What is “Adult Content” as per Google AdSense?

Google AdSense publishers aren’t allowed to place Google ads on web pages that contain adult content but what exactly constitutes adult content in the eyes of Google?

Make sure your web pages are family-safe

Cecelia Choi from the AdSense Policy team offers a simple rule of thumb to help you quickly decide whether a picture or piece of text falls in the adult category or not:

If you wouldn’t want a child to see the content or if you would be embarrassed to view the page in front of colleagues, then it’s probably not family-safe and you shouldn’t place AdSense ad code on it.

One more thing. The AdSense rules also prohibit ads on web pages that either link to external sites that have mature content or if you have other advertisers who could be serving adult ads on your pages.
I have seen several AdSense publishers using “traffic widgets” from services like MGID or 2Leep – you don’t have enough control on what kind of pictures are getting served through these widgets and thus they could pose a risk to your AdSense account.

Google AdSense Turns Eight Today!

The entire Google AdSense team at Google’s Mountain View Office
Google rolled out the AdSense program to the public exactly eight years ago (see the original press release) and, in these years, the program has made a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of web publishers across the world.
A majority of AdSense publishers probably earn enough to pay their utility bills, or even the monthly rent, but there’s also a considerable number of website owners who now make a living on the Internet courtesy AdSense.
I have been associated with Google AdSense since 2004 and have seen the product constantly evolve in all these years.
Initially there were just text and image based ads but Google soon expanded into rich-media and video based ads. They acquired FeedBurner in 2007 and rebranded FeedBurner’s Ad Network as AdSense for Feeds but the program never really picked up. Either RSS Feeds don’t excite advertisers or the standard IAB formats aren’t good choices for feeds.
Google AdSense has always been synonymous with text-based CPC ads but for some years, they also experimented with an affiliate program where publishers were paid per action and not per click. One of their most popular affiliate product was Firefox with the Google Toolbar. Google would also pay publishers a commission for bringing in new people to the AdSense program (something like a referral bonus). Google Affiliate Network is now a separate product.
Google never disclosed what percentage of the ad revenue they shared with AdSense publishers – the quarterly reports only offered a rough estimate – but following pressure from the Italian antitrust authority, Google revealed that the revenue split was 68/32 (the standard industry rate is 70/30).
As mobile devices became popular, Google introduced new AdSense Ad formats that were custom designed for the small mobile screen. One of the most important part of AdSense that has been completely revamped is the dashboard – they have done a fantastic and thoughtful job at redesigning the new dashboard and bonus points for making it mobile friendly.
AdSense is now integrated with Google Analytics thus giving publishers an in-depth microscopic view of site earnings page-wise. Similarly, the integration with DFP may mean higher returns since publishers since can now sell direct ads and also compete with AdSense in real-time. The upcoming DoubleClick Ad Exchange marketplace is also good news for publishers.
You can no longer create a blog on blogspot.com, write 10 posts and get accepted into the AdSense program – they have more strict rules of entry in place which is a good thing but still, the “Made for AdSense” phenomenon isn’t completely over yet.
AdSense publishers do miss a support channel to get their queries resolved – yes there’s an active Google forum but wouldn’t it be nice if they can just pick up the phone and talk to a Google representative. Indian publishers don’t have the EFT facility yet and are paid via paper cheques. Finally, an AdSense product for email newsletters would be sweet too!
The Google AdSense program is a boon for millions, especially us small publishers, who want to do things they love without having to worry about the business side. Happy birthday again!

Notes from Google Partner Connect

Google India recently invited some of their AdSense publishers for a day-long event in Mumbai to share insights into the state of online advertising in India, they offered a sneak peek of some upcoming ad-related products and all this was followed by interactive sessions on how publishers can better monetize their ad inventory.
The event, called Google Partner Connect 2011, had Rajan Anandan (Google India MD) deliver the opening address and that was followed by sessions on AdSense, DoubleClick, Google Analytics and YouTube.
I may not be able to share every single detail here (the slides read “NDA and confidential”) but some of the tips shared at the event might benefit all AdSense publishers. Let’s go:
Tip #1: When creating channels in AdSense, always specify the following details in your channel name so that advertisers can better target your website.
a. Location of the ad unit (ATF for Above the Fold or BTF for Below the fold)
b. The size of the ad unit (like 336×280)
c. The type of ads that the unit can accept (Image or Image_Text or Text)
d. The category of pages where that ad unit will be displayed (like TechPages)
A sample channel name could therefore look something like this:

