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Episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Tales of Ba Sing Se
"While it is always best to believe in oneself, a little help from others can be a great blessing."
— Iroh to Tycho.
Original air date
Joann Estoesta, Lisa Wahlander, Andrew Huebner, Gary Scheppke, Lauren MacMullan, Katie Mattila, Justin Ridge, Giancarlo Volpe, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz (story editor), John O'Bryan (story editor)
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Mako (Uncle), Melinda Clarke (Madame Macmu-Ling), Marcella Lentz-Pope (Jin), Andy Morris (Kenji), Quinton Flynn (Mugger), James Sie (Cabbage merchant)
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"Appa's Lost Days"
"The Tales of Ba Sing Se" is the 15th episode of Book Two: Earth of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the 35th of the overall series. It debuted on September 29, 2006.
A set of vignettes about each of the main characters' adventures in Ba Sing Se, providing a glimpse of their personalities and private lives. Katara and Toph have a girls' day out; Iroh helps people in town before celebrating the birthday of his dead son; Aang helps a zookeeper build a new zoo; Sokka accidentally ends up in a poetry club; Zuko goes out on a date; and Momo searches Ba Sing Se for Appa.
The Tale of Toph and Katara
Joann Estoesta
Lisa Wahlander
Katara and Toph enjoy a mud bath.
The story opens at Team Avatar's Upper Ring house in Ba Sing Se. The whole group is busily cleaning themselves up for the day, with the exception of Toph, who has yet to even wake up. When Katara wakes her, Toph presents herself with her hair a mess and her body covered in dust, which she calls a "healthy coating of earth", and considers herself to be ready. Katara suggests they have a "girls' day out" and takes her to the Fancy Lady Day Spa. Although reluctant at first, Toph agrees, but warns her that the attendants had better not touch her feet. They walk in, and after being forced into having a foot massage that turns into a foot scrubbing, Toph earthbends one of the attendants through a wall. The girls later take a mud bath and Toph uses her earthbending to make creepy faces with the mud and scare away the attendant. Afterward, the friends relax in a sauna, using their bending to toss hot rocks and water in a central pit to make steam.
The girls leave the spa with heavy make-up on their faces. Toph comments that while she does not usually do fancy things, it is not something she dislikes. As they cross a bridge, three older girls, led by Star, make fun of Toph's makeup. Toph becomes visibly upset by these remarks and Katara urges her to ignore them. Toph, however, forces a laugh back at the girls and earthbends a hole in the bridge, sending them into the water below. Katara, believing it to be the only appropriate action, finishes with her own parting shot by washing the girls downstream with a large wave.
Katara tries to console Toph as they continue walking. Toph claims that, because she is blind, she does not have to worry so much about personal appearance or the approval of others. Nevertheless, the girls' words still hurt her all the same, and she sheds a few tears. Katara tells Toph that she really admires how confident, self-assured, and strong she is, both physically and emotionally. Although acknowledging that Toph will never know what she herself looks like, Katara adds that she thinks Toph is very pretty. Toph responds by saying that she would like to return the favor, but does not know what Katara looks like. Katara laughs at this, and the story ends with Toph giving her a friendly, yet hard, punch on the arm.
The Tale of Iroh
Written by: Andrew Huebner
Iroh plays a song.
While strolling through a market, Iroh stops and buys a few things at a street stand, such as a picnic basket. The shopkeeper asks his customer what his reasoning is, and Iroh claims that it is for a special occasion. He aids the shopkeeper by helping a moon flower bloom by moving it into the shade, explaining that moon flowers like partial shade. Continuing his walk, he sees a small boy crying and his mother trying her hardest to calm him. Iroh borrows a liuqin from a nearby shop and sings a song to the weeping child, which tells the tale of a young soldier boy marching home from war. The boy stops crying as Iroh sings to him, and he proceeds to thank Iroh by pulling his beard and laughing.
In a small street alley, Iroh watches some boys playing earth soccer. The ball ricochets off a rock and crashes through a window. He tells them that it is always best to admit your mistakes in order to restore honor. However, when the massive owner shows up in the window saying "when I'm through with you kids, the window won't be the only thing that's broken!", he retracts his comments and tells them to run. After running down an alley, he is threatened at knife-point by a mugger. Unconcerned for his own safety, Iroh tells the mugger that his stance makes him weak to attacks, and proves it by knocking him down and stealing his dagger. Iroh corrects the man's stance and informs him that he does not look like a criminal. The man admits that he is confused with his life and has turned to crime. As the two share tea, Iroh suggests to the man to become a masseur. He comments that no one has ever believed in him, to which Iroh responds that help from others can be a great blessing, the same wisdom he previously offered Toph.
Iroh comes to rest upon a hill with a large tree. He sets up some rocks and pulls out materials from the basket he purchased earlier. The special occasion for which it is needed is a memorial for Lu Ten's birthday, Iroh's only son whom he lost in the Siege of Ba Sing Se. Iroh places a cloth out upon the ground along with a picture of Lu Ten. He lights two incense sticks using firebending, places them in a holder, and wishes happy birthday to his son. He confesses that he wished he could have helped Lu Ten, similar to how he had helped those along his way and that his death helped him become a better person. Iroh starts singing the song he had played earlier for the crying boy, "Leaves from the Vine", though this time, it is broken up by tears as Iroh mourns Lu Ten's death.
This segment of the episode ends with a dedication to Mako Iwamatsu, Iroh's voice actor, who passed away on July 21, 2006, after a long battle with esophageal cancer.
The Tale of Aang
Written by: Gary Scheppke
The newly-built zoo is located in the Agrarian Zone.
Flying high over Ba Sing Se, Aang lands at a small zoo, looking for Appa. Looking around, he sees a wide variety of animals, all of whom are miserable in their small cages. Many of them are also partially starved. The zookeeper explains to Aang that the zoo is no longer receiving funding from the Dai Li because it is no longer popular with the children. However, in a circle of troubles, the zoo is also quite filthy; one of the cages shows an animal lying near multiple piles of feces. The keeper would like nothing more than to let his animals run wild in open spaces, and Aang suggests moving the animals to an open area just outside the city.
