Les Golden
Les Golden is an internationally-known gambling writer based in Oak Park, Illinois.[1][2][3][4] He has written for gambling.com, iGamingBusiness, gamblingonline, and Bluff Europe print magazines. He became aware of card counting systems and became a card counter at the popular casino game of blackjack while a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, by reading the 1966 revised edition of Beat the Dealer,[5] the seminal work of mathematician Edward O. Thorp, who was aided in his computer simulations by programmers Julian Braun and Harvey Dubner.[6] As a graduate student in astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, Golden made monthly trips to Reno, Nevada and played blackjack using Thorp’s systems. He is the developer of the Golden Diagram technique for countering casino countermeasures at blackjack and the Magic Circle system for winning at biased roulette wheels. He currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois, and Reno, Nevada.
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[edit] Background
[edit] Education and Research
In addition to the many citations to his scholarly research in astronomy and the history of science, Golden’s writings and work has been cited in numerous books.[18]
The noted author and biographer Jordan Naoum has published collected writings of Golden in his 2011 book, Les Golden (Duc Publishing, ISBN 978-6-1368-4994-2)[19][20][21][22] which is available worldwide.[23]
[edit] Performing
Golden is an award-winning developer of sophisticated music notation software.[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50]
He is a published jazz critic.[51]
He has appeared numerous times as an actor on the live-broadcast productions of "Unshackled!" He was a featured regular on the Eddie Hubbard Show radio program as the character Jeffrey Clayton Maxwell from Bhutan. He was one of the stable of gifted Chicago character actors cast in numerous national and regional television commercials by renowned director Josef Sedelmaier of “Where’s the Beef?” fame. He is a member of both the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). He was a charter member of Chicago's Porchlight Theatre Ensemble. He has appeared in featured roles with Broderick Crawford, Tippi Hedren, Troy Donahue, Charlotte Ross, Susan Hart, Robert Petkoff, David Darlow, Bruce Jarchow, Paula Scrofano, and others.[edit] Organized Athletics
In athletics he was a two-sport letterman at Oak Park and River Forest High School and was the manager and third baseman of the "Goldenrods" at Cornell and manager and third baseman of the "Foul Balls" in the fast-pitch summer league at U.C. Berkeley. At JPL, he was the third baseman on the champion JPL fast-pitch team in the Glendale City League.
[edit] Astronomy Publications and Presentations
[edit] Renaissance Man Description
Les Golden is a Renaissance Man, a true polymath."Where to start in introducing the complete one-off individual that is Les Golden? Actor, stand-up comedian, humorist UFO lecturer, singer, astronomer, cartoonist, playwright, trumpet player, voiceover artist, political activist . . . we could go on. You can probably tell that Les is a bit of a character. Luckily for readers, he's also a great blackjack player,"[65]
"It would be an unusual man who really went by the name 'Cut the Taxes,' but Golden, of Oak Park, is an unusual man. He is an actor and educational software developer with a Ph.D. in astronomy; he is a trumpet player, writer and physics professor who devotes much of his free time to taxpayers rights issues."[66]
“His interests form a list so long as to stagger the imagination. He is a stand-up comic who has performed all over the United States and Mexico, a professional actor in more than 100 plays, films and commercials; and he is the author of Basic Composer, PC-compatible software that is used to compose, play back, and print music and lyrics. (As an astronomer), in 1986 he went on a Halley’s Comet cruise, following the comet from Acapulco to Greece and transmitting reports to the Syndicated Writers’ Group.”[67]
Les Golden has featured listings at Library Thing,[71] Illinois Authors, [72] and Authors Den.[73]
[edit] Gambling Writings
[edit] Introduction to Card Counting
[edit] Writings
He has written for Gambling.com,[76][77] Gambling Online,[78] iGaming Business,[79] and Bluff Europe[80][81][82] magazines, and as a newspaper columnist as a casino advocate.[83] His writing reflects his Renaissance man[84][85][86][87][88][11][89] multiple knowledge bases. With a technical background, many of his articles deal with probability issues in casino games, focusing on roulette, craps, and blackjack, and discussing such topics as the central limit theorem, the normal curve, and Gambler's ruin, and often employing Monte Carlo simulations and references to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, an area to which he had been introduced at Cornell University by his mentor Frank Drake and which is one of his research and public lecture areas as an astronomer.[90][91][92][edit] Golden Diagram
After the publication of Beat the Dealer, gambling casinos reacted to the advantage that a card counter gains over the house by adopting counter strategies. These included employing multiple decks rather than the single hand-held deck. Two-deck games and games employing four and six decks dealt from a so-called shoe became commonplace.