300x250_ATF_ImagesOnly_TechRelatedPages

Tip #2: Try to manually share the demographics of your website audience in the channel descriptions to give advertisers a better understanding of the target traffic.
Tip #3: If you are a frequent producer of video content, apply for the YouTube Partners program now. They are accepting entries from small video publishers in India and once you become a partner, you get better analytics for your videos, you get a customized YouTube page (see example) and best of all, the video views can be monetized through AdSense.
Tip #4: When using split A/B testing to determine your best performing ad units, run the experiment for at least two weeks before drawing any conclusions.
Tip #5: If you come across sites that are scraping your content, use this online form to directly report the issue to Google. Also, make sure that you submit a spam report to Google through your own Webmaster tools account.
Tip #6: Always link your AdSense account with Google Analytics and also share your traffic statistics in DoubleClick Ad Planner to attract potential advertisers. When more advertisers decide bid on your site for the same ad slot, the CPM rates will naturally go north.
Tip #7: Find your pages that have the highest bounce rate according to Google Analytics. You can’t really do much to reduce that figure but what you can do is experiment with different kind of ads on such pages.
Tip #8: Find pages through Google Analytics that bring the maximum revenue through AdSense (you can easily find this data under your Analytics dashboard – > Content – > AdSense – > Top AdSense Content). Create separate channels for such pages and expose them to advertisers so that they directly target these high-performing units through placement targeting.
Tip #9: Instead of serving AdSense ads directly using the default code, you may consider serving them via Google DFP. You’ll then have more control on who sees and who doesn’t see your ads. For instance, you may setup domain targeting in DFP such that visitors coming from site abc.com don’t see a particular ad unit (or vice-versa).
Tip #10: Place the site search box at a very prominent and visible position on your web pages (like top-center or top-left). Though you can add a regular AdSense ad unit on search results pages, DO NOT use one as ads in that unit will not be contextually related to the search terms and hence may not perform well. You may instead use Google Custom Search with ads displayed at the top and right of search results.
See more AdSense Optimization Tips.
And one more thing. The Google AdSense team is currently based in Hyderabad but they will soon be shifting base to Gurgaon.

Publisher’s AdSense Account is Disabled, Reinstated Quickly

Jef Poskanzer has been an AdSense publisher since June 2003 but last month, an automated email from the AdSense team landed in his inbox:

After reviewing our records, we’ve determined that your AdSense account poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due to invalid activity, we’ve found it necessary to disable your AdSense account. Your outstanding balance and Google’s share of the revenue will both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers.

Google’s click fraud detection algorithm may have detected invalid clicks and thus disabled the AdSense account. Jef raised an appeal but the AdSense team wrote a final response saying they were unable to reinstate his AdSense account.
Jef shared his ordeal online (Jan 30, 9:32 PM), Matt Cutts re-shared the story on his Google+ page (Jan 31, 2:36 PM) and the next status update from Jef said that his account has been reinstated (Feb 1, 8:08 AM).

AdSense reinstated my account earlier today, and the ads are now appearing again. Yay! I’m still having a conversation with them about what happened and what we should do to keep it from happening again.

Jef was exchanging emails with the AdSense support team for the past 15 days and none of that worked in his favor. Matt Cutts (Google’s best known public face) entered the scene, the click-fraud team probably did another review and Jef’s AdSense account was quickly reinstated in less than 24 hours.
This is good news for Jef but it does expose a very serious flaw in Google’s click-fraud detection algorithms. An account that was deemed a ‘threat’ to advertisers just few days ago is considered safe again. What changed Google’s mind in such a short duration of time?
There could be hundreds of other honest and legitimate web publishers who have been wrongly banned from the AdSense program without explanation and all they get from Google are these automated replies.

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Google Launches an AdSense Toolbar for Chrome

Google today released a new extension for Google Chrome that will help you quickly access your AdSense earning reports without leaving the page you are currently reading.

Google AdSense Publisher Toolbar for Chrome

The extension, known as the AdSense Publisher Toolbar, offers a summary of your AdSense earnings for the current day, the previous day, the current month and the previous month. In addition to daily earnings data, it also show revenue data for top channels that you have created in your AdSense account.
There’s an interesting “lifetime revenue” section in the report that shows your total AdSense earnings from the day your account was approved for AdSense.
Once you install the extension, it connects to your Google AdSense account using OAuth and then uses AdSense APIs to fetch your earnings data. You need to authorize only once and thus, if you enjoy checking your AdSense report every hour, this extension could save you plenty of time.
I have multiple Google Accounts (for security reasons) and my AdSense account uses an email address that is different from my primary Gmail address. Earlier, I had to log out of Gmail to check my AdSense reports but with the AdSense Publisher Toolbar now available, I can get my basic earnings data without having to switch accounts.
On a different note, I have no idea why the Google team is calling this extensions the AdSense Publisher Toolbar when it only adds a button near your Chrome address bar and there are no toolbars anywhere. You click the AdSense button and your earnings report are almost instantly display in an overlay.
And if you activate the AdSense extension while you are on your website (that is running AdSense ads), you can turn on the “site overlay” mode and it will display a quick summary of each ad unit’s earnings that are available on that page. Channel names are confusing, especially when you have tons of them, so this visual mode will come very handy.

