In the late 1890s he employed William Dixson as an engineer, who would later make a major donation of Australiana to the State Library of New South Wales.

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Sir Hugh Dixson (1841-1926), tobacco manufacturer and philanthropist, and Thomas Storie (1854-1932), medical practitioner, were born on 29 January 1841 and 10 April 1854 in Sydney, sons of Hugh Dixson, tobacco manufacturer, and his wife Helen, née Craig.

Hugh was educated at W. T. Cape's Elfred House Private School then worked for Phillip McMahon, a timber-merchant.

In 1856 he entered his father's firm and, with his brother Robert, became a partner in 1864.

On 3 July 1866 at Raymond Terrace he married Emma Elizabeth (1844-1922), daughter of William Edward Shaw; her sister Alice married Thomas Baker.

The firm prospered, partly due to the impetus of the American Civil War, and expanded to Melbourne and Adelaide, where it became Robert Dixson & Co.

On the death of his father in 1880 Dixson became head of Dixson & Sons Ltd and in 1883 built a massive warehouse and factory on the corner of Elizabeth and Park streets.

In the late 1880s he introduced a profit-sharing scheme with employees.

In 1903 he and his nephew (Sir) Hugh Denison organized the merger of the family companies with William Cameron Bros & Co. Pty, Melbourne; Dixson was chairman of the new British-Australasian Tobacco Co. Ltd.

He was also chairman of the City Bank of Sydney, and the Strand Electric Lighting Co. Ltd, proprietor of the Strand Arcade and, in 1897-98, president of the Chamber of Manufactures of New South Wales.

In 1904 he set up and became chairman of the Dixson Trust Ltd.

Staunch Baptists, Dixson and his wife originated many trust funds for the Church, including £10,000 for aged and infirm ministers.

He was president of the Baptist Union of New South Wales in 1895-96, the Baptist Home Mission Society until 1926 and of the Young Men's Christian Association in 1900-02 and in 1909, and a director of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Lady Dixson was a life governor of the Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives, the Women's Hospital, Crown Street, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and of the Infants' Home, Ashfield, a life vice-president of the British Empire League in Australia, the National Council of Women of New South Wales, and the Victoria League; president of the women's auxiliary of the Sydney City Mission and the Veterans' Home of New South Wales and vice-president of the New South Wales Home for Incurables, Ryde (to which they gave £20,000), and the Fresh Air League; she also founded the Sydney Medical Mission.

Among Dixson's many benefactions were £5000 each to the Dreadnought Fund, the Chamber of Commerce War Food fund and the Y.M.C.A.'s building fund; and £7500 to the University of Sydney to buy a collection of minerals from the Barrier district; he and his wife were as charitable privately as publicly.

Dixson was a noted horticulturist and became a member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales in 1887 and the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science in 1898.

At his home, Abergeldie, Summer Hill, his garden contained many exotic and rare plants; he contributed articles to such journals as the Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales.

Bespectacled and bearded with curling side-whiskers, he was knighted in 1921.

Lady Dixson enthusiastically collected rare china and owned a tea-service that had belonged to Marie Antoinette.

She died in Sydney on 12 April 1922 and Sir Hugh at Colombo on 11 May 1926; they were survived by two of their six sons and by four daughters; one son Lieutenant Thomas Storie Dixson, Coldstream Guards, was killed on active service in France in World War I.

Sir Hugh left his estate, valued for probate at £143,194, to his children and grandchildren.

Thomas was educated at Sydney Grammar School and privately by Rev. Barzillai Quaife.

At 18 he went to the University of Edinburgh (M.B., C.M., 1877), where he was influenced by Lister.

He studied in Dublin, Berlin and Vienna before returning to Sydney, where he was appointed lecturer in materia medica and therapeutics at the University of Sydney in 1883-1917.

He spent two years leave at the University of Strassburg (Strasbourg), Germany, where he isolated the poisonous principle of the castor oil bean and translated O. Schmiedeberg's Elements of Pharmacology (Edinburgh, 1887) under the author's supervision, to meet the need for a text-book in English-speaking universities.

On 11 October 1887 at Inch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he married his first cousin Janet Maria Holdway Storie, and added Storie to his name.

On his return to Sydney Dixson was honorary physician in 1889-1914, honorary consulting physician in 1914-21 and director of the department of special therapeutics in 1909-21 at Sydney Hospital.

He helped to found the Renwick Hospital for Infants, was associated with the Greycliffe (Lady Edeline) Hospital for Babies, and the Sydney Medical Mission, and was president of the New South Wales Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.

Dixson was active on the New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association and was president of the Medical Board of New South Wales in 1919-32.

He did devoted work for the St John Ambulance Brigade, published a pamphlet on its history in New South Wales in 1918, was appointed a knight of St John of Jerusalem in 1919 and was chief commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia (Western Australia excepted) in 1923-32.

He contributed several articles to the Australian Medical Journal.

Interested in science from his university days, Dixson was a councillor of the Linnean Society of New South Wales for fifty years (1882-1932) and its president in 1903-05.

In 1898 he became a trustee of the Australian Museum, Sydney, and was president in 1918-25; there he helped to organize popular lectures and planned a children's museum.

He also contributed valuable information on the preservation and display of specimens.

A member for forty-four years, he was an honorary vice-president of the Highland Society of New South Wales and a member of the Geographical Society.

Dixson had suffered from diabetes for twenty years when he died on 9 December 1932 at his home, Edgewater, Cremorne; he was cremated with Presbyterian forms.

He was survived by his wife and by three daughters; his estate was valued for probate at £7836.

Sir Hugh Dixson's eldest surviving son SIR William (1870-1952), businessman and collector of Australiana, was born on 18 April 1870 in Sydney.

Educated at All Saints College, Bathurst, he qualified as an engineer in Scotland in 1889-96.

On his return to Sydney he worked for several years for Norman Selfe.

He was a director of Dixson & Sons Ltd in 1899-1903, the British-Australasian Tobacco Co. Ltd in 1903-08, the City Bank of Sydney (1909-17) and of the Dixson Trust Ltd 1909-52 and Timbrol Ltd until 1952.

William began collecting rare books and manuscripts for use in his 'own historical researches' but when he learned that the income from David Scott Mitchell's bequest to the Public Library of New South Wales could not be spent on pictures, he 'decided to give special attention to them'.

Dixson first offered his pictures to the State in 1919 and again in 1924, adding that he would bequeath the remainder of his pictures and collections of Australiana, including manuscripts, books, coins and stamps, to the library on similar conditions to Mitchell's bequest: the Dixson Gallery was opened in October 1929.

He later gave to the library other pictures, including a number by artists who accompanied Captain James Cook, its great bronze entrance doors, three stained-glass windows in the main reading room, and £15,000, the income of which is used to buy historical pictures.

In 1937-39 Dixson gave a total of £5000 to assist in establishing a library at the New England University College, Armidale, which is named in his honour; he also presented some 1500 anthropological specimens from Australasia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago to the Australian Museum.

He was a benefactor and fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society, contributing many articles to its Journal, and a member of the Geographical, Royal and Linnean societies of New South Wales.

Like his parents, he aided hospitals and institutions and was treasurer and president of the Queen Victoria Homes.

Although 'reserved and retiring', he was a 'very kindly gentleman', with neatly brushed hair and a trim beard and moustache.

He was a member of Killara Golf Club, and was an excellent photographer.

Sir William, a bachelor, died in hospital at Chatswood on 17 August 1952 and was cremated with Anglican rites.

His estate was valued for probate at £429,132; in addition to his promised bequests, he left all his shares in the British Tobacco Co. (Australia) Ltd (about £114,000) to the trustee of the Public Library to set up the William Dixson Foundation to benefit students by reproducing, with 'no editing whatsoever', manuscripts relating to Australasia and the Pacific, reprinting rare books and translating manuscripts into English.

The Dixson Library, housing his great collections, was opened in 1959.

A portrait of Sir William by Norman Carter is held by the University of New England and Lionel Lindsay did a portrait etching.

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B. Cook, 'Dixson, Sir William (1870–1952)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dixson-sir-william-6343/text10211, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 25 August 2019.

