KCPE 2013 RESULTS 
The Kenya National Examination Council (K.C.P.E) results for this year are out. A total of 844,475 candidates sat the K.C.P.E exam in 23,819 exam centers.From the results shown below,out of the top ten,5 are males while there were 7 females. This means that female candidates represented 58.33% of the top ten performers while the males  took the 41.67% of the top ten candidates. This implies that generally,female candidates performed better than their male counterparts in the top ten positions nationally in the K.C.P.E results just released.
Below is the order of merit for the top candidates in each County for the just released K.C. P.E results:From the results shown,male candidates better than their female counterparts,accounting for 57.89% of the top positions in each county with females taking 42.11% of the total.

In terms of districts,Mumias took the top  position with a mean mark of 297 with Makindu closing the top ten districts with a mean mark of 297 In the 2013 K.C. PE results.
Public Schools pulled a surprising performance,taking 9 out of the possible top ten slots for the most improved at 90%.
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says East African nations have agreed to go after Riek Machar if he rejects ceasefire offer tha was put into place by East Africa

More than 180,000 people have been displaced by two weeks of fighting in South Sudan [EPA]

Uganda's president has warned South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar against rejecting the government's offer of a ceasefire, saying the nations of East Africa could move in to "defeat" him. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told reporters in South Sudan's capital Juba on Monday that  IGAD had given Machar "four days to respond" to the ceasefire offer. "If he doesn't we shall have to go for him, all of us," he said, referring to IGAD. Hours after President Yoweri Museveni's ultimatum, rebels and militia clashed against government troops just outside Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, officials said. Bor has become the focus of a bloody power battle between President Salva Kiir and Machar, his former vice president, that has left more than 1,000 dead in the past two weeks. More than 180,000 people have been displaced. Civilians fleeing UN reconnaissance planes have spotted "large" groups of armed youths and regular troops who have defected from Kiir's side north of Bor, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters. Bor remains under mainly government control but thousands are fleeing the city, he said. "Thousands of civilians have been seen heading south on the road to Juba during the course of today, motivated one assumes primarily by fears of an assault on Bor by these groups," he added. While the root of the conflict is political, it is fast spiralling into an ethnic conflict. Bor is capital of Jonglei state, which has a bitter history of conflict between the ethnic Nuer who mainly follow Machar and the Dinka, Kiir's tribe. In 1991, an estimated 2,000 people were killed in a massacre in Bor blamed on the Nuer. Regional tensions Uganda's Museveni did not spell out whether South Sudan's neighbours had actually agreed to send troops to join the conflict that erupted in Juba on December 15. But his words underlined the scale of regional concern over the fighting that has spread to South Sudan's oil-producing states. There was no immediate confirmation of the pact to take on Machar from other East African countries, which have been trying to mediate and last week gave the sides until December 31 to lay down their weapons. Uganda's influence is strong in South Sudan, where special forces from the neighbouring country have been deployed at the request of President Kiir, raising questions about the impartiality of Uganda as a possible mediator. Kiir sacked his longtime political rival Machar in July and then accused him of starting the December fighting to try to seize power. Machar denied that charge, but has since retreated into the bush and acknowledged he is leading rebel fighters. Days ago he responded coolly to the ceasefire offer in an interview ith BBC, saying that he had a negotiation team ready but that a ceasfire had to be "serious, credible and properly monitored". "So until mechanisms for monitoring are established, when one says there is a unilateral ceasefire, there is no way that the other person would be confident that this is a commitment," he said.," he told the television station. Meanwhile, the army, the SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army), has said it has continued to fight Machar's soldiers...aljazeera

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APPLE'S iPHONE 6 RELEASE DATE SPECS,DESIGN AND PRICE

Apples Iphone 6 release date is unpredictable comparing the pattern in which Apple releases its product. Just when you think you have the pattern sorted out, the company goes and does thing differently. That doesn't mean that we can't use some general rules to work out when the phone release is most likely.
First, the iPhone 5S was only released in September, which means that Apple will have to leave a decent amount of time until it launches its new flagship handset. Obviously, we're too close to the end of 2013 for Apple to launch the iPhone 6 in 2013, so it's definitely going to be 2014.

iPHONE 6 DESIGN

If Apple does opt to change the screen size for the iPhone 6, it will almost certainly introduce a new handset design as well. Rather than simply scale up an existing iPhone, a new look would better differentiate the new handset from its predecessors. Although far from official, some early speculative renders give us an idea what a redesigned iPhone 6 might look like.

The renders, published to Yanko Design, show what the iPhone 6 would look like with a larger screen, thinner bezel, rounded edges and no home key.

We doubt Apple will retire the home key any time soon, as iOS depends on it so heavily. The company also just introduced the TouchID fingerprint sensor with the iPhone 5s, and removing it a generation later would be an admission of failure on Apple's part. Even so, we're big fans of the larger screen and ultra-thin bezels.

iPHONE 6 TOUCH ID

Touch ID, the fingerprint reader, was the one of the big talking points for the iPhone 5S. Recent rumours suggest that Touch ID will also come to the iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2, so we'd really expect it on the iPhone 6.
Touch ID works brilliant and encourages people to be more secure, as using it requires a passcode to be set. At the moment, Touch ID can only be used to unlock the iPhone and to authorise iTunes and App Store payments, but it would make sense for Apple to be thinking about new applications for the technology. We can easily see a future where banking apps, for example, are authenticated through the phone.
For the technology really to be taken seriously, we'd expect to see it in as many mobile devices as possible, which obviously includes the iPhone 6. The only real question is, will we see Touch ID open up any new features? If Apple was to include a NFC chip, then Touch ID could be used to authenticate payments. We're not necessarily expecting NFC, though, as Apple has so far been dead set against including it.

iPHONE 6 iOS 7

We already have iOS 7, so it makes sense that this operating system will be used for the iPhone 6. It's possible, given that the iPhone 5S has features specific to it, that the OS will be updated to introduce new features with the new handset. For example, it could enable NFC is Apple decides that it wants the technology to use for mobile payments; we wouldn't bet on it, though, as it seems steadfastly against it.

iOS 7 was released with the iPhone 5S, but a tweaked version could come to the iPhone 6

iPHONE 6 CAMERA

For the iPhone 5S Apple upped the physical size of its 8-megapixel sensor, meaning that each pixel gets more light. In addition, it upgraded the lens from an f/2.4 model to an f/2.2 model, increasing low-light performance again. Combined with the A7 SoC, the camera has a couple of neat modes, including a 10fps burst mode that goes on until the phone's memory is full, and a 120fps slow-motion mode.
It would make sense if Apple was to use this sensor in the iPhone 6, although, given it's a bigger phone, with more room inside for components, it could well up the pixel count, with a 12- or 13-megapixel on the cards.
Apple may also be considering going in a completely different direction, particularly if a new patent is to be used. This suggests that the iPhone 6 could get a refocus-able lightfield camera.
Reported by 9to5Mac, a patent has been granted to Apple for a lightfield camera, allowing people to refocus their shots after they've been taken.
The technology works by capturing light fields, rather than a single 2D capture of the moment. The net result is that a photo is no longer a fixed capture, but one where you can select a part of the picture to completely refocus the image.
We've already seen the technology in use with the Lytro Light Field camera. It's an interesting product, using software to let you choose the point of focus after the image has already been capture. You can see an example of this in the shot below.
Part of the problem with the system is that the Lytro camera only took low-resolution photos, which were no good for printing at a later date. Upping the resolution isn't that easy and, by the details of the patent, not something that Apple is going to do. Instead, the patent refers to a high-resolution and low-resolution mode, with the patent covering a "digital camera system configurable to operate in a low-resolution refocusable mode and a high-resolution non-refocusable mode".
From the sounds of this, the lightfield option would be an option in the camera mode, much as Slo-Mo is with the iPhone 5S. The Slo-Mo editing tools, which are easy-to-use and incredibly intuitive, so if Apple can bring the same approach to lightfield, it could offer a completely different smartphone photography experience.
The patent contains no information as to when or if Apple will use the technology, particularly as it could be hard to slim it down to fit into a smartphone. Still, we can just hope that it will be ready for use in the iPhone 6.

iPHONE 6 GAZE DETECTION

A bigger screen requires more power, so any technology that can increase battery life has to be good. For the iPhone 6 Apple could be about to revisit gaze detection technology, where the phone can tell if you're looking at the screen or not. If you were to look away, the phone could pause a video playing and turn the screen off. PatentlyApple has dug up the full information on how the technology is likely to work.
Given that Samsung has similar technology in its Galaxy S4 smartphone, we'd say there's a high chance that Apple will follow suit and implement its own version.

