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Everything You Need to Know About Fall '14′s Hautest Jewelry-------
In the run-up to September's Biennale des Antiquaires—arguably the most important event on the jewelry calendar—there is much muchness being showcased in and around the Place Vendôme. But while big may be beautiful and jaw-dropping, some of the season's most compelling pieces, such as "floating" stones and unexpected 3-D effects, prove that less can still be more. Below, we tell you everything you need to know about the hautest of this season's fine jewelry.
A Fine Jewel: A champion of couture with parsimony, Emmanuel Aubry decided to "turn water to ice" by mounting a 47-carat rectangular cabochon atop a mirror in a white-gold cage setting called the Riva, in homage to the boat. By the time you read this, the one-of-a-kind Riva will have likely vaporized. (It happens to be the least bank-breaking bauble of the week.) Fortunately, Aubry has other aquas to freeze and plenty of other stones where "things are happening."
Boucheron: Japan, Russia, India, China, and Persia offered up a whirlwind world tour of inspirations, among them a Bolshoi-informed diamond necklace that can become a tiara: the Trésor de Perse necklace in diamonds, rock crystal, and two cabochon sapphires including one that once belonged to the shah of Iran and a 190-carat engraved emerald that belonged to a 17th-century maharajah. "It's all about the majesty of the stones," commented creative director Claire Choisne. "There's no need for complexity. I try to stay as invisible as possible and keep it simple."
Buccellati: Every two years, Buccellati focuses on a single object. This year, it's Bracelets de Rêves. Forty unique variations on house signatures by Andrea Buccellati feature baroque flourishes set into a silky, textured background known as rigato, a proprietary technique, or gold honeycomb lace. The dazzling diamond-, sapphire-, and tsavorite-encrusted cuff was two years in the making. The house is also quietly turning out unexpected pieces, such as gold and diamond iPad and phone covers.
Bulgari: Stones talk. Lucia Silvestri has spent her life listening to them for Bulgari, but even she can't quite explain how she does it. That's why she decided to whittle 4 carats off her favorite stone in the collection: a Burmese sapphire. The 58-carat cabochon anchors one of the nine creations in the Musa collection. Overall, candy-colored stones with irregular shapes and bezel settings take pride of place. (Silvestri affectionately calls one necklace "The Flintstone.") High-jewelry serpentis mark the house's 130th anniversary.
Chanel: In a departure, Chanel tapped into the explosive creative freedom of café society and shook loose of strictly figurative codes. What camellias and stars remained got the abstract treatment, as graphic relief on the supple, 3-D Sunset necklace heavy with padparadscha sapphires and diamonds. Elsewhere, the house ventured into gold with red enamel on an openwork bracelet set with diamonds and yellow sapphires. Another showstopper: the Broadway bracelet set with 35 carats' worth of baguette, brilliant, and square-cut diamonds.
Cindy Chao: Cindy Chao dances on the line between jewelry and art objects. This year's centerpiece was the much-talked about 10th anniversary Ballerina Butterfly, a collaboration with Sarah Jessica Parker that will be auctioned to benefit the New York City Ballet in October. Elsewhere, the designer continued her tribute to nature and the four seasons, which most recently included sculptural orchid earrings wrought in 3-D with large sapphires and diamonds on all sides of the piece.
Dauphin: Charlotte de La Rochefoucauld is exploring a "blue period" with her nascent jewelry line. Her latest pieces include a boule ring based on her minimalist cuff, which are both done in black diamonds on palladium gold with a midnight blue cast that changes depending on the light. The cuff is also offered in black, gray, and white ombré diamonds and, come September, in rose gold, a special edition for Le Bon Marché. The designer has also spun out her Eiffel-esque design into a significant diamond-set signet ring.
Dior: Of the twenty-one one-of-a-kind pieces in Victoire de Castellane's ArchiDior high-jewelry collection, all but four had been snapped up by the middle of Couture week. Among the pieces inspired by Christian Dior's creations from 1947 to early 1950 were the surprising Corolle Soir in pigeon's blood rubies and diamonds, and the Envol ring, which echoes the dress by reprising a button detail with a significant emerald. There was also a hint of what's to come in the other twenty-three pieces now being readied for the Biennale, with Plissée Verticale, a ribbon of diamonds ending in pear-cut emeralds.
Louis Vuitton: Acte V signals the house's fifth high-jewelry collection, and that key numeral-slash-letter is the springboard for pieces based on Gaston-Louis Vuitton's tricolor monogram, sketchbooks, and 1925 Milano vanity set. A necklace with a nearly 88-carat Australian black opal was the headline act. But the talking points for many editors were smaller entries, such as the Deco-informed Apotheosis cuff and the hexagonal ring boasting diamonds, chrysoprase, and a hint of the seventies.
Repossi: We're hearing a lot about "floating" stones this season, but no one did it quite like Gaia Repossi. "Just the stone is enough," the designer noted of the delicately futuristic collection she called "set on empty." One major statement was the ring with four yellow diamonds and one white in various shapes and sizes. "It's big, but it's camouflage big," the designer offered. Also big and less camouflage-able were two Bauhaus-inspired cuffs in pink gold "tulle" and diamonds.
Reza: Olivier Reza doesn't "do" themes. Fair enough: He has more stones than anyone. For the first time in fifteen years, Reza will show at the Biennale with a mix of about forty new pieces as well as some archival favorites, such as a pair of significant seventies-era drop earrings with two sapphires that together weigh 100 carats (that's not counting the diamonds, plus they're not for sale). Among the new wares are the Tremblant ruby and diamond earrings, and contemporary takes on the "toi et moi" with two stones set at close remove.
Wilfredo Rosado:As an assistant to Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat back in the eighties, Wilfredo Rosado discovered a passion for art that has followed him everywhere since. For this softer, lighter-colored collection, the designer looked to the work of Cy Twombly, notably his Alhambra period, for gems layered in the spirit of Moroccan mosaics. Two other groups, Bakkheia and Rapture, render the artist's zigzags and scribbles in great swoops of white and colored diamonds.
Venyx: Natural phenomena, stars, and green lights fascinate Eugenie Niarchos. With her second collection, Theiya—a name that nods to the Greek goddess of sight, light, and shiny things in general—the designer offered another take on nature's beauty in lightning bolt bracelets, Venyx stars (one branch is longer than the others), and a constellation of diamonds on an ear cuff called Lady Australis. Twin dusk and dawn pendants called Theiya Lumia were set with diamonds and moonstone or labradorite and a tiny piece of the Gibeon meteorite in back.


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New dates for cancelled Races For Life
New dates have been announced for Cancer Research UK's Race for Life events in Huddersfield and Lincoln which were called off due to the recent bad weather.
The Huddersfield Race for Life events will now take place at 10.30am and 2.00pm on Saturday, 1 September at Leeds Road Playing Fields, Huddersfield**.
The Lincoln Race for Life event will now take place at 11.00am on Sunday, 29 July at Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln**.
Participants who have already registered and want to take part on the new dates do not need to do anything, as their pack and entry number will still be valid. For more information visit www.raceforlife.org or call the hotline on 0871 641 11 11.

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If dogs are man's best friend, few will argue that horses aren't far behind, especially anyone at Saddle Rock Ranch.
Suffolk County and Brookhaven officials announced a new therapeutic horse riding program that will bring the thrill of the saddle to active duty or no longer serving military men and women.
"A lot of the guys get their comfort from these animals from coming out and brushing them down or working on their saddlery, just doing things," Thomas Ronayne of the Suffolk County Veterans Agency. "Just the interaction alone is where the benefit comes from."
The horses work in a capacity that offers a mix of unconditional trust and affection, helping the rider escape whatever horrors of war they may still carry.
Timothy Strobel, who served in Iraq, nearly lost a leg and still suffers from PTSD. Strobel said none of that matters when he's here.
"They're nonjudgmental, they're good listeners," Strobel said. "We take care of them, groom them. They can rely on us, we can rely on them. It's sort of like a very, very large battle buddy. You can trust them 100 percent."
Daniel Oritheneer learned the meaning of 100 percent trust quickly. This was his first time ever riding a horse.