[edit] Magic Circle strategy
The Magic Circle strategy takes advantage of this potential bias and the non-random location of the various bets on the roulette wheel.[110][111][112] Golden showed that, after influencing the croupier to direct the ball into certain sectors of the roulette wheel, a team of players can lay bets in strategic locations on the wheel to secure profitable play.
[edit] Political Activity
[edit] Local
Golden began his political career with the non-partisan CARE Party. (Citizens Active for Respect for the Environment/Citizens Active for a Responsible Electorate) in Oak Park, Illinois. He later formed the TURF Party (Taxpayers United of River Forest) in the adjacent community. He was the president of UTOP (United Taxpayers of Oak Park) from 1991 through 2005.[113] As CARE party president he has been responsible for slating more than 70 candidates for local political office, achieving the election of eight on tax-accountability and environmental issues.[114] He has sponsored and moderated numerous taxpayer information forums.[115] His advocacy of tax-relief has led him to seek local elected office as “Cut the Taxes.”[116]
A major influence on animal welfare and environmental protection efforts locally and in the State of Illinois, Golden has been a leader in water and materials conservation, recycling, tree protection, wildlife protection, pesticide bans, efforts to retard global warming, and numerous other initiatives, as well as childhood education in these efforts. He has achieved numerous reforms in this regard as president of the CARE Party.His interest in tax relief has led to a leadership role in large-scale commercial development as principal of Holley Court Partners.[117]
[edit] Statewide and National
He is President of Citizens Active for Respect for the Environment/Citizens Active for a Responsible Electorate (CARE) in Oak Park, Suburban Coordinator of the Alliance of (Cook) County Taxpayers (ACT), and heads the National Taxpayers United of Oak Park.
Golden received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the National Taxpayers United of Illinois umbrella group in 1991 for his taxpayer advocacy efforts.
[edit] Photo gallery
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[edit] Quote
"The only famous counters are the ex-counters."
[edit] Published Books
- Basic Composer: An Analysis of Music Notation Software, Music Education Incentives Publishers (1988)
- Astronomy 101, UIC Press (1994)
- A Field Guide for Political Activists: How to Generate Support and Turn Out Your Voters, Lee Brooke (2008)
- Laboratory Experiments in Physics for Modern Astronomy, Springer Science+Business (2012)[154]
[edit] Selected Theatrical, Film, Radio, Television, and Commercial Credits
Title | Director | Role | Co-stars |
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Kronenbourgh Beer | Josef Sedelmaier | Murray | Bruce Jarchow |
Tony’s Pizza | Josef Sedelmaier | Vito | |
Chicago Tribune | Jim Wotring | Jo-jo | Marji Bank, Ernest Perry |
K-Mart | Jim Wotring | Lester | Tim Gamble |
Eagle Foods | Gerald Hagner | Les | Ken Anderson (athlete) |
Motorola Cellular | Ed Italo | Miller | Lee Trevino (athlete) |
Buick | Jim Parish | Cal | Don Majowski (athlete) |
True Value Hardware | Jim Lynch | Professor Astroray | (one-person show) |
Cognex | Stewart Talent | Timothy McCoy | Paula Scrofano |
Illinois State Lottery | Jeff Jones | Big Brother | |
Heinz Ketchup | Bob Shallcross | Les Golden (stand-up comedian as himself) | |
Bubble Up | Stan Cottle | Murray | Charlotte Ross |
The Len Petrulis Show | Len Petrulis | Phillipe Maurice, Parisian fashion designer | Kajon Mueller |
