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<mask>, Ph.D., (February 17, 1926 - September 13, 2008) was a 20th-century, Danish-born Romance philologist, author, and professor of French. Author of 17 books and over 60 articles, he was widely respected by the romance philology community and recognized as an expert in the field. He is highly esteemed for his detailed and thorough publications on the grammar of Old Occitan (also referred to as Provençal) and has been referred to endearingly as "the 'Grevisse' of old Occitan". <mask> is also considered an expert on Sicilian poetry. His English translation and analysis of previously untranslated Sicilian poems have been honorably referred to as one of the codices optimi on the subject, dating from Dante forward. An extraordinary linguist, <mask> was fluent in eight languages with a remarkable command of medieval/ancient Romance languages. His publications include
works on vulgar and classical Latin, old Italian, old Spanish, medieval Occitan, old French, and old Portuguese.Life

<mask> <mask> was born on February 17, 1926 to <mask> and Jenny Kirstine Martinusen in Taarup, Auning county, in the Midtjylland region of Denmark. He spent his first years on a sizable family homestead and was raised by his two loving parents. Frede was the second of three children born to the <mask> family. The property was home to a lovely forest where oak, pine, and beech trees grew. These early surroundings were likely the mold where Frede's great sensibility to nature was formed. The great depression arrived with its share of sufferings and soon the family had to  relocate to a smaller house in the nearby small village of Trojstrup. Frede lived there with his family until he graduated from the Randers Stattskole in 1945.When he was a young teenager, he loved collecting and drying flowers from the countryside. His collection later ended up in the hands of the  Museum of the Botanical Garden of Copenhagen, which they still preserve today. In 1945, <mask> went to the University of Copenhagen and completed his undergraduate studies in 1949. <mask> then attended the Université de Grenoble in France on a scholarship where he received a degree in French grammar and Philology (Certificat de Grammaire et de Philologie Francaises) in 1950. While in Grenoble he joined a mountaineering club. For him it was the door opened to the undulating slopes of wildflowers, before setting his sights on higher summits later in his life. <mask> returned to Denmark to serve his mandatory 9-month military service from 1950 to 1951 where he served as a telex operator.<mask> then returned to the University of Copenhagen where he received his master's degree, with distinction, in 1953 in French with a minor in English. He spent the summer of 1953 studying at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, then went on to attend the University of Salamanca, Spain where he received a Spanish Philology degree in 1955 (Diplomado de Filologia Hispánica). It was here that he met his future wife, whom he later wed in the United States in 1968. In 1956, <mask> moved to Los Angeles, California in the United States on a Fulbright grant and subsequently earned his Ph.D. from U.C.L.A. in 1961, in Romance Languages and Literatures with an emphasis in Philology (French, Spanish, and Italian). Over the next 6 years, <mask> held a number of teaching positions, first at the University of Calgary, Canada and then at U.C.L.A., before settling in Boulder, Colorado to take on a professorship position at the University of Colorado in 1967. <mask> was Professor of French at the University of Colorado at Boulder until his retirement on June 19, 1996.<mask> was the recipient of numerous awards for scholarly achievements throughout his career. He also served as the President of the Centre de Guillaume IX, a center for research in Troubadour studies, and was a member of the editorial board of Semasia (a romance philology publication). He was also an avid mountaineer who summitted hundreds of peaks in Canada, Mexico, Morocco, Europe and the United States, and he climbed all fifty three of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks within two summers. He continued to hike regularly up until his death in September 2008, in Boulder, Colorado, at the age of 82. Education

Middle school, a private school in Allingaabro, Denmark
High school studies at Randers Stattskole in Randers, Denmark, graduating in June, 1945
University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1949 (B.A.) Université de Grenoble, France, 1950, Certificat de Grammaire et de Philologie Françaises
University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 1953, M.A. (with distinction) with major in French and a minor in English
University of Salamanca, Spain, 1955, Diplomado de Filologia Hispánica
U.C.L.A., California, U.S.A.1961, Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures, with major emphasis on Philology (French, Spanish, Italian)

Professional career

University of Washington at Seattle, 1956–57, Teaching Assistant, Department of Romance Languages.U.C.L.A, 1957-60, Teaching Assistant, Department of French. Katedralskole, Nykøbing (Falster), Denmark, 1960-1961, Acting Instructor in French and English. University of Calgary, 1961-64, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages. U.C.L.A., 1964-67, Assistant Professor of French and Romance Philology. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1967-73, Associate Professor of French and Linguistics. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1973-77, Professor of French and Linguistics. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1977-1996, Professor of French.Publications

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1. The Italian Verb, A Morphological Study, University of North Carolina Press, Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures, No. 107, 1971. 97 pp. 2. From Vulgar Latin to Old Provençal. University of North Carolina Press, Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures, No.120, 1972. 97 pp. 3. F<mask> and T. Lathrop:  The Syntax of the Old Spanish Subjunctive. The Hague: Mouton Publishers, Janua Linguarum Series, 1973. 92 pp. 4.The Syntax of the Old French Subjunctive. The Hague:  Mouton Publishers, Janua Lunguarum Series,1974. 134 pp. 5. The Old Provençal Noun and Adjective Declension. Odense University Press, Études romanes de l'Université d'Odense, Vol. 9, 1976.177 pp. 6. The Earliest Portuguese Lyrics. Odense University Press, Études romanes de l'Université d'Odense, Vol. 11, 1978. 308 pp. 7.Provençal Philology and the Poetry of Guillaume of Poitiers. Odense University Press, Études romanes de l'Université d'Odense, Vol. 13, 1983. 374 pp. 8. The Poetry of the Sicilian School. New York and London:  Garland Publishing, Inc., Garland Library of Medieval Literature, Series A, Vol.22, 1986. I-LXXIII. 250pp
9. The Syntax of Medieval Occitan. Tübingen/West Germany:  Max Niemeyer Verlag, Beihefte zur Zeitschirft für romanische Philologie, Vol. 208, 1986. I-VII.431 pp. 10. Old French and Comparative Gallo-Romance Syntax. Tübingen/West Germany: Max Niemeyer Verlag, Beihefte zur Zeitschirft für romanische Philologie, Vol. 232, 1990. I-XI. 590 pp.11. Medieval Galician-Portuguese Poetry. An Anthology. New York and London:  Garland Publishing, Inc., Garland Library of Medieval Literature, Series A, Vol. 87 1992. I-CXXXVIII. 624 pp.(see review)
12. Syntaxe de l'ancien occitan. Tübingen/West Germany:  Max Niemeyer Verlag, Beihefte zur Zeitschift für romanische Philologie, Vol. 257, 1994. 404 pp. 13. Tuscan Poetry of the Duecento.New York and London:  Garland Publishing, Inc., Garland Library of Medieval Literature, Series A, Vol. 99, 1994, I-XLV, 335 pp. 14. Troubadour Lyrics. A Bilingual Anthology. New York:  Peter Lang Publishing, Studies in the Humanities, vol. 39, 1998, 593 pp.15. A Comparative Study of Romance. New York:  Peter Lang Publishing, Studies in the Humanities, vol. 46, 1999, 446 pp. 16. La Vie de Saint Eustace. Introduction to Old French.Philological Commentary by <mask> <mask>. Edition and Introduction by Tom Lathrop. Newark/Delaware:  LinguaText, Ltd., 2000, 208 pp. 17. The language of the eleventh century "Vie de St. Alexis". Edition by Tom Lathrop. Newark/Delaware:  LinguaText, Ltd., 2003, 367 pp.References

