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The SHERIFF OF SELKIRK was historically a royal official responsible for enforcing justice in Selkirk, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis. From that date, following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes, qualified advocates who were members of the Scottish Bar.

Following mergers of the Scottish sheriffdoms in 1868 the position became the Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk.

Sheriffs of Selkirk

-   Andrew Sinton (c.1214)
-   Alexander Sinton (1265)
-   Andrew Sinton
-   Alexander Synton (-1293)
-   Andrew Synton (1293-)
-   Hugh of Eyland (1296)
-   Isabella Synton (1305)
-   Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke (1306)
-   Edward Keith (1328)
-   Robert de Manners (1334)
-   William de Montacute (1335)
-   John Turnbull (1360)
    -   John Turnbull (1364) - Deputy
-   Thomas Erskyne (1373)
-   Thomas Erskine (1469)
-   John Murray (1503)

Sheriffs-Depute

-   George Sinclair, Lord Woodall, –1751 [1]
-   Andrew Pringle, 1751–1755 [2]
-   Walter Scott, 1799–1832
-   Thomas Hamilton Miller, 1832–1844
-   George Dundas, 1844–>1861 [3]

-   _For sheriffs after 1868 see Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk._

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title: Sheriff of Selkirk

question: Who was the Sheriff of Selkirk?

answer: Historically, a royal official responsible for enforcing justice in Selkirk, Scotland.

question: Explain the position of sheriffdom prior to 1748.

answer: Sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis.

question: Explain what caused the hereditary sheriffs to be replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes.

answer: The Jacobite uprising of 1745

question: What must qualified advocates be members of?

answer: The Scottish Bar.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer:
A Sheriff of Selkirk was historically a royal official position responsible for enforcing justice in Selkirk, Scotland.
Following the Jacobite uprising of 1745, the hereditary sheriffs were replaced by salaried sheriff-deputes.


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DERECK LEONARD FAULKNER (born May 6, 1985) is a former professional gridiron football wide receiver. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2007. He played college football for the Hampton Pirates.

Faulkner has also been a member of the BC Lions.

Early years

Faulkner grew up in Moorestown, New Jersey and played high school football at Moorestown High School,[1] where he was a First Team All-Statewide receiver. He also earned All-County, All-Conference Accolades as well as All-South Jersey Honors after catching 40 passes for 898 yards (22.5 avg) and nine touchdowns his senior season. Super Prep rated him among the top 100 players on the East Coast. He chose Hampton University over the University of Iowa.

College career

Faulkner immediately earned playing time as a true freshman at the “X” receiver position. Despite playing behind current All-Pro Kick Returner current Houston Texans Jerome Mathis, Faulkner still finished second on the team with 20 receptions for 249 yards and 1 touchdown in 10 games. 17 of those catches resulted in first downs, with 12 of those coming on third down plays. A strained calf muscle limited Faulkner to 9 games in 2005. He still contributed to the team by pulling in 24 catches for 427 yards and 3 touchdowns, finishing third on the team, showing his prowess as the team clutch third-down receiver. He helped convert 12 third-down plays finishing with a total of 22 first down receptions. He suffered a broken right fibula during practice in the fourth week of the season and only played in 13 games over his last two seasons at Hampton. He finished his career with 74 catches for 1,011 yards.

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles

Despite not being drafted after a good career and a great work-out, Faulkner still fulfilled a childhood dream by being signed by the team he grew up cheering for, the Philadelphia Eagles, his childhood favorite Eagle being All-Pro wide receiver Mike Quick, who also is a family friend. Quick was very positive when he heard the news about Faulkner going to the Eagles. He was quoted as saying:

  “It was a quick decision, but it was a strong decision.”

Faulkner was quoted saying:

  “I think this was the right decision for me. They didn't draft any wide receivers this year, and they only signed one other UDFA undrafted free agent wide receiver, so I'll have a good shot to show them I can play on the level of the receivers they have now.”

Faulkner was released by the Eagles as of August 27, 2007.

British Columbia Lions

Faulkner was signed by the BC Lions on April 8, 2009. He was released on May 13, 2009.

Personal

Faulkner majored in Business Management and hopes to become a sportscaster when his playing days are over. His father was a linebacker at Virginia State University. Dereck is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity (Gamma Epsilon chapter).

[1] “Akers hits one for teammates”, _The Philadelphia Inquirer_, August 11, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2007. “The star of the morning practice was Dereck Faulkner, the undrafted rookie receiver from Hampton University and Moorestown High School.”

title: Dereck Faulkner

question: Where did Faulkner play college football?

answer: He played college football for the Hampton Pirates?

question: What position did Faulkner play?

answer: He played wide receiver.

question: What professional team did Faulkner sign to?

answer: He first signed to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2007. After being released from the Eagles in the same year, he signed with the British Columbia Lions in 2009.

question: What was Faulkner's salary while he was signed to the Philadelphia Eagles?

answer: Not answered.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Dereck Faulkner is a former professional gridiron football wide receiver. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2007. After being released in the same year by the Eagles, he signed with the British Columbia Lions in 2009. He was released a month after signing.


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Former Channel Nine reporter Ben McCormack described himself online as a proud paedophile and boy lover.

In hundreds of messages, exchanged with another adult man from April 2015 to February 2017, he frequently described vivid sexual fantasies involving young boys.

On January 1, 2017, his chat partner asked: "U eva think u'll play with one? Or just fantasy?"

McCormack responded: "I'd love to".

[Ben McCormack leaving court on Tuesday with his lawyer Sam Macedone. ]

Ben McCormack leaving court on Tuesday with his lawyer Sam Macedone. Credit:AAP

The 43-year-old pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of using a carriage service to transmit, publish or promote child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment.

An agreed statement of facts tendered to the court details graphic communications which "amount to child pornography" that were exchanged between the men on Skype.

The conversations include descriptions of what the pair would like to do to children, their preferences of children as young as three including ages and physical features, and discussion of where to access videos and photos of child pornography.

On May 12, 2015, McCormack - who used the screen name "oz4skinboi" and claimed to be 28 - said he couldn't wait to look at "B porn".

[Hundreds of texts between McCormack and another man were detailed in court documents. ]

Hundreds of texts between McCormack and another man were detailed in court documents. Credit:AAP

The man responded: "I have some vids ... wbu [what about you]?"

McCormack: "Some".

Man: "Cool cool, pics too?"

McCormack: "None saved but links."

In an early morning chat on January 4, 2017, McCormack wrote: "I'm a total b loving pedo".

Over the next two and a half weeks, he sent messages including "I wana get pedo with u" and "Proud ped, proud b lover"

The graphic messages were intercepted by the NSW Police Child Exploitation Internet Unit.

Police also obtained a 30-second video of McCormack performing a sex act, which he sent to the other man.

In the video, McCormack is heard to say he perves "non stop" when he's at the beach, a shopping centre or at the movies.

As the chats went on, the man speaking with McCormack called him "Ben" and later mentioned McCormack's affiliation to _A Current Affair_, which gave police vital clues they needed to track him down.

