Before there was a LaGuardia Airport, there was a little field in Flushing that brought Queens to the forefront of aviation and raised its visitors to touch the sky by plane and by blimp.
Today, that field is lost benefit a puddle of wetlands, fears of mosquitoes breeding, and fences to keep children from playing in the mire. The field used to be called Flushing Airport.
Aviation played a significant role in the development of Queens in the earlier part of the 20th century. Flushing Airport opened in 1927 and quickly became one of the busiest airports in the city.
Yet with the completion of LaGuardia Airport in 1939, a sizable portion of the airport's commuter business was drawn away.
and the large planes would fly low over the heads of local residents before being re-directed by the LaGuardia control tower.
During the 1964 World's Fair, two Goodyear Blimps used Flushing Airport as a summer base. "They stayed there for several months for two years in a row," said Alan Gross, a Flushing resident who has lived near the airport since 1952.
At least one airship returned annually until the mid-70s when the airport's future became uncertain.
By that time controversy began to surround the airport following the crash of a light aircraft into a nearby house. Although the airport was being used only by skywriting planes and the occasional blimp, accidents and mishaps had sparked a community outcry that forced its closing by the early 1980s.
But despite the vocal opposition, there was a significant movement to keep Flushing Airport operational.
Since its closing, water from the surrounding marsh has flooded the airport's abandoned runways and decaying hangers and the city has begun selling off parcels of the airport's land in what is now the College Point Corporate Park, opening the opportunity for commercial development.
Shopping sites now line 20th Avenue, and the New York Times color printing plant was built on what used to be the eastside of the airport's property. Within the last year, a movie complex and a Toy's R Us toy store opened on the south end of the field.
Though speculation on the future of Flushing Airport has grown, officials from the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) — which currently owns the land — said their top priority has been cleaning up the neglected site.
With the advent of the West Nile virus last summer, and its resurgence again this season, city officials have expressed concern that the abandoned and water drenched land might be playing host to a number of infected mosquitoes.
"Our concern was that the old, dilapidated equipment and holes in the airfield's tarmac would be ideal mosquito breeding locations," explained Senator Frank Padavan. Compounding local politician's fears was the fact that the surrounding neighborhood was the epicenter of the virus when it first broke out a year ago.
"Unless a major remediation effort was made, involving larvicides as well as the removal of abandoned equipment, the site would constitute a major health threat to College Point residents and workers," said Padavan.
The EDC has now hired a private contractor to embark on a $25,000 cleanup project.
Tires, metal drums and other forms of debris were disposed of by heavy machinery, said Janel Patterson, spokeswoman for the EDC. Patterson added that the EDC has sent out inspectors to see if the job was satisfactorily completed.
The cleanup project, estimated to take 10 days, involved about 75 percent of the airport's 78-acre site. The other 25 percent is considered to be freshwater wetlands, which falls under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
"Wetlands are identified by the presence of vegetation only found in soils that are in water year round," said Joe Pane from the DEC.
The subject of the wetlands at Flushing Airport is currently playing a significant role in what will become of the land which, since its closing, has become a preserve of vegetation and other wildlife.
The DEC is currently attempting to ascertain what amount of the land is developable and what must be preserved as wetlands.
Once that is complete, Patterson said the EDC will send out a formal request for proposals to see what local developers can dream up for the site.
DEC officials said no time frame exists for when they will be able to publicly announce their findings.
"The city has plans for development for part of the parcel in exchange for wetlands enhancement," said DEC spokeswoman Mary Ellen Kris.
"In my mind, and as a kid, I never saw the blimps not coming back to Flushing Airport," said blimp enthusiast and president of Airships Unlimited Inc., Alan Gross.
Gross is a determined man with a dream and, along with his partner John Taylor, he has proposed the building of a blimp port on the grounds of the former Flushing Airport, transforming it into the College Point Airship Park.
According to Gross, the facility would consist of a large, triangular, grass, take-off and landing area, and would include a parking and observation complex on the north edge of the property along 20th Avenue. The creation of a "lighter-than-air" museum and learning center are also in the works, as well as a them restaurant.
The airport would be able to maintain the operation and mooring of about two or three blimps, Gross said. These airships, usually 100 to 200 feet long, do not require runways and only need an approximately 1,000-foot circle for landing and maneuvering.
"The facility would become a major attraction over time," said Gross, explaining that an airship park would attract a great deal of tourism to the borough.
"The blimp operation would also ensure that a lot of green space remains," Gross added, noting that blimps are relatively pollution and noise-free, guaranteeing minimal disruption to the community and surrounding ecology. He added that such a park would also create jobs.
Though Gross could not estimate how much the project would cost, he said it would surely be a multi-million dollar undertaking.
"We're working with a contractor and looking into ways to get federal, state and local government funding," said Gross.
While the plan is still in its developmental stages, a number of community members have voiced their approval for the College Point Airship Park.
According to Marilyn Bitterman, district manager of Community Board 7, the board has not yet taken an official position on the plan.
"It hasn't come before the board so at this time there's really no comment," she said. However, Bitterman did confirm that the board is seeking to utilize Flushing Airport as some sort of aviation theme park.
For more information on the plan for the College Point Airship Park, visit its Internet site at www.blimpport.com.


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Over 40 years ago you couldn't have convinced me that I would end up in the motorcycle business. I had spent most of my formative years grooming to become a professional baseball player. After a few short years on the mound pitching for the Boston Red Sox Organization, my career was cut short by a shoulder injury.
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Ashley, Devin and Jeremy sit down and discuss the lore of Solo – from the official movie guide to the Art of Solo, it's a deep dive into the makings of Solo: A Star Wars Story.
On this episode of The Force Discourse Eve, Carl, and Jeremy can't wait and read part 3-5 read of Daniel Jose Older's novel, Last Shot.
On this episode of The Force Discourse Eve, Carl, and Jeremy continue their 4 part read along of Daniel Jose Older's novel, Last Shot.
On this episode of The Force Discourse Eve, Carl, and Jeremy begin their 4 part read along of Daniel Jose Older's novel, Last Shot.


Individual Disability Income Insurance - The Jordan Insurance Group, LLC.
One approach to the problem of providing income during an extended period of disability is to purchase individual disability income insurance.
Definition of disability: Are education, experience, and past earnings taken into account in determining whether the insured is qualified to resume work? Many policies provide for an initial "own occupation" definition of disability, for a specified period of time, after which a different definition of disability applies.
Partial or residual benefits: Partial or residual disability benefits may be paid in some polices when the impairment allows the insured to perform only a portion of his or her duties. This provision may also pay benefits in the event the disability reduces the insured's income by a certain amount (e.g. 20% or more) from pre-disability levels.
Cost of Living Adjustment: Is there a cost of living adjustment9COLA) which would increase benefit payments after a disability occurs?
Cancel ability and renewability of policy: Except for nonpayment of premiums, is the policy non-cancelable or guaranteed renewable? Non-cancelable generally means that the insurance company cannot cancel the policy, change the policy provisions or increase policy premiums after issue, as long as premiums are paid on a timely basis. Guaranteed renewable is similar, but allows the insurance company to increase the premium.
Waiting and eliminating period: Is the waiting or "elimination" period proper for the insured's circumstances? Commonly available periods may include 30, 60, 90,180 and 360 days. Naturally, the longer the elimination period one selects, the lower his or her premium payments will be. However, a person's need, cash reserves and income sources should be the deciding factors in selecting proper elimination/waiting period.


The Makaretu Hut track is not shown on new topo50 maps, but is signposted off the Apiti Track. Starting 150 east of the Apiti-Track / Cattle Creek Hut junction the cut, marked track drops north down the obvious spur to the forks at the head of the Makaretu.
From here, continue down the river - an unmaintained, intermittently marked track exists on the true left bank but is not cut or obvious in places. The river itself is manageable, and probably easier than hunting for old track markers. Makaretu Hut is on the true left, above the forks shown on the map. The route out of the river is marked with triangles.
The river is 2-4m wide and easy in good dry conditions (can be slippery), but becomes impassable after rain (as does the other fork at the hut).


There is one summary for H.R.1801. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.
Federal Power Asset Privatization Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell, at the highest possible price, all Federal electric power generation and transmission facilities supervised by, or coordinated with, the Federal Power Marketing Administrations. Restricts such sales to domestic entities or U.S. citizens. Requires the Secretary to terminate Federal Power Marketing Administration operations upon completion of the sales. Directs the Secretary to retain a private sector firm through a competitive bidding process to serve as financial advisor with respect to such sales.
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purchaser of any such facilities should offer to employ former Federal Power Marketing Administration personnel.
Mandates that sale proceeds be deposited into the Treasury.
Sets forth a sales completion deadline for each Power Marketing Administration.
Mandates that the pertinent sales agreements require each purchaser providing electric power to customers within any region to insure that the price of electric power does not increase above the baseline price at a rate greater than ten percent annually.
Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue to the purchaser of a hydroelectric generation facility a ten-year original license under the Federal Power Act to insure that the project will continue operations under the same conditions as were applicable prior to the sale. Grants FERC Federal Power Act jurisdiction over any such facility sold.
Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1993 to repeal the proscription against the use of appropriated funds for studies regarding a changeover from an "at cost" to a "market rate" or other noncost-based methodology for pricing hydroelectric power.