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Books listed at WorldCat

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<mask>han is a former Hong Kong actress, who is best known for her work with Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), and to an extent, for her film work and singing career. She also holds the Miss Hong Kong 2004 title. In December 2019, she announced her retirement from the entertainment industry with plans of moving to Europe. Early life
<mask> was born and raised in Hong Kong. Her father is a businessman and her mother is a homemaker. Prior to winning her beauty queen title, <mask> had originally aspired to become a professional dancer. She had begun practicing ballet since the age of 4, but was forced to quit when she was 11, due to an injury on her right ankle.At the age of 14, she had begun to practice Jazz dance, Salsa, and Argentina Tango. She was educated at Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin) and eventually graduated from the University of California, Davis, majoring in Japanese, minoring in Spanish and marketing. After completing her degree, she had returned to Hong Kong and worked as a translator and project coordinator. She had previously worked at an engineering firm. In 2004, she entered the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant and was crowned the winner along with the titles of Miss Photogenic, Miss International Goodwill, and the Slimming Beauty Award. After the pageant, she signed with TVB and began her career as an actress. TV career
Following guest roles in The Zone and When Rules Turn Loose in 2005, <mask> made her official TV debut in TVB series, La Femme Desperado in 2006.Professional Taiwanese film critic, Mai Ruoyu, while critiquing <mask>'s film performance, had said that <mask> had demonstrated strong charisma and had effectively held her own in La Femme Desperado, even while starring alongside veteran actresses, Sheren Tang and Melissa Ng. Her role as Ida in the series was also nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category, as well as the Favourite Female Character category, in the TVB Anniversary Awards 2006. In 2007, <mask> had three TVB series released, including The Brink of Law, On the First Beat, and Steps. The roles cumulatively earned her the Most Improved Female Artist award from the TVB Anniversary Awards 2007. Her role in Steps also earned her nominations in the Best Actress category, as well Favourite Female Character category for the same awards show. In 2008, <mask> took on her first villain role in Moonlight Resonance, and the role had earned her a Top 5 position in the Best Supporting Actress category of the TVB Anniversary Awards 2008. On the other hand, her leading role in Speech of Silence, in which she played a deaf character, had earned her a Top 10 position in the Best Actress category of the aforementioned awards show.While <mask>'s TV career quieted down during 2009 to 2010, due to her focus on her film career, 2011 proved to be fruitful for <mask>, with six of her TV dramas airing on TVB. Of the six roles, Paris Yiu from Lives of Omission had garnered the most attention. For the role, <mask> was awarded a My Favourite TVB Female TV Character award from the StarHub TVB Awards, nominations in the Best Actress and Favourite Female Character categories for the TVB Anniversary Awards 2011, as well as a nomination for Outstanding Actress in Television by the Ming Pao Anniversary Award. Additionally, in 2011, with the high turnover rate in contracted TVB artists, TVB executive, Virginia Lok, appointed <mask>, Myolie Wu, Linda Chung, and Fala Chen, as the new Top 4 "Fa Dans" (a Cantonese term that is used for actresses with high popularity and status in TVB), with their predecessors being Flora Chan, Ada Choi, Kenix Kwok, and Jessica Hsuan. 2012 is arguably Tsui's peak year in her TV career. In Highs and Lows, <mask> portrays an extremely tragic character that struggled with substance abuse, gang rape, and eventually, drug dealing. <mask> described her experience of filming this drama as "being on an emotional roller coaster", to the extent that she did not wish to speak to anyone or pick up the phone after work.The producer of the drama, Lam Chi Wah, referred to <mask>'s role in Highs and Lows as the greatest breakthrough in her career and applauded her for setting down her image as a beauty pageant winner to dive into such a complex character in the drama. Film director, Patrick Kong, also noted in his column that <mask>'s acting has greatly matured in Highs and Lows, particularly in her portrayal of emotional scenes. In 2014, <mask> took part in a TVB-produced micro film, A Time of Love, which consists of four individual stories, each with a separate theme. <mask> starred opposite Taiwanese actors, James Wen and Chris Wang, in the "sorrow" themed story. After the airing of the micro film, TVB received 39 individual viewer statements that commended Tsui of her outstanding performance in the micro film. Column writer, Ko Leung, of Macao Daily, also stated <mask> portrayed her character in the micro film perfectly and that <mask>'s acting is comparable to that of Bai Baihe in The Stolen Years. In 2015, <mask>'s management contract with TVB ended.However, <mask> said that she is still on very good terms with TVB, and TVB has settled job arrangements for her up until February 2016. Despite having received several offers, <mask> stated that she will not finalize any management contract agreements until she has completed her jewelry design courses. Film career
Aside from her development in television acting, <mask> also experienced success in developing her career in the film industry. In 2007, through a series of auditions, <mask> was cast as the female lead, alongside A-list actors Tony Leung Ka-fai and Simon Yam, in Eye in the Sky, which is a film produced by Johnnie To and directed by Yau Nai-hoi. With her performance in Eye in the Sky, <mask> earned the Best Newcomer – Gold Award from Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild 2007, as well as Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer from the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards, held in 2008. In 2009, <mask> starred in I Corrupt All Cops, a Hong Kong crime drama, directed by Wong Jing, who was impressed with the success of her debut performance in Eye in the Sky. Eason Chan, who plays <mask>'s husband in the film, said <mask>'s character is based on Shuang'er from The Deer and the Cauldron.In 2010, <mask> starred in Wuxia film 14 Blades, alongside Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, and Wu Chun. In 2011, <mask> reprised her role as Paris Yiu Ho Ho from the TVB series Lives of Omission in its film sequel, Turning Point 2, in which she starred opposite Francis Ng. Playing a character with a mental disorder in the film, <mask> said that collaborating with Ng was a valuable experience because Ng was extremely willing to teach and give her suggestions about her acting and performances. From working with <mask>, Ng had openly praised her for her acting potential. In 2013, <mask> took part in a comedy film, I Love Hong Kong 2013. It is also the first film that veteran actress, Veronica Yip, has taken part in since her retirement in 1996. In the film, <mask> plays the younger version of Yip's character.The producer of the film, Eric Tsang, specifically praised <mask> for providing the best performance out of the entire cast, referring to it as a "Best Actress performance". In the same year, <mask> was also cast in Giddens Ko film, A Choo, alongside Ariel Lin and Kai Ko. In 2015, <mask> was cast in thriller film, Knock Knock, Who's There?. The film is the first directorial effort by veteran actress, Carrie Ng. <mask> said that upon receiving the script, she had intended to reject the role because of the frightening content. However, <mask> eventually agreed to the role due to Ng's persistence and persuasion. With reference to collaborating with <mask>, Ng said that <mask> is a very professional and admirable actress.Jewelry design career
In December 2015, <mask> launched a jewelry line with K.S. Sze & Sons Ltd. The collection is called "Rabbit-Duck Illusion". She indicated that her designs are inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein's concept on the two different ways of seeing, using the ambiguous image of a "duckrabbit". She spoke of the concept behind her jewelry designs, "It's something that I like to remind myself of, that there are many situations in life that aren't worth splitting hairs over, and if I simply adjust the angle that I'm viewing things from, I can easily see a different perspective." In early 2016, <mask> found her own fine jewelry brand and online shop; katetsui.com

Further education
In 2015–2016, <mask> completed her Jewelry Design course at GIA and Colored Gem Professional Level II at the Gübelin Academy. In June 2019, <mask> finished her master's degree in Psychology at the University of Hong Kong.She plans to further her studies overseas and pursue a PhD in psychology. Filmography

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Awards
2016
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2015
Jade Solid Gold Music Awards Presentation 2014 – Song Award: 棋逢敵手 (with Hubert Wu)

2014
StarHub TVB Awards 2014 – My Top 6 Favourite Female TV Character Award (Bounty Lady)
StarHub TVB Awards 2014 – Everlasting Glow Award
Jade Solid Gold Second Round Music Awards 2014  – Song Award: 棋逢敵手 (with Hubert Wu)

2013
StarHub TVB Awards 2013– My Top 6 Favourite Female TV Character Award (Highs and Lows)
StarHub TVB Awards 2013 – Most Glamorous Female Artist Award
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<mask>  (; 20 November 1919 – 10 July 2018), also known as K. P<mask> or Tian Jiabing, was a Hong Kong–Chinese businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Tin’s Chemical Industrial Company and the Tin Ka Ping Foundation. <mask> donated billions of Hong Kong dollars and funded hundreds of schools, dozens of hospitals, and thousands of rural libraries throughout China. He was awarded numerous honours for his philanthropy, including the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II, the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Hong Kong government, a Gold Plate on Contribution to Public Welfare by President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan, honorary citizenships by more than 80 cities, and honorary doctorate degrees by over ten universities. Chinese astronomers named the asteroid 2886 Tinkaping after him, and his childhood home in Dabu County is protected as a heritage site. Early life
<mask> was born in 1919 in the Hakka community of Dabu County, Meizhou, Guangdong Province. His grandfather was a Qing dynasty official who served in Henan Province and fought against the Taiping Rebellion.He was the only son of his father, a businessman who ran a grocery store and a kiln. Business career
When his father died in 1935, <mask> was forced to quit school at the age of 15 to run the family business. He went to Vietnam in 1937 to export the porcelain clay which Dabu is famous for, and soon controlled 60% of Dabu's export business. However, the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, and in June 1939 the Imperial Japanese Army occupied Shantou, the main port in eastern Guangdong, blocking the export route from Dabu. <mask> moved to Indonesia in 1939 to join his cousin and helped run the latter's metal factory. After the Surrender of Japan in 1945, he founded a factory in Jakarta to process the abundant supply of local rubber, and later expanded the business with a second factory. In 1956, he started the first plastic film factory in Indonesia.Because of government policies that discriminated against Chinese Indonesians, in 1959 he left Indonesia for Hong Kong. He built a factory in Tuen Mun District making plastics and artificial leather, and his Tin’s Chemical Industrial Company became a leader in Hong Kong's chemical industry. He later opened a second factory and owned several industrial buildings. With China's reform and opening in the 1980s, <mask> joined many other Hong Kong companies to open factories in the mainland. He opened his first mainland factory in Humen, Dongguan, and gradually grew the business. Philanthropy
<mask> was involved in philanthropy since the 1960s and 1970s, when he served as a director of Hong Kong's three largest charities at the time: Pok Oi Hospital, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, and . In 1982, he donated more than a billion Hong Kong dollars, which was about 80% of his wealth, to establish the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, dedicated to making donations in education, medical care, transportation, and other public facilities.In 2009, he transferred the rest of his assets into the foundation, and retired from its active management. Having been forced to quit school in his childhood, <mask> dedicated much of his resources to funding education. Since the 1980s, <mask> made donations to 93 universities, 166 secondary schools, 41 elementary schools, and 19 specialized schools and kindergartens. He also funded 1,800 libraries in rural schools, 29 hospitals, and 130 bridges and roads. There are schools bearing his name in every province, municipality, and autonomous region in China, and he has been honoured as the "Father of a hundred schools" (). He also sponsored schools in Taiwan, Singapore and the United States. <mask>'s businesses and foundation suffered massive losses during the 1997 Asian financial crisis.To help fund his foundation, in 2001 he sold his house in Kowloon Tong that he and his wife had lived in for 37 years, and rented a  apartment. He donated the entire proceeds of HK$56 million to more than 20 secondary schools. It was seen as an "incredible" decision by Hong Kong media. Honours and awards
<mask> had received numerous honours and awards in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, and Britain, for his contributions to public welfare. He was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1982, the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1996, and the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2010 by the Hong Kong government. Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui presented him a Gold Plate on Contribution to Public Welfare in 1988. He was named the "Star of Education" by the Hong Kong Loving Hearts Campaign.In 1994, the Purple Mountain Observatory named the asteroid 2886 <mask>kaping after him. He was an honorary citizen of more than 80 cities and counties in China, and was awarded the honorary doctorate by more than 10 universities in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. <mask>'s former home, the Gong Chen Building located in Yintan Village, Gaopo Town, is now protected as a heritage site by the government of Dabu County. It has opened as a museum honouring <mask> <mask>. Personal life and death
<mask> was married to Fong Wai-ying. They had more than 20 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. With the belief that it was "better to bequeath virtue rather than wealth to one's children", <mask> donated the vast majority of his assets to his charitable foundation.In 2013, when he was 94, <mask> was baptised and became a Christian. <mask> died on 10 July 2018 in Hong Kong, at the age of 98. References