McCormack was arrested at Moore Park on April 6, with search warrants carried out at his home and _A Current Affair_'s offices in Willoughby. He declined a police interview.

On Tuesday, a Channel Nine spokeswoman said McCormack had resigned, and that he no longer worked for the network.

Following his brief appearance at Downing Centre Local Court, where he entered his guilty plea, McCormack grinned and appeared at ease, chatting to someone he recognised in the public gallery.

Outside court, his lawyer Sam Macedone said McCormack never traded images of children.

"I just wanted to make it quite clear that there was never any images that were traded between Ben and anyone else of any child exploitation material," Mr Macedone said.

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"It was nothing more than fantasy talk, but no transporting of images."

McCormack will face the District Court on October 6.

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question: Who is Ben McCormack?

answer: He is a former Channel Nine reporter who described himself online as a proud pedophile and boy lover.

question: What happened?

answer: The NSW Police Child Exploitation Internet Unit intercepted graphic Skype chats between McCormack and another man, detailing what they would do to children as young as three. McCormack was later arrested and he pleads guilty.

question: What did the police charge McCormack with?

answer: Two counts of using a carriage service to transmit, publish or promote child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment.

question: What did McCormack tell the other man in one incriminating video while he performs a sex act?

answer: That he perves "non-stop" when he's at the beach, a shopping center, or at the movies.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Ben McCormack is a former Channel Nine reporter who got caught by the NSW Police Child Exploitation Internet Unit when they intercepted graphic Skype chats between him and another man. They exchanged sick fantasies of what they would do to children as young as three. McCormack described himself online as a proud pedophile and boy lover and was caught on video saying "he perves "non-stop" when he's at the beach, a shopping center, or at the movies" while performing a sex act. McCormack was arrested on April 6 and pleaded guilty to two counts of using a carriage service to transmit, publish or promote child pornography. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment.


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Sweet potato carvings of Donald Trump by artist Lauren Garfinkel. • Photo by Clay Williams

The election of reality TV host and businessman Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States stunned both his supporters and opponents on Long Island, across the United States and even around the world. Early into the presidency it was obvious this would be an unprecedented era in the U.S. Yet on many Long Island farms, Trump’s presidency is being met with optimism—albeit with a side of caution.

“Fingers crossed that all will go all right,” said Fred Lee of Peconic’s Sang Lee Farms. “But I think it’s really hard to tell, the dust is still swirling about, but I’m hopeful that logic and good sense will prevail.”

And what a whirlwind. A last-minute agriculture secretary nominee announcement the day before inauguration, a Twitter war with the National Park Service that began over the crowd size at the inauguration, protesters gathering across the country the day after inauguration and then again a week later in response to a ban on refugees from several predominantly Muslim countries, mentions of climate change stripped from the White House website, the brink of a trade war with Mexico, and those are only a few of the highlights.

Much has been said and written about Trump’s support among farmers, but while many farmers share the same concerns, they don’t vote as one block, and certainly what one considers the pressing agricultural issue in California is not the same as it is in New York or even farm to farm.

Take, for instance, Trump’s nomination of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture.

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Yellow squash carvings of Sonny Perdue by artist Lauren Garfinkel. • Photo by Lauren Garfinkel

“We echo the statements of the American Farm Bureau. We think Governor Perdue will be an excellent choice. He’s good on farm experience, has run an agricultural business and understands most of the issues farmers are dealing with,” said Rob Carpenter, administrative director of the Long Island Farm Bureau.

In contrast, Lee, who runs a small family organic farm, wonders if Perdue will have any effect: “I don’t know enough about Sonny Perdue to be able to predict how his actions as secretary of agriculture will impact small family farmers like us at Sang Lee Farms. I suspect coming from a larger corporate fertilizer industry setting originally, he will probably not be environmentally oriented. Organic farms might not even show up on his radar or be of a concern to him, but of course this is just speculation.”

Still others, like Russ McCall of McCall Wines, point out that it’s hard to see how, if at all, federal policies will trickle down to farms on Long Island.

“I hope a reduction in regulations will trickle down,” McCall said.

The loosening of regulations may be the one universal hope of farmers for the Trump administration, and the regulations many feel they are drowning in may also be at the heart of why many agricultural business owners initially supported his presidency.

“You can spend years trying to figure out what you can do,” McCall said. At his vineyard he’s required to have the well water tested every month at a cost of $80 to $90 per month. “It doesn’t sound like much, but it’s an extra $1,000 a year and it forces many out of  business.”

There’s no doubt that some regulation is needed and beneficial, but it all comes at a cost.

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Turnip carvings of Scott Pruitt by artist Lauren Garfinkel. • Photo by Lauren Garfinkel

“As a small family farm we are struggling with too many government regulations now,” Lee said. “While most regulations are meant to create a safer and worker-friendly environment, which benefits everyone, it comes at a cost that is difficult for small businesses to shoulder.  This, too, is a very complicated mess. I only know that more small farm businesses will struggle with the FSMA [Food Safety Modernization Act] regulations, and the barriers to folks starting their own operations continue to be great.”

Besides overregulation, one of the biggest challenges most Long Island farms face on the federal level is about finding a qualified, affordable workforce.

“Politicians tell lots of fairy tales to get elected,” McCall said when asked about Trump’s campaign statements on immigration.

As fears over immigration policies continue to grow, McCall said he knows many farmworkers on Long Island are undocumented, buying social security cards to be able to work.

“My best advice is to be careful. Don’t get in trouble. They’ll deport people that have a felony, but I don’t think there will be ramifications beyond that,” McCall said.

As fears over immigration policies grow across the U.S., Carpenter is hoping that if anything there would be an expansion of the guest worker program and the easing of some of the red tape involved in it. He said, to use the guest worker program currently takes hours of paperwork and many have to hire an attorney to ensure everything is done properly.

“Most farmers want to be left alone,” McCall said, echoing the sentiments of many.

“Leave us alone to do what we do—to produce high-quality food.”

_Edible artwork by Lauren Garfinkel. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram._

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question: What does the article say about farming regulations?

answer: Small farmers are burdened heavily by regulations. One farmer points out the monthly requirement to test the water well, which puts some small farmers out of business since the expenditures add up. Many farmers are thought to have voted for Trump with the hope that regulations will lessen. The nomination of Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture isn't met with fanfare, however, because of Perdue's background in large corporate agriculture.

question: What does the article say about Donald Trump's presidency?

answer: It's called to have been a surprise for both his supporters and detractors. The first week alone of Trump's presidency involved a lot of controversies, large and small. The author says that farmers are optimistic about Trump's tenure in hopes of easing farming regulations. However, his nomination of Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture is met with some skepticism among Long Island farmers due to Perdue's background in large corporate agriculture. Trump's views and actions on immigration fuel further worries for farmers who struggle to find skilled workers.

question: What does the article say about Trump's promises to farmers?


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(It's the first draft and part of a larger story, so...)

