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Topic Archives: Starlink
June 21, 2021 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe
What's teased as the "5G Master Key" that Fixes 5G's Flaws?
A very similar teaser ad to this one ran almost every day through the first half of 2020, and I first wrote a story explaining it back in January of 2020… but it's back, and we continue to get lots of questions about it, so let's dig in and explain what's going on — especially […]
Altucher's "StarNet" — Two Investments to Profit from "Jeff Bezos' Big Bet"
James Altucher seems to me a great example of the truism that attention flows to unconventional thinkers. He always strikes me as a nut, his promotions are wildly over-the-top and persistent enough to give me headaches (there was a fun profile of him in Inc. during the first Bitcoin bubble, when he became a self-professed […]
March 31, 2021 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe
What's Basenese's $3 "Buy LEO" Pitch About?
Here's the lead-in from a new Lou Basenese ad that got a lot of our readers asking questions: "URGENT BUY ALERT: "America's Leading Technology Analyst Says Buy "LEO" Now! "This tiny company is poised to transform a $2.7 Trillion market with the single flip of a switch. "Its groundbreaking technology is already being used by […]
January 5, 2021 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe
Trend Trader's "The Secret $5 Company Behind Elon's Race to Own the Internet"
This article was originally published on December 1, 2020, but we're seeing new versions with different headlines and that "March 2021" deadline, so we're re-publishing our comments below. What follows has not been updated or revised in the past month. Lou Basenese is pitching Elon Musk's next big idea in ads for his Trend Trader […]
December 17, 2020 / Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe
De-teasing JR Butts Satellite stock pitch: "One Obscure Footnote is Your Key to Unlocking a $201,873 Windfall"
The first version of this article was published on February 21, 2020. We're still getting questions about it, the ad is still running and appears unchanged, and we've updated the article to catch up to speed and check on the current prospects. This is from an email I received from J.R. Butts, pointing at a […]
What's this "Space-Net" that's Crowdability's "#1 Trade for 2021?"
Space is hot among investors again, so we've seen quite a few teaser pitches about various space launch and satellite tech companies over the past year or so… but this one is a little different, and seemed worth a fresh look. Matt Milner at Crowdability is pitching an "Urgent Briefing" about something he calls "Space-Net"… […]
englishprofessor on What's Simpkins' "IPO Opportunity of the Decade" Pitch Teasing? / Jan 4, 11:32pm
Great article (I'm chatty tonight). A while back I went in on Gilat (GILT) after reading one of your breakdowns of whate...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Trend Trader's "The Secret $5 Company Behind Elon's Race to Own the Internet" / Oct 19, 10:54am
Gilat has no specific connection to Starlink as far as anyone knows, the reference to Starlink is just to draw investor ...
Nick on Trend Trader's "The Secret $5 Company Behind Elon's Race to Own the Internet" / Oct 19, 9:14am
I'm a bit confused here, I understood that the current manufacturer and supplier of Starlink terminals is STM Microelect...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Lou Basenese Trend Trader $15 stock supplier for Elon Musk Starlink system. / Sep 15, 11:31am
Musk's Starlink is building its own ground equipment. The stock being pitched is Gilat (GILT), covered a while back her...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on What's that Sept. 8 "iPhone Killer" All About? / Sep 1, 10:48am
Starlink is going to be interesting, I'm looking forward to seeing how it performs once it has a meaningful number of su...
julian_satran on What's that Sept. 8 "iPhone Killer" All About? / Sep 1, 3:48am
Kill the internet may be the Low Orbit satellite venture Starlink. Gilat is sleeping (undisturbed) for many years. Yest...
gumshoe3434 on What are the "next generation cryptocurrencies" teased by Jeff Brown in his "Click for crypto" event of August 25, 2021? / Aug 26, 1:06pm
The Crypto Metaverse, NFTs and Solona (SOL) 1:32 Decentraland 3:56 Sandbox: 5:31 Axie Infinity 7:14 Cryptovoxels 8:29 S...
winberry on VLEO / Aug 25, 4:11pm
INTERESTED IN THE SMALL COMPANY BEING TOUTED BY THIS INFORMATION: $15 STOCK THAT MAKES THE ANTENNA TO RECEIVE FAST INTER...
Ritam108 on Trend Trader's "The Secret $5 Company Behind Elon's Race to Own the Internet" / Jul 14, 1:02pm
J.R. Butts , Chief Investment Strategist ofTop Stock Advisor is promoting the missing element which will make Starlink ...
Nick on VLEO / Jul 7, 5:13am
Starlink will be an IPO from SPACEX at some unknown date in the future. That is what to invest in IMHO...
This is all about the Starlink dish, an amazing piece of technology, manufactured in China for Starlink using elecrtonic...
Redheadfae on What's Casey's Tiny $10 "5G Master Key" Stock? [Updated] / Jun 10, 9:49am
And here we are in June 2021 and he's still flogging a dead horse. Starlink is being deployed by SpaceX. Oops....
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Not sure if it's been discussed before ? Couldn't find anything / Apr 6, 2:36pm
Sounds like it's still this one: https://www.stockgumshoe.com/reviews/lou-baseneses-trend-trader/trend-traders-the-sec...
tony62tiger on Not sure if it's been discussed before ? Couldn't find anything / Apr 6, 1:43pm
What is the trick better yet what is the ticker symbol for Starlink supplier...
lamvest on Ray Blanco's The Destruction of Telecom. "Apple-Fi" , "5G killer". sevenfiguresolutions, Technology Profits Confidential teaser. / Mar 6, 12:27pm
C-Com Satellite CYSNF. Recently received attention. Developing next generation, chip based flat antennas for mobility ...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Manward's "Pre-IPO Opportunity of our Lifetimes" / Feb 10, 5:32pm
I don't know the technical difference, they do require a phone with a specialized satellite antenna, but Iridium's s...
It will be an interesting time. I'm really curious to see how long it takes to repay the massive capital cost — and...
youwannabet on Manward's "Pre-IPO Opportunity of our Lifetimes" / Feb 10, 1:49pm
Travis, I am a retired Electrical Engineer, emphasis on analog integrated circuits. I had designed many radio chip tran...
youwannabet on Manward's "Pre-IPO Opportunity of our Lifetimes" / Feb 10, 12:59pm
This idea is very unlikely to succeed as a direct handshake to a satellite requires far more power than your Smartphone ...
troywilson15 on James West's New "Sky-Fi" / Jan 12, 6:50am
May have the answer GOOGLE Virgin Galactic working with Starlink just put it in and it says That Richard Branson's Virgi...
Starlink Internet connected to Elon Musk's Space X GOOGLE it Starlink and companies working with them and read all of th...
He hinted the company was a player in Elon Musk's Starlink which is also connected to Space X and the stock traded for ...