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Tin Ka Ping Foundation

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<mask> (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Biography
<mask> was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the daughter of Henry and <mask>. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not originally "Eleanor Hunt"; she had appeared in the film Good Sport (1931) with Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed <mask> throughout her career.) After graduating high school she spent two years at the University of Tulsa, studying dramatics, art, music and dancing. She won a personality and beauty contest and spent two months in a film studio as an extra. <mask> first made a name for herself when she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926 with Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray. <mask> appeared in a long string of mostly B-movies from the 1920s through the 1950s.She was a comedy actress and protested at being stereotyped as a "dumb blonde". Among her over 200 films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Mildred Pierce, and The Best Years of Our Lives. A devout Christian, on her gravestone, just beneath her dates of birth and death, is written "Christian Actress". She died from natural causes, aged 90, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Awards
For her contributions to the motion picture industry, <mask> was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the south side of the 7000 block of Hollywood Boulevard. Season 1 episode 7 "All Our Yesterdays" (uncredited)

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<mask> (born December 17, 1979) is an Albanian politician, who is currently serving as the 42nd Mayor of Tirana. Stemming from a civil society activism organization as the leader of MJAFT!, <mask> joined the ranks of the Socialist Party of Albania in 2011, when he was appointed Secretary for Youth and Immigration. Previously he has served as a Member of the Parliament for the district of Gjirokastër and as Minister of Social Welfare and Youth under Prime Minister Edi Rama. In April 2015, <mask> was appointed as mayoral candidate of the Socialist Party in the city of Tirana. He won the elections and took office on July 31, 2015. Personal life and education
<mask> was born on December 17, 1979, in Tirana, Albania. His father <mask> served as an officer in the Albanian Army, while his mother was an HR Manager in the military.He attended the Sami Frashëri High School in Tirana and then later Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan where he graduated with a B.A. in political science. He received his master's degree in European Integration from the University of Sussex. Before returning to Albania, <mask> worked with several international humanitarian organizations in the Americas, Eastern Africa, and Kosovo. <mask> is from a Muslim family which first left Islam and later became an atheist. Getting in contact with missionaries from the United States, <mask> <mask> converted to Evangelicalism. His Mjaft organisation showed the controversial Muhammad cartoons on its pages.On April 30, 2017, as Mayor of Tirana, <mask> <mask> received “Doctor Honoris Causa” extended by the Grand Valley State University in the US for the contribution made in public services. He is married and has a son. Political career

MJAFT! Veliaj was one of the earliest activists of MJAFT!, a civic organization created in 2003 aimed at protesting social and political injustices in Albania. He soon became one of the central figures of MJAFT! due to his many TV appearances. <mask> was involved with MJAFT!until November 2007. Mjaft organization showed the controversial Muhammad cartoons on its pages when <mask> was a leader of it. In 2004, ‘MJAFT!’ was granted the United Nations Award for Civil Society by Kofi Annan for its exemplary and highly efficient methods of protest. G99
In 2008, <mask> <mask> and a few other activists from MJAFT! created G99 (Group 99), a center-left political party. While initially unaligned, G99 ended up joining other political parties of the center-left coalition in the 2009 Parliamentary Election. <mask> <mask> ran as G99's leading candidate for the district of Tirana.Despite the media attention, <mask> <mask> and G99 only earned 0.86% of the vote, failing to win a seat in the Parliament. In 2011, <mask> leaves G99 and joins the Socialist Party of Albania. Socialist Party of Albania
In the Socialist Party, <mask> was nominated to serve as Secretary for Youth and Emigration. In 2013, he was nominated as a candidate for MP representing the district of Gjirokastër. The center-left coalition of political parties won the 2013 Parliamentary Election and <mask> was appointed to serve as Minister of Social Welfare and Youth in Edi Rama's new cabinet. He resigned in 2015 due to him being nominated as SPA's candidate for Mayor of Tirana. <mask> was elected Mayor of Tirana with 53.58% of the vote, defeating Democratic Party's candidate, Halim Kosova and the independent candidate, Gjergj Bojaxhi.Mayor of Tirana

Tirana Mayoral Election 2015
In April 2015, <mask> was appointed as mayoral candidate of the Socialist Party in the city of Tirana. The candidate representing the oppositional Democratic Party was Halim Kosova, a well-known gynecologist, serving as a Member of Parliament at the time. Other candidates were Gjergj Bojaxhi, a former Democratic politician, and Sazan Guri, an environmental activist. <mask> won the elections by a landslide and took office on July 31, 2015. Mayoral tenure
The issue of urban air pollution is a growing concern in Tirana, and the role of the car can be controversial. In September 2015, Tirana organized its first vehicle-free day. In January 2017 the new Skanderbeg Square was inaugurated by <mask> and the Prime Minister.In July 2017 the Municipality of Tiranë voted to raise the water tariff significantly, <mask> promoted this action by arguing that it would eventually make drinking water available 24 hours a day, and help improve its access and quality. During his term as Mayor, he has earned the nickname "Lali Eri", which can be translated as "Big Brother Eri"

Notable projects of the Municipality of Tirana
 Reja (the cloud), a project from Sou Fujimoto. Plastic bags reduction project
 Skanderbeg Square - featured also as one of the installations at the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial. Pazari i Ri, in an urban renewal project, the "New Bazaar" neighbourhood was rebuilt. Criticism

The death of Ardit Gjoklaj
Ardit Gjoklaj, a 17-year-old boy died on 7 August 2016 working in very poor conditions in the landfill of Sharrë. His death became controversial because the company that managed the landfill of Sharrë "3R", was promoted publicly by <mask> himself as having good working conditions. Comments about Injured Police
On 27 November 2018, in a televised speech to the City Council, <mask> reacted to the developing story about a police officer who lost her fingers in clashes with protesters in Tirana, by saying "We are all men here.Would any of us have eyes to marry someone with no fingers?" Fake news accusation regarding alleged kidnapping of Griselda Roshi

In a 2011 email to EU representatives, <mask> briefed them on what he claimed was a politically motivated kidnapping of Kavaja's mayor's wife, Griselda Roshi, which allegedly led to a forced abortion. He related the kidnapping to the fact that Elvis Roshi had been able to flip a district such as Kavaja that traditionally voted for the DPA. The story was debunked after  Roshi revealed to Albanian authorities that she had made up her kidnapping and was not pregnant. In a 2011 meeting on human rights in Albania, MEP Tanja Fajon used this debunked story as an illustrative example. She later apologized and claimed <mask> never updated her on this story. This controversy has raised serious concerns over <mask>'s using of fake news and personal connections to influence high-ranked EU officials.The demolition of the National Theatre
Amidst the protests against the construction of a new National Theatre building replacing the old National Theatre in Tirana, on 8 May 2020 the Albanian government transferred ownership of the land of the National Theatre to the Tirana Municipality through a special law. This law emphasized that the land must be used only for the construction of a new theatre building. After more than two years of consecutive protests for the protection of National theatre and after a dubious legal procedure, the building was demolished on Sunday 17 May 2020 by police bulldozers with heavy police presence  at 4:30 in the morning. This action which was took place during the emergency state in Albania due to COVID-19 pandemic. This decision drew the widespread condemnation from several local activists, opposition political parties and artists against the Municipality of Tirana and the Albanian government. Europa Nostra called the demolition of the theatre as illegal and against the rule of law. The Delegation of EU in Albania voiced their concern regarding the lack of dialogue between the authorities and activists before the demolition took place.References