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Kodansha Comics Announces Print Edition of A Silent Voice, Maria the Virgin Witch
Posted by Lissa Pattillo on Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Continuing on the hey-this-Anime-Expo-was-actually-pretty-great-for-news train was Kodansha Comics, who announced two new manga licenses at their panel:
A Silent Voice – Yoshitoki Ōima
Maria the Virgin Witch – Masayuki Ishikawa
I am very excited to hear that A Silent Voice will be getting a print release. I marathon read the series via Crunchyroll and have eagerly kept up with the new chapters as they've been released. This series is really great, and I'm thrilled I'll be able to add it to my bookshelves. Not to mention share it more easily with others. The series predominantly follows a young boy who viciously bullied a deaf girl after she transfer into his class. After she transfers out, the boy finds himself the victim of the bullying instead. Flash forward years and the two meet again, and the boy attempts to make amends for his past behaviour while navigating a minefield of bullies, friends, family, and society in general. The story makes no excuses for the often terrible behaviour of people who are hurt, misunderstood or just plain 'ol ignorant buttholes, while also being a heartwarming story of friendship and coming to understand others different from yourself.
The first print edition of A Silent Voice will be released sometime in the Spring of 2015.
Maria the Virgin Witch is a new title to me, but comes with some enthusiastic fans as it's created by Masayuki Ishikawa, creator of the manga series Moyashimon. This new title sounds pretty different from a tale of germs and microbes though. Taking place in a miscellaneous fantasy setting, Maria the Virgin Witch follows a woman named Maria who uses her magic abilities to defend her village. When she goes too far in using black magic, the archangel Michael forces her to swear an oath of chastity or lose her magic forever.
Volume one of Maria the Virgin Witch, a three volume total series, will be released in Spring of 2015 as well.
Src: AnimeNewsNetwork
Tags: A Silent Voice, Anime Expo, Kodansha Comics, Maria the Virgin Witch, Masayuki Ishikawa, Yoshitoki Oima
About the Author: Lissa Pattillo
Lissa Pattillo is the owner and editor of Kuriousity.ca. Residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia she takes great joy in collecting all manners of manga genres, regretting that there's never enough time in the day to review or share them all. Along with reviews, Lissa is responsible for all the news postings to the website and works full time as a web and graphic designer.
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Florida Man Hit His Mom in the Head With Corn Cob, Charged With Domestic Battery
By Kashmira Gander On 5/29/19 at 4:22 AM EDT
Cody Cummins, who has been charged with domestic battery. Pasco Sheriff's Office
U.S. Tampa bay
A Florida has man has been charged with domestic battery after hitting his mother in the head with a corn cob, according to officials.
Cody Cummins threw the corn cob at his mother in the early hours of Sunday morning, Fox 32 reported citing Pasco County Sheriff's Office. The incident unfolded at around 2am, at a home on Coral Street in Zephyrills: a Tampa Bay suburb.
The woman "was hurt but did not have any physical injuries," WFLA.com reported citing a police report.
Following the incident, Cummins left the property in Pasco County. Deputies were later able to track him down, and arrest him, Fox 32 reported. It is unclear what triggered the attack.
Police charged Cummins with domestic battery. Documents published on the Pasco Sheriff's Office website show Cummins had his bond set at $150. He has since been released.
Documents published on the Pasco Sheriff's Office website show Cummins was first arrested in 2014, at the age of 22. Since then, he has been arrested five times, including the latest incident. According to WFLA.com, Cummins has served time for armed burglary. Cummins is a cook by trade, Wink.com reported citing his arrest affidavit.
According to the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, between 22 to 25 percent of women in the U.S. experience domestic violence at some point in their lives. However, the organization states the figure is likely higher because domestic violence crimes are underreported or misreported.
Victims of domestic violence should try to come up with a "safety plan" to escape their abuse, according to The Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The state has 42 domestic violence centers.
When seeking help, victims should make phone calls from a safe location and use a computer and account which the abuser isn't aware of to prevent them from accessing messages. "Use a more private computer at a trusted friend's house, a library or an internet café," the group states.
"If you are in danger, please try to use a safer computer where someone abusive does not have direct access, or even remote (hacking) access. Safer computer access may be at a public library, a community technology center, at a friend's house, or at an Internet Cafe."
Storing essential items such as identification papers, keys, cell phones, bank statements, money, medicine, and birth certificates with a trusted person is also recommended.
Individuals experiencing abuse can call The National Domestic Violence Hotline on 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY).
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Bollywood stars wish fans on Maha Shivaratri
Actor Amitabh Bachchan. Bollywood celebs took to social media to share good wishes for their fans and prayers to Lord Shiva on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivaratri. Amitabh Bachhan tweeted in Hindi: "Maha Shivaratri Shubham! Jai Shiv Shankar! Om Namah Shivaay Om Namah Shivaay Om Namah Shivaay!!" Rishi Kapoor wrote: "Wishing all a very...
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Bigg Boss 13: Adnan Sami teases Salman, tells him to get married
Adnan Sami recently visited the Bigg Boss house with his family! Padma Shri recipient Singer Adnan Sami recently visited the "Bigg Boss" house with his family. Along with the show's host Salman Khan, they had a lot of fun — so much that the singer told the bachelor superstar to get "sorted out" and get...
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'The Voice' winner Sumit Saini is from Harshdeep Kaur's team, see their prize:
Patna: Singer Harshdeep Kaur performs during Bihar Divas celebrations in Patna, on March 23, 2018. (Photo: Desi-Box) Sumit Saini, from coach and singer Harshdeep Kaur's team, has won the singing reality show "The Voice". Sumit was awarded with a special title of India's ultimate voice by the iconic singer Asha Bhosle on the occasion of...
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It's shameful: Bollywood condemns Sri Lanka mayhem
Mumbai: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez at the "Lux Golden Rose Awards 2018" in Mumbai on Nov 18, 2018. (Photo: Desi-Box) After a string of serial blasts rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday killing 185 people, Bollywood celebrities like Jacqueline Fernandez, Shekhar Kapur and Vivek Anand Oberoi condemned the bloodbath as an act of cowardice. Here what...
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Bollywood condemns New Zealand mass shooting
Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher and Sonam Kapoor Ahuja among many others, condemned the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which killed 49 people. Expressing grief over the attack, Amitabh tweeted: "We live in difficult times … Sad and terrifying. Prayers." Anupam said that he is "deeply saddened, anguished and horrified...
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BBC Asian Network presents 'Asian Music Stars' on BBC Red Button
BBC Asian Network presents an up close and personal experience of three of the world's most celebrated Asian Music Stars in a special programme due to be broadcast on the BBC Red Button. The digital station honours the Bollywood music industry's finest in an insightful and entertaining TV programme. It explores and celebrates the lives...
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Volume 64, Issue 5 (1 2006) Tehran Univ Med J 2006, 64(5): 66-71 | Back to browse issues page
M. Lankarani, N. Valizadeh, R. Heshmat. Serum inhibin levels in polycystic ovary syndrome: a case control study. Tehran Univ Med J. 2006; 64 (5) :66-71
URL: http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/article-1-949-en.html
Serum inhibin levels in polycystic ovary syndrome: a case control study
M. Lankarani , N. Valizadeh, R. Heshmat
Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome(PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy in women and the most common causes of anovulatory infertility.Inadequate follicule stimulating hormone is hypothesized to be a proximate cause of anovulation.Inhibins are glycoprotein hormone produced by the granulosa and theca cells of the ovary that selectivly inhibits FSH production and or release from the pituitary. The possible role of inhibin in the etiology of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is controversial. This study was designed to investigate levels of serum inhibin in women with PCOS.
Methods: In a case-control setting 41 women with PCOS from the endocrine and gynecology and obstetrics clinic of Shariati Hospital and 44 women with normal cycles (control group) aged 15-40 year-old were evaluated. In all patients with PCOS and control women appropriate medical history was taken and physical examination was done.Serum inhibin levels were compared in two groups. Statistical analysis was performed using the Mann -Whitney U test
Results: Mean age of cases and controls was 23.6±5.3 and 23.1 ±3.9 years, respectively. Mean body mass index (BMI) in cases and controls were 25.07±5.45 and 21.33± 2.46 Kg/m2, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in mean age between the two groups (p > 0.05) but mean BMI was significantly different between the two groups (p < 0.001). Mean serum levels of inhibin in cases and controls were 1.62±1.23 and 2.26±2.26 U/ml, respectively which was not significantly different between the two groups (p: 0.168).
Conclusion: There was no significant difference in serum inhibin levels between patients with PCOS and healthy women. We concluded that basal inhibin levels cannot be used for routine screening in women with PCOS. Further study is needed to determine the role of inhibin in these patients with assay of its two subunits (Inhibin A and B).
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Liberace Is Not a Fruit-Flavoured Mincing "He, She and It"
A jury of ten men and two women agreed that Wladziu Valentino Liberace — just Liberace to his fans — was not a deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love.