"It's a little different than what I thought it was," he said. "The skin is slightly rough. And it's kind of exhilarating. But I liked it."
And the program's organizers hope more of this country's heroes will like it as well. As protecting America's freedom can leave scars, but if using horses can help heal war wounds it's the very least that we can do.
"I think that this is a great way to bring them back down to what they have experienced in the past," Oritheneer said. "And just kind of let them know that everything is going be alright. Just kind of create that relaxed atmosphere."
In addition to our country's warriors, this program is also for persons with disabilities or special needs.
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Witnesses say the incident was an act of self defense by the homeowner.
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Designing costumes for period films can be very difficult. It takes a significant amount of research to get things "just right." For films like Pride and Prejudice, which is set in the 1790s, few if any actual garments still exist. Costume designers must depend on existing sketches and paintings from the period, as well as the interpretations of previous costume designers. It can be a daunting task.
Costume designers also often rely heavily on prop or costuming shops to outfit the actors in the production they are working on. But these resources often have very little in the way of clothing and accessories meant to look as though they are from this time period. That means the costume designers have to have many outfits created from scratch. This was the case with the 1995 BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice."
The designers who worked on the film have said many of the fabrics that would have been commonly used in this time period aren't made anymore. For this particular film, the solution was to have modern fabrics printed to look like fabrics from the time period; and to have the clothing created from that.
In the 2005 "Pride and Prejudice" production, the costume designer has said she used the cut and colors of clothes to help tell the story in an interesting way. For example, the costume designer dressed Mr. Darcy to reflect the personality change he experiences. At first, his clothing is stiff and formal, much like his attitude to the people at the Meryton assembly. But by the end, when he and Elizabeth reach an understanding, he is dressed in much loser, more flowing clothes.


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The Raymond C. Moore Paleontology Medal is awarded in recognition of "Excellence in Paleontology."
Nominees for the medal will be persons who have a significant record of outstanding contributions in paleontology, especially those aspects of paleontology that bear on a major objective of this Society which Professor Moore helped to establish, that is, to promote the science of stratigraphy through research in paleontology and evolution, and the use of fossils for interpretations of paleoecology. Recognition is not to be limited to members of the Society or other professional organizations, nor to citizens of any one country. Recipients of the Moore Medal are eligible as later nominees for the Twenhofel Medal.
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Hinds County District Attorney has announced 23-year-old Marc Lewis has been sentenced to life for the murder of his mother, Sharmeise Church.
38-year-old Sharmeise Church was shot to death by Lewis on April 15, 2011, at the Jackson home they shared.
Lewis was sentenced by Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill. He was convicted by a Hinds County jury in Judge Weill's courtroom November 15, 2013.
Crucial to the prosecution was the eight-minute, 33-second 911 call made after Church was shot. In this recording Lewis can be heard repeatedly saying, "I ain't got no mama."
Family members can also be heard protecting Church from him as she lay dying on the floor from a single gunshot wound to the stomach.
At the time of her death Church was a popular Mississippi College Dean's List student. The Mississippi Collegian remembered her in a front-page obituary.
The college also held a candlelight vigil featuring readings of her class assignments and other writings.
"By all accounts, Sharmeise Church was an extremely well-liked person - and a loving mother," said Smith. "Her murder, at the hands of her own son, is one of those cases that haunt us long after the jury returns its verdict."
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Tucson police released the 911 phone call from Sergio Celis, the morning that he discovered his 6-year-old daughter, Isabel, was missing.
Dispatcher:911 what's your emergency?
Sergio Celis: I want to report a missing person, my little girl who's six years old, I believe she was abducted from our house.
Dispatcher: What's the address?
Sergio: 57 or 5602 E. 12th Street.
Dispatcher: Okay. Stay on the line for Tucson Police.
Sergio: I will.
Dispatcher: Tucson Police Department, Gabhart
Sergio: Hello, I need to report a uh, missing child. I believe she was abducted from my house
Dispatcher: Okay. How old?
Sergio: Six years old.
Dispatcher: Okay is it your daughter or?
Sergio: Yes
Dispatcher: Why do you think she abducted?
Sergio: I have no idea. We woke up this morning and went to go get her up, start her baseball game and she's gone. I woke up my, my sons, I, we looked everywhere in the house and my oldest son noticed her window was wide open and the screen was laying the backyard. We've looked all around the house, my son…
Dispatcher: Okay, hang on.
Sergio:…are running, yeah, my sons are running around the house looking for her.
Dispatcher: the screen was on the ground outside?
Sergio: Yes
Dispatcher: What's her address?
Sergio: 5602 E. 12th Street.
Dispatcher: What's your name sir?
Sergio: My name is Sergio, S-E-R-G-I-O, middle initial D, last name is C-E-L-I-S,
Dispatcher: I-S as in Sam?
Sergio: Yes.
Dispatcher: Okay, what's her name?
Sergio: Isabel, I-S-B-E-L, uh, I-S-A-B-E-L, M as in man is the middle initial
Dispatcher: Okay, same last name?
Sergio: Yes.
Dispatcher: Okay what's her actual birth date?
Sergio: Is (removed by TPD), of uh, (removed by TPD). I'm sorry. (removed by TPD) and she's going to seven this year, so uh, (removed by TPD)
Dispatcher: Okay. Is mom there also?
Sergio: Uh, she had just left for work, I just called her and I told her to get her butt home. (chuckles)
Dispatcher: Okay, mother.
Sergio: But she was…
Dispatcher: What kind of vehicle is she going to be en route back in?
Sergio: Uh, in our Lexus RX300, and it's red.
Dispatcher: Okay.
Sergio: And she's coming from TMC, so she should just be coming straight down Craycroft.
Dispatcher: Okay. How tall is she?
Sergio: She is five two.
Dispatcher: No the, I'm sorry, you're daughter
Sergio: Oh my daughter. Um…forty inches. Thirty, yeah 36 to 40 inches.
Dispatcher: Okay. Is she black, white, or Hispanic?
Sergio: She's a fair skinned Hispanic with uh, clear eyes and light brown hair.
Dispatcher: And what do you mean by clear eyes? Like…
Sergio: Uh, well they're a little bit green…
Dispatcher: Are they hazel or?
Sergio:…green, green, hazel, sure.
Dispatcher: Hazel, okay. And you said she's about 40 inches tall.
Sergio: Yeah.
Dispatcher: Do you remember what she was wearing last night when you saw her?
Sergio: Uh, before she went to bed I believe she was wearing little navy blue shorts and, and a pink uh, a pink like little uh, tank top type of a shirt.
Dispatcher: Pink tank top? Okay. Navy blue shorts. Has she ever tried to sneak out of a window or anything?
Sergio: Oh no.
Dispatcher: Have you guys…
Sergio: Hu-uh
Dispatcher: …been having any weird phone calls, anything like that, somebody hanging around?
Sergio: No. We got home late from uh, my son's baseball game.
Dispatcher: Uh-hm
Sergio: You know, about 10:30 last night. (clears throat) Everyone took their showers and they all went to bed. I even was in the living room watching uh, the Diamondbacks game at midnight.
Dispatcher: Uh-hm.
Sergio: And I feel asleep and I never heard anything weird. So I was like just on the…
Dispatcher: Okay.
Sergio:…other side of the wall from her.
Dispatcher: How, how many siblings does she have?
Sergio: Two.
Dispatcher: Okay, and those are brothers you said?
Sergio: Yes.
Dispatcher: How old are they?
Sergio: 14 and 10.
Dispatcher: And you said they're out looking or they were looking all over the house?
Sergio: Oh no, they, they just, they just went right now, my oldest son, the 14 year old, he went running around just to make sure um, but I, she's nowhere…
Dispatcher: Okay.
Sergio:…to be seen…
Dispatcher: Outside or inside?
Sergio: He's outside our property wall.
Dispatcher: Okay. And where is the ten year old?
Sergio: He's in the garage. He's just out in the garage just waiting for…
Dispatcher: Okay.
Sergio:…my wife.
Dispatcher: Okay and what's mom's name?
Sergio: Becky.
Dispatcher: Okay. And what's your birth date sir?
