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Parshat Besahalach
Rabbi Tuvia Bolton Parsha Story for Parshat Beshalach (B'shalach) 5769
A Parsha Story by:
Rabbi Tuvia Bolton of OhrTmimim.Org/torah
On this week's Parsha:
Parshat Beshalach (B'shalach) 5769
In this Torah portion we read about the splitting of the Reed ('red') Sea.
Never in history was or would there be anything like it; an entire nation of several million people escaped from the most powerful army in the world by walking on dry land in the middle of a sea! And then, as soon as they got to the other side the water miraculously caved in and drowned their pursuers!
[And it's not just history. That nation has been miraculously surviving such enemies for thousands of years and still exists today; the Jews!]
But at first glance this is not understood.
What was the purpose of these miracles at the sea? Why didn't G-d just kill the evil Egyptians in their sleep and take the Jews quietly out. Why all the fanfare? And G-d split the sea at the last moment? (See 14:9-12) Why all the tension?!
Also this week was the tenth of Sh'vat, the day that the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak passed away and his son in law, the Seventh Rebbe, who said that this generation would be the generation of 'Moshiach', took over.
Is there as connection?
To understand this here is a story (Rabosainu N'si'ainu pg 186)
The sixth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch; Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak was a truly remarkable man, wise, spiritually gifted and brave. Besides being gifted in all aspects of the Torah and of secular knowledge …. he was a man of action.
In Russia he single handedly stood against the atheistic, murderous regime of Stalin by sending thousands of his followers throughout Russia to teach Torah to children at the risk (and often the cost) of their lives. And in the last ten years of his life in the U.S.A. he began the 'outreach' movement that has totally transformed Judaism today.
But the main driving force in his life was love; helping others and doing everything possible to alleviate suffering. And he taught his followers to do the same.
For instance when Rabbi Michel Vishedski (a neighbor of mine in K'far Chabad) escaped Russia some 50 years ago and settled in New York he did everything in his power to help Russian Jewry and he took it upon himself to visit all the orthodox synagogues in New York and see if they could help as well.
One of his meetings was with one Rabbi Rabinovitz; the head Rabbi of the Bronx. When he arrived at his synagogue he found the place empty, as most synagogues are in the early afternoon, and the Rabbi seated at a long table in a chair next to the head of the table.
Rabbi Michel shook the Rabbi's hand, introduced himself and, supposing that the Rabbi had left the head seat vacant for him, sat in it.
"Excuse me," Rabbi Rabinovitz said, "Please don't sit in that chair. It's the head seat and I always leave it vacant."
Rabbi Vishedski apologized and stood up and when he took a different seat the Rabbi smiled, apologized himself for not warning him and said. "You're a Lubavitcher, right? Well then, you'll probably understand the reason I leave that seat open. It was because of a dream."
"Really? A dream?" Rav Michel was interested and seeing his interest, Rabbi Rabinovitz, smiled and began telling him the story.
"It began almost twenty years ago, 1949. I had survived the holocaust, moved from Romania to New York, got married and began thinking about a job. I had a few ideas about how to make a living but I couldn't make up my mind. Then someone suggested that I go see the Lubavitcher Rebbe for advice.
"I called up and I got an appointment. It was Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe and I got in to see him. He wasn't so healthy and it wasn't easy to understand him but after he heard my questions he said that he thought I should be a Rabbi. He was very clear about that and he said I should let him know what happened.
"Well sure enough, a while later I got this offer to be the head Rabbi here of the Bronx so I went back and asked the Rebbe if I should take it. He closed his eyes, thought for a minute and finally looked up and said.
"'A Shul (synagogue) is a Shul. But I don't like the Shamash (sexton-caretaker).'
Then he again closed his eyes and repeated; 'A Shul is a Shul. But I don't like the Shamash'.
Then he blessed me with success in the new job and asked me to return two weeks to see him again.
