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Gloria Leonard, Al Goldstein's friend and colleague, is on the phone from New York City. "Victims again?" Goldstein says to the former pornographic-movie star and publisher of High Society magazine. "It was a setup. You can't win, Gloria." It seems Leonard had been invited to appear on Geraldo to discuss police raids on porn parlors, but she soon realized the show was about women becoming "victims" of pornography, a subject Al Goldstein knows quite a bit about. "So Geraldo lied again," Goldstein says in a conciliatory tone. "He's the ultimate slut.... Listen, I had lunch with a guy from Newsweek the other day. I want you to talk to him. You can have space in my magazine to editorialize. You can come on my show and do a `Fuck You' to Geraldo...."
For Goldstein, such a reaction is typical. For the past 23 years he has published the New York tabloid Screw, a raunchy weekly whose newsprint pages are filled with images of copulating human flesh. He is one of the nation's most outspoken advocates of pornography, a man whose views on the subject amount to one credo: anything goes. And he's not at all shy about jumping into the fray when anyone suggests life should be governed otherwise. So it was only natural that he should have taken up residence in Pompano Beach, which is part of Broward County, infamous for its intolerance toward matters risque. Not only does moving to a Pompano Beach condominium put the rotund Goldstein in the belly of the beast, but it also allows him to run for sheriff, a position currently held by Nick Navarro, a national symbol of censorship after his much-publicized efforts to ban rap group the 2 Live Crew. But Sheriff Nick had better watch out. With a ferocity that belies his mild, personable manner, Goldstein has a tendency to assault his enemies with verbiage.
In the February 11 issue of Screw, for example, Goldstein attacks Leonard Stern, owner of the Hartz Mountain pet products corporation and the Village Voice. "All of Stern's cutthroat business dealings are a feeble attempt on his part to compensate for his ugliness, his shortness, his vile and malodorous existence," writes the Screw publisher. "Here was a man, I thought - giving him the benefit of the doubt - who would try anything to erase the shame of his tiny dick." After outlining how Hartz was to blame for dog and cat deaths related to the use of the company's Blockade flea repellant, Goldstein adds, "Stern already has to kick away the dead animals at his doorstep just to go home at night."
Broward County won't elect a sheriff until November of 1992, but Al Goldstein's campaign has already begun, despite the fact that he doesn't expect to have established permanent residency for another six months. Goldstein, who is the travel editor for the Australian Penthouse magazine and the author of a book-in-progress about travel (he's assisted in much of this by Gil Reavill, his long-time ghostwriter), is a mover, but he hopes to cut down on his globe hopping soon. "I hope to finish all those obligations within the next six months," he says. "In June the Libertarian Party will, hopefully, choose me as their candidate. If not, I'll run as an independent. Beginning in June I hope to be here permanently. And whether I win or lose, I'll probably be here 95 percent of the time." (A Libertarian Party official says Goldstein has been invited to speak at the group's convention at the end of May.)
Goldstein has a soft spot for animals. On the square, glass coffee table that separates his big-screen Sylvania TV set from his overstuffed living-room couch stands a framed photograph of Porky Pig, a pet hog who grew so big so fast that Goldstein was forced to orphan him to a farm near Lake Worth (visit planned soon). A tiny Yorkie named Petey, sporting a heavily bandaged hind leg and a surgical scar on its recently shaved hip (clearly the work of a talented and high-priced veterinarian) runs around the condo. "She's so spoiled," Goldstein says of the dog. "Come here Petey, c'mere baby. My wife spoils her." Passing the blame is quite uncharacteristic of Al Goldstein, and it soon becomes evident that he's lying. If anyone spoils the yappy little canine, it surely is the animal's big daddy.
The seventh-floor condo where Petey and Goldstein hold sway is not ostentatious. The interior was obviously built for comfort - the big-screen TV is topped by a pair of VCRs, several remote control devices are piled on the coffee table, the white couches are soft and plush. A small, fully ornamented Christmas tree stands next to the television set a month and a half after the holiday. There are chess boards in various locations around the apartment. Two rental videos - Last Exit to Brooklyn and The Freshman - lie on an end table; Goldstein says he's eager to watch them so he can return the movies without paying a late fee.
Goldstein's mother had lived in Florida for 30 years, and when she died two years ago, her son, who says he always hated Florida, bought a condo here. "My mother's Florida," he reflects, "was very different. She was at this Century - this old people's home - Village. But then I found I like the ocean, I love the weather, and I've really fallen in love with the place. I'm really happy here."
Four months ago Goldstein bought the unit directly below his and had a steep spiral staircase installed to join the two apartments. While the lower flat is incompletely furnished, it does contain the essentials - a fluffy couch and a TV set, this one a Mitsubishi with an even bigger screen - 70 inches. "If I can't have a big dick," Goldstein quips, "I can at least have a big screen." The view from the small balcony is inspiring: the Atlantic Ocean, boats foaming the open waters, traffic moseying along Route A1A, a clump of trees like an oasis off to the west, and there, peeking above the roof of a neighboring three-story apartment house, gusting due west in the breeze, waves an American flag.
The flag might be the most fitting symbol for a man who utilizes the First Amendment to its full potential. In the early days of Screw, Goldstein was regularly arrested on obscenity charges, which he successfully fought on constitutional grounds. Goldstein says he was arrested nineteen times in the first two years of publishing Screw, but he has not been busted since 1977, the year he was cleared of federal charges. These days he reviews X-rated movies for Penthouse magazine, has appeared in one adult film himself, and evaluates sex clubs and prostitution-related services in his Screw.
But those who would scoff at the notion of America's best-known pornographer and most outspoken journalist displacing Nick Navarro as chief law-enforcement officer of Florida's second most-populated county might be in for the sort of surprise Hartz's Leonard Stern received when he thumbed through the February 11 issue of Screw. About becoming sheriff, Goldstein says he's as serious as doggy death.
"I have a sense of what I'm dealing with," says the potential lawman. "I know Nick has adherents and a lot of people despise him. And so for me, it's a sense of what's necessary - researching, I didn't realize he had a [department] budget of $170 million [annually], and I've got to immerse myself in the issues. The bottom line will be - I'm not a law-enforcement person - it would be, What's my philosophy, who I would hire, and what help I'd get. Obviously my own credentials are wanting. He's supposed to spend 95 percent of his time on media. I was reading - have you read this? - `Why Is This Man Hugging a Pig?' This is all you need to run against him. He's his own worst enemy." The paradox is too obvious: Navarro hugs pigs for the camera, Goldstein hugs Porky because he loves his pig.
The article he refers to, published in the Miami Herald's Tropic magazine in August 1990, goes into great detail about Nick Navarro's astounding nose for newsmaking, his utter devotion to seeking publicity for himself. The story's anecdotal opening treads much closer to Goldstein's habitual territory: in the midst of an interview, the sheriff is called upon to submit to a "surprise" urine test. Glancing at the pee bottle's one-and-a-half-inch opening, Navarro asks, "Do you have one with a bigger mouth?"
The present sheriff seems to think he waves a large staff. "I wish my dick was five inches longer," says Goldstein. "I always envied John Holmes.... I always wanted women to be awed by my size." (Despite repeated requests, the usually publicity-hungry Sheriff Navarro declined to comment about his penis or anything else for this article. "He's not doing anything political right now," a spokesman explains.)
But like Sheriff Nick, Goldstein craves attention. His greatest regret about the failed prosecution of the 2 Live Crew - he attended the trial - was that the rap group snagged all the media's time. "I kept attacking Nick [in Screw and other forums] because busting 2 Live Crew seemed absurd," Goldstein explains. "Then I went to the trial every day, and I not only saw a stupid arrest in terms of, why bother philosophically, but I saw it ineptly handled. If you're going to do a bust, do it well. There were so many inappropriate things Nick did - he had his people using a microcassette recorder left in a shirt pocket, the tape was so muffled the jury laughed. He became a laughingstock, and, I must say, Broward County became the laughingstock of the nation."
