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Posted By Worker Bee On January 21, 2008 @ 3:47 pm In Health,How To,Sleep | 10 Comments
Energy levels running low? Read on to learn 10 natural ways to gain energy even the Energizer bunny would be envious of.
Protein Provider
Although fat, pound for pound, contains more energy than protein, protein has a distinct advantage in that it releases energy at a much slower rate, preventing the fluctuations in blood sugar level that can sap energy. Good sources of protein include poultry, fish, red meat, eggs and yogurt.
Sugar Shock
While sugar does give you a quick hit of energy, the reality is that it also causes you to crash hard, really hard. Although the immediate mechanism for this is a spike in blood sugar levels, over time, this roller coaster can tax the body's greatest regulator of energy, the adrenal system. To prevent this type of damage, reach for a protein-packed snack when the mid-afternoon munchies hit, such as a handful of almonds or walnuts, or a small serving of yogurt.
Caffeine Buzz(kill)
Much like sugar, caffeine is only a temporary fix for sapped energy. To give yourself a boost – without quitting caffeine cold turkey – try switching your morning mocha for a cup of green tea. With about a quarter the amount of caffeine as your average cup of Joe, green tea also contains catachins, a natural stimulant that boosts central nervous system activity to increase energy levels and fight fatigue. Can't quit coffee? Try to stick to just two or three cups per day and be sure to stay caffeine free after noon.
B-Vitamin Buzz
Living up to their "essential nutrient" name, B-vitamins aid in just about every body process, but are particularly integral to energy production. Vitamin B-2 (also known as Riboflavin) is necessary for the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates into energy, while Niacin (B-3) and its various derivatives help convert glucose to energy. However, thiamin (B-1), folic acid (B-6), vitamin B-12 and pantothenic acid (B-5) also play a role in energy production.
While foods including leafy green vegetables, lentils, beans, fish and seafood, poultry and meats are good sources of B-vitamins, it should be noted that the effectiveness of these vitamins is maximized when they are combined. To ensure you're getting the right combination, consider signing on for a B-vitamin complex supplement [7] (check out our store!).
Energy Enzymes
Think back to grade school, when you first learned about mitochondria, the work horse in every living cell. What you may have forgotten, is that mitochondria would be rendered essentially useless if it wasn't for its enzyme cronies. Specifically, Co-Q10, L-Carnitine, Alpha Lipoic Acid are all essential to maintaining energy in the body and, incidentally, are all found in organ meat. Now granted, there are other sources – including whole grains, leafy green vegetables and yeast – but in order to get the recommended doses of all three, its sometimes best to opt for a comprehensive multivitamin [7].
Water Works
Feeling thirsty? Just 3% dehydration can compromise brain function and create feelings of fatigue. Not sure if you're getting enough water? The U.S. National Research Council recommends 1 mL of water for every calorie you eat, meaning that a person who eats 2,000 calories should be drinking 2,000 mL of water. And we've all heard the 8-glasses-of-water-a-day proverb. We think there is a better way to handle this. Simply listen to your body and maintain a diet that consists of numerous water-rich vegetables – such as lettuce, broccoli and tomatoes – and fruits.
OK Omegas
In addition to promoting optimal cognitive function and reducing the symptoms of inflammation, omega-3s helps the body to store glycogen, the body's primary source of stored fuel. To increase your omega-3 intake, add salmon, tuna and other fatty fish, or rely on a prescription grade fish oil supplement [8].
Work It Out
It sounds counterintuitive that working out when you are at your most tired would actually increase your energy, but the reality is it can help you power through the rest of your day. If you're feeling particularly fatigued, opt for low-impact exercises that allow you to relax, such as Tai-Chi, Yoga, Pilates, swimming or walking.
Let's Get (a) Physical
At the end of the day, there are literally dozens of reason why your energy levels may be low. To rule out any medical causes, have your physician run a simple blood test to eliminate low thyroid function, iron level abnormalities or order tests to check for any food allergies or sensitivities.
Hit the Hay
Of all the tips here, sleep is perhaps the most integral to boosting energy. While sleep needs vary based on age, gender, activity level and other factors, a good rule of thumb is to try and catch between 5 and 9 hours of zzz's per night. Still feel like your energy's sapped mid-day? Take a page out of the Spaniards book and schedule in some time for a mid-afternoon siesta. Just be sure to keep naps to around 30 minutes – anything more and you could wake up feeling even more sluggish than when you started!
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Boost Your Serotonin Levels [10]
Dumb Little Man: How to Avoid the 10 Worst Energy Zappers [11]
Pick The Brain: A 3 Step Routine to Boost Energy [12]
LifeHack: Combat Mental Entropy with These 10 Tips [13]
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Gigabit Ethernet aims to dance on your desktop.Tour the recent Networld+Interop floor, and one thing was evident: Gigabit Ethernet has truly arrived. A little more than a year after products began shipping; and six months after the standard for optical fiber was ratified, Gigabit Ethernet has become a mature technology ready to take on a variety of enterprise roles.
Initially, Gigabit Ethernet is finding use mainly as an upgrade for FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) find Fast Ethernet backbones. However, it's expected to quickly follow the same migration path taken by Fast Ethernet, starting with switch-to-switch links before moving down the network hierarchy to switch-to-server connections. Once the standard for unshielded twisted-pair wiring is ratified (see sidebar), Gigabit Ethernet may even be deployed to the desktop.
Dataquest, the San Jose, Calif., market research firm, expects Gigabit Ethernet sales to soar from $19.8 million last year to about $1.36 billion by 2001, with the number of ports shipped rising from 8,100 last year to 1.55 million in 2001.
The Dell' Oro Group of Portola Valley, Calif., a research firm that tracks the Gigabit Ethernet market, predicts even stronger growth, based on early indications that users are embracing the technology more aggressively than expected. Dell'Oro expects shipments to reach 7.8 million ports annually by 2001 and is projecting sales in excess of $3 billion by 2002.
More than 40 vendors now supply Gigabit Ethernet products, ranging from Layer 2 and Layer 3 (routing) switches, uplink/downlink modules, and network interface cards (NICs) to router interfaces and a new device called a full-duplex repeater or buffered distributor. This hub-like device interconnects two or more Ethernet links operating at 1 Gbps or faster and forwards all incoming packets to the connected links, except the originating one, providing a shared-bandwidth domain. Unlike a repeater, it can buffer incoming frames before forwarding them. It is useful for connecting server farms to a Gigabit Ethernet backbone.
About 70 percent of today's network backbones use FDDI, which is limited to 100 Mbps. This may have been adequate before organizations began using the Internet and corporate intranets, when 80 percent of traffic was contained within workgroups and departments. Today, 80 percent of the traffic is on the backbone, pressuring network managers to find faster alternatives.
Shared FDDI backbones can be upgraded to Gigabit Ethernet by replacing the backbone FDDI concentrator with a Gigabit Ethernet switch and installing Gigabit Ethernet NICs in the routers attached to the backbone. If the network includes a ring of FDDI concentrators or routers, as in a campus configuration, a Gigabit Ethernet switch or repeater can be installed as the core of the network, with the routers attached to the switch.
Similarly, a Fast Ethernet backbone switch that aggregates multiple 10- and 100-Mbps switches can be easily upgraded with a gigabit version.
As a backbone technology, Gigabit Ethernet is expected to face stiff competition from Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology, especially where voice or video accounts for a large portion of the traffic. Gigabit Ethernet proponents argue that it is faster and cheaper than ATM and is easier to implement and manage, since the underlying technology is widely deployed and well understood.
Gigabit Ethernet also integrates smoothly into existing Ethernet networks, since it uses the same frame structure and protocol. In addition, most Gigabit Ethernet switches include 10- and 100-Mbps Ethernet ports and can operate with the same network management systems.
