Asked recently to write about electronic cigarettes, I have to confess that I had never heard of such a thing. Some internet research later and I discovered that electronic cigarettes are very much a quickly growing concern. A Google search revealed there is no smoke without fire as almost six million results just for the phrase “electronic cigarette” were returned.

What is an electronic cigarette?

The electronic cigarette has been in existence for almost three years and is a clever device aimed at providing smokers with a healthier option. Apparently also useful in helping to reduce and indeed quit smoking altogether.

Now in a fourth generation, electronic cigarettes have become much more user friendly than earlier versions which perhaps were a little too large to encourage a mass market appeal. The “mini” is the most realistic e cigarette to date with its length of 100mm being the same as a conventional cigarette.

An electronic cigarette contains a taste of tobacco but none of the harmful substances found in normal cigarettes allowing smokers cravings to be satisfied without inhaling the many dangerous toxins. Is it all smoke and mirrors? Or can this item really be the saviour it wants to be?

A battery, an atomiser and a renewable nicotine chamber allows the smoker to hold and smoke the electronic cigarette just as they would any other cigarette, even creating a “smoke” like vapour and glow at the end as they draw. The nicotine chamber proves very useful as cartridges are available in different strengths, permitting the user to reduce the amount of nicotine they intake until if they wish, can quit completely.

A nicotine cartridge typically lasts the same time as 15 to 20 cigarettes, thus creating a huge saving to normal costs. Standard, medium, low and no nicotine at all are the various cartridge strengths.

A healthier option altogether it seems, though the benefits don’t end there. Due to the electronic cigarette not emitting any dangerous substances, toxins or real smoke for that matter, they are perfectly legal to smoke in public. In winter in particular, normal cigarette smokers have to brave the freezing cold and the rain just for a quick smoking break but this alternative will allow them to stay in their offices, restaurants and pubs.

None smokers also will benefit, as their worries about passive smoking are rendered null and void by the electronic cigarette. A much more sociable environment then!

Upon reflection the electronic cigarette is a healthier, cheaper and environmentally friendly alternative to smoking and as the awareness and the market grows they have great potential to successfully replace the harmful cigarettes we have all come to know and many of us have come to dread and fear.

Billionaires are cropping up everywhere and people are getting poorer and more in need as a result. The scales are tipped to ensure that the rich get richer while the opposite happens for the majority. The fault is the result of people’s greed and the lack of knowledge about the one who is the inventor of the system. He is known as Constantine the Great, Emperor of Rome, and the one who established the Catholic Church in the year 325.

The facts have been hidden and buried beneath a massive wall of confusion and lies while the Vatican sits on the knowledge. Within its archives are records portraying exactly how the religion came to be and the role of the emperor in the creation of Christianity.

My research is the result of a strong link to the Spirit of the Universe, the only real God, and the research it has led me to conduct. This followed my reincarnation and the knowledge brought with me that there is no heaven or hell while they are the weapons of power implemented by religious organisations.

Constantine was a descendant of the Amor whose first Capital was Babylon. They created the Persian Empire and their history is full of bloodshed, slavery, invasion, and crimes so horrible that even Hitler would have recoiled at them. They were Islamic and they took the religion and their gods into the world through their migration, domination, and brutality, which included murder for the non-believers.

Their chief god is Mary, the name of the sun in Babylon. After their invasion of Italy, they built Roma (reverse Amor) and paved the way for the foundation of the Catholic Church.

They continued with their invasions, brutality, and empire building and slavery. Constantine’s new religion was recycled from the original Islamic beliefs of Babylon and he invented Jesus Christ. This so-called Saviour is modelled on Krishna, the third person of the Vedic Trinity.

In Revelation 13:12-18 his deeds are detailed along with the claim that he controls the economic system. What is not realised is that he built the first Christian churches, along with the Vatican and that it was the latter that appointed Augustine Bea to establish another branch religion for its own credibility.

Bea used a man named Mohammed to form the Muslim chapter and kings and other leaders were forced by the Vatican to acknowledge him as a prophet. Meanwhile Jerome was appointed to produce the New Testament and bring in the formula by which the Catholic Church was ‘doctored’ into its present role.

All religion is fake and the economic system is the work of this shrewd Roman Emperor whose greed for power and control knew no bounds. While the world struggles to survive as nature gives way to wealth and species are driven to extinction those who see money as a solution to their problems need to look squarely at how the sustaining of life on this planet is rapidly coming to an end.