Virgin Galactic trading for $24.92 & Procure Space trading at $25.89 could very well be one of them He said that the com...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Trend Trader's "The Secret $5 Company Behind Elon's Race to Own the Internet" / Jan 5, 2:30pm
That dividend is a special dividend, this 63 cent payout is part two of the special div they released for being snubbed ...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on What's this "Space-Net" that's Crowdability's "#1 Trade for 2021?" / Dec 8, 9:44am
Thanks. Yes, satellite-based internet is certainly moving forward as a service... assuming Starlink continues to work w...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Trend Trader's "The Secret $5 Company Behind Elon's Race to Own the Internet" / Dec 2, 8:53am
Reaching the poor around the world was part of OneWeb's mission, Greg Wyler spent years building telecom networks in Afr...
Noel on Ray Blanco's "Halo-Fi" — What's his teased "Death to Cable" stock? / Nov 30, 8:08am
Apple-Fi? It's internet in the sky in LEO (Low Earth Orbit). Amazon's Bezos has one in the making in two years. But ...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on What is the Company Elon Musk revealed in a small meeting that twill change the way we live and bankupt companies when the company is revealed Sept. 8th / Aug 10, 11:32am
He's been pitching a variety of satellite-industry players as indirect plays on the big-name satellite internet startups...
Griffin on TREND Investors & traders / Jul 15, 7:24pm
$FYI - SpaceX's Starlink Will Be Up And Running In 2020: Determining The Winners by Matt Bohlsen @SA - About: S...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on What's this "Apple-Fi" Business from Ray Blanco? / Jun 1, 5:44pm
True. I just cited the SpaceX example, they put 60 Starlink satellites on each Falcon9. Some satellites now are far sm...
Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe on Friday File: A New Gambling Client, Quarters from KEYS and OKTA, and a 5G Check-in / Jun 1, 10:37am
Space stocks are still a pretty hot "story" of late, from Virgin Galactic to Aerojet Rocketdyne, but there aren't that m...
bender11atcomcastnet on What's Casey's Tiny $10 "5G Master Key" Stock? [Updated] / Feb 6, 8:15pm
This was on Fidelity's page today, any thoughts, GILT VS - Starlink? Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or Space...
Carbon Bigfoot on What's "The #1 True Alpha Stock to Own Right Now?" We're teased that this company has a "Virtual Monopoly on Global Communications" / Feb 5, 3:46pm
SpaceX intends to launch another 60 satellites as soon as the weather is favorable, bringing the total number of "Starli...
Muskrat on Elfenbein's "ONLY 5G Stock You Need to Buy" / Jan 28, 5:28pm
won't large amounts of cell towers be somewhat unnecessary once Elon Musk gets his Starlink project off the ground (no ...


William Moore can recite The Roots' "How I Got Over" from top to bottom, down to Black Thought's rhythm and cadence. The only thing he's missing is Thought's mean mug and dark shades; he prefers an amiable smile and rimmed glasses.
Moore, a Houstonian by way of New Orleans, has been around music his whole life. His siblings played everything from gospel and jazz to country and rock. His neighbor in New Orleans was Grammy-winning jazz maestro and film score composer Terrence Blanchard.
Moore teaches College Reading and Career Planning at Houston Community College's Southeast campus. Yawn. Given the option, some students would rather have a lobotomy than take such boring classes, but Moore may have found a way to make reading irresistible: He uses hip-hop and jazz as instruments and teaching tools, an idea that came from another idea.
"When I was working with elementary school students, they would say all these interesting rhymes and songs and remember that stuff," says Moore. "Then, they'll read a paragraph and totally forget what it was about. So I understood that these songs and rhymes and all these games that they're playing, this stuff has a flow. It has a rhythm. So that's how I started using songs in my class."
Moore challenged his students to apply the same skill to a different topic: Reading. Same concept, different context.
"If you analyze one of Jay-Z's songs or if you analyze a song from the Roots or take a love song from Maxwell, then you can understand exactly what that means," offers Moore. "The idea is that if you can understand this verse, then you can understand the intricacies of this language or this poem or this article."
The process is simple. Moore plays a song, puts his students in groups and tells them to discuss the content of the song. What comes next is the most crucial part of the technique.
"I also ask them to generate questions, because one of the responsibilities you have as a reader is that you have to respond to the reading," he says.
This is what makes Moore's approach unique. Most students read to find answers, but his students read to find answers and generate questions of their own. Naturally, Moore also stresses reading between the lines. He cites Jay-Z's "Moment of Clarity" as an example of a song with a meaning that isn't always obvious to passive listeners.
"I was trying to teach them the author's tone. And by tone I mean the author's attitude towards the subject," he explains. "I really wanted them to understand that in order to be a good reader you have to be very attentive.
"For instance, Jay-Z says, 'I dumbed down for my audience and doubled my dollars.' Most of them are familiar with the song, they like it but they don't see how these words can be insulting to the audience. And what does he really mean by 'I can't help the poor if I'm one of them/ So I got rich and gave back to me, that's the win-win'? Is he suggesting that the win-win means that he's giving back to the community and also to himself?"
The goal here is to encourage students to be attentive listeners and not passively accept everything they see or hear.
"When you engage in ideas," says Moore, "don't engage passively, whether they're in text or coming across the airwaves or if it's on Television or if it's face-to-face conversation."
How much of a role hip-hop plays as a teaching tool - and whether it directly contributes to learning - remains a source of endless debate. Moore claims that he's seen an improvement in his students. But how exactly do you measure these results?
"One, they're able to create and compose questions and articulate coherent answers," he says. "And they tell me that now when they listen to songs they catch on to things they never thought about before. Or they'll say, 'Sometimes, I used to listen to words and I liked the songs but I never really paid attention to what the person was saying.' So they would communicate to me that now they listen to songs and really try to hear what the artist is saying."
What about rap songs that contain offensive language? HCC students hail from various ethnic groups and spiritual backgrounds, and Moore usually tells them that they have the right to excuse themselves. But so far no one has ever walked out of his class.
Speaking of spirituality, Moore is intrigued by Rice University's decision to recruit rapper Bun B as a Religious Studies instructor. He has one main point of contention.
"For him to be somewhat of an authority and a spokesperson on the topic of spirituality, he's bringing an image that holds a host of connotations, with UGK's music and the whole 'Trill' movement," says Moore. "People will be looking for the spirituality in that kind of music, particularly here in Houston."
"As an educator, you have to be aware of this whole concept of 'prior knowledge,'" he adds. "Students have to come to the learning environment with something they can build on. They have to be able to make connections. Establishing prior knowledge on the subject is going to be a difficult challenge for him [Bun B]."
You would think that being an "outsider" on the subject affords Bun B the ease to share information without seeming intimidating.
"Not necessarily," says Moore. "Nietzsche once said, 'What one has no access to through experience, one has no gift for.' That is a very interesting assessment. For the most part, in my experience, I think that Nietzsche was right. If you don't have experience in something then you come to the situation with no prior knowledge.
"There's something called reciprocity in the classroom," he continues. "It's not healthy to just be a sender and the receiver has nothing to send back. When you think about all the cultural and historical references, you start talking about hip-hop being a voice of social consciousness but you can't connect with the people. If you can't send anything back, it's not a discourse at all."
