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More than 90% of CD and DVD duplication provider Bison Disc's customers are generated online, so search has always been a big part of the company's marketing strategy. However, by 2010 the company's paid-search efforts were stagnant, said John Cleeveley, the company's CFO who also handles search marketing. Campaign ROI was poor and, as a result, Cleeveley cut his monthly search budget from $20,000 to $5,000. Still, this wasn't optimal, so Bison Disc hired search company Page Zero Media at the end of 2010 to handle its paid-search efforts. The first order of business, said Andrew Goodman, president of Page Zero Media, was cutting broader search terms on both Bing and Google, the two search engines on which Bison Disc runs ads. “We cut out all the scary waste,” he said. For instance, the term “CD copying” skewed very consumer. There were many other similar terms that did not have enough of a targeted focus, Goodman said. “Many of [Bison Disc's] search terms were very open-ended, and there wasn't enough differentiation between other closely related terms,” he said. For instance, “CD replication” was a much better business term than “CD copying,” Goodman said. Bison Disc also added additional keywords to the mix. To ensure the right terms were being used, Page Zero Media analyzed the company's product line to figure out new takes on its existing products. The company also spent time looking at past conversions and analytics to determine which terms converted and how people were finding the site organically. While that may seem basic, it's a step many companies skip when starting or expanding a paid-search campaign, Goodman said. “You've got to be constantly adding keywords and evaluating the ones you're already using,” he said. “It's also important to compare data on keywords that get people clicking through and the ones that actually get people to take action and fill out a lead-gen form.” Once the keywords were selected, Page Zero Media did an analysis of the company's landing pages. It discovered that many of the paid-search terms led right to Bison Disc's home page. “We were just sending everyone to the home page or slight variations of the home page, [so] we developed landing pages specific to keywords,” Cleeveley said. It is a strategy that everyone should use, Goodman added. “A prospect shouldn't have to think for a second about what they were looking for,” he said. “The search term they clicked on should be carried through to the landing page—the headline of the landing page.” Existing landing pages were tweaked as well, Cleeveley said. “On one page, we had a rotating image. The prospect saw an offer for 100 of a product for $199 and 1,000 for $790. The offer changed in and out,” he said. Those offers should be static, they were told, since people clicking through might not stay long enough to see both. Finally, Page Zero Media implemented constant testing so poorly performing keywords or landing pages could be lopped from campaigns immediately, saving Bison Disc time and money. It's working, Cleeveley said. “Since implementing the new strategies, requests for quotes increased by 450% between 2010 over what we're projecting through 2012. Cost per RFQ dropped by 35% to date,” he said. Just as important: New online customers increased by 80% between 2010 and 2011. This year, that stat is expected to rise again. “New online customers in 2012 as projected over 2011 should increase by 62%,” Cleeveley said.
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Companies from JetBlue to Cincinnati's Busken Bakery to Chia Pet are calling the election ahead of time. And in almost all the cases, President Obama is poised to serve a second term. Below, check out a handful of brands that have conducted their own unscientific polls about the presidential election.

If we've left any out, email us at and we'll add their "data" to the list.

7-11's famous coffee cup poll -- which has called every election correctly since 2000 -- is painting the country blue.

Obama garners 54% of the vote, according to spa and beauty brand Bliss, which handed out Obama Orange and Mint-Romney scented body lotions at the conventions this year, and has given customers the option to choose their scent-affiliation with every $50 purchase.

The cheesiest poll on our list named Barack Obama the Big Cheese, via a nationwide vote that had the President's 3 feet by 4 feet Cheetos portrait garnering the majority of the vote.

JetBlue's "Election Protection," campaign, created out of Mullen, promised 1,006 round-trip tickets to the customers that wanted to fly out of the country if their candidate didn't win. Either people really want Obama to win, or are polling the other way to get a free ticket.

Cincinnati's Busken Bakery has been selling Presidential cookies since 1984. Owner Dan Busken recently told CNN that the results match the electoral vote count within 2%.

This one is definitely a little biased. Restaurant chain California Tortilla's 2012 Presidential Burrito Bowl campaign, which started in August, let customers vote with their tastes, giving them the option of either the Obama Chicken Teriyaki Luau Bowl, or the Romney Mexican Mitt-Loaf Bowl. This one might tell you more about what people think about eating ground meat blocks.

What kind of Chia Pet would you like? Chia's "Freedom of Choice" series includes figures representing Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul -- and Obama is winning in the latest results, with 62.9% of the sales. Romney has 36.3%, while Gingrich and Paul have 0.4%. The brand has been running a commercial featuring the series since September 17.

Halloween retailer Spirit Halloween predicted the race at the end of October, via its "Presidential Index," which used mask sales to figure out who was going to win. Obama masks outsold Romney masks 60% to 40%, according to CNN. The company has accurately predicted the winner since 1996.

Express your revulsion for either candidate by sticking gum on whichever candidate sucks most, with project "Gum Election." Not the most definitive, since people have to print out the poster and stick it on their wall, but looks like Romney "sucks the most."

And what do those who cannot vote think? Nickelodeon's "Kids Pick the President" poll, which seeks to get kids educated and involved, saw Obama garnering over a half a million votes, making him the kids' choice, at least.
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The Adams Street Shul

Congregation Agudas Achim Anshei Sfard

WeinbergRabbi-150x200We have just passed through two periods of mourning, one national and one in our own Congregation.  The first is, of course, Tisha B'Av.  This is a very difficult day in the middle of the summer.  The day is long, the weather is hot, and the prevailing mood is quite depressing, although hopeful.

I wanted to point out that I was extremely impressed by our congregation’s response.  Many men, women, and children attended our services, beginning with Saturday night, Sunday morning, and Mincha on Sunday afternoon.  But it was more than just the attendance.  The services were dignified and I felt a sense of deep feeling among the worshippers expressing the message of this day.

The other sad event in our shul was the passing of Mrs. Sylvia Cheses, z”l.  There was a full period of Shiva at the home of Nechama and Aryeh Cheses.  Again, I was gratified and impressed by the number of our congregants that faithfully came each morning to assure the minyanim taking place.  The evenings were flooded with people, which was a great kavod to the late Mrs. Cheses.

“Those who mourn Jerusalem’s destruction will merit to see its rebuilding.”  We have now entered the period of consolation of our people expressing the promise of a better tomorrow.  It began with a “ti-yul” of a large number of our congregants and friends to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park last Wednesday evening.  A wonderful time was had by all (well… except for the Red Sox losing to Detroit …) and our thanks go to Phil Rosen and all others who worked hard to make this project such a success.