Even so, ATM is a more mature technology, with established quality-of-service (QoS) standards, and it integrates well with Token-Ring networks and the ATM-based carrier networks used for WAN access. The IEEE 802 committee has established QoS standards for Ethernet, but these have yet to be universally embraced by Gigabit Ethernet vendors. Implementing QoS over a WAN link can also be difficult.
Where QoS is important--say for giving priority to video streams or determining which traffic will get the most bandwidth from relatively slow WAN links--ATM may have the edge. Otherwise, Gigabit Ethernet generally wins on the basis of speed, cost, ease of installation and configuration, and staff familiarity with the technology.
Gigabit Ethernet also provides a simple upgrade path for Fast Ethernet switches and links, since it uses the same frame formats and flow control methods, eliminating the need to translate between different types of Ethernet traffic. In addition, the same network management systems and troubleshooting techniques can often be used.
As a rule of thumb, wherever Fast Ethernet runs today, Gigabit Ethernet could well run tomorrow. According to a recent study by the Cahners In-Stat research firm, 34 percent of enterprises currently use Fast Ethernet to link switches, while 46 percent use it to link servers. Much of Gigabit Ethernet's growth will come from upgrading these links to 1 Gbps.
Before using Gigabit Ethernet to link servers, though, network managers need to make sure the servers can handle its blazing speed. Many high-end Unix servers are up to the challenge, but Windows NT 4.0 is questionnable, and users may have to wait for NT 5.0 before proceeding with the 1-Gbps connection.
IBM is addressing the issue by using larger-than-standard Ethernet frames, which are easier for servers to handle on high-speed networks. Developed by Alteon Networks, the so-called jumbo frames contain 9,018 bytes, compared to the Ethernet limit of 1,518 bytes. They improve performance by requiring the server CPU to handle fewer frames and deal with fewer interruptions.
IBM will initially support jumbo frames on its RS/6000 servers, and is expected to add support for its AS/400 mid-range systems and Netfinity PC server. While jumbo frames is not a standard, it may be soon if Alteon can make its case with the IEEE committee. IBM's endorsement may help.
RELATED ARTICLE: Standards continue torrid pace
As with the other Ethernet standards, the ones or Gigabit Ethernet appear to be on a fast track. Fast Ethernet took only 13 months to go from first draft to final approval, and Gigabit Ethernet required about the same time. Last June, the 802.3z task force created by the IEEE standards committee to develop the 1-Gbps specifications was successful in ratifying the standard for Gigabit Ethernet operation over optical fiber. A companion 802.3ab task force expects to ratify the standard for operation over Category 5 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) next March. After that, the next major development will be the 802.3ad standard for link aggregation. An IEEE task force was formed in July to develop and approve the standard by March 2000.
The 802.3z standard defines two basic modes: the 1000Base-LX uses long-wavelength laser transceivers to support links of up to 550 meters with multi-mode fiber and 5 km with single-mode fiber; 1000Base-SX employs short-wavelength laser transceivers to support links of 220 to 550 meters with multimode fiber, depending on its bandwidth. The task force targeted 1000Base-SX at low-cost multimode fiber runs in horizontal and shorter backbone applications. The 1000Base-LX is intended for longer multimode building fiber backbones and single-mode campus backbones.
For copper cabling, the 1000Base-CX standard supports short-haul jumpers made from shielded twisted-pair for interconnecting equipment clusters or for links within a switching closet or computer room of less than 25 meters. The 1000Base-T standard for Category 5 UTP cable being developed by the 802.3ab task force will utilize all four twisted pairs to extend operation to a distance of 100 meters.
Given the high percentage of copper wiring in corporate networks, development of the 1000Base-T standard is considered critical to Gigabit Ethernet's adoption and growth. The draft standard calls for five-level pulse amplitude modulation for transmission at 125 Mbaud over each wire pair. Two data bits are encoded into a four-level signal, with the fifth level for control. This results in 250 Mbps of data transmitted over each of the four pairs.
The IEEE 802.3z task force is also working on a media-independent interface that decouples the access protocol from the lower layer, enabling separate development of additional physical layers based on future advances in silicon technology and digital signal processing.
Backward compatibility with the huge installed base of 10- and 100-Mbps Ethernet nodes was one of the objectives set by the IEEE 802.3 committee when it authorized the 802.3z task force to develop the 1-Gbps specifications in July, 1996. Among the goals were use of the Ethernet frame format and CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) access method, and support for both half- and full-duplex operation.
To make shared-media Gigabit Ethernet practical, however, the task force had to modify the access method, which would otherwise have limited implementations to spans of a few meters.
This limit is imposed by the CSMA/CD algorithm, which requires the worst-case round-trip delay of the network to be less than or equal to the transmission time of the shortest frame. With the 64-byte minimum frame size used by 10- and 100-Mbps Ethernet, the network size for 1-Gbps operation would have to be less than 20 meters.
One solution, called carrier extension, increases the minimum frame size to 512 bytes, lengthening the range to more than 150 meters but causing inefficiencies when there is little data to send. Also, the longer frame causes more collisions, reducing the efficiency even more.
To compensate, the IEEE 802.3z committee has adopted a further enhancement, called packet bursting, that improves bandwidth utilization for short frames and decreases the probability of collisions. With this technique, a burst of short frames is appended to the channel-extended, 512-byte frame so that it avoids a collision. The overhead is shared among several short frames.
Gigabit Ethernet supports new full-duplex operating modes for switch-to-switch and switch-to-workstation connections. Full-duplex operation requires no change in the minimum frame size since CSMA/CD is suspended on such links to allow traffic to travel in both directions at once. Its operation will be identical to that of Fast Ethernet.
Gigabit Ethernet has no provision for the quality of service (QoS) needs of time-sensitive traffic, such as voice or video, but other standards bodies are addressing these issues.
The IEEE 802.1p and 802.1q standards groups, for instance, provide QoS over all forms of Ethernet by "tagging" packets with an indication of their class of service so applications can communicate each packet's priority to the internetworking devices. Also, the Internet Engineering Task Force has issued a standard, called Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), that lets end stations reserve bandwidth for high-priority traffic.
Edwards is a datacommunications consultant who writes about network computing technology and its business uses.
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Leeds boss Simon Grayson was able to take consolation from beating champions QPR twice this season after his side missed out on the play-offs.United headed to Loftus Road still harbouring slim hopes of a top-six finish.That looked even more unlikely after just 27 seconds when Heidar Helguson tapped Rangers ahead.But Max Gradel hauled Leeds level when he lobbed Radek Cerny and Ross McCormack sealed a 2-1 win with a deflected shot in the second half.However, Nottingham Forest's win at Crystal Palace means another season outside the top flight for Grayson's men."Obviously we are disappointed not to make the play-offs," said Grayson. "We have beaten the champions twice this season which is a testament to my players, but congratulations to QPR."
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Another difference between individual plans and group plans is that in the United States, at least, individual plans tended to have lower lifetime limits on coverage. But since 2010, lifetime limits have actually been illegal - which is really great news for that tiny percentage of people with very high healthcare costs. What are they supposed to do after they "cap out"?
Individual plans, basically the only option for self-employed health insurance, have also come under fire for have high rates of rescission, which is when a person gets sick and the insurance company goes through their application with a fine-tooth comb looking for a reason to cancel it - like a misstatement on the application. The 2010 health care law in the US was supposed to help with that practice, but I haven't heard whether it has been successful. Group plans didn't have that issue because the policies were not individually underwritten.


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Right-wing media have urged Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to abandon comprehensive immigration reform efforts in their continued effort to thwart the Senate's attempt to overhaul the nation's immigration system.
