contrary to what you might expect from the lightness of the cloth, silk is an absolute killer for heat.
another aspect on heat and the color black can be found here in a little article called "why do bedouin wear black?": www.abelard.org/news/science040322.asp the tent principle applies to open shirts as well. might want to have a look at those sites touting ethnic tat from north africa - places like this: http://www.medinashop.com/en/ - bill "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