Freeman Shoes | Loren Ostir | Wally Tucker | |
Thrift Drugs | Clay Covert | Mr. Eisen | (one-person show) |
Madison Gas and Electric | Bob Wendt | Bob | (one-person show) |
Ohio Edison | Ken Ancell | Mr. Heater | (one-person show) |
American Family Insurance | John Alexson | Mark | Rick Plastina |
Outtakes | Jack Sell | Harvey Knox | Broderick Crawford |
The Nightmare Trial of Billy Barnes | Gerald Rogers | Edward Keppel | |
The Roommate | Nell Cox | Mr. Chipbeef | Barry Miller, Lance Guest |
Welcome Home, Bobby | Herbert Wise | Coach Lazare | Adam Baldwin |
How I Became A Holy Mother | Arnold Aprill | Master | Patti Shaughnessy |
Taming of the Shrew | Dale Calandra | Gremio | Ned Mochel, Susan Hart, and others |
YMCA | Jerold Haislmaier | Michael Marks | |
Ten Little Indians | Faith Dukor-Chaplick | Dr. Armstrong | June Atkinson, Russ Cady |
Stage Struck | James Carter | Herman | Jim Mullen |
The Odd Couple | Faith Baime | Vinnie | |
What the Wine Sellers Buy | Wanda Getsug | George | Lucy Evans |
The Little Sister | Ray Andrecheck | Toad | B.F. Helman |
Taming of the Shrew | David Darlow | Vincentio | Robert Petkoff, David Darlow, Kristine Thatcher, Greg Vinkler, Michael Halberstam, and others |
The Inspector General | Knowles Cooke | Bobchinsky | Stephen Straight, Barbara Tucker |
Eddie Hubbard Show Live from Arnie’s | Eddie Hubbard | Jeffrey Clayton Maxwell | Robert Goulet, and others |
Unshackled! | Jack O’Dell | Richard Goldstein (and others) | Judith Easton, David Mink, and others |
Deadly Spygames | Jack Sell | General Vladimir Korchenko | Tippi Hedren, Troy Donahue |
Lady Blue | Gary Nelson | Davey Carlton | Danny Aiello, Jamie Rose, Ron Dean |
[edit] Writing Awards
Competition | Sponsor | Award |
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Eric Hoffer and Lili Fabilli Laconic Essay Prize | Eric Hoffer | First Place Winner |
Cornell Engineer Feature Article Competition | Cornell University College of Engineering | First Place Winner |
Engineering College Magazines Association Awards | Engineering College Magazines Association | Best Editorial, Second Place Winner |
Engineering College Magazines Association Awards | Engineering College Magazines Association | Best Editorial, All Issues, Second Place Winner |
Griffith Observatory Science Writing Competition | Griffith Observatory | Honorable Mention Winner |
International Compuserve Magazine Essay Competition | Compuserve Magazine | First Place Winner |
Nicolaus Copernicus International Essay Competition | American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs | First Place Winner, Senior Division |
Tau Beta Pi Essay Competition | Tau Beta Pi Association | Honorable Mention Winner |
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Leslie_Morris_Golden
- ↑ http://www.librarything.com/profile/Les_Golden
- ↑ http://www.librarything.com/author/goldenlesliem
- ↑ http://www.authorsden.com/lesgolden
- ↑ Thorp, E. O. (1966) Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One, Random House, New York
- ↑ Thorp, E. O. (1966),Beat the Dealer: A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One, Random House, New York, pp. 93-94
- ↑ His parents are Irving R. (b. 1907) and Anne K. Golden (b. 1909; maiden name, Eisenberg). Anne had twin brothers, Irving and Sam (b. 1905), and twin uncles on her mother’s side, Michel and Kivah Gerstein (b.1876), making the Golden twins the third successive generation of male twins on the maternal side. The birth of the Golden twins was one of a record number of twin births at Wesley Memorial Hospital, a part of Northwestern Hospital in Chicago, in early December.