Moore may not be a fan of Bun B as a Rice instructor, but he is definitely a fan of lyrics-driven hip-hop. His Top 5 list reflects his allegiance to the days when lyricists reigned supreme: Rakim, Chuck D, Radio-era LL Cool J, Black Thought and Jay-Z.
"You have to put Biggie and Tupac on the list but they would have to come much later," he adds.
We noticed that Vanilla Ice was missing from the list, so we asked where he would rank the Iceman?
"Man, that guy wouldn't even get a ranking."
Spoken like a true OG.


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How to Make a Student 3D Short Film
by ESMA a year ago 8 min read
Sailor's Delight is a student graduation short movie that has been directed by six students of ESMA: Louise Aubertin, Eloïse Girard, Marine Meneyrol, Jonas Riter, Loucas Rongeart and Amandine Thomoux.
This movie was part of our last year school assignment from ESMA Toulouse (France).
Our courses lasted 3 years. The first 2 years we have learned to master the main 3D software and they prepared us to the struggle of making a 3D short. The 3rd year was the year of production of our short movie.
Pre-Production & Scenario
Eloïse came up with the original idea: a killer mermaid tries to seduce two sailors but they seem to resist to her charm. We have, afterwards, worked together on the scenario to refine it.
Under the cover of humour and derision, we wanted to break the cliche of universal beauty, and show that everyone is free to love anybody. We chose to combine 2 cinematographic styles: horror and comedy. With the horror style, we wanted to play on the audience's fears and reveal our mermaid's terrific aspects.
With the comedy style, we wanted to entertain the spectator by representing the ridiculous nature of our characters. Moreover, by putting the movie in the 80's we could use the horror movies of the time, the perfect bridge between comedy and horror.
In parallel of the work on the scenario, we began the pre-production. We gathered a ton of reference images, thus Eloïse and Jonas could start drawing the characters. Visually, we wanted the movie colourful and expressive, with different lighting atmospheres and a diversity of environments.
We got the same idea for the characters: a diversity of shapes, colours and personalities. Moreover, we wanted to break the myth of the blond mermaid and create a kind of aquatic Elvira, terrific and superficial. On the other hand, the sailors are funny and a bit clumsy sometimes.
We have been trying to put all of these behaviours in our designs. We took inspiration from stop-motion movies because we liked their approach to colour contrast, graininess, exposed textures and differences of scale.
Storyboard & Layout
Having finalized the scenario, Amandine and Jonas were able to begin the storyboard. With our two main concepts, horror and comedy, we looked for ideas in several movies.
We have taken, as an example, the cartoon style of Tex Avery, Popeye and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". As for the horror style, we have taken in example movies like "Jaws", "Scream" and "The city of Lost Children ".
In the first place, we wanted the audience to think that the movie was a horror one. That's why the beginning of the short is darker and creepier than the rest. The goal was to try and get the comic side little by little.
When we started, we drew the storyboard with just a pen and some paper, and we arranged it on a big piece of wood. It allowed us to move or replace scenes easily and to get a global vision of the story.
After that, we transferred our drawings to "Toon Boom Animation", an animation and storyboard software. We could now see an animated version of our storyboard.
The scene transitions and the duration of the movie evolved all year round. We decided several times to cut in the movie. It was too long for a cartoon or action movie.
We decided to remove elements that we felt were too complex to be picked up by the audience. In the end, the movie was more clear and punchy. It was a great lesson because sometimes we are so deep into a project that we do not see anymore what can be improved.
Modeling & Texturing
The main struggle with the modelling was to translate our 2D concept into 3D models. We had to reinterpret and adjust the way our concept looked to make it work in 3D. Eloïse was responsible for the mermaid and the underwater cave.
Marine was responsible for the two sailors, the fishes, the seagull, the bar and several props. Louise and Loucas helped with the fishing boat. For this process, we began by scanning sculptures of the heads of our characters to have a starting base.
Then, we used Maya and ZBrush to improve and finalize our modellings. We also used Marvelous Designer to model the clothes of the sailors and customers.
To create our textures, we used Mari, Photoshop and Substance Painter. To give that stop-motion feel to the textures, it has been a real collaborative work between Eloïse and Marine.
The textures had to be colourful, uneven and textured. To harmonize everything, Eloïse gave the last brushstrokes. To create the shader
Loucas was in charge of Rigging, where each character complexity and deepness had to be reached in only a few value tweaks on Maya. Our animation intentions were an intricate blend of realism, and a shift to a more cartoonish colour as long as the short progresses.
This duality had to match with how characters could be played with by animators, and it has been a whole back-and-forth discussion to aim at this, for the whole production.
Amandine and Jonas, as animators, were then a keystone on the Rigging process, giving daily feedbacks, and helping to push each time further the Rig features, and providing troubleshoots to fix.
Circe has been the most complex asset to deal with, since her mermaid morphotype involved dealing with several creature features (i.e. fins, tail, nails, etc), making her a unique hive of thinking and research. Also, evolving both in an aquatic environment and on land, this added a huge impact on how to deal with weight expression and skin deformations.
We chose to animate in a cartoonish way using marked poses, attitudes, important shapes and silhouettes. We tried to deliver funny animations, which leads to jokes.
We also had to go in depth on her facial setup, as long as Circe had to show many sides of her temper throughout the whole short. Because the sailors are two bipeds, their respective Rigs presented less challenge, but it also was quite a journey!
This has been a long and massive process, but thanks to the invaluable help from each Rigger student (special thanks to Fiona Lynch and Clément Malargé) and our teachers, it has been a reachable objective.
During the pre-production, we chose to have characters with a 2D look, involving general shapes expressing directly their personality. In animation, we wanted to crank up this 2D influence. We chose to animate in a cartoonish way using marked poses, attitudes, important shapes and silhouettes. We tried to deliver funny animations, which leads to jokes.
Amandine and Jonas, who were responsible for the animation, tried to give some contrast to our 3 characters. The mermaid is an intense, dangerous, fast, sexy and conceited. The two sailors are happy, carefree, clumsy and a little bit anxious. Jonas was in charge of the sailors, and Amandine of the mermaid since this kind of characters concurs with the sensibility of each animator.
The main reference for the mermaid was Jessica Rabbit. As for the sailors, Jonas took most of his inspiration from Tex Avery and others cartoonish animations.
The "Red Riding Hood" of Tex Avery is one of our favourite examples: as a spectator, we are expecting something but in the end, the fool is not who we think it is.
The animation process has been very long, and it was really tough to deliver so many shots in such a short time. With the beneficial help of interns (Manon Debray, Clorinde Fesentieu, Marianne Leflond and Lucas Planchon), we managed to deliver the movie on time.
Lighting & Rendering
In the same stop-motion spirit, we used "strong" lights in our movie. With the lighting, we wanted to enhance the characters and the textures. We also wanted to create an emotion, to give an unmistakable soul to the movie.
For that purpose, Eloïse created a colour script to help us determine the various atmospheres. Furthermore, we never did underwater lighting before and it was quite hard to find the right amount of realism.
