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You know I love Sushi, so when I found out that Kubuki was opening in Palm Beach Gardens, I was pumped! Kabuki is located next to Rocco's Taco and where Sushi Joe's used to be. The restaurant is intimate, but very well decorated with red lanterns and a long, inviting sushi bar.
We started with a few drinks. Beer, wine and of course sake!
For appetizers, we enjoyed quite a few. First up, the Spicy Edamame and Rock Tuna. The spicy edamame was great. The spicy sesame oil and chili pepper gave a nice kick to the traditionally prepared edamame. The rock tuna was delicious. If you like tuna and avocado, I would highly recommend. The tuna was freshly diced and mixed up with spicy mayo, tempura flakes and seasame seeds. It tasted like a mashed up tuna roll without the rice!
Next up we ordered krab rangoon, steamed pork dumplings, and the hamachi jalapeno. I never crave krab rangoon, so I may not be the best one to ask about this. They were creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside, however still not my favorite and would pass next time I returned. The one great thing is, they were definitely freshly made!
The pork dumplings were scrumptious. The dumpling were not "doughy" tasting as some dumplings have tasted to me lately. They were overstuffed with lots of meat inside. Loved!
Lastly, for appetizers we tried the hamachi jalapeno. Yellowtail, fresh jalapeno, fried onion and ponzu sauce. If you like spicy, this may be the one for you. Those jalapeno's were hot!!! The fish was tasty, but this dish was a little spicy for my liking.
Before our entrees came, why not have a SAKE BOMB?? SAKE, SAKE BOMB was being chanted in the restaurant while we lined up to take these flaming shots! Always a good time with a group of friends!
Now the sushi! We tried the red dragon, which consisted of shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, topped with tuna, eel sauce, and mayo. Loved it. The tempura was hot and crunchy. One of my pet peeves is when the tempura is pre-made. Not here. Tempura was freshly cooked to order.
PBJ roll, spicy tuna, cream cheese, snapper tempura, avocado, mayo and smelt roe. I think this roll is a spicy tuna with a little flare. The spicy tuna was not too mushy, which i prefer. Some sushi restaurants make their spicy tuna so smashed it ends up tasting like baby food. Not here!
To the right you will see the black dragon roll, shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, topped with eel. If you like eel, this one is for you. The pieces of eel on top were Huge!
Yes, there is another platter of sushi. Like they say either "go big or go home"; we definitely ordered big. The Volcano, Hawaiian district, and Daimyo were next up. The Volcano is pretty traditional with baked seafood on top. The Hawaiian district was a little different then our normal sushi choices. Tuna, cucumber, cream cheese, and topped with Kiwi. It is a sweeter roll and a nice change up. Lastly, one of my favorites of the night. The Daimyo, yellowtail, tuna, salmon, avocado, scallion, and smelt roe. Love the rolls with a ton of fish! Excellent.
Yep, now we are full! We had a great time at Kabuki. The service was top notch and they were having just as much fun as we were. The fish melted in your mouth (as it should when it is fresh). Everything was made to order. The prices are reasonable, especially for the size of the rolls. My favorite sushi place will always be Too Bizaare, but I must say Kabuki is a great slightly cheaper alternative. I look forward to returning back.
I recommend taking advantage of happy hour, where they serve 1/2 priced cocktails, $2.50 beers, and discounted sushi.
Try Kabuki, I think you will agree this new sushi place is nice addition to Palm Beach Gardens.
For Mother's Day we were looking for a place that had a water view as well as somewhere we would not normally go to during the weekend. We wanted to make the day special. We decided to try Charley's Crab. located on Palm Beach Island. Charley's Crab has been around since the 80's. Chuck Muer had opened the restaurant, however after his death the big chain, Landry's bought it out. If you are unaware, Landry's owns many different restaurants around the country. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co, Rainforest Cafe, and Morton's to name a few. Before making a reservation, I was unaware that Landry's now owned Charley's Crab. I actually thought it was a local establishment, so when I saw the Landry's logo on the menu, I became a little nervous about how enjoyable the new few hours would be.
When we arrived, I asked if we could be seated by the window. One of the things that makes this restaurant so appealing is the view. The restaurant overlooks the water and even though the road is in between the restaurant and the water, it is still a fine view. A great place to watch the sunset!
We started with a glass of wine and our waiter brought us a delicious bread basket.
For appetizers we tried the Dynamite Scallops and the Crab, Avocado, and Mango Stack. The Dynamite Scallops were fantastic. If you like the spicy sauce in spicy tuna roll or the sauce on bang bang shrimp, I think you will devour these dynamite scallops. A must order! One of my favorite things all night!
The Crab, Avocado, and Mango stack is not an item I would recommend. Brandt and I are experts at these "stacks". Crab or tuna stacks are very popular among menus these days and always something we try. I did not care for this stack because the crab was mixed with mayonnaise. I would suggest using fresh crab with a little lime and cilantro. This would have made it much tastier.
For the entree's....Well it is called Charley's Crab, so why not devour in some expensive crab?? Yes, Brandt's Mom, Brandt and myself all treated ourselves to the Alaskan King Crab Legs. They were delicious, but costly. Coming in at a little over fifty dollars for a pound (not sure if it was maybe a pound and half), we made sure we ate every last bite! The crab was delicious and melted in your mouth!
Brandt's Dad did not follow the crowd and enjoyed the AppleJack Grouper that was topped with apples and sun dried cherries that are simmered in a sweet bourbon reduction. A different spin on grouper for sure!
Yep, we still wanted dessert!
Brandt's mouth was watering for chocolate, so we ordered one of their signature desserts, Chocolate Truffle Cake. Chocolate cake with molten chocolate center and frangelico creme anglaise. Topped with vanilla ice cream, hot fudge and Heath Bar. YUMMMM!!
We also ordered a slice of cheesecake with raspberry sauce. The chocolate cake was much more exciting and tastier.
Charley's Crab has a nice atmosphere and has become a staple on the Island. Go to Charley's Crab for a nice view of the water, but be prepared to spend some dough. The food was good and we did have a nice server, however I am not sure for the cost it is actually worth it. It is Palm Beach though, everything is a little pricier here. At the end of the night, we had a great dinner with lots of laughs and lots of wine. No one was "crabby" when we left!


