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Whether on holiday or in the office, glasses are used as aids by women around the world, but finding the right glasses in terms of style, strength and design can be difficult with the wide range on offer. And there are many outlets in which women can acquire a good quality pair, with online auction sites being one of the most popular methods.
This guide will help buyers find the perfect women's glasses or sunglasses for the ideal price on eBay, the site with the largest online market available.
Buying Women's Glasses
Buyers searching for women's glasses on eBay should keep in mind the various factors that will affect their search, such as:
- Price – cost is often the main aspect of any search, and prices will change according to purpose, brand and condition.
- Purpose – there are many different kinds of glasses available online, and buyers should consider what the glasses will be used for before purchasing.
- Strength – if buying glasses for reading, the buyer will need to identify what strength of lens they need for clear and comfortable sight.
- Brand – there are many different brands available, and prices for branded glasses will vary.
- Condition - prices will change depending on whether the item is used or new, and buyers should consider what condition they would prefer the item to be in.
Purpose of Women's Glasses
There are different kinds of glasses to suit different needs, and it is important for the buyer to identify what the purpose of the glasses will be before searching. The main types of non-prescription glasses are:
- Clear Lens – glasses with clear glass lenses that have not been adjusted to correct any eyesight problems. These are often used for costume or fashion styles.
- Reading – these are used to aid those who cannot read close-up, also known as long sighted. Reading glasses come in different strengths to correct different levels of eye weakness.
- Sunglasses – sunglasses are used not only to filter bright light, but also to protect eyes from harmful UV rays.
Some glasses can be dual-function, such as sunglasses that have modified lenses for reading, while others can be reading glasses that are partly clear lens – as in the case of bifocals. When considering the type of glasses that will suit them; buyers should keep in mind what they need. For example, those with no eyesight problems should focus on clear lens or sunglasses, whereas those who require sight correction should ensure that the glasses they are interested in have the type of lenses that will help them.
Reading Glasses Strength
If buyers wish to purchase reading glasses, they must first make sure that they understand the range of glasses available to them as well as the different strengths of reading glasses.
The strength of reading glasses ranges from +1.00 (the weakest strength, for those whose sight needs little correction) through to +4.00 (the strongest type, with powerful magnifying lenses to enable comfortable reading). The strengths increase by steps of .25 or.50; depending on the manufacturer of the product.
It is advisable for buyers to consult a reading chart – widely available online – or an optometrist for advice on the lens strength that would suit their eyes before making a purchase. Buying the wrong strength of lens – even if incorrect only by .50 – is inadvisable as lenses that are too strong or too weak can cause headaches, blurred vision and nausea due to eye strain.
Bifocal glasses are also available for those who wish to wear their glasses full-time – rather than taking them on and off when needed. Bifocals have the corrective lens as a small patch at the bottom of the whole lens, enabling those who wish to read to just look down to adjust their vision, and look up when they wish to see normally. This can be ideal for those who just require glasses for reading (also known as short-sighted), whilst their long-distance vision is fine.
Bifocal glasses are available in a variety of strengths to suit every type of vision, and many are seamlessly blended into the whole lenses so that the corrective area is not immediately obvious.
Women's Glasses Brands
There are many famous and respected design houses that create glasses, which are considered by many to be a full-time fashion accessory in the same vein as jewellery or shoes. From brands famous just for their glasses to fashion clothing labels beginning to produce their own eyewear ranges, there are many brands available at a great price on eBay with designs to suit every buyer.
Ray Bans
Perhaps the most well-known sunglasses brand,Ray Bans are most famous for their aviator-style sunglasses made prominent by celebrities and movies the world over. However, those are not the only choice and there is a huge range to choose from, including reading glasses, in a variety of styles.
A well-known fashion label, Diesel creates many glasses in a variety of styles: from sleek rimless glasses to tough titanium frames.
The famous fashion house is a well-known creator of various styles of glasses, with Gucci sunglasses particularly distinctive for their rounded edges and big lenses.
Women's Glasses Items
It is important that glasses be cared for to ensure longevity, particularly when buying a costly or brand pair of glasses, and there are many items available to ensure that glasses stay in good condition for a long time. These include:
- Glasses Case – a simple item, these are a must for those who do not wear their glasses full time. They don't only prevent broken lenses or arms, cases also protect glasses from dirt and scratches.
- Glasses Chain – ideal for those who will be taking glasses on and off frequently, a chain will ensure that glasses are kept safe yet still within easy reach when needed.
- Glasses Cleaner – including items such as cloths, spray and wipes, it is important to use cleaners to keep glasses clean and dirt free, especially when small items coming in contact with the lenses can leave small scratches and damage the finish.
While these items are not necessary for any glasses bought, the buyer should consider purchasing them to ensure the glasses will stay clean and damage-free, thus avoiding having to buy frequent replacements.
Buying Women's Glasses on eBay
Searching for items on eBay is a good way to find the broadest range available, and with the easily tailored categories and search preferences buyers should be able to pick out exactly what they need. When searching eBay, consider:
- Price – the cost is often the most important factor, and this will vary from item to item due to type, brand and condition. Buyers can tailor search results to match their budget by using the search preferences. With items available at both Auction and Buy It Now, there is a great deal of flexibility available when purchasing any kind of glasses.