Sergio: (removed by TPD)
Dispatcher: Okay. And what's mom's?
Sergio: Uh, (removed by TPD)
Dispatcher: Okay. Any you're both natural parents of the child?
Sergio: Yes.
Dispatcher: Okay. So no, no step-parents, any, any problems with any grandparents?
Sergio: No.
Dispatcher: Okay. So you're not having any family issues, anything like that?
Sergio: No.
Dispatcher: Okay. And you haven't noticed anybody hanging out in front of your house?
Sergio: No.
Dispatcher: Okay. You're son that's 14, what's his name?
Sergio: (inaudible yelling in background) Uh, I'm sorry, my wife just walked in and, and she's speaking to somebody. I don't know if she's speaking to the police also. She might have been calling on her way. You asked me about my son, what did you ask me?
Dispatcher: Yeah the, the 14 year old that's out looking for her?
Sergio: Yes. What about him?
Dispatcher: Um, well hang on a second. Okay, actually I think one of your sons is trying to call. Um, I'm sorry, what was your 14 year old's name?
Sergio: (Taken out by Tucson News Now)
Sergio: My wife just got home and she's kind of hysterical and freaking out, so.
Dispatcher: I, okay. Tell her we are on the way, we've got a…
Sergio: Okay.
Dispatcher:…bunch of officers on the way, I want you guys to stay there in the house.
Sergio: We will.
Dispatcher: Okay.
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Quote from: Hate on January 13, 2013, 11:53:13 AMLewis was there, he has money, let's sue!!Why settle if he's innocent?
Lewis was there, he has money, let's sue!!
i don't know that any poster has received such a public flogging.... well other than Sgt Schulz.
You got that right - I'm a follower, spectator. I watch sports for entertainment. But fan? Not really a fan of any team in any sport.
The really sad part is the nurse admit to not even being a fan of the Buccaneers:Quote from: morgan on July 29, 2011, 05:53:26 AMYou got that right - I'm a follower, spectator. I watch sports for entertainment. But fan? Not really a fan of any team in any sport. The loser spends so much time on this fansite, yet admittedly isn't a fan. Poor lady has trouble making gal-pals.
Gotta like Wes Welker's wife for her FB post saying what a lot of people are thinking:"Proud of my husband and the Pats," Welker wrote on her Facebook page. "By the way, if anyone is bored, please go to Ray Lewis' Wikipedia page. 6 kids 4 wives. Acquitted for murder. Paid a family off. Yay. What a hall of fame player! A true role model!" Of course she was blatantly wrong in her post: Lewis isn't married.Too bad she took it back. But she had to. Husband Wes fearful of his personal safety.


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It's funny to go back and look at all the "WHAT'S WRONG WITH _____?" articles at the end of the season, tallying up the ones we really should have been worried about. Albert Pujols? Nope. Tim Lincecum? Yep. Alex Gordon? Nope. Ervin Santana? Yep.
And it's hard to remember now, but Adam Wainwright was the subject of a lot of those articles, coming back after Tommy John surgery and posting a 6.16 ERA through his first seven starts. But his strikeout-to-walk ratio suggested that he was the same pitcher, and the maths were right; after the early struggles, he settled in nicely.
His start in Game 1 on Sunday, though, might be one of his most impressive outings since coming back from his injury. Wainwright has tied a season high in strikeouts with nine, and he's through only five innings.
Well, okay, Wainwright's real season high is 12, but that was against the Astros.
On the other side, Gio Gonzalez has been grinding through his outing, tying his career mark for walks in a single game with seven. At 109 pitches, he's a longshot to return for the sixth.


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Netgear WPN824 Router
Manufacturer: NetGear Part number: WPN824NA
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- Bottom Line:
- The Netgear RangeMax router is among the best-performing routers we've seen.
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CNET editors' review
price range: $124.95
- Reviewed by: Xiao Ming Wu
- Edited by: Allen Fear
- Reviewed on: 04/17/2005
- Released on: 03/01/2005
The good: Fast throughput; long range; compact design; seven internal antennas help counteract interference from cordless phones and neighboring networks.
The bad: Twice the price of a standard Wi-Fi router; mediocre performance when used with legacy 802.11b gear.
The bottom line: The Netgear RangeMax router is among the best-performing routers we've seen.
User reviews
Tops Linksys - Up in 10 minutes - Great Advanced Features
by ivybrick on April 12, 2005
Pros: Easy Setup, Port-Forwarding, No Interferance Issues
Cons: None to-date
Summary: I have been through an exaustive search and finally stumbled upon this gem. I am a software engineer, looking to re-Wifi my home office as a result of my MS ...
Summary: I have been through an exaustive search and finally stumbled upon this gem. I am a software engineer, looking to re-Wifi my home office as a result of my MS MN-500 failing to work after 2-years.
I immediately went with Linsys due to my experience with Cisco. The latest was the SRX which dropped signal anytime I attempted to download or load a large web page. It was fast when it was up? After 6 hours over 7 calls to Linsys, they told me to go with their A&G product. It installed in about 30 minutes. Detection problems but was eventually up. However, I noticed a flaw in thier firmware where you could not shut off the Remote Management feature. If you own one try it. Without any port forwarding or DMZ set, type your external ip address. They disable and try again. Same thing, always up. Not a good feature. In addition, the port-forwarding was difficult to setup. On top of all of this fun, the same signal drop occurred. This is on 5 different computers with both B & G cards.
In desparation, I went to this site and saw the presentation of the NetGear and read some reviews from other sites. I purchased and set the entire router up with several port-forwarding configuration in less than 10 minutes. I am very excited about the speed, and easy-of-use. This is a must for 1-Wifi-crowded environments; 2-Semi-professional requirements like advanced firewall and forwarding; 3-Novice users who want an easy setup. Just follow the directions and you are up.
For environment particulars:
ISP: Comcast
Security: WEP only 128
Workstations: 3 with 1 Vonage device (directly wired)
Servers: 2 Dell PE
Longest Distance: 30 feet from router in upstairs bedroom.
42 out of 43 users found this user opinion helpful.
Did not have extra range!
by SoCalMike on May 17, 2005
Pros: Same interface as older models
Cons: No range benefit. Rangemax is marketing hype.
Summary: Purchased RangeMax Router and RangeMax Ethernet NIC to replace Netgear WG624 Wireless Router to enhance coverage throughout my home. Installed in same exact location (easy setup) as the WG624 and ...
Summary: Purchased RangeMax Router and RangeMax Ethernet NIC to replace Netgear WG624 Wireless Router to enhance coverage throughout my home. Installed in same exact location (easy setup) as the WG624 and the range was not even as good as the older WG624. What's up with that???!!! I escalated to Netgear Level 2 tech support with a case number and they never called even me back. With old setup, I could get a "low" signal from the farthest place in my home and it would connect to the internet, although very slow. With RangeMax, it would not even connect from the same spot!! It was a simple test that is proof RangeMax does not enhance range! I am VERY disappointed in the product and RETURNED both the router and the NIC card. No way it's up to 1000 times greater range. I did not even get 10% better range which would have made a difference in my home.Updated
5-23-2005 - Just wanted to update everyone and let you know that I have still not heard back from Netgear Technical Support, even though I had a case number and a promise of a call back. I would imagine it is because this product has many issues that they are having to deal with.
23 out of 33 users found this user opinion helpful.
Beauty...fast, strong connection, great range
by Redflea on June 20, 2005
Pros: Easy setup, strong signal, great range
Cons: None yet...except maybe for bright blue lights...
Summary: This router was very easy to set up...I tried both the hand-hold and manual method, and both worked perfectly. All the necessary security and other settings options are available. ...
Summary: This router was very easy to set up...I tried both the hand-hold and manual method, and both worked perfectly. All the necessary security and other settings options are available.
Signal strength and range are great...I can go to the back end of my yard w/my laptop (180 feet from the router, through two walls) and get a minimum 28 MPS connection, more than enough for any internet activities (email, browsing, streaming media) as well as streaming MP3s from my music server.
The blue lights on the router are a little silly, but given the performance of the router, I forgive the Netgear "marketeers" for their desire to have pretty blue lights.
