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Russia needs to respond to historical challenges by creating new economy — Putin
According to the president, there is a need to do much in order to ensure the people's welfare, eradicate poverty and overcome social inequality
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MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Russia will have to respond to new historical challenges by preserving the nation, creating a new economy and ensuring technological breakthroughs in medicine and education, President Vladimir Putin said addressing the Actions Forum of the All-Russia People's Front.
Putin says global economy faces systemic challenges, no time for quarrels
"We must give appropriate responses to the crucial historical challenges by preserving our nation and ensuring its growth, creating a new economy, developing the Arctic region, the Far East and Siberia, as well as all the other regions of our large country," he said. According to Putin, one of the future challenges concerns "an actual breakthrough in medical technologies, as well as in technologies in the broadest sense of the word, and in the education field," Putin added.
According to him, there is a need to do much in order to ensure the people's welfare, eradicate poverty and overcome social inequality as those issues are pressing at the moment. Putin added that Russia had every opportunity to regain a leading position in the fields where it had always been a leader.
"We will surely achieve breakthroughs we need to build new development competencies. Without a doubt, we should be leaders in the fields of knowledge, social and cultural development, while preserving our identity and looking back to our best traditions. It will take years to fulfill these tasks but we have no right to stumble and lose the direction we chose, otherwise we will have to start everything almost from a clean slate," Putin stressed.
Russia to inspect UK military facility on Tuesday — defense ministry
Head of the Russian National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center Sergey Ryzhkov said that the inspection will continue for one day

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Ocean currents bring good news for reef fish
Researchers have discovered some good news for fish populations living on coral reefs hit by climate change.
Renato Morais is a PhD candidate from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University (JCU). He led a study that looked at how fish on a bleached coral reef get their food.
"We already knew that coral reef fish rely on food drifting in from the sea, such as plankton," Mr Morais said.
"But, we didn't know exactly how important this was," he said.
Mr Morais and Professor David Bellwood, also from Coral CoE at JCU, combined high-resolution surveys and individual biomass production estimates to generate the first map of where the energy comes from for all fish on a coral reef.
"We looked at everything from gobies to coral trout and large jacks, assessing more than 18,000 fish from over 300 species," said Mr Morais.
"We found that various transport mechanisms, such as currents and tides, interact with the reef and bring in vast amounts of plankton."
The pair found that for every kilogram of fish produced on the reef more than 400 grams of that kilogram relied on food derived from the open ocean, rather than the reef itself. This rises to almost 600 grams on the side of the reef facing the open ocean.
"This means, that for many reefs, food from outside can sustain fish populations, even when the coral is badly damaged," Prof Bellwood said.
The scientists found that areas of the reef that were more exposed to the open ocean produced the largest quantities of fish – with reef slopes being the most fruitful.
"The discovery that reef fish get so much of their food from off-reef sources was encouraging, especially because many species that feed on oceanic material have a history of disappearing after coral loss," said Mr Morais.
"This is the first time we have been able to put all species in perspective," said Prof Bellwood. "Our study offers hope that reefs subject to coral loss can still be productive."
"The reefs may be damaged but they are still incredibly valuable."
The study is published today: Morais R and Bellwood D (2019). 'Pelagic Subsidies Underpin Fish Productivity on a Degraded Coral Reef'. Current Biology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.044
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Finding Nemo's Genes
An international team of researchers has mapped Nemo's genome, providing the research community with an invaluable resource to decode the response of fish to environmental changes, including climate change.
In a breakthrough study led by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE), researchers used high-tech sequencing tools to create one of the most complete genetic maps for the orange clownfish, a common reef inhabitant and star of the Disney movie, Finding Nemo.
"This genome provides an essential blueprint for understanding every aspect of the reef fish's biology," said lead author Dr Robert Lehmann of KAUST in Saudi Arabia.
"It contains 26,597 protein coding genes. And like the world's largest jigsaw puzzle, it took patience and time to assemble."
The orange clownfish, Amphiprion percula, is not only the most recognized reef fish on Earth, but also one of the most highly studied.
"This species has been central to ground-breaking research in the ecological, environmental and evolutionary aspects of reef fishes," said co-author Professor Philip Munday of Coral CoE at James Cook University in Australia.
"For example, the clownfish is a model for studying sex change in fishes. It has also helped us understand patterns of larval dispersal in reef fishes and it's the first fish species for which it was demonstrated that predator avoidance behaviour could be impaired by ocean acidification."
The team used state-of-the-art technology to sequence the clownfish's genome. Their genomic and transcriptomic data is now available via the Nemo Genome DB database.
"The clownfish comprises approximately 939 million nucleotides that needed to be fit together," said co-author Professor Timothy Ravasi of KAUST.
"This is an extremely valuable resource for the research community and will further establish the orange clownfish as an ideal lab subject for genetics and genomic studies."
"This is one of the most complete fish genomes ever produced," said co-author Professor David Miller of Coral CoE at James Cook University.
"Using the PacBio single molecule, real-time sequencing technology, enabled us to achieve a polished result."
The paper "Finding Nemo's Genes: A chromosome-scale reference assembly of the genome of the organge clownfish, Amhiprion percula" is published today in the journal Molecular Ecology Resources.
Images available here.
This research is dedicated to the memory of Dr Sylvain Forêt, a brilliant scientist, co-author, colleague and friend. (Tribute, pg. 10)
Citation: Lehmann, R, Lightfoot, D.J., Schunter, C., Mitchell, C.T., Ohyanagi, Mineta, K., Foret, S., Berumen, M.L., Miller, D.J., Aranda, M., Gojobori, T., Munday, P.L., and Ravasi, T. (2018) Finding Nemo's Genes: A chromosome-scale reference assembly of the genome of the orange clownfish Amphiprion percula. Molecular Ecology Resources
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Coral reefs losing ability to keep pace with sea-level rise
Many coral reefs will be unable to keep growing fast enough to keep up with rising sea levels, leaving tropical coastlines and low-lying islands exposed to increased erosion and flooding risk, new research suggests.
An international team, led by scientists from University of Exeter, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Lancaster University and the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE), compared the maximum upward growth rates of coral reefs with predicted rates of sea-level rise, and found many reefs will be unable to keep pace.
The growth of coral reefs is strongly influenced by the amount and types of coral living on the reef surface. This growth is now being hampered by combinations of coral disease, deteriorating water quality and fishing pressure, along with severe impacts from "coral bleaching" caused by climate change.
"For many reefs across the Caribbean and Indian Ocean regions, where the study focused, rates of growth are slowing due to coral reef degradation," said lead author Professor Chris Perry, of the University of Exeter.
"Meanwhile, rates of sea-level rise are increasing – and our results suggest reefs will be unable to keep up. As a result, water depths above most reefs will increase rapidly through this century."
"Even under modest climate change prediction scenarios (RCP4.5) only about 3% of Indian Ocean reefs will be able to track local sea-level rise projections without sustained ecological recovery, whilst under continued high emission scenarios (RCP8.5) most reefs will experience water depth increases in excess of half a metre," added co-author Dr Aimée Slangen of NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research.
"This is now of critical concern because reefs play a key role as natural sea defences by limiting coastal wave energy exposure," commented Professor Nick Graham, of Lancaster University, another co-author of the study.