Grandpa is visiting. We are working, so grandpa is left to his own devices. I watch him. He is constantly on his phone. By lunch time he has to go and charge his phone, because his screen time is gobbling up the battery.

In the beginning, grandpa didn’t even know where to switch on a cell phone and now his phone is his best mate. Astonishing! this is how he and his pals communicate, even though they’re on the other side of 80. They share jokes and stories, but they also like to share testimonies, Bible stories and short sermons with one another. They encourage one another and keep each other going in the right direction.

It’s really amazing how easy technology has made communication. How wonderful it would have been for Paul if all this technology had been available in his time!

Paul’s meeting with Jesus had such a huge impact on his life that he simply could not keep silent about it. He had to spread that message with all he had. He used everything at his disposal and did not allow any challenge to push him off course. Even the fact that he did not write well did not hold him back. He got someone else to write for him.

He had to get the truth to as many people as possible. This was a heavenly calling for him: 4I’ve been entrusted to proclaim this Message by order of our Saviour, God himself.

He had to share the knowledge that he had received about how to be a Christian in the world, about how to believe. He had to tell the world the truth about a loving God who could not stop Himself from making a brilliant plan to save his children from eternal fire. He simply had to.

It is not much different today. Each of us who is called a child of God has been instructed to share God’s Word. The world really needs it. The world is muddling along in the dark. People bump into one another. People destroy and break, even one another, because they have no idea what is truth and what is a great lie.

People walk past open church doors just to walk into a wall around the next corner. People lose hope and see no light at the end of the tunnel. Look around you. See how negative people are.

I hang my head in shame when I realise that I’m part of the cause, because I don’t share the truth with my pals. No, I know I don’t have to go and preach on street corners, but simply by living my life the right way I can show the truth to others. That is my calling. All of us who are children of God have been commanded to switch on the light in our dark world.

And it’s so simple to do by clicking on that share button.

50 South African artists surprised Johnny Clegg, then suffering from cancer, by recording his song, The Crossing ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKWEEpA0HkY&feature=youtu.be ). It really touched me – so beautiful, it sent chills down my spine. I shared it with nearly 100 people.

If I could only share God’s truth effectively like that, how different the people around me would have been by now…

Scripture

Titus 1:1-4

Reflection

Do you believe you are also called to share the Truth?

How can you do it?

With whom?

Prayer

Father, You have done so much for us. You have completely changed my life. You are the Light of my life. You chase away the darkness and help me to keep on standing. Please give me the strength to let your Light shine for others. Amen.

Truly a magnificent and very old place of worship for Hindus. It’s in Varanasi (the oldest existing place in the world) or Kashi in UP. The history of this temple is chequered. It has had to bear the brunt of invasions and near elimination perpetrated by Muslim invaders. The temple is known as a central part of worship in Shaiva Philosophy.

It was constructed and reconstructed many a time. Aurangzeb tried to demolish it. He partly succeeded as well.

In an authentic book ‘Indian History as told by its own historians’ Eliot and Dawson enumerated upon the fate of Kashi Vishvanath and how it faced and flayed the ire of Muslim invaders.

Mind you, the writer has no intention to venture into a rather unpalatable discussion involving Hindu-Muslim unity or diversity. The main aim is to highlight the importance of this temple as a very important temple of Lord Shiva. Yet, a fleeting reference to the demolitions that Kashi Vishvanath Temple faced cannot be overlooked.

The iconoclastic Muslim invaders found this temple to be ‘The Symbol of Hindu religious supremacy’ (to quote Sir Jadunath Sarkar in his essay, ‘Islam and icons’). By demolishing this, the pride of Hindus was severely and seriously dented.

To quote a Persian adage in this context, ‘Choon ast azm inhimaad tur az e dil infaas’ (By dislodging the main power or the centre of power, the whole system can be shaken). This was the primary objective of its innumerable destruction but thanks to the indomitable spirit of the deity or its worshippers, it always bounced back.

‘Tod dali ek-ek eent mandir ki/Phir bhi mandir jyon ka tyon raha bana’ (Every brick of the temple was broken into smithereens/Yet, the temple remained intact). Naubat Rai ‘Nazar’ (coeval of Munshi Premchand) aptly stated this fact about Kashi Vishvanath in his above-mentioned couplet. He hailed from Kashi.