Gave this thing a 10 because I couldn't find any reason to mark it down...well done, Netgear.
15 out of 16 users found this user opinion helpful.
the best of the rest
by cscaldwe on June 20, 2005
Pros: excellent coverage, great looks, easy set-up
Cons: none so far
Summary: Lost our Linksys WRT54G wireless router to a power surge and had to buy a replacement. I was very happy with the Linksys and planned on just buying another of ...
Summary: Lost our Linksys WRT54G wireless router to a power surge and had to buy a replacement. I was very happy with the Linksys and planned on just buying another of the same. Came across the Netgear Rangemax at the store and was intrigued by the seven antenna idea so I figure I'd give it a try.
The increased coverage is immediate...even in the backyard (2500sqft single story home). The RangeMax does as promised and adjusts the signal based on where it finds you.
We're at full signal strength (4.7Mbs on our cable modem) in every single room! I am still amazed as I type this review.
The setup was as easy as my Linksys WRT54G, and I think I prefer the Netgear setup wizard...it was a bit easier to follow as a non-expert user.
I also like the cleaner lines. No external antennas. The white and "glass" case follow the design trend of an iPod so it looks nice out in the open. the blue LED lights for he antennas are fun to watch in action, very Star Wars R2D2.
The blue LEDs did cause a bit of distraction while on-line gaming so I temporarily covered the glass dome with some papers.
Of course, now that we have such amazing coverage I'll likely be gaming in other areas of the house or the backyard!
Excellent work Netgear!
13 out of 13 users found this user opinion helpful.
does what it says on the box and more
by jgraywa on April 28, 2005
Pros: Great signal strength in dead-spots other conventional G WiFi base stations can't
Cons: Only con with this product for me was cost
Summary: Being the techno and gadget geek that I am I have been using WiFi kit since it was first available for home use. Over the past 3-4 years I have ...
Summary: Being the techno and gadget geek that I am I have been using WiFi kit since it was first available for home use. Over the past 3-4 years I have owned around 6 or more wireless basestations ranging including offerings from Microsoft, Dlink, Linksys, Netgear and Apple.
When my partner and I decided to move in together to a house we each gave up life in our respective apartments. In the apartment I had been using the Linksys WRV54G (http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=565) VPN router. I have not been overly impressed by this offering from Linksys for a number of reasons but tolerated it as it did the job.
Once we moved into the house, I found that the PC downstairs could not get a WiFi signal at all from the Linksys WPM54GS G PCI speedbooster card, and when it could it was at around a poor 1MBPS. I decided to try a range booster product opting for the WRE54G (http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=38&prid=629) G-Range-Expander from Linksys. Results here I found to be no better - it just seemed that this section of the house; just around 30 feet away downstairs, was in some kind of wireless deadspot.
In despair, I thought about paying for a second cable modem, painfully running ethernet over the house (being rented not worth the time or investment), when I read about new offerings from Linksys, Belkin, Netgear and DLink to name a few.
I read reviews on the Belkin Pre-N router, the Linksys SRX and the NetGear RangeMax. I went to BestBuy, CompUSA and Fry's Electronics to try and gleam some knowledge from the staff - none at any store were able to shed any light on the usefulness of any of these products.
As a longstanding Linksys customer, I was about to buy their SRX router despite the fact it was more than $50.00 more than the others. The thing I liked about the Apple Airport Extreme when I bought it was - not only was it a robust functioning product, but it is a stunning piece of design which can be put any place in the home and not look unsightly as these things often can. The router which I would buy would have another 3-4 devices connected to it over ethernet (albeit not directly in sight). The Linksys box seemed much of a muchness in online reviews with the other offerings. It also has three external antennas, which with the other ethernet devices connected - doesn't make for discrete viewing in the home.
In the end I opted for the RangeMax from NetGear. WOW - honestly - this is a great device. When I took it out of the box it struck me in that it looked similar to the Airport Extreme from Apple - it looks great, sleek and stylish; as far as such items can be anyway. Setup was very straightforward and intuitive - unlike the previous VPN router (WRV54G) from Linksys I own. It was up and running in 5 minutes or less. I also have an account and domain name for the home setup for free with http://www.dyndns.org - this guy updates the IP address each time the ISP change it at the cable modem to keep it current. This allows me to connect to a desktop running XP which I remote desktop to and access any other machine on the network at home from work.
Lastly, the PC downstairs? .......... it now get's ~ 45-48 MPBS no problem and not internet access is lighning fast. Moving data to other machines on the network is now also reliable without wireless connection failures. I've also tried using the laptop that I am typing this from at the other end of the back garden and I still get a good connection with around 35 MBPS throughput.
Next I plan to buy a couple of RangeMax cards from Netgear for the other machines in the house. That way I can leverage the MIMO technology which is built in, giving two concurrent aggregating wireless-G streams of 54 MBPS - to 108 MBPS - faster speeds and faster coverage in deadspots is what I'm hoping for --> take the ~45 MPBS connection on the PC downstairs to double that .............. move over 100 Base-T ethernet.
Closing (sorry for the novel), I would highly recommend this device. For me, it solved a tricky WiFi connection problem in the form of deadspots which current non-N routers can't help with. It does this with great connection strength and no dropouts in connection that I've noticed. Lastly, it's extremely user friendly - and it looks great - mine sits in a corner of the living room where guests continually compliment it.
If you have the same problems I've described I couldn't recommend a product more highly.
13 out of 14 users found this user opinion helpful.
Surprisingly Awesome Router
by SonicMooBoy on April 21, 2005
Pros: Easy Install, No antennas outside of the unit, fast
Cons: Some might come to hate the disco-esk glowing blue light
Summary: I was pleasantly surprised with this unit. I had just returned the Belkin' Pre-N router and wireless laptop card because the pre-n card was freezing my laptop and I found ...
Summary: I was pleasantly surprised with this unit. I had just returned the Belkin' Pre-N router and wireless laptop card because the pre-n card was freezing my laptop and I found out it wasn't compatible with a laptop that was one year old - so........
I decided to take the leap and get the RangeMax (and the wireless card to go with it). Setup was a breeze, the card worked, I get great signal, NO installation problems. I actually kind of like the glowing blue light on top but I could see how a lot of people would come to loathe it.
I got worried when I read some user reviews on here about this unit and it not working properly and some really low reader scores (some on the wireless laptop card), but after taking the plunge anyway, I think I would very highly recommend this unit. Yay!
8 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
Great Choice for Range and Features!
by SkykingUSA on April 25, 2005
Pros: Long Range, No Ext Antenna, Latest Features
Cons: Price is high, could have more ports, could have more port fowarding slots (has 20)
Summary: I bought this router on sale from Dell for $124.00 and love it. I bought it because my old Linksys 54G could not reach the far bedroom upstairs - ...
Summary: I bought this router on sale from Dell for $124.00 and love it. I bought it because my old Linksys 54G could not reach the far bedroom upstairs - this router reaches it with a Very High to Excellent signal strength. I am able to copy large files now with no problem, where before I would get disconnected.
The router has some nice features like DHCP reservations and 20 port forwarding slots, plus 20 port triggering slots. There are also lots of content filtering options, and it will even email you when blocked sites are being accessed, or when activity logs are full (you can turn this on or off). I love the fact that the router will check online for firmware updates and let you upgrade easily. I compared this router with the Belkin pre-n one in my home and found the performance and range between the two to be the same, but I like the Netgear interface more, and the Belkin is downright ugly and the lights are poorly placed on the top of the unit where you can't see them from the front unless the router is below your line of sight. Since I put my router above me on a shelf, I prefer the Netgear's lights, which are on the front of the unit.
Overall, I think this is the best MIMO router out there right now and would highly recommend it. Sure, the blue lights on the top are a bit gimicky, but I don't have it in my bedroom, so it doesn't bother me. It works great for me with 5 wired connections (using an uplinked switch) and 1 11b connection and 1 11g connection. I Love it.
8 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
Excellent Router - Beat Severe Interference Problem
by epkimball on June 18, 2005
Pros: Advanced or easy setup, your choice; Integrates flawlessly with mixed XP/MacOS household; Amazing signal strength and quality.
