Take a Look at This Building

What an original thought. Will any of our architects be allowed to conceive such an edifice?

Take a Look at This Building What do you think the use of this building? This is the Front Face of the Building It is a Mosque .... A group of Indonesian architectures designed the building Look sharply, you will see the phrases: Laa ilaaha illa Allah andMuhammad Rasul Allah on the body Recently, Indonesia built this new mosque in Alayrsyad in a space area of 970 square meters. .display Alayrsyad Outer casing classical and modern architecture of the building is designed perfectly Also, bright with comforting halls especially for praying and performing Islamic obligations have been designed in the internal courtyard of the mosque and is clearly displayed. Take a look at this mosque! Does it give you a feeling of talking with Allah

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9 Tips to Make the Most of Your Day …

9 Tips to Make the Most of Your Day … 

 

We all have those crammed, jam-packed days that never seem to end, and may thus need some tips to make the most of your day. Sometimes, just when you thought you couldn’t add anything else to your schedule, something else gets rammed into your life. Wow! It’s time to take a breather! Do you ever wish that you could find some way to make the most of your day without feeling drained at the end of it? Well, you can! Here are some suggestions to make the most of your day. It may sound crazy, but just by saving a few minutes here and there throughout the day may add up and give you just enough time to relax and get the stress out of your head. So go ahead, keep reading for 9 tips to make the most of your day!

1. No Time to Ramble

We all have them — those friends that just want to call you up and chat about their day or pour out their life’s problems on you. Or that co-worker who won’t stop asking you what to do about her 13-year-old daughter dilemmas. Or even the cashier who is going on and on about the lovely weather! There’s nothing wrong with small talk, but only in its place! People who ramble on and on can cut up to 30 minutes each out of your day. Be polite and kind, but cut those ramblers off and move on with your day!

2. That Snooze Button

Do you tend to hit the snooze button? More than once? I know I sure do! There’s absolutely nothing wrong with needing to or simply wanting to, but the truth is, that snooze button can cut precious minutes off your morning. One great tip to make the most of your day involves tricking that pesky button. Decide what time you need to be up by in order to get ready and get to work on time, then set the alarm for 10 minutes EARLIER than that time. That way, you don’t oversleep and you still get to “snooze”!

3. Ignore Your Email Alert

Yes, when you are at work, you need to check your messages often so you don’t miss an important memo or revision. But do you realize that checking every single time you get a new message cuts a bunch of time out of your day and slows down productivity? Here’s what you can do about that to make the most of your day! Set certain time frames during the day to check your messages and then only check them during those times. If you don’t want to take a chance missing something from your boss, adjust your email alerts to let you know who the message is from when your little notification pops up.

4. Tweak Your TV Time

I don’t think many people realize just how much time they waste each day watching TV. It’s easy to do when you tell yourself, “Oh, just one more episode.” But then it turns into two. Or three! Here’s a suggestion for you. Try not turning on your TV for one week. I know, it sounds crazy! But only watch DVD’s, and only one per day. You may not realize how much of your time is being sucked away by the tube, but I guarantee you will after this little experiment!

5. In the A.M.

There are a few things you can do to speed up your beauty routine. Take your showers at night to save time blowing out your hair. Choose your clothes the night before so you don’t have a “what to wear” dilemma. Figure out which makeup items you use each day so you can put them in their own little bag and save time digging through your bottomless collection. And to save time in the long run? Get a monthly wax to save time shaving, use facial masks to cut down on your acne flare-ups, and try a manicure with CND shellac which are chip-free for up to a month.

6. Give Yourself Deadlines

Don’t wait till the last minute to get something done! Procrastination usually results in you spending all day focused on one thing. Instead, work on your projects a little each day. And don’t try and stay late at the office finishing up. Give yourself a deadline to leave work and then meet that deadline. Staying late can result in you feeling overwhelmed and rushing home only to stress more about what you didn’t get done rather than feeling accomplished for what you did finish with your day.

