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Of which California commission were both Bill Wood and Claudia Chandler members? | the state Energy Commission | PAIRIDX:37815 | [
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"\"It makes sense to maintain a balanced portfolio,\" said Neil Brown, a spokesman for PSEG Power, a Newark, N.J., firm investing in both natural gas- and coal-powered plants.",
"\"One of the reasons California did experience problems was its reliance on gas and hydroelectric power.",
"Disruptions in both those sources contributed to supply problems.\"",
"Although geological research indicates that North American gas reserves should be adequate for 50 to 70 years, that doesn't protect individual regions from temporary shortages that can cause devastating price spikes, said Benneche, the Energy Department forecaster.",
"The key to preventing those shortages is to build enough pipelines on time to meet the need, he said.",
"WAIT-AND-SEE ATTITUDE Although energy firms, including Enron, El Paso and Sempra Energy, are talking about a range of projects to supplement the five major interstate lines into California, only two pipelines so far have received final approval or have been completed, said Bill Wood, a gas expert for the state Energy Commission."
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"The Governor's Office of Emergency Services, which coordinates with local police and sheriff's offices on enforcing the order, believes in all likelihood no one has been cited, said OES spokeswoman Sheryl Tankersley.",
"For the most part, the governor's order is being enforced informally by police agencies throughout the state, through speeches to chambers of commerce, impromptu visits to businesses or informational pamphlets, she said.",
"And the order only limits outdoor lights at \"retail establishments.\"",
"There is nothing illegal about lights outside a school or inside, anywhere.",
"There ar e no energy police to turn down someone's air conditioner or to tell your neighbor that a pool pump should run overnight instead of during the midday-to-evening peak.",
"\"We can't go in and turn off people's porch lights,\" said Claudia Chandler, assistant executive director of the state Energy Commission, which has fielded numerous complaints about electricity squandering.",
"\"People are getting really grumpy about stores and restaurants leaving the doors open,\" especially during Stage 2 or Stage 3 emergencies, she said."
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The company that acquired the E'town Corporation of New Jersey and Thames Water of Britain is based in which city? | Essen | PAIRIDX:37814 | [
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"One executive said the transaction was being announced now partly as an effort to demonstrate the resolve of businesses worldwide.",
"''We discussed holding off for obvious reasons,'' the executive said.",
"''But we decided that we should press ahead.",
"The markets need to know that business will continue as usual.",
"And by that, I mean business -- the commerce of life -- will not stop in the face of terrorism.''",
"For RWE, the deal represents its latest effort to expand through acquisitions.",
"Last year, RWE acquired Thames Water of Britain and the E'town Corporation of New Jersey.",
"American Water Works, the largest publicly traded water utility in the nation, with annual revenue of $1.4 billion, has been acquisitive itself.",
"It recently announced an agreement to buy the Azurix North America Corporation, the water utility of the Enron Corporation, and is about to complete a deal to buy the water assets of the Citizens Communications Company of Stamford, Conn."
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"Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company supplies electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe.",
"RWE is the second largest electricity producer in Germany, and has increased renewable energy production in recent years."
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What two positions did Henry C. Yuen hold for one of the groups that made arguments in favor of FCC's adopting ITV rules? | Chairman & CEO, | PAIRIDX:37812 | [
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"Group, consisting of Disney, Univision, USA Networks and Viacom CBS, also called on Commission to ban discriminatory routing or caching practices that would permit cable operators to send their affiliated programming at faster speeds than rival networks.",
"Programmers contended that consumers shouldn't have to buy additional set-top box to receive unaffiliated ITV services.",
"\"It is far easier and requires far less intrusive government regulation to prevent monopoly power from distorting a relatively new market than it is to combat monopoly power already unleashed in a more developed market,\" group said.",
"Public interest groups, ALTV, APTS, BellSouth, EarthLink, Gemstar-TV Guide International, MSTV, NAB, PBS (PBR March 23 p3) and SBC Communications all made similar arguments in favor of FCC's adopting ITV rules.",
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"Come get the answers from Keynote presentors: Claude Leglise, VP, Intel Architecture Group & GM, Home Products Group, Intel Michel Mayer, GM, Pervasive Computing, IBM Michael Ramsay, President & CEO, TiVo Larry Smarr, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Carl J. Yankowski, Chief Executive Officer, Palm Dr. Henry C. Yuen, Chairman & CEO, Gemstar-TV Guide International For more information and registration, go to: http: www.tpsite.com tp conf to2000 vw 001024 Top Stories o FusionOne Raising $100 Million in New Funding SAN JOSE, Calif. -- FusionOne, a developer of Internet synchronization software and services, is about to secure approximately $100 million in new financing, sources close to the company said.",
"Other details of the deal were not disclosed.",
"In April, the firm announced that it received about $50 million in third-round financing from Chase Capital Partners, Flatiron Partners, Access Technology Partners, Robertson Stephens, CSFB Private Equity, Deutsche Bank Alex Brown Technology Group, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and unnamed private investors."
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DailyShopper Network is backed by which venture capital firm that was founded in 1995 and based in Seattle? | Madrona Venture Group | PAIRIDX:37809 | [
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"Madrona has made 143 investments in 75 companies."
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"Ms. Perruso was most recently president of latimes.com and vice president of the Los Angeles Times.",
"Ms. Perruso succeeds company co-founder and former president Michael Skinner, who is no longer with the company.",
"DailyShopper Network is backed by Madrona Venture Group and Voyager Capital.",
"http: www.dailyshopper.net o XML App Firm Vordel Names Former Siemens Exec as CEO DUBLIN -- Vordel, a provider of Talk XML, which delivers applications that enable enterprises to establish secure communication channels to organizations in their business networks, named David Ryan as chief executive officer.",
"Prior to joining Vordel, Mr. Ryan was chief executive officer of Siemens Business Services in Ireland and was acting chief executive officer of SSE, the Siemens Internet security firm.",
"Vordel is backed by individual and institutional investors.",
"http: www.vordel.com Former Internet Capital Group Exec Named CEO of XYAN.com KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- XYAN.com, an online resource for comprehensive digital content management and document production, said it has named Richard G. Bunker Jr., former managing director and chief technology officer of Internet Capital Group, as chief executive officer and president."