One more explanation of Muslims’ wrath is that the temple is known as VISHWANATH/VISHVANATH (The master/saviour/feeder or the world). Since an emperor in Mughal traditions was known as AALAMPANAAH/JAHAANPANAAH (same meaning as that of Vishvanath), it was perceived as an affront to the invincibility of the (Muslim) rulers by the Hindus.

On a flipside, the Kashi Vishvanath Temple is known for its strict entry into the sanctum sanctorum. It boasts of accosting and stopping even Mrs Indira Gandhi at the entrance of the temple because according to the tradition of the temple, only a Hindu can enter and Mrs Gandhi after getting married to Feroz Gandhi (a Parsi or fire-worshipper) was no longer a Hindu.

Yours truly was also questioned and when he told that he’d no faith. He was denied the entry. One may call it too rigid religious exclusivity. But which religion doesn’t adhere to fanaticism some way or the other?

Nevertheless, it’s a primary centre of worship for Hindus and is known worldwide. It’s believed that a dying devotee at Kashi Vishvanath can feel the caring succor of the Shiva himself. Kashi Vishvanath temple timings are 3 am to 11 pm.

Legends and stories aside, Kashi Vishvanath has a place that’s unparalleled in Hindu divinity and mythology. A visit to Varanasi is incomplete sans its Darshan, provided you’re a ‘pure’ Hindu! No religio-ethnic adulteration is allowed! Keep this warning on mind before you go there.

The 1937 Nobel laureate in medicine, Szent-Goergyi, considered that scientists who did not understand that the energies of universal entropy were balanced by the evolution of consciousness, were primitive thinkers. He referred to them as crazy apes in his book by that title. The molecular biologist, Sir C P Snow, during his 1959 Rede lecture at Cambridge University, echoed the same sentiments, arguing that unless the universal entropy law was reunited with the Classical Greek Humanities, then civilisation would be destroyed. The synergistic universe concept of Buckminster Fuller also argued that the entropy law, known as the second law of thermodynamics, was balanced by a universal negentropic energy system. This knowledge was needed to avoid oblivion.

These concepts were given credence by the discovery last century of Sir Isaac Newton’s unpublished Heresy Papers. Newton wrote of his conviction that the mechanical description of the universe had to be completed by a more profound natural philosophy, based upon the physics principles associated with particle movement. These physics principles were the basis of the Classical Greek Humanitie’s life-science that Sir C P Snow wanted to be reunited with modern science. The NASA High Energy Division library has published argument that this ancient life-science, based upon the mathematical theories of the Nous by the philosopher Anaxagoras, was upheld by fractal logic.

The Science For Ethical Ends was constructed by the Platonic tradition of Greek philosophy by fusing ethics into the Nous. In the 5th Century, St Augustine recorded that such mathematics was the work of the Devil. This explains why Sir Isaac Newton’s balanced world-view physics was declared to be a Heresy, written by a criminally insane mind. Albert Einstein and the founders of 20th Century Western science accepted that the second law of thermodynamics governed all of the sciences, validating the Church’s religious point of view. Einstein’s colleague, Sir Arthur Eddington, referred to the second law as the supreme metaphysical law of the entire universe. In effect, Western scientists were obliged to worship the Greek God of Chaos in order to receive a PhD, in compliance with 20th Century academic culture. The Max Planck astrophysicist, Peter Kafka, pointed this out during the 1990s when he predicted the current global economic collapse. He wrote that the second law of thermodynamics was driving scientists, technologists and politicians to accelerate a global economic crisis.

Peter Kafka, predicted that as the global situation of entropic chaos became unbearable, people would need to realise that the solution to it is associated with an aspect of fractal logic. At present, infinite fractal logic cannot be associated with the evolutionary process because the universal heat death law prohibits it. Bertrand Russell made this clear in his famous essay written in 1904 titled A Free man’s worship, when he wrote that humanity must exist in a state of anguish and despair because of the dictates of that law. The idea of the Christian Church’s insistence that society must be punished in such a way, unable to appeal to infinite fractal logic to escape, is what Kafka referred to as a Diabolical obsession with the ancient gods of entropy. This religious conditioning must now be challenged as strongly as possible, in order to avoid an entropic religious Armageddon from occurring.