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Top Gun: Maverick: Release date, Trailer, Cast, and All we know about the Tom Cruise Sequel
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Many people are asking when does Top Gun: Maverick will come out? Is it getting a sequel after Top Gun (1986)? There is great news for the users that Top Gun: Maverick will release on May 27, 2022. Yes, that is correct.
In this movie, you will see different characters, including Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connelly, and Miles Teller. The movie has the same story as we have witnessed in Top Gun (1986). However, you will see different other factors in it. Want to know more about Top Gun: Maverick release date, reviews, and much more? Below we have explained everything about this movie.
Release Date: When will Top Gun Maverick Come Out?
As mentioned above, it will be released on May 27, 2022. However, you can see this movie in theaters on May 27 in the USA and May 25 in the UK. The movie was scheduled to release in 2020, but due to the pandemic, it was shifted to 2022. However, fans were hoping it would come to the cinema in 2021, but as mentioned above, it was pushed to May 27.
The great news is that it will have a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival, which will be held in France. Cannes Film Festival will start between 17 May and 28 May.
If you are waiting for the special screening, you can purchase the tickets for the May 24 show. However, we don't know when it will stream online, but you can see this movie on Paramount Plus.
Top Gun: Maverick Global Premiere
The Top Gun: Maverick was held on May 4 in San Diego. It was a huge event because Tom Cruise arrived on the helicopter. Of course! It was a night full of glamor, and all we could see were red carpets everywhere. Below are the images; you can see to get more ideas about Top Gun: Maverick global premiere.
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Top Gun: Maverick Reviews
Critics call it the perfect summer blockbuster because of the story and direction. If you are looking for entertainment, this movie would be a perfect choice. One by one, reviews are coming after seeing the trailer, so below, we have mentioned some of the top reviews that will give you an idea about the movie and whether you should watch it or not.
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The movie will be incomplete without Tom Cruise, but this time you will see different faces, including Val Kilmer, who will play the role of Iceman. You will also get the chance to watch new faces, such as Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Manny Jacinto, Jean Louis Kelly, Ed Harris, Raymond lee, Jay Ellis, and Charles Parnell. It won't be wrong to say that the movie has an amazing cast, and it would be a summer blockbuster hit.
Top Gun: Maverick Plot
In this movie, you will see Tom Cruise playing the role of the Navy's Top Aviator, who is one of the best test-pilots. You will see him training different pilots for a special mission. You will also see Tom facing his fears which will make him a different man. On the other hand, Jennifer will play the role of Penny Benjamin, who will be her new love interest of Maverick.
Top Gun: Maverick Trailer
To get more ideas about the movie, Youtube has posted a trailer where you can get an idea about the movie. So far, the trailer has got almost 23 Million views. You can also watch a 30-second promo that will tell you the story. In the trailer, you can see the first 13 minutes of the film.
On the other hand, Paramount has also released training clips in which Tom Cruise and the other actors will be shown performing. Below is the poster of the movie.
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You can watch Top Gun on different streaming services, including Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video. You can also see this on Paramount Plus or buy the movie on iTunes or Google Play.
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FAQ About Top Gun: Maverick
Who is Maverick in Top Gun?
Captain Pete Mitchell is the top pilot and a US Naval Aviator. In this movie, he will be shown different training pilots for the special mission. On the other hand, he has a reckless flying style which is considered dangerous.
Is Top Gun: Maverick a Sequel?
Yes, fans have waited for almost 36 years for this sequel.
Is Top Gun Maverick Full Movie Streaming Online?
Yes, you can watch it on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video.
When Does Top Gun: Maverick Coming Out?
The movie will be released on May 27, 2022, in the United States.
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8 How to Watch Top Gun offline?
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Florida TaxWatch is releasing its annual list of legislative projects that somehow made their way into the new budget without following the usual procedure. It's called the "Turkey List" and TaxWatch will be recommending that the Governor use his line-item veto power to hunt them down.
— Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the bill creating three sales tax holidays over the next two months. Along with the usual tax breaks for hurricane supplies and back-to-school supplies, there's something new this year.
— "Freedom Week" includes the Fourth of July. The hurricane preparedness tax break starts Friday and just in time because there's already a storm out there before the official start of the season. Florida's new emergency management boss says this is becoming the rule rather than the exception.
— Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis says if you don't stock up during the tax holiday, you might regret it. We can always count on the CFO to get to the bottom line.
— Despite all the help wanted signs across the state, Florida's unemployment rate increased slightly in April to 4.8%. Florida added almost 17,000 new jobs in April, but the workforce grew by 73,000 as more people went looking for work ... so the jobless rate went up.
— The rise of social media and the decline of traditional media has created an entirely new world. Orlando Public Relations expert Alex Armentano calls this the age of misinformation and he says we don't seem to trust anyone anymore.
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Previous Tale: White Slipper, The
THERE was once an old couple named Peder and Kirsten who had an only son called Hans. From the time he was a little boy he had been told that on his sixteenth birthday he must go out into the world and serve his apprenticeship. So, one fine summer morning, he started off to seek his fortune with nothing but the clothes he wore on his back.
For many hours he trudged on merrily, now and then stopping to drink from some clear spring or to pick some ripe fruit from a tree. The little wild creatures peeped at him from beneath the bushes, and he nodded and smiled, and wished them 'Good-morning.' After he had been walking for some time he met an old white-bearded man who was coming along the footpath. The boy would not step aside, and the man was determined not to do so either, so they ran against one another with a bump.
'It seems to me,' said the old fellow, 'that a boy should give way to an old man.'
'The path is for me as well as for you,' answered young Hans saucily, for he had never been taught politeness.
'Well, that's true enough,' answered the other mildly. 'And where are you going?'
'I am going into service,' said Hans.
'Then you can come and serve me,' replied the man.
Well, Hans could do that; but what would his wages be?
'Two pounds a year, and nothing to do but keep some rooms clean,' said the new-comer.
This seemed to Hans to be easy enough; so he agreed to enter the old man's service, and they set out together. On their way they crossed a deep valley and came to a mountain, where the man opened a trapdoor, and bidding Hans follow him, he crept in and began to go down a long flight of steps. When they got to the bottom Hans saw a large number of rooms lit by many lamps and full of beautiful things. While he was looking round the old man said to him:
'Now you know what you have to do. You must keep these rooms clean, and strew sand on the floor every day. Here is a table where you will always find food and drink, and there is your bed. You see there are a great many suits of clothes hanging on the wall, and you may wear any you please; but remember that you are never to open this locked door. If you do ill will befall you. Farewell, for I am going away again and cannot tell when I may return.
No sooner had the old man disappeared than Hans sat down to a good meal, and after that went to bed and slept until the morning. At first he could not remember what had happened to him, but by-and-by he jumped up and went into all the rooms, which he examined carefully.
'How foolish to bid me to put sand on the floors,' he thought, 'when there is nobody here by myself! I shall do nothing of the sort.' And so he shut the doors quickly, and only cleaned and set in order his own room. And after the first few days he felt that that was unnecessary too, because no one came there to see if the rooms where clean or not. At last he did no work at all, but just sat and wondered what was behind the locked door, till he determined to go and look for himself.
The key turned easily in the lock. Hans entered, half frightened at what he was doing, and the first thing he beheld was a heap of bones. That was not very cheerful; and he was just going out again when his eye fell on a shelf of books. Here was a good way of passing the time, he thought, for he was fond of reading, and he took one of the books from the shelf. It was all about magic, and told you how you could change yourself into anything in the world you liked. Could anything be more exciting or more useful? So he put it in his pocket, and ran quickly away out of the mountain by a little door which had been left open.
When he got home his parents asked him what he had been doing and where he had got the fine clothes he wore.
'Oh, I earned them myself,' answered he.
'You never earned them in this short time,' said his father. 'Be off with you; I won't keep you here. I will have no thieves in my house!'
'Well I only came to help you,' replied the boy sulkily. 'Now I'll be off, as you wish; but to-morrow morning when you rise you will see a great dog at the door. Do not drive it away, but take it to the castle and sell it to the duke, and they will give you ten dollars for it; only you must bring the strap you lead it with, back to the house.'
Sure enough the next day the dog was standing at the door waiting to be let in. The old man was rather afraid of getting into trouble, but his wife urged him to sell the dog as the boy had bidden him, so he took it up to the castle and sold it to the duke for ten dollars. But he did not forget to take off the strap with which he had led the animal, and to carry it home. When he got there old Kirsten met him at the door.
'Well, Peder, and have you sold the dog?' asked she.
'Yes, Kirsten; and I have brought back ten dollars, as the boy told us,' answered Peder.
'Ay! but that's fine!' said his wife. 'Now you see what one gets by doing as one is bid; if it had not been for me you would have driven the dog away again, and we should have lost the money. After all, I always know what is best.'
'Nonsense!' said her husband; 'women always think they know best. I should have sold the dog just the same whatever you had told me. Put the money away in a safe place, and don't talk so much.'
The next day Hans came again; but though everything had turned out as he had foretold, he found that his father was still not quite satisfied.
'Be off with you!' said he, 'you'll get us into trouble.'
'I haven't helped you enough yet,' replied the boy. 'To-morrow there will come a great fat cow, as big as the house. Take it to the king's palace and you'll get as much as a thousand dollars for it. Only you must unfasten the halter you lead it with and bring it back, and don't return by the high road, but through the forest.'
The next day, when the couple rose, they saw an enormous head looking in at their bedroom window, and behind it was a cow which was nearly as big as their hut. Kirsten was wild with joy to think of the money the cow would bring them.
'But how are you going to put the rope over her head?' asked she.
'Wait and you'll see, mother,' answered her husband. Then Peder took the ladder that led up to the hayloft and set it against the cow's neck, and he climbed up and slipped the rope over her head. When he had made sure that the noose was fast they started for the palace, and met the king himself walking in his grounds.
'I heard that the princess was going to be married,' said Peder, 'so I've brought your majesty a cow which is bigger than any cow that was ever seen. Will your majesty deign to buy it?'
The king had, in truth, never seen so large a beast, and he willingly paid the thousand dollars, which was the price demanded; but Peder remembered to take off the halter before he left. After he was gone the king sent for the butcher and told him to kill the animal for the wedding feast. The butcher got ready his pole-axe; but just as he was going to strike, the cow changed itself into a dove and flew away, and the butcher stood staring after it as if he were turned to stone. However, as the dove could not be found, he was obliged to tell the king what had happened, and the king in his turn despatched messengers to capture the old man and bring him back. But Peder was safe in the woods, and could not be found. When at last he felt the danger was over, and he might go home, Kirsten nearly fainted with joy at the sight of all the money he brought with him.
'Now that we are rich people we must build a bigger house,' cried she; and was vexed to find that Peder only shook his head and said: 'No; if they did that people would talk, and say they had got their wealth by ill-doing.'
A few mornings later Hans came again.
'Be off before you get us into trouble,' said his father. 'So far the money has come right enough, but I don't trust it.'
'Don't worry over that, father,' said Hans. 'To-morrow you will find a horse outside by the gate. Ride it to market and you will get a thousand dollars for it. Only don't forget to loosen the bridle when you sell it.'
Well, in the morning there was the horse; Kirsten had never seen so find an animal. 'Take care it doesn't hurt you, Peder,' said she.
'Nonsense, wife,' answered he crossly. 'When I was a lad I lived with horses, and could ride anything for twenty miles round.' But that was not quite the truth, for he had never mounted a horse in his life.
Still, the animal was quiet enough, so Peder got safely to market on its back. There he met a man who offered nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars for it, but Peder would take nothing less than a thousand. At last there came an old, grey-bearded man who looked at the horse and agreed to buy it; but the moment he touched it the horse began to kick and plunge. 'I must take the bridle off,' said Peder. 'It is not to be sold with the animal as is usually the case.'
'I'll give you a hundred dollars for the bridle,' said the old man, taking out his purse.
'No, I can't sell it,' replied Hans's father.
'Five hundred dollars!'
'A thousand!'
At this splendid offer Peder's prudence gave way; it was a shame to let so much money go. So he agreed to accept it. But he could hardly hold the horse, it became so unmanageable. So he gave the animal in charge to the old man, and went home with his two thousand dollars.
Kirsten, of course, was delighted at this new piece of good fortune, and insisted that the new house should be built and land bought. This time Peder consented, and soon they had quite a fine farm.
Meanwhile the old man rode off on his new purchase, and when he came to a smithy he asked the smith to forge shoes for the horse. The smith proposed that they should first have a drink together, and the horse was tied up by the spring whilst they went indoors. The day was hot, and both men were thirsty, and, besides, they had much to say; and so the hours slipped by and found them still talking. Then the servant girl came out to fetch a pail of water, and, being a kind- hearted lass, she gave some to the horse to drink. What was her surprise when the animal said to her: 'Take off my bridle and you will save my life.'
'I dare not,' said she; 'your master will be so angry.'
'He cannot hurt you,' answered the horse, 'and you will save my life.'
At that she took off the bridle; but nearly fainted with astonishment when the horse turned into a dove and flew away just as the old man came out of the house. Directly he saw what had happened he changed himself into a hawk and flew after the dove. Over the woods and fields they went, and at length they reached a king's palace surrounded by beautiful gardens. The princess was walking with her attendants in the rose garden when the dove turned itself into a gold ring and fell at her feet.
'Why, here is a ring!' she cried, 'where could it have come from?' And picking it up she put it on her finger. As she did so the hill-man lost his power over Hans--for of course you understand that it was he who had been the dog, the cow, the horse and the dove.
'Well, that is really strange,' said the princess. 'It fits me as though it had been made for me!'
Just at that moment up came the king.
'Look at what I have found!' cried his daughter.
'Well, that is not worth much, my dear,' said he. 'Besides, you have rings enough, I should think.'
'Never mind, I like it,' replied the princess.
But as soon as she was alone, to her amazement, the ring suddenly left her finger and became a man. You can imagine how frightened she was, as, indeed, anybody would have been; but in an instant the man became a ring again, and then turned back to a man, and so it went on for some time until she began to get used to these sudden changes.
'I am sorry I frightened you,' said Hans, when he thought he could safely speak to the princess without making her scream. 'I took refuge with you because the old hill-man, whom I have offended, was trying to kill me, and here I am safe.'
'You had better stay here then,' said the princess. So Hans stayed, and he and she became good friends; though, of course, he only became a man when no one else was present.
This was all very well; but, one day, as they were talking together, the king happened to enter the room, and although Hans quickly changed himself into a ring again it was too late.
The king was terribly angry.
'So this is why you have refused to marry all the kings and princes who have sought your hand?' he cried.
And, without waiting for her to speak, he commanded that his daughter should be walled up in the summer-house and starved to death with her lover.
That evening the poor princess, still wearing her ring, was put into the summer-house with enough food to last for three days, and the door was bricked up. But at the end of a week or two the king thought it was time to give her a grand funeral, in spite of her bad behaviour, and he had the summer-house opened. He could hardly believe his eyes when he found that the princess was not there, nor Hans either. Instead, there lay at his feet a large hole, big enough for two people to pass through.
Now what had happened was this.
When the princess and Hans had given up hope, and cast themselves down on the ground to die, they fell down this hole, and right through the earth as well, and at last they tumbled into a castle built of pure gold at the other side of the world, and there they lived happily. But of this, of course, the king knew nothing.
'Will anyone go down and see where the passage leads to?' he asked, turning to his guards and courtiers. 'I will reward splendidly the man who is brave enough to explore it.'
For a long time nobody answered. The hole was dark and deep, and if it had a bottom no one could see it. At length a soldier, who was a careless sort of fellow, offered himself for the service, and cautiously lowered himself into the darkness. But in a moment he, too, fell down, down, down. Was he going to fall for ever, he wondered! Oh, how thankful he was in the end to reach the castle, and to meet the princess and Hans, looking quite well and not at all as if they had been starved. They began to talk, and the soldier told them that the king was very sorry for the way he had treated his daughter, and wished day and night that he could have her back again.
Then they all took ship and sailed home, and when they came to the princess's country, Hans disguised himself as the sovereign of a neighbouring kingdom, and went up to the palace alone. He was given a hearty welcome by the king, who prided himself on his hospitality, and a banquet was commanded in his honour. That evening, whilst they sat drinking their wine, Hans said to the king:
'I have heard the fame of your majesty's wisdom, and I have travelled from far to ask your counsel. A man in my country has buried his daughter alive because she loved a youth who was born a peasant. How shall I punish this unnatural father, for it is left to me to give judgment?'
The king, who was still truly grieved for his daughter's loss, answered quickly:
'Burn him alive, and strew his ashes all over the kingdom.'
Hans looked at him steadily for a moment, and then threw off his disguise.
'You are the man,' said he; 'and I am he who loved your daughter, and became a gold ring on her finger. She is safe, and waiting not far from here; but you have pronounced judgment on yourself.'
Then the king fell on his knees and begged for mercy; and as he had in other respects been a good father, they forgave him. The wedding of Hans and the princess was celebrated with great festivities which lasted a month. As for the hill-man he intended to be present; but whilst he was walking along a street which led to the palace a loose stone fell on his head and killed him. So Hans and the princess lived in peace and happiness all their days, and when the old king died they reigned instead of him.
From Aeventyr fra Zylland samlede og optegnede af Tang Kristensen. Translated from the Danish by Mrs. Skavgaard-Pedersen.
Tale Title: Magic Book, The
Tale Author/Editor: Kristensen, Evald Tang
Country of Origin: Denmark
Classification: ATU 325: The Magician and His Pupil