- ↑ (1943), “Twins Tend Record Twin Crop,” Chicago Herald-American, December 4, p. II-3
- ↑ Petlicki, Myrna (1997), “Golden memories,” Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois), July 2, p. B3-6
- ↑ Kogan, Rick (2005), “Lawyer also designed, built bars,” Chicago Tribune, July 24, p. IV-7
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://www.cornell65.com/interest/golden.html
- ↑ http://badgrads.berkeley.edu/doku.php?id=alumni:old
- ↑ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2006ASPC..356...87F, page 90
- ↑ http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/welch.html
- ↑ (1979) Hawking, S. W. & Israel, W. General relativity: an Einstein centenary survey. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-22285-0. “A much cited centennial survey”; books.google.com/books?isbn=0521222850
- ↑ http://nrc58.nas.edu/aodir/gen_page.asp?mode=detail&sql=idnumber='760817'
- ↑ http://www.astronomy.com/sitecore/content/Magazine%20Issues/1994/April%201994.aspx , page 22
- ↑ see, for example, The Complete Guide to the Illinois Software Industry, Chicago Software Association; Cornell Engineer, Cornell University College of Engineering; Mix Hypermedia, Mix Publications; The Griffith Observer, Griffith Observatory; http://books.google.com/books?id=99oqAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Leslie+M.+Golden%22&dq=%22Leslie+M.+Golden%22&hl=en
- ↑ www.renotransmission.com/installation.html
- ↑ www.oakparkjournal.com/2012/2012-Book-announced-Golden-bio.html
- ↑ www.topix.com/forum/games/blackjack/TM5R2SK854B8812DS
- ↑ www.publishingheadlines.com/biography-of-les-golden-published-by-duc-publishing/
- ↑ See, for example, www.barnesandnoble.com/w/les-golden-jordan-naoum/1104425304; http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Jordan-Naoum/dp/6136849941/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327941857&sr=1-1; http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=9786136849942; http://www.betterworldbooks.com/les-golden-id-6136849941.aspx
- ↑ http://www.elephantinformation.com/CEMENT%20FLOORING%20or%20HARD%20DIRT%20GROUND.htm
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-11-24/news/0411240206_1_new-trees-oak-park-district-mulberry-trees
- ↑ Dwyer, Bill (2007), “Tree Fury at Field,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, July 10, p. 1; http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/07-10-2007/Tree_fury_at_Field
- ↑ Noel, Josh (2007), “Oak Park tree-removal plan heads for debate,” Chicago Tribune, July 12, p. 7; http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-07-19/news/0707181717_1_trees-park-renovation-plan
- ↑ Golden, Leslie M. (2005), “Elephant deaths are a matter of physics,” Chicago Sun-Times, January 28, p. 24
- ↑ (2000) “Trailside needs a champion,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest (editorial), November 1, p. 32
- ↑ Vincent, Ed (2002), “The Lost Chukar,” http://www.suburbanjournals.com/Stories2002/Lost-Chukar-Returned-Home-2002.html, August 10
- ↑ see, in addition, for example, Golden, Les (2002), “All it would take is a fence to keep critters alive,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, June 12, p. 41; Golden, Les (2000), “Les ‘Cut the Roadkill’ Golden says, Slow Down!”, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, April 19, p. 25; Golden, Les (2000), “Hey, Sylvestri, save our furry and feathered friends,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, October 25, p. 34; Little, Rebecca and Trainor, Ken (2000) “Silvestri responds to Golden, Trailside,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, November 1, p. 2; Golden, Les “Let’s Save the Dogs” Golden (2002), “Ask politicians to make dog fighting a felony,” May 22, p. 32; (2008), “Inside Report: Les ‘Cut the coyotes a break’ Golden,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, January 23, p. 5; Linden, Eric (1991), “’Dandelion Dig’ idea blooming,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, May 29, p. 7; (2001) Golden, Les, “It’s not easy being green, but here are some ideas”, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, April 11, p. 40