The 3rd Century BC Epicurean Atomistic Greek Science of Universal Love belonged to the Platonic tradition of Greek philosophy, which fused ethics into Anaxagoras’ Nous and can therefore be considered to be a fractal logic philosophy. Cicero claimed it was being taught all over Italy during the 1st Century BC and posed a threat to Roman rule. St Augustine, later, declared its mathematical basis as a punishable heresy. Since 1932 until 2011 the Cambridge University Press has published prescribed global core curriculum advanced study material to the effect that Plato is one of the greatest fathers of the Church, which is illogical, as his fractal logic mathematics remains a serious heresy. Although it is very unwise to consider the need to make any mention of God within a science philosophy essay, however, none the less, the church needs to face some factual information that it may find distasteful.

Cicero mentioned that the teachers of the Science of Universal Love were called Saviours. Evil was defined by Platonic philosophers as belonging to the destructive properties of unformed matter within the physical atom. It can be reasoned that the original teachings of the Church were to prevent some futuristic emergence of nuclear fallout from destroying civilisation. An article from Wikipedia Encyclopedia, October 30th, 2011, discussing the Nous (intellect from philosophy) suggests that this may well be so. This article supplies a clear enough definition of the Nous, by the Church’s well known Saviour teacher, according to the Gospel of Mary, page 10. This would explain why the Jefferson Bible, held at the Smithsonian Institute, was written. President Thomas Jefferson wrote that Jesus Christ had surpassed the Epicurean University’s Saviour teaching about the Science of Universal love.

With the Advent of Platonic-Fullerene chemistry in the 21st Century, a self organising information system to balance universal entropic decay, now belongs to the discipline of quantum biology. The fractal description of the Nous by Anaxagoras and the fusing of ethics into the evolutionary process are in contradiction to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, which is known to be upheld by a unbalanced understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. Therefore, it became important to carefully re-examine the fractal functioning of Anaxagoras’ Nous, considering that the Platonic tradition of Greek philosophy had modified a fundamental aspect of it by fusing ethics into its spiritual or holographic workings. An important hypothesis on this issue was provided at the Science-Art Research Centre of Australia in October 2011 by the artist-philosopher Chris Degenhardt.

Degenhardt proposed his Fractal God Thesis, linking it to Szent-Gyorgyi’s Nobel laureate work in medicine. The Platonic tradition embraced a medical philosophy because it defined the concept of good as being for the health of the universe, which, being relevant to Anaxagoras’ Nous, becomes, obviously, a mental health discipline. Degenhardt realised that the original Nous, as an aspect of symmetrical fractal logic, cannot extend evolution to infinity. Conversely, by fusing ethics into the Nous, the evolutionary process modified it to become an asymmetrical function, transcending that fractal limitation.

During the 15th Century Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa’s mathematics explained that the universe was infinite, which means it must include asymmetrical fractal logic. This means that unless God is allowed to evolve, which is forbidden by the present entropic world-view, God cannot possibly exist at all. This explains the religious insight about the Nous mentioned in the Gospel of Mary. The Church’s understanding of the Nous is irrational, because on one hand, it holds Plato to be one of its founding fathers, while on the other hand, Plato’s infinite fractal logic is still considered to be the work of the Devil. This confused concept of reality is in complete contradiction to the words of its principal Saviour, relevant to the optics associated with spiritual vision.

Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa’s mathematics was developed by Immanuel Kant and Hans Christian Oersted during their development of ethical technological thought. They related this to the universal electromagnetic reality they explored during the 18th Century. The Kantian optics of God’s spiritual reality is now being observed through nanotechnology. Kant’s Godlike Ethic for perpetual peace on earth, should now be the Church’s most urgent Quest. The Ethic, has been clearly shown to be associated with the electromagnetic functioning of the centriole, within the newly fertilised ovum. This is relevant to Platonic-Fullerene chemistry’s insight into the fractal evolutionary expressions of Dr Candace Pert’s Molecule of Emotion, discovered in 1972.

The spiritual optics of the Church’s Saviour, as well as Plato, Philo, Aristotle, al Haitham, Kant and Oersted, were advanced into the realm of nanotechnology, when Emmanuel Levinas realised that spiritual images could not be processed into consciousness through the lens of optical vision. His “eye of god” images are transferred to evolving consciousness from within a holographic reality. This occurs through the nanoscale functioning of the liquid crystal optics of the membrane of the ovum. This creates a pattern recognition intuition within the cerebral process. It is of the utmost importance, now, to develop technology from the Science for Ethical Ends, before the Church’s Armageddon, associated with global economic collapse. This would occur as a logical outcome of irresponsible entropic nanotechnology, derived solely from a Diabolical obsession with the second law of thermodynamics.