- Purpose – when buyers have settled on the purpose of the item, they can use the search bar to indicate their desired type of glasses.
- Strength – if reading glasses are being purchased, buyers should make sure they are certain of the strength of lens they need. Buying glasses of the incorrect strength may cause problems. Buyers can use the search bar to indicate the strength they would prefer; many sellers offer glasses in a variety of lens strengths.
- Brand – there are many brands, and the prestige of this brand can be the deciding factor in a purchase. If searching for a particular brand, this can be included in the search terms so that the buyer is only presented with the
items that will suit them. Buyers can indicate their choice in both the search preferences as well as the search bar.
- Condition – with items available both new and used, buyers should remember that prices will change depending on condition and decide what condition they would prefer.
- Local Sellers – finding and purchasing from local sellers is the best way to keep shipping costs down.
If in need of extra guidance on searching eBay, buyers should make sure to consult eBay's Search Tips page where there is even more advice on how to get the perfect search result. If buyers are in any doubt about the products they see listed, they should not hesitate to ask the seller any questions they may have.
It is also advisable for the buyers to check the product listing page for all the details required in the purchase. This could include checking written details, and also analysing the photos to ensure you area getting what you perceive to be the right product.
With the huge number of types, styles, strengths and brands available it is no wonder that buyers can be daunted by huge range presented to them when trying to find the ideal glasses. With this guide buyers will be able not only to identify the kind of the glasses their eyes need, but also find the perfect style, brand and price before making their purchase.
When searching on eBay, buyers should keep in mind the added security benefits they will receive by buying products using PayPal, eBay's preferred way to purchase with additional eBay Buyer Protection.


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2004 Toyota Prado VX 3.0 TD from Australia and New Zealand
Reliable, comfortable, safe, nice design. Forget speeding though
-When the battery went flat, the stereo and electric windows locked themselves for security purposes. Was fixed over the phone simply.
General Comments:
A very nice 4WD. Our third Prado, and like the rest fairly problem free. Doesn't corner well, but cruises very nicely and bumps are hardly noticed. Pick up is... well... embarrassing. Not fast, especially for overtaking as it lacks power. However, on hills, or with big loads, the performance is hardly effected, and it takes a lot of hill and load to slow it down.
VX has nice array of features (ESP, 8 Airbags, Alarm, Cruise, 6CD, tinted windows, nice mags).
Not that efficient because of the older diesel, but for it's size and being diesel it doesn't cost too much to drive around.
Never gives problems.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 16th April, 2008


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Warning! Offensive Cartoon!
Here's a cover of The Stranger that some folks found offensiveit's Pope John Paul II and Terry Schaivo racing each other to the grave.
After this cover ran, the Knights of Columbus did not march into our offices and start beheading people with their dress swords. The Vatican did not demand that Greg Nickels shut down The Stranger.
And that's one of the markers of a great, big, all-grown-up-now world religion: The ability to take an intentionally offensive jab in stride. Although we weren't necessarily making fun of the Pope's death or Schaivo's (but of our death-obsessed culture and the media's coverage of both their impending deaths last March, which made it feel like a morbid race), this cover hurt some folks' feelings. And we knew it would. The hurt folks wrote us letters and screamed at usand that's their right, and we printed their lettersand they questioned our judgment. But no one questioned our right to put this cartoon on the cover of our paper.


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Dang it - I really wished I could be there. There are a lot of broad regulations aside from what is brought up here that will affect more than clubs - it will affect bars, pubs and restaurants too.
The definition of "nightlife premises", the folks affected by this ridiculous proposal, means "any business open to the public in which at any time between 10pm and 6am liquor is served" and "any space or combination of space within the premises totaling 500 or more square feet..with density of one person per 7 square feet."
I had to paraphrase for space, but that definition encompasses a lot of businesses.
This proposal is fucked.
Nickels, I can't wait to watch you go down.
It's too bad that only a few clubs create the bulk of the problems, but all club owners may end up paying the price. Can't they find a way of dealing with just those particularly problematic clubs?
Also, IMHO, those denying the connection between hip-hop nights and violence around those clubs have their head in the sand. Just look at recent problems on Capitol Hill. Get real.
Seattle has a music and club scene that other towns would die for and our mayor is focused on killing it.
There is a way to deal with just the problem clubs and it gives the Mayor the tool he's been asking for without creating more bureaucracy. The state legislature has in front of it a bill giving the city council power to tell the liquor board not to renew a club's liquor license.
The Mayor's Ordinance calls for the creation of a Nightlife Advisory Commission. We would propose the ordinance die, but this idea be kept. Citizens could complain to this Commission who would investigate and make recommendations to the Council and Mayor on what should be done, including the option of the venue having their liquor license pulled.
As for hip hop,I ran a hip hop night at 3 different venues over 8 years and never saw violence. I don't have my head in the sand. (Top 40 nights might be different, No Fergie!). The reality is that promoters and how venues are run allow for or encourage problems, not styles of music.
Either way Dave, this is dangerous legislation - who's to say a new crop of angry condo owners that moved into a 6 month old building across the street from a 6 year old bar won't make it their duty to close the bar down due to whatever complaints they can come up with.