3GPP has introduced support for Internet of Things (IoT) via Cellular IoT (EC-GSM, LTE-M and NB-IoT) standards in its Rel 13 specifications. The aim is to efficiently support billions of devices which vary widely in terms of their processing power, battery life, cost and need for extended coverage. Cellular IoT will support numerous services including utility meters/smart meters, vending machines, automotive (fleet management, traffic management etc), security monitoring and reporting, medical monitoring and alarms/alerts. Depending on services provided, some of these devices will send/receive data infrequently at large intervals (e.g. various sensors/meters in the field) or frequently at regular intervals (e.g. cameras or security appliances).
Cellular IoT supports multiple methods of data transfer between a CIoT-UE and CIoT-Application Server/Services which include the conventional method of data transfer via user plane and new methods such as infrequent and small data transfer via control plane or non-IP data transfer (NIDD) for the efficient use of control plane messaging.
The standards TS 23.401 v13.7.0 and TS 24.301 v13.6.0 (sections 6.2A, 9.9.4.22) define Control Plane CIoT EPS optimization, User Plane CIoT optimization and Non-IP Data Delivery. These methods are appropriate for the transmission of infrequent and small data packets.
For the Control Plane CIoT EPS optimization, data exchange between UE and eNB is done on RRC level and between UE and MME is done at NAS level. 3GPP has recommended ROHC for efficient use of radio resources since Release 4 onwards for WCDMA and since Rel 8 for LTE, mainly for VoIP and other applications on the user plane via PDCP. Now in Rel 13, 3GPP has recommended ROHC for Cellular IoT for NB-IoT services via control plane optimization. The UE and the MME support robust header compression (ROHC) framework if control plane CIoT EPS optimization is supported for PDN connections of IP PDN type.
For uplink IP data, UE implements ROHC compressor, and MME implements the ROHC decompressor. For downlink IP data, MME implements the ROHC compressor, and UE implements the ROHC decompressor. The uplink and downlink ROHC channels are bound by UE and MME to support ROHC feedback. The configurations for the header compression are established during the PDN connection establishment procedure.
The Effnet ROHC product portfolio consists of software products based on various IETF standards which define RObust Header Compression (ROHC).
Effnet ROHC™ (ROHC Uncompressed 0x0000, RTP 0x0001, UDP 0x0002 and ESP 0x0003 profiles).
Effnet ROHC-IP™ (IP 0x0004 profile).
Effnet ROHC-TCP™ (ROHC-TCP 0x0006 profile).
Effnet ROHCv2™ (ROHC Uncompressed 0x0000, RTPv2 0x0101, UDPv2 0x0102, ESPv2 0x0103 and IPv2 0x0104 profiles).
Effnet ROHC portfolio is integrated in a terminal at NAS level. This proven implementation that has already been integrated into terminals via chipset and protocol stack vendors is highly system efficient, making it possible to run on devices with limited capacity and battery.
Effnet ROHC portfolio is integrated in SGSN-MME at NAS level. This proven implementation that has already been integrated into products, like macro eNB, C-RAN eNB (vBBU), PDSN (from CDMA2000), ASN-GW (WiMAX), is highly system efficient making it possible to scale support for millions of connections/UEs.
Effnet ROHC portfolio is integrated in UE-eNB simulator which supports S1-MME interface testing. This proven implementation that has already been integrated into products, like multi-UE test systems, is highly system efficient making it possible to scale support for millions of simulated connections/UEs.
RFC 3095 "RObust Header Compression (ROHC)"
RFC 3843 "RObust Header Compression (ROHC): A Compression Profile for IP"
RFC 4815 "RObust Header Compression (ROHC): Corrections and Clarifications to RFC 3095"
RFC 4995 "The RObust Header Compression (ROHC) Framework"
RFC 4996 "RObust Header Compression (ROHC): A Profile for TCP/IP (ROHC-TCP)"
RFC 4997 "Formal Notation for RObust Header Compression (ROHC-FN)"
RFC 5225 "RObust Header Compression Version 2 (ROHCv2): Profiles for RTP, UDP, IP, ESP and UDP-Lite"
RFC 3759 "RObust Header Compression (ROHC): Terminology and Channel Mapping Examples"
RFC 3816 "Definitions of Managed Objects for RObust Header Compression"
RFC 4224 "RObust Header Compression (ROHC): ROHC over Channels that can Reorder Packets"
RFC 3241 "ROHC over PPP"
makes it suitable for both mobile terminals as well as large system nodes like eNB, RNC, PDSN, ASN-GW etc.
List Compression and many of the channels and flow specific parameters, are highly configurable.
The VoIP enabler on wireless networks! Effnet ROHC™ is an important component to run VoIP services efficiently over wireless networks. Most of the RTP applications use UDP for signaling purposes and there are many stand-alone UDP applications e.g. light weight REST protocols such as CoAP, so the support for IP/UDP compression adds further to the efficiency. There is significant demand for secure exchange of information which leads to increased header overhead. The capability to compress IP/ESP, the header overhead in secure connections, makes it possible to run secure networks without additional bandwidth.
As more and more networks are moving to support IP based communications, the number of nodes that require an IP address are increasing rapidly. The introduction of IPv6 should address this concern but at least during transition time, a lot of traffic will be sent via tunnels across networks. Effnet ROHC-IP™ is capable of compressing layers of IP headers thus making it possible to run tunneled traffic without need for additional bandwidth.
Multiple Internet packet size studies* are in agreement that at least 40% of all IPv4 packets carry no or only a few bytes of payload i.e. packet sizes are at or very near to header size (IPv4+TCP). One study of IPv6 packets shows the same trend. Even more remarkable in that study is that for IPv6, 60-80% packets carry more header data than packet data. Effnet ROHC-TCP™ would be very beneficial in these cases.
Mobility is the cornerstone of the cellular networks but supporting it efficiently is a tricky business. As the cellular network architectures have evolved, the integration point of ROHC in system nodes has moved closer towards mobile terminals for various reasons but has lead to a problem of handling reordering of packets during mobility. Effnet ROHCv2™ addresses this concern very efficiently while providing high compression efficiency and robustness.