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Rhonda and Doug Volz of Bouton planted 80 acres of annual rye on one of their farms.

When the early European settlers moved into Iowa they passed the prairies and tended to settle in the wooded areas. They were not familiar with prairie soils and thought the land that did not grow trees would not grow good crops. The wetlands and pot holes in Iowa’s prairie landscape made it nearly impossible to farm and bred swarms of mosquitoes. Also, it was hard work to till the soil. According to Iowa’s Natural Heritage the grasses that grew in Iowa formed a layer of sod that was so thick it took a seven yoke team of oxen to pull a single plowshare to turn the soil.

The hard working pioneers drained the wetlands and plowed the sod and made Iowa’s soil the most productive in the United States. The Department of Agriculture reports that one-third of the best cropland in the U.S.A. is in Iowa. Farms now make up 92 percent of Iowa’s land with nearly 80 percent in some type of row crop, making agriculture the mainstay of our state’s economy generating $40 billion dollars per year.

But Iowa’s most valuable resource, top soil, is in trouble. Nearly one-half of the topsoil has been lost since European settlement. Currently million tons of our state’s topsoil are being lost every year, an average of nine tons per acre. This loss is greater than any other state in the Corn Belt. The average annual rate of new soil formation is less than one ton per acre each year.

The severe erosion during the “Dust Bowl” years of the 1930s brought about the first efforts to prevent soil erosion, which also helped protect water resources. The Federal Government passed the Soil Conservation Act in 1935 and established the Soil Conservation Service, now it is called the Natural Resources Conservation Service or NRCS. Iowa passed a law in 1939 that allowed soil and water conservation districts to organize. The Dallas County Soil and Water Conservation District was formed in 1946. The legislation also declared as policy for the State of Iowa to: “Preserve soil and water, protect the state’s tax base, and promote health, safety and public welfare of the people of Iowa.”

Federal Government legislation has also been enacted and developed farming practices to combat soil erosion. Many programs and farm bills have been passed to help farmers increase yields as well as keeping the soil on the farm fields. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was passed in 1985, paying farmers to stop cultivating highly erodible land. This generated income for farmers and provided habitat for wildlife. In 1996 Congress created the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQUIP) and the Natural Resources Foundation to promote and pay for agricultural conservation practices. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that for an annual cost of $1 billion the program saves 700 million tons of top soil. There are many other federal and state programs that assist the farming community with soil conservation. Recently the Iowa Department of Agriculture has been encouraging farmers to plant “cover crops” on fields after corn has been harvested. Cover crops hold the soil in place during the winter months. Also, the “Nutrient Reduction Strategy” was started in Iowa last year to reduce water pollution by 45 percent and this program will also help conserve Iowa’s topsoil.

Land owners and farm operators should take advantage of these programs and make sure that they are doing all they can to conserve Iowa’s precious topsoil.

Top soil is the “skin of the Earth” the thin outer layer of the Earth’s crust and just like our own skin- we can’t live without it. There is a finite amount of Iowa’s Black Gold, top soil. Good soil conservation practices keep the soil on the fields producing high yields of grain, while keeping the rest of the environment clean and healthy.

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Valassis has rolled out a new product offering associated with its acquisiton in June.  Using “Purchase Precision Technology,” Valassis says that the new tech is underpinned with the merging of online and offline data as well as “access to decades of proven media intelligence coupled with real-time digital insights” - not to mention “sub ZIP Code level” geo-targeting.  Read more.  Valassis has been about "local" offline - and now is moving online.

Yesterday’s Ad Tech Funding

Venture capital strikes again!  Medialets has corralled another round of funding for its mobile ads marketplace tech.  The $10 million round ($28.4m total) is led by Greenspring Associates.  Read a humble Medialets blog post. One never knows - from the outside - if insiders are taking money off the table in an investment like this.  But, as you all know, mobile remains hot. Everybody wants a piece of the action.  Read VentureBeat’s summary.

Retargeting China

J.P. Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth and his team have put together a report on eCommerce in China in the wake of their coverage of B2C Ecommerce player Dangdang.  Anmuth writes, “We expect China eCommerce market to grow at a CAGR of 43% from 2012 to 2015 to US$401.7Bn, accounting for 8.1% of  retail sales in China. This compares to average overall retail sales growth of 18% in China for the past 5 years. Within the entire eCommerce value chain, we favor platform providers and  comprehensive B2C retailers to smaller vertical retailers, as economy of scale and scope will be the ultimate driving force behind the winners.” It would seem a big (understatement) online marketing opportunity is ahead in China - spurred by Ecommerce growth. Companies like AdChina and iPinYou - let alone international players - hope to benefit.

DMP Signals

IDG TechNetwork offers an update on its data management platform (DMP) in BtoB Magazine. Known as “TechSignals” (see July interview in AdExchanger), IDG says the DMP manages first-party data emanating from “110 million monthly unique visitors and billions of ad impressions on IDG's direct and affiliate networks and its ad exchange—and third-party data...” Read more.  IDG’s Pete Longo identifies what he sees as the DMP benefits: “When advertisers are looking for a very specific, hard-to-find audience, they're willing to pay a premium.”

Go Long

Following up Adweek editor Mike Shields piece, Upstream’s Doug Weaver sees lessons to be learned for ad tech-ians. He writes, “Build your company and your services to last 25 years, not 25 months.  Build products that grow new value and create new revenue, rather than simply finding incremental savings in an already collapsing banner market.” Read more.

What Is Premium Inventory?

Jack Marshall surveys industry types in a piece on Digiday. ZenithOptimedia’s James Kiernan, chimes in, “We tend to define premium inventory based on factors such as supply and demand in the marketplace, how contextually relevant and credible it is to a select category and if there’s a strong track record with regards to performance.” Placement is secondary says Kiernan.  Read it.

Facebook Rumor Control

With all the rumors swirling around the slightest change -- of even the appearance of one -- in what Facebook does, the social network could probably use some help in combating misinformation. Techcrunch’s John Constine rides to Facebook’s rescue today to say that he has solid proof that Facebook purposefully reduced how many users see Page posts in the News Feed to induce higher payments from said Page operators. So what happened? Constine writes: “These Pages appeal to newer Facebook users who don’t Like that many Pages or have many friends. So originally they might have been seeing more of these Pages that later saw their reach drop. But over time these fans added more friends and Liked more Pages. That meant there was more competitions for space in their news feeds, and all their friends and Liked Pages started showing up less frequently.” Read more.

