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<mask>'Connor is the Celebrity Youth Activist for the NGOCSD-NY supporting the United Nations and communities globally; a Radio Hit Recording Artist, and has been deemed an icon in antibullying by The City of Los Angeles, and recognized as such at the United Nations. She has played to packed audiences globally and her hit songs are known by millions around the world. Her music has been featured on Teen Nick and Radio Disney. Her activism for antibullying and mental health is credited with saving and changing the lives of her fans. She has been a leading force in the cause of ending bullying and promoting mental health, as well as being recognized for positively influencing the entertainment industry as a whole and recently speaking alongside Charles Schwab, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Khan Academy's Salman Khan, being recognized as a leader in her industry. She has also been recognized for her work by members of the United States Congress and the City of Los Angeles. O'Connor is honored to serve on the Advisory Board of the NGO for Sustainable Development, NY.The singer-songwriter, actress and former Model is currently based in Los Angeles, and New York. Her latest release is a star-studded international collaboration, titled "You Are Not Alone (International)". "With some of the biggest names from K-Pop, to Bollywood, Afropop, and more, celebrities from all over the world unite to raise funds and awareness to mental health through the messaging of the song." The beneficiary of the song is NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Celebrities on the song include Minzy, RUGGERO, Reekado Banks, and the late legendary icon from the Supremes, Mary Wilson, along with O'Connor. Rise to fame
O'Connor began her career as a model. Her first music video for the song "Celebrity" went viral, and her music was then featured on Teen Nick, followed by sold out shows and packed houses on tour.Appearances in film

O'Connor had recently appeared as one of the celebrity cameos alongside Garrett Clayton, Jon Header and many others in Lionsgate's 'Los Huevos' US version. She also had cameos alongside Drake Bell in 'Bunny Bravo' of Superdope TV. Recently, Arianna Huffington's Thrive had announced the development of the autobiography feature based on the life of O'Connor telling the true story of how her music has impacted fans, directed by Ilyssa Goodman with Garrett Clayton and Addison Rickie playing O'Connor as a child. Anti-bullying and Mental Health Advocacy
O'Connor recounts that when she was in middle school, she was a victim of excessive bullying due to having an appearance and personality that didn't fit in with social expectations. In an interview with the Long Islander, she stated that "the thing that causes bullying for a lot of teens is just being different. When teens are insecure with themselves they pick on others for being different ... I stood out."Based on her experience, she became an advocate for victims of bullying and an anti-bullying spokesperson, becoming an official advisor, speaker, and writer for numerous Antibullying Organizations around the world. Reach Out. In Steppin Out magazine, O'Connor said, "I was bullied from a very young age. It got really bad in middle school, and when 'Celebrity' came out in high school, people began to be nicer to me. I saw how silly it was at that point, and saw it all as a game, hence the title of the song. I wrote it very honestly, hoping that fans would see it as proof that it gets better." In 2013–14, O'Connor embarked on a ten city tour, in conjunction with the release of her video for "The Game".During this nationwide tour, O'Connor and her team performed for thousands of young people in their schools, taking questions, signing autographs, and encouraging the victims of bullying to stay strong. Her appearances are extremely popular-- "The kids went wild; the atmosphere was electric! Pop star singer, songwriter <mask>’Connor appeared on stage in auditoriums filled with screaming kids" "Celebrity singer <mask>’Connor hoped to put an end to it [bullying], as she shared her songs and personal story of being bullied with the students just a few years younger than herself. The gym was filled with posters including "Gators (heart) you" and "We love <mask>," and students waved additional signs of adoration as she sang." "If you’re feeling alone, know you aren’t, and bullying is only temporary. But lessons you learn from it last a lifetime. So make sure you don’t believe what others tell you and you’ll be ahead the game".although she regularly receives hundreds of messages from her fans, O'Connor still tries to answer most of them individually, and she remains a source of strength and inspiration to youth who have been bullied. See "The Game" video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Qv90HjS_s
In 2014–2015, she toured internationally, including appearances in the United Kingdom, Greece, New York and California. She has also performed at various venues in Nashville, including the famous Orchid Lounge, and in New York, including The Sony Playstation Theater and Madison Square Garden Theater. Music

O'Connor released her debut EP in February 2013. The music video for the lead single "Celebrity" went viral on YouTube The EP has been generally well received, garnering positive reviews from music bloggers including Andrew Greenhalgh and G. W. Hill. see "Celebrity" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPJUjvd4iic
O’Connor's single "Just the Thing" was officially released on iTunes on April 22, 2014. Meaningful lyrics, a catchy melody, and a powerful message about not fitting in with the "popular crowd" are a consistent theme throughout O'Connor’s songs.Co-written by legendary songwriter/producer Heather Holley, who has produced songs for the likes of Christina Aguilera, "Just the Thing" blends a bit of country and rock to create this edgy pop song. Ms. O'Connor released her debut album "I am" in late 2015 to very positive reviews. Both the music video and the Song "Stronger" from the album "I am" features Disney's Teen Beach Movie's Garrett Clayton. The video has its premiere on NBC's EXTRA TV. The video for 'Just the Thing' co-stars Luke Bilyk who plays Drew on Nickelodeon's DeGrassi show. It was filmed at Clarkstown High School North in New York, with the participation of actual students, teachers and even the principal, who has a featured cameo role. It can be seen on the Vevo channel, http://www.vevo.com/watch/meredith-oconnor/just-the-thing/QMGR31402260

O'Connor is a Celebrity Advocate for the United Nations Project 50/50.Her next film will be based on her own life, produced and directed by Ilyssa Goodman, who directed "A Cinderella Story". In describing her music, O'Connor says, "My music is definitely pop, and at first had a country feel. Since I
was a child actress in the musical theater world, it is influenced by that too, with a bit of rock. I want to keep my songs interesting and different, but still catchy. The song, 'Just the thing' is about accepting who you are, and loving what makes you, you. It is a fun upbeat track, and has a similar message to it like the game does, but the game is more of a ballad or anthem. 'Just the thing' is lighter and fun.It can be to a boyfriend or girlfriend, or to a best friend that really gets you. When I wrote it I was thinking about that, and close relationships with people who love you for your weirdness. I co wrote the song with Heather Holley, and she was really awesome. Writing the bridge of 'Just the Thing' is probably my favorite verse I have ever written, because it is so different and theatrical. Freddie Mercury from Queen inspired it, and the song really does describe me. I love being a singer. I really feel that I can influence my fans, and those who listen to my music for the better, and music is such a powerful way to do it.Acting will always be a job I love to do, but music is something that I can do to really tell people my story. It is such a rewarding platform to have, just like speaking for my cause." When asked about how she plans to sustain longevity in her career, O'Connor replied, "In today’s industry, that’s a hard task because people expect to be shocked, and want to see outrageous things. I have entered this industry and made a promise to not let parents and kids who look up to me down by doing anything that could hurt them. However, I do plan to continue with acting, and have plans for a feature film with Prince Lewis Productions in the near future, as well as a dance track." "I am" was produced by Grammy winner Kenny Ortiz, and features duets with Australia's Jordan Jansen, and Disney's Garrett Clayton. The video for "Stronger" also features a cameo by Madeline Stuart, an internationally known model with Down's Syndrome.She has toured the United Kingdom, Greece, New Zealand, and many cities in the US, playing to sold out crowds. This year she will add Puerto Rico and India to her schedule. On September 12, 2017, she headlined with Aaron Carter during New York Fashion Week at the Sony Playstation Theater. Ms. O'Connor's latest release is an International collaboration featuring stars from around the world to raise funds and awareness for mental illness treatment, called "You Are Not Alone (International), featured in Billboard, and co-starring K-pop's Minzy, Argentina's RUGGERO, Afro-pop's Reekado Banks, and the late legendary  Mary Wilson, of the Supremes. Modeling

Before O'Connor was signed for her first single leading to her career as a recording artist, she was signed by Model Management Group based in New York City, and then signed her first contract the next year. After that, she did modeling work for companies including Lord & Taylor. Discography

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Official website
Official Instagram

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American child actresses
American child singers
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<mask> (born 27 November 1974 in Sandal, West Yorkshire) is a retired English cricketer. A slow-left arm spin bowler, he played one match for Yorkshire in 1994, having graduated from their cricket academy, before moving to Lancashire in 1995. He played for the club until 2012 taking over 500 first-class wickets. Although he had played youth internationals, he never played for the senior England team, although he was named in the squad a few times. In 2011 he was part of the Lancashire squad that won the County Championship for the first time since 1950. Keedy subsequently played one season for Surrey and two for Nottinghamshire before retiring as a professional cricketer in 2015. After studying physiotherapy at the University of Salford, he is currently Nottinghamshire's spin bowling coach and assistant physiotherapist.Early life
He attended Garforth Comprehensive School. Career