iPHONE 6 STORAGE

In terms of storage, 64GB has been the top model for a couple of years, and continues to be so for the iPhone 5S. We're not expecting this to change for the iPhone 6, although we know that the Apple can make a 128GB model, thanks to the recent launch of a 128GB iPad 4.
The new model doubled the maximum capacity of the previous high-end iPad (64GB). This update was said to be about increasing the variety of uses for the tablet, with Apple stating that more storage was good for large files for use in applications such as CAD and music production. It's also a more useful amount of storage for photos and videos.

iPHONE 6 A7 SoC

At the moment, the Apple A7 system-on-a-chip (SoC) is the main focus for the company. This is the first 64-bit mobile chip and it's extremely fast. In fact, in our benchmarks on using the iPhone 5S, we found that the A7 is by far the fastest mobile processor. Apple has now used the A7 chip in both the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display.
Where as in the past Apple had to tweak the graphics part of the SoC to work on an iPad's screen by adding quad-core graphics (the latest chip with the A6X), with the A7 this isn't required. Instead, the A7 is fast enough as it is.
With that in mind we'd expect to see the same chip used in the iPhone 6. However, the only caveat is when the phone comes out. If it's early next year then we'd expect the A7 chip to be used as is; if the release date is closer to the end of next year, then we could see a tweaked version, perhaps even a quad-core variant.

iPHONE 6 PRICE

Apple typically releases its new models at the same price as the old ones. If that holds out, then, and assuming that the 16GB model is dropped, we'd expect the 32GB model to cost £529, the 64GB model £599 and the 128GB model £699. However, if the company continues to sell the iPhone 5S, we could be in for some new pricing, with the iPhone 6 a premium model that sits above it, in which case all bets are off and we have no idea how much it will be.
If Apple does decide to make an iPhone with a larger screen, there's also a good chance prices will increase too. Susquehanna analyst Chris Caso, speaking to AllThingsD, predicted that there could be a $50 to $100 premium for a larger iPhone 6, compared to the 4in iPhone 5s.
Although this goes against Apple's tradition of keeping prices the same across generations, it's not a rule the company is afraid to break every now and then. Last month's iPad Mini with Retina display launch introduced a $70 premium over the entry level model, so a price hike isn't out of the question. Typically, speaking, Apple has a product on sale for a year before its replacement comes out. Following that rule, it would mean that the iPhone 6 will be released in September 2014; however, that seems too long to us.
With the iPhone 6 it feels more like something different and complementary, in some ways, to the iPhone 5S. In fact, we'd say that it was more like an addition to the line-up than a strict replacement of the iPhone 5S. We kind of see it replicating what Samsung has with the full-size Galaxy S4 and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini, with the exception that Apple's small phone, the 5S, is still really powerful.
Tim Cook has hinted at new products coming soon . "Our teams are hard at work on some amazing new hardware, software, and services that we can’t wait to introduce this fall and throughout 2014," Cook said. Given that for 2013 we've had the iPhone 5S, iPad Air, iPad Mini with Retina Display, OS X Mavericks and new MacBook Pro with Retina Display laptops, we now just need to see what Apple has in store for 2014 and the iPhone 6 has to be one of the products.
If we had to be pushed on a date, we'd say that early next year, between March and May would make sense. This would give Apple enough distance from the iPhone 5S, and give it a chance to take the limelight away from Samsung, which will be looking to release its Galaxy S5 handset around the same time.
The latest rumours point to a May 2014 launch of the iPhone 6 as the most likely, Apple is gearing up for a May launch of the new iPhone.
It is reported that the new iPhone will use a "20nm processor manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)", although the sources didn't mention any other specifications. However, from all of the other rumours out there, we've managed to cobble together some of the expected specifications, including a larger screen.
As noted before, an iPhone 6 being released in May 2014, would be sooner than expected given Apple's usual yearly release cycle. However, as the iPhone 6 may be an additional product that sits alongside the iPhone 5S, May makes sense. It would also give Apple the opportunity to go head-to-head with its major Android competition, by releasing its new handset around the same time that Samsung, Sony and HTC release their latest models.
However, the phone may get released after that and, as we warned, there are many conflicting reports. First, Investor's Business Daily has reported on a market report by Susquehanna Financial Group analyst, Mehdi Hosseini.
In Hosseini's research, he reported that SanDisk is likely to be one of the prime beneficiaries of the iPhone 6, supplying flash memory to Apple. The site then reports that the iPhone is due to be launched in June or July 2014, with Hosseini reporting, "Although there is no color yet on the iPhone 6 specs, our recent checks in Taiwan and Korea suggest Apple has already begun negotiating with its memory suppliers to secure capacities."
To say something different, Chinese Blog C Technology reported that the phone will actually come out in October, with the iPhone 6 being released a year after the iPhone 5S.
Overall, it's fair to say that at the moment we have no true sense of when the iPhone 6 will come out, until we get closer to the date. We'll, of course, bring you the latest information as we have it.

iPHONE 6 NAME

One of the biggest questions is, will the iPhone 6 even be called that? We were all caught out when Apple decided not to go with iPad 5 for its new tablet, choosing to go with the iPad Air instead. There's every good reason why Apple might follow a similar strategy with its new iPhone, perhaps even going for iPhone Air.
The reasons for changing the naming strategy will probably depend on when the next iPhone is launched. If, as expected, it's launched early next year, that would mean that the iPhone 6 would only be released around six months after the iPhone 5S. For people that have bought the iPhone 5S, the new model with a higher iteration would immediately look like the newer and better phone; however, it would seem that Apple's plans for the iPhone 6 are to bring out a model with a larger screen that sits alongside, not in front of, the iPhone 5S.
With this rational, it's easy to see Apple deciding to call the new line something like iPhone Air, so that the existing iPhone line with its smaller screen can continue.

iPHONE 6 SCREEN

It seems pretty clear at this point that the iPhone 6 is going to have a larger screen than any iPhone released to date. The question that has to be answered is, how big will the screen be? Early rumours suggested that there would be a 4.8in screen, but more recent rumours have suggested that the iPhone 6 could have a 5in screen.
According to Japanese tech publication MacFun, the 5in screen will have a Full HD resolution of 1,920x1,080. From a certain point of view this makes a lot of sense, as there are already a lot of Full HD phones out there. However, we think that the resolution could be wrong, mostly because of the way that Apple works.
Apple has always been very careful in its resolution choices, so that apps look right on all of its devices. So, when Apple first went Retina with the quadrupled the resolution of the iPhone 3GS from 480x320 to the iPhone 4's 960x640. Quadrupling means that the horizontal and vertical resolutions are doubled, which makes scaling of old apps easy. When the company went widescreen, it kept the same horizontal resolution of 640 pixels, so old apps would run properly, but just with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.
Moving to 1,920x1,080 would mean scaling up the current iPhone's resolution of 1,136x640 by 1.69 times vertically and 1.69 times horizontally. That's not such a clean method of scaling and there could be some issues with getting apps to work properly. As a result, Apple may decide to go for more resolution than it technically needs for a Retina display, quadrupling the current iPhone's resolution to 2,272x1,280 instead.
While Apple has not previously made a large-screen phone, upping the screen size for the iPhone 6 makes a lot of sense. It means it can compete with the large-screen phones from other manufacturers and keep the iPhone 5S as a smaller alternative, giving iPhone users more choice. The latest rumours have suggested larger, curved screens in both 4.7 and 5.5in sizes, which would compete with the current crop of Android smartphones and larger phablet handsets.
Tim Cook has said, "Some customers value large screen size, others value other factors such as resolution, colour quality, white balance, brightness, reflectivity, screen longevity, power consumption, portability, compatibility with apps and many things. Our competitors had made some significant trade-offs in many of these areas in order to ship a larger display. We would not ship a larger display iPhone while these trade-offs exist."
What that statement says, to us, is that Apple won't ship a large-screen iPhone until it's managed to iron out all of the trade-offs. A thinner screen, to make a lighter phone, could well be the right way to go, then.
It's no wonder, then, that Apple may also be considering the screen technology that it uses, with a Sharp IGZO (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide) screen top of the list. This new technology allows for screens that use less power and are considerably thinner. Rumours certainly picked up when the Sharp IGZO technology was demonstrated at CES 2013.
Curved glass is also a possibility. Although it's unlikely Apple would ever opt for something as radical as Samsung's Galaxy Round or the LG G Flex, glass that curves around the edges of an otherwise flat handset would give the iPhone 6 a pebble-like feel that wouldn't dig into your hands like the angular lines of the current generation iPhone.