- ↑ (2004) http://www.oakparkjournal.com/2007/2007-Field-Park-ralley-July-8th-2pm.html
- ↑ “Oak Park Environmentalist Persuades School to Save Taxpayer Dollars, Intergovernmental Cooperation the Key to Recycling Dutch Elm Mulch,” www.oakparkjournal.com/stories2004/2005-les-golden-mulch-nov.html
- ↑ http://villageofoakpark.com/Stories2002/2003-Les-Golden-comments-July4th-music.html
- ↑ (1994), “A film career far (but not removed) from Tinseltown,” Compuserve magazine, August, p. 55
- ↑ (1982) “Improvising Your Way to Success,” Spring,1, 6, p. 34
- ↑ (1984) “The boss is never wrong,” Screen magazine, October 1, p. 19
- ↑ www.imdb.com/title/tt0097170/
- ↑ www.locatetv.com/person/les-golden/118760
- ↑ http://www.reelz.com/person/146084/les-golden/movie-friends/
- ↑ Petrulis, Len (1982), “Golden TV ‘Spoof’ on Reality,” Berwyn Life, May 19, p. 14
- ↑ http://ucjazz.berkeley.edu/
- ↑ Nolan, Herb (1989), “An Astronomer Tackles the Music Software Marketplace,” Upbeat, November, p. 45-46
- ↑ (1989), “100 Great Products for Under $100,” Electronic Musician, December, 5, 12, p. 46
- ↑ Mahin, Bruce P. (1989), “Choosing Music Notation Software,” The Instrumentalist, 43, 11, p. 26-31
- ↑ (1989), “Basic Composer,” Music Educators Journal, April, p. 20
- ↑ Kuzmich, John (1990), “Scoring With Computers,” Jazz Educators Journal, 23, 3, p. 52
- ↑ King, Patricia (1990),” “Basic Composer,” The Music and Computer Educator, 1, 10, p. 26
- ↑ (1991), “Basic Composer 4.3,” Compute, 13, 2, p.90
- ↑ Lynch, Dennis, (1990), “Unlock your creativity via computers,” Chicago Tribune, February 23, Section 3, p. 3, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-23/entertainment/9001160136_1_computers-apple-iigs-steve-jobs
- ↑ Golden, Les (1994), “Ravinia places Chicago on map for jazz fans,” Northwest Leader, August 3, p. 6
- ↑ http://lambiek.com/artists/g/golden_les.htm
- ↑ Golden, Leslie M. (1971). “Evolution of Quasar Optical and Radio Luminosity,” Nature, 234, 103; http://www.nature.com/nature-physci/journal/v234/n49/abs/physci234103a0.html
- ↑ Golden, Leslie M. (1974). “Isotropy of Radio Source Populations from Comparison of Number - Flux Density Curves,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 166, 383; http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1974MNRAS.166..383G
- ↑ Golden, Leslie M. (1974). “Observational Selection in the Identification of Quasars and Claims for Anisotropy,” Observatory, 94, 122; http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1974Obs....94..122G
- ↑ Golden, Leslie M. (1979). “The Effect of Surface Roughness on the Transmission of Microwave Radiation Through a Planetary Surface,” Icarus, 38, 451; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0019103579901994
- ↑ http://www.springer.com/astronomy/astronomy,+observations+and+techniques/book/978-1-4614-3310-1?detailsPage=authorsAndEditors
- ↑ (1997), “Physics sails the world,” UIC News (University of Illinois at Chicago), April 30, p. 2; http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=4005
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-01-20/news/0401200115_1_communication-satellites-mars-initiative-astronomy
- ↑ http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?30437-Benefits-Of-A-Mission-To-Mars
- ↑ articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/astronomy/recent/4
- ↑ (2005) Anderson, Holly, “Day shortened by quake, astronomer calculates,” http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-110D9F0B0030ACF0.html, January 5
- ↑ http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/2004/12/
- ↑ (1997) Trainor, Ken, "Who is Les Golden?", Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, April 2, p. 29-37
- ↑ (2009) Lines, Chris, "A Word From the Editor," Gambling Online, August, p. 8.