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After leaving Russell's, Selfe went into partnership with his former employer James Dunlop. They designed and built major installations for the Australasian Mineral Oil Company, the Western Kerosene Oil Company and the Australian Gas Light Company. In 1869 Selfe was appointed to the senior post of "chief draftsman and scientific engineer" at Mort's Dock and Engineering Company in Balmain. In this role he oversaw the design and construction of the mail ship "SS Governor Blackall", personally commissioned for the Queensland government by the Premier Charles Lilley in 1869. The Sydney-built but Queensland-owned ship was an attempt to break what was later described as the "capricious monopoly" of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company on coastal trade and mail delivery from England. However, it ultimately caused the political downfall of Lilley as he had undertaken the contract without consulting his colleagues.
 Selfe left Mort's in 1877 to practise as a consulting engineer at 141 Pitt Street, gaining a reputation for versatility and originality. Upon his return from an overseas trip through America, Britain and continental Europe in 1884–85, where he visited engineering works and technical education facilities in search of new ideas to take back to Sydney, Selfe set up a new office in Lloyd's Chambers at 348 George Street. He would later move to No. 279 where he operated the consultancy until his death in 1911.


The announcement took place in Bayamon, Puerto Rico; the future home base of Puerto Rico FC, scheduled to begin its first season at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in the 2016 fall season.

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NBA star Carmelo Anthony is joining the ranks of sports team owners.

The New York Knicks forward announced at a Thursday news conference that his new club, Puerto Rico FC, will join the North American Soccer League and begin play in 2016.

"My passion for soccer has always been there," Anthony told ESPN FC in an exclusive interview.

"I just always kept it to myself and among my circle.

Going to games, sneaking into games and just watching and being around the sport over the years.

The more time I started spending in Puerto Rico over the past six, seven years I realized that there was kind of a void down there on my island.

The island didn't really have anything that they could kind of call their own, that they could represent not just on the island but from a global standpoint."

Puerto Rico FC will be the NASL's 13th club after the league recently added Miami FC on May 20.

The club, which will begin play in the 2016 NASL fall season, will play its home matches at the recently renovated Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium.

Located in Bayamon, about 10 miles from the capital city of San Juan, the 12,500-seat stadium serves as the home base for the Puerto Rico national team.

This isn't the first time that a professional club has set up shop in Puerto Rico.

The Puerto Rico Islanders played in various leagues from 2003 until 2012 before going on hiatus after the conclusion of the 2012 NASL season.

During that time the Islanders made a memorable run to the semifinals of the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League before falling to Liga MX powerhouse Cruz Azul.

"It was a perfect chance for me to not only revive that energy and that club, but to start something fresh," Anthony said.

"I want to be that one team that represents Puerto Rico."

He and his wife are of Puerto Rican descent, and for the past several years he has has engaged in charitable efforts, including the opening of basketball courts all over Puerto Rico.

Now his intention is to increase his investment in the island.

"For me, it's more about bringing that global awareness back to Puerto Rico," he said.

"Everyone in the world wants to visit Puerto Rico.

And there's a lot of Puerto Ricans scattered throughout the world, and in America alone.

I want to connect to those pockets of Puerto Ricans in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Orlando.

Anthony insisted that this new venture will not distract him from his day job, playing for the Knicks.

"Basketball is my No. 1 thing," he said.

"I'm very hands-on but it's more about taking the time now during the offseason.

I spend a lot of time in Puerto Rico training.

I'll do like a mini-training camp down there.

Right now it's about putting the right people in place so that when I'm back to my regular job, basketball is my main focus.

I'll have a solid group of people running [Puerto Rico FC] on a day-to-day basis."

The eight-time NBA All-Star recently traveled to Cuba as a guest of Pele for the New York Cosmos' historic match against the Cuban National Team in Havana.

Last year, Anthony spent time with Real Madrid when the Spanish club spent part of its preseason training in the Los Angeles area.

So excited to be on this historic visit to Cuba with @Pele pic.twitter.com/RXswtbiO1t

- Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) June 2, 2015

As a team owner, Anthony joins the likes of former Brazil striker Ronaldo, Paolo Maldini and Riccardo Silva, who have all recently invested in NASL clubs.

Ronaldo became a part owner of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in December, while Maldini and Silva brought Miami FC to the league last month.

Anthony also told ESPN.com his rehab from left knee surgery is ahead of schedule.

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In June 2015, National Basketball Association (NBA) star Carmelo Anthony announced that he is bringing football back to Puerto Rico with a new North American Soccer League expansion franchise.


He continued the downsizing his predecessor had initiated, cut unprofitable product lines and initiated the development of two more models of Commodore's flagship Amiga 1000 computer.

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When a corporation is bleeding money, often the only way to save it is to drastically lower fixed expenses by firing staff.

Commodore had lost over $300 million between September 1985 and March 1986, and over $21 million in March alone.

Commodore's new CEO, Thomas Rattigan, was determined to stop the bleeding.

Rattigan began three separate rounds of layoffs.

The first to go were the layabouts, people who hadn't proven their worth to the company and were never likely to.

The second round coincided with the cancellation of many internal projects.

The last round was necessary for the company to regain profitability, but affected many good people and ultimately may have hurt the company in the long run.

Engineer Dave Haynie recalled that the first round was actually a good thing, the second was of debatable value, and the last was "hitting bone."

Under Jack Tramiel, Commodore had embarked on a whole host of projects: some practical, some far-sighted and visionary, and others just plain crazy.

To try and figure out which was which, Rattigan looked for an experienced opinion.

He found one in Charles Winterble, a former Commodore engineer turned consultant who at the time was still under the lawsuit Commodore had going against Atari!

First to the chopping block were Commodore's aging line of PET computers, which had been the first fully-assembled computers to hit the market (they predated both the Apple ][ and TRS-80).

The VIC-20, once promoted by William Shatner, was also axed.

Next up were the innovative but ultimately pointless collection of small 8-bit computers that were incompatible with the blockbuster C-64: the Plus/4 and Commodore 16, and various other machines that had never left the prototype stage.

The Commodore 900, an innovative Unix workstation with a 1024 by 800 bitmapped display, was also canceled.

How many megabytes does that cabinet hold?

Computers weren't the only thing that Tramiel had a hand in.

At the time, the company still owned an office supply manufacturing firm in Canada.

I personally ran into Commodore-branded filing cabinets far more often than I ever ran into Amigas.

Rattigan got rid of these and other distractions.

Rattigan also cleaned up the sloppy accounting processes that had been allowed to fester under his predecessor, Marshall Smith.

Three redundant manufacturing plants were closed, and new financial controls were put into place to keep a tight check on spending.

Commodore paid off their debts and even posted a modest $22 million profit in the last quarter of 1986.

In the meantime, the Amiga still needed applications if it was to become anything more than a curiosity.

One of the first companies to publicly pledge support for the platform was none other than Electronic Arts.

EA founder Trip Hawkins poses with an Amiga 1000

Those who have firsthand experience with the modern Electronic Arts typically know it as a faceless corporate behemoth, infamous for absorbing, then strangling independent development teams, eliminating competition by paying for exclusive rights to major sports leagues, and working its employees beyond the breaking point.

They may be surprised to find out that EA originally had quite a different mission and philosophy.

EA's founder, Trip Hawkins, was actually fighting against the poor treatment of programmers that he witnessed elsewhere in the industry.

When he launched Electronic Arts in 1982, he envisioned an environment where developers and game designers would be treated like rock stars: promoted in major media, given generous royalties, and allowed to explore wherever their imagination and talent led them.

Hawkins saw the Amiga as a groundbreaking platform, a brand new canvas that would let his developers create great new works of art.

In November 1985, he took out a two-page ad in Compute! magazine that extolled the Amiga's virtues and promised that Electronic Arts would be supporting the platform for a whole new generation of games.

"I believe this machine, marketed and supported properly, should have a very significant impact on the personal computer industry," Hawkins said prophetically in an earlier interview in the same magazine.

EA's first Amiga product, however, wasn't a game at all, but a game development tool.

Programmer Dan Silva had been working on an internal graphics editor that was code-named Prism.

When the Amiga was released, he quickly reworked the program to take advantage of the new computer's stunning graphics capabilities.

Even before it shipped, Silva was already working on the next version, which would contain many more advanced features.

This program was Deluxe Paint, and it launched the careers of thousands of computer graphic artists.

With a simple interface featuring a toolbar on the right-hand side of the screen, Deluxe Paint was a powerful tool that could create not only static graphics, but also animation.

This made it perfect for creating images for computer and video games, and for a long time Deluxe Paint was the industry standard for creating art for this medium, much like tools such as 3D Studio Max are today.