iPHONE 6 GESTURE TECHNOLOGY

Although the touchscreen is the main way of using the iPhone, Apple has also added voice with Siri, but could it now be looking at gesture technology? Rumours are rife that gesture is about to hit the iPhone, as Apple has bought the company behind the Microsoft Kinect.
According to reports, Apple paid $360m to buy PrimeSense, although it hasn't, as usual, said what it's bought it for. Apple released this statement: "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans."
With Apple refusing to say what it has bought the company for, it's up to us to speculate. The technology that PrimeSense developed for the Kinect let gamers play using their bodies and movement, rather than using a traditional controller. It seems unlikely that Apple will develop a games console, so the tech must be going elsewhere.
One area could be in the often talked-about Apple iTV, which was first hinted at in Steve Jobs' biography. Have gesture technology on such a set would make sense.
However, Apple could also be thinking about using the technology in the iPhone 6. Samsung also has some rudimentary gesture control in the S4, with videos pausing when you look away from the screen. Buying an entire gesture-sensor company would suggest that Apple is planning more major control. Of course, we're just going to have to wait to find out what it does with the technology.

iPHONE 6 TOUGHER CONSTRUCTION

Although beautifully made, the iPhone is just as breakable as any other smartphone, with plenty of people walking around with cracked screens after a drop. Apple appears to be working on a solution to this problem, toughening up its products.
A new deal could signal a super-tough sapphire screen for the iPhone 6.
According to reports, Apple has struck a deal with GT Advanced technologies to produce sapphire glass in a plant in Arizona.
The deal was announced by GT Advanced Technologies in a regulatory filing. "The sapphire glass that GT will make in the facility will be used to cover the camera lenses in Apple's phones and the fingerprint-reading devices in its latest products. GT's technology also can be used to make scratchproof glass covers for smartphones, although it is not used for that purpose by Apple today".
Apple is due to pay $578m, which GT Advanced Technologies will use to buy and operate sapphire production equipment in a new Arizona facility. GT Advanced Technologies will pay back the Apple over a five-year period.
While the deal should, in the short-term, provide Apple with the materials it needs for existing components, there's a long-term plan, too. As part of the deal, GT Advanced Technologies will "deliver low cost, high volume manufacturing of sapphire material" using a large-capacity furnace.
Synthetic sapphire glass gets its name because it's transparent, although it's not technically glass. However, sapphire's advantage over glass is its incredible durability and hardiness. Sapphire has a value of 9 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, putting it just behind diamond. This means that it's extremely difficult to break, resulting in fewer broken iPhones, saving money in repair costs.
GT Advanced Technologies makes roughly $29 million in revenue from sapphire glass today, but predicts to make between $600 and $800 million in 2014. That huge spike looks likely to come from providing Apple with screens for its next device.
As well as looking at the screen, Apple is also said to be looking at toughening up the case by investigating liquid metal for the iPhone 6.
Liquid metal would encase the iPhone 6 is a super-tough metal, built up layer-by-layer, making it a lot hardier and more difficult to break. According to new information, Apple has put in five patents for liquid metal.
One describes how bulk metallic glasses (BMG, or liquid metal to give it the more familiar name) would be layered on top of each other to create components. The main focus on this invention is via 3D printing, allowing Apple to build components and cases from computer-generated designs.
According to the patents, Apple has stated liquid metal's uses: "A telephone, such as a cell phone, and a land-line phone, or any communication device, such as a smart phone, including, for example an iPhone, and an electronic email sending/receiving device. It can be a part of a display, such as a digital display, a TV monitor, an electronic-book reader, an iPad, and a computer monitor."
What's more Patently Apple, which found the information, believes that Apple has already used liquid metals in the iPhone 5S, suggesting that the technology is already available. It's clear, then, that Apple is interested in liquid metal for the iPhone and iPad range, so it's now a matter of when.

iPHONE 6 DESIGN

If Apple does opt to change the screen size for the iPhone 6, it will almost certainly introduce a new handset design as well. Rather than simply scale up an existing iPhone, a new look would better differentiate the new handset from its predecessors. Although far from official, some early speculative renders give us an idea what a redesigned iPhone 6 might look like.

iPHONE 6 DESIGN

If Apple does opt to change the screen size for the iPhone 6, it will almost certainly introduce a new handset design as well. Rather than simply scale up an existing iPhone, a new look would better differentiate the new handset from its predecessors. Although far from official, some early speculative renders give us an idea what a redesigned iPhone 6 might look like.

The renders, published to Yanko Design, show what the iPhone 6 would look like with a larger screen, thinner bezel, rounded edges and no home key.

We doubt Apple will retire the home key any time soon, as iOS depends on it so heavily. The company also just introduced the TouchID fingerprint sensor with the iPhone 5s, and removing it a generation later would be an admission of failure on Apple's part. Even so, we're big fans of the larger screen and ultra-thin bezels.

iPHONE 6 TOUCH ID

Touch ID, the fingerprint reader, was the one of the big talking points for the iPhone 5S. Recent rumours suggest that Touch ID will also come to the iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2, so we'd really expect it on the iPhone 6.
Touch ID works brilliant and encourages people to be more secure, as using it requires a passcode to be set. At the moment, Touch ID can only be used to unlock the iPhone and to authorise iTunes and App Store payments, but it would make sense for Apple to be thinking about new applications for the technology. We can easily see a future where banking apps, for example, are authenticated through the phone.
For the technology really to be taken seriously, we'd expect to see it in as many mobile devices as possible, which obviously includes the iPhone 6. The only real question is, will we see Touch ID open up any new features? If Apple was to include a NFC chip, then Touch ID could be used to authenticate payments. We're not necessarily expecting NFC, though, as Apple has so far been dead set against including it.

iPHONE 6 iOS 7

We already have iOS 7, so it makes sense that this operating system will be used for the iPhone 6. It's possible, given that the iPhone 5S has features specific to it, that the OS will be updated to introduce new features with the new handset. For example, it could enable NFC is Apple decides that it wants the technology to use for mobile payments; we wouldn't bet on it, though, as it seems steadfastly against it.

iOS 7 was released with the iPhone 5S, but a tweaked version could come to the iPhone 6

iPHONE 6 CAMERA

For the iPhone 5S Apple upped the physical size of its 8-megapixel sensor, meaning that each pixel gets more light. In addition, it upgraded the lens from an f/2.4 model to an f/2.2 model, increasing low-light performance again. Combined with the A7 SoC, the camera has a couple of neat modes, including a 10fps burst mode that goes on until the phone's memory is full, and a 120fps slow-motion mode.
It would make sense if Apple was to use this sensor in the iPhone 6, although, given it's a bigger phone, with more room inside for components, it could well up the pixel count, with a 12- or 13-megapixel on the cards.
Apple may also be considering going in a completely different direction, particularly if a new patent is to be used. This suggests that the iPhone 6 could get a refocus-able lightfield camera.
Reported by 9to5Mac, a patent has been granted to Apple for a lightfield camera, allowing people to refocus their shots after they've been taken.
The technology works by capturing light fields, rather than a single 2D capture of the moment. The net result is that a photo is no longer a fixed capture, but one where you can select a part of the picture to completely refocus the image.
We've already seen the technology in use with the Lytro Light Field camera. It's an interesting product, using software to let you choose the point of focus after the image has already been capture. You can see an example of this in the shot below.
Part of the problem with the system is that the Lytro camera only took low-resolution photos, which were no good for printing at a later date. Upping the resolution isn't that easy and, by the details of the patent, not something that Apple is going to do. Instead, the patent refers to a high-resolution and low-resolution mode, with the patent covering a "digital camera system configurable to operate in a low-resolution refocusable mode and a high-resolution non-refocusable mode".
From the sounds of this, the lightfield option would be an option in the camera mode, much as Slo-Mo is with the iPhone 5S. The Slo-Mo editing tools, which are easy-to-use and incredibly intuitive, so if Apple can bring the same approach to lightfield, it could offer a completely different smartphone photography experience.
The patent contains no information as to when or if Apple will use the technology, particularly as it could be hard to slim it down to fit into a smartphone. Still, we can just hope that it will be ready for use in the iPhone 6.