© Professor Robert Pope.

Britt Worldwide is the brain child of Brill Britt of Amway fame.

Bill Britt is an icon of not only Amway but of network marketing as a whole. He has branded himself as having the largest down line in Amway and he is what he says he is.

Britt Worldwide has organized all his endeavours and put them onto one web site for convenience of his many followers. Membership to is dependent upon one being registered as an Amway representative. This is unfortunate as the site presents itself as exciting and I am sure could be used as an effective marketing tool should they wish to use it to bring in new leads. Maybe Britt Worldwide is too big to need those leads or maybe they just haven’t caught on to the power of internet marketing.

With very little effort I was able to sign into the Britt Worldwide site though I am not an Amway representative. Inside I saw a whole store for ordering books and cd’s, not only those produced by Britt Worldwide but also many self help books from such classic authors as Og Mandino and Napolean Hill. The majority of the material though appeared to be produced by Britt Worldwide and one can easily see this is a main money maker for Bill Britt.

Other items available are access to meetings. The meeting listings include open meetings for prospects, regional training meetings put on by various leaders and huge national events hosted by Bill Britt himself. These large national type meetings are notorious for being extremely inspirational and certainly evangelistic in nature. Bill’s disciples are very loyal and hold the man almost as a saint and saviour. Of course, these are also major sources of income for Britt. It makes one wonders if they make more off of their motivational products or off of Amway itself?

After a bit of a look around in the Britt Worldwide site I found what I as an author and network marketer was looking for, the Britt Worldwide marketing plan.

My first experience 25 years ago in network marketing was as an Amway representative in the Bill Britt organization. At that time we were taught to make a list of everyone we could think of that we knew. We were then to break that list down into hot, warm and cold leads. Once we had finished this task, we were to head out and contact first our hot markets, then the warm market and finally the cold leads.

I was somewhat surprised to discover that nothing had changed in 25 years. The Britt Worldwide system was still that of making a list and going through it though they changed the term from hot, warm and cold to A, B & C.

This is a tried to true method of marketing and if you are a Bill Britt you can make it work. For the rest of us though, it just doesn’t. After contacting our friends and family, most who are not interested at all in any “network marketing scheme”, the average person is either disillusioned and/or left wondering where to go to next.

Britt Worldwide has put some money and resources to building their web presence. It is unfortunate they have yet to really take advantage of it and show others how to also.

When we talk about great U2 albums, we often hear the same sentiments concerning the same albums. Much is spoken of ‘The Joshua Tree’ with its uplifting gospel rock sounds and the experimental, electrifying sounds of ‘Achtung Baby.’ And while these are great albums- among the best rock albums ever produced, ‘The Unforgettable Fire’ is usually not often spoken about. Its unfortunate that due to U2’s exceptionally large catalogue, most of ‘The Unforgettable Fire’s songs are often forgotten. With its experimental, atmospheric sound, this was a true landmark in U2’s early history, one which propelled them to Rock music greatness. The truth is 1984’s ‘The Unforgettable Fire’, with some classic U2 songs such as ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’, ‘Bad’ and ‘A sort of Homecoming’ ranks almost as highly as these other two great albums.

In 1985, U2 were praised by ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine as being ‘The band of the 80’s’, ‘Saviour’s of Rock and Roll’. They had conquered the European and American music scene and were universally renowned for being a great live band after their breathtaking performances at ‘Live Aid.’ After the lofty expectations following their third album ‘War’, U2 produced their greatest album at that time, breaking musical trends in the process.

With the help of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, U2 embarked on a more artistic, atmospheric and abstract sound unheard of previously. While most of the lyrics on this album are somewhat abstract and unfocused, one came only admire the ambition and passion embodying ‘The Unforgettable Fire.’ The ringing Edge-inspired guitar sounds of ‘Pride (In the Name of Love)’, is glowing tribute to the late Martin Luther King Jr., while the epic ‘Bad’ and ‘The Unforgettable Fire’ are truly grandiose. However, it is the lesser, less renowned songs that propel this album towards greatness. The complex-layered ‘A sort of Homecoming’, is a song that will grow on you with every listen, while the improvised lyrics and beautifully nostalgic tone of ‘Elvis Presley and America’, are truly spectacular.