Increase your AdSense Income with Google DFP

I have been running an experiment around Google AdSense for the past few weeks, based on the recommendations of RN, and it looks like that the change has had a positive effect on the CPM of the ad unit where that change was applied.
The experiment goes something like this.
I have a 300×250 ad unit in the right sidebar of this site that’s placed above the fold (ATF) and it serves both image (rich media) and text ads. The ad unit is enabled for placement targeting so an advertiser can easily target it for display campaigns through Google AdWords.
Now let’s assume that the average CPM for this ad unit, according to Google AdSense reports, is $5.
To get higher CPM ads, I created a simple rule that blocked Google ads from showing up unless their CPM was, say, $6 or about 20% higher than the current average value. If the CPM was lower, an in-house ad (promoting one of my own articles from the archives) was displayed to the visitor instead of the AdSense ad.
This experiment has been live for about 8 weeks now and I think it did help in pushing-up the CPMs for that unit. Why? I don’t have an exact answer but probably because the Google ad now has to compete with an external ad in order to show up on the site and thus it raises its own CPM to outbid your in-house ad.
The other advantage is that instead of serving low-paying display ads, I can use that space to promote my older content to new visitors who may have otherwise missed those stories.
If you would like to try something similar on your own blog, read the Google DFP tutorial to understand how you may serve in-house ads alongside Google AdSense. Set a CPM threshold that is 10-20% higher than your current average and run the experiment for at least 10-15 days. Good luck!

How to use Google AdSense Ads on Responsive Websites

Responsive web design is a simple yet powerful technique that makes your website look good across all screen sizes be it mobile phones, tablets, desktop or even the TV.
Google also recommends the responsive design approach for improved indexing since “it keeps your desktop and mobile content on a single URL.”

Responsive Google Ads

If you been using Google AdSense Ads on your responsive website, you may have noticed that, unlike your content, the Google ads have a fixed width and they will not shrink or expand based on the device size.
For instance, if you are using the standard 728×90 unit on your website, the ad unit may extend well beyond the screen if someone visits your website on a (320 pixels wide) mobile phone or one of the lower resolution tablets.
Google AdSense Ads aren’t responsive by default but you can use a bit of JavaScript code to make them respond to the screen size. The logic is pretty simple. You create multiple ad units (say 768×90, 468×60 and 300×250) and based on the size (width) of the user’s device, the most appropriate format get  served.
Here’s the relevant JavaScript code:

<script type="text/javascript">
    google_ad_client = "ca-publisher-id";
    if (window.innerWidth >= 800) {
        google_ad_slot = "ad-unit-1";
        google_ad_width = 728;
        google_ad_height = 60;
    } else if (window.innerWidth < 400) {
        google_ad_slot = "ad-unit-2";
        google_ad_width = 300;
        google_ad_height = 250;
    } else {
        google_ad_slot = "ad-unit-3";
        google_ad_width = 468;
        google_ad_height = 60;
    }
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" 
 src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

Remember to replace the google_ad_client and google_ad_slot identifiers with your own values (you can easily find them in your AdSense JavaScript code).
Internally, it is the window.innerWidth property that is doing all the magic. This property contains the width (in pixels) of the user’s browser window and once you know that value, you can accordingly serve the larger or smaller AdSense ad units.
While it is always a good idea to confirm with your account manager, this shouldn’t be against AdSense TOS in my opinion since we aren’t resizing the ads or modifying the JavaScript code – we are just serving a different ad unit based on the visitor’s browser size.
AdSense publishers routinely perform split A/B testing to determine which colors schemes and banners sizes perform the best on their website – this is a similar technique.

Visualize Twitter Conversations as Venn Diagrams

Convert Excel data to HTML Table

Tableizer is a simple tool to convert data from Excel or any other spreadsheet software into HTML table code. You just copy the data and paste it into Tableizer, and it generates the HTML code that can be used on your blog or website.
Alternatively, you can download a copy of Windows Live Writer and copy-paste the Excel spreadsheet table into the Writer window. Now switch to the “HTML Source” view in Writer and you should see a nice formatted HTML table that can you copy-paste anywhere else.

