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Ben Folds
born on 12/9/1966 in Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Benjamin Scott "Ben" Folds (born September 12, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. From 1995 to 2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. After the group temporarily disbanded, Folds performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world. The group reunited in 2011. He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor and "Weird Al" Yankovic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman. In addition to contributing music to the soundtracks of the animated films Over the Hedge, and Hoodwinked!, Folds produced Amanda Palmer's first solo album and has been a judge on the NBC a cappella singing contest The Sing-Off since 2009.[1]
Early life and career
Folds was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He became interested in piano at age nine. His father, a carpenter, brought one home through a barter trade with a customer who was unable to pay.[2] During this time, Folds listened to songs by Elton John and Billy Joel on AM radio, and learned them by ear.[3] During his years at R.J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Folds played in several bands as the pianist, bassist, or drummer.
In the late 1980s, Folds (as a bassist) and longtime friend Millard Powers formed the band Majosha. The group released several locally produced records. They played their first gig at Duke University's Battle of the Bands in 1988, and won.[4] They played at bars and fraternity parties, and eventually put out a self-produced EP, which was sold at a few local stores, called Party Night: Five Songs About Jesus (1988). The record featured only four songs, with none of them actually being about Jesus. They recorded Shut Up and Listen to Majosha in 1989. It contains, among other tracks, the four songs from Party Night (remixed and/or re-recorded) and what Folds would later record with his own band ("Emaline" and "Video"). At about the same time, they did a dance mix of "Get That Bug" that was released in Japan.
Majosha broke up in early 1986, and Folds formed Pots and Pans with Evan Olson (bass) and Britt "Snuzz" Uzzell (guitar and vocals), where Folds played drums. The newly formed band lasted only about a month, after which Olson and Uzzell went on to form Bus Stop[5] with Folds' brother, Chuck Folds, on bass, and Eddie Walker on drums.[6]
Folds eventually got a music publishing deal with Nashville music executive Scott Siman who saw Folds open for musician Marc Silvey (as well as playing bass for Silvey's band Mass Confusion), and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue it in 1990. He played drums for a short stint in Jody's Power Bill, headed by Millard Powers, Will Owsley, and Jody Spence. Jody's Power Bill was later renamed The Semantics. Folds did not take a creative role in the band. He, again, attracted interest from major labels. He ended up playing drums there as a session musician.[7]
"In Nashville, I was running eight miles a day, hanging out with my friends, walking around eating chocolate-chip cookies and playing a lot of drums, which I enjoyed. Life was easy. I was never frustrated even though I wasn't fulfilling my contract obligations. If you are failing in Nashville, at least your standard of living is nice. Nashville is a nice way to fail."[7]
Folds attended the University of Miami's Frost School of Music on a percussion scholarship, but dropped out with one credit to go before graduating. He devoted a lot of time to working on piano technique. "I spent maybe six months just running scales with a metronome like a freak," Folds said. "I suppose that did something."[8]
Folds tells audiences about a jury recital when he was a student at the University of Seattles music school. A jury recital consists of playing a prepared repertoire (and sometimes unprepared pieces from prior years of training) before faculty members who apply a grade for the entire semester. Folds, a pianist, showed up with a broken hand from defending his roommate from bullies the night before, but was required to play anyway. He ended up losing his scholarship and in desperation threw his drum kit into the campus' Lake Osceola.[9]
After leaving Miami, Folds moved to Montclair, New Jersey and began to act in theater troupes in New York City. He enjoyed it in 1993 to the point where he didn't want to keep pursuing a musical career.[7] He also played weekly gigs at Sin-é, famous for being the cafe which had helped start Jeff Buckley's career.
Soon after, Folds moved back to North Carolina. The trio of Folds, bassist Robert Sledge, and drummer Darren Jessee formed Ben Folds Five in 1994[10] in Chapel Hill. As Folds put it, Jeff Buckley was being signed at that time by Columbia and I was talking to Steve, his A&R guy, and somehow we knew the same people or something."
Ben Folds Five
In 1995, Ben Folds Five released their self-titled debut album. The debut was followed by Whatever and Ever Amen in 1997, and the odds-and-ends compilation Naked Baby Photos was released in early 1998. Whatever and Ever Amen spawned many singles such as "Brick", "Song for the Dumped", and "Battle of Who Could Care Less". In 1999, the band released what was to be their final album for over a decade, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, which included the hit, "Army".
Folds has described this band as "punk rock for sissies",[11] and his oddball lyrics often contain nuances of melancholy, self conflict, and humorous sarcasm, often punctuated by profanity.
Despite its presence on multiple Billboard genre charts, no Ben Folds Five singles reached the US Hot 100, although they did show well on both adult contemporary and modern rock charts. However they gained a strong following in the United Kingdom and Australia early in their career, and like many other 'alternative' American acts this was largely thanks to consistent support from national broadcasters in those countries, the BBC in Britain and the ABC's Triple J youth radio network in Australia (and ABC-TV's music video show Rage).
The group's first chart breakthrough came in the UK, when "Underground" made the lower reaches of the Top 40, peaking at #37. Britain was the Five's strongest territory in terms of chart success, with five singles making the national Top 40 there "Underground", "Battle of Who Could Care Less", "Kate", "Brick" and "Army" although none managed to crack the UK Top 20.
In Australia "Underground" likewise broke the band locally and while it did not make the ARIA chart, it came in at #3 the 1998 Triple J Hottest 100 poll. The 1998 single "Brick" became the group's only major chart placing in Australia, reaching #13; it also came in at #53 in the ARIA Australian Top 100 for that year[12] and earned a Gold Record award[13] while its parent album Whatever and Ever Amen peaked at #9 and charted for 32 weeks.
Folds and his bandmates have moved many albums since 2001. He said, "The songs have been getting a great reaction, it makes me look forward to having a new album out there because its been a while. This feels like a really free period in my life and Im really enjoying it.[14] Ben Folds Five reunited to perform its first concert appearance in nearly 10 years on September 18, 2008 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall.[15] The one-off gig was part of the MySpace "Front to Back" series, in which artists play an entire album live. The band played its final album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. The concert aired during October and can be viewed at Nowwhat.com.[16] All proceeds from ticket sales benefited the charity Operation Smile, of which Ben's uncle, Jim Folds, is on the board of directors for the North Carolina Chapter.[17] The band reunited once again in 2011 and subsequently released the album "The Sound of the Life of the Mind" and went on tour in 2012.
Solo career
As of 2008, Folds had released six solo LPs, including an experimental side project called Fear of Pop, which was released while Ben Folds Five was still together.
Folds's first solo release after the breakup of the band was Rockin' the Suburbs in 2001. He played nearly all the instruments, notably guitar (an instrument seldom used during the Ben Folds Five days). The Luckiest was written for the Amy Heckerling movie Loser, but the scene it was meant for was deleted.[18] Millard Powers, Britt "Snuzz" Uzzell, and Jim Bogios joined him on the promotional tour of the album. "Weird Al" Yankovic directed and appeared in Folds' video for "Rockin' the Suburbs". Folds' friend and fellow musician John McCrea, lead singer of the band Cake, contributed vocals to Folds' song "Fred Jones, Part 2".
A year later, he released Ben Folds Live, a collection of live solo recordings. In late 2003, two solo EPs, Speed Graphic and Sunny 16, were released. The last EP, Super D, was released in mid-2004.
Songs for Silverman was released in the United States on April 26, 2005. The album featured Jared Reynolds on bass and Lindsay Jamieson on drums, thus returning to the trio format. This album includes the track "Late", a tribute to the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, and also features backup vocals from "Weird Al" Yankovic on "Time" (Folds had played piano for Yankovic's song "Why Does This Always Happen to Me?" on his Poodle Hat album).
Folds contributed to William Shatner's album, Has Been, as producer, arranger, musician, and backup vocalist. Shatner was also involved in Folds' Fear of Pop project, and contributed vocals to a number of songs on the album.