It was the 2 Live trial that sparked Goldstein's campaign to unseat Navarro in 1992. "That's when it coalesced in my mind," he recalls, "that not only is this man dangerous politically, but that he's also dangerous as a policeman. If you're going to be a Nazi, be a good Nazi. Whatever we say about Hitler, he was efficient in the execution of Jews. If Nick were executing Jews, I think only six would have died and six million would have walked out alive. So I said, `Get off your ass, Al. Don't just write editorials attacking him, see if you can do something. I already have the time, I have the inclination, I'm going to use my own money. Unlike Nick, I'm not going to be knocking on people's doors for money and then owe favors. I really do believe I'll win." Goldstein has had campaign T-shirts manufactured, and he's renting advertising space on the outfield wall of Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium, where the minor-league Miracle baseball team plays.
Alvin Goldstein grew up in Brooklyn, where his obesity, stuttering, and a tendency to wet his bed made him a target for neighborhood street bullies. His father was a meek grade-school dropout who worked as a photojournalist, his mother was a Russian immigrant, and Goldstein was, he says, "a typical Jew." At age sixteen, with the help of his Uncle George, who made the arrangements, and a Fourex condom, which provided protection, Goldstein, who already masturbated regularly, lost his virginity to a prostitute. The next year he dropped out of school and joined the army's Signal Corps. He spent two years taking photographs, including one off-duty assignment that had him preserve for posterity depictions of his sergeant receiving oral sex from a prostitute. That first explicitly sexual photograph was the start of something big.
In the winter of 1958, Goldstein used the GI Bill to enter Pace University in downtown New York City and soon took a job with his father as an apprentice photographer. He also added another extracurricular activity - the one-time shy boy and stutterer became captain of the college's debate team.
Suddenly successful and now able to seduce women by dating them rather than hiring them, Goldstein, almost predictably, rebelled. He argued with his professors, grew a beard and adopted other beatnik accouterments, wrote campus-paper editorials denouncing school policies, and set aside his textbooks in favor of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and especially Henry Miller.
During the Christmas holidays of 1960, the island nation of Cuba, freshly revolutionized by Fidel Castro, was on the verge of breaking diplomatic relations with the United States, and Al Goldstein was in Havana, working as a photographer for the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. "I was very politically left," he recalls. "I'm not saying I was communistic, but I just hated United Fruit, and I felt that Fidel should be given an opportunity and that Eisenhower was a piece of shit."
With full credentials and four cameras, Goldstein began capturing images of the new left - shots of the female militia marching through the calles, close-ups of anti-American billboards, depictions of military installations. "And this is the contradiction of life versus a symbol," he remembers. "Six hours after I'm in Cuba, I'm arrested and thrown in jail for five days. That's why I have such a problem with the right and the left. I don't trust true believers. They scare me. It was shocking to be imprisoned by a leader who I supported so much. That's when I realized how complicated politics is."
After dropping out of college in his junior year because he had trouble passing math courses, Goldstein worked as an insurance agent, achieving significant sales at Mutual of New York before the bottom fell out. He manned the dime-pitching booth at the New York World's Fair in 1964, sold rugs and encyclopedias, donated blood regularly, and became a cab driver (he still keeps his hack license current, "something to fall back on").
In 1966 Goldstein was hired by a subsidiary of the Bendix Corporation to sabotage a change of unions by employees. He accomplished his mission - a five-vote margin among 400 workers decided against a new union. But two years later, in 1968, he wrote a story for the New York Free Press that exposed the Bendix affair. The paper's editors, who paid Goldstein $100 for the piece, thought the article, headlined "I Was an Industrial Spy for the Bendix Corporation," would be explosive. It wasn't. The paper received not a single letter or phone call about the expose.
Nonetheless Goldstein, who was driving a cab at the time, had tasted the pleasures of ink and newsprint. He grew friendly with Jim Buckley, a typesetter and assistant editor at the Free Press, and together the two started up a tabloid that would specialize in explicit sex, which Goldstein saw as an untapped market. In the summer of 1968, Buckley and Goldstein pitched in $150 apiece, and that November Screw was born. The debut issue, twelve pages thin, featured on its cover a woman wearing a bikini and suggestively holding a large salami. By the tenth issue, the newspaper had doubled in size and increased its circulation (author Gay Talese put its circulation at the time at 100,000, but Screw's distribution is neither audited nor monitored). The first of many arrests occurred on May 30, 1969, when cops busted the publication's top editors after the release of an issue that featured a photograph of then-mayor John Lindsay flaunting "his" giant penis. Police also arrested any sidewalk vendor brave enough to sell Screw, including some who were blind. Eventually Screw would be praised by authors Talese and Gore Vidal as America's most honest newspaper. Talese, in fact, devoted a large section of his mid-Seventies best seller, Thy Neighbor's Wife, to a biography of Goldstein and the history of Screw.
After seven prosperous years marred only by those pesky obscenity busts, Buckley wanted out of Screw. "He was tired of getting arrested," Goldstein recalls. Buckley's return on his initial investment indicates Screw's success: Goldstein paid him $500,000 for his half.
Today Screw is still overseen by Goldstein, but the tabloid is produced by a crack staff of underlings. Goldstein says he keeps a hand in the words that go on the cover; above each week's full-color illustration is a small box for a type logo: "Bah! Humjob!" (for Christmas, natch), "Damn, That's Good Porn!" and "More Poon Per Pound" are examples. Longer teases are stripped across the top: "Deadly Sex Gifts for Sickos," "Jailhouse Cock," "Hitler: Shmuck or Stud?" and "Mid-East Muff: Blowjobs in the Sand" have appeared
Typically 72 pages thick, and priced at $2.25 (it cost 35 cents back in 1968), Screw mixes unabashedly sexual articles with movie-ad satires, reviews of books and other media, and advertisements for prostitutes and phone-sex lines. Throughout, the publication is illustrated by photographs of people engaged in the three activities often used to define obscenity: erection, penetration, and ejaculation. You won't find any of that in Playboy or Penthouse. Along with the pornography are dozens of witty bits: articles carry bylines such as Warren Pietz, Benjamin Waugh (for the Ben-wa masturbation device), and the ever-popular John Milton; headlines are generally clever - "Satin Worship" over a story about sheer lingerie, "On the Rags" for a piece about sensationalist tabloids from the past, "Dragnut" for a report covering the trial of 2 Live Crew, which began, "Ladies and genitals, a word from our Leerless Feeder, Al Goldstein...." Goldstein bon mots are placed in the staff box on page three, a la Mad magazine's Alfred E. Neuman: "I wish I had a dollar for every nickel I have," "I went from fabulous to fat in 21 days," and "I'm an eats-seeking missile."
Goldstein attributes Screw's longevity to something more philosophical than puns and buns. "I think if anything, unlike [Playboy's Hugh] Hefner and [Penthouse's Bob] Guccione, I think readers like me because they've identified with me. I'm not better than my reader, I'm as confused and bewildered and befuddled as he is. I really see myself as everyman." Screw does indeed present an editorial product that touches - and fondles and gropes - a nerve in anyone who wasn't born celibate. It attempts to cater to every sexual tendency except pedophilia, violence, and bestiality. "In the same way that Geraldo and Oprah get weirder and weirder subjects, people get a little desensitized," Goldstein says. "I think a lot of people are bored with sex and they're looking for kinkier and kinkier stuff. And in no way are we talking about the two things which I'm against: child pornography and rape I'm absolutely appalled by. But as long as it's consensual, let people play it out. I know a lot of people who go to S&M clubs - wonderful, you wanna hang from the ceiling upside down, do it. There's nothing wrong with fun. That's my fantasy with Nick Navarro - handcuff him, tie him upside down, hang him from one of his tent-city jails. Probably love it. Probably give me a couple hundred dollars."