7. Wasted Hours During the Day

One of my best tips to make the most of your day is to utilize the wasted hours you have. Wasted hours? Yes! The time spent in your vehicle, commuting back and forth to work or on errands, time spent on the treadmill at the gym, and time on your lunch break at work. You can squeeze every last drop out of these minutes as well! Combine your trips to the gym with a friend or a sweetheart in order to catch up on your social life. Use your time commuting in the car to make phone calls you’ve been needing to make or set up appointments. Use your lunch break to run errands or write birthday cards to family members.

8. Small Tasks

Remember the two-minute rule: If something can be done in two minutes, do it right away so it’s out of your way and off of your mind. For example, taking out your garbage, reminding your co-workers about the noon meeting, signing your child’s papers from school, calling to confirm your dentist appointment and so on. By getting these small tasks out of the way early in the day while they are fresh on your brain, you will eliminate mid-day drag that comes with doing these tiny mundane tasks!

9. Make Relaxation Time

One of my top tips for making the most of your day is making time to relax. If you never make time to unwind, you won’t rest well during the night, and that’s not a good start to your next day! So allow yourself to let it all go and chill in the evenings, and don’t bring work home if you can avoid it! Don’t forget the things in life that are most important — and that’s family, laughter, and love!

 

These tips to make the most of your day are just small things that most people don’t think about. But just try following these suggestions for one day and just see if they don’t make a difference in your times saved (or wasted!) and in your productivity levels. Please comment below if you love my article! Plus, how do you save time? Let me know!

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National Geographic Photo Contest

National Geographic Photo Contest 2011

Nov 11, 2011

Gathered below are 45 images from the three categories of People, Places, and Nature, with captions written by the individual photographers. [45 photos]

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Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. (© Robert Spanring)

Many people pilgrimage to Uluru, but what is seen there often depends on where you've come from. (© Robert Spanring)

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Eruption of the Cordon del Caulle. (© Ricardo Mohr) #

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Beluga whales in the arctic having fun. (© Dafna Ben Nun) #

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This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. Charles Ave. I held the camera against the window sill, making sure to divide the image equally between the inside and the outside. (© Don Chamblee) #

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This image captures almost 6 hours of climbing parties on Rainier going for the summit under starry skies. Wind shifts during the night would cause bands of smoke from fires 100 miles away on Mt Hood to pass over Rainier. This intermittent low-level haze caused the red glow seen in the sky and a Rainier that looks like it was almost painted on. Lights from Sunrise can be seen in the lower right of the frame. (© Chris Morin) #

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Russia, polar region of West Siberia, Tazovsky Peninsula. Reindeer breeding is one of the basic means of employment for the indigenous population of this region. All pieces of land suitable for pasture are assigned to families of reindeer breeders, or Sovkhoz brigades. Reindeer grazing freely in search of reindeer lichen overnight can disperse across few kilometers. Here, the foreman of the shepherds examines a herd with the aid of binoculars. (© Dmitriy Nikonov) #

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An adult male gelada rests in the early morning light after ascending the steep sleeping cliffs of the Simien Mountains, Ethiopia. This male won his right to mate by successfully deposing the old leader. Now he must defend his harem by tending to his females' needs and fighting off anxious bachelors waiting for their chance to become harem leader. (© Clay Wilton) #

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An unexpected side-effect of the 2010 flooding in parts of Sindh, Pakistan, was that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters; because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water took so long to recede, many trees became cocooned in spiders webs. People in the area had never seen this phenomenon before, but they also reported that there were less mosquitos than they would have expected, given the amount of standing water that was left. Not being bitten by mosquitoes was one small blessing for people that had lost everything in the floods. (© Russell Watkins) #

9

Curious cormorants watch the start of the Gatorman part of the La Jolla Roughwater Swim. Athletes swim 3 miles from La Jolla Cove to Scripps Pier and back. (© Lee Sie) #