External links
Portraits – Return to Europe: <mask> <mask>, Albania
The Albanian Renaissance Documentary

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Members of the Parliament of Albania
Government ministers of Albania
Youth ministers of Albania
Mayors of Tirana
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Albanian evangelicals
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Converts to Protestantism from atheism or agnosticism
Socialist Party of Albania politicians
Grand Valley State University alumni
Alumni of the University of Sussex

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<mask> (born December 23, 1965) is an American guitarist and songwriter. He has been a member of major indie pop and punk bands, most notably Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, Bambi Kino, Death of Samantha, and Cobra Verde. Early life
<mask> was born in Sandusky, Ohio. His parents were from Colorado, where his father helped construct missile silos, and his mother was a teacher's aide. <mask> grew up on a farm in rural Northeast Ohio, in the town of  Huron, and attended schools in Elyria, Ohio. By age five, <mask> was writing songs, which he recorded on a reel-to-reel tape machine to be mailed by his family to his older sister who lived in Germany. <mask> moved to Cleveland after graduating high school.In 1984, he was briefly a non-student college radio DJ at Oberlin's WOBC, after which he was a DJ for six years at Cleveland State University's WCSB, concurrent with his musical career in the late 1980s. Musical groups
Beginning in high school, <mask> began performing with Ohio punk bands such as Suspect Device, Children's Crusade, and Starvation Army. He has also performed and/or recorded with Richard Buckner, Yuji Oniki, My Dad Is Dead, The Mice, Bill Fox, Fence Lions, Zest of Yore, Stewart Pack, The Oranges Band, Mascott, and Sally Crewe and The Sudden Moves. As a result of <mask>'s appearances on Guided by Voices' Suitcase and Suitcase 2 box sets, he is sometimes erroneously credited as a member of a variety of fictitious bands (e.g., Approval of Mice, Champion Hairpuller), due to Robert Pollard's creation of new imaginary band names for nearly every track of his compilations of outtakes and demos. Death of Samantha and Cobra Verde

In the 1980s, <mask> was a member of the Ohio-based band Death of Samantha, a "modernist pop troupe" led by John Petkovic. After the breakup of Death of Samantha, <mask> became one of the original members of John Petkovic's 1990s band Cobra Verde. Robert Pollard, who had been a fan of <mask>'s since his Death of Samantha days, asked Cobra Verde in 1996 to be his backing band for Guided by Voices' Mag Earwhig!LP. Guided by Voices

After joining forces with Guided by Voices as part of Cobra Verde, <mask> remained a member of Guided by Voices for about seven years, from 1997 to 2004, a period that encompassed six official LPs and numerous other releases. <mask>'s association with Pollard also resulted in three albums in collaboration as a duo: 1999's Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (credited to Robert Pollard and <mask>), and two albums credited to Lifeguards, Mist King Urth in 2003, and Waving at the Astronauts in 2011. On July 25, 2016, it was announced <mask> rejoined Guided by Voices. Gem

In the early 1990s, <mask> launched Gem, his own band, which also included bassist Tim Tobias (later of Guided by Voices). Gem's debut album, Hexed, was recorded in 1994 and released on Restless Records in 1995. The Cleveland Scene praised the group as a "velveteen rock combo," and the editor of Cleveland's Alternative Press cited Gem's song "Suburban Girl" as "one of the greatest things in the history of Cleveland rock."Trouser Press called Hexed a "tuneful rush of smart, catchy and simple rhythm guitar pop-rock – sort of grown-up Weezer without the anxious pretensions." According to Trouser Press, <mask>'s contributions stood out as "crafty," with "the woolly and weird chant of 'Sheep,' the bracing T. Rex borrowings of 'Your Heroes Hate You' and the countryfied pun of 'Only a Loan.'" In 2001, Gem reunited to release another album, Sunglare Serenades. Bambi Kino

 <mask> was one of the founding members of Bambi Kino, a band formed in anticipation of 2010's fiftieth anniversary of the first Beatles shows in Hamburg, Germany. The band also includes Nada Surf drummer Ira Elliot, Mark Rozzo (guitarist for Maplewood and Champale) and Erik Paparazzi (bass player for Cat Power). The group covers songs from the formative 1960–1962 pre-celebrity era of The Beatles in Hamburg and at the Cavern Club. The band took its name from the Bambi Kino, a squalid movie theater in Hamburg where the Beatles lived in cramped storerooms.Working with Hamburg-based Tapete Records, the band debuted with a week of shows in August 2010 at the Indra Club in Hamburg, where the Beatles first played. In 2011, Tapete released the group's self-titled debut album. The record was praised by AllMusic's James Allen for its authentically "scrappy Merseybeat style," resulting in an album that "also happens to rock on its own merits." In an interview, Rozzo said, "We very consciously didn’t want to be a tribute band. We wanted to be ourselves, and in doing that we thought we were being truer to The Beatles." The group remains active. In May 2014, Bambi Kino played at a benefit concert at Brooklyn's Bell House as well as the White House Correspondents Jam, in Washington, DC, with Chuck Leavell.Nada Surf

In 2010, <mask> joined the band Nada Surf, which had been formed in 1992 by Matthew Caws and Daniel Lorca. The line-up of Caws, Lorca, drummer Ira Elliot, and <mask> appeared on Nada Surf's 2012 album The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy. Solo career
In a 2014 article, the music magazine Blurt quoted Death of Samantha's John Petkovic assessing <mask> as a solo artist. Petkovic contrasted <mask>'s consistent artistic openness since the 1980s with his limited name recognition:

<mask> has recorded three full-length albums as a solo artist, not including his early cassette releases. <mask>'s solo recording career technically began with two self-released cassettes, the four-song Cover Songs with Big Heads EP (1985), and a 1990 release of juvenilia recorded by <mask> at ages 5 to 9. In 1999, <mask>'s serious solo career began with the release of the five-song Malamute Jute EP. This was followed in 2004 by Salamander, his first solo full-length album made as an adult, and the 2008 album Call from Restricted.Parade On
Gillard's 2014 solo album, Parade On, was released on Nine Mile Records. Blurt wrote that Parade On blends hooks with layers of guitars in a display of diverse examples of "steady, riff-based rock," and the British music magazine Bearded wrote that <mask>'s "cup brims over with subtle gems," making Parade On a record "worthy of its own ecstatic praise." AllMusic's Mark Deming called Parade On an eclectic and superbly crafted album of "guitar-fueled rock & roll with an extra portion of pop hooks" and lyrics in "various degrees of bittersweet snark." Deming praised <mask> as a gifted songwriter, guitarist, producer, and arranger, whose multi-instrumental performances included layers of strong lead and rhythm guitar work melding with "tough yet flexible" bass, in the service of songs ranging from "sparkly jangle" to "sweet but aggressive" hard-rocking power pop. In April 2014, a music video by filmmaker Mike Postalakis was officially released for the album track "Ready for Death." Other projects
Gillard produced indie band Eternal Summers' third album, The Drop Beneath. He has scored several independent films, including the comedy short film Creative Process 473 (2002), and American Cannibal (2006).In 2014, <mask> recorded a version of Scott Miller's song "Dripping with Looks," which originally appeared on the 1987 Game Theory album Lolita Nation. <mask>'s version, released as a music video in May 2014, was expected to appear on a Scott Miller memorial tribute album. The song "Say Goodbye", with <mask> on guitar and lead vocals, and Peter Buck on mandolin, appears on the posthumous Game Theory album Supercalifragile (2017). <mask> shares songwriting credit for Miller's previously unfinished song, which Gillard completed. <mask> presently lives in New York City and continues to perform solo and as a member of Guided by Voices, Nada Surf and other bands. Partial discography

Solo releases

Albums and EPs
 Cover Songs with Big Heads EP (1985)self-released cassette – sold mail order by Scat Records
 It'll Be Such a Thrill (1990)self-released cassette – sold mail order by Scat Records, contains songs recorded by Gillard at ages 5 to 9
 Malamute Jute EP (1999) (Cushion Records)
 Creative Process 473 (2003)contains 10 songs for motion picture soundtrack, plus 3 bonus original songs not on soundtrack
 Salamander (2004) (Pink Frost)distributed by Redeye Distribution, Inc. Call from Restricted (2008) (347 Records)2008 digital release, 2009 physical CD – contains 11 songs recorded in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Brooklyn, NY
 Parade On (2014) (Nine Mile Records)contains 11 songs recorded in New York, NY and Austin, Texas