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House Speaker DeLeo, Secretary Acosta Join 250+ Local Leaders to Celebrate Nonprofit Awareness Day
Presented by Citizens Bank, the event celebrated the impact of Massachusetts nonprofits
BOSTON (June 5, 2018)- Yesterday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rosalin Acosta joined hundreds of nonprofit and business leaders at the State House to celebrate Nonprofit Awareness Day, a statewide holiday honoring the contributions of nonprofits in Massachusetts. The celebration was hosted by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network (MNN) and presented by Citizens Bank.
"The 33,000+ nonprofits in Massachusetts that employ a sixth of our state's workforce are essential to the health and vitality of our Commonwealth," said Jim Klocke, CEO of MNN. "Yesterday we recognized 27 nonprofits and leaders that typify the excellence of our sector. We are grateful for Citizen Bank's generous and continued support of our Nonprofit Awareness Day celebration."
"Yesterday we celebrated the 33,000 nonprofit organizations that are the cornerstone of our communities," said Jerry Sargent, President of Citizens Bank, Massachusetts. "At Citizens Bank, we are honored to partner with the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network and celebrate the remarkable work of over half a million employees providing valuable resources for our fellow citizens day in and day out."
During Nonprofit Awareness Day, Nonprofit Excellence Awards are presented to four organizations and two professionals that exemplify the innovative and effective work of nonprofits across Massachusetts. The winners are nominated by peers and community members and selected by an independent panel of nonprofit and business leaders. This year, MNN received over 150 Nonprofit Excellence Award nominations.
The Nonprofit Excellence Award winners this year are:
Excellence in Advocacy - Language Opportunity Coalition
Excellence in Collaboration - Cardinal Cushing Centers
Excellence in Innovation - College Bound Dorchester
Excellence in Leadership - Andrea Genser, Executive Director, Women's Empowerment through Cape Area Networking (WE CAN)
Excellence by a Small Nonprofit - Berkshire Immigrant Center
Excellence by a Young Professional - Sandra Lee, Director of Youth Education, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
In the month leading up to Nonprofit Awareness Day, MNN's #MAkingadifference social media campaign engaged hundreds of nonprofit and business leaders, who took to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to communicate the positive impact of nonprofits across the state. Using the hashtag #MAkingadifference, participating organizations shared pictures, stories, and statistics that illustrated the depth and breadth of the state's nonprofit sector.