Rickartsdale? That little village? Nothing out there worth seeing. Nothing but a few small families and scary stories. Worse, it’s way out in the boonies. Far enough that you wouldn’t even see it on many maps. Used to be a bigger place, a proper community even. Things tend to be a little off in remote places like that, strange happenings and folks fleeing in a big hurry. Typical setup for your common folk tale. That is what you asked for, though... so...

Right, Rickartsdale. A proper farming community out just beyond the western border of the old kingdom. The little town sank into decline when folks started going missing. Like I said, typical setup. The culprit this time was your typical boogieman, a monster the people had started calling “the Druid of Weeds.” Nobody seemed quite sure what “it” actually was, but there were a lot of sightings. Some people said it was a wild-man, other people claimed it was a monstrously large cat, the big ones you don’t see in that region... Like jungle cats. Panthers, but big like a lion. Some folks even claimed it was a humble and unfamiliar ranch cat that stalked them. The one factor that always matched up was the eyes. Eyes that didn’t match, copper and emerald and full of hate like you wouldn’t believe. Contempt, most said. And another thing. This druid, or whatever it really was, a vigilant soul could catch it just sittin’ there watching you. Scoping out your habits, your home, your animals, not like a beast, but like a man planning something evil. Vigilant or not, the “prey” would find weeds around the monsters vantage point. Like the plants were compelled to grow wherever he planted his feet.

That was the unsettling part of the stories to me. If he skulked about long enough, you could see the paths he took around your property. A neat little line of weeds circling your home, leading up to the window outside your room. It was an evil omen, and being a farming community, you deal with weeds often enough that you may not see it. And if you neglected, they might just grow anyway, whether you were prey or not. Spooked a lot of folks, some even got out of dodge. Got worse when people started ending up dead.

It was always the farmers, though. Farmers, and traders coming in with their wares loaded up tall on whatever beast of burden they had. We found more than a few merchants on the side of the path, dragged just off the way and surrounded by their trinkets. People were quick to find out that the deaths were related to animals used for labor. Nothing was ever stolen, as far as the people knew, but the animals were always missing. Every once in awhile you would even find a branded animal roaming free and feral again, so they weren’t being stolen either.

Ah hell, I let that “we” slip, didn’t I? Well, you must have known, since you came looking for me in particular. That’s right, my folks were some of the many to walk away from that hole once things got bad. Once the town started trying to live off the land without any help of animals. Once the people were so afraid that they would drive away outsiders, just because they came on horseback. Eventually, people just stopped coming around entirely. The town, now a village, may as well have been an island. No place to raise a kid, the population may as well have been a cult.

The damndest thing, though, the reason this really stuck with me, there used to be a little cat that came around. A little stray cat with grey charcoal fur and mismatched eyes. He would come around the farm and beg for scraps. Just me, though, he had a way of making himself scarce when my father would come around. Good enough that I don’t think my parents ever saw it. He threw a bit of a fit one day, I was too young to figure why at the time, but he found me out back behind the barn one day taking a midday nap. I woke up in a knee-high growth of weeds. Told him it wasn’t there when I fell asleep... It was a short, soft bed of grass I fell asleep on, with that little stray on my chest. We moved away from there about a week later. Not before my father had a chance at getting a hunting party together. They never found anything, though. It’s hard to hunt something like that, chasing an idea from a story, and pissing it off something fierce in the process. It was easier to just leave, and we did. Left everything behind, too. We were marked, and there was no way we could load up a drawn cart. No way to move it without a donkey. We had to leave on foot.

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The man leaned back in his chair, readying himself for his conclusion to the story only to be interrupted by the woman sitting at the table across from him.

“Sounds like our guy.”

He cleared his throat. “Excuse me?”

“That’s definitely the one I’m looking for. When are we leaving?” The woman bore down on him with startlingly blue eyes. Eyes that didn’t entirely seem right on a person, just a little too bright, and fixed with a look of subdued fanaticism.

“I don’t think you quite understood what I was getting at...”

“Sunrise, then? I’ll get a couple of horses ready.”

“You weren’t even listening, were you?”

She grinned in response, but something in that mischievous smile made him uncomfortable. “I got the important bits. I’ll see you in the morning.”

title: Weeds

question: What is the story about?

answer: There are two narratives, a frame narrative and a story in the story about a town of Ricartsdale.

question: What is in the town of Rickartsdale?

answer: Unsettling animals.

question: What happens after the man has told his story?

answer: A woman wants to leave with him and go to Rickartsdale.

question: Why does the woman want to go to Rickartsdale?

answer: There was something about the man's story that attracted her, apparently.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This is a story about a man who tells a story to a woman about a town called Rickartsdale. After the man has told the story the woman says "you're the man I'm looking for," and the man does not understand.


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The MONTREAL CARABINS FOOTBALL team represents the University of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec in the sport of Canadian football in U Sports. The program has been in operation since its resurrection in 2002 and has established itself as a provincial and national powerhouse with three RSEQ conference championships and one national championship since 2014.[1]

History

[The Carabins on offence in the 55th Vanier Cup game.] The team began its second incarnation in 2002 after over thirty years of being dormant. The Carabins first began play in 1966 in the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference and continued play for the next six seasons.[2] The program was dropped after the 1971 season due to a shift in philosophy as many francophone universities placed an emphasis on community involvement and intramural athletic activities as opposed to intercollegiate athletics. That philosophy has shifted back to intercollegiate sports as Université Laval, Montréal and Université de Sherbrooke each began programs in 1996, 2002 and 2003, respectively.[3]

The current program has seen marked success in the regular season, having qualified for the playoffs in every season since 2003. However, the program had difficulty winning their conference championship in the early years, with five losses in their first five appearances. That changed under the leadership of former head coach, Danny Maciocia, in 2014, as the Carabins defeated the Laval Rouge et Or to win their first Dunsmore Cup. The team then won the national semi-final Uteck Bowl against the Manitoba Bisons to qualify for the first Vanier Cup game in program history. In the 50th Vanier Cup, the Carabins defeated the McMaster Marauders by a score of 20–19 to win the first national championship in program history.

The team won two more Dunsmore Cups in 2015 and 2019, but eventually lost in the Vanier Cup games in both seasons. Maciocia resigned following the 2019 season to join the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes and was replaced by Marco Iadeluca on February 11, 2020.[4]