Singles
 "Breaking in Two" b/w "So Much More" 7" (2011) (347 Records)

Videography
 "Ready for Death" (April 2014)
 "Dripping with Looks" (May 2014)

Collaborations with Robert Pollard

Albums
 Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999) – as Robert Pollard with <mask> Gillard
 Mist King Urth (2003) – as Lifeguards
 Waving at the Astronauts (2011) – as Lifeguards
 Starting Point of the Royal Cyclopean (2016) - as ESP Ohio

Singles
 "Product Head" b/w "Naught Windsor" 7" (2011) (Serious Business Records)

References

External links

 <mask> Gillard on Bandcamp

Living people
Musicians from Cleveland
1965 births
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
Guided by Voices members
American alternative rock musicians
Guitarists from Ohio
20th-century American guitarists
Nada Surf members
20th-century American male musicians

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was a prominent Japanese master of judo, aikido, and kendo. He introduced aikido to the United Kingdom in 1955, and founded the Kyushindo system. Abbe was a graduate of the Budo Senmon Gakko, having studied judo and kendo there. Following an illustrious early career in the martial arts, he served in the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. He then trained in aikido under its founder, Morihei Ueshiba, for a decade. Abbe held dan ranks in several martial arts, most notably 8th dan in judo, 6th dan in aikido, and 6th dan in kendo. After introducing aikido to the UK, he established several Japanese martial arts councils there during the late 1950s.He returned to Japan in 1964 and remained there for most of the remainder of his life. There are contradictory accounts of Abbe's final years, but it appears that he was in poor spirits and poor health towards the end. Early life
Abbe was born on 15 December 1915 in a village in Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan. He was the son of Toshizo <mask>, who was the local school's headmaster and a kendo instructor, and his wife, Kote Abbe. The couple had four sons and five daughters, and Abbe was the youngest child in the family. On 4 September 1919, when Abbe was not yet four years old, his father drowned in a flash flood while training in the mountains. A young schoolteacher, Manpei Hino, subsequently became a father figure for the young boy and introduced him to the martial arts, including sumo.Abbe went on to become a local school champion in sumo. In 1929, Abbe began learning judo from Kazohira Nakamoto, a former police officer. That same year, he was promoted to the rank of 1st dan in the art and, unusually, he reached 2nd dan the next year, and 3rd dan the year after that. Thus, at the age of 16, he became the youngest judo student ever promoted to 3rd dan—an honour he received directly from Shohei Hamano, an instructor of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai (abbreviated to 'Butoku Kai' or 'Butokukwai'), which was the official governing body for Japanese martial arts. Abbe also became champion of the Tokushima High School Judo League that year. During his fifth year at the school, Abbe entered a regional tournament involving 30 towns, serving as captain for the team from the town of Kawashima. His speed and agility helped him to many victories, and he received the nickname 'Pegasus' accordingly.At his 1st dan judo examination, Abbe had caught the attention of Shotaro Tobata from the Butoku Kai, who had been refereeing at the event. Tobata had suggested to Nakamoto and Abbe that the young man should apply for entry to the renowned Budo Senmon Gakko (abbreviated to 'Busen,' and sometimes referred to as 'Busen College'), a specialist college for martial artists. With the additional help of a teacher named Nakano, Abbe now prepared for the entrance examination in Kyoto. Out of all the candidates, of which there were around 300 that year, 20 would be accepted into the judo programme and 20 into the kendo programme. Abbe performed well and was accepted into both programmes. Budo Senmon Gakko training

In 1934, Abbe moved to Kyoto with his mother and his sister Toyoka so that he could attend Busen, training in both the judo and kendo programmes. Abbe learned kendo under the direction of Busen's head sword instructor, Kinnosuke Ogawa, a master who held the rank of 10th dan.He recalled that his instructor, at the age of 75 years, was so skilled that he could not be touched by any of the students or younger instructors. Every Saturday afternoon at Busen, following tradition, judo tournaments were held. <mask> fought five opponents in succession with each contest lasting five minutes, and he won all or almost all of these matches. In his first year at Busen, he was promoted to 4th dan in judo. In the autumn of his second year there, he was promoted to 5th dan, by which time he was reported to have been fighting 20 opponents in succession. In May 1935, <mask> competed in the 5th dan division championship and defeated Masahiko Kimura. This match was one of only four professional career losses for Kimura, who was already well known as one of the best judo competitors in Japan, and would later gain further fame for defeating Hélio Gracie of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.According to biographers Keith Morgan and Henry Ellis, Kimura was heard to remark after the match that fighting Abbe was "like fighting a shadow." Abbe was listed at 5' 5" (168 cm) in height and 156 lb. (71 kg) in weight at the time; Kimura was only an inch taller, but much heavier at 187 lb. (85 kg). Two years later, during which time Kimura trained hard, he sought Abbe out at the Kodokan and soundly defeated him in a 20-minute practice session. While at Busen, Abbe also enrolled in Hajime Tanabe's philosophy class at Kyoto University (then known as Kyoto Teikoku Daigaku, or 'Kyoto Imperial University'). During this period, his sister Toyoko began studying Tendō-ryū naginata under a female instructor named Mitamura Chiyo (in Japan, arts focusing on the handling of naginata have been practiced almost exclusively by women since the Edo period), and she would continue practicing that art for the rest of her life.Following graduation from Busen, Abbe became an instructor in judo at the college, as well as taking instructor positions with the Osaka police force and a high school in Kyoto. The Butoku Kai promoted him to 6th dan in judo in 1937. Military service
In June 1937, Abbe enlisted in the Imperial Japanese Army, and was subsequently posted to a garrison in Manchuria. He served there for four years, during which time he was unable to continue training in judo but was able to practise kendo. While abroad, he began formulating his Kyushindo philosophy. His tour of duty ended in 1941, and he returned to Kyoto, where he met and married his wife Keiko. Abbe did not remain a civilian for long, however, since Japan entered World War II near the end of that year.Abbe was assigned to a training unit in Tokushima Prefecture, where he studied and mastered jūkendō (bayonet). It was around this time that he first met Morihei Ueshiba, founder of aikido, who had also trained in jūkendō. Ueshiba was around 60 years old at this time, around twice Abbe's age. Rogers, Ellis, and Eastman (2004) give the following account of their first meeting:

It was during a train journey in Japan that Abbe first met Ueshiba. Abbe didn't know who he was and he reacted to Ueshiba looking at him, saying: "What are you staring at, old man?" Ueshiba replied: "I know who you are," to which Abbe modestly retorted: "Everyone knows me, I am <mask> <mask>, Champion of All Japan." Ueshiba then introduced himself as the Founder of Aikido, and was told by Abbe that he didn't look strong enough to be a martial arts master.Ueshiba then offered Abbe his little finger, and said: "But young man, you look very strong indeed. Please break my finger." Abbe at first declined, but eventually accepted the challenge, presumably to shut the old man up. Abbe claimed that, as he took hold of the old man's finger and tried to break it, he found himself on the floor of the carriage and totally immobilised. Whilst on the floor Abbe asked Ueshiba for permission to study under him. Morgan and Ellis (2006) give a slightly different account:

While travelling on a train Abbe noticed an older man staring at him who then asked if he was a 5th Dan Judo. Abbe replied “Why yes, how did you know that?” “Because you have the build of a 5th Dan.So who are you?“ <mask> replied: “Everyone knows who I am, I am <mask> Abbe, Judo champion of all Japan! “ Yes, I can see that,“ the old man replied. The old man continued to talk to Kenshiro much to his annoyance as he wanted to get some sleep. Eventually, the old man put a finger in <mask>’s face, “You are so powerful, break my finger!” Kenshiro was only too happy to oblige. He took the finger, expecting to snap it like a twig, and wham! He found himself on the carriage floor under the full control of the old man. The old man allowed Kenshiro to get back into his seat.“Who are you?” <mask> <mask> asked. “I am Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido.” <mask> <mask> was astounded at the technique of the old man and requested that he become his student. Abbe studied aikido under Ueshiba for 10 years, eventually reaching the rank of 6th dan in that art. During this period, the Abbes had two daughters: Junko and Noriko. In 1945, the Butoku Kai promoted Abbe to 7th dan in judo and 6th dan in kendo. Following the end of World War II, however, the Butoku Kai and Busen were both closed down. Abbe took up the position of a judo teacher for the Kyoto Prefectural Police Department.He became Chief Instructor of judo for the Kyoto police, and also taught at Doshisha University in that city. After the Abbes had a third daughter, Yayoi, Abbe resigned from the Kyoto police. During this period, he felt that judo in Japan was declining, and ended his association with the Kodokan in the 1950s. Europe