Cons: Bright blue lights on top may keep my guests awake.
Summary: I purchased the RangeMax Router in a fit of desperation. It was the third item I purchased from my local CompUSA in an attempt to overcome terrible interference issues caused ...
Summary: I purchased the RangeMax Router in a fit of desperation. It was the third item I purchased from my local CompUSA in an attempt to overcome terrible interference issues caused apparently by a new steel-tube bunk bed recently installed in our home office (no kidding). Our home office is at one end of our 3,400 s.f. house, and we want to leave the modem there so that we can tie directly into it when necessary. With our prior wireless router, a D-Link DI624, we barely had coverage in the family room at the far end of the house, and signal quality was not good enough to allow iTunes transmission that far away. As soon as I installed the new bunk bed, signal strength and quality completely disappeared in the family room, and was weak even in the middle of the house. I tried relocating the access point in the room, including higher on the wall. I tried Netgear's homeplug/access point solution touted on this site. I tried a repeater. None of them worked satisfactorily. Then I read a review of the RangeMax router and thought, "What could I lose other than yet another visit to CompUSA to return it?" -- The RangeMax router is amazing. I have better coverage than I ever had with the D-Link (which itself outshone our prior Linksys router). I can stream iTunes to a corner of the house where I previously had no signal at all. I should say that even before the dreaded bunk bed, my house is sort of a Bermuda triangle for radio signals. The house has a steel roof and that seems to interfere with everything. For example, you can't get a cell signal inside my house. Somehow, the RangeMax solved the problem. -- In terms of setup, even though I am a relatively advanced user, I decided to pop the installation CD into my wife's XP machine (I use Mac; the installation program is not Mac compatible). The installation program made all the necessary changes, asked all the right questions, and the system was up and running in less than 10 minutes. The only change I made was to open the web based utility and turn on WPA-PSK. -- I should also note that the D-Link used to drop my wife's XP machine several times during the day, requiring her to re-connect. That doesn't happen with the RangeMax. -- The only negative is that the blue lights on the top are quite bright, and we obviously use the office for (very young) guests. We may have to turn off the router when children are sleeping in the room, or tape something over the lights, or they may be up all night. Otherwise, the design is very attractive and the absence of external antennae is nice.
8 out of 10 users found this user opinion helpful.
Huge Improvement over NetGear's MR814 Router
by tahmed on June 10, 2005
Pros: Awesome Range
Cons: A Bit Pricey and setup is a cumbersome for experts
Summary: So I've had one of NetGear's first routers, the MR814 and haven't been too impressed. The NG's wireless card that I got back in the day ...
Summary: So I've had one of NetGear's first routers, the MR814 and haven't been too impressed. The NG's wireless card that I got back in the day was so bad I returned it. In my house which is 3200sq ft and the walls are filled with insulation, getting range is a huge problem.
So I did a lot of research and read various articles and for range it comes down to Belkin's Pre-N or NG's RangeMax router. From the comparisons if you want just sheer raw speed and maximum distance the Belkin was the way to go as long as you also used their Pre-N cards. I don't care for N, I've got 3 laptops with internal wireless cards, 2 PCs, and an Xbox in the house and the NetGear RangeMax wins when it comes to extending range for existing b and g devices. At the extreme end of my house where the TV is (compared with the location of the router) I could barely maintain a signal with the 802.11b router I had, 1Mbps connection at best. With the RangeMax at this same location my signal strength drops to only 80%, everywhere else is a full 100%.
So I'm a happy camper. The main drawback I found was setup. It's designed for a total newbie/non technical person. For hard core tech users you'll find it frustrating getting past it's huge desire to make you run their setup wizards. Even though you can go directly to the admin screen, it still wants to do a bunch of detection nonsense, when I'd prefer to just set all the settings myself because I know what they have to be.
My friend with the Belkin Pre-N said his setup was a breeze. But really you have only two choices if you want to do the multiple antenna MIMO route. The Routers using the AirGo Wireless chips (Belkin, LinkSys), or the Video54 chips (NetGear RangeMax). Realistically who cares about 108Mbps when your internet connection at home is 4Mbps at best (380Kbps-754Kbps for most people).
Also for those that complain about not being able to replace the antenna. Ya that's a strategy used for single antenna routers. The RangeMax has 7 antennas (internal).. so if you had your way you'd add 7 powered antennas?!? On the AirGo routers like the Belkin you'd have to replace 3... that's adding a lot more wires (from A/C adapters) when you're trying to be wireless.
But once you get past that you're rock'n and roll'n. Plus it has this funky blue dome on the stop with an array of LEDs that blink with activity.. It's all star trek like n stuff, kinda cool in the dark to watch when you're really bored.
- Tariq Ahmed (http://www.cflex.net)
7 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
Great product and out performed my expectations
by dsteward1231 on May 28, 2005
Pros: Much better range than expected and my laptop never drops offline.
Cons: Difficult setup for non-techies. Took a while to configure 3 computers to the same network.
Summary: If I had the option to buy this again, I would. It is worth the extra money, atleast for me. Had a wireless router in the basement, but I could ...
Summary: If I had the option to buy this again, I would. It is worth the extra money, atleast for me. Had a wireless router in the basement, but I could not get a signal anywhere in the house except right above the router. With this one I can go to the second floor and still get a great signal, but you have to buy the Netgear card to go with it. $$$$
5 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
- Manufacturer: NetGear
- Part number: WPN824NA
- Description: The NETGEAR RangeMax N150 Wireless Router is a simple and secure way to share your high-speed Internet connection at Wireless-N speeds for surfing the Internet, email, online chat and Facebook. Easy setup with the Smart Wizard CD gets you up and running fast, while Wi-Fi Protected Setup gives you a secured connection at the push of a button. Compatibility with Wireless-G networks allows hassle-free connection flexibility.
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Device Type Wireless router - 4-port switch (integrated)
- Enclosure Type Desktop
- Connectivity Technology Wireless ,
- Data Link Protocol Ethernet,
IEEE 802.11b,
IEEE 802.11n,
IEEE 802.11g,
Fast Ethernet
- Frequency Band 2.4 GHz,
2.4 GHz
- Data Transfer Rate 150 Mbps
- Encryption Algorithm WPA-PSK,
- Features DoS attack prevention ,
Live Parental Controls ,
Push 'N' Connect button,
Broadband usage meter ,
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) ,
Multiple SSID support ,
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) ,
NAT support
- Compliant Standards IEEE 802.11g , CEC,
IEEE 802.11n , WEEE,
IEEE 802.11b , RoHS,
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
- Built-in Devices LED panel
- Status Indicators Link activity
- Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces WAN : 1 x Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45,
LAN : 4 x Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
- Expansion Slots None
- Networking type Wireless router
- Networking standards [Jul 2, 2008 from CDS: Networking] IEEE 802.11g ,
IEEE 802.11n ,
IEEE 802.11b ,
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
- Antenna Internal integrated
- Power Device Power adapter - External
- Cables (Details) 1 x Network cable
- Microsoft Certifications Compatible with Windows 7
- Localization North America
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included Drivers & Utilities
- OS Required Microsoft Windows 98,
Microsoft Windows 2000,
Microsoft Windows XP,
Microsoft Windows NT,
Apple MacOS,
Dimensions & Weight
- Width 8.8 in
- Depth 6 in
- Height 1.2 in
- Weight 1.1 lbs
CNET Labs' Benchmarks
- CNET Labs long-range tests (in Mbps) 36.4
- CNET Labs maximum throughput tests (at 10 feet, in Mbps) 46.6
- CNET Labs maximum throughput tests with mixed 802.11b/g and draft N, MIMO clients (at 10 feet, in Mbps) 23.3
Manufacturer info
- Manufacturer profile
- Browse NetGear products on Shopper.com
- Manufacturer:NetGear
- Address:
350 East Plumeria Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1911
- Phone: 1-408-907-8000
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Fax: 1-408-907-8097


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on Feb 7, 2013 at 10:25 am
349 calls to complain about the airport by one person is IDIOTIC!! Get A Life!! To have only seven calls from the rest of the community is parity damn good. I live in the meadows and very rarely do I see or hear something of concern from the airport. Just my two cents.