Even years later, as the PC gaming market began to eclipse the Amiga in terms of sheer size and number of titles, many game development studios still made their art using Deluxe Paint.

Its native format, IFF, and animation format, IFF ANIM, are still supported by many graphics packages today.

IFF ANIM files were compressed using delta encoding, resulting in smaller files.

This was nearly 10 years before animation compression standards such as MPEG were released.

But back in 1986, the combination of an Amiga and Deluxe Paint was unbeatable.

While Adobe's Photoshop on the Macintosh platform would eventually become the standard tool for creating two-dimensional graphic images, the Mac was still a monochrome-only computer at this point, and the PC could barely manage four colors even with a CGA graphics card.

The cover art for the Deluxe Paint II box featured an image of Tutankhamen that had been created inside the program itself.

This image quickly became an iconic picture in the computer graphics industry.

Even Commodore recognized the power of Deluxe Paint, using the Tutankhamen image on a new full-page ad that—finally!—stated the Amiga's advantages outright.

I specialize in the obscure and beautiful, like the Amiga and newLISP.

Rattigan earned a BS at Boston College in 1960 and a MBA at Harvard Business School in 1962. He joined PepsiCo in 1970 where he rose to the position of CEO of PepsiCo International in 1982.
 In 1985 Commodore, an early producer of home computers, hired Rattigan as COO intending to prepare him to become CEO (competitor Apple Computer had hired Pepsi president John Sculley in 1983).
 In 1986 Rattigan took over as CEO from Marshall F. Smith.


Finishing each lap extends the game timer like in most arcade-style racing games.

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Genre: Racing Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Players: 1-2 Released: 1991

It's surprising that there aren't more racing games involving all-terrain vehicles (ATV).

One would think that racing over dunes and through mud would appeal to more people, but apparently that isn't the case.

Relatively few titles have been released over the past two decades, and the most successful series of the bunch, MX vs. ATV was recently discontinued by THQ and its development studio closed.

It seems that off-road racing has been hit as hard by the economy as everyone else.

The truth is though, that the ATV genre has never really managed to gain a foothold in mainstream gaming.

The granddaddy of ATV games, Namco's Quad Challenge, was most likely the first of its kind on consoles, and it didn't exactly set the world on fire.

While everyone else was racing Sega's Ferrari or motor cycle, or competing in the Monaco GP, relatively few seemed interested in taking control of an ATV.

The game was quietly released, and while sales figures are elusive, it doesn't appear that the game was a major hit for Namco.

A game's success or failure at retail isn't necessarily dependent on quality, of course, and we've all seen horrible titles sell millions while true gems collect dust in bargain bins.

The latter is all the more tragic, since many people complaining of a lack of good games in a certain category are missing out on titles that would most likely satisfy them.

Even if they are counseled to play the great ones they've missed, they often don't.

Those titles that are merely lackluster do far worse, since no one recommends them, and most gamers tend to pick them up on eBay or at flea markets for mere pennies on the dollar.

These are the games that provoke a sense of indifference, that feeling of "it's not that good, but it was cheap."

Namco's 1991 racer Quad Challenge falls squarely into this category.

I'm willing to take into account the fact that Quad Challenge was a forerunner in its genre.

There weren't that many ATV games around at the time, and there were certainly none on the Genesis.

It would be unfair to cite it for lacking features that later ATV games incorporated or even the more complex graphics and features of arcade ATV games had, like Four Trax (the 1989 game on which Quad Challenge is based).

No, if we're going to scrutinize here, it should be on Quad Challenge's lack of the fundamental qualities that make a racing game fun.

There's no way around that, since there was plenty of Genesis racing titles out by 1991.

At a glance, things seem to be off to a great start.

There are two modes of gameplay, practice and championship, each with a specific set of courses.

Practice mode lets players race on nine tracks, and championship ups the limit to a whopping 16.

Two players can compete against each other, and there are four different ATVs from which to choose, each with varying degrees of acceleration, horsepower, and handling.

Personally, I never really noticed any difference among them aside from the color one chooses at the beginning of the race, and that is essentially the limit of customization.

That's a far cry from the original mode in Sega's Super Hang-On, which lets players customize their bikes by using race winnings to purchase different upgrades.

There's a password system for championship mode, but it does little more than save your progress in the championship, as nothing else changes while you play.

That's probably why it's a mere four characters long.

Could bike upgrades be responsible for Super Hang-On's massive passwords, causing Namco to keep Quad Challenge as a strictly arcade racer in order to make the player's life easier?

I suppose one can attempt to justify it, but the really bare bones workings of this game really hurt its long-term playability.

Racing always takes place in split-screen mode, regardless of whether or not there's a second player.

This is kind of distracting, and it doesn't really seem to be necessary.

Do I really need half the screen to know where my opponent is on the track?

Isn't that what the course map on the right is for?

Races are also timed, and completing a lap extends the timer, similar to OutRun.

Courses are mostly comprised of turns and minor bumps, and there is little variety to them.

One simply goes around the track, shifting and braking when necessary, but the racing is perhaps the only thing in the game that bears mentioning.

Taking turns to sharply can lead to a wipeout, so players must learn to master the correct technique of braking when turning.

The bikes can also overheat if they're pressed too long, so down-shifting at the right time is vital.

This was a pleasant change for me, as most other racers of the era consist of just hitting the accelerator and occasionally braking.

Success seems to come mostly from learning the track layout.

Quad Challenge adds the element of knowing one's vehicle, as no knowledge of turns and bumps is going to save a bike that's overheating.

While Quad Challenge makes a minor effort to stand out from the crowd in gameplay, it plays it safe with its presentation.

There's no way it could mimic the smooth scaling of its arcade sibling, and the track sides have been noticeably stripped down to make things easier on the engine.

Aside from the occasional bush or sign, there's nothing but dirt to look at.

The tracks themselves are pretty plain as well, and only a change in the distant background makes distinguishing them possible.

I do think that Namco copied Nintendo's own Excitebike when it designed the racers, since they look almost identical.

They at least animate fluidly, which is what Super Hang-On was really lacking (that leaning animation… egad!).

The only part of the whole package that I really like is the music, which features that great early '90s Namco flair, similar to Burning Force.

It's very clear and catchy, and gives the player something to focus on instead of the uninspired visuals.

In the end, there's not a lot of traction on this ATV's tires, which may turn off gamers looking for a deeper racing experience.

There's fun to be had here, especially with a second player, but that doesn't last too long due to the repetitive tracks and dull gameplay.

I know I keep comparing Quad Challenge to Sega's motorcycle classic, but Namco should really have copied Super Hang-On's original mode.

That would have breathed new life into this game and made it a classic.

Those looking for a great arcade racer should stick to that one or just play OutRun; it looks as great as it plays.

I guess we would have to wait a few more years for Namco to finally emulate Sega's gaming formula.

Perhaps it should have waited until then to bring this ATV racer home.

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 During championship runs, the player can run free runs for as long as he likes before racing the fictional computer opponents or the other human opponent in a timed race. Actual recorded human speech is used to count down the racers before the start of the race. The player has two chances to win before receiving a game over. Just like in "Pole Position", there is a lap timer as well as a game timer.


In 2001, he and his wife, a dentist named Lisandra Lafitta Hernández, signed "Manifiesto 2001", which called for basic freedoms to be respected in Cuba.

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Pro-democracy activists, including Christians, remained behind bars Wednesday, June 27, in Communist-run Cuba, amid fresh concerns about their health because of alleged prison abuses.

In statements obtained by BosNewsLife dissidents and family members said they remained particularly concerned about the plight of Dr. Luis Milan Fernandez and fellow pro-democracy activist, independent journalist Pedro Arguelles Moran.

Dr. Milan's health has deteriorated because of apparent abuse by fellow inmates, while Moran has been denied medication for his ailments, dissidents told BosNewsLife.

Dr. Milán Fernández is forced to share a cell with two or three mental patients who are suffering a variety of disorders, including…schizophrenia and depressive neurosis…

Penal authorities follow a pattern, changing his cell mates, sometimes leaving him alone, at a psychiatric ward of the Prison of Boniato, in Santiago de Cuba Province.

The physician is a member of the Independent Cuban Medical Association (Colegio Medico Independiente de Cuba) and was detained after he and his wife, a dentist, signed a document titled 'Manifiesto 2001,' calling, among other measures, for the recognition of fundamental freedoms in Cuba.