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Syracuse developer involved in Lake Flower project

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Pereira & O'Dell get a bronze from Mediapost, nod to our opinion on ads

Pereira & O'Dell get a bronze from Mediapost, nod to our opinion on ads

Mediapost gave Pereira & O'Dell "bronze" for social agency of 2012, quotes our opinion on their Skype campaign.

“It’s Time For Skype” uses print, outdoor and Web iterations to position the Internet-based voice and video communications service as a warmer, more human way to connect than alternatives like Twitter and Facebook.

“140 characters doesn’t equal staying in touch,” reads one copy line. “When did it become ok to text mom happy birthday?” asks another. The campaign’s main social thrust consists of an app on Skype’s Facebook page that lets users create and share “Humoticons” — pictures of themselves expressing emotions.

“We launched this at a time when the question (of whether technology has gotten too impersonal) was really becoming part of the zeitgeist, and that helped it get great online media coverage to get people talking,” says pod’s executive creative director Jaime Robinson.

The company credits the campaign with a 20 percent rise in feature page views, driving 8.3 million site activities.

“This campaign really got to our roots as a disruptive brand while at the same time playing to what makes our brand great, that we enable people to have experiences together, even when they are apart,” says Francie Strong, Skype’s director of global marketing.

Åsk Dabitch Wäppling, who follows the ad biz at the Adland blog, says the approach for Skype works perfectly because, at its core, “it’s the truth: Skype is face-time.”

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fcuking 'ell.

Judge Huw Daniel has dismissed a juror at Mold Crown Court in North Wales for wearing one of French Connection's "FCUK" T-shirts in court the Telegraph reports.

FCUKs cheeky slogan was created by TBWA (the 'b' does not stand for 'Beattie') in London 1997 when Trevor Beattie by lucky coincidence spotted faxes that had been sent from the company's Hong Kong office marked "FCHK to FCUK".

The problem is that we are becoming increasingly unshockable - French Connection's slogan T-shirts and accessories have lost their impact. The real question that this week's court case has raised is not why FCUK is so shocking, but why on earth a juror turned up in court wearing something as informal as a T-shirt.

bunch a slobs, aye?

Wonder if it was a FCUK t-shirt. ;-)

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The philosophy called socially responsible investing claims that your investments should reflect your values. The most common implementation of SRI is to refuse to invest in certain companies because you disagree with one or all of their practices.

Hedge Funds? What For?

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Despite their trailing the broad market lately, hedge funds continue to attract money. Why? Part of it may be snob appeal – they are reserved for upper-income folks. Yet they also are a good way to diversify your portfolio. And some actually do spectacularly well.

The Wall of Un-Worry

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Both the stock and bond markets remain volatile as investors climb the proverbial “wall of worry.” Don’t worry. While something horrible always could crop up, it’s better to focus on the strong underlying growth trend in the U.S. economy and the influence of easy money policies abroad.

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Investing has never been more accessible, more necessary or filled with many booby traps. You can never guarantee complete success on Wall Street, but knowing a few common blunders can improve your odds.

The Case Against the S&P 500

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U.S. bull markets tend to draw all eyes upon the S&P 500, somewhat like a moth is attracted to a flame. As the poor moth finds out, the pull of the Standard & Poor’s 500 can be damaging: The index doesn’t cover a lot of important stocks, and tech titan Apple has a disproportionate effect on this storied benchmark, distorting its performance.

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Does every company you invest with act in a way you support? Do you fund an oil company that shares your devotion to the environment? A retail chain in line with your political leanings? Here’s what to know to bring your investments in line with your beliefs.

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Market volatility is back. Just as you started to hope that stock values only ever move in one direction (up), the pendulum swung the other way. Your probable response: anxiety. Acting on that emotion, though, can do you and your portfolio more harm than good.

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Bad driving conditions often produce wrecks, but not every car on the road crashes in a snowstorm. With the exception of chronic worriers, most of us don’t ponder terrible events that could potentially happen. Such forethought, though, is precisely what risk management for your money involves – unexciting, yet vital for investing success.

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We pass many lessons on to our kids, from teaching them how to ride a bike to helping them deal with pressures at school. Yet we rarely discuss one of the best bits of lifelong wisdom: the importance of investing early and often.


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Just my luck. Get my wrists back into shape for some doc hacking, and my desktop goes on the fritz. Last week it started randomly rebooting. Arg. Trouble-shooted it to death (with my limited troubleshooting skill set) and found a bad stick of ram. Still had problems, so I bought good heat sink and fan; the Volcano 6. Nice fan, with a big honkin' heat sink. Still had reboots though. I found that the die on my CPU is "chiped", and flaking too.

Finally took it in to the good folks at the Clone Society. They found the other stick of ram and the mobo to be bad. Both got replaced and I have my computer back. But now it has only slight yet annoying errors. I thought I'd test my ram and ran this test: memtest. I kept seeing errors were the letter "u" was replaced by a "w", such as "number -> nwmber". I have _no_ idea why this is happening. I'm also finding that compiling glib gives the same problem. At some point "number" is used in a header file, and the compiler complains about "nwmber" not being defined. Maybe all this is due to the chip in the die.

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Make sure that the Rider Of Record starts the race. The rider of record either has to start or finish for you to officially complete the race.
Not exactly. Who starts or finishes only matters if you're doing all 3 races (250/500/1000) that year for "points".
If not going for points ROR can do anything, or nothing, and if you finish you're scored as such.

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In the baja 1000 you can show up unprepared, race and finish with out issue....if you're lucky.
You can also have the best gear and prepare all you want and not finish...if you're unlucky.
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I use my 1985 Mercedes 300d. It gets 27 mpg empty and pulling my double wave runner trailer I get 27 mpg. The car does not care it is back there.

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Damn you Steam for putting all the good stuff on sale again!

I'm sure I've asked this before, but who else is on Steam?

Anybody interested in co-op, FPS, or racing games look me up (Hi Viz Ninja)

Any recommendations would be appreciated as well. Happy gaming!
You should check out the humble bundle, ~6.50 and you get a ton of games. And you can give as little as 1 dollar and get steam codes for all but 2 of them.

