After all blogging is not for All

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbPC9fsX6UD29k_4s9sOFGIB6_c355gaqhEj6qtSkhn-9s7qyb_BcJFyFhgKk98YkJ7TRpgF9z7E0ut9OM24KwHXZolSQ9fZrJfdppXe8BHK00EZj2OZ6YXitsCmo2O1HijzAXvk0xes/s1600-h/blogging.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446788500746523970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbPC9fsX6UD29k_4s9sOFGIB6_c355gaqhEj6qtSkhn-9s7qyb_BcJFyFhgKk98YkJ7TRpgF9z7E0ut9OM24KwHXZolSQ9fZrJfdppXe8BHK00EZj2OZ6YXitsCmo2O1HijzAXvk0xes/s400/blogging.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span xmlns=""><div><br /></div><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">There's a "flagging desire to blog that I feel in myself and see in other late</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">20s, early</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">30s people in my friend circle," says Jessica Newton, a writer based in Asheville, N</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">C</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Ms</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Newton continues to post to her blog, although she says the site "doesn't serve the purpose in my life I once hoped it would</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"<br /></span></span></p><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Michael Banks, the author of "<strong>Blogging Heroes</strong></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">: </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;"><strong>Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers</strong>," says that many bloggers have simply realized that the energy and dedication to maintain a blog far exceeded their expectations</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;"><br /></span></span></p><div><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446788505501978258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VTjZxE0Y6YotV5KPOZfcBdkZQPRbsf1ake1U9A77KNvCGQkvi_kmvIilVz7Bdzp4mKN_aTJFYioUJUE7Nii0jGzt8nJnzYg6eJWNhejLOkadS3fNF5j1yA2FwmHDPpm5D7Noowh_vUQ/s400/blogs-about-blogging.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /> <p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">When Mr</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Banks published "Blogging Heroes" in 2007, there was still a widely shared belief that one could instantly become rich and famous through blogging</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span></span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;"><span style="font-size:12;">Eventually, Banks says, "people sort of woke up to the fact that </span><span style="font-size:18;"><strong>blogging required tremendous dedication and effort</strong></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18;"><strong>.</strong><br /></span><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">The best bloggers are there at the keyboard every day, 12 hours a day sometimes, no matter what</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">" Good blogging he says, is intensive</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"You can't just blurt anything out</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">You have to think it through</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"<br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Anthony Chung, a dentist in Toronto, says his personal blogging began to taper off in 2007</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"From what I've seen online," Mr</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Chung says, "few bloggers with personal blogs tend to remain interested in blogging after two to three years</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">This was true before Facebook, and is especially true now</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Our priorities and time commitments change</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">" Chung points out that when you first start a blog, "all who listen are strangers</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">" But as time passes, your audience grows, and your identity is more fully exposed</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"That's a pretty big throttle to the momentum of a blog," Chung says</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"Blogging from that point forward requires more thought and less impulsiveness</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">And that requires more time</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"<br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">BlogPulse, an analytics company operated by Nielsen, shows hundreds of new blogs launched every week</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">In fact, as the Pew study indicates, blogging has actually climbed slightly in popularity among American adults over the age of 30, from 7 percent in 2007 to 11 percent last year</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">But many longtime bloggers say that the blog is entering a period of important transition – from one</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">size</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">fits</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">all soapbox to just one more tool in the cluttered Internet toolbox</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;font-size:12;">Facebook and Twitter, and not the blog, are now "the glue that holds online communities together," says Dylan Wilbanks, a Web producer in Seattle<br /></span></p></span><br /><span xmlns=""><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446789685886560098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ge9Rg-CcZXQG9kCW1K2DBz4x2bBsDpEvO1RMSY1NPLnmwMdWSIlVLWTdzZEqZK8aG1J1iMlXqhj2EIn55MaEQm8JW6Rgcmw3HZtWIHQ1p7ONcAoxHODYFoNZ4xzwg8wBQKmcSAHYXx4/s400/Facebook_twitter_2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 350px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Today, there is increasing evidence that the art of blog writing is losing ground to even faster forms of communication, from 140</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">character Twitter blasts to one</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">-</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">sentence status updates on Facebook and MySpace</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Nielsen Media Research estimates that of the 126 million blogs counted by its crawlers, the vast majority are rarely – if ever – updated</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;"><br /></span></span></p><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"I think what might be happening is that something </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">[</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">that</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">] </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">blogging wasn't very good at – instant notification, status updates, quick conversation – is shifting to the platforms where it is better handled," says Jay Rosen, a professor of journalism at New York University</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"People who once started blogs to be part of the online conversation probably wouldn't do that today</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">They would use Facebook or Twitter</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">. </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">But the combination of a Twitter feed for constant contact and a blog for persistent writing over time is too effective for it to wholly disappear</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">"<br /></span></span></p><br /><div><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">***</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Personally I hate facebook and I have never tried twitter, so for me my best choice is this blog, and yeap it requiere a lot of time and dedication to make a good post and most when you don't write about your personal life, people likes to read about others life</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">***</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size:12;"><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">source</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">: </span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">www</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">csmonitor</span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">.</span><span style="font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">com</span></span></p></span></div>