"Efforts to tackle climate change must therefore be coupled with careful management of fishing and water quality protection to prevent widespread submergence through this century."
The researchers calculated growth rates for more than 200 tropical western Atlantic and Indian Ocean reefs.
"Now more than ever, we must limit global greenhouse gas emissions. Our predictions, even under the best case scenarios, suggest that by 2100 the inundation of reefs will expose coastal communities to significant threats of shoreline change," said co-author Professor Peter Mumby of Coral CoE at The University of Queensland. "Healthier coral reefs will reduce the rate of seawater inundation."
Professor Perry concluded: "The most worrying end-point scenario in this respect is that if predictions of increasing bleaching frequency are realised, many reefs may become locked into permanent low growth rate states, leading to more submergence under all future sea-level rise scenarios."
The paper, published in the journal Nature, is entitled: "Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track sea-level rise under climate change."
Citation: Perry, CT, Lorenzo, A-F, Graham, NAJ, Mumby, PJ, Macdonald, C et al. (2018). Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level. Nature, 1476-4687 DOI – 10.1038/s41586-018-0194-z
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Study urges global-change researchers to embrace variability
Scientists typically make every effort to keep all factors but one constant when doing an experiment. Global-change scientists might move a coral from a reef to an aquarium whose water is held 1°C higher to test the effects of the ocean warming predicted for the end of the century. Or they might decrease the water's pH by 0.4 units to study the effects of ocean acidification.
But a new review article presents evidence that argues for a more nuanced approach to the design of these experiments–one that acknowledges and purposefully incorporates the variability inherent in nature.
The article, in the latest issue of Current Climate Change Reports, focuses on studies examining how ocean warming and acidification might affect corals and coralline algae. Lead author Emily Rivest of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) says its findings are also likely applicable to other foundational reef species such as oysters.
"The range of pH and temperature that some organisms experience on a daily basis exceeds the changes we expect to see in the global ocean by the end of the century," notes Rivest, an assistant professor at VIMS. "But we don't really know how this variability affects their physiology and their ability to respond to future change. The papers we reviewed suggest this variability is important, and we need to incorporate it into our experiments."
Indeed, there's a growing consensus that the degree of variability in temperature and pH an organism faces in its current environment will likely influence its response to future warming and acidification. For instance, a coral growing in a back-reef lagoon–whose restricted waters may warm drastically each afternoon under the blazing sun–may be less susceptible to long-term warming than a coral growing in the more open, temperate waters of the reef face. The same may hold true for entire species or populations of warmth-adapted corals.
In their paper, Rivest and co-authors Drs Steeve Comeau and Christopher Cornwall from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) and The University of Western Australia reviewed almost 100 studies of how predicted changes in ocean pH or temperature might affect coral growth. But their review found only a "handful" of the studies had purposefully varied these factors, or examined the importance of natural variability to the performance of reef organisms.
The experiments that incorporated variability fell into two categories. "One type was studies where you collect corals from a high-variability site and a low-variability site and see how they do under controlled laboratory conditions," says Rivest. "If the variability is important in shaping their response to environmental change, then their response will depend on the site they are from."
The second type "looked at the variability within laboratory treatments–taking corals into the lab and raising them under constant or variable conditions, then providing them with an additional stress and seeing if the variability they experienced in the lab influences their response to that stress."
Rivest and her colleagues found that incorporating variability into an experiment's design produced ambiguous and intriguing results.
"Corals from habitats with more temperature variability generally exhibit greater thermotolerance," says Rivest, "but the effects of past pH variability are less clear." On the other hand, she says, "In laboratory studies, pH variability often limited the effects of ocean acidification, but the effects of temperature variability on responses to warming were equivocal."
Rivest, Comeau, and Cornwall say their findings warrant additional research. "We want our paper to signal the start of a new era in studies of how climate change affects foundation species," says Rivest. "We really need to consider an animal's current environment as a starting point for how it will respond in the future–we want this to be a point of discussion in our field, for how we should be designing experiments and thinking about these questions moving forward."
The team says their findings could also lead to practical applications. "If we know better how environmental variability affects the ability of animals to tolerate future environmental change, then we can think about it in a restoration and conservation context," says Rivest. "For example, if you target a reef for restoration, we could start a training program for corals where you culture them in the lab under variable conditions so they would be ready to perform well out in the reef environment." This approach is already being applied at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and other research labs worldwide.
The paper "The Role of Natural Variability in Shaping the Response of Coral Reef Organisms to Climate Change" is now available online.
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Isolated coral reefs not immune to local human activity
Marine scientists at The University of Queensland's Global Change Institute and the ARC Centre for Excellence in Coral Reef Studies have shown that local human activities negatively influence coral reef ecosystems in a series of complex interactions, some of which are poorly understood by science.
A detailed underwater study was undertaken at 26 sites across the Maldives, south-west of India, as part of a XL Catlin Seaview Survey.
The scientists investigated coral reef communities adjacent to human populations ranging from zero to more than 150,000 people.
PhD candidate Kristen Brown said although marine scientists already knew human activity placed pressure on coastal reef systems, the extent to which these impacts were translated to impacts on coral reefs via changes to coral-algal competition had rarely been investigated.
"We've demonstrated that local human populations have a strong influence on coral reefs," Ms Brown said.
"Many people believe that isolated reefs, near relatively small human populations, are healthier.
"Our study, however, noted a decline in certain categories of reef-building corals and an increase in dead coral and filamentous algae on reefs adjacent the densest human communities.
"Importantly, this study only provides a snapshot into the interactive dynamics of coral and algae, and seasonal and long-term investigations should be implemented.
"The results of our study have implications for the effects of human populations on coral reef communities, drawing attention to how these drivers influence reef processes such as coral-algal competition," Ms Brown said.
Associate Professor Sophie Dove from the ARC Centre for Excellence in Coral Reef Studies at The University of Queensland said understanding these changes was becoming more and more important as global changes due to ocean warming and acidification increase.
"Understanding how these changes interact is going to be increasingly important especially as we see more frequent impacts like that of the mass coral bleaching across the Maldives in 2016," Dr Dove said.
"This may help coral reef managers target their interventions with better outcomes."
XL Catlin Seaview Survey Chief Scientist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg said the project had enabled some of the largest ecological measurements of reef health.
"Projects such as this will allow us to put down important baselines against which we can measure progress against goals," he said.
The XL Catlin Seaview Survey began on the Great Barrier Reef in September 2012. Following successful Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea surveys, the project was rolled out globally thanks to the ongoing support of founding sponsor, global insurance group – XL Catlin Group Limited.
In 2014 the major campaign area was the waters of South-East Asia, while in 2015 the reefs of the Indian Ocean, including the Maldives, were surveyed. The team has recorded additional survey areas, including the Galapagos Islands, and temperate water locations including Monaco and Sydney.
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New research delivers hope for reef fish living in a high CO2 world
New research examining the possible impacts of ocean acidification provides fresh hope for the survival of reef fish.
Just as when a camera lens comes into focus, the latest research published today sharpens understanding of the implications of ocean acidification on reef fish behaviour, yielding promising results for their current and near-future survival.