Oooh, that Busch Garden really pisses me off, I'm going to get their booze license revoked! I can't believe Stellar Pizza - I'm going to complain to the board. Screw Hatties Hat! I moved to Ballard to get some rest! Damn that Matador keeping me up late! (actually, revoke those guys, that's ok)
Renegade condo owners (or vindictive citizens) - it will happen.
Well, we can finally get El Corazon shut down! Earls, goodbye! The bad places where awful people go like Tommy's, Kincora and The Cha Cha will have to clean up. Yes! This is great! Stop complaining. People need to behave, and if they don't, hold the idiots serving the beer responsible. Who cares?
You know, he'd actually be a decent mayor if he'd get over his nightlife hangups.
Tonal, the thing is, there are already things in place to deal with "problem businesses" thru the Liquor Control Board and the cops.
Your comments boarder on police state tactics. These businesses are people's livelihoods and provide JOBS and TAXES for the city - they aren't going to jeapordize that so some losers can get loaded and act like jackasses. To say bar owners don't care is wrong.
This town is so fucking difficult to own a small business in. I'll say it again, Fuck you Nickles.
I agree with Meinert that the problem isn't the music but the venues.
How do we get to well run vunues?
I have yet to hear any meaningful recommendations from the Nightlife lobby beyond "get more cops".
The "get more cops" line is just a ruse to put the burden of club safety on the city when it belongs with the clubs. "more cops" would be a direct public subsidy for a few club owners.
Club Owners are quick enough to ring up the tabs at the end of the night they should get as serious about managing the rest of their club.
The club owners should propose a code of conduct they would support. A code of conduct that they would support enforcing. When that happens we might see some progress.
"The "get more cops" line is just a ruse to put the burden of club safety on the city when it belongs with the clubs. "more cops" would be a direct public subsidy for a few club owners. "
not the case, if the clubs pay for the off duty officers to work then how is that a subsidy? also, having more police in a nightclub area of town is the responsibilty of the city. A brisk business of clubs in one area is doing plenty for the economy to justify this.
We have suggested many things, you just choose to ignore them and like the other busy-body neighborhood activists refuse to have a serious discussion that could lead to solutions because you have little to do and love being involved in the drama.
Here are some of the suggestions we are making, more could develop out of a real process of stakeholders actually meeting and working on this instead of the fraud 'task force' the Mayor put together:
- Allow venues to hire off duty police to patrol areas outside the club
- Make the noise ordinance tougher and enforceable
- Fill the unfilled liquor agent positions
- Hire additional liquor agents that patrol only late night venues
- More police on the beat in high density areas on busy nights
- Better building codes so the sound of an unamplified human voice isn't heard inside a 7th floor condo
- Enforcement of public nuisance laws
- A new noise ordinance enforced against loud individuals on the street at night
- Stricter enforcement of current Fire codes and liquor laws
- Requiring that people moving into the city be told the city is noisy, 24 hours (some buildings are already doing this)
- creation of an advisory board made up of stakeholders that will hear complaints, investigate them, work with city departments, venues and residents to resolve them and make recommendations to the council and mayor on whether or not their liquor license should be renewed, a new power the council will have if a current piece of legislation we support passed in the state legislature
- since some violence occurs in parking lots, require parking lots open after 10pm to hire security
All sides are going to have to give a little and feel a little pain to resolve the issues surrounding urban density and nightlife. The city needs the power to close bad clubs, we want people living downtown and they should be safe, and we want a great club and nightlife scene. People in Seattle can listen to the relatively few but noisy condo owners who want to make Seattle into Taiwan - an anesthetized shopping mall type society that closes at 10pm - or we can have a real discussion that treats nightlife as the valuable thing it is while recognizing the needs of residents, in order to create a vital, diverse, and fun CITY. Here's a link you should follow if you're not into that - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=seattle&daddr=carnation&layer=&sll=47.492153,-122.272339&sspn=0.450038,1.271667&ie=UTF8&z=11&om=1
These are better ideas. Though I think you deliberately misundertand some of them.
The City is going to be reluctant about having off duty Police work at Nightclubs after the Officer Powers situation. It literally invites an FBI investigation. Is that what you suggest for Seattle's Night Clubs?
Club are already required to adhere to the Liquor and Fire codes. They are in fact legally obligated to do so. The State and the City shouldn't have to play "gotcha".
Changing the building code? Coming from a group that doesn't want fire sprinklers becuase of the cost and hassle that is a bit much.
A better noise ordinance that includes the unamplified voice is a better idea.
Detterence policing is also a good idea. But, where will the police and money for them come from?
The thing about Carnation is (being diplomotic) unproductive and promoting sprawl pro global warming. Especially, when you talking to one of the few people who was actaully born in Seattle.
Zander - these are the same ideas we've been talking about for two years, you just have refused to listen or consider them.
The FBI investigated the relationship between off duty Seattle Police and clubs and found no issues. And yes, it is part of what I suggest. If nightclubs could hire off duty police through the local precinct and pay the precinct via a check an invoice (not directly to the cop in cash) then there would be no issue.
It's true clubs are supposed to follow laws now. But the laws aren't always enforced. And the bad operators often don't follow them and could be shut down for violations of existing law, we wouldn't need new ones if the laws on the books now were better enforced.