The Wall Street Journal encouraged Republican obstructionism by calling on the GOP to filibuster President Obama's nominees for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit, ignoring that historic levels of GOP obstructionism have caused judicial emergencies and falsely claiming that Obama is trying to "pack" the court.
On June 4, Obama nominated Cornelia Pillard, Patricia Millett, and Robert Wilkins to fill vacancies on the D.C. Circuit. In his June 4 remarks announcing the nominations, Obama highlighted that Republicans have routinely blocked his nominees to the court in the past, and asked that the Senate give his current nominees an "up or down vote" without partisan obstruction. If Republicans filibuster these current nominees, Senate Democrats may move to change filibuster rules in order to allow a simple majority to confirm nominees.
Despite these remarks, a June 5 Journal editorial urged Republicans to obstruct Obama's most recent nominations, claiming that Democrats were bluffing in their response to the filibuster and falsely stating that the President sought to "pack a court that is often considered the second most important in the country."
But as Media Matters has noted, filling vacant seats is nothing like court packing, which seeks to change the total number of seats on the court. The D.C. Circuit currently has several of its judgeships vacant, resulting in judicial emergencies as the vacancies leave the court skewed towards the Republicans on the bench. The resulting decisions have been unsurprisingly hostile to progressive legislation and policy supported by Democratic presidents.
Furthermore, the Journal itself has previously reported on the negative effects of the rampant GOP obstructionism that has prevented the administration from addressing these judicial emergencies. The Journal's Washington Bureau Chief Gerald F. Seib detailed how GOP obstructionism made the Senate "an embarrassment to itself" that "increasingly infects the rest of government with its paralysis."
In fact, according to Dr. Sheldon Goldman, a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts who focuses on judicial nominations, "the level of obstruction of Obama circuit court nominees during the last Congress was unprecedented." The Washington Post's Greg Sargent explained Goldman's research:
Goldman calculates his Index of Obstruction and Delay by adding together the number of unconfirmed nominations, plus the number of nominations that took more than 180 days to confirm (not including nominations towards the end of a given Congress) and dividing that by the total number of nominations. During the last Congress, Goldman calculates, the Index of Obstruction and Delay for Obama circuit court nominations was 0.9524.
"That's the highest that's ever been recorded," he tells me. "In this last Congress it approached total obstruction or delay."
By contrast, during the 108th Congress, from 2003-2004 - which is the most comparable, because George W. Bush was president and Republican controlled the Senate, meaning Dems had to use procedural tactics available to the minority to block nominations -- the Index of Obstruction and Delay for Bush circuit court nominations was far lower, at 0.6176.
On Obama's district court nominations during the 112th Congress, Goldman's Index of Obstruction and Delay was a high 0.8716, he says. Nothing in Bush's years comes even close, he adds.
Sexist comments made on Fox News following the report that a record number of women earn more than their spouses hides the realities of the research, which reveals continued class and gender inequality for women.
Pew Research's May 29 study, which found that mothers are the primary or sole breadwinner in a record 40 percent of all American households with children, sparked backlash at Fox News, with several Fox contributors claiming the research revealed the breakdown of American society. Fox News contributor Erick Erickson claimed the rise in female breadwinners was contrary to the natural order and was "tearing us apart," and later doubled-down on his remarks on his blog and radio show, claiming that women who believe "they can have it all" are the "crux of the problem."
The sexism in Erickson's comments has been denounced, even by his own female coworkers at Fox News. The inflammatory rhetoric, however, also serves to hide the facts behind the research: that income inequality and class division are still deeply-rooted problems in America, revealing once again the need for equal pay and a strong social safety net.
What the study highlighted, and what Erickson and his fellow Fox News commentators ignored, is the persistent class divide among mothers. According to the data, married mothers who earned more than their husbands were "disproportionally white and college educated." The single mothers, on the other hand, were "more likely to be black or Hispanic, and less likely to have a college degree." They also made significantly less: single mothers in the study had a median income of $23,000, about a quarter of the median income of couples with a female primary earner. If those single mothers were never married, their median income dropped to $17,400, hovering near the poverty threshold.
Furthermore, though more women may be "breadwinners," women still earn significantly less than men. The report showed that 75 percent of husbands still make more than their wives. In fact, women's wages decreased in 2012, causing the gender-wage gap to widen with women earning only 80.9 percent of what men earned, or about $163 dollars less per week. If men are earning less in their households, as Slate's Amanda Marcotte noted, this means "less money overall for the average American home":
What's really hurting Americans isn't female equality, but growing income inequality between the rich and everyone else. Pitting men against women is simply a distraction from the real economic issues facing us all.
Economist Heidi Hartmann, president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, estimates that if the gender-wage gap were closed, it would grow the U.S. economy by at least three to four percentage points. And as Senator Elizabeth Warren highlighted earlier this year, a recent study showed that flat minimum wage growth over the past 40 years has coincided with increased inequality across a number of indicators. Had the minimum wage grown at the same rate as productivity, workers would currently be making about $22 an hour. Whether men or women are winning the bread seems less important when overall income inequality in the U.S. is getting worse. As The Huffington Post reported, the poor are getting poorer while the rich "just keep getting richer," largely thanks to low tax rates for higher earners and cuts to the social safety net.
Closing the gender-wage gap and providing access for mothers to basic necessities like childcare and family planning services, particularly the lower-income single mothers highlighted in the Pew research, would help the economy. The Center for American Progress found that low-income families can spend an average of 52.7 percent of their income on childcare expenses, and in spite of their rising status as "breadwinners," women still spend "more than twice as much time as men providing primary care to children." Studies show that providing these mothers with affordable access to universal preschool and paid family and medical leave would increase employment and help the economy. And research from the Guttmacher Institute shows that providing women with access to affordable contraception increases workforce participation, economic stability, and children's well-being.
But Fox doesn't want to talk about the benefits to women and families that come from access to equal pay, family planning, or childcare, which is why they turn to demonizing these programs and fearmongering about the dissolution of society instead. The sexist reactions serve to remove reason and fact from the real issue at hand: that women are still unequal, both in the home and the workforce, and fearmongering will only allow that inequality to remain.
Fox News cited dubious evidence in an attempt to tie the Obama administration to the IRS' targeting of conservative groups, claiming that inaccurate White House visitor logs revealed collusion between the White House and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman.
Following reports that the IRS inappropriately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, Fox has attempted to link the Obama administration to the scandal, baselessly accusing the administration of continuing to use improper screening to scrutinize nonprofit groups and ignoring Obama's condemnation of the IRS' actions to justify calls for a special prosecutor to investigate the case.
Fox & Friends furthered these efforts by airing a graphic based on data from the Daily Caller that purported to compare the number of times Shulman visited the White House as IRS commissioner to other top administration officials. Co-host Brian Kilmeade questioned why Shulman had visited the White House more than others, implying Shulman was hiding the purpose of his visits, while co-host Steve Doocy cited "critics" who claim the data showed Shulman must have been coordinating with administration officials on the IRS' targeting of conservative groups:
However, the Daily Caller article Fox cited for the graphic debunked its own data, noting that White House visitor logs "do not give a complete picture of White House access." High-level officials with clearance often do not have to sign in during visits, and scheduled meetings are often not included. The Daily Caller concluded, "it is probable that the vast majority of visits by major cabinet members do not end up in the public record." For example, one of the officials compared to Shulman was Jack Lew, who worked as White House chief of staff from January 2012 to Januay 2013, and thus would have been present at the White House on many more occasions than the data revealed.
Fox News continued its campaign to demonize welfare benefits, this time hyping improper payments made by a Massachusetts program even though those payments made up only a minimal amount of all benefits paid by the state.