The animals prove much more difficult to control than Aang originally thought and they end up running wild over the city, terrorizing the citizens. Hog monkeys destroy a shop, various animals attack the citizens, and the cabbage merchant has his cabbages eaten by a rabaroo. After trying to restore order, Aang pulls out his bison whistle and blows a huge burst of air through it using airbending, attracting the attention of all the creatures. He hops on an air scooter as the animals run after him.
Meanwhile, the zookeeper frantically tries to get the guards to open the gate, who refuse until they see the oncoming stampede. Once the gates are open, Aang reaches the other side and hops on his air scooter again. Using his earthbending, he creates a wall around the animals. He continues to earthbend paths, secluded areas, and habitat accessories. The children and their families come flocking to the new zoo, and the zookeeper thanks Aang for his help, also telling him he should have a job with animals. However, the zoo animals were not the only creatures that followed the sound of the whistle, as many domestic cats, dogs, and cat-dogs are also inside the animal pens. The zookeeper thanks Aang for helping him but advises him to stick to saving people rather than animals.
The Tale of Sokka
Written by: Lauren MacMullan
Sokka shows off his poetry skills.
In the peaceful city, Sokka is outside his element of war and battle. His boomerang has become a toy as he walks aimlessly through the streets. He stumbles across the Five-Seven-Five Society, a haiku class full of beautiful girls. While peeking through the window, enjoying the show dreamily, he is suddenly shoved from behind by an ostrich horse and falls in through the window. While explaining the incident to the girls, he accidentally rhymes in haiku: "I am so sorry. Something struck me in the rear! I just wound up ... here." The poetry instructor, Madame Macmu-Ling, becomes upset with the intrusion and giggling of the class. She is also disgusted with the commonplace message his haiku presents and presents the rules of haiku to him in a much more formal tone. Sokka soon gets into a poetry duel with the teacher. After each of Sokka's verses, the girls in the class break into giggling. After several bouts, with Sokka comically winning each one, he mistakenly adds an extra syllable to the final line of his encore, causing the class to become silent and hard-faced. After counting the syllables and realizing his mistake, a guard kicks him out of the class and back onto the street, causing Sokka to change his mind about liking poetry.
The Tale of Zuko
Written by: Katie Mattila
Zuko and Jin visit the Firelight Fountain.
Working at the teahouse, Zuko is worried that a young girl, who frequents the shop, has deduced that he and Iroh are from the Fire Nation. When he informs his uncle of his suspicions, Iroh comments that she did indeed appear quite often around their establishment. However, Iroh instead infers that the girl, named Jin, simply has a crush on Zuko. This is immediately proven correct when Jin comes up to the counter and asks Zuko out after paying for her tea. Iroh quickly accepts on his nephew's behalf, and the two teenagers meet after sundown outside the shop.
Zuko leaves the shop, polished in nice clothes and slicked back hair that took Iroh, according to Zuko, ten minutes to fashion. Jin, however, messes it up before they leave. Zuko, not used to something as mundane as a date, is more than a little nervous and makes a few missteps, but Jin seems to take it in stride. She asks Zuko about his life, which causes him to make up a story that he and his uncle were part of a traveling circus before they came to Ba Sing Se. Jin asks him what he performed as, but she stops him because she wants to guess. When Jin guesses "juggling", Zuko flows with it. With encouragement from Jin, Zuko starts and gets himself covered in food, claiming a lack of practice as the problem.
After their awkward dinner, Jin pulls Zuko off to one of her favorite parts of the city, the Firelight Fountain. At night, the fountain is usually lit by lanterns in the evening and causes the water to sparkle. However, when they get there, the lanterns are all dark and unlit. Sensing her disappointment, Zuko tells Jin to close her eyes. Making sure that no one else is around to watch, he quietly lights all the lanterns with his firebending. Jin and Zuko stare into the fountain and Jin reaches out and holds his hand. Slyly, she tries to give Zuko a kiss, but Zuko holds up a coupon for a free tea between them and gives it to her. Nonplussed, she tells Zuko to close his eyes so she could present her gift to him. She kisses him lightly and briefly. Zuko gives her a brief kiss in return, but quickly breaks away and leaves. When Jin asks him the reason, he simply says that "it's complicated" and heads back to the teahouse.
Back at his apartment, Iroh's query about the night is answered only by a slamming of the doors to Zuko's room. Zuko opens the door slightly afterward, however, and tells him it was nice before gently sliding the door closed, leading Iroh to smile.
The Tale of Momo
Giancarlo Volpe
Momo curls up in a footprint left by Appa.
Momo dreams that he and Appa are eating moon peaches from a tree so high up that it reaches over the clouds. When he is suddenly awoken by a clap of thunder, he instinctively hides in Sokka's bag. When he emerges, he finds a tuft of Appa's hair on his head from inside the bag. Smelling it, Momo realized that the fur is Appa's. Seeing an Appa-like shadow on the ground, he wraps the fur around his wrist and takes off after it, only to find a lone cloud. A similar sighting only turns out to be a cherry tree.
Disappointed, Momo decides to continue searching the city for Appa. He soon draws the attention of a trio of pygmy pumas, which see him as a potential meal. Momo tries to escape, but the cats work together to try to bring him down, momentarily trapping him in a box until he seizes an opportunity to escape. Momo's "escape" only succeeds in landing him among a crowd of people watching a street artist with a pair of dancing monkeys; the man seizes Momo, outfits him with a hat, and places him with the monkeys, thinking him to be a monkey himself due to his shortsightedness, making an amusing trio of small dancing primates. The three cats eventually chase Momo out of the performers' circle and pin him to the ground, but all four of them suddenly find themselves captured by an animal control officer.
The four animals are brought to a butcher, and the man that captured them begins haggling with the owner. The highly intelligent Momo, however, frees himself by using his opposable thumbs to remove the skull pin that locks his cage, and starts to run off. However, seeing the three mournful pumas and feeling sympathetic, he frees them from their cages as well, and all four run off on the rooftops. As the four new devoted friends sit on a rooftop snuggling, one of the pumas removes the fur that had been used to bind Momo's legs, and the three run off down an alley. The cats stop and place the fur in a large three-toed footprint in the street, which was, in fact, made by Appa. Momo notices the print as he lands in it. He curls on top of the tuft of fur and falls asleep, again thinking of his beloved companion, as rain starts to fall.
See the individual segments above
Elizabeth Welch Ehasz (story editor)
John O'Bryan (story editor)
Zach Tyler Eisen - Aang
Mae Whitman - Katara
Jack DeSena - Sokka
Jessie Flower - Toph
Dante Basco - Prince Zuko
Dee Bradley Baker - Momo
Also starring:
Mako - Uncle
Melinda Clarke - Madame Macmu-Ling
Marcella Lentz-Pope (misspelled Pop) - Jin
Andy Morris - Kenji
Quinton Flynn - Mugger
Additional voices:
Dee Bradley Baker - Fluffykins
Greg Baldwin
Zach Tyler Eisen
Lizzie Murray
James Sie - Cabbage merchant
Craig Strong
Alicia Weyer
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Series continuity
The green bag in which Momo sleeps and finds Appa's fur is the same one Sokka bought in "The Blind Bandit".
The paw print to which the pygmy pumas lead Momo the same paw print Appa makes in "Appa's Lost Days".
When Iroh disarms the mugger, the dagger is blade up in Iroh's hand, but in the close-up, it is blade down. Before the mugger hits the ground, it is blade up again. In the final frame, it is blade down before Iroh skillfully spins it blade up.
In the first frames of "The Tale of Aang", when he soars over the Lower Ring, the zoo he will create at the end of the tale is already visible behind the wall.
The first frames of "The Tale of Aang" show an overview of the Lower Ring, the same part of the city that was shown in "City of Walls and Secrets". However, now there is a zoo visible behind the wall, whereas there was a monorail track in that spot in the other episode.
When the dragonflies fly toward the camera after Aang called upon all the animals with his bison whistle, they pass over and in front of a civilian, though the last dragonfly passes behind him, causing it to be out of proportion and larger than the kneeling citizen.
In the scene where the mother rabaroo hops away, the zookeeper and Aang can be seen far away, with Aang holding his staff, but in the next close-up scene of them, Aang no longer has his staff. However, when the shot slides to the right to show a mother and her son behind Aang looking at their cat, he is holding it again.
In a shot of the Five-Seven-Five Society when Sokka falls through the window, seven girls are shown to be part of the club, excluding Madame Macmu-Ling: six girls watching the stage, sitting in two rows of three, and one girl on stage. However, when the girls all laugh after Sokka accidentally apologized in haiku-style, there are eight girls sitting in two rows of four, with the girl that was previously on stage now sitting among them.
After Sokka's haiku about a canoe, a diagonal overview of the girls show that the back row now only has two ladies, the front row three, and one empty cushion between the two rows. However, after his haiku about his boomerang, Madame Macmu-Ling returns to her cushion, directly to the left of the front row once again, and the girls are in rows of four again.
As Sokka counts the number of syllables in his last "haiku", his left iris is in front as his finger passes by.
When Zuko makes his way to Iroh in the workers' area of the teashop, a customer is sitting at a table right next to the counter. When the shot changes to an overview of the shop from the workers' area point of view, the table that customer was sitting at is now empty and the man is sitting at the table next to that.
As Zuko slams the doors to his room, a crack near the left handle disappears. When he opens it to speak to Iroh, the doors turn white.
An uncredited Greg Baldwin provides a solitary line of dialogue for Iroh during the character's tale.
When Iroh sings to the crying boy to calm him down, the boy's doll is an Earth Kingdom soldier.
In "The Tale of Aang", part of the soundtrack for the end credits can be heard in the background when Aang is looking around in the zoo. The music has only one instrument though, as opposed to the end credits which had many instruments.
The hill where Iroh sets the altar for his son is identical to the hill shown in a flashback at the beginning of the episode "Bitter Work".
The man who lived inside the house whose window was destroyed by the kids in "The Tale of Iroh" seemed gigantic, as he appeared to be larger than the window into where the ball flew.
This is the last episode featuring the cabbage merchant, but he is mentioned in "The Ember Island Players".
This is the only episode in Avatar: The Last Airbender in which Sokka is seen with his own facial hair.
This is the first time Aang is seen shaving his head. He shaves it again in "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion".
The haiku contest Sokka has with Madame Macmu-Ling is an Avatar World equivalent of a modern-day poetry slam. The connection between the two is corroborated by Sokka making a reference to a rap song (see below); poetry slams are often influenced by freestyle rapping.
"The Tale of Toph and Katara" is the only tale in the episode that focuses on two characters.
Madame Macmu-Ling, the instructor of the Five-Seven-Five Society in "The Tale of Sokka", is named after Lauren MacMullan, part of the series' production team, and writer of that segment.
The writers for each segment are regular crew members, but, with one exception, has only this episode as a writing credit.
Joann Estoesta has eighteen credits as production coordinator
Lisa Wahlander has four credits as production assistant, thirteen as martial arts coordinator, some with videographer as well.
Andrew Huebner has sixteen credits as production manager.
Lauren MacMullan has eight credits as director, three as storyboard, one as character designer, one as historian.
Gary Scheppke has nine credits as production assistant.
Katie Mattila has eight credits as production assistant, seven as production coordinator, and an additional writing credit for "The Beach".
Justin Ridge has eleven credits as storyboard artist
Giancarlo Volpe has eighteen credits as director, five as storyboard artist, and one as assistant director. IMDb also has him as an uncredited writer for "The Serpent's Pass" and "The Drill".
This is the last time Momo's signature theme is heard.
This is the first time that Aang is shown using two bending styles at once, assuming he used only airbending in "The Fortuneteller", during the series. He used earthbending while riding an air scooter.
This is the only episode that Team Avatar is seen enjoying their time in Ba Sing Se.
Start a Discussion Discussions about The Tales of Ba Sing Se
Kid Cudi's "Ghost" has a part that sounds just like "Soldier Boy"
Redsquidz
the piano part at 3:50min into the song. Whenever I hear it, I remember the Tales of Ba Sing Se. 2014-01-24T21:06:42Z
Goofs in "Tale of Sokka"
Milesprower77
In all honesty, you both seem to be going a bit overboard with this one little detail, and it shouldn't be worth either of your t...	 2013-10-05T02:27:57Z
Mistystar31
Yeah, we are going overboard on this. I've pretty much gotten over it, since it's just a TV show. And I did watch the Sokka's p...	 2013-10-05T03:12:40Z
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Freddie is about one year old. He is the youngest of several Scotties that were turned over to WARM. The wife died and the husband traveled too much to take care of them. Freddie is such a cute and sweet little guy that it didn't take long for him to find his new loving guardian. Below is the letter we received the week after Freddie found his new home.
Just thought that you might want to know how Freddie's first weekend went. I've attached his first scrapbook page with photos and a weekend update. He's a wonderful well-mannered, quiet little guy. Thanks for taking care of him until we could "find" him and bring him into our family.