Youth cricket
Although Keedy never played for the England test or one-day senior team, between 1993 and 1994 he played 8 youth test matches taking 16 wickets at an average of 38.87 including the scalps of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Thilan Samaraweera. In the same period, he also played 6 youth ODIs, claiming 8 wickets at 16.37. Keedy graduated from the Yorkshire Cricket Academy and played only one match for Yorkshire before moving to Roses rivals Lancashire in the winter of 1994/5. Lancashire
Keedy was signed by Lancashire's then-coach David Lloyd in a motorway service station. Although it took time for him to become a leading light of the Lancashire attack, he was awarded his county cap in 2000. It was in 2003 that Keedy first started to impress observers, taking sixty wickets in the County Championship as Lancashire narrowly missed out on their first Championship title since 1934 to Sussex.Since then he has remained on the periphery of England selection. He was considered unlucky not to win a place to tour Sri Lanka in 2003-4. The selectors chose Glamorgan's Robert Croft instead. In 2004, Keedy enjoyed the most successful season of his career so far, taking 72 Championship wickets, making him the leading first-class wicket-taker amongst England qualified players. Only Pakistan international Mushtaq Ahmed of Sussex took more first-class wickets. Unfortunately for him, Lancashire were relegated to Division Two of the Championship despite being favourites for the title. As a result of his bowling efforts during the 2004 season, <mask> was awarded Lancashire's Player of the Year Award.He again missed out on selection to tour with England, this time to South Africa, in favour of the more conservative pick of Gareth Batty. After taking 29 Championship wickets in 2005, Keedy suffered a finger injury on his spinning finger which ruled him out for the final month of the season. The injury likely cost Keedy a place on England's tour to Pakistan and India. Until recently, many observers believed the main reason that Keedy had never played for the national team is his lack of batting talent and poor fielding qualities. Despite this, left-arm orthodox spinner Monty Panesar, who is also not renowned for his batting or fielding skills, played all three Tests in India, and was a permanent fixture in the England squad until 2009. In All Out Cricket's October 2006 edition, <mask> was voted the best county player never to have played for England. Although Keedy only took 28 wickets in the 2008 County Championship, he felt that the statistics did not reflect how well he bowled.<mask> is studying for a four-year degree in physiotherapy at the University of Salford in preparation for life after his playing career. For the 2009 season, former England coach Peter Moores joined Lancashire as the club's coach, replacing Mike Watkinson, who became Lancashire's director of cricket. Keedy admitted to being "nervous" and wanted to make a good impression. Despite initial nerves, Keedy finished 2009 as the club's leading wicket-taker in first-class cricket, with 45 scalps from 17 matches. 2009 was also Keedy's benefit season. Events to raise money included a golf day with Ian Botham and a Strictly Come Dancing-style ball. In a warm-up match against Durham before the 2010 season started, Keedy broke his collar bone.The injury left him unable to play for several months. In <mask>'s absence, Lancashire's young spinners, Stephen Parry and Simon Kerrigan, were given opportunities in the first team. Kerrigan was chosen ahead of Parry in the four-day team and cemented his place in the side. When <mask> returned from injury he and Kerrigan sometimes bowled together in the County Championship. Their partnership began with them competing to out perform each other. After a discussion the pair decided they would be more effective if they worked together to build pressure while bowling. Keedy finished the season with 31 first-class wickets at an average of 22.19.During the 2011 season <mask> was preferred to Kerrigan when Lancashire chose to play with one spinner in the County Championship. In August 2011 rumours emerged that Keedy had been approached by Warwickshire. In September, in the last match of the season Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since they shared the title in 1950. Keedy finished as the team's leading wicket-taker in the competition, taking 61 wickets to help them to the title. The same month he agreed to sign a new contract with the club. Speaking on the matter later, Keedy remarked that he felt the offer adversely affected his form as it distracted from playing for Lancashire; to deal with this, he deferred acting on the offer until the end of the season. Although Warwickshire offered a pay rise, Keedy chose to remain with Lancashire, saying "Ultimately the decision was based on what I've done here for the last 17 years.It boiled down to the support network around me, including my family." The Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2012 founded the six-team Bangladesh Premier League, a twenty20 tournament to be held in February that year. An auction was held for teams to buy players, and Keedy was bought by the Sylhet Royals for $25,000. He played a single match in the competition, and bowled just two overs against the Dhaka Gladiators without taking a wicket. In June 2012, Keedy took the second five-wicket haul of his one-day career, taking 5/55 in Lancashire's 167-run loss to Middlesex; during the match he also claimed his 100th wicket in the format, that of batsman Joe Denly, caught by Ashwell Prince. Surrey and Nottinghamshire
After playing just four Championship games in the 2012 season, Keedy signed a two-year deal with Surrey with Lancashire's best wishes, for him to "fulfil my ambitions" and play as much cricket as possible. On 19 December 2013, it was announced that for the 2014 season, Keedy would be joining Nottinghamshire.Although registered as a member of the playing staff, his primary role will be as assistant physio. He will continue in a physiotherapy role, as well as acting as spin bowling coach, after his retirement at the end of the 2015 season, in which he only played one first-class game. First-class bowling stats by year

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Emanuel J<mask> (born November 27, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. A professional since 2010, he has fought in Bellator MMA. <mask> competed in wrestling at Cahokia High School, and later at the University of Missouri. Mixed martial arts career

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<mask> made his Bellator debut on October 8, 2011 at Bellator 53. He faced Greg Scott and won via second-round TKO. He then quickly returned against Willian de Souza at Bellator 56 on October 29, 2011. He won the fight via unanimous decision.<mask> faced Mikhail Malyutin at Bellator 65 on April 13, 2012. He won via unanimous decision. <mask> faced Kalvin Hackney at Bellator 69 on May 18, 2012. He won the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> was expected to face Joey Holt on June 22, 2012 at Bellator 71. However, the bout was cancelled for unknown reasons. <mask> faced Darrell Horcher on October 19, 2012 at Bellator 77.<mask> lost the fight via KO in the first round. Post-Bellator
<mask> was scheduled to face Billy Evangelista at MMA Xtreme on August 24, 2013. The bout was cancelled for unknown reasons. <mask> was expected to face Yosdenis Cedeno at CFA 12 on October 12, 2013. However, this bout was also cancelled for unknown reasons. Over a year away from competition, <mask> returned and faced Johnny Case at RFA 10: Rhodes vs. Jouban on October 25, 2013. He lost the fight via split decision.<mask> was expected to face Zach Juusola on March 7, 2014 at RFA 13. The bout was cancelled for unknown reasons. <mask> faced Alex Ricci on May 30, 2014 at Substance Cage Combat 2.0. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> was expected to face Efrain Escudero at Titan FC 29 on August 22, 2014. The bout was cancelled when Escudero re-signed with the UFC. <mask> faced Todd Moore on September 26, 2014 at Titan FC 30.He won the fight via unanimous decision. In June 2015, <mask> lost to Brazilian fighter Ricardo Tirloni in the main event of Arena Tour 6. <mask> faced Jason Novelli at Titan FC 35: Healy vs. Hawn on September 19, 2015. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> faced Ben Egli at Titan FC 37: Simon vs. Dos Santos on March 4, 2016. He won the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> faced Dakota Cochrane at VFC 56 on April 14, 2017.He won the fight via unanimous decision. Return to Bellator and other promotions
<mask> returned to Bellator and faced Guilherme Vasconcelos at Bellator 181 on July 14, 2017. He won the fight via unanimous decision. <mask> won by decision against Husein Kushagov at Absolute Championship Akhmat on April 21, 2018, in Rimini, Italy. <mask> won against Steve Kennedy at Absolute Championship Akhmat on June 16, 2018, in Brisbane, Australia. <mask> lost due to an arm injury against Logan Storley at Bellator 233 on Nov. 9, 2019. The fight was stopped after the first round.<mask> defeated Derek Holly at Fighting Alliance Championship 5, in Kansas City by submission due to Brabo choke at 4:58 in the 3rd round. Mixed martial arts record