Google Help Center taking shape of a Wiki with help from Knol

While researching for video formats recommended by YouTube, I came across this article hosted on the Google help center. Now unlike other support articles on Google.com that are written by staff, this one is written by several contributors through Knol and not all of them may be employees of Google.
Anyone with a Google Account can edit the support article in Knol and once the edit is approved by an official representative, your change could make it to the Google Help Center.
While I haven’t see more Knol articles outside the YouTube support site, they could be coming as Google says – "Knol is a new platform we’re using in the Help Center so you can update articles and share community-edited information with others."
The growth of Knol may be nowhere as planned but Google’s idea of transforming their support center into a wiki-like structure will will definitely help Knol.

HD Videos in YouTube Get a Bigger Player + Search Trick

YouTube has added an extra-large (850×500) video player for clips that are available in HD format (see example). Also, there’s a new HD option in YouTube browser that lets you quickly filter all HD videos on a page. Thanks Andy.

Find HD Videos on YouTube

While there’s no option to search for only HD videos in YouTube, you can easily extend the high-res trick to easily locate HD clips on YouTube through Google. Your search query should be something like this:
matt dance site:youtube.com "watch in normal quality watch in HD"

How to Turn your Computer Screen Upside Down

Turning the computer display upside-down has quite a few legit uses, on wall mounted LCDs for example, but you may also use this as a office prank on some unsuspecting colleague.
**Update: Some users have had problems (see comments) after using the shortcut so please ignore this article. Sorry for the trouble.
So if you have a Windows PC with an Intel chipset, press CTRL+ALT+Down Key to turn the display upside down. Pressing the combination again restores the display.
You may also try the left or right arrow keys to rotate the screen 90 ° in either direction.
This trick only works if you an Intel Graphic driver as suggested by people on Twitter. [via]
Also check out another scary keyboard shortcut – Alt + Shift + Print.

Lessons from the 'World's Ugliest Woman': 'Stop Staring and Start Learning'

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Lizzie Velasquez, author of Be Yourself, Be Beautiful.When she was in high school, Lizzie Velasquez was dubbed "The World's Ugliest Woman" in an 8-second-long YouTube video. Born with a medical condition so rare that just two other people in the world are thought to have it, Velasquez has no adipose tissue and cannot create muscle, store energy, or gain weight. She has zero percent body fat and weighs just 60 pounds.

In the comments on YouTube, viewers called her "it" and "monster" and encouraged her to kill herself. Instead, Velasquez set four goals: To become a motivational speaker, to publish a book, to graduate college, and to build a family and a career for herself.

Now 23 years old, she's been a motivational speaker for seven years and has given more than 200 workshops on embracing uniqueness, dealing with bullies, and overcoming obstacles. She's a senior majoring in Communications at Texas State University in San Marcos, where she lives with her best friend. Her first book, "Lizzie Beautiful," came out in 2010 and her second, "Be Beautiful, Be You," was published earlier this month.

"The stares are what I'm really dealing with in public right now," she told Dr. Drew Pinsky in an interview on CNN's Headline News this week. "But I think I'm getting to the point where… instead of sitting by and watching people judge me, I'm starting to want to go up to these people and introduce myself or give them my card and say, 'Hi, I'm Lizzie. Maybe you should stop staring and start learning'."

Velasquez was born in San Antonio, Texas; she was four weeks premature and weighed just 2 pounds, 10 ounces. "They told us they had no idea how she could have survived," her mother, Rita, 45, told the Daily Mail. "We had to buy doll's clothes from the toy store because baby clothes were too big." Doctors warned Rita and her husband, Lupe, that their oldest child would never be able to walk or talk, let alone live a normal life. (Her two younger siblings were not affected by the syndrome.) 

Instead, she has thrived. Her internal organs, brain, and bones developed normally, though her body is tiny. Since she has no fatty tissue in which to store nutrients, she has to eat every 15 to 20 minutes to have enough energy to get through the day. One brown eye started clouding over when she was 4 years old, and now she's blind in that eye and has only limited sight in the other.

"Some days life doesn't make sense," she writes in "Be Beautiful, Be You." "You just have to change what you can, ask for help and pray about the rest."

She notes her triumphs and posts inspirational messages on Tumblr, and says that she's learned to embrace the things that make her unique. Instead of trying to retaliate against people who have made her feel badly, she sets goals for herself and pushes herself to succeed in spite of the haters. She's even reclaimed YouTube, video blogging about everything from bullying to hair-styling tips to staying positive.

"I feel really glad that I don't look like the celebrities out there that are so beautiful," she told Dr. Drew. "There's a lot of stereotypes attached to that." Not looking like a supermodel "gives people the opportunity to know you personally," she explains. "If they're willing to take that extra step they'll get to know the person you really are."