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Supporting Rural Youth to Reduce Food Loss and Waste in Eastern Kenya
Screening facility located at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) in Naivasha, Kenya. Photo Credit: Nyawira Gikandi/USAID
This post was written by Wyatt Pracht, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert and Tim Rendall from Purdue University and Patrick Ketiem from the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO).
Providing youth with access to economic opportunities is a major challenge across the developing world. This problem is particularly acute in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) because 20 percent of the world's rural youth live in the region and that number is expected to reach 37 percent by mid-century. With nearly 14 million young Africans, mostly from rural areas, entering the workforce every year, the importance of this problem cannot be overstated.
At the same time, linking rural smallholder farmers to the agricultural input supply chain is another challenge in SSA and elsewhere in the developing world. Even after substantial public- and private-sector investments to promote the use of modern agricultural inputs, many smallholder farmers in SSA still have difficulty accessing these inputs when and where they need them. Limited access to modern inputs is a major constraint to reducing food loss and waste (FLW). In SSA, the lack of effective drying and storage technologies means smallholder farmers experience high losses as they struggle to preserve what they produce throughout the year. Estimates of average physical quantities of grains lost by farmers who suffer losses has been found to be between 5 and 12 percent of their total harvest. However, the loss of food quality in the form of unsafe aflatoxin levels due to improper drying and storage practices has been found to reach 30 percent. This level of quantity and quality of FLW has major implications for the income and health of millions of smallholder farmers and consumers in SSA and elsewhere.
With these considerations in mind, Purdue University, in collaboration with KALRO, implemented a project in the eastern Kenyan counties of Machakos, Makueni and Kitui starting in late 2021 and 2022. The objective of the project was to understand if rural youth who lacked economic opportunities could be incentivized to sell FLW-reducing inputs to smallholder farmers who were underserved by existing input supply chains. In order to evaluate the impacts of the intervention causally, we designed it as a clustered randomized controlled trial (RCT). The project recruited and trained 397 youths who were members of 40 agricultural youth clubs (with 20 treatment clubs and 20 control clubs). Treatment youth were trained in business concepts, FLW reduction management and gender considerations; they were also linked with agricultural input suppliers (henceforth, agro-dealers) and provided the opportunity to sell post-harvest inputs that included hermetic bags and low-cost moisture meters called hygrometers.
The agro-dealers provided youth group members with support in the form of in-kind capital, equivalent to $25 worth of inputs on credit (e.g., 10 hermetic storage bags). The $25 amount in capital was chosen as a modest amount with which to provide the youth after our discussions with local agro-dealers. Additionally, the youth were required to put up $5 in collateral for the agro-dealer as a sign of their seriousness and commitment to the project.
In February and March 2022, local agro-dealers provided each youth with ten hermetic bags and hygrometers to sell to smallholder farmers during the post-harvest period of February to April. The project completed the first post-treatment round of data collection in May 2022. The results that compared average incomes between treatment and control group youth after one season showed that the intervention increased average income for treated youth who sold post-harvest inputs. However, it is important to note that the incomes generated from selling inputs were not evenly distributed among the youth. For example, the median youth in the treatment group generated only about $10 additional monthly income over the selling period. When we looked across the distribution of treated youth, those at the top of the income distribution (above the 90th percentile) who were randomly assigned to the treatment group increased their income by more than $75 over the period.
It seems that those who were most successful selling post-harvest inputs had an existing business, such as motorcycle taxis and shops. These people added the FLW-reducing inputs to their existing products, while people who had few other existing employment opportunities had trouble generating enough income from selling the inputs without some other economic activity with which to connect. Also, older youth who were closer in age to 35 years made more money selling inputs than did youth who were closer in age to 18.
It is important to note the prolonged drought currently affecting the horn of Africa has decreased demand for these post-harvest inputs with farmers harvesting smaller yields. This was cited as the number one most common challenge to selling by the youth as well. The project team will be returning to the field for another round of data collection in late 2022 to train the control group and assess the medium-term impacts of the intervention and its potential for sustainability and scalability.
This work was funded in whole or part by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Resiliency and Food Security under Agreement # AID-OAA-L-12-00003 as part of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Processing and Post-harvest Handling. This work was also funded by LASER (Long-term Assistance and SErvices for Research) PULSE (Partners for University-Led Solutions Engine). LASER is a $70M program funded through USAID's Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub, that delivers research-driven solutions to field-sourced development challenges in USAID partner countries. A consortium led by Purdue University, with core partners Catholic Relief Services, Indiana University, Makerere University, and the University of Notre Dame, implements the LASER PULSE program through a growing network of 3,000+ researchers and development practitioners in 74 countries. LASER PULSE collaborates with USAID missions, bureaus, and independent offices and other local stakeholders to identify research needs for critical development challenges, and funds and strengthens the capacity of researcher-practitioner teams to co-design solutions that translate into policy and practice. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed here are those of the authors alone.
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Shhhh, don't tell. We don't want to spoil the surprise. We have an embellishment class this weekend and these are the canvases that were chosen. They are all so fun!
Look at all that color and texture. You know that makes me happy. I'll post pictures of the progress after class. All of these canvases now have stitchguides so if you would like to stitch any of them it's easy peasy for us to kit them up.
Next up in guide land is putting the finishing touches on the Oz Girls guide. That one is going to be oh so fun.
P.S. Next embellisment class by me is October 8 & 9. Class is filling fast so if you would like to join the fun and have a fully detailed stitchguide planned for your stitching enjoyment, give us a call at 410.296.0405 and sign up.


