Vanguard Update from Mariana: Uganda in pictures
Man on the street interviews in Kampala
A few kids playing football here in Kampala
Love the old Chinese bikes in Uganda. (Women aren't supposed to ride solo as it will take virginity.)
Birds in Uganda are the size of a 6th grade bully. And they'll steal your lunch too.
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Read more about Mariana's trip to Uganda and the anti-gay legislation currently being debated there.
Follow Vanguard's Mariana van Zeller (@MarianaVZ), Darren Foster@fineyoungman) and Alex Simmons (@a_simmons) at Current's Twitter list.
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angelaguayo
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Wow, How much i envy Mariana. I love all the work she does and would love to visit all the places she does, as well as informing the public with unknown conflicts. I envy her even more since she is in Uganda where the anti-gay legislation debate is going down. My hopes for myself in the future is to become a journalist like Mariana and uncover these stories and inform the public.
Mariana van Zeller is such an inspiration.
- 2 years ago
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angelaguayo
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Christof
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Love the Chinese bikes! Last time I was in Kampala we also saw a few bikes that had originally been part of a Danish bike sharing program in Copenhagen. Wonder how they made it to Uganda...keep an eye out!
- 2 years ago
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Christof
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ohmnirvana
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i am so excited to see this!
- 2 years ago
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ohmnirvana
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CalgarC
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Woohoo... Vangaurd is alive
- 2 years ago
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CalgarC
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FoosMaster
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This mostly uneducated country is a good example of why education is the most important part of life. An uneducated public is gullible to the propaganda of the government. That's why the US government keeps cutting our education funding.
- 2 years ago
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FoosMaster
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Alex_French
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FoosMaster:
im sure their goal is to end up like uganda.
- 2 years ago
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Alex_French
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Jake_Leonard
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Can anybody tell me the camera they're using in the first picture? Thanks.
- 2 years ago
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Jake_Leonard
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derk
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Jake_Leonard:
What up! I asked around and - with 99.9% certainty - it is a SONY A1U with a wide angle lens adapter.
When Darren gets back from Africa, I will make sure to find out the remaining 0.1% for you.
Cheers,
Derk - 2 years ago
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derk
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derk
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Jake_Leonard:
http://blogs.current.com/vanguard/tag/sony-a1u/
Ha! The 0.1% says it is actually a SONY V1U.
- 2 years ago
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derk
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shana
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Jake_Leonard:
let me know if you've got other camera/tech questions and i'll pass along to darren for a blog post when they've got a minute free (so...when they get back to the office in a few weeks).
- 2 years ago
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shana
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shana
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derk:
nice detective work, derk!
- 2 years ago
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shana
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Jake_Leonard
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derk:
Awesome! Very much appreciate it.
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Jake_Leonard
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Jake_Leonard
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shana:
Thank you, Shana.
- 2 years ago
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Jake_Leonard
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derk
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shana:
Thanks, I was really only Watson on this one. Cory was Sherlock.
P.S. Loving the behind the scene pics/blog ...
- 2 years ago
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derk
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derk
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Jake_Leonard:
Of course! I was pretty shocked that the A1U runs under $2000. Really makes you think about the endless possibilities for inspired, adventurous and young (at heart) journalists. Cheers!
- 2 years ago
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derk
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pandaman2105
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mariana great stuff, totally can't wait to see it!
- 2 years ago
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pandaman2105
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xiola
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Great post. Thanks for it.
- 2 years ago
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xiola
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UrbanGypsy
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Excellent pictures... I want to see more of Current's Vanguard on TV. 30 minutes is not enough!
- 2 years ago
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UrbanGypsy
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CalgarC
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UrbanGypsy:
they used to have 2 hours of chat to go with the half hour :D
- 2 years ago
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CalgarC
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shana
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CalgarC:
we're definitely looking to bring back live chats this season -- not sure yet if they'll be during the show (like we did sometimes) or right after... or maybe just start getting whoever is in the office together for a weekly session if there's enough interest.
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shana
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CalgarC
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shana:
woohoo... what would kick ass is a massive video chat :D
- 2 years ago
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CalgarC
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WeBelieve
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photos are ok.... they would look better in B&W.
- 2 years ago
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WeBelieve
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common_sense_please
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Hehehe--girls and women aren't supposed to ride solo as it will take virginity--but riding somewhere with a man and possibly parking the bike for a few minutes is perfectly safe for virgins? No wonder the government is so offended by the idea of people having gay sex--they can't even figure out the basics of heterosexuality.
That and they share Sarah Palin and the rest of the teabaggers complete lack of understanding of irony and sarcasm and satire because "riding solo" can be fun and doesn't necessarily take your virginity--(unless of course your vibrator is over about 6 inches long).
- 2 years ago
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common_sense_please
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TravG73
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Nice pics.
- 2 years ago
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TravG73
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Brazil617MA
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Muito obrigado por fazer essa matéria. Sou um grande admirador do seu trabalho e esse assunto me preoucupa muito uma vez que trabalho com a comunidade gay/bisexual em risco para o HIV e sou um defensor dos direitos humanos. E sempre quiz entender realmente o que essa lesgilação representava para a vida dessas pessoas em Uganda.
- 2 years ago
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Brazil617MA