iPHONE 6 GAZE DETECTION

A bigger screen requires more power, so any technology that can increase battery life has to be good. For the iPhone 6 Apple could be about to revisit gaze detection technology, where the phone can tell if you're looking at the screen or not. If you were to look away, the phone could pause a video playing and turn the screen off. PatentlyApple has dug up the full information on how the technology is likely to work.
Given that Samsung has similar technology in its Galaxy S4 smartphone, we'd say there's a high chance that Apple will follow suit and implement its own version.

iPHONE 6 STORAGE

In terms of storage, 64GB has been the top model for a couple of years, and continues to be so for the iPhone 5S. We're not expecting this to change for the iPhone 6, although we know that the Apple can make a 128GB model, thanks to the recent launch of a 128GB iPad 4.
The new model doubled the maximum capacity of the previous high-end iPad (64GB). This update was said to be about increasing the variety of uses for the tablet, with Apple stating that more storage was good for large files for use in applications such as CAD and music production. It's also a more useful amount of storage for photos and videos.

iPHONE 6 A7 SoC

At the moment, the Apple A7 system-on-a-chip (SoC) is the main focus for the company. This is the first 64-bit mobile chip and it's extremely fast. In fact, in our benchmarks on using the iPhone 5S, we found that the A7 is by far the fastest mobile processor. Apple has now used the A7 chip in both the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display.
Where as in the past Apple had to tweak the graphics part of the SoC to work on an iPad's screen by adding quad-core graphics (the latest chip with the A6X), with the A7 this isn't required. Instead, the A7 is fast enough as it is.
With that in mind we'd expect to see the same chip used in the iPhone 6. However, the only caveat is when the phone comes out. If it's early next year then we'd expect the A7 chip to be used as is; if the release date is closer to the end of next year, then we could see a tweaked version, perhaps even a quad-core variant.

iPHONE 6 PRICE

Apple typically releases its new models at the same price as the old ones. If that holds out, then, and assuming that the 16GB model is dropped, we'd expect the 32GB model to cost £529, the 64GB model £599 and the 128GB model £699. However, if the company continues to sell the iPhone 5S, we could be in for some new pricing, with the iPhone 6 a premium model that sits above it, in which case all bets are off and we have no idea how much it will be.
If Apple does decide to make an iPhone with a larger screen, there's also a good chance prices will increase too. Susquehanna analyst Chris Caso, speaking to AllThingsD, predicted that there could be a $50 to $100 premium for a larger iPhone 6, compared to the 4in iPhone 5s.
Although this goes against Apple's tradition of keeping prices the same across generations, it's not a rule the company is afraid to break every now and then. Last month's iPad Mini with Retina display launch introduced a $70 premium over the entry level model, so a price hike isn't out of the question.
The renders, published to Yanko Design, show what the iPhone 6 would look like with a larger screen, thinner bezel, rounded edges and no home key.

We doubt Apple will retire the home key any time soon, as iOS depends on it so heavily. The company also just introduced the TouchID fingerprint sensor with the iPhone 5s, and removing it a generation later would be an admission of failure on Apple's part. Even so, we're big fans of the larger screen and ultra-thin bezels.

iPHONE 6 TOUCH ID

Touch ID, the fingerprint reader, was the one of the big talking points for the iPhone 5S. Recent rumours suggest that Touch ID will also come to the iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2, so we'd really expect it on the iPhone 6.
Touch ID works brilliant and encourages people to be more secure, as using it requires a passcode to be set. At the moment, Touch ID can only be used to unlock the iPhone and to authorise iTunes and App Store payments, but it would make sense for Apple to be thinking about new applications for the technology. We can easily see a future where banking apps, for example, are authenticated through the phone.
For the technology really to be taken seriously, we'd expect to see it in as many mobile devices as possible, which obviously includes the iPhone 6. The only real question is, will we see Touch ID open up any new features? If Apple was to include a NFC chip, then Touch ID could be used to authenticate payments. We're not necessarily expecting NFC, though, as Apple has so far been dead set against including it.

iPHONE 6 iOS 7

We already have iOS 7, so it makes sense that this operating system will be used for the iPhone 6. It's possible, given that the iPhone 5S has features specific to it, that the OS will be updated to introduce new features with the new handset. For example, it could enable NFC is Apple decides that it wants the technology to use for mobile payments; we wouldn't bet on it, though, as it seems steadfastly against it.

iOS 7 was released with the iPhone 5S, but a tweaked version could come to the iPhone 6

iPHONE 6 CAMERA

For the iPhone 5S Apple upped the physical size of its 8-megapixel sensor, meaning that each pixel gets more light. In addition, it upgraded the lens from an f/2.4 model to an f/2.2 model, increasing low-light performance again. Combined with the A7 SoC, the camera has a couple of neat modes, including a 10fps burst mode that goes on until the phone's memory is full, and a 120fps slow-motion mode.
It would make sense if Apple was to use this sensor in the iPhone 6, although, given it's a bigger phone, with more room inside for components, it could well up the pixel count, with a 12- or 13-megapixel on the cards.
Apple may also be considering going in a completely different direction, particularly if a new patent is to be used. This suggests that the iPhone 6 could get a refocus-able lightfield camera.
Reported by 9to5Mac, a patent has been granted to Apple for a lightfield camera, allowing people to refocus their shots after they've been taken.
The technology works by capturing light fields, rather than a single 2D capture of the moment. The net result is that a photo is no longer a fixed capture, but one where you can select a part of the picture to completely refocus the image.
We've already seen the technology in use with the Lytro Light Field camera. It's an interesting product, using software to let you choose the point of focus after the image has already been capture. You can see an example of this in the shot below.
Part of the problem with the system is that the Lytro camera only took low-resolution photos, which were no good for printing at a later date. Upping the resolution isn't that easy and, by the details of the patent, not something that Apple is going to do. Instead, the patent refers to a high-resolution and low-resolution mode, with the patent covering a "digital camera system configurable to operate in a low-resolution refocusable mode and a high-resolution non-refocusable mode".
From the sounds of this, the lightfield option would be an option in the camera mode, much as Slo-Mo is with the iPhone 5S. The Slo-Mo editing tools, which are easy-to-use and incredibly intuitive, so if Apple can bring the same approach to lightfield, it could offer a completely different smartphone photography experience.
The patent contains no information as to when or if Apple will use the technology, particularly as it could be hard to slim it down to fit into a smartphone. Still, we can just hope that it will be ready for use in the iPhone 6.

iPHONE 6 GAZE DETECTION

A bigger screen requires more power, so any technology that can increase battery life has to be good. For the iPhone 6 Apple could be about to revisit gaze detection technology, where the phone can tell if you're looking at the screen or not. If you were to look away, the phone could pause a video playing and turn the screen off. PatentlyApple has dug up the full information on how the technology is likely to work.
Given that Samsung has similar technology in its Galaxy S4 smartphone, we'd say there's a high chance that Apple will follow suit and implement its own version.

iPHONE 6 STORAGE

In terms of storage, 64GB has been the top model for a couple of years, and continues to be so for the iPhone 5S. We're not expecting this to change for the iPhone 6, although we know that the Apple can make a 128GB model, thanks to the recent launch of a 128GB iPad 4.
The new model doubled the maximum capacity of the previous high-end iPad (64GB). This update was said to be about increasing the variety of uses for the tablet, with Apple stating that more storage was good for large files for use in applications such as CAD and music production. It's also a more useful amount of storage for photos and videos.

iPHONE 6 A7 SoC

At the moment, the Apple A7 system-on-a-chip (SoC) is the main focus for the company. This is the first 64-bit mobile chip and it's extremely fast. In fact, in our benchmarks on using the iPhone 5S, we found that the A7 is by far the fastest mobile processor. Apple has now used the A7 chip in both the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display.
Where as in the past Apple had to tweak the graphics part of the SoC to work on an iPad's screen by adding quad-core graphics (the latest chip with the A6X), with the A7 this isn't required. Instead, the A7 is fast enough as it is.
With that in mind we'd expect to see the same chip used in the iPhone 6. However, the only caveat is when the phone comes out. If it's early next year then we'd expect the A7 chip to be used as is; if the release date is closer to the end of next year, then we could see a tweaked version, perhaps even a quad-core variant.

iPHONE 6 PRICE

Apple typically releases its new models at the same price as the old ones. If that holds out, then, and assuming that the 16GB model is dropped, we'd expect the 32GB model to cost £529, the 64GB model £599 and the 128GB model £699. However, if the company continues to sell the iPhone 5S, we could be in for some new pricing, with the iPhone 6 a premium model that sits above it, in which case all bets are off and we have no idea how much it will be.
If Apple does decide to make an iPhone with a larger screen, there's also a good chance prices will increase too. Susquehanna analyst Chris Caso, speaking to AllThingsD, predicted that there could be a $50 to $100 premium for a larger iPhone 6, compared to the 4in iPhone 5s.
Although this goes against Apple's tradition of keeping prices the same across generations, it's not a rule the company is afraid to break every now and then. Last month's iPad Mini with Retina display launch introduced a $70 premium over the entry level model, so a price hike isn't out of the question concerning Apples trend history by Expertreviews .....Kenyan daily digest

iPHONE 6 DESIGN

If Apple does opt to change the screen size for the iPhone 6, it will almost certainly introduce a new handset design as well. Rather than simply scale up an existing iPhone, a new look would better differentiate the new handset from its predecessors. Although far from official, some early speculative renders give us an idea what a redesigned iPhone 6 might look like.