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The Grade II listed burial ground was completed in 1917 as part of a larger, unexecuted, scheme to receive Muslim soldiers who died of their wounds in the United Kingdom following action in the Great War. The design, comprising an entrance in the style of a chattri and walled enclosure with decorative minaret towers at each corner, was by architect T. Herbert Winny, India Office Surveyor, carried out under the personal direction of Sir Abbas Ali Baig.
Only seventeen soldiers were interred as the Indian hospitals closed shortly after the cemetery opened. A further five Muslim soldiers were interred in WW2. Unfortunately, due to vandalism all those buried were moved to Brookwood Cemetery in the late 1960's and the structure was left to deteriorate with a large quantity of brickwork having been robbed-out.
The conservation project included substantial reconstruction based on photographic evidence. This included; the repair and reconstruction of the walls in brickwork and Portland stone to match; Specialist graffiti removal; Replacement oak gates; stone and render repairs to the chattri and minarets concluding with topping out and fixing of the ornate gilded finial. A landscaped memorial garden by landscape architects Terra Firma completed the project before its royal opening in 2015.
The project initiative was a collaborative venture by Woking Borough Council in partnership with Horsell Common Preservation Society to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
Photographs of the completed scheme were kindly re-produced with permission from Davon Bree of the Terra Firma Consultancy.


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Holy Ghost Headquarters offers 'Community Feeding'
Holy Ghost Headquarters, 1900 Hobson Ave., will offer a free Community Feeding from noon to 1:30 p.m. today.
COVID-19 precautions and social distancing will be in place.
The menu includes fried catfish, spaghetti, green beans, corn, roll and bottled water, with dinners to go.
Insurance agents will be present on the campus.
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Maxwell to address UUVC on Sunday
UUVC's Insight Service will welcome William Maxwell on Sunday. The service will be an online service that can be accessed on the church's website, http://www.uuvc.org.
Maxwell will address the proposition of "All men are created equal" and if America really understands and believes what that proposition means.
"Maxwell was born in Arkansas, raised in Arkansas and Arizona, and schooled around the world. Early on, teachers recognized Maxwell's potential. One principal assigned 9-year-old Maxwell to teach the 6-year-olds. Another gave him the nickname 'professor,' a self-fulfilling prophecy when 20 years later he was appointed an assistant professor of English in Korea. He has since acquired numerous postgraduate degrees and has developed a method of developing a child's I.Q. (Inventive Quotient) through logical reasoning. This has led to the establishment of the Genius Academy. He is the founder of the International Conference on Thinking which brings together scholars from all disciplines to explore ways to improve the intelligence of the human species. The conference is scheduled again to meet this winter in Hot Springs," a news release said.
"Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion born of Jewish and Christian traditions that encourages a wide spectrum of belief and promotes a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. Everyone is welcome -- all faith backgrounds, all racial identities, all gender identities, orientations and expressions," the release said.
To access the service, visit http://www.uuvc.org and click on the button "Messages and Sermons" on the homepage.
Award-winning trio to perform July 31
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE -- The Booth Brothers, a trio featuring Ronnie Booth, Michael Booth and Paul Lancaster, will be in concert at Village Bible Church, 100 Ponderosa Way, at 7 p.m. Friday, July 31.
Tickets are required and there is limited seating. Reserve a ticket by calling the VBC office at 501-922-0404.
"The Trio love Gospel music. They believe it touches the soul and offers encouragement and hope. By singing and ministering to audiences through word and song, these gentlemen are fulfilling God's call on their lives," a news release said.
Their awards include Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Trio of the Year, Male Group of the Year, Best Live Performers, and Artist of the Year, the release said. "Although the group is grateful for the recognition of their work, their aspiration is for all honor and glory to be God's alone."
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Middle East|Obama Administration Has First Face-to-Face Contact With Iran
Obama Administration Has First Face-to-Face Contact With Iran
By MARK LANDLER MARCH 31, 2009
THE HAGUE — It was brief, it was unscheduled and it was not substantive, but a meeting Tuesday between Richard C. Holbrooke, a presidential envoy, and an Iranian diplomat marked the first face-to-face encounter between the Obama administration and the government of Iran.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed that Mr. Holbrooke, the administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, greeted Iran's deputy foreign minister, Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh, on the sidelines of a major conference here devoted to Afghanistan.
"It was cordial, unplanned and they agreed to stay in touch," Mrs. Clinton said to reporters at the end of the conference. "I myself did not have any direct contact with the Iranian delegation."
Mrs. Clinton also said the United States handed the Iranian delegation a letter requesting its intercession in the cases of two American citizens who are being held in Iran and another who is missing.
These two American contacts with Iran are another step in the Obama administration's policy of engagement. It is a tentative process, in which the White House makes symbolic gestures, like President Obama's recent video greeting to the Iranian people and government for their New Year, while continuing to formulate its longer-term strategy.
Some officials, including Mrs. Clinton, are skeptical that Iran's leaders will ever embrace the American overtures. But reaching out, analysts say, keeps Iran on the defensive by demonstrating to the Europeans, the Russians and others that the United States is sincerely trying. And talking about Afghanistan is easier than confronting more divisive issues, especially Iran's nuclear ambitions.
For weeks, American officials regarded this conference as a good place to make a move. The delivery of the letter, along with Mr. Holbrooke's greeting during a lunch break, suggested that the encounter was less than pure serendipity.
Mrs. Clinton also reacted warmly to remarks delivered by Mr. Akhondzadeh about what Iran would do to aid reconstruction in Afghanistan and to cooperate in regional efforts to crack down on the booming Afghan drug trade, which is spilling across the Iranian border.
"The fact that they came today, that they intervened today, is a promising sign that there will be future cooperation," she said. "The Iranian representative set forth some very clear ideas that we will all be pursuing together."
The rise of Afghanistan's drug trade with Iran gives Tehran a natural role to play, Mrs. Clinton said. "The questions of border security, and in particular the transit of narcotics across the border from Afghanistan to Iran is a worry that the Iranians have, which we share," she said.
Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh, left, deputy foreign minister of Iran, with members of his delegation Tuesday in The Hague. Credit Peter Dejong/Associated Press
Iran cooperated with the United States on Afghanistan in the days after the 2001 terrorist attacks, and administration officials still view it as one of the most promising avenues for a reconciliation. Mrs. Clinton had pushed for Iran to be included on the invitation list for the United Nations-sponsored conference.
The encounter also illustrated the forceful personality of Mr. Holbrooke, whose job title does not include Iran, but who has managed to put himself at the center of the administration's foreign-policy initiatives.
Iran, which was a no-show at the last Afghanistan conference, in Paris, did not send an official of Mrs. Clinton's level, unlike most participants. But by sending Mr. Akhondzadeh, a former ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, it was clearly not trying to avoid contact.
Still, the unsigned letter, which an American official handed directly to the Iranians, was a reminder that there were many thorny obstacles to better relations. The cases of the three Americans have dragged on for months, frustrating the families and the government.
"We ask Iran to use its facilities to determine the whereabouts and ensure the quick and safe return of Robert Levinson, and grant the release of Roxana Saberi, and permission to travel for Roxana Saberi and Esha Momeni," Mrs. Clinton said, quoting from the letter. "These acts would certainly constitute a humanitarian gesture by the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Mr. Levinson, a former F.B.I. agent, disappeared in March 2007. Ms. Saberi, a freelance journalist who has worked for National Public Radio, was arrested by Iranian authorities on Jan. 31.
Ms. Momeni, a graduate student at California State University, Northridge, was arrested last October, accused of a traffic violation. She was conducting research on the Iranian women's movement.
At the conference, Iran offered support and criticism of the Obama administration's new policy on Afghanistan. It praised the focus on regional cooperation, but it argued that sending more foreign troops to Afghanistan would be ineffective.
That came not long after Mrs. Clinton explained the Obama administration's decision to deploy 17,000 additional soldiers, as well as 4,000 more military trainers, to buttress Afghan security forces.
Mrs. Clinton had a busy day of diplomacy, notably a meeting with the Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, at which the two discussed cooperation on a variety of issues.
For the most part, though, the focus was on Afghanistan — less as a military issue than as a development problem. Mrs. Clinton called for a new start in Afghanistan, emphasizing more effective development and better regional coordination.
"Our collective inability to implement a clear and sustained strategy has allowed violent extremists to regain a foothold in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and make the area a nerve center for efforts to spread violence from London to Mumbai," Mrs. Clinton said.
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Michigan cannabis dispensary says it's being unfairly targeted in sign dispute – Detroit Metro Times
click to enlarge Courtesy photo A large sign advertising a dispensary in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has become the center of controversy.
The owners of a cannabis company in Michigan's Upper Peninsula say they feel they're being unfairly targeted by city officials in a dispute over a roadside sign due to the nature of their business.
The Fire Station dispensary in Houghton says it leased all the available space on a sign structure owned by a company called S&W Real Estate in early November to advertise its store to motorists on the nearby highway. But shortly after the Fire Station ad went up, the City of Houghton sent a letter alleging the "violation of numerous sections" of the local zoning ordinance, including exceeding allowable height and square footage. The city also alleged that the stanchion was located on city property, and said it could find no evidence that Fire Station even had a right to place its sign there.
The Fire Station co-owner Logan Stauber says he finds it odd that the sign is raising red flags. The stanchion structure, located on Sharon Avenue, has