10

This place is very special to me. The fèllensee is placed at the bottom of the hundstei (dog stone). I know this might sound silly, but since my dog and I grew up just around the corner and the naming of the mountain, I chose this very calm lake as a final resting place for Spock (my dog) so he would have the biggest gravestone of all dogs out there. That morning we had a farewell ceremony for Spock. I took this picture and we summited the hundstei to his honor (which was a very emotional challenge). This picture of his resting place is now hanging in our kitchen to remember him. (© Nino Benninger) #

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Copenhagen, The Gemini Towers, private residential building by the river. I had to wait about 2 hrs and hoped some residents would come in or out and kindly let me in. It was worth waiting coz this building its so unreal. (© Elena Baroni) #

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Cage divers confront a great white shark. (© David Litchfield) #

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Spark trails from cannon blast captured at the Moorpark Civil War reenactment, sponsored by the Moorpark Rotary Club. Soldiers manning the cannon were silhouetted due to a large light behind them shining down on the battlefield. The large flood light made it possible to also see the smoke from the cannon blasts. (© Robert Jensen) #

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Snow Geese in flight. Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania. (© Charles Funk) #

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The awesome power of a tornado displayed in Mapleton, Iowa April 11th, 2011. (© Timothy Wright) #

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Yala National park of Sri Lanka is best known for leopards, but of course very difficult to get them in action. This is one of the well grown three cubs got excited and started jumping between branches. I got it against the light within fraction of a second. (© Lalith Ekanayake) #

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Rare and endangered Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) swim and play in the shallows of Hopkins Island, South Australia. (© Michael Patrick O'Neill ) #

18

This a portrait that I took of my Grandfather. He was a photographer and I wanted to show all his wonderful old cameras and his life in an editorial styled portrait. He just turned 95 years old and still remembers how all his old camera's work. I shot this with my cannon 7d body,and Tamron 17-55mm zoom lens. The lighting is with a 1200w Pro photo 2 head kit with 2 medium soft boxes. As well I used a 580 ex2 canon speed lite and diffused it with a paper lantern that I made into a diffusion for my speed lite. I really love this picture and hope you like it as well. (© Christopher Bellezza) #

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Death valley averages just 1.58 inches of rainfall a year. Yet somehow, in my first trip there in four years, we catch a storm. Not just a storm, an electrical storm. At sunset, of all times. This was the reward for years of trips gone awry, blank skies, drenching downpours, and for every other cause of failed photography endeavors. To me, this is an example of the best thing that can happen to a photographer. To be in the right place, at the right time - and to not mess it up too badly. (© Jeff Engelhardt) #

20

Within an ultra modern society Japan still maintains to hold traditions passed down from generation to generation making it one of the most beautiful and intriguing places in the world. The city of Gion in Kyoto is one of those places that you will walk into and forget about all the flashing lights the rest of Japan has to offer. Its brick paved streets holds some buildings that have been maintained like the old traditional Japan. If you're lucky you will catch a glimpse of a beautiful geisha passing through the streets scurrying to her next appointment, make sure you have your camera ready. (© Clancy Lethbridge) #

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This is a shot of one of the many thermal pools in Yellowstone National Park. (© Danielle Goldstein) #

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An extraordinary display of spring frost covering everything in sight. This particular image of a frosted fence with a backdrop of a blue metal dumpster from a construction site was taken in late-March of 2011. (© Sara Worsham) #

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After school fun at the river, in Laos. (© Danny Griffin) #

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A male jawfish mouthbrooding eggs until they hatch. (© Steven Kovacs) #

25

This image was taken in wintertime in an arid area of the Canadian Rockies. Temperatures were below 30 degrees Celsius, yet because there was no snow fall the surface of the lake was uncovered allowing me to see and capture the bubbles (gas release from lake bed) that were trapped in the frozen waters. (© Emmanuel Coupe-Kalomiris ) #

