becoming law...but hell, why not use it as opportunity to drag another bible-belt republican through the mud...If you people actually fucking cared about the issue, you would've supported him for actually supporting his wife during her dilemma - a dilemma that should take less than 20 weeks to figure out. Personally, I don't see what the big deal is...I've heard many pro-choice women state that they didn't agree with late-term abortion... when they ban late term abortions they put foetus' rights over mother's rights, which means she might be forcefully subjected to c-section or any other medical intervention even if she doesn't want it. her rights as a mother to have natural birth, home birth, water birth, drug free birth might be taken away from her. there were plenty of such cases both in USA and Europe. and this is madness. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Are you pro house or anti abortion? What does your religion have to say about it, if anything? have you read my post? have you read the article that i shared? islam allows abortions and contraception. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

please refer to post #315 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

hey there no, full faced veil is considered not obligatory by vast majority of muslim scholars, woman may wear it or may not wear it, from religious point of view its permissible to not wear it. anyways, black colour is not obligatory for hijab, it can be any colour woman wants, black colour is traditional Arab thing (it has a historical background, i need to google that, i don't remember the details but it has nothing to do with islam as far as i know), for example traditional Indonesian hijab is bright and colourful. so its a matter of personal choice. trust me, flowy maxi dress is perfect for hot summer day :) now i think women's right to wear whatever they want should be respected. i know lots of niqabis (who wear full face veil) and they just like super privacy that it provides. you like it-- do it. i think government should not be allowed to deny women's right to wear it, or not to wear it. its a personal choice. personally, its not for me, but I'm super laid back with anyone's choice, tattooed head to toe with pink mohawk -- cool beans, mini skirt -- your choice, niqab -- if you feel like it then do it. 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Its only the tip of the iceberg. From what I know, based on this law, the obgyn can actually forcefully proceed with a c-section if he thinks that it is needed. There were cases like this already I think in Kentucky, but I need to google that. P.s. here it is, this is what nightmares are made of [url]http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/23/pregnant-women-forced-c-section[/URL] 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

well women are lucky to be around you then :) not everyone is like that. majority are not like that. the point is we do it because we believe that Quran is the word of God, and it says that modesty is important so we practice it in our everyday life and find our peace in doing so :) 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

Bullshit. They do not deserve respect. The whole drive to 'modesty' is that they seek to be sexually unappealing. Mission accomplished. BSBD, Winsor yes the whole point is to be sexually unattractive, what is not clear about that? ok i get it you hate Muslims. I'm just going to ignore your posts from now on because no self respecting person would be so rude to anyone. oh wait I'm not just anyone, I'm nazi muslim paranoid psychopathic maniac. i get it, too bad I'm not going anywhere. g'day 'Can a man still be brave if he's afraid?' 'That is the only time a man can be brave.' George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones