http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/girls/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:56:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415138/posts 25 December 2009 BROTHER: BEWARE OF WOMEN! INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415138/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:56:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414814/posts Hot girls with guns need i say more.. Merry Christmas everyone. shareordie http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414814/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:46:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407697/posts A judge has sentenced two teenage girls to 59 years to life in prison for killing a woman so they could use her car for a trip to Knott's Berry Farm. The crime occurred in 2007, when victim Angelina Arias gave the girls a ride home. Anna Salinas and Dayana Cordova were accused of shooting Arias, pushing her out of a car and driving to the amusement park. LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407697/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387780/posts Study: Chemicals in plastic can make boys act more like girlsBy Rosemary Black DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Monday, November 16th 2009, 4:09 PM Chemicals found in many plastics are causing little boys to act more like little girls, according to new research. A team at the University of Rochester studying the safety of phthalates -- chemicals in the plastic used in many household objects – found that they can actually disrupt hormones, according to BBC News. The chemicals affect the baby's developing brain by deactivating testosterone, the male sex hormone, according to the BBC. In the study, scientists tested urine... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387780/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:27:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386025/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/12/work-office-white-house-office-faith-based-and-neighborhood-partnerships The Work of the Office: White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Posted by Joshua DuBois on November 12, 2009 at 02:15 PM EST President Obama announced the creation of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships on the 17th day of the President’s new Administration. Since then, our Office has been pretty busy! I thought it'd be helpful to give you a little context on what we've been up to. Our office is situated within the Domestic Policy Council. This placement allows our office to have close interaction... WHITEHOUSE.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2386025/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:07:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382824/posts Note: The following text is a quote: November 6, 2009 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and World Customs Organization Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya announce preliminary results of largest global cash smuggling operation BRUSSELS - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya today announced the preliminary results of Operation ATLAS-the largest multilateral operation in history targeting cash smugglers which took place from Oct. 26-30. More than 80 countries participated in Operation ATLAS (an acronym for Assess, Target, Link, Analyze and Share)-leading to more than $3.5 million in cash seized and... ICE.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382824/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376345/posts SNIPPET: "PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Islamist militants blew up a girls school in Pakistan's lawless Khyber tribal district Sunday, destroying the building and wounding four people in neighbouring homes, officials said. Two explosions ripped through the 18-room government high school for girls at Kari Gar village and a boy who watched the premises is missing..." SNIPPET: "Islamist militants, who have carved out a strong presence in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border, have destroyed hundreds of schools, mostly for girls, in the northwest of the country in recent years. Nearly 200 schools were destroyed in the Swat valley alone... (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376345/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375762/posts Gender-bending chemicals are largely exempt from new EU regulations, warns Geoffrey Lean. Here's something rather rotten from the State of Denmark. Its government yesterday unveiled official research showing that two-year-old children are at risk from a bewildering array of gender-bending chemicals in such everyday items as waterproof clothes, rubber boots, bed linen, food, nappies, sunscreen lotion and moisturising cream. The 326-page report, published by the environment protection agency, is the latest piece in an increasingly alarming jigsaw. A picture is emerging of ubiquitous chemical contamination driving down sperm counts and feminising male children all over the developed world. And anti-pollution... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375762/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:45:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2374317/posts The study, conducted by Aletha Akers, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues, further links girls at weight extremes with an increased risk for engaging in sexual risk-taking behaviors. "This study will contribute to sexual health education prevention efforts, which can be tailored to address how cultural norms regarding body size may influence adolescent sexual decision making. Knowing how a girl perceives her weight may be just as important as knowing her actual weight," noted Dr. Akers. Of the nearly 7,200 high school girls asked about their sexual... ScienceDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2374317/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:13:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373669/posts A SATANIST obsessed with teenage schoolgirls invented a fake gothic society online to groom them for sex in the grounds of Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery. Daniel William Peckham, 24, lured at least three girls, aged from 13 to 17, into the cemetery on his MySpace blog, "Rookwood Gothic Society". A message on the site read: "If you have hang-ups about getting naked ... you are not welcome." Peckham pleaded guilty yesterday to the aggravated sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl and to using the internet to solicit and transmit naked pictures of young girls between 2005 and 2007. The opening day... new.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373669/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:13:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370906/posts Harper: Controversal Drug Will Do Little To Reduce Cervical Cancer Rates Dr. Diane Harper, lead researcher in the development of two human papilloma virus vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix, said the controversial drugs will do little to reduce cervical cancer rates and, even though they’re being recommended for girls as young as nine, there have been no efficacy trials in children under the age of 15. Dr. Harper, director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Research Group at the University of Missouri, made these remarks during an address at the 4th International Public Conference on Vaccination which took place in Reston, Virginia... The Bulletin (Phila, PA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370906/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:57:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369687/posts Spc. James Lewis, of Terra Alta, W. Va., hands out backpacks to a teacher at the new secondary school for girls in Tarmiyah, Oct. 20. Photo by Sgt. Jon Soles, MND-B. BAGHDAD – Thanks to funding from the Commanders' Emergency Relief Program, hundreds of girls in the Tarmiyah area, south of Baghdad, now have a modern new school. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Regiment, were able to see first-hand the fruits of cooperation between Iraqi leaders as the new school was dedicated here, Oct. 20.U.S. Soldiers took the reins of the... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369687/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:10:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364762/posts A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping women for wearing bras that they claim violate Islam as they are 'deceptive'. The insurgent group Al Shabaab has sent gunmen into the streets of Mogadishu to round up any women who appear to have a firm bust, residents claimed yesterday. The women are then inspected to see if the firmness is natural, or if it is the result of wearing a bra. If they are found wearing , they are ordered to remove it and shake their breasts, residents said. Al Shabaab, which seeks to impose a strict interpretation... Daily Mail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364762/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364189/posts CHICAGO (CBS) ― About one in seven girls at Robeson High School are pregnant. Officials say a variety of factors are to blame. Chicago public school full of energy and spirit. It has about 800 girls, and 115 of them have something in common – something you might find disturbing. All those young ladies are moms or moms-to-be at Paul Robeson High School. It's not a school for young mothers, it's a neighborhood school. And all of the pregnancies have happened, despite prevention talk. Channel 2 Chicago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364189/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:32:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354291/posts Zahra Azadin, 14, stands in front of her new school in the Bnaslawa District of Erbil, Sept. 29. Zahra is one of 1,600 female students who began attending the school. Photo by Pfc. Justin Naylor, 1st Cavalry Division. KIRKUK — Dozens of girls from the Bnaslawa area of Erbil gathered to celebrate the opening of a new all-female school in their neighborhood, Sept. 29. The school is made up of 24 classrooms, and has modern amenities including a science lab, computer lab, auditorium, basketball court and a soccer field.The school's construction was originally initiated by the Republic of Korea’s Army... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354291/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:10:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2353362/posts On his first night off from rehearsals for the Bavarian State Opera’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Polanski went out to dinner with a German critic and two young women. Afterwards, the four returned to Polanski’s two-bedroom hotel suite. The director took one of the girls to bed while the critic took the other, but when Polanski emerged from his room during the night he discovered that the critic had gone home, leaving his date – who called herself “Nasty” – sprawled in an armchair in the sitting room. Polanski immediately invited her to join him and his partner for what... Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2353362/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:43:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2350506/posts Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2009 AT 4:26 PM The UN, Women & Girls Posted by Jennifer Simon Ed. Note: Thanks to the Council on Women and Girls for keeping us updated. The status and role of women and girls was featured prominently in official events throughout the week in New York, during the opening of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly. Ambassador Rice was pleased to welcome Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council of Women and Girls, to... WHITEHOUSE.