"So I followed his advice and took the job. But when I came back two Sundays later I found a huge crowd gathered outside his building…. For his funeral! They told me that the Rebbe had passed away on Shabbat! The Rebbe invited me to his funeral. I felt he was telling me that our contact would continue.
"Anyway, things went fine in the Shul; I got along well with everyone and the place began to become popular but I sensed something wrong. Gradually I found out what it was; the Shamash of the Shul was speaking against me. He even had himself a small following of complainers.
"At first he was quiet about it but eventually it got public and the politics threw the Synagogue and myself into turmoil. When I thought I was going crazy I decided to go the Rebbe's son in law who had become the next Rebbe, for advice.
"I got in to see him and it was the most amazing experience in my life. As soon as I told him my problem he said; 'My father in Law told you that a Shul is a Shul but that he didn't like the Shamash!'
"It was simply uncanny. Remember, this was years later and I never told anyone what the Previous Rebbe said to me! Anyway he continued, told me not to worry and to just be patient and that eventually I'd catch the Shamash doing something wrong.'
"Sure enough, that's exactly what happened! Just a few weeks later I was having trouble sleeping one night and took a walk to the Shul and who do I see also walking around outside but the president and the janitor. It seems that they also couldn't sleep. Anyway as we got near to the Shul we noticed something strange; a few lights were on inside and someone was in there doing something. So we entered silently and what did we see? The Shamash was emptying all the charity boxes into his pocket! Needless to say he got fired the next day and my problems were over…. almost.
"Like I said our synagogue became popular and after a few years there was no where to sit. We needed to expand but there was no where to expand to, all the land around the Shul was taken. But just then the butcher next to us decided he wanted to sell us his place so he could expand elsewhere. It was a miracle!!
"And the butcher was so friendly. We came to an agreement, he gave us a great price and we shook hands, didn't even write a bill of sale! The next week the butcher moved to a big store he bought across the street and we knocked down a wall, did a bit of remodeling and like magic our Shul became almost twice as big as it was! Everyone was happy! For a while.
"But after a few years the butcher's new place also became small on him. He was succeeding and he wanted to expand again; to move his refrigerators to somewhere nearby and use the space for more customers. But he also had a problem finding a place to buy. Until he suddenly remembered the building he sold us and that there had been no bill of sale!
"He got a lawyer, sent us letters telling us to leave and when we tried to reason with him, took us to court and got an order of eviction. Things happened fast and we were going crazy but there was nothing we could do. Then, the night before the eviction I had a dream.
"I dreamt that I was standing in this room and at the head of this table, where I told you not to sit, was the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe with his son in law, the present Rebbe, standing next to him. The Rebbe smiled and said, 'Why are you so worried? G-d will direct everything in the best way.'
"Then his son in law said ' The Rebbe told you that a Shul is a Shul. It means that once a butcher shop becomes a Shul it can't become a butcher shop again. Don't worry.'
"Suddenly I woke up! I looked at my watch. I was late! I was supposed to wake up an hour ago! I got dressed and ran to the Shul as fast as I could, but it was too late. There were police everywhere, all our congregants were standing in the street trying to talk to them while some ten husky fellows were carrying all the seats out of our Shul.
"But suddenly there was a big crash from the new butcher shop across the street then screams. Everyone turned to see. One of the workers came running out the door screaming 'Call an ambulance! Get a doctor! Help!! The boss is hurt!!"
"It seems that somehow a huge chandelier that was hanging in the butcher shop came loose and fell on the owner knocking him unconscious. I ran over there and there was blood everywhere! But before the ambulance arrived he came to and limped out the door holding his bleeding head and yelling like a madman. "Put the chairs back!! Don't evict them!! I lied!! I lied!!! They really paid for my store. I'm sorry!!"
"The ambulance took him anyway, the policeman shrugged his shoulders told the movers to return everything and that was the end of it! Just as the Rebbe said.
'That is why I never let anyone sit in this chair.