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<mask> (, born 20 May 1951) is the Executive Director of Human Rights in China, Adjunct Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law, and Professor of Law Emerita at the City University of New York School of Law. Hom taught law for 18 years, including training judges, lawyers, and law teachers at eight law schools in China. Her non-law book publications include Chinese Women Traversing Diaspora: Memoirs, Essays, and Poetry (ed.,1999). In 2007, she was named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the "50 Women to Watch" for their impact on business. Born in Hong Kong, she lives in New York with her family and 13 rescued cats and one dog. Biography
<mask> was born in Hong Kong. She received her B.A.from Sarah Lawrence College and her J.D. from the New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden Scholar. Hom has over 16 years of experience in U.S.-Chinese law training and legal exchange initiatives. She was a Fulbright Scholar in China (1986–88), served on the U.S.-China Committee on Legal Education Exchange with China (CLEEC) (1990–2000), and was a faculty member and program director for the U.S. Clinical Legal Education Workshop convened at Tsinghua University School of Law (2000). She was also a scholar-in-residence at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Italy (2000). She has participated in numerous NGO, corporate, multilateral and bilateral consultations and workshops. She has testified on behalf of HRIC before a number of international policy makers, including the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the European Parliament, and has given numerous presentations at major conferences on human rights and China organized by non-governmental groups such as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and World Press Freedom Committee.She served on the Committee on Legal Education Exchange with China (CLEEC) (1990–2000), the Committee on Asian Affairs (1998–2002) of the Bar Association of the City of New York, and sits on the advisory board of Human Rights Watch/Asia (1995–present). Select Publications
Hom's research and publications focus on Chinese legal reforms, women's rights and international human rights. BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Contracting Law (1996, 2000)
English-Chinese Lexicon of Women and Law (Yinghan funu yu falu cihuishiyi) (UNESCO, 1995)
Chinese Women Traversing Diaspora: Memoirs, Essays, and Poetry (1999)
Challenging China: Struggle and Home in an Era of Change (2007)
“The Promise of a People's Olympics,” China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges (2008), (Minky Worden, ed.) "Advancing women's international human rights in China," Gender Equality, Citizenship and Human Rights: Controversies and challenges in China and the Nordic countries (2010),(Pauline Stoltz, Marina Svensson, Sun Zhongxin, Qi Wang eds.) “Claiming Women’s Rights in China,” The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women’s Rights (2012), (Minky Worden, ed.) ARTICLES
 The “Occupy Central 9” Cases: Rule of Law or Rule by Law in Hong Kong? THE JURIST (April 30, 2019).“China and the WTO: Year One”, China Rights Forum, 2003, No. 1. Commentary: Re-positioning Human Rights Discourse on “Asian” Perspectives. BUFFALO JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 3:1 (1996): 251-276; Reprinted in NEGOTIATING CULTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, edited by Lynda S. Bell, Andrew J. Nathan, and Ilan Peleg (New York: Columbia University Press, 2001). Cross-Discipline Trafficking: What's Justice Got to Do with It? In Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora, edited by Kandice Chuh and Karen Shimakawa. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2001
 With Eric Yamamoto, Re-forming Civil Rights in Uncivil Times: The Struggle over Collective Memory and Internationalizing Domestic Rights.UCLA LAW REVIEW 47:6 (August 2000): 1747–1802. Lexicon Dreams and Chinese Rock and Roll: Thoughts on Culture, Language, and Translation as Strategies of Resistance and Reconstruction. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LAW REVIEW 53:4 (July 1999): 1003–1018. Return(ing) Hong Kong: Journal Notes and Reflections. AMERASIA JOURNAL 23:2 (1997): 55-68. Law, Ideology & Patriarchy in the People's Republic of China: Feminist Observations of an Ethnic Spectator. THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY 4 (1992): 173–191.Female Infanticide in China: The Specter of Human Rights and Thoughts Towards (An)other Vision. COLUMBIA HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REVIEW 23:2 (1992): 249–314. Anthologized in CRITICAL RACE FEMINISMS: A LEGAL READER, edited by Adrien Wing (New York: New York University Press, 1997); and Reprinted in CHINESE LAW: SOCIAL, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES, edited by Tahirih V. Lee (New York: Garland Publishing Inc., 1997). Testimonies and Presentations

 U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China: 15 Years after Tiananmen: Is Democracy in China's Future?, June 2004
 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations: The Internet in China: A Tool for Freedom or Suppression?, February 2006
 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations: Monitoring Respect for Human Rights around the World: A Review of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2005, March 2006
 U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: The Many Faces of China's Repression: Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and U.S. Diplomacy in China, January 2007
 World Press Freedom Committee, After the 2008 Olympics in China, What Next for Press Freedom?, from "Challenges and Opportunities of New Media for Press Freedom", February 2007
 European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights: Hearing on Human Rights in China in the Run-up to the Olympics, November 2007
 Intervention before the Sub Committee on Human Rights, European Parliament Exchange of Views in preparation for the EU-China human rights dialogue, May 3, 2007. U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China: The Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China, February 2008
 Panelist, “Google and Internet Control in China: A Nexus Between Human Rights and Trade?”, U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, March 24, 2010
 Intervention before the Sub Committee on Human Rights, European Parliament Exchange of Views on Human Rights in China and the Role of the European Union following the last meeting of the EU China Human Rights Dialogue, December 5, 2011. Panelist, “Examination into the Abuse and Extralegal Detention of Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng and His Family”, U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Washington, D.C., November 1, 2011."Values and Strategic Narratives in International Human Rights," Panel on Value of Values: reconsidering the Role of Human Rights in US-China Relations," Wilson Center, Kissinger Institute on China, April 20, 2016. References

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<mask> (January 7, 1917 – March 12, 2004) was an American artist noted for abstract paintings that coupled scale with density of incident. It was not uncommon for some of the largest paintings to weigh in excess three hundred pounds, almost all of it pigment. He had a long and varied career, lasting about sixty-five years. He produced at least eight hundred canvases and eight thousand works on paper and board. He also wrote poetry on a nearly daily basis for the last thirty years of his life. He was an inveterate reader, riveting speaker and gifted teller of tales, capable of conversing with college audiences in sessions that might last three hours. Paintings held in public collections include: New Bride, 1963 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Mound, 1961 National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Saturn, 1976 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Elephant, 1977 Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, New York, Earth, 1976 Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Wedding, 1962 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Pink Fire, 1971 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and Untitled, 1982 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, along with many pictures of comparable quality in smaller collections — public and private — make for some, an effective case for Resnick as an exponent of the sublime.His remaining estate is held in trust by the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation. Beginning in 2017, the centenary of his birth, the Foundation plans to open his former residence and studio, at 87 Eldridge Street in Manhattan as a public exhibition space to showcase his work, that of his wife Pat Passlof, and other Abstract Expressionist painters. Childhood

<mask> was born of Jewish parentage in the village of Bratslav, now in the Ukraine. His given name was Rachmiel. Both his parents came from wealthy families: the Resnicks builders and the Mutchniks flour merchants. In the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution, Bratslav was repeatedly terrorized by Cossack gangs and the town—like so many others—decimated. Under duress, <mask>'s father abandoned his business and property, and emigrated along with his wife's family to America in 1922.They settled in Brooklyn where <mask> lived for the next ten years. Disobeying his father, the boy left home at seventeen to become an artist. In order to survive he sold his blood, modeled, and worked at the American Artists School, 131 West 14th Street, as the elevator boy, in exchange for tuition. In 1938 <mask> met Willem de Kooning, likely introduced to him by his sweetheart, Elaine Fried. She married de Kooning in 1943. <mask> was enrolled in the Federal Art Project of the WPA in 1939. He became immersed in the art world after meeting many of the artists at Stewart's cafeteria, where they would congregate after collecting their WPA checks.Drafted into the army in 1940, he served in Iceland, Normandy, Northern Europe and the Rhineland. In 1945 at the age of twenty-eight, <mask> was finally discharged from the armed forces. Willem De Kooning, a faithful friend, had stored some of his art for that period. The rest was lost. Early Years: Abstract Expressionism

<mask> spent two years painting in Paris (August 1946 – 1948). His studio, at 21 Rue de Seine, was fortuitously located for engaging post-war French art. There he befriended the artist Wols, who lived next door.He also met Giacometti, Gruber, as well as dealers Katia Granoff and Pierre Loeb. He observed Artaud, Matisse, Picasso, and Derain at close range, and spent an afternoon with Brancusi in his studio. John Graham visited him there several times. <mask> was one of the founding members of the artist's club, known simply as 'The Club,' in 1949. It became known as the den of what was later to be called the Abstract Expressionists. Other founding members included Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Ad Reinhardt, and Jack Tworkov. The Club became famous, a venue for intellectuals and luminaries like Dylan Thomas, Hannah Arendt, John Cage, Joseph Campbell, Buckminster Fuller, Paul Goodman, William Barrett, Edgar Varese and the young Pierre Boulez.In 1951 he participated in the 9th Street Art Exhibition, the first of many organized group exhibitions of Abstract Expressionism in New York City. After a 1949 debut exhibit at Charles Egan Gallery was cancelled, due to a dispute over missing paintings, <mask> did not have a solo show until 1955. As a consequence, his reputation was compromised for several decades. Labeled a second generation Abstract Expressionist, his immersion in the Abstract Expressionist idiom directly after the war remained unacknowledged. <mask>'s public reputation increased through the late 1950s and early 1960s. With the new decade, his work, previously characterized by muscular, sometimes chunky interlocking forms that seemed to function as a byproduct of a generalized aggressive attack, began to be replaced with a less fraught, loose and dispersive handling of paint. His paintings simultaneously began to assume a massive size, the largest of which, 'Swan' (1961) reached 25 feet in length.In 1961 he married Pat Passlof, an accomplished painter and former private pupil of de Kooning. For the greater part of their forty-four year long marriage, they lived apart but nearby each other. Maturity

With the rise of Pop Art and optical painting, not to mention Neo-Dada and Conceptualism, <mask> withdrew somewhat from the art world. Increasingly tending his own garden, he turned inward and began to produce—in complete disregard and perhaps defiance—the dense and rigorous all-over abstractions that would make his reputation. An indefatigable worker, these paintings often took months to accomplish before they were realized to his satisfaction. In 1971 he was awarded a large scale exhibition featuring paintings from 1958 to 1970 at the Fort Worth Art Center Museum in Texas. It traveled to the Milwaukee Art Center later that year.In 1985 the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston mounted a retrospective exhibition. He also taught during these years, serving in a visiting capacity at several universities, but never joined any faculty. In 1976 he bought a synagogue on the lower East Side of Manhattan—an earlier one being turned over to his wife—and lived and worked in it until his death in 2004. Later life