Not everyone is as multidimensional as Al Goldstein, whose acceptance in more mainstream circles is intriguing given his rebel-without-a-pause gusto for shocking people to their senses. He's had his work published in Playboy and Penthouse (not to mention the New York Times, Film Comment, and Harper's), appeared on Geraldo, and has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Sexuality. His carefully favorable PR bio (instead of dropping out of Pace, for example, it says he "completed his education" there) describes Goldstein as "a writer, a photographer, a gadget buff, a film aficionado, a family man."
In 1970 Terry Southern, in his novel Blue Movie, envisioned the future of adult movies. Two decades ago skin flicks were relegated to the deep, deep underground - most were poorly crafted, one-camera, 8-mm stag films shown at crude parties and in urban red-light districts. In Southern's book, the world's top film director, Boris Adrian, who has won the Best Picture Oscar two years running, is inspired by these silent, black-and-white movies. He wonders what would happen if a sex film were made on a three-million-dollar budget, with real actors and actresses, proper lighting, and multiple camera angles. Another character, a producer, says to the great director: "Jesus fucking Christ, B.! Here you are with everything in the world going for you, and you worrying about making some dumb broad hooker look good in a dirty movie! Whatta you, nuts?!?"
Almost immediately after its publication, Southern's prophecy was fulfilled by Deep Throat (filmed in Miami during 1970), which captured the nation's attention, did boffo box-office, and made Linda Lovelace something more than a household name when it appeared in 1972. A slew of blue movies shot on 35-mm stock followed in Deep Throat's wake, and for the first time porno reached beyond the raincoat crowd. Based solely on the publicity generated when law-enforcement officials cracked down on theaters bold enough to show it, couples and other curious mainstreamers went in droves to see Lovelace's X-rated antics.
Though at first Linda Lovelace basked in the media spotlight, in her autobiography, Ordeal, she denounced pornography and her performance. In the book, she claims she was beaten, raped, and forced to act in the movie by her husband/manager, adding that she assuaged her traumatic suffering with heavy doses of the painkiller Percodan.
"There was a time," Goldstein recalls, "in 1971, '72, '73, when the films really got much better. They were shooting 35-mm, Gerry Damiano [who directed Deep Throat as well as the highly regarded The Devil in Miss Jones, which Goldstein chooses as an all-time favorite] was making some really good movies. Sure he had Bergman pretensions...." Goldstein has cited many of the films from porn's Seventies heyday in the "X-rated Video" review column he writes for Penthouse. About The Opening of Misty Beethoven, he opined in 1985 that "this consummate piece of adult entertainment had `classic' written all over it when it was released as a film, back in 1976...." Of 1974's The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, he offered this: "These last two [actresses] turned in a state-of-the-tart lesbian scene. And when Barbara Bourbon is asked to deep-throat Marc Stevens, she performs so well she'd qualify as a sword-swallower for Ringling Brothers. Pamela Mann proves that although nations fade and empires crumble, a good blowjob is timeless."
"I thought there would be a breakthrough," Goldstein says today. "I was wrong. I thought the Hollywood films would have the porno scene. The Postman Always Rings Twice, when Jack Nicholson was shtupping the girl in the kitchen, Jessica Lange - why stop? Don't stop. Go all the way, show it. Don't make that the replacement for the story, but why pull away? I didn't want to see like the old days, when they'd show a train going into the tunnel or water lapping at the beach. But the feminism started moving in, and the Jerry Falwell influences."
As the Seventies ended, videocassette players entered the marketplace, and upstanding people, couples, just about everyone who had a video-rental outlet in their neighborhood began to avail themselves of the new technology. Porn moviemakers, who saw the possibilities, began transferring blue movies to tape and selling and renting them. In 1980, one-half the home-video rental/sales business consisted of X-rated releases. By the middle of the decade, 100 to 150 new porn-video titles were being issued each month - about 1700 were released in 1985, as opposed to 400 in 1983, the same year the American public bought some 5.5 million VCRs. In 1985, Jack Valenti, speaking as the president of the Motion Picture Association of America, told the Cincinnati Post, "It is now much more appropriate for Americans to watch hard-core pornography in their own homes."
But while yuppies celebrated the new wave in adult entertainment, Goldstein regularly bemoaned it in his Penthouse column. He still sees the Eighties revolution as damaging. "[Modern pornography] is very feeble, the product is terrible," he says. "Now the films are, for the most part, shot on video. The girls, instead of being actresses, are now paid for sex scenes. And the [movies] I look at (and I try not to, but have to because of Penthouse) really very rarely have human components. I do think pornography is detached and unconnected, and that's okay, too. It's a fantasy, and there's nothing wrong with that. No one wants a James Bond movie to be Dostoevski. It's a roller coaster, it's a game, it's a distraction. But pornography as a distraction has gone backward. It saddens me, but the people who make the films have little pride, and the people who finance them have no pride. And I guess I'm over on the sidelines saying, `Have integrity, be willing to be busted, use your name.' And I'm probably being passed by as an old fuck. X films are really cruddy. They're like kung fu movies. Within their own limits, that's as good as they're going to be. It's like Police Academy 17."
Video's effect on the artistic merits of X-rated filmmaking notwithstanding, the porn boom set the moralists afire. As Goldstein knew back in 1969, the true threat to disseminators of explicit material comes not from those who wear badges but from those who would force their morality on others. In October of 1984, Goldstein, along with porn stars Veronica Vera and Seka, appeared before Congress to offer their argument. The two actresses addressed Linda Lovelace's infamous recantations, saying they'd never seen anyone forced or even coerced into appearing in a porno movie. Hence the doers needed no legislative protection, thanks. Goldstein countered the second argument for censorship, i.e., dirty movies make rapists of otherwise nonviolent men. "Pictures do not trigger rape," he told the nation's lawmakers flatly.
The latest revolution in the adult- entertainment arena has nothing to do with dirty pictures - these days phone-sex lines are the new wave in pseudo-sex. (Toll lines with the 900 prefix, which include but aren't limited to sex lines, are expected to generate three billion dollars in revenue this year nationwide.) Goldstein was on top of this trend - his own sex-phone operations provide most of the advertising in his magazine and on his TV show. "I make a lot of money there," Goldstein says, resting his Diet Pepsi on the coffee table. "Phone lines are amazing. It shows that people love fantasy. Most of the people who work for us at the phone lines are not that attractive. They're sort of fat, ugly women, but they have sexy voices. Guys believe in fantasy. I think women believe in love and men believe in sexual fantasy, which will sound sexist, but I do believe it. So somebody can have safe sex by calling a Gloria Leonard line or Seka line, they get their rocks off, there's no risk of AIDS, and if a guy is married, he's not really cheating. And I just think sex is a buffet table. In the same way I don't want to be precluded from having dessert, I think, Let people have whatever choices they want. I'm happy to be sort of like the McDonald's of sex. I'm offering fast sex for people who want it. Hopefully we taste better than a Big Mac."