Chemical changes in the ocean, as a result of climate change, are leading to a more acidic environment, referred to as 'ocean acidification' (OA). In a laboratory setting, these changes have been shown to lead to a range of risky behaviours in the affected fish, with some fish unable to flee from their finned foes effectively.
But, when researchers recalibrated experiments to adjust for natural daily changes in concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2), the primary chemical driver of OA, they found that the fish were less affected than previously thought.
"Shallow water habitats where reef fish live can experience substantial natural fluctuations in water chemistry throughout the day," explained senior author Professor Philip Munday, of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoralCoE) at James Cook University.
"For example, carbon dioxide levels on coral reefs are often much lower during the day than they are at night.
"Our data suggests that these natural daily changes in water chemistry are enough to provide fish with a recovery period, reducing their sensitivity to higher carbon dioxide levels," said Michael D. Jarrold, lead author of the study and PhD student at James Cook University.
The study published today in Scientific Reports, utilised state-of-the-art facilities at James Cook University and at the Australian Institute of Marine Science's National Sea Simulator (SeaSim) to mimic the natural conditions of a coral reef environment.
"It's the first time these dynamic natural conditions have been reproduced in a laboratory setting to test their potential influence on the behaviour of coral reef fish," explained Mr. Jarrold.
"We are thrilled about what we've found," he added. "Our results provide a greater level of optimism for reef fish populations in the future."
Previous OA research has largely used stable, open ocean conditions to guide the experimental design.
"Broadly speaking, such studies reported reduced anti-predator responses, as compared with the control group," said Prof Munday.
"Such abnormal behaviours were feared to pose significant ecological consequences for fish populations," he explained.
The researchers' ability to precisely control the complex combinations of environmental variables required to accurately simulate both naturally occurring and human-influenced water conditions was crucial to achieving this breakthrough.
"With the world's most advanced experimental marine technology at our finger tips, and the considerable efforts of our specially skilled team, the SeaSim was able to recreate the natural daily CO2 cycles found on the reef," said Craig Humphrey, co-author and SeaSim precinct manager at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
"We're excited to play a part in such fantastic and novel research."
The paper titled: "Diel CO2 cycles reduce severity of behavioural abnormalities in coral reef fish under ocean acidification" is available online at:
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-10378-y
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is located in the northeastern part of Sparks, Nevada and is a newer community which continues to expand. It is also the home of the Red Hawk Golf and Resort community which has two well maintained 18 hole courses, club house, driving range, and restaurant. The course is currently owned and operated by the Peppermill Casino. There are many homes and condos located adjacent to the courses. This is a great location for a retirement home or vacation home, as well as, primary residences.
This community is within a few minutes drive of downtown Reno, the Reno Tahoe International Airport, and Lake Tahoe and all of its amenities.
Another great feature to living in Wingfield Springs is the sports complex at the Golden Eagle Regional Park. This sports complex has several fields for sporting events like softball leagues and soccer leagues.
These homes are located north and east of the Red Hawk Resort and are also newer homes.


Site drainage and retaining walls resolve structural and water issues while contributing the "waste" water to aesthetic benefit, in the form of water features and fine site structures. The house is integrated into the landscape with pleasurable access to the activities and beauty in the landscape. The design also accommodates views to Lake Washington and limits the visual effects of neighbor homes.


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Monolith – No Saints No Solace Review
By L. Saunders on March 9, 2020 in 2020, Deathcore, Djent, English Metal, Reviews, Self-released, Unsigned Bands, Deathcore, Djent, 7 comments
"My tolerance for the often maligned deathcore subgenre received a boost of newfound optimism on the back of stellar 2019 releases from scene heavyweights, Shadow of Intent and Fit for an Autopsy. Both bands demonstrated the sick grooves and punishing, over-the-top brutality and technical chops, reminding me of a time long ago where bands like All Shall Perish and early Despised Icon tore me a new one. Yet, more often than not the style falls flat to my jaded ears. Perhaps an unsigned UK deathcore outfit may not be the best choice to pull myself out of a writing rut, but I'll be damned if I'm not ready to take the plunge and hope for minor miracles." Deathcore blues.
Holdeneye's and Cherd of Doom's Top Ten(ish) of 2019
By Dr. Wvrm on December 27, 2019 in 2019, Blog Posts, Lists, 128 comments
Once they were n00bs, but now they get their own Top Ten(ish) of 2019 lists. They grow up so fast!.
Drottnar – Monolith Review
By Holdeneye on February 12, 2019 in 2019, Black Metal, Endtime Productions, Norwegian Metal, Reviews, Black Metal, 237 comments
"No matter one's perspective on Christianity, it is hard to ignore the fact that its central theme of life emerging from death is built into the very fabric of our universe. Cells, plants, animals, worlds, stars, galaxies all die, their remains either fueling or becoming an integral part of something else. You don't have to believe any specifics of the faith to see the beauty in accepting this death/life paradox and finding meaning in the metaphor. Norwegian band Drottnar seem to have a firm grip on this paradox of constant change and renewal as their 20-plus-year existence has been one of continual metamorphosis, starting as a standard death metal band and mutating into a hard-to-describe whirlwind of blackened complexity that explores Christian themes on their two previous full-lengths." Rebuild to renew.
Hobosexual – Monolith Review
By Master of Muppets on November 13, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Hard Rock, Kitchenable Records, Reviews, Rock, 61 comments
"To fully appreciate where we're going, we must understand a few things about Hobosexual. Firstly, they're not metal, and that isn't going to kill you. I might though, if you opt to miss out on this slab of goodness based on that detail alone, but let's try to avoid all that. Secondly, that name. According to the band's Facebook page, 'Hobosexual was adopted by Ben and Jeff as a tongue in cheek dictatorial spin on affiliation as antiquated preference." Once you go Hobo, you never get clean.
In Mourning Streaming new Album Online
By Angry Metal Guy on January 12, 2010 in 2010, Blog Posts, Death Metal, Progressive Death, Pulverised Records, Swedish Metal, 0 comments
Honestly, I don't know how I missed this, but apparently In Mourning is streaming their new album online at this location. I encourage everyone to go and listen to it because it's fucking awesome. Then go and buy it.
In Mourning – Monolith Review
By Angry Metal Guy on December 23, 2009 in 2010, 5.0, Doom Metal, Progressive Death, Pulverised Records, Swedish Metal, Doom Metal, 4 comments
In 2008 the underground was taken by storm by a little-known Swedish progressive death metal band called In Mourning that released a tour de force entitled Shrouded Divine. A powerful combination of melodic death metal, Opeth-y style progressive bits and death metal with just a touch of core (trust me, just a touch), they were ranked highly on many year end lists and, frankly, left a bit of an impression on this Angry Metal Guy. See, there is life past Opeth in Swedish progressive metal, something that I had been coming to doubt. In Mourning managed to put out a record that had all of the great heaviness and thickness that one wants in a death metal record, while still managing to keep the haunting progressive parts fresh and interesting. The question is can they keep it up? Is it possible that they're able to follow up such a lauded record with something even better?