When you get to Prague follow the sign PLZEN. Once you get to BARRANDOVSKY MOST (crossing the river Vltava) follow the sign SMICHOV, BREVNOV, when you get to SMICHOV follow the sign BREVNOV, go through the tunnel called Mrazovka, when you get off it follow the sign DEJVICE. You'll reach roundabout (ring-road) where you have to turn in direction LETISTE (AIRPORT) RUZYNE, VOKOVICE. Masarykova kolej is about 400 metres far away from roundabout, it's a big white corner house with Accommodation banner on itself.
You'll get to Prague on the motorway. Once you get to the city follow the sign CENTRUM to the place called ANDEL. When you see a t-junction and the sign of department store CARREFOUR go straight in direction Brevnov, Dejvice or tunnel Mrazovka. when you get off it follow the sign DEJVICE.You'll reach roundabout (ring-road) where you have to turn in direction LETISTE (AIRPORT) RUZYNE, VOKOVICE. Masarykova kolej is about 400 metres far away from roundabout, it's a big white corner house with Accommodation banner on itself.
You'll get to Prague on the motorway E55, once you get to the city follow the sign CENTRUM and DEJVICE, BREVNOV,PLZEN. You'll reach roundabout (ring-road) where you have to turn in direction LETISTE (AIRPORT) RUZYNE, VOKOVICE. Masarykova kolej is about 400 metres far away from roundabout, it's a big white corner house with Accommodation banner on itself.
From Prague main train station "Hlavni nadrazi" firstly get to the underground (line C) and go one stop in direction Haje. You need to change for line A at the stop called Muzeum. On A line get to train in direction DEJVICKA. Then get off at the stop "Dejvicka (terminal)" on escalators. And finally get off from underground in direction Hotel Diplomat (left sided escalator), go along Hotel Diplomat about 200 metres and you will get to crossroad. There's on the right side big white building and that's MASARYKOVA KOLEJ.
From train station "Nadrazi Holesovice" firstly get to the underground (line C) and go one stop in direction Haje. You need to change for line A at the stop called Muzeum. On line A get to train in direction DEJVICKA. Then get off at the stop "Dejvicka (terminus)" on escalators. And finally get off from underground in direction Hotel Diplomat (left sided escalator), go along Hotel Diplomat about 200 metres and you will get to a crossroad.
There's on the right side big white building and that's MASARYKOVA KOLEJ.
The cheapest way how to get from the Prague Airport to the Masarykova kolej is by bus: Buses no. 119,254 operates between the Subway (metro) stop DEJVICKA and terminal-north of Prague International Airport - Ruzyne... The no. 119,254 runs every 20-40 minutes between 4 am to 12 pm. This journey should take about 30-40 min.
At DEJVICKA go along Hotel Diplomat, which will be right behind your back, about 200 metres and you will get to crossroad. There's on the right side a big white building and that's MASARYKOVA KOLEJ.
1.Parking place in the Studentská street - supervised subterranean parking place -the nearest one, situated in Studentská street, which is approximately 100 metres far away from Masarykova kolej in Dejvicka metro station direction.
2. Parking place in the Vitezne namesti - supervised parking place-situated on the left side of Dejvicka Metro st., the simplest way from Masarykova kolej is to go through University Campus and then turn left.


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10 Facts About The Confederate Flag That Prove Racism Is Worse Than You Think
Out of the atrocities committed in Charleston, South Carolina this week has arisen a new dialogue about racism and the Confederate Battle Flag, which is often mislabeled as the Flag of the Confederated States of America, who lost the American Civil War in 1865. The flag we often see, which is affectionately and erroneously labeled the stars and bars isn't the actual flag of the Confederacy. That's exactly what makes the flag flying over the Confederate memorial in South Carolina even more racist.
1. The original flag of the Confederacy was much different than the flag that rednecks like to associate with the South today. It was the real "stars and bars."
The original "Stars and Bars" looks nothing like the flag we see so often today. Via Flickr
2. The second flag adopted by the Confederacy is where the "rebel flag" we see today comes into play.
Its creator called it the "White Man's Flag" and when he created it he was quoted as saying:
"As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause." William T. Thompson (April 23, 1863), Daily Morning News
The flag a re-enactor flies here is the second official flag of the Confederacy, in which the "Southern Cross" is emblazoned on a white background, commonly called the "White Man's Flag. Via Flickr
I don't know about anyone else, but that makes it pretty clear what the purpose of the South was (or should I say the "cause"), and it is clearly about the superiority of one race over another (which most normal people like to call racism).
3."A Southern humorist during the Civil War praised the second Confederate Flag.
George William Bagby, a Southern humorist during the Civil War, but also the Richmond correspondent for the CHARLESTON MERCURY, praised the second Confederate Flag, specifically the saltire (which is what we know as the Confederate Flag today or the Southern Cross) stating that it embodied:
"The destiny of the Southern master and his African slave", pointing them southward to "the banks of the Amazon" (it was a popular idea at the time for Southerners to believe that their "cause" should be expanded southward into Latin America).
Clearly, again, this exemplifies what the original creators and users of the flag intended- dominance of one race over another (do I need to say it again? RACISM!).
4. It was changed because of confusion.
The only reason the original Confederacy flag was changed was because soldiers in the Civil War got it mixed up with the Union's flag, creating confusion.
5."The battle flag that is used by Southern rednecks today is exactly that, a battle flag created for Confederate soldiers.
Southern General Beauregard suggested the creation of the Confederate Battle Flag, which would only be used in battle. Uh, so what you're saying is that the creator of the flag we think is the Confederate Flag today is actually just the Confederate Battle Flag, meaning when it's flown that those who fly it are considered to be in battle? Yes, it's an official battle flag. I guess Southerners have forgotten that they surrendered after a massive defeat. Bye bye battle flag.
6. The Confederate Battle Flag was actually only meant to be used by General Lee's regiment in Virginia.
You know, the one that surrendered? Lee actually wanted Southerners to stop using the flag because it could be considered treason. Did you hear that Southerners?
7.A Confederate general's son ordered a Confederate Battle Flag to be taken down.
A Confederate general's son, Simon Buckner, Jr., who was also an American general, ordered a Confederate Battle Flag that was raised over Shuri Castle, in Okinawa, Japan during World War II, to be taken down because it didn't represent all Americans. Even he understood that the flag was not appropriate.
8. Five states have state laws that protect "Old Dixie."
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
9. Georgia still flies the Confederate Flag.
The State of Georgia's state flag is the first Confederate Flag with the Coat of Arms of Georgia between the stars. Most people in Georgia have no idea their state flag was the official first flag of the Confederacy (minus the Georgia Coat of Arms).
10. On the eve of the Civil War, Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens gave a speech with confederate flags abound.
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Damaris Cudworth, Lady Masham (18 January 1659 – 20 April 1708) was an English writer, philosopher, theologian, and advocate for women's education who is characterized as a proto-feminist. She overcame some weakness of eyesight and lack of access to formal higher education to win high regard among eminent thinkers of her time. With an extensive correspondence, she published two works, A Discourse Concerning the Love of God (1696) and Thoughts in reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life (1705). She is particularly noted for her long, mutually-influential friendship with the philosopher John Locke.