Even while fearlessly treading the jagged edge of the First Amendment, Goldstein is willing to admit some people find some things distasteful, and such an admission doesn't necessarily show them to be morally lacking. Even he has his likes and dislikes. "I've seen gay films," he says. "A lot of them are a turn-on for me. But I hate the fist-fucking scene - I've seen 'em take it to the elbow. I don't want to be peed on, I don't want to pee on you, I don't want be shit on...you know. There are some things I find so gross. You have every right to not like certain things. Because I'm always fighting fat, I don't like fat women. How can you deny your humanity? Fat for me is an issue of self-hate. I wouldn't fuck myself at this weight."
Between the lurid ads for the Seka line, 970-SCREW, and others, Goldstein's cable show, Midnight Blue, features guest interviews, commercial spoofs, strippers, and legitimate film clips courtesy of Hollywood - Madonna's "Justify My Love" video, a love scene from Wild Orchid, and anything else from the mainstream that steams the screen. Airing twice a week in Manhattan, the TV show stops short of explicit sexual activities, and, in fact, reaches its most controversial moments during Goldstein's "Fuck You" segment, in which he berates - and seemingly libels - anyone who has crossed him.
Not long ago Goldstein served his own lawyers, and the cable station that airs his program, with a "Fuck You." Someone from the ACLU, after a 1975 obscenity bust, had said that Goldstein gives freedom of speech a bad name. "Which is probably true," says Goldstein. "But tough, that's exactly what it's all about. They're representing me in a case against Manhattan Cable. One of the clearest pillars of law is that precensorship is not permitted. People like myself are allowed to put out what we want to and then suffer the consequences. For sixteen years I've had to presubmit Midnight Blue to Manhattan Cable. It took the American Civil Liberties Union up until two years ago [to take action]. They're still dragging their heels - there won't be a hearing until May. It's offensive to me to have to presubmit my show." So in no uncertain terms, Goldstein went on the air and told his own lawyer, his two ACLU attorneys, and Manhattan Cable: "Fuck you." (An ACLU spokesman in Washington, D.C., comments, "I don't know much about that case, but he has the right to tell his own counsel to have intercourse with himself. We've always objected to prescreening in principle. We've also very frequently defended his publication. We're not in the business of commenting on moral or aesthetic values. If there is a willing seller and a willing buyer, then it's constitutionally protected.")
Manning the Midnight Blue camera, according to the title credits, is Patty Goldstein, Al's fourth wife, a thin and wholesomely attractive 30-year-old who looks younger. "We've been married a year and a half," Goldstein says. "I alternate. I had a Jewish wife, a shiksa, a Jewish wife, I'm in the shiksa stage now. Patty's Irish, but I'm working on her." His wife is also a Catholic who attends church services weekly; Goldstein is an atheist. "We shouldn't lose compassion for those people who, frankly, are very weak and want to believe that when you die, you go to heaven," he says seriously. "When my mom died, it was very painful, and I wondered if it would change me - would I go from hard-core atheism to believing in heaven? Well, I'm still a hard-core atheist. But fairy tales - if you want it, you can have it."
Goldstein's third wife, Gena, bore him a son, Jordan, now seventeen. Like father, Goldstein says, the son is a bit of a rebel. "I planned all this sex-positive stuff," he admits, recalling his first father-son, birds-and-bees chat. "He was so uninterested in discussing it with his father. He was totally embarrassed. I said, `Jordan, I really do know a lot about this, if there's anything you ever want to ask me.' He's never asked me or his mother one word about sex. He's sex-positive in that he's against censorship. He's sort of a shy kid; I leave him alone. Whatever he'll be, he'll be. Ironically his rebellion has been a strange road he travels. Rather than stealing hubcaps or doing drugs, he's become health conscious. He's a body builder, so that's the ultimate rebellion, he eats what's good for him. He looks at me, and I guess he's so humiliated by my weight that he's gone into this sane eating. He's a good kid, a bright kid, and I like the fact that he's a liberal."
Goldstein's own liberalism becomes clear when he addresses matters that will fall under his aegis when he's elected sheriff of Broward County. "I have an issue that I think will be very controversial," he says. "I really have a great problem with drugs being an area of crime. I really would favor legalizing drugs because so much manpower is spent on this. I took drugs in the Sixties, I don't do drugs now, I haven't done them in years. My drug now is Haagen-Dazs double chocolate chip. In the same way nobody closes down Haagen-Dazs, if someone wants to do drugs, let 'em."
The wanna-be sheriff argues that drug-related crimes stem from the need to acquire money to purchase the drugs. "I want real criminals put away," says Goldstein. "Leave the hookers alone, the pornographers alone. The people who want to do crack and other stuff, let 'em do it. If they kill themselves, that's their decision. I'm concerned about consequences. If you're drunk and driving, I want you to lose your license permanently because you're hurting people. This probably won't play very well with the old people and the condo people, but I want to point out to them that they'll be safer because they're not going to be mugged by someone who needs money for drugs.
"My son thinks I'm wrong, that I give a message that drugs are okay. I think my son is wrong. I think I give a message that one takes responsibility for his or her choices. Knowing my son, he'll probably campaign for Nick."
Goldstein says his favorite enterprise was a newsletter called Gadget, which folded three years ago after losing money since its inception.
(Ramrod, a gay-oriented spin-off of Screw, folded a few weeks ago; Goldstein's also published newsletters with the functionally descriptive titles Cigar and Death.) Gadget covered the world of high-tech toys for adults - an obsession Goldstein says dates back to his childhood, when he wanted to be the first kid on the block to own a Captain Midnight Decoding Ring. He initiated Gadget in 1975 to justify his purchases of a Hovercraft, millions of dollars worth of audio-visual gear, even a robot.
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Many years ago, Goldstein's electronic lifestyle was profiled by Technology Illustrated magazine. The article listed his numerous gadgets, and quoted Goldstein revealing again his tendency toward envy. "Hugh Hefner has sixteen full video arcades in his game room. His satellite dish is twice as big as mine. Talk about penis envy? I have satellite envy. Mine's only a ten-foot dish."
These days Goldstein finds other reasons to envy Hefner. "I saw a T-shirt in L.A. that said `I want to be Hugh Hefner for a day,'" he says. "I don't think anyone wants to be Al Goldstein for a day. You have to go to my analyst, you have to be carrying an extra 100 pounds, you have to have Jewish guilt."
He doesn't want to be Hefner for a day, but Goldstein would like to be a movie star. Years ago he played himself in a movie called Thrilled to Death, he joined the actors' union, and he says he longs for another role. "Yeah, but no one calls," he says, polishing off his Diet Pepsi. "Susan Seidelman had me audition twice for movies. I was supposed to play a lawyer in Cookie. She said she was typecasting me, the lawyer was right out of Al Goldstein's Midnight Blue editorials. I was basically to play me, and I couldn't even play me. I froze. But that's my fantasy, my dream - to be a fat Tom Cruise."
To prove himself more sincere and honest than his fellow sex-based publishers, Goldstein also once appeared in an X-rated movie, It Happened in Hollywood. "I got a blowjob on-camera," he recalls. "I didn't want to be a hypocrite. Hefner wouldn't do it, Guccione wouldn't do it. The girl who gave me the blowjob, I asked her if she'd have lunch with me. She said, `No, because that would be intimate.' The blowjob was business. That's the difference between pornography and real life.


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When It Comes to Young Wildlife, If You Care, Leave It There
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is reminding everyone that, when it comes to young wildlife, remember the motto, "If you care, leave it there." Maine's wildlife mothers will often leave their young alone for hours at a time, while they go hunting for food. But they will almost always come back.
Wildlife is active this time of year, so it isn't at all unusual to come across baby fawns, moose calves, robins, raccoons and other young wildlife in your backyard, or while out hiking. Although the animal may look vulnerable, it's actually just fine.