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US Rep. Richard Neal says Ways and Means Committee to prioritize health care protections, retirement savings
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., left, expected to become chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee that has oversight of tax and trade issues, walks with Rep.-elect Antonio Delgado, D-N.Y., right, as they arrive for the House Democratic Caucus leadership elections at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, a Springfield Democrat and the newly minted House Ways and Means Committee chairman, said the powerful tax-writing panel will immediately work to enshrine health care protections for pre-existing conditions, shore up retirement savings and push for infrastructure investments when he takes over the gavel next month
Neal, who officially secured the high-profile position in a Thursday caucus vote, told The Republican that he plans to move forward in January on addressing protections for pre-existing health care conditions -- an issue which loomed large in the 2018 election cycle and resurfaced in wake of a recent federal court ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
US Rep. Richard Neal pledges to take 'immediate action' to protect ACA in wake of court ruling
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, a Springfield Democrat who is expected to lead the House Ways and Means Committee, has pledged to take "immediate action" in the new Congress to protect the Affordable Care Act and appeal a federal court's ruling that struck down the controversial health care law as "unconstitutional."
The congressman added that Ways and Means could begin holding large hearings on an infrastructure package as early as February, noting that he and other leaders have already discussed a floor schedule for such legislation.
Beyond that, Neal said he plans to look at possible tax changes that could help stave off the looming retirement savings crisis, refine U.S. trade measures and consider changes to Republican-backed tax overhauls passed last December.
"It's pretty ambitious, but we're going to give it a go," he said in an interview.
Although Democrats will control just the U.S. House of Representatives in the new Congress, Neal said he's optimistic that the two chambers and the White House can come together and pass bipartisan solutions.
"I'm hopeful that some of the issue we're going to put up right away are going to be bipartisan," he said. "I don't see why, for example, Republicans would object to the proposals I have on retirement savings. If anything, I think they're going to be supportive of them."
US Rep. Richard Neal urges business leaders to invest tax savings into employees' retirement plans
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal called on American business leaders this week to take money they have saved under the Trump administration's recently enacted corporate tax cuts and invest it in employees' retirement plans.
The congressman offered that lawmakers could address the number of Americans without proper retirement savings by approving tax credits that encourage employers to set up retirement plans. Congress should also make it easier for people to participate in retirement plans, but harder for them to pull down funds early, he argued.
Neal further noted that the Trump administration has expressed willingness to work with Democrats on a bipartisan infrastructure package -- an issue which has largely stalled in Congress as Democrats and Republicans have sparred over how to fund such investments.
US Rep. Richard Neal touts focus on infrastructure, but says President Donald Trump's plan 'falls tremendously short'
Although U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, lauded the White House's focus on infrastructure, he argued that President Donald Trump's newly unveiled plan to address crumbling roads and bridges "falls tremendously short."
"They've indicated they're in. I've had conversations with the secretary of the Treasury, as well as the president on this," he said.
The congressman, however, acknowledged that both parties will have to come together to pass any such legislation, stressing that "there isn't any way that any party can do it in isolation."
In addition to laying out his legislative priorities for the House Ways and Means Committee, Neal reflected on the significance of his new chairmanship position.
US Rep. Richard Neal secures House Ways and Means chairmanship
As the new Ways and Means Committee chairman Neal is expected to focus on health care and issues tied to the recent GOP-backed tax overhaul legislation.
Noting the number of presidents, vice presidents and House speakers who have served on the panel in its nearly 230-year history, the congressman said being elected chairman marks the "pinnacle" of his political and personal ambition in Washington.
"There are few, if any, committee jurisdictions that hold the sway of the Ways and Means Committee -- we hold the responsibility for any and all tax measures, Medicare, Social Security, a part of Medicaid, pensions, welfare (and) management of the public debt," he said. "That's a pretty all-encompassing responsibility for a committee that is also one of the smallest in Congress with only 40 members."
The Springfield Democrat will officially take over leadership of the committee -- which is the oldest panel in the U.S. Congress -- from current Chairman U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, in early January.


Where Will Notre Dame QB Malik Zaire Transfer To?
According to multiple reports, Notre Dame's Malik Zaire is on his way out. The senior quarterback will meet with head coach Brian Kelly today, and Zaire should get a release from the Irish to pursue a graduate transfer. Zaire is on track to graduate in December with one season of eligibility remaining. Zaire looked to be a potential star at Notre Dame when he started over Everett Golson in the Music City Bowl to end the 2014 season. Zaire won MVP of the game as they topped LSU.
When Zaire took over the starting spot on a full-time basis, he showed even more star power as he led the Irish to a blowout of Texas. The former four-star recruit went 19-of-22 for 313 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-3 rout. He would then break his ankle in the following game, and would never reclaim his job.
Now, according to Scout.com site Irish Illustrated, Florida, Pittsburgh, Michigan State and Wisconsin are the likely receipients of his services.
With his home roots and the college he currently attends, the likes of Pitt, MSU, and Wisconsin make sense for Zaire from a geographic perspective. The Spartans and Badgers are great programs, and the Panthers aren't too shabby either. Florida is in the mix for obvious reasons, as the Gators are always one of those teams loaded with talent that is just "a quarterback away" from contending for the College Football Playoffs.
Every team on his list makes perfect sense for their own reasons, but I find it baffling that he does not even appear to be considering a move to Baton Rouge to play for the LSU Tigers. Much like Florida, LSU is loaded with talent but often fails to move the ball in large part because of a shaky quarterback situation.
With Ed Orgeron taking over as the team's full-time head coach, the Tigers are looking to change their offensive identity. Many expect Coach O to snag his good friend Lane Kiffin from Alabama to be the team's next offensive coordinator, and they will undoubtedly look to spread the field and run an offense more up-to-date than the undercenter, I-Formation we've seen for years.
As they make the transition to a spread offense, Malik Zaire has the perfect skillset to run it. He is a dual-threat, playmaking quarterback, and he could fill the biggest hole in the LSU roster. Zaire would give the coaches the ability to get really creative with the offense, and I think he could be very successful with the new approach they are taking.
If Malik Zaire were smart, he has to at least consider transferring to LSU to play his final season as a Tiger. He would be a great fit in the new system, and his experience would help as the team makes this transition. LSU would give him the best chance to not only win, but also to put up big numbers and turn some heads.


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LENA WAS in the bathtub when the door bell rrrang.
"Who is it?" she called out.
"Blind man," came the answer from the front door.
Lena got out of the tub, walked straight to the front door without so much as a stitch of clothes, and threw open the door.
There stood a man who asked, "Where do you want me to put these blinds, lady?"
OLE WAS staggering home from the tavern one night, weaving from side to side. The Lutheran minister saw him and, in a good Samaritan impulse, offered to guide Ole to his home. As they approached the house, Ole suggested that the minister go inside for a moment. He explained,
"I want Lena to see who I have been out with."
ONE DAY Lena confided to her friend Hilda how she had finally cured Ole of his nervous habit of biting his finger-nails.
"It was really simple," said Lena. "I just hid his false teeth."
WHEN OLE and Lena got married and went on their honeymoon, Lena was a bit bashful. As they walked up to the hotel, Lena said, "What can we do so they won't know we're newly-weds?"
Answered Ole, "You carry the luggage."
OLE AND Lena were lying in bed one night when the phone rang, Ole answered it and Lena heard him yell,
"Well, how should I know, that's over 2,000 miles away", and then he hung up.
Lena said, "Who was that, Ole?"