Marine was responsible for the lighting, the scenes set-up and the rendering. We used Arnold for Maya for those steps. The rendering has been a real challenge, because we had a limited farm to render on, and a few months only to do it.
To be the most effective, we had to optimize our scenes and our samplings. Finding the right balance between quality and render time was of great educational value.
The FX part of the movie was a little tricky. We had stop-motion stylized characters with a cartoon animation. We had to find a look for the water and the lightning that would fit the whole universe.
Some tests had been done with the water motion (wave amplitude, the speed of the motion, etc...) but in the end, we kept it pretty simple and pretty close of a real life look.
Louise, who was in charge of the FX, had to learn Houdini to be able to play with all the flip tanks and other infinite oceans.
Everything was exported in alembic (water) and vdb (whitewater) to be rendered in Maya through Arnold.
For the lightning, Louise did a custom asset. A real-life look didn't match with the animation and the render style, so we chose to give it a 2D look. The asset created a mesh using the characters or props geometry.
It was rendered in white on Houdini and then modified in compositing to give it the colour and the glow. This lightning mesh was also used as a geometry light to be able to give a lighting pass on the characters or the props in compositing.
In terms of compositing, all the technical steps were done in Nuke by Eloïse and Marine. When rendering the images we separated each character, the set and the water FX and we rendered different passes for each.
Thanks to this, we could tweak specific aspects of the image without affecting the overall image. We used a lot of grade nodes, colour correct, shuffle, roto, LUT and others to help the images stand out. We also used Nuke to give life to the lightning FX rendered in Houdini.
Since our graduation in September 2017 we all continued our way into the industry: Louise Aubertin is an FX artist; Eloïse Girard is a Visual Development artist; Marine Meneyrol is a Lighting artist; Jonas Ritter is a 3D Animator; Loucas Rongeart is a Texturing artist and Amandine Thomoux is a 3D Animator.
As for the movie, he is currently travelling all around the world. It has been selected by several festivals including the 2018 Cinéfondation Cannes Film Festival.
To have the opportunity to walk up the stairs of the Cannes film festival and to be among numerous talented artists was a dream come true.
We are really happy with our movie's journey and we hope that it keeps reaching so many people.
ESMA is a school of applied arts established in Montpellier, Toulouse, Lyon, Nantes and Montréal.
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Southsea: The beautiful seaside town strangely named the worst in Hampshire by Which? study
Which? readers must be thinking of the wrong place
Luke DonnellyMultimedia Journalist
Southsea beach has a four-star rating on TripAdvisor (Image: Rob Edwards/Hampshire Live)
Southsea was named Hampshire's worst seaside town in the most recent study from Which? Coastal towns across Britain were rated by more than 4,000 members based on their beaches, attractions, scenery, peace and quiet, and value for money.
It's fair to say that Southsea wasn't looked upon too kindly by Which? members. The beach was given a scathing two-star review for every factor despite its attractions - which were given a four-star rating.
This ranked it as the 21st worst seaside town in Britain, with its customer score of 65 per cent ranking far below fellow Hampshire locations Lymington and Barton-on-Sea. But while no one denies the latter two coastal spots are incredible, does Southsea really deserve such harsh reviews?
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When we break it down by the individual factors that were rated, you can't help but wonder if these people are talking about the same Southsea. Let's take a look at where Southsea allegedly falls short.
Southsea beach
The key for any seaside town is to have a wonderful coastline. While places like Bournemouth and Lyme Regis might grab the headlines, a two-star rating for Southsea's beach is definitely a bit harsh.
This is certainly the sense shared among TripAdvisor reviewers who have given it a much fairer four stars. Ranked 18th out of the top 105 things to do in Portsmouth, it definitely isn't one to miss when visiting the city.
The shingle beach is also less hectic than other parts of Portsmouth. With a solid amount of restaurants and cafes on the beachfront it means there is often an opportunity to enjoy a quiet walk along the coast.
This one should definitely speak for itself. There aren't many better places in Hampshire to enjoy a sunset as the light hangs low over the Channel.
Blue skies on a warm day can make you feel like you're in a tropical country, while it's also a nice location for a winter walk. We mustn't also forget the canoe lake that sits behind the promenade.
The salt lake is home to crabs, fish and other marine life which can be seen from its banks.
The beach is quite close to Portsmouth city centre which makes it a little harder to find peace and quiet - especially when you compare it to other Hampshire spots including Lepe and Milford-on-sea.
But compared to other cities like Brighton, the beach in Southsea is much quieter. There is still a chance to get some respite and you have the benefit of finding the beach in quite a central location.
Southsea Beach Cafe boasts a four-star rating on TripAdvisor, with one recent visitor stating: "Delicious, well priced food. Gluten free and standard fish and chips were amazing as was the quinoa ands orange salad. Puddings were also divine."
There are also lots of attractions, including its outdoor parks, you can visit for free, while tickets to the fascinating D-Day story cost little over £10.
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The Korean Journal of Medicine 2015;88(5): 570-575.
Received: September 4, 2014; Revised: September 23, 2014; Accepted: October 24, 2014.
Infectious arteritis is a rare complication of liver abscess, and infectious arteritis involving multiple arterial sites with pseudoaneurysm formation has not been described previously. A 74-year-old man treated for liver abscess complained of abdominal and neck pain. Abdominal computed tomographic angiography (CTA) revealed a decrease in the size of the liver abscess, but also disclosed a pseudoaneurysm in the distal descending thoracic aorta was newly noted. Neck CTA revealed arteritis with abscess formation in the left internal carotid artery (ICA). Follow-up CTA after antibiotic therapy showed a decrease in the size of the left ICA abscess and a significant increase in the size of the aortic pseudoaneurysm. To prevent the rupture of the pseudoaneurysm, an endovascular stent graft was used. The final CTA revealed the disappearance of the aortic pseudoaneurysm with good apposition of the grafted stent. The patient has been monitored for 3 years with no new clinical events.


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Sandia LabNews | https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/1998/11/20/sort-story-htm/
Sandia and Compaq Computer Corp. team together to set world record in large database sorting
BY NEAL SINGER
Machine sorts information three times faster than previous record
Just as scientists need very fast number-crunching computers to replace physical testing with computer models, business people need a corollary procedure: very fast data sorting — the ability to manipulate huge amounts of data rapidly.
Now Sandia has teamed with Compaq Computer Corporation, the largest global supplier of personal computers, to sort information three times faster than the previous record, at approximately two-thirds the installed cost of current techniques.
"For big-data problems, this is the fastest sorting machine known to man," says computer researcher Carl Diegert (9215) of the Sandia-located computer. "The technology to do this came from Compaq. The will and the vision came from Sandia."
The Sandia cluster of computers now has sorted a terabyte of data — about the information contained in a million unabridged dictionaries — in under 50 minutes. The previous record, on a shared-memory supercomputer rather than a cluster of industry-standard computers, was 2.5 hours.