What group doesn't want sprinklers? Again you are ignoring reality to spin your side. The nightclub industry has been ok with the sprinkler regulations, we just want a realistic time frame to implement them. We are trying to have a serious discussion, your spin is distracting everyone from coming to real workable solutions.
The City has the money for police. The Mayor agrees.
Sorry to Carnation for referring all the frumps there, I'm sure they don't want busy-body 'activists' any more than Seattle does.
You might have been born in the city Zander, but you sure seem to want to live in a suburb.
Hey Meinert,
You claim to be a moderate voice of reason, but you are like most of the other bar owners I've met whose attitude toward their neighbors' complaints is, "If you don't like it, move!"
Your comment that if an apartment dweller on the seventh floor is bothered by unamplified human voices, then that is a soundproofing problem, is absurd. It is not the homeowners' responsibility to rebuild their building so that it satisfies your desire to make noise; it is your responsibility to not interfere with their right to a reasonable degree of peace and quiet in their own homes. And anyways, did you ever think that some people might want to open their windows at night?
In fact, I don't think you'd find much support for this idea in other cities, where presumably people understand that cities are noisy, unlike the so-called whiners who want to turn Seattle into Singapore, or worse. In Chicago, for instance, all outdoor bar or restaurant areas must move inside at midnight, and in New York, noise from a fixed outside source which is measured at 42 decibels or more three feet inside a resident's open window is a noise violation. The unamplified human voices coming from a moderately active outdoor bar area would likely exceed this limit in a nearby apartment. In fact, the Little Italy Neighbors Association apparently has a policy opposing all restaurant gardens.
Here are some more ideas from these provincial backwaters. In Chicago, there has been serious consideration given to empowering a bar's neighbors to vote to remove a bar's liquor license, although I'm not sure whether this has actually been enacted. And in New York, it is extraordinarily difficult to obtain a cabaret license for a venue which is not opening on the site of a previous venue with such a license.
To suggest that downtown residents complaining about excessive and unreasonable noise should move to Carnation really betrays a trailer park mentality.
I've never understood why people move onto a block that's had a bar/nightclub for years, and then complain about the noise. Much less move to a neigbborhood like Belltown, presumably in part for the nightlife, and then complain about that very nightlife keeping them up at, well, night. It's like all the people who move into cheap housing near an airport, and then complain about the noise from the planes. Here's your huge helping of "Well, duh."
Speaking of which, has anybody noticed they're building a huge freaking senior citizens living facility on Ballard Ave virtually across the street from King's, Hattie's Hat, the Tractor, etc? How long will it be before they have old men with pants pulled up to their armpits calling the cops every 15 minutes because the young'uns are making noise after 8pm?
just a couple of clarifications of fact.
1) Nickels has no secure funding plan for SPD hiring. His Neighborhood Policing Staffing Plan says 21 officers per year for five years would cost $2.0 to $2.5 million each year, a total ongoing NEW cost of $12.2 million by 2012. The funds could come from budget reductions(other needed services?), revenue growth from a strong economy (hope is not a plan) and state restoration of $20 million in B&O tax authority (up to Olympia legislators and VERY uncertain).
2) It's not true that the there were no issues identified with SPD and overtime policies. These are fairly serious findings:
Lou - you're correct, I should have been more clear - the FBI investigation led to no charges. I actually spent some uncomfortable time with them on this issue. But I do think there is a way to allow club owners to hire off duty cops and do it cleanly. What I proposed is the beginning of some set of rules that could work. And letting venues have off duty officers working is one piece of a larger solution.
A-chan - I am far from someone who doesn't care about this issue. I think it is a serious issue that needs serious discussions that work towards real solutions. Closing outdoor decks at a certain time in some areas is something to consider for sure. And noise coming out from a venue needs to be kept to a minimum, and the city needs a more powerful law to make sure of this. But changing these things doesn't keep people on the street quiet. So we should create a noise ordinance that allows for ticketing people on the street who are too loud, and current noise rules should be enforced and prosecuted (right now they aren't). But at some point residents need to realize there will be still be people on the street, they will start their cars, talk, etc. This is the ambient noise of the city. Residents need to realize some of this noise will never go away so it will have to be lived with or mitigated through better construction. It seems that to people supporting the Mayor's plan, nothing short of closing all venues that draw people downtown after 10pm will do. Instead, let's give the city a real tool to deal with problem clubs, the police a real way to enforce noise standards, and residents a place to take their concerns where they will be listened to and dealt with. I think if we all sat down together, identified the myriad of problems and considered solutions for each, then we could make some great strides. But an ordinance that looks to make only nightclubs responsible for all the issues is unfair, impractical, and unworkable. It's simply not a real solution and will have all sorts of unintended bad results (loss of jobs, lower tax revenues, less culture, etc).
And yes, it is partially the responsibility of people in noisy areas to deal with the noise. The attitude that residents and builders don't need to to anything different in coming to a solution to these issues is no more realistic than if club owners said there was no problem and they have no responsibility (which we aren't saying). EVERYONE is going to have to make some changes here - club owners, individuals on the streets, the city and residents.
I live in the heart of Fremont & and work the door at large club on Capital Hill. So Ive seen this issue from both sides; as a neighborhood resident who often finds drunks peeing in the bushes outside his front door & as the front line of security at a busy nightclub on the Hill.