That decision came on June 17, 1959, following a week-long libel trial at Queen's Bench IV in London. Liberace had somehow convinced the jury that Daily Mirror and its columnist, William Connor, had libeled him by suggesting that he, Liberace, was not the man he pretended to be. That he, Liberace — of lilting voice, fluttering fingers, flamboyant costumes and an unusually close attachment to his mother — hadn't been entirely straight with his fans. That he had misled those fans, most of them women of a certain age and matronly disposition, with his mediocre low-brow musicianship, his sickly-sweet reverence for God and mother, and his fluttering eyelashes and twinkling, winking eyes.
Of course, we know today that Liberace did, in fact, do all of that. But there was no malice involved. It was all done self-protection. Homosexuality was illegal throughout the English-speaking world, and just about everywhere else besides. And even a hint of feyness was career poison. This was true whether that career was in show business or the mail room of a government office.
If someone like Liberace were to make it in show business, he would have had little choice but to do as he had. He presented himself as dedicated family man to his mother and brother, and as a dashing lover on the constant lookout for a beautiful and perfect wife, just like mom. For more than a decade, he had managed to construct the world's most glittering closet. But with just a few well-chosen words in a small column in a British tabloid, the security locks to his closet were very nearly picked.
Today, t's hard to understand how Liberace managed to build his fabulous closet. Look at his 1952 syndicated television variety show. It was all there for anyone willing to look. Even in his pre-costumed era, his mannerisms and voice, his campy style, and his mother-fixation — all of this suggested something considerably less than red-blooded masculinity. To modern audiences, The Liberace Show looks more like a big bay window draped in chiffon and velvet instead of a dead-bolted closet door. And yet, that very program actually made his closet possible.
The Liberace Show was filmed before a studio audience, but Liberace understood that his real audience was at home. He broke the first rule of Hollywood by looking directly into the camera, thereby creating a direct, intimate link with women in their living rooms. As his fingers slid across the keyboard, he looked straight into the lens, smiled and winked. That wink, like Cupid's arrow, shot into living rooms across America and found its target in the hearts of millions of nerdy teenager girls and their mothers. That wink was almost as much his trademark as his ostentatious candelabra.
The other trademark, of course, was his Polish-born mother. If she wasn't seated in the front row, she was on stage where he could dote on her. And his brother George, Liberace's bandleader and violinist, was never far away. And for good measure, Liberace often called children up from the audience and played for them.
And so there it all was: his ersatz sophistication, his ability to pronounce Rachmaninov (even as he butchered the Piano Concerto #2 In C Minor down from thirty-four minutes to four), his love of mother, brother and children, his reverence for God and family, his generosity and fun-loving nature, his wavy hair and dimples, his smile and wink. He was perfect in every way. All he needed was a wife.
Still Single, Still Available
This is where his over-active publicity team came in. They blanketed newsstands with stories about what he wanted in a wife, who his favorite dates were, and why he hasn't married yet.
"If Mabel has that dreamy look on instead of supper," it's because "America's No. 1 heartthrob is here." Pittsburgh Post, May 12, 1954.
In 1954, Liberace's people put out a rumor that he was engaged to a young dancer named Joanne Rio. His fans hated the idea. Letters ran four-to-one against it. A sixty-five year old widow wrote, "I feel sorry for your mother. The adoration you give her will have to be shared." Another woman wrote, "How can you think of marriage? You belong to us." One warned that Rio was too pretty. "Don't forget Joe DiMaggio and the promises she (Marylin Monroe) made to him!"
His public had spoken. They didn't want him to marry. Which suited Liberace just fine. He broke off the engagement. Actually, he claimed they were never engaged in the first place. Besides, he said, "There are too many things I want to do. I want to play in Europe and make movies. My kind of schedule won't leave time for marriage."
His movie, Sincerely Yours, stank up the few theaters that bothered to show it. He never made another film. But his chance to tour Europe came in 1956 after Britain's brand-new commercial network, ITV, began airing his old Liberace Shows. Suddenly there were new lands, with a new legion of matronly fans to wink at.
Pandemonium at Waterloo Station
Five years before Britain gave America the Beatles, we gave jolly old England Liberace. The commotion was much the same: massive screaming crowds, sold-out concerts, two highly-anticipated appearances on Sunday Night at the London Palladium, ITV's nearly-exact equivalent to The Ed Sullivan Show. In the middle of it all was a showman who critics struggled to understand but for whom fans needed no explanation. Liberace was even set to do the Beatles one better: he was part of the line-up for the Queen's Command Performance. Unfortunately, the Suez Crisis forced its cancellation just hours before it was set to start.
The mania began on September 25, when the Queen Mary disgorged its passengers in Southampton. Its cargo included a grand piano with a glass lid, a chandelier, two candelabras (one was a back-up), and forty trunks full of sixty suits, eighty pairs of shoes, a white jacket with a million beads, six tall coats in white, black and blue, a diamond-studded silk mohair coat, a white beaver coat and a gold lamé dinner jacket. Liberace, his mother and brother George emerged, waved to thousands gathered at the dock, took a few questions from reporters, and made their way to a special six-carriage train to London.
Thousands of mostly matronly women squealing like schoolgirls greeted the train's arrival at Waterloo Station. A station foreman said this kind of welcome was more typically reserved for royalty. Lest royalty be offended, he quickly pointed out the critical differences: "Liberace's got no red carpet furnished by British Railways, and there's no potted palms either."
Nobody noticed the missing red carpet. Fans deluged Liberace with paper rose petals as he walked on the platform. Fifty bobbies strained to hold back the crowd as Liberace and his party made their way to two waiting Daimlers. The cars, attended by chauffeurs and footmen, were just like the ones Buckingham Palace used. So there was that.
"This Fruit-Flavored, Mincing, Heap of Mother Love"
Off in one corner of the station, a small contingent of boys and young men booed and waved banders reading "We Hate Liberace." They weren't alone. The next day, Daily Mirror columnist William Connor — using the pen name of of the Greek mythological prophet Cassandra — unburdened his bile duct. He began by describing a drink he had in pre-war Berlin in 1939. "Windstarke Fuenf" — Windstrength Five, a sailing term — "is the most deadly concoction of alcohol that the 'Haus Vaterland' can produce," he wrote.
I have to report that Mr. Liberace, like "Windstarke Fuenf" is about the most that man can take.
But he is not a drink.
He is YEARNING-WINDSTRENGTH FIVE.
He is the summit of sex — the pinnacle of Masculine, Feminine and Neuter. Everything that He, She and It can ever want.
I have spoken to sad but kindly men on this newspaper who have met every celebrity arriving from the United States for the past thirty years.
They all say that this deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love has had the biggest reception and impact on London since Charlie Chaplin arrived at the same station, Waterloo, on September 12, 1921.
This appalling man — and I use the word appalling in no other than its true sense of "terrifying" — has hit this country in a way that is as violent as Churchill receiving the cheers on V-E Day. He reeks with emetic language that can only make grown men long for a quiet corner, an aspidistra, a handkerchief, and the old heave-ho.
Without doubt, he is the biggest sentimental vomit of all time.
Slobbering over his mother, winking at his brother, and counting the cash at every second, this superb piece of calculating candy-floss has an answer for every situation.
…Nobody since Aimee Semple MacPherson has purveyed a bigger, richer and more varied slag-heap of lilac-covered hokum.
Nobody anywhere ever made so much money out of high speed piano playing with the ghost of Chopin gibbering at every note.
There must be something wrong with us that our teenagers longing for sex and our middle-aged matrons fed up with sex alike should fall for such a sugary mountain of jingling claptrap wrapped up in such a preposterous clown.
William Connor (Cassandra)
Cassandra's blast reverberated around the world. Chicago Daily News correspondent Ernie Hill reprinted most of Cassandra's screed, which got fed through the paper's wire services to other newspapers across North America. Other news stories about the controversy over Cassandra's column repeated those passages again. You know, for context. Before the week was out, hundreds of newspapers had printed highlights of Cassandra's diatribe under one guise or another.
Liberace told reporters that Cassandra's "vulgarity and underlying degenerate tone" shocked him to the core. But worse, the column had a terrible effect on his dear mother:
My poor mother, a simple sweet person, was exposed to these articles and has been confined to bed and has needed medical attention ever since. My mother, who arrived in England with such a light heart, told me: "I should have stayed at home."
Liberace's first London concert took place on September 30. It was for a live broadcast of Sunday Night at the London Palladium. After Liberace completed his afternoon rehearsals, a crowd of unruly teenagers outside the theater prevented him from leaving. He was forced to hole up in the theater for seven hours until the show. That night, he dedicated his under-four-minute "Warsaw Concerto" to his mom, now sufficiently recovered and sitting in the balcony. She threw kisses to her son.
But controversy continued to dog Liberace's tour wherever he went. Pickets greeted him outside the Royal Festival Hall the next evening. Inside, Liberace went on before a packed house of 4,000 as though nothing was wrong, The Guardian's Bernard Lewis wrote: "I was in the presence of a man who did not care how silly, how awful he looked and sounded, provided only that the adolescent girls, the middle-aged matrons, and the sprinkling of very queer-looking men rolled up, paid at the doors, and yelled the place down."
Things got rougher at a concert at Sheffield City Hall. ITV's signal hadn't yet reached Sheffield, so Liberace's fame there was more by word-of-mouth. The hall still managed to sell out. But local university students heckled his concert with cries of "queer!" On October 17, Liberace returned to London for an engagement at Royal Albert Hall. The next day, Cassandra got one last dig in:
In their daily programme of events called "To-day's Arrangements" The Times was yesterday at its impassive unsmiling best. It said:
"St. Vedast's, Forrest Lane: Canon C.B. Mortlock, 12:30. St. Paul's, Covent Garden: The Rev. Vincent Howson, 1:15. St. Botolph's, Bishipsgate: Preb. H.H. Treacher, 1:15. All Souls, Langham Place: Mr. H.M. Collins 12:30.
"Albert Hall: Liberace, 7:30."
Rarely has the sacred been so well marshalled alongside the profane.
Later that day, Liberace's attorney in Los Angeles announced an immediate libel action against the Mirror.
From Whispers to a Shout
Top: Sensation (Jan 1954); Rave (Aug 1954); Inside (Oct 1954).
Bottom: Suppressed (Jan 1955); TV World (Dec 1955); Whisper (Jun 1956).
Cassandra was far from the first to publicly impugn Liberace's manhood. A number of critics and scandal magazines had long commented on his flamboyant outfits, lilting voice, fluttering wrists and his unusual devotion to mom. In early 1954, Sensation played on the rumors by teasing his "forbidden fruit." It turns out the "forbidden fruit" were the two things denied him: music critics' approval and a happy wife — he's just too busy and too too picky to marry. But the cover very cleverly played with prevailing suspicions to pump up sales. Later that year, Rave and Inside added their own insinuations, as did Suppressed in 1955.
In December 1955, TV World played on those rumors with its teaser, "Those Liberace Whispers — True of False?" Maybe the ad for Liberace's self-help book, The Magic of Believing, running in that issue influenced the answer. "It's a crying shame that Liberace is the butt of jokes and sly innuendos," wrote Peter Cored, before debunking "all the rumors" that made his cover story possible.
But six months later, in an issue that came out about a month before Liberace took off for London, Whisper raised the bar:
He loves to deck himself out in manly attire such as white fur coats and sequined dinner jackets. The wave of his marcelled locks would bring titters of admiration from Antione of Paris, and when one of his lady fans squeals at him in delight, Liberace can squeal right back at her in the same register.
Up to now, Liberace's response was to just ignore them. These were, after all, second- and third-rate magazines that almost no one took seriously. As long as the mainstream press shied away from pressing the issue too forcefully, all Liberace had to do was sit back and wait for poor circulation and bankruptcy to kill them off for good.
But Cassandra's column, appearing as it did in a mainstream tabloid, was a turning point. To be sure, the British press was always far more opinionated and rambunctious than its American cousins. That alone probably caught Liberace off guard. But when American newspapers reprinted substantial portions of Cassandra's column in stories about the controversy, it became a much bigger problem. Cassandra's accusation was now in print on both sides of the Atlantic, and that ink can never be unspilled.
Confidential Strikes
Cassandra's column now threatened to open the floodgates. Seven months later, on May 8, 1957,Confidential, the king of the Hollywood scandal magazines, struck hard. The semimonthly's July issue hit the news stands with its cover story, "Why Liberace's Theme Song Should Be 'Mad About the Boy'." Writer Horton Streete (probably a pseudonym) alleged that "the Kandelabra Kid" had relentlessly pursued a handsome press agent at three different hotels, in Akron, Los Angeles and again in Dallas. "The next thing the publicity man knew he was right back at it again with Liberace sitting on his lap!" wrote Streete. "A referee certainly would have penalized the panting pianist for illegal holds."
Every word of "Mad About the Boy" was outrageous. Much of it was most likely true. Unlike other scandal magazines, Confidential's publisher Robert Harrison was obsessed with avoiding lawsuits. He employed an army of private detectives, fact-checkers and lawyers to vet every article. Harrison believed that accuracy would be one of the magazine's strong suits. He also had a practice of publishing less than he knew. The threat that the whole story might come out in court was often enough to deter libel suits.
That's why Confidential's punches landed so much harder. It was the most feared magazine in Hollywood, and the most talked about magazine in the country. Its circulation was at 4.6 million, larger than Time, which gave him the nickname "the King of Leer." But despite the precautions, Harrison was already neck-deep in lawsuits by the time the Liberace issue came out. Liberace sued for $20 million, but he had to get in line behind Robert Mitchum, Doris Duke, Maureen O'Hara, Errol Flynn and Lizabeth Scott.
At the head of that line was the state of California. Under Attorney General Pat Brown, Confidential and its sister magazine, Whisper, were charged with conspiracy to distribute obscene material, conspiracy to commit criminal libel, and conspiracy to distribute material on abortion and male potency. (Confidential's exposé on an abortion pill and a virility drug brought about that odd charge.) The six week trial, dubbed the "Trial of a Hundred Stars," provided the very same prurient material Americans longed for, and that Confidential was being sued for. After the jury struggled for two weeks to agree on a verdict, it gave up, resulting in a mistrial.
Harrison had never lost a case, but the strain and legal costs were adding up. He settled with the state by paying a small fine and agreeing to change Confidential's format away from Hollywood gossip. Harrison also settled the libel lawsuits. Liberace's cut came to $40,000 (about $345,000 today). This meant vindication as far as Liberace was concerned.
Trial at Queens Bench IV
The Cassandra/Daily Mirror case finally reached a London courtroom in 1959. Their defense was not that Liberace was gay, but that Cassandra's column didn't say he was. Instead, they claimed that it fell under the defense of fair comment. This made Liberace's offense doubly difficult. He had to first prove that Cassandra had actually made an assertion of fact and not opinion, while also convincing the jury that Liberace wasn't gay.
The trial began on June 8. Gilbert Beyfus, Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) for Liberace, described Cassandra as "a literary assassin who dips his pen in vitriol, hired by this sensational newspaper to murder reputations." He repeated Cassandra's words: that Liberace was "everything that he, she, and it can ever want." He pointed out that the words were so integral to Cassandra's thesis that they were included in an illustrated pull-quote at the top of the column. Beyfus said those words were "as clear as clear can be. Otherwise, I venture to suggest the words have no meaning at all."
Liberace took the stand for three hours. After going over Liberace's biography and details of his early career, Beyfus came straight to the point. "Are you a homosexual?"
"No, sir," replied Liberace.
"Have you ever indulged in homosexual practices?"
"No sir, never in my life"
"What are your feelings about it?"
"My feelings are the same as anyone else's. I am against the practice because it offends convention and offends society."
This, of course, is perjury. Gerald Gardiner, Q.C. for Cassandra and the Daily Mirror, objected, not because Liberace lied, but because the question was irrelevant. Gardiner repeated the defense that the article made no such accusation. He also claimed, rather incredibly, that no one in their right mind could possibly read such an accusation into it. But Liberace countered that soon after Cassandra's column appeared, "when I went on the stage (at Sheffield), there were cries from the audience of 'queer' and 'fairy' and such things as "go home, queer."
In response to another question, Liberace claimed, "No one has ever intimated that I was a homosexual before this reporter accused me in his article so brilliantly and viciously." Before Gardiner could continue with his questioning, Liberace addressed the jury directly: "Members of the jury, I am a performer who travels in all parts of the world. On my word of God, on my mother's health which is so dear to me, this article means only one thing, that I am a homosexual, and that is why I am in the court."
Because Cassandra's and the Daily Mirror's defense was that the column was fair comment, just about every word of that comment was subject to scrutiny:
Deadly. Cassandra: "he overwhelms one, he attacks the senses." Liberace, when he is asked about comparisons with a British pianist known only as Semprini: "Evidently, he doesn't do it quite as successfully because I have never heard of him."
Winking, Sniggering, Giggling and Snuggling. Cassandra: "I have read a number of reports which contained these adjectives and I have observed him doing these very things on television." Liberace: "I have tried in all my performances to inject a note of sincerity and wholesomeness because I am fully aware of the fact that my appeal on television and personal appearances is aimed directly at the family audience."
Chromium-Plated. Cassandra: "He seems to have these light-reflecting surfaces such as a completely white suit of tails, a candelabra, an enormous ring on his finger." Liberace, on the first time he wore a white suit: "I was greeted by an ovation when I walked on the stage and I was referred to in the newspapers as 'Mr. Showmanship'. … This meant that…I had to dress better than the others who were copying me. One was a young man named Elvis Presley, who was coming up at the time."
Scent-Impregnated. Cassandra: "The question of scent has been mentioned in previous reports in the Daily Mirror, Daily Express and Evening Standard." Liberace: "I do not use scent, but I do use aftershave lotions, deodorants and eau de cologne. All well-groomed men do."
Fruit-Flavoured. Cassandra: "That was part of the impression of confectionery which Mr. Liberace conveyed to me. Over sweetened, over-flavoured, over-luscious and just sickening." Liberace countered that the expression is commonly directed to homosexuals. "People in England and in all parts of the world where I am dependent on making a livelihood have given it that interpretation. … Fruit-flavoured, masculine, feminine and neither — all this points to one horrible fact which has damaged my career and my reputation." Cassandra, again: "I am well acquainted with many hostile words, including those imputing homosexuality, but I did not know that 'fruit' was one of them. It came as a bit of surprise to me."
Heap of Mother Love: Cassandra: "When I see this on the stage of the London Palladium by a forty-year-old man in company with his mother, whom he may well love, I regard that as profane and wrong." Liberace: "She is extremely proud of her children. Perhaps a bit more proud of me."
The trial paused at the end of Thursday, June 11, and wouldn't resume until the following Monday. The judge cautioned the jury against watching Liberace's televised performance on the season finale of Sunday Night At the London Palladium — a tall ask for such a popular program. All week long, British papers had carried the trial's every twist and turn, many of them reproducing pages upon pages of transcripts. Even in the Daily Mirror's extensive coverage, Liberace came off as sympathetic and aggrieved, while Cassandra only added to his dour and caustic image. When Liberace completed his first solo number at the Palladium, the audience rewarded him with a full minute of sustained applause and cheers.