Season-by-season record

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| Seaso | Games | Won   | Lost  |       |       |       | Stand | Playo |
| n     |       |       |       |       |       |       | ing   | ffs   |
+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+=======+
|  |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2002  | 8     | 0     | 8     | 0.000 | 62    | 359   | 5th   | Did   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | not   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | quali |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | fy    |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2003  | 8     | 6     | 2     | 0.625 | 220   | 160   | 3rd   | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | Conco |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rdia  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Sting |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ers   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 35-8  |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2004  | 8     | 8     | 0     | 1.000 | 256   | 75    | 1ST   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | IN    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | McGil |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | l     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Redme |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | n     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 38-18 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 30-12 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2005  | 8     | 6     | 2     | 0.875 | 229   | 158   | 2nd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | Conco |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rdia  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Sting |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ers   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 28-17 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 19-13 |
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| 2006  | 8     | 6     | 2     | 0.750 | 188   | 138   | 3rd   | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | Conco |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rdia  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Sting |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ers   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 23-3  |
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| 2007  | 8     | 4     | 4     | 0.500 | 151   | 149   | 4th   | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 28-16 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2008  | 8     | 5     | 3     | 0.625 | 273   | 138   | 4th   | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 32-7  |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2009  | 8     | 5     | 3     | 0.625 | 222   | 146   | 2nd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | Bisho |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | p's   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Gaite |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rs    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 40-15 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 31-7  |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2010  | 9     | 5     | 4     | 0.556 | 227   | 151   | 2nd   | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | QUFL  | Sherb |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rooke |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Vert  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 33-26 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2011  | 9     | 6     | 3     | 0.667 | 202   | 152   | 3rd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | Sherb |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rooke |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Vert  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 33-15 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 30-7  |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2012  | 9     | 8     | 1     | 0.889 | 299   | 102   | 2nd   | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | Sherb |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rooke |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Vert  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 42-24 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2013  | 8     | 5     | 3     | 0.625 | 211   | 120   | 3rd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | Bisho |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | p's   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Gaite |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rs    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 51-8  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 14-11 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2014  | 8     | 7     | 1     | 0.875 | 271   | 100   | 2nd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | Sherb |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rooke |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Vert  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 40-13 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 12-9  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | (OT)  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Manit |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | oba   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Bison |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | s     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Uteck |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Bowl  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 29-26 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | DEFEA |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | TED   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | MCMAS |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | TER   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | MARAU |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | DERS  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | IN    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 50TH  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | VANIE |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | R     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | CUP   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 20-19 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2015  | 8     | 6     | 2     | 0.750 | 232   | 109   | 2nd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | Sherb |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rooke |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Vert  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 31-24 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 18-16 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Guelp |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | h     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Gryph |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ons   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Mitch |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ell   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Bowl  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 25-10 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | UBC   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Thund |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | erbir |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ds    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 51st  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Vanie |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | r     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 26-23 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2016  | 8     | 7     | 1     | 0.875 | 296   | 72    | 1ST   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | IN    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | McGil |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | l     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Redme |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | n     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 42-0  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 20-17 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2017  | 7     | 6     | 1     | 0.857 | 176   | 93    | 2nd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | Conco |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | rdia  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Sting |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ers   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 42-20 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 25-22 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2018  | 8     | 6     | 2     | 0.750 | 256   | 46    | 2nd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | McGil |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | l     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Redme |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | n     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 48-2  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 14-1  |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| 2019  | 8     | 6     | 2     | 0.750 | 144   | 93    | 2nd   | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       | RSEQ  | McGil |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | l     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Redme |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | n     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | semi- |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | final |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 31-0  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Laval |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Rouge |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | et Or |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dunsm |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ore   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 25-10 |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Defea |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ted   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Acadi |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | a     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Axeme |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | n     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Uteck |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Bowl  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 38-0  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Lost  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | to    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Calga |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | ry    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Dinos |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | in    |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 55th  |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Vanie |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | r     |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Cup   |
|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 27-13 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

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Montreal Carabins in the CFL

[Montreal Carabins helmets]

As of March 31, 2020, 13 former Carabins players are on CFL teams' rosters:

-   Jean-Samuel Blanc, Montreal Alouettes
-   Louis-Philippe Bourassa, Ottawa Redblacks
-   Felix Ménard-Brière, Montreal Alouettes
-   Frederic Chagnon, Montreal Alouettes
-   Regis Cibasu, Toronto Argonauts
-   Alexandre Dupuis, Edmonton Eskimos
-   Kerfalla Exume, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
-   Mathieu Girard, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
-   Junior Luke, Montreal Alouettes
-   David Menard, Montreal Alouettes
-   Antoine Pruneau, Ottawa Redblacks
-   Asnnel Robo, Calgary Stampeders
-   Sean Thomas Erlington, Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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title: Montreal Carabins football

question: What is Montreal Carabins Football?

answer: a football team that represents the University of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec in U sports

question: How many national championships has Montreal Carabins Football since 2014?

answer: one

question: When did the Montreal Carabins first play football?

answer: 1966

question: What is the Dunsmore cup?

answer: the article does not answer this question

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Montreal Carabins Football is a football team that represents the University of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec in U sports. They began play in 1966.


text:
NEOMAGIC CORPORATION is a fabless semiconductor company and supplier of low-power audio and video integrated circuits for mobile use (MagicMedia).

In October 2012, NeoMagic entered into the e-Commerce arena with the acquisition of its MercadoMagico.com division. MercadoMagico.com is an e-Commerce platform that will initially target the U.S. Market with a special focus on the fast-growing Hispanic and Latino community in the Americas. MercadoMagico.com provides a multivendor platform where users will be able to buy and sell products from one another or buy electronic products directly.

History

NeoMagic Corporation was founded in 1993 in California.[1] Working with semiconductor vendor Mitsubishi Electric as a key foundry supplier, NeoMagic introduced its first graphics processors in 1995;[2] these were notable for being the first chips to combine a graphics logic and DRAM video memory into one chip.[3] As this was a more power-efficient method than previous graphics processors had used, most of the major laptop manufacturers of the time began to use NeoMagic graphics chips in their systems.[4] In 2000, NeoMagic left the laptop market completely,[5] and switched their focus to producing systems on a chip, or SOCs, for mobile phones and other handheld devices, like PDAs.[6] The firm's first handheld chips were unveiled in 2001, when NeoMagic introduced the MiMagic line.[7] The initial MiMagic chips were based on a 32-bit MIPS Technologies RISC processor core, and featured 4MB of embedded DRAM, as well as a 1024x768-capable graphics chip, and an AC'97-compatible sound processor.[8] Subsequent versions of the MiMagic chip family starting from the MiMagic 3 in 2002, were based on 32-bit ARM RISC processor cores.[9] In October 2012, NeoMagic acquired MercadoMagico.com.[10]

MagicGraph

[MagicGraph128XD
NM2160C] [MagicMedia256AV
NM2200C-A]

  Model               Chipset
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  MagicGraph 128      NM2070
  MagicGraph 128V     NM2090
  MagicGraph 128ZV    NM2093
  MagicGraph 128ZV+   NM2097
  MagicGraph 128XD    NM2160
  MagicMedia 256AV    NM2200
  MagicMedia 256AV+   NM2230
  MagicMedia 256ZX    NM2360
  MagicMedia 256XL+   NM2380

Adoption

These chips were used in a number of different laptop computers.[11] In 1998, Red Hat was able to release the source code of the XFree86 driver developed by Precision Insight Inc. which was previously distributed as proprietary software.[12] The NeoMagic driver included in the Linux kernel is partly based on the XFree86 one.[13]

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title: NeoMagic

question: What was the significance of NeoMagic's first graphics processors?

answer: They were the first chips to combine graphics logic and DRAM video memory into one chip.

question: Why are NeoMagic's first graphics processors better than the previous?

answer: They are more power-efficient.

question: Were NeoMagic's first graphics processors widely used?

answer: Yes, most of the major laptop manufacturers began to use NeoMagic graphics chips in their systems.

question: How many models of the chipset are listed in the passage?

answer: 9.


text:
JONES AWUAH (born 7 October 1983) is a Ghanaian association football player.