In 1955, Abbe travelled to the United Kingdom. He went at the invitation of the London Judo Society (LJS), and was the first master to teach aikido in the UK. That year, he demonstrated aikido at the LJS and at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Abbe came to experience two problems at the LJS: first, he felt that the students there were more concerned with competition than his theories, and second, he felt that the students did not treat him with the appropriate respect for someone of his rank and experience in the martial arts.According to the International Budo Council (IBC), he founded the IBC in 1955. Abbe proceeded to teach aikido at his own dojo (training hall), affectionately known as 'The Hut,' which was located behind a pub in Hillingdon, London. Training was rigorous and, due to Abbe's poor command of English, he would often make corrections by using a shinai (practice sword) to hit the body part that was out of place; Ellis recalled that Abbe would say, "My English is poor but my shinai speaks fluently." Abbe's approach to self-defence matched his no-nonsense approach to training, and was demonstrated when three youths tried to rob him one evening. Geoff Thomson (1998) wrote:

He was walking down a quiet suburban street on his way home after his usual evening teaching session. He noticed three youths hovering several yards away on the opposite side of the street. When they approached him he was ready."Give us your money, or you'll get hurt" said the leader of the three. <mask> looked at each one in turn, then casually took his wallet out of his jacket pocket, throwing it on the floor between himself and the antagonists. He pointed to the wallet and said, "I am prepared to die for that wallet, what about you?" The three would-be attackers looked at the wallet on the floor, then at <mask> and then at each other and then moved away. Abbe picked up his wallet and calmly walked home. Speaking about the incident, Ellis said, "Not a lot of love and harmony from Abbe sensei, simply an attitude and language these thugs understood." In 1958, Abbe founded the British Judo Council (BJC), and he went on to establish the British Aikido Council, British Karate Council, British Kendo Council, and British Kyudo Council.At this stage, he was travelling extensively through the UK and Europe, and also invited Japanese martial art masters to teach in the UK; these included Mitsusuke Harada (Shotokan karate) and Tadashi Abe (aikido). During this period, <mask>'s family remained in Japan. Robinson (2007) wrote, "[he] did invite his family to live with him in London however they refused, apparently not at all attracted by the life style that Kenshiro offered them in England." Abbe was involved in a car accident in 1960 which left him with severe neck injuries that had lasting effects on his health. While the precise date is unclear, Abbe had been promoted to 8th dan by late 1960. Independent sources from the late 1960s include this rank with his name. In addition to his ranks in judo, aikido, and kendo, he held the rank of 5th dan in karate and dan ranks in kyūdō and jūkendō.British professional wrestler Peter Thornley, best known as the original masked version of Kendo Nagasaki, has reported that in the early 1960s Abbe trained him in judo and kendo and that the samurai sword he used in character as Nagasaki was a personal gift from Abbe. In 1964, Abbe returned to Japan for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. While in his homeland, he met with Ueshiba, updated him on the progress of aikido in the UK, and asked him to send another instructor to the UK to continue teaching the art. In 1966, Ueshiba sent Kazuo (T. K.) Chiba to the UK to continue the work Abbe had begun. Henry O'Tani (2009) has stated that during Abbe's absence from the UK, a dismissed BJC senior executive and several senior instructors misappropriated his financial and organisational resources and set up their own BJC group. In 1969, Abbe returned to the UK, but was distraught by the situation with this group that he had not authorised. When he asked former colleagues to help him rebuild the organisation, they refused; he subsequently left the UK, never to return.Later life
There are contradictory accounts of Abbe's last years in Japan. Morgan and Ellis (2006) state that he lived with his family for the remainder of his life, while Cavalcanti (2004) and Bagot (2007) claim that there were problems and that he ended up living apart from his family. Sources appear to agree, however, that Abbe was in poor spirits and poor health towards the end of his life. He suffered a stroke on 17 November 1985, and was hospitalised. Abbe died on 1 December 1985 in Japan. According to at least two sources, he had chosen to donate his body for medical education at Saitama University, so it was not immediately laid to rest. Abbe's funeral was held on 10 June 1986 at Zuiganji Temple, located south of Mount Bizan in Tokushima, and he was buried or commemorated at the family grave there.Robinson (2007) wrote, "<mask> was the master who introduced Kendo, Aikido, Karate, Kyodo, Jukendo, Iaido, Yarido and Naginatado to Europe yet he died almost totally alone and forgotten by most." See also
 Gunji Koizumi
 List of aikidoka
 List of judoka

Notes

a. The Japanese surname "Abbe" is more typically written in English as "Abe." With regard to <mask> <mask>, however, he himself and most sources use "Abbe." Most sources give 1915 and 1985 as Abbe's years of birth and death, but some sources give slightly different years (e.g., born in 1916 or died in 1989). b. Translation of Japanese names into English is not always consistent; where more than one English version exists, this article uses the more common version, if known.'c.' Differing accounts exist regarding the organisations that Abbe founded. The people involved, the roles of these people, and the years of establishment vary depending on the source. d.  The British Judo Council's founding year is most commonly given as 1958, which includes a BJC source, but other sources have given 1956 or 1969. Some sources mention <mask> alone in the founding role, while others also mention Masutaro Otani or Bill Woods. At least two sources indicate that Otani founded his own judo school and that this organisation and the BJC merged in 1970.

e.  According to different sources, Abbe returned to the UK in either 1969 or 1967. References

External links
 British Judo Council
 International Budo Council
 Kenshiro Abbe Sensei Tribute Website
 Kodokan Judo Institute

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<mask> (born in 1943) is a former German judge. He was the presiding judge of the 7th Chamber of the criminal division of the Nuremberg-Fürth District Court, Germany. <mask> became publicly known as part of the chamber that sentenced the justice victim Gustl Mollath to a forensic hospital, where he spent more than seven years. In 2011, research by journalists raised doubts about the allegations against Mollath and the procedure. In 2014, in a retrial of the case, the Regensburg regional court determined that the conditions for confinement of the accused were not satisfied. Life and career
In the 1950s and 1960s, <mask>'s parents operated a restaurant in Herrenberg. As a teenager, <mask> was athletic and had a talent for handball.<mask> was an active handball player in the 1. FC Nuremberg club, and the TSV 1860 Ansbach as well as the TSV 1891 Frauenaurach. For many years, he also coached the women's handball team of the 1. FC Nürnberg. <mask> was also the coach of the Bavarian Handball C youth until 1991. After military service in the Bundeswehr, <mask> studied law. On 1 April 1973, he applied as a prosecuting attorney in the Bavarian judicial service.In his three years as a prosecutor, he was considered meticulous and, in his first official assessment, to have been "born" for this job. In 1976, <mask> became a judge at the Erlangen district court in criminal and civil cases. In October 1987, <mask> changed to the Nuremberg-Fürth district court, also working in criminal and civil matters. In July 1998, after his appointment as chairman of the Nuremberg-Fürth district court, <mask> took over the chairmanship of the 6th Chamber of the criminal division, primarily judging invocations of drug related matters. Most recently, he was chairing the 7th Chamber of the criminal court, responsible for drug and general criminal matters in the first instance. Brixner never made use of communication in criminal proceedings (a so-called "deal on penalty"). On the other hand, <mask> demanded in interviews with legislators to abolish life imprisonment and introduce temporary sentences of up to 40 years instead.<mask> retired by the end of June 2008. He was married to Christa <mask>, born Hofbauer (1946-2013). The couple had two children and four grandchildren. <mask> lives in Herzogenaurach. He is a lieutenant colonel in the reserve. Trial of Gustl Mollath and allegations against Brixner

In September 2003, Gustl Mollath was accused of aggravated assault and false imprisonment to the detriment of his then-wife in a criminal case before the Nuremberg District Court. Since this court considered an accommodation possible, it sent the case to the Nuremberg-Fürth Regional Court.Under the chairmanship of Brixner, the Nuremberg-Fürth Regional Court in August 2006 pronounced Mollath not guilty by reason of insanity, stating that, while the deeds were proven, the "lack of control capability [...] according to § 20 StGB [...] could not be ruled out". Instead of punishment, Mollath was confined to forensic treatment in a closed psychiatric facility, as, according to the court, he continued to be a threat to society. Mollath had, in the opinion of the court, a "paranoid thought system ". This was partly due to the conviction that his former wife, as an employee of the HypoVereinsbank, was involved in a complex system of money laundering. An internal audit report of the HypoVereinsbank from 2003 supports much of Mollath's money laundering allegations. However, this report had been kept secret by the bank for many years, so that it was not known to the district court of Nuremberg-Fürth in its ruling in 2006. In November 2012, the content of the audit report became public.The report stated that all of Mollath's verifiable allegations were accurate. Mollath's lawyer, Gerhard Strate, successfully applied for a retrial in August 2013. The district court of Regensburg finally came to the conclusion that the prerequisites for Mollath's confinement to psychiatry were not met. These events resulted in a committee of inquiry in the Bavarian state parliament and public debate. Also, the presiding judge, <mask>, was publicly accused. Jurors and witnesses reported that Brixner acted uncontrollably during the trial and interrupted Mollath whenever he began to talk about the money laundering. Trial
<mask> presided at Mollath's trial in 2006.Juror Karl-Heinz Westenrieder said in a TV interview that Brixner had loudly interrupted Mollath and threatened to ban him from the courtroom whenever he mentioned tax evasion or money laundering. A listener during the trial described Brixner as very uncontrolled and angry. Brixner reportedly shouted at Mollath for eight hours without interruption and spoke in a very harsh tone. Possible bias
Brixner was accused of partiality as a result of media research. In mid-April 2013, <mask> reportedly confirmed that Martin Maske, the future husband of Mollath's former wife Petra, was already dating her during the 2006 criminal trial. In 1980, <mask> was Maske's handball coach. Brixner allegedly kept this secret during the entire criminal proceedings.According to a subsequent written statement before the committee of inquiry in the Bavarian Parliament by a now retired associate judge in the trial of Mollath in 2006, Maske and Mollath's former wife Petra met and talked with Brixner during the Mollath trial. This contradicts Maske's statement that he had no contact with Brixner since the early 1980s. On 5 July 2013, Brixner acknowledged that a meeting with Maske might have taken place during the criminal proceedings in 2006. Denial of the right to be heard / falsification of the facts
In his application for reactivating the case, Mollath's later lawyer, Gerhard Strate, alleged among other things that Brixner had determined the makeup of the court himself, refrained from hearing the accused, and willfully falsified the facts of the case using the documentation available to him. <mask> was also repeatedly criticized for never taking note of the 106-page binder provided by Mollath and containing what he claimed to be exculpatory evidence. The outrage against Brixner was ignited by the fact that it is the fundamental obligation of all German courts to take full note of the case of the parties. This arises from the fundamental right to be heard (Art.103 Para. 1, Basic Law). Influence on the Ministry of Finance
In the run-up to the criminal proceedings, in a telephone conversation with the Ministry of Finance, <mask> allegedly halted the investigation by the tax authorities of Mollath's allegations concerning money laundering. References