In the 1980s along with many canvases, he painted more than one hundred and forty small abstractions on stiff planks of cardboard. In 1986 he started to introduce into his pictures proto-human figures often in a cruciform or slingshot gestalt, and nearly interchangeable with his sign for a tree. They remained largely abstract in feeling and tone. No inviting space beckons the viewer nor compromises the quite distinctive agitation of the surface that, along with a preference for mineralized color, characterizes much of Resnick's work for the last forty years of his life.He also painted numerous strange hermetic insignia's. The X, a sign of negation, frequently decomposed into two elbows that often didn't align properly. The attitude towards symmetry and order remained light-heartedly derisive. He always maintained that ideas and narratives were just grist for his mill; nothing more. Content had no significance to him other than to provide an occasion to paint. He didn't generate ideas but made use of them as a subject if it pleased him to. Much of the late work was painted on rag or mold made paper, often with acrylic or gouache.His written poetry became increasingly important to him in the last ten years of his life. <mask> took his life in March 2004. References

Bibliography
 Works of the 1960s and 1970s: Frieze Masters, 2012,  (New York: Cheim & Read, 2012.) Philip Larratt-Smith, The Elephant in the Room: Paintings from the 1960s to 1980s,  (New York: Cheim & Read, 2011.) . Nathan Kernan, <mask>, A Question of Seeing, Paintings 1959–1963, (New York: Cheim & Read, 2008.) . Geoffrey Dorfman, Out of the Picture, <mask> and the New York School, (New York: Midmarch Arts Press, 2003.) . Marika Herskovic, American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey, (New York: New York School Press, 2003.) .p. 282-285. Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York: New York School Press, 2000.) . p. 12; p. 16; p. 38; p. 302-305. External links
 The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation
 Milton Resnick, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York City
 Ken Johnson, "An Abstract World That Looks Like Silence: <mask>snick Exhibition at Mana Contemporary," The New York Times, July 24, 2014. Geoffrey Dorfman, "<mask>snick: Painting to Live," Painters' Table, April 30, 2014. Penelope Green, "His and Hers Synagogues on the Lower East Side," The New York Times, October 5, 2011. David Reed, "The Unsettling Mark," Art in America, August 27, 2011.Sharon Butler, "Resnick's Resonance," Two Coats of Paint, June 10, 2008. Thomas Micchelli, "<mask>: A Question of Seeing," The Brooklyn Rail, June 7, 2008. David Cohen, "<mask>nick Was an AbEx Pioneer," The New York Sun, May 29, 2008. Diana Manister, "<mask>, Understanding Eden," Artezine.com, May 1, 2004. Phong Bui, "<mask>snick Remembered," The Brooklyn Rail, April 1, 2004. Roberta Smith, "<mask>, Abstract Expressionist Painter, Dies at 87, The New York Times, March 19, 2004. Rachel Youens, "<mask>snick at Robert Miller Gallery," The Brooklyn Rail, May 1, 2001.1917 births
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<mask>'Leary (January 27, 1940 – July 28, 2011) was an American scientist, author, and NASA astronaut. He was part of NASA Astronaut Group 6, a group of scientist-astronauts chosen with the intention of training for the Apollo Applications Program. Personal
O'Leary was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts on January 27, 1940. He decided to become an astronaut after visiting Washington, D.C. as a teenager. On December 1, 1983, O'Leary was married to Delores Marie Lefkowitz, also known as Dee Davenport, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Education
O'Leary graduated from Belmont High School in 1957. He received a B.A.in physics from Williams College in 1961, an M.A. in astronomy from Georgetown University in 1964, and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967. Organizations
O'Leary became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1975. From 1970–1976, he was the secretary of the American Geophysical Union's Planetology Section. In 1977, he worked on Asteroidal Resources Group, NASA Ames Summer Study on Space Settlements as team leader. Astronaut program

During his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, O'Leary published several scientific papers on the atmosphere of Mars. O'Leary's Ph.D. thesis in 1967 was on the Martian surface.Because of his professional specialty and youth, O'Leary was selected as an astronaut in conjunction with a possible NASA human mission to Mars then envisaged for the 1980s contingent on post-Apollo funding. O'Leary was the only planetary scientist in the NASA Astronaut Corps during the Apollo program. In April 1968, O'Leary resigned from the Astronaut Corps prior to completing the training program. Academic career
After O'Leary's resignation from NASA, Carl Sagan invited him to lecture at Cornell University in 1968, where he stayed until 1971 as a research associate (1968–1969) and assistant professor (1969–1971) of astronomy. While at Cornell, he studied lunar mascons. During the 1970–1971 academic year, O'Leary was deputy team leader of the Mariner 10 Venus-Mercury TV Science Team as a visiting researcher at the California Institute of Technology. The team received NASA's group achievement award for its participation.He later taught at San Francisco State University (associate professor of astronomy and interdisciplinary sciences; 1971–1972), the UC Berkeley School of Law (visiting associate professor; 1971–1972), Hampshire College (assistant professor of astronomy and science policy assessment; 1972–1975), Princeton University (research staff and lecturer in physics; 1976–1981) and California State University, Long Beach (visiting lecturer in physics; 1986–1987). At Princeton, he was involved with Gerard K. O'Neill and the L5 Society's orbiting city plans. He suggested that passing asteroids and the moons of Mars would be the easiest to access resources for space colonies. O'Leary wrote and edited books on astronomy and astronautics. Political activities
O'Leary became politically active early in his career and participated in a demonstration in Washington, D.C. in 1970, to protest the Cambodian Campaign. Richard Nixon administration officials invited O'Leary and his fellow Cornell professors to present their views. In 1975 and 1976, he worked on Morris Udall's presidential campaign as an energy advisor, as well as for the U.S. House Interior Committee subcommittee on energy and the environment as Udall's special staff consultant on energy.O'Leary worked for U.S. presidential candidates Jesse Jackson, Dennis Kucinich, George McGovern, and Walter Mondale. During those years, he wrote about the Space Shuttle, NASA's lunar landings, and the weaponization of space. O'Leary traveled to the Soviet Union twice in the late 1980s with the aim of promoting peaceful space exploration, including a peace cruise along the Dnieper River. Frontiers of science
A remote viewing experience in 1979 and a near-death experience in 1982 initiated O'Leary's departure from orthodox science. After Princeton, O'Leary worked at Science Applications International Corporation. He refused to work on military space applications, for which reason he lost his position there in 1987. Beginning in 1987, O'Leary increasingly explored unorthodox ideas, particularly the relationship between consciousness and science, and became widely known for his writings on "the frontiers of science, space, energy and culture".Since the 1980s, he lectured at the Findhorn Foundation, Esalen Institute, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Unity Churches, Religious Science churches and Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres. With artist Meredith Miller, his wife, he co-founded the Montesueños Eco-Retreat in Vilcabamba, Ecuador in 2008, which is devoted to "peace, sustainability, the arts and new science". Death
O'Leary contracted skin cancer in his 60s, which he treated with an alternative methodology involving a substance called Cansema. After surviving his second heart attack (precipitated by an ayahuasca ceremony) in 2010, he died of intestinal cancer on July 28, 2011, soon after diagnosis, at his home in Vilcabamba. Publications
The Making of an Ex-Astronaut 1970. . The Fertile Stars 1981. .
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Mars 1999 1987. . Exploring Inner & Outer Space 1989. .The Second Coming of Science 1993. . Miracle in the Void: Free Energy, UFOs and Other Scientific Revelations 1996. .
Reinheriting the Earth 2003. . The Energy Solution Revolution 2009. .

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 Official website; accessed March 19, 2014. O'Leary's entry in Scouting and Space Exploration; accessed March 19, 2014. O'Leary lecture at Youtube
 "The Life of Dr. <mask>'Leary, glntv.tv; accessed March 19, 2014. The Life and Career of Dr. <mask>'Leary (presentation by David William Gibbons; accessed March 19, 2014. 1940 births
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<mask>. (10 July 1936 – 27 June 2000) was a Guyanese long distance runner who represented Guyana in the Marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. He is known to be one of the greatest long distance runners Guyana and the Caribbean has ever produced, setting the national record in 1968. To date, he is the only Guyanese ever to compete in the Marathon at the Summer Olympic Games and one of the most prominent Indo-Caribbean long distance runners of his time. At the British West Indies Championships he won the gold medal in the Men's 5000m in 1965 and 1960 as well as the Gold in the 10,000m in 1960. He was a silver medalist in the Half-Marathon at the 1965 games and won Silver at both the 1959 and 1958 games in the Men's 5,000m and 10,000m events. <mask> ran the Men's 6 miles in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. He also participated in the Men's 5000m 10,000m and the marathon at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and represented Guyana at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland competing in the Men's 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon.<mask> holds the Guyana National Track and Field Record in the Marathon with a personal best time of 2:39:11 set on 4 February 1968 in St. Georges, Grenada. He was awarded Guyana's National Sportsman of the Year in 1969 and received the Order of Service of Guyana (Grade II) known as the Golden Arrow of Achievement in 1970. <mask> died on 27 June 2000 at age 63 in Success, East Coast Demerara, Guyana. Early life and career
<mask> was born in La Bonne Intention (LBI) Estate, East Coast Demerara, Guyana to Indo-Guyanese parents. LBI is a village 10 miles east of the capital Georgetown, Guyana. He would often be seen running from LBI to Georgetown and back again. Known to the locals for his notorious barefoot running style, he rose to prominence at St. Mary-Ye-Virgin Anglican School in Beterverwagting, Guyana.At the annual Inter Estate Athletics Championships, which was well organized and held at various Sugar Estate grounds across British Guiana, he became a household name for his success in long distance running. At these early events he would race against his future nemesis, Moses Dwarika, who would later compete alongside him for British Guiana at the British West Indies Championships. International career