The renders, published to Yanko Design, show what the iPhone 6 would look like with a larger screen, thinner bezel, rounded edges and no home key.

We doubt Apple will retire the home key any time soon, as iOS depends on it so heavily. The company also just introduced the TouchID fingerprint sensor with the iPhone 5s, and removing it a generation later would be an admission of failure on Apple's part. Even so, we're big fans of the larger screen and ultra-thin bezels.

iPHONE 6 TOUCH ID

Touch ID, the fingerprint reader, was the one of the big talking points for the iPhone 5S. Recent rumours suggest that Touch ID will also come to the iPad 5 and iPad Mini 2, so we'd really expect it on the iPhone 6.
Touch ID works brilliant and encourages people to be more secure, as using it requires a passcode to be set. At the moment, Touch ID can only be used to unlock the iPhone and to authorise iTunes and App Store payments, but it would make sense for Apple to be thinking about new applications for the technology. We can easily see a future where banking apps, for example, are authenticated through the phone.
For the technology really to be taken seriously, we'd expect to see it in as many mobile devices as possible, which obviously includes the iPhone 6. The only real question is, will we see Touch ID open up any new features? If Apple was to include a NFC chip, then Touch ID could be used to authenticate payments. We're not necessarily expecting NFC, though, as Apple has so far been dead set against including it.

iPHONE 6 iOS 7

We already have iOS 7, so it makes sense that this operating system will be used for the iPhone 6. It's possible, given that the iPhone 5S has features specific to it, that the OS will be updated to introduce new features with the new handset. For example, it could enable NFC is Apple decides that it wants the technology to use for mobile payments; we wouldn't bet on it, though, as it seems steadfastly against it.

iOS 7 was released with the iPhone 5S, but a tweaked version could come to the iPhone 6

iPHONE 6 CAMERA

For the iPhone 5S Apple upped the physical size of its 8-megapixel sensor, meaning that each pixel gets more light. In addition, it upgraded the lens from an f/2.4 model to an f/2.2 model, increasing low-light performance again. Combined with the A7 SoC, the camera has a couple of neat modes, including a 10fps burst mode that goes on until the phone's memory is full, and a 120fps slow-motion mode.
It would make sense if Apple was to use this sensor in the iPhone 6, although, given it's a bigger phone, with more room inside for components, it could well up the pixel count, with a 12- or 13-megapixel on the cards.
Apple may also be considering going in a completely different direction, particularly if a new patent is to be used. This suggests that the iPhone 6 could get a refocus-able lightfield camera.
Reported by 9to5Mac, a patent has been granted to Apple for a lightfield camera, allowing people to refocus their shots after they've been taken.
The technology works by capturing light fields, rather than a single 2D capture of the moment. The net result is that a photo is no longer a fixed capture, but one where you can select a part of the picture to completely refocus the image.
We've already seen the technology in use with the Lytro Light Field camera. It's an interesting product, using software to let you choose the point of focus after the image has already been capture. You can see an example of this in the shot below.
Part of the problem with the system is that the Lytro camera only took low-resolution photos, which were no good for printing at a later date. Upping the resolution isn't that easy and, by the details of the patent, not something that Apple is going to do. Instead, the patent refers to a high-resolution and low-resolution mode, with the patent covering a "digital camera system configurable to operate in a low-resolution refocusable mode and a high-resolution non-refocusable mode".
From the sounds of this, the lightfield option would be an option in the camera mode, much as Slo-Mo is with the iPhone 5S. The Slo-Mo editing tools, which are easy-to-use and incredibly intuitive, so if Apple can bring the same approach to lightfield, it could offer a completely different smartphone photography experience.
The patent contains no information as to when or if Apple will use the technology, particularly as it could be hard to slim it down to fit into a smartphone. Still, we can just hope that it will be ready for use in the iPhone 6.

iPHONE 6 GAZE DETECTION

A bigger screen requires more power, so any technology that can increase battery life has to be good. For the iPhone 6 Apple could be about to revisit gaze detection technology, where the phone can tell if you're looking at the screen or not. If you were to look away, the phone could pause a video playing and turn the screen off. PatentlyApple has dug up the full information on how the technology is likely to work.
Given that Samsung has similar technology in its Galaxy S4 smartphone, we'd say there's a high chance that Apple will follow suit and implement its own version.

iPHONE 6 STORAGE

In terms of storage, 64GB has been the top model for a couple of years, and continues to be so for the iPhone 5S. We're not expecting this to change for the iPhone 6, although we know that the Apple can make a 128GB model, thanks to the recent launch of a 128GB iPad 4.
The new model doubled the maximum capacity of the previous high-end iPad (64GB). This update was said to be about increasing the variety of uses for the tablet, with Apple stating that more storage was good for large files for use in applications such as CAD and music production. It's also a more useful amount of storage for photos and videos.

iPHONE 6 A7 SoC

At the moment, the Apple A7 system-on-a-chip (SoC) is the main focus for the company. This is the first 64-bit mobile chip and it's extremely fast. In fact, in our benchmarks on using the iPhone 5S, we found that the A7 is by far the fastest mobile processor. Apple has now used the A7 chip in both the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display.
Where as in the past Apple had to tweak the graphics part of the SoC to work on an iPad's screen by adding quad-core graphics (the latest chip with the A6X), with the A7 this isn't required. Instead, the A7 is fast enough as it is.
With that in mind we'd expect to see the same chip used in the iPhone 6. However, the only caveat is when the phone comes out. If it's early next year then we'd expect the A7 chip to be used as is; if the release date is closer to the end of next year, then we could see a tweaked version, perhaps even a quad-core variant.

iPHONE 6 PRICE

Apple typically releases its new models at the same price as the old ones. If that holds out, then, and assuming that the 16GB model is dropped, we'd expect the 32GB model to cost £529, the 64GB model £599 and the 128GB model £699. However, if the company continues to sell the iPhone 5S, we could be in for some new pricing, with the iPhone 6 a premium model that sits above it, in which case all bets are off and we have no idea how much it will be.
If Apple does decide to make an iPhone with a larger screen, there's also a good chance prices will increase too. Susquehanna analyst Chris Caso, speaking to AllThingsD, predicted that there could be a $50 to $100 premium for a larger iPhone 6, compared to the 4in iPhone 5s.
Although this goes against Apple's tradition of keeping prices the same across generations, it's not a rule the company is afraid to break every now and then. Last month's iPad Mini with Retina display launch introduced a $70 premium over the entry level model, so a price hike isn't out of the question. by EXPERTREVIEWS ......Kenyan daily digest

Kimutai Brian (Nandi) and Otieno Akoth (Kisumu) top 2013 KCPE exams with 444 marks followed by Junita Riziki (Meru) 442.
- All 2013 candidates with mark of 200 and above will be admitted to Form One.
Transition rate from primary to secondary in 2014 to be higher than 76.5pc or 650,000
- Kaimenyi to launch Form One selection on January 14.
- Those involved in exam irregularities will be barred from sitting KNEC exams for not less than three years.
- No cases of exam irregularities in 19 counties.
- Cases of exam irregularities in 2013 KCPE were 1,576.
- Ministry to seek audience with Chief Justice for cases of exam cheating to be expedited in court.
- There was an increase in the number of students involved in exam irregularities
- Candidates with 251 marks and above in 2013 KCPE were 417,483 representing 49.71pc of total candidates who took the exams
- In 2012, candidates with 251 marks and above was 416,900 representing 51.3 pc of candidates
- Kenya continues to foster good neighbourliness and KNEC has over the years continued to offer KCPE exams, with 904 candidates sittings exams in South Sudan this year.
- Ratio of girls sitting exams in Tana Rover, Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu West Pokot, Narok Migori, Garissa Wajir and Mandera continues to be lower than boys.
- Eighteen counties registered more girls than boys for KCPE.
- Kaimenyi says exam centres must be commensurate with number of candidates.
- Candidates taking KCPE exams has continued to grow. In 1985, there were 334,336 candidates compared to 839,759 this year, marking a 151pc growth....Kenyan daily digest

4. You can almost never order clothes online.
Because store sizes are so off, you're a 10 at one place and a 16 at the other, so you never know how it will fit.
5. You literally haul ass every time you run.
This burns extra calories, right?
..Kenyan daily digest

So what did Justine learn from her doing-it demon pal? For starters, mattress megaprowess has nothing to do with possessing a perfect bod or loads of experience. What Heather and other vixens do have is a sex-cessful set of 10 pleasure principles they inherently follow.