Career

Professional

He began his career with Gillingham and made his professional debut in the Football League First Division against Nottingham Forest on 18 September 2002.[1] Whilst at Gillingham he had loan periods at Sittingbourne in October 2002,[2] Dover Athletic in February 2004,[3] Worthing[4] and Woking. He was released in the summer of 2005 by Gillingham.[5]

Semi-professional

He then dropped into non-league football, playing for Aveley and Bromley in 2005, Sutton United where he moved in February 2006,[6] and Beckenham Town in late 2006.

He joined Dorchester Town on a short-term deal in August 2007,[7][8] making his first team debut on 14 August against Havant & Waterlooville.[9] He moved to Fisher Athletic in February 2008 and Bognor Regis Town in December 2008.[10][11] A move to Winchester City followed in March 2009,[12] and then quickly onto Weymouth.[13]

He then joined Carshalton Athletic for a time before being released, next joining Middlesex side Ashford Town in February 2010.[14][15] At the start of the 2011–12 season he joined Burgess Hill Town[16] and was released by the club at the end of January 2012.[17]

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title: Jones Awuah

question: When was Awuah born?

answer: October 7, 1983

question: Where is Awuah from?

answer: Ghana

question: What sport does Awuah play?

answer: Football (soccer)

question: When did Awuah drop into non-league football?

answer: 2005

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Jones Awuah is a Ghanaian association football player. He was born in 1983, and he began his career with Gillingham, but he was released by them in the summer of 2005 and dropped into non-league football. He last played for Burgess Hill Town, but was released by them at the end of January 2012.


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In the library we sat again; the only sound was the soft whisper of cotton gloves on antique parchment and leather bindings. Again, we searched for a primary source that had eluded us. We could not find his name as any title or tale. There is no number to convey how many tomes and texts that I had devoured for more than the hint of His purpose, and, to my sorrow, the only hints that I can find are memories of His passing. When my search may falter or fatigue, my companion, Michael, steels my resolve with ethereal perseverance.
	A clear tenor rang our across the tor of books, pamphlets, and manuscripts we had acquired thus far in our search, Michael asked me, “What are the key phrases again?”
	“ ‘The guarded mind cannot see what is not there. To open one, Mercurio will grant the other.’ ‘Thus did the madness Mercurio descend.’ and ‘Only in Darkness is the bane of Mercurio’s Light.’ ” I utter these phrases daily; I have read them countless times; I ponder them in my mind without end. Yet, like Hope, the spring of dark references to His work is eternal. So many speak of the wave of darkness that propagates from Him that it seems inconceivable that He authored no works to shape His influence and the future of His work. Were there some small grip in the darkness of my search perhaps I could replace fevered hope with the optimism of direction.
	“What if he was some folklore demagogue? Perhaps he spoke to the hedonistic needs of earlier Man.” Michael’s verdant eyes drifted to dusky windows as he proposed this concept as if making dinner plans or consider how the world would be different if pigs really did have wings. “Albeit, he does not come across as the most likeable of leaders. He appears to have led Aesop’s Fox to lead the Scorpion.”
	“No mere man could be Mercurio,” I countered as the flush of blood rose in my neck. “No, He could only have been some sort of demigod faux-leader like Azazel or Loki. How could He have lived a life as fleeting as a mortal man’s and leave scars on the marrow of Creation?” Michael had posited this concept throughout our search.  Michael spoke of Him as a mover of men, but I know that no man could move Creation so.
	The rustles of dead cloth halted our incipient argument. From between shelves of forgotten periodicals, an elderly man carried a book of leather and iron bindings. His milky gaze settles on the wastes of our books and notes with the weary hope that we would leave. My curiosity peaked not because of his withered appearance, but because neither Michael nor I had any notion of who he was; both of us frequented the library enough to know each of the faculty and staff by sight, name, and specialty. Shaking dazed confusion, Michael satisfied the demands of decency by inquiring his needs.
	A voice of exhaustion rattled from the elder’s cracked lips, “Gentlemen, one man may move another, but only ideas can truly change men.” At this, the elder dropped the weighty tome on our work. The only sound was the echoing knell-like thud. Michael’s eyes and mine stoked the ember of curiosity into a flame of excited lust:
        *The Philosophy Mercurio*
	Across a single moment of Creation, my heart ceased to beat and my soul felt as though it left my body. This unknown elder had laid the treasure of the Labyrinth at my fingertips. Michael took advantage that I could not even utter a gasp of surprise. He reached to remove the book from its lofty perch and turned back the iron lock from the cover.
	“There is not an author listed.” Michael searched the pages for some sign of copyright or ownership.
	“Ideas have no authors, only discoverers.” The elder’s eyes gave the very slightest hint of sadness on top of some carnal insight. “I would caution you: Ideas are not without reward, nor are they without costs.” At this, my hands began to ache with the desire to touch the book.
	“Michael give me the book. I have to touch it; I have to learn it; I have to own what it has to give.” I reached out to him like a foal trembles for its mother, but he was already deep in thought. He scanned the pages fiercely as if he were hearing the Word of God directly from the source.
	“Michael.” I could not shake him from the depth of his pensiveness.
	After eternal moments of silence, he raised his eyes to mine and spoke softly.
“I can see.” He spoke with the sense of wonder reserved for the innocence of childhood. His gazed looked into a future of what is, could be, and would be.
“Michael,” I said with some concern, “you did not even read the whole text.” When I reached to his hand, its grip on the book was as drowning man’s on a ship’s rope. As I rose from my seat, the elder put a feeble hand on my shoulder with a strength he could not possess.
“You cannot reach him now. He can see.” When I met the elder’s gaze, I saw ghosts haunt silver tears in his milky eyes. As if flying too close to the sun on wings of wax, the book fell from Michael’s hands. Once again, I heard the knell of its thud on the table.
“I can see.” Michael spoke with divine fever as the euphoria of the Lotus-Eaters washed across his face. Once again I asked for the book, and once again I was denied. His lips danced soundlessly and I could not understand him. But now, his eyes began to move back and forth as if surrounded and the drops of fear filled his voice.
“I can see.” Wonder and hope were gone from his words. As the sound of his voice died in the air, the green life leeched from his eyes. With unholy synchronicity, Michael’s eyes became as sun-blazed silver mirrors. The hope in his face gave way to concern.
“*I can see!*” His words became hurried and panicked. His breath now came in short gasps as sweat beaded on his brow. I was touched by fear. I rushed to elder in anger and took firm hold of his tattered grey cowl and lifted him from the floor.
“What have you done?!” I thundered Michael began to tremble, awaiting some unknown atonement for on inconceivable sin. The elder did not flinch.
“There is nothing I could have done.” This weak admonishment fell from his lips and Michael released a single scream that shattered his hold on any aspect of reality. I dropped the elder and rushed to Michael as the last eternal moment of his dirge echoed across vacant marble halls and he fell as poison stone to the depths of a forgotten well. Michael’s flesh had the cold touch of Lucifer’s prison.
I uselessly shouted Michael’s name. The elder made his way to me with no sound. His voice spoke to me with the sound of tears on my lost friend.
“To see what could be as it would be. Only ideas can change men, but there is only one end of change for men.” The elder put a hand of weak flesh on my shoulder to comfort this dark gift to me.