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1958 British West Indies Championships
At the age of 22, <mask> qualified and represented British Guiana at the 1958 British West Indies Championships held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. This would be his first international competition. He would go on to win the silver medal in the 5000m and 10,000m, setting personal best times of 15:15:00 and 31:57:03 respectively. This event showcased some of Guyana's greatest long distance runners. <mask>, Moses Dwarika, George de Peana and Ralph Gomes would go on to dominate Caribbean long distance athletics for the next decade.1959 British West Indies Championships
<mask> won the silver medal in both the 5000m and 10,000m race in the 1959 British West Indies Championships held in Georgetown, British Guiana. 1960 British West Indies Championships
He finally succeeded his fellow British Guianan, George de Peana, as the dominant long-distance runner by winning Gold in both the 5000m and 10,000m races at the 1960 British West Indies Championships held in Kingston, Jamaica. The British West Indies Championships took a four-year hiatus. With the West Indies Federation being dissolved, the 5th edition of the track and field competition for the 1964 British West Indies Championships took place in Kingston, Jamaica. <mask>'s 10,000 m race had been dropped and he did not compete in the games. 1965 British West Indies Championships
The 1965 British West Indies Championships was the sixth and final edition of the track and field competition between British colony nations in the Caribbean. It was held in Bridgetown, Barbados.<mask> won Gold again in the 5,000m which he had won when he last competed in the 1960 event with a time of 15:30.5. He won the Silver in the 10,000m with a time of 1:14.06 behind fellow countryman Moses Dwarika who also hails from LBI. He won his 3rd Gold in the event with a time of 1:12:38. Guyana
With British Guiana achieving independence from the United Kingdom in May 1966, <mask> would now represent the independent nation of Guyana. 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
<mask> participated in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 to 13 August. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. He placed 11th out of 14 runners in the Men's 6 mile event with a time of 31:24 on 6 August 1966 at the Independent Park in Kingston, Jamaica.It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 10,000 metres. 1967 Pan American Games
In 1967, <mask> qualified for the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and participated in the Men's 10,000 metres on July 29, 1967, placing 8th out of 13 runners in the Final. He ran in the Men's 5000 metres and finished 10th with a time of 14.57.2 on August 2, 1967. He also ran the Men's marathon on August 5, 1967. 1968 Summer Olympic Games
At the age of 32, the highlight of <mask>'s career came with representing Guyana at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was held on Sunday 20 October 1968 and started at 15.00h (3PM EST). There were a total number of 75 competitors from 41 countries.Eighteen of them did not finish due to the high altitude of Mexico City. To date he is the only Guyanese ever to compete for Guyana in the Marathon at the Summer Olympic Games. As <mask> was training for the 1968 Summer Olympics, he set his personal best record of 2:39:11 in a Marathon on 4 February 1968 at a track event in St. George's, Grenada. Leading up to the Olympics he also won a gold medal in the Marathon at the 1968 Texaco Southern Games in San Fernando, Trinidad, followed by a gold medal in the 3000 m race at the annual Inter Estate Athletics Championships in Guyana Notable runners Boyo Changur placed second and Gladstone Hopkinson placing third. Guyana sent five men to the 1968 Summer Olympics. The West Indies Champion, 32-year-old <mask> was a favorable contender in the Men's Marathon. It was an accomplishment just to finish this race and it was referred to as one of the slowest marathons in Olympic history.With the unfavorable conditions, <mask> placed a respectable 50th place with a time of 2:57:01.4. 1970 British Commonwealth Games
The Edinburgh race stands out as one of his most memorable. After successfully running in the 3-mile, 6-mile and half-marathon with a time of 1 hour and 3 minutes in Trinidad, <mask> was flowing directly to Edinburgh, Scotland the very day to compete in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in the Men's Marathon event. He also qualified for both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres event at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Guyana National Awards
<mask> was awarded Guyana's National Sportsman of the Year in 1969 and received the Order of Service of Guyana (Grade II) known as the Golden Arrow of Achievement in 1970. References

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<mask> (born 1983), professionally known as <mask> and formerly <mask>, is a Canadian-born American singer and songwriter who was raised in Rapid City, South Dakota. She has lived in Duluth and currently St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2009, she moved to Portland, Oregon, where she spent a year writing songs for her album Golder, which was released April 19, 2011. She plays acoustic guitar, baritone electric guitar, electric guitar, and Rhodes or Wurlitzer electric piano, either solo or with her Twin Cities-based band, including Jeremy Ylvisaker, Robert Skoro, and Jacob Hanson. Life and work

In 2003 <mask>'s album . . . The Size of Planets (Chairkicker's Union) received favorable reviews in the Twin Cities press.The album spawned the single "Am I Allowed," which was played on college radio stations. <mask> was 20 years old when the album was released, and did a number of tours with Duluth band Low upon its release. She also toured with Mason Jennings, Richard Buckner, Rivulets, and Mary Lou Lord, who was also <mask>'s manager for a time. In 2006 she released the album Lure the Fox, originally on Mary Ellen Recordings, whose owner, Mary Lewis, decided to help her pay to record the album at Pachyderm Studio after reading a Star Tribune article about her in 2005. Dave King of Happy Apple and The Bad Plus plays drums, Chris Morrissey plays bass, and the album features Low's Alan Sparhawk on the track "Give it Up." Also on that track is David Frankenfeld, <mask>'s former drummer, who played on The Size of Planets. One year after Lure the Fox was recorded, <mask> signed with local label Afternoon Records, who then released the album nationally in October 2006.Lure the Fox earned <mask> two Minnesota Music Awards, one for Best American Roots recording, and another for Best American Roots artist. The album also topped many Twin Cities year-end favorite lists, including those of the Star Tribune, City Pages, The Onion, and Pulse magazine. <mask> was also featured on the cover of Metro magazine. Big Star, released in June 2008 on Afternoon Records, gained <mask> a broader audience with songs like "Big Star," "Green Eyed Boy," and "Arms of Harm," which was featured on the credits for an episode of Showtime's The United States of Tara. <mask> is featured on the 2007 Andrew Bird record Armchair Apocrypha and has frequently shared the stage with Bird over the past five  years. She sang on the feature song "Quiet Breathing" from the independent film Sweet Land, directed by fellow Minnesotan Ali Selim. In recent years, she has also collaborated with Actual Wolf and Gary Louris.In 2009, <mask>'s move from St. Paul to Portland, Oregon was noted by City Pages. She returned to the St. Paul in July 2010 and again became very active in the Twin Cities music scene. Upon completion of her album Golder, released in 2011, she also started a side project band called Gramma's Boyfriend, a "no-wave, new wave, punkish kind of thing that sounds like the Twin Peaks High School prom band." Jeremy Ylvisaker (Andrew Bird, Alpha Consumer, Guitar Party), Jacob Hanson (Halloween, Alaska, Guitar Party, Minneapolis Dub Ensemble), <mask>, Luke Anderson (Rogue Valley, Alpha Centauri), and Mike Lewis (Happy Apple, Fat Kid Wednesdays, Andrew Bird, Gayngs) are all members of Gramma's Boyfriend, though the band's website states that "sometimes they all play together, sometimes its whoever shows up." They have released two albums on Graveface Records, 2013's Human Eye and 2015's Perm. After two and a half years of writing and recording, <mask> released the album Last War in May 2014. The album earned widespread critical acclaim, with Stephen Thompson of NPR calling <mask> "a bright, subtle storyteller, [who] displays a mastery of pop-rock craftsmanship that keeps these songs as relentlessly catchy on the surface as they are alluringly complex underneath."SPIN lauded the track "No Sensitive Man" as  "dynamic, demanding," while Consequence of Sound stated that "Bonar creates a whimsical masterclass of indie-pop songwriting." The album earned spots on best-of-2014 lists from Rough Trade, NPR's All Songs Considered, Village Voice and Wondering Sound, the latter of which said of the album, "It’s a bold, confident statement, and it’s an early pick for one of the year’s best." Her album Impossible Dream was released in August 2016. Her latest album Pleasureland is recorded under the name HALEY and was released in 2018. Discography

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<mask> (April 17, 1984 – October 23, 2010) was an American long-distance swimmer. After being a pool swimmer for most of his career, <mask> made the transition to open water swimming in 2006. In international competitions, Crippen won seven medals, five of which were in the open water and two in the pool. <mask> died during an open water swimming race in the United Arab Emirates in 2010 at the age of 26. Biography
<mask> was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1984 to Pete and <mask>. He graduated from Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania in 2002. <mask> graduated from the University of Virginia in 2006 where he majored in sociology.<mask> started swimming at the age of six because of his sister Maddy. His three sisters are all also competitive swimmers. Maddy was a 2000 Olympian in the 400 individual medley and swam for Villanova University. His sister Claire is an NCAA All-American and Olympic Trials qualifier who swam for the University of Virginia. <mask> is a Pan-American Games Champion in the 200 meter backstroke and U.S. national team member. Career
<mask> swam for the University of Virginia, where he was an 11-time All-American and two-time Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) swimmer of the year. He earned a bronze medal as a member of USA Swimming at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia.At the 2003 Pan American Games, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, he won two individual silver medals in the 400 and 1500 m freestyle. <mask> represented the United States at the Pan Pacific Championships in 2006, where he earned a silver medal in the 10 km open water swim. From 2006 to 2008 <mask> represented the Mission Viejo Nadadores in California and swam for coach Bill Rose. In 2007, he earned a gold medal in the 10 km distance event at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Two years later, <mask> won a bronze medal in the 10 km open water race at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. A year later, <mask> again won silver in the 10 km at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California. <mask> was a six-time US National Champion.He won two national titles in the 800 m freestyle, two in the 5 km open water, and two in the 10 km open water event. Crippen represented Germantown Academy Aquatic Club in Fort Washington, PA. He also represented TYR Sports and Swimming, Inc.