After all blogging is not for All

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Library of Alexandria and Planetarium

<div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/href=%22http://www.bibalex.org/English/Overview/overview.htm"><span style="font-size:180%;">Library of Alexandria<br /></span></a><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDonI4Tw8G95wHUoUioou5AydU_R1TdlHC50Glkof9ebmpC6eowkFZekWNK0g1S0Nbyad9odWAW9cGGXcKKufE85J75q2uMWJMXxNfLaOqNXfsknLmTv3hEfcDBON1hkiLdMTxRTCB7Tg/s1600-h/library.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446381969758168706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDonI4Tw8G95wHUoUioou5AydU_R1TdlHC50Glkof9ebmpC6eowkFZekWNK0g1S0Nbyad9odWAW9cGGXcKKufE85J75q2uMWJMXxNfLaOqNXfsknLmTv3hEfcDBON1hkiLdMTxRTCB7Tg/s400/library.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 247px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Today, this vast complex is a reality receiving more than 800,000 visitors a year<br />The New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is much more than a library.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7dPBaSWPHu54zHMqBjUndS450Ond7RT8vLFSK5PJrhNLC3omZ1jienhjDVnh8GY366tLGZv1BkcuCJlY5vEZKlUxmkRP35k0ScuqewoT-xaEP6cwCZZVoOI_WhoyEn2Ef1XjU3CLY7g/s1600-h/library+of+alexandria+outside.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446376024370454562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7dPBaSWPHu54zHMqBjUndS450Ond7RT8vLFSK5PJrhNLC3omZ1jienhjDVnh8GY366tLGZv1BkcuCJlY5vEZKlUxmkRP35k0ScuqewoT-xaEP6cwCZZVoOI_WhoyEn2Ef1XjU3CLY7g/s400/library+of+alexandria+outside.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446377320605473810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikycLS5n487dWyEMIbTMrBrEEDLqCMsHOnU0QHtfueSbiB5zUt2XZLtB1sYt_ifewgs3jKipqVr3mSEGfblGtzUb2cnCtQUsQuipgBgOq2s7vxF8Qv-kcGnaFsMOIPpADTKldqntoJU4c/s400/library+of+alexandria+inside+3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446377314863081346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmYTidxmjzxrRZxfVi_9PqbMixGYH-AWiOwyYsLNzAyWrjY0ws0N62PCSRpVSlmWQzvHYrEa_m7ICCh6xZP6_E4vj4SR7edMoPWGkKISlkiu1LyLXMtSoq6yT8zqKe1tt2Xy5syb7tPEk/s400/library+of+alexandria+inside+2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /> Night view of the Lybrary and the Planetarium, with the Mediterranium sea front them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpnEAmxrHkCuZd9N4SAuclktpajiQaHqkNeL0QW6J_DUNizH6Zu387zD00fN28dsSPYhvfc9_sCUKhZi_V-Qq9LaUW6-5GW5AvMTwOqE9CBzGstJ4dcBJM1fg52UEpU-rVmY31RjsMKw/s1600-h/library+of+alexandria+-night+view.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446377834695202562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpnEAmxrHkCuZd9N4SAuclktpajiQaHqkNeL0QW6J_DUNizH6Zu387zD00fN28dsSPYhvfc9_sCUKhZi_V-Qq9LaUW6-5GW5AvMTwOqE9CBzGstJ4dcBJM1fg52UEpU-rVmY31RjsMKw/s400/library+of+alexandria+-night+view.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446379005674115778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-CSmgbVDsUlXnXexbVO3kfkJMI1fhNLlUzIGYyyvEu1R5u4PicptSSPkneTyZU_r0k1U3VHfmMNTX-GClizTR3_5D7bvgGNjT2hX0XqlmJTQxUB0zmrwaEMNOc0V4oOtsGrVVv7kGlM/s400/pool-library+of+alexandria.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /> Library's pool.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">The Planetarium</span><br />The architectural design of the Planetarium, as a hung planet-like sphere, is integrated within the architectural concept of the main library building, which symbolizes the rising sun of knowledge.<br /><br />The Planetarium's theatre is a 14-meters-diameter hemisphere comprising 100 seats that are arranged with an increasing backward tilt to give the audience a comfortable view of the 360° surrounding screen.<br /><a href="http://www.bibalex.org/psc/planetarium/overview.aspx">visit their home page here</a></div><div align="center"> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446384736566126674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTtJ8Hz-dPv7x-_sQBhbzg0Lz5hp66KX9xSpk0OTMYww3Bf05qMyf8HEkDVBZfx1qmV_uRzSJhDtBqTBQmdFCRjJTOntMgl9BUIxtGDCxTCocZOSnaocycitXYPw_T8-cvRviqQPm10U/s400/planetarium_large.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446377840781011314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJs1rV3C79ue_yhOmkPTZmYh0iR37u9cVkkt42gIPaQBbuJbzhbPzKnIxBVlwrtOEmUI0aOXgq7N9IFvOlFpagki6B7D0Y0BEndv2OiTjwi18NFBnJRkWnrVZJEUUa8t85JBg75V3y-g/s400/planetarium+at+the+library+of+Alexandria-night+view.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446378150643989426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGORBVZ9ALLEHPfeVDabmZmBYRrgB6Gm0Qe_txZl74DnWdm7yAyDYIhQ6nhCgEzXRPG8C7DOzlQghVnZdd0Zpi2TMrbWA26PapQt7rfam-jf4AH0_lno9aMKSvpv51p7HTRZJc7ecRSs/s400/library+of+alexandria+and+planetarium-night+view.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /> Planetarium front, Library (right),The Mediterranium sea behind the planetarium.<br /></div>