Ole answered, "Some oddball who wanted to know if the coast is clear."


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Memoirs of an Arab-Syrian Gentleman of an Arab Knight in the Crusades
Usamah ibn-Munqidh, translated from the unique Manuscript by Philipp K. Hitti
Beyrouth : Khayats, 1964
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The origins of the Islamic state : Being a translation from the Arabic accompanied with annotations geographic and historic notes of the Kitâb futûḥ al-buldân
Of al-imâm Abu-l 'Abbâs Aḥmad ibn-Jâbir al-Balâdhuri, By Philip Khûri Hitti, Ph. D., on the permanent staff of the Syrian Protestant College, Beirût, Syria, Gustav Gottheil lecturer in Columbia University
Beirut : Khayats, 1966
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Of al-imâm Abu-l ʿAbbâs Aḥmad ibn-Jâbir al-Balâdhuri, By Philip Khûri Hitti (Vol. I), By Francis Clark Murgotten (Part II)
New York City : AMS Press, 1968‒1969
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The origins of the Islamic state : Being a translation from the Arabic accompanied with annotations geographic and historic notes of the Kitâb futûḥ al-buldân : Vol. I : Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy, Columbia University
Of al-imâm Abu-l ʿAbbâs Aḥmad ibn-Jâbir al-Balâdhuri, By Philip Khûri Hitti, Ph. D., on the permanent staff of the Syrian Protestant College, Beirût, Syria, Gustav Gottheil lecturer in Columbia University
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The origins of the Islamic state : Being a translation from the Arabic accompanied with annotations geographic and historic notes of the Kitâb futûḥ al-buldân : Part II
Of al-imâm Abu-l ʿAbbâs Aḥmad ibn-Jâbir al-Balâdhuri, By Francis Clark Murgotten, Ph. D, Associate professor of modern languages, University of Nevada
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Ibn Munqiḏ, Usāma ibn Muršid, 1095‒1188 | 1
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'Plenty of space to park your four supercars' Rightmove reveals its five most viewed homes of 2020
One enormous mansion boasts an impressive underground carport that's like something out of a Bond film
Woodlawn in Surreyis on the market for £22.49million (Image: Rightmove/Knight Frank)
A ten-bedroom mansion being sold for £30million is the most viewed property on Rightmove this year.
Sprawling mansions make the list, "which reflects a national trend of people wanting more space", Rightmove says.
Sydenhurst is a 10-bedroom mansion with its own private, indoor two-lane bowling alley, complete with disco lighting.
And the second most viewed home is even pricier, on the market for £40million.
The 10-bedroom property boasts panoramic views over Hampstead Heath and beyond, with its two acres of land incorporating a tennis court and a phenomenal indoor swimming pool.
Rightmove's Director of Property Data Tim Bannister said: "We've seen many new trends unfold this year as home-movers have reassessed their housing needs and reprioritised what's important to them.
!However, one thing that's remained constant is the nation's curiosity to look inside the most amazing homes currently on the market and there's no mistaking that these five properties are the crème de la crème this year.
"Although what's really interesting about this year's annual round-up is that there aren't any penthouse apartments in the list, which reflects a national trend of people wanting more space – both when they're browsing dream homes as well as when they're searching Rightmove for something a little more affordable."
1. Sydenhurst, £30,000,000
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Set in an enormous 30 acres of beautiful parkland, this sprawling 10-bedroom mega-mansion has its own private, indoor two-lane bowling alley, complete with disco lighting
On the market for a cool £30m, the masterful property is approached via a sweeping drive to reveal a colonnade entrance and an iconic Georgian style façade
If that isn't enough to dazzle your guests, you can entertain friends and family (local tiers permitting) by showing them around your very own tennis court, stables or either one of the indoor or outdoor swimming pools.
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2. Merton Lane, London, £40,000,000
(Image: Rightmove/Knight Frank)
This supremely extravagant home has a glass lift to each of its three opulently decked out floors and is up for sale for a whopping £40m.
The home also comes with a self-contained staff lodge, a home gym and spa, a billiards room and a garage for four of your super cars.
3. Aspen House, Chigwell, POA
(Image: Rightmove/Keller Williams)
This beautiful five-bedroom home, found deep in the Essex countryside, is set in a whopping 52 acres of land and has its own Olympic-sized equestrian centre.
The enormous mansion also boasts an impressive underground carport – big enough to accommodate a fleet of ten supercars – and is like something out of a Bond film.
The elegantly luxurious five-bedroom property is also home to an incredibly swanky indoor swimming pool, complete with a waterfall and jacuzzi, as well as a sauna, steam room, cinema room, and a home gym.
4. East Road, St George's Hill, Weybridge, £22,490,000
Nestled in almost four acres of perfectly manicured lawns, this incredible country home is found in the internationally renowned St George's Hill private residential estate.
Woodlawn in Surrey is a stunning seven-bedroom mansion designed by the revered period architect Julian Bicknell and it's on the market for £22.49m.
Inside, the property has been luxuriously furnished, and some of the eye-catching features include a domed and galleried entrance hall, a cinema room, a beautiful semi-circular orangery that links seamlessly with the swimming pool, a sauna, a spa, and a gym.
5. Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill, £28,500,000
(Image: Rightmove/Aston Chase)
Tucked away in one of the trendiest postcodes in London, this glorious eight-bedroom mansion is nestled in the heart of Primrose Hill.
Just a short stroll from the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground and Abbey Road studios, this ultra-modern property comes complete with a host of incredible features.
To name just a few, the impressive home boasts a wine cellar, a cosy private movie theatre, a games room, a gym as well as its very own private bar.


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Excalibur help charity Inner Flame
By Anita Jaynes on 16 February, 2014
After meeting last March at the Swindon Business Show, Excalibur Communications and Inner Flame have recently worked together on an IT project for the charity.
Microsoft Gold Partners Excalibur, installed Microsoft Office 365 for the charity and donated full IT support to get them up and running on it.
Inner Flame is a Swindon-based youth charity established in 2008. Its aim is to inspire and support young people to develop their potential, through training, coaching and challenging experiences. Much of the work they do is with unemployed 16-25 year olds, and they are the local delivery partner for The Prince's Trust Team Programme. The primary focus is on personal development, particularly confidence, self-esteem and goal setting.
With this in mind, they needed a reliable system to ensure that their processes can be followed easily and efficiently by their staff.
Inner Flame Co-Founder, David Wreathall commented, "Microsoft 365 is a big help for us. It enables us to share and back up files easily and securely plus has all the benefits of Microsoft Exchange, so we can view each others' calendars and arrange meetings more easily. As a growing organisation, it's great to know that this is a system that we'll never grow out of."
"As a charity, having the software donated by Microsoft saves us money, but if we had been left on our own to set it all up, we would have really struggled; we don't have an IT Department! That's where the installation and ongoing support from Excalibur has made such a big difference."
Beyond the initial uses of the system, Inner Flame plans to use Microsoft 365 and MS Project to implement robust processes, so that staff and volunteers know exactly what tasks need to be done and when, to make the charity's training programmes run smoothly.
James Phipps, CEO at Excalibur said, "We were more than happy to donate IT support to Inner Flame, it's a great local charity and we like to support these organisations within our community where we can. The work that they do is crucial to the development of young people in the locality and we were keen to help them in their quest to grow and work more efficiently."