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<mask> died while swimming the last race of FINA's 2010 10K series in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates after having won the penultimate race in Cancun, Mexico the weekend before. <mask>'s absence at the finish was reportedly first noticed by fellow USA swimmer Alex Meyer. After searching for Crippen and not finding him, Meyer and other swimmers returned to the water to try to locate Crippen. Two hours after the finish of the men's race, and after 90 minutes of searching by other swimmers, Crippen's body was found underwater by deep-sea divers near the race course's final buoy about 500 yards from shore. Crippen was rushed to the local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, though it was suspected he died at the scene.Winner Thomas Lurz and other swimmers cited the water as being overly warm—above  during the race—and several other swimmers experienced heat-related symptoms upon completing the race, including two Americans and one Brazilian (Allan do Carmo) who were briefly hospitalized. FINA president Dr. Julio Maglione said it was the first death in any FINA event and an investigation was opened. Crippen had told his coach after 8 kilometers that he was feeling thirsty, yet continued with the race. A report released by FINA following Crippen's death called for an update in open water swimming safety regulations. The report concluded that Crippen may have died of a "cardiac abnormality" and "uncontrolled exercise-induced asthma in unfavourable race environmental conditions." Changing the open water scene

Following Crippen's death, members of the swimming community and overall Olympic community were outraged with the lack of regulations at the site where Crippen drowned. The former vice president of the International Olympic Committee, Dick Pound, headed a separate investigation through USA Swimming due to the lack of compliance from the international governing body, FINA.According to USA Today, <mask>'s former coach Dick Shoulburg of Germantown Academy, and the <mask> family will continue to pressure FINA until new safety regulations are adopted. In USA Swimming, changes are being made for the well-being of the athletes. Organizers of an open water swim in Fort Myers have reconsidered the timing of their race because it may exceed the recommended water temperature of , or the combined air and water temperature of . United States Masters Swimming (USMS) adopted a warm water conditions rule to the USMS Open Water Rule 302.2.2 (3) A swim of 5 kilometers or greater shall not begin if the water temperature exceeds 85° Fahrenheit (29.45° Celsius). A swim of less than 5 kilometers shall not begin if the water temperature exceeds 87.8° Fahrenheit. (31° Celsius). Shoulberg is also calling on FINA to reconsider races being held in Shanghai during the summer because of excessive heat.See also
 List of University of Virginia people

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 University of Virginia bio of <mask> <mask>
 TYR bio of <mask> Crippen
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<mask>. Čolak-Antić (; 4 August 1877 – 29 July 1945), also known as <mask>, was a Serbian  senior army officer in the Royal Serbian Army and the Royal Yugoslav Army who held a number of senior commands, staff and diplomatic functions. Born into a family with a long military history, he was educated at the Royal Military Academy before training as a staff officer in France. He saw action during both Balkan Wars and the First World War where he served with distinction as a cavalry officer. After the retreat through Albania and the transfer to Corfu, he was appointed head of the Operation Division of the Supreme Command overseeing the 1st Serbian Volunteer Corps in Odessa. After the reorganisation of the Serbian Army and its redeployment along Greece’s northern border, he took command of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. In the post-war period he was sent to the Paris Peace Conference, as representative of the new Kingdom of SCS to the Border Commission. He then served as Military-Commander of Pecs and Baranya and then as Military Attaché in Bucharest before taking command of the 2nd Cavalry Division.Among his many decorations Čolak-Antić was awarded the French Legion of Honour for his actions during the Franco-Serb offensive of 1918, and the subsequent capitulation of Bulgaria. He later served as Inspector-General of Cavalry and as Aide-de-camp to the young King Peter II Karageorgevic from 1935 to 1939. He died in Belgrade in 1945. Early life and education
Čolak-Antić was born on 4 August 1877 at his family's home in Kragujevac, the former capital of the Principality of Serbia. As direct descendants of Vojvoda Čolak-Anta Simeonović, one of the leaders of the First Serbian Uprising of 1804, his family was among the most prominent noble military family. His mother, Jelena (née Matić) was a daughter of Minister Dimitrije Matić, the liberal politician and philosopher who had been Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education, and Minister of Justice. At the time of Čolak-Antić birth, his father, Colonel Ilija K. Čolak-Antić, was commander of the Ibar Army during the Serbo Turkish War, the successful war of independence from Ottoman rule, and a year later his maternal grandfather, Dimitrije Matić, was elected president of the National Assembly of Serbia, which ratified the provisions of the Treaty of Berlin proclaiming Serbia's independence.His father became military attaché in Vienna, at the time Serbia's main economic partner. <mask> had a sister Jovanka married to writer Ilija Vukićević and an older brother, Boško, born in 1871 who became a diplomat and a Marshall of the Court. Vojin was educated at Užice, in western Serbia, as his father prepared him for a military career, he was admitted at the military academy in Belgrade, where his father had taught. He was accepted as an officer cadet in the cavalry. His father died in December 1894, he graduated from the military academy four years later in 1898. Career
Upon graduation from the Military Academy, as top graduate he was picked to serve with the Royal Serbian Guard, he entered the squadron unit with the rank of sergeant. Even though the conspiracy originated within this elite unit, there is no evidence that he was involved in the plot to assassinate the Royal couple during the May Coup of June 1903.That same year he was commissioned as a cavalry lieutenant and accepted to the senior staff college of the military academy. During the coronation of Peter I of Serbia, he was part of the Honour Guard protecting the sovereign and was selected to lead the King's horse. On 7 November 1904, he was put in command of the First Squadron of the 4th Cavalry Regiment. He continued his General Staff training in the Operation Division of the Supreme Command from 1906 to 1909. In 1909, he was promoted to the rank of Cavalry Major. On 31 March 1910, as a Military Cadet, Čolak-Antić was sent for further training in France, at the 23rd Dragoon Regiment, the famed Royal Piémont as cavalry captain first class. Upon his return to Serbia, he was commissioned cavalry major in the General Staff of the Ministry of War.Čolak-Antić was transferred on 15 October 1911 to the 4th Cavalry Regiment. On 4 April 1912, at the end of his staff training, he was appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general to the Danube divisional area. Upon the outbreak of the Balkan wars, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment . After the end of combats, he was awarded the Medal for Bravery and promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel on 31 October 1913 for distinguished service in the field. At the beginning of the First World War, during the repulsed Austro-Hungarian invasions, <mask> Čolak-Antić fought with success commanding the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. In the fall of 1915, commanding the same regiment, he joined the retreat through Albania. During the Serbian army and government exile in Corfu, while the country was occupied by Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, he was part of the Operational Division of the Supreme Command and promoted colonel.In April of 1916, he was transferred to the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Division in the Russian Empire, where he remained until the October Revolution of 1917 helping build the first Yugoslav unit. After returning to the Salonika front from Russia, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade during the successful 1918 offensive that liberated the country. Postwar
In 1919, while still officially commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Čolak-Antić was sent to the Paris Peace Conference as part of the Yugoslav delegation. Following the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the question of the delimitation between Hungary and its neighbouring countries was the subject of intensive talks. In 1920, the Treaty of Trianon ratified the decision to re-draw Hungary's borders. By the Treaty's conclusions, Hungary ceded western Banat, Bačka, Međimurje, and Prekmurje to the  Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovene. The region of Baranja, with its administrative seat of government in the town of Pécs, was divided with the southern part annexed to the Kingdom of SCS according to a new boundary line, the so-called Clemenceau line.On 1 August 1921, Colonel <mask> Čolak-Antić was appointed commissioner of the Yugoslav-Hungarian Boundary Commission. The body tasked with defining a definitive delimitation between the two States. The commission work involved studies from lawyers, historians, geographers and other members of the academic community, in order to prepare border documentation, on the basis of Article 29 of the Peace Treaty. The British delegate LL Col. Cree was appointed as its chairman, the other members were Col. Luigi Valvassori (Italy), Lt Col. Marminia (France), Lt Col. Yanagawa (Japan) while Col. Vassel and Col. <mask> Colak-Antic represented respectively Hungary and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The city of Varaždin was chosen as the seat of the border commission, a further meeting was organised for 18 August 1921. The occupation of Pécs and Baranya by Yugoslav troops following the cessation of hostilities in November 1918, provoked some resistance from workers who wanted to be connected to revolutionary events taking place at the time in Hungary. After the collapse of the communist uprising in Hungary, in August 1919, a large number of emigrants took shelter in Pécs where mayor Béla Linder gave them shelter and the Yugoslav army protected them.The workers, reinforced by the sudden influx, took over the administration of the city, along with the civilian forces. On 5 August 1921, the Conference of Ambassadors gave instructions for the Yugoslav withdrawal of southern Hungary and asked the Yugoslav government to appoint an officer through whom the local Allied Commission might communicate with Belgrade; Colonel Čolak-Antić was appointed Military Commander of Pécs and Baranja during the transitional period; amongst his duties was the handover of the civilian government in Pécs to the Hungarian authorities. The Yugoslav army started to evacuate Pécs and Baranja in mid-August. Elections were held and on 19 August 1921, while the withdrawal was taking place, the civil authorities in southern Hungary proclaimed the so-called Serbian-Hungarian Republic of Baranya-Baja with the painter Petar Dobrović as its elected president. Due to the new political situation, Colonel <mask> Čolak-Antić decided to halt the evacuation of the region. The small Republic of Baranya did not manage to gain international recognition and since it depended on the Serbian protection, when the Yugoslav army finally withdrew, Hungarian forces of Miklós Horthy entered into the region bringing it to an end. On 24 September 1921, Čolak-Antić was appointed commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division.In July 1922, he took part again in the Geneva negotiations as Yugoslav Border Commissioner later joined by Foreign Minister Momčilo Ninčić, and in November 1922, the six members of the Border Commission signed the border list. According to historians, the definition of the Hungarian-Yugoslav border was undeniably a major reason for the stabilization of Europe after the First World War and the establishment of a new regional balance.On 18 July 1923, Čolak-Antić was appointed military envoy in Bucharest and promoted to the rank of brigadier general on 21 October of the same year. He stayed in the Kingdom of Romania until the end of his term on 25 January 1927. On his return, he became acting commander of the Second Cavalry Division and was promoted to the rank of divisional general. He became Inspector General of Cavalry on 11 April 1929, a position he would keep until the end of his career, on 5 December 1929 he was awarded the French Legion of Honour in the rank of . In 1930 he appeared in the documentary film “For the Honour of the Fatherland” an account of the Serbian retreat during the First World War directed by Stanislav Krakov. In 1936, he represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the funeral of King George V in London.In 1935, he was appointed Aide-de-camp to the young King Peter II Karadjordjevic. Retirement and death
<mask> Čolak-Antić retired as a divisional general in the Royal Yugoslav Army in 1936, he kept serving as aide de camp to the King until 1939. Upon the invasion of the country by the Axis forces in April 1941, he was handed over the war plan, the operational protocol and other sensitive material by his son Lieutenant colonel Petar Čolak-Antić, documents that he hid from the invaders. During the Nazi military occupation of Serbia, when those caught aiding Jews were punishable with the execution of entire families, Čolak-Antić arranged the escape out of the country of a Jewish doctor that he hid in the family home, less than  from the Banjica concentration camp, and petitioned the Germans for the release of Avram Berahi and his wife before they could be deported, both survived the war as a result. Čolak-Antić died on 29 July 1945 a few months after Belgrade was liberated, Germany surrendered and the Communist Partisans took control of the country, he is buried in Belgrade New Cemetery. Marriage and family
<mask> Čolak-Antić married in 1904 Marija Grujić, daughter of Prime Minister Sava Grujić, and descendant of Vojvoda Vule Ilić Kolarac. The couple had one daughter, Simonida, and three sons who all became officers of the Royal Yugoslav army:
 Major Ilija Čolak-Antić (1905–1974),
 Major Grujica Čolak-Antić (1906–1967)
 Lieutenant Colonel Peter Čolak-Antić (1907–1964)