The soundtrack for the 2006 animated film Hoodwinked! featured "Red is Blue," performed by Ben Folds.
In May 2006, Folds contributed three original songs to the soundtrack of Over the Hedge, dubbed "Heist," "Family of Me," and "Still." Included with them was a cover of The Clash song "Lost in the Supermarket" and a remix of "Rockin' the Suburbs." "Rockin' the Suburbs" featured new lyrics written to complement the script of the film.
On October 24, 2006, Folds released Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP, a compilation of songs that were originally released on the EPs Sunny 16, Speed Graphic, and Super D. He announced on his MySpace blog that he planned to work on his next studio album in October 2006 (although recording did not actually start until 2007). On that same day, Folds became the first person to webcast a live-by-request concert over MySpace. The concert was complete with pranks staged ahead of time by Folds, including a drunk man falling over the balcony during "Jesusland" and a suicide attempt at the end. The concert is also notable for featuring a "guitorchestra", a group of acoustic guitarists from Nashville who accompanied Folds on some songs, as well as an impromptu ringtone orchestra made up of audience members playing their cellphone's ringtones in unison. A DVD "Live at My Space" with this performance was released.
In March, 2007, Folds went on a headlining tour, which opened on March 24 at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the summer of 2007, he performed as the primary opener for John Mayer during his Continuum 38-day summer tour.[19]
Folds produced The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer's first solo album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer which was released September 16, 2008. He also performs on the album.[20][21]
During a concert at the National in Richmond, Virginia on April 11, 2008, Folds announced that he had completed his newest album, and played four new tracks from this album. He played the first track, "Hiroshima", at the same show in Richmond on April 11. He also debuted new music at an impromptu gig at the Exit/In on December 19, 2007 and at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival on January 25, 2008. Other new songs include "Errant Dog", "Effington", "Bitch Went Nuts", "Free Coffee", and "Kylie From Connecticut". Folds played The 6th annual Langerado on March 8, 2008 and was a part of the lineup for the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
On July 16, 2008, an anonymous user posted what they claimed was a "leak" of Ben's latest album on a fan site (eventually called Way to Normal (Fake)). The file contained nine tracks along with a PDF of supposed cover art, and was a mix of what appeared to be legitimate songs from Way to Normal, pastiches of dry humor and melodramatic pop interwoven with bright, energetic melodies. Folds explained on Triple J radio a few weeks later that in one overnight session in Dublin he and the band had recorded 'fake' versions of songs from the new album. His sources had then leaked them to the public as a light-hearted joke on his fans.[22]
Way to Normal was released on September 30, 2008 in the United States and on September 29, 2008 in the United Kingdom.[23][24] It became Folds' highest-charting album ever in the US, debuting at #11 on the Billboard 200.[25]
Soon before Way to Normal was released, Folds announced that he planned to record an album with English author Nick Hornby, with Hornby writing the lyrics and Folds writing the music. The idea of the collaboration came out of the 'fake' leak of the album Way to Normal released in July 2008. "(We will) write and record it in about three days, just like we did in Dublin with the fake record," Folds said.[26]
In August 2008, Folds played piano for friend and Japanese singer-songwriter Angela Aki's song "Black Glasses" on her new album Answer.
On April 28, 2009, Folds released Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!, an album consisting of college student's a cappella arrangements of his music performed by some of the country's best college a cappella groups.[27]
Folds' song "Rockin' the Suburbs" has been featured as part of the music for ABC's sitcom Surviving Suburbia.
Folds was also an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards' judging panel to support independent artists.[28]
From December 14 through 21, 2009, Folds was featured as a judge on NBC's a cappella competition The Sing Off alongside Nicole Scherzinger and Shawn Stockman and offered insightful, constructive comments and criticisms to the contestants. On the final show, in a departure from his a cappella purism, showcased his talents and played the roaring, riffing piano background on "Why Can't We Be Friends?" sung by the two finalist groups, The Beelzebubs from Tufts University near Boston and Nota, from San Juan, Puerto Rico. He again returned for the show's second season in December 2010, the third season in September 2011 alongside Stockman and Sara Bareilles and a fourth season with Stockman and Jewel in December 2013.
In March 2010, Folds became a YouTube phenomenon in a video titled "Ode To Merton". In the video, Folds improvises several songs about people that he sees on the popular social networking site Chatroulette, in the style of "Merton" another YouTube phenomenon who many thought was Folds himself.[29][30]
Folds' newest album, a collaboration with English author Nick Hornby, is entitled Lonely Avenue and was released on September 28, 2010. On June 14, Folds released the official album art via his Twitter account. "From Above", the first single from the album, premiered on Richard Kingsmill's new music show 2010 on Triple J in Australia on July 18, 2010. "From Above" features Australian singer Kate Miller Heidke on backing vocals.
Folds has recently recorded a video song with Nick Hornby and Pomplamoose. As well, English YouTuber Charlie McDonnell was commissioned to create the music video for Folds' song "Saskia Hamilton", which was uploaded on October 1, 2010.[31]
In November 2224, 2013, Folds took part in Performing Arts' American Voices festival hosted by Renée Fleming at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., which featured American jazz, country, Broadway, gospel, popular and classical music.[32] With Sara Bareilles, he conducted a Pop/Rock master class for aspiring singers.[33] During the American Voices Concert on November 23, he premiered with the National Symphony Orchestra his new song "I'm not the man" and also sang with Sara Bareilles "Not the same" from the alternative rock 2001 album Rockin' the Suburbs. Folds entertained the audience by involving it into accompanying him a capella during the performance of "Not the same" without, as the "Washington Post" put it, "being too annoying".[34]
In January 2014, Ben Fold had a brief appearance in TV show Community (TV series) episode "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics" (S5E03), as well as contributing the song that closes out the episode, "Ass Crack Bandit." [35]
After Ben Folds Five split, Folds' first tour with a full band was to support the album Rockin' The Suburbs. He was accompanied by Britt "Snüzz" Uzzell on guitar and electronic keyboard, Millard Powers on bass and keys, and Jim Bogios on drums. Powers and Bogios later went on to join Counting Crows.
On a tour of Australia, Folds joined with solo artists Ben Kweller and Ben Lee to travel the country as The Bens, at the suggestion of a fan on Kweller's official website. The trio also went on to record a four-track EP together.
In the summer of 2004, Folds co-headlined an American tour with fellow singer-songwriters Rufus Wainwright and Guster. Folds again performed with Wainwright and Lee in the summer of 2005 as part of the "Odd Men Out" tour. In addition, Folds has performed with many other notable musical names, including Weezer and Tori Amos. After seeing The Fray perform with Weezer, Folds asked the band to join him for twelve performances in 2005.
Folds also performed with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) in March 2005, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in November 2005, the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and The Queensland Orchestra during an Australian tour in 2006. Folds performed with the North Carolina Symphony in March 2010, and the Utah Symphony Orchestra in July 2010. A DVD of Folds playing with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra was released in December 2005.
On May 9, 2007, Folds performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra. The orchestra's performance was marred when a fight broke out between two audience members in the balcony, though Folds had not yet taken the stage.[36]
After his MySpace performance on October 24, 2006, Folds's tour performances began to feature a synthesizer, which he uses in many of the songs when played live. The synthesizer is a red Nord Lead II synthesizer. During his concerts, Folds performs two of his concert traditions: palm-smashing and throwing his stool at the piano.
Folds toured with John Mayer as an opening act (though his set typically lasted an hour) in the summer of 2007. During this tour, Mayer sometimes joined Folds on the song "Narcolepsy", playing synth. At various concerts throughout the tour, parents of young children going to see Mayer would file complaints about Folds' lyrics. Folds responded by posting on his website, "We have kids too, but we don't take them out to rock shows that last until 11pm."
On March 29, 2008, Folds played the Cage Center Arena at Berry College in Mt. Berry, Georgia. During contract negotiations, he was asked by the administration to not play one of his songs due to its explicit lyrics. Folds refused, citing artistic freedom.[37]
On May 9, 2008, Folds played his first completely solo show in years at Western Connecticut State University due to the fact that his bassist Jared Reynolds was with his wife who had just given birth to their first son.