title: Mercurio - I welcome constructive criticism

question: What is the main character looking for in the library?

answer: A primary source of information about Mercurio.

question: What kind of relationship do Michael and the narrator have?

answer: Michael and the narrator have been searching together for answers about Mercurio.

question: What are the characters feeling?

answer: They seem to be frustrated and irritated that they can't find then answers they're looking for.

question: Is there conflict? Does it get resolved?

answer: An elderly man, who presumably works at the library brings them a tome, The Philosophy Mercurio. They are very excited by this, as they think it will answer all of their questions. When Michael opens the book and begins to read he goes into what seems like a trance, and repeatedly says, "I can see". He falls to the ground dead.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Michael and the narrator are in a library; they have been searching together for answers about Mercurio. An elderly man, who presumably works at the library brings them a tome, The Philosophy Mercurio. They are very excited by this, as they think it will answer all of their questions. When Michael opens the book and begins to read he goes into what seems like a trance, and repeatedly says, "I can see". He falls to the ground dead.


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**Work in progress. Aware of a few errors in pacing (especially with physical description). Would love any feedback or criticisms!**

*Part 1:*

A baroque chair crashed and splintered on the jutting limestone visible from the linear jetty on which I stood. Where the fuck did that come from? The cushion rested on sea-foam and eventually sank; the legs, as far as I know, never sank.

I turned to my friend Reagan, "where the fuck did that come from?"

He was equally confused but eager to guess. He assumed it had fallen off a luxury liner or, more likely, a freighter. I wasn't satisfied with that probably-correct answer. To this day, I like to believe the sea assembled it herself. More interesting things find a way of manifesting in there every day.

*Part 2:*

When I proposed a creation story to Reagan, he started walking toward the shore. I knew he didn't have an ear for my nonsense, and he was obviously bored or upset. I wanted to pursue him, but I didn't care enough. The jetty's where I stayed for an hour or two -- watching those ornately carved legs travel, never sinking.

I walked back to my apartment thinking about the creation of that chair: animated coral plating intertwined reeds of seaweed and adopting a cherry hue for my perception of an expensive chair being exploded on jagged rocks. Sponges being enveloped by the flesh of deceased octopodes heir to patterns so intricate, a fabric should be their only desirable fate. My nose began to bleed, and I probably seemed very excitable. I let the blood drip onto my cheap, white crew neck and lit a cigarette.

Walking through the door, Ebea greeted me cheerfully until she noticed the blood.

"Reagan?"

"What? No."

"He seemed pissed."

"Good."

Ebea is terrible with words. I blame this solely on her being so very striking. She doesn't need subtlety or natural quip.

She's the kind of woman a good writer would write a story of love and squalor for. Pleasant when she attempts to construct an involving conversation; more pleasant for having yellowed eyes with a dignified grey iris. She had smooth olive skin and sparse freckles that were mischievously out of place. She wore a ponytail in a scrunchie, but it suited her oval-shaped face. She was completely self-aware.

I sat on a blue, plastic milk crate in the kitchen and watched my blood sprinkle down my nose to the nicked hardwood floor. Reagan walked in.

"Plug your goddamned nose, Phil."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to shit up our milk crate and cable spool dining set."

Reagan grinned, which reminded me why we'd been friends for so long. He thinks I'm funnier than I am. He mistakes being an asshole for artistic temperament. His teeth are crooked, but they're white. They look nice. He was thin and short, probably the only man to ever have doe eyes and a nose that seemed to turn up halfway to his eyes.

Ebea made coffee in an expensive machine we'd won at an estate sale for $20. She called it RoboCop, and I could never seem to get the bastard to work. The device seemed so powerful in our kitchen of linoleum and a washing machine that had thin panels of plywood slammed to the sides with upholstery tacks.

title: Creation Story

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: Phil, Reagan, Ebea

question: What caused Phil's nose to bleed?

answer: He got excited thinking about the creation story of the chair.

question: What was Phil's creation story about?

answer: Instead of the more plausible reason where the chair fell off a luxury liner or freighter, Phil thinks the sea assembled it using seaweed, sponges, and deceased octopodes.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: The jetty, their apartment

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer: Phil and his friend Reagan are standing on the jetty when a baroque chair crashes on the jutting limestone, splintering into several pieces. They ponder where it came from while some parts of the chair sink and others float. Reagan thinks the chair fell from a luxury liner or freighter, while Phil thinks the sea created it from seaweed and sponges. Reagan doesn't have time for Phil's nonsense and walks away as Phil's nose bleeds from the excitement of his creation story. Phil comes home to the apartment they share with Ebea, who is beautiful but terrible with words. She mentions his bleeding nose. Reagan walks in and tells Phil to plug his nose. They've been friends for so long because Reagan thinks Phil is funnier than he really is.


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[UPDATE: We have now published an eBook about Architectural Visualization with Unity3D (including a chapter about Oculus Rift) that can be purchased HERE.]

“WOW!”  Seems to be an almost universal reaction to a first experience trying on the new Oculus Rift VR headset.  Watching a player’s first experience with Rift is always interesting to see, as the player gradually becomes immersed, suspending their disbelief, and eventually becomes part of the virtual environment.  With enthusiastic backing from numerous game industry titans, and a recent “WOW!” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, it seems all but certain that the immersive experience achieved with the Rift will be reasonably compelling.

[Virtual Reality headset Oculus Rift]

Oculus on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

If a player can clear levels in a first person shooter with full head and gun tracking, it shouldn’t be too much of a stretch to expect a much slower paced architectural walk-through to be feasible.  It won’t be for everyone, but I would imagine quite a few clients would thoroughly appreciate the opportunity to walk through a design concept before construction starts.

One of the biggest reasons realtime virtual tours of architectural designs is slow to catch on is because scale is never quite right.  Trying to project a full 3D experience onto a 2D monitor will always be distorted.  However, the stereographic technology in Rift promises to resolve this issue, finally offering scale-accurate realtime virtual experiences.

Visualizing architecture is one thing, but what I’m most excited about is the opportunity for immersive VR to completely change the way architects design buildings in the years ahead.  Instead of the typical arm’s-length, abstract design process, you’ll be able to experience, create and modify a building _while you’re standing in it_.  There will no longer be a disconnect between design and visualization – it can become a holistic and fluid process.  Like a scene out of Inception, you’ll be able to reach out and build walls, stretch windows, form the landscape and meet with clients and project stakeholders from inside the building – genuinely feeling as if you’re really there.