1943 births
Living people
German judges
Jurists from Baden-Württemberg

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<mask> (born John Paul Lawler; 4 March 1979) is a Scottish musician and songwriter best known for his work with the band The Fratellis. Alongside his work with The Fratellis, Lawler has played in a band called Codeine Velvet Club and as a solo artist. Early years
Lawler hails from Cumbernauld, but later moved to Glasgow. He attended St. Maurice's High School  and went to college before dropping out within three hours. Before joining the Fratellis, he played in various bands including an Oasis and Blur covers band. Bands

The Fratellis (2005–2009; 2012–present)

In 2005, Lawler responded to an advert placed in a music shop by drummer Gordon McRory, which stated "Opportunity of a lifetime ... seeks band to make our mark on the music industry". On this advert he put his name as "Graeme" to avoid detection of his then current bandmates finding out he was seeking a new band.After calling the number, asking for "Graeme" he got told repeatedly that he had the wrong number, he nearly gave up but tried one more time and got a hold of McRory and the band started to form, with Barry Wallace joining the band on bass. Lawler's role in the band is songwriter, lead vocalist and lead guitarist. He was initially accompanied on guitar by Mince <mask> (Gordon McRory), but Mince switched to drums after the initial drummer did not work out. Writing credits for Costello Music are for The Fratellis, however, for Here We Stand and We Need Medicine, they are solely credited to him. After playing the Coachella Festival in California in 2007, during promotion of Fratellis' debut album Costello Music, Lawler decided to flee from the US tour and return to Glasgow, stating that he was too tired to continue the rest of the tour. He later saw this as a mistake, but it allowed him to be even more grateful for the success of the band. The band spent much of 2008 touring and after playing a few dates in 2009, the band parted ways for the foreseeable future.During this time, <mask> started and finished Codeine Velvet Club and a stint as a solo artist. On 4 June 2012, The Fratellis announced they had reformed to raise money for The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund on 15 June 2012, marking nearly 3 years since they last shared a stage together. After a couple of initial gigs, to see how playing together again felt and to test audience interest, the band have continued to play together, recording albums and touring since. They've released We Need Medicine (2013), Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (2015), In Your Own Sweet Time (2018) and will be releasing Half Drunk Under a Full Moon in 2021, which had been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Codeine Velvet Club (2009–2010)

During the promotion of Here We Stand, Lawler stated that he wished to create a solo album to keep himself busy once the band were done touring the album, with the band scheduled to take a break. It later emerged that he planned on teaming up with singer-songwriter Lou Hickey, whom he met through her friendship with Lawler's wife, and creating an album. NME reported in an article that the band was set to be called Codeine Breakfast Club; however, on 23 August 2009, it was confirmed that the band had changed its name to Codeine Velvet Club.While playing in this band Lawler reverted to using his proper surname. The band's debut album was to be released on 16 November 2009 (however, this was later pushed back to 28 December 2009). Lawler shares songwriting duties with Hickey for about half the tracks on the album, penning the other half by himself (one track, "Nevada" was co-written by Lawler and Will Foster). The duo took a live band (consisting of Ross MacFarlane on drums, Will Foster on keys and guitar, Lewis Gordon on bass and various horn players known as 'The Velvet Horns') for a tour of the UK in 2009 and the US in 2010, playing UK dates in 2010 also. However, Lawler decided that he could not commit to the band anymore and called an end to the band, finishing off what live dates they had and announcing his solo career, with Hickey returning to her solo career also. Solo career
Lawler started hinting at a solo career when he set up a new MySpace page, with the track "Bonnie & Clyde" streaming on it. It was also noted that he began using the name <mask>lli again.While discussing the end of Codeine Velvet Club, Lawler confirmed his intentions of going solo, taking the backing musicians with him due to them playing well together. Since announcing he is going solo, Lawler has given away some tracks in demo form, including "Dead Street Affair", "She's My Shaker" and "Sometimes You Just Can't Win". For live shows in 2011, Lawler announced that Mince <mask> would be joining him on the tour, sharing drumming duties with Allan James. Psycho Jukebox (2010–2011)

Lawler played some solo shows before heading to Los Angeles in late 2010 to record his debut solo album, Psycho Jukebox with Tony Hoffer, who produced the first Fratellis' album. The title is a reference to the Fratellis' song "Nina", which is featured on the "Whistle for the Choir" single. During February 2011, Lawler released a free track via his website called "Rhythm Doesn't Make You a Dancer" which was to be on the album, and also gave away a free EP called The Magic Hour EP. Lawler stated that these songs couldn't fit on the album but he "still had a lot of time for them".The first single from the album was "Santo Domingo" which was released on 28 February 2011. The second single, "Baby We're Refugees! ", was released on 12 June 2011. Backing band
 Lewis Gordon - Bass / backing vocals
 Will Foster - Keyboards / guitar
 Allan James - Drums
 Mince <mask> - Drums / backing vocals / guitar
After embarking on a Scottish tour in March/April 2011, Lawler added two new tracks to Psycho Jukebox, which pushed its release date back to late July 2011. He stated in a live podcast that he was no longer able to add any more tracks to the album, owing to the label's schedule, but added that they were worth adding to the album. Bright Night Flowers (2011–2012; 2017–2019)

Pictures were posted onto Lawler's Facebook page, showing him in the studio with his band. Lawler used his Twitter account to inform people that he was in the studio, but didn't say what these sessions were for.It eventually emerged on 13 January 2012 that it was for a second solo album, as posted on Lawler's website. The post also gave a small 3 track peek at the album, the last song in the preview being "Dead Radio", a song that Lawler tried to add to Psycho Jukebox but the label had already locked down the release dates and track listing. On 24 February 2012, Lawler announced on his website and Facebook that he had almost completed the album and that it was going to be titled Bright Night Flowers. He asked that his fans record sounds of their city during the morning and night so that they could be used on the album, and whoever helped would be mentioned on the album sleeve. It was later announced that he had completed the album, but it would be put to one side for the time being as he was recording a new album and focusing on with the Fratellis. In the intervening years, when asked about it while promoting records by the Fratellis, <mask> normally had this to say about it: "I actually made another record that will probably never see the light of day. I’m really happy with it, but as soon as I finished it I stuck it in a drawer and said: 'Right, no one else is ever going to hear that'.It's quite perverse to not release it, but I like that. I was only making it for me. It just needed to be done. I listen to it every so often and really enjoy it – I don't want to spoil that." In a March 2018 interview with Wired Noise, <mask> revealed that he had re-recorded Bright Night Flowers and had possibly changed his stance on releasing it. "Yeah, I did that over the summer. [It] still needs to be mixed, and then I guess at some point, if somebody wants to release it, it’ll find its way out there."During October 2018, fans had noticed that his own website had been changed to a "Coming Soon" holding page. The Fratellis tweeted out on 23 October 2018 with a reactivated account for <mask>, with a date of 30 October, hinting to an announcement of Bright Night Flowers is coming soon. On 30 October it was announced that Bright Night Flowers would release on 15 February 2019. <mask> also released the album's title track & accompanying video. Equipment
For The Fratellis' debut album, Costello Music, Lawler mainly used a Fender Telecaster, with the exception of a few songs in which he used a Gibson Les Paul and a Gibson ES-335. With their second album Here We Stand, he used a Fender Telecaster, Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Firebird, Rickenbacker 12 string, Gibson Les Paul, and an ES-335 for his electrics. For the acoustic performances, he used a Gibson SJ-200, a Gibson Hummingbird, and a Gibson J-45.During promotional performances of the album, Lawler was mainly using a Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty with Bareknuckle Mississippi Queen pickups (humbucker sized P-90's)