Family background

Early life

Ralph Cudworth (1617–88)
Damaris Cudworth, born on 18 January 1659, was the daughter of the Reverend Professor Ralph Cudworth and his wife, Damaris Cudworth (née Cradock) (d. 1695), five years after her father became Master of Christ's College in the University of Cambridge (a position he occupied for the rest of his life). A distinguished classicist and Regius Professor of Hebrew, Ralph Cudworth had been educated in the non-conforming environment of Emmanuel College during the 1630s. Both his father (a clergyman and royal chaplain also named Ralph Cudworth) and his stepfather, the clergyman John Stoughton (1593–1639), had previously studied and held Fellowships there, and had successively held the college rectorate of Aller, Somerset (where the younger Ralph had been born). He became a leading figure of the Cambridge Platonist School, and poured immense erudition and originality into his great work, The True Intellectual System of the Universe (only the first very substantial part of which came to readiness by 1671, with publication in 1678). Overtly a refutation of atheistic determinism, his work evolved in critique of aspects of Calvinist theology, in the light of his near-contemporary René Descartes, and in opposition to Thomas Hobbes.

Damaris Cradock Andrewes (d. 1695)
Her mother, Damaris, daughter of Damaris and Mathew Cradock of London (d. 1641), was first married to London merchant citizen Thomas Andrewes (d. 1653) (son of the Commonwealth Lord Mayor of London Sir Thomas Andrewes), by whom there were several half-brothers and sisters. Her mother's stepmother Rebeccah (relict of Mathew Cradock) later married the Emmanuel College Platonist Benjamin Whichcote, whose niece married her father's friend Dr John Worthington (1657). Through her mother's family, Damaris (Lady Masham) was cousin to Zachary Cradock, Provost of Eton (1680–95), and Samuel Cradock, nonconformist tutor of Wickhambrook, Suffolk (both of whom were educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge during the 1640s and 1650s).

Damaris Cudworth's half-sister, Damaris Andrewes (d. 1687), married Edward Abney, a student, graduate, and Fellow of Christ's College (from 1649), who had obtained the higher degree of Doctor of both laws (LL.D) and resigned his Fellowship to marry her (1661). Her half-brother, John Andrewes (d. after 1688), also studied at Christ's College (from 1664) and held a Fellowship there (until c.1675). Her other half-brother, Matthew Andrewes (d. 1674), entered Queens' College, Cambridge (1663/64), and was Fellow there at his death. Whilst her brother, Charles Cudworth, who died in India (1684), and for whom Locke observed her tender affection, may have been educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; her other brothers attended Christ's College: John Cudworth (an undergraduate under John Andrewes, and later Fellow and Lecturer in Greek (1672–84)), and Thomas Cudworth.

Education
Although her early life has left no record of formal schooling, the unusual collegiate context of her family environment (and her acquaintance with her father's Platonist circle) gave her advantages and insights in an age when higher education was not normally accessible to women. The claims that she was taught by her father, or owed the development of her thought especially to John Norris (an early associate with whom she came to differ), are to some extent superfluous: she was an intelligent young woman in a brilliant household of academics embedded in the collegiate life. Damaris herself emphasized the importance of the maternal influence on a child's education.

Her early letters to John Locke show her experienced in philosophical discourse, capable in discussion of her father's Platonist views and having knowledge of many Platonist works. By 1682, she was well-read in contemporary philosophy. This was despite a certain weakness of eyesight which affected her ability to read as copiously as she wished. There is no medical record for this: John Norris referred to her 'blindness' in his Reflections upon the Conduct of Human Life (1690), but this was a statement which she, herself, contradicted and corrected him upon. John Locke also referred to her sight in correspondence with Philip van Limborch. Her scholarly calling, itself unusual for a woman in her time, was achieved in spite of this weakness.

Marriage (1685) and motherhood

In 1685, Damaris Cudworth (aged 26) married Sir Francis Masham, 3rd Baronet (c.1646–1723), of the Manor of Oates in High Laver in the county of Essex (she was thereafter styled Lady Masham). She and Sir Francis (a widower), already (with his previous wife, Mary Scott) the father of eight children, including the courtier Samuel, 1st Lord Masham (1678/9–1758)), had one son: Francis Cudworth Masham (1686–1731). Little is known of their personal relationship: the marriage provided security, if no great social or educational advancement of itself. When her father, Ralph Cudworth, died in 1688: he left her such of the English books from his library as she should choose. Her mother maintained close connections with her daughter's household and, when she died (1695), she made extensive provision for her daughter and appointed John Locke, Edward Clarke and Bishop Edward Fowler (her executor) as trustees for the future welfare of her grandson, Francis Cudworth Masham (who later became Accountant-General to the Court of Chancery).

Correspondence and publications
From her early twenties onwards, she maintained a close personal relationship with John Locke (during the remainder of his life). They were probably brought together by a mutual friend, Edward Clarke. They met sometime before 1682, and exchanged many personal, and often flirtatious, letters. Locke described her admirably in a letter to Phillipp van Limborch: "The lady herself is so well versed in theological and philosophical studies, and of such an original mind that you will not find many men to whom she is not superior in wealth of knowledge and ability to profit by it." She and Locke were of great importance to one another in their friendship and studies, and Locke took up residence in her household (from 1691 until his death in 1704). He brought with him his library (of nearly 2,000 books), purchased for her a writing desk, ink and quills, and paid for the binding of her works. Much of Locke's last will and testament is devoted to gifts, legacies and arrangements for Damaris, Lady Masham and her son, Francis. An account of Locke's last day (during which Lady Masham attended him), and of his character, was published in 1705.

Constant companions, they exchanged ideas and theories and entertained many other theologians and philosophers (including Sir Isaac Newton and Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont). During this time she published her first work, A Discourse Concerning the Love of God (1696), which was a response to John Norris's Practical Discourses. Shortly after Locke's death, she published her best-known work, Thoughts in Reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life (1705). Both were published anonymously, to avoid prejudice or irrelevant courtesy towards a woman scholar: Pierre Bayle (who easily ascertained her authorship) hastened to amend one of his previous (careless) observations, concerning her father's work, with an elaborate (and probably) sincere compliment upon her Savoir and other perfections. Her correspondence with Gottfried Wilhem Leibniz explored their respective theories including the latter's work on Pre-established harmony, on her father Ralph Cudworth's work, and on the relationship between body and soul.