This answers our questions. The reason G-d split the sea was to prepare the Jews for receiving the Torah and to teach them how to use it afterwards.
At Mount Sinai all the spiritual worlds 'split' to reveal the Creator of the Universe, just as the sea split to reveal the dry land. And so it was when the sea split; the Jews had awesome revelations of G-d! (See Rashi on Zeh Kaili 15:2).
But G-d also tested and strengthened them beforehand to ignore the pressures of the world (as symbolized by Pharaoh and his forces) by spitting the sea at the last moment; just as He did to the Rabbi in our story.
But just as Moses took the Jews from Egypt and brought them to Mt. Sinai so the mystical book 'the Zohar' promises that in every generation there will be a Moses, a potential Moshiach, to reveal G-dliness and take us all through the pressures, darkness, fears and doubts of this world to the true redemption, when all the Jews will be together in Israel and there will be world peace and prosperity. Just as the Rebbe did in our story.
We are now in the last minute! It all depends on us to ignore the pressures and do all we can to bring…
Moshiach NOW!!
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani helicopter gunships targeted a militant training facility in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing nine insurgents in the latest violence to disrupt troubled peace negotiations, according to police and security officials.
The strikes came as a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban rejected a government demand that the militant movement halt attacks, saying the government should be first announce a cease-fire.
Underscoring the militants' refusal to stop attacks, a roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying a pro-government elder in the northwestern town of Buner, killing him and two of his guards, police official Javed Khan said.
The military launched Saturday morning's strikes after confirming reports about the presence of militants at a compound in the village of Thal in the Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, two security officials and a local police officer said. They said the identity of the slain men was not immediately known and agents were trying to get details.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to the media.
It was the third such strike in recent days.
On Wednesday and Thursday, officials said, Pakistani aircraft killed 20 suspected militants in the country's troubled North Waziristan and Khyber tribal regions.
The strikes follow a breakdown in negotiations between the government and the Pakistan Taliban earlier this week.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has long favored peace talks over military action to end the bloodshed in the northwest, but he is also under pressure from critics to retaliate for any Taliban violence.
Peace efforts suffered a setback when a bombing claimed by the Pakistan Taliban last week killed 12 police officers in the port city of Karachi, and a few days later a faction of the Taliban also claimed they killed 23 soldiers on Sunday in reprisal for the killing of some of their members.
After that, a government-appointed committee that had traveled to North Waziristan to meet Taliban delegates announced that they couldn't continue the talks unless the militants renounced violence.
The Pakistani Taliban for their part, insist they would agree to a cease-fire only if government negotiators could assure them there would be no more killings of their members. They have also demanded the release of women and children, which they claim were in government custody.
Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told a group of journalists in North Waziristan on Friday that they were still in favor of "serious negotiations." But he said the movement would not declare a unilateral cease-fire, saying the first step should come from the government.
"We cannot take the first step to announce the cease-fire," he said. Shahid said.
Further complicating negotiations, a Pakistan army spokesman denied Taliban claims about detainees, saying not a single woman or child was in the custody of the security agencies.
Associated Press writers Ishtiaq Mahsud in North Waziristan, Hussain Afzal in Parachinar and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.

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Of nuclear terrorism, says Secretary-General in message to Vienna meeting
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message to the fifty-first session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, in Vienna, 17 September:
I am pleased to send my greetings to the fifty-first session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency. This is a fitting occasion for representatives of its 144 Member States to reflect on the Agency's activities over the past five decades, and to consider the challenges ahead.
The activities of the IAEA are more important than ever to advance safe and peaceful uses of nuclear energy, promote non-proliferation and disarmament, and reduce the risks of nuclear terrorism.
Access to reliable and affordable sources of energy is essential for development. The growth in demand for energy will likely be highest in developing countries, several of which may turn to nuclear power to help meet this need. Yet concerns over dependency on foreign sources of supply continue to inhibit wider use of this technology. In response, the IAEA has long been a central forum for exploring multilateral frameworks for assuring supplies of nuclear fuel for peaceful uses, while promoting other such uses outside the energy sector.