The trial resumed on Monday with more testimony from a variety of witnesses. Summing-up and jury instructions were given on Tuesday. The jury deliberated for three and a half hours before returning a verdict. They found Cassandra and the Daily Mirror guilty of libel. Damages were assessed at £8,000, or US$22,400 (about £176,000, or US$250,000 today.) UPI reported that "the curly-haired entertainer smiled weakly after the decision was announced."
Traffic on the Strand outside the Royal Courts of Justice came to a standstill as a crowd of fans and reporters swarmed the entrance to congratulate the hero of the hour. When Liberace emerged, he had regained his famous smile to cheers of "well done" and "jolly good." He said little as police escorted him to a waiting limousine which carried him off to the Savoy Hotel.
"I Felt So Sorry For Him."
The Daily Herald noticed that the jury's verdict "was disclosed in the High Court yesterday three minutes before it should have been — by a woman juror." As the jury filed into the courtroom, the widowed Mrs. Jean Friend "smiled broadly at Liberace, smiled several times and gave a broad wink. Then she mouthed silently: 'It's all right'." After the trial, she went to the Savoy — the same hotel where Liberace was staying — for tea with friends. A reporter followed:
Liberace? I do wish him the best of luck with all my heart. I like him very much. I felt so sorry for him all the way through the case. I felt for him all the time. I never wavered for a minute from the second I sat down. Afterwards I wanted to shake his hand and congratulate him. In the court corridor he told me: 'Thank you very much.'"
She tried to get tickets for his show, but the receptionist said that Liberace wasn't taking any calls.
The Show Went On
Liberace embarked on a another mini-tour of Britain, although this time press attention was much more muted now that the trial was over. One stop was in Manchester, where he was part of a very crowded bill for a charity Royal Performance for the Queen Mother. This time, there was no Suez Crisis to interrupt the show. But after three years, Liberace's sartorial statement was no longer cutting edge. The Stage informed its readers that, early in the program:
The lights went up to reveal Harry Robinson conducting Lord Rockingham's XI in "shocking pink" suits. The Dallas Boys in black and the Vernons Girls in multi-coloured frocks got into the groove with the "Strings of My Heart" and "Don't Look Now" before Marty Wilde — in gold lamé jacket, and Cliff Richard, idols of the fans who were staging demonstrations in the street outside, put over their own special lines.
Comedian Arthur Askey came out with a miniature piano topped with a hurricane lamp. "You've got to have a gimmick and I can't afford a candelabra." Liberace may have been upstaged a bit, but he still worked his magic. His suit with diamond buttons and sequined vest was, he explained, "one of those that all the fuss was about." His Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat came in at four minutes flat, as always. The Manchester Guardian said he got the loudest applause of the evening. Once you have a formula that works, why would you ever change it?
Liberace's much-publicized victory did little to quell the rumors, but newspapers were much more cautious about what they put into print. Today, of course, we know what was true all along: he was as gay as gay could be. But in the 1950s and 1960s, such an admission was box office poison.
But even if he had managed to work out a Noël Coward-like accommodation, there was now another complication. Liberace perjured himself when he testified in London and denied his homosexuality. He also most likely perjured himself in Los Angeles when he testified before a grand jury investigating Confidential. And having successfully sued Confidential and Daily Mirror, he would now be liable for far greater civil damages than he won in either case if the truth came out.
And so he steadfastly denied his sexuality throughout his lifetime. And yet, he all but dared anyone to state simply what they plainly saw. Liberace died in 1987, and for years afterwards, his estate and many of his remaining fans tried to deny the coroner's report that it was AIDS that killed him. The Daily Mirror's headline had the last word though: "Any Chance of a Refund?"
On the Timeline:
June 17, 1959: Liberace wins his libel case against the Daily Mirror.
For September 26, 1956:
Headlines: British Army Reservists are being called up for a possible response to Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal. Tense negotiations over the Suez Crisis continues at the U.N. Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies urges the Commonwealth to forcefully unite with Britain against Egypt. Thousands of ecstatic fans greet Liberace at Southampton and London. Electricians at the Standard Motor Company works in Coventry go on strike, forcing the idling of 5,000 workers. The Bolshoi Ballet considers coming to London. Bread prices rise as a government subsidy ends.
On the radio (UK): "Lay Down Your Arms" by Anne Shelton, "Que Sera Sera" by Dorris Day, "Rockin' Through the Rye" by Bill Haley and his Comets, "The Yong Tong Song/Bloodnok's Rock 'N' Roll Call" by the Goons, "The Great Pretender/Only You" by the Platters, "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, "Sweet Old-Fashion Girl" by Teresa Brewer, "Walk Hand in Hand" by Tony Martin, "Bring a Little Water Sylvie" by Lonnie Donegan, "Mountain Greenery" by Mel Torme, "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley."
On television: Sunday Night at the London Palladium (ITV), Take Your Pick (ITV), Double Your Money (ITV) Saturday Showtime (ITV), The Roy Rogers Show (ITV), Highland Fling (BBC), I Love Lucy (ITV). Boxing (BBC), The Adventures of Robin Hood (ITV), Movie Magazine (ITV), Hancock's Half Hour (BBC).
For June 17, 1959:
Headlines: Royal Ascott begins its annual four days of racing and fashion. Court awards Liberace £8,000 in damages. General work stoppage in the printing trades to begin tonight. Labor dispute at Triumph idles 4,700 workers. Ten thousand more poised to strike at Standard Motors over redundancies. Labour party struggles to bridge the pro-H-Bomb and anti-H-Bomb wings. Federation of British Industries endorse a free trade arrangement with seven European countries as a first step toward expanding the Common Market
On the radio (UK): "A Fool Such as I" by Elvis Presley, "Roulette" by Russ Conway, "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" by Buddy Holly, "It's Late" by Ricky Nelson, "Dream Lover" by Bobby Darin, "I've Waited So Long" by Anthony Newley, "Side Saddle" by Russ Conway, "A Teenager In Love" by Marty Wilde, "I Go Ape" by Neil Sedaka, "Come Softly to Me" by Frankie Vaughan and the Kaye Sisters.
On television: Wagon Train (ITV), Play of the Week (ITV), The Army Game (ITV), Spot the Tune (ITV), Sunday Night at the London Palladium (ITV), Emergency Ward 10 (ITV), Take Your Pick (ITV), Double Your Money (ITV), The Jack Hylton Monday Show (ITV), Juke Box Jury (BBC).
In chronological order:
Before Liberace's 1956 trip to Britain:
Bob Thomas/AP "Hollywood wonders: Will Liberace get married?" Tucson Daily Citizen (October 6, 1954): 18.
Aline Mosby/UPI. "Liberace stands firm against weepy females." San Mateo (CA) Times (October 13, 1954): 22.
During Liberace's 1956 trip to Britain:
Reuters. "Isn't he gorgeous? British women fans mob Liberace." Baltimore Evening Sun (September 25, 1956): 3.
"Our London correspondent." The Manchester Guardian (September 25, 1956): 6.
Cassandra (William Connor). "Yearn-Strength Five." Daily Mirror (London, September 26, 1956): 6.
Ernie Hill. "London press has field day over Liberace." Oakland Tribune (September 26, 1956): 3.
Associated Press. "Liberace ired by British press 'unmanly' jibes." Oakland Tribune (September 30, 1956): 14-A.
Reuters. "Liberace plays in London." The New York Times (October 1, 1956): 31.
Betty Smith. "Liberace trapped by hordes of girls." Daily Mirror (London, October 1, 1958): 1.
"Television notes: The capers of Liberace. A Stagy Appearance." The Manchester Guardian (October 1, 1956): 5.
Bernard Levin. "The clowning of Liberace." The Manchester Guardian (October 2, 1956): 12.
Art Buchwald. "British newspaper jibes shock, embitter Liberace." Oakland Tribune (October 12, 1956): 31.
Cassandra (William Connor). "Calling all cussers." Daily Mirror (London, October 18, 1956): 6.
Associated Press. "Liberace to sue London paper; He 'ain't kidding.'" Oakland Tribune (October 18, 1956): 23.
Gossip magazines and the Confidential Scandal:
"Liberace's forbidden fruit." Sensation (January 1954): 36-39.
Peter Corde. "Those Liberace whispers — true or false?" TV World (December 1955): 30-31, 64-66.
Sylvia Tremaine. "This month's candidate for The Pit. Liberace: The ham that was overdone." Whisper (June 1956): 26-27, 62-65.
Horton Streete. "Why Liberace's theme song should be 'Mad About the Boy'." Confidential (July 1957): 16-21, 59-60.
"Confidential pays Liberace." The New York Times (July 16, 1958): 25.
Henry E. Scott. Shocking True Story: The Rise and Fall of Confidential, "America's Most Scandalous Scandal Magazine". (New York: Pantheon Books, 2010).
1959 Trial Coverage and Aftermath:
"The Man Behind the Candelabra." The Manchester Guardian (June 9, 1959): 3.
Howard Johnson. "Questions about a TV talk and Princes Margaret." Daily Mirror (London, June 9, 1959): 1.
"Liberace v. Cassandra: 'Vicious and Violent'." Daily Mirror (London, June 9, 1959): 11-13, 16.
"Drinks On the 'Mirror' After Cassandra's Remarks." The Manchester Guardian (June 10, 1959): 6.
"Liberace v. Cassandra: I don't trade on my sex appeal." Daily Mirror (London, June 10, 1959): 11-13, 17.
Howard Johnson. "Cassandra: I Write What I Believe." Daily Mirror (London, June 11: 1959): 1, 3-6.
"Cassandra defines his terms." The Manchester Guardian (June 11, 1959): 3.
"Liberace v. Cassandra: 'I don't detest Mr. Liberace…'" Daily Mirror (London, June 12, 1959): 11-13.
"Liberace a 'preposterous clown' says columnist." Daily Herald (London, June 12, 1959): 5.
Associated Press. "Liberace wins loud cheers on British TV." Los Angeles Times (June 15, 1959): 7.
"Cassandra's freedom to express his views: Not regarded as circulation raiser." The Manchester Guardian (June 16, 1959): 3.
"Five questions the Liberace jury must face today." Daily Herald (London, June 17, 1959): 5.
"Limit to the Jury's discretion." The Manchester Guardian (June 18, 1959): 3.
Howard Johnson. "£8,000." Daily Mirror (June 18, 1959): 1.
Sidney Williams, Gerard Kemp, and Robert Adam "Woman in Liberace jury sensation: 'I felt so sorry for him'." Daily Herald (London, June 18, 1959): 1.
"Royal Variety in Manchester. Huge crowds greet Queen Mother." The Manchester Guardian (June 24, 1959): 16.
Frank Bruckshaw. "Manchester Royal Variety: A dazzling occasion." The Stage (London, July 2, 1959): 3.
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William Gordon (c. 1499 – 6 August 1577) was a 16th-century Scottish noble and prelate, the last of the pre-Reformation bishops of Aberdeen owing allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church.