The IF and W's Doug Rafferty says, "Especially moose, bear, and so forth, don't get between the young one and the mother because, that's going to result in something that nobody wants." Not only could the mother get aggressive, but animals carry diseases like rabies that could be deadly.
If you come across a healthy young animal, leave it alone. If you have pets, put them inside your home or on a leash so they don't disturb the young ones. And if you do think an animal has been orphaned, please call an IF and W regional biologist to alert them to it.
Sometimes it's necessary to move nests with babies, like squirrel or birds nests. Rafferty says, again, it's best to contact an expert and let them handle it safely and efficiently. For more information on how to deal with young animals, log onto the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's website.


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Leaked Paramount Email Exposes Full Slate of Future Projects
by Ethan Anderton
August 18, 2010
Source: The Wrap
Yesterday we reported on a new Bad Robot project from the mind of J.J. Abrams with "Lost" series director Jack Bender on board to helm the project which takes the make-out game 7 Minutes in Heaven and gives it a deadly twist. Well, that project turned out to be one of dozens of projects in a leaked email from inside the offices of Paramount Pictures which was uncovered by The Wrap. The email itself is just a list of projects the studio is working on with brief updates, and while many just confirm previous news, there's interesting developments involving Will Smith, World War Z, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and much more.
Priority Projects
Triple Frontier:
Last we heard about this project from The Hurt Locker team of director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal was that the high stakes ensemble project was going to start shooting early next year. It looks like the plan is to get it off the ground by December or January, but the best news is that Bigelow has been meeting with Christian Bale and Will Smith for roles. In addition, the previously rumored meetings with Javier Bardem and Sean Penn are confirmed, but no mention of Denzel Washington. This sounds like an Avengers-style collection of A-List actors, so I can't wait to see who finally gets cast.
Young Adult:
Paramount is looking to pick up this next new collaboration between director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody with Charlize Theron attached to star. Deals are being finalized with Mandate to figure out financing/producing responsibilities and they're hoping to start production in October or November. That pretty much confirms that this will be Reitman's very next project.
My Mother's Curse:
We've only heard about this wacky new comedy briefly before, and there was no reason to suspect it was coming down the road anytime soon. But apparently it's a priority for Paramount with Seth Rogen and Barbara Streisand starring in what we previously heard was a road trip comedy. Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses) is set to direct, and Paramount is hoping for a November start date.
World War Z:
Director Marc Forster and Brad Pitt are still very much on board to direct and star in this adaptation respectively, but the good update here is that the studio loves the new draft of the script from Matthew Michael Carnahan (The Kingdom, State of Play), so it won't be too long before some solid progress is made.
Twilight Zones:
Though we weren't aware of a title when this project was mentioned earlier this year, "The Sopranos" creator David Chase's coming-of-age rock drama (with apparently no relation to the seminal sci-fi series?) is moving forward with casting completely unknowns to play the young guys who form a rock band in the 1960's.
The Dictator:
We already heard about this new Sacha Baron Cohen project back in April, but now it has a title and the studio is just waiting on a script. If you don't recall, this comedy will see Cohen playing two different wacky characters: a goat herder and a deposed foreign dictator who gets lost in the United States. Apparently it's "in the spirit of Coming To America meets Trading Places." That sounds just fine to me.
Meanwhile, other priority project updates include casting discussions (but with no names mentioned) for Tommy Wirkola's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters dark project, as well as Mission Impossible 4 (though it's listed as MI3 for some reason). Writing updates see Star Trek 2 in the midst of its first draft while the Chris Pine led Jack Ryan reboot Moscow is looking for a new writer to re-write the script before getting the greenlight. Also, we just heard Stephen Sommers would return for the sequel, but apparently Paramount loves the G.I. Joe 2 script written by Zombieland's co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
Other Projects In Development
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
Back in May we heard Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes was taking over development on the new live-action adaptation, and now it looks like John Fusco's script wasn't all that great. A new writer is being sought as quick as possible since this is a huge property for the studio.
Hasbro Factory:
This project was first uncovered by Pajiba back in May, but the prospect sounds like such a shitty way to sell more toys through a shoddy narrative that we just didn't care about it (back then or now). Apparently this project is a reality, though, that's described as Night at a Museum in a toy factory. Obviously there's going to be some Toy Story elements, too, but does anyone really care?
What Men Want:
This sequel will see Cameron Diaz in the same shoes as Mel Gibson (hopefully not in real life) where her character will end up hearing the inner-most thoughts of men. The script needs to be polished but there's no mention of a director yet.
Nevada Smith:
Though the project sounds like it might be a parody of Indiana Jones, the project is actually a remake of a 1966 film following a guy who tracks down everyone who has wronged him. Apparently it's like The Fugitive meets Taken. Jamie Linden (We Are Marshall, Dear John) is currently writing the script.
Other projects in the writing phase include Zoolander 2, Max Steel (without Taylor Lautner, apparently) and sadly that aforementioned comedic Baywatch movie is also waiting on a first draft of the screenplay.
There's plenty of other projects on the list which you can see in its entirety over at The Wrap, but it sounds like Paramount is pretty well set on its production slate for the next couple years, with a very wide variety of projects covering a lot of genres that sound both awesome and awful. While some certainly seem intriguing, I'm personally only mildly interested in most of them (with the exception of World War Z, Triple Frontier and Mission Impossible 4 - which I'm definitely excited about). I guess we'll have to see how these projects pan out as they develop, so stick around for any updates. Which projects interest you guys the most?
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Top 10 Coolest Anime OPs
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Sep 10, 2016 05:31 JST
- Tags: Cowboy Bebop, Music, noGamenoLife, OP, Psycho-Pass, Rankings, Shingeki no Kyojin
Yet more notable anime songs have come under scrutiny by fans in their attempt to rank them according to their level of "coolness", resulting in one colossal franchise being taken down by a clever series that focuses on two recluses.
1. This Game (No Game No Life)
2. Guren no Yumiya (Shingeki no Kyojin)
3. Abnormalize (Psycho-Pass)
4. Tank! (Cowboy Bebop)
5. Hey Kids!! (Noragami Aragoto)
6. Gekido (D.Gray-man)
7. *~Asterisk (Bleach)
8. Goya no Machiawase (Noragami)
8. Lupin the Third '80 (Lupin the Third: Part II)
10. X-encounter (Tokyo Ravens)
10. Golden Time Lover (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)


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Hi there,
Just a quick question about the way SilverStripe handles custom URLs. They don't appear to allow any way of showing hierarchy. For example, the normal way to show page hierarchy on a site would be to have the URL:
Whereas SS uses:
This raises two issues for me:
1)What happens if I have a multitude of parent-pages that have the same set of sub-pages? Would I have to manually enter in a URL such as http://example.co.nz/parent-page-sub-page/? Yuck!
2)If someone comes into the site by following a link, and it is a subpage, they may be interested in the general topic the sub-page is covering, and they may want to see what else the site offers in this area. Under a "normal" URL structure they could simply remove the sub-page from the URL and they'd find the parent-page. Now I know you can employ breadcrumbs to do this as well, but breadcrumbs take up site real-estate and aren't always appropriate.
Is anyone able to offer any reasons for this design choice?


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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
Special Guests
Saturday, December 13, 2003
Suzzy and Maggie Roche sang with their sister, Terre, as The Roches for over twenty-five years. Recently, Suzzy and Maggie have recorded Zero Church an unusual collection of prayers they gathered and set to music as a part of Anna Deavere Smiths Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at Harvard University.