They also carried out a one-day hunger strike to call attention to the medical situation of detainees and other rights issues.

He was arrested and tried summarily on April 4, 2003 on charges of "disrupting internal order, destabilizing the country and destroying the Socialist State and the independence of Cuba", and sentenced to serve 13 years in prison.

Dr. Milan, 37, was a very healthy man before being imprisoned, but now suffers from several ailments including a tumor in the left humerus, loss of hearing, hypertension and an enlarged liver, dissidents said.

He has refused to undergo medical procedures saying he does not trust the medical personnel in the prison.

His wife, Lisandra Lafitta, said that during her latest, June 12, prison visit, she found that her husband had lost weight and has a deep dark color under his eye circles.

The unbearable heat in his cell and the erratic and unruly behavior of his fellow inmates including one who recently cut off one of his own ears prevents him from getting enough sleep or rest, she said.

It is impossible for him to read or write and he is unable to look outside of the cement blinds in his cell, she said.

He can smell and hear the rain but he is unable to see it fall…

Independent journalist Pedro Arguelles Moran also suffers health problems but prison authorities refuse to allow him the prescribed medications he requires, dissidents said.

His wife, Yolanda Vera Nerey, was quoted as saying that her husband had to carry out a hunger strike in prison this month for 72 hours demanding that prison authorities hand him the anti-acid tablets brought to him by his family which were prescribed by his doctors.

Vera Nerey added that her husband is practically blind and suffers from other ailments.

Moran, 59, is the director of the Ciego de Avila Independent Journalists Cooperative, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison during the Cuban government crackdown of March 2003 on dissidents.

He is serving his sentence in the prison of Canaleta, more than 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of the capital Havana in the province of Ciego de Avila.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro has denied human rights abuses and the existence of dissidents saying those detained are either mercenaries of the United States or against his revolution.

News of the alleged prison abuses against the detained dissidents come amid reports that a prominent Cuban group has launched a campaign to push for constitutional reforms that would allow democratic elections and greater respect for human rights.

The campaign is the latest in a series of calls for political and economic changes by opposition groups on the island since Cuban leader Fidel Castro fell ill almost 11 months ago and temporarily handed over power to his younger brother, Raul.

The latest push for change is led by Oswaldo Paya, a dissident with close ties to the Catholic Church, who five years ago gained international notoriety by gathering 25,000 signatures calling for a referendum on civil liberties that became known as the Varela Project.

Hundreds of dissidents, many of them Christians, are believed to be in prisons across the island.

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The redback spider has a widespread distribution in Australia, and inadvertent introductions have led to established colonies in New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Japan and greenhouses in Belgium.

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Latrodectus hasseltii, the redback spider.

# Hidden housemates: the Australian redback spider

Natalie J. Saez, The University of Queensland

Research officer, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland

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Australia is infamous for its deadly snakes, spiders and sea creatures.

One of the most notoriously dangerous is the redback spider, Latrodectus hasselti, which is similar to the widow spiders found in the United States and worldwide.

What makes these creatures so feared is a combination of their potent venom and their preference for living near people.

But are these spiders really as bad as they seem?

And what should we be aware of to minimise the risks of living with these hidden housemates?

The female redback is immediately recognisable by the prominent long red stripe on her back, for which they are so aptly named.

Females of the species tend to be larger than the males, with a body length of about 1 cm compared to 3–4 mm for males.

Adult females are jet black (with a red stripe), whereas juvenile females are generally brown with white markings.

Males are normally light brown with white markings, but lack the distinctive red stripe.

Female redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti).

One unique feature of redbacks' mating is "sexual cannibalism".

During mating, not only does the female eat the male, but the male actually assists her in this process by flipping his body towards her so that he is closer to her mouthparts.

Because the cannibalistic process is so slow, mating continues until the male succumbs to his injuries.

While it may seem counter-intuitive, this is thought to increase his chances of producing offspring by fertilising more eggs (mating is prolonged while the female is devouring the male).

She is more likely to reject subsequent male attention.

Males also can't produce any more sperm.

Redback spiders are found throughout Australia.

They live anywhere with an adequate food supply, shelter and a warm enough climate for breeding.

For the most part nocturnal, they use a web to capture prey (generally insects, although they have been known to eat other spiders and even small reptiles and mammals).

They use their venom to kill their prey following capture.

Of the hundreds of compounds in their venom, only a single toxin, alpha-latrotoxin, is responsible for deaths in humans and other vertebrates.

A redback spider with a small lizard captured in its web.

No matter how deadly an animal is, if it never meets a human it can never kill one.

Unfortunately, this is not the case for redbacks.

Existing in a range of habitats from forest to desert (originating in Western Australia), the redback spider quickly took advantage of man-made habitats created by European settlers from the late 18th century onwards.

Redbacks had colonised urban areas by the early 1900s.

Insects, their natural prey, are drawn to lights and waste.

This makes urban areas an ideal hunting ground for the spiders.

Modern-day redback spiders rely on humans.

A quick glance at the distribution of redbacks in Australia reveals it correlates well with populated areas.

The spiders are most often found in or around human homes, with only a small proportion located outside urban areas.

Distribution map of redback spider specimen records.

This attraction to man-made habitats has facilitated the redback's spread to other countries through world trade and global shipping.

In fact, the redback was unintentionally introduced, and has since established local colonies, in places including New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Japan.

New Zealand quarantine authorities commonly intercept the spiders in steel or car shipments.

Any unintentional introduction is of concern both for local people, who may be unaware of the spider's dangerous bite, and for the preservation of insects on which the redback would not normally have an opportunity to prey.

The majority of reported spider bites in Australia are attributed to redbacks, which are responsible for around 2,000 hospitalised bite cases each year.

However, not a single death due to redback venom has been reported for 50 years, since the introduction of redback antivenom.

Redback spiders tend not to be aggressive unless their web is disturbed.

Sometimes they may just give a warning bite without injecting any venom if they feel threatened.

Therefore, not every bite will require a trip to the hospital or treatment with antivenom.

In fact, antivenom is normally given only in cases in which the injected venom has caused severe illness.

When the redback venom enters the body, it produces a range of effects collectively referred to as "latrodectism".

Typically this includes severe and escalating pain that emanates and progresses from the bite site, swelling and localised sweating.

Nausea, vomiting, headaches, abdominal or chest pain, generalised sweating and increased blood pressure indicate a severe bite.

Symptoms of latrodectism usually last for 24 to 48 hours, but can persist for weeks in some cases.

Nearly all instances are ascribed to the larger female spider.

Both the juvenile and adult produce physical symptoms of similar severity.

Bites from the smaller males are reported to give only mild, short-lived pain.

## What we can do to live safely with them

Keeping in mind that redback spiders are not generally aggressive unless disturbed, following a few simple precautionary measures greatly reduces the risk of being bitten.

Webs are normally found in dark, dry, sheltered spaces.

Be careful around buildings, under houses, in roofs and in sheds and garages.

Always check first before reaching into your mailbox or other dark holes.

Check around children's sandpits, toys and bicycles, inside helmets or any other equipment that gets left outside.

Before use, always shake out any clothes, shoes, gloves or garden tools that have been left outside.

Be careful when disposing of rubbish or litter piles.

Inactive cars are also great places for redbacks to build webs.

A redback spider in a corner of a household deck.

Be extra observant in warmer months, particularly in the late afternoon and evening, when the spiders are most active.

Children should also be taught not to touch spiders.

If you find a redback or a redback egg sac and want to get rid of it, the easiest way is to squash it with something like a rolled-up newspaper, but only if you think it is safe to do so.

Pesticides are not very effective in the long term unless used frequently, because redbacks will generally recolonise after treatment.

Female redback with egg sac and prey (a blowfly).

For healthy people, a redback bite is not an immediate emergency.

It is advisable to have someone stay with you and observe you for a few hours, in case severe symptoms develop, so that they can get you to a hospital.

Doctors can then monitor your situation and, if necessary, administer the antivenom.

People with serious medical conditions (particularly heart disease), pregnant women, children or the elderly are at a much greater risk of severe, and potentially fatal, effects or complications.

In any situation, if in doubt, seek medical attention.