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2350506/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:02:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345361/posts Suspected Islamist militants blew up a girls school close to the main city in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said. The school was empty at the time of the blast and no one was injured. A timed explosive device is believed to have caused the explosion that badly damaged the school on the outskirts of Peshawar, police officer Hamdullah Khan said. Al-Qaida and Taliban militants hold sway across much of northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan and have often targeted girls' schools in both country's because they believe that women should not be educated. The military has launched large... yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345361/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:48:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325490/posts Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 2009 AT 12:50 PM The Council on Women and Girls' new site Posted by Christina M. Tchen Welcome to our new website! As the Executive Director of the Council, I’m very excited to launch this site as we commemorate Women’s Equality Day on August 26. On this day when we remember the bravery and struggles that won women the right to vote, we are very pleased to add this website to share with everyone the work of this Administration to address the issues of... WHITEHOUSE.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325490/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:44:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319996/posts LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2009 – With help from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, a local businessman and contractor in the Alingar district of Afghanistan’s Lagham province delivered enough school supplies to the Parwai Girls School here Aug. 17 to keep more than 50 children supplied for a year. Abdullah Ajabgul, owner of a local construction company, distributes school supplies to the students of the Parwai Girls School in Afghanistan’s Laghman province, Aug. 17, 2009. U.S. Army photo   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Abdullah Ajabgul, owner of Homyoun Rafi Construction Co., identified the students’ need for... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319996/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:54:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2309978/posts While Title 9 has increased the participation of young women in high school and college sports, it has done nothing to address the most serious source of catastrophic injuries for young women -- cheerleading. Data from the Consumer Products Safety Commission show that the number of catastrophic injuries -- those involving death or disability caused by head or spine trauma -- have grown from fewer than 5,000 in 1980 to 26,000 to 28,000 per year in the last few years, according to Dr. Amy Miller Bohn, a family medicine specialist at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2309978/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:02:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2299603/posts PATNA, India (Reuters) - Farmers in an eastern Indian state have asked their unmarried daughters to plow parched fields naked in a bid to embarrass the weather gods to bring some badly needed monsoon rain, officials said on Thursday. Naked girls in Bihar state plowed the fields and chanted ancient hymns after sunset to invoke the gods. They said elderly village women helped the girls drag the plows. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2299603/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:04:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288688/posts IPT News July 8, 2009 A top aide to President Barack Obama provided a keynote address at last weekend's 46th Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) national convention, a gathering that attracted thousands of people and also featured anti-Semitic, homophobic rhetoric and defense of the terrorist group Hezbollah. In her remarks, Senior Advisor for Public Engagement and International Affairs Valerie Jarrett noted she was the first White House official to address ISNA. She spoke in general terms about interfaith dialogue and cooperation. She praised her hosts for "the diversity of American organizations, and ideas that are represented and will be... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288688/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 07:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283674/posts 7/1/2009 - BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- Haish Saidqi Girls' School in the Panjshir province in Afghanistan resounded with laughter of children for the first time June 23. Panjshir Governor Haji Bahlol dedicated the school-opening ceremony in honor of Lt. Col. Mark E. Stratton II, the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team commander who was killed May 26 when a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device against the PRT's convoy. The Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team demonstrated its commitment to education by joining Governor Bahlol, Zulami Saheen, the province's director of education, and other distinguished guests to celebrate the school's grand opening.... Air Force Link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283674/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:14:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280934/posts Living at the legendary Playboy Mansion in California, becoming big-time models and being the girlfriends of Hugh Hefner has been a blast, even more so than Karissa and Kristina Shannon could have imagined. Yet the 19-year-old twins admit they sometimes get a little homesick. In particular, the onetime Clearwater residents miss Clearwater Beach, Ybor City's nightlife, their favorite radio station (WLLD-FM 98.7), their friends, and of course, their family. "We try as much as we can to visit," Kristina Shannon said in a phone interview this week. Every time they do, they're a little more famous. A year ago, the... St Pete Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2280934/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:18:22 GMT