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How many villages are in the rural district which includes the village of Torab-e Sofla? | 24 | PAIRIDX:37808 | [
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The 79th Attorney General of the U.S. is a fundamentalist of which religion? | Christian | PAIRIDX:37807 | [
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"The reality is the Republicans care about a range of issues that will force the BJP Government to make some difficult decisions.",
"Take the first issue of human rights violations in Kashmir.",
"It is true there are many isolationists in the Republican Party who, probably, do not care about human rights violation in Kashmir so long as it does not affect them, and is not happening in their backyard.",
"But there is another powerful force in Republican politics - the religious wing.",
"This includes powerful members of the US Cabinet such as The Attorney-General, Mr John Ashcroft, who are Christian fundamentalists.",
"Mr Bush himself claims to be a 'born again Christian'.",
"The religious right is rarely interested in foreign policy; it mostly concerns itself with moral and social issues such as abortion and teenage pregnancy.",
"But the few times it does intervene, it is when it feels a country is \"persecuting Christians\"."
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In which year did this Seattle-based company go public, which the American private equity firm founded in 1966 with $40 billion in assets and investment of $58 billion in 40 countries helped to become private with buyout assistance? | 1999 | PAIRIDX:37806 | [
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"Warburg Pincus is a growth investor.",
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"He previously served as planning consultant to the Brooklyn Museum.",
"Hani Rashid, a co-founder of architectural and interactive digital design firm Asymptote, will serve as the company's chief creative officer and chief technology officer.",
"Guggenheim.com, which has raised an undisclosed amount of private equity to date, is looking to close a Series B round of financing within the next twelve months.",
"http: www.guggenheim.com Warburg Pincus Takes The Cobalt Group Private mail?",
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"The Seattle-based company provides Web site s and services to online auto dealers and went public in August 1999. The dea l is structured as a merger with a shell affiliate of Warburg Pincus, which m ay put as much as $35 million into the deal, according to managing director Gr eg Back."
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What position does Katie Kaplan have at the organization where Jan Smutny-Jones is executive director? | Manager of State Policy Affairs | PAIRIDX:37804 | [
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"\"It's going to help focus in a very specific, objective order the manner in which their financial situation gets sorted out,\" said Jan Smutny-Jones, executive director of the Independent Energy Producers Association, which represents power generators in the state.",
"\"The thing to do when you get in a hole is stop digging.",
"They did that today.\"",
"http: www.nytimes.com GRAPHIC: Photo: A Pacific Gas and Electric crew at work yesterday on power lines in San Francisco.",
"The company has filed for federal bankruptcy protection.",
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"A10) LOAD-DATE: April 7, 2001 ?3 of 4 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. Sacramento Bee April 7, 2001, Saturday METRO FINAL EDITION SECTION: MAIN NEWS; Pg.",
"A23; POWER CRUNCH LENGTH: 507 words HEADLINE: Natural gas project OK'd BYLINE: David Whitney Bee Washington Bureau and Carrie Peyton Bee Staff Writer DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave quick approval Friday to a project that will increase natural gas deliveries for electric power generation in California this summer."
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"'We have set up a conference call for today's meeting for those of you interested in calling in.",
"It is 1-800-486-2460 The pass code is 120895 Thanks!",
"Katie Kaplan Manager of State Policy Affairs Independent Energy Producers Association (916) 448-9499 --Original Message -- From: Julee Malinowski-Ball [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:26 PM To: Susan McCabe; Scott Govenar; Ron Tom; Robert Ross; Rina Venturini; Phil Isenberg; Mike Monagan; Maureen OHaren; Marie Moretti; Kassandra Gough; Jamie Parker; Hedy Govenar; DJ Smith; Delany Hunter; Chuck Cole; Bev Hansen; Anne Kelly; Fred Pownall; Mark Nobili Cc: Jean Munoz; Greg Blue; Jack Pigott; Jeff Dasovich; Joe Ronan; John Stout; Kassandra Gough; kent Palmerton; Larrea, John; Lynn Lednicky; Paula Soos; Richard Hyde; Roger Pelote; Sandi McCubbin; Stephanie Newell; Steve Ponder; Sue Mara; Jan Smutny Jones; Steven Kelley; Katie Kaplan; Chris Ellison; Doug Kerner; Andy Brown; Nam Nguyen Subject: Action Items from Today's Lobbyist Call ACTION ITEMS from today's IEP member company lobbyist conference call: AB 60x (Hertzberg) - Calpine will attempt to get a meeting with the Speaker on Monday regarding his interest in other \"California First\" avenues, and report the results to IEP."
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At the 2006 census, what was the population of the rural district in which the Iranian village of Zaer Ebrahimi is located? | 15,109 | PAIRIDX:37802 | [
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What was the name of the Senate leader who represented the fourth-most populous city in California at the time when Orange County held $1 million of defaulted SCE bonds in its retirement plan? | John Burton | PAIRIDX:37801 | [
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"The consolidated city-county covers an area of about 47.9 sqmi at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.",
"It is the fourth-most populous city in California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with a 2016 census-estimated population of 870,887.",
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"Davis, who insists that Edison should not be allowed to file for bankruptcy, ordered the new session earlier this month after legislators adjourned without passing any legislation that would shrink Edison's debt.",
"Other Creditors Take Notice Senate leader John Burton, (D-San Francisco), has said that any such bill would have to guarantee that the burden of paying off the utility's $3.9-billion debt does not fall on homeowners and small-business owners.",
"The letter from the five generators caught the attention of other creditors who have so far played along with SCE's strategy of winning a legislative rescue.",
"\"From our perspective, the days of luxury for Edison are over,\" said John Moorlach, Orange County treasurer.",
"The county holds $1 million of defaulted SCE bonds in its retirement plan.",
"Moorlach said he believes that if SCE does not quickly reach an agreement with the generators, they will push the utility into Bankruptcy Court.",
"\"By doing this, the generators are trying to show that they are making a good-faith effort to reach a settlement first,\" Moorlach said."