The one observation I can make from both perspectives is this: There are not nearly enough cops on the streets these days. Over the last 5 years I haven't seen a single beat cop walking the streets in either neighborhood.
I have a great relationship with the SPD & especially the officers of the East Precinct on Capital Hill. But theyll be the first to admit that theyre understaffed. In fact, right now there are only enough officers to man one patrolman per police car let alone allow for beat cops to walk or bike the streets.
Because of this, in both Fremont & Capital Hill (two major areas where clubs & residential overlap), police presence is limited to just responding to emergency calls, rather than interacting with clubs, patrons, and residents and diffusing troublesome situations before they become real problems.
This problem is the real question the Mayor needs try to addressing.
The pending legislation is wholly misguided in this regard. The Mayor is attempting to make private business responsible for policing the city's streets; something they have neither the resources nor the legal standing to do.
(Once I, as a bouncer, step off the clubs property, in the eyes of the law Im no longer a security guard; Im just another private citizen with no extra legal protections or indemnities from civil action.)
This legislation is just an end-around to avoid the real problem; so the mayor can avoid hiring an adequate number of patrolmen and thus keep his own budget low.
If the force levels where appropriate and patrolmen had the manpower to engage in real community policing - face to face and person to person - the vast majority of these situations would be addressed before they could ever escalate to the point of becoming a problem for the neighborhood's residents.
But right now, the best the SPD can do is put out fires when the arrise. And the mayors proposal is no solution; its intended to solve a budget problem rather than the real problems on the streets.
(And really, only a fool could think the solution to keeping our nightlife civil would somehow be to turn over the policing of our streets to low-paid - and often undertrained private contractors. (i.e: club security staff) I mean, really hows that kind of approach working for us in Iraq, huh?)
The solution is better community policing. And for that, well all need to bite the bullet and pay for more cops on the streets, painful as that is.
Misguided half-measures like this will only exacerbate the problem and create more ill will between residents, patrons, club owners & the city.
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Juan Pierre:
Flying catch robs Bonds of No. 714, the home run that would tie him with Babe Ruth. (Admit it: You were a little disappointed when you heard about that.)
The Lead Item
Two Words For You:
The new story line
of Barry Bonds playing in 2007 as a DH in the AL took an interesting turn yesterday:
"I don't have another year on my contract. If I don't get one and I get one somewhere else, that's where I'll play." He added, "Oh, yes," when asked if he could sustain himself for 155 games as a DH.
Giants owner Peter Magowan responded: "I've always been open to the possibility of him being in another uniform."
That opens up an intriguing dilemma: How would you feel if Bonds ended up on
team? Would you unconditionally support him, like Giants fans do?
I can take my Bonds theory of
"you hate him, but you love to watch"
to an entirely new level.
SportsNation's current poll results show that two-thirds of fans wouldn't want Bonds to sign with their team as a DH. But that doesn't say anything about how they would feel if he
sign with them.
I'm willing to bet
whichever team he ends up with, that team's fans would do a complete 180 on any Bonds-bashing from this season and embrace him in precisely the same way they do in San Francisco.
(I'd even guess
Phillies fans
would embrace Bonds if he was one of their own. Remember, these are the same folks who got behind T.O., even though they knew -- and later found out all too well -- the guy was the biggest jerk in the NFL.)
It works the other way, too: If Bonds left town, I suspect Giants fans would turn on Bonds so fast that he wouldn't know what happened. And they'd get some much-needed psychological relief in doing so.
"But He's
That's the theory that lets otherwise perfectly normal fans root for the biggest jerks in sports -- because they play for
Phanatics Boo Wagner
Speaking of fan reactions,
just imagine if Billy Wagner had actually
last night in his Philly homecoming:
Instead, he got:
"Wag! Ner!"
Eh, that's not so harsh.
"Sell! Out!"
Tell that to his broker.
"Three! Blown! Saves!"
Aha! That's a good one!
And in what is now apparently a Phillies fan tradition, a huge sign was unfurled:
"Billy the Rat."
Wagner's response?
"I didn't hear a thing."
(Yikes: It could get uglier.)
Delmon Young: 50
Delmon Young gets a 50-game
suspension, the longest in International League history -- which was my original over/under the day after the outburst -- for flinging his bat at an ump last month.
In other words, a Triple-A player either gets to chuck a bat at an ump once or get caught using steroids once. Kind of a toss-up, wouldn't you say?
Makes you better?
Use 'roids:
Chuck the bat:
Use 'roids:
Chuck the bat:
Potential fan mockery?
Use 'roids:
Chuck the bat:
(By the way, 50 games from now is just in time to call him up to the big leagues after the All-Star Break. Hmm: Start working on your clever stadium chants now. How about "Baaat! Boyyyy!")
Mavs Crush Spurs
David Stern can apologize
to the Spurs about the playoff scheduling. The defending champs won Game 1, but 3 games in 5 days finally caught up with them: The Mavs ran over the Spurs in San Antonio to tie the series 1-1.