Library of Alexandria and Planetarium

Library of Alexandria Today, this vast complex is a reality receiving more than 800,000 visitors a year The New Library of Alexandria, the ...

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A bit of Mexico into your garden

<div>Mexico has a unique image and style, influenced by Spanish and Indian heritage combined with the climate and topography.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447086756154167634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5bnfjEnpM8HQNaNwKRz3I4-FCNnt6r2tmpgxYm9znaaf9azEHEmkyqSCX8KHltL_rQf6kPj1szhBj_VX7CS7egSHcp6-9xMU6ZldeTFtRqkGuN81b3PuAymv6t361xx1t12dcXO_z6M/s320/Mexican-Garden_s.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 223px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />You can add a little or a lot of Mexico into your garden, to create a m<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9p4eYf1VuVH-xcb8uOcmDwdvY_xBdGKm0Uh2dh9iTFQD5jkmTfqc3IpHo9Vsb1q5AgfEgxTm-4MKf7Tc5u3hyphenhyphenQ1G8Ocduell_IZjm9DLzmOzD9rPK0awcI445olEDNBth3J8USVNRMFM/s1600-h/mexican+wallpaper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447070998145209106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9p4eYf1VuVH-xcb8uOcmDwdvY_xBdGKm0Uh2dh9iTFQD5jkmTfqc3IpHo9Vsb1q5AgfEgxTm-4MKf7Tc5u3hyphenhyphenQ1G8Ocduell_IZjm9DLzmOzD9rPK0awcI445olEDNBth3J8USVNRMFM/s320/mexican+wallpaper.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 235px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>ood that is a little different and perhaps a little more lively than we are used to in other types of gardens. The native plants of Mexico are diverse, ranging from desert plants such as Cacti and Yuccas to woodland Fuchsias and Conifers to tropical Heliconias and Palms.<br />A Mexican style garden has the following characteristics:<br /><br />· Colourful plants and ornaments<br /><br />· Walls, courtyards and bench seating<br /><br />· Shade and fountains to cool<br /><br />· Mexican plants<br /><br />· Introduced plants that are either colourful or useful (eg. edible)<br /><br />· Mexican or Spanish influences in the art and architecture<br /><br />· Can have anything from a desert flavour, through to a jungle flavour<br />In pre-Spanish times, Aztec gardens featured formal terraces, steps, aquaducts, water features with water cascading over rocks, and flower gardens enclosed by walls. Formal gardens were often laid out in squares, bordered by trellises covered with climbers.<br /><br /><br />After the Spanish conquest in the 16th century the Hispano-Moorish culture was rapidly established:<br /><br />· materials used in construction were varied in colour and texture<br /><br />· useful plants dominated (vegetables, herbs, fruit mostly)<br /><br />· gardens were commonly walled<br /><br />· furniture was minimal…primarily fountains and benches<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447073354039874386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0ipJXyocZQ50HMdHfcBhUMRv6KvVAu6saEbK4zglrZopecKgspwe2A46WY3WqLfWaFj_v549SlGQp2xZlk0r7soSF3_aeoGoa1Oe6xqeOcxep4YkzOQ58_zxV5l1p6rx4lhHqQmtt_U/s400/mexican+stile+garden.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />Post Independence - after 300 years, Mexico became independent of Spain and was influenced by other European garden styles, in particular French gardens, which led to the inclusion of geometric and rigid shapes, and features such as balustrades, statues, bandstands and benches.<br /><br />In the 20th century, a revival of interest in indigenous construction and art influenced many people to incorporate these traditional elements in their gardens.<br /><br />Mexican gardens can reflect any combination of the past influences. They often include solid walling, Indian/Aztec influenced sculpture and designs, colourful flowering and foliage plants that are native to Mexico, terracotta pots and ornaments, and chunky wood beams for pergolas and benches.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvy5YLJipahMXGC1pHoV2tX4Z7Tt4PIuCbw6Pnl0fEadqIqYTnR8WtMUcdvZCPvk8tQl8vn6PRxdVGQYdk2a_zovdHqf-Drh9SFgBu4k3TaKU1pdNNjzf6Ehyphenhyphena7A81PXmYPELXW7nqgGA/s1600-h/mexican+style+tiles.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447087513752613698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvy5YLJipahMXGC1pHoV2tX4Z7Tt4PIuCbw6Pnl0fEadqIqYTnR8WtMUcdvZCPvk8tQl8vn6PRxdVGQYdk2a_zovdHqf-Drh9SFgBu4k3TaKU1pdNNjzf6Ehyphenhyphena7A81PXmYPELXW7nqgGA/s320/mexican+style+tiles.