Between the steam sale and the humble bundle a lot of my Christmas shopping is done. Just sent out a bunch of emails with codes/URL's.....easiest Christmas ever.
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I don't mind if you post the pics in other forums. Please feel free.

I've thought about starting a business designing and building scooter (and small displacement motorcycle) cargo trailers. I don't know if there's enough interest out there to keep such a company sustainable...because if I'd do it, it would be a full time venture...I have no interest in pursuing it part time. I'm an all-or-nothing kind of guy

I think the bigger issue might be cost. In the age of made-in-China junk, where everything is cheap, cheap, trailers might not be viable because of the cost. That's my biggest concern.

In my mind, my trailers are rolling art...I spend a huge amount of time on the aesthetics...(make no mistake, they are equally functional)...but the aesthetics are paramount to me. There's a ton of time an materials that go into each one.

Even if I designed a few standard models and "mass produced" them in small quantities, they'd still be $900 - $1,000...and I wouldn't be buying a Mercedes with the profits...

I recently designed a cost-reduced, open frame scooter cargo trailer that looks cool and could sell for $600 - $700. Not quite as "WOW" as the other ones, but a pretty damn cool trailer in it's own right.

Because my trailers are all one-offs, I've probably got $1,200 - $1,300 tied up in each one in time / materials. As a scooter enthusiast, I have no problem dropping a grand+ on a trailer. I've got myself convinced that I'm the only guy out there that would do that. Anyone care to prove me wrong?

Would any of you drop a grand on a beautiful, functional trailer for your scoot or small displacement motorcycle? If not, what is your price threshold? I am just looking for ANY reason to start a scooter cargo trailer
The factory Rokon trailer is $1000 and is off road only, so yes, some people (myself included) would buy. But you are correct that low volume, custom work isn't going to generate millions in profit.

But as a hobby business, it might work.
Honda ST1300 with Hannigan Super Sport sidecar (Hondagan), Ural Gear Up, Rokon Ranger and now an Argo, WTF is wrong with me?

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The Black Panthers Worldwide Revisited

An international symposium on the influence of the revolutionary and liberation movement of Black Panthers in the 1960s/1970s in the USA

Friday, November 30th, 2012 / 6:00 pm

Free and Open to the Public

This roundtable reunion of Panthers from America, India, Israel, UK, and Australia will primarily be focused on the experiences of the members of their respective movements. The participants will explain why they formed a Panther Party,  what was their inspiration, what were they rebelling against, what were they up against in their respective countries, and how did they hear about and create a bound of solidarity with the US Black Panthers.  The idea is to provide students, scholars and the general audience with an opportunity to be exposed to an international oral history, archives, and memories that are not widely known and associated with the history of the Black Panthers in America.  Additionally, the roundtable will also explore the links between the struggle for justice then and now.

Tishman Auditorium , Vanderbilt Hall (first floor)

New York University School of Law

40 Washington Square South, NY, NY 10012

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6:00—8:00 pm

The Panthers Worldwide Reunited

Moderator: Gerald  Horne (USA)

-Kathleen Cleaver (USA)

-Zainab Abbas (UK)

-P. K. Murthy (India)

-Nissim Mossek (Israel)

-Reuven Abergel  (Israel)

-Marlene Cummins (Australia)

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8:00—9:30 pm

The Relevance of Revolutions Today

Moderator: Robin D. G. Kelley (USA),

-Malia Lazu  (USA)

-Abdoulaye Niang  (Senegal)

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The cans and can'ts of technology

In late 2010, I travelled to East Africa to explore the region’s budding technology industry. It was not just the growth of telecommunications that interested me, but the emergence of a new generation of technology bloggers and entrepreneurs who are busy designing mobile applications and web platforms to tackle everyday problems. Africans are not merely passive recipients of communication technologies; rather they are actively participating in the development of a new industry by building innovative, locally relevant, software and web platforms.

'The ubiquity of mobile phones is matched only by the ingenuity of their users'. African Affairs, August 2010

The creativity and ingenuity deployed in the development of telecommunications is indicative of a much wider shift in Africa towards more active participation in the global economy. Local innovations, such as Kenya’s Ushahidi, an online platform that maps real time crisis information, has proved to be a robust export and shown that African software developers are globally competitive. Users too have proved to be equally robust innovators. One only needs to look at Kenya’s flagship mobile banking facility, MPesa, to discover the resourcefulness of people who use the service for myriad purposes, whether sending money to rural relatives, paying for services and household utility bills, or purchasing groceries in local supermarkets.

The growth of mobile communication in Africa has received extensive coverage. But one of the consequences has been a great deal of hype about the potential of information technology to alleviate poverty. American economist Jeffrey Sachs championed mobiles phones as the ‘single most transformative technology for development’. Some have heralded the potential for One Laptop per Child to eliminate poverty through education. Others have touted mobile phones as the vehicle to raise rural incomes. The assumption in much of the rhetoric is that information technology is some sort of developmental panacea for Africa, and that it can provide a shortcut to more conventional methods of tackling poverty.

It can’t. Hard evidence to back up such grand claims is thin on the ground. While the notion that information technology can have a positive, lasting impact on African societies is no longer fanciful, much remains to be proved. In almost all instances where technology has been successfully harnessed to promote development, humans have played a far more important role than the technology. Kentaro Toyama, a researcher at the University of California is correct in asserting:

technology – no matter how well designed – is only a magnifier of human intent and capacity. It is not a substitute. If you have a foundation of competent, well intentioned people, then appropriate technology can amplify their capacity and lead to amazing achievements'.

Successful application of technology for development is seldom about the technology per se, but the way in which it is utilised by people and organisations to address specific development priorities.

The danger with overstating the development potential of information technology is that it obscures genuine insight into how technology can be best used to alleviate poverty in Africa. Understanding the limitations of technology is crucial when formulating effective policy and harnessing the potential of technology to promote development. It might be productive to establish clearly what technology can’t do for development rather than indulge in wishful thinking about what technology potentially can do.

In 2009, Africa Research Institute published Nursing the Future, which chronicles the evolution of an e-learning programme to provide Kenyan nurses with new knowledge and skills. The programme, run by AMREF in conjunction with the Kenyan Ministry of Health and the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK), uses rudimentary technology – desktop computers installed with the course material – to address the shortage of skills among frontline health workers.