Like great U2 albums, ‘The Unforgettable Fire’ doesn’t fade toward the end. It is quite ironic that U2’s great desires to experiment with their music have compromised the very experimental ‘The Unforgettable Fire’. Each forthcoming U2 album since (except the latest two), have introduced a sound that has been unique in their own right. The Blues, gospel and soul influenced ‘Rattle and Hum’ and the electronically infused ‘Zooropa’ are two notable examples. With the release of a new U2 album just around the corner, one can only hope that they stay true to the lyrics of ‘Indian Summer Sky’- ‘the seasons change and so do I.’ Its certainly a formula that U2 have proved to be so successful time and time again.

Touring India, is accompanied with many adventure activities that is an added feature to the historically rich sub-continent of India. As already aware about it, there is much adventure scope on mighty Himalayas on the pristine blue beaches in India but what is not much known is that India also poses for a great desert adventure destination. Rajasthan is one such destination that has evolved as a great place for desert adventure in India. The state is in complete contrast to other adventure destinations. In Rajasthan there is thirst, fear of getting lost, camels as the only saviour of lives and means of travel. The vast stretches of Thar Desert in Rajasthan is a treasure trove with daunting affair, unexplored rural magic, unsurpassed adventure thrills and a romance only found in deserts.

Adventure in Rajasthan

Rajasthan is after-all the bastion of desert thrill and adventure. It culminates with safaris in desert, sand bashing, camel cart ride and stay in camps in midst of desert dunes. The entire Rajasthan actually seem to unleash adventure as every niche of Thar Desert is a perfect place for adventurous activities.

Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Bikaner, however, emerged as prime destinations where one can seek adventure, experience it and learn to live with it. Moreover, Rajasthan is a land of mysticism and reveals that to everyone whenever it is given the opportunity. Long camel rides on desert dunes crossing the long queue of caravan, quenching thirst from artistically designed step wells the sights of beautiful rural folklore balancing 5 storey earthen pots is indeed spell-binding and sets perfect ambience for tales from Arabian Nights amidst the desert dunes.

Desert Magic

The desert thrills are just manifold and it can be experienced with every ride on camel back that takes to distant places and brings to you oases that are refuges from the extreme harshness of the desert. The sand, the heat and the treacherous routes all seem to be against your motion but yet the successful completion of a trip just defeats all the friction. The Thar Desert is a vast stretch and is illuminated by villages that form small pockets. These villages are glorious and have a history to tell. So, whenever you reach villages observe everything that come to you and learn the ways of life in Rajasthan. The people are there to tell you their tales of what they have learned from the desert and what the desert taught them. Life in desert is different from living in hills and valleys, where every day is a new struggle and also a new lesson.

Camping during nights on desert dunes in Sam sand or Kuri near Jaisalmer, is indeed a unique experience with bonfire buffets accompanied with music and dance performances of rural folklore. Camping on Sand Dunes is a far greater expedition than just spending a night in a camp. Watching the desert sky bountiful of shimmering stars is beyond imagination, the thrill doesn’t ends here, there are then sand bashing trip that roars you up and down the mountain dunes, newly introduced in India.

Remember Desert Feast

Rajasthan has lot on offer. Adventures like camel ride on vast stretches of the desert is common. Besides, camel cart ride in villages add extra thrill to the adventure. Then a ride on elephant back to ramparts of forts, that are great strongholds, leave you amazed at the majestic ride, for it never would have been so exciting before. Watching the rural charms sitting on a horse’s back and sensing the aura of burning sand in a basking Sun, will surely be there in your memory for you to recall whenever you may so desire. Whenever you are on such a trip never compromises on setting foot to explore the unexplored treasury of Thar. Evenings can be more exciting than ever. Camel ride up to the sunset point to watch the setting sun is organized in evenings. Further, night stay on the dunes of deserts adds to the excitement that brings to you glimpses of happenings that are just in imaginations. You might have to ponder a lot to find its true meaning.

Rita Jain, India

http://www.shubhyatra.com

Part of what makes Newquay a top surfing destination for the UK is the way the town is surrounded by beaches. We can count 12 beaches in Newquay. 8 walking distance from town and 4 others, a short distance drive. Amongst them we can find one of the most famous surf spot in the UK, Fistral Beach.