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><br /><strong>HOW TO REFLECT THE PLANTS</strong><br /><br />Choose mostly the genera native to Mexico in order to give a Mexican feel to a garden, and create an environment that broadly depicts one of the main types of environments found in Mexico (ie. desert, grassland, woodland or rainforest).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SuWDA2c4_8gxd_eJk9B9LYQM-t8jhHh-79zOSf_wOpGZs9Zs4uZ4xDBQfnTspANar8YhC-b2ASMJCsHFlAwoqywoUnvWUeymv2p3xdWH9pIWvT8XiyWN65Sx5bcvLpDPEs6BzfHOuV8/s1600-h/mexican+garden2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447075659090955890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SuWDA2c4_8gxd_eJk9B9LYQM-t8jhHh-79zOSf_wOpGZs9Zs4uZ4xDBQfnTspANar8YhC-b2ASMJCsHFlAwoqywoUnvWUeymv2p3xdWH9pIWvT8XiyWN65Sx5bcvLpDPEs6BzfHOuV8/s320/mexican+garden2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOWbLawDDGJRXTmggkhlHl3DKItnlacw21u3hehYGL1KKnWaYpSX1x1PSyA5ukgONMGnBm4mvD3AxWQ9xQpSSFT4j6B5RudeEAsz0sb1QorXLGfSDkewk2IoDuxQVNEj_9E9Jhuitfl0/s1600-h/mexican+garden.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447075652169692930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOWbLawDDGJRXTmggkhlHl3DKItnlacw21u3hehYGL1KKnWaYpSX1x1PSyA5ukgONMGnBm4mvD3AxWQ9xQpSSFT4j6B5RudeEAsz0sb1QorXLGfSDkewk2IoDuxQVNEj_9E9Jhuitfl0/s320/mexican+garden.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgqXQuhyphenhyphenFwnJLlu6SO6RRukDS-z5JMBBFNo9q_3CYNXTjqskswGlzhSdCnBYPLXe_KTwb6c2PgZpQCe6AjFsRut9Baos_ltEHlWYxmvysKvNQLULCPM8geqxTeTZBLCPuXAW02EjpqrQ/s1600-h/mexican+plants.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447075647023381106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgqXQuhyphenhyphenFwnJLlu6SO6RRukDS-z5JMBBFNo9q_3CYNXTjqskswGlzhSdCnBYPLXe_KTwb6c2PgZpQCe6AjFsRut9Baos_ltEHlWYxmvysKvNQLULCPM8geqxTeTZBLCPuXAW02EjpqrQ/s320/mexican+plants.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>Create a Dry Mexican garden with a desert/grassland character<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQA-Di_q8DX3ks4NhQt7Tmy5-obL2wEEg8QuMJmz3FZGngJLRt_h5Ji6zVvWMnqvXQYLP9O96sdeXr-akbq4dKO-tObTa50xLp2y-X7GC6KGfxn8vHogT-4wLakunxjUWz35Qx9_0_uUI/s1600-h/mexican+style+garden.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447072848559341170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQA-Di_q8DX3ks4NhQt7Tmy5-obL2wEEg8QuMJmz3FZGngJLRt_h5Ji6zVvWMnqvXQYLP9O96sdeXr-akbq4dKO-tObTa50xLp2y-X7GC6KGfxn8vHogT-4wLakunxjUWz35Qx9_0_uUI/s320/mexican+style+garden.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" /></a></strong> – selecting a predominance of the plants found in such areas in Mexico.<br /><br />Desert Plants: Many species of Yucca; various cacti including Opuntia and Ferocactus, Dodonaea viscosa, Zephranthes longifolia, Agave, Acacia greggii, Calliandra eriophylla, Senecio.<br /><br />Grassland Plants: Washingtonia palms, Buddleia, Celtis, Beloperone, Yucca, Agave, Mahonia trifoliata, a variety of legumes.<br /><br /><strong>Create a Woodland Mexican Garden</strong><br /><br />Taller plants include conifers (Juniperus and Pinus spp.), oaks (Quercus), alder (Alnus jorullensis), Crataegus, Sambacus, Tibouchina<br /><br />Lower plants include Zinnia, Cassia, Tigrida Bouvardia, Dahlia, Fuchsia, and Salvia.<br /><br /><strong>Create a Mexican Rainforest Garden</strong><br />Tall plants from Mexican rainforests include Caesalpinia, Ficus, guava (Psidium), Erythrina.<br /><br />Lower-growing plants include Philodendrons, Heliconias and Gingers, pepper (Piper), Abutilon, Antigonon, Ipomoea, Monstera, Bromeliads and Tillandsia.<br /><br /><strong>Introduced Plants</strong><br />Many plants have been introduced to Mexico but are widely cultivated and are appropriately included in a Mexican garden. These include Frangipani, Jacaranda, Crepe Myrtle, Allamanda, Bauhinia, Spathodea, Avocado, Breadfruit, Mango, Fig, Paw Paw, Coffee, Custard Apple, and Banana.<br /><br />Introduced plants are mostly either colourful or useful; both of which are important criteria in Mexican gardens.<br /><br />NOTE: Unless you are a purist, don’t worry about getting the species native to Mexico …just the genera will do.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Mexican-Style-Exteriors-McMenamin/dp/0764317261">buy: Traditional mexican style exteriors book.<br /></a></div></div><div><div>for more <a href="http://www.statesman.com/ap/mediahub/media/slideshow/index.jsp?tId=170883">pictures of mexican gardens clik here</a> and <a href="http://www.statesman.com/">here</a></div><div> </div></div></div></div>