Since 2007 the programme has trained 2000 nurses with a further 7000 currently enrolled. Previously, the NCK had the capacity to train a maximum of 150 nurses a year. These results could never have been achieved without the technology, however basic. But the computers were only effective because they were deployed within a programme that embraced local knowledge and institutions, addressed the needs of hard-pressed Kenyan nurses, and did not rely on sophisticated or expensive infrastructure.

People have achieved remarkable things with technology in Africa. But until initiatives like Kenya’s e-nursing programme start to proliferate, technology cannot be assumed to underwrite – guarantee – a ‘revolution’ in Africa’s development prospects. The challenge for technology entrepreneurs, business, NGOs and think tanks is to focus attention on clearly documenting what works – how and why – so lessons can be learned and experiences shared.

Jonathan Bhalla Research Manager, Africa Research Institute

  1. An excellent sober assessment of mobile technologies in Africa. I agree that more data must be collected on their success or not, but would suggest that this is coming in fast and furious. I see as well that you have done a great comparison of google earths map of kibera vs. openstreetmap. Another example of where things are going!

  2. I think you strike exactly the right balance Jon. I know the AMREF project well; in fact we supplied 200 computers to rural hospitals as part of that initiative when I was running Computer Aid International. I've just posted a piece on this same subject in my Laptopburns blog on Wordpress, paraphrasing the same quote from the ICT4D Jester, Kentaro Toyama. Technology is no panacea. There is no 'Libertion technology'. http://wp.me/pKNTz-5X


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On Friday, April 25 Governors State University celebrated student successes and big ideas at the GSU Foundation Scholarship Luncheon.

The GSU Scholarship Luncheon is the university’s annual stakeholder event celebrating and acknowledging the achievements of GSU student scholarship recipients. The luncheon provides an opportunity to connect recipients with their donors to personally express their appreciation for the rich opportunities and experiences made possible thanks to their financial support. The luncheon also honors the philanthropic support of corporate, private, alumni and community partners, who make higher education attainable for GSU students.

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Bangai-O Spirits has a lot to live up to. Gunstar Heroes, Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, and the 1994 original Bangai-O all precede it, and with those games Treasure built up a reputation for creating unique and challenging shooters with a fun and...

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Ok, pop quiz—what's Bangai-O Spirits? A) A professional curling team, B) A new sake-based cocktail mixer, or C) A Japanese leprechaun?

The Bad: Uneven difficulty, too-busy graphics, slowdown on dense levels.

Aug, 2008

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If you enjoy freakishly difficult games as you whittle away at your down time on your Nintendo DS, by all means, check out Bangai-O Spirits.

Bangai-O Spirits has all the ever-lovin' trappings of old school, side-scrolling Anime; a classic shoot- slice- & smash-o-rama with a giant robot, replete with way too many thing going at once, most of it swaddled in excessive pyrotechnics.

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There are a million missiles closing in on you! Think fast or you're dead.

A challenging blend of shooting action and strategy; full-featured level creator

It's definitely going to be too difficult for most players; no cohesive single-player mode

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All you need to know is that you control a super-robot with explosive capabilities. It can fire homing missiles, bouncing lasers, swing a baseball bat and sword and launch eye-popping special attacks by storing energy generated by fruit. You'll need...

Plenty of levels, a splendid mix of shooting and strategy, you can create your own levels, co-op for up to four players, wild gameplay

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I have played some hard games in my time. Chief among these impossibly hard games would have to be Shiren the Wanderer, Castlevania, and Ikaruga. But man, Bangai-O Spirits presents a real challenge, even for the most seasoned, hardcore gamer

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Bang and the dirt is gone.

The best thing I can say about BoS is that I never once got angry with it. Most games that throw you in at the deep end and expect you to learn to swim, before you drown in boredom (looking at you, Geo Wars) earn my contempt. Here, I feel I’m being...

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What good are mutant superpowers without exciting reasons to use them? As X-Men: Destiny proves, they're no good at all. In this superhero beat-'em-up, clobbering swarms of stupid bad guys with your newfound abilities is tedious, and although a...

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Many of us who grew up with comic books used to love making up our own super heroes. Wed hash out the requisite origin stories, debate which powers suited our characters and consider the appropriate length of our capes. Every bit of the process was...

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You start the game (such as it is) at one of those ever-popular rallies to promote peace between mutants and humans (you know, the ones Marvel has every other week, that always get interrupted by some sort of mutant “terrorist” attack, or anti-mutie...

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It may not come as a surprise that as a games writer I love the X-Men. The rough and tumble group of super-powered mutants are amongst the most compelling of the marvel world. From the animated shows to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, the serial has gained...

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When a game touts the importance of player choice on the outcome of some sort of epic storyline, I tend to expect deep, rich narrative that actually depends on the decisions I make throughout. Truth be told, when firing up a new game such as X-Men:...

Thankfully short lived, X:Men: Destiny fails to capture the fun and excitement of the Marvel Universe.

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X-Men: Destiny

Environments are drab and unentertaining, and it seems that the game is intent on slowing down the action after every single fight. Though the voice acting is well done; characters look and move awkward and it's hard to get immersed into the game's world.

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Ultimately, all of these arguments can be boiled down to one larger complaint with the game: For all of the trumpeting of making your own choices, X-Men: Destiny doesn't allow for deep customization, giving you shallow options that don't affect the...

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The X-Men have enjoyed quite the run of success over the past decade or so. Multiple blockbuster movies and even a few well-done, entertaining games have put the mutants in the public's good graces. But X-Men: Destiny is a big step backwards and even...

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With virtually no publicity and very little info X-Men: Destiny soars onto retail shelves without many people noticing. Activision has had a successful run with Professor X's mutants over the past two...

Great fan service ; Three powers to choose from ; Action is well done

Fairly short ; Dialog choices are useless ; Lacking in presentation

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On the Make: Morinville’s Letourneau Guitars

“It’s a process that takes considerable time,” says Len Letourneau

Apr 15, 2014

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Len Letourneau, of Letourneau Guitars in Morinville, spends evenings devoted to the guitars on his workbench. These aren’t your big-box starter guitars, though. Instead, each instrument Letourneau crafts is unique, constructed with fine woods and built almost exclusively with hand tools, many of which he built, too.

“It’s a process that takes considerable time,” Letourneau says of his classical guitars, which start at $4,500. “There’s no quick way to do it.”