Death (1708), memorial, and portraits
Near the end of her life Masham, suffering from intense pain due to gallstones, traveled to Bath hoping to improve her condition.
Damaris Cudworth Masham died at Otes (20 April 1708), and was buried in the middle aisle of Bath Abbey. Over her grave it was written of 'her Learning, Judgement, Sagacity, and Penetration together with her Candor and Love of Truth (Ballard, 337).

Portraits
No extant portraits of Damaris Cudworth Masham are known. According to an inventory, her mother owned a portrait, and John Locke ordered one from Sir Godfrey Kneller (1704), but both appear to have been lost.

Philosophy and advocacy
Often touted as the "Lockean feminist" by scholars (such as Jaqueline Broad and Lois Frankel), Damaris Cudworth Masham's public works consisted of a mix between her father's Platonism, Lockean theories and arguments, and her own proto-feminist ideals and advocacy. She criticised the double standard of men and women's moralities and women's lack of access to higher education.

In her Occasional Thoughts in reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life (1705), Damaris Cudworth Masham makes two important points regarding the inferior education given to women. Firstly, she argues that giving an inferior education to women leaves them unfit to be able to give their children a proper education (since most children, during this period, were given early education by their mothers and education was still mostly reserved for members of the elite). She writes,
"The improvements of Reason, however requisite to Ladies for their Accomplishment, as rational Creatures; and however needful to them for the well Educating of their Children, and to their being useful in their Families, yet are rarely any recommendation of them to Men; who foolishly thinking, that Money will answer to all things, do, for the most part, regard nothing else in the Woman they would Marry … Girls, betwixt silly Fathers and ignorant Mothers, are generally so brought up, that traditionary Opinions are to them, all their lives long, instead of Reason."
Here, Damaris Cudworth Masham argued that it would be a benefit to all mankind should women be allowed access to higher education since it would allow them to educate better their sons and daughters and advance reason in society.

Secondly, Cudworth argued that women should have access to education for not only their children's spiritual welfare but for their own. She argued that "Women have Souls to be sav'd as well as Men," and that, by being blessed with rational thinking, it was imperative for women to understand the principles and values behind their own religious beliefs.  "They [women] are, perhaps sometimes told in regard of what Religion exacts, They must Believe and Do such and such things, because the Word of God requires it; but they are not put upon searching the Scriptures themselves, to see whether, or no, these things are so." She further argued that a woman's duty and knowledge should not be grounded on the "uncertain and variable Opinions of Men" but that they should, instead, be able to nurture their minds as well as their bodies and form their own opinions about spirituality.

Influence on other philosophers
Damaris Cudworth Masham's work and correspondence with many of the great philosophers of the Enlightenment may be argued to have influenced their resulting published works. Most notably, it is surmised that she influenced Locke's second revision of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Locke worked on various revisions of this treatise (between 1689 until his death in 1704), during which time he resided, with the Mashams, at their manor of Oates, High Laver, Essex. Thus, it is not unlikely that Damaris Cudworth would have had some intellectual influence over aspects of these revisions. In revising the section "Of Power", Locke seems to adopt many of Ralph Cudworth's ideas (and especially those contained in his unpublished manuscripts, which are considered the second and third parts to his The True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678)). Even though these manuscripts are not believed to have been in Damaris's possession until the death of her elder brother, John Cudworth (1726), the influence of Ralph Cudworth's ideas upon Locke's work cannot be ignored, and has led some historians to believe that it was Damaris Cudworth Masham herself (familiar with her father's works) who may have influenced Locke during this second revision of "Of Power." Damaris Cudworth Masham did make parallels to her father's ideas on free will (contained in his third manuscript), which appear in her publication Occasional Thoughts,
	"without a capacity in the Creature to act contrary to the Will of the Creator there could be no desert, or self-excellency in any Created Being; contrariety to the Will of God is therefore permitted in the Universe as a necessary result of Creaturely imperfection, under the greatest endowment that a Created Being is capable of having, viz. That of Freedom or Liberty of Action."
Thereby indicating that her father was likely to have passed-on many of his ideas, regarding free will and the rejection of determinism, to Damaris (either directly through the reading of his manuscripts or indirectly from her education in philosophical discourse).

Works
A discourse concerning the Love of God (A. and J. Churchill at the Black-Swan in Paternoster-Row, London 1696). Earlymoderntexts.com edition
Occasional Thoughts in reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life (Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black-Swan in Paternoster-Row, London 1705). At Project Gutenberg (accessed 8 December 2014). Earlymoderntexts.com edition
Briefwechsel zwischen Leibniz und Lady Masham. 1703–1705. In: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Philosophische Schriften (Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1887), vol. 3, pp. 331–375. [Leibniz writes in French, Lady Masham answers in English. Volume online.]

Ancestry

References

Further reading
Broad, Jacqueline, 2002, 'Damaris Masham', in Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), pp. 114–140.
Broad, Jacqueline, 2006, 'A Woman's Influence? John Locke and Damaris Masham on Moral Accountability,' Journal of the History of Ideas, 67 no. 3 (July 2006): 489–510.
Frankel, Lois, 1989, 1991, 1996, 'Damaris Cudworth Masham,' in Mary Ellen Waithe, ed., A History of Women Philosophers, Vol. 3, (Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht 1991), pp. 73–85. (Reprinted from Hypatia, 1989). Reprinted as 'Damaris Cudworth Masham, A seventeenth-century feminist philosopher' in Linda Lopez McAlister (ed), Hypatia's Daughters: 1500 Years of Women Philosophers (Indianapolis, Indiana University Press 1996), pp. 128–138.
Hamou, Philippe, 2008, 'Enthousiasme et nature humaine: à propos d'une lettre de Locke à Damaris Cudworth', Revue de Métaphysique et Morale, 3: 337–350.
Hutton, Sarah, 1993, 'Damaris Cudworth, Lady Masham: between Platonism and Enlightenment', British Journal for the History of Philosophy 1 (1): 29–54.
Hutton, Sarah, 2010, 'Damaris Masham', in P. Schuurman and S.-J. Savonius Wroth (eds.), The Continuum Companion to Locke (London & New York: Continuum), pp. 72–6.
Hutton, Sarah, 2012, 'Religion, Philosophy and Women's Letters: Anne Conway and Damaris Masham', in Anne Dunan-Page and Clotilde Prunier (eds.), Debating the Faith: Religion and Letter-Writing in Great Britain, 1550–1800 (Dordrecht: Springer).
Hutton, Sarah. 'Lady Damaris Masham,' Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University 2014). (accessed 8 December 2014)
Laslett, Peter, 1953, 'Masham of Oates', History Today, 3: 535–43.
Phemister, Pauline, 2007, ' 'All the time and everywhere everything's the same as here': the principle of uniformity in the correspondence between Leibniz and Lady Masham', in Paul Lodge (ed.), Leibniz and his Correspondents (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
Simonutti, Luisa, 1987, 'Damaris Cudworth Masham: una Lady della Repubblica delle Lettere,' in Scritti in Onore di Eugenio Garin (Pisa: Scuola Normale Superiore), pp. 141–165.

External links

 Discourse concerning the Love of God, 1696 available at Earlymoderntexts
 Occasional thoughts regarding a Virtuous or Christian Life, 1705 available at Earlymoderntexts
 Occasional Thoughts in reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life available in Project Gutenberg. 25 August 2004.

Lady Damaris Masham entry by Sarah Hutton in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 7 March 2014.

1659 births
1708 deaths
Cudworth family
English feminists
Feminist philosophers
English women philosophers
John Locke
Cambridge Platonists
17th-century English theologians
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