On Fox & Friends First, co-host Patti Ann Browne hyped a report that Massachusetts welfare agencies had improperly continued to provide a total of $2.39 million in assistance to 1,164 deceased recipients, calling the figures "ugly." On Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade mocked the report, claiming, "More than 2 million dollars. That's the amount of welfare benefits paid out recently to nearly 1200 dead people in Massachusetts. They could not be reached for comment." A FoxNews.com article called the audit of the agencies "damning."
But according to the audit, improper payments to deceased individuals made up only a tiny amount of total assistance payments made by the state. Massachusetts' Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) spent more than $1.7 billion in benefits in fiscal year 2012 alone for a variety of financial assistance programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as SNAP, or food stamps) and emergency aid to people with disabilities and children. The audit found only $2.39 million dollars improperly paid to deceased recipients for the entire time period from July 2010 to December 2012.
Furthermore, the audit found that Massachusetts has already taken steps to reduce the small number of improper payments in these programs, and according to the official press release, the auditor was "encouraged" by DTA's actions.
Fox News has a history of attacking programs for Americans in need. Fox News hosts have tied government assistance programs to the terror attacks committed at the Boston Marathon, mocked food stamps as a diet plan, claimed all individuals who receive government disability benefits are faking their disabilities, and even asked whether children should have to work in exchange for free school meals.
Fox News figures scapegoated Islam and promoted Islamophobia following an attack in London reportedly perpetrated by radical extremists which has been denounced by Muslim organizations in Britain.
Fox News falsely claimed Ambassador Thomas Pickering was "reluctant to testify" to Congress about his investigation into the September 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, ignoring Pickering's volunteering to testify in a public hearing.
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (CA), Chair of the House Oversight Committee, has subpoenaed Pickering, the co-chair of the independent Accountability Review Board that investigated the State Department's handling of the Benghazi attacks, to testify before Congress on the investigation's findings.
On Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy claimed Pickering was "reluctant to testify" and had to be "forced" to do so with the subpoena, implying that this undermined Pickering's credibility as an investigator. On-air text also claimed Pickering was "worried" and "reluctant to testify":
In fact, as Politico reported on May 17, the subpoena issued by Issa was in response to "a letter from Pickering volunteering to appear before the committee," and the subpoena was only necessary because Issa demanded a private hearing instead of the public hearing that Pickering requested:
Pickering and and Admiral Michael Mullen have requested the ability to respond publicly to criticism of a review the two retired officials conducted of the Benghazi attacks.
But Issa is insisting that Republicans and Democratic staffers get a pre-testimony crack at the witnesses by interviewing them behind closed doors first, saying staff and members have only had access to an unclassified version of the Accountability Review Board report on Benghazi.
A copy of Pickering and Accountability Review Board co-chair and former Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen's letter to Issa volunteering to testify explains that Pickering felt a private hearing was inappropriate, because "the public deserves to hear your questions and our answers."
Fox News distorted remarks from White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer to falsely claim the Obama administration felt recent controversies involving the IRS and the attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, were "irrelevant." Pfeiffer's full comments made clear, however, that the administration felt the IRS targeting particular groups was "inexcusable" and that the President was fully engaged during the Benghazi attacks.
On May 19, Pfeiffer appeared on five Sunday talk shows to discuss evidence that the IRS unduly scrutinized conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. Fox & Friends aired a short portion of Pfeiffer's remarks from his appearance on ABC News' This Week out of context to claim Pfeiffer had dismissed the scandal, with Fox News analyst Peter Johnson Jr. claiming that Pfeiffer said, "[i]t's not relevant that the IRS is looking at people's tea party affiliations and violating their First Amendment rights." On-screen text claimed Pfeiffer defended "scandals as 'irrelevant'":
However, Pfeiffer's full remarks reveal that he said the IRS targeting certain groups was "outrageous and inexcusable" whether it was legal or illegal, and that the administration was committed to ensuring such targeting does not happen again regardless of the Department of Justice's final assessment of legality. From ABC's This Week (portion aired on Fox News highlighted in bold):
STEPHANOPOULOS: What does the president believe? Does the president believe that would be illegal?
PFEIFFER: I can't speak the law -- the law here, but the law is irrelevant. The activity was outrageous and inexcusable, and it was stopped and needs to be -- we need it to be fixed, so we can ensure it never happens again.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You don't really mean the law is irrelevant, do you?
PFEIFFER: What -- what I mean is that whether it's legal, or illegal is -- is not important to the fact that it -- that, the conduct as a matter. The Department of Justice said they're looking into the legality of this. The president is not going to wait for that. We have to make sure it doesn't happen again regardless of how that turns out.
Pfeiffer's condemnation of the IRS reflected President Obama's statement released on May 14 definitively calling the IRS's actions "intolerable and inexcusable," and Obama's firing of Steven Miller, the IRS acting commissioner, over the agency's actions.
Fox News contributor and Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer pushed new and old falsehoods about the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, by misrepresenting recently-released emails that prove that government agencies drafted talking points without references to terrorism in order to protect the ongoing investigation into the attacks.
In his May 16 Washington Post column, Krauthammer misrepresented emails recently released by the Obama administration -- that document the process of drafting the talking points used by officials to discuss the September 2012 attacks -- to claim the emails revealed that the CIA was forced to change the talking points for political reasons. According to Krauthammer, references to Al Qaeda were removed from the talking points after the State Department raised concerns that the talking points needed to reflect "the political interests, the required political cover, of all involved," including "the need to protect the president's campaign." He also dismissed an email from Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, which explained that the talking points in fact needed to protect the investigation into the attacks, claiming this "excuse was simply bogus" because the FBI, "which was conducting the investigation, had no significant objections."
But the 100 pages of emails reveal that removing information from the talking points that could compromise the investigation was the primary priority of multiple agencies, including the FBI and the CIA. Following the initial emails among CIA officials on September 14, 2012, about whether or not references to al Qaeda should be included in the talking points, CIA General Counsel Stephen W. Preston stressed the need to ensure their work did not conflict with the National Security Section (NSS) of the Department of Justice and the FBI's criminal investigation into the attacks:
Folks, I know there is a hurry to get this out, but we need to hold it long enough to ascertain whether providing it conflicts with express instructions from NSS/DOJ/FBI that, in light of the criminal investigation, we are not to generate statements with assessments as to who did this, etc. -- even internally, not to mention for public release. I am copying [CIA FO] who may be more familiar with those instructibns [sic] and the tasking arising from the HPSCI coffee.
Subsequent emails from the FBI reveal that contrary to Krauthammer's claims, the Bureau did have concerns with the initial CIA draft. A 7:51pm email from the FBI Press Office on September 14 requested a review of two of the talking points with recommended edits:
[CIA OPA] in coordination with CWD, we have some concerns:
1. The accuracy of the sentence of the first bullet point which states "On 10 September we warned of social media reports calling for a demonstration in front of the Embassy and that jihadists were threatening tob break into the Embassy." And-- who is the "we" that is referenced?
2. We recommend editing the last sentence in the second bullet point to "That being said, there are indications that Islamic extremists participated in the violent demonstrations."
A later email sent at 9:19pm on September 14 by the FBI Press Office revealed their concern that the Department of Justice be brought in to approve all further changes, because they would also be conducting key aspects of the investigation:
Just a question- but separate from the FBI concerns, has DOJ provided input? They will have to deal with the the prosecution and related legal matters surrounding the federal investigation.
Furthermore, The Washington Post, Krauthammer's own paper, reported more detail from senior administration officials about the email exchange, explaining that both CIA and FBI officials believed references to Ansar al-Sharia, an Al Qaeda affiliate, should be removed from the talking points to protect the investigation:
CIA deputy director Michael Morell later removed the reference to Ansar al-Sharia because the assessment was still classified and because FBI officials believed that making the information public could compromise their investigation, said senior administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the internal debate.