Of course, the horrible comments left on that old YouTube video stung (the video has since been removed, but Velasquez says she read every single comment). Now, she says, she understands that they're "just words."

"I'm human, and of course these things are going to hurt," she said. "Their judgements of me isn't who I am, and I'm not going to let these things define me."

"I didn't sink down to their level," she said in a follow-up video on YouTube last year. "Instead, I got my revenge through my accomplishments and determination. In the battle between the 'World's Ugliest Woman' video vs. me, I think I won."

Six Pastor Kayanja sodomy accusers convicted

Buganda Road Court has convicted four Kampala pastors, a businesswoman and a musician for conspiring to tarnish Pastor Kayanja’s reputation.

Pastor Kayanja, heads Lubaga Miracle Centre, in Kampala. His accusers claimed that he sodomised several youths at his church.

Pastors Solomon Male, Martin Ssempa, Michael Kyazze and Robert Kaira, together with Ms  Deborah Anita Kyomuhendo, a businesswoman and David Mukalazi, a musician, were convicted by Buganda Road Grade I magistrate, Julius Borore.

Mr Borore sentenced them to a fine of Shs1 million each and community service of 100 hours or serve six months in prison upon failure to pay the fine and performing community service.  Community service is where a convict is forced perform manual labour like digging, cleaning public facilities such as schools, collecting garbage among other chores.

The six are still being held in a holding cell at Buganda road court as they make up their minds. Meanhile Kayanja’s supporters are chanting outside court.

The magistrate said the case is sensitive in nature adding that genocides around the world have happened after the propagation of false information.

The case was first handled by Grade One magistrate John Patrick Wekesa and was later re-assigned to Julius Borore, after the former was accused of being bribed by Pastor Kayanja’s camp.

On August 8, Mr Borore denied the accused persons permission to pursue their appeal in the Court of Appeal. They had filed an application, challenging the decision of High Court judge, Lameck Mukasa, not to recall the 21 prosecution witnesses to sustain their case. Mr Borore ruled that the appeal was a delaying tactic to block delivery of justice.

Mr Kato Ssekabanja, who represented the convicts, said he has instructions from his clients to appeal.

Former Uganda Cranes coach sodomising a player

Baby Girl Born with 2 Heads

A woman in Mityana has given birth to a baby girl with 2 heads.Mary Nakasi a wife to Ismail Sentongo of Malangala in Mityana district gave birth to the baby girl at 2:00am on Tuesday.
The baby is in a good condition but the head on top is bigger than the head attached to the baby’s body.The head on top has no ears, eyes , nose and mouth.
The baby was delivered from Mityana Hospital in the  caesarian section . Though the mother she is experiencing post natal pains she is in a good condition.
Since morning people have been flooding the hospital but they are not allowed into the ward because this will exposed the baby to infections.
The baby’s father Sentongo has appealed to the Ministry of Health to come to their aid to see that their child is operated because he has no money.
This is not the first time for a baby in such a situation to be delivered. Same incidences have happened in China, Bangladesh, America among others. An example of a baby  in a similar situation like the one born in Mityana hospital is shown in the photo below
The original picture will be published shortly.

Dominican Baby born with two heads. She died immediately after the operation

Doctors have it that operation of such babies is very difficult because they share several veins and brain.
Such a baby is categorized as a conjoined twin though the formation of other twin is incomplete.
Several babies have been born with heads conjoined, though this is the first time it has happened in Uganda.
In 2004, a Dominican baby was born with a second head that was attached only to the first head, not the rest of her body. That condition, in which the second head is the product of a conjoined twin that stops developing in the womb, is known as craniopagus parasiticus. Surgery to remove the parastic twin killed the baby.

In 2005, a baby girl was born in Egypt with another incomplete twin attached at her head. The deformed twin could smile, blink and cry. She was operated and the deformed twin was removed. It died after because it could not survive on its own.

In 2006, baby boy was  born with ‘two heads’. The boy had a normal-sized head but it was connected to another small one, reportedly formed because of a congenital problem.

In 2008, a baby boy was born with two heads, a large chest but with 2 arms and 2 legs. He was born in south-western Bangladesh by caesarean section in Keshobpur, 135 kilometres from Dhaka. He weighed 5.5 kilograms.

In 2009, a baby girl was born with 2 heads. She was born in Philippines and out under constant supervision of Doctors.

In Uganda the first conjoined twins were born in 2001 and they were successfully separated from America.
The second pair was born on June 2011 and they were successfully operated in Egypt. They were joined at the chest, abdomen and they shared a liver and a sternum.