Butch Thompson is well remembered for his 12-year run as the house pianist on A Prairie Home Companion, dating back to the show's second broadcast in July 1974. In 1978, The Butch Thompson Trio was formed for the show and remained the house band until 1986. As a soloist, Thompson has long been regarded as a leading traditional jazz musician. More recently, he has put together an eight-piece group called the New Orleans Jazz Originals. In 1962, he joined the Hall Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band on clarinet and began a series of pilgrimages to New Orleans, where he studied with clarinetist George Lewis and became one of the few non-Orleanians to guest occasionally at Preservation Hall. Thompson's first recording, Butch Thompson Plays Jelly Roll Morton Piano Solos, has been re-issued as a Biograph CD. His most recent offerring is a solo release called, On Tour, recorded in England.
Vince Giordano has been a working musician since the age of 15. He is the founder and leader of Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, a band dedicated to performing the music from Jazzs golden age. He has performed at the Smithsonian, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center. He played Sean Penn's bassist in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, and also works as an archivist for BMG records.
Violinist and saxophonist Andy Stein has been called "The original fifth Shoe." A member of Guy's All-Star Shoe Band on A Prairie Home Companion from 1989 to 2001, Stein collaborated with Garrison Keillor to create the opera Mr. and Mrs. Olson. He has appeared on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with David Letterman, and has performed with such artists as Itzhak Perlman, Eric Clapton, Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Joel, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, and many others.
Trumpeter Randy Sandke played in Benny Goodman's big band from 1985 until Goodman's death. He has also recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Mel Torme, and Doc Severinson, to name a few, as well as performing with Steve Allen, Woody Allen, and Bill Cosby. He has performed as a soloist at Carnigie Hall over a dozen times, and has appeared at Kennedy Center, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, and the Hollywood Bowl.
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).


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Sale bests nerves in first game action
Sale bests nerves in first game action
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Having started in high school and college did not prepare Chris Sale for his first trip to the mound as a full-fledged member of the White Sox rotation for Saturday's intrasquad game at Camelback Ranch. "Honestly, I came in here like a deer in the headlights," said a smiling Sale, after throwing two scoreless innings covering 22 pitches that included one strikeout and no walks. "It was like, 'Where am I going now?' "I was like a little kid in that I came in here and I was asking Gavin [Floyd], 'Hey, what are you doing now?' So just talking to [White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper] and the trainers, trying to find something to get where I need to be. Not doing too much or doing too little."
Sale yielded a first-inning double to Gordon Beckham when he fell behind and gave up a leadoff single to Alexei Ramirez in the second. But the lanky southpaw induced a double-play grounder from Tyler Flowers, started by shortstop Brent Lillibridge, after Ramirez's hit and retired Alex Rios and Paul Konerko with Beckham on second. It was a good start for Team Dunn, the eventual winner in Saturday's showdown by an 8-4 margin over Team Konerko. It was a better start for Sale, who threw all of his pitches consistently in the zone. "You take stuff from every time out -- good, bad or indifferent," Sale said. "I'd say today went well for me. I threw all my pitches and got some ground balls. Just moving forward and trying to build on this." "He got a double play on a changeup. He got Rios on a breaking ball. He threw some first-pitch breaking balls for strikes," said catcher A.J. Pierzynski of Sale. "He moved the ball around effectively. He fell behind Beckham and gave up the double, but other than that, he was ahead in the count and early action."


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After some coaxing from his coach, DeMar DeRozan challenged his teammates to come out of the all-star break strong.
DeRozan and Dwane Casey chatted on the plane ride over, with Casey making it clear what he expected out of the face of the franchise. The message was heeded from DeRozan and from the others. While John Wall put on a one-man show at the other end, Toronto continued to play as a complete team — a trend since a season-defining trade with Sacramento was made back in December — and the latest result was a 103-93 win in D.C.
"We talked last night as a team about the next 30 games, what to expect as a team and DeMar followed up this morning with a talk," Casey said. "Now we've got to follow it up with action."
Step 1 was a success. DeRozan was one of seven Raptors to score at least five points in the opening half, while Wall had 19 points through the opening 24 minutes, but got little help, aside from big men Marcin Gortat, Nene and Trevor Booker, who scored, but were wretched inside, allowing 60 Raptors points in the paint.
Wall managed only three more the rest of the way.
"One thing with us, we adjust well," DeRozan said afterward about what changed when defending Wall.
"We understand we can't continue to make the same mistakes if it's one player or if it's team defence." Casey said the team made adjustments with how the big men were helping on Wall and it paid dividends.
"Amir came in and gave us a bit more quickness at the point of the screen which helped us a lot," he said.
Johnson returned after a two-game injury absence and gave the team a lift.
Kyle Lowry, ensnared again in trade rumours and still sour from being robbed of an all-star berth, shook off a tough, 2-for-8 start (albeit one that saw him hand out seven assists against just a single turnover) to score 14 points in a third quarter that saw the visitors pull away. Lowry finished with 24 points and 10 assists, DeRozan, Johnson and Greivis Vasquez, 14, as the Raptors shot 57% from the field.
"He took the game over in the third quarter and willed us to a win," Casey said of Lowry.
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After some coaxing from his coach, DeMar DeRozan challenged his teammates to come out of the all-star break strong.


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By Lynsey Paulo
The second rector in the history of Faith Episcopal Church, Rev. Dr. Sean Cox, officially assumed his new post on Sunday, Jan. 27, during an installation ceremony performed by Rt. Rev. Barry Beisner, Bishop of the Diocese of Northern California.
Guest preacher Very Rev. Dr. Douglas Travis, dean and president of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, where Father Cox obtained his Master of Divinity, also participated in the ceremony. Cox also received a Doctor of Ministry at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va.
Cox held rector positions in California, Arizona and Texas before accepting the position as priest of Faith Church in late 2012. His installation marks the culmination of a three-month transition during which Father Kent McNair, founding rector of the 20-year-old Faith Church, conveyed to church membership his sincere support and confidence in Cox.
McNair, wife Kathy and parishioners gave a warm welcome to the Cox family in November when the rector's wife Katherine, daughter Rebeckah and son Brian joined him in time for the holidays.
"The congregation at Faith is diverse and wonderfully friendly," said Cox. "My focus is to enhance the spiritual vitality and inherent strengths of the church while seeing how we can go beyond the parish to enrich and tend to the needs of the community, learning and growing together as neighbors and friends building a solid foundation for the future."
Cox, a U.S. Navy Reserve Chaplain, served a tour of duty in Afghanistan. He continues to support the men and women of the armed forces, working with returning veterans of the Persian Gulf War to assist with their spiritual needs as they chart a new life upon their return to the United States.
Cox became an ordained deacon at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, Tucson, Ariz, in 1996 and an ordained priest in 1997 at Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, Ariz., June 1997. He graduated from the University of Arizona in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Spanish.
Faith Episcopal, 2200 Cameron Park Drive in Cameron Park, welcomes visitors to its 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday services.


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The small, white, specimen was found at a depth of about 2.5 miles (13,500ft) in the Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii.
The octopus did not have fins and all suckers were in one row on each arm, said Michael Vecchione, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The octopus "did not seem very muscular," he added.
"This resulted in a ghostlike appearance, leading to a comment on social media that it should be called Casper, like the friendly cartoon ghost," Mr Vecchione said.
"It is almost certainly an undescribed species."
It is unusual to find an octopus without fins so deep in the ocean, said Mr Vecchione.
The octopus was discovered during a search of the ocean floor by a remotely operated vehicle from NOAA's Okeanos Explorer.