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Often, it first squirts its victim with what resembles 'superglue' from its spinnerets, immobilising the prey by sticking the victim's limbs and appendages to its own body. The redback spider then trusses the victim with silk. Once its prey is restrained, it is bitten repeatedly on the head, body and leg segments and is then hauled back to the redback spider's retreat. Sometimes a potentially dangerous victim can be left to struggle for hours until it is exhausted enough to approach safely. Male spiders and spiderlings often live on the periphery of the female spiders' web and steal leftovers. Other species of spider and parasitoid wasps prey on this species. The redback is one of few arachnids that usually display sexual cannibalism while mating.
 After mating sperm is stored in the spermathecae, organs of the female reproductive tract, and can be used up to two years later to fertilise several clutches of eggs. Each clutch averages 250 eggs and is housed in a round white silken egg sac.


Today the Michigan Department of Transportation building in Lansing is named after him, "The Murray Van Wagoner Transportation Building".

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# Murray who? Meet state office buildings' namesakes

Justin A. Hinkley, Lansing State Journal

Published 7:03 a.m. ET Oct. 27, 2015 | Updated 3:16 p.m. ET Nov. 3, 2015

## From Cora Anderson to Soapy Williams, why they earned multi-story monuments

Every day, thousands of Michigan state government employees move in and out of towering memorials to these men — yes, all but one of them are men — who were some of this state's most important actors.(Photo: File photo)

They were politicians and engineers and heirs to shaving cream fortunes.

At least one was a known scoundrel and more than one wanted to be president.

Through legislation, resolution and executive order, state leaders have named many buildings on the Capitol Complex in downtown Lansing and a few buildings in other cities after people who helped shape Michigan's past and laid foundations for its future.

22 Michigan women to name government buildings after

One of those buildings is named after Stevens T. Mason, Michigan's first governor after statehood.

In honor of Mason's Oct. 27 birthday — he'd be 204 years old if he were alive today — here's a look at the namesakes of some of our state government facilities:

Cora Anderson, first woman elected to the state House and first American Indian to serve in the Legislature, is seen in this photo provided by the state Capitol historian and the Archives of Michigan.

Cora Anderson (1882-1950), was the first woman elected to the state House and the first American Indian to serve in the Legislature when she held office for one brief but impactful term in 1925 and '26.

But the woman newspapers called "The Lady of the Land" had already broken barriers against both women and Indians as an Upper Peninsula teacher and public health advocate, organizing Baraga County's first public health agency and helping to establish that county's first public nurse.

In the Legislature, she advocated for public health and women and led the Industrial Home for Girls Committee.

She tackled alcoholism, tuberculosis and accountability for township finances.

Sources:Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame, Michigan Capitol historian, legislative records

Richard Austin, the first black man elected to statewide office, is seen in this LSJ file photo.

Austin (1913-2001), was a man of firsts.

Not only was he the first black Michigander elected to statewide office, other than the Michigan Supreme Court, he also was Michigan's longest-serving secretary of state, holding the office from 1970 through 1994.

He was also Michigan's first black certified public accountant, earning his degree from the Detroit Institute of Technology, and he was the first black Wayne County auditor.

We can thank him for vehicle registration tabs, which allow us to replace stickers every year instead of the whole license plate, and for mail-in registration renewals.

He also helped make voter registration and plate renewal simultaneous.

NOTE: Though Austin was the first black Michigander elected to statewide office, the first black Michigander successful in a statewide election was Dr. Dewitt Burton, elected to the Wayne State University Board of Governors in 1959.

The governors are elected by a statewide ballot, but their jurisdiction is limited to the university.

Otis Smith was the first black justice on the Michigan Supreme Court.

He was appointed by Gov. John Swainson in 1961.

Sources: Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB), Michigan Department of Transportation, Senate Fiscal Agency

Address:3044 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit

Named: State government inherited the name when it took over the building in 2011

Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac (1658-1730), the fur trader and schemer who convinced the French government to establish a riverside outpost called Detroit, has given name to a city and a really nice car.

And, around the turn of the millennium, his name was put on the former General Motors Co. headquarters in downtown Detroit.

A bust of Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac, the founder of Detroit, is seen in this photo from WikiMedia Commons.

An ambitious, controversial figure known to overstate his social stature and rank in French government, Cadillac nonetheless won the praise of French officials and was named commander of Michilimackinac.

Despite causing new tensions with American Indian tribes there, Cadillac in 1698 went back to France and talked King Louis XIV out of the equivalent of $300 and 100 men to build a fort along the Detroit River.

In the summer of 1701, Cadillac and his troops set up camp around what is today Hart Plaza.

In Detroit, Cadillac was accused of distributing alcohol and bribing Canadians.

In 1710, he was made governor of Louisiana — a serious downgrade in French stature.

After more controversy, he was called back to France in 1717 and briefly imprisoned before again talking his way to prominence.

He was governor of the French city of Castelsarrasin when he died in 1730.

Sources: Canadian Museum of History, HistoryDetroit.com, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, DTMB

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Named: By House Concurrent Resolution 35 of 1952

Lewis Cass, the second governor of the Michigan Territory, is seen in this LSJ file photo.

Born in New Hampshire and starting his political career in Ohio, Cass (1782-1866) eventually became one of Michigan's premier political animals.

He was the second governor of the Michigan Territory and helped usher us into statehood.

He designed our coat of arms, founded the Historical Society of Michigan, served as President Andrew Jackson's secretary of war and President James Buchanan's secretary of state.

After one failed bid, he was the Democrats' presidential nominee in 1848, losing to Zachary Taylor.

He also represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate for 10 years.

Sources:Michigan Senate, U.S. State Department Office of the Historian, DTMB

Saginaw native Billie Sunday Farnum (1916-1975) — named after evangelist Billy Sunday — was Michigan's assistant secretary of state from 1957 to 1960 and its auditor general — the state's last publicly elected auditor — from 1961 to 1964.

He was an aide to U.S. Sen. Blair Moody and served in Congress himself for a single two-year term starting in 1965.

Part of Michigan's "Five Fluke Freshmen," he was ousted from Congress amid political uprisings of the civil rights and antiwar movements.

Billie S. Farnum, 19th District Congressional representative and former state auditor and secretary of the state Senate, is seen in this photo provided by the Archives of Michigan.

After Congress, he held a top spot at the Democratic National Committee, hobnobbing with the likes of Bobby Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, and then capped his life with seven years as secretary of the state Senate.

Sources:Oakland University, Michigan Capitol historian, legislative records

Named: By Executive Order 1991-26 (Gov. John Engler)

Hannah (1902-1991), was president of Michigan State University from 1941 to 1969 — succeeding his father-in-law, Robert Shaw — and pushed the Spartans into the Big Ten conference.

In the 1950s and early '60s, he served on the International Development Advisory Board and as an assistant secretary of defense.

President Dwight Eisenhower named him the first chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights in 1957, and he served another three presidents in that capacity over a dozen years.

John Hannah, longtime president of Michigan State University, is seen in this LSJ file photo.

At MSU, his office was so famously "open door" that he had the door removed, and he was known around campus as "Uncle John."

Only a call from President Richard Nixon in 1969 could pull him from the Spartans.

He resigned that year to become administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

Sources: New York Times obituary, Michigan State University, DTMB

Named: By Senate Concurrent Resolution 21 of 1995

Jerome T. Hart, a longtime state senator from Saginaw, is seen in this photo provided by the Archives of Michigan.

Hart (1932-1995), was Saginaw's state senator from 1965 to 1991, becoming one of the Legislature's most senior statesmen before term limits were enacted in the early 1990s.

The Democrat, a lifelong Saginaw resident and a former assistant to the state treasurer, held numerous leadership roles during his time in the Senate, including chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, and he made public education his cause.

He battled diabetes all his life and suffered a stroke in 1981 but still represented his community for nearly another decade before losing the 1990 election.

Jon Cisky, who bested Hart in 1990, introduced the resolution to rename the Saginaw state office building in Hart's honor.

Sources:The Political Graveyard, Gongwer News Service, legislative records, DTMB

Address: The walkway, much like the position of attorney general, bridges the legislative and gubernatorial functions at the Capitol to the Michigan Supreme Court at the Hall of Justice.

The walkway spans the entirety of Capitol Complex, over Walnut and Pine streets.

He'll turn 91 years old on New Year's Eve, but that'll be only the latest accomplishment for Frank Kelley (born 1924).

Michigan's top cop for 37 years, Kelley still holds the record for America's longest-serving attorney general.

He was also the youngest attorney general when Gov. John Swainson named him to the post in 1961.