2 more conjoined twins were born in July and August but they died immediately after birth.
In October 2011, another set of conjoined twins both girls were born in Lira, they were transferred to Mulago Hospital were they medically supervised. The doctors are to examine them when they reach 9 months.

Inside AdSense: 5 Principles of User Experience, Part 3

Inside AdSense: 5 Principles of User Experience, Part 3

Mavado, Chris Martin Show Postponed

The Bell Nation featuring Mavado and Chris Martin Live that was slated to take place tomorrow (Dec 29) at the Lugogo Cricket Oval hangs in balance if Mavado's tweet is anything to go by.
David Constantine Brooks aka Mavado the Jamaican singer twitted that: "Ugandan fans the show has been postponed but doan worry retaliation ina hurry. New date TBA shortly. Unfortunately the show was tagged with a show in Nigeria an they let us down financially an with plane tickets. they are out the picture now.
This was neither the fault of the promoter, myself or my team or the sponsor, but a third party. We are fixing it and we shall be there soon."
This show was being promoted by Cee Cee Entertainment who brought in Sisqo before Bell Lager took over.
Bell Lager is yet to communicate on this rather disturbing development though some sources say, the show will now take place on Jan 12. Mavado who was supposed to be in Uganda by Friday (Dec28) is busy planning on a performance in Nigeria tomorrow.
This is the second show to be postponed in less than two months. In November, Chris Brown's Kampala show was postponed. Ugandans are getting used to last minute disappointments. Two years back, Elephant Man also a Jamaican artiste came to Uganda and just wined and dined with Kampala babes but did not show up at Lugogo and actually left the country without performing.
It's now unfortunate for some fans that missed the P-Square show hoping to grace the Mavado and Chris Martin show. It's three days to end the year and the first ever boat cruise seems to be one of the year end activities.
Latest information from Bell Lager: - "We regret to announce that the Mavado show has been postponed to 12th Jan. Tickets are still valid."

Ivan and Zari's Lamborghini in arrives Town

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The long awaited orange Lamborghini is in town and that's what Zari drove to Guvnor. The South African based socialite adds that: "Catch a glimpse of it parked @mystores @gardencity tmrw." At 28, Ivan Ssemwanga has two Lamborghini's plus lots of other posh rides.
Ivan may be controversal at times especially with statements like "I have blessed Uganda with the first super car" but his ride is definitely not! Who would not like a man riding in that orange beast with a price tag of over $190,000.
We have since established that it's the second in the country after the first one was brought in by Mike Ezra but still did not drive it due to the bad roads. Zari organised the All White Party at Guvnor on Dec 27 which turned out to be the best place to hang-out that night.
The Boat Cruise is tomorrow and its free for the ladies as the guys will be paying Shs100,000 and 1mn for VIP. Zari and the husband have been in the country for at least two weeks in which they managed to win the award of The 'Most Dressed Couple' with original outfits at the Konvicted to Fashion Celebrity party that was held at Guvnor.
Since then Zari and Ivan have graced various functions ranging from the 18th Anniversary of Club Silk, P-Square meet and greet and the visit to an orphanage school in Kireka among others.

Herbalists Attack Media Over Mama Fiina’s Nude Pictures

Mukono traditional healers have attacked the Red Pepper and Kamunye publications for publishing nude picture stories of the head of Herbalists and Traditional Healers Association Sylvia Namutebi, a.k.a ”Maama Fiina”.
Speaking to the press at his shrine at Njerere village in Goma division, the head of the Traditional and Cultural Religious sect Jjajja Kabona Jjumba Lubowa Aligaweesa said that  the publications have tarnished her name ,ridiculed her and their job.
Lubowa said that  the publications’ stories in Thursday and Friday issues  were designed to embarrass Maama Fiina, but that they have ended up ridiculing even the nation’s mothers and  the traditional belief, which they have  said is the oldest religious setting in the country.
Lubowa  said that the newspapers proprietors have exhibited irresponsibility for using pictures which he swears were computer designed for purposes of tarnishing Maama Fiina and the profession.
He has  implored all traditional healers in the country to light night-long vigil fires in protest against the act, with an appeal to them to push for a non-recurrence of the same in future.
Without mentioning names, Mr. Aligaweesa has said certain sections of Ugandans are bent on destroying traditional healers’ practices, adding however that this is the very reason why practitioners should persist and defy all these attempts.
He has however noted that  the attack on their leader has given them new vigor to show their enemies that they are not about to end their struggle to keep ahead of them, although they are not advocating for violence against anyone .