Born in Aberdeenshire, he was the son of Janet Stewart, the daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, and her husband Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. As a youth, Gordon studied at the University of Aberdeen, the University of Paris and the University of Angers, graduating in Civil law and Canon Law.

His high aristocratic birth and educational record brought him to the attention of King James V of Scotland, who in 1537 wrote to Pope Paul III, requesting that the latter reserve benefices for Gordon. He had in fact been Archdeacon of Caithness, briefly in 1529. William Gordon was Chancellor of the diocese of Moray between 1540 and 1546, and for a short time Archdeacon of Dunblane in 1545. In either March or April 1545, Mary of Guise, the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, wrote to the Pope requesting that Gordon be made coadjutor (designated successor) to Bishop William Stewart of Aberdeen, as the latter was suffering from bad health. Stewart in fact died on 10 April, and with the support of Governor Châtellerault, Gordon was provided to the see on 17 May, receiving consecration in either late December 1545 or early January of the following year.

In the first few years of his episcopate, Gordon made a determined, unsuccessful effort to stamp out the growth of Presbyterianism.
In 1549 the Scottish provincial council convened to reform the Scottish church. Bishop Gordon was, arguably, part of the problem, as he had fathered eight children by an unmarried woman named Janet Knowles whom he supported with episcopal revenues. In 1560 the Scottish Church broke its ties to Rome, banned Mass and established an independent Scottish Church. Gordon was not an enthusiastic supporter of the latter and after the return of Mary, Queen of Scots - a Roman Catholic - to Scotland and her takeover of the kingdom, he assumed a low profile and the Queen issued a decree of protection to the University of Aberdeen, of which Gordon was chancellor; Gordon's nephew, moreover, was the staunchly Catholic George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly.