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Recent years have demonstrated that terrorist attacks are becoming more frequent. For every incident that actually occurs, there will be others that have been attempted and more that have been considered and either discarded or stopped.
Security officers are generally well placed to be the members of the public most likely to either observe somebody in the early stages of terror attack planning or to be in the vicinity when something happens. Obviously this depends on the location that the Officer is assigned to, but the likelihood is that any premises considered as a target will have some form of security. Added to this that the Officer's role is to protect the property and persons at the location, and it must be sensible business practice to provide training and guidance in at least basic counter terrorism methods.
Spotting the signs of terrorist reconnaissance of a potential or chosen target, requires an understanding of what is likely to be involved, how the terrorists do their research and a consequential confidence to challenge a person and/or report their behaviour to the police. Basic job training for security officers normally will involve few of these skills, so to enable your security officers to effectively spot and deal with these occurrences will require additional training.
For many security companies the constant driving down of contract margins has left little or no money for additional professional development of their staff. It would be easy to recommend lots of additional training, which for many companies would be beyond their training budgets, so instead I am looking at options that could be either implemented at zero cost or with minimal expenditure.
All of these suggestions will include at least some time investment, however companies should also consider the other benefits of investing in continuous professional development, which can include improved staff retention and also be used to demonstrate professionalism to clients. Additionally for those security companies which have joined the Security Industry Authority's Approved Contractor Scheme, this training could be used to demonstrate compliance with various training and development criteria.
Security companies can use these for brief but effective training of staff, either by making copies available and encouraging staff to watch them if there is a suitable opportunity, or even creating that opportunity during a supervisory visit.
In addition to training for security officers, there are also other free training materials available for staff in other roles. One example is the "Take Another Look: ID Verification" DVD which is available from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) which explains signs of tampering with identity documents and other examples of people attempting to assume another identity.
Project Griffin has gone from strength to strength since it was launched twelve years ago. It started as a London based joint venture between the City and Metropolitan police forces, following its initial success it has been rolled out across the UK with many police forces running regular training courses.
The training is normally run as a half day course by CTSAs, usually with a nominal cost recovery based fee. The topics covered include: the current threat posed by international and domestic terrorism and violent extremism; hostile reconnaissance - what it is and how to report it; what to consider in the event of a terrorist attack or incident; and how to deal with suspicious items. The feedback from the courses is that Security Officers find them interesting and enjoyable, and with practical content such as being able to handle replicas of actual explosive devices, it provides a memorable learning experience.
The significant cost for an employer would be the security officers' time, however at half a day per individual you may be able to provide time off in lieu using existing resources.
In addition, there are also other programmes run such as Project Argus which could be of use to a security company's management or their clients. It is a NaCTSO initiative, exploring ways to aid in preventing, handling, and recovering from a terrorist attack. It achieves this by taking businesses through a simulated terrorist attack. This is normally a desktop exercise involving company management and CTSAs. The simulation identifies the measures for preventing, handling, and recovering from a terrorist attack. This simulation provides a unique opportunity to both learn from and contribute to valuable lessons helping to protect you, your business, and your community.
There is plenty of available guidance, especially on police websites. Companies can use some of this information and put it into newsletters or include it as an appendix with the site assignment instructions. Short guides can be produced as pocket sized cards. Another option is if you supply your security officers with pocket notebooks, which is a good idea especially when encouraging them to be observant, the IPSA security officer's notebooks include three pages of counter terrorism advice based on advice created by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and other useful information.
The suggestions listed so far have all been basic, low cost options. For those with larger budgets and more advanced needs, there are a number of courses offered by various commercial companies, which can be found with an internet search. Courses available vary from short courses up to MSc level. Any reputable training organisation should be willing to provide references from previous customers to assist in selecting an appropriate course.
All of these solutions should encourage your security staff to be more observant, encourage them to be more questioning about what is happening in and around there area of responsibility and give them the confidence to report suspicious activity to the police. Additionally, whilst all of the training has been aimed at increasing their awareness of the current terrorism threat, a lot of the skills would be equally applicable in protecting assets from common theft or vandalism.


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HomeAbout In MemoriamEdwin Montell Seely
Edwin Montell Seely
Historical Figure
Author of Castle Valley Pageant laid to rest after accident on hand cart trek
James L. Davis
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Edition
Friends of Montell Seely might say he was a 19th Century man who lived, and died, in a 21st Century world.
The passing of the husband, father, farmer and lover of pioneer history who dreamed of the Castle Valley Pageant and with sheer force of will brought the pageant to life, was in many ways a testament to his life. He died on Aug. 12 while doing what he loved, reliving a little of the pioneer past that he came to personify.
That Montell was struck down by a motorist while leading a handcart expedition across the mountains came as a shock to the county that had grown used to him being here, a living piece of history, although he was only 74.
If his death leading a handcart expedition in 2008 seemed a little surreal, it might have made Montell himself smile. Less than three days after the last performance of the 2008 Castle Valley Pageant, Montell died recreating the trek the pageant told the story of. With Montell, Hannah Wagstaff, 13, was also killed when they were hit by a motorist who was blinded by the early morning sun. In the accident two of Montell's grandchildren, Johnny Seely, 7, and Hannah Seely, 9, were injured.
On Aug. 16 Montell was laid to rest in the Castle Dale Cemetery, and at his funeral his loved ones tipped their hats to the man and his way of life. His funeral held true to the pioneer heritage he so loved.
The Castle Dale Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Stake Center was filled to capacity by friends and loved ones who cried, laughed and remembered the man of history in a service that was a celebration of his life.
Of those speaking at his funeral were friends Mark Justice, Delvin McFarlane and Neal Peacock, but the most touching talk of the service came from Montell's own son, Mark, who addressed the audience with a strong voice, often touched with emotion as he read tributes he and his sisters had written of their father.
When it came time for his tribute to his father, Mark read a passage from Montell's own journal, which he had kept faithfully since 1976. The passage he read was from Montell's entry on Sunday morning, Aug. 10, two days before his passing and one short night since the last performance of the 31st season of the Castle Valley Pageant.
From his father's journal Mark read how Montell had gone to the pageant site at 5:30 on Sunday morning and told the security guard he could go home, since he was planning to be there for a while. Then Montell went and freed his horses and sent them down the road, knowing they would go to the cattle guard just before the Emery County Sheriff's Office Complex. After that he took his wagons and buggies and one by one pulled them down to the road and hitched them together, finally hooking them to his own pickup
"This makes quite a train," Montell wrote in his journal.
"He even drew an illustration in his journal," Mark told the congregation. Montell went on to write that he gathered up his lead mare and led it by the reins through the window of his truck and the other horses followed and in such a manner he drove his train of wagons and buggies and horses down the road and through the Castle Dale subdivision toward his home.
"Everyone waved to me with a big smile as I went by," Montell wrote in his journal. "It was about 8:30 when I arrived home. So the whole operation was all accomplished in three hours with one trip. If I had hauled all of these units plus the horses one at a time it would have taken six trips and six hours. Think of the additional time and gas. The bonus was I enjoyed the experience. I changed clothes and went to church. After church I went to the farm and tended my water. Then I came home and started putting away my wagons and buggies. I thoroughly enjoy having a collection of buggies. It gives me great satisfaction to have buggies. I like to look at them, or have a team and drive them."