A senior administration official said Wednesday that the only indication the CIA had at that point that Ansar al-Sharia was involved was a single piece of intelligence, whose existence it did not want to reveal lest its sources and methods be compromised.
The emails confirm what General David Petraeus, then-director of the CIA, reportedly testified to Congress in November: that references to terrorist groups were removed from the talking points in order to avoid tipping off those groups that intelligence and law enforcement agencies were tracking them, and thus preserve the ongoing investigation.
Krauthammer also pushed the debunked claim that Gregory Hicks, deputy chief of staff to the embassy in Tripoli at the time of the attacks, was "ordered not to meet with an investigative congressional delegation" and subsequently got "a furious call from Clinton's top aide for not having a State Department lawyer (and informant) present." In fact, Hicks' official congressional testimony reveals that the State Department merely instructed him to follow standard procedure and not speak to the congressional investigators without a State attorney present. Furthermore, Hicks made clear that he had received no direct criticism from Cheryl Mills, the chief of staff to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and simply said the "tone of the conversation" led him to believe Mills was unhappy with him.
Krauthammer's false accusations are part of the attempt by conservative media and the GOP to save Republican scandal-mongering on the Benghazi attacks, even as the charges of "scandal" collapse around them.
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Here in Montana the girl would prob come right up to you without you coming to her and grab your gun by the grip and ask you your name, then if things go well she will ask to see your truck
This is a discussion on Single guys, question about the approach to women within the Open Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Here in Montana the girl would prob come right up to you without you coming to her and grab your gun by the grip and ...
Here in Montana the girl would prob come right up to you without you coming to her and grab your gun by the grip and ask you your name, then if things go well she will ask to see your truck
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Carry a rilfe over your shoulder and use the pick-up line "I'm compensating"....oh wait maybe that's too much confidence.
Simple, Honest, Gentleman; nothing more nothing less the rest will just happen.
As was said it's no different than being responsible for your seatbelt or phone, if you OC it'll be the white elephant, but that can very easily go either way, and if you go onto a soliloquy about the 2A and your rights and anti sheep you'll be out of breath and alone, so think about your response, don't make it rehearsed, but know what you're going to say if asked; if it shows your maturity, it will likely lead to a positive outcome with those worthwhile.
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Accuracy ALWAYS WINS! So carry what you can hit with.
If you find yourself in a fair fight your tactics stink.
My sidearms had been a part of my 'ensamble' for quite some time before meeting, and eventually marrying, my wife. Every woman who had anything to do with me, friendships, romantic involvment, whatever, knew from the start, or found out very quickly, that I carried. Most didn't seemed bothered, A few dispised it, and a couple went on to get thier own guns and CCL's.
My carrying was not a big deal, it was just something I did. I never was, or acted, the idiot, treated all respectfully, and did whatever without any 'drama'.
People, including single women, will see your carrying as a part of your 'whole package'. Make it a good, responsable, and fun 'package' and the women will want to be a part of it....or at least not bothered by carrying part of your 'whole package'.
Good luck!
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That's because jerks are only interested in the next "score". Something to brag to coworkers about on Monday.
Decent guys aren't "keeping away in droves". They're more likely put off by the fact that attractive women, heck, ALL women, can't seem to get enough of the jerks.
The guy at work who used to point out women and tell the other guys "been there, done that" was the same guy every woman in the place seemed to think was just wonderful.
At the same time, we know jerks will keep coming around where they've been successful. And what does that IMPLY about the woman?
Tell her to keep the womanizers and other riff-raff away, at gun-point if need be, and decent guys will start coming around.
As a new female shooter, I can think back to just under a year ago when I hadn't shot/carried a gun and didn't know anyone who had. If an OCing guy approached me, I would've been okay with it provided two things:
1. Attitude.
Many posters have already brought this one up, but smile; be kind, gentle and polite; use your manners;etc.
2. Context.
Am I in an approachable place? Well-lit public place vs. dark parking lot. AND are you not scary looking/acting? Generally clean and well-dressed, not wearing a murder/rape joke t-shirt, not fiddling with your holster, not approaching me from the side or behind and/or following me. If yes, then proceed.
Here's the only advice I know...
Be yourself. That's it. Just be yourself.
If they have a problem with the gun... do not proceed any further, move on to the next one.
If you try to be someone you're not to "get a date," it isn't going to work out in the long run.
If, you're the "Gecko .45 type", you'll likely not get many takers but one will come along one day and be all impressed. If you're not a "Gecko .45" type but just carry a gun like you wear a pair of socks, you'll likely find more women who will not have a problem with the gun, but the bottom line is, whoever you are and whatever your personality is, be that person.
Trying to be someone you're not is a "no go" for most relationships.
btw... I would say gglovesguns knows a bit about what she is talking about! Good advice.
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"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."
IMO you should be yourself. You will find the right girl. In some cases you carrying might run a girl off, but there are some who like the fact that there man carries a gun. I know that I like that my husband carries, first off I feel safe when we are out. Most of the time I OC and he CC. I guess I was lucky, we share alot of the same likes and dislikes. But I am different than most women I guess. Just be patient and be yourself.
I go by what "Bark'n" says. If a woman can't accept me for who I am, then too bad for her. I am not gonna let some skirt dictate to me that I can't carry a gun. Right now, I don't have to worry about it since I am in a long term relationship with a very supportive and understanding woman.
There are many things that turn a woman off. One of them is "short man's syndrome". Blaming one's own inadequacies on others (i.e. jerks) is no excuse.
Oddly enough, I see your point, but think you're wrong. A little self-confidence works wonders. Putting this all on the female shows you lack mindset. And confidence.
Seriously. You can be a nice guy and be attractive to women. Really, you can. But first you need to ditch the victim stance. I think you need a good platonic female friend to walk you through some of this. I know it worked wonders for me.
+1 for the looking halfway decent as well. not sure what you look like obviously, but it really does help to be halfway well dressed.
i dont mean like metro-, or to wear a suit, but just have on clean clothes that fit you correctly. be showered and shaven (stubble and even beard and such is fine, just have it cleaned up so it looks like it is meant to be that way).
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You're making a lot of assumptions about me.
The "been there, done that" guy is an actual guy. I could give you his name if it would make a difference.
My point was that guys like that spend ALL available energy on manipulating women into bed. The women they manipulate become jaded and eventually assume all men are like that.
My ex was like that. She started "waiting for the other shoe to drop" as soon as we got back from the honeymoon. Long story short, that attitude tore us apart.
I'm well aware decent guys can be attractive to women. I have 3 sisters, two of whom married great guys, and a younger brother who's happily married. He's also a great guy.


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T risha was spotted on the ramp recently at a show presented by designer Sidney Sladen. The actor, who made an appearance as the show-stopper in a flamboyant pink gown, said she was happy to walk the ramp for her designer-friend. When asked if she had any regrets not playing Jessie in the Hindi version of "Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa", she said the film is being re-made differently to suit a different audience. "I feel Amy Jackson is the right choice for the film. I have no regrets about not doing it. I'm busy with 'Samaran' with Vishal in Tamil and two films in Telugu (one with Venkatesh and other with Junior NTR). There is no Hindi film as of now." Will we get to see her more often on the ramp? "If it is for friends, I may do it. I value friendship more than anything else."
Anjali says no...
A njali was upset as the rumour mill worked overtime about her wedding with Jai, her co-star of "Engeyum Eppothum". Even before the release of the film she was asked if she was seeing Jai. Though she refuted the rumours vehemently, speculation of an impending wedding was rife in Kollywood. Ultimately, the actor came out with a signed statement that said she'd worked hard to establish herself in films. "I want to do a number of good films in which I can prove my talent and win awards. After toiling for five long years, I'm getting fine roles that may take me to a different level. At this juncture, I've not thought about marriage. In fact, to stop these rumours, I have decided not to act with Jai anymore."