After the downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1567, Bishop Gordon appears to have accepted the authority of the Church of Scotland since he retained his see until his death on 6 August 1577. He died at Old Aberdeen, in the Bishop's Palace, and was buried in St Machar's Cathedral.

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References
 Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
 Keith, Robert, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, (London, 1924)
 Macfarlane, Leslie J., "Gordon, William (d. 1577)", in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 22 Feb 2007
 Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)

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Hope that everyone of you will be fine. Being a css aspirant, i went through these pages last year to look for English Essay teacher in Karachi as I needed a teacher who could check my Essay & guide me where I needed help. In this regard, I approached few teachers. My experiences with them are as follows. I am sharing my experiences here for the purpose of information so that you could choose your teacher wisely & according to your requirement.
1. First of all, I met with Sir, Yusuf Pathan, ageing more than 80 years at his home. He had a nice library of his own containing books on various topics. He gave me 10 minutes to write a few words on any topic so that he could assess my english expression. When i finished, he checked it & told me about the mistakes. After all this, I found him to be well-versed in rules of english grammar alongwith having sound general knowledge. Moreover, his fees was only 7000 for 1x student & 8000 if 2x students studied collectively at one time. The only shortcomings were that he was too slow owing to his growing age & other one; he used to talk too much which wasted too much time (since i had only 1 month left in exams hence i needed someone who could help me in this limited timeframe). Overall, I found him to be a good teacher as far as correcting english expression is concerned.
without checking rest of the draft, he said to me that you need help. He told me that he would take 15,000 rupees for teaching me Essay & Precis. So far so good, but when I started studying from him, I found out that he might be sound in english grammar & composition but he did not know much about writting English essay; and especially the quality of content that you need to produce for this competitive exam. Whenever I discussed any topic of Essay with him, I found him to be having no knowledge about it but he insisted on writing his mediocre & illogical points in my Essay or else he wouldn't check my essay. Once I wrote an essay & took to him for assessment. On returning it, he told me that you haven't written a single point of mine & hence gave me 25 out 100. I asked him to at least check my grammar but he did not even read the full essay & just gave me 25 because I did not write his points. Moreover, he always tried to not tell me anything extra as he wanted me to study at least 1x year from him, only then he will teach me properly; otherwise he would tell me only limited things. Seeing all this in the context of my upcoming exam after a month, I left after a week without getting my fee reimbursed.
3.After the exam, I have joined another teacher. Soon I will share my experience with him.
Please do let me know if you are planning to join him for css 2019.
1. Previously, I had shared my experience of essay teachers in Karachi with you & told you that I will share another experience after sometime. That time has come & the new teacher is Syed Arshad Karim.
2. I met Sir Arshad at his residence in DHA. I told him that I needed help in essay & wanted to get them checked if he could help me in that regard. He told me although he had remained FPSC examiner of Political Science & had been teaching Political Science, Philosophy, Public Ad & Pak Affairs but he could also help me in essay & I would be able to get 80+ marks after getting his guidance. He asked me that he would charge me Rs 40,000 for 8 classes per month & Rs 60,000 for 12 classes per month. However, he agreed to teach me for Rs 35,000 for 8 classes in a month but he convinced me to study all subjects except Precis, EDS & CA from him. Hence, I started with Political Science, his core subject & studied with him for a month. My observations about him are as follows.
3. Being an octogenarian, he is quite old but still healthy & can deliver his lecture properly. His knowledge of Political Science, Philosophy, Public Ad & Pak Affairs is good but too expensive. Moreover, he told me in the start that he had some very good hand-written notes made out of multiple sources of life's research work but when I studied his notes they were poorly written by his students with innumerable grammatical mistakes & too medicre a content. I told him I didn't like his notes & would prefer making my own. Furthermore, in one month, he taught me only 11 western political thinkers & asked me to study the remaining ones by myself as they were too easy to be done by any student himself.
4. I also took couple of essay classes from him just to find out if he could be of any help to me. I discovered that he could only help you in making outlines of topics pertaining to his core subjects as mentioned above but nothing more. He couldn't guide you about essay writing or could also not prove helpful in its checking.
5. Hence, after studying one month from him, i left him as he was too expensive to be learnt from & there was also nothing much that couldn't be learnt from books.
6. Finally, I would like to share my score in English Essay & Precis in my 2018 attempt that I undertook without help of any teacher. In Essay, I scored 56 whereas in Precis, I scored 63. One more thing, I had barely 2 months with job to do all this. Hope you guys will learn your lessons from my experience.
Thanks, @awanShahlal for your feedback.
From where are you studying now? How did you find Sir Ramchand? I reside near his apartment, so thinking of joining him; though, I am not sure if he still teaches or not?
@awanshahal: Can I have your contact number?
Miss saima teaches in focus point institute. She will have a demo session on 17 feb for 2020 aspirants.
Bro,can you please share contact details of Sir Yousaf Pathan along with his address?


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Our Eroding Democracy: Steven Levitsky, Ted Rall, Harmon Leon
We talk with Steven Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die. Then, political cartoonist Ted Rall and author Harmon Leon tell us about their book, Meet The Deplorables: Infiltrating Trump America.
In May, President Trump crossed a dangerous Rubicon. He demanded that "his" Justice Department investigate the Mueller probe into his own campaign's ties with Russia. And Deputy Director Ron Rosenstein complied in part (although some say the compliance was an end run around complete capitulation.)
This intimidation of the independent judiciary falls squarely within the attack on democracy that Steven Levitsky warns about in the book he co-authored with Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die. The New York Times reviewer said,
Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies have collapsed elsewhere—not just through violent coups, but more commonly (and insidiously) through a gradual slide into authoritarianism. How Democracies Die is a lucid and essential guide to what can happen here.
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are professors of government at Harvard University.
Read an excerpt from How Democracies Die
Ted Rall & Harmon Leon
Ted Rall has been a guest on Writers Voice more than once to talk about his sharp skewering of the body politic. His targets have been not just the Republican rightwing but also the center-right, including Democrats.
Now he's teamed up with legendary infiltration journalist Harmon Leon to answer the question so many of us have been asking since the night of November 8, 2016: "What the hell happened?"
In their book, Meet the Deplorables, Leon goes deep undercover into the heart of Trump America, and Rall adds an innovative extra dimension to the book with his own essays and full-color cartoons.
Ted Rall has worked in almost every aspect of cartooning. His syndicated editorial cartoons for Andrews McMeel Syndication have appeared in publications like The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Washington Post, and Village Voicesince the 1990s and have earned him two RFK Journalism Awards and a Pulitzer finalistship.
Harmon Leon is a journalist, comedian, and the author of six previous books, including The Harmon Chronicles and Republican Like Me, which both won Independent Publisher Awards for humor. Leon has appeared on This American Life, The Howard Stern Show, MSNBC, Penn and Teller: Bullshit!, Last Call with Carson Daly, and the BBC.
See images from Meet The Deplorables.
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Tony Parker was married to Eva Longoria in 2007. The marriage was not a success and eventually, the couple separated in 2011. In 2014 Tony married again to French journalist Axelle Francine in San Antonio Texas.The couple has two sons Josh and Liam. Tony and Axelle are happily married to the present days.
Who is Tony Parker?
William Anthony Parker Jr. or on the other hand essentially Tony Parker is an expert b-ball player from France. He has played with the French national group. In 2001, he joined the San Antonio Goads. With Goads, Tony has won four titles in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014. He keeps on playing with the goads to the present days.
Tony Parker: Birth Actualities, Family, Childhood
Tony Parker was conceived on May 17, 1982, in Bruges, Belgium and brought up in France. His dad Tony Parker Sr. excessively was an expert b-ball player and his mom Pamela Firestone, is a Dutch model. He has two more youthful siblings T.J. what's more, Pierre. Viewing the worldwide popularity of Michael Jordan, Tony got roused to play basketball.
Tony Parker: Instruction History
Tony Parker learned at the INCEP, Paris which is the national establishment of game, mastery, and performance at France that trains first class competitors. His school detail is unknown. Obviously, at INCEP, Tony outfitted his ball aptitudes and set him up for the future ahead.
Tony Parker: Early Calling Life, Career
Tony began his profession with a club from Paris called Paris B-ball Hustling in 1999. He played with Paris Dashing for two seasons. Parker played at the Nike Band Summit in Indianapolis in 2000 against the American All-Star. To schools including UCLA and Georgia Tech Parker was a hot cake as he recorded 20, 7 helps, 4 bounce back and 2 takes at the summit and encouraged him to go along with them. He declined the proposition and remained in France. In 2001 Tony joined the San Antonio Goads. The club has won four NBA titles after Tony's entrance in the group including 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014 NBA title. So far Parker holds a record of 15.8 points, 1 square, 9 takes, 5.7 helps and 2.8 bounce back in normal per amusement in his vocation at the NBA. Tony likewise plays for the French b-ball group ASVEL since 2001. As a French resident, Tony has spoken to and won a few awards for his nation at the EuroBasket. The French group has won one gold, silver and two bronze together with Parker. He keeps on playing with the NBA San Antonio Goads to the date and appears to be set up for the following season.
Tony Parker: Lifetime Accomplishments and Awards
The 35-year-old b-ball star has packed away various decorations and honors in his so far vocation. 4 times NBA Champion, 6 times NBA Top pick, 3 times All-NBA Second Group, NBA All-Youngster First Group, Master A Best Youthful Player he has everything. Parker has additionally won a gold, a silver and two bronzes for his country in basketball.
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In a normal Tony procures fourteen million dollars yearly. His evaluated total assets is seventy-five million dollars.
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Tony Parker was scrutinized in France for a photo that he took with comedian Dieudonne M'bala. In the pic, Tony is found in a motion generally known as quenelle in France. The motion symbolizes anti-Semitism in France and assembled a great deal of open feedback against this NBA Star.
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Tony Parker is six foot two inches tall and weighs 84 Kilos. He has 39 inches Chest, 34 inches midsection, and 14 inches biceps. He wears shoe measure 11 (US). The shade of his hair is dark and that of the eye is dark too.
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The online life profile of Tony is swarmed with fans and supporters. He has in excess of 3 million adherents on Facebook, in excess of 2 million devotees on Twitter and 320K supporters on Instagram. Updated On Wed Oct 10 2018 Published On Wed Oct 10 2018 By Married Bio