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Like Inspector Gadget, CEO Carlos Ghosn seems able to extend a balance sheet beyond lengths anyone thought possible. He's a man insiders seem to love, hate or love to hate. But one thing's clear, he seems to be doing something right — 'cause Nissan's reporting a 9.4% profit for the first quarter of the year. In fact, the numbers look so good the Japanese automaker decided "Heck, let's go drop $200 million on a plant in St. Petersburg, Russia!" For those not-quite-clear, St. Petersburg is to Leningrad as New York was once New Amsterdam. Still not sure? New York was once New Amsterdam as Istanbul was Constantinople. Why they changed it? We can't say — people just liked it better that way.
Nissan quarterly profits up 9.4% to $1.3 billion [Detroit News]
More on Carlos Ghosn [internal]


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Ansolan 21:32 26 Nov 2009
Whenever this happens, most times turns out to be the path. Can't see from here exactly what's happening on your server but every image URL I tried returned a 404 (not found)which appears to apply to the entire images folder.
Set aside web editors, or thinking of the source code as different to the page. Go to your site in file manager, open the pages on the server to see the source code (you may need to use the "edit" option, then see exactly where your images are supposed to be e.g.
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Picture this: You walk into a new, huge grocery store. You can't find the mustard. So you bring up a mobile app, type in "mustard," and it tells you exactly where it's located. It takes you there, too, telling you when to turn left or right, just as your everyday GPS would direct you to a friend's house.
This "indoor GPS" technology is being developed by Radnor, Pa., couple Mary Kate and Chet Dagit — and they think it could potentially change the way we shop at grocery stores, find an item within a sports stadium or locate someone who needs help.
They started RTP Holdings in 2012 (the same month as their 10-year wedding anniversary). It took the pair two years to spearhead their now patent-pending Lokita software, which brings the smart-device positioning indoors.


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Grad tracks rank highApril 29, 2010
By Sara Tirrito
Staff writer
Several Baylor graduate programs have been nationally ranked in "America's Best Graduate Schools" by U.S. News and World Reports for 2011.
The Baylor Law School was ranked at No. 64, Hankamer School of Business' MBA program at No. 52. Sciences programs that were ranked included statistics at No. 64, in a tie with two others,earth science at No. 108, in a tie with eight others and psychology at No. 117, in a tie with 13 others.
Business, education and law programs are ranked according to experts' opinions, combined with statistics on the qualities students and faculty members bring to the program and the graduates' accomplishments related to their degrees. These statistics are gained through surveys about the program's faculty, research and students. Science programs are ranked by academic experts' ratings of the programs. The expert opinions come from deans, program directors and senior faculty who were surveyed. For business, education and law programs, professionals who hire recent graduates completed surveys as well.
The graduate program in physics came in at No. 113, tied with eight other schools.
"Well, we're very glad that we're in the mix, but I guess I'm a little disappointed at the number," said Dr. Walter Wilcox, professor and director of graduate studies in physics. "We thought we would do better."
However, Wilcox said the ranking might have been higher if others were more aware of recent improvements in the department, such as the addition of "extremely advanced" faculty members and the new physics department website.
"I don't think word has gotten out yet about our new faculty for example," Wilcox said. "[Or] all these new things that are happening and it's just a matter of time before the word spreads. We're on a steep slope up, and the rankings just haven't caught up with us I would say."
Dr. Greg Benesh, professor and chair of physics, said he also thinks the new faculty, the construction of a new lab, and collaboration on projects such as the European Council for Nuclear Research's Large Hadron Collider will help boost the program's rank in the future. "I think a certain rate is what your peer colleagues believe about the institution and I think it just takes some time to learn about improvements that are made in your program," Benesh said. "We are making improvements. We've joined the collaboration at Fermilab and we're in the process of joining the collaboration at the LHC, and hopefully they'll get to know us better through those collaborations and other improvements."
The chemistry department's graduate program was ranked at No. 94, in a tie with 12 other schools. Patrick Farmer, professor and chair of chemistry, said he believes this is the first time the department has been ranked in the top 100. "I think it's great," Farmer said. "We're hoping to do better than that, but it's great that at this stage we're already being recognized in the top 100."
Farmer credits the work of "high visibility researchers" in the department with helping the program to earn a national ranking, as well as Baylor's efforts to improve the sciences. "I think it comes back to 2012 (Baylor's 10-year vision) and the money invested in the Baylor Sciences Building and the sciences in general," Farmer said. "I hope the success would lead to more success in the future."
Graduate director and professor of chemistry and biochemistry Dr. Charles Garner said current and ongoing improvements probably helped the department to rank. "They might have taken into account that things are happening in our department," Garner said. "Lots of things are happening: we have a new chair, we're hiring new faculty for the fall, just really powerful stuff. We've got great chemical instrumentation well beyond what a department our size would typically have."
Garner said the ranking should help Baylor continue attracting some students over schools like Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin.
"To the extent that students pay attention to these rankings and I think they do, it'll have some influence on the kind of people that apply to our graduate program. We have won students away from schools that rank much higher than us on the ranking scale," Garner said. "We've been very competitive for the last few years." The biology department's graduate program was ranked No. 82, in a tie with 10 other programs. Dr. Ken Wilkins, associate dean of graduate studies and research in the graduate school, said he thinks having stronger, more research-oriented faculty who produce high-quality projects with graduate students in the department contributed to the ranking.
He said the ranking should help bring in more strong faculty members and students in the future. "The higher the rankings, usually the more attractive the university is seen to be," Wilkins said. "It attracts stronger faculty when opportunities come available to fill positions, it attracts stronger graduate students, and universities that have the highest [ranked] graduate programs tend to be seen as the most attractive to undergraduates."
The School of Education's graduate program ranked at No. 74, in a tie with four others.
"Obviously I'm pleased that we're ranked," Dr. Jon Engelhardt, dean of the School of Education, said. "These things are nice but they're not what someone tries to achieve. As I've said to the faculty on various occasions, you try to do things that make a positive impact on the world, and if someone recognizes you, that's great." Engelhardt said he doesn't expect the ranking to have much effect on the program, except to possibly help attract more students. "I think the effect may be that some people may who are into checking ratings may notice us that might not have noticed us otherwise," Engelhardt said. "Other than potentially having some impact on individuals that might want to come to Baylor to the School of Education, I don't see any other particular implication for us."
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Northern Natural Gas Company
Fifth Revised Volume No. 1
Contents / Previous / Next / Main Tariff Index
Effective Date: 11/01/1993, Docket: RS92- 8-004, Status: Effective
Original Sheet No. 225 Original Sheet No. 225 : Effective
18. (c) TOP Surcharge Procedures
Northern shall calculate and charge the TOP Surcharge as
i) TOP Surcharge: The Take-Or-Pay Surcharge to be effective
February 1, 1990 through January 31, 1995, will be calculated
by dividing the Net Take-Or-Pay Settlement Costs by five years
and then by the annual sales and transportation volume of 1321
Bcf at 1000 Btu/cf used to establish Northern's May 1, 1989
settlement rates. This Take-Or-Pay Surcharge shall be
adjusted prospectively to reflect any change in the total
annual throughput volume determinants in Northern's future
general rate proceedings under Section 4 of the Natural Gas
Act during the five year period, February 1, 1990 through
January 31, 1995. Such adjustments to the Take-Or-Pay
Surcharge shall become effective upon the date(s) new rates
become effective in such future rate proceedings. All
Shippers of gas under Northern's Throughput Services Rate
Schedules shall be charged the applicable TOP Surcharge as set
forth on Sheet Nos. 50, 51, 52, and 53 of Volume No. 1 of
Northern's FERC Gas Tariff, multiplied by the quantity of gas
actually delivered during the billing month.
ii) TOP Litigation Exception Surcharge: The methodology for
calculation of the TOP Litigation Exception Surcharge shall be
identical to the procedures set forth for the TOP Surcharge as
detailed above, covering the period of March 1, 1990 through
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A new concordance to the Holy Scriptures, being the most comprehensive and concise of any before published in which not only any word or passage of scripture may be easily found, but the signification also is given of all proper names mentioned in the sacred writings. This wonderful antique book measures 8 1/2" X 5 1/4", and has 516 numbered pages. Published in 1831 by Crocker & Brewster, New York. The front cover is unattached, but present. There is discoloring to the pages and some foxing, but to be 184 YEARS OLD in good shape. I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story. FCON
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Josh Trank has left 'Star Wars' Stand-Alone Movie. He is a film writer and director, known for directing his first feature film, Chronicle and he will direct the film, Fantastic Four. He is saying it is 'personal' reasons behind his decision to exit the release of the 2018 spin-off. What has been said he decided to leave to pursue "some original creative opportunities."