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Where is the company that owns WLXE based? | New York City | PAIRIDX:37798 | [
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"WLXE broadcasts music programming in the Spanish language.",
"Its transmitter and antenna array are located off Hungerford Drive (Maryland Route 355), near the northern border of Rockville city.",
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What is the total area of this peninsula in Northwestern Mexico, where bothrocara brunneum is found? | 143390 sqkm | PAIRIDX:37796 | [
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"The Baja California Peninsula (English: Lower California Peninsula , Spanish: \"Península de Baja California\" ) is a peninsula in Northwestern Mexico.",
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"The peninsula extends 1247 km from Mexicali, Baja California in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur in the south.",
"It ranges from 40 km at its narrowest to 320 km at its widest point and has approximately 3000 km of coastline and approximately 65 islands.",
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The Tailwind Fund and the TWVP are both funds raised by what firm? | Thomas Weisel Partners | PAIRIDX:37684 | [
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"http: www.stayhealthy.com New Directors o Healtheon Co-Founder Joins Sigaba's Board of Directors SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Sigaba, a provider of services for secure Internet communications, said it added Pavan Nigam to its board of directors.",
"Mr. Nigam is a co-founder of Healtheon and has served as that company's executive vice president of strategic development and as its chief technology officer.",
"He served Silicon Graphics as division manager of its interactive media group and as director of its Casevision products.",
"Sigaba was founded in January 2000 and has raised one round of $4.5 million from Thomas Weisel Capital Partners' Tailwind Fund and individual investors, including partners of Thomas Weisel Capital Partners.",
"http: www.sigaba.com Lucent Executive Joins Net Health Care Service Firm's Board MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- HealthCenter, which provides application hosting, patient management, and clinical services for physicians and consumers through an ASP model, announced Lucent Technologies' vice chairman, Ben J.M."
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"Mr.Sessions also said TWVP was seriously evaluating two or three companies at present.",
"Dave Crowder is the other partner responsible for TWVP, which will be managed ou t of Menlo Park, Calif. CalPERS, EFG, National Citibank, JDS Uniphase, Natxis Raytheon, S.E.",
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"The first fund, Thomas Weisel Capital Partners, closed in January 2000 at $1.3 billion and is a later stage private fund.",
"http: www.tweisel.com Asera Names Former Tivoli Chief as New President & CEO mail?",
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"He succeeds Warren Weiss, who will remain with the company as special advisor to the board through the third quarter of this year.",
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TalkingNets received $20 million in a second round of funding that was co-led by Venrock Associates and this firm that was founded in what year? | 1970 | PAIRIDX:37677 | [
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"The company said it will use the funding to develop its scaleable pan-European network used for hosting and delivery of streamed audio and video content.",
"http: www.servecast.com Telephony Firm TalkingNets Receives $20 Million Second Round SAN JOSE, Calif. -- TalkingNets, a telephony technology company, said it has received $20 million in a second round of funding co-led by Charles River Ventures and seed-round investor Venrock Associates.",
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The governor who, as of 6/13/01, was getting close to releasing details of 38 long-term contracts between the state and power generators after months of refusing to do so was what number Governor of his state? | 37th | PAIRIDX:37676 | [
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"Gray Davis is close to releasing details of 38 long-term contracts between the state and power generators, a move that would end a lengthy battle over whether the agreements should remain confidential.",
"Davis for months had refused to release information on the contracts, but h is aides said Tuesday the disclosure was expected this week.",
"Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that confidential government recor ds show state officials agreed to contracts at prices higher than those now being paid in the daily spot market.",
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"Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).",
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What news service reported from the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra on 4/21/01 with a story titled "DPC board meet on Apr 25 to decide Dabhol fate in London"? | Press Trust of India Limited | PAIRIDX:37674 | [
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"DPC board meet on Apr 25 to decide Dabhol fate in London 04 21 2001 Press Trust of India Limited (c) 2001 PTI Ltd. Mumbai, Apr 21 (PTI) Marred by controversies since its inception, the US-based energy major Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC) board will meet on April 25 in London to decide the fate of its 2,184 mw project in Dabhol in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, including winding up of its operations.",
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"PlanetOut Agrees to Merge with Gay.com Parent Company SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- PlanetOut, an online media company that s erves the gay and lesbian community, said it agreed to merge with Online Partners the parent company of online gay and lesbian resource Gay.com.",
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Claude Belot, a member of the French Senate, belonged to a party that was succeeded by what party in 2015? | The Republicans | PAIRIDX:37659 | [
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In what Nebraska city were Cari Steiner and Melissa Shotkoski nurses at the same burn center? | Lincoln | PAIRIDX:37658 | [
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Which venture capital helped fund IP Unity and had over $18 billion in assets in 2007 | New Enterprise Associates | PAIRIDX:37646 | [
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"Telephone 212-741-5106 x21. o IP Unity Raise $12 Million in Series B from Kleiner Perkins MILIPITAS, Calif. -- IP Unity, which develops voice infrastructure technologies for networks, said it raised $12 million in its Series B round of funding from sole investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.",
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Sampo and Den Norske Bank entered a bidding war over a company in 2001; what did that company acquire in 2007? | Swedish SPP | PAIRIDX:37645 | [
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Who are the younger brothers of the founder of Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc.? | Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine | PAIRIDX:37644 | [
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How many counties are traditionally included in the region of California that benefits from abundant export capacity of the Southwest during cooler weather? | eight | PAIRIDX:37641 | [
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"Southern California benefits from the abundant export capacity of the Southwest during cooler weather in that region, allowing prices to fall well below those in Northern California.",
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Which firm invested in both Centerpoint Broadband and FusionOne? | Oppenheimer Funds | PAIRIDX:37637 | [
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"http: www.fusionone.com OneNest Adds ThunderBay Founder Darion Lemons as VP mail?",
"top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- OneNest, a business-to-business marketplace for hand-crafted and artisan merchandise, said it named Darion Lemons as vice president of international operations and business development, responsible for major partner alliances worldwide.",
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"OneNest is backed by Axxon Capital and Omnia Holdings.",
"http: www.onenest.com FINANCE Metrika Appoints Larry Tannenbaum as CFO, Sr. VP mail?",
"top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Metrika, a developer of diabetes monitoring devices, said it appointed Larry Tannenbaum as chief financial officer and senior vice president, responsible for the company's financial strategy, capital planning, and shareholder value."