A bit of Mexico into your garden

Mexico has a unique image and style, influenced by Spanish and Indian heritage combined with the climate and topography. You can add a littl...

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Chiles rellenos

today I will cook this delicious Chiles rellenos, check the recipe here just clik in the pictures to large view.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6O7E5DCVw6O0Y_xe7alwvWGGG8Nocz8p03RgAe6wrgjPZP7lnuFid0M4yWiY8YNiTxRUdwKKAxCwYQkuH_SUQl3EcXSmgJuAQhruJTePuyS4wDKqOdDX0DysD73SW435pzDQRFh_Fyo/s1600-h/chiles+rellenos+1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444870057025995954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6O7E5DCVw6O0Y_xe7alwvWGGG8Nocz8p03RgAe6wrgjPZP7lnuFid0M4yWiY8YNiTxRUdwKKAxCwYQkuH_SUQl3EcXSmgJuAQhruJTePuyS4wDKqOdDX0DysD73SW435pzDQRFh_Fyo/s400/chiles+rellenos+1.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9DNdRpW15slNlnBHKlCLPDcZtJX7PsAYAkdr1Ta1w5kzpjcEZ0XE6wryeicTDa_e4ruT8q8iZsMOOgx1KJoo1V7bK0FBUSFGr9chq9lyJKOTidm-O97DyXluGIu1b-S78RtjjnGuHYU/s1600-h/chiles+rellenos+2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444870050747238466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9DNdRpW15slNlnBHKlCLPDcZtJX7PsAYAkdr1Ta1w5kzpjcEZ0XE6wryeicTDa_e4ruT8q8iZsMOOgx1KJoo1V7bK0FBUSFGr9chq9lyJKOTidm-O97DyXluGIu1b-S78RtjjnGuHYU/s400/chiles+rellenos+2.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><span xmlns=""><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:20;">From <a href="http://thepurplesharepoint.blogspot.com/2010/01/twilight-special.html#links">"<span style="font-family:Curlz MT;"><strong>The SharePoint Magazine</strong></span>", Issue 1.</a></span></p></span></div></div></div></div>

Chiles rellenos

today I will cook this delicious Chiles rellenos, check the recipe here just clik in the pictures to large view. From " The SharePoint ...

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Chilean earthquake may have shortened earth day by microsecond: NASA