- ↑ (1995) Zorn, Eric, "This Candidate Is A `Cut The Taxes' Above The Rest," Chicago Tribune, October 3; http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-10-03/news/9510030038_1_wallace-gator-bradley-candidates-taxes. See also, (1994), "A film career far (but not removed) from Tinseltown," Compuserve magazine, August, p. 55; Krapf, Paula (1995) "Silence not Golden: aspiring local politico a man of many names, Faces," Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, September 20, p. 4
- ↑ (1991) “CB as a Channel for Discovery,” Compuserve Magazine, December, p. 18
- ↑ Petlicki, Myrna (1997), “Golden memories,” Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois), July 2, p. B3-6
- ↑ http://villageofoakpark.com/Stories2002/2003-Les-Golden-comments-July4th-music.html
- ↑ Lynch, Dennis, (1990), “Unlock your creativity via computers,” Chicago Tribune, February 23, Section 3, p. 3, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-02-23/entertainment/9001160136_1_computers-apple-iigs-steve-jobs
- ↑ http://www.librarything.com/profile/Les_Golden
- ↑ http://www.illinoisauthors.org/authors/Leslie_Morris_Golden
- ↑ http://www.authorsden.com/lesgolden
- ↑ www.unr.edu/rjf/
- ↑ http://nrc58.nas.edu/aodir/gen_page.asp?mode=detail&sql=idnumber='760817'
- ↑ http://www.professional-poker.com/news/2006/nov/764-gamblingcom-poker-content.htm.
- ↑ http://www.gambling.com/Blackjack/tips-strategies/194/the-blackjack-breakdown
- ↑ www.gamblingonlinemagazine.com/casinos.php
- ↑ http://www.igamingbusiness.com/content/shannon-elizabeth-heats-gamblingcom-magazine
- ↑ http://www.sbg-globalblackjack.com/p/blackjack-news-headlines-for-september-02-2011
- ↑ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff_Magazine
- ↑ www.bluffeurope.com/
- ↑ Golden, Les (1992). “Pleasant Home: Here's a Worthwhile Gamble,” Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois), July 31, p. 21
- ↑ (1994), “A film career far (but not removed) from Tinseltown,” Compuserve magazine, August, p. 55
- ↑ (1995) Krapf, Paula, “Silence not Golden: aspiring local politico a man of many names, Faces,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, September 20, p. 4
- ↑ Trainor, Ken (1997), “Who is Les Golden?”, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, April 2, p. 29-37
- ↑ (1998) Silver, Moe (name adopted by writer Ken Trainor for purpose of article), “The Clone Ranger divides again”, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, April 1, p. 52
- ↑ Trainor, Ken (2001) “Funny, he doesn’t look shrewish,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, August 1, p. 2
- ↑ http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/facts_about__les_golden_28
- ↑ (1983). “People Focuses on Fellow Who Makes ETs His Specialty,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, November 16
- ↑ (1983), “Rosary prof makes stars come to life for ‘ET’ class,” Suburban Sun-Times (West), July 1, p. 14
- ↑ (1984). ”Halley's Comet, Alien Life Highlight Astronomer's Talk,” Harlem-Irving Times, March 2, p 3
- ↑ Lines, Chris (2009), “A Word From the Editor,” Gambling Online, August, p. 8.
- ↑ http://triblocal.com/oak-park-river-forest/community/stories/2010/06/cut-the-taxes-golden-is-now-cut-the-cards/
- ↑ http://triblocal.com/members/dianenichols/mentions/
- ↑ Golden, Les (2010), “So, Do You Feel Lucky, Punk. Well, Do ‘Ya? ,” Bluff Europe, October, p. 88-89
- ↑ Golden, Les (2010), “Yonder Lies the Castle of my Fodder,” Bluff Europe, November, p. 90-91
- ↑ Golden, Les (2010), “The Rain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Plain”: Camouflage by Status,” Bluff Europe, December, p. 90-91
- ↑ http://students.berkeley.edu/finaid/undergraduates/hofferprize.htm
- ↑ (1974), Griffith Observer, number 6
- ↑ (1991) “CB as a Channel for Discovery,” Compuserve Magazine, December, p. 18
- ↑ http://www.gambling.com/blackjack/tips-strategies/194/the-blackjack-breakdown
- ↑ http://www.appliedprobability.org/content.aspx?Group=tms&Page=tmsabstracts36_1#eight
- ↑ Golden, Les (2010). “Countering the Casino Countering of Counters: The Golden Diagram to the Rescue,” Bluff Europe, June, p. 84-85
- ↑ Golden, Les (2011). “Trust Me: An Undetectable Winning System For Blackjack! ,” Bluff Europe, March, p. 94-95
- ↑ Golden, Leslie M. (2011). “An Analysis of the Disadvantage to Players of Multiple Decks in the Game of 21.” The Mathematical Scientist, 32, 2, p. 57-69
- ↑ Golden, Les (2011). “Stepping Out With My Baby: The Stepwise Betting Strategy,” Bluff Europe, April, p. 92-93
- ↑ Dixon, P. (2005). “Roulette Wheel Testing,” Report on Stage 3.1 of NWML/GBGB Project Proposal
- ↑ http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2007/ph210/hall1/
- ↑ Golden, Les (2009). “Vodka Can Make You Tilt: How You Can Win At Roulette,” Bluff Europe, November, p. 90-92
- ↑ Golden, Les (2009). “With The Tips In This Article You’ll Become Wealthy Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!,” Bluff Europe, December, p. 90-92
- ↑ Golden, Les (2010). “Beginners in the Casino: Camouflaging Team Roulette,” Bluff Europe, January, p. 90-91.