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What type of firm is the company that promoted Rob Coneybeer and Scott Sandell to general partner? | venture capital firm | PAIRIDX:37635 | [
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"The acquisition of Illuminator is intended to compliment a previous investment in The Puma II Fund for $14 million which gave MultiMedia a 22.35% stake in the fund.",
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What city is the newspaper that Suzanne McGee is a Staff Reporter of based in? | New York City | PAIRIDX:37633 | [
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"All said their costs were rising due to natural gas shortages, increased demand and state delays in approving new power plants.",
"Feinstein resorted to a combination of veiled threats and pleas to generators, reminding them as California's senior senator: \"I'm going to be around here for six years, I'm going to be on this committee, and I'm going to watch this situation.\"",
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"Deals & Deal Makers: Burning Issues: Convertible Securities Are This Year's Big Model By Suzanne McGee Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 02 01 2001 The Wall Street Journal C1 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) When the ducks quack, you feed 'em."
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Claudia Chandler was a spokeswoman for a commission created in 1974 that is headquartered in what city? | Sacramento | PAIRIDX:37632 | [
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"As a single-cycle plant, Sunrise will be capable of producing about 320 megawatts.",
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As of November 2015, how many offices did the company Thomas Weisel invested $80 million in during the month of May have? | 23 | PAIRIDX:37631 | [
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"http: www.bodymedia.com IP Firm Zephyr Closes Round Two With $44 Million FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Zephyr Telecommunications, an international IP communications company, said it completed its second round of financing with $44 million."
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Which Russian handheld computer, marketed to teens in the U.S. with features such as wireless chatting and gaming, did AOL invest in? | Cybiko | PAIRIDX:37627 | [
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"http: www.cybiko.com http: www.aol.com Broadband Services Firm Has $45 Million, Part of Round One NEW YORK -- InfoHighway Communications, a provider of broadband communications services, said it received $45 million of a $150 million first round commitment from new and sole investor GTCR Golder Rauner.",
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Replacing interim CEO Hank Barry, who was named chief executive of the online music store that was acquired by Rhapsody from Best Buy in 2011? | Konrad Hilbers | PAIRIDX:37626 | [
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"'Please respond to SchwabAlerts.MarketUpdatesCharles Schwab & Co., Inc. Internet Daily for Tuesday, July 24, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com -- Napster taps Bertelsmann exec as CEO Konrad Hilbers, former executive at Bertelsmann AG's music division, has been named chief executive of Napster, replacing interim CEO Hank Barry.",
"\"Konrad's extensive experience in the technology sector and the music business, in both the United States and Europe, makes him uniquely qualified to lead Napster into the future,'' said Barry, who held the CEO slot for 13 months.",
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"\"The next step is to complete the task of transforming this phenomenon into a business that respects copyrights and rewards creators,\" he said.",
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The entity that made the acquisition of Xircom is headquartered where? | Santa Clara, California | PAIRIDX:37625 | [
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"\"My preference is to analyze a recent clean merger?in order to further understand M&A valuations.",
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"http: www.intel.com pressroom archive releases 20010115corp.htm What's interesting is that Intel effectively paid about 1x sales for this company.",
"They announced a purchase price of ~750 million, but the firm has about ~300 mil cash on the books, making it effectively ~450 million.",
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"I'm open to analyzing any merger -Anil [email protected] wrote: Greetings: Sounds like I'm glad that I missed the quiz last week.",
"Hate to be a nag, but we've got to turn in what we're doing for our project on Thursday.",
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"Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration, has been quoted extensively in the media on the California Energy Crisis.",
"Fortune Magazine, June 11, \"Is Dick Cheney the New Hillary?\"",
"Los Angeles Times, June 10, http: www.latimes.com news columns king 20010609 t000048506.html San Francisco Chronicle, June 10, http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?f ca 2001 06 10 MN19676.DTLSan Diego Union Tribune, June 8, http: www.signonsandiego.com news uniontrib fri metro news_7m8puc.html National Public Radio, June 8 Los Angeles Times, June 7, http: www.latimes.com editions ventura calendar 20010607 t000047628.html San Francisco Chronicle, June 7, http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 06 07 M N177308.DTL The Press-Enterprise, June 7 CBS Evening New, June 6, http: www.cbsnews.com now story 0,1597,295277-412,00.shtml Los Angeles Times, June 6, http: www.latimes.com news state 20010606 t000047237.html The New York Times, June 5,?"