<div align="center">***sorry if I din't tranlated right***</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">The powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked chile could have tilted the axis of the earth and therefore the days are shorter.<br /><br />That's Richard Gross conclusion, a researcher at the jet propulsion laboratory of the u.s. space agency NASA.<br /><br />The scientist used a complex model which won a preliminary calculation shows that the quake could have shortened 1.26 microseconds ( a microsecond equals one millionth of a second) the length of each day on Earth.<br /><br />What surprised most to Dr. Gross, however, is how the earthquake might have titled the axis of the Earth.<br /><br />According to the investigator the quake would have tilted the earth's axis at 2.7 milli-arcseconds (about 8 centimeters).<br /><br />The same model estimated the magnitude of Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 9.1 in 2004 this could have shortened the length of the days of 6.8 microseconds and tilted Earth's axis in 2.32 milliseconds of arc (about 7 centimeters).<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ822vgBq8FEmCuIulrKTis-NDouWRRjkrAgmSqJznqXDjJe7YAr_fjqt75Gl_iCK4EYBNRntMvoFwOdfe5ncx09Ms-JJNijeMfT67y9P4eT989aQm_Hb6Yp9wGLIK3CWMp-aydw-8zUA/s1600-h/chile-earthquake-axis.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444521506956557074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ822vgBq8FEmCuIulrKTis-NDouWRRjkrAgmSqJznqXDjJe7YAr_fjqt75Gl_iCK4EYBNRntMvoFwOdfe5ncx09Ms-JJNijeMfT67y9P4eT989aQm_Hb6Yp9wGLIK3CWMp-aydw-8zUA/s400/chile-earthquake-axis.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 247px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />The scientist said that while the Chilean earthquake was smaller than the Sumatra, Chile would have a little more inclined earth's axis for two reasons.<br /><br />"Firs, unlike the Sumatran earhquake was located near Ecuador, Chile earthquake was located in the middle latitudes of the Earth, allowing it to more effectively change the figures in the axis", says Dr. Gross.<br />"Secondly, he added, the fault responsible for the 2010 earhquake in Chile descends beneath the surface of the Earth at an angle slightly steeper than the fault responsible for the earthquake of 2004."<br /><br />"This makes the failure of Chile more effective to move the mass of the earth vertically and therefore more effective to chang the figures of Earth's axis, "he explains.<br /><br /><br />"<span style="font-size:180%;"> As a ballet dancer</span>"<br /><br />As explained to BBC Science Gangui Dr.Alexander, a researcher at the Institute of Astronomy and Apace Physics at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, it is expected that a movement so strong in the earth's crust causes such as changes in the way moves the planet's mass.<br />"We know the Earth is not a completely rigid body but subject to many distubances according to seasonal effects," explains the scientist.<br /><br />"So a plate movement as it was at the origin of both the earthquake of 2004 as the 2010 course will change the distribution of mass in the planet."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5y1kTqn6criKAoFU2_Qc4M3PFV7vKwiSLgBWrvEXLfg9Qi4gtLHJhSJxyY0HTdb1iy5JIRwG7wWN0j8hdc27gu_7N35gYWM4QrIPXIRqIAMjHf6TuQTxgvlMzvFH8QVfd2H7qp1KFjoE/s1600-h/Chile's+earthquake,2010,shifted+the+earth%27s+axis.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444521499940230546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5y1kTqn6criKAoFU2_Qc4M3PFV7vKwiSLgBWrvEXLfg9Qi4gtLHJhSJxyY0HTdb1iy5JIRwG7wWN0j8hdc27gu_7N35gYWM4QrIPXIRqIAMjHf6TuQTxgvlMzvFH8QVfd2H7qp1KFjoE/s400/Chile's+earthquake,2010,shifted+the+earth%27s+axis.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">The shift isn’t about to cause a Roland Emmerich like end of days scenario or affect the seasons or weather, but it will shorten every day by 1.26 microseconds<br /></span>"The efect is the same when a ballet dancer turns on one foot with open arms and their rotational movement is slow and when she close her arms the movement is faster."<br />Now with the Earth, says the scientist, something similar happened, since the movement became more rapid shift by the change in the distribution of matter in the equatorial zone.<br />As explained by Dr.Ganqui, although these changes in the position of the Earth are important is unlikely to detect.<br /><br />"The truth is that any of these movements of large amounts of mass of plate tectonics cause a small disturbance in the dynamics of the Earth as a cosmic body.<br />"But it is notoriously difficult that we can detect it in our every day life,"he adds.<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ssisTD5SGrwIeXKrHz4mXRKLjNCieIrCVO3RkTfA8dq5e456QS9PVHE8_c4MXyDv1m5cNijUYp-gVnt_1iI6QgSZXwD03bo7_lbSJW7Ep107v2Hk18RcPBsPl6jR17cMjecVUiWhrKs/s1600-h/2010-Chile-Earthquake-1011.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444521514129490754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ssisTD5SGrwIeXKrHz4mXRKLjNCieIrCVO3RkTfA8dq5e456QS9PVHE8_c4MXyDv1m5cNijUYp-gVnt_1iI6QgSZXwD03bo7_lbSJW7Ep107v2Hk18RcPBsPl6jR17cMjecVUiWhrKs/s400/2010-Chile-Earthquake-1011.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />How does an earthquake move the planet’s axis? A sizable quake can shift huge amounts of rock, changing the distribution of mass on the planet. That change alters the rate at which the planet rotates, and rotation determines a day’s length. Scientists explained that the key to the shift was the location of the quake, and the fact that the fault sliced through Earth at a steeper angle, making “the Chile fault more effective in moving Earth’s mass vertically and hence more effective in shifting Earth’s figure axis.”(sources:<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ciencia_tecnologia/2010/03/100302_terremoto_eje_men.shtml"> bbc</a> & <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/03/chile-earthquake-may-have-shifted-earths-axis-shortened-days/">unhabit</a>)

Chilean earthquake may have shortened earth day by microsecond: NASA

***sorry if I din't tranlated right*** The powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked chile could have tilted the axis of the earth ...