At the helm, Kelley formed the nation's first consumer and environmental protection divisions, and "was a tireless advocate" for fairness, Gov. Rick Snyder said while dedicating the walkway in 2012.

Frank Kelley, the "eternal general," is seen in this LSJ file photo.

Named: By House Concurrent Resolution 35 of 1952

This LSJ file photo shows a portrait of Stevens T. Mason, the first governor of the State of Michigan.

Mason (1811-1843) was a 19-year-old Virginian when President Andrew Jackson named him secretary of the Michigan Territory in 1831.

Mason replaced his own father in the position, and he later became governor of the territory when Gov. George Porter died of cholera.

Mason led Michigan through the Toledo War border dispute with Ohio and into statehood in 1837.

He appointed the first state superintendent of public instruction and the first state geologist and advocated to put the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

He was buried in New York but was moved to Detroit in the early 20th Century.

In 2010, during a renovation of Detroit's Capitol Park, Mason's body lay in state in the Capitol in downtown Lansing.

Sources: Michigan Historical Center, DTMB, Detroit Free Press and Lansing State Journal archives

Michigan National Guard Honor Guard members stand guard over the casket of Michgan's first Governor, Stevens T. Mason, as his body lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Lansing on Oct. 26, 2010.

(Photo: Rod Sanford/The Lansing State Journal)

## Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital

This photo provided by the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University shows Reuther delivering a speech to the American Legion.

How exactly the hospital was named after the famed United Auto Workers president seems to have been lost to time, but Walter Reuther (1907-1970) was an advocate for social justice and testified before both state and federal lawmakers on numerous issues, including health care.

Officials from the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University, and a Reuther descendant who worked on a documentary about the UAW president all were unsure exactly how or why the hospital bears Reuther's name, but it appears state government simply inherited it.

Four years after Reuther's death, a building called the Walter P. Reuther Long Term Care Facility was erected at the notorious, now-defunct "Eloise" psychiatric hospital complex in Wayne County.

The state bought that building in 1979 and renamed it the Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital.

A native West Virginian, Reuther came to Detroit in 1927 and worked for the Ford Motor Co. until he was fired after campaigning for a socialist presidential candidate.

After a few years in Europe, Reuther returned to Detroit in 1935 and quickly rose through the ranks of the UAW.

He led the union between 1946 and 1970, and pushed it and the labor movement as a whole into activism on civil rights, poverty, the environment, public housing, health care and even international relations.

He and his wife died in a 1970 plane crash en route to a new worker education center — now called the Walter & May Reuther UAW Family Education Center — in northern Michigan.

Sources: Wayne State University, legislative records, Sasha Reuther (great-nephew who produced documentary on Walter Reuther)

Named: By a Jan. 22, 1997 amendment to Public Act 173 of 1968

In this 1963 photograph, Governor George Romney, surrounded by city officials, signs the Grand Ledge City Charter.

The 50-year old document still controls the city's government.

City officials are considering beginning the process of replacing the charter.

Born to American emigrants in Mexico, Romney (1907-1995), was an auto-industry titan who resigned from the American Motors Corp. to run for Michigan governor in 1962.

Our 43rd governor — the state's first Republican executive in 15 years — served from 1963 through 1969.

Known as "the spokesman for a better Detroit," Gov. Romney tackled economic doldrums and strongly supported what was then the new Michigan Civil Rights Commission as he took on housing segregation.

As his son, Mitt, would do a generation later, Romney ran for president in 1968 but dropped out early in the Republican primary contest.

He later served as President Richard Nixon's secretary of Housing & Urban Development.

Sources:New York Times obituary, Michigan Department of Civil Rights, DTMB

Murray D. Van Wagoner, longtime state highway commissioner and one-term governor, is seen in this photo provided by the Archives of Michigan.

Named: On Aug. 11, 1999 by Gov. John Engler and by an amendment to Public Act 173 of 1968

Though he was only a one-term governor, one could argue that Van Wagoner (1898-1986) was vital to the mid-century boom that made Michigan an industrial powerhouse.

As state highway commissioner from 1933 through 1940, he helped build the state's highway system that carried Detroit and the Big Three automakers into global dominance.

He oversaw one of the nation's first highway needs studies, established the first roadside park on the state highway system and built America's first permanent state highway travel information center.

He oversaw the construction of a Straits of Mackinac causeway that was the first step in construction of the Mackinac Bridge.

In his short stint as governor, the Democrat helped eliminate a $27 million deficit, reinstated the state mental hospital, consolidated tax collection and reorganized the Michigan Civil Service Commission that oversees state employees.

After two unsuccessful elections, he returned to engineering.

Sources: MDOT, National Governors Association, DTMB

Named: By a Jan. 22, 1997 amendment to Public Act 173 of 1968

This LSJ file photo shows then-Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, right, signing legislation creating the Mackinac Bridge Authority (Photo: LSJ file photo)

As governor, Supreme Court justice, battle-hardened Navy man and globetrotting diplomat, the Detroit-born G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams (1911-1988) made a career of civil service.

Heir to the Mennen shaving lotions fortune (hence the nickname), Williams started off as a lawyer, earned 10 battle stars during World War II, and then joined the civil service force at the Office of Price Administration and later the Liquor Control Commission.

He ran for governor as a Democrat in 1948 — against the will of his mother, who refused to donate any of the family fortune to a Democratic candidate.

In office, he helped push the decades-in the-making Mackinac Bridge to completion and started the annual bridge walk tradition.

After the governorship, he served as a foreign diplomat for Presidents Jack Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

He was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court in 1970 and remained on the bench until 1986, serving as chief justice his last four years.

Sources: Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, National Governors Association, Detroit Historical Society, DTMB

Contact Justin A. Hinkley at (517) 377-1195 or jhinkley@lsj.com.

## 22 Michigan women to name buildings after

Out of 13 state government facilities named after notable Michiganders, only one is named for a woman.

In the spirit of the ongoing national debate about whether the U.S. Treasury should put a woman's face on the $20 bill, here are a list of Michigan women — all members of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame — for whom Gov. Rick Snyder or the Legislature could name state facilities.

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget lists at least 28 government facilities with no name attached to them.

In keeping with the theme of most of the named state buildings, this list includes women recognized for contributions to state government and almost all of them are deceased

Mamie Geraldine Neale Bledsoe (1900-1991), director of the Equal Employment Opportunity DivisionThe Con-Con Eleven,the 11 women (of 147 delegates) who served on the 1961-62 Michigan Constitutional Convention, including Vera Andrus (1896-1976), Ruth Gibson Butler (1891-1981), Anne M. Conklin (1925-1975), Katherine Moore Cushman (1916-1991), Ann Elizabeth Donnelly (1924-1984), Adelaide Julia Hart (1900-1995), Lillian Hatcher (1915-1998), Dorothy Leonard Judd (1898-1989) — inducted twice because she also served on the state Civil Service Study Committee that helped form the Michigan civil service system, Ella Demmink Koeze (1905-1986), Marjorie Frances McGowan (1930-1980), and Daisy Elizabeth Elliott (born

1919).Eva McCall Hamilton (1871-1948), first woman elected to the state LegislatureHelen Martin (1889–1973), worked for the Geological Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Conservation and helped compile the centennial geological map of MichiganN. Lorraine Beebe (1910-2005), elected to the state Senate in 1966 and helped create the Michigan Women's Commission and the Michigan Office of Youth ServicesElizabeth Lehman Belen (1886-1975), first woman and first Democrat elected to represent Lansing in the state House, organized the bipartisan Michigan Woman's Government League, and held numerous administrative posts for multiple governorsLucile Belen (1912-2010), a longtime Lansing city councilwoman who helped save trees on the Capitol lawn by organizing women who threatened to tie themselves to the tree trunks after the Legislature proposed clearing trees to add statehouse parkingCora

Brown (1914-1972), the first black woman elected to the state Senate and supporter of numerous civil rights

protectionsMartha W. Griffiths (1912-2003), state lawmaker, congresswoman who sponsored the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution and lieutenant governorLucille Hanna McCollough (1905-1996), longtime state rep who made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for her 100% voting attendance record and who helped author the state's school funding formulaRuth Thompson (1887-1970), first woman to represent Muskegon in the state House and Michigan's first congresswomanMatilda Dodge Wilson (1883-1967), Michigan's first female lieutenant governorRead or Share this story: http://on.lsj.com/1N4vJtyShare your feedback

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Van Wagoner retired from political life and returned to his engineering interests. He was a member of American Legion, Freemasons, Elks, and the National Exchange Club. He died at the age of eighty-eight in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He is interred at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery of Troy.