Folds made a brief solo tour of Australia during August 2009; at one of his sold out Sydney Opera House concerts he was joined onstage for several songs by Aimee Mann, who was also touring Australia at the time. At the Palais theatre in Melbourne Missy Higgins joined him for You Don't Know Me.[38]
In 2010, Folds went on a brief tour of North America called "Ben Folds and a Piano" where he played solo other than with Zach Williams or Kate Miller-Heidke and her husband Keir Nuttall as supporting musicians. A small number of copies that were pre-ordered also included signed manuscripts by Ben Folds and Nick Hornby.
In April 2011, Folds collaborated with Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and Damian Kulash as 8in8 to write, record, and produce eight songs in eight hours which were then available online within 24 hours, as well as being performed once on its world tour, as part of the ReThink Music conference.[39]
Folds reunited with Ben Folds Five to play the Mountain Jam Music Festival on June 2, 2012. This was the first time the band had played together since 2008.
Ben Folds performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for the 2012 Presidential Scholar in the Arts ceremony with several of YoungArts best alumni.
As part of their 2013 "Last Summer On Earth" Tour, Ben Folds Five joins Barenaked Ladies along with Guster for 30 dates across North America, beginning June 17 at the Verizon Theatre in Dallas, TX.
Personal life
Folds has been married four times. His personal life has inspired several of his songs; the hit single "Brick", co-written with Darren Jessee, was based on the experience of Folds's girlfriend having an abortion while they were in high school.[40]
Folds met Anna Goodman in first grade at Moore Elementary School, Winston-Salem and was married to her from 1987-1992.[41] She co-wrote several Ben Folds Five songs: "Alice Childress", "The Last Polka", "Smoke", "Kate" and "Lullabye".
Folds was then briefly married to Kate Rosen in 1996.[42]
Folds met Australian Frally Hynes in January 1998 and they were married in May 1999 in Adelaide, South Australia, making their home there and later releasing a song about the city titled "Adelaide".[40] Two months after their wedding, Frally gave birth to twins, Louis Francis (July 22, 1999) and Gracie Scott (July 23, 1999),[43] the former inspiring his song "Still Fighting It" and the latter inspiring his song "Gracie." Hynes also sang lead on "Root To This" on Fear of Pop's 1998 album Volume 1. Folds filed for divorce in November 2006.[40]
Ben and Fleur Folds were married on November 17, 2007 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. They were based in Nashville with their three children, Gracie, Louis and Julia-Rose.[44] Folds stated in an online chat on the fan forum thesuburbs.org.uk that he and Hynes share joint custody of their twins. Julia Rose is Ben's stepdaughter.[45]
Ben and Fleur ended their relationship sometime in 2011. Ben stated "As much as I love the idea of being married, it's not for me."[46]
As of October 2013, Folds has been dating actress/singer Alicia Witt since 2012.[47]
Awards and recognition
Folds received a 2002 Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold Record award for Ben Folds Five'"Whatever and Ever Amen" (1998). He was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2011.[48]
- Main article: Ben Folds discography
Solo albums
- Rockin' the Suburbs (2001), Sony #42 US
- Songs for Silverman (2005), Epic (Bonus DVD) #13 US
- Way to Normal (2008), Epic #11 US
With Ben Folds Five
- Ben Folds Five (1995), Passenger/Caroline
- Whatever and Ever Amen (1997), 550 #42 US
- The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999), 550 #35 US
- The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012), Legacy #10 US
Other collaborations
- Fear of Pop: Volume 1 (1998), 550 (with Fear of Pop)
- Lonely Avenue (2010), Nonesuch (with Nick Hornby)
- Nighty Night (2011)ion (with Amanda Palmer, Damian Kulash, and Neil Gaiman)[49]
Compilations/live albums
- Ben Folds Live (2002), Sony #60 US
- Naked Baby Photos (1998), Caroline
- Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP (2006), Epic
- The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (2011), Legacy
- Fifty-Five Vault (2011)
See also
- Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth
- Underground (Ben Folds Five song)
- ITunes Originals Ben Folds
- Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!
- Ben Folds Live at MySpace DVD
- The Sing Off. About the Show. NBC. Retrieved on November 3, 2011.
- According to Ben Folds on his iTunes Originals interview titled "My Inner White Man Came Out In Full Bloom"
- Ben Folds And Nick Hornby On World Cafe. NPR Music.
- Ben Folds headlines annual LDOC festivities | The Chronicle. Chronicle.duke.edu (April 15, 2009). Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Ben Folds biography. 8notes.com. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Bus Stop - Self Titled. Theshrubbery.com. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bumgardner, Ed, Real (Big) Deal: Ben Folds Five album put Chapel Hill trio on a meteoric trip to fame, fortune, August 9, 1996. URL accessed on May 1, 2012.
- Chute, James (August 1, 2003). [//web.archive.org/web/20070818095959/http://thedent.com/more.php?id=A796_0_1_0_M Interesting Ben Folds article from the San Diego Union-Tribune]. The Dent. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007. Retrieved on July 30, 2007.
- Ben Folds Bares All Live - Ben Folds Live [PA] - Ben Folds - Epinions.com. 9.epinions.com. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- VH1 Bio
- Thomas, Sarah, Ben Folds with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Morning Herald, August 25, 2006. URL accessed on September 23, 2006.
- ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 1998. Aria.com.au. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1998 Singles. Aria.com.au. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Ben Folds - The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective
- Currin, Grayson (September 2, 2008). [//web.archive.org/web/20080905104008/http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A263732 Ben Folds Five to perform in Chapel Hill]. Independent Weekly. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved on September 2, 2008.
- The Suburbs.co.uk: "Did You Just Shit Your Pants? Cause I Sure Did; Ben Folds Five Reunion"
- Rolling Stone: ""Ben Folds Five Reuniting for One-Night-Only MySpace Show"
- Song Facts (August 23, 2010). Song Facts: "The Luckiest". Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
- Mayer schedules summer tour with Ben Folds. Reuters, March 15, 2007.
- Dresden Doll Preps Solo Debut | Spin Magazine Online. Spin.com (April 25, 2007). Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- View topic - Speculation: Solo Album Title. Theshadowbox.Net. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Buell, Gromt. "Way to Normal Leak". BenFolds.org. July 16, 2008.
- the original Ben Folds website - 'Way To Normal' UK Release Date: 29th September. theSuburbs.org.uk (August 1, 2008). Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Hitlijsten, muziek top 100 | Myspace Music. Imeem.com (February 3, 2011). Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- T.I. Debuts Big Atop Billboard 200, Hot 100. Billboard.com. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Ben Folds and Nick Hornby plan album, The Daily Telegraph, September 16, 2008.
- Ben Folds Goes A Cappella, With Help - NPR Music. Npr.org (April 26, 2009). Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Past Judges. Independent Music Awards. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- "Ben Folds performs tribute", Huffington Post
- "Ben Folds plays a game of Chatroulette at North Carolina concert as ode to YouTube's Merton", NY Daily News
- McDonnell, Charlie (10-01-10). Saskia Hamilton (Music Video)]. YouTube. Retrieved on 10-02-10.
- Kennedy Center Celebrates Diversity of Music with American Voices Festival; Features Foster, Bareilles, Folds, and More. Broadway World, November 25, 1013.
- Sara Bareilles, Ben Folds to teach & perform 'American Voices' festival at Kennedy Center. Music Times, November 26, 2013.
- Midgette, Anne. Renée Flemings American Voices festival transcends disappointing concert. The Washington Post, November 25, 2013.
- Community: "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics". AVClub. Retrieved on February 10, 2014.
- Fight breaks out at Boston Pops - MUSIC - MSNBC.com. MSNBC (November 5, 2007). Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Tharp, Bridget (April 10, 2008). Versatile piano man can range from takes on hip-hop to a softer side. The Toledo Times. Retrieved on October 25, 2010.