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Should block that person's number and save our city resources for answering meaningful calls. Or this person needs to move already! :-)
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- overpriced!OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 8/27/2014We had a good experience overall. Prices need to come down, the food is good but not amazing for the price. Wines are also good but not amazing and red wines are $16 or $18. They have one for $11 but it's undrinkable. I'll definitely pay theses prices for a really good experience but's this is not the case. I'll go back, but when prices come down or the food increase the potential.
- Great placeMontrealDaveDined on 8/24/2014Great ambiance... The food was excellent and the wine list has many great wines to choose from. The staff were perfect, going thru the menu and wine list. All our services arrived at the right time, glasses were topped off before you could reach for the bottles. Could not have asked for a better night out. $ to value was great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Extremely DisappointedOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/23/2014We were excited to try Central Kitchen as we had heard great things. The quality of the food was excellent, but the level of service was terrible and ruined our experience. From the start, the waitress tried to push the tasting menu on us and after our decision of 1 appetizer and 2 mains, pushed us to order additional dishes as she felt our order would not be sufficient. When we received our bill, one of the mains we ordered was not a main, but a dish designed for 2. Had we been told it was a two person meal we would have ordered something else or just that dish. The manager did cut the price in half for the main, but the waitress never apologized for the miscommunication. I left feeling angry and swindled.
- Limited menu, but superbDivisaderoQueenVIPDined on 8/19/2014Everything about our evening was wonderful! I would give this restaurant a wholehearted thumbs up, with one tiny complaint. The menu is exceedingly small -- only 4 entrees -- so if you don't like what they're serving you're out of luck. Luckily I was thrilled to find a salmon dish, although the menu changes frequently.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not to be missedPeterVIPDined on 8/19/2014This was our second visit. The staff and overall service were terrific and simply could not have been better. The food was just wonderful, imaginative, and delightful. The seating is not crowded and very costumer friendly in a most attractive dinning area with concrete floors, wood walls, and a large, open high ceiling; very warm and comfortable.Special Features:
- Not worth the waitPK02Dined on 8/17/2014Sloppy service: We had a table booked for 12 but didn't get seated until 12:40. While we were waiting we didn't get offered a drink or to look at the menus. No one apologized. When we were seated, we had to get up to signal someone and drinks took ages to arrive. The food at brunch was tasty and well thought through but not spectacular. The veggie options were unimaginative, and also not very filling. The space is great, but I would never go back.
- Long wait, great foodYumyumDined on 8/16/2014Booked for 10. Waited 40 minutes past our reservation time. Other than that everything was fantastic. Bring your wallet.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Ten Stars, Not Just FivemammanonnieDined on 8/10/2014Sunday brunch; happy sunny place, amiable cheerful staff, gorgeous presentation, DELICIOUS food, what more could one ask for.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- interesting and tasty menuDB66Dined on 8/9/2014It wasn't easy to decide what to get. The menu had several unusual items / ingredients that challenged our normal expectations / habbits when ordering. Once the food came we were very pleased with the presentation and taste.Special Features:
- Change in direction?HappyfoodieVIPDined on 8/9/2014My partner and I dined at Central Kitchen on August 9 because we had enjoyed the restaurant in October 2013. While there was much to be admired, the esthetic seemed to have changed in those months. In October food was elegantly presented and combined delicate, unexpected flavors. This time, tables ordering the tasting menu seemed to be served family style, all serving from a common bowl or plate. The fired green tomatoes were sliced in thick sections, the batter was too dense to stay on the tomatoes. The Squid a la plancha was heavily weighed down with competing, rich sauces that overwhelmed the squid. A disappointment after a memorable meal in the fall.
- At lastAndieBSimonDined on 8/5/2014It seemed like it was going down as the "the hot new restaurant that never opened" to "the hot spot without the great food"...but to their credit, the guys at Central Kitchen learned to take critical feedback and have much better fare and service. it's still pricey as hell, but now the cost feels worth it.Special Features:
- Amazing Experiencent77Dined on 8/3/2014Central Kitchen delivers a real foodie experience. Order the "Let the Kitchen Decide" and have the best of the best tasting plates placed in front of you.Special Features:
- Good food, not so good serviceSmartFoodDined on 8/2/2014Service left a lot to be desired, the food was delicious and the chef was great when he came around. Bar and wait staff just didn't make the cut.Special Features:
- foodfaceMarinVIPDined on 7/31/2014Great find! Everything was delicious and beautifully presented. Staff was helpful, efficient--and friendly, which was quite the opposite of what we expected as a result of a very strict sounding voice message that we got when we tried to call and explain that we had gotten lost and were almost there---a fraction beyond the 15 minute table hold. (The combined tone of that message and the fact that we couldn't ring through to a human being to explain the situation was not optimal.) The burrata with stone fruit is a must have if it's on the menu. Salmon and pasta were exceptional. The deserts at the next table looked delectable, but we had to pass as we had a theater curtain to make. Next time!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/30/2014Love the atmosphere and the food! Highly recommend.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/29/2014Everything we ordered was amazing! Service was great as well. Highly recommended!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good Food. OpenTable Res Mishaptpb1Dined on 7/28/2014Reserved my table for the very first time through OpenTable for 7:45pm. Central Kitchen had it in their system for 7:30pm, so they gave my table away. I showed the Central Kitchen host my reservation confirmation, but to no avail. He said they'd text me in 10 minutes for the next available table, but they didn't text me for an hour. Pretty hungry by the time I sat down. Food was good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- So dope. Eat hereBdiddyDined on 7/27/2014Please refer to heading. So because of the 50 characters I'm still writing. Common menu items creatively prepared. ProperSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Just wonderfulWeekendBlissedDined on 7/27/2014Perfect dining experience...the Stone Fruit Salad and Squid plate were bursting with flavour, great music with a playlist & absolutely charming architecture. A new SF favourite!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- RkluvsPPC8Dined on 7/27/2014Amazing brunch spot, make your reservations today! I hear dinner is satisfying, but the brunch menu is creative, diverse, & delicious! ;)Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food.NTinSFVIPDined on 7/26/2014Really enjoyed our meal here. I would go back and do the chef 's menu. Space is loud.Special Features:
- Creative and Energetic Menupick4bunDined on 7/25/2014Our dinner at Central Kitchen was quite fun and truly delicious. Everything our party selected for the meal was terrific. We shared all items, and loved comparing notes on our individual reactions to each dish. The dishes themselves were interesting, fresh, inspired and sooooo tasty - without exception. Great time, great staff, great food. Thank you!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always a SurpriseRosieAVIPDined on 7/20/2014I love Central Kitchen. The menu always has an unusual surprise. This visit, we enjoyed the perfectly seasoned fried green tomatoes and padron peppers the most. The squid a la plancha came with a black olive crust that brought out the briny flavor of the the squid. Our server suggested fantastic wines by the glass. We'll definitely be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great brunchLuv2eatDined on 7/20/2014Very creative menu, food was excellent. Can't wait to go back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great place for brunchChet78VIPDined on 7/20/2014Great place for brunch. We were seated 15-20 mins late, however the host was very nice and so was the waitress. All the dishes were really good. The service was also great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Jacques1Dined on 7/17/2014Surprised to discover simple facade. Surprising when entering. Very spartan interior. Not expected such good food. Way too noisy...Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great findsumitVIPDined on 7/12/2014Fantastic-- All the appetizers, salad, and the Cod ( entree ) were excellent. We tasted 10 out of the 16 dishes ordered.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing flavor combinationsIsitthecarmelorthesaltDined on 7/9/2014This was my first tine here and I must say it was amazing. We tried the 'let the restaurant decide' and we were not disappointed. We ended up getting to sample like half the menu and there wasn't one thing we didn't like. Extremely inventive and complex flavor combinations in every bite of every plate. The wait staff worked as a team and was super attentive. Will definitely be back again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2006Dined on 7/8/2014This is a nice restaurant with a some very unique dishes with fantastic flavors. Well managed. I'll be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful Dining Experience!chefgpzDined on 7/3/2014What a great restaurant, the space, the food, wine list , professional attentive, knowledgable service staff, every dish artistically presented, we will return!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great ExperienceNebprofDined on 7/3/2014Interesting and delicious. The sewer pipe water feature just inside the door tells you that this is going to be different. The relatively small menu is highly creative. For example, the refreshing cantaloupe and cucumber salad has "compressed fruit" and greens atop a creme fraiche and yogurt panna cotta. The hen roulade entree was moist and, like the fruit in the salad, intensely flavored. From the starter through the dessert, the food was delicious. (At Commonwealth, which also has a very innovative menu, the food was at least as interesting but not as uniformly delicious as at Central Kitchen.) The restaurant has two rooms, side by side, both appealing in a renovated-rustic style. The waitstaff is friendly and professional.Special Features:
- Almost Perfect...Central KitchenTruffleDinnerVIPDined on 6/28/2014We had a great meal and a wonderful experience. We had the croquettes (delicious), the potatoes (very good), and the pastas (both were amazing, especially the agnolotti (sp?). It was a great experience up to there. Then we had this very long wait for our entrees. During that time, our stomachs realized we weren't hungry and then we just sat waiting. I'm not sure what went wrong with the timing but it was maybe 30 min. before the entrees. My husband had the salmon, I had the pork. Both were very good but just weren't as exciting as the earlier dishes. The waiter was super nice but I like to hear something when there is a big lag. I will go back and am hopeful that was just a minor bump.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fun and Great FoodeatskyVIPDined on 6/28/2014We ordered a ton of appetizers and sampled a good portion of the menu, it was interesting and tasty. I highly recommend.Special Features:
- great eveningbabsDined on 6/27/2014Great food. Lovely space: open air dining. Perfect temperature. Attentive staff. Cucumber melon salad was delicious as well as the salmon dish, duck with the side of corn and bean mix, olive oil cake with berries/perfect and the sorbet with fruit and the little treats was yummy. Parking is a challenge but do-able.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ancomDined on 6/23/2014Good but not great for the $$$ cost. Beautiful presentation but flavors and textures were sometimes muddled. For example, chick pea fritters tasted like three day old falafel from the corner store. Added minus, they immediately soaked up the sauce on the dish. As a result, sauce and fritters were the same texture and flavor: mush. Similarly, Roasted squid dish was overwhelmed by salt from the chopped olive marinade. And, roasted alliums were dressed up with a lot of oil and some cream foam. But, you could basically do the same on your grill at home, replacing the foam with creme fraiche. Overall, the food was good, but for me, at $65 a person, I expect better than good. Service was incredible friendly and knowledgeable.Special Features:
- great food, inattentive serviceOpenTable Diner Since 2001VIPDined on 6/21/2014The food is as always outstanding! But our waiter abandoned us for 45 minutes and we had to flag down another waiter to check on things. Were told our meal was "being plated" which suggests it was imminent but another 20 minutes went by before we were served. Service is the only thing that keeps this from being an outstanding destination.I would recommend this to a friend.
- A lovely dining experienceSkepticDined on 6/21/2014Central Kitchen is a small but light and airy space. The food was flavorful, simple and delicious. The service at times could be a bit more professional -- one server continually expected me to pass over my plate to her on the other side of the table -- but we really enjoyed the casual, calm ambience and the beauty and simplicity of the food.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- So-So-SupperJohnDined on 6/20/2014Service was good, but if I am going to pay $20+ for a few pieces of beef filled pasta, the food should be simply amazing. Sadly, it wasn't. Maybe my expectations are too great, but small portions of high priced bland food is very underwhelming. A so-so evening.
- A deft touch with seafoodOpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 6/18/2014Central Kitchen's veggies are always good -- but it's the fish and seafood that really stood out on our most recent visit. The entire table ordered the tasting menu, which we all thought was a good value, and the starter salads were good (standout was a concoction with figs and almond butter), but dinner got better and better with the tender, charred squid, the toothsome chitarra with uni butter, mussels, and bottarga. One diner had halibut while the others had hen roulade. CK managed to incorporate some asian flavors (sesame, ginger) and various places in the menu without being too heavy handed ... creating intriguing flavor combos rather than a new version of something that your chinese grandma does better (looking at you, Betelnut).Special Features:
- The tops.LestorianDined on 6/15/2014Some of the best food in San Francisco. Creative and balanced dishes, with brave flavors and absolutely topnotch ingredients. The wine was fantastic, a perfect pairing, and the without exception the waitstaff were enthusiastic, professional, knowledgable, and down to earth. It's my second time here, and though it was WAY past the range of what I should spend on dinner I'll be back as soon as I can!Special Features:


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- Making sure her crib is safe: Have no more than 2 3/8 inches between the bars. The mattress should be firm and fit snuggly within the crib. Keep it away from windows and drafts. Avoid placing fluffy blankets, stuffed animals, or pillows in the crib as they can cause smothering. You should also remove pillow-like bumper pads. In fact, some experts recommend not using bumper pads at all, as they are mostly decorative and can possibly increase a baby's risk of SIDS.
- Making sure that used or hand-me-down equipment, such as car seats, strollers and cribs, etc, haven't been recalled for safety reasons. Call the manufacturer or the Consumer Product Safety Commission for an up to date list of recalled products.
- Setting the temperature of your hot water heater to 120 F to prevent scalding burns.
- Installing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and using flame-retardant bedtime clothing.
- Making your home smoke-free so that your baby isn't exposed to secondhand smoke. Simply smoking outside is not enough to reduce your baby's risk of SIDS, ear infections, asthma, and other conditions.
- Reviewing your home's risk for causing lead poisoning, especially if it was built before 1950 or before 1978 and you plan on having it remodeled.
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Greensburg —
Sometime around Christmas 2002, circa Dec. 22, a puppy was born at a flea market on the south side of Oklahoma City, Okla.
Faith the Dog, as the puppy would later be named, came into the world part of a litter of between 10 and 12 puppies. Only four were born healthy and normal; Faith wasn't one of those.
According to Faith's owner, Jude Stringfellow, Faith's mother, Princess, developed a uterine infection while pregnant, causing her to birth a mostly inviable liter.
Faith herself was born without front legs.
Instinct kicked in for Princess when she saw the state of her liter. According to Stringfellow, the full-blooded black Chow began smothering the nonviable pups, and had started on Faith when Stringfellow's son, Reuben, interceded.
"He grabbed Faith and ran away as fast as he could," Stringfellow explained. "To put it mildly, Princess wasn't pleased."
Reuben succeeded in saving Faith's life, and not long after, it would be Jude's turn.
Jude took the two-legged pup to a vet named Diane Delbridgein in Yukon, Okla., who advised euthanasia.
"Diane and I went to school together from the third grade up," Jude explained. "So she knew me pretty well. She told me that most people would put a dog like Faith down, and agreed that would be the most humane thing. I told her euthanasia wasn't an option."
As a result, Delbridgein helped Stringfellow develop a training regimen for Faith; Jude and all three of her children — Reuben, Laura, and Caity — would spend 12 weeks intensively working with and training the feisty Golden Lab/Pointer/Chow-mix.
Those 12 weeks involved a lot of babysitting, Jude said. The family worked with Faith in two-and-three-hour shifts, watching her round-the-clock, nursing her and making sure she didn't lie in or eat her own feces.
Standing on only two legs didn't come naturally for Faith, either, and the family had to train her to do that as well.
How did they manage it?
"We sat her in the snow," Jude said. "When her butt got cold, she stood."
Learning to stand on two legs didn't mean Faith could automatically walk on two legs, and Jude made the decision not to push her dog to walk bipedally. "I wanted it to be her decision," she said.
On March 22, 2003, Faith decided.
"We owned a Corgi name Ean at the time," Jude explained. "Corgi's are sheepdogs, so they're natural herders. One day, he was playing with Faith, trying to guide her and get her moving — doing what sheepdogs do. He was biting her on the feet, and Faith got tired of it. She took off after him. We had a big backyard, and Faith chased him across the entire thing."