Reaping these benefits, however, requires new levels of international cooperation in addressing security and environmental challenges, especially from spent fuel and waste management, both very familiar subjects at the IAEA.
In addition, the Agency is also facing many challenges relating to nuclear weapons. Future progress in disarmament may eventually lead to new roles for the IAEA, especially in the disposition of nuclear weapons materials. With respect to non-proliferation, the IAEA is continuing its engagement with Iran and is once again implementing certain safeguards activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The Agency is promoting the Additional Protocol to strengthen safeguards, seeking greater transparency in export controls, and working to strengthen the physical security of nuclear material, thereby reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism.
As Secretary-General of the United Nations, I look forward to working together with you in meeting the challenges ahead. We must redouble our efforts to revitalize the international disarmament and non-proliferation agenda, and rid the world of nuclear weapons. I am confident that your deliberations and decisions will help us reach that objective.
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When Ronald Reagan replaced Carter in the White House a year later, he turned up the heat. Administration officials insisted that the Soviet Union's interest in Afghanistan was a prelude to a communist takeover of the Middle East oil fields. The CIA report on the Soviets' running out of oil gave the Reagan Administration the ammunition to secure more money from Congress to arm Afghan insurgents and establish a permanent military presence in the Persian Gulf. Soon after Reagan took office, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger announced that it was essential for the U.S. to establish bases in the Persian Gulf region "to act as a deterrent to any Soviet hopes of seizing the oil fields." The Reagan Administration began building those bases, sold sophisticated AWACS planes to Saudi Arabia, and conducted joint military exercises with Egypt and other countries. And the CIA began one of its longest and most expensive covert operations, supplying billions of dollars in arms to a collection of Afghan guerrillas fighting the Soviets. The arms shipments included Stinger missiles, the shoulder-fired, antiaircraft weapons that were used with deadly accuracy against Soviet helicopters and that are now in circulation among terrorists who have fired such weapons at commercial airliners. Among the rebel recipients of U.S. arms: Osama bin Laden.
At the same time the U.S. was moving into the Persian Gulf militarily and supplying Afghan rebels, all based on a faulty CIA oil assessment, it was also secretly supporting Saddam Hussein. The Reagan Administration remained neutral after Iraq's invasion of Iran in September 1980, but as the war progressed and it appeared that Iran might emerge victorious, the U.S. secretly backed Iraq, according to declassified government documents. That began in 1982, when the State Department removed Iraq from its list of countries supporting terrorism. According to a General Accounting Office report, this "made Iraq eligible to purchase aircraft, helicopters, and national security controlled items for military end use." Yet another declassified State Department document makes clear that the Reagan Administration intended to implement regulations that would lift restrictions on exports "to both Iran and Iraq of five chemicals that could be used in chemical weapons production." This made sense, as the U.S. was peddling arms to Iran as well via the Iran-contra conduit.
The root of all this folly was the U.S. government's officially sanctioned version of faltering Soviet oil production, which was at odds with reality. To be sure, Soviet oil production was trailing off. But the Soviets were not running out of oil. Nor would they become dependent on imports. Rather, they were using primitive technology and needed to make investments in their infrastructure. In fact, Russia today is the world's second largest producer, after Saudi Arabia. Instead of becoming a major buyer of Middle East oil, as the CIA had warned, Russia ships 3 million bbl. a day to other countries, including the U.S.
As all this makes clear, the former Soviet Union was not running out of oil. Neither is the world. The one exception: the U.S., which was the Saudi Arabia of the first half of the 20th century, is finally running out. As a result, thanks in part to American policy that put an emphasis on foreign intervention rather than domestic conservation, Americans are more dependent than ever on imported oil.