Letourneau’s guitars feature intricate rosette work and expensive materials. But, he says, the secret design feature is an extended tabletop. “I lengthen the length of the table to the sound hole,” Letourneau says. “I don’t know of anybody [else] who does that.” Letourneau says this improves the guitar’s sound in the treble ranges and adds sustain. As a result, he is confident his classical guitars are as good as any in the world. “At one time when I wanted to own an instrument like [the ones I am producing] it would have cost me $15,000 to buy the equivalent.”

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After three years using Letourneau’s hand tools to build his own instruments, Geza Burghardt, renowned instrument craftsman in Vancouver, encouraged
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St. Albert guitar maker Michael Lazar taught Letourneau to make guitars in his basement. “Once I saw the process once, I was off to the races,” Letourneau says.

Letourneau’s marketing budget is zero. His sales have been based on word-of-mouth and recommendations from past clients.

It takes Letourneau approximately 200 hours to hand-craft each instrument, though he’s now able to build several at once. “I’m not interested in driving the speed of construction up at the sacrifice of quality. So for me, quality first, speed second.”

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Cremona, Alberta’s Will Hamm is also a formidable luthier, with his signature editions going for as much as $12,000. One of his international fans is Brazilian guitarist and composer Yamandu Costa, who will be playing with the Calgary Philarmonic Orchestra on April 25 and 26. Listen to Costa play Hamm guitars here and here, and pick up tickets at

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Posted on Monday, February 16, 2009 - 6:54 am:   Edit Post

Hi there!

I am sorry that I did not post this message in my first visit to the Club when I registered yesterday, but I was sooo excited about the idea of getting (at last) my first Alembic bass that I did not behave as I was supposed to.

Anyway, once I checked that the bass was not reported stolen (thanks again, davehouck) I went to the shop and I can now say that I am a proud owner of a great Alembic Essence. I have been playing a bit right after I got it and I can tell that I am not only excited, but sincerely touched for the quality of the sounds that I am getting out of it.

I started playing bass guitar when I was 14 (now I'm 45). Nonetheless, I had to quit playing for a long while and never played as a professional.

I do play with a semiprofessional band; we do it mainly for fun, but our main goal is sounding neat and clear. We cover classical rock, blues and Texas Blues songs mainly, although we have been working on our own songs.

As for the bass that I purchased, it's a '91 Essence in very good state. Just a few scratches here and there, but with all of the original components by Alembic. I will post a message somewhere to clear up a doubt regarding this issue.

I have owned great basses by Ibanez and Fender, but I have never felt as proud of owning a new gear as I feel today.

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Welcome to the club Fransico and "mucho gusto".

(I'm kind of partial to Texas Blues myself.)
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Welcome Fransisco
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Congrats again on the Essence!!
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Congratulations Fransico and welcome to the club form Scotland. be sure to post pictures when you find the time.

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Nice to meet you Fransico. No apologies necessary. When I get excited I often don't behave as I'm supposed to either. :-)

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24 March 2012

Angola: Govt Condemns Coup d'Etat in Mali

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Army officers appeared on state television following the coup.

Paris — The Angolan Foreign minister, Georges Chicoti, said Friday in Paris that Angola condemns the coup d'Etat of Thursday in Mali.

"We are against this kind of power seizure by the force of arms, we think it necessary that they go through the constitution and negotiation path and find a solution that satisfies all parties," the Foreign minister told the Angolan press.

"We do not recognise the regimes that that come by the force of arms because this is not a solution," Georges Chicoti said.

According to the Angolan diplomat, this African Union's principle has been opposed by some countries, but this can not be a solution because any anti-constitutional via, mainly through the use of weapons, affects the interest of so many people and the fundamental rights."

"In this particular case, there has been the suspension of the Constitution, that is people are in a situation where there is no law that works, there is a State of exception in which the military can do whatever they want," he also stated.

Georges Chicoti is in France for a four-day official visit at the invitation of his local counterpart, Alain Juppé.

Malian soldiers took up power by force on Thursday, following hours of fighting with Government loyal forces.

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24 January 2013

Uganda: Coup Would be 'Foolish' - General

FDC President, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, yesterday gave an ominous warning to the army that staging a coup would be 'foolish and counterproductive.'

In a terse statement he delivered at the FDC offices in Najjanakumbi, Muntu said recent threats of a coup were intended to cow Parliament but beneath the façade is a regime clutching on its last straws.

Muntu, who previously served as army commander and military intelligence chief, put it curtly, "To the UPDF, I have this to say: no officer should be tempted to think of overthrowing the government as insinuated by the Head of State as trying to do so would not only be foolish but also counter-productive."

Muntu argues that on the contrary, a coup could send the country into an abyss like in Somalia. On Wednesday, the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Aronda Nyakairima, repeated the threats that the army could intervene to restore sanity in politics.

"The message was well- taken for those to who it was intended. Stand warned. Stand advised. Should you not change course, other things will be brought into play. Let no one return to the past. We have seen enough, almost 25 years of turmoil," Aronda said, during a news conference at the ministry of Defence offices in Mbuya.

Earlier on, the Commander in Chief, President Museveni, reportedly warned of a military takeover, remarks which were earlier made by Defence Minister, Dr Crispus Kiyonga. However, Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi says the president's remarks were nuanced.

"The president never said that the army will take over Parliament. He only gave an example of a country he knows where drug dealers joined politics and [gained control of] the government... He said we can't accept such a situation in Uganda. He did not say that the army is going to take over" Mbabazi said, during a news briefing at his office in Kampala.

However, Mbabazi added that there is need for sanity in politics.

"It's true that the leadership needs disciplined people because if we the politicians do not act in good conduct, it will discourage the good disciplined people to join politics".

Muntu attempted to defend Parliament's oversight role.

"When members of Parliament rise up in a bipartisan effort to demand a stop to the cancer of corruption that is denying this country an opportunity to offer the best for its public servants and the citizens, that cannot be characterized as confusion," warned Muntu.

He added that the "Constitution calls upon the institution of parliament to be the guarantor of our constitutional rights when those rights are undermined by an overbearing executive and presidency."

Muntu said that the threats, which he dubbed psychological warfare, would not stop the inevitability of change.

"The dynamics of change have already built a momentum. They may be checked once in a while but nobody can stop, as they say, an idea whose time has come, if you look at what is happening in the country, if you can make an analysis ... you can really see that the regime is almost in a state of freefall."

Later, Muntu cautioned the President that the era of coups d' etat was in the past.

"Mr president, you need to know that there is still life outside power and to also recognize that there are many Ugandans who can ably run this country," Muntu said.