Here, we rounded up those randy rules so you too can become a member of the lusty ladies club — and keep your guy very, very grateful. 1. "I can switch on my sex drive."
Sensually supercharged women don't wait around patiently for the mood to strike. Instead, they set in motion the sex-psyching strategies that work for them every time.

"I conjure up a favorite fantasy — I imagine myself totally naked," reveals Cassie, a 29-year-old receptionist. "Whether I'm sitting behind my desk at work or I'm at the gym, I'll pretend my clothes are in a heap on the floor and that dozens of hungry male eyes are glued to my body."

Another libido-lifting trick is to wake up your senses: Spritz on your man's cologne, brush satiny fabric against your skin, or suck on some fruit. "Taking time to engage each sense — touch, taste, sound, scent, and sight — will quickly kick-start your lust drive," advises Susan Block, Ph.D., a sex therapist and radio show host.

2. "My body is my pleasure palace."
A desire diva doesn't waste time fretting about stubble and cellulite or wishing she didn't take so long to climax. Instead, she sees herself as a carnal conduit loaded with sensual capabilities. How did these chicks become so aware of their pleasure points? Chances are, they'll credit masturbation.

To get better acquainted with your sexual self, take their cue and become your own passion professor. "My husband constantly thanks me for having such a swinging solo sex life," says Kerry, 27, a chef. "It's given me the chance to seek out my innermost hot spots and teach myself how to have a mind-blowing string of O's."

Another hands-on advantage: You take charge of your orgasmic destiny. "When a guy can't find my G-spot, I'll gently take his fingers and guide them," says Christi, 32, a teacher. "He still gets to be the source of my pleasure, but I'm the one exploding with ecstasy."
The tricky thing about sexual confidence, as any girl will admit, is that you need a little to begin with before it can blossom into a natural part of your passion personality. So how do you start? "Fake it at first — that's what I did," admits Bari, a 25-year-old designer. "My now-boyfriend was a coworker of mine whom I had a massive crush on. So I mentally made over my attitude from mousy staffer to office tramp, asked him out for a beer, and let my inner sex goddess loose. Six months of incredible action later, I still haven't reined in that attitude."

4. "I speak up for myself in the sack."
On-fire femmes know that men love to please. But even the most perceptive guy in the world won't have your moan zones all mapped out. "I tell my partners how I want to be touched," says Eliza, a 29-year-old psychologist. "Then I giggle and scream to reinforce what he's doing. I let guys know how to send me soaring."

If you're not used to being so erotically expressive, clue in your man by praising his sexual performance. Compliment him on what he does do well, then add a subtle suggestion: "It turns me on so much when you kiss my breasts, I'd go wild if you put your hand between my legs too."

Remember: This is the electronic age; email can also be an erotic way to detail your desire directions. "My man's usual sex style — fast thrusting — was too rough. So I sent him a sexy message saying I was imagining him rocking me to a gentle, slo-mo climax," recalls Marion, 24, a real estate agent. "That night, he begged me for a demo. He loved the lighter touch, and now we go slow each time." 5. "It's not if I have an orgasm — it's how."
Women who ooze erotic energy don't view their Big O as a lucky bonus. Instead, reaching the pleasure pinnacle is their right. "Men don't consider it sex unless they have an orgasm," explains Maria, a 27-year-old sales assistant. "So why should I settle for almost-but-not-quite?" "I wish every woman would tattoo I deserve great sex on her brain," says Gina Ogden, Ph.D., author of Women Who Love Sex (Womanspirit, 1999). "Sexual satisfaction is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don't expect to be peeled off the ceiling, it won't happen." So start believing that every-time orgasms aren't elusive rewards reserved for select women — they're yours for the taking. "Once I became confident I would be able to come, I started having earth-shaking climaxes," confirms Stephanie, a 23-year-old teaching assistant.

6. "I've mastered one signature sex move."
"Most women try to please their partners with direct below-the-belt stimulation, so I devote my time to a guy's lesser-known erogenous areas," explains Mary, a 26-year-old jewelry designer. Her favorite place: that fleshy, supersensual web of skin between the thumb and finger. "Most guys I've dated don't even know about this hot spot."

Lust fiends like Mary know that mastering at least one unique, naughty-but-nice move can morph you from a hot-and-heavy lover to holy moly! sex-partner status. But you don't have to focus on his G-rated hot spots alone or a specific sexual act. Your signature style can be about invoking an entire mood: sweetly simple, daring and dirty, or pushing the erotic envelope. 7. "I get to know his secret desires."
Sexually charged chiquitas know that ecstasy is much more exciting when you skip the paint-by-numbers passion plan. "There's nothing hotter than getting to know your partner and finding out which unique moves get him going," Block says. "He'll be blown away by having a willing woman explore his secret desires."

"Just when I think I know the best oral-sex technique, a new lover and I will discover something I'd never have thought of," explains Christina, a 25-year-old studio assistant. "My current partner showed me how to brush a pair of satin panties against his testicles while I'm going down on him. The two different sensations drive him over the edge — I'm afraid our neighbors are going to call the police on us."

Taking the time to experiment with new caresses and positions won't just make your guy grovel, it'll expand your idea of what's sexy. Plus, you'll be able to use your newly discovered moves to whip future lovers into a frenzy.

8. "I never let sex get stale."
Libidinous lasses love traveling to the outer limits of lust. "Once my man and I moved in together, sex went straight from sizzling to snoozeville," recalls Sadie, a 28-year-old editor. "While lazily flipping cable channels late one night, we caught a soft-core movie — and the on-screen action was really turning us on. Now we rent erotic videos whenever our sex life needs energizing."

Bodacious babes like Sadie know that as soon as sex loses its erotic edge, they have to take fast action. They'll view steamy videos, try a sex toy, leaf through triple-X magazines, act out a secret fantasy, make love in a different location, or test-drive a scorching new position — almost anything in the pursuit of greater pleasure with their partner. To keep the heat in your relationship on high, vow to sample something naughty yet new at least once a week: Surprise your guy by doing the deed in the shower, read erotic books, or duck away from a party into an empty bedroom for a mischievous quickie.
9. "I'm passionate 24-7."
"Sexuality is a round-the-clock activity, not an isolated act you do in 20-minute stretches," explains Dina, a 33-year-old nurse. "So I'll get up a little early to indulge in a luxurious bath rather than a five-minute shower. Or I'll wear silk stockings instead of drugstore panty hose."

We're not suggesting that silk stockings are a substitute for sizzling sex. But burning babes never separate their lust lives from the rest of their lives. "Great lovers integrate desire into everything they do so they feel sensuous all day long," says Susan Crain Bakos, author of Sexational Secrets (St. Martin's Press, 1996). "I love pre-sex tension and post-sex afterglow as much as I love doing the deed itself, so I'll make these moments extra sensual for me and my guy," admits Felicity, a 24-year-old MBA student. "Before sex, I'll flirt with him as if we were meeting for the first time. After we've climaxed, we keep touching each other, basking in how good we feel. Sex is so wonderful, why should it have a clear-cut beginning and end?"

10. "Sex is at the top of my to-do list."
Girls who love sex never make those tired, same-old excuses — "I got my period"; "I had a stressful day"; "I feel sooo fat" — for why they can't hit the sheets. Instead, passion is number one on their to-do lists, and they know that erotic action is the best cure for cramps, stress, and the blues. "Once you put off pleasure, it becomes easier and easier to postpone, and pretty soon you're out of the habit," explains Bakos. "It can be hard to get back in the sexual swing of things once your sensual switches have been turned off."