In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

(meta data) TITLE: 'Jurassic Park,' 'Shining' added to National Film Registry

# 'Jurassic Park,' 'Shining' added to National Film Registry

In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Taiwanese director Ang Lee poses on the red carpet at the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan.

The Library of Congress announced Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, that the films "Jurassic Park," ''Brokeback Mountain" and "My Fair Lady" are among the 25 movies tapped for preservation this year.

The National Film Registry is turning 30 and will bring in a new crop of films ranging from dinosaurs' return from extinction, a cowboys-in-love drama and stories showcasing Native Americans

The Library of Congress announced Wednesday that the films "Jurassic Park," ″Brokeback Mountain" and "My Fair Lady" are among the 25 movies tapped for preservation this year.

"These cinematic treasures must be protected because they document our history, culture, hopes and dreams," Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, said in a statement.

The national library chose a few more memorable titles such as "The Shining," ″Eve's Bayou" ″Hud" and "Broadcast News."

Others on the list include 1898 film "Something Good - Negro Kiss" and "Smoke Signals" from 1998, along with animated films "Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People" (1984) and "Cinderella" (1950).

The library selected movies for preservation because of their cultural, historic and artist importance since the registry began in 1988.

This year's picks bring the total number of films in the registry to 750.

"Brokeback Mountain," released in 2005, is the newest film on the registry.

The Oscar-winning film delved into the tragic tale of two cowboys who fall in love and starred Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger.

Ang Lee, director of the film, said he never intended for "Brokeback Mountain" to make a statement, but simply wanted to tell a love story.

"To my great surprise, the film ended up striking a deep chord with audiences; the movie became a part of the culture, a reflection of the darkness and light — of violent prejudice and enduring love — in the rocky landscape of the American heart," Lee said in a statement.

Steven Spielberg's 1993 original "Jurassic Park" was a blockbuster and the top public vote-getter to make its way into the registry this year.

Several films showcased the ethnic diversity of American cinema: "Smoke Signals" (1998) and "Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency" (1908) explored the culture of Native Americans.

Other additions include ""Days of Wine and Roses" (1962), "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955), "The Girl Without a Soul" (1917), "Hearts and Minds" (1974), "The Informer" (1935), "The Lady From Shanghai" (1947), "Leave Her to Heaven" (1945), "Monterey Pop" (1968), "The Navigator" (1924), "On the Town" (1949), "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961), "Pickup on South Street" (1953) and "Rebecca" (1940).

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Production took place almost exclusively at EMI Elstree Studios with sets based on real locations. Kubrick often worked with a small crew which allowed him to do many takes, sometimes to the exhaustion of the actors and staff. The new Steadicam was used in several scenes, giving the film an innovative and immersive look and feel. Because of inconsistencies, ambiguities, symbolism, and differences from the book, there has been much speculation into the meanings and actions in the film.
 The film was released in the United States on May 23, 1980, and in the United Kingdom on October 2, 1980, by Warner Bros. There were several versions for theatrical releases, each being shorter than the prior, with about 27 minutes cut. Reactions to the film at the time of its release were mixed, with Stephen King criticizing the film due to its differences from the novel. The assessment became more favorable in following decades, and it is now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made. "The Shining" is widely acclaimed by today's critics, and has become a staple of pop culture.


A second Industry Summit was held in 2018, and plans are to continue this again in November 2019.

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# IEEE Industry Summit on the Future of Computing

IEEE Industry Summit On the Future of Computing 4 November 2019 San Mateo, CA, USA

Join us on 4 November 2019 to hear leading experts discuss a new era of computing!

Experimental Physicist, D-Wave Systems Inc.

Fabio Altomare received his Laureat from University of Pisa (Italy) where he studied transport in semiconducting heterostructures, and his Ph.D. from Purdue University, with a thesis on superconductivity in 1-dimensional nanowires.

He then worked as Postdoctoral Research Associate at Duke University, where he studied transport in dilute magnetic semiconductors, and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, where he studied superconducting qubits.

From 2010, he has been working on various generation of D-Wave quantum computers.

He is also author of a book on superconductivity in 1-D nanowires.

Talk: D-Wave quantum computer: A technology update

D-Wave Systems has accumulated nearly a decade of experience with deployed commercial quantum computing systems, used by researchers from all over the world.

While our quantum annealing processors were originally designed for optimization and sampling applications, in the last few years we have demonstrated their ability to simulate physical systems relevant to condensed matter physics.

These early applications, along with a broad set of user feedback, have been instrumental in guiding the technological development and system design for the next generation quantum computing platform.

We will give an update on several quantum magnetism experiments and review the current plans and status of D-Wave's next product, which will include innovative operating software that enables deployment of hybrid algorithms, an expanded developer environment and new quantum processor unit (QPU).

The next generation QPU will feature more than 5000 qubits, increased connectivity, and will be implemented in a lower noise integrated circuit process.

As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Livermore Computing (LC) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Bronis R. de Supinski formulates LLNL's large-scale computing strategy and oversees its implementation.

He frequently interacts with supercomputing leaders and oversees many collaborations with industry and academia.

Previously, Bronis led several research projects in LLNL's Center for Applied Scientific Computing.

He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia in 1998 and he joined LLNL in July 1998.

In addition to his work with LLNL, Bronis is also a Professor of Exascale Computing at Queen's University of Belfast and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Throughout his career, Bronis has won several awards, including the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize in 2005 and 2006, as well as an R&D 100 for his leadership in the development of a novel scalable debugging tool.

Talk: The LLNL Near and Long Term Vision for Large-Scale Systems

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL's) supercomputing center, Livermore Computing (LC), is one of the world's leading large-scale computing sites.

This talk will provide a brief overview of LC's current systems, including details of Sierra, the current number 2 system on the Top 500 list.

It will then detail LC's anticipated near-term systems, including El Capitan, which will be the first exascale system of the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) when it is delivered in 2022 and accepted in 2023.

The talk will conclude with a brief overview of the strategies and technologies that LC is pursuing in order to ensure the continued progress of ASC capabilities as we approach the end of Moore's Law.

Associate Director of Baidu Research Institute USA

Julia (Xing) Li is the associate director at Baidu Research Institute USA.

Ms. Li has extensive experiences in leading technical development and business applications.

Under her leadership, her team made significant contributions in several research areas such as Text-To-Speech Synthesis, Medical AI Image Recognition, Deep Learning Performance Benchmark Platform MLPerf, and more.

She is also experienced in technology transfer, where she leads teams to transfer technology onto applications such as Simultaneous Translate, Speech and Text-To-Speech Synthesis.

She received her Master's Degree in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an MBA degree at Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley.

Talk: An In-Depth Look At Baidu's (BIDU) Artificial Intelligence Aspirations

Baidu has been closely involved with AI development since its founding in 2000.

The company was the first technology giant in China to investigate the use of AI in services such as Natural Language Processing (NLP), Speech, Computer Vision, Knowledge Graph, and Deep Learning.

This talk will cover the latest effort we have put into the research and development in the above areas.

We also would like to present some new application scenarios connecting the different aspects of AI technology into people's lives, such as smart city, intelligent transportation, video generation, and etcetera.

Tony Uttley currently leads Honeywell Quantum Solutions.

In his role, Tony is responsible for the strategy and business execution of Honeywell's unique technical capabilities in the field of quantum information systems.

Previously, Tony was Vice President & General Manager of Honeywell's former Residential Home Comfort business, driving aggressive growth based on a connectivity and internet of things (IoT) strategy.

Prior to that, he was Vice President Global Strategy & Marketing for Honeywell's $18B Automation & Controls division.

Tony brings extensive experience in strategy, commercial and technical excellence to Honeywell.

Prior to Honeywell, he was a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he developed and executed business acceleration and go-to-market strategies for sophisticated engineered products companies within the Industrial Goods, MedTech, and Consumer Durables industries.

For the 10 years prior to his role at BCG, Tony held a number of management and engineering positions with NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Tony holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a Masters degree in Management of Technology from the University of Houston system and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Talk: Shaping the Future of Quantum Computing

The IEEE Industry Summit on the Future of Computing will be held Monday, 4 November 2019 at:

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Registration for IEEE Rebooting Computing Week 2019 is open: Register now

Deadline for advance registration discount: 1 October 2019

Rebooting Computing Full Week (4-8 November)

RC Full Week Includes: Access to the Industry Summit (4 November), the IRDS™ Outbrief (5 November), the QI Workshops (6-7 November), and the ICRC Conference (6-8 November).