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Abayas in Natural Fabrics

<div align="left">It's not just about black! </div><div align="left">This are the words from <span style="font-size:180%;">aab</span> a company dedicated to creat this beautiful "Staylish and simple abayas" in modern designs and natural fabrics for all muslim woman needs.</div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aYbqocy-skx7bVJHgw3fPpTIjJPx-GzZIBGB7JdpEqXCPRMu9Rcnf_kEC9t0Y126GXooS7fvDaC_a5kRSE6v5wGM6MUgCZGktlceKOpL2NA5G3x6l43MYEwHPhYu1et7YXjDDf_1kWE/s1600-h/white+abya+wear+to+work.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443805186839733970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aYbqocy-skx7bVJHgw3fPpTIjJPx-GzZIBGB7JdpEqXCPRMu9Rcnf_kEC9t0Y126GXooS7fvDaC_a5kRSE6v5wGM6MUgCZGktlceKOpL2NA5G3x6l43MYEwHPhYu1et7YXjDDf_1kWE/s400/white+abya+wear+to+work.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /> <p align="center"> </a>aab workwear collection<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PgjJxbbYKIndkmJk5_g8MdNC3bvpl3-r-jzX9AIEOKZMhfH39Vf-SvXFVFm6xHYpTh_hSz0XZuezUkZXpKdYQ15byxHMKNUAiHzikM1pQkeviPv0ZGUrwFHIjuE2R9g7y2OFER8yELM/s1600-h/white+Abaya+-work+wear.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443805198791451698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PgjJxbbYKIndkmJk5_g8MdNC3bvpl3-r-jzX9AIEOKZMhfH39Vf-SvXFVFm6xHYpTh_hSz0XZuezUkZXpKdYQ15byxHMKNUAiHzikM1pQkeviPv0ZGUrwFHIjuE2R9g7y2OFER8yELM/s400/white+Abaya+-work+wear.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 257px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Expresso Abaya workwear collection<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443805205566966674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZkCdZ_8kxZFoqRRyHxz_TmUQUVFIpfamNC1DG-P-SoygYv8qridMmWTrpCbtPKTLo7VQ_wSkDFqaK1F3NrFfrxitl7venj5s_A_SlCPsGYYwSnfgJGsvxbLOjtZZvL2_k10JxYajiHQ/s400/White+Amal+Bag.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 257px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" /> Amal bag from aab in accesories.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicD5fLz7KyEs-2Lz5bUl4qdEKhyphenhyphenb419uSYxBAqolOI__Dsv-bDWTvqH_DworoLKC3WEF0LTxSPiOmzgmqrzJXOVAepCz6ssDSpeA6Txik8qGF-8NeAsoVNxjHSJHi-mwtIEuEfQLCgXT8/s1600-h/Expresson+Hijab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443805193984496338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicD5fLz7KyEs-2Lz5bUl4qdEKhyphenhyphenb419uSYxBAqolOI__Dsv-bDWTvqH_DworoLKC3WEF0LTxSPiOmzgmqrzJXOVAepCz6ssDSpeA6Txik8qGF-8NeAsoVNxjHSJHi-mwtIEuEfQLCgXT8/s400/Expresson+Hijab.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 257px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Autum rose hijab from aab<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWmlao9oJK09FHANFAXQ26CzqMuheOII_IpSieLaDsdMeoEN1C3Kqgrm8vXKQixdOgpE7XrMSJAL6NDeoc_4ERHI_00ebctmySFw9Dc3zOCe58zu0CMa-PzkhnAnkUxTp7sR4_liF5IE/s1600-h/gray+abaya+aab.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443806065975577778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWmlao9oJK09FHANFAXQ26CzqMuheOII_IpSieLaDsdMeoEN1C3Kqgrm8vXKQixdOgpE7XrMSJAL6NDeoc_4ERHI_00ebctmySFw9Dc3zOCe58zu0CMa-PzkhnAnkUxTp7sR4_liF5IE/s400/gray+abaya+aab.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> sea breeze abaya from occasions collection<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CJiOIbPzzKS9x9S3Zrw2ukKiFTaco1gprExWRZn8VgzQHfg8ss43x2AodREvfzp8_pjLlizBhD5SS-9davl4dTj0lkA0GDCi52XMO85PHZtDSU2Pl1NXp0sFgwlhB1q-9okcmou97JM/s1600-h/abaya+and+corsage.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443806073476277010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_CJiOIbPzzKS9x9S3Zrw2ukKiFTaco1gprExWRZn8VgzQHfg8ss43x2AodREvfzp8_pjLlizBhD5SS-9davl4dTj0lkA0GDCi52XMO85PHZtDSU2Pl1NXp0sFgwlhB1q-9okcmou97JM/s400/abaya+and+corsage.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 342px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> Accesories for sea breeze abaya<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttqS-Y4Pdj7bEyJa_ssAwNWEzq3GXd6HigZFf0Jj_1oaOHqeQ4JMWrQ0lyuZf03DeXuWB_ZtWa7y8676wmc1ZMwtwiBg31jfjucbhvu3AEoLDLI3d9SrU_8vRU5fWtetJkKkMS0UhV8U/s1600-h/brown+silk+abaya.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443808433657065906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttqS-Y4Pdj7bEyJa_ssAwNWEzq3GXd6HigZFf0Jj_1oaOHqeQ4JMWrQ0lyuZf03DeXuWB_ZtWa7y8676wmc1ZMwtwiBg31jfjucbhvu3AEoLDLI3d9SrU_8vRU5fWtetJkKkMS0UhV8U/s400/brown+silk+abaya.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>Isfahan abaya from occasions collection<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndQinepUdAlioZqfpq6FJynDgFrnihforVtnEcWhyD06nQq1Tc68avthPCAWVPJfMOSdTzjQZflFkB6164RMZEh1zh6z2R-AIQWpcwX8p4QTrh0Gudg-hhyUoQuw7zOZXm7SFkn4QFWw/s1600-h/gold+crafted+flowers.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443808430771277634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndQinepUdAlioZqfpq6FJynDgFrnihforVtnEcWhyD06nQq1Tc68avthPCAWVPJfMOSdTzjQZflFkB6164RMZEh1zh6z2R-AIQWpcwX8p4QTrh0Gudg-hhyUoQuw7zOZXm7SFkn4QFWw/s400/gold+crafted+flowers.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 342px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /> <p align="center"></a>Isfahan abaya details</p><p align="center">Visit their site <a href="http://www.aabuk.com/">Here</a><br /></p>