So even if you're not wildly turned on, you'll be doing yourself a favor by slipping into a sensuous state of mind. "When I come home flipped out from a rough day at work, sex is the furthest thing from my mind," remarks Amie, a 27-year-old reservations agent. "But instead of shutting out my boyfriend, I'd much rather re-spark my desire by kissing his five o'clock shadow and being held in his arms. Our lovemaking that night may not be mind-blowing, but it'll feel good — and making each other feel good keeps our bond strong."...Kenyan daily digest

1. That moment when you’re having dinner alone and your phone dies, and you don’t have a book or a magazine. You just have to eat your dinner and stare stoically into space and absorb yourself into your loneliness

2. Having to ask a busy male friend — or worse, some guy you went out with once or twice — to help you carry something heavy or assemble . What up, it’s your girl  I Know It’s Been Awhile Since We Hooked Up But Can You Help Me Build This Bookshelf?

3. Terrible first dates, over and over, like a horrifying  recurring dream.

4. Hearing that we need to be less strict from our loved ones repeatedly. What are you saying, Mom?

5. The steep learning curve of how to fix broken taps around the house. WHY ISN’T THIS TOILET PLUNGING WORKING. MY ARM HURTS. I’M GOING TO DIE THIS WAY.

6. Not being able to open a jar. This is easy if you just hit up a neighbor. Unfortunately, my neighbor once asked me if I wanted to have a shot of whisky and “be part of an adult movie” taking place in his apartment, so I had to take my can of  tomato paste elsewhere. Also, it was kind of insulting that he asked me to hold the camera.

7. Rolling up to dinner parties solo. Unless a bottle of full-bodied chardonnay you intend to chug at the head of the table counts as a date.

8. Not having the option to share problems . Single women are constantly lectured on being too “immature” to handle real relationships, but they are  well mature enough to be financially independent, which is more than some (not all) women in couples can say.

9. Those guys who have girlfriends who flirt with you anyway. Sure, let me waste my whole night spitting game just to tell me at the end of the night that you have a girlfriend. Of five years. Who you live with. Why didn’t you say something? “Because I didn’t want to.” Oh. Okay. You’re a terrible boyfriend, and you guys should probably break up.

10. That thing where you can’t stand your friend’s boyfriend but he goes everywhere with you. Do you really have to bring him tonight? Even though all he does is stand behind you with his hands on your waist, look bored and watch ESPN on the bar TV, and mumble, “Baby, can we get out of here soon?” every 20 minutes? Oh, you do? If you love him so much, why don’t you just— oh God, please don’t marry him.

11. The awkward conversations you have with friends’ boyfriends. “It’s raining.” “Haha, yeah, Brian, it is.” “Rain is mad wet.” “Yes it is.”

12. Having to nicely turn down offers of setups when the friend of a friend turns out to be short, dumb, or otherwise not good enough for you. “Wow, he looks like he has a really great personality, but I think I’m just gonna stay in

13. People in relationships being unable to fathom that aforementioned quiet nights alone are often way more fulfilling than being with someone else. Just because you hate being alone doesn’t mean I hate it.

14. People in relationships assuming you’re waiting for your “Mr. Big,” or whatever. Look, I’m not some starry-eyed Celeb  wannabe with impossible standards for boyfriends. I’m just looking for someone smart, funny, and interesting that I’m attracted to. You’d be surprised how hard it is to find.

15. When some guy you’re dating keeps pointing out you make more money than him Finding yourself out with guys who aren’t as successful or ambitious as you are can be uncomfortable, especially if they have a chip on their shoulder about it. In which case,

16. Zipping the back of a dress. That one spot in the middle of your back. Goddammit.

17. Having to have an opinion on Valentine's Day. Whether it's "Dumb consumerist holiday that only exists to keep Hallmark in business" or "Ooh, this guy on the train actually picked nice flowers for whoever," you're bound to have some kind of reaction to February 14th.

18. It's way harder to take care of a dog. And God knows we could all use the unbridled enthusiasm of a dog in our lives.

19. Guys who don't text you after you hook up act all guilty and patronizing, as if they crushed your heart in pieces, even when you didn't give a shit. Yeah, um, I don't care that you don't want anything serious right now — I just wanted to hook up. Stop apologizing. I promise you, I was not planning our wedding the morning after you left my house with a hangover. You're just too arrogant to take my word for it.

20. Everyone telling you you'll eventually end up with your best guy friend. Just because it happens in movies doesn't mean it works for everyone in real life. There's probably a reason you're just friends.

21. Women in relationships assuming you're jealous of them. Nope. Sorry....Kenyan daily digest

Shisha smoking

What is in a shisha pipe?

How harmful is shisha smoking?

Is herbal shisha safer?

Second hand smoke is also a worry. If you’re smoking with other people or in a public place and the shisha includes cigarette tobacco, it’s likely you’ll breathe in their second hand smoke too.

Who uses shisha?

,,Kenyan daily digest

Top 5 best sex positions while pregnant

When you’re pregnant, your emotions might take a toll on your sex drive.  At first, hormonal fluctuations, fatigue and nausea might zap your sexual desire. As your pregnancy progresses, weight gain, back pain and other symptoms might further dampen your enthusiasm for sex.
But if your husband and you are in the mood, by all means – get it on.
Clinicians say that as long as your pregnancy is proceeding normally, you can have sex as often as you like.
However there are a few things to keep in mind:
- sex during pregnancy may not be safe for women with a history of repeated miscarriages, bleeding, or issues with their cervix
- women with placenta previa are at risk of hemorrhaging if they have sex during pregnancy
- women with premature rupture of membranes should also avoid sex during pregnancy
- if you have bleeding or foul-smelling discharge after sex during pregnancy, the discharge may be a sign of an infection that can travel upward to the uterus, and bleeding may be a sign of a problem in general
- pregnant women should also be aware that if their partner has an STD, they still need to use a barrier method of contraception
With the above in mind, and if you’re ready to give pregnant sex a try, figuring out pregnancy sex positions will require some creativity, a sense of humor, and often lots of pillows. It may also mean abandoning penetration if it isn’t working, and finding other ways to please each other, and please yourself.
Here are the top 5 sex positions during pregnancy:
SPOONING
As a woman grows, the traditional man-on-top position is more uncomfortable for pregnant women. Spooning isn’t just getting cuddly with your partner, but this position will promote a special intimate bond.  Also, your partner will have more opportunities to positioning themselves for penetration when you’re side-by-side.
ON A CHAIR or EDGE OF BED
You sit on the chair and let him kneel in front of you. Ideally, make the chair a little higher than your guy, so he’s pushing up instead of right on the tummy.
WOMAN ON TOP
Since this position completely keeps the belly out of the way, pregnant women often favour this position.
SCISSORS
This position allows for gentler and slower penetration, which would make it easier to work around the belly.
ORAL SEX
Not exactly a “position” per se, but it pays to know that performing oral sex or having oral sex performed on you is certainly not out of the question! Remember though, if oral sex is performed on the pregnant woman while blowing air into the vagina, the woman can develop an air embolus, which can travel to the lung and have potentially fatal consequences.SOURCE WEBMD...Kenyan daily digest

Manhood is not a matter of a piece of flesh, Real Manhood is in the heart. How strange that excision – female circumcision, with several languages using the same term for both kinds of mutilation – of little girls should revolt the westerner but excite no disapproval when it is performed on little boys. Consensus on the point seems absolute. But ask your interlocutor to think about the validity of this surgical procedure, which consists of removing a healthy part of a non-consenting child’s body on non-medical grounds – the legal definition of… mutilation” Esther Timberlake, Melbourne 2013