The developer’s kit ships in March, and comes with Unity and Unreal integration.  My first experiment will be to port Main Street Dubuque, followed by a couple of new designs for clients to explore.  I’ll post my experiences here.  Stay tuned!

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Oculus in Popular Mechanics

question: What can Oculus Rift potentially offer?

answer: Architectural visualizations.

question: What is one obstacle to using Rift for architecture?

answer: Scaling problems.

question: Which late night host tried Oculus Rift?

answer: Jimmy Falon.

question: What does the author claim about design and visualization?

answer: It will eventually become a holistic fluid process.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The author is excited about the potential for Oculus Rift to lead to architectural visualizations and holistic design to help clients view potential buildings they wish to create in VR before construction begins.


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RADIO ART is the use of radio for art.

An artist who works in radio art is not necessarily a trained DJ, programmer, producer, or engineer, but one who uses sound to make art. The radio medium can be used in ways which are different from what it was intended for.[1] In that sense, the way the message is transmitted and received by an audience is as important as the message itself. “As an aural art form it reaffirms that it's not just what we say, but the way we say it.” [2] In Victoria Fenner's words, “Radio art is art which is specifically composed for the medium of radio and is uniquely suited to be transmitted via the airwaves.” [3]

Artists use radio technology (i.e. radio transmission, airwaves...) to communicate artistic compositions for interpretation – exposing their audience to alternate means to experiencing their art through sound verses visualization. Radio Art contributes to new media art - a digitally driven art movement growing in response to the informative technological revolution we live in. “From the artist's point of view radio is an environment to be entered into and acted upon, a site for various cultural voices to meet, converse, and merge in. These artists cross disciplines, raid all genres and recontextualize them into hybrids.” [4]

Radio art projects can be collaborative including various professional sources, unifying an audio broadcast with science, experimentation, geography, entertainment, etc." Some have approached radio as an architectural space to be constructed sonically and linguistically; or as the site of an event, an arena, or stage. Some used it as a gathering place, or a conduit, a means to create community. Other artists have employed the media landscape itself as the narrative, while others looked into the body as the site and the source; the voicebox, the larynx become medium and metaphor." [5]

Styles

Styles include radio documentary, radio drama, soundscape, sound art, electroacoustic music, sound poetry, performance, open source, translation, interviews, audio galleries, soundscape, sound art, electroacoustic music, sound poetry intended for the radio, spoken word, concerts, experimental narratives, sonic geographies, pseudo documentaries, radio cinema, conceptual and multimedia performances intended for the radio.

Art radio and webradio

An art radio is a radio station that would dedicate every second of its transmission time to radio art. Although this kind of project can seem utopian in the traditional state of radio, there are few lasting experiences in the underground or community side such as London's ResonanceFM, and Upstate New York's Wave Farm Radio: WGXC Radio for Open Ears which intend to make radio with art and promote the _art of listening_.

Also, radio had renewed itself through the Internet. The audio streaming technique had replaced the analogue transmitting system and artists can experiment on radio outside the legal constraints of an FM license for example. Among the webradios which are dedicated to radio art, some broadcast pieces like traditional radios. Some others directly experiment with the medium in the more concrete sense. Radio Astronomy[6] broadcast sounds taken from outer space in real time. Le Poulpe[7] is a networking experimental radio that mix several “spaces” processed and streamed through the Internet.

[1] A contemporary look on radio art by okno staff.

[2] New American Radio and Radio Art by Jacki Apple.

[3] Radio Art and its History by Victoria Fenner, Canadian sound artist and radio producer.

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title: Radio art

question: Describe radio art.

answer: Radio art contributes to new media art, this is a digitally driven art movement. Artists use radio technology to communicate artistic compositions for interpretation. Radio art is specifically composed for the medium of radio and uniquely suited to be transmitted via airwaves. It is an environment where various cultural voices can meet, converse and merge. These artists cross disciplines, raid all genres and recontextualize them into hybrids.

question: What does the text say about platforms for radio art?

answer: An art radio is a radio station that would dedicate every second of its air time to radio art. There a few stations that make this happen: London's ResonanceFM and New York's WGXC Radio for Open Ears. Audio streaming also gives artists a platform for their art without the need of an FM license. Some web radios broadcast like traditional radios. Other directly experiment with radio art like Radio Astronomy that broadcasts sounds from outer space in real time.

question: Summarize the different styles of radio art.

answer: Radio art styles include radio documentary, radio drama, soundscape, sound art and electroacoustic music amongst others. Radio art projects can be collaborative unifying audio broadcast with science, experimentation, geography and entertainment. Some artists approach radio art like an architectural space, others as an event or a stage. Some artists use it as a gathering place to create community, others employ it as a narrative.

question: What does the text say about Victoria Fenner's career?