When Faith caught up with the pip-squeaked Corgi, she grabbed it by the nape of the neck with her teeth and threw it down.
"From that day forward," Jude said, "she's walked on two legs."
Once Faith began standing and walking and living a mostly normal doggy life, nothing could have prepared the Stringfellows for the avalanche of attention that followed.
"Faith has been a huge change in my life," Jude explained. "The changes stretch from sky to sky, but more than anything else, she's made me a far more compassionate person."
Faith and the Stringfellows have appeared or been featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Maury," "The Ricki Lake Show," "Nova," "Ripley's Believe it or Not," and cable TV's Animal Planet and Discovery Channel — among others.
"Oprah called Faith her favorite guest ever," Laura Stringfellow said of that appearance. "I really felt cheated on, because Faith took right to Oprah; she acted like I didn't exist. I think she'd have gone home with her. She did the same thing with Sharon Osbourne when we toured with Oz Fest in 2007."
Laura and Faith spent six months on the road with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and the bands of Oz Fest. They attended shows from Texas to Washington state down through California and back to Texas. They left the tour, Laura explained, only because "it got a little too wild."
"Faith loved every minute of it," Laura said. "She's a big ham. She loved being on stage and getting her picture taken with all the fans and the bands, but I got very concerned for her safety. There was too much moshing."
Faith has also traveled the world and worked with the US Military's Wounded Warrior Program. She's visited troops overseas, too, who were "actively fighting for us," according to Jude. She added, "Faith is an E-5 Sergeant in the US Army. The military has done things with her I'm not at liberty to discuss."
Although the Stringfellows are Christians, Faith's appeal has transcended not only international and cultural boundaries, but also religious ones.
"Faith is very big in the Islamic community," Jude said. "She's been blessed many times and is popular in the Jewish community and among Hindus too."
She continued, "She's a true icon in Brazil. She's so popular there, it's almost scary. Whenever we're in public there — in the airport or whereever — people try to reach out and touch me or Faith, thinking we're a miracle and wanting to transfer some of that to them. I always stop them and ask what they're needing help or guidance with, and I pray with them about it. It's important they understand; there's nothing special about me. God's the one they need to look to for answers or help."
Faith has also responded to the scene of national disasters.
Jude recalled, "After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, we visited New Orleans and went to the Super Dome. There were all these people there, huddled in large group, with so much anger and despair everywhere. Faith came in, just walking around, and people started coming up to meet her. And before long, you could feel the atmosphere in that building change."
Asked why Faith appeals to so many people, Jude answered, "I think people look at her and think 'if she can pull through it, I can pull through it.'"
Jude doesn't like referring to Faith as a miracle though.
"The world sees her as a miracle," she said, "but she's really just a dog. She's extraordinary because she's chosen to be normal."
She continued, "We, as human beings, often get caught up in the belief we have to be more than what we are, but we don't. We are made for a reason, and if we do what we're supposed to do, everything else will fall into place. God will take care of the rest."
Faith is officially retired from public appearances now, but Jude would still allow her to be called back into service for the Wounded Warriors. The recent devastating tornadoes that slammed through Oklahoma City hit the area where Faith was born and where the Stringfellows are originally from (the family now lives in the Indianapolis area).
"I'm sure we'll get a call from Oklahoma," Jude said. "And we'll go. They need all the help they can get out there."
Jude has written three books about Faith. The latest, "Faith Walks," was released last year.
"We're currently trying to get funding to do a movie based on the book," she said.
Contact: Rob Cox 812-663-3111 x7011


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Explore the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region of Oregon! In this adventure-driven destination, find yourself hiking to spectacular waterfalls or endless public beaches, kayaking white water or ocean estuaries, cycling through wine country or on Oregon's best trails, and while you're here, don't forget to sample the premier culinary bounty that awaits.
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For a long time, I've been a fan of Macallan, for better or worse. It's been my "calibration malt" – the one that helps me know where my palate sits on a given day – for some time. Macallan 12 is the whiskey I know better than any other I've had.
Like many novices, Macallan 18 was the pinnacle of the form for me – the highest attainable "old" whiskey you could reasonably afford – a great showcase of some reasonable time in the barrel but with some youth and vitality still in the mix. When I was willing to splurge, I'd drop some change on the older Macallan.
The almost-unattainable whiskey that was the source of curiosity and wonder was, of course, the 30 year old Sherry Oak, which sits at the top of Macallan's standard range. (Certainly there are rarer and more exclusive Macallans to be had; however, I am not inclined to share my tasting notes of the 60 year old Macallan Lalique. Suffice it to say that it is the finest scotch I've ever had while behind the wheel of my Bugatti on the way back from shopping at Bijan's boutique in Beverly Hills.) I'd promised myself a bottle of this for various occasions: My 30th birthday (too busy); the startup I was working for at the time achieving profitability (still TBD); and a host of others. Finally, when we moved to our new place and my wife was pregnant with our first child, I knew that his birth would be the right occasion for this one.
Fast forward to mid-August of this year and he was born. The Macallan 30 finally was opened and tasted after years of waiting.
I could hardly believe I had the bottle in front of me (and that bottle above is the exact bottle I had – yes, it really is that dark!). Macallan cultivates an image of exclusivity for the higher end of their range, but here it was in my hands – in my glass!
Unfortunately, exclusivity doesn't really have a taste. So what was the experience of this whiskey?
The nose was gentle, rich, and buttery, like you'd expect from an older whiskey. There was none of the prickle or punch of a younger whiskey, the age was evident. The sherry influence was profound, but it was not overbearing – it had the raisin notes you'd expect with a heavily sherried whiskey, but it had more dimension than that. A lot of sherried whiskey tends to have a one-dimensional raisin note and it smells like liquid Sun-Maid, which is really a turnoff. Additionally, there's a strong toffee note. After it sat in the glass, it started to reveal some gentle spice notes that made it smell like those Thanksgiving to Christmas meals. There was chocolate and soft grain, as well as old, worn wood.
On the palate, it was thick and started warming to a degree that surprised me given its age. Many of the older whiskeys I've had lose a lot of their heat with age; this still had she vitality. There was cinnamon and pepper as well as the toffee from the nose. Nutmeg and harvest spices were evident; there was some maple syrup in there as well. A little wood paneling could be perceived as well. A sign of good cask selection: the wood contributed to the flavor but didn't give it a dry and bitter or over-oaked flavor that can ruin many older whiskeys.
The finish? Slow and lasting, as you'd expect from a Macallan. The sweetness continued, as did the toffee and sherry. The wood made itself known but was never overbearing.
All in all, it was really enjoyable and easy drinking. That said, it's not amazing. It's lost some of the vitality of a younger Macallan and it's not the best 30+ year old whiskey I've had (In recent memory, that would be a 1977/2007 30 year old Brora (Diageo's official bottling)). I could see this being a great "mood whiskey" – it would be a perfect one during the holidays, enjoying a long quiet evening with it.
Curiously though, that's not the final word on this one. I just finished this bottle this week – and noticed substantial development in the bottle. Over time, there were more wax and apple notes on the nose and palate. There were also some caramel notes that weren't as evident initially. Unfortunately though, the wood notes become more dry and bitter over time.
At a glance:
Macallan 30 year old Sherry. 43% ABV.
Nose: Gentle, rich and buttery. The sherry influence is profound but not overbearing. A gentle hint of raisins, a ton of toffee. Slow to open up, but revealing gentle spice. Smells like thanksgiving to Christmas; chocolate and soft grain. Old, worn wood.
Palate: Thick, warming to a degree that belies its age, with cinnamon and pepper; toffee; hints of maple syrup, nutmeg and harvest spices. Wood paneling in the distance.
Finish: Slow, easing off the warth of the palate, retains its sweetness, lasting and rich. Toffee continues; sherry influence. Wood is present but not overbearing.
Rating: B
A note on ratings:
I rate whiskeys on the LAWS scale - it seeks to remove price as a component (as well as exclusivity) and grade strictly on taste. If I were to consider price on this one, I'd be inclined to downgrade it as there are better values for your money. However, strictly on a taste basis, this one rates firmly as a B: Good, and might want to own.