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Flight of an Eagle owl Photo by Mark Bridger A large adult eagle owl in flight. (© Mark Bridger) #

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In a mud pool at the sea salt mines near Bourgas, Bulgaria locals gather. He applies the mud from the pool and then stands upright until it is dry only to take a dip in the nearby sea. Afterwards he gets a relaxing swim in the 30cm of water in the salt mine. (© Antoni Georgiev) #

28

One morning while on the Big Island of Hawaii, I was exploring my surroundings to see if I could find something to photograph. I almost went back inside when something on this huge palm tree leaf caught my eye. I stayed around and it was this little gecko, startled by my presence he was hidden between the ridges of the leaf. He would pop his head up periodically to check his surroundings; as soon as he saw I was still there he would hide again. We played this game for a while until I got the shot. (© Lorenzo Menendez) #

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The weirdest market on planet earth must be the voodoo market in Lome,Togo. Thousands of dead animals are used for religious and health purposes. Freaky, frightening but also fascinating (© Jorgen Tharaldsen) #

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My son, Jack, dune jumping. (© Betina La Plante) #

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Every year around the month of October, Dubai experiences heavy fog due to the still-high humidity and the falling temperatures. With all the new high-rise buildings (including the tallest in the world, Burj Khalifa), this provides a great photographic opportunity. (© Catalin Marin) #

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Bonobo Portrait, Jacksonville Zoo, Florida (© Graham McGeorge) #

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Climbing the Harding Ice-field trail in the rain, has its rewards. I stopped to admire glacier, only to find an adult black bear eating in front of a glowing blue glacier. (© Colin McCrindle) #

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Nathan Fletcher rides one of the biggest waves ever ridden at Teahupoo, in Tahiti. (© Ted Grambeau) #

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Pinki Kundu,a 13 yrs old girl is suffering from a chronic disease & is being treated in Mother Teresa TB Hospital in Kolkata. She is under CAT 1 drug therapy & is doing well.The day I photographed her she was very hopeful mood that she would be returning back to her parents soon. (© Saibal Gupta) #

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A Rufous humming bird takes a much need break on a pine tree, boasting his beautifully bright chest. (© Cael Cook) #

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At safari not only animals can attract attention. (© Dmitry Gorilovskiy) #

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The Himba Women of northern Namibia perfome daily rituals where by they annoint themselves with a mixture of ochre, oil and ash to protect themselves from the harsh desert climate. They never take a shower, but rather burn aromatic herbs in a pot each morning with which they smoke themselves as if applying perfume. (© Dominique Brand) #

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Lone Tree Yellowstone Photo by Anita Erdmann A solitary tree surviving another harsh winter in Yellowstone National Park. (© Anita Erdmann) #

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This lynx (Lynx Canadensis) flinches its ear at bothersome gnats in the late evening summer sun in Alaska. (© Jimmy Tohill) #

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This photo was taken in the Upper Antelope Canyon near Page (AZ) and it shows the amazing effect of the sand thrown in the air and struck by the rays of the sun. (© Angiolo Manetti ) #

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A "joey" (baby) Eastern Grey Kangaroo pokes a head out from its mother's pouch. The baby kangaroo will continue to peek until if feels safe enough to emerge for short periods. After 7 to 10 months it will leave the pouch for the last time. (© Brent Lukey) #

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Morning light breaking through the windows of the 'Temple of Transition' during the Burning Man event 2011. (© Lars Tiemann) #

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The sun gives us energy, even when underwater. This image was captured during free diving (diving on a single breath without scuba gear) in the Red Sea. (© Vaclav Krpelik) #

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I have been trying to follow a leopard with cubs for the last year, and spend a lot of nights with them. She has no tracking device, so when I find her I try to stay with her as long as possible. On this particular evening a brown hyena stole her kill (a springbok ) and was sitting on a rock ledge with the moon rising behind her. I lit her eyes up with a torch to make it a bit more mysterious. (© Hannes Lochner) #