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	Small crystalline droplets fell gently into the palm of his hand. The faint sunlight glinted off each one, creating a kaleidoscope of color that only he could see. His eyes turned, the blue in them growing brighter with each drop that fell. He looked into his cupped hand and saw the small puddle that had started to form. The water continued to fall gently and slowly in the soft morning breeze. He exhaled deeply, his breathing forming a cloud in front of him and disturbing the icicle that provided the small bit of water he put appreciately to his dry and cracked lips. He sighed with relief, another cloud of breath came before him.
	His eyes came closer to the triangle piece of frozen moisture that was before him. He saw his reflection in the clear crystal structure and watched as his own face rolled down the side of the ice with each drop of water that fell. He stepped back again, his foot crunching on the snow that was behind him. His large boots keeping him steady on the slippery road as he walked away from the squat, abandoned store he had found. The sun grew higher in the sky, making the ground a blinding white color. The man looked again at the abandoned store. The sign above the store was faded and unreadable, the once red paint peeling off and revealing the cracked and frozen wood underneath.
	The man looked down at his hands again; nearly frozen in his thin gloves. He rubbed his hands together in a fruitless attempt to warm. He crossed his arms once again and stepped tentatively towards the three small steps that led to the already open door. He peered inside the dark one room store and saw nothing but dust and empty cans. The floorboards creaked loudly under his large feet as he continued walking forward. He kicked an empty can aside and heard as it hit the rotted wall with a large clang before rolling down the slanted floor towards the back of the room.
	Dusty shelves lined the shoppe and nothing occupied any of them. The man walked up and down every shelf, his eyes ever vigilant for a morsel of food. His frozen hands twisted together as he grew impatient and disappointed. He finally came to the end of the last row and found himself face to face with a green door. The door seemed new, as though it had never been a part of this frozen wasteland and didn’t have to endure what the rest of the empty shop did.
	He approached the door warily. He hadn’t seen anything that bright of a color in years. The only color out there was white, the endless white fields of snow and ice. He outstretched his right hand, the thin glove brushing the rough wooden door, hardly believing it existed. He moved his hand down the door until he found the cold doorknob. He twisted it gently and the door opened easily. He stepped forward and peered into the room and what he saw he didn’t believe: the room was brightly lit with a lamp in the center of the room. The walls were painted a dark brown color and the carpeted floor was tan and smelled clean. The man walked through the door and onto the soft carpet. Once inside, the door behind him closed with a quiet click. The man looked back for a second and started to panic, then he realized he was warm.
	He quickly forgot about the now locked door that was behind him and started to slowly remove each boot, first the left, then the right. Then he did the same with his gloves. Then his hat. And finally his coat. He lay them all on the carpet in a pile and continued walking towards the lamp in the center. He felt every fiber of the carpet as his calloused feet stepped gingerly on it. He hadn’t seen anything like this is years and could hardly believe it was true.
	The lamp sat in the exact center of the square room. The man reached it in a few easy strides. He stared at it, looked at it from all angles. No chord attached it to an outlet and no knob or string showed where to turn it off. But the man wasn’t worried about turning it off. He had lived in the dark too long and the only light he had seen was the blinding light of the fading sun on the snow; a sun which grew dimmer every day and a snow which grew colder.
	He removed the red lamp shade that covered the fluorescent bulb. He put his hands closer to the light and felt relief as the heat warmed them, a warmth he had not felt in a long time. He reached his hands closer until they were just centimeters from the bulb, soaking up the warmth, fearing that at any moment he would wake up and it would be gone.
	“It won’t leave,” the man turned around and saw a woman behind him. She was beautiful, red lips and red hair. Her skin a porcelain white and her cheeks a bright pink. She wore a skin tight black dress that barely covered her knee and her shoes were tall black heels, impossible for walking in the snow.
	The man stuttered. He hadn’t spoke to another person in a long time, let alone a beautiful woman.
	“Don’t be shy,” she said slyly and she walked forward, her hips swaying slowly and a smile creeping onto her beautiful face. “I’m here to help you.” She reached her hand up and pressed it on his unshaven face. Her eyes were a dark brown and stared deeply into his light blue ones as she leaned in closer and kissed him roughly on his chapped lips. He closed his eyes and relished it, enjoyed the taste of her lips and tongue on his.
	She pulled away slowly. “There, isn’t that better.” The man felt tired. He had never felt this tired in his life. He sat slowly next to the lamp and watched through watery eyes as the woman turned off the light and walked away through the green door.
	“Where are you going?” the man asked, his voice hoarse and rough from not speaking for years.
	“I’ll be back later,” she said. Then she turned and walked into the frozen wasteland.
	The man sat on the floor of the old shop, staring at the dilapidated green door and leaning against the broken lamp that had once warmed the family that lived there. He sat there and weeped as he waited for the woman to return, his hands and feet freezing quickly and turning a dark grey and black. The man didn't move for three days, watching, waiting, and freezing.

title: Alone

question: What are the major events of the story?

answer: The man sees an abandoned shop in the frozen wasteland, hallucinates on seeing a woman who kisses her, and dies in the cold waiting for her to come back.

question: Why does the man feel tired?

answer: Because he's been scavenging in the frozen wasteland for a long time.

question: Why is the man in a wasteland?

question: Who is the woman the man is talking to?

answer: The man just imagined her.

question: What is it the man is waiting for three days in the cold?

answer: He is waiting for the beautiful woman to come back.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: A man looking for food in the frozen wasteland sees an abandoned shop and goes in. He finds a warm room inside and imagines seeing a beautiful woman who kisses him on the lips before walking away, saying she'll be back later. She never comes back, and the man freezes to death.


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[Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols]

Anyone who was ever fool enough to believe that Microsoft software was good enough to be used for a mission-critical operation had their face slapped this September when the LSE (London Stock Exchange)'s Windows-based TradElect system brought the market to a standstill for almost an entire day. While the LSE denied that the collapse was TradElect's fault, they also refused to explain what the problem really wa. Sources at the LSE tell me to this day that the problem was with TradElect.

Since then, the CEO that brought TradElect to the LSE, Clara Furse, has left without saying why she was leaving. Sources in the City-London's equivalent of New York City's Wall Street--tell me that TradElect's failure was the final straw for her tenure. The new CEO, Xavier Rolet, is reported to have immediately decided to put an end to TradElect.

TradElect runs on HP ProLiant servers running, in turn, Windows Server 2003. The TradElect software itself is a custom blend of C# and .NET programs, which was created by Microsoft and Accenture, the global consulting firm. On the back-end, it relied on Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Its goal was to maintain sub-ten millisecond response times, real-time system speeds, for stock trades.

It never, ever came close to achieving these performance goals. Worse still, the LSE's competition, such as its main rival Chi-X with its MarketPrizm trading platform software, was able to deliver that level of performance and in general it was running rings about TradElect. Three guesses what MarketPrizm runs on and the first two don't count. The answer is Linux.

It's not often that you see a major company dump its infrastructure software the way the LSE is about to do. But, then, it's not often you see enterprise software fail quite so badly and publicly as was the case with the LSE. I can only wonder how many other Windows enterprise software failures are kept hidden away within IT departments by companies unwilling to reveal just how foolish their decisions to rely on archaic, cranky Windows software solutions have proven to be.

I'm sure the LSE management couldn't tell Linux from Windows without a techie at hand. They can tell, however, when their business comes to a complete stop in front of the entire world.

So, might I suggest to the LSE that they consider Linux as the foundation for their next stock software infrastructure? After all, besides working well for Chi-X, Linux seems to be doing quite nicely for the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange), the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), etc., etc.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting-edge PC operating system, 300bps was a fast Internet connection, WordStar was the state-of-the-art word processor, and we liked it!

Copyright © 2009 IDG Communications, Inc.

question: How does the narrator know the problem with the London Stock Exchange was TradElect, Microsoft software?

answer: Sources at the London Stock Exchange told them.

question: How common is this problem amongst other companies?

answer: Unclear as many IT departments conceal the true nature of such problems.

question: What solution does the narrator suggest?

answer: Switching to Linux based operating system and programs.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, a technology writer for decades.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The London Stock Exchange (LSE) had it's market trading brought to a standstill for an entire day last September when their Windows-based TradElect system collapsed. The LSE denied the allegation, refusing to specify what the problem was. But sources inside the LSE told the narrator that the problem was TradElect. TradElect is a custom blend of C# and .NET programs created by Microsoft and Accenture, with a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 backend. The LSE should change to a Linux-based system, after all, it works for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.


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“We were able to build an ecosystem of partners who built branded apps integrated with our core systems. Thanks to its cloud-based approach, Appery.io enabled us to easily onboard our partners without any infrastructure deployment, maintenance, or trailing; something our existing platform did not support”

Director of Digital Innovation, Top 5 Pharmacy Retailer

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question: What is Appery.io?

answer: It is a multi-purpose platform for low-code app development, like hybrid mobile apps, PWAs and web apps.

question: What are some of the features of Appery.io?

answer: It has drag-and-drop functionality, Javascript, cloud database, and role based team management.

question: What are the benefits of a low-code app development platform?

answer: It makes it easy to master even for beginners.

question: What is a back-end?

answer: It is not described specifically, but back-end services include cloud database, server-side scripting, authentication, and push notifications.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This document is an advertisement for Appery.io, a multi-purpose platform for low-code development. This document provides the features of the app and reviews from customers.