"This should enable you to make the choice to retire with the comforting feeling that this country will move on and prosper beyond your leadership rather than fortifying yourself through force and fear because across the African continent, it is evident that such actions are no longer sustainable."

Though Muntu believes that the army will not be tempted to betray the democratic objectives of the Luweero bush struggle, he implored the army to prepare for change.

"...and the worst thing is for any security institution or establishment to be taken by surprise or to plunge itself into a state of denial ... they need to ask themselves if this happens what will be the outcome so that they are prepared all the time to ensure that they remain an institution that maintains stability of the country as political actors chart out a way through this transition."

He asked state actors including politicians and the military to work for a stable transition. In 2012, Muntu, quoting an African proverb, said if senior army and police officers do not listen to advice, they will end up like the proverbial fly that followed the corpse into the grave. The army leadership responded with vitriolic attacks.

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Uganda: The Changing Contours of Gay Struggle in Uganda - Resistances and Counter-Resistances

Uganda's gay organisations have been forced to operate underground due to public hostility and state persecution of their members . The formation of the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CSCHRCL) has been vocal in campaigning for the rights of gay people and exposing the harmful operations of right wing American religious fundamentalists in the country

Every gay rights struggle in every society possesses a unique strategy for struggle that is directly related to how it all started.

While there is no specific evidence, it is largely believed in the gay community that the gay rights movement grew mostly as a response to escalating attacks on gay persons that began in 1999 when the 'New Vision,' a state-owned newspaper, reported that President Museveni had ordered the arrest and imprisonment of homosexuals.

The New Vision newspaper quoted Museveni as saying: 'I have told the Criminal Investigations Department to look for homosexuals, lock them up and charge them.' Upon these attacks it became imperative for gay Ugandans to socially and privately 'mobilize' and 'organize'.

The first public homophile organizations were formed during this time. A number of them were largely small-scale groups composed of predominantly men and especially transsexuals.

During their first years, the organizations often had difficulty persuading people to join. Recruitment was impeded by the stigma attached to homosexuality and by the harsh penalties exacted for homosexual identity. Even service orientated initiatives required a lot of brevity and courage, as they were often squashed by a largely heterosexual society. This made such efforts (however public) less visible.

A case in point is when in 2002, a heterosexual Anglican bishop, Christopher Ssenyonjo, was expelled from the Church of Uganda for associating with gay persons through his counseling unit.

In addition to setting up a counseling unit for gay persons, Ssenyonjo was later to establish 'Integrity Uganda 'as a branch of 'Integrity USA,' the Episcopal Church's LGBT outreach organization after his expulsion.

He also found a community center where gay persons could safely gather, and housing and employment for those who were forcibly 'outed' (Burroway, 2010). This way the retired Bishop was able to stand up for the gay community in times of crisis and great danger.

But while such barriers to organization were common place at the time, the homophile movement was nevertheless expanding. By 2003, there were several gay organizations in Uganda, including Freedom and Roam Uganda, Right Companion, Lesgabix, Icebreakers Uganda, Integrity Uganda, Spectrum Uganda, and Gay and Lesbian Alliance.

Most of these acted as support groups, with very few engaged in activist work to improve their minority status. Moreover, the different groups according to Tamale (2003) were not connected in any way.

It was not until March 2004 that Sexual Minorities in Uganda (SMUG) was founded as a loose collection of about 18 gay organizations in Uganda. It was almost the lone 'visible' element in the struggle together with its founder, Victor Mukasa, and was able to make progress, particularly in negotiating informal incorporation and building underground legitimacy for its cause.

By 2005, a few activists including David Kato, Jacquiline Kasha, Frank Mugisha and others were beginning to gain courage to participate actively in promoting awareness through public debate and social mobilization, modeling their strategies on South African non-profit organizations, majority of members in such organizations opted to sustain their memberships mostly underground and almost exclusively through cyberspace.

The avoidance of public visibility by gay organizations can be explained by the severity of Ugandan law that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment (Tamale, 2003). The exceedingly hostile context in which gays lived and worked made it extremely difficult for homosexuals to demand their rights with a unified voice (Tamale, 2003).

Consequently, the few organizations that were fast emerging were mostly underground and adopted names that conveyed little explicit information about sexual identity.

And yet, they still attracted severe counter-responses from the state. For instance, the Minister of Ethics and Integrity at the time, Nsaba Buturo ordered the police to investigate and 'take appropriate action' against a gay organization at Makerere University (BBC, 2005).

Gay rights activist Kizza Musinguzi was also jailed at just a round the same time and subjected to four months of forced labor, water torture, beatings and rape, for speaking out against anti-gay violence.

In October 2004, the state also through the Uganda Broadcasting Council, fined Radio Simba over $1,000 and forced the station to issue a public apology for hosting a discussion that involved a lesbian and two gay men, where they called for tolerance and greater understanding of gay people (BBC, 2005).

The government Minister of Ethics and Integrity at the time Nsaba Buturo told the BBC's 'Focus on Africa' that Radio Simba's programme had committed a criminal offense by telling listeners that homosexuality was 'an acceptable way of life'(BBC, 2005).

Homophile groups at the time were lone in the struggle for visibility. They were often alienated and were sometimes avoided by many mainstream organizations including feminist and human rights associations.

According to Maurick, et al (2005), such organizations claimed that it was impossible to fight for a group of people that were invisible, and that homosexuals themselves had no choice but to lead the way by speaking out for themselves (Kiragu and Nyong'o, 2005).

Also, it is important to mention that the Ugandan public (political, cultural and academic) sphere was still almost absolutely heterosexualized.

There was only but a handful of public persons like Sylvia Tamale and Bishop Christopher Ssenyonjo who were willing to help raise awareness about gay issues.

By keeping away from such issues, persons from the mainstream organizations remained part of the gay problem, maintaining an environment of silence and criminalization in as far as issues of homosexuality and homosexuals respectively were concerned.

By 2007, the gay struggle in Uganda gain even more visibility through increased populist activism. During this time, two specifically spatial issues caught the attention of gay activists: the segregation of homosexuals and the violence against persons perceived to be homosexuals.

While the activists' approach to each of these problems illustrated no particular ideological perspective on the role of space in the constitution of their homosexual identities, it was able to establish a small and tight-knit community.

Through courageous efforts and astounding underground work, homosexuals hoped to establish an improved and visible community.