- [//www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaOz2h9GLes Ben Folds & Missy Higgins - You don't know me (Live @ Palais Melbourne 3-9-09 )]. YouTube. Retrieved on June 15, 2011.
- Neil Gaiman's blog entry about 8in8. Journal.neilgaiman.com (April 26, 2011). Retrieved on January 20, 2012.
- 40.0 40.1 40.2 IMDB -Ben Folds
- Liner notes to "The Best Imitation of Myself," 2011
- What I Know About Women. Sydney Morning Herald (September 9, 2012). Retrieved on January 26, 2014.
- Ben Folds Five: Old News Items. Magicalarmchair.com. Retrieved on March 3, 2011.
- Way To Normal Album Info. Discogs.com (September 30, 2008). Retrieved on January 20, 2012.
- thesuburbs.co.uk: "Runaway vs Normal Guy? Ben Gives Up All the Answers"
- Jane Rocca. What I know about women. Smh.com.au. Retrieved on December 28, 2012.
- Actress Alicia Witt captivates musician beau Ben Folds..., Daily Mail, 2013-10-02. URL accessed on 2014-02-02.
- 2011 Inductees. North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved on September 10, 2012.
- [//web.archive.org/web/201107-16044200/http://music.amandapalmer.net/album/nighty-night Nighty Night | Amanda Palmer]. Music.amandapalmer.net (April 26, 2011). Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved on July 8, 2011.
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- Video interview with Ben Folds on the Sodajerker On Songwriting podcast
- Ben Folds in New York Magazine Slideshow On "Career Highs and Lows"
|Ben Folds
|Studio albums
|Rockin' the Suburbs Songs for Silverman Way to Normal
|Live albums and Compilations
|Ben Folds Live Songs for Goldfish iTunes Originals Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP
|Special B-Sides Speed Graphic Sunny 16 Super D Live at Tower Records
|"Rockin' the Suburbs" "Still Fighting It" "Tiny Dancer" "Adelaide" "Bitches Ain't Shit" "Landed" "Jesusland" "Bastard" "Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)" "You Don't Know Me"
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|Ben Folds | Robert Sledge | Darren Jessee
|Studio Albums: Ben Folds Five (1995) | Whatever and Ever Amen (1997) | The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999)
|Compilation Album: Naked Baby Photos (1998)
|DVD: Live at Sessions at West 54th (1999)
|Singles: "Ungerground" | "Battle of Who Could Care Less" | "Kate" | "Brick" | "Army" | "Don't Change Your Plans"
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Minnesota farmer to stand trial in raw milk case
ST. CLOUD, MN (AP) — A Minnesota farmer goes on trial in St. Cloud on Tuesday on charges stemming from a raw milk investigation.
The St. Cloud Times reports the charge against Alvin Schlangen, of Freeport, for selling raw milk has been dismissed. But he still faces five food-related charges, including failure to have a food handler's license.
Schlangen became a rallying point for advocates of raw milk after he was found not guilty of similar charges in Hennepin County last September.
Minnesota law prohibits raw milk sales except directly to consumers on the farm when it's produced.
Raw milk consumers and government regulators disagree sharply on whether unpasteurized milk is a healthy food with significant benefits for their families or a dangerous product that can cause serious and potentially deadly diseases.


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CLEVELAND -- Kyrie Irving has been knocked out by an injury again, and it's really painful for the Cavaliers.
Irving will miss at least two weeks with a strained tendon in his left biceps, a major blow to Cleveland's chances of making the NBA playoffs with only a month left in the regular season.
Irving got hurt during the first half of Sunday night's loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. The All-Star point guard did not return after missing all five shots and leaving the game for medical evaluation and treatment. He flew back with the Cavaliers and Monday underwent an MRI, which revealed "a strain in the long head tendon" of his biceps, the Cavs said in a release.
The 21-year-old will be shut down for two weeks and re-evaluated. The Cavs said the tendon's response "will determine the most appropriate course of treatment."
Irving's injury couldn't come at a worse time for the Cavs.
He'll miss at least eight of the final 15 games, and without their leading scorer and best player, it will be tough for the Cavs (26-41) to clinch the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland begins the week 4 1-2 games behind Atlanta, and the Cavs have a difficult schedule ahead with Miami, Oklahoma City and Houston in town over the next five days.
And, equally troubling, is that Irving is again missing significant time due to an injury.
He sat out 38 games his first two seasons with a variety of injuries, including a broken nose, fractured jaw, broken finger, sprained shoulder and concussion. One of Irving's goals was to play in all 82 games this season, but he's already missed three with a bruised knee and is expected to sit for eight more.
Irving has scoffed at the notion that he is injury prone, but he hasn't made it through a full season and he was also sidelined during the summer after his rookie season when he broke his hand slamming it into a padded wall during a practice in Las Vegas.
Irving's injury issues predated him turning pro as he played in just 11 games as a freshman at Duke because of a foot injury.
Most of Irving's injuries have been unavoidable and bad luck because he plays hard and is unafraid to drive to the basket and draw contact from bigger, stronger players. It's not clear exactly when Irving was hurt on Sunday night.
As the Cavs move forward they'll have to factor Irving's spotty medical history into their decision as to whether or not to offer him a maximum-year contract extension this summer.
Cleveland hasn't made the playoffs since 2010, and this was supposed be the year the Cavs returned to the postseason and stayed out of the draft lottery. However, the club has underachieved in coach Mike Brown's second stint and owner Dan Gilbert fired general manager Chris Grant last month.
Now without Irving, the Cavs' climb has gotten even steeper.


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This is one of my favorite angles to shoot sports. The overhead is a very clean shot and works great especially when you get a nice facial expression like in the above photo.
I shot the final day of the California Rodeo Salinas today and have a great time and felt like I made some nice frames. I had about 300 keepers from about 1,100 photos taken.
I got some nice low angles from the photo pits across from the chutes and then a great roof overhead angle, which worked great for many shots.
Bareback riding (above two shots) is probably my favorite event to shoot. It's a very intense spectacle and the horses can buck much more violently than the bulls, though the bulls can be a bit more gnarly in case of a trampling...
I was able to create a few nice blur shots of cowboys during their straight line direction during the calf roping.
The above shot was terribly underexposed when I looked at it in Photoshop, but I was able to make a nice shadow-y frame out of it.
Freestyle bullfighter favorite "Hollywood" Don Yates.
I saw this photo as I was walking up to the roof. It's a neat frame.
When I first arrived, there were these four cowboys killing time by playing hacky sack. I found it kinda funny, so I took a picture.
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Pedestrian safety is again a hot button issue in Bethesda, where two pedestrian collisions in the span of 26 hours have police pushing familiar safety tips and transit advocates urging police to put more of the focus on dangerous drivers.
On Tuesday afternoon, after a pedestrian collision that morning in Bethesda at Wisconsin Avenue and Chelsea Lane, Montgomery County Police put out a list of driver and pedestrian safety tips that advised people to stay alert.
Bethesda resident Ben Ross, who has frequently argued for more pedestrian-friendly intersections, said police should be telling drivers to be more careful in an Action Committee for Transit press release this morning:
…All three collisions occurred where the pedestrians had the right of way.
Yet county police responded with a press release entitled "Police Remind Pedestrians To Be Careful." Nowhere did the police tell drivers to obey the law, which requires drivers to yield to pedestrians on sidewalks and in marked and unmarked crosswalks.
The Tuesday morning incident on Wisconsin Avenue was one of three in the county in a two-hour span. The pedestrian hit in that incident suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Today at around 9:37 a.m., police say 59-year-old William George Cole was struck by a car in the far right lane of southbound Old Georgetown Road near Alta Vista Road. Cole is in serious condition and is undergoing treatment.
A police spokesman said early indications are that Cole was attempting to cross Old Georgetown Road not at a crosswalk, but mid-block. The investigation is ongoing. A witness to the incident said Cole appeared to be holding a book in his hand.