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Third Century Crisis of the Roman Empire BBC
Feb 17, 2011 Contemporaries who lived through the third century upheavals looked back on the previous age as one of peace and prosperity, but in reality it could be said that Rome had lurched from crisis
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The Crisis of the Third Century The Crisis of the Third Century was a period of approximately 50 years in the third century AD, during which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed in the face of civil war, foreign invasion, plague, and economic depression. Sometimes known as "the Anarchy," it resulted in a collapse of Roman governmental authority.
Rome's Crisis in the 3rd Century: A Look at 7 Key Events
Jun 29, 2021 Rome's Crisis in the 3rd Century: A Look at 7 Key Events in History. Violent political instability, enemies spilling across faltering imperial borders, and twenty-four emperors in 50 years; this is the story of Rome's turbulent crisis of the third century.
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Jan 03, 2020 The history of the Roman Republic,and subsequently, the Roman Empire, is vast and rich, full of intrigues, conflicts, and incredible conquests.But no empire is without weaknesses, and history is often unforgiving and unpredictable. During the third century AD, the Roman Empire experienced its biggest crisis ever inner instability, civil wars, and numerous barbarian invasions,all
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Explanation: . The Crisis of the Third Century lasted from 235 CE until the reforms of Diocletian, almost fifty years later. During the crisis, Roman territory was split into three competing empires: The Gallic Empire in modern-day France, Iberia, and Britain; the Palmyrene Empire in modern-day Syria, Egypt, and Asia Minor; and the remainder of the Roman Empire, which included Italy, Greece
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Mar 07, 2017 Rome was returned to a single entity by 274 AD, but the old problem of the military dictating the Empire's leader arose and Aurelian was murdered by high ranking members of the Praetorian Guard. As well as military interference, an increase in enemies and a depressed economy, there was one other reason for the Third Century crisis.
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The Crisis of the Third Century, also known as Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis, (235-284 CE) was a period in which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of invasion, civil war, plague, and economic depression.
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Thegreatcoursesdaily The Roman Empire underwent a series of serious problems in the third century, so much so that an entire period in its history, approximately after the year 238 A.D., is referred to by the historians as 'The Crisis of the Third Century'.
Mar 07, 2017 Although the Third Century crisis began with the death of Alexander Severus, it was the Severan Dynasty that caused a lot of the problems in the first place. The increased presence of the military in politics coupled with vast salary increases gave soldiers a dangerous amount of power.
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Aug 22, 2020 The Roman Empire underwent a series of serious problems in the third century, so much so that an entire period in its history, approximately after the year 238 A.D., is referred to by the historians as 'The Crisis of the Third Century'. This crisis was rife with political and social instability, and can be characterized by certain broader
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Q: Python SMTPD library override version I'd like to emit my own message when someone connects to this smtp server.
import smtpd
import asyncore

class FakeSMTPServer(smtpd.SMTPServer):
    __version__ = 'TEST EMAIL SERVER'

    def process_message(self, peer, mailfrom, rcpttos, data):
        print 'Receiving message from:', peer
        print 'Message addressed from:', mailfrom
        print 'Message addressed to  :', rcpttos
        print 'Message length        :', len(data)
        return

if __name__ == "__main__":
    smtp_server = FakeSMTPServer(('localhost', 25), None)
    try:
        asyncore.loop()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        smtp_server.close()

However, I am still getting the response:
220 Win7-PC Python SMTP proxy version 0.2

How do I override the welcome message in python to see "TEST EMAIL SERVER"?

A: Just do
smtpd.__version__ = "TEST EMAIL SERVER"

somewhere (may be after import statements).

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Prison population in England & Wales: Social Indicators page
Published Monday, November 27, 2017
Prison population: Social Indicators page.
Between 1900 and 2017, the average prison population has increased five times. In September 2017 the prison population of England and Wales stood at 85,348, similar to annual monthly average in recent years.
As at December 2016, the most frequent length of sentence being served was a determinate sentence over 4 years. Around 43% of prisoners were serving this type of sentence. About a quarter were serving determinate sentences between 1-4 years.
The latest Ministry of Justice projections suggest that prison population will remain stable to June 2019, but then increase by 1,600 places above the current level to 88,000 in March 2022.
England and Wales had 156 prisoners per 100,000 population as at September 2017. This was an increase compared to 146 in 2014, but similar to 153 in 2011.
The Libray's Prison Population Statistics briefing paper contains updated UK-wide statistics.
Commons Briefing papers SN02620
Author: Grahame Allen
Topic: Prisons
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from django.contrib.gis.db import models
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

from ..reversion_utils import InitialRevisionManagerMixin

class ViolationManager(InitialRevisionManagerMixin, models.GeoManager):
    pass

class Violation(models.Model):
    """
    A violation on a specific parcel.

    """
    objects = ViolationManager()
    violation_type = models.ForeignKey('ViolationType')
    location = models.ForeignKey('li.Location')

    violation_datetime = models.DateTimeField(_('date/time'),
        blank=True,
        null=True,
    )
    external_id = models.CharField(_('external ID'),
        max_length=30,
        help_text=_("The ID of this violation in L&I's API"),
        unique=True,
    )
    case_number = models.CharField(_('case number'),
        blank=True,
        null=True,
        max_length=30,
        help_text=_("The case number of this violation in L&I's API"),
    )

    def __unicode__(self):
        return u'Violation (%s): %s at %s' % (self.external_id,
                                              self.violation_type.li_description,
                                              self.location.address)

class ViolationType(models.Model):
    """
    A type of violation, as defined by the Philadelphia Department of
    Licenses and Inspections.

    """
    code = models.CharField(_('code'),
        max_length=32,
        help_text=_('The code L&I uses for this type of violation.'),
        unique=True,
    )

    readable_description = models.CharField(_('readable description'),
        max_length=200,
        blank=True,
        null=True,
        help_text=_('The readable description for this type of violation.'
                    'This description will be used if available.'),
    )

    li_description = models.TextField(_('L&I description'),
        help_text=_('The description L&I gives for this type of violation.'),
    )

    full_description = models.TextField(_('full description'),
        blank=True,
        null=True,
        help_text=_('A longer description of this type of violation.'),
    )

    def __unicode__(self):
        return u'(%s): %s' % (self.code, self.li_description,)

    def get_description(self):
        if self.readable_description:
            return self.readable_description
        return self.li_description
    description = property(get_description)

class ViolationLocation(models.Model):
    """
    Where a violation was recorded.

    """
    objects = models.GeoManager()

    point = models.PointField(_('point'))
    address = models.CharField(_('address'),
        max_length=300,
        blank=True,
        null=True,
        help_text=_('The street address, created by concatenating house '
                    'number and street fields from the violation.'),
    )
    zip_code = models.CharField(_('zip code'),
        max_length=20,
        blank=True,
        null=True,
    )
    external_id = models.CharField(_('external ID'),
        max_length=30,
        help_text=_("The ID of this location in L&I's API"),
        unique=True,
    )

    def __unicode__(self):
        return u'(%s): %s, %s' % (self.external_id, self.address, self.zip_code)

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Националният отбор по футбол на Косово (; ) е сборният тим на страната, представящ частично признатата държава Косово на международни футболни събития. Под ръководството на футболната федерация на Косово.Към 29 ноември 2018 года отборът заема 131-во място в класацията на ФИФА, а в рейтинга на УЕФА -53-то (към 11 октомври 2017 г.)..

История
След разпадането на Югославия през 1993 г., новата държава Косово организира първоначално непризнатия си отбор по футбол, който провежда първия си мач срещу отбора на съседна Албания (мачът завършва с победа на Албания 3:1). Косовският тим е изиграл едва няколко мача, повечето от които срещу професионални клубове. Най-голямата победа е победата над отбора на Монако с резултат 7:1, спечелена под ръководството на Мухарем Сахити. Един от малкото турнири, изигран от националния отбор на Косово, е 50-годишнината на футболната федерация на Северен Кипър, проведен в началото на ноември 2005 г. Косовските футболисти остават на второ място, като губят финала от домакините на турнира – отбора на Северен Кипър, но побеждават отбора на Лапландия.

На 6 май 2008 г. представители на Косово изпращат писмо до ФИФА с искане за признаване на федерацията на Косово като пълноправен член и да им позволи да участват в квалификационните мачове за световни и европейски първенство в зона УЕФА. Президентът на федерацията по футбол на Косово, Фадил Вокри, нарича това действие "исторически момент" и изразява увереност, че Косово скоро ще бъде прието във ФИФА. През октомври 2008 г. обаче пристига отговор от ФИФА, според който искането е отхвърлено. Искането на Косово е нарушило точка 10 от регламента на ФИФА, според който само държава, призната от международната общност може да бъде член на ФИФА. Повторното искане на Косово за влизане във ФИФА и УЕФА е отхвърлено на 22 октомври 2011 г.

Приемането на федерацията на Косово става действителност през декември 2012 г., когато, на свое заседание в Токио, Изпълнителният комитет на ФИФА дава зелена светлина на косовските клубове, както и на националните отбори на страната, за провеждането на приятелски мачове с отбори, чиито футболни асоциации са членове на ФИФА.

На 3 май 2016 г. Косово е официално приета в УЕФА. Десет дни по-късно, на 13 май 2016 г., федерацията е приета и във ФИФА.

Историческият дебют на косовския национален отбор на официално ниво е на квалификационния турнир за световното първенство през 2018 и се провежда на 5 септември 2016 г. в мач срещу Финландия.

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