Importance of the achievement
"Our joint work on the 144-processor system was driven by Sandia's need to process and visualize simulation data from other large, massively parallel computers, while Compaq's interest was the commercially important sorting application," says George Davidson (9215), Sandia project manager. The importance of sorting, already high, should increase as large-scale data storage (called warehousing) increases. Estimates suggest that in three years, warehouses will increase from a 272-gigabyte average to a predicted 6.5 terabytes, and from a $15 billion to $113 billion market by 2002, according to a marketing report from a consulting firm, the Palo Alto Management Group. Says John Rose, Compaq Senior Vice President and General Manager: "Compaq, along with key partners like Sandia, is demonstrating that clustered Windows NT systems can deliver the performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness required by high-end applications in technical and commercial markets. This particular demonstration is striking evidence of how far and how fast we've progressed."
According to Amy Behle, business development manager of the US database market for MUSE Technologies, a small Albuquerque-based company, "Database companies will be interested because sorting is absolutely fundamental to database queries. For decision support, running more queries in the same amount of time or getting results faster yields real business value."
"Our system is a cluster of 72 off-the-shelf dual Pentium II Proliant servers running Windows NT and linked by ServerNet," says Carl. "We call it Kudzu because of its propensity (like the plant) to grow in any direction." The current arrangement, he says, for Sandia is a prototype used to verify the correct operation of a larger platform by "setting up, completing, and verifying a terabyte sort. "Unique to Kudzu," he says, "is its high-performance communications architecture. This, based today on Compaq's first-generation ServerNet hardware, allows Kudzu's 72 component computers to work as one and is, we believe, the world's largest of its kind. As costs drop over time, such arrangements will become commonplace in commercial and scientific operations."
Faster, better visualization
Carl believes it was Sandia's drive for faster, cheaper, scalable machines that "pushed vendors to achieve this goal sooner than otherwise."
For Sandia, "The overall purpose of this particular cluster is to develop faster, better ways of visualizing the results of complex simulations," not just sorting, says Sandia physicist Milt Clauser (9215). "Visualization of terabyte data sets is crucial to our understanding of large, complex simulations, and the terabyte sort is an important first step toward our goal of developing the next generation of visualization computers."
The program is part of a DOE long-range plan to revolutionize computing and information technology at the Labs, and was the result of a two-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) between Sandia and Compaq. The core of the mission was to develop powerful distributed computing, data manipulation, and visualization technologies.
For the nonmilitary customer, the project's goal was to develop a technology that would reduce complexity, increase flexibility, and improve service, all at large cost savings. Potential markets for cluster-based technologies would benefit from Compaq's leadership in the computer industry and Sandia's decades-long leadership in parallel computing, including its development with Intel of the world's first teraflop computer, says George. To these ends, each partner funded the CRADA research with matching investments of $400,000 annually. All components of the cluster are currently available on the commercial market.
"The clustering architecture that scaled to this unprecedented sort performance uses the same key to scalability that Sandia pioneered in 1987 and which evolved to become the planet's first teraflops machine with over 9,000 processors, put into operation by Sandia in 1996," says Carl. "The implications for commercial markets are significant, in that it demonstrates that large clusters that share a system network rather than a common memory have the power and sophistication to handle the big jobs at much lower costs."
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Q: Converse of Schur's Lemma Suppose we have a simple left $R$ module $M$, consider $D = End_R(M).$ It is easy see that $D$ is a division ring because, for  an element $f \in D$`, the kernel and range of $f$ are submodules of $M$. Since $M$ is simple, it follows that $f$ is an isomorphism. Thus, $D$ is a division ring.
Now I am interested in the converse of this. Suppose $D$ is a division ring, is it true that $M$ is a simple $R$ module?
The answer is no, as an example we consider $End_{\mathbb{Z}}(\mathbb{Q})$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Q}$ but it is not a simple $\mathbb{Z}$ module.
My question is : what is the condition on $M$ to hold the converse of Schur's lemma?

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Erm, you what?
Ragging on Ritchie
On Wednesday, the European commission will vote on a series of demands made by the EU parliament on corporate tax transparency.
The commission votes on proposals by the Parliament?
Not entirely sure the EU works that way Ritchie.
Other demands the parliament is making are almost as important, including its call for the creation of a Europe-wide "fair tax payer label".
Ahhhh….given that it's failed domestically it's now to go continent wide is it? No doubt with a substantial grant in aid…..
If all companies bidding for public contracts across Europe needed to have this label, then governments and other bodies would be able to easily assess which companies are paying the taxes they owe.
Yep, naked demand that every company in Europe should be sending money to R. Murphy.
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Van_Patten December 15, 2015 at 11:25 am
What the power-mad cannot cope with is to be irrelevant, and Murphy is coming dangerously close to that. Having rejected a job with the opposition because they wouldn't pay him enough and seeing his ideas sidelined by a series of increasingly bizarre interviews and public pronouncements (combined weith the general incompetence of the Corbynite opposition), he is looking around for a purpose – could this be the means of providing it?
Truth be told I think he might be on to something – 80% of the European parliament is populated by groups of whatever nominal stripe who would not have been out of place in the Reichstag post 1933 or the Soviet Duma – people deeply hostile to humanity in general and utterly opposed to private enterprise and the idea of human freedom. This proposal, mindlessly bureaucratic and adding no value to anyone other than the quislings administering it, is right up their alley. Fertile ground for someone as profoundly misanthropic to prosper……
Arnald December 15, 2015 at 11:29 am
"Not entirely sure the EU works that way Ritchie"
…the Commission frequently introduces legislation at the behest of the Council or upon the suggestion of Parliament…
As ever, you get the facts wrong.
-the preview box would be good to have back.
Gareth December 15, 2015 at 11:37 am
Does the Commission vote on anything? I thought they were the ones who propose crap for the Council and/or Parliament to vote on.
Tim Worstall December 15, 2015 at 11:38 am
He said "vote upon".
Arthur Dent December 15, 2015 at 11:42 am
I suspect that there are sometimes votes in the College of Commissioners but we are not permitted to know because this part of our supposedly transparent supranational governement meets in secret and does not produce minutes that are open to the peasants.
AndrewC December 15, 2015 at 1:16 pm
@Arnald
So, did Tim get his facts wrong? Will the commission be voting on those tax transparency matters?
Or did Richard get HIS facts wrong and did you make yourself look like an idiot in your haste to support your hero?
Andy H December 15, 2015 at 1:32 pm
I'm confused:
"then governments and other bodies would be able to easily assess which companies are paying the taxes they owe"
Surely that is what the tax authorities do, and not paying what you owe is a criminal offence (except in a few countries where adherence to tax legislation seems to be more optional *cough Greece, Italy cough cough*).
Haven't kept up with this – is the 'fair tax payer mark' applied to companies based on an arbitrary set of rules that bear no resemblance to the actual rules? If so, who sets the rules and how do we know what they are?
Interested December 15, 2015 at 1:37 pm
I don't think Murphy has thought this through (quelle surprise).
What kind of world of pain will this fat little provincial tit find himself in if he suddenly gets any serious action?