- ↑ http://www.oakparkjournal.com/Stories2002/2003-national-taxpayers-protest-op-sept-25.html
- ↑ see, for example, (1989) CARE joins school board fray, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest , July 31, page 1; (1989) CARE tries to seek new identity, Oak Leaves, October 11, page 7; (1990) CARE endorsements have defeat the "incumbent" goal, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest , October 31, page 21; (1991) CARE challenges shake up village races, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, February 6, page 1; (1991) CARE: a party in search of an image, Oak Leaves, August 14, page 8; Thomas, Sherry (1995) “Is Runningbear really ‘Cut the Taxes’?”, Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois), August 23, p. 13; Linden, Eric (1995) “New OPRF ‘slate’ reads like a hoax,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, August 9, p. 7
- ↑ see, for example,(2006) “Oak Park tax gripes to be discussed”, September 26, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-09-26/news/0609260292_1_property-tax-property-owners-steep-hike; (1987) 200 turn out at CARE tax forum, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, October 7; CARE tax forum adds speakers, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, September 9, 9; http://www.oakparkjournal.com/Stories2002/2003-national-taxpayers-protest-op-sept-25.html
- ↑ (2003) Golden, Les “Cut the Taxes” Golden, How to turn the Barrie negative into a positive,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, February 26
- ↑ http://www.oak-park.us/public/pdfs/Planning/Harlem_South/2006%20RFP%20Responses/09.26.06_Holley%20Court%20Partners.pdf
- ↑ see, for example, Stopeck, Marc (1991), “Shrubtown,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, July 24, p. 17; Stopeck, Marc (1991), “Shrubtown,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, August 14, p. 22; Stopeck, Marc (1991), “Shrubtown,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, August 21, p. 23; Stopeck, Marc (1991), “Shrubtown,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, August 28, p. 21; Stopeck, Marc (1992), “Shrubtown,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, August 12, p. 24; Stopeck, Marc (1993), “Shrubtown,” Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, August 11, p. 22
- ↑ (1996) Kass, John, “Nothing dull about 7th race – U.S. House contest full of controversy,” Chicago Tribune, March 8, Section 2, p. 1
- ↑ (1992) Zorn, Eric, “But Yakov seems so, so . . . judicial,” Chicago Tribune, March 10, Section 2, p. 1
- ↑ (1996) Montgomery, Susan, “GOP slates Golden to run for state rep,” Oak Leaves, July 3, p. 10
- ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16936&WhenStart=2011-08-06+12%3A51%3A32
- ↑ (1996) “Cut taxing districts,” Berwyn Life October 9, p. 22
- ↑ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/773242/posts
- ↑ (2002), Mission: Fool voters (editorial), Chicago Tribune, January 18, p. 18
- ↑ http://anti-state.com/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=1446
- ↑ http://ddd-hph.dlconsulting.com/cgi-bin/newshph?a=d&d=HPH19980107.2.3&cl=&srpos=0&st=1&e=00-00-0000-99-99-9999--20--1----Sen.+Obama-all
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-09-18/news/0209180186_1_ballots-fractional-jagielski
- ↑ http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/10-30-2002/Golden_wins_Cut-The-Taxes_suit,_sues_again_
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-10-16/news/0210160202_1_blagojevich-spokesman-doug-scofield-illinois-state-board