Bethesda Patch first reported a Feb. 27 incident at Edgemoor Lane and Arlington Road near Bethesda Elementary School in which a car hit and dragged a stroller in the crosswalk about six feet before knocking it over. The baby in the stroller was uninjured.
On Monday, at a transportation sub-committee meeting of the Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board, residents heard from administrators of the Transportation Management Districts from downtown Bethesda, Friendship Heights and North Bethesda.
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Bethesda Urban Partnership (BUP) executive director David Dabney said one difficulty BUP and its Bethesda Transportation Solutions division faces is the constant digging and repatching of downtown roads and crosswalks from utility projects attached to the area's numerous construction sites.
Earlier this month, Ross pointed to the Lot 31 underground garage and apartment project at Woodmont and Bethesda Avenues as an example of the county prioritizing motorists over pedestrians.
A Department of Transportation spokeswoman responded by pointing to a 12 percent decrease in severe pedestrian collisions and a 21 percent decrease in the number of pedestrians incapacitated or killed since a county initiative kicked off in 2009.


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[330 U.S. 545, 546] Mr. George M. Szabad, of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
Mr. Glen O. Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio, for respondent.
Mr. Chief Justice VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
In a complaint filed in the District Court, petitioner charged that respondent was violating the Fair Labor Standards Act1 by failing to pay some of its employees time and one-half for statutory overtime, as required by 7(a) of the Act, and asked an injunction against continued violation. Respondent denied the charge, and separately alleged that any of its employees not compensated in accordance with the requirements of 7(a) were exempt from the Act by 13(a).
The Court, without a jury, heard witnesses for both parties with respect to the compensation and status of three engineers in respondent's power plant. It made special findings of fact, concluded that these men were [330 U.S. 545, 547] exempt employees, and entered judgment for respondent. 2 The Circuit Court of Appeals thought the evidence did not sustain the District Court's findings relative to the engineers' exempt status. But it thought that the District Court had also found the engineers' compensation to be in accordance with the Act. It decided that the evidence was adequate to this end, and affirmed the District Court's judgment. 3 We granted certiorari4 to determine whether the ruling of the Circuit Court of Appeals was not inconsistent with this Court's decision on computation of overtime in Overnight Motor Co. v. Missel, 316 U.S. 572 , 62 S.Ct. 1216. On argument here, however, respondent continued to urge that the District Court was warranted in its findings as to the engineers' exempt status. 5 Having heard the argument and examined the record, we agree that it was. Therefore, we need not consider further the question of computation of overtime, and proceed only to state the considerations relevant to the particular ground of our decision.
There is no dispute as to the applicable law. Section 13(a) exempts from the overtime provisions of the Act any person employed in an 'executive capacity' as defined in regulations issued by the Administrator. The Regulations prescribe six conjunctive conditions to an executive capacity, which are set forth in the margin. 6 Respondent [330 U.S. 545, 548] had the burden of proving the existence of these conditions, if it would rely on its defense that the engineers were exempt employees. 7
There was evidence to the following effect. Respondent operates at Elyria, Ohio, a plant engaged in the production of small motors and plastic products. Part of this plant consists of a power-house containing a boiler room and engine room. In the former are four boilers. These supply the steam required to drive three large electrical generators which are the source of power for the entire plant, and to create the high steam- pressures and air-pressures employed in molding plastics. In the engine room, besides the generators, are compressors, engines, and other equipment. All this machinery, in both rooms, constitutes an interrelated and interdependent system. It must be carefully and skillfully tended at all times in order to [330 U.S. 545, 549] maintain the power and pressure required for continuous 24-hour operation of the plant, to avoid damage to the tremendous investment in the machinery itself, and to guard against the fearful consequences of an explosion.
During the period covered by the evidence, the powerhouse was manned by the following personnel. At the top was the chief engineer, who apparently adhered to no precise duty-hours, but was customarily present most of the morning and afternoon and subject to call, in the event of an emergency, twenty-fours a day. Directly under and responsible to him were the three 'operating engineers' whose status is in issue. They worked consecutive eight or eight and one-half hour shifts, one of them being present in the powerhouse at all times. Finally, there were an unspecified number of firemen and coal-passers, who, collectively, were also on twenty- four hour duty.
The engineers in question were paid regular monthly salaries of more than $200 per month, for which they regularly worked six-shift weeks. They received sick leave, vacations with pay, bonuses, insurance, and pension rights usually reserved for supervisory employees.
The engineers were in charge of the powerhouse and performed the duties generally incident to direct supervision of a highly mechanized operation. Respondent's vice president and factory manager testified that they acted as foremen of the firemen and coal-passers. This testimony was corroborated by other facts. In July, 1944, two months before the complaint in this case was filed, the engineers signed agreements with respondent stating their desire 'to be regarded as foremen, as in the past, with foremen privileges and continue on a salary basis.' Three weeks later the International Brotherhood of Firemen, Oilers and Helpers abandoned a long-contested claim of right to represent the engineers, thereby formally recognizing their supervisory status. Indeed, the nature of the operations in the powerhouse [330 U.S. 545, 550] was such that the immediate and continuous supervision of trained persons was indispensable, and there were concededly no other employees to give such supervision. The engineers were required to maintain constant observation of all machinery in the powerhouse, and to make regular inspections and necessary repairs. In addition they were required to spend a small part of their time in oiling and cleaning the engines.
The District Court, having made findings substantially as stated above, proceeded to make additional findings of the existence of each of the facts on which an executive status, as defined by the Regulations, is made to depend.
We believe that the evidentiary facts afford an adequate basis for the inferences drawn by the Court in making such additional findings. At the least, we think that in drawing such inferences the Court was not clearly wrong, and conclude that the findings should therefore have been left undisturbed. 8 The Circuit Court of Appeals' rejection of those findings cannot rest on the conflicting testimony of petitioner's witnesses. The District Court heard the witnesses, and was the proper judge of their credibility. 9
Mr. Justice RUTLEDGE, dissenting.
In my opinion the Circuit Court of Appeals correctly found that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the findings upon which the District Court concluded that [330 U.S. 545, 551] the operating engineers are exempt under 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. It said, unanimously:
Since the Court does not reach other questions presented on the record, I express no opinion concerning them.
Mr. Justice BLACK, and Mr. Justice MURPHY, join in this dissent.
[ Footnote 1 ] 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., 29 U.S.C.A. 201 et seq.
[ Footnote 2 ] Walling v. General Industries Co., D.C., 60 F.Supp. 549.
[ Footnote 3 ] Walling v. General Industries Co., 6 Cir., 155 F.2d 711.
[ Footnote 4 ] 329 U.S. 704 , 67 S.Ct. 192.
[ Footnote 5 ] Respondent was entitled to make this contention here without filing a cross-petition for certiorari. Langnes v. Green, 282 U.S. 531, 538 , 51 S. Ct. 243, 246; Public Service Commission of Puerto Rico v. Havemeyer, 296 U.S. 506, 509 , 56 S.Ct. 360, 361.
[ Footnote 6 ] 29 Code Fed.Regs. 541.1, 5 F.R. 4077 (Regulations of the Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Dep't of Labor, Oct. 24, 1940, amended Jan. 17, 1942) provides as follows:
[ Footnote 7 ] See Helliwell v. Haberman, 2 Cir., 140 F.2d 833, 834; Fletcher v. Grinnell Brothers, 6 Cir., 150 F.2d 337, 340, 341; Smith v. Porter, 8 Cir., 143 F.2d 292, 294.
[ Footnote 8 ] Rule 52(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c; Lawson v. United States Mining Co., 207 U.S. 1, 12 , 28 S.Ct. 15, 18; Butte & Superior Copper Co. v. Clark-Montana Realty Co., 249 U.S. 12, 30 , 39 S.Ct. 231, 235. See District of Columbia v. Pace, 320 U.S. 698, 701 , 64 S.Ct. 406, 407.
[ Footnote 9 ] Rule 52(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; Adamson v. Gilliland, 242 U.S. 350 , 37 S.Ct. 169; United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co., 247 U.S. 32, 37 , 38 S., 41, 38 S.Ct. 473, 475, 476.