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I n case you are wondering what Kollywood siren Namitha is doing these days, here's what! The actor has started her own real estate business. Recently, she was in Mumbai with a proposal for building villas. Is she going to quit films? Certainly not, she says. "Films are my passion. I'm now doing a couple of Tamil and Telugu films, and will not leave the film industry at all. But I want to be a business woman too. I feel I can devote enough time to business. The thing is, some producers approach me for doing an item number. I hate that. I'd like to do women-oriented subjects that can bring to fore my histrionic skill better."


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Kenya Hotels
Editor's Pick
Diani Beach Road
Diani Beach
Tel: 254 733 630491
You won't spot a sign for these sumptuous villas discreetly tucked away from the tourist bustle of Diani Beach, 30 minutes south of Mombasa. Since opening in 2000, Alfajiri has prided itself on keeping a low profilewith just a bit of reverent word-of-mouth from celebs like Brad and Angelina to nudge it along. Set among tropical gardens with a powdery beach just steps away, each of its three private villas is fully staffed and self-contained to keep the clamor of Diani Beach at baya perfect setup for families looking to wrap up their safari with some quiet R&R. The breezy Beach Villa features two en-suite doubles with rustic flourishes (the furniture is hand-carved from driftwood in the on-site workshop), plus two smaller bedrooms set aside for the kids. The Garden Villa's four bedrooms have international themes, with gold-threaded tapestries in the Indian room, minimalist black-and-white in the Japanese, and intricate white coverlets in the Moroccan that make the beds look like four-poster wedding cakes. The two villas share an infinity pool, bar, and an open-air lounge nestled beneath a makuti-thatched roof, but most parties are here for the privacy. Separate dining areas are fully catered by Alfajiri's chefs, and you can very well spend a week without crossing paths with other guests. For an even more exclusive getaway, opt for the four-bedroom Cliff Villa, which has its own pool, a gazebo facing the sea, and a spectacular turret suite with floor-to-ceiling windows. The decorcarved Swahili doors, Danish ivory floors, and African objets d'artspares no attention to detail. Included in the price of each villa are a butler and driverand even a nanny for the kids. Golfing and snorkeling are easily arranged.
Cliff Villa closed May through June; Garden and Beach Villas open year-round.
Editor's Pick
Kajiado/Namanga Road
Amboseli Game Reserve
Tel: 254 45 622 622
Tel: 254 45 622 361
Enjoy gazing at hyenas and "a good view of Mount Kilimanjaro" at this russet lodge designed like a Masai village, where "the lovely decor" includes animal pictures painted on room walls. "Food is similar in quality to any other lodge," and includes a themed night of local cuisine. Lions, elephants, and giraffes are the lure on game drives.
(92 rooms)
Editor's Pick
Masai Mara National Reserve
Tel: 254 717 969 610
Set along a curve of the Mara River, this tented property offers guests the chance to spy gazelles and lions. The Masai colors are ubiquitous in the "light, airy tents"from the throws to the blankets to the bead curtains. Some accommodations have outdoor showers. Evening meals at the boma offer traditional barbecuebeef steaks, spit-roasted goat, and crocodile skewers.
(51 tents)
Editor's Pick
Funzi Island
Tel: 254 722 204946
Just a 15-minute flight separates Funzi Keys from the bustle of Mombasa, but it might as well be a world apart. Surrounded by scattered islets and mangroves, the resort commands a long stretch of west-facing beach on a secluded island off the south coast. Funzi's nine seaside bungalows are discreetly hidden among the casuarinas and coconut palms; the eight lower-cost garden cottages are set back a bit further, but still within eyeshot of the beach. Thatched roofs, coral walls, and hand-carved beds take a page from the local design book, while elegant stone floors and cavernous bathrooms add touches of Western luxury. Graceful dhow rides offer the perfect vibe for a sunset cocktail (known as a sundowner to locals), and honeymooners will appreciate the island's mellow mood. Adventurous visitors can shell out extra for canoe safaris, diving, and deep-sea fishing. No need to worry if you don't reel anything in: Seafood abounds on the extensive menu, which pays homage to owner Alessandro Torriani's Italian roots. Guests can opt for a half-board stay if three decadent meals a day are a bit much. However, with nothing but tiny fishing villages nearby, you won't have other dining options.
Closed April through mid-July.
Editor's Pick
Shaba National Reserve
Tel: 254 20 603054
Hemmed in by the rugged, red-faced cliffs of Shaba National Reserve, Joy's Camp is one of the newest additions to the Kenyan safari scene. Built on the site of naturalist Joy Adamson's last encampment, the ten luxury tents eschew the usual bush aesthetichardwood floors, somber earth tonesin favor of a vibrant palate that pays homage to the region's nomadic tribes. Bright fabrics, brass lamps, and blown-glass vases stand out against the dusty landscape, while the white-washed walls lend a touch of Tangier. It's a look that's less bush than Berber, and the exotic air fits its off-the-beaten-track location, a 90-minute flight from Nairobi. The remote setting isn't always ideal, since game sightings in Shaba are notoriously hit or miss. You might spend two days with little more than zebra and gazelle to keep you company, or you might have the odd lion prowling by the pool after dark. Bumping along in search of game without a single other Range Rover in sight, though, is a big part of the camp's charm, while walking safaris and village visits are a good way to break up the day if the game has gone AWOL. At times the friendly service can be a bit too laid-back, but the camp's distinctive style and far-flung locale will strike the right notes once it hits its stride.
Closed May.
Editor's Pick
Masai Mara National Reserve
Tel: 888 882 3742 (toll-free)
Tel: 27 11 809 4314
They were being a bit modest when they decided to call this place a "camp." The 1920's colonial elegance of Bateleur's 19 sumptuous tents (part of the larger Kichwa Tembo resort) are a long way from 'smores and sleeping bags. Despite a 2007 expansion that nearly doubled its size, the camp enjoys an intimate seat at the foot of the Oloololo Escarpment, looking out onto the sprawling plains of the Masai Mara. Peek behind the tents' canvas flaps and you'll find the picture of bush elegance, with stone bathrooms, four-poster beds, and polished hardwood floorsthough the leather armchairs on your private deck might be overdoing it. Butler service is at the guests' disposal, and each tent comes equipped with its personal "gym in a basket," crammed with weights, jump ropes, and a yoga mat to help you work off the camp's famously decadent pan-African cuisine. Safari purists might scoff at the extravagance, but most people are too busy dipping into the pool or curling up on the lodge's fireside sofas to complain. Twice-daily game drives, walking safaris, night drives, village visits, and candelit dinners in the bush are all included in the room rate. The lodge can even arrange for Masai dancers to pop in for a fireside performance.
Editor's Pick
Lewa Downs
Tel: 254 20 600 457
Lewa is a private reserve run by a nonprofit conservation group that aims to protect regional wildlife, notably the Grevy's Zebra (the ranch has seventeen percent of the world's population), and the big five (buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and the endangered rhino). The park has three luxurious lodges: The Safari Camp has tented accommodation with ensuite bathrooms, a separate lodge for meals, and a pool; Lewa House, available to groups only, is perched on the northern slopes of Mount Kenya and has three rustic cottages with swamp-grass roofs and a private veranda; Wilderness Trails has nine thatched cottages, a saltwater pool, a clay tennis court, and stables. Prices include full board, game drives, bush walks, and horse rides. Lewa is generally closed for rainy seasons (from April 1 to May 31 and November 1 to December 1).