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What city is the Dallas-based electric company that uses price-to-beat rates headquartered in? | Irving | PAIRIDX:37623 | [
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"The big drop is being propelled significantly by lower natural gas prices.",
"Consumers saw two electricity increases in the latter half of 2000 and another this year because natural gas prices had climbed.",
"This year's increase, though, was rescinded as gas prices came down.",
"The rate Reliant offers residential consumers and certain small businesses come Jan. 1 - when Texas opens its electricity market to competition - is known as the \"price to beat.\"",
"Larger consumers can negotiate contracts with providers.",
"The price to beat will serve as a benchmark for other competitors, which in turn are expected to offer lower rates.",
"Other incumbent electric companies, including Dallas-based TXU Energy, will charge their own price-to-beat rates in their service territories.",
"The PUC wants the price to beat low enough so consumers benefit from deregulation, but high enough so competitors can offer lower rates but make enough profit to stay in the market."
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What is the middle name of the piano player in the band Farmers By Nature? | Marvin | PAIRIDX:37622 | [
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"The double disc set documents two complete, all improvised concerts recorded in France during their 2011 tour.",
"It was released on the AUM Fidelity label."
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"Craig Marvin Taborn ( ; born February 20, 1970) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer.",
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The LNG Lakshmi vessel will be used for ferrying LNG from the region centered on Western Asia and Egypt to Enron's mega power plant at where? | Dabhol | PAIRIDX:37621 | [
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"The desire to exit is part of Enron's move to pull out of all its projects in India.",
"The other two partners in the three-member consortium are Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), which has 60% equity, and Indian national carrier Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), with a 20% stake.",
"Greenfield Shipping had commissioned the construction of a 137,000 cu m capacity LNG tanker at Mitsubishi Shipyard in Japan.",
"The vessel, christened LNG Lakshmi, will be ready for delivery on November 15 this year.",
"It will be used for ferrying LNG from the Middle East to Enron's 2,184 mw mega-power plant at Dabhol, near Ratnagiri in southern Maharashtra.",
"Although no official statement has come from Enron, a source at ANZ Investment Bank, which leads the lending consortium of banks, revealed that Enron would seek the return of Dollars 11m as its share of the paid-up equity of Dollars 55m, plus Dollars 19m for swapping the company's share of the loan component."
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"Hallå du gamle indian" is a song by a songwriter who was born in which town? | Örgryte | PAIRIDX:37618 | [
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"Hallå du gamle indian is a song written by Lasse Dahlquist, scoring a 1941 success with Thore Ehrlings orkester.",
"A recording by Swedish dansband Jigs dated 1972 reached number four in 1973 at Svensktoppen.",
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"Lars Erik (\"Lasse\") Dahlquist (born 14 September 1910 in Örgryte (grew also up in Lidingö), died 14 October 1979 on Brännö, Gothenburg archipelago due to laryngeal cancer) was a Swedish composer, singer and actor.",
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Who is the executive director of the group Ralph Nader was the founding father of? | Michael Shames | PAIRIDX:37617 | [
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"During the Democrats' big show, Ralph Nader went to San Diego to remind boycotters that he was founding father of the Utility Consumer Action Network, the 46,000-member local group leading the anti-corporate uprising.",
"Electricity is the first big United States industry formerly under the tight control of states to be opened up to international operators and their free market rules.",
"For the first time, Americans feel the bite of real globalization, and we don't like it one bit."
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"Inviting even more blackouts inevitably would hurt businesses and frustrate consumers, threatening to further depress California's already slumping economy - the sixth largest in the world.",
"But desperate times require drastic measures, according to the economists, lawmakers and activists who believe the state will be better off sitting in the dark than buying electricity at any price during a summer shortage likely to produce recurring blackouts anyway.",
"\"It's better to use (blackouts) and break the (wholesale energy) cartel than simply to suffer them,\" said Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumer Action Network, a San Diego watchdog group.",
"Refusing to buy enough power to keep the lights on \"would be like playing with fire,\" counters Wells Fargo & Co. chief economist Sung Won Sohn.",
"\"Blackouts aren't a just matter of inconvenience or being too hot or cold.",
"They cost businesses a lot of money.\"",
"Buying electricity at the last minute to meet the state's power needs already has cost the California government $5.7 billion in the past 3 1 2 months."
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The headquarters of the Contra Costa Community College District are in a city that is located to the south of which strait? | Carquinez Strait | PAIRIDX:37616 | [
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"The population was 35,824 at the 2010 census.",
"The downtown is notable for its large number of preserved old buildings and antique shops.",
"Martinez is located on the southern shore of the Carquinez Strait in the San Francisco Bay Area, directly facing the city center of Benicia and the southeastern end of Vallejo, California."
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"There Goes My Baby" is a 1959 hit single by a group who were originally formed to serve as whose backing group? | Clyde McPhatter | PAIRIDX:37615 | [
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"Civilized Man is the ninth studio album by the British artist Joe Cocker, released in May 1984, his first on Capitol label.",
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What year was the Chinese dynasty established that conquered the Kingdom of Tungning which led to the suicide of Zhu Shugui? | 1636 | PAIRIDX:37613 | [
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"Zhu Shugui (1617 – 21 July 1683), courtesy name Tianqiu and art name Yiyuanzi, formally known as the Prince of Ningjing, was a Ming dynasty prince and the last of the pretenders to the Ming throne after the fall of the Ming Empire in 1644.",
"He committed suicide when forces of the Manchu-led Qing Empire conquered the pro-Ming Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan, where he took shelter after mainland China fell under Qing control.",
"He was a ninth-generation descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang (the Hongwu Emperor), the founder of the Ming dynasty, via the line of Zhu Yuanzhang's 15th son, Zhu Zhi (the Prince of Liao)."