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Meet Blazer Girl. Her name's Cathryn White, and she's a senior at Oregon. She's here to judge how you support your teams. If you spot fans embarrassing themselves by wearing ridiculously awful team gear let her know. Rip City, baby.
My distaste for LA began early. As a Portland fan, it's just what you do. And since I grew up drinking out of Rip City cartoon glasses, with life-sized Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter posters on my walls, it's exactly what I did.
Inherited distaste became pure hatred in 2001, after the Blazers turned into the least family-friendly team since the '86 Mets, and the Lakers swept them in round one of the playoffs. While the Lakers aren't the REAL reason for the hardships we've faced since, I opt to bitch, moan, and place the blame on them, their fans, and their city anyway. This season is no exception.
Living in a state with only one professional sports organization means that bandwagon fans run amok during the playoffs. And, this time of year, that usually means putting up with a lot of temporary Lakers fans.
I watched the first game of the Lakers-Nuggets series at a bar on campus with the cheapest beer around. This was important, considering how broke I am (I'm in college, after all) and considering the general quality of the "fans" who would be watching the game around me. Cheap beer equaled a drunker (and thus more hateful and overall badass) me.
And sure enough, right after finishing a few pitchers of Bud Light by myself, the Laker hatred surfaced.
Was I upset that the Nuggets performed better at the Staples Center than usual, yet still lost because the shortest guy on their team in-bounded the ball and Kobe tried slightly harder in the fourth quarter than he had the rest of the game? Or was it that the Gotti-style fan sitting at the booth in front of me, with his overly tanned (and freshly shaven!) arms peering out from underneath his white linen shirt, had to look over to his friend with the Derek Fisher jersey and the high fade to figure out when he should clap? Why yes, I think that was it.
When he wasn't pretending to watch the game, he talked constantly about his worldly travels and how great it was to just enjoy a few ales with his friends and not have to worry about all the hot exotic women he had to pleasure. I'm not joking. Worse than hearing him swoon over himself was having to smell his awful cologne every time he waved one of his Livestronged wrists around. His stories were boring, his scent was giving me a headache, and he was exerting over-processed energy to cheer for a team he knew nothing about.
And then it got worse. Gotti Lite suddenly came at me, chest out, angry that I was trying to capture him on video in all his glory. I wanted to show the world what a huge douche he was. Obviously the world already knew this, and so did he. Upon threatening to break my camera, he stepped on my foot and told me to "grow the fuck up and put that camera away." I put the camera away (it was expensive, OK?) but I stood my ground when it came to my immaturity. Dick. I don't really remember what happened after this, but I woke up in my apartment with all articles of clothing and other personal belongings in sight. Despite a W for the Lakers, I deemed Game 1 a success.
Now on to the topic at hand — the appropriate team attire to wear to a sporting event, whether watching in person or at a bar or wherever. I would be lying if I said I was perfect. While I am pretty damn close, it's important to remember that everybody makes mistakes occasionally. In the spirit of self-improvement, I'm putting some of my bigger ... regrets up for scrutiny. I'd characterize these choices as "drunken thrift-store free-for-alling," at best. With maybe a touch of "whatever the guy from last night left at my apartment." Mock away:
Damn. That Niners outfit is just ... damn. Anyway, It's nice to meet you, Deadspin. I think we can get along, maybe even grab a drink and watch the Finals together. Now send me shit or just send it to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Back in 2007, GameSpot writer Jeff Gerstmann left the site under suspicious circumstances. It was heavily rumoured at the time that his departure was the result of pressure from a games publisher over a negative review of Kane & Lynch.
Well, five years later, we finally have confirmation, of a sort, this indeed is what took place.
As part of a recent deal that's seen Gerstmann's current employer Giant Bomb purchased by CBS Interactive (who also own GameSpot, his former employer), some full disclosure was needed from both parties as to what, exactly, went down that day five years ago.
So disclose Gerstmann has, confirming with GameSpot's Jon Davison that after a succession of challenges with management and advertisers he was "called into a room" and "terminated" because he "couldn't be trusted" as editorial director (ie, in charge of reviews), kicking off one of the saddest and sorriest episodes in an often sad and sorry relationship between games writers and games publishers.
I mean, yes, it was five years ago, and yes, it got to the point where everyone assumed the rumour was fact anyways, but to have it officially confirmed still leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
To make things clear, Gerstmann emphasises that the blame for the whole mess did not lie with GameSpot's editorial management (as he was fired by more senior people up the ownership chain), nor with Kane & Lynch developers IO Interactive. It's also important to note that the management responsible for his firing are now no longer involved with GameSpot.
Interestingly, he mentions some other less-than-savoury episodes going on at the time, such as pressure from Sony and threats of pulling ad money over a less-than-perfect review for Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. This took place before the Kane & Lynch review, and thus (along with a change to the site's review system, which brought the average of scores down) contributed to the conflict between ownership and editorial over review scores, meaning Eidos' game shouldn't be blamed as the sole offender.
Giant Bomb and Comic Vine are joining the CBSi Team! [GameSpot]


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|The Good
|The Bad
|The Ugly
|Our Rating
|The new grip texture is exceptionally effective. We really like it!
|We found the ejection pattern to be a little wonky and erratic with most types of ammunition.
|The VPC, CSGV and Brady folks still can't claim that Glocks can pass through metal detectors. Truthfully anyway.
|Four Nuns!
When the folks at Glock sent us a shiny new Glock 17 Generation IV to evaluate, we were obviously excited. After years of refinement, the Glock would now be able to pass through metal detectors and make true all those hysterical, pantie-wetting exaggerations we've been hearing for years. Right? Well, unfortunately no, but a lot of other enhancements have been made in the new models. Let's take a closer look.
First Impressions of the Glock 17 Gen 4
- Our G17 test gun came with three (17) round magazines. And a Glock magazine loader tool. We appreciate that as three magazines represents the minimum configuration for a self-defense gun. As a side note, we also really appreciate the street price of additional magazines for Glocks. $20-25 if you shop a bit. Compared to $40-50 magazines from other manufacturers who-will-not-be-named, that's pretty darn reasonable.
- Shooting it sideways did not make us look any more fearsome on the range. Nor did any Hollywood producers call offering us bad guy roles in new action films. We did get puzzled looks from other shooters at the range however – and one tried to sell us some crack.
- The new G17 is a really comfortable gun to hold, and more importantly, shoot. It feels solid in the hand and has no tendency to slide around. No skateboard tape or rubber grip sleeves required, even if you're a nervous sweaty-hand type.
Differences from Glock Generation 3 models
Magazine Release Button: It's been embiggened, but in a really useful way. It's got about twice the surface area of the previous design. We love the feel and ease of one-handed operation of the newly designed mag release. By the way, it's also reversible so righties and lefties have an out-of-the-box solution. Very nice – a minor, but very noticeable enhancement.
Grip Texture: This is perhaps the most noticeable change from the Generation III models. The new pattern is the same on the sides, front, and back of the grip unlike the Gen III models which had a different pattern on the sides. The molded "skateboard tape" pattern on the sides of the Gen III grip never did much for us. Not enough grip. The Gen IV models use an entirely different pattern – raised dots that are completely separated from one another. We found this new pattern to be exceptionally effective for maintaining a solid grip – even here in the humid (and sweaty) lowcountry of South Carolina. The pattern almost feels rough and we had concerns that extended shooting would be tough on the hands, but it wasn't. For that one person out there who still shoots with the support hand index finger on the front of the trigger guard, the new texture pattern there is comprised of a series of horizontal ridges. Just saying.