With Fistral beach being the main west facing beach and drawing in the predominant west swells and winds, this beach as with the majority here on the North Coast of Cornwall often serves up some cracking Cornish Waves.

But as we know the weather here in the UK is anything but stable or predictable and often these west facing beaches are too exposed to the swell and high winds coming in from the west. When all other beaches do not provide good surf, you can always relay on the Surf Saviour Newquay’s popular “Bay”, Towan Beach.

This bay is sheltered from these winds and can often produce a fun surf-able wave when many other beaches in the area offer no protection. Moreover it is demarcated by the Harbour wall on one side where a nice left is created when the swell hits it. A favorite for the grooms!

Newquay offers waves for all levels and all sorts, depending on what you are aiming for.

With Autumn normally comes the Hurricane season and some good size swells can hit the Cornish Coast. This is normally that time of the year where all the UK Surfers are on the alert mode, stalking the Surf forecast multiple times a day to make sure to not miss any movement in the Ocean. This is also that time of the year where Summer is over, School has started and so the lines up are less crowded.

As with any good period of surf, everyone comes out of the wood work to enjoy the spoils. From freelance builders knocking off early, office workers taking extended lunch breaks, it does not matter what you do to earn a living, the swell is pumping and everyone is getting in.

On another note, if opening a Surf School is part of your future plan, it is probably not the best place to look at. Therefore, with the 25 Surf Schools counted in the Newquay area, being a surf instructor and giving Surf Lessons as a freelancer would definitely be your best bet to increase your time in the water and enjoy the Cornish Summer!

With much of Western Europe in ruins, automobile and engineering companies specializing in all kinds of sports car and motorcycles shifted their focus to America at the end of World War 2. This mass exodus included famous named like Austin-Cooper, Lotus, Austin-Healey , Mini-Cooper, Triumph, MG, Triumph bikes, Norton, Greeves, and British motorcycles. One name that stands out from this era of high-tech engineering and exotic European performance vehicles is the legendary Jaguar XKE roadster.

Although the Jaguar Automotive Company was active in the manufacture of high performance sports cars prior to World War 2, it is only in the post war period that the company went from a local British brand to an internationally acclaimed icon. Jaguar was going strong in pre-war Britain with standouts like the Jaguar Roadster SS-100, but the war soon brought an end to the good times for the small British manufacturer. A weak post-war economy combined with rationing lead to a huge decline in sales in Britain and Europe. Luckily there was an emerging market for premium performance vehicles over the Atlantic in the United States and Canada.

To tap this vibrant new market for their vehicles Jaguar's designers, engineers, and even the co-founder set out to launch a new, more stylish and sporty. This new model was seen as the savior of the company – it was meant to raise demand for Jaguar vehicles abroad and ensure the company continued existence in a difficult home market.

To this end they fitted out the new model with a then very powerful engine that achieved max power at 5,000 rpms. This was a huge innovation at the time as such power back then could only be found in specialized racing cars and not normal production vehicles. Another huge innovation for the time was the introduction of twin overhead camshafts, something else not found in many cars of the era. The original XKE roadster used a 3/4 liter inline six engine with a bulky crankshaft and 7 main bearings powering a long engine stroke. The 5200 rpm gave this car 160 horse power, making the original XKE an agile yet refined beast on the highways and byways of America.

It is interesting to note that the unique twin over head cam setup was not proposed for production models of the jaguar Roadster, but for the Jaguar Sedan instead. The cam setup was installed as a temporary fix for the engine during the testing phase of the Roadster, but due to positive market approval and high customer approval they decided to stick to it for final production. Despite the Jaguar Sedan Mark VII models released in 1951 featured the same engine, the Jaguar Roadster XK120 model had it three years earlier in 1948.

The Jaguar XK120 was launched to rave reviews for its elegant look, beautiful styling, high performance engine and impressive speed and handling. With its stylish contours and top speed of 120 miles per hour the Jaguar XK120 lived up to its namesake of a sleek and agile hunter. It seems quaint when you consider that the Roadster's price back then was a modest 2,500 US Dollars.

The original Jaguar XKE120 roadster holds the distinction of being one of the best cars ever designed. Even in to the profusion of high-end European cars that thrived in US markets after the war, the Jaguar XKE120 held its own, and is still regarded as an all time classic.