Joffrey Lupul: Scores 4 goals in Ducks' 4-3 W over Avs
Javon Walker: 5Y/$41M extension w/Broncos ($15M bonus)
Casey Martin: PGA "cart" sensation new coach at Oregon
Charlie Casserly: Texans GM expected to resign today
Lawyer Ron: Horse unlikely to run at Preakness (hurt ankle)
TomKat: Did Tom and Katie break up? That's the hot rumor
The key stretch was the end of the first half: Dallas finished with a 15-3 run and the Spurs didn't have a FG in the last 7 minutes. But the playoff schedule reverts back to its forgiving mode: Game 3 in Dallas isn't until Saturday.
But Mavs coach Avery Johnson refused to buy into any Instant History: "They're the champions, they're still the champions. One win by a team in the Western Conference semifinals doesn't mean anything has been taken away from them."
Meanwhile, the Pistons
rolled over the Cavs, to the point where Cleveland was intentionally fouling Ben Wallace at the end of the
first half.
"Hack-a-Ben" smacks of desperation. Three halves into the series.
NBA Tonight
Nets/Heat, G2 (NJ 1-0)
I've been touting "Richard Jefferson is underrated" (eclipsed by Kidd and Carter) for months, and now you'll get to see for yourself, if his ankle injury keeps him out of tonight's Game 2 (he's listed as "doubtful") and the Nets get mopped in Miami.
(Perhaps his absence will actually
his value, so the Nets and Wolves can pull the trigger on the Jefferson-for-KG swap I've been touting, also for months. Makes sense for both: Young upside for aging star!)
Clippers/Suns, G2 (PHX 1-0)
In two wins vs. the Suns this season, the Clippers held them to 98 ppg; in two losses, they allowed 119 ppg. (In Game 1, L.A. allowed a staggering 130.) And there's your big story line for tonight:
No defense = No chance.
MLB Hot Lines
Drug policy snafu?
Might be tempting for the union to leverage its right to revoke the new 'roid policy in renegotiating a new labor deal, but it's not worth the backlash they'll get from fans (and Congress).
Unit shelled, A-Rod boots:
Randy Johnson didn't even make it through 4 innings, giving up 7 R and 5 BB. But only 2 of the 7 were earned, mainly because A-Rod made a huge error that cost a couple runs early.
The Boss noticed:
He called out A-Rod by position (if not name) after the game. Does Steinbrenner have a point? Beyond the fielding gaffe, A-Rod has zero home runs at home and an anemic .244 SLG, and he's still looking for his first hit against the Red Sox.
(But is Steinbrenner as upset as Bernie Williams, who was tossed after throwing his helmet. Quite the role model for minor-leaguers like Delmon Young, wouldn't you say?)
Clemens laying groundwork?
Rocket told a local Houston TV station that his "family is warming up to" the idea of him pitching again this season. That's the rhetoric of a guy who wants to return.
King Felix turns corner?
8 Ks and 1R in 7.2 IP in a W over the Rays. His 108 pitches were a season high, but it was easily his best game of the season.
Pujols hits 17th HR:
And, yet, all I want to do is talk about the Rockies' Matt Holliday, who had yet another HR, his 6th in the last 8 G, in which he's batted 14-for-30 (in Colorado's 4-2 L to St. Louis).
MLB Quote of the Day:
"[MLB] has turned into a badminton league." (Jason Kendall, dropping his appeal of a 4-game suspension for brawling with the Angels' John Lackey. What a sweet sentiment.)
MLB Going Pink
When MLB puts
breast-cancer awareness logos on the bases this Sunday, I hope baseball purists won't have the same freak-out they did about MLB putting Spider-Man movie logos on the bases.
MLB will blanket the game in pink: Pink wristbands for the players, pink lineup cards, special pink hats for fans and, in my favorite detail, special-edition pink bats, a first for MLB.
(Can you imagine the mixed emotions from fans if Barry Bonds hit No. 715 using a pink, "Fight Breast Cancer" bat? How could you begrudge him?)
Knuckle Mania
If my kid
(any day now) says he wants to play baseball, I'm going to steer him into becoming a knuckleball pitcher.
Mostly, because there will always be a spot for that kind of novelty on the JV high school team. (And, given his dad's genetics, that's a serious consideration.) What coach could resist?
So why am I knuckle-obsessed today?
Credit Rob Neyer, who flagged that the White Sox are going to call up 22-year-old knuckler Charlie Haeger to pitch for injured Jose Contreras tonight (Contreras sent to DL).
40 IP, 0 HR, 0.45 ERA in AAA:
And he might be the youngest knuckleballer to ever pitch in the majors, certainly in the ESPN Era. Who needs a live arm when you can learn to float in the junk?
NBA Awards Season
Chris Paul
is such a lock for Rookie of the Year that it's worth reiterating a point I made last month:
Someone (no,
) owes Charlie Villanueva an apology. When he was taken No. 7 in last year's draft, I don't think there was a single expert, analyst or fan who didn't mock the pick.
Given those expectations, a runner-up ROY finish (after averaging 13 ppg and 6 rpg) would be nothing short of phenomenal.
More Stadium Nemeses
In yesterday's Quickie,
inspired by Billy Wagner, I laid out categories of players who would draw the spitting, snarling ire of fans in the stadium.
Here are a couple others submitted by readers:
The Relocated Franchise:
When a team that bolted town returns under its new city name. (Example: Ravens playing in Cleveland.)
The Police Blotter:
When an opposing player has some sort of recent altercation with the law that lends itself to a chant. (Example: Well, let's just wait for Duke lacrosse's first road game next season.)