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Everlane Silk Blouse c/o Everlane, Rachel Antonoff sweatshirt c/o ModCloth, Urban Dandy frames c/o BonLook, Seychelles Late Night glitter heels, MAC Russian Red lipstick with Too Faced red lip liner
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Dear Florida,
Everlane Silk Blouse c/o Everlane, Rachel Antonoff sweatshirt c/o ModCloth, Urban Dandy frames c/o BonLook, Seychelles Late Night glitter heels, MAC Russian Red lipstick with Too Faced red lip liner
59 comments:
you always look so NICE! beautiful photos :)ReplyDelete
^agree :)ReplyDelete
-deana, from birdsandoxfords
You are gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I SO miss the sunshine as well! Ah...Florida, I wish! The winter sun here in the Netherlands just won't do!ReplyDelete
XOXO from the Netherlands,
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Wow, You look beautiful! <3ReplyDelete
Gorgeous as always!ReplyDelete
That red lipstick you're wearing is stunning. Love those awesome gold shoes too.ReplyDelete
Love the red lips.ReplyDelete
unas fotos geniales! me encanta tu blog!ReplyDelete
Love the red lip. It brings so many summer memories :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2013 at 3:31 AM
great shots!ReplyDelete
Dear Keiko, You're so pretty~ReplyDelete
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Fantastic pictures! I love your lipstick color!ReplyDelete
So cute! I'm missing the sunshine, too. xReplyDelete
isn't it freezing here in nyc??? the next few days are going to be rough...ReplyDelete
Such pretty shots! That red lip shade looks divine!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year lovely.
I'm loving the cold! I want a real winter!ReplyDelete
These pictures are gorgeous and your lips look incredible! I wish I had your lip shape.ReplyDelete
xx Kait
I think I need this lipstick!! It is amazing!!ReplyDelete
-Adrienne. xo
I will gladly send you warmth from Orlando if you can send us some chilly weather! :)ReplyDelete
Miss kieko lynn you are gorgeous! Lovely shoes also ;) much love for the new year <3ReplyDelete
I'm really liking your shoes :)ReplyDelete
love everything about that first shot! gorg. happy new year my dear!ReplyDelete
Those shoes are fab.ReplyDelete
Cute pictures!ReplyDelete
I think most places need a little dose of Florida warmth!
xo Jennifer
Love the pics. Cute shoes too.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2013 at 10:25 AM
I couldn't imagine wearing those shoes but they are absolutely cute!ReplyDelete
Stay fab,
- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM
That lipstick is BEAUTIFUL! I need to go try that color. :)ReplyDelete
Oh man, those shoes are just too perfect! Beautiful as always!ReplyDelete
I like the contrast of your Mac Russian Red Lipstick and Too Faced red lip liner with the colour of the Peter Pan collar. I'll second that wish for Florida to send some of their warmth up here to New York :) Have a very Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
Woww love the shoes!!ReplyDelete
You look flawless. I wish I had some of that florida sunshine up here too!ReplyDelete
I love your photographs!!!! I would just love some sun right now. It has been a cloudy rainy mess in Georgia.ReplyDelete
This lipstick color reminds me of MAC Ruby Woo. This is how it looks on me, anyway. LOVE the red lip. Rock it, girl!ReplyDelete
It's funny because sometimes I find myself saying the opposite, haha. Too much warmth it's a bit boring. But I'm glad you have enjoyed some sunny days.ReplyDelete
In the first pictures your lipstick looks AMAZING!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the kind comments, everyone!ReplyDelete
Lovvvve the lipstick.ReplyDelete
xo Ashley
Love the chunky/sparkly shoes - Nailed it! Happy new year!ReplyDelete
P.S. How in the HECK do you get your lipstick to look like that--so bright and bold? Primer? Photoshop? MAGIC? =)ReplyDelete
those shoes are amazing. And if you accomplish getting a little sun to NY, please send it further for me in Denmark - I really could use some too :)ReplyDelete
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Lovely post and pictures!!ReplyDelete
The lipstick is gorgeous! :)ReplyDelete
xx Elle
Hey Keiko,ReplyDelete
I am an obsessive reader of your blog and I had a little question (not sure if you will have time to respond...)