I felt the need to write this article after receiving thousands of “abusive” messages on our official page, from both men and women, 90 per cent of whom were referring to my husband and Luos as kihii
To be honest, my husband is not that kihii you call him. He has never been one since his eighth year. I am writing this article so as to make those who glorify circumcision understand first of all that just because someone comes from a particular community does not automatically mean they are either circumcised or not. Secondly and in general, to people who come from communities that do not care for cutting off parts of their nether-regions, being called a kihii means nothing at all.The first time I heard this word kihii was when I was in Standard 8. I cannot remember which Kikuyu friend of mine revealed to me that it was the biggest insult you could hurl at a man from her community. I thought it was ridiculous. I was head-strong and young. I immediately did the unthinkable. I had a Kikuyu desk-mate, James, with whom I got on fairly well.
We had been class mates for 3 years and had never fought. We were on a school trip, camping somewhere in the Rift Valley. I went up to him with a big smile on my face and said, “Hey Jamo you kihii,” The immediate transformation was almost demonic. The usually cool, calm and collected James morphed into a red-eyed frothing teenage mass of fury. Before I could quip, “just kidding!” he was after me.
Fortunately I was quick on my feet but he would have caught up with me had his friends not restrained him. I’m sure I would have received a thorough beating had it not been for them. Our relationship was never quite the same again.
I was shocked and bemused at the same time. I forgot about this experience until recently when my husband started getting called the same online. His reaction was so diametrically opposite to Jamo’s. He kept laughing at all the kihii comments and asking, “is this all it boils down to? Is there nothing else on these people’s minds?” The word has even become a running joke in our house because we get it posted on our sites every few minutes.
Let me put it in perspective. In the same way that most Kenyans find it absurd that a woman would be shunned by her community for not getting her clitoris and labia cut off and sewn together as a rite of passage (Infibulation) many find it absurd that a man would be negatively judged for not subjecting himself to circumcision, a process often referred to as Male Genital Mutilation by numerous Western governments.
I believe the circumcision issue in Kenya has been blown way out of proportion especially when compared to the rest of the world. The foreskin or lack thereof has been used in our country as an excuse to bully, threaten, deny jobs and deny elective posts and positions of power to those who do not care for the practice. Never mind that no one actually checks to confirm whether one is circumcised. It is an assumption made based on the community from which one originates – which leads to the conclusion that the circumcision issue is merely an excuse to create the impression that certain people are not fit for leadership.
The voices of those who practically worship the practice far outweigh those who don’t, even though the numbers are comparable. I would like to give voice to the other side because I think it is important to have a balanced view. I also fear that those who do not circumcise may grow up with a complex that they are “less of men.” Nothing could be further from the truth. For those for whom this practice is not cultural, PLEASE, hold on to your foreskin! If you already succumbed to undue pressure and cut it off, I am sorry, you will never be able to get  your foreskin back but I ask you not to subject your young boys to a practice that is not your own and whose real benefit is still questioned even by professionals. .
Against tribal wars and Kihii terminology
It is now widely recognised that in fact the foreskin has a useful function. It protects the meatus (the opening of the urethra) from trauma, infection and narrowing down (the most common complication after circumcision from the rubbing of the glans) The foreskin also prevents meatitis, meatal ulceration and meatal stenosis – conditions seen only in circumcised boys and men, who are also more likely to get urinary tract infections.
Unfortunately in our country, proponents of the practice never make these facts publicly known and sufferers are often too embarrassed to reveal the truth (oh no, that is not manly at all!) As a result, the real picture of circumcision is not known to most Kenyans. Allow me make it a little more clear.
The lack of foreskin reduces the sensory input necessary for a satisfying sexual experience for both parties. Research shows that many circumcised men report a significant loss of sensitivity. There are numerous cases of men suing their parents and hospitals for ruining their sex lives through circumcision.
One recent case was filled by William Stowell in the USA where circumcision is often done at infancy. Stowell sued his hospital of birth for denying him his foreskin and therefore denying him, “the pleasure of normal, natural intercourse.” The hospital, sensing looming defeat, was forced to settle with him out of court for an undisclosed amount. Unfortunately, a large percentage of men circumcised at infancy and as teenagers suffer lower sexual function.
Those who claim otherwise will probably never know what would have been, had they retained that extra bit of sensory flesh. No one will readily admit this in Kenya (although the high number of women from communities who practice circumcision marrying into the “uncut society” may be a sign – marriages in the reverse are practically negligible) but those in the West who were sexually active before circumcision have well documented their sexual issues

This is only logical. Without a sheath, the male tip of the penis is constantly exposed to everyday elements, leading to a reduction in sensitivity. Additionally, the foreskin is not simply a piece of skin. It contains numerous sensory nerves and the loss of sexual feeling can be compared to the same loss women feel when parts of their clitoris are cut off.
For a long time it has been said that a person who is not circumcised cannot make a good leader or warrior. This is a lie. Shaka Zulu banned circumcision in his mighty nation as it interfered with the Zulu males who were preparing to be warriors. Shaka’s “uncircumcised” warriors were some of the most fearless and terrifying fighters in African history. Using them, Shaka conquered vast swathes of land, creating the most powerful kingdom of southern and central Africa.
Manhood is not a matter of a piece of flesh. Real manhood is in the heart.  Zulus have not practiced circumcision since Shaka’s ban on the practice over 200 years ago. The 2010 directive from King  Zwelithini that all Zulus be circumcised was met with surprise and resistance. Zulus do not think it necessary, neither is it a part of their culture.
To date, few Zulus have followed his orders. Those who have, have done so, not so that they can become “real men,” but because of the purported medical benefits of circumcision such as lowering the prevalence of HIV/Aids.
I question the veracity of this medical assertion and a number of researchers reject the effectiveness of circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy. I do not know the “ins and outs” of medical research but what I do know is that a smaller percentage of men in the West practice circumcision and yet they have the lowest prevalence of HIV/Aids in the world. In order to control the spread of HIV/Aids, why not employ some of the methods applied in the West (such as strict reporting requirements and imprisonment of those who spread Aids knowingly) and combating some age old archaic practices such as wife inheritance and polygamy amongst communities such as the Luo? Because believe me, cut off as much of your foreskin as you like but if you inherit the wife of your brother who died of HIV/Aids, you too will get the disease, lack of foreskin notwithstanding.
Instead of cutting off parts of your male bits based on disputed medical wisdom of the day (remember it is the medical profession that in the 50s told the world that cigarettes were healthy for you and more topically, the medical profession once claimed that circumcision cures paralysis), and regretting in future when you cannot get your foreskin back, why not keep your manhood intact and employ more practical methods of fighting HIV/Aids such as sticking to one sexual partner?
It is also said that one needs to lose the foreskin as it is more hygienic to go without it. However, it has been medically proven that with proper care, there is no difference in hygiene between the circumcised and uncircumcised.
Away from medical research, on a practical, logical level, all I can say is that a man who needs to cut off a part of his penis in order to keep clean is not a very clean man in the first place. The foreskin may be gone but his other nooks and crannies will still cram the same filth he would have been unable to clean off his manhood had he not gotten the cut. He can’t very well cut off his butt crack or sever his smelly mouth from his face now can he? A filthy man is a filthy man, foreskin or no foreskin.
I totally stand against this word kihii because to me, it seems that one community is using it to wage war against others for political and social mileage. We are all Kenyans and must defuse any tensions created among us.
As a former media personality and having worked in media and courts, I know what damage this can cause. Luos are like other Kenyans even though I am a mix of two tribes. My husband is a Suba by ethnic code, so all of you have been wrong to hurl insults at him. Luos are Kenyans, why hate them politically, socially, and generally?
Lastly, in a country where 80% of the population, circumcised and uncircumcised, profess that they are practicing Christians, I would like to draw your attention to the following Bible scriptures (emphasis mine). I hope these will put an end to the unhealthy obsession with male genitalia that has taken over some people minds:
>1 Corinthians 7:19 For <b>neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision</b>, but keeping the commandments of God. >Romans 2:25-29 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. So, <b>if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision</b>? Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law. For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly<b>, nor is circumcision outward and physical.</b>But a Jew is one inwardly, and <b>circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit,</b> not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.</li>
<li>Galatians 2:3 But even Titus, who was with me, <b>was not forced to be circumcised</b>, though he was a Greek.>Romans 2:28</a> For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.</li>
<li> Colossians 3:11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.<
 Deuteronomy;version=ESV”>Deuteronomy 10:16</a> Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn. ESV”>Titus 1:10</a> For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.</li>
Circumcised men are 4.5 times likely to suffer from Erectile Dysfunction (ED) than men who are not see
<li>Globally, circumcision is not a popular choice. Firm statistics on worldwide circumcision rates don’t exist, but the Seattle-based organization Doctors Opposing Circumcision estimates that 85 percent of men haven’t been circumcised./wiki/Parliamentary_Assembly_of_the_Council_of_Europe”>Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe</a> adopted a resolution in which they state they are “particularly worried about a category of violation of the physical integrity of children,” and include in this category “circumcision of young boys for religious reasons.</li>
<li>In August 2006, a <a title=”Finland” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland”>Finnish</a> court ruled that the circumcision of a four-year-old boy arranged by his mother, who is Muslim, to be an illegal assault.</li>
<li>In September 2013, the <a title=”Children’s Ombudsman” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Ombudsman”>Children’s ombudsmen</a> in all the Nordic countries issued a common statement where they called for a ban on circumcision on minors, stating that such circumcisions violate the right of children after the <a title=”Convention on the Rights of the Child”This article first appeared on the Placenta Party website. Placenta is a political party and movement associated with former media personality Esther Arunga and husband, Quincy Timberlake...Kenyan daily digest