I mean, obviously he sees himself as the kommissar with others to do the work, but there will be some period of time while he's trying to recruit people (and recruit new people after the first lot realise what a cunt he is, and recruit new people after the second lot realise what a cunt he is, and… actually sorry got to go I'm off to found a Norfolk accountancy agency).
Never mind what sort of legal action will he find himself in?
Never never mind that it's all the pipe dreams of a corpulent fraud and will never amount to a hill of beans, of course.
Van_Patten December 15, 2015 at 1:46 pm
Lawrence of Beria
The Commission doesn't vote (at least as Arthur Dent says not with results that are openly available) – The Parliament usually votes on Commission proposals, which can be put forward having originated in the Parliament.
Look like your record of never allowing the correct facts to trouble your corrections in a post remains unblemished. C+ for effort
The Meissen Bison December 15, 2015 at 2:11 pm
Poor old Arnster – your EUrophile credentials are almost perfect but alas nobody likes a clever-clogs.
Rob December 15, 2015 at 2:22 pm
Having a worthless bit of paper means governments and "other bodies" can easily assess a company's tax liability?
What does it introduce which makes this task easy?
PF December 15, 2015 at 2:32 pm
Arnald was right on one thing though…
Can we have the preview box back please – pretty pretty please…:)
Actually Tim, that donation thingy you did earlier for electrons. Wouldn't you be better off putting something like that on here.
Ie, a donation box with a total target revenue – €10 total for some bananas for the web monkey should be plenty… – above which you re-instate the preview box..:)
A Europe-wide "fair tax payer label" doesn't yet exist. If Richard is going to do the hard graft campaigning for it, maybe there's scope to beat him to it with an actual working "mark"? Or undercut him if he does try and propose one?
Sam Jones December 15, 2015 at 2:49 pm
How is this different from a Third World politician demanding a kickback for a contract?
RH December 15, 2015 at 2:51 pm
EU aside, the great man has confirmed in that article that a whole 16 companies have received the FTM to date
That will be 16 vs his business plan conveniently still available here (get in quick, wont be for long)
http://www.fairtaxmark.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Fair-Tax-Mark-Community-Share-Offer-28-April-2014.1.pdf
which "proposes modest but steady growth to a turnover of £150,000 after three years (and having accredited and licenced roughly 350 companies)"
Going to be a busy 2016 for the FTM then – cant imagine what possible interest he would have in FTM being mandated on a EU level . . .
Noel Scoper December 15, 2015 at 3:30 pm
@RH,
Assuming those 350 companies are renewing every year, he's doing an audit of each for £428? Clearly not sustainable.
Chris Miller December 15, 2015 at 3:31 pm
From the Grauniad article: the €1tn (£730bn) that I estimate the governments of the EU member-states lose in tax evasion and avoidance each year
GlenDorran December 15, 2015 at 3:41 pm
It seems so long ago when he yelled "rent seeking" at every opportunity. Now he just wants a piece of the action.
"16 companies now have the Fair Tax Mark, including FTSE 100 energy company SSE, cosmetics company Lush and several members of the Co-op."
So that's a load of co-ops, a company that didn't pay minimum wage, and the company that funds Ethical Consumer that in turn runs the Fair Tax Mark for Ritchie.
ken December 15, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Arnald,
You are incorrect. The link to the site shows that on Wednesday the European Parliament is due to vote on the proposals put forward by a committee. Tim is correct that the Commission does not respond to proposals of this sort with a vote.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20151201IPR05523/Economic-affairs-MEPs-ask-EU-Commission-to-table-corporate-tax-measures
The committee resolution will be put to a vote by Parliament as a whole on 16 December. If it is approved, the Commission will have three months to respond to the recommendations, either with a legislative proposal or with an explanation for not doing so."
The Commission might eventually decide to table legislation, but before this takes place, the relevant Commissioner can choose whether to put forward legislation and if he does, then it requires the assent of a majority of the commissioners. So the Commission can vote, but it need not – if the Commissioner chooses not to bring legislation.
Why defend the idiot – who clearly cannot read his own link? And Murphy is an idiot.
Runcie Balspune December 15, 2015 at 6:55 pm
Can we have governments with a "fair tax spender" mark, that way they'd be able to ask nicely for tax instead of threatening violence all the time.
Bloke not in Cymru December 15, 2015 at 7:07 pm
Given he constantly bleats on about the likes of Facebook and Google who are using the EU laws to setup where it suits them in the EU and run their tax affairs accordingly how is he going to reconcile this to an EU fair tax mark? Surely any EU wide system would have to take into account compliance with EU rules and refusing it because he feels your cheating some EU countries out of tax at the expense of others isn't likely to be workable.
In fact as commented above if you aren't being investigated or in dispute with HMRC what right does he have to say someone isn't paying their 'fair' tax, would be interesting to see him refuses someone, smugly post about it and then have them threaten legal action.
In terms of extreme sensitivity to criticism, generally thuggish demeanour, narcissistic personality disorder, and a complete failure to grasp reality as it is rather than as he would like it to be, Murphy is reminscent of any number of tinpot Third World dictators – a nasty piece of work
tomo December 15, 2015 at 10:09 pm
Hmm corporate tax … I'm not saying it's wrong merely that anybody who's used to paying self assessment tax in the UK and has has "doings" with HMRC – had better not read it – without a hefty dose of beta blockers….
Anticipate some howling from the SNP and so forth…


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Report: Apple and dozens of other companies profit from forced Chinese labor
China's Uyghur population works in fear making our gadgets, clothes, and cars.
JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images
J. Fergus
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a U.S. State Department-backed entity, released a damning report on Monday. The report, confirmed by The Washington Post, alleges the Chinese government transfers Uyghurs and other minorities from the western Xinjiang province to factories across the country.
During the day, they toil over components of Nikes and iPhones, and at night they are "reeducated." Reeducation entails Mandarin classes, a ban on practicing any part of Islam, and other ideological lessons. Between 2017 and 2019, under this premise, the government sent an estimated 80,000 people to factories connected to 83 international companies.
Forced labor — Formerly, China detained Uyghurs in reeducation internment camps in an effort to forcibly assimilate the mostly Muslim minority population. Facing criticism, it appears the government started to transition away from open camps to forced factory work. Last year, Chinese officials announced most Uyghurs had "graduated," but this report suggests many were just transferred.
Barbed-wire fences and omnidirectional cameras at Qingdao Taekwang Shoes Co. factory, manufacturer of 8 million pairs of Nikes annually. The Washington Post/The Washington Post/Getty Images
In the factories, long hours and constant surveillance are normal. The workers are intimidated into falling in line with threats of returning to internment camps or having their families detained. Their segregated dormitories are occasionally raided, and if a Quran is found, they face 3 to 5 years in an internment camp. Pouring salt in the wound, finding halal food and buying basic necessities in these Mandarin-dominant areas creates additional challenges.
The Apple of this report's eye — Dozens of companies were called upon to investigate their supply chain connections to these factories, but Apple received special attention in the report. Four factories connected to Apple's supply chain were implicated, including Foxconn's Zhengzhou facility which produces half the iPhones in the world. Companies that make AirPods, as well as the camera modules for the iPhone 8 and X, also use factories "employing" Uyghurs.