The Rocker:
Opposing player rips the city and its inhabitants, then shows up for a playoff game. (Example: John Rocker.)
(Thanks to these Quickie readers: Steve from Stafford Springs, Conn.; Greg from Baton Rouge, La.; Mick from Miami; and Rob from Warwick, R.I.)
Rick Adelman:
No surprise: The Kings fire the lame-duck coach who led franchise revival (8 straight playoff seasons). Don Nelson is the hot rumor to replace him.
Today on ESPN.com
Quickie: Live!
NBA Daily Dime
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Kiper's Big Board
Brady Quinn
Full year under Weis? Yikes
Gaines Adams
Clemson DE the new Mario?
Joe Thomas
Legacy of Wisconsin OTs
Paul Posluszny
How's the recovering knee?
Quentin Moses
UGA DE had 11.5 sacks in '05
Kiper's Big Board: Mel has installed Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn at the top of his first 2007 NFL draft Big Board. Will Heisman hype follow?
If Ricky Williams wants to play for the CFL Argos, he better not think things are more "liberal" in Canada: He'd be drug-tested there, too.
Congrats to Mark Cuban, who won Entrepreneur of the Year for the 2006 Webby Awards. (No award for BlogMaverick for postgame rants? What gives?)
And congrats to Jerry Rice and legendary coach John Gagliardi, who lead the class of smaller-school players inducted into the College FB Hall of Fame.
Re: Yesterday's shout-out to the new Gnarls Barkley CD. I got an e-mail asking when I thought "Crazy" (hit single) would be overplayed. Maybe 6/15?


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Each representing a deep, rich lode of African-American musical history, Taj Mahal and the Blind Boys of Alabama have sometimes taken those roots where few if any before have ventured. Mahal, aka Henry St. Clair Fredericks, initially became enamored of country blues and helped spark the blues revival of the early '60s with the spare elegance of his distinctive approach. Over the following decades, Mahal explored myriad blues offshoots and looked for common ground across the globe from India to Hawaii with an enthnomusicologist's enthusiasm and an inspired spirit of discovery. The Blind Boys (pictured) have been weaving complex gospel harmonies for about three-quarters of a century. In recent years, they've ventured beyond traditional gospel, tackling more diverse material and collaborating with artists from other genres, most recently on the country-oriented Take the High Road.
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'A Carolina Story' retells Book of Job
Depression-era play uplifting
Published: Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 8:56 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 8:56 a.m.
Inspired by the biblical story of Job, a new musical set in Depression- era North Carolina features traditional Appalachian-style music and dance.
Meet the cast
By BETH BEASLEY
Times-News Correspondent
A cast of Blue Ridge Community College's faculty, staff, students and community members have collaborated to help shape "A Carolina Story."
The lead role of Jo is played by Jennifer O'Rear. Making her debut on Blue Ridge's stage is staff member and professional singer Melodee Edington-Leyshon, who plays G, aka God.
Jo's friends are played by math faculty member James Dawsey as well as students Beth Norris and Daniel Wagoner.
Lucy, Jo's daughter, is played by early college high school student Rebecca Perez
while the other two children are played by Joe and Mary Treadway.
Lucy's friend Peter is played by BRCC student Jack Carruth.
Alumnus J.J.
McCarson plays the sheriff, and former student Stephanie O'Rear plays Bea, the seductress, aka Satan.
An added character, Ezra the local undertaker, is played by Ed Mathis, a community member who has contributed his composing talents as well by writing two songs for the show.
The large chorus, made up primarily of BRCC students, includes Haripriya Balakrishnan, Krishnaveni Balakrishnan, Nic Balcom, Rob Lamb, Bobby Simcox, Nickalas Martino, Lauren Smith, Haley Brazell, Jessica May, Christopher Stroud, Erin Carter, Tiffany Nock and Jennifer Gorter.
Want to go?
What: "A Carolina Story"
When: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and April 26-28 at 7:30 p.m.; April 22 and 29 at 2 p.m.
Where: Patton Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College
Tickets: $7; $5 students and BRCC faculty and staff
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"A Carolina Story," which will premiere Thursday in Patton Auditorium at Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock, focuses on the effects of tragedy and loss, and the power of community.
"In the end, 'A Carolina Story' is more than a story of hardship and sorrow; it's also a tale of faith, hope and love — love that transcends the greatest of tragedies and helps us live again," says Katie Winkler, BRCC English instructor.
Winkler wrote the story and lyrics for the all-new musical that draws heavily on the talents of teachers, students and staff at the college in a community artistic collaboration.
"I'd been playing around with the idea of a full-length play after studying the Book of Job," says Winkler, who originally planned to set the play in her native Alabama.
"Thinking about it musically, it worked better set here," she says. "There's more variety of styles here than just Delta Blues."
Former BRCC student Curtis McCarley wrote the music for the play, inspired by regional traditions of bluegrass, country, sacred hymns and gospel singing.
"It's been an absolute joy," McCarley says. "She (Winkler) knows how to express what she's hearing in her head, so I try to wrap my mind around it and convert it to the instrument."
This BRCC Drama Department production is directed by Jennifer Treadway, lead instructor in the school's drama department.
"A Carolina Story" will run through two weekends.