Also during the service Mark related how his father always held so much enthusiasm for the Castle Valley Pageant, which he wrote based on the true stories of the first settlers of Castle Valley, his own relatives included. He recalled that Montell used to make a guarantee to those who had never come to the pageant before:
"'If we don't make you laugh, we'll pay your gas to get here, if we don't make you cry, we'll pay your gas to get home,'" Mark said his father used to tell visitors. "He never had to pay for any gas."
At the end of the service Montell was laid to rest at the Castle Dale Cemetery, taken by covered wagon to his final resting place as family followed behind in a horse drawn wagon. As the Seely family made their way down the street lined with flags toward the cemetery, people paused to watch the procession as a visitor from the 19th Century passed by…one last time.
Trek tragedy — 2 die when truck hits handcart near Fairview
By Sara Israelsen-Hartley
FAIRVIEW, Sanpete County — Edwin Montell Seely built his first handcart when he was 12 years old.
Decades later he walked 46 days across the U.S. to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Mormon pioneers' trek from Omaha, Neb., to Utah.
Tuesday, while re-enacting the call to settle Castle Valley by climbing Fairview Canyon, Seely and another participant, 13-year-old Hannah Wagstaff, were hit by a truck and killed.
"All the activities he did, (writing) histories, pageants, all the family reunions, was all to honor our forefathers," said his son, Mark Seely. "Now we experience a part of the hardship they may have experienced. Now we're catching a glimpse of what it may have felt like when they … lost loved ones on the trail."
The group had gathered in Fairview for what was to be a five-day pioneer re-enactment with nightly firesides that culminated at the Seely family farm in Orangeville/Castle Dale in Emery County.
The group of 12 — a van, then a horse-drawn period wagon and a handcart — had only been on Highway 31 for a few minutes Tuesday when tragedy struck about 8 a.m. (The number of participants in the group should be listed as 16, and there was no van at all. Mark was driving the covered wagon. – per daughter LeAnne Seely)
The driver of a Chevy truck told police the early morning sun was blinding and he never saw the pioneer crew climbing the winding canyon road ahead of him.
He crashed into the handcart first, splintering it and killing Wagstaff, who had been behind pushing.
The truck then veered off to the side and struck Seely, who had been standing in the narrow, two-lane road to warn the truck to slow down, said Utah Highway Patrol trooper Cameron Roden.
The driver, from Old Town, Idaho, has not been charged, nor the re-enactment group cited for being in the road, but the case is being investigated and will be sent to the Sanpete County Attorney's Office for review, Roden said.
Four others were injured — Mark Seely's daughter Hannah, 9, was hospitalized in Sanpete Valley Hospital with a broken collar bone, while his son, Jonathan, 7, was flown to Primary Children's Medical Center with minor hip fractures and bruises.
Ben Carter, a family friend from Salt Lake City, was standing by the handcart when it was hit.
"The truck smashed the handcart to pieces," he said, shaking his head. A wooden wheel from the 1856-style handcart hit his kneecap. He knows he's lucky it wasn't worse.
Both families plan to bury their loved ones in simple pine boxes, Mark Seely said, indicative of their appreciation of the simple, back-to-basics way of life.
Wagstaff was a musician and had played a violin solo and duet with her younger sister around a campfire the night before.
Her parents are artists Clay and Rebecca Wagstaff, of Tropic, Garfield County, who specialize in landscape and portrait work, respectively, according to the Wagstaffs' Web site.
A third family participating was not injured. The families were not related, but all shared a special love of pioneer history and honoring their posterity, said Mark Seely, who was driving the van at the time of the accident.
"(We like) to do pioneer-related activities to think about our forefathers and honor them," he said.
Along with preserving old buildings, planning pioneer treks and writing family and county histories, Montell Seely also wrote the Castle Valley Pageant, which has been going for nearly 30 years on some of his donated land, his family said.
The show is one of the longest-running LDS pioneer pageants in Utah, depicting the settling of the Castle Valley by pioneers sent to the region by Brigham Young.
"I wanted to help people develop an increased love for their pioneer ancestors and an increased love for the land," Montell Seely told the Deseret News in 1991.
Seely's entire life was about service, his family said. He always picked up hitchhikers, and family members said they remember numerous evenings where strangers who needed help were allowed to stay the night.
"He always watched out for the underdog," Mark Seely said. "He was considerate and thoughtful."
Mani Grewal knows the truth of that statement. Twenty years ago, he was the underdog.
The native of India and his wife, Lippa, fled to the United States on a 45-day student pass to escape war in Liberia. While traveling by train, they met Montell and Mark Seely as they boarded the train in Helper.
At the end of the 14-hour trip to their destinations of Chicago, Seely pulled a check-deposit slip from his wallet, which contained his name and address, then he drew a map of Castle Dale on the back.
"Anytime you need help in life, call me," Grewal said, remembering the decades-old conversation.
After living in Canada for seven years, Grewal made the call, saying they wanted to build a life in America.
The Grewal family came to visit and ended up living in the Seely home for several months while Grewal looked for work. He eventually got a job with the United States Chamber of Commerce, then traded that in for entrepreneurial endeavors. He now owns a gas station and a motel in central Utah and is a financial success story.
"Very proudly I will tell everyone I'm from Castle Dale," Grewal said, then his eyes got misty. "Knowing Montell has been a blessing in our life."
He calls Montell and Kathryn Seely "mom and dad" now, and said after their last conversation Monday, their hugs were three to four times longer than normal as if they knew it was the last time they would see each other.
Despite Tuesday's tragedy, this trek isn't out of the question, said daughter LeAnne Seely, who lives in Castle Dale.
"No, I wouldn't be surprised if our family did this again," she said. "We'll start at the top of the mountain, the unpaved road. We only meant to be (on the road) up to the summit. I would love to do it. I was looking forward to the things we would learn. I'd like the grandkids to experience that, and to honor (Seely) in the future."
Handcart crash victim remembered for his compassion, love of history
FAIRVIEW, Utah (ABC 4 News)
Montell Seely seemed to his family and friends to always have one foot in the present and the other in the past. He loved history, especially the pioneer history of Utah and his own family. His daughter LeAnne Seely said, "He always regretted that he didn't get to be the pioneer — that he had to be the one born in modern times."
LeAnne says her father felt a bond with those who had gone before. He had this strong feeling of closeness with his father, grandfather and ancestors that he didn't even know. "[He had] just this really strong desire to honor them, get to know them and do things that would recreate events in this lives," said LeAnne.
The handcart and wagon trek Montell Seely began with members of his family and two others on Tuesday morning was just another one of those attempts to recreate events in the lives of his forbearers. He had done similar treks many times in his 74 years. This one retraced the steps of his grandfather who followed the direction of Brigham Young, left his home in the Sanpete Valley, crossed the mountains and settled in what is now Orangeville.
Their small wagon train had only made it a mile or so up the road into Fairview Canyon when Seely and 13-year old Hannah Wagstaff of Tropic, Utah where hit and killed by a truck. The driver of the truck was blinded by the rising sun and did not see the small band of people and wagons ahead of him. 4 other people in Seely's group were injured in the accident. None of those injures is life threatening.