Apple CEO Tim Cook at selfie-camera manufacturer O-Film's Guangzhou factory in 2017. O-Film
Call to action — Instead of boycotting or ceasing operations with the involved factories, the authors of the report are pushing for Chinese ratification of international labor laws, companies to launch investigations into their supply chains, and global restriction of trade for products created with forced labor. On the consumer side, the authors encourage you to push for greater supply chain transparency and new commitments from your favorite brands to not use forced or coerced labor.
You can find the full list of affected companies below, broken down by industry.
Tech/manufacturing — Acer, Amazon, Apple, ASUS, BAIC Motor, BMW, Bombardier, Bosch, BYD, Candy, Cisco, Dell, Electrolux, Founder Group, General Electric, Google, Haier, Hisense, Hitachi, HP, HTC, Huawei, iFlyTek, Japan Display Inc., Lenovo, LG, Meizu, Microsoft, Mitsumi, Nintendo, Nokia, Oculus, Oppo, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Siemens, Sony, TDK, Tsinghua Tongfang, Toshiba, Vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE.
Fashion retail — Abercrombie & Fitch, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Carter's, Cerutti 1881, Fila, Gap, Hart Schaffner Marx, H&M, Jack & Jones, L.L.Bean, Lacoste, Li-Ning, Mayor (Youngor), Nike, The North Face, Polo Ralph Lauren, Puma, Skechers, Tommy Hilfiger, Uniqlo, Victoria's Secret, Zara, and Zegna.
Automotive/transportation — Alstom, Changan Automobile, CRRC, GAC Group, Geely Auto, General Motors, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, MG, Mitsubishi, Roewe, SAIC Motor, SGMW, and Volkswagen.


We briefly explain what devolution is. We also explain which tax powers are devolved in each of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Following the Silk Commission and the Wales Act 2014, some tax powers are being devolved to the Welsh Assembly. Since April 2018 there has been a fully devolved Welsh land transaction tax and a fully devolved Welsh landfill disposals tax; these replaced stamp duty land tax and landfill tax on transactions taking place in Wales. The Welsh Government has set up the Welsh Revenue Authority to administer these devolved taxes and the WRA has published its Charter for joint values, behaviours and standards.
A law has been passed providing for the devolution of tax powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly. This should allow Northern Ireland to set its own rate of corporation tax from April 2018.


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Comeuppance
From: Tasha ([email protected])
"And so you see, Miss Sand, I'm quite at the end of my rope."
Emily listened impassively as Mrs Sinclair outlined her wretched state of affairs regarding her young son, Edward. The frail young mother hadn't an ounce of authority in her, nor the will to stand up to the boy. Neville Sinclair was a renowned barrister, presiding over some endless case in Southampton. Since his departure, his wife had found the task of raising young Edward herself overwhelming; therefore, her husband had suggested hiring a governess. Emily's destiny was clear.
"Madame, you need look no further than this sitting room."
Mrs Sinclair glanced at Emily's letters of referral. "Yes, you come most highly recommended by Miss Pinkerton. But you seem so young, and tender. I'm not sure you can-"
Emily held up one hand. "I desire only one chance. You said yourself he's run off two prior governesses. I assure you, Madame, I am not so easily deterred."
"Well, I suppose I should give you your chance," she said. "Though I feel it is my duty to warn you - he is more than I can handle, and I'm his mother." She uttered a wistful little laugh.
Emily smiled. "You won't be disappointed."
"Very well. Let me show you to your room, Miss Sand."
After settling in, Emily asked Mrs Sinclair to show her to the schoolroom and then to send Edward up to meet her, assuring the worried mother that she had no cause for concern.
Emily Sand was twenty years old. She was tall, slender, wasp-waisted, and quite pretty. Her long swanlike neck rose from a high lace collar secured with a velvet choker and cameo. She had excellent posture and an air of elegance beyond her humble post. She was the very model of Victorian discipline, having been educated in such a manner herself. She was certain her new charge would offer her a challenge, which she would successfully meet and overcome.
She soon heard footsteps in the hallway and before long, the ten-year-old boy peeked into the schoolroom. Emily beckoned him inside and he entered, glowering at her suspiciously.
"Hello, Edward," she said sweetly. "My name is Miss Sand and I'm to be your new governess."
The boy met her eyes boldly and looked her up and down. "And how long do you think you'll last?"
Emily smiled indulgently. "As long as it takes, young Master Sinclair. Now let's not start off on the wrong foot, shall we?"
Edward laughed. "And which foot shall I use to kick you right out the door?"
Emily was amazed at the shocking impertinence, but she had learned to never let it show. It was almost amusing to her. "Young man, I am appalled at your behaviour. I had thought to give you the opportunity to show me that you were not as incorrigible as your mother claimed; however, it is clear to me that you are an unprincipled, ungentlemanly, disrespectful miscreant, and I intend to correct that at once." She took him by the ear before he could answer back.
He yelped in surprise and resisted just enough to realise that she would tear his ear off before letting loose.
She led him to the straight-backed chair which she had placed in the center of the room in anticipation of just such a spectacle. Still keeping hold of his ear, she sat down and with one deft movement, pulled him over her lap.
He cried out in anger, kicking and struggling. "You can't do this to me!" he insisted. "I'll tell my father how you've ill-treated me!"
Emily ignored his childish threat, holding him down firmly with her left hand while unbuttoning his trousers with her right. "Young man, you'd be wise not to take that tone with me. I have your father's leave to treat you in any manner I see fit, and I find you to be nothing more than a naughty boy in dire need of a sound spanking." She slipped his trousers down and turned his undershirt well up, resting her dainty hand on his round, dimpled bottom.
Immediately, Edward stopped fighting her. He moaned in frustration at the indignity of his position, but remained silent, stubbornly refusing to beg Emily for mercy.
She was impressed by his pluck. "Now, Edward, I am going to give you a good spanking, something which I think you desperately need. After which, you will stand in the corner for twenty minutes to reflect on your disgraceful comportment and how you were punished for it. Is that understood?"
His answer was an unintelligible mumble.
Emily raised her hand and delivered a sharp swat to his backside. "I expect a clear and articulate response from you. Now, is that understood?"
"Yes," he whined.
She swatted him again. "Yes, what?"
"Yes, Miss Sand," he replied miserably.
"Very good. You're learning already. Now - to the task at hand." She began to spank him, her delicate hand laying the strokes on smartly. She admired his well-rounded cheeks, so small and pale. She would enjoy raising a healthy blush on them. She brought her hand down first on the left side, then the right, in a slow, steady cadence that was unrelenting.
Edward whimpered and cried out with every blow, squirming on her lap as if he might somehow escape. But his governess was very strict. She continued to spank him, striking alternately the right and left cheek of his adorable bottom. Slowly, the colour began to change from a pure ivory white to a soft pink, then to a deeper red.