Proceedings, Scheduled Meals, Reception and Banquet.

Advance Registration by Tuesday, 1 October 2019

Late Registration from Tuesday, 1 October 2019

Industry Summit Includes: Access to the Industry Summit on 4 November 2019, Reception, and Scheduled Meals.

IRDS™ Workshop Includes: Access to the IRDS™ Workshop on 4 November 2019, Scheduled Meals, Receptions and Banquet.

IRDS™ Outbrief Includes: Access to the IRDS™ Outbrief on 5 November 2019, Scheduled Meals, Receptions and Banquet

ICRC Conference Includes: Access to to ICRC on 6-8 November 2019, QI Workshops (6-7 November), Proceedings, Scheduled Meals, Receptions, and Banquet.

Confluence Event Includes: Access to the Confluence Event on 8 November 2019.

Guest Registration Includes: Access to the Reception and Banquet

As a patron, you will have the opportunity to showcase your leading-edge technology, recruit professionals, and discover new ideas for future products.

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In November 2017, IEEE Rebooting Computing also sponsored a distinct one-day summit, following ICRC, which addressed similar topics but with a somewhat different focus and audience.  This Industry Summit featured plenary presentations by industry, government, and academic leaders on what we can expect for new computer technologies in coming decades.  For example, this featured a new public announcement from IBM Research on a breakthrough in quantum computing technology. Other topics of interest included artificial intelligence, machine learning, memory-driven computing, and heterogeneous computing.


In October 2016, Nazir was appointed as the inaugural chair of World Economic Forum's ASEAN Regional Business Council, which aims to champion initiatives that call for trust and co-operation between the public and private sectors in the region.

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# World Economic Forum Launches ASEAN Regional Business Council Supported by 55 Major Companies

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The World Economic Forum together with its business members will launch a new ASEAN Regional Business Council (RBC)

The RBC will promote public-private cooperation on the most pressing issues in South-East Asia

The council will be launched at the World Economic Forum on the Mekong Region in Ha Noi, Viet Nam

The meeting will contribute to improving the region's competitiveness, connectivity and economic inclusivity

For more information, please read the Meeting Overview

Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 25 October 2016 – Fifty-five leaders of major companies are joining forces today to promote public-private cooperation on the most pressing issues facing South-East Asia.

The ASEAN Regional Business Council (RBC) will be launched in Ha Noi at the World Economic Forum on the Mekong Region.

Comprising 25 ASEAN businesses and 30 global companies, the RBC will champion initiatives that call for trust and cooperation between the public and private sectors in the region.

Focus will be on building infrastructure, promoting cross-border trade and investment in ASEAN, developing a digital economy, examining the future of jobs and industry in the region and championing the principles of inclusive growth.

Nazir Razak, Chairman, CIMB Group Holdings, Malaysia, is the inaugural chair of the ASEAN RBC.

"Overcoming some of the biggest challenges in ASEAN depends on business and government working together.

We want the RBC to help present the voice of business to government so that we can collectively deliver positive impact in the region and ensure that the hundreds of millions of young people across ASEAN have the brightest possible future," he said.

"The goal of the RBC is to contribute to unlocking ASEAN's outstanding potential" said Justin Wood, Head of Asia Pacific, World Economic Forum.

"As the international organization for public-private cooperation, the Forum is a platform where stakeholders in society can meet in an environment of trust and impartiality to debate important ideas and catalyse action."

Both Razak and Wood noted that the RBC will work closely with business groups in the region.

The ASEAN Business Club will be involved in some of the RBC's work, notably to promote principles of economic integration.

The RBC is expected to launch a number of other initiatives in the year ahead.

Among them is a strategic infrastructure programme that promotes the concept of blended finance.

ASEAN has a large infrastructure deficit that cannot be addressed through public investment alone.

Private capital is needed, but many projects fail to secure funding because investors see them as too risky.

Blended finance harnesses flows of official development assistance to alleviate these risks while also allowing private capital to be raised.

Another key project promotes small- and medium-sized enterprises such that they achieve regional scale and become the next generation of ASEAN corporate champions.

The World Economic Forum has been active in South-East Asia for 25 years and has achieved a number of public-private success stories there.

Launched in 2014, Grow Asia is a partnership between the Forum and the ASEAN Secretariat.

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It brings together governments, farmers and the businesses that buy the farmers' produce, to work on issues such as supply-chain efficiency and training in farming techniques.

The World Economic Forum on the Mekong Region meeting in Ha Noi, Viet Nam brings together 180 leading representatives from major multinationals, large ASEAN and Asia-Pacific companies, as well as academia and civil society.

The host country, Viet Nam, as well as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand are represented by heads of state, heads of government or senior ministerial delegations.

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His tenure as CEO ended in 2014 after he resigned and took over as chairman.
 During his tenure as the CEO, Nazir spearheaded CIMB Group's transformation from a boutique Malaysian investment bank to Malaysia's second-largest financial services group, the fifth largest universal bank in ASEAN, the largest Asia Pacific-based investment bank, and one of the world's largest Islamic banks.
 In April 2016, Nazir took a one-month voluntary leave of absence from CIMB, while an independent review was being conducted into a $7 million transfer into his personal account from his brother, Najib, as part of the wider 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. After the completion of the review by CIMB Group, Razak was cleared of any wrongdoing and resumed his role as CIMB Group chairman and as a CIMB Bank director.
 In addition to his current role as the Chairman of CIMB, Nazir has also been appointed as a Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad a member of the Investment Panel of the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) and the Chairman of the EPF's Investment Panel Risk Committee.
 Nazir has been a member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford since 2015.


Todd Watson is the head coach of the Odessa Jackalopes in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) since 2019.

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# Jackalopes hire Todd Watson as new Head Coach

The Odessa Jackalopes, proud members of the North American Hockey League, announced on Monday that they have hired Todd Watson to be the program's sixth head coach in team history and fourth as a member of the NAHL.

"I am incredibly excited to come to Odessa and continue the proud tradition of Jackalopes hockey," Watson said.

"We are going to strive to put forward a product that the people of the Permian Basin can be proud of and position our players to succeed at the next level both on and off the ice."

Watson, 52, brings a vast reservoir of junior hockey coaching experience and excellence to Odessa that spans over 11 years.

He previously coached in the Ontario Hockey League with the Saginaw Spirit and the Plymouth Whalers as well as in the NAHL with the now defunct Compuware Ambassadors.

Serving as general manager and head coach of the Ambassadors from 2000-2003, he guided them to a NAHL league and Robertson Cup championship in 2002 as well as a USA Hockey Junior A Championship.

That same year Watson was named NAHL Coach of the Year.

Of the 25 players on the 2002 team, 22 of them received full-ride NCAA scholarships.

In 2003, Watson finished his NAHL run by winning Executive of the Year honors.

Following his time in the NAHL, Watson served as an assistant general manager and assistant coach for the Plymouth Whalers of the OHL.

As an assistant, he helped guide the Whalers to a J. Ross Robertson Cup championship in 2007 and a spot in the Memorial Cup Tournament that same year.

The Memorial Cup is the most coveted junior hockey championship in all of Canada.

Watson was named head coach of the Saginaw Spirit in 2007 and remains one of the longest tenured coaches in the Spirits' history.

He coached Saginaw for five seasons from 2007-2011.

After one season, Watson was also named the team's general manager.

Whilst in Saginaw he accumulated a head coaching record of 154-115-20-13, and guided the Spirit to the team's first OHL West Division title in 2011.

After his time in the OHL Watson served as a scout for the NHL's Dallas Stars organization, focusing on the OHL, NCAA, and USHL, from 2012 to 2013.

Watson is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn with a Bachelor of Arts and Education.

He is married to his wife of 25 years, Nicole, and has four children.

Watson's hire signals the start of a new era for the Odessa Jackalopes, as they look to take the next step as an organization.

A step that includes competing consistently for South Division and Robertson Cup Championships.

"Todd checks all the boxes of who we want as a head coach," said Jackalopes owner Adam Doyle.

"His experience and success in junior hockey speaks volumes and we are excited to move forward with him at the helm as we enter a new era for our organization."