- Recoil Spring Assembly: Like the Generation III models, the Gen IV features a captive recoil spring assembly that makes field stripping a little less embarrassing in the event you're not paying attention to what you're doing and let the spring fly. Unlike the Gen III models, the new Glock 17 utilizes a dual spring design. An inner full-length spring is partially surrounded by a metal sleeve, and both of those are surrounded by a partial length outer spring. According to Glock, the dual spring design not only reduces felt recoil, but increases the lifespan of the spring assembly. One item to note if you own or buy a Gen IV Glock 17: Glock has released several versions of the spring assembly and will supply customers with the most recent one if you call customer service at 877-745-8523. Have your model and serial number handy. Our test gun was fitted with an earlier model spring assembly version and the replacement set did not arrive in time for this review. However, we did not note any reliability or other problems, excepting the erratic ejection pattern discussed in this article. When the new assembly arrives, we'll see if the ejection pattern issue changes and post and update if appropriate.
Modular Back Strap System: This is a fancy marketing term for 'different grip sizes.' We know this because we're marketing people by trade and words like 'modular' are very much in vogue on Madison Avenue. Lot's of current generation pistols offer this feature, but the Gen IV Glocks take a different, and we think better approach. The default grip is a solid, one-piece, molded assembly that's ready to go out of the box. This default size is a tad (a tad is about .08 inches by the way) smaller than the Gen III Glock 17 in terms of distance to trigger. Adding on the included medium grip panel makes the Gen IV exactly equal to the standard Gen III in terms of trigger reach. The large grip panel makes it a tad bigger. The difference with the Glock approach is that the smallest setting is permanent – you simply add to additional panels to that to make the grip larger. Compare to a Beretta PX4 for example. On that pistol, the back of the grip is 'empty' and you insert one of three different size panels to size the grip. Not a huge deal, but I kind of like the idea of having a very solid and complete grip as a starting point from which to build. An interesting and efficient approach to the problem of multiple grip sizes.
The Tactical Light Issue
We've had personal experience with older style Glock 22's with mounted weapon lights. Utterly reliable without a mounted light, we've seen the same gun deteriorate to below average performance once a light was attached. According to X-Box geniuses with additional Mall Ninja certification, this had something to do with polymer frame flex characteristics on recoil. Whatever. In any case, we decided to give the Gen IV G17 a thorough workout with a Streamlight TLR-1 – the same light that has given us fits on older Glocks. Results? Awesome. We couldn't make it fail. And we know a lot about failure. We shot an array of 115 grain and 124 grain high velocity self-defense ammo using a variety of grips (limp-sissy, medium, and strong) and function was flawless. Just for fun, we tried some ultra-light hand loads with the light mounted – 124 grain plated bullets loaded to about 1,050 feet per second. Again, function was flawless with weak and strong grips – even with ammo than can barely cycle the action.
Ejectile Dysfunction
Before our test model arrived, we had seen plenty of internet Couch Commando discussion about Gen IV Glocks having a tendency to eject brass straight back at the shooter. Other, apparently more knowledgeable, Recliner Rangers dismissed these observations as shooter error and 'limp wristing.' While we're as limp wristed as the next guy, we decided to put this claim to the test. For starters, our model did have a bit of erratic ejection. With same bat grip and same bat ammo, ours would eject 80-90% of the brass out and back at about a 45 degree angle. No problem. The remainder did have a tendency to eject straight up. While they did not eject towards the face, they did on occasion land on top of our head. Good thing we're not bald. We did a little experimentation on the Recliner Ranger limp wrist theory – shooting a series of rounds with a grip so solid that aim was impossible and another series with the most fairy-like hold we could muster – without getting beat up by other nearby shooters. Interestingly, there was no difference in the ejection pattern of significance. The solid grip did have a tendency to shift the pattern a little more to the side, but did not stop the occasional up and on-the-head brass fling. Our test gun came with an earlier version of the recoil spring assembly and when the newer recoil spring assembly arrives, we'll run the test again – just for fun. In any case, this turned out to be a practical non-issue as no steaming hot brass hit us in the face. Internet myth in our opinion.
Relative Velocity
We thought it would be fun, and a great excuse to turn more money into noise, to see if the hexagonal rifling of the Glock 17 yielded any velocity difference one way or the other compared to something with similar barrel length and standard rifling – in this case a Beretta 92FS. While the Beretta has a potential velocity advantage with a 4.9″ barrel compared to the Glock's 4.49″ barrel, we proceeded to try a few 9mm loads to see what happened. OK, we admit it, this test had no real practical or scientific value, but it did give us a great excuse to break out our Shooting Chrony Beta Master. Might as well share the results though:
Georgia Arms 124 grain Gold Dot
Glock 17: 1,235 fps
Beretta 92: 1,235 fps
124 Grain Berry's Plated Handloads
Glock 17: 1,082 fps
Beretta 92: 1,082 fps
Interesting that the (non-scientific) results came in almost identical with the Glock having a half inch shorter barrel. Again, no real conclusions can be drawn, but this exercise did impress a number of novice shooters at the range today – and that's gotta count for something.
Glock 17 Gen 4 Basic Stats:
- Weight: 22.05 oz unloaded, 31.92 oz loaded
- Length: 7.95″
- Sight radius: 6.5″
- Barrel length: 4.49″
- Height: 5.43″
- Width: 1.18″
- Trigger pull weight: 5.5 lbs
- Capacity: 17+1 rounds
|I really like this gun and don't tell her, but I bought the evaluation sample. I hope to use it as my new Steel Challenge gun. One of the things I like about it is the crazy reliability. I like a gun that shoots equally well from any shooting position. As discussed in our review of the Glock 32, I tend to favor a gun that will still function and cycle no matter what type of grip I have. Just for fun, I tried this one with the most pathetic and lame grips imaginable and was unable to make it fail. That's a good thing.
|I really like this one as well. Too big for most of my concealed carry needs though. Don't tell him, but it's going to become my new Steel Challenge gun! I really like the default (smallest) grip size. Gives me a perfect reach to the trigger with a natural grip. I also really like the default Glock sights. The "U" shaped rear sight with the white dot in front is really fast to pick up and great for Steel Challenge shooting. We're reloaders and it would be nice to be able to shoot lead bullets as they are cheaper, but not a huge deal. I'll just make him order plated bullets instead!
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amfAR fellow Dr. Ryan Troyer has collaborated on two recent studies that highlight the changeability of HIV over time. In one study, he and his colleagues detail increases in the ability of HIV to reproduce within an infected individual during the course of infection. Another study presents evidence suggesting that strains of HIV responsible for recent infections might be "weaker" than viral strains that were infecting people in the 1980s.
October 18, 2005—One of the greatest research successes in HIV/AIDS has been the development of an impressive arsenal of antiretroviral drugs that can significantly prolong the lives of people infected with HIV. So with more than 20 antiretrovirals on the market, why do scientists continue to look for more?
The reason is that HIV's astonishing ability to mutate enables the virus to generate versions of itself that do not respond to drug therapy. This constant process of diversification was recently described by Dr. Ryan Troyer, of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, in the July 2005 issue of the Journal of Virology.
"We already know that HIV has the capacity to mutate very rapidly, but what surprised us was how consistently and relentlessly the mutation process generates that viral variability throughout the course of infection," Dr. Troyer said.
Under the guidance of Dr. Eric Arts, Dr. Troyer set out to discover how the virus changes over time during the course of an individual's HIV infection. What emerged was a chilling portrait of a virus that continues to increase not only in diversity, but also in its ability to reproduce itself and ultimately cause disease.
Dr. Troyer looked at blood samples from patients with HIV and compared the diversity of the virus at different dates during several years of infection. In each case there was an increase in the number of quasispecies, or different variants of the virus, over time. In other words, the HIV inside a patient's body becomes more diverse because an increasing number of different strains of HIV is present.
This increase in viral diversity is bad news because it can make selecting the most effective drug treatment combination more complicated. Dr. Troyer also uncovered another downside of diversity – as diversity increases, so does the ability of the virus to make copies of itself and thus to spawn additional distinct viruses. It is this spiral of diversity and replication that ultimately leads to disease.
While we do not yet know for certain the order in which the events occur, Dr. Troyer suspects that the virus uses its ability to generate diversity as a means of increasing its ability to reproduce.