Finally, the boy's pride gave way and he burst into tears. "Please, Miss, stop! I'm sorry! Truly I am! I'll never be rude to you again!"
Emily knew he was sincere, but she also knew from experience that his contrition would not last long were she to stop the punishment too soon. He was a spirited young boy, and she knew his firm, young flesh could take much more. She persisted in the spanking, punctuating her words with more sharp slaps. "I have no doubt that you are sorry," she said. "But I intend to teach you a lesson you'll not soon forget, young man. According to what your mother tells me, you've had this coming for a long time, and you are desperately in need of strict discipline and firm guidance. I will not tolerate any disrespect or disobedience from you. You will be a well-mannered young gentleman when I've finished with you, Edward. I'll not have you running wild whilst you are under my care. Naughty, naughty boy!" Emily prided herself on her ability to make her words sting almost as much as her hand, and she knew Edward's ears were burning from her constant scolding.
The child's backside was now bright red and very warm to the touch. Emily gave him a few more extra hard strokes, which made him cry out in pain. Then she stopped. She passed her hand over his reddened bottom, admiring her handiwork. She listened to his soft crying, and decided that he had earned a modicum of tenderness.
"Shhh, there, there," she said softly, caressing his sore backside. "That wasn't so terrible. You took your punishment well." She rested her hand on the left cheek and squeezed it gently, making him whimper. Then she did the same to the right cheek. "What a sweet little bottom you have. So round and tight. So small. Absolutely irresistible."
His crying slowly faded away as he gathered his wits and relaxed under her gentle caress. But she did not let him rest long. She urged him up with a light smack and he hastened to pull up his trousers. Emily stopped him. "Uh-uh-uh," she chided. "Corner time."
He lowered his head in total dejection. She knew exactly what was going on in his head: should he obey? Should he resist? What would she do if he disobeyed? She smiled at the inner struggle she could almost hear.
"Edward..."
He gave in to the wiser choice and merely implored her with wide, teary eyes.
Emily pointed to the corner. "Now, young man."
He hung his head in shame as he shuffled over to the corner, sniffling occasionally and wiping his tears with the back of his hand. He pressed his forehead against the wall and silently resigned himself to his fate.
"Hands at your sides," she directed him. "You will stand there for the next twenty minutes," Emily told him. "And I want you to think long and hard about your insolence and subsequent punishment. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Miss Sand," he said, and his tone was markedly different from the one he had used with her earlier.
She smiled. "Good boy."
Emily sat down at her desk and began organising her books. She glanced up occasionally to see that Edward was still in position, and smiled inwardly. He was not such a difficult case, after all. In fact, she had found him to be a rather sweet child behind the wayward exterior. The twenty minutes were a test. It was not so long as to be unendurable, and in truth, she had endured it herself many times when she was Edward's age; however, it was long enough to allow the effects of the spanking to wear off and for her charge to become restless and distracted. If he managed to stay still throughout the entire twenty minutes, Emily knew he'd be no trouble at all. That would indicate to her that he had indeed learnt his lesson well and would probably behave himself from now on. If, however, he grew restless and petulant, he would require incremental attention, which she was more than prepared to mete out. After ten minutes, she heard him sigh and in no time at all, he was stamping his feet in frustration.
"Edward!"
He stiffened.
"Come here."
He uttered a huffy little sigh and slunk towards the governess, readjusting his trousers to cover himself.
"I'm very disappointed in you. I was certain you had learnt your lesson. I'm sad to see I was mistaken."
"No, Miss Sand!" he insisted. "I'll be still! I'm sorry!"
"No, I'm sorry, Edward. You obviously need a more severe lesson." She bent down and nimbly removed one of her patent leather slippers.
The boy's eyes widened and filled with tears. He stamped his feet like a much younger child, fearful more of the humiliation than the pain.
"Now, now, let's have no more of that," she chided him gently. "Let down your trousers, bend over my desk, and take your punishment. If I have to haul you across that desk myself, you will also be birched."
He pouted and fussed with the edge of his shirt, shifting his weight back and forth in great agitation. "Oh, please..." he groaned.
"At once!"
Startled by the sharpness in her voice, he jumped. He knew he had no choice. Hanging his head miserably, he unlaced his trousers and let them slip to his knees. He shuddered as he extended his young body across the expansive cherry wood desk. Emily admired his bottom again, which was a deep burgundy. She passed a cool hand over the raw, reddened flesh and he trembled under her touch. She laid the slipper against his backside and held him down firmly with her other hand. "I'm only going to give you six strokes, Master Edward, which I trust you will take bravely, but they will be hard. You will count aloud for me and thank me for each. Is this clear to you?"
He whimpered. "Yes, Miss Sand."
"Then to proceed." She raised the slipper high above her head and brought it down with astonishing force on the boy's already-sore backside.
He cried out in pain and tried to jump up, but Emily held him down. When he collected himself, he lowered his head to the desk and moaned, "One, thank you, Miss Sand." Emily gave him another stroke, this time on the other cheek, eliciting the same response. "Two... thank you, Miss Sand." The third stroke made him cry again and he could barely articulate. "Th-three... thank (sniffle) thank you, M-miss Sand..."
Emily caressed his hair, which was sweaty and stuck to his forehead. "You're doing well, Edward. This will all be over soon." The slipper was deceptive. It looked so inoffensive, so harmless, yet it packed a powerful sting, as her young charge was discovering the hard way.
She watched the torturously slow rise and fall of the wicked implement a fourth time and was pleased to hear him choking back sobs before being able to count. "Four... thank you, Miss Sand." Again, the slipper found its mark and again, Edward struggled and whimpered before counting. "F-f-five. Thank you, Miss (choke) Sand."
"Last one, Edward," she said in a maddeningly calm voice. "Look sharp."
He let go after the final stroke and dissolved into unrestrained weeping. Emily allowed him to cry for a minute before gently prompting him. "What do you say?"
Panting and gasping for breath, the boy choked out the words. "S-six. Thank - thank you, (sob) Miss Sand."
She pulled him up and brushed the hair out of his face. He wouldn't meet her eyes. "You did very well," she said. "I'm proud of you. Now, I want you to thank me for your discipline and go back to the corner."
The boy was crestfallen upon hearing his sentence was not to be lessened, but he dared not defy her again. "Thank you for punishing me, Miss Sand," he said sheepishly, and with his head down, he managed to return to the corner, where he wept silently for the full twenty minutes.
When the time was up, Emily went to him and put her hands on his shoulders, turning him to face her. He kept his eyes on the floor and didn't try to pull his trousers back up. Emily lifted his chin between her thumb and forefinger and kissed him on the forehead. "You may get dressed," she said kindly.
He did as she said, moving slowly, as though in a trance. Emily helped him on with his trousers and then took him into her arms in a loving, maternal embrace. He stiffened at first, but then he melted into her arms and clung to her as he shed one last torrent of tears.
"I'm sorry about what I said," he told her. "I don't want you to go."
"I know. It's over now."
As he held her tightly, she could feel his young hardness pressing against her and she smiled. She had a feeling he would be thinking about her for quite some time.


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