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UPDF launches 'Ulinzi' condom brand
by JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer
UPDF launched condoms. (Net Photo)
KAMPALA– Uganda people's defence forces (UPDF) has launched its own brand of condoms.
Named after the Swahili word, Ulinzi, to mean protection– the condom is aimed at preventing soldiers from contracting HIV.
"A soldier cannot defend his country if he "does not ensure that he's safe," said Chief of Staff Brig Leopold Kyanda at the launch of Ulinzi condom.
Nearly six percent of adults in the country are living with HIV but strides have been made in reducing the number of new infections.
In the past, the UPDF was known to have a high infection rate.
"The Ulinzi condom, which comes in a camouflage packet, should help stop soldiers bringing HIV back home after a tour of duty," said the ministry of health's Vastha Kibirige.
"The nature of this job has many challenges. [The soldiers] sometimes go to war zones where they meet up with women for pleasure.
"They have to protect their lives to avoid infecting their wives back home," Kibirige told journalists during the launch.
United Nation's HIV/Aids organisation, UNAids, says that Ugandans use condoms just over half the time when they engage in what is described as "high-risk sex."
Aids-related deaths in Uganda peaked in 1999 at 74,000 people per year but have declined since then, UN reports read.
It estimates that 26,000 people died of Aids-related illnesses in 2017.
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Tony DiTerlizzi (born September 6, 1969) is an American fantasy artist, children's book creator, and motion picture producer. He won a Caldecott Honor Medal for his adaptation of The Spider and the Fly. Together, Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black created the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles. Holly Black is the bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children.