"We think the virus is continuously generating new quasispecies as a way of exploring its options, so to speak. Some of those new quasispecies will be fitter, better able to reproduce, and will come to dominate the weaker ones." When that happens, the fitness of the virus population overall rises to a new level, and the process of generating new variants to improve fitness even further starts again.
While this first study outlined the increasing ability of HIV to reproduce during the course of an individual's infection, Dr. Troyer also took part in another amfAR-supported research project that aimed to describe changes in the fitness of HIV in large populations over time. This time, rather than looking at changes within individual patients, the researchers studied trends in the strength of HIV across a population of patients in the Netherlands. When they compared blood samples taken from one set of patients in the 1980s with those taken from a different set of patients in the past few years, what they found and published in the October 14 issue of the journal AIDS was a hint that HIV might be weakening.
This phenomenon is not unusual among infectious diseases – viruses and bacteria that kill their hosts routinely make themselves weaker and less deadly in order to ensure their own survival. What is remarkable in this case is that these researchers observed a weakening in only twenty years. Most experts are cautioning that regardless of the extent of weakening in the virus, HIV and AIDS are still causing disease and death around the world at an unprecedented rate.
Although these findings present a grim picture of the challenges we face in treating HIV-positive patients, there is also good news in Dr. Troyer's research. Initiating antiretroviral therapy short-circuits the spiral of increasing HIV virulence within patients since one of the immediate effects of anti-HIV drugs is to slow the rate at which HIV replicates. As a result, viral diversity is decreased and, for the patient, progress to AIDS is slowed considerably. However, it is still unclear when patients are best advised to start taking highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Currently available antiretroviral drugs clearly prolong lives, but at a high cost. That is why we continue to need new, improved, and affordable drugs that can keep the virus at bay for a lifetime.
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Policies and Procedures: Nannys and Baby-sitters
Please note: there is a FOUR HOUR MINIMUM per day.
For the well being of your child, as well as our sitters, before the first booking, we require you to complete an enrollment packet, which includes the following:
Arrival and Departure
NANNY CAN sitters will arrive 10 minutes prior to the booking time, at no extra cost to you, in order to go over any special requests you may have for your child/children. We ask that you respect the Sitters' needs by abiding by the designated time of your return. This is due to the fact that some of our sitters are chosen for your specified times according to their availability. However, we understand that situations may arise and we ask that you inform the sitter if you will not be able to return at the agreed upon time. Should you arrive later than 15 minutes past the booked time, a further hour will be charged. We are available for bookings during the office hours of 9-5pm, our cell phones are on 24hr a day, but are primarily used in case of an emergency. Bookings made after hours may incur a fee.
Driving Surcharge
NANNY CAN charges a driving surcharge determined by distance from our office. Call our office to inquire.
Our open door policy invites you to check in any time and also allows NANNY CAN managers to stop by during a booking in order to ensure that all requirements are being met to keep your child/children safe and happy. No other visitors are allowed inside the house while NANNY CAN is in attendance, unless you notify the nanny. So if Grandma or the Bug Man are coming over, be sure to notify your Nanny ahead of time.
Our sitters will only feed your child/children foods that have been pre-approved by you and will not bring in or order any foods that have not been first discussed with you.
Play and Exercise
We know that children need to be active and our sitters are there to interact with the child/children. Should you require us to pick up or drop off your child/children anywhere, you will be responsible for providing car seats and pay for mileage at $.36/mile unless it is your vehicle. However a transportation waiver is still required in all cases. Also, we welcome any input from you regarding specific music, games, videos, and activities you would like for us to utilize while interacting with your child/children. * WE DO NOT SWIM WITH CHILDREN.
We ask that payment be made at the time of booking in the form of Visa, Master Card, American Express, or a Debit card. If you choose to use your credit card there will be a percentage charged. Once a set schedule is established, however, we will accept cash or checks – in a sealed envelope, checks, must be made payable to NANNY CAN, LLC, with a credit card number on file, and given to the sitter on the last scheduled day of the week when the Time Sheet is signed. (Our schedules run Monday – Sunday.) If bills are not paid in a timely manner, a late fee will be incurred and the credit card number on file will be charged. If there are any disputes regarding payment the matter will be taken to court and you will be responsible for court costs and legal fees. Mileage will be charged at our discretion, mainly for Walton county. If you choose to use a credit card, there is a 3-5% charge depending on type of card used. We will only accept checks from locals.
If you decide to cancel a booking, we require at least a 24-hour notice otherwise a fee will be charged at our discretion. During the summer months once a booking has been made, it cannot be cancelled, as our nannys are at a premium and we have probably turned people away to fill your booking.
Discipline Policy
We at NANNY CAN are committed to a nonviolent policy as set forth by the state of Florida. Our sitters will never discipline by using methods which are severe, humiliating, or frightening and will never withhold food, toilet privileges, rest, or any form of physical punishment.
We strongly believe in positive reinforcement and logical discussion to achieve good behavior of children. We communicate to children the importance of respect for themselves, others, and property. Should a situation arise in which a sitter is not able to control your child/children by these methods, only then will you be contacted. If the situation requires your return home, you will be responsible for the full booking fee.
In the event of a medical emergency, our sitters will call 911 before calling you. Should there be any other type of emergency, we will first consider the safety of your child/children before notifying you.
Holidays are difficult to staff for and due to this fact, we will charge time and a half for the following:
Use of Sitters
We cannot allow any of our sitters to accept offers to work in any capacity except through NANNY CAN. Our sitters are aware of this clause and have signed contracts agreeing not to accept any offers that have not first come through NANNY CAN at the risk of losing their positions on our referral list and possible legal actions against both you and themselves. We must ask that you not ask sitters for any personal information directly, but go through NANNY CAN, LLC instead.
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If you are visiting from out of town and need a babysitter, we only accept Visa/ MasterCard/American Express or cash up front (Minimum of 5 hours plus 5 hours deposit to hold should you return over the 3 hours).
If you are a local, we will hold a credit card number on file for you. At the end of the week, we will charge the card (incurs a 3-5% service fee), or you can write a check for the services.
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The hydroponic grow tent is 100% reflective. The grow tent is a portable grow room that is easily assembled. The grow tent is a cheaper & better alternative to building a permanent grow room.
The exterior is made of heavy-duty 600D Oxford cloth – 100% lightproof – waterproof. It is an all steel construction; including poles & fixture braces. Steel hanging poles for easy fan, filter or light installation. Each inside support bar can carry up to 70 pounds. The tent has multiple vents (socks) with adjustable nylon straps for varied sizes of fan filter, ducting. It also has a removable velcro floor to clean spills. It is high quality & environmentally friendly Mylar fabric.
The tent has:
(1) Large door
(1) Small window in the door to see inside
(2) Mesh Vents
(2) 8 inch duct holes
(2) 2 inch duct holes to run wire / cords thru
(2) 4 inch duct holes
(1) Floor tray at the botton for easy cleaning of the floor
All the duct holes have adjustable ropes to close, open & adjust the vent sizes
• Exterior Material is a Heavy Duty Black 600D Oxford Cloth – 99% lightproof
• Interior Material: Silver 100% reflective mylar
• Removable water-proof Floor with Velcro
• Mesh air vents on 2 sides with lightproof flaps
• Steel poles for sturdy construction with ceiling support & light hanging steel rods
• Super sturdy Full Metal Frame (no plastic corners)
• Multiple In & Out Ducting Ports for cables, ventilation, air-cooled lights & irrigation
• Duct Sleeves with drawstrings
• Large door opening to walk inside tent
• Small windows for convenient check-up
• Quick & Easy Assembly (Approx 10-20 mins)
• Heavy duty zippers
• Multiple vents for 2in, 6in or 8in fans and filters


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Coffee Hour
November 19 @ 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Join us after the Sunday Service to connect with one another during Coffee Hour time. Also, consider volunteering to host or co-host one Coffee Hour a year, by bringing healthy snacks and preparing provided beverages. Sign-up board is posted in Friendship Hall.