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<mask> (born April 12, 1950) is an American professor of Jewish American religious history, and was one of the first congregational women rabbis. Her chief speciality is sexuality in Judaism, and she says that her beliefs were transformed by a Sabbath prayer book (Siddur Nashim) that refers to God as 'She'. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Sylvia and Irving Trachtenberg. She attended Erasmus Hall High School and Barnard College before getting her Ph.D. in religion at Temple University and her rabbinical training at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her specialization is in American and especially Jewish American religious history, and she focuses on issues related to gender, sexuality and race. Her thinking about many of these issues was shaped by her teachers, who included Elaine Pagels and Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism. Career
After completing her Ph.D. and receiving her rabbinic ordination, <mask> worked on a contractual basis with a number of synagogues in the U.S. and Canada.In this capacity she was among a handful of the first generation of congregational women rabbis. She came out as a lesbian in 1986. She divorced her husband <mask> (with whom she has two children: Lynn and Avi) and became partners with Christie Balka. During this time she also taught courses in Holocaust Studies at Rutgers University, and she was the Dean of Students at the RRC until 1987. Thereafter she served in several capacities at Temple University: as Director of Adult Programs, Director of the Program in Women's Studies, and finally a faculty member in the departments of religion and women's studies. <mask>'s research has focused on explaining and expounding the Reconstructionist tradition, the place of gays and lesbians in Jewish religious history, and the relationships between Jews, blacks, and sports during the years 1930–1950. Her book on that topic, Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball, was published by Oxford University Press.She has also edited several volumes and published articles on a wide range of topics including sexuality in Judaism, the definition of who is Jewish and who is not, gay liberation theology, Alvin Dark, and Jackie Robinson. Her book Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition from Columbia University Press received the 1998 Lambda Literary Award for best LGBT book on religion. She also wrote "Finding Our Past: A Lesbian Interpretation of the Book of Ruth," which was included in Reading Ruth: Contemporary Women Reclaim a Sacred Story, edited by J. A. Kates and G.T. Reimer (1994). She has lectured at a number of colleges and universities, including Columbia, UPenn, Princeton and Swarthmore and is an active public intellectual who writes for mainstream publications and frequently speaks at rallies and on panels in the Philadelphia region and beyond. <mask> is a recipient of a Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award.She has recently taught courses on religion in American public life, Jews, America and sports, and sexuality in world religions. <mask> is currently a Professor in the Departments of Religion and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Temple University, and Senior Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. She has mentored several graduate students, including Marie Dallam, author of Cowboy Christians and Brett Krutzsch, author of Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics, both from Oxford University Press. According to her faculty website: "In the past several years her research has focused on religion and sports. Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball, was published by Oxford University Press in June 2011. Religion and Sports: An Introduction and Case Studies was published by Columbia University Press in May 2015." An anthology, co-edited with Arthur Remillard, Gods, Games, and Globalization: New Perspectives on Religion and Sport was published by Mercer University Press in 2019.Israel
Alongside Katherine Franke, a Columbia Law School professor, <mask> publicly canceled her scheduled appearance at the Equality Forum's 2012 Global LGBT Summit in Philadelphia to protest Israel's policies toward the Palestinians, accusing the organizers of the forum of becoming "cheerleaders for Israel." Siddur Nashim
She commented (Reform Judaism, Winter 1991):

 Siddur Nashim was published in 1976 by Naomi Janowitz and Margaret Wenig. Personal life
She is a lesbian. Works
 Articles by <mask> on the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner
 Exploring Judaism: A Reconstructionist Approach with Jacob Staub, (Reconstructionist Press, 1985 and rev.ed. 2000)
 Lesbian Rabbis: The First Generation, editor, with Sue Elwell and Shirley Idelson, (Rutgers University Press, 2001)
 Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition (Columbia University Press, 1997)
 The Life and Thought Of Tehilla Lichtenstein (booklet)
 Voices of the Religious Left: A Contemporary Sourcebook, editor (Temple University Press, 2000)
 Whose Torah? : A Concise Guide to Progressive Judaism (The New Press, 2008)
 Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball (Oxford University Press, 2011)
 Religion and Sports: An Introduction and Case Studies (Columbia University Press, 2015)
Gods, Games, and Globalization: New Perspectives on Religion and Sport, editor, with Arthur Remillard (Mercer University Press, 2019)