The cast of 25 includes students, former students, staff and community members.
"It's really one of the highlights of my life as a writer, to have worked with such talented people," Winkler says.
Winkler has written two novels, published short stories and had a one-act play performed about seven years ago at BRCC.
Ten years ago, Winkler began working on a musical based on the Book of Job but didn't finish it until recently.
"It was only an idea, a fantasy, for many years. I was just playing around," Winkler says. "About two years ago, I started putting some real effort into the work."
The inspiration to complete "A Carolina Story" came from her sister, Ronda Whitlock Dalenberg, who had terminal cancer.
"I knew that if Ronda, one of my biggest supporters, was going to see the work, that I was going to have to do something fast," Winkler says.
Despite her sister's struggles, Dalenberg had a rich life, she adds.
"I wanted to capture that in the play — that Job had a rich life, as well," she says.
As momentum built for completing her project, Winkler contacted McCarley, with whom she had worked on several projects, to write the music for her lyrics. A reading of the play with volunteers from the college and the community, as well as numerous critique sessions with writing friends, helped Winkler complete the first draft.
With help from Treadway, a staged reading of the play was presented last spring to a full house in Patton Auditorium.
A week later, just days before she died, Winkler's sister was able to watch "A Carolina Story," together with her family.
"I'm just so thankful to everyone at BRCC and in the community who made it possible for my sister to see the play before she lost her battle with cancer," Winkler says.
Feedback from the audience and lessons learned from the reading informed the extensive revisions that were made to the musical.
"It's made it a stronger script," Winkler says.
As the play went into rehearsal, the death of friend and fellow BRCC instructor Melody Lindsey shocked and saddened the community. "Melody grew up in this area, speaking and writing often of her Appalachian roots. I know she would have loved this play," Winkler says. "Now, I feel that the play is a tribute to my friend as well as my sister."
Several of Lindsey's former students are performing in "A Carolina Story," and the play has taken on new meaning for them, Winkler says.
Because the show follows the plot of the story of Job, it explores how regular, everyday people come to grips with loss.
"A lot of people working on the play have lost loved ones recently," Winkler says.
Despite the tragic overtones, Winkler stresses that the show is also a celebration of Appalachian life.
She appreciates the care that McCarley, a native of the Carolinas, has given to the music, especially to ensure each musical piece is tailored to the talents of each performer.
"He might change the key, do what he can to showcase the best of their voice," Treadway says.
With 19 songs, including several chorus numbers, "A Carolina Story" demands every major character perform in at least one song. Choreographers Jennifer and Stephanie O'Rear have researched traditional dance steps from the era, from waltzes to the The Sugar and a dance called Spankin' the Baby.
Jennifer O'Rear, a BRCC graduate and artist-in-residence, has been cast as the lead character, Jo. Her sister Stephanie will play Bea, a Satan-like character.
Before each performance, there will be a 20- to 30-minute pre-show featuring a variety of Appalachian music and dance.
A special character was expanded from a walk-on part to a major character for Ed Mathis, who auditioned and ended up writing two songs for the musical.
"He jumped in with both feet," Treadway says. "We couldn't have done it without him."
Treadway adds that Mathis drifts in and out of the story, guitar in hand, functioning like a one-man Greek chorus.
Costume designer Diane Ballard has achieved an authentic Depression-era look with a limited budget for the show's large cast.
Winkler is grateful for the collaborative efforts of cast members and BRCC community working on "A Carolina Story."
"We all have different skill sets," she says. "That's what makes our show really strong."
"To see our students blossoming as writers and artists — for me as a teacher, that's very satisfying."
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Published: Tuesday, February 7, 2006 at 4:30 a.m.
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John Richard Bradburn, 83, formerly of 516 South Boyce St., Union, S.C., and widower of Helen France Hines, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
He was born in Union, S.C., Feb. 4, 1923, the son of the late Richard Joseph Bradburn and Sadie Maude Rippey Bradburn. He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, where he served as a Sunday School teacher, a former Deacon, a head usher and greeter for many years. He retired from Cone Mills and was a veteran of the Air Force, having served in World War II.
Survivors include two daughters, Jerry O'Shields and her husband, Larry, of Union and Sue B. Stephens and her husband, Ott, of Louisville, Ga.; four grandchildren, the Rev. Brad Goodale and Allison Waters, both of Union, S.C., Angela Hullender and Mark Stephens, both of Ringgold, Ga.; two brothers, Joe Bradburn, of Union, S.C. and Sam Bradburn, of Hendersonville; a sister, Barbara Everingham of Hendersonville and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Ada Belle Huntley and two brothers, Harold Bradburn and Ray Bradburn.
A service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Tabernacle Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Roger Plemmons, the Rev. George Turbeville and the Rev. Brad Goodale. Burial will be in Union Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Tabernacle Baptist Church, 915 S. Pickney Street, Union, S.C. 29379 or Philippi Baptist Church, 327 Philippi Church Road, Union, S.C. 29379 or the First Baptist Church, 101 East 9th Street, Louisville, Ga. 30434.
The family received friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at Tabernacle Baptist Church.
The family is at the home of his grandson, the Rev. Brad Goodale, 321 Philippi Church Road in Union, S.C.
S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home, Union, S.C., is in charge of the arrangements.
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