I need to get new (prescription) glasses (because I actually can't see, lol) and all of yours are so fabulous, I wanted to ask where I should shop for new frames? I see that BonLook is on here-have you tried Warby Parker? I have not but I have heard good things about them...
Of course I am saying this because it is timely for me, but it would be awesome if you did a post just on some of your fav sizes/shapes and where to shop. ;)
Thanks for being a constant inspiration!
Hey! I have a post with some of my favorites here, but I have since acquired many new ones:) http://www.keikolynn.com/2012/06/makeup-monday-girls-who-wear-glasses.htmlDelete
I love both Bonlook and Warby Parker. I also love my Ray-Bans, but they're more expensive - and I recently got two pairs from Lookmatic that are awesome. I think they all have around the same prices, and they're all great companies with high quality eyewear. It just depends on what you're looking for! Do you know what shape you're looking for?
Yay! Thanks for all the ideas!Delete
I have a very loooong face, so I try to get pairs that are width-accentuating to balance everything out. Another challenge I find is that (since I am fair skinned and have red hair, freckles, the works) I need frames that aren't black, since that tends to look really harsh/dramatic with my coloring.
One of the things I liked about your Bonlook picks is that there are a lot of turtle-color options.
You have definitely given me lots to think about, though. Thanks so much!
YOUR lips are da bomb. (No homo.)ReplyDelete
xoxo Britt
What beautiful photos you take!! Yeah some of Florida's warmth would be amazing up here in New York!! =)ReplyDelete
Ergo - Blog
gahhh!!! i love those seychelles. i've been dying for that pair :)ReplyDelete
GORGEOUS!!! These pictures and those shoes are STUNNING!ReplyDelete
You really have the best hair......just saying ;)ReplyDelete
pretty photos! xoReplyDelete


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Jolly Olde England has been anything but for novelist Jonathan Franzen.
At a literary event in London's Hyde Park to promote his acclaimed new book, "Freedom," a brazen thief swiped the author's glasses from his face and left a $150,000 ransom note in his wake, reports the Telegraph.
The man, who jumped into the lake outside the Serpentine Gallery in the park, was captured after a police helicopter was scrambled to search for him.
U.S. & World
Event attendees reported that Franzen was "extremely disgruntled" after the episode
It was the second, high profile incident for "The Corrections" author while abroad. Last week, thousands of first-edition copies of "Freedom" had to be recalled after a typesetter's error led to the incorrect version of the book being printed in Britain.
A British blogger summed up the events: "The US puts Franzen on the cover of 'Time'; the UK misplaces his commas and steals his glasses," wrote Sarah Drinkwater.
Franzen gained notoriety among the nation's legion of Oprah Winfrey fans in 2001 when he expressed concern that her selection of "The Corrections" for her book club might dissuade men from reading the book. The author and talk show host have since kissed and made up: Oprah selected "Freedom" as a recent book club pick.


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Jobs might range from repair 1 jackpoint, or install 1 new jackpoint, to fitout of a floor for Cat5E or Cat6, with 300 Data and Power, back to a patch panel with Labeling.


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Jump on board a Moreton Bay Escape and enjoy small group tours to the beautiful Moreton Island. Departing regularly from Brisbane , Moreton Bay Escapes offers exciting guided tours including day tours and overnight programs, to the pristine beaches of Moreton Island National Park. Their tours are designed for nature lovers and outdoor people. Small groups allow for lots of group discussion and meeting like-minded travellers from all over the world.
The tour guides are expertly trained and are from varied backgrounds. All guides have significant guiding experience or have studied ecotourism related courses, and also have senior first aid qualifications including oxygen treatment, snorkel guiding and rigorous in-house four wheel drive training.