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<mask> (; born <mask>; February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008) was an American actress and producer. She was best known for her roles as various characters in the Star Trek franchise: Nurse Christine Chapel (in the original Star Trek series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and two films of the franchise), Number One (also in the original series), Lwaxana Troi (on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and the voice of most onboard computer interfaces throughout the series from 1966 to 2009. She married Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in 1969. As his wife and given her relationship with Star Trekparticipating in some way in every series during her lifetimeshe was sometimes referred to as "the First Lady of Star Trek". Early life
<mask> was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She began taking acting classes as a child. She attended Shaker Heights High School, graduating in 1950 before going on to the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, then had some stage roles and came to Hollywood.Her father, William Hudec, was a Cleveland police officer. He was killed in the line of duty on August 30, 1955 while <mask> was touring with an off-Broadway road company. Career
<mask> was briefly seen in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) in an ad parody at the beginning of the film, and had roles in a few films, including Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961), Sylvia (1965), A Guide for the Married Man (1967), and Track of Thunder (1967). She worked at the Desilu Studios on several TV shows, including Bonanza, The Untouchables, The Lucy Show, and The Lieutenant (produced by Gene Roddenberry). She received training in comedy from Lucille Ball. In 1960, she played Gwen Rutherford on Leave It to Beaver.Star Trek
In various roles, <mask> participated in every incarnation of the popular science fiction Star Trek franchise produced during her lifetime, including live-action and animated versions, television and cinema, and all of the time periods in which the various series have been set. She first appeared in Star Trek's initial pilot, "The Cage" (1964), as the USS Enterprise's unnamed first officer, "Number One". <mask> was romantically involved with Roddenberry, whose marriage was on the verge of failing at the time, and the idea of having an otherwise unknown woman in a leading role just because she was the producer's girlfriend is said to have infuriated NBC network executives who insisted that Roddenberry give the role to a man. William Shatner corroborated this in Star Trek Memories, and added that female viewers at test screenings hated the character as well. Shatner noted that female viewers felt she was "pushy" and "annoying" and also thought that "Number One shouldn't be trying so hard to fit in with the men." <mask> often joked that Roddenberry, given the choice between keeping Mr. Spock (whom the network also hated) or the woman character, "kept the Vulcan and married the woman, 'cause he didn't think Leonard [Nimoy] would have it the other way around". When Roddenberry was casting for the second Star Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", she changed her last name from Hudec to <mask> and wore a blonde wig for the role of nurse Christine Chapel, a frequently recurring character, who was introduced in "The Naked Time", the sixth new episode recorded, and was known for her unrequited affection for the dispassionate Spock.Her first appearance as Chapel in film dailies prompted NBC executive Jerry Stanley to yodel "Well, well—look who's back!". In an early scene in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, viewers are informed that she has now become Doctor Chapel, a role which she reprised briefly in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, as Commander Chapel. <mask> provided several voices for Star Trek: The Animated Series, including those of Nurse Chapel and a communications officer named M'Ress, an ailuroid officer who served alongside Uhura. <mask> returned years later in Star Trek: The Next Generation, cast as the outrageously self-assertive, iconoclastic, Betazoid ambassador, Lwaxana Troi, who appeared as a recurring character in the series, often visiting her daughter Deanna, the ship's counselor. Her character often vexed the captain of the Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard, who spurned her amorous advances. She later appeared as Ambassador Troi in several episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, where her character developed a strong relationship with Constable Odo. She provided the regular voice of the onboard computers of Federation starships for Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and most of the Star Trek movies.She reprised her role as a shipboard computer's voice in two episodes of the prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise, thus making her the only actor to have a role in all six televised Star Trek series produced up to that time. She also lent her voice to various computer games and software related to the franchise. The association of her voice with interactions with computers led to Google's Assistant project being initially codenamed Google Majel. <mask> had also made a point of attending a major Star Trek convention each year in an effort to inspire fans and keep the franchise alive. On December 9, 2008, less than ten days before her death, Roddenberry Productions announced that she would be providing the voice of the ship's computer once again, this time for the 2009 motion picture reboot of Star Trek. Sean Rossall, a Roddenberry family spokesman, stated that she had already completed the voiceover work, around December 4, 2008. The film is dedicated to Roddenberry and <mask>.Other roles

She appeared as Primus Dominic in Roddenberry's 1973 postapocalyptic TV drama pilot, Genesis II; as Dr. Bradley in his 1974 television film The Questor Tapes and as Lilith the housekeeper in his 1977 TV drama pilot, Spectre. She also appeared in Michael Crichton's 1973 sci-fi Western, Westworld as Miss Carrie, a robot brothel madam; the 1977 Stanley Kramer thriller The Domino Principle; and the 1979 television film The Man in the Santa Claus Suit starring Fred Astaire. Her later film appearances included small roles in Teresa's Tattoo (1994) and Mommy (1995). After Gene Roddenberry's death, <mask> took material from his archives to bring two of his ideas into production. She was executive producer of Earth: Final Conflict (in which she also played the character Dr. Julianne Belman), and Andromeda. She also served as creative director for Gene Roddenberry's Lost Universe, a comic book series based on another archival Roddenberry concept. In a gesture of goodwill between the creators of the Star Trek franchise and of Babylon 5, she appeared in the Babylon 5 episode "Point of No Return", as Lady Morella, the psychic widow of the Centauri emperor, a role which foreshadowed major plot elements in the series.Parodying her voice work as the computer for the Star Trek series, <mask> performed as a guest voice on Family Guy as the voice of Stewie Griffin's ship's computer in the episode "Emission Impossible". <mask>'s widely recognized voice performance as the Star Trek computer inspired the Amazon Alexa interactive virtual assistant, according to its developer Toni Reid, although <mask> had no direct role in it. Railroad voicework
The Southern Pacific Railroad used her voice talent  contained inside Harmon Electronics (of Grain Valley, MO) track-side defect detector devices, used in various locations west of the Mississippi River. When a defect is identified on the passing train, the system responds with her recorded voice announcing the defect location information to the train crew over the radio. In railroad forums and railroad radio monitoring groups, she was and is still referred to as the "SP Lady". However, with the implementation of newer hotbox detector technology, finding her voice today on working detectors is very rare. The hotbox detectors that had her voice installed in them were not upgradeable to the newer digital signaling requirements, and finding parts for them was difficult.Today, her voice is found on smaller regional railroads, usually only at dragging equipment locations, such as in California at milepost 24.6 on the Metrolink Lancaster line (under the I-5 and I-210 interchange in Sylmar), and in Oregon on the Portland & Western at milepost 746.5, near Lake Oswego. These voiced detectors remain because the lines were once owned by Southern Pacific, and because only two unchanging recorded messages are used, compared to the dynamic changing library used in hotbox detectors. The only major railroad that still uses her voice today is Union Pacific. Initially, Guilford commissioned Majel to say "Guilford Rail System", and the recording was programmed into detectors across the railroad. Train crews and local rail enthusiasts dubbed the MBTA Andover detector with the nickname "Andover Annie". Both the Andover and Shirley detectors with Majel's voice were replaced between 2015 and 2017 respectively with General Electric brand detectors, which use a male voice. In 2006–2007, just before <mask> <mask> died on December 18, 2008, the recently re-branded Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford) was able to commission Majel one last time to say "Pan Am Railways" for their defect detectors.As of October 2020, Pan Am Railways still uses <mask> <mask>'s voice for defect detectors at eight different locations between Maine, Massachusetts, and Upstate New York. Pan Am Railways defect detectors that still utilize <mask>'s voice recordings include the following locations: In District 1, MP 134.1 in Readfield, Maine, just off of Plains Road crossing. Second is MP 157.2 in Lewiston, Maine, just off of Merrill Road crossing. Lastly, MP 176.7 in Gray, Maine, just off of Depot Road crossing. In District 2, only one detector with her voice is in service. MP 234.2 in North Berwick, Maine, just off of Elm Street/Route 4 crossing. In District 3, there are four locations that still utilize her voice.First, MP 346.6 in Gardner, Massachusetts, near Parkers Street underpass. Second is at MP 369.1 in Wendell, Massachusetts, just off of Wendell Depot Road crossing. Third is at MP 410.9 in Zoar, Massachusetts, paralleling Zoar Road. Finally, at MP 440.2 in Hoosick, New York. The future of these defect detectors remains uncertain with the current state of Pan Am Railways being for sale. If a new railroad takes over, these rare defect detectors will likely be replaced. Final voiceover work
Some of <mask>'s final voiceover work was still in post-production, to be released in 2009 after her death, as mentioned in the credits of the 2009 film Star Trek, again as the voice of the Enterprise  computer.An animated production called Hamlet A.D.D. credited her as <mask> <mask>, playing the voiceover role of Queen Robot. Personal life and death

In 1969, while scouting locations in Japan for MGM, Roddenberry claimed that he realized that he missed <mask> and proposed to her by telephone. In the version recited by Herbert F. Solow, Roddenberry traveled to Japan with the intention of marrying <mask>. She subsequently joined Roddenberry in Tokyo, where they were married in a Shinto ceremony on August 6, 1969. Roddenberry had considered it "sacrilegious" to use an American minister in Japan, and the ceremony was attended by two Shinto priests as well as maids of honor. Roddenberry and <mask> both wore kimono, and spent their honeymoon touring Japan.He continued to have liaisons with other women, telling his friends that while in Japan he had an encounter with a masseuse about a week after he was married. The new marriage was not legally binding, as his divorce from Eileen had not yet been finalized. This was resolved two days after his divorce was complete, and on December 29, a small ceremony was held at their home followed by a reception for family and friends. Despite this, the couple continued to celebrate August 6 as their wedding anniversary. Roddenberry's young daughter, Dawn, decided to live with <mask> and him, and the family moved to a new house in Beverly Hills the following October. In February 1974, <mask> and Roddenberry had a son, Eugene Jr., commonly referred to as Rod Roddenberry. They remained married until Roddenberry's death at <mask>'s side on October 24, 1991 in Santa Monica, California.After her husband's death, <mask> <mask> commissioned Celestis to launch her together with Gene on an infinite mission to deepest space. After manifesting them on NASA's "Sunjammer" mission, the agency cancelled the mission in 2014. Celestis has rescheduled their launch for 2020, the next available commercial mission to deep space. A sample of the couple's cremated remains will be sealed into a specially made capsule designed to withstand space travel. A spacecraft will carry the capsule, along with digitized tributes from fans, on Celestis' "Enterprise Flight". <mask> died on the morning of December 18, 2008, at her home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, as a result of leukemia. She was 76 years old.A public funeral was held on January 4, 2009, in Los Angeles. More than 250 people attended, including Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner and Wil Wheaton. Honors
<mask> and her husband were honored in 2002 by the Space Foundation with the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award for their work creating awareness of and enthusiasm for space. Filmography

 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (2014) – Queen Robot (voice) (final film role)

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 AP Obituary in the Los Angeles Times''

1932 births
2008 deaths
Actresses from Cleveland
American film actresses
American television actresses
Television producers from Ohio
American voice actresses
Audiobook narrators
Deaths from cancer in California
Deaths from leukemia
Gene Roddenberry
University of Miami alumni
American women film producers
Film producers from Ohio
20th-century American actresses
American women television producers

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