"After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I'm making a personal decision to move forward on a different path," he said. "I've put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some original creative opportunities."
"That said, the Star Wars universe has always been one of my biggest influences, and I couldn't be more excited to witness its future alongside my millions of fellow Star Wars fans. I want to thank my friends Kathleen Kennedy, Kiri Hart, Simon Kinberg, and everyone at Lucasfilm and Disney for the amazing opportunity to have been a part of this. May the Force be with you all," he added.
In the wake of his announcement, Lucasfilm VP of Development Kiri Hart commented, "It was a privilege to collaborate with Josh. We are grateful for the energy and love of Star Wars that he brought to the process, and we wish him all the best."
Although the official announcement about Josh Trank's departure has just been made, his absence from the "Star Wars" Celebration in Anaheim actually raised eyebrows in April. He was a no-show claiming to suffer "the worst flu of my life" back then, while Gareth Edwards who will direct "Star Wars: Rogue One" was present at the panel.
Trank is married to screenwriter Krystin Ver Linden.
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|Bernanke's Press Conference 6/23/2011
Overnight market update: E-mini S&P 1261.75 (-0.18%), EUR/USD 1.41196 (-0.06%), Gold/USD 1504.14 (-0.01%), August Crude Oil Future 90.69 (-0.52%), Nikkei 225 9619.57 (-0.61%), Hang Seng 22,025 (-0.66%).
FOMC Statement on June 22, 2011:
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April indicates that the economic recovery is continuing at a moderate pace, though somewhat more slowly than the Committee had expected. Also, recent labor market indicators have been weaker than anticipated. The slower pace of the recovery reflects in part factors that are likely to be temporary, including the damping effect of higher food and energy prices on consumer purchasing power and spending as well as supply chain disruptions associated with the tragic events in Japan. Household spending and business investment in equipment and software continue to expand. However, investment in nonresidential structures is still weak, and the housing sector continues to be depressed. Inflation has picked up in recent months, mainly reflecting higher prices for some commodities and imported goods, as well as the recent supply chain disruptions. However, longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.
Fed Economic Projections (GDP, Unemployment, PCE Inflation) 6/2011
Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. The unemployment rate remains elevated; however, the Committee expects the pace of recovery to pick up over coming quarters and the unemployment rate to resume its gradual decline toward levels that the Committee judges to be consistent with its dual mandate. Inflation has moved up recently, but the Committee anticipates that inflation will subside to levels at or below those consistent with the Committee's dual mandate as the effects of past energy and other commodity price increases dissipate. However, the Committee will continue to pay close attention to the evolution of inflation and inflation expectations.
To promote the ongoing economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its mandate, the Committee decided today to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent. The Committee continues to anticipate that economic conditions--including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run--are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period. The Committee will complete its purchases of $600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of this month and will maintain its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its securities holdings. The Committee will regularly review the size and composition of its securities holdings and is prepared to adjust those holdings as appropriate.
The Committee will monitor the economic outlook and financial developments and will act as needed to best foster maximum employment and price stability.
Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman; William C. Dudley, Vice Chairman; Elizabeth A. Duke; Charles L. Evans; Richard W. Fisher; Narayana Kocherlakota; Charles I. Plosser; Sarah Bloom Raskin; Daniel K. Tarullo; and Janet L. Yellen.
Source: http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20110622a.htm
More information on the Treasury purchases from the New York Fed:
June 22, 2011
On June 22, 2011, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) directed the Open Market Trading Desk at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (the Desk) to complete purchases of $600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of June. The FOMC also directed the Desk to maintain its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments on all domestic securities in the System Open Market Account in Treasury securities in order to maintain the total face value of domestic securities at approximately $2.6 trillion.
Under the existing reinvestment policy, principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are reinvested in longer-term Treasury securities. In implementing this policy going forward, the Desk will follow operating practices similar to those established during the $600 billion Treasury purchase program.
Purchases will be allocated across maturities according to a distribution that is nearly identical to that executed under the Treasury purchase program. The only change to the distribution is that the two maturity sectors beyond 10 years from the earlier purchase program will be combined into a single maturity sector of 10 to 30 years in order to achieve greater operational simplicity. Specifically, the Desk plans to distribute purchases across seven maturity sectors based on the following approximate weights:
Nominal Coupon Securities by Maturity Range* [continue reading: http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/opolicy/operating_policy_110622.html]
Source: http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcprojtabl20110622.pdf
Transcript of Chairman Bernanke's Press Conference
Source: http://www.federalreserve.gov/mediacenter/files/FOMCpresconf20110622.pdf
Chairman Ben Bernanke's press conference video via CSPAN.


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Colored Labels in GMail
When I opened up my Gmail this afternoon, I noticed that something was different. Looks like I can now assign colors to my labels.
Nothing too spectacular, but a nice new feature. At least I can see that this one would be useful to me. A little bit of color definitely would help navigate the wall of text that greets users.
I do not, by the way, see any of this in my "Gmail for your domain" accounts yet, but then, those haven't even been updated to the latest version anyway.
Update: Looks like Google now has some info about this.
Update 2: The GMail Blog also has some more info:
Today, we're happy to announce the next evolution of labels: the colored label. Until now the label has been a little inconspicuous creature, subtly suggesting categorical associations in its simple green coat. Oh, we've seen the colored label here and there, its precursors surfacing in various experiments and Greasemonkey scripts; but the label has never before been so brazen, so bold. How will it use its new colors? Will it disguise itself with the chameleon's camouflage or clamor for attention with the monarch butterfly's vivid contrast?
But the most interesting news might be hidden at the end of that post:
*P.S. We actually kinda like folders. In fact, we're doing some work to add some folder-y-ish functionality. Stay tuned.
Hmm… seems like a bit of a 180 to me. But then, I venture to guess that most people are using labels pretty much like they used to use folders anyway. At least, that's what I do.
Update 3: Some other takes on this from Mashable and ParisLemon .


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LED-FT versions for LTM440 light columns and ZA600 posts
The outstanding lighting effect of the WE-EF LTM440 light column was the key consideration in its selection by the project planners for walkway lighting at LA Live, the entertainment district in downtown Los Angeles. However, the design style of the luminaire, which complements the surrounding architecture, was an additional factor.
Two LED versions are available in the LTM400 series. The four metre mounting height of the LTM440 LED-FT light column features a connected rating of either 17 W or 24 W, and can achieve luminous flux levels of approximately 2450 lm or 3150 lm, respectively.
Just like the LTM400 LED-FT light columns, the classic ZA630 LED-FT and ZA640 LED-FT post top luminaires use the specially developed FT 360° LED lens made from PMMA. The lens provides a symmetrical light distribution, ensuring outstanding glare reduction at maximum efficiency. Both LTM400 LED and ZA600 LED luminaires are available in in 3000 K and 4000 K colour temperatures.
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