Jovia Kyalisiima to Replace Sister ,Cerina Nebanda in Butaleja

Jovia Kyalisiima the youngest sister of fallen Butaleja woman MP Cerina Nebanda has expressed interest in the replacing her interest in contesting for Butaleja woman MP seat.
Jovia Kyalisiima the 18 year old currently in her vacation is so far -only known for her confidence following her  direct attack of   President Yoweri Museveni over her sister’s death.Kyalisiima reportedly asked president Museveni why every one was pointing at government over the death of her 24 year old sister Cerina Nebanda.Sources close to the family say she is tougher than her sister though Ugandans will soon see her true colours in the coming Butaleja elections.
The elections have been scheduled for February 11th 2013, the EC spokesperson, Jotham Taremwa confirmed. “As per the Constitution, the Electoral Commission has up to 60 days to conduct a by-election,” he said. “We have an approved program and the by-election is scheduled for February 11, 2013.” The spokesperson said on Thursday

Jovia Kyalisiima

After the death of Cerina Nebanda  Parliament wrote to the EC notifying it of the death of Nebanda and the political vacancy in Butaleja.After the EC announced  the elections in the district to replace Nebanda.
According to the program, a consultative meeting with stakeholders will be held in Butaleja on January 4 while an update of the voters’ register will take place from January 5-9. Nominations of candidates for the seat will take place from January 21-22 and a campaign period of 18 days will kick-off between January 24 and February 9.
If  Jovia Kyalisiima is elected as new Butaleja woman MP,she will break the record of  19-year-old Usuk MP Proscovia Alengot who is currently the youngest MP. Kyalisiima  says  that she is determined to take over from her sister and continue her work in Butaleja.

One Direction is Best UK/ Ireland Act of the ’2012 MTV EMA’

One Direction managed to scoop the Best UK/ Ireland Act of the ’2012 MTV EMA’ title.
The 19th annual awards were hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum. It is yet to be broadcast on November 11th.
This win means One Direction will now vie against fellow winners from across Europe for the chance to represent the region in the Worldwide Act category. Fans will be able to vote for their favorite regional act on www.mtvema.com till October 30th.
The representative for Europe will be announced on Tuesday, October 30th, along with the other regional winners from Latin America, North America, Asia-Pacific and Africa/India/Middle East. These five regional nominees will then battle for votes for the ‘Worldwide Act’ distinction, and the winner will be named at the show in Frankfurt.
Taylor Swift, Muse, No Doubt, Carly Rae Jepsen, fun. and Rita Ora are confirmed to perform at the ’2012 MTV EMA’; more performers will be announced later on.
Rihanna and Taylor Swift are at the top of the list of the ’2012 MTV EMA’ nominees with six and five nods, respectively, with Justin Bieber and Katy Perry following closely behind with four nominations each. Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Nicki Minaj, Carly Rae Jepsen, fun., Jay Z and Kanye West each received three EMA nominations, while Green Day, Gotye, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Rita Ora, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Jack White and One Direction are up for two awards.

Photos of Former Boy -Jenna Talackova

The disqualification of transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova from Miss Universe Canada competition did not yield fruit ,authorities  called  her back to the contest to compete with other pure and original ladies.This was as a result of intense pressure from different groups of people especially on the internet.
Jenna Talackova underwent gender-reassignment surgery at age 19.She holds legal documents affirming her identity as a woman.Jenna Talackova has never hidden her status  of changing from a male to female. She took part in the 2010 Miss International Queen competition in Thailand.
Jenna Talackova before surgery by the age of four  was called Walter Page Talackova .At that age  he  knew that she was a female.She kept on the desire to undergo surgery since his mother also wanted to have a girl.
She had been  kicked out of the Miss Universe Canada competition on Friday after being selected as one of 65 finalists. The winner of that contest, who will be announced on May 19 in Toronto, will go on to represent Canada in the global Miss Universe pageant later in the year.
Executive vice president and special counsel to Donald Trump, wrote in an email to ABC: ‘The Miss Universe Organization will allow Jenna Talackova  who underwent surgery to become a woman to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant provided she meets the legal gender recognition requirements of Canada, and the standards established by other international competitions.
Jenna Talackova had vowed to seek legal action against Miss Universe organizers for throwing her out of the 2012 contest .ABC news site said
Below are pictures of Transgendered Jenna Talackova ,The beauty contestant

Jenna Talackova before Surgery,OMG photo

Jenna Talackova

Jenna Talackova as a young boy called Walter

Thinnest Woman in the World – Valeria Levitin, ‘Refuses to Teach Young Girls How to Die’

39-year-old, Valeria Levitin is the thinnest woman in the world. At that age, she is expected to weigh between 126 to 168 pounds, which mounts to between 57 kilograms to 76 kilograms.