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"The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing ( ), also called the Qing Empire by itself or the Manchu dynasty by foreigners, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.",
"It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China.",
"The Qing multi-cultural empire lasted almost three centuries and formed the territorial base for the modern Chinese state."
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The city that Impsat has a pop in is the seat of what county? | Miami-Dade County | PAIRIDX:37612 | [
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"Thanks, Wayne, Arshak and I have been working to reach an agreement with Impsat FIber Networks.",
"Impsat has an extensive network in 8 countries in Latin America as well as a pop in Miami.",
"We have been discussing a peering transit agreement whereby one of our customers could connect to an Impsat port in Latin America for IP transit to the EIN.",
"As we envision this now, we would swap Impsat a dedicated 45mbps port to our network for one into their network.",
"The connection between the two networks will take place in Miami.",
"If an EBS customer wanted IP capacity back to the US they could connect to any Impsat port in Latin America.",
"The customer would pay Impsat a port connection fee at every point where they connected to Impsat in Latin America.",
"EBS's customer would pay EBS USA for the capacity (e.g.",
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"Miami ( ; ] ) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.",
"As the seat of Miami-Dade County, the municipality is the principal, central, and the most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area and part of the second-most populous metropolis in the southeastern United States.",
"According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the eighth-most populous and fourth-largest urban area in the U.S., with a population of around 5.5 million."
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Which leadership position did this Indian politician born 6 November 1937 hold when Enron Dabhol Power Company gave the force majeure notice to Maharashtra State Electricity Board? | Finance Minister | PAIRIDX:37611 | [
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"Yashwant Sinha, (retired) IAS (born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator, politician and a former Minister of Finance (1990–1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and March 1998 – July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Minister of External Affairs July 2002 – May 2004).",
"He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.",
"His son Jayant Sinha, a consultant and investor, won the 2014 elections for the Hazaribagh constituency and his son is currently serving as Minister of State for Railways in Narendra Modi's cabinet."
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"\"We have agreed to conciliation,\" Sinha told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar.",
"Enron said that it was planning for arbitration in a London court to recover 1.02 bln rupees worth of bills owed to it by MSEB for December.",
"ams jag rf For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"INDIA: India govt says to seek conciliation with Enron.",
"04 10 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW DELHI, April 10 (Reuters) - India said on Tuesday that it planned to seek conciliation with United States energy giant Enron after the company invoked political force majeure over its controversy-ridden power project in western India.",
"\"We have agreed to conciliation and we will go ahead with conciliation,\" Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha told reporters on the sidelines of a textiles conference.",
"He did not elaborate.",
"The Indian unit of Enron Dabhol Power Company (DPC), sent the force majeure notice on Monday to state utility Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB)."
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The Snoop Dogg song "Girl Like U" was produced by a person who owns which film production company? | Program Pictures | PAIRIDX:37610 | [
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"\"Girl Like U\" is a song by American rapper Snoop Dogg, featuring guest vocals from singer Nelly, taken from Snoop Dogg's seventh studio album \"\" (2004).",
"The song was written by Snoop Dogg, Nelly and L.T.",
"Hutton, with production handled by L.T.",
"Hutton."
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The winner of the singles title at the 2003 Hastings Direct International Championships won the Australian Open in doubles partnered with which person? | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | PAIRIDX:37609 | [
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"The 2003 Hastings Direct International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 2003 WTA Tour.",
"It was the 29th edition of the tournament and was held from June 16 through June 21, 2003.",
"Chanda Rubin won the singles title."
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"Chanda Rubin (born February 18, 1976) is an American tennis player.",
"Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking at World No.",
"6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open.",
"Rubin is also former World No.",
"9 in doubles, winning the Australian Open in 1996 partnering with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario."
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What company's assets did legislators propose the state buy as an alternative to helping the 37th Governor California implement the MOU? | SoCal Edison | PAIRIDX:37607 | [
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"Joseph Graham \"Gray\" Davis Jr. (born December 26, 1942) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003.",
"A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history.",
"Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99).",
"Davis holds a B.A.",
"in history from Stanford University and a J.D.",
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"He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War."
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"Whether Bryson's hope for quick implementation of the MOU will be realized is questionable.",
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"Gray Davis has been having a hard time finding the necessary legislative support for the proposal, and to date, has been unable even to find a legislator to sponsor a bill to implement the MOU.",
"Instead, several state legislators are exploring alternatives, including having the state buy SoCal Edison's transmission assets as well as the whole utility and turn it into a state power agency.",
"Edison's northern California neighbor, PG&E Corp., reported a strong growth in revenues for 2000 led by the strong performance of its energy trading unit, but that revenue growth was completely offset by the $4.5 billion in losses incurred by its now bankrupt Pacific Gas and Electric Co. utility subsidiary.",
"\"While standard accounting rules required the utility to record a charge against earnings for unreimbursed wholesale and transition costs, taking this charge does not diminish our conviction that the utility is entitled under law to recover these costs, nor does it diminish our ongoing lawsuit in federal district court,\" said PG&E Corp. chief Robert Glynn."
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What is the abbreviation for this formal governing body for the US political party, which organized a $1 million event where Roberta Flack performed and politicians like Joseph Liberman, Tom Daschle and Bill Clinton headlined fund-raisers? | DNC | PAIRIDX:37606 | [
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"And both are rolling out star power - political and otherwise - to do it.",
"Wynonna Judd entertained donors at Wednesday's GOP fund-raiser.",
"Roberta Flack is performing at a $1 million Democratic National Committee event Thursday night.",
"Former vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman is the featured guest at the DNC fund-raiser.",
"The Connecticut senator, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota and former President Clinton have all headlined Democratic fund-raisers in recent weeks and are expected to do more this summer.",
"The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is inviting big donors to spend July 6-8 on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket dining and sailing with Daschle and more than a dozen other senators.",
"Those giving $20,000 in federally regulated donations or $50,000 in unregulated \"soft money\" are invited.",
"The McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill pending in Congress would ban the large soft-money contributions the parties commonly take in at big fund-raisers.",
"On the Net: GOP congressional committees: http: www.nrsc.org; http: www.nrcc.org Democratic committees: http: www.dccc.org; http: www.dscc.org Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved."