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What to wear in Egypt

<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">When you visit a Muslim country then you Should respect the customs doesn't matter from where you come from or what religion do you practice.<br />In Egypt you will find Muslims coexisting with many other religions and non of this wear inappropriate cloths (sexy) when they are outside home.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdhorNZ7PdtYaOOPNkiYsGfj2r3Gn3wRFsivPWYbV4T3D2U1MSf8MIlSEuS4_JVbeZbzGfgBWeftfEehm-s8KdJ7EzU6G9A19yQqr2UncKZSnKo4NYQ4Lr-4_e3Q7gFEZLfcbt92be_g/s1600-h/inappropiate+atire+in+Egypt.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443775657222239138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdhorNZ7PdtYaOOPNkiYsGfj2r3Gn3wRFsivPWYbV4T3D2U1MSf8MIlSEuS4_JVbeZbzGfgBWeftfEehm-s8KdJ7EzU6G9A19yQqr2UncKZSnKo4NYQ4Lr-4_e3Q7gFEZLfcbt92be_g/s400/inappropiate+atire+in+Egypt.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" /> <p align="center"></a></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">picture from: http://rachelrossi.wordpress.com</span><br /><br /></p><p align="center">This is a picture in Khan el Khalil (An International famous Egyptian market)where most of the tourist visit to buy souvenirs. </p><p align="left">If you wear this to visit a Muslim country then all, believe me, will think you are a hore, not even in Mexico woman use this to go shopping. You will be constantly overwhelmet for man and women looks, if you feel fine with this then go ahead.</p><p align="left">If you are one of those who think that Islam doesn't respect women rights and you are different and liberal and etc,etc,etc. then you should think twice to visit a Muslim country or even better educate your self before do it, there is a lot of information on Internet that can be helpful because non of this things are true.</p><p align="left">Visit Egypt or any other Muslim country and don't being Muslim doesn't mean you will have to be fully covered, you can use modest clothes and you will be fine. here some examples:</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPLdhyphenhypheny870Rzt4sBTxlIjSwUYB5GB1foAK5_TcUHAHXRadOd7KTw-q3KQcBH4fbCXeYHvq-Dy0t32-OEBQJFdYDgSf3rdkpBcGKvAoD-TYwbaG7qpegmKrauXe2sMde3dU5fNQHvVZos/s1600-h/egypt+what+to+weare.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443784904070369730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdPLdhyphenhypheny870Rzt4sBTxlIjSwUYB5GB1foAK5_TcUHAHXRadOd7KTw-q3KQcBH4fbCXeYHvq-Dy0t32-OEBQJFdYDgSf3rdkpBcGKvAoD-TYwbaG7qpegmKrauXe2sMde3dU5fNQHvVZos/s400/egypt+what+to+weare.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 382px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" /> </a>From: images.businesweek.com<br />As you can see she is wearing a cotton trousers(which will help with the hot weather and protect you from the sun light) and a sleeveless blouse but covering her arms with a shawl, this also is good to protect from UV. on the left is an older woman wearing the same kind of trousers and a short sleeve blouse, this is a god option too. For man they should use shorts that cover their knee not being this to extrict because man regularly wear long bermudas.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZn-vhpB1X3et3Uu5TPj5C5SmmWR9K5qCXJcQm5iG7BHUZeqoKGiXrzp4X7yAd9nEqwfLNogAlytpI7YI27fyu-6yYnzHJA9YtgXghyLoDYKnqJm8H30gukz7nuI7rD3b5OXELZHWE1i4/s1600-h/what+to+wear+in+egypt.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443790899679843970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZn-vhpB1X3et3Uu5TPj5C5SmmWR9K5qCXJcQm5iG7BHUZeqoKGiXrzp4X7yAd9nEqwfLNogAlytpI7YI27fyu-6yYnzHJA9YtgXghyLoDYKnqJm8H30gukz7nuI7rD3b5OXELZHWE1i4/s400/what+to+wear+in+egypt.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" /> <p align="center"></a>A good option is to use a hat.<br /></p><div align="left"><br /></div><br /><p align="left">Now you don't need to have a huge luggage with you because in Egypt you can find very cheap T-shirts and any kind of clothes, for sun protection you can go to any Farmacy (Saydaleia in Arabic) and they have a huge range of sun protectors in very good prices, about hair dryers or straighteners, don't worry you will be so busy that will not have time for this a quick hair do is better and my advice : Use a Cap or a hat!. </p><br /><p align="left">for more information in this post about <a href="http://thepurplesharepoint.blogspot.com/2009/08/egypt.html">EGYPT</a></p>

What to wear in Egypt

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