Homosexual activists adopted a conventional form of social affiliation, solidarity and awareness that led to the homogenization of the gay community, and the proliferation of anonymous gay enclaves in Kampala city, thereby inhabiting and transforming public spaces into urban spaces that were in ways Western-like.

On 17 August 2007, SMUG led by Victor Juliet Mukasa held Uganda's first ever gay human rights press conference at the Speke Hotel in Kampala. Many of those who attended the press conference wore masks and gave only first names, because they were fearful of identification and arrest.

Mukasa, who had been forced to flee temporarily into exile in South Africa in fear of her life after police raided her home in 2005, had now returned and spearheaded the campaign.

During the same time, she was also able to pursue a civil law suit against the government ministers who had sanctioned the raid on her home.

Speakers at the press conference protested the police's harassment of law-abiding gay people, it's persistent demand for sexual favors and personal bribes in exchange for release from custody, and trumped-up charges, brutality and harassment.

They called for an end to homophobic discrimination in the legal, education and health systems. The language of delivery was Luganda, an impressive strategy, as homosexuals were often told they had no place in Uganda as homosexuality was not African.

By October 2009, the battle lines were drawn and the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (hereinafter, 'Bill') was thrown in as the trump card for the anti-gay group (Hugo, 2012; Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009).

A first term little known Member of Parliament (MP) David Bahati introduced the Bill in Parliament that would inadvertently lead to stringent legislature against gay people.

The Bill which was colloquially named the 'Kill the Gays Bill,' originally proposed to mete out several severe punishments that would have seen jail sentences increased to life imprisonment and the death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality' (Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009).

While the sanctions were not strange to the gay community and indeed represented a cyclical pattern of abuse under an administration that was known for its human rights violations, the proposed legislation whipped up homophobia in Uganda and drove many homosexuals out of the country.

They were widely perceived as both a step back to strides made throughout the world in the protection of human rights and promotion of sexual diversity.

The contents in the Bill captured global attention and were also immediately denounced by the U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, and by numerous Commonwealth countries.

While 'the Bill is still in abeyance following President Yoweri Museveni's refusal to sign it into law, it still set(s) challenging conditions, struggles, and agenda for the hitherto repressed and submerged homosexualities, their ability to come out.

While the Bill is by and large an attack on the most fundamental principle of the human rights framework, its foundations are reminiscent of a neoliberal agenda.

The Bill was particularly framed by conservative right-wing Pentecostal pastors and American evangelicals through a series of seminars and conferences under themes such as "exposing the homosexual agenda" that clearly laid out strategies on how to support further criminalization of homosexual practices and demonize homosexual people by enticing vulnerable populations, those in lower income brackets, politicians and decision-makers.

It was clear therefore that the anti-gay movement gained its legitimacy in the West rather than in Uganda. Consequently, they were later to find themselves endangered by their own-made threats, as their efforts mobilized the gay community into even greater political activity.

The Bill's tabling has led to the emergence of a brave and more organized form of activism, with gay persons literally fighting for their lives.

The formation of the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CSCHRCL) in October 2009 is a case in point. As a counteraction to the Bill's tabling, the CSCHRCL's composition of over 40 gay and mainstream organizations has been a key player in coordinating both local and international efforts around sexual rights, and against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

The CSCHRCL, through its common goal, steadily worked to advocate for rights in Uganda. While challenges did exist as to how to reconcile the interests of mainstream vis-a-vis gay rights organizations, the CSCHRCL nonetheless enhanced the gay struggle. Through the CSCHRCL, the gay community acquired more energy, support, and zeal than was the case two or three years before the Bill had been tabled.

Beyond CSCHRCL efforts, SMUG in a ground-breaking move in March 2012 filed a federal lawsuit against a US-based American evangelist and self-described world-leading expert on the 'gay movement,' Scott Lively, in federal court in Massachusetts, accusing him of violating international law by inciting the persecution of the gay community in Uganda.

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts for his involvement in orchestrating anti-gay homophobic violence and persecution in Uganda.

Lively was sued under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) that provides federal jurisdiction for any civil action by an alien, for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.

The suit alleges that Scott moved beyond 'mere' hate-mongering when he became a kind of persecution consultant and strategist with the aim to silence and criminalize gay advocacy. It portends to his decade-long active participation in the conspiracy 'to persecute persons based on their gander and/or sexual orientation and gender identity.'

The Judge on August 14 2013 ruled that persecution on the basis of sexual orientation was indeed a crime against humanity and that fundamental human rights of gay people were protected under international law.

The ruling provided a different and perhaps an alternative pathway for defending civil and political rights and for seeking justice for victims of persecution which is an integral element of Uganda's gay space.

- Prince K. Guma is a Political Scientist and a Sociologist. He is a Researcher and Director at Social Economic Research and Development (SERD) and Young African Scholar, Harry Frank Guggenheim (New York).

Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2009 Bill no. 18. (Kampala, Uganda)

BBC, 2004. Fine for Ugandan radio gay show, Retrieved July 12, 2013: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3712266.stm)

Burroway, Jim 2010 'A Talk With Bishop Senyonjo, A Straight Ally In Uganda,' The Box Turtle Bulletin, May 24th, 2010. http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2010/05/24/22899

Kiragu Jane. and Nyong'o, Zawadi. 2005 LGBT in East Africa: The True Test Case for Human Rights Defenders. In Madeleine Maurick. 2005. LGBTI Organizing in East Africa: The True Test for Human Rights Defenders (UAF-Africa: Regal Press).

Republic of Uganda, 1995 The Republic of Uganda Constitution (Uganda: Kampala).

Tamale, Sylvia, 2003 Out of the Closet: Unveiling Sexuality Discourses in Uganda, In: Feminist Africa, Issue 2, (Changing Cultures). Accessed October, 20 2013. http://www.feministafrica.org/index.php/out-of-the-closet

The Penal Code Act, 1950 (Ch 120) of the Republic of Uganda (Kampala, Uganda).

The Sunrise, 2012 'Aid cuts linked to Homosexuality' Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:03

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UN & AU endorse plan to eradicate LRA

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Uganda, Arms and Military Affairs, International Organizations and Africa

The hunt for Joseph Kony's Lords Resistance Army rebels has been intensified in the region following the United Nations endorsement of a regional strategy to tackle the threats posed by the rebels. The revelation was made in Kampala by senior UN and AU officials who have just concluded a three day meeting in Entebbe where they discussed the modalities of implementing a joint strategy with Ugandan officials.


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