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"The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is the formal governing body for the United States Democratic Party.",
"The committee coordinates strategy to support Democratic Party candidates throughout the country for local, state, and national office.",
"It organizes the Democratic National Convention held every four years to nominate and confirm a candidate for president, and to formulate the party platform.",
"While it provides support for party candidates, it does not have direct authority over elected officials."
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In addition to blackouts, what new thing did the Enron executive vice president who warned that California would not be the last problem area in United States power markets unless policymakers act join Jeffrey Skilling in discussing at a March 23, 2001 teleconference? | energy bill | PAIRIDX:37604 | [
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"Shames and other witnesses warned the congressional committee that California's electricity crisis is likely to occur in other regions of the country unless steps are taken to free up interstate trade in power and allow FERC to better police markets.",
"\"California is just the latest problem area in United States power markets and, unless policymakers act quickly, it will not be the last,\" said Enron Corp. (ENE) Steven Kean executive vice president.",
"\"Unless Congress and FERC are willing to address the interstate issues that are beyond the jurisdiction of state legislators and regulators, I predict that our experience in San Diego is indicative of what others will encounter in trying to create a competitive electricity market,\" said Edwin Guiles, Sempra's president of regulated operations.",
"\"This electricity crisis is not a California-only problem,\" said Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., who represents San Diego and requested Monday's hearing.",
"\"We will continue to be in this mess if state and federal officials don't work together to find long-term solutions to the flaws in the marketplace,\" Bilbray said."
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"Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"Enron Teleconf.",
"Core Business Highlights and Outlook 2001-03-23 15:07 (New York) Houston, March 23, 2001 (Bloomberg) -- Jeffrey Skilling, chief executive of Enron Corp., speaks on a teleconference about the performance of the company's core businesses, the outlook for the sale of Portland General Electric Co. and Enron's 2001 financial forecast.",
"Richard Causey, Mark Koenig and Steven Kean also speak.",
"01:36 Operator, Skilling: opening remarks and call agenda 01:36 Skilling: transportation business; wholesale performance 03:53 Skilling: retail unit; broadband services outlook, layoffs 01:00 Skilling: EPS targets; outlook for Portland General sale 00:51 Skilling: update on India unit; California credit exposure 02:17 Skilling: balance sheet overview; liquid natural gas market 01:54 Skilling: South America plans; Enron's stock price 06:31 Questions: Skilling on bandwidth trading volume; assets 07:08 Skilling: sale of Portland General; management changes 04:43 Skilling, Koenig: standardized contracts; capital spending 02:35 Skilling, Kean: blackouts; outlook for new energy bill 05:52 Skilling: India contracts; layoffs in bandwidth trading 00:33 Skilling makes summary remarks."
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The California Senator that graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School and served as co-lead counsel in the consolidated Shiley Heart Valve cases is a partner at a law office located in what city? | Newport Beach | PAIRIDX:37601 | [
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"Ken Joseph L. Dunn, Partner, Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, Newport Beach, CASenator Joseph L. Dunn, a partner with Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson, is a member of the California State Senate.",
"He received his Bachelor of Arts degree Magna Cum Laude from the College of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.",
"Senator Dunn ,s practice is focused on product liability, mass tort a nd complex litigation.",
"He has served as plaintiffs liaison counsel in the California Coordinated Breast Implant Cases, the Coordinated UCI Fertility Litigation, the Consolidated Texaco Refinery Litigation and the California Coordinated Diet Drug (Fen-Phen) cases.",
"He has also served as co-lead counsel in the consolidated Shiley Heart Valve cases and the Hanford Washington Downwinders Litigation (nuclear facility radiation exposure) Senator Dunn has participated in numerous other mass tort and complex litigation cases involving medical devices, pharmaceutical products, toxic contamination, business and insurance matters, including private attorney general actions against the tobacco industry brought by Gray Davis and the County of Los Angeles."
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"Senator Dunn was a long time board member for the Consumer Attorneys of California, including service as vice-president and many years as Educatio n Chair.",
"He served several years on the Executive Board of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, as state coordinator for the national organization, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice and on the Education Committee for the Orange County Bar Association.",
"He has worked extensively in the legislative arena, including drafting and editing legislation and testifying before various legislative committees, and has been an ongoing advocate of consumer issues.",
"He is a frequent lecturer and author and served as an instructor of bot h intermediate and advanced litigation procedures for the UCI paralegal program.",
"Since his election in 1998, Senator Dunn continues to be a member of the firm and serves as co-liaison counsel for the California Coordinate d Diet Drug (Fen-Phen) cases.",
"Headquartered in Newport Beach, California, the law firm of Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson specializes in representing plaintiffs in cases involving catastrophic injury or wrongful death, as well as litigation arising from conduct causing substantial economic losses and damages."
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A flywheel-based backup power system named CAT UPS was jointly developed by Caterpillar and this company that produces power supply products that use what type of energy? | kinetic | PAIRIDX:37598 | [
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"The gist: A spinning steel disk stores kinetic energy, which kicks in when a primary power supply goes down.",
"The target audience includes high-tech firms and telecoms that rely on uninterrupted power supplies.",
"Active Power says one of its systems, about the size of a refrigerator, replaces 50,000 pounds of lead and sulfuric-acid batteries.",
"The good news: Active Power already has products on the market.",
"The most promising, which went on sale last summer, is the CAT UPS, a flywheel-based backup power system jointly developed with Caterpillar (CAT).",
"Base units retail for $90,000 to $115,000, with top-of-the-line configurations selling for as much as $350,000. The product, which is expected to make up about 80% of Active Power?s sales for 2001, is already having an impact on the top line: Revenues jumped to $5.1 million in the first quarter, up 91% from the fourth quarter.",
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"The company also designs and manufactures modular infrastructure solutions that integrate critical power components into a pre-packaged, purpose built enclosure that can include Active Power’s UPS products as a component."