With activities such as four wheel driving, wildlife viewing, camping, snorkelling, sand boarding and tobogganing, as well as plenty of swimming and sightseeing venues such as Honeymoon Bay, Blue Lagoon, Cape Moreton Lighthouse and many more, you will experience the very best of Moreton Island's natural wonders. If you like to immerse yourself in the environment, then Moreton Bay Escapes is for you.
Your visit will include highlights such as Cape Moreton Lighthouse, North Point and Honeymoon Bay, Blue Lagoon, Five Hills Lookout, and Mount Tempest (the World's highest sand dune).
During your two day adventure, you will experience sand boarding and tobogganing, snorkelling around the Tangalooma ship wrecks, body boarding and body surfing, and sightseeing in places such as the secluded beach of Honeymoon Bay, Cape Moreton Island, the beautiful and rejuvenating tea tree oil Blue Lagoon and much more. A trip to Moreton Island includes swimming along its beautiful, safe surf beaches.
The Moreton Island Sand and Sea tour starts with a luxury cruise across beautiful Moreton Bay to Moreton Island. Travelling along Middle Road, you pass through thick eucalypt forest on your way to The Desert, the home of Sand Boarding. Sand boarding and tobogganing is awesome fun, high speed and high adrenaline. After a fresh picnic lunch, prepared by your tour guide, they take you on a guided snorkel around the Tangalooma Shipwrecks. For those people who are not strong swimmers, kayaking around the Shipwrecks is a fantastic alternative option. View these magnificent shipwrecks for a completely different outlook on Moreton Bay and its spectacular scenery. Regrettably, you finish the day with their return to the ferry for a luxury cruise back to Brisbane.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


text: SEMI formally announced the conference program for the fourth annual SEMI North American PV Fab Managers Forum to be held at Intersolar North America 2013 in San Francisco, California on July 8, 2013. The Forum focuses on addressing shared supply chain challenges and improving customer-supplier relations across the photovoltaic supply chain. New this year at the SEMI North American PV Fab Managers Forum is the "Foundation Market Maker" session led by representative experts from residential, commercial and utility scale solar sectors. This session will explore the present and desired future state of the industry. Companies presenting at the Forum will include: Solexel, Alta Devices, McKinsey & Company, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SolarCity, SunEdison, U.S. Department of Energy, MEMC Solar Materials, Lazard Capital, GCL Solar, Bay Area PV Consortium, Integrated Photovoltaics, and Solar PV Market Research. The New and Emerging Technologies Session will examine Solar 2.0/3.0 where new companies will enter the market and how game changing innovations, technologies, and products will drive down costs while increasing system performance. "The SEMI North American PV Fab Managers Forum serves the fast-growing U.S. solar market by bringing together senior manufacturing and supply chain executives to provide both perspective and actions needed to identify and support the transformative technology, manufacturing and business models required to support a sustainable global and regional manufacturing supply chain," said Bettina Weiss, vice president of business development at SEMI. Additional manufacturing- and technology- focused programs at Intersolar North America include: SEMI PV Materials and Reliability Expert Forum (Tuesday, July 9 at Intercontinental Hotel) which explores how materials impact system performance/cost and how innovation roadmaps, new technologies and advances in efficiency and lifetime help mitigate risk to drive lower levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). Agenda and registration: VDMA delivers fresh content and perspectives at the PV ENERGY WORLD Stage (Thursday, July 11 at Moscone West) on PV production equipment for high-efficiency, organic and printed solar cells, new machine concepts, innovative materials, automation, laser concepts and integration solutions, as well as energy and resource efficiency (organized by SEMI.) Intersolar North America 2013


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In Liberty We Trust
September 29, 2011 Leave a comment
In slow motion, and with annotation explaining what is happening, the video seems to show a high-ranking member of the New York Police Department spraying a substance — the video says it is Mace or pepper spray — toward several women who were standing behind a wall of orange netting. After the spraying, one woman can be seen dropping to the ground, screaming in apparent pain.
Video appears to show Wall Street protesters being pepper sprayed.