Valeria before the eating disorder.

However, she weighs only 59 pounds which is 26 kilograms only. The most alarming thing is that there are girls who want to be like her. “I have received emails from young girls who want me to teach them how to be like me. All the letters I’ve had are from women, mainly in their twenties, who see me as some kind of inspiration,” she said.
Levitin was originally from Russia but now lives in Monaco. Valeria developed the eating disorder as a teenager after her mother got terrified that she would grow up obese like her other relatives. She was often weighed by her mother to make sure he had not gained any weight.

Right now, what started as weight watching has turned out to be an illness which has changed her life, for the worst. Valeria suffers from an illness called anorexia, a disease which has made her ‘lonely, unattractive and repulsive for the people around me’.
At the age of 16, Valeria moved to Chicago with her parents, at the time, she was weighing 150 pounds or 68 kilograms. She wanted to fit in, just like any other girl at school and decided to lose weight. From her diet, sugar or carbohydrates were thrown out. Right now, even though she wants to eat such foods, her body is intolerant to them and could not process them even if she wanted to, which probably arose from not eating the foods for a long time.
Her determination to lose weight saw her dress size change from a healthy size 12 to a tiny size six at 23. She wanted to be a model but was told she was still too fat and at the age of 24, she was weighing just six stone, she was banned from dancing over concerns she would injure herself.

Valeria’s life has been affected so much; she has been single for a decade because relationships are difficult to maintain because she is unable to do the normal things that couples do, as going to restaurants. She still wants to be a mother but it would not be right for her. “I would love to have a family because I feel I have so much to give. But obviously it wouldn’t be right to have a baby when I am ill. It wouldn’t be fair on the child. I want to stand up to anorexia. I’ve never given up on anything in my life and I’m not about to give up now,” she said.

Russian airliner crashes near Moscow airport

The Tupolev-204 passenger plane was traveling from Czech Republic when it executed a rough landing in Moscow [Reuters]

A passenger airliner has skidded off the runway at Russia's third-busiest airport while landing, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing at least four people. Officials on Saturday said there were eight people aboard the Tu-204 belonging to Russian airline Red Wings that was flying back from the Czech Republic without passengers to its home at Vnukovo Airport. Emergency officials said in a televised news conference that four people were killed and another four severely injured when the plane rolled off the runway into a snowy field and disintegrated. Russia's state television showed photos of the plane's wreckage, with the cockpit sheared off from the fuselage and a large chunk gashed out near the tail. The crash occurred amid light snow, but other details were not immediately known. Vnukovo airport spokeswoman Yelena Krylova said it had enough personnel and equipment to keep the runway fully functional. The airport resumed receiving planes after a break of several hours. Prior to Saturday's crash, there had been no fatal accidents reported for Tu-204s, which entered commercial service in 1995. The plane is a twin-engine midrange jet with a capacity of about 210 passengers. Vnukovo, on the southern outskirts of Moscow, is one of the Russian capital's three international airports.

Hajji ayongedde okukola effujjo ku Hajati

All this happenned as I was seeing it live

Do we have No More Beautiful Girls in Uganda?

Miss Uganda 2012 grand finale ended in style with the least expected winning the contest.
Phiona Bizzu emerged the winner of the contest with Josephine Nabakooza  the first Runner up and Agatha Tumuhimbise the second runner up.
22 girls contested and  included; Susan Namirimu, Effe Nalumansi, Priscilla Atulinde, Eva Nabawanga, Monica Namukaya, Rachel Kelly Kirabo, Tracy Goretti Tambula, Monica Rukundo, Sheila Nuweatwine, Josephine Nabakooza, Stella Mamugere. Nancy Abila,Nina Agnes Mirembe, Agatha Tuhimbise, Rachel Sera, Evelyne Baluka, Loiuse Nankabala, Maureen Atulinda, Sandra Ayaa, Pauline Peruth Apolot and Sophie Betty Amayo.
It now turns back to you, do you think we still have beautiful girls in Uganda?

Tracy Gorret Tambula

suzan Namirimu

Effe Nalumansi

Prisicilla Atulinde

Eva Nabawanga

Monica Namukwaya

Racheal Kelly Kirabo

Monica Rukundo

Sheila Nuweatwine

Josephine Nabakooza

Stella Namugere

Nancy Abila

Phiona Bizzu - Miss Uganda 2012

Nina Agnes Mirembe

Agatha Tuhimbise

Rachael Seera

Evelyn Baluka

Louise Nankabala

Mariam Atulinda

Sandra Ayaa