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"India: Centre may bar States' direct access to funds 03 28 2001 Business Line (The Hindu) Copyright (C) 2001 Kasturi & Sons Ltd (KSL); Source: World Reporter (TM) - Asia Intelligence Wire NEW DELHI, March 27. THE Centre is planning to prevent access to funds from multilateral agencies by State Governments whose financial positions are precarious.",
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The company that signed an accord to to buy more than $2 billion in natural gas a year from Qatar also held talks to supply natural gas to which country through an undersea pipeline? | India | PAIRIDX:37571 | [
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"Garcia confirmed that Enersis is particularly interested in participating in government privatization auctions of generators Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo (E.EPL), or Cesp, and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (E.CPE), or Copel.",
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"Company Web site is http: www.enersis.cl -Andrea Welsh, Dow Jones Newswires; 562-460-8547; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
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StockHouse closed an office in what city that is sometimes called "Lion City"? | Singapore | PAIRIDX:37564 | [
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The prominent Tamil politician in India born on 17 August 1935 met what United States Trade Representative on the Wednesday after he made a comment on a Thursday to the Associated Press saying that "We cannot say that benefits of the Uruguay round are equal"? | Robert Zoellick | PAIRIDX:37562 | [
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The agency that Clarence Crawford is hopping from to the Patent and Trademark Office is the largest office within what entity? | Executive Office of the President of the United States | PAIRIDX:37560 | [
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Which company described by Mark Golden as a "market-savvy energy company" is an electric company based in Houston, Texas? | Dynegy | PAIRIDX:37559 | [
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"Nevertheless, the state of California is signing contracts for $43 billion worth of power under supply deals stretching up to 20 years.",
"Some industry experts say these contracts could be overpriced by billions of dollars in a matter of months.",
"What's more, deliveries for most of the supplies already signed for won't begin until after this summer, which is likely when the power will be needed most.",
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For which region would this businessman, previously with Plessey, and the company founded in 1982 whose name is a portmanteau of Compatibility and Quality, serve as VP at Luxxon? | Europe, Middle East, and Africa | PAIRIDX:37558 | [
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"It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by HP in 2001.",
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What is the website of the Commission formerly known as the Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission? | www.energy.ca.gov | PAIRIDX:37557 | [
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"``The crisis point is this summer to next summer and we need some federal assistance,'' said Howard Gantman, spokesman for Feinstein.",
"``This would assure the generators a reasonable profit and continue to spur on further investment into new plants.''",
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Dreaming in Color is the sixth album overall by a Christian pop group that separated in what year? | 2007 | PAIRIDX:37556 | [
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"All prices are as of May 25, 2001. Apache (APA) $59.49 Exploration and production is a notoriously risky business.",
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"They trade at a current P E of 15, even though analysts expect them to increase profits 45 percent on average this year.",
"The apparent paradox reflects the prevailing view that gas prices will slip back toward $3.50 next year and oil will dip toward $25 -- and E&P companies are mainly valued by the commodity price of their production.",
"But what if production rates are also increasing?",
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"Putney Bridge is a bridge crossing of the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north.",
"The bridge has medieval parish churches at each end: St. Mary's Church, Putney is located on the south and All Saints Church, Fulham on the north bank.",
"Putney Bridge is the only bridge in Britain to have a church at both ends ."
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Central Stickney is an unincorporated community in a county that has a total of how many townships inside it? | 29 | PAIRIDX:37552 | [
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"title": "Central Stickney, Illinois",
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"Central Stickney is an unincorporated community in Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois.",
"It consists of the areas around Central Avenue, south of I-55.",
"It has a post office, with the zip code 60402.",
"The area consists of a residential neighborhood to the east and a business park to the west, as well as several small businesses on along Central Avenue.",
"It is served by the Central Stickney Fire Protection District and the Central Stickney Park District.",
"Central Stickney has been trying to incorporate for many years, but faces possible annexation to the City of Chicago."
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"title": "Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois",
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"Stickney Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA.",
"As of the 2010 census, its population was 40,772, with approximately 71% of that total living in the city of Burbank (pop.",
"28,925)."
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Rev. William Devereux, one of the Kilmor Carol writers, was buried in a small village how many km away from Wexford town? | 15 | PAIRIDX:37550 | [
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"title": "Kilmore, County Wexford",
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"Kilmore or Killmore (Irish: \"an Chill Mhór\" , meaning \"the big church\"), locally pronounced 'Kilmoor', is a village and townland in south County Wexford, Ireland, about 16 km from Wexford town.",
"Kilmore has a number of claims to distinction, including the tradition of carol singing in the village church at Christmas time, which has been taking place for over 200 years.",
"The history of the Kilmore carols can be traced from the mid 18th century to the present day.",
"They have been sung without a break since they were introduced to the parish by Very Rev.",
"Peter Devereux, who was Parish Priest circa 1751.",
"Some of them were written by Very Rev.",
"William Devereux, P.P., Piercestown, a native of The Ring, Tacumshane, where he is buried.",
"The remainder were written by Bishop Luke Waddinge of Ferns."
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"title": "Tacumshane",
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"Tacumshane (Irish: \"Teach Coimseáin\" ) (Yola; Tecumshine/Tacumshaane) is a small village in the southeast of County Wexford, Ireland.",
"It is located 15 km south of Wexford town."
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