Editor's Pick
Masai Mara National Reserve
Tel: 254 202 734023
With 17 intimate tents set around a busy watering hole, Little Governors' occupies some of the choicest real estate in the Masai Mara. A steady parade of wildlife calls this corner of the reserve home, from the zebras and elephants lapping at the lake to the resident warthogs making mischief around the bar. You might spot three or four of the Big Five before polishing off your morning coffeeand that's not to mention the hippos croaking away into the night. Tents are short on frills (think canvas-backed chairs and paraffin lamps) and have private decks to enjoy the birdsong. Sophisticated pan-African meals are served outdoors, with tables tucked into the shade by day or nestled around the campfire at night, and the warm service has helped make Little Governors' the favorite of foreign dignitaries like former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Barbara Bush. Three daily game drives are part of the package, though guests can splurge on guided game walks or hour-long balloon rides that drift above the treetops. Even getting to the camp promises high adventure, with a river crossing and a (short) tramp through the forest. For some close encounters with the resident wildlife, ask for tent 17, which sits at the entrance to the camp's watering hole and is often visited by beasts of all stripes.
Editor's Pick
Manda Island
Tel: 254 42 633475
Crowning a quiet strip of beach backed by mangroves and palms, Manda Bay is Gilligan's Island with a luxury twist. Its 16 thatched-roof bungalows are bright, airy, and spacious; you could fit a full-size palm tree at the foot of your bed. Aside from the majestic four-poster beds with billowing mosquito nets, the decor remains restrained, keeping the focus on the broad ocean views. Lazing around in a hammock might be Manda Bay's main attraction, but the sumptuous seafood meals sure don't hurt. If you've got energy to burn, there's plenty to keep you occupied, from snorkeling in the surrounding coral gardens to "fly-by" safaris over the mainland and sundowner cruises aboard the resort's private dhow. Though it feels miles removed from civilization, the resort is a 20-minute boat ride from neighboring Lamu. Visits to the World Heritage town there are easily arranged, and if you're up for a quick tipple, expat haven Shellaand the buzzing scene at the Peponi Hotelare also just a short ride away.
Closed mid-April through mid-July.
Editor's Pick
Masai Mara
Tel: 254 20 444 6651
Situated above a bend in the Talek River, this camp is comprised of tents set on raised platforms and furnished in "classic grand African safari style." Dinner is usually served in a large dining room under a thatched roof or in the bush and includes Western cuisine such as a duo of rock-cod and king prawns. Safaris aim to spot the Big Five.
(30 tents)
Editor's Pick
60 Ndovo Road
Tel: 254 20 891856
Most travelers think of Nairobi as a quick stop-off on their way to the safari lodges, but the elegant Ngong House could make the city a destination in its own right. Set among ten acres of landscaped grounds on the outskirts of Nairobi National Park, the lodge is a cozy idyll just 20 minutes from the bustle of downtown. Its five luxurious tree houses are the main attraction, each uniquely designed with commanding views of the blue-tinged Ngong Hills in the distance. Polished hardwoods, hand-carved furniture, and plush cushions make the rooms feel downright cozy, but it's the stylish flourishesbeaded throw pillows, tribal rugs, stained glass windows made from recycled bottlesthat give Ngong its quirky charm. For families, the rustic log cabin is a good option (it sleeps six), but you'll have a hard time keeping the kids away from those tree houses. Game drives into the neighboring park will whet your appetite for safari, though you'll probably want to save your energy for the Masai Mara. Spend some time around the dinner table instead, where the Belgian-inspired cuisine has made Ngong House's restaurant a fixture on the Nairobi dining scene. It's not uncommon for local sophisticates to pop in for dinner or curl up with a glass of wine by the lodge's stone fireplace.
Editor's Pick
Chyulu Hills National Park
Tel: 254 20 6000 457
Ol Donyo Wuas lies in the foothills of the Chyulu Range, halfway between Tsavo and Amboseli National Parks, on 300,000 acres of communally owned Masai land. Masai herdsmen still live here along with plentiful wildlife, including oryx, gazelles, zebras, giraffes, cheetahs, lions, and wildebeests. The lodge itself is owned by Richard Bonham and hosted by Patrick Stanton and Nicola Young, who operate five one-bedroom and two two-bedroom thatched cottages, all with views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Activities include walking safaris, game drives, horseback safaris, and picnics. Mobile tented camping can also be arranged. Prices include full board, game drives, and riding. You can also visit a local Masai village.
Editor's Pick
Lake Naivasha
Hell's Gate National Park
Tel: 254 20 891 112
Fax: 254 20 890 596
Olerai House is set on a private game sanctuary on the shores of Lake Naivasha, a freshwater refuge ninety minutes from Nairobi. Accommodations consist of five en-suite bedrooms decorated with local art, handmade rugs and colorful tapestries. They're arranged around the original cottage, which has been converted into a stylish living and dining room. Olerai is popular with weekend guests and those beginning or ending a safari. The staff is warm and generous, and prices include full board, wine and beer with dinner. Activities might include a picnic on Crescent Island or a guided walk through a lush acacia and papyrus forest. Guests may also use the pool at Sirocco House when the sanctuary's owners, Oria and Iain Douglas-Hamilton, are away.
Editor's Pick
Masai Mara National Reserve
Tel: 254 20 6950002
Olonana offers an elegant reminder that you can be in the bush and a long way from the bush in the same breath. The camp's 14 luxury tents front the winding waters of the Mara River, with the croaking song of the neighborhood hippos providing the score. Polished floors, hardwood furniture, and period touches like timeworn trunks and canvas chairs offer a classic take on safari style. Two new tentsbuilt in July 2007lend a stylish twist, with plush armchairs, four-poster beds, and an assortment of tribal masks and batiks making for a funkier feel than their colonial-chic neighbors offer. The thatched roofs might mimic a local Masai hut, but even Olonana himself, the great Masai leader, never had it this good. Taking its cues from the surroundings, the lodge is built around an African greenheart tree that pokes through the roof. Cozy up by the fireplace, settle into a game of chess, or swap stories with other travelers on the deck while the Mara River rushes below. The river views are the main attraction, and outdoor dining is under a shady arbor in eyeshot of the resident hippos. For a break from the requisite game drives, take a hike to the top of the adjacent Siria Escarpment, where the Mara's sprawling plains roll away in waves of green and gold.
Editor's Pick
Tel: 888 588 4590
The Masai community has joined forces with conservation tourism organizations and private investors to convert 6,500 acres of arid cattle range into a wildlife sanctuary and resort. The property's four luxury villas, designed with tribal, Lamu coast, colonial, or retro sixties decor, straddle a boulder-strewn ridge and come equipped with fireplaces, outdoor decks, and spectacular views from sun loungers, beds, even bathtubs. The conservancy's acacia-forested hills and wide, sand riverbeds shelter dik-diks, klipspringers, rare wild dogs, and spotted and striped hyenas; the planned addition this year of a water hole should increase sightings of larger game, such as elephants, kudu, and Grevy's zebras. Meanwhile, the land rejuvenates from overgrazing, as do guests who go exploring on mountain bikes, on horseback, or by scaling Ol Lentille, a 6,486-foot granite peak. (Your villa's enviably fit Masai guide also escorts you on four-by-four night drives and cultural trips to Masai markets and homesteads and on camping expeditions with local Yaku honey gatherers.) A library stocked with a GPS telescope and a well-edited list of Africa-themed DVDs tempts some guests to simply stay put. And why not? The villa fee includes butler service, a private cook, and unlimited massages.
Editor's Pick
Mount Kenya National Park
Tel: 254 20 2842 000
The forest setting of this timber lodge comes with Mount Kenya views. It's "a wonderful place to relax." Staff are "warm and solicitous," and even if the lodge, where a palette of greens and browns dominates, "is an older facility, that's part of the charm." The contemporary European menu "caters to tourists, but the food is good."