- ↑ Zorn, Eric. (1995) This candidate is a Cut the Taxes above the rest, Chicago Tribune (Metrowest), October 3, p. 1; http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-10-03/news/9510030038_1_wallace-gator-bradley-candidates-taxes
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-10-23/news/0210230072_1_golden-ballot-orr
- ↑ http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_discussion_forum/showthread.php?p=136091
- ↑ www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-1110F700ED5B9A50.html
- ↑ http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2009/09/should-we-use-cheryle-robinson-jackson-or-stick-with-cheryle-jackson-.html
- ↑ (1996) Hevrkejs, Judy and Conklin, Mike, “Cutting Les,” Chicago Tribune, March 12, p. 2
- ↑ (1996) “ ‘Cut the Taxes’ cut from GOP ballot,” West Suburban Post, March 8, p. 5
- ↑ http://forums.gunbroker.com/pop_printer_friendly.asp?TOPIC_ID=34426
- ↑ http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0428ham005&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=&DocNum=0428&GAID=3&Session=
- ↑ 10 ILCS 5/16-3 (e)
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-06-03/news/0306030127_1_orr-slogans-78th-district
- ↑ Trainor, Ken (1997), “Who is Les Golden?”, Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, April 2, p. 29-37
- ↑ www.champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/docs/2012/2012CanGuide.pdf
- ↑ www.elections.il.gov/downloads/electioninformationcourth/pdf/2011canguide.pdf
- ↑ www.iicle.com
- ↑ http://www.umsl.edu/~kimballd/illinois.pdf
- ↑ law.onecle.com/texas/election/52.031.00.html
- ↑ 10 ILCS 5/16-3 (f)
- ↑ (2008) Sweeney, Chuck, Constitutional convention? Here's a pro-con, Rockford Register Star, June 18; http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/x1713643550/Constitutional-convention-Heres-a-pro-con
- ↑ (2008) Wilson, Doug, Business group says constitutional convention would be too costly, risky, Quincy Herald-Whig, July 15
- ↑ www.chicagogop.com/home/blogger/drlesmgolden/
- ↑ http://www.chicagogop.com/component/comprofiler/userprofile/drlesmgolden
- ↑ (1995) Schory, Brenda, “Loud protest trails quiet passage of tax cap bill,” Kane County Chronicle, July 7, p. 1
- ↑ http://www.springer.com/astronomy/astronomy,+observations+and+techniques/book/978-1-4614-3310-1
[edit] Technical Publications
[edit] Probability and Statistics in Astronomy
1. Golden, Leslie M. (1971). “Evolution of Quasar Optical and Radio Luminosity,” Nature, 234, 103.
2. Golden, Leslie M. (1974). “Isotropy of Radio Source Populations from Comparison of Number - Flux Density Curves,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 166, 383.
3. Golden, Leslie M. (1974). “Observational Selection in the Identification of Quasars and Claims for Anisotropy,” Observatory, 94, 122.
4. Golden, Leslie M. (1979). “The Effect of Surface Roughness on the Transmission of Microwave Radiation Through a Planetary Surface,” Icarus, 38, 451.
[edit] Technical Articles on Gambling
1. Golden, Les; Thompson-Hill, Jeremy; and Theobold, Rick (2008). “Has Online Gaming Reached Saturation Point?,” iGaming Business, March/April, p. 16-17.
2 Golden, Les; Turner, Noah; and von Bar, Jens (2009). “The Death of the RNG,” iGaming Business, July/August, p. 56-59.
3. Golden, Leslie M. (2011). “An Analysis of the Disadvantage to Players of Multiple Decks in the Game of 21.” The Mathematical Scientist, 32, 2, p. 57-69.
[edit] External links
- [1] Home Page
- [2] An Interview With Les Golden
- [3] N.E.A.R.
- [4] U.C. Jazz
- [5] KALX Radio 90.7 FM
- [6] Illinois Authors Listing
- [7] World Catalog Listing
- [8] Collected Writings
- [9] Library Thing Listing
- [10] Authors Den Listing