It is an amazing country we live in. Population is increasing. Per capita demand for goods and services keeps growing even at higher prices. There may be short grain supplies over the next few years, but so far this has not had a long-term effect on animal agriculture. Short-term shortages may occur, but over the next couple of years per capita supplies should be similar to those experienced this year.
Combined per capita meat supplies these next few quarters will be greater than in the year earlier. We foresee no real reduction, except in beef, which was determined several years ago when calves were given away. Shorter-term cycles exist in the hog and poultry industries. Some say that with nearly complete integration in these industries, old cycles may not even exist or may be smoothed out considerably.
Broiler meat demand was great during the hot summer months, but will drop this winter as supplies keep growing. Fairly tight red meat supplies will help along with very solid exports of various chicken products. The 12-city, whole-broiler prices shown may be a bit optimistic as the fourth quarter value high was 68 cents in 2004. Do we have a different situation now? Yes, as cost of production, processing and delivery all are higher. Before, production costs were the culprits.
Feed prices into first quarter 2008 will be determined by this fall's record supply of coarse grain and much smaller oilseed supply. Some farmers are already planning what to plant in the spring. This is true not only here but throughout the world. Some economists say we need 8 to 10 million more acres to plant in 2008 just to meet our normal growing demand. This assumes another billion bushels of corn will be used to produce ethanol.
Severe drought in Australia, Europe and the USA's Southern Plains occurred in 2006. Also drought conditions in Ukraine, Russia and parts of Europe this year reduced output. Abnormal weather these last two years has reduced the world wheat supply and caused near panic in some parts of the world. Thus, less wheat for feed could help exports of U.S. poultry and animal products. A weak dollar helps, too.
Our November-April projection for corn prices is $3.45 versus $3.61 per bushel in the same period last year. Our estimate for soybean meal prices November-April is $265 per ton versus $194 per ton in the same period last year.
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Apple's first store in Beantown will have an appropriately high-flying Friday launch on May 16th at 6PM, according to a new report.
Historically accurate with opening dates ahead of official announcements, ifo Apple Store claims the opening date for the Boston location is now due a week from this Friday and is the first of its kind since the launch of the West 14th store in December.
The store at 815 Boylston Street will be one of Apple's most conspicuous to open in recent months, with a three-storey-tall building fronted by glass. It will also be one of the largest in terms of floor space: at 6,384 square feet, the building is expected to service 1,500 or more customers per hour, or roughly ten times the traffic of a typical Apple retail outlet.
The storefront is also located immediately opposite Mac reseller Tech Superpowers, which has been tracking the construction of the Apple building from its early stages.
Apple has not announced any special promotional campaigns in the run-up to the store's long-awaited unveiling, but has taken unusual steps to promote the shop that include a green front covering that recalls the Green Monster at Fenway Park.
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A stain or puddle or any other visible sign of moisture on your garage floor is almost always a sign of a leak in your car. If you've been driving for many years, you know that car fluid leaks are never a good sign. And if this is your first time owning a car, it would really help if you learn how to identify the common types of car fluid leaks and what you can do about them.
One of the things that you have to understand about an engine oil leak is that it doesn't really create a puddle underneath your car. If it does, this is usually a very serious concern that you should have a mechanic check your vehicle right away. Generally, engine oil is more viscous than the other fluids in the car like automatic transmission fluid and even power steering fluid. Because of this higher viscosity, engine oil leak will 'crawl' or 'seep' through the other parts of the car's engine. As soon as enough oil has accumulated that its weight is greater than the forces keeping them together, that's when they drop to the surface of the garage floor.
Engine oil has a slightly brownish yellow or light amber or even almost dark golden color. This is if it is the new oil. However, older oil can take on a darker color, usually dark brown. You can also see black oil if it has never been changed for a long time.
Engine oil leaks can be brought about by a number of causes. It can be because of the gaskets in your engine are already deteriorating or there may be bad connections in the hoses that circulate the motor oil in your system. It can also be because of degraded oil seals or leaks in the oil pan. It can be because of an improperly attached oil filter or the oil plug is not tight enough or secured properly. It could even be because of excessively high oil pressure. Whatever the reason it is always best to have a professional check it.
So how do you differentiate an engine oil leak from other types of car fluid leaks? The first thing you have to do is to make sure you know where your engine and transmission is located. It could be up front, which is commonplace for the majority of vehicles, or they could be sitting in the back. What you need to do is to put a clean piece of white paper underneath the engine and leave this overnight. The following morning, check if there are oil stains on the paper.
You may also want to check the consistency of the fluid. It has a really thick and slick feel to it. It is definitely oily and can also smell 'gassy'. The color, as we already mentioned, is usually light brown to black, depending on the age of the oil.
It is quite easy to diagnose a leaking transmission system. First, the location is a dead giveaway. Again, if you know where your transmission is located, then it would be a lot easier to identify the source of the leak.
Second, the characteristics of transmission fluid are also a great way to differentiate it from other types of car fluid leaks. Generally, transmission fluid is colored red. As such, expect the stain to have a reddish color. Do understand that this is generally the color of transmission fluid that has just been poured into the system. Its consistency is also less viscous than motor oil. Now, if the transmission fluid has never been changed throughout the lifespan of the car, then don't expect the fluid to retain its characteristic reddish color. Instead, it will have a brownish and thicker consistency.
That being said, you need to make sure that you understand the stain on the paper. If it has a reddish stain it should also have a surrounding halo of really faint stain around it. This is because new transmission fluid is less viscous; it has the tendency to seep through the surrounding area of the principal stain. So you get a red dot with a larger pink corona around it. This is a sign that you have new transmission fluid leaking. If the stain is brownish, then you really cannot expect to see a halo around it since it is usually thicker. As such, you have to be careful since it can look a lot like an engine oil leak.
Transmission fluid leaks occur because of damaged or degraded transmission seals. The transmission fluid line, which is typically made of either steel or aluminum, can also crack or break over time. A crack on the torque pump can also cause transmission fluid leaks. And if you had work done on your transmission system, there's a chance that some of the components were not installed properly.
If you see a greenish puddle in your garage that appears under the area corresponding to your radiator, there's a likely chance that you've got an engine coolant leak. Now we said it's colored green because the majority of antifreeze solutions come in green color. However, if you're using yellow, blue, red, or even orange, then you can expect these colors to be on the stain. If you cannot distinguish the color, try smelling it. It usually has a sweet smell because of ethylene glycol. This is also what makes it especially dangerous for cats and dogs as the 'sweetness' of the antifreeze is often interpreted by our pets as something delicious.
It is also important to realize that the antifreeze leak doesn't only create a stain on the floor corresponding to the radiator of your car. The engine cooling system runs from the radiator to the engine and everything else in between. It is also possible to see a leak between the radiator and the antifreeze reservoir, between the radiator and the engine, and between the engine and the exhaust pipe. You may also want to check the consistency of the fluid. It is quite difficult to describe. It should be less viscous than oil but denser than water.
There can be a variety of reasons for a leak in the engine cooling system. It is possible that the radiator hose is already damaged or the radiator itself is already damaged. The hoses need to be checked as well. It is best to have a mechanic check the problem since your engine's overall performance is hinged on how well it is able to prevent the buildup of excessive heat inside.
This can be quite tricky to identify since the appearance of the leaking fluid alone is not often enough to warrant a definitive diagnosis of the power steering fluid leak. Why is that? Well, most motorists also use transmission fluid as steering pump fluid. As such, the leak you see in your car may resemble the leak found in an issue with the transmission. Other car owners put a dedicated power steering fluid. If you're this kind of motorist, take note of the color of the fluid that you're using. Check if it is the same color as the one that you saw on your garage floor.
One safe way to determine whether it's from your power steering or from the transmission is to correlate it with the function of your steering. This fluid is responsible for making sure you get optimum control of your steering wheel. It makes steering a lot easier, often requiring minimal effort on your part to turn your vehicle. If you somehow notice a sluggish response or you find it more difficult to steer your vehicle at the same time that you noticed the leak, then there's a good chance that you have a leak in your power steering system.
You will also need to check under your car and try to follow the hoses that connect the power steering system. Also, inspect the integrity of the reservoir as well as the power steering pump. Know the location of these parts so you can somehow relate it with the positioning of the stain on the floor.