(41 rooms)
Editor's Pick
Masai Mara National Reserve
Tel: 254 20 884135
Since opening in 2000, Shompole has been at the cutting edge of eco-chic in Kenya, turning a harsh, remote region into one of the country's hottest destinations. The lodge's six stylish rooms sit beneath towering thatched roofs on the edge of the Nguruman Escarpment, which overlooks the sun-scorched plains of the Great Rift Valley, an hour's flight from Nairobi. The style draws heavily on the local environment: The walls are cut from white quartz stone, the stairs fashioned from fig wood, and the graceful curves of each room meant to blend into the hillside. Plunge pools, rock gardens, and gurgling waterfalls give each room a Zen-like calm while you take in the expansive views: Think Kyoto ryokan meets Out of Africa. In case the main lodge isn't secluded enough, you can hike to ultraexclusive Little Shompole at the top of the hill, where two luxury suitesgraced with gourmet chefs and butlersencourage a bit of pampering in private. The lodge's eco-efforts have won it much praise (including the United Nations Development Programme's prestigious Equator Prize in 2006), and Shompole has helped to bring water, medical supplies, and schooling to the local Masai. The resort has also worked with the community to bring back much of the wildlife that was chased off by human encroachment years ago; now, lions, zebras, and antelopes often are seen in the area. You won't get the big-game experience of the Masai Mara, but there's plenty to keep you busy when you're not chasing your next animal sighting. Walking safaris, mountain biking, and seasonal canoe trips down the Ewaso Ng'iro River are all included; shell out extra for a bit of spa time, or a visit with a local Masai healer, who will bestow his blessings on you.
Closed May.
Editor's Pick
Nyeri-Nyahuro Road
Solio Game Reserve
Tel: 254 20 251 3166
Situated within a mosaic of grassy plain, marshland, and stands of yellow-fever acacia, Solio Lodge has the only guest lodgings within the private 16,800-acre Solio Game Reserve. Created in 1970 by a foresighted American tycoon and nature lover, Courtland Parfet, it protects both the black and white rhinoceros. (The new guest program was begun to increase reserve funding amid a resurgence of rhino poaching since the 1980s and '90s, when populations across the continent fell by more than 90 percent.) Six enormous thatched cottages are tastefully done with bright Kenyan artworks popping on pale walls, with fireplaces that make for cozy high-altitude nights. Vast floor-to-ceiling windows frame distant Mount Kenya, while outdoor sundecks deliver full panoramas. Communal meals emphasize harvest from the vegetable garden and are often taken alfresco within sight of grazing waterbuck, zebras, and impalas. Sightings of as many as 40 rhinos at a time are not uncommon; less commonly spotted species include leopards, cheetahs, lions, and the rare Laikipea hartebeest. The gracious manager, Ava Paton, arranges off-site trout fishing, visits to nearby parks and conservancies, and private meals with Solio's resident rhino ecologist, Felix Patton. For game drives, ask for Sammy Lengila, a 21-year-old Samburu spotter whose sharp eyes pick up cats hiding in tall grass, including the small, magnificent spotted serval.
Editor's Pick
Amboseli National Park
Tel: 254 20 603054
Though it hasn't exactly been around as long as the snows of Kilimanjaro, Tortilis Camp is every bit as much an East African icon. The 17 luxury tents look across the dusty, acacia-studded plains of Amboseli National Park to Kilimanjaro's snowcapped crown, offering one of Africa's quintessential postcard views. The warm service and cozy, simply furnished tents make it one of the more welcoming camps in Kenya. Travelers gather around the crackling campfire or over excellent Italian cuisine to swap safari tales, and you can watch zebras and gazelles belly up to the neighboring watering hole for a drink. Because the camp shares a private area with the local Masai, your game drives are free of the logjams on Amboseli's notoriously crowded roads. Afterward, you can enjoy a gin and tonic as the sun sets on Kilimanjaroor, if you've checked into the camp's "family tent," splash about in the rustic, handmade tub (reason enough to bring the kids along).
Editor's Pick
9/418 Limuru Road
Kenya 621
Tel: 861 50 50 50
Tel: 27 21 430 5302
Nairobi's first hip property is a welcome addition to the respectable but staid choices that have, until recently, summed up the capital's upscale hotels. Inside, a four-story glass atrium and more than 800 pieces of artwork create a striking nightclub-like space in which modern architecture and traditional African forms intermingle. The 137 rooms and loft-style suitesdecorated in shades of ocher, brown, and beigeconvey an urban cool, with curved walls and headboards and the contemporary and traditional sculptures on display. Even the least expensive standard rooms have huge glass-walled bathrooms, some with freestanding tubs, packets of ground Kenyan coffee, and complimentary minibar treats. The majority of guests are business travelers taking advantage of the hotel's high-security location in the Village Market, a gated shopping mall and expat hangout near the embassy district, and 20 minutes by car from the city center. The pool terrace hosts private receptions and cocktail parties on weekends, while the restaurant Epicwhich serves grills and a montage of African, Asian, and Italian dishesattracts an upscale local crowd. Staff are enthusiastic without being obsequious.


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It is not Speaker Gingrich's age that gets to me but his inability to take himself out of any situation when America stands on the brink of disaster. When the day is over, will Gingrich come up with more evangelical excuses for his failures as a man, as a politician and as a Republican.
I will never doubt his brilliance as a leader of men. I do doubt his ability to know good men from bad. In his mind, he is the only one who can kill Islam. Somehow he received a message that he can bomb the evil out of the world. Many Evangelicals claim to hear God's instructions and somehow feel they have been given clearance to kill in the name of Jesus Christ.
I was one of the first members of GOPAC until I did more research on the agenda of this new form of being a Republican. It does not represent my desires for a free party affiliation. It represents a new theocracy to remove less-than-white, less-than Christian American citizens. I hear his words daily in the senior groups in Arizona and California. He is the voice of leadership and there is a very good chance that he will take the primaries in several states including the bible belt.
Newt pretty well screwed up his own life never giving a thought to anything outside his pants. The poor man is no less than Jerry Falwell trying to beg for forgiveness from God in front of every camera who will record it.
Not even Don Juan would attempt to excuse his moral sins. He was an honest man and volumes of books, movies and operas have been written about his sexual personality. Newt Gingrich is the model of a weak man with no obvious soul or moral code. It is his abuse of Jesus Christ that I find more offensive than any book written about the great Don Giovanni. Don Juan supposedly died when the devil took him in a pyre of flames. I saw Pinza play this part and when he crashed in flames, I got the impression he felt it was worth every minute. Newt would crash in a mass of self pity with no twinkle in his eye.
If this is in reality a Christian attitude that all the lies, torture, corruption and the abuse of several wedding vows are forgivable, , then I want a non-Christian to be considered for the White House.
America again is in a crisis mode without a white leader who can bring us back to a normal attitude. How many more years do we have to put up with the bigotry and homophobia of the Conservative Right? Is this the real America? What happened to our American values of individual equality? Did I buy into a concept that was only a joke?
How the hell can we get out of this mess? In my poor old worn out mind, I can think of nobody who could bring an end to America faster than Speaker Newt Gingrich. He apparently has forgiven himself for his ruination of his multiple families and that is has high as it goes in his world. His judgment is not good enough for me when it comes to the American people. He is drooling for the chance at bringing all women and gays into his world of making decisions.
Are the American people waiting for the one leader who can tell us all how to act in our private lives? Maybe we don't know right from wrong but why hand this off to a known sexual predator. I doubt rape ever played a part in his sleep partners but his reputation of a Don Juan built up list of contenders that grows to this day.
I may be old but can still catch a hint of "the man under the grey suit" when it faces me. Newt is a very attractive man in person. It also trained many women to keep an eye on any man who knows his attraction to women. I've been around too many celebrities who used this attraction to win a part, a place on the ballot and who often have to resign when discovered by a wife or two.