While playing on live performances with Codeine Velvet Club, he tended to use a red Fender Stratocaster and a rosewood Fender Telecaster. During his solo career and his third run with the Fratellis, his preferred guitars were still Stratocasters and Telecasters. For the Fratellis' tour he exclusively used a red Telecaster. Personal life
Lawler resides in Glasgow's West End with his wife, Heather Donnelly. Donnelly's burlesque name was used as the title and inspiration for the Fratellis' hit single, "Chelsea Dagger", a play on Britney Spears. Lawler has a son named Jamie, born in 1997 to a girl he was seeing when he was 18. Lawler is also an avid supporter of Celtic F.C.Discography

With The Fratellis

Costello Music (2006)
Here We Stand (2008)
We Need Medicine (2013)
Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied (2015)
In Your Own Sweet Time (2018)
Half Drunk Under a Full Moon (2020)

Solo and others
Codeine Velvet Club, Codeine Velvet Club (2010)
Psycho Jukebox, solo (2011)
Bright Night Flowers, solo (2019)

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1979 births
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21st-century Scottish male singers
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<mask> is a scientist and professor of physics at the Faculty of Natural Science, Imperial College London. <mask> is presently serving as one of the lead scientists on the CMS experiment at CERN’s LHC, the Principal Investigator of the Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network (AION) and also one of the lead authors at Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space (AEDGE). Previously he has been associated with ALPEH experiment at CERN’s LEP collider and the BaBar experiment at SLAC. <mask> was among the group of scientists responsible for the discovery of Higgs Boson particle at the LHC, CERN and later in the scientific exploration to find the traces of dark matter through the LHC. Biography
Following support from the Landesgraduiertenförderung, Baden-Württemberg (Scholarship) and Graduiertenkolleg Heidelberg (Scholarship), Buchmueller received his doctorate from Heidelberg University in 1999. From 1999 to 2001 he was a CERN fellow at the ALEPH Experiment studying properties of the Z and W Bosons and in 2001 he joined SLAC as a research associate to work on the BABAR experiment. He returned to CERN in 2004 as research staff member of the organization making important contributions to the construction, commissioning, and physics exploitation of the CMS experiment.He has been associated with Imperial College of London since 2009 as a professor. CMS Experimentation at CERN
Buchmueller joined Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN in 2003. During 2004-2005 he served as the convener of the Tracker alignment group. During 2005-2007 he has been the co-convenor of Calibration and Alignment group. In 2007, he initiated The MasterCode Project along with theoreticians and other scientists with the aim to interpret the data related to LHC results in better fashion. In 2008-2009 he was in charge of the Physics group as co-leader and taking care of researches regarding supersymmetry (SUSY) and later he became the member of the Physics Management Office. He was the chair of CMS analysis review committee while examining the data analysis for developing and overseeing the scientific validity of the key ‘diphoton’ discovery and subsequent characterization channel.In September 2016, <mask> was nominated as the convener of the EXOTICA search group in CMS. He is presently serving as the editor of Supersymmetry (SUSY) related topics at Particle Physics Data Group. AION
Buchmueller is presently serving as the Principal Investigator of The Atom Interferometer Observatory and Network (AION) where he was appointed in 2018. AION is an inter-university collaborative effort involving King's College London, the University of Liverpool, the University of Oxford, University of Birmingham, the University of Cambridge and STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory while being led by Imperial College of London. The aim of the project is the exploration of the dark matter and gravitational waves and to ascertain viable options for applying and implementing quantum technology in commercial domain. As Buchmueller said, the AION is designed to "harness cold atom technologies" in order to explore fundamental concerns of fundamental physics, astrophysics and cosmology. The project received £7.2m funding from UK Research and Innovation and £2.5m for the involved institutions in January 2021 for developing the first large-scale atom interferometer in the UK.Notable works and Publications
 Bertoldi, A., Bongs, K., Bouyer, P. et al. AEDGE: Atomic experiment for dark matter and gravity exploration in space. Exp Astron (2021). Big Bang & Black Holes. N.p. : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010. Supersymmetry After the Higgs Discovery.Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. Proceedings of the Sixth Alexander Friedmann International Seminar on Gravitation and Cosmology: Cargèse, France, 28 June-3 July 2004. Singapore: World Scientific, 2005. References

External links
 <mask> at INSPIRE-HEP
 Imperial College of London Faculty Profile
 LHC Physics Centre Profile
 <mask> at ResearchGate

Living people
Particle physicists
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<mask> (February 9, 1905 – July 26, 1977) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop (later archbishop) of Miami from 1958 until his death in 1977. Biography
<mask> was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the second of three children of William and B. Margaret (née Hogan) <mask>. His parents were both born in Ireland, and his father, who worked as a railroad brakeman and clerk for Carnegie Steel Company, died in 1922. His two brothers also joined the priesthood; his older brother, <mask>, served as Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, and his younger brother, <mask>, worked in the Vatican Secretariat of State. He attended Holy Rosary elementary and high schools in Homewood, and later graduated from Duquesne University in 1926. His theological studies were made at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe.On June 15, 1930, <mask> was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He then served as a curate at the Church of the Resurrection in Brookline, St. Scholastica Church in Aspinwall, St. Basil Church in Carrick, and Holy Cross Church on the South Side. In 1944, he earned a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He organized St. Maurice Church in Forest Hills in 1949, serving as its founding pastor. He became pastor at Sacred Heart Church in East Liberty in 1951, and was named diocesan vicar for religious in 1952. He was raised to the rank of domestic prelate in September 1952.He also headed the philosophy department at Duquesne University for four years, and taught at Mount Mercy College for ten years. On August 25, 1953, <mask> was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh and Titular Bishop of Pitanae by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following November 10 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, with Bishops John Francis Dearden and Michael Joseph Ready serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of St. Paul. His consecration was attended by over 2,000 people, including Pennsylvania's first Catholic governor, David L. Lawrence. As an auxiliary bishop, <mask> assisted Bishop Dearden with the administrative duties of the diocese, and continued to serve as pastor of Sacred Heart Church. On August 13, 1958, <mask> was named the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Miami in Florida. His installation took place on the following October 7.At the time of his arrival, the diocese comprised sixteen counties in southern Florida with a Catholic population of 185,000. By the time of his death, the archdiocese was composed of eight counties, and included 700,000 Catholics, 127 parishes, 500 priests, and 750 nuns. A little over a year following his installation, <mask> founded St. John Vianney College Seminary in Miami. He later opened St. Vincent de Paul Seminary at Boynton Beach in 1963. He also established a weekly diocesan newspaper called The Voice. In response to the Cuban exile, <mask> welcomed over half a million Cuban refugees into the diocese. In 1960, he used the four-story school building of Gesu Church to establish the Centro Hispano Catolico, a welfare agency that provided medical care, child care, legal aid, employment service, food, clothing and cash for Cuban refugees in the diocese.He also helped to coordinate Operation Peter Pan, and even scolded Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, who headed the diocesan Catholic Charities program, for not agreeing to resettle more unaccompanied children. However, <mask> was accused by some Hispanic Catholics, including a number of priests, of showing little interest in their community. They also claimed he was trying to Anglicize the diocese by limiting Spanish-language education in parochial schools and Spanish-language Masses. <mask> did, however, maintain amicable relationships with local African American and Jewish leaders. He was a frequent visitor of Camillus House, established homes for the elderly and unwed mothers, and opened rehabilitation centers for drug addicts and alcoholics. On August 5, 1968, <mask> offered the invocation at the opening of the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. <mask> was known for his firm control over his priests and parishioners, as well as for his outspoken conservative political views and progressive social outlook.He was a vocal opponent of a local ordinance in Dade County that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, supporting the Save Our Children campaign led by Anita Bryant. He was an advocate for racial justice and strongly supported the civil rights movement. On theological matters, he was described as a "hardline Roman Catholic traditionalist" known for his "vociferous opposition to liberalization of the church." He also opposed repealing the practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays. When the Diocese of Miami was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese by Pope Paul VI on March 2, 1968, <mask> became its first Archbishop. The Dioceses of Orlando and of St. Petersburg were erected from the Archdiocese of Miami, with <mask> holding the status of a metropolitan bishop over them. Less than ten years later, <mask> took ill and Edward A. McCarthy was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Miami in 1976.At age 72, <mask> died from complications stemming from a vascular disease at his residence in Miami Beach. He was buried three days later in the priests' section of Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery in Miami. References

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Archdiocese of Miami
Archbishop <mask><mask> High School

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20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United States
American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent
Roman Catholic archbishops of Miami
Duquesne University alumni
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Philadelphia
Saint Vincent Seminary alumni
Catholic University of America alumni
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