The ill-fated trek, says Fairview businessman Mani Grewal, not only illustrated Seely's love of history, but also his love of people. Mani first met Seely 20 years ago on a 14-hour train ride to Chicago. They struck up a conversation, and before it was over, had established the beginnings of a life-long and life-changing friendship.
Mani Grewal and his wife had come to the United States fleeing the civil war in Liberia.
Grewal said they had a picture taken before they got off the train and then Seely pledged to them, "We could count on his help any time in our lives."
They stayed in contact over the years. At Seely's urging, the Grewals eventually immigrated to the United States. They stayed with the Seelys. They had been adopted into their family. "I have my father and mother still living," said Grewal. "But the role Montell has played in my life is unmatched."
That type of caring and concern for others, especially the stranger in need was repeated often in the life of Montell Seely.
He will be missed by all whose lives he touched.
Man and girl killed during handcart trek
August 12th, 2008 @ 11:18pm
By Sam Penrod and Andrew Adams
There was a tragic end to a re-enactment of a pioneer trek in central Utah this morning. A 14-year-old girl was killed, as was a man well known in Emery County for keeping the pioneer spirit alive.
The tragedy struck this morning near the community of Fairview. A teenage girl from Tropic, Utah was killed, along with the founder of the Castle Valley Pageant, which just wrapped up its season Saturday night.
Twelve people had just set out for what was suppose to be a week-long pioneer-era trek. They started in Fairview and planned to arrive in Castle Dale on Saturday. But after less than a mile, tragedy struck along the highway
Montell Seely shared his passion for the Mormon pioneers with KSL's John Hollenhorst last year. Not only was he the founder of the Castle Valley Pageant, the 74-year-old was well experienced in pioneer treks. This morning, Seely was leading a group of three families on a weeklong re-enactment to Castle Valley.
His daughter, LeAnne Seely, said, "It was to commemorate the fact that this group of pioneers came from Sanpete Valley in the 1870's and settled all the towns and communities over in Emery County."
Just ten minutes after leaving their camp, a pickup truck struck them from behind. Trooper Cameron Roden of the Utah Highway Patrol said, "The 13-year-old female was behind the handcart walking and was struck by the vehicle. The vehicle then veered to the left where it struck a 74-year-old male who saw the vehicle coming and was trying to flag down the driver, to get his attention to stop, when he was struck and killed as well. Both died on scene."
The driver of a pickup truck, which was also headed up the canyon, was blinded by the sun and crashed into the back of the handcart.
Fourteen-year-old Hannah Wagstaff of Tropic was pushing the handcart and was killed. LeAnne said, "She seemed to be very talented and a nice young lady. She played the violin, she and her sister played some numbers for us at our campfire program the night before."
Four other people received injuries and were taken to Sanpete Valley Hospital. Two have been released, while two children remain hospitalized. Seely's 7-year-old grandson was flown to Primary Children's in stable condition with a fractured hip, and a girl is at Sanpete Valley Hospital in fair condition.
Two horses pulling a covered wagon just ahead of the handcart were startled and ran away, dragging the wagon with them. Daniel Penrod, from Wing Ranch, heard the commotion and went to help. He said, "They were out of control, and I thought I should get them stopped before anything else happened. And I didn't know if I could stop them, but luckily I was able to."
Seely's family is mourning for the girl who was killed, while remembering their father's love of the pioneers, finding comfort that his life ended while on a handcart trek. "We miss him and it will be really hard to get use to not having him around, but it was the way he would have wanted to go, participating in a trek to honor his ancestors," LeAnne said.
The driver of the truck was not hurt. Prosecutors will review the accident investigation before determining if any charges will be filed against him.


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Major amendments to encryption laws are a step in the right direction
A coalition of human rights organisations, telecommunication industry and technology companies have today commented on the proposed amendments to the TOLA (Assistance and Access) Act 2018, tabled today in the Senate by Senator Kristina Kenneally.
"It's welcome to see the introduction today of Labor's proposed amendments to these deeply flawed laws – a long-overdue edit to this fundamentally bad legislation," said Digital Rights Watch's Lizzie O'Shea.
"These amendments outlined in this Bill are a good starting point, but far from a full solution. Tinkering at the edges of badly designed legislation is not going to solve the underlying problem – that the powers being handed out to law enforcement are poorly designed and infringe on individuals' privacy and the security of the Australian digital economy and society."
The Bill proposes several key alterations to the TOLA Act which follow the bipartisan recommendations that emerged from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) inquiry into the text earlier this year. The recommendations include restricting access to the Act's powers by interception agencies of State or Territory, introducing a judicial authorisation requirement for the deployment of certain powers, and ensuring robust transparency by removing the ability of the Minister for Home Affairs to edit and delete information in reporting.
"The amendments were promised over a year ago, so even though they deliver several key improvements, the public is owed an explanation as to the delay. It seems an odd timing that they are only introduced now, after the U.S. Congress demanded that the Act be amended as a prerequisite to negotiating a data sharing agreement between the U.S. and Australia," added Lucie Krahulcova, Policy Analyst at Access Now.
"At a minimum, we need to see proper and public reporting on these powers – how many times have they been used, by which agency, what kinds of requests/notices have been sent?"
"These laws were rushed through Parliament in the very last sitting period of the previous year, despite widespread opposition from members of the public, civil society, academia, security experts and technology companies, obsensibly on the back of a promise to Labor that the PCJIS recommendations would be enacted at a later date," said Dr Suelette Dreyfus of Blueprint for Free Speech.
"It's now on the Government to keep to that promise and support the passage of these amendments. That would go at least some way to restoring the Australian public's trust in a Parliament that has failed to grasp the true gravity of their decisions."
"Recent moves by the Federal Government have crystallised concerns that it not only seems set in an alarmingly authoritarian path more generally, but also fails to appreciate the threat it poses to the IT, communications and personal information security of Australians and Australian businesses by undermining encryption. This proposal to reconsider the worst elements of that plan is welcome and overdue, hopefully the first step in a wider review of the dangerous path Canberra is stumbling down," said Roger Clarke of the Australian Privacy Foundation.
"Labor's proposed amendments to the TOLA Act are positive; however, the context of this legislation must not be lost. The Bill was irresponsibly rushed through parliament despite significant concern being raised by digital rights and civil society organisations regarding the significant increase in Australia's mass surveillance agenda," said Angus Murray, Vice President of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties & Chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia's Policy Committee.
"For this conversation to be meaningful, it must start with a complete repeal of the TOLA Act and prioritise a focus on implementing an enforceable federal human rights framework."
A further PJCIS review and an independent review of the legislation by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM), on the grounds of necessity and proportionality and impact on individual rights, are currently ongoing.
Polling commissioned by Digital Rights Watch in July 2019 showed that 71% of Australians had concerns that law enforcement agencies have the power to break into encrypted communications systems.
Polling undertaken by an alliance of human rights groups and technology companies in October 2018, when the laws were being debated in Parliament, showed that 84.8% of Australians believed it was important that anything the Government does to combat crime should not create weaknesses in Australia's online security systems
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Internet Australia
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