If you see a colorless or slightly yellowish fluid under your car that has a slightly oily feel to it, there's a chance that you're leaking brake fluid. You might also want to check where you found the stain and compare it with the positioning of the brake pedal, the brake fluid reservoir, and hoses. You may even see it near your tires since the brake system of your car is connected to the wheels.
It is always imperative that you bring your car to a mechanic as you don't want to be driving around town with a leaking brake fluid. This fluid is essential for operating the calipers in your brake system. If you have insufficient brake fluid, the calipers may not function properly and your brake pads may not clamp onto the rotors when you apply the brakes. Technically, it will be very difficult to even depress the brake pedal.
One of the most common causes of brake fluid leaks is damage to the hoses that convey the liquid to the different components of the brake system. Having a mechanic follow the brake lines to check for the integrity of the hoses and connections should help you avert potentially deadly consequences.
Sometimes you really don't need to see any puddle or stain on the garage floor just so you'll know you have a fuel leak. The smell itself is already a sure giveaway. If it smells like gas, then it's definitely gas. The question now is where did you see the leak?
A gas leak often takes on a brownish color with a watery consistency. If the stain is found towards the back of your vehicle, there's a chance that the problem is in the gas tank. If the stain is somewhere located up front, it usually indicates an issue with the fuel pump. It is also possible that a leak may occur anywhere along the entire length of the fuel system.
One of the issues that people have about gas leaks is the risk of having a car blown up in an orange ball of flame. Well, no thanks to Hollywood pyrotechnicians who still manage to convince the movie-going public that a leak in the fuel system can lead to an orange fireball. Not that we're downplaying such potential scenarios, but you've got to understand it simply will not light up that way. What you will have to worry about, though, is the big gaping hole that fuel leaks will create in your pocket. Let's face it, fuel prices aren't getting any cheaper.
This is not necessarily a fluid that your car needs to operate properly, but it is something that is the natural product of some of the processes in your car. Your car's air conditioning system will have to work double-time to keep you and other vehicle occupants as cool as possible especially in the warm days of summer. What you may not realize is that if the environment happens to be hot and humid, your car's AC will also have to take care of the moisture from inside the cabin. This moisture is drained out to the ground through a hose.
As such, you will most likely see water crawling from under the front right portion of your car especially on hot and humid days. In many instances, it would seem like opening a water faucet. The good news is that this is never an issue that you should worry about.
Identifying what type of car fluid leak is present in your vehicle is relatively easy. All you need is to check the color of the leaking fluid and the relative position of the stain or puddle they create on the garage floor. Now, connect these 'leaky' findings with other vehicle symptoms and you've isolated the problem.
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In the digital marketing realm, cookies are king. Marketers rely on these small packets of data to track website visitors, collect information on user behavior, target ads and improve the user experience.
That could all be changing soon. Earlier this year, in the face of new privacy regulations and increasing pressure from consumers to provide more protections for online data, Google announced that it would phase out third-party cookies on its Chrome browser by 2022.
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Users are demanding greater privacy—including transparency, choice and control over how their data is used—and it's clear the web ecosystem needs to evolve to meet these increasing demands.
The movement for greater online privacy isn't new, and some marketers have been seeing the writing on the wall. In 2019, in a GDPR ruling, Europe's highest court ruled that web users in the European Union must actively consent to all cookies when they visit a website. Here in the US, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which regulates how businesses handle the personal information of California residents, went into effect at the beginning of 2020.
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Google Chrome isn't the first to phase out third-party cookies on its browser—Mozilla's Firefox and Apple's Safari have blocked them since 2013—but it's by far the largest, accounting for more than 56% of the web browser market, according to Statista. Because of Chrome's outsized influence on the web, some digital experts are calling Google's move the "death of the third-party cookie."
But is this really as dire as it sounds?
Not all cookies are created equal
It's important to note that while all cookies store information, they come in more than one flavor. Google's phaseout pertains only to third-party cookies. Need a refresher? Here are the broad strokes.
First-party cookies are codes that are created and stored on a user's computer when they visit your site. These types of cookies help website owners and marketers collect basic website analytics like page views, session length, browser type and some demographics. They also enhance the user experience by remembering usernames and passwords, for example, or remembering the items in a shopping cart—even after the visitor has left the website. Don't worry, Google isn't phasing out these types of cookies.
Third-party cookies are a little trickier. These are tracking codes placed on a web visitor's computer that are generated by a website other than your own (i.e., by a third party). This means that when a user visits your site and others, the third-party cookie tracks the information and sends it back to a third party, like an advertiser. Advertisers can then use this information to learn about users' online behaviors and interests, in turn using these insights to build visitor profiles and create retargeting lists.
What will happen when third-party cookies are phased out?
There's no question about it—the elimination of third-party cookies will have a sizeable and inconvenient impact on marketers. The digital media industry relies on third-party data to understand consumer behavior, track conversions, track cross-device use and target audiences with specific campaigns. The death of the third-party cookie threatens every marketing strategy that is built on data from third-party cookies.
However, marketers are already starting to adapt. We can't know for certain what the ripple effect of the third-party cookie phaseout will look like, but we have a few predictions.
#1 Marketers will increasingly leverage first-party cookie data.
Understanding your customers—who they are, what they buy and why they buy it—has always been of extreme importance in marketing, but now, this will become even more of a focus. This information can help marketers align strategies and context to the appropriate message and target audience to prompt the right type of action. Since first-party cookies are less impacted by Google's changes, we expect to see more reliance on data that can be extracted from these markers on website properties owned by brands and publishers directly.
#2 It will be content's time to shine.
Now is a great time for marketers to think about alternative advertising strategies that are less vulnerable to sweeping policy changes, whether they're coming from Google or the government. Inbound marketing strategies like content marketing are a great way to reach your audience without relying on third-party cookies or super-targeted ads. If you engage and nurture your audience with helpful content they actually enjoy seeing, you're building brand loyalty that no cookie policy can take away.
#3 Contextual targeting will make a comeback.
Contextual targeting is a type of personalized online advertising that uses keywords to serve PPC ads to users based on the context of the website they're looking at. For example, if you sell shoes, your ad might show up on a fashion website. In recent years, contextual targeting has become less popular, because behavioral targeting, which uses third-party data, provided more bang for your buck. However, it may be time for contextual targeting to ride again. Combined with first-party data and strong strategy, we expect contextual targeting to deliver strong campaign performance by combining relevant messaging to users who are seeking out appropriately matched topics and information.
Google's third-party cookie phaseout isn't happening overnight, but 2022 is quickly approaching. Digital marketers need to consider their alternatives and begin building the framework for operating in this new world. A great place to start is with building the appropriate tracking and measurement systems now to compare the data we're able to capture today in the third-party cookie world. Beginning to approach campaigns with a contextually based lens will help us drive learnings now that can be taken to a future without third-party cookies.
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In NOT so great britain - Jihad terrorists can work at airports without MI5 being tipped off
Khuram Butt, a Paki animal
Jihad Watch : Khuram Butt worked at various Tube stations.
An MI5 officer "said there was no evidence that Butt took the job for 'nefarious purposes.'" That means that there was no evidence that Butt plotted a jihad massacre in the Tube. MI5 does not know, however, what he might have intended to do eventually.
That is important because there is no doubt whatsoever that Muslims are being hired for the airport and the Tube without ever being questioned or investigated about what they think about jihad. To do so would be "Islamophobic." How many more risks will MI5 take with the safety of British citizens with its certainty that none of these others are taking such jobs for "nefarious purposes," either?
"Terrorists can work at airports without MI5 being tipped off," by John Twomey, Express, June 14, 2019 (thanks to the Geller Report) :
Read it all here...................
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Muslim Council of Britain launches Center for Medi...
Qatar: Small, but dangerous By Rami Dabbas
Islamic State warns of jihad massacres in Londonis...
Syria: Muslims explode car bomb in front of church...
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The Men's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

The qualifying standards were 13:21.50 (A standard) and 13:28.00 (B standard).

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world record was:

Results

Heat 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

To sort this table by heat, athlete, or any other column, click on the  icon next to the column title.

Heat 2

Heat 3

Final

23 August 2008 - 20:10

Splits

References

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
5000 metres at the Olympics
Men's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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A friend asked me to print a photo from an old Kodachrome transparency. Photographing it was easy but without a light table, getting even light behind it was a bit trickier. After thinking about it, here's what I came up with. This is a PITA if you need to convert more than a handful of slides but it's a whole lot cheaper than a scanner. The 3rd image is an old slide I had from Vietnam. It's hard to imagine I was once that young. I'm the handsome stud behind the camera.
A tripod is always recommended for this sort of exercise. You don't need an expensive one, a cheap tabletop tripod will do as long as it's sturdy enough to support your camera and lens.
I used a Canon 7D because it has an APS-C sensor. In other words, the sensor is smaller than full frame so it has a narrower field of view, making it easier to fill the frame but any dSLR will do.
The lens was a Canon 50/1.4 but the 18-55 kit lens is just fine. If you have a Canon 100/2.8 macro lens, that's even gooder! Don't worry about aperture because you'll be stopping down to about f/22.
Manual extension tubes. Don't worry about auto focus contacts because all focusing will be manual.
A flash with Manual Mode is necessary. If you have a newer Canon Speedlite (600EX, 580EX II or 430EX) you're good to go. Even older models like the 550EX will work. You have to be able to set the flash power to a very low setting, e.g. 1/128. Third party flashes like a Yongnuo 685 or, even, a LumoPro will also work.
You might have to buy a Stofen Omnibounce. Be sure to buy the correct one for your flash. Smart people can probably devise their own diffuser but for $10 the Stofen is easier for lazy people like me.
If you have an older Canon flash that can't be triggered remotely, e.g. wirelessly or optically, you'll need a Canon off-camera TTL cable like THIS. The one in the above photos is a $70 Canon OC-E3. Unless you use it a lot, a cheap one will work just as well.
Hopefully, your flash came with a foot to hold it upright off-camera. If not, use another camera with a hot shoe to hold the flash or devise some way to hold it upright and level.
Set the flash in Manual Mode and dial in the lowest power setting, usually 1/64 or 1/128.
Attach the Stofen Omnibounce to the flash and tape the slide to be copied onto the front of the SO.
Attach the off-camera TTL cable to the flash and camera with the camera on the tripod.
If your camera has Live View Mode, that will make it easier to focus.
Set exposure to Manual and shutter speed to about 1/100, ISO as low as possible and aperture to about f/16 or f/22.
Unless you plan to make color corrections, set your camera to JPEG. Even RAW will have limited range of color correction so don't expect miracles.
Make gross focus adjustments by moving the tripod closer or further. A macro rail is useful but you might not want to buy such a specialized device unless you do lots of macros.
Take a test shot and adjust focus and exposure as necessary. If your exposure is too bright and you can't stop down aperture or reduce ISO anymore, add a sheet or two of tissue between the slide and Stofen.


Minimum five years of successful managerial experience.
Applicants must be aged 25 years or older.
The Further Education degree programs at EU Business School have two start dates per year, these dates are the same for every campus. Semesters begin in October and February every year.
Please see below for information.
If you already have university credits from another institution, you might be able to transfer some of the credits toward an undergraduate degree program at EU Business School. These credits may allow you to begin your studies at EU at a more advanced stage within the program.
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Credit transfers are considered on an individual basis. For further information on credit transfers please do not hesitate to contact the admissions department.


Here is the list of new release for January 16 to 22!
I love the Jane Wheel series by Sharon Fiffer, but she has not published anything since 2012. Does anyone know if she is still writing this series?
"… Jane Wheel lives on… In Jane Wheel #9, Jane is setting up her office in Kankakee and although Detective Oh is her real partner, Nellie seems to think her name should also be etched on the door. The format might be different for this book — Jane might even step out of the pages and tell you this story in her own voice, but as she outfits her office and button factory home and solves a Kankakee-based mystery, she'll also be on the hunt for stuff — since all of her treasures disappeared in Lucky Stuff. I think you all will be pleased with what she finds.
Thank you for your lists of upcoming books. I used them to create my own 'coming attractions' list and to set-up a couple of gift wish lists for family members. As of right now, I have 35 books coming out by authors that are on my must buy list in 2017 (and that is really only through June or July).
Also, thanks to finding this website a couple of years ago, I know what names I want to look for to try someone I haven't read yet. You and your readers tell me enough about the books and writing style to clue me in to who I might like and who I probably won't.
Susy, I am really glad you find the information here useful!


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Il Corpo di Polizia femminile fu un corpo di polizia italiano ad ordinamento civile, istituito nel dicembre 1959, composto da personale femminile e dedicato a tematiche delicate e di rilievo morale, come la protezione della donna e la tutela dei minori.

Dipendente dall'amministrazione della pubblica sicurezza del Ministero dell'Interno, ma non inserito in un ordinamento militare allora vigente per la polizia, venne sciolto nel 1981.

Storia
Fu creato, su indicazione dell'allora capo della polizia Giovanni Carcaterra, con la legge 7 dicembre 1959, n. 1083 e incorporò anche le ex agenti del Corpo di polizia femminile di Trieste che era nato sotto l'amministrazione militare anglo-americana del Territorio Libero di Trieste fino al 1954.

Il corpo, parallelo alla polizia "tradizionale", quella del Corpo delle guardie di pubblica sicurezza, entrò in funzione il 1º marzo 1961.
Aveva anche la funzione pratica di supportare questa per alcuni compiti che non era possibile affidare agli uomini, come ad esempio la perquisizione corporale delle donne. Con l'approvazione nel 1958 della cosiddetta legge Merlin che regolava la materia della prostituzione, contribuì ad un incremento delle competenze e delle esigenze di organico, rendendo il Corpo femminile di ancor più immediata utilità. L'addestramento avveniva presso la  Scuola di formazione per la polizia femminile di Roma.

Le appartenenti del Corpo, ufficiali di polizia giudiziaria, venivano utilizzate quasi esclusivamente all'interno della squadra del buon costume delle questure, per il contrasto dei reati contro la moralità pubblica, i minori e reati a sfondo sessuale ma anche per la tutela del lavoro minorile e femminile. Apposite sezioni di polizia femminile furono istituite presso ogni procura della Repubblica. Fu soppresso con la legge n. 121 del 1º aprile 1981 e il personale integrato nella Polizia di Stato.

Gradi
Due erano i ruoli:
"Ispettrici di polizia" - carriera direttiva (ufficiale di pubblica sicurezza)
ispettrice capo;
ispettrice di 1ª classe;
ispettrice di 2ª classe;
ispettrice di 3ª classe;
vice ispettrice.
"Assistenti di polizia" - carriera di concetto (agente di pubblica sicurezza)
assistente superiore di 1ª classe;
assistente superiore di 2ª classe;
assistente di polizia di 1ª classe;
assistente di polizia di 2ª classe;
assistente di polizia di 3ª classe.

Onorificenze concesse alla Bandiera del Corpo

Note

Voci correlate
 Enzo Felsani
 Forze di polizia italiane
 Polizia di Stato

Corpo di Pubblica Sicurezza